The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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10 Pages THE EL RENO AMERICAN. 10 Pages
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TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1917.
NUMBER 8.
CAPT. HOBSON SPOKE HERE PROMINENT PERSONS WED
Lecture on Nation-Wide Prohibi- Cotton Baron and Former Society
tion Drew Big Crowd. j Editor Are Married Here.
PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES
V. D. Tinklepaugh Answered Fin
al Summons Last Saturday.
V. r>. TlnklepauKh. RKi’d fifty seven
years and two months, died Saturday
after an illness af several months. On
ly a few weeks ago he underwent an
operation and the surgeons stated thro
was no possible hope for his recovery.
Mr. Tinklepaugh was a native of In-
diana and was born in Steuben county,
November 27, 1859.
The largest crowd ever assembled The marriage of Mr. Robert F. Irby,
in a place of worship in this city as- of Galveston, Texas, and Mrs. Harriet
sembled at the First Christian church j Dunn Bentley, of Oklahoma City, was
Monday evening to hear Capt. Rich-1 solemnized at the home of Mr. and
mend P. Hobson deliver his lecture {Mrs. John C. DeLana, 802 South
on national prohibition. The seating Macomb, Wednesday at high noon
capacity of the big edifice was filled , The ceremony was performed by Dr.
to overflow, people standing along the Robert J. Phipps, pastor of the Preshy
aisles and approximately 300 were (terian church. Immediately after con
turned away because of restricted j gratulations a sumptuous luncheon
seating capacity. | was served.
A delegation of citizens escorted : Mr- Irby is head of one of the big
Captain Hobson to the place of speak- flrnis in »•’’ South aml
ing and Postmaster XI. It. Cope served I* known over the entire country as
as master of ceremonies and announe- il “cotton king He is well known in , , ,
ed that the Masonic Home Boys’ band, Oklahoma City, where he visited quite he engaged in the lou’anti f.. ' -
t titler the direction of Mrs. \V. XT. often. The groom is forty-eight years ness. Inter putting in a eomplet. Lite
Robertson, would render a selection, i old and his bride is forty-three of implements and eventually engaged
The bride Is an accomplished wo- I in a hardware and furniture business.
During tin* last few years he nits in
TWO WOMEN MADE HAPPY SHERIFF MADE BIG HAUL
AGRICULTURAL REPORT
TRAIL OF THE TRAMP
B) p. i: l >. Und< i w ood
More Than Twenty One Years.
“It was the happiest day of my life”
Let others pen their tragic tales, said Mrs. W. S. Gladwell. 3o7 North
Convulse the world with laughter’s Grand, Tuesday afternoon when she
gales; I returned from Oklahoma City with
Leave me a little space to hymn, her twenty two-year old daughter, Miss
When I so choose, some passing w him. 1 Mae Taylor, w hom sin* had not seen
since the young woman of today was
Wlho makes his readers roar with i tiny baby thirteen months old.
Mother and Daughter Separated Five Men Were Taken In Custody Farm Demonstrators in Sixty Two
glee
During 1885 he left the state of his Strains hard at plausibility;
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nativity and settled at Dodge CUy,
Ka.is&s, coming to Oklahoma in 18S9
on the first train into Oklahoma City.
After remaining In Oklahoma City
: two months he came to El Reno where
The hand played the national hymn,
which wna uii*-: waul, ,-ung by the as- »««' * »»<• f»v«rahly known
in her home town. She was society
editor of The Oklahoma City Times
semblage.
The Cheyenm- and Arapaho Indian
school band was present and played
after the speaker concluded. A com-
pany of El Reno boy scouts were very
much In evidence and the speaker was
elated because they were there. Cap-
tain Hobson delivered an address to
high school students at three o’clock
in the afternoon.
After brief remarks by Postmaster
Cope, City Attorney T. It. Reid intro-
duced the distinguished visitor. Cap-
tain llohson wras interviewed by an
American representative after his lec-
ture and he was pleased because of
the attentiveness of his listeners. Cap-
tain Hobson spoke i part as follows:
“My countrymen:—We an* met to-
gether to discuss the question of na-
tional prohibition, everywhere recog-
nized as the most vital and most press-
ing question confronting the nations
of the world.
“National prohibition has been in
operation in Russia for over two years
and has brought to that nation a new'
prosperity and new happiness in the
midst of the greatest war of all his-
tory.
“Advance measures, educational,
regulatory and prohibitory have been
adopted in Germany, Austria Hungary,
Scandinavia, France, England, Aus-
tria, Canada.
for a number of years, serving the pub-
lirafion during its periods of different
ownership. She is an able writer and
ranks among the foremost women of
the profession in the country.
Mr. and Mrs. Irby departed Wednes-
day evening for California to spend
their honeymoon. They will reside
at Galveston.
LEVY FOR FREE FAIR.
Chapter 179, Sec. 3- The coun-
ty farm demonstrator of any
county may call a mass meet-
ing of the citizens of any mu-
nicipal township in the county
for the purpose of electing two
members of the county fair as-
sociation. * * * The regular
time for holding elections in
townships for members of the
county fair association shall he
the second Saturday in Novem-
ber, 1915, and every two years
thereafter; * * *
Editor’s Note: The above is
an excerpt from the 1915 ses-
sion laws of Oklahoma. No
county farm demonstrator, no
free fair.
The tragedies are built by art,
But whims spring full-blown from the
heart.
Away with those who make us cry,
Who raise guffaws that pain the sky;
The smile, the chuckle, soft and low
These give the soul its mosmie glow!
—C. E. E.
During my whirl after business 1
lim*d up nine new ones, besides rais-
ing the dates on a number of others.
business, the firm known as the Tink-
lepaugh-Perry company, C. E. Perry
having an interest in the business. 'phe first dollar 1 acquired was paid
Mr. Tinklepaugh was united in mar j)V | Schiller, who has been a sat-
Hage to Miss Imogene Goodsell, Sep igfled reader the las, two years,
tember Id. 1890 and to this union li\e, 'pj,e person who is not fond of choc-
children were born, four tom and one (ja^e pje wjij admit th< mi 11 h worth
daughter. The sons are Almon, Hnr a nic].(lj
"'0. Goodsell and Virgil, and th« Among the new read< for the en-
daughter is Miss Sybil. These with
the widow, his brother in Denver, Col .
and two sisters who reside in Port
land. Ore. survive.
The subject of this sketch was a
member of two fraternal orders, the
suing j ear w ill be Ai nold L< db< t ter,
editor of the Huntsville (Ark.) Rcpub
lican. The subscription was paid by
his undo, J. A. L. Clark, who is man
acing his farm in Banner neighbor
hood since his official duties as slier
M. W. A. and the W. O. W.. carrying j(y terminated January first. Mr. Led-
insurance in both organizations aggre-1 bptter formerly read the big weekly
gating $5,000. and undoubtedly he will find much in
XVhile the Lincoln-McConnell revival Ug rolumn3 ,0 interest him.
services were in progress in the eaily j xbp lawmakers, of Connecticut, con-
part of 1914 Mr. Tinklepaugh became tenvplate enacting a law to license
convinced of Ihe need of a Savior and Journallatgi which wiu not necessarily
later berame affiliated with the Pres- rou, al| npwspapcr mPn.
byterian church in February. He im-
mediately identified himself with the
activities of the church and Sunday
school entering the Men’s Bible class
at the time of its organization and be-
came a trustee of the church. Mr.
husband spirited tin* child away. Prior
to coming to Oklahoma the young lady
and her father lived in Noel, Mo . and
tin* mother says she had been told
her daughter was in that town and
she suit numerous letters to the t hief
of police, hoping thereby to cet some
trace of her baby girl, hut no trace
cf the child was found Mrs. Gladwell
stated she understands why the let
Iters never revealed the whereabouts
of her daughter. Ii was for the rca-
j son that Mr. Tnvlor was chief of po-
! lice and none of the Inquiries ever
passed beyond his hands.
While mother and daughter were
relating the strange circumstances
which kept them apart for more than
twenty-one years, the young lady seat-
ed herself upon her mother’s lap and
bond, who owns the famous Downey Ra|(]. .., want vou hold mp...
springs. Mr. Downey is numbered | Mp ftn(, 01adwP„ PamP to E|
Reno only a short time ago from Ar-
kansas and engaged in business at
lor Transporting Liquor,
Sheriff J M. Carter, assisted by D. j
T. Nowlin, special Rock Island detec-1
live, and Deputy Sheriff Barker. A. A. j
j Cowden and J. B. Houx, captured live
men who wore transporting liquor
across the South Canadian river. The
arrests were effected about Wednes-
day noon and the men w ere behind the |
l bars by four o’clock. The consignment 1
I consisted of about 432 quarts of wins-J
I ky and live automobiles.
Warrants were issued for the fol-
lowing men when the officers return-
led to El Reno: R. Boswell, C. c. San-
ford. J. M. Craig, J. W. Warr niul S.
(). Knlow. The officers had four of
the men arrested when Sanford came
I towards them and the officers say In*
started to get his revolver from his hip
pocket when D. T. Nowlin beat him
ot it and made him stick up his hands.
Sheriff Carter stated it looked like
Sanford would have made resistance
Mrs. Gladwell related that she had and probably killed someone if it had
kept up a nevereeasing search for her | not been for the timely action of De-
daughter sine the day her former t• -otiv«* Nowlin.
The men were transferring tin*
liquor across the river and that nc
counts for the number of automobiles
being used. The liquor was brought
lo Oklahoma from Wichita I'alls. T« \
ns. n< cording to the officer It is tin*
biggest haul that has been made for
many months and all the officers di-
serve much praise for their good work
j According to Mrs. Gladwell’s ver-
sion of the years of separation and
yearning for her daughter, tin* child’s
! father, W. C. Taylor, stoic her and
kept her whereabouts secret until
one month ago when Miss Taylor read
an advertisement for a long lost child
by the same name as her own. Com*
! spondence followed and the reunion
| of mother and daughter took place in
j Oklahoma City Tuesday when tin*
| train rolled in from Kctcheni, Okla..
i where the young lady had been em-
ployed ns a telephone operator dur-
; ing tin* last year and ten months.
My next dollar was acquired from
J. F. Downey, of Darlington neighbor j
8 Downey
Mr. Downey is numbered I
among the substantial citizens of the I ,
county and he has been reading The |
Tinklepauph was a pood citizen, clean Amprlcan the last tw0 or three years. _ ,
and temperate in his life and habits, | n,.ing indpp,.ndpnt niPan, thPre are; "
a Rood, kind netRhbor, and very devot- bab|p j0 bp sp]jnters in both sides.
The next dollar was paid by W. II
husband and father. He was j
PROMINENT FARMER DIES
TULSA COUNTY TO EXHIBIT.
“Under the leadership of the Anti- ;
Saloon leaRue, an orRanization with j Shorthorn cattle from Tulsa county
but one purpose—anti-saloon, in con-1 owners are expected to be the greatest
junction with other organizations, the'feature of tlie Southwest American
progress of temperance and prohibi- Livestock show to be held in Okla-
tion in America lias been phenomenal, j honia City, Xlarch 3 to 9. At least six
The people living in more than half j of the most prominent owners of Short
of the states, in five-sixths of the conn horn ratllo in the county are preparing
ties and about ninety per cent of the ’ to send their stock to the exposition,
territory have declared for prohibi- j This was the announcement of S B.
tion by a majority vote totaling about I Jackson, of El Reno, sales manager of
two to one. XIore petitioners have pe- the Oklahoma Shorthorn Breeders’ as-
titioned Congress for the submission sociation, while in Tulsa Thursday
of the Hobson amendment than have morning. He declared that the show
petitioned Congress for nil other Was-1 sliouid be the greatest livestock exhibit
ures combined since the foundation ! ever held in the Southwest and should
of the government. It can be only a rival all other shows held in different
short time when the imperious will of sections of the country,
the people will write prohibition in j The cattle of Mr. Gillespie took the
the constitution of the United States I greatest number of prizes of any cat-
and America will load the other nu : Be breeder ot the International Live-
lions until prohibition becomes world-; stock show at Chicago last fall and
| those same animals will be taken to
“We will not temporize. In Decern- Oklahoma City. Tulsa World,
her, 1914, the Sixty-third Congress j
gave a majority vote in the lower POMONA GRANGE ORGANIZED,
house for the Hobson amendment. Members of the three subordinate
If in a reasonable length of time Con- J RranpP8*0f Canadian county mot with
gross does not submit this amend- ; prajrje Queen grange on Saturday,
ment we will invoke the states for di- January 20th, and partially organized
diligent in business and after business stroud onP of the prosperous farm-
hours his home claimed his undivided ; era rpsiding on routP thrpPi okarche
attention, for he loved his home and who ,a aPndinK xhp American to J. C.
family. By his loved ones and b> a i w. llman, who resides in the same
host of friends he will be greatly miss- neighborhood. XIr. Wellman owns 80
Thomas W. Crumpacker Answer
ed Summons After Illness.
Thomas Woodford Crumpacker, n I
highly respected and aged citizen re- j
FOREIGN RATES RAISED
Owing to the high cost of print
paper and other materials en-
tering into the production of n
newspaper, the price of The
American to subscribers out
side of Canadian county will be
$1.50 per year, beginning with
February 1. To foreign coun-
tries $2 per year. The priee in
Canadian county will remain
the same—$1 per year until
further notice.
TWO REAP HEAVY FINES
County Attorney Maley Establish-
ed an Enviable Record.
Two Oklahoma
The funeral service was held Sun-
City bootleggers
Judgo Forrest’s
six years ago from Lawton, but form-j his home last Friday after an illness j court. Monday forenoon. They are Joe
acres. He came to this county five orJ siding southwest of the city, died at were sentenced in
day afternoon at two o clock at the erjy resjded in Indiana. The gentle-I of three and one half weeks. Mr. I Farrar and Ed McClure and each drew
Presbyterian church, Dr. R. J. Phipps | man’8 livestock embraces 10 horses Crumpacker was born in LaPort conn a fine of $500 and six months in the
preaching the sermon. Members °( and 10 cattle. j ly, Indiana, April 22. 1846, and had at- j county Jail. They refused to enter
both fraternal societies attended the ( MorPover, thp weather that can’t; lained the ace of seventy years, nine p|Pas 0f guilty last week. Ed Farrar!
last obsequies in uniformed rank. The j,ls) nlupP iongpr Btill hangs on. | months and four days.
Counties Hold Many Meetings.
Sixty-two of the seventy-five coun-
ties of Oklahoma now have men agents
engat-ul in farm demonstration work.
Twenty-three counties have women ag-
ents in home economics demousiration
work. Theiv were 9,579 hoys enrolled
in agricultural clubs ami 6.339 girls
enrolled in home economics clubs dur-
ing the past year.
These facts are taken from the an-
nual report of the extension division
of Oklahoma A iricultural and Mechan-
ical college, which, in co-operation
with the United States department of
agriculture, is conducting state-wide
effors for betterment of Oklahoma
farms and farm homes. The 1916 re-
port is now ready for printing and
contains a complete synopsis of all
extension activities of the college and
United States depratment of agricul-
ture within the state.
During the year’s work the sixty two
eoiiniy jet ms traveled a total of 112.-
39" mill" by rail. 120,430 miles by team
and 146,672 miles by other convey-
ances, or a total of 409,592 miles in tli"
performance of their duties. They were
called upon In person by 37,446 indi-
\ ulnal • .-kin-' agi U uliural Infoima*
tion and were called on the telephone
21,492 times. At farmers meetings held
by the county agents 211,928 farmers
attended at the 23.5 56 meetings. There
were 1,04ft fit Id meetings held with a
total atti ndan< e of 1 169 ....... Up
on advice of the county agents 6,000
farmers did their first fall planting
this year and 7.317 farmers selected
their seed crop in the field. There ate
now 1.100 farmers in Oklahoma grow-
ing improved Reed for sale under di-
I rection of the county agents.
In the work of improving livestock
the county agents have been quito
active. Through their efforts 104
purebred stallions, 44 jacks and 188
pure bred brood mares have been
brought into the state. Fourteen
demonstrations in feeding horses and
mules were conducted,
i In the dairy industry, especially,
much progress was made. The agents
{caused to be brought into the stalo
247 purebred dairy males und 916 pure-
tired rows or heifers. Grade dairy
cows brought into the state numbered
2,888. These cows were carefully se-
lected and by use of purebred sires,
these grade cows will do much toward
building up the dairy interests of Ok-
lahoma. There were 1,349 cows tested
for profitable milk production. Eight
creameries and 12 cream routes wero
and Ed Pahlka, who entered pleas of |
Pdifico was filled to overflow by while in Calumet I lined up some re- Mr. Crumpacker was united in the guilty i„st week v*re given jail sent ,0 on« or tne leading nnaaes or
friends of the deceased. 1 he remains nPwnls. The first dollar was paid by j bonds of holy wedlock to Miss Emetine Pncea Qf thirty days each and a fine • . . . .
were interred in El Reno cemetery. M „ •»_____ _______________ „......,............ " * 5 agricultural development in the state.
The beef breeding industry contin-
ues to tie one of the lending phases of
NATIONAL MOTHERS’ CONGRESS
Miss Josephine Flood, of Kansas
City, is in El Reno in the interest of
the National Congress of Mothers and
the Paren* Teachers’ association. The
object of her visit is to interest the
mothers in becoming members of the
j D. F. Jones, who operates the food : Harrington January 18, 1872. To this
I store and grist mill. Mr. Jones receni union three children we^e born, two
ly bought machinery which will be
installed in place of the equipment he
has been running the last few years.
His new’ mill will enable him to facil-
itate his work and give his patrons
betrer service.
Louse Inman opines, "that the flat
sons and one daughter. One son,
Gardner, nnd the daughter, Clara
Lacy, preceded their father to the
Great Beyond.
The subject of this brief mention
nnd his family moved from Indiana to
of $50.
| Lemuel Hill, charged with assault
ing W. R. Foster, nn aged citizen of
| Darlington neighborhood, was given
thirty days in the county jail nnd n
fine of $40. His trial for this offense
was held last Friday.
others receiving sentence Monday
forenoon were Warren Terrell, Hollis
Gilmore and Lee Roy, a Chinaman.
They were tried Inst week ami con-
victed on a charge of ambling. Tim
During Ihe year 733 purebred males nnd
3,065 cows or heifers were brought in-
to the state. There were 4,940 head of
grade beef cows brought into the state
nnd to the number of beef breeding es-
tablishments already in the state were
added 172 new herds. Farmers brought
9,576 head of cattle into the state for
feeding purposes.
Hog raising received a big impetus
through the introduction of new herds
on 4,234 farms. The Importance of
crct action. The legislatures of tbir
tv-two states can call a constitutional
convention and the legislatures of
thirty-six states can ratify their action
without the consent of Congress. We
can control the legislatures of forty
states. This prohibition amendment
to the constitution at an early date
is now’ a certainty.
“The duty of Congress is plain. We
do ask Congress to make the country
dry by statute, but we demand of
I'omona or County grange, electing a
master secretary and lecturer. On
Saturday, Jan. 27th, they met w’ith
Mayview grange und completed the
organization with fortyt-flve charter
members. They will meet with Ban-
ner grange on February 10th. A busi-
ness session at 10 a. m., basket dinner
at noon, lecture hour at 1:30. Fifth
degree session to close. All fourth
degree members and families invited.
Watch for the program next week.
Nebraska in 1878. leaving the latter
congress in order to have a branch of car wheels annoyed him hut since the state in 1893 to become residents of
the National Congress established in 1 advent of automobiles, th£ loose sparsely settled Oklahoma with its
Oklahoma. Nearly all states have one chains have served as a diversion.” broad expanse of fertile soil. Mr.
and she is desirous of obtaining B. R. Barker, who resides on route i Crumpacker homesteaded m ar this , , ,, P . , . .
two first named were asset ..I $100 pasture crops for hogs was emphasls-
enDugh lu mber- here, as there has threi from Calumet, banded me a ma city where he resided until summoned , _ fiM . , , ........., ,ig
to b»* several hundred members he- /uma to raise Miss Ethel Eaton’s dat« j to answer the last call .
fore the congress will organize a {for another year. Mr. Barker is one Mr. Crumpacker joined the United
branch of the congress. Great inter- , of the old-timers in Canadian county Brethren church when a young man.
lie is survived by his faithful wife ami recor,l
est is being manifested in other Okla- and lias an extensive acquaintance.
each ;111«i cost. The Ohink was given
$25 and cost.
County Attorney Maley made a good
in conducting his cases. He
homa towms nnd Miss Flood expects
to meet with splendid success here.
The National Congress of Mothers is
the only national organization of moth-
erhood in the world and the outline of
work used by them is being taken up
by all mothers and . mothers’ club
where Miss Flood has been represent-
ing the work.
ACCUSED OF STEALING SADDLE.
Leo Loomis was taken in custody
Many thanks.
The ieturnlng soldi* rs w ill g< t home
one son, Allen, 3 sisters, Mrs. Elsie *,a(* Jw° <*ont ess ions and secured con-
Carnahan, Mrs. Katherine Harris and vir,ions in !,U othu- cases with the ex-
in time to rest before digging the flow- Mrs. Nancy How«41, and 2 brothers, < 0Pti°n of one or two. 1 his appears to
er beds.
My next cart wheel was paid by J.
Rogers, one of the town’s good boost-
ers. Mr. Rogers lives in the country,
Bushian and George Crumpacker, al-
so iwo grandchildren, Woodford and
Kenneth Lacy.
Rev. Laeger, of El Reno, conducted
lie a new attestation for law enforce-
ed and 2,004 farmers were induced to
start grazing crops for hogs.
Sheep raising, always a backward in-
dustry in Oklahoma, showed consid-
erable progress. There were 151 new
flocks started during the year. County
agents were responsible for bringing
107 purebred rams and 745 ewes into
ment and simultaneously a record the the Rla,p- There were 6,4 <1 grade
law-abiding citizens should he proud
of. Evil doers will have some hesl-
ewes introduced for breeding purposes.
A total of 1,726 farm Hocks were in-
hut is interested in town and owns the funeral Sunday. A quartet coni
considerable property. He Is number- posed of Misses Nellie Hoffman and
ed among those who are keeping the Marie von Tungeln and Messrs. Henry
county on the map and ships livestock R. ami Henry G. von Tungeln render-
ing Arkansas occasionally. He is ed the hymns. The remains were in-
Congress the right of referendum. A
member of Congress may oppose rat- j Master, p. T. Starr; overseer, Homer
ification by the states, but under our Kay. steward, N. O. Johnson; A. S.,
,, , . , i i i___I spending this week in the vicinity of terred in El Reno cemetery.
The following officers were elected: f Monday afternoon at Oklahoma City
constitution nnd the genius of our
American system no member at this
junction can justify voting against
submitting the question to the sister-
hood of states for action, whether rat-
ification or rejection. The Hobson
amendment would not prohibit a citi-
zen from using liquor or having liquor
In his possession for private purposes.
There is no grounds for further pre-
tense that liquor is fighting to pro-
tect the individual liberty of.the citi-
zens and the sanctity of the home.
The amendment simply prohibits the
sale, manufacturing for sale, transpor-
tation for sale, everything that re-
lates to the sale of intoxicating liquor.
It would suppress by process of law
this business conducted for profit on
the same principle that the lottery
business, the white slave trade, traffic
in impure food, are suppressed by law’,
namely, that the business harms so
ciety. If the liquor traffic does not
(Continued on Last Pag-e)
Albert Little; L. A. S., Mrs. Gillespie;
secretary, Avery Johnson; treasurer.
Joe Condrey; chaplain, A. L. Castle;
lecturer, Mrs. King; G. K., Mr. Gilles-
pie; business agent, Frank Dalton.
WOMAN GRANTED A DIVORCE.
Mrs. Emma King w’as granted a di-
vorce in district court last Saturday
from her husband, James King. They
were married March 11, 1898, at Mi-
ami, Okla. The wife secured legal
separation on the premises of non-sup-
port. Mrs. King resides at Concho.
by Deputy Sheriff Barker, who brought ;
him to this city and lodged him in j
the county jail. Loomis is charged
with being implicated in the theft of
a saddle belonging to Fred Davis, who .
resides on the other side of the South ;
Canadian river. The saddle was taken ;
from one of the local wagon yards !
last Saturday.
Little Rock to find a market for a car ;
of mules. HAULED WHEAT A LONG WAY.
If the thermometer has anything up | L. E. Baker, who resides across the
its sleeve it’s not bubbling over to South Canadian river, delivered for-
the secret.
fancy in making their debut before eluded in the poultry work. Care and
the able lawyer who Is to prosecute management of the poultry was a
jfiem ; prominent part of the work of both
COUNTRY CLUB BANQUET.
A banquet and smoker will be held
at the Southern hotel Friday night,
February 2nd, at 7:30 p. m., for tne
purpose of electing officers for the
ensuing year. All members are uiged
to be present.
men and women agents, but the figures
given here are for men agents only.
The number of birds on these farms
was 83,990.
During the year the county aaents
assisted in the treatment of 82,291 cat-
i tie for blackleg, 4,588 for anthrax,
. , , . , , , , 3,196 for tuberculosis and 1,539 for di-
give up the secret. ty-seven bushels of wheat lo the Li . Hubbs, 21, and Mattie Roberts, 19, El tlTe and othpr trouMe, Single
Light foot West is numbered among Reno market the latter part of last j Beno; I. F. Irby. 48, Galveston, Texas, I trPatmpnt wa8 EivPn for ll0K ohoiPra to
8,318 head of hogs and the simul-
taneous treatment of 60.705 head.
There w’ere 13,350 head of hogs treated
for worms. Horses to the number of
254 were treated for distemper, 7 for
the new ones for the ensuing year. He week. He stated that he had to break
formerly read the big weekly, hut was ice an inch ;md a half thick for a
off the list for several months. I was 1 distance of 150 feet before crossing
pleased to secure his subscription for the river. A four-horse team pulled
another year. Lightfoot is well known . the load. Mr. Baker railed at this
among the persons w ho engage in pug- office and renewed for the big weekly.
THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR.
The South Florida Fair and Gaspar-
illa Carnival will be held February’
second to tenth according to a folder
the management is sending to pros-
pective tourists. The event will be
replete with livestock exhibits and
free attractions and is the biggest at-
traction of the year for Tampa.
RUN OVER BY WAGON.
Mrs. A. N. Ayers, 515 South Foster,
was painfully injuhed Sunday when
she fell from a wagon and one of the
wheels passed over her, fracturing
two ribs. Mrs. Ayers is reported get-
ting along nicely, but suffering con-
siderable pain.
ilistic exercises.
The printers do not merely write
things—they “get ’em up,” too.
Another new’ one is Chris Ander-
EL RENO GIRLS WON GAME.
The El Reno high school girls were
victors over Chickasha in a hotly
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Hector Stas, lfl anu Leona Little, 20,
Banner: James D. Leske, 46, and Ros-
etta Whitter, 32, Yukon; Charles A.
Wjnslow, 51, and Josephine Bride- j
sliaw, 48, Oklahoma City; Cleon B.
and Mrs. Harriet Dunn Bentley, 43,
Oklahoma City.
at the First Christian church, at ten
o’clock, Rev. Frank H. Lash preaching
. . , , , , , • * | 4tii * . *a • * the sermon. The Eagles lodge, of
son, who resides on route three from contested basketball game last Friday ..
: * . which deceased was a member, held ft
Calumet. Mr. Anderson came here 21 night at the high school gymnasium.
years ago from Lincoln, Neb., and The score was 12-10 and fans pro-
by industrious hustling has acquired nouncod it one of the best games of
160 acres. He has 50 acres of wheat t.he season,
and the remainder of the tillable land
WILLIAM STONEMAN FUNERAL.
The funeral of the late William
Stoneman, who died at F]1 Paso, Texas, meningitis, 78 for digestive ailments,
last week w’as held Saturday forenoon j 92 for accidents and 200 for anthrax.
will be planted to corn, kafir, etc. His
livestock embraces 12 cattle and 9
horses. Was pleased to enroll him.
The Lean Man says ho knows a wo-
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ONLY A GRASS FIRE.
The fire department was summoned
to 200 South Williams Tuesday after-
noon to put out a grass fire. No dam-
age resulted.
brief service at the cemetery according
to the rites of the order.
MANY OFFENDERS.
The police department had a busy
time Saturday night. Nine persons,
charged with various offenses, were
locked up. The majority were fined
on charges of being intoxicated.
CHILDREN SAW “SNOW WHITE.”
A large crowd of children from the
Masonic Home, accompanied by the
hoys’ band, wrere guests of the El
Reno theater Tuesday afternoon to
see Snow While. Fifteen or twenty
cars from this city brought the chil-
dren and several of the teachers and
took them home. The crowd was esti-
mated at ninety persons. The boys*
hand played three or four selections
upon their arrival in the city.
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Bronson, E. S. The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1917, newspaper, February 1, 1917; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc912257/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.