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THE ELRENO AMERICAN. ' *
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TWENTY FOURTH Yfc*..- '°al
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EL RENO. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.
NUMBER 30.
FIVB PER CENT IS LEAVING
County’s Quota of 11 in Drafted
Army Off for Camp Travis.
OUR FIVE PER CENT.
September 5.
John Raymond Maher
Floyd James Radcliff
September 6.
John J. Watt
Louis Joseph Eck
September 7.
Fred Erbar
Clarence L. Cox
September 8.
Robert Earl McCubbin
John W. Miller
September 9.
Roy Parsons
COUNTY AGENT RESIGNS ! CITY SCHOOLS BEGIN WORK
Resigning his position as county J -
agent of Canadian county. I. H. Need Enrollment Expected to Reach
ham last week became an employee j Last Year’s Record,
of Uncle Sam. in the semi-military i*> |
Si* on of clerk to one of the ten horse- | Schools of El Reno opened their
buying boards organized at Fort Reno | doors to tin* army of students of the
to engage in the huge job of purchas I city Monday morning, and after los-
ing 8,000 horses for the government. I sons had been assigned the pupils
Each hoard is composed of a captain, I were dismissed for the day Tuesday
veterinarian and clerk and travel over | morning the school work was begun
Joi n Naph
Pari W in
* * * •
At 12:10 thi; morning Canadian
the district of eight -tates. Mr. Need
ham was expecting to he called by the
draft in a short time and the work at
the fort will place him in line with
I is present work. He will he station-
ed at the fort for some time, and ex-
pects to finish up much of the county
wttk he has started, before having to
leave. %
in earnest.
Prof. H. A. Campbell, principal ot , 1
the high school, reports the enroll | "
nient at this time to be about 300. *
which, though a little less than the en | *
rollment last year, is expected to he ’
increased by late arrivals until it M
reaches or overtops last year’s mark. | '
J A short assembly was held in the high i
school auditorium Monday morning in
FAIR BARBACUE PLANNED ! Whieh ProI\ Campbell outlined the
work of the > « ar.
Opening Dav to Be Featured With ' Enrollment in ihe wly . a’ > • 1
Big Patriotic Celebration. ! junior college has come up to anti« i
. m th. nations. 12 having signed up for the
coun,TB f, . . ..... Travis at As an ......... fe4,ure Can work The footbaU eeasoo was of
„ anny let. fo. tan p i • „dian county lair, the director* ot flcial,y lnauguratcd in the assembly
s.,„ A.lonio, Texas. »l.'o y the fair asaoeia. ion on conjune.ion d mornlnR whe„ (Xach Joe Wat-
t- urn training at on. . Two mo e, , „h |hp E1 Reno chamber of eom- , lerg wgg lnlrodueed and made a short
t oil • >w every day until th “j I merce have announced a big harbe-1 spppch pndlnR 1)y askinK every boy
',,Un?; 8 h.' . lire camo John I rue 10 b" held on the op™ins day' | weighing above 100 pounds to report,
have gathered at th a p. J b September 17. in honor of .be Cana a( every day at 3:30 o'clock. I
Raymond Maher ot LI Reno, a. Ljjan county boys who are departing
ant - Uitor of the El R^no Democrat, I anjJWpr |0 tht, cal| 0f conscription,
and Floyd Janies Radcliff of Yukon, L been announced that 40 per
are tho first two to go. ; 0j first call will he ordered
The Canadian county exemption I ,(>HVe on Septt,nibpr la, aIld lbe
i.oard baa finished it3 work of passing I (lpbratlon [g lntpnd,.d ,0 bp in t|le
upon the exemption claims of the 103 1,1>ture o( a (areweU ,0 these and oth
men included in the second call, and : l,rg who baVP gone /|,erore.
has turned over a list of about 3a0 : Th(, celpbratlon wiu be held in tho
men who are certified and qualiflt d tot j t.j,y pmk, according lo present plans,
army service. Their wotk front and an appropriate program is being
time on will be much lighter. until prepared Tor the occasion. The Red
liter- ond draft is made. Although it j (,rogg gn(J boy H(.oula wni asaist in
is possible that a number of those go- (hp t(,atiVjlipa The fa|r association
inc to the training camps will fail to j bgg dpB|RbatPd the first day of the fair
pitrs the military examination, it is I .-patriotic day.” and will carry out
believed that the excess over the 21, lhjg thpmu in th t.niire day's pro-
quota ,n the county will he sufficient
to till the places thus made vacant by
tlioM disqualified
grant.
The county fair association reports
that mistakes have been made in the
premium list in regard to the days ex-
Six letter men reported at practice i
Monday afternoon, and two more are i
expected to enroll within the next
week, thus making a promising nu
cleus out of which to build a confer-
ence winning team.
Victor Iluneh was elected captain of
the team Monday afternoon. Hard
castle, Conklin'and Wallace were can-
didates for this honor. Seven men
who played in conference games last |
year made up the list of voters. The i
schedule for the Central conferenci
has not vet been announced.
CHOOSES VICE PRESIDENT
FAREWELL MESSAGE.
National Executive Asks Divine
Guidance of Citizen Solditrs.
"To the soldiers of the nation-
al army: You are undertaking
a great duty. The heart of the
whole country is with you.
Everything that you do will he
watched with the deepest inter-
est and with the deepest soliei-
tude not only by those who are
near and dear to you. but by tin*
whole nation besides. For this
great war draws us all together,
makes us all comrades and
brothers as all true Americans
felt themselves to ho when we
made first good our national in-
dependence. The eyos of all the
world will be upon you because
you are in some special sense
the soldiers of freedom. Let it
M * ' 1 1
show all men < v > where not
only what good soldi* s you are.
hut also what good m* n you are.
keeping yourselves (it and
straight in everything and keep-
ing yourselves clean and pure
throughout. Let us s« t our stand
aid so high that ii will be a
glory to live up to it and then
let us live up to it and add a
new laurel to the crown of
America. My affectionate confi-
dence goes with you in every
battle and every test. (Jod keep
and guide you.
"WOODROW WILSON
SOCIABILITY TOUR BILLED
TELLS OF SUBMARINE FIGHT
MRS. KIRBY DEAD
Mrs. Carrie Alice Kirby, wife of 1.
9G Mile Itinerary Planned for Fair kul' t" "i ,WH' ’> 11,1 h>" 1 1 El Reno Boy Eve Witness to First
Advertising Trip Today. jMs *>•<"•' will,mi, Mondn> .vim u. S Naval Battle of War.
_. at 5:30 o'clock, death being due to .-—
Assembling at the Canadian county kidney trouble. Mrs. Kirby was horn ( The fact that FI Reno hoys are doing
court house at 8 o’clock this morning, in Clark county. Mo., on February 25. | their part in tlie historymaking events
a large delegation of automobiles are 1870. With her Imshand and family of the hit: war. is well shown in the
preparing for tin* socialiblty run for sin* came to El Reno in 1911, moving letter printed below in which the writ*
the purpose of advertising the county | here from a farm near Danner, when*
fair to be held here on September 17, she made her home for some time.
She is survived by her husband. I
Kirby, three daughters, Edith, (trace
and Nell, and on** son. W. A Kirby
of Kansas City. Funeral services were
hold at the Christian church at 2
IS and 19. The run is to be made un j
j der the auspices of tlu* chamber of
commerce and will embrace in its It ill- j
erary every town in the county. In
i addition to advertising the fair, mer
' chants making tlu* trip nr** provided j o’clock Wednesday afternoon, conduct
w ith special advertising for their! « d by Rev. \Y L. Thornton, and the
I stores. According to the schedule the body was interred in th*- El Reno cetn-
II rip will cover 96 miles. ctery.
Leaving the courthouse at 8 o'clock
«*r Herbert Van ItuskiiK. as a mem-
ber of th*- crew of the I'.SS. Seattle
which acted as a convoy to the 16
transports which carried the first
American army to Fran***, tells of tho
incidents ot that trip, including the
suhmarie attack to which he was an
eye witne-s The letter was received
by Mrs. Laura Van Huskirk of this
cit>. mother of the writer. Tin* letter
is as follows:
this morning, tlu* party plans to reach
■Calumet at 8:45, and after 15 minutes
of sociability, will proceed to Okarche.
If everything goes well this point
j should be reached at 10 o’clock, and
•nothei i ■ minutes ■ top w ill he made
Leaving at 10
next invade piedmont ai 11 " l»a\
ing for Yukon at 11 4 •
Dinner will he provided tit Yukon,
which will require about one hour.
The beginning of the afternoon run
will be at 1 o'clock. The oil well at
SECURES M. E. CONFERENCE
El Reno to Eentertain Pastors of
State on October 17 22.
■l 8 s
Seat 11«'
. New
York Cit>. Aug.
24. 1917
Deal-
Mother: Just a few’
lines to
let you
know
that 1 am still
among th** living
. and
am feeling fine •
hop** all
at home an-
in tlu* best of
lienlt Ii
We
lust ret
urn* d
from a short
, Maryland,
' a chance on
A : .11.1 |it il I
would lak
off, for we can never tell
ii- .\i in»i\.■ will b* or jti i
u will tay aw > 1 am
co to Frame again for I
First National Bank Elects Union
City Man for Position.
“THE EL RENO THAT WAS.”
By CLYDE MUSGROVE.
(Continued from last week.)
The hotels had hung out the "Full
Up” signs; the rooming houses had
At the regular monthly meeting of J filled all possible space w ith cots.
and still
As n result ot conference of tlu* dir
triet superintendents of the Mctlmdis
Episcopal church held her** Tuesday.
i!t. ion w • rt»he*l i o hold ■ a
nual Oklahoma » onfeienee In • w 1 <h ini: 11,1
will be in session from October 1? 1o when our
22. bringing 500 ministers ami laymen bow huig
from over the entire state for the reg anxious to
ular sessions and In all probability surely do not like to stay here for so
West point is to be included in■ t in J in- ! apvpral |bougand visitors for the Sun- Ions for the ».-ether is Bet-re h, re in
day session. | New York of course you know that
Condurtinir tho oonroronoe Tuesday.' »'>• have hard lino s Rolnu and oomin*.
saiion the motorists will ■i<mr"ey ,0 waa niahop W. (). Shepard of Wiohita. hut the Rood -s make up for it when
Mustang, which should bo mao ot ot ; Kan„ and lbe di»«Hot suporintondonts I o t th. ro and then wo see sotm-
2 o'clock. ‘Inly five mlnmi-s wi_____j roprosontod wore us follows Tuls.i. thing new all Ihe time.
Rev .1 E. Thackery, l» 1» : Alva. Rev | Transports Leave New York.
T S. PittinRor, H D : Oklahoma Pity. | -\\ . n. | don't know so very much
Rev. 'E. S. Stockwell. D.D: Guthrie, D0 t«-lI you, but will Irv and tell you
Rev. H. C. (’as**, D.D.; Enid. Rev J. ;,n about our trip over, or al least the
W. Baker. D.D.; Fort Worth, Tex , , y|jm.jj,a| parts of it We left here on
II. B. Collins. D.D. th** night of Juno 14. with 16 trans-
Lawton. Enid and Guthrie were portH three cruisers and six torpedo
strong contenders for the conference, boats as a convoy. Of course our
j but the invitation of the El Reno chain i ship was the flag-ship and was in tho
Elmer Petreo Elected President of lw of commerce, presented in per advance ward.
Association of Pedag'Ogs. son '>>' *’• (i Walt son. was finally ac . w.-n, n,, r0i away from the PS.
- jeepted.
Having perfected the organization of I A luncheon was served lo the visi- j
a live teachers' association lot Cana- j tors, al noon Tuesday. Other out of-1 kn()W Wl. djj no( wan, anyone lo know
that w»* had start**d for France with
erary. and the autos will arrive there
at 1:20. After 30 minutes of investi
spent here, and the caravan will move
on to the Inst stop. Union City, which
point is billed for 2:30. ATter sufli
cient time has been spent at this stop. ;
the procession will turn northward to
K1 R«*no, expecting to arrive at j j
o’clock.
__- - I
TEACHERS HOLD MEETING
Jin a nice heavy log the weather was
tint* for the purpose for, of course you
County Attorney E. F. Maley has fil
0(1 20# appeals with the district hoard I partmPntt Monday September 17 is 1 tho directors of tne First National I Pallets and shake-downs;
ot exemption, to act on the exemptions i Uip (lat(j pntries close, rather than \ bunk, W. W. Jackman, formerly of j 'hey canto: havinu recovered from the dian county, at the meetlnK held In the i town guests were: ltev. and Mrs. (!. C
of those who had been allowed-by the Tuegdgv Septpmbp|. 17'r as tbe pre-j Fnion City, but now a resident of this j first shock, El Reno now undertook ' hish school, Saturday, the leueliinu Fohh of KlnKBaher: Hr Hyalop. presi tl.0„p„
local hoard, charging that many <,f Inium ^..t roads. city, was elected to fill the responst-! to care for the strangers; every home j force of the entiri county is now prt 1 dent of the Methodist eolloRe at Outh Meets “Them”
the claims presented are not true. j ,g the achool diBtriot exhibits the ! hie position as vice-president of the in town housed a number of them, 1 pared to carry on their work in an or rio: Rev. and Mrs. W. I! Johnson ot .
I'm lowing Isa list of those In ,,ie | elosins date for entries Saturday. Sep- I bank. Mr. Jackman will devote his-'nd when the houses could contain ganiged way during the school year. | Guthrie; Rev. M. ii. Ilallinaer of ok , .''rylhtna went fine until the ntght
tent her la. and in the culinary depart entire time to the duties as a member i no more, the barns and sheds were o. j Elmer Petree was elected president . lahoma I’ity: Rev and Mrs Rice of ™ • ,,,H' -- 11 »'«« ,h1" ,,la' ’re met
ment is Sunday, September 16. Hold of the force of this strong institution, j < upied; tents, wagon sheets and can- of the county association, Miss Mina Yukon. Iiev. J f„ Lafirone of Lawton. Ih"" At 1" SO nl night we were
ers of premium lists are asked to write | Mr. Jackman is not a stranger in ]'ass tarpaulins .were rigged up in | Jackson, vie. president, and Miss | and Rev. White, conference .......rin j «e»'"ing along at 16 knots and did not
last cull of 103 men wltose exemptions
■\vc:v granted by the local board:
Virgil Mops
Allred Wells
Kno.s HmgKciibiirg
, n d W'. I.o*l
.inhn sleeper
i J>. Attain*
i. hi* Younglnll
It* i»iy Stover
• Paries Kirkl*'
I 'c \d Matthew-
I lfuvett** llan' ll
• tuts. Trainineli
-. f iiiour Mlu
l nry Rad
i od Sltnn
i r»*il Williams
\iva Turner
Wattle mill m
i .til Ohnsman
\ rtliur O'Konnor
I tlwai *1 W'lielan
* art Kstep
.lames Hamilton
carl Marlon
.litme- Murray
iP'iiry Brooks
Harry Vnupel
• - ,t\\ ford D>«*r
W illiam si'lmmr
lioscoe RoW*‘ll
W alter N'"lk
1 .ail Mason
Willis Arnold
Harry Virki'f*
W ilham Martin
. 1
these corrections in to avoid any mis- I Canadian county, having lived here yards for emergency dormitories; mid pearl Carr, secretary Ireasurer
. , ! _ .... i . a ,- ! otimniun n i u It I u in l)l/lalirunn ni'P liu. !
takes.
SECOND SECTION SEPT. 19.
for the past 26 years; a large part of j summer nights in Oklahoma are us-
tendent of Sunday schools
The program was well attended both Kansas.
look for trouble until the next day
when we would reach Ihe war zone.
"But they fooled us for fair. We were
I which was in Union City, where be i ually mild, so that open air sleeping by teachers and patrons. One of the SELLS FARM
, 1 conducted a lumber and implement! which has later become a fad, was not features ot the meeting was a talk by j . 1 lh‘' ......... ,or the we»lh'
Th" s,'™ntl s<'t,io" of t,(tnscriptc‘d ||Uginps!< gnd Ralnpd ,hp repu,ation of | impossible for thousands of visitors. s. E. Brady on the care of the eyes ' " "f was fine and it was Just dusk, for
men will he sent to the training camps lieinf, g cgrpful gnd consprvatW(, hus| ! „ ,hp aleeping problem bad been Mr. Brady, in order to show his in aorlh of Fi neno his wc.ek to T J ........... lon8"r n"'r" ",#n
on September 19. according to an an- I mgn He has for several years j solved, the matter of table accommo : terest In the educational work of the | ^ El ueno, mis week to J. W(.n> lhe arst thing anyone
nouneement of William Redder ol tin*
i Stewart, lumberman of Oklahoma City,
nf th** consideration of $16,000. The
disallowed > • I... ................ ,.......intentions of making his home in that be fed. nevertheless, and it soon de- [ for then. ' advertised in the want column of The
state, but finally returned to Canadian vcloped that they were not finnicky Rally day meetings are being pi.inn
county and El Reno. His family is about the silverware and napery and I ed by the association to be held in j
expected from California this week. | like good fellows were even willing J all of the precinct voting places in tho
j The addition of Mr. Jackman to the | to help wait tables, carry water, help county, and at other schools in tin*
cooking county, during the winter. At these
are as follows:
11 an y Palmer
I »•« McCoriuirk
|iani< l Bar
i I\ • 1«■ Thin
nett
l lip sun
I this section without being drawn, will |
: he included upon request.
CO OP DELIVERY COMING
even do the
COUNTY COURT.
With the approach of the fall term !
(If ru,i : business in the county court! Retailers’ Association Pushing a l,ank for"‘ wlu not disarrange the
i- ...King up” Ed Sherman was Move For Conservation. present organization. President L. B.
, „ , . ,, nmn..nt|ni, - Myers will continue at the head of
Monday fined $1 and costs, amounting . ,
in all to $6.23. for tresphssing on Ihe With two firms in Marshaltown, la.,'the Institution, and with the assist-
1-nul • ■ J M Spangler after he had-and Emporia, Kans.. respectively bid- ance of Mr. Jackman expects to ren-
....... (orbidden to do so by the laf ding for the contract, the El Reno Re- j der better service to the customers of
t,-r 7-al Keith was captured Satur- tailers’ association report that there 13 the busy institution. He has no in-
due night by Sheriff J. M. Carter with ' a possibility of Ihe co-operative svs Mention of retiring from the institu-
tin'., pints of whiskey in his posses-j tem of delivery being established lion, hut rather to add to and build
sion at his preliminary hearing Mo!i-j»ntong the grocers of the city by Sep-
due morning he pleaded not guilty and j tember 15. The committee appointed
r )paged on a ,)ond of ^r,on f0I. by Ihe association to secure the de- j tinue in the same capacity, where he basket for the double rows ot canvass tes will commence next week
appearance at ttie October term of livery will either accept the bid of has earned the reputation of being one J booths that filled
\ warrant was sworn byAla-ione of t,le ,wo Private firms and in- of the strong bankers of the state.
American.
CHICKASHA GOLFERS WIN
Local Club Meets Defeat on For-
eign Links on Labor Day.
the cook v..-.. — ..... ..........
themselves; so it turned out that meetings several schools will join |
when El Reno came down town the together and spend the afternoon in
second or third morning to do a little social work, and in llie evening attend Chickasha golfers decisively aveng-
marketing there was another jolt in . a stereopticon entertainment ot edu- j (>(j themselves Monday afternoon in
store for her. It was simply this: j cationai slides, accompanied by a lee Labor day tournament held on Ihe
If there were not enough restaurants I turer sent out by the* slat** university, links of the club at that place, for the
and lunch counters for the guests the County Superintendent John Rice is defeat administered by El Reno golf-
guests themselves would provide them planning a series o* trips for the fall ers on Wednesday of last week in the
up the force. land so El Reno soon found it difficult (in which he intends to include every j tournament held on the local course. ..tjn aJ us fout none hit their
C. F. McDonald, cashier, will con-|to get along the streets with a market j school district in the county. The ser'-I only two of the El Reno golfers werej^^ We gent one sub to tho hot-
,1,1.1,, to host their opponents in tho L >nd |h(, othera BubmPrSPd lo
: games Monday and Iho final s.-orc was makp good lhpjr P8<.ap„ So you aee
knew, w** saw tin* wake of a torpedo
go over our bow, and when once you
see one of t hose go through the water
will remember it for life. Wo
saw th** trail of this one and we all
knew what we were looking for—a
fight was on hand,
“Everyone ran to their battle sta-
tions. some in the masts, and others
far below tlx* magazine and shell
rooms (my Rtation is in the latter
place.) General quarters was sound
**d and of course all the gun crews
were at their station and had been
then* day and night since we left.
Five Torpedoes Fired.
"Things then began to open up.
Th*' Germans released five of their
l O. O. F. HOLDS PICNIC.
Music by the Calumet band and
speeches by well known visitors were
the principal events of tht* picnic giv-
en by the members of the I.O.O.F.
lodge in the city park, Monday. The
in the business
streets from curb to curb at which
the hungry thousands were regaling
themselves.
And still they came; freight service
on the Rock Island and Choctaw' toads
The necessity for conservation and ! citizens: L. B. Myers, W. P. Deardorff, j Was practically abandoned. All the
court. — .......... - - . , .
-,, Rhmit-ez for the arrest of John stall the system on September 15, or j Messrs. Chamneas and Pitney, assist-
Suvattv whom he alleges used profane | Install a system owned and operated j ant. cashiers, will also be found in
,nd abusive language towards his | by the Retailers'association to begin | their customary positions. The board
Wife A. W Sanders swore out a war- October 1. I ol dnectors consists of tho following
rant for the arrest of Lee Sickles,
who he alleges stole articles of har
n* ss from his barn to the value of
$7.
the releasing of men for military ser-
vice are the factors causing the es-
tablishment of the cooperative plan.
A measure is under consideration by
the government to force all cities to
adopt the plan, and it. has been inti-
mated that a prohibitive tax will he
placed upon all non-co-operative de-
liveries.
The two private firms desiring to lo-
main speech of the afternoon was cate here have horse-drawn vehicles
made by John Embty of Oklahoma 1 for the regular delivery of groceries,
City. He was followed by Rev. Boon. | and auto trucks for special deliveries,
and Judges Oldfield and Hay son, all I It is probable that the number of de-
of Oklahoma City. Col. R. B. Forrest j liveries per days will he reduced to
presided over the speechmaking.: two when the system is installed.
While the attendance was not up to
expectations an excellent program was
reported.
W. R. Myers. M. A Ashbrook, W. W. locomotives were required to haul the
Jackman. C F. McDonald [passenger trains; every side track and
j railroad yard from Ft. Worth to Kan
SELLS CHIEFTAIN. nas tilled up with freight cars tem
P. E. ajjnderwood. formerly city porarlly shuntPd o(f th„ „,ain lln„.
Rardin’s big six horse busses cam**
and went at all hours of the day and
night with passengers packed like tlu*
editor of The American, and for the
past three months editor of the Calu-
met Chieftain, Friday, sold the paper
to Elmer Petree, who last year was , . ,
, proverbial sardines and with as many
principal ot the C alumet schools. Mr. ____JK1 ______ ^ t, ......f____,
Petree will again lie principal this
winter, devoting his spare time to the
as possible packed upon the roof and
hanging on to the steps; rumbling and
RICH STRIKE BROUGHT IN. more unpqual than tho 23-10 defeat
Stoc kholders in the llillikcn Mining : whjrll E1 Jtpno had adnlini8tered last
week.
Twelve exponents of tiip Scottish
came made up the party from El Rpno.
After a preliminary practice in the
company, organized largely among I'l
Reno people, were elated Saturday hv
the news that the richest strike in
the lead and zine district near l’icher,
had boon ntado on land adjoining the mo,.nin(. a |un,.hPon waB tPnd(.red to
liilliken lease, about J'»u feet from the
boundary line. According to the Mi
ami Record-Herald the assay of the
strike showed a 73.44 per cent blende,
the former record in tin* entire Miami
district being 65 per cent blende.
the visitors by the Chickasha club,
and tli»* entire afternoon was spent in
playing. The party from El Reno was
made up of M. D. Libby, Murray Ash
brook, L. (). Higgins, J. T. Allison.
Boh Rice. J. E. Penner, LeRoy Jones.
I.T. A. LaBryer, Gladner Bernard. Jack
! Aycock, (’. G. Wattaon and M. E. Gas-
kill.
CALUMET BAND HERE.
Calumet placed itself on the musi-
cal map of Canadian county. Monday,
BARNARD LEASE DIES. I when it sent a 10-piece band to El
Barnard Lease, a retired farmer and Reno to furnish music for the Labor
business men from Union City, who day picnic given by the Odd Fellows,
has been living in El Reno some time.! While the band has not been organ-
paper. Miss Lulu Roberts, who serv-
ed as associate editor to Mr. Under-
wood. will in all probability remain in
(that capacity under the new manage-
I ment. Mr. Underwood has not an-
| nounced his future intentions, but will
probably engage in the newspaper I
business. H** left Saturday for a few
days’ visit at Purcell.
NEW SOCIETY EDITOR.
Beginning with this is*»ue Mrs. Le-
what they got for their first en-
counter with the R**d, White anu Blue;
"f guess the captain was the only
man that had ever been in a sea hat
tie, hut it was a sight to see the kids
fall into their guns and pump those
missiles of death at a target no larg-
er than an ordinary fence post at a
rang** of 500 yards, and see the hits
that they can make.
“Our trip was uneventful all the
rest of the time.
"It surely makes on** feel funny—
no difference how much nerve you
have to see one of those tin fish go
by for we all know what they can do
if they hit the mark. You know’ it’s
a long way to walk hack to land, es-
died at the Missouri hotel, Saturday at
the age of 54 years. He ran a hotel
at Union City for several years, and
owned a farm near that place at the
time of hU death. His body was sent
1 o Wichita, Kans . Sunday afternoon
for burial-
ized for practise until lately, most of
the players are experts. The roster
of the hand is as follows: B. P. Adams,
director, John Paul, R. M. Waterman.
J. E. Gamble, Harry Berg. George Be-
lenti, George Laughlin. Fred Laugh-
lin and George Bullock.
WRITES FROM PORTO RICO.
"This is one of th** places where Co- j
lumhus is buried.” facetiously writes
Bailie C. Vinson on a post card view i
clattering like a circus chariot race, | Qf a church, supposedly built by Co
eight or ten of these big lumbering j lumhus, in San Juan. Porto Rico, re- Rov Carter will assume the editorship .jauv tj10 watPr is deep,
omnibusses and a swarm of cabs and j ceived the first of the week by The | of the society column of The Ameri-
| baggage wagons would emerge from a American. Mr. Vinson is th** foreign can, in the place of Miss Parker, whose
cloud of dust and halt in front of the j representative of tho Wichita Milling .duties as assistant to the exemption
Kerfoot long enough to unload th*• company and each year makes a trip hoard occupies her entire time. So-
newcomers and take on another car-j to the islands of the West Indies and ciety events and personals should he
go of those who had registered and south American countries.
TO BUY WHEEL CHAIR.
Having been rendered infirm by old
age. John Malone, a colored citizen
of El Reno, who reached the age of
103 years, Saturday, is asking his
friends to aid him in the purchase of
a wheel chair. Part of th** $25 neces-
sary for the purchase has been appro-
priated already.
were ready to return to their homes ] -
until time for the drawing. The ex-j NEW PASTOR ARRIVES,
change of loads took but a minute or I Rev. W. L. Thornton, new pastor of
two. and then, Rardin, immaculate, j the Christian church, arrived Batur-
in kid gloves and wearing a boutonier ' day to take up his duties here. He oc-
would swing himself onto the rear step ! cupied the pulpit at his church for
i ’phoned to Mrs. Carter at telephone
I 617-J.
wave a hand, “Let them roll’’ and
away at a gallop would go the sleek
bay horses and brass mounted equip-
age to meet another section of “23”
(Continued on last page.)
the first time Sunday. He comes here
from Fort Worth. Texas, where he has
been a member of the faculty of the
Texas Christian university, as instruc
tor in the physics department.
DIES IN SANITARIUM.
Mrs. William Rumley, who formerly
lived at Fairlawn, 12 miles southeast
of El Reno, but lately of Anadarko,
died in the sanitarium here, Friday
morning, at the age of 34 years. She
is survived by her husband, three
daughters and one son. The body was
interred in the cemetery at Fairlawn.
Met by Escort.
“We were met one day out from
France by eight torpedo boats, two
airships and four planes to convoy us
in the rest of the way for they could
not take chances then.
“Portsmouth, N.H., Sunday. August
26 Well, I started this in New York
and will finish it here in New Hamp-
shire. We came in here today. Had
a fine trip hut do not know’ just how'
long we will remain. We are in for
a few* much needed repairs. Some say
we will remain for a month, but l
don’t know.—Herbert Van Buskirk. U.
S.S. Seattle, care I’ M., New York City#
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