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EL RENO AMERICAN. >« r«~
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR.
EL RENO. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1916
NUMBER 46.
REPUBLICANS HAD MEETING
F. A. Parkinson and D. T. Flynn
Spoke Here Saturday Night.
,\hout one hundred und fifty people
heard F. A I'arklnaon, candidate for
corporation commissioner on the Re
publican ticket, and Dennis T. Flynn,
of Oklahoma City, discuss political is-
sues at the city hall Saturday even
iutt. The speakers were introduced
by J udnc F. K. Gillette.
When Judge Gillette arose to make
his temarks he stated the voters are
not doing the customary amount of
talking this year and when one in
EDITOR COMMENDS OFFICIAL
He Says Jesse T. Witcher Should
Be Re Elected Commissioner.
It tan be truthfully said that it is
none of our business who is chosen
county commissioner over in Canadian
county hut it’s a matter of some con-
cern to our friends and neighbors who
live in Hast and West Walnut town-
ships.
•Mess” Witcher, as he is familiarly
known, is the nominee of the Demo-
MADE MONEY SELLING DRUG
Lola Gross Taken in Custody on
Charge to Retailing Cocaine.
Mrs Lola Gross was taken in cus-
tody here Sunday on a charge of vio-
MEXICAN SHOOTS MEXICAN SEVERAL BOOSTERS ON TRIP PRESIDENT BROOKS TALKED
TRAIL OF THE TRAMP
By 1*. E. D. Underwood
THE PAVEMENT
little gravel, and they
Controversy Arose Over Paying El Reno Men Are Working for the
a Ten Dollar Obligation. Proposed Northern Route.
John Farclar. a Mexican laborer who i Several El lieno boosters departed
i lias been working with the Rock Wednesday morning for Elk City ami
Island track gang for some time was | other points in tin* interest of the
! shot and badly injured Monday even j northern route of the Ozark trail out
ling by Jesus Parris, who is also a of Oklahoma City. The crowd expects
j Mexican. Several weeks ago Karris J to create more sentiment for the pro-
tin* trad
the federal grand jury
The woman's arrest was
crats for commissioner from the third
district in Canadian county, w hich | of zealous work by Chief of Police Me
ii «uu nnt-.i uur ... embraces these townships, and it) Cartncy. and his force in conjunction
quires as to the political outlook he is | seems that his candidacy should re .with a post office inspector, assisted by . And then called
met with the uncompromising reply j ceive the support of all. irrespective | another federal authoritx It is al »,ul 1
that "I’ll think it over." The Judge ! (if politics, as this is not a political ot leged the woman has be.-n carrying on I Iu lu"
Adams. E. I*. Kelly. Dr.
averred this to he a healthy sign and
he proclaimed when men do not think,
the people are liable to have anarchy
instead of organized government. He
stated that meetings of this kind are
for the purpose of assisting men to
flee or should not he so regarded.
Mr. Witcher has made good and
has done much for Ids own district
and is now in a position to do much
more in the way of needed road work,
which is well under way. and which
formulate a definite idea of the best I he understands, and carry out better
men to support At this juncture he , than a new man who might he chosen
introduced Mr. l’arkinson, who spoke j 10 take his place, and we hope to s*
about fifty minutes, dealing with con- j his enviable record endorsed, as i*
ditions in Oklahoma and his candi- ; should he. Hinton News,
dacy.
The speaker began by telling of his VICTIM TOLD OF ACCIDENT
boyhood days which were spent on a ,
farm in Southern Illinois and how he Mrs. Morefield Listened Calmly as
had dreamed of better things for the Family Physician Tells Story,
shop and the farm. lie spoke at j
length on his candidacy and stated After lying in the hospital with a
that if the people did not want a j fractured skull, one knee broken and
square deal they would better not . the other knee displaced, since I ues-
support him. He declared that the | day afternoon, September 26th. Mis. -
small firm would get the same impar U A. Moorefleld has not grasped all QjjicagO Telegraph Operator Won
tial hearing before him, in event he the connecting links as they were wo- gj Reno Girl for Bride.
is made corporation commissioner, as ! ven from Thomas, Okla., to El Reno,. --
the larger corporations. I where the touring car in which she ^ wedding of much interest was
Hie declaration that he is proud of was riding with her husband and three { solemnizod Wednesday at high noon
the Republican leadership but that he others was demolished in a collision | ^r John Armstrong Teeters,
realized that all good is not w ithin the | with an interurban freight. The lady s j ^ Chicago, and Miss Florence M.
hounds of his party or all evil in the j condition is much improved and it gevjPr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D
other political parties, seemed to sat-| he only a tew days until she will he j ^ gevier, 620 South Choctaw, toe Is
isfy moat that he is unbiased in his jable to he taken to her home. Lj,e marriage vows in the presence of
views. His speech was meritorious She was told for the first time Sun* sevPra| friends and immediate rela-
and well received. | day morning of the ill-fated automo- ■ (iV08 Qf j^e contracting parties The
Mr. Parkinson departed immediate- bile and the death of her husband, J j ceremony was performed by Rev. W.
ly after making his speech and Judge | A. Moorefleld, and the death of Mr. Johnson, pastor of the First M E
lating the anti-drug laws and lodged j They took
In Jail. She was taken to Oklahoma | took a little tar.
City Monday evening to face the! With various ingredients imported
charge before United States Commit!- i fro,1‘ afar
sioner Ernest Chambers. She waived They hammered it. and rolled it. and loaned Farclar $10 and when lu* call posed establishment of
preliminary hearing amt was helil to 1 than went away— | •'.! to collect the money Monday even through this and other nearby towns
i They said they had ft pavement, that j ing, Farclar was unable to meet the 1! Among the number from El Reno an
the result would last for many a day ! obligation, hut told Farris he would
Out they came with picks and smote liquidate the account on the next pa>
it to lay a water main day, it is said.
in the workmen, to j Evidently this angered Farris and
put it back again. before the controversy was ended In*
railway cable, they took it drew a revolver and fired, the bullet
up some more striking Farclar in the upper part of
And then they put it hack again, just the left shoulder, and lodging in the
when* it was before. hack of the neck. The shooting or
They took tt up tor conduits, to run curred un Grand avenue Shortly at !
retail business in cocaine and
morphine, many of her sales* being in
other cities and she used the Fnited
States mail to assist her business.
When she was taken in custody she
was sending a quantity of the narcot-
ics to Enid.
During the Inquiry which ultimately They look it up again for wire, to
: cm tha Mi.i.t ci/> fieri,
led to her arrest it was ascertained
the telephone
And then they put it hack again,
hard as any stone
that she is addicted to the use of the
drugs and consumed about $20 worth
in a day. The wholesale price of the
drug is said to he 98 cents per hund-
red grains and it developed that the
woman was selling it for $9 per hund-
red grains. It is averred she had ac-
cumulated about $500 the last few
months.
MARRIED AT HIGH NOON
run the ’lectric light
And then they put it hack again,
which was no more than right.
And then they took it up again, to
put in "natchel” gas.
And then they put it hack, once more,
and put it hack to las’
That is, we surely hope so. for if they
do not quit,
The poor old pavement w ill he chopp-
ed, and ruined, bit by hit.
Oh the pavement's full of furrows.
there are patches everywhere,
| You’d like to ride upon it, but it’s
seldom that you dare.
It was a handsome pavement, a credit
to the town.
But they’re always digging of it up.
or puttin' of it down.
Washington Star.
Gillette introduced Hon. Dennis T. | and Mrs. Warren Moody and their son,
Flynn, who is one of the old wheel j William. Dr Murray, of Thomas, was
horses of the Republican party. The i here and told her of the gripping trag-
gentleman is well known among the edy.
people of Hi in community and he was : As thP conversation progressed Mrs.
given a rousing cheer as he arose Moorefleld remembered having plann-
cHurcb.
The home was adorned with white,
pink and red carnations. The bride
wore a charming white wedding gown
and the groom was attired in the con-
ventional black Immediately after
Business in the subscription game
picked up last week. The first dollar
raken in was paid by C. H. Miller, who
resides in Calumet neighborhood. The
gentleman owns 320 acres now. He
bought 160 acres a few months ago.
Corn is his principal cron, although
he has 150 acres of Ano wheat. He
contemplates giving sweet clover a
test, for he believes his land is par-
ticularly adapted for this crop.
He Explained Relation of State
School to the People.
Cherokee, Okla “People generally
seem to have two mistaken Ideas
about a university,” President Strat-
ton D llrooks of the Fniversity of Ok
lahoma told farmers und merchants
of Alfalfa county in an address Thurs-
day afternoon. In Brooks was the
chief speaker of the day at the Com-
munity Institute, held nt Cherokee
last week under the auspices of the
C C. Wattson. Artlnii J Dklahoma Farmer Stockman. He talk
Wheeler and Postimi j ed to citizens on the general problems
of education, and on some of the ac
tivities the state university of Okla
j homa is following in an attempt to
I he of real service to every community
I in Oklahoma
‘The first of these mistaken ideas.’
ter the shot was fired. Farclar was
taken to the El Reno sanitarium,
where his wounds well* dressed It
was reported Tuesday afternoon that
he is getting along nicely and will re-
cover.
Jesus Farris had been in the em-
ploy of the Rock Island here the last
six or seven years and he is reputed
to he a good worker and saved his mon
ey The officers searched for him
Monday night and Tuesday fore-
noon, hut his whereabouts are un
known.
ROCK ISLAND MEN TO MEET
Officials and Employees Will Hold
Joint Meeting Thursday.
The Rock Island line is to hold a
Lawrence C«
R .1 Phipp
Spencer. J.
ter Cope.
Tin* crowd were joint'd at Calu'u
by Ed Emberson and other boostet
The home crowd is doing a little ad
\ertising for the local candy factory
by distributing 3,000 sticks and 1,000 I
hags of the "Made in El Reno” brand
of candy along the rout* Manager i
Rex Walters, of the cand> company,
is a good booster for El Reno and
Canadian county. Every citizens n.
K1 Reno ought to he a booster for the
Ozark trail
GEORGE L AMBORN IS DEAD
Popular Young Man Answers Last
Call After a Brief Illness.
lie said, is that the work of a univers-
ity is limited to those pupils fortunate
enough to he able to spend their time
on tin* campus and in the classrooms
of the school. The second is that
those men and women who are for-
tunate enough to be able to attend the
school spend their time in pursuing
studies that have little or no relation
to the real line of work they will take
up when they find themselvim thrown
upon their own resources.
"It is the business of a university.”
hr said, “to forward all kinds of cdu
cation, everywhere, provided some
George L. Amborn, secretary to
General Manager T H Beaeom of
t|„> Hoi k Island linos, died Tuesday ■ ether agency has not I.....n specifically
evening al tin- sanitarium niter a | -alnbltalmd to.....form the Riven work.
brief illness of typhoid. Mr Amborn
was twenty six years old the twenty
second of last September. He had been
secretary to Mr. Beaeom about four
years, one of which was spent in Des
Moines and the remainder of the time
meeting at the Rock Island offi i
. ,, ... . ... , I in K1 Reno. When Mr. Beaeom was,
building this Thursday afternoon, a*; 1 tions of
, ... , . . ,ri .. ... , transferred from Des Moines to *•'
1:30 o’clock The meeting will b* at I
tended by employees from Wauriki, j December J ... i
Chickasha, Kingfisher and El Reno. can,°
The Rock Island system exercises n“r,nK "is ,hr"' l,ars' "
. . in this city he made manv friends who
everv precaution to prevent accidents 3
will he exceedingly grieved to learn
that he has been summoned over the
Great Divide. Mr Amborn was n
member of the Elks lodge and he was
beloved by every member of that or-
C. F. Redans, O. M Stone. A C Iliad | dor. He araa popular amontt the young
ley, M. Bishop. O F Covalt, E. W
of every character and it also avo. •« !
controversies with the public imofitt
as it can. The follow ing delegate are
expected to attend the meeting:
Messrs. H F. Reddig, H. Fatrmon. 1
many phases of Democratic rule were
handled in an able manner. He spoke
lor an hour or more and the national
administration came in for an ahum!
Zeb Zook savs “Flaked smuts are I Gulley, J. D. Mahile, J It Lynch. W. ™ond» <lf
Zook says Flaked spuds ar, I ^ ^ , |o>.() , () Mutl|(,ws father. G. W. Amborn. or Wichita
.1. R. Nugent, A. L. Yost. T. 8. I.yman. I "to serious illness of his son and
I.. F Browning. .Ino. Blalock, M S. | *»»•• gentleman left there Tuesday a
Those wltnessinc the ceremony and I It. W Warren. It. Powell. J 'enioon, arriving here at 9 o'clo-k
Putnam, called at her home on Sun-1 participating in the festivities aside | (n ^ ^ ho shp||( d ou| "Mr 'RmUh j M. Kenega. I M Wilson, II. Donellan,' the evening to And his son had ."
has kept a large force going this fall I ^ ' Matson. Stephen Jackson, J.
The speaker made a good speech | ,,d on Saturday before the accident to Ljie ceremony a seven-course dinner
from the Republican point of view and ( visit the State fair and she also re- waB BPrvod.
membered that the Moody family, of
day and final plans were made to vis- i from the immediate relatives were
it the fair and they were to leave! rpv an(j Mrs. W. R. Johnson. Mr
11 nee of his remarks, while the state i Thomas the following Tuesday. She and Mrs. C. M. Thompson, Mrs. T. C
government of the last few years did j (,an not recall the trip to El Reno, j [JatPS and Mr. and Mrs. Boling,
not escape without being commented The events are gradually unfolding ns The i)rjdo is an estimable young
upon Mr. Flynn hacked up his re- j j,er memory reverberates over the jady and popular among the young
marks by producing statistics which !our weeks of intervening time and it j ppople of lhis (.ity. The groom holds
he had saved from time to time. will only he a matter of a few days I a rPsponsible position with the Rock
Notwithstanding the fact that Satur ; ,intji 8|le will grasp the entire situa- j ,siand as telegraph operator. The
day night is an inconvenient time tjon
for u political meeting, the Repuhli j
< ans rejoiced because so many were
present.
| used for human food and cattle fod
j dor.”
U. B. Smith, who owns and manages !
e big sheet metal work
jin line and he shelled out
FAIR OFFICIALS HELD MEETING
The Canadian County Fair officials
held a meeting Friday afternoon and
transacted the regular routine busi-
ness. Before dismissal the proposi
tion of securing quarters for housing
the exhibit shown at the State fair
was up for consideration. The offi-
cials are anxious to preserve the re-
cent exhibits because a vast amount
of work was involved in assembling
the exhibits and arranging them at
the fair.
BIG PRICE OFFERED FOR CORN
August Blifemich exhibited ten ears
o( Reid’s Yellow Dent at the Muskogee
lair and he was offered five dollars for
the com, which was promptly refused.
When the shipment was returned to
Island as telegraph operator,
happy couple departed Wednesday af
While the facts of the accident were ! ternoon on the 3:15 north-hound pas-
being narrated to Mrs. Morefield she monger for Chicago, where they will
listened calmly and without weeping, make their future home.
but it was evident that she was deep-
ly grieved. She withstood the ordeal
much better than was expected.
AUDITORIUM COMMITTEE MET.
The committee appointed at the
Chamber of Commerce banquet to in-
vestigate the best means of securing
funds for the construction of an audi
torlum for El Reno, held a meeting
helping the people get ready for nat-
ural gas. He has been reading The
American a year and is satisfied.
Troubles never come singly. Just
ns the cold weather approached- tin*
shoes advanced.
Among the ones I landed Friday is
Judge J. I. Phelps. When I called at
his office he was busily engaged in
arranging to have a spread for Sen-
ator Thomas I*. Gore and a few Dem-
ocratic friends. The judge is a pleas-
ant gentleman to meet and I appre-
ciated his readiness to pay me.
-Pensions for preachers ought to
bring the time nearer when a pen-
tninn.1 with a turkey dinner_ Sunday. |cil-pusher will get paid for his work
L. B. Myers was the next man vis
AN HONOR DINNER.
Mr and Mrs. Will Hansow. living
four miles south of El Reno, enter-
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pet-
rrson. who expect to leave soon on «||ted aild |'did not p-t to hla disk un
yea,'-a trip through Illinois and Iowa, j duK a dollar from hjR flank
Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Chas | pockPt and said: ..Vou „ld hav0
to ask me. did you?" Evidently he
idled His father Is the only snniv
Kivett, A. I.. Hoffman. Geo. Hinds. W. j Ing relative.
L. Harkins, M. Spracktles, H. H Pe- The funeral will lie held at tin
lers. VV. L. Luper. F. A. Holt, .1 V Elks' Home tilts Thursday afternoon
This definition is now generally ac
cepted. We are attempting to follow
it.
"In a state where we have the in
itiative and referendum, it 1h vital
that citizens should have some means
of informing theniselyves on the ques
PI tions of the day So the university
Anihorn Publishes bulletins, collections of in
1 formation on almost every kind of
subject, and sends them out to citi-
zens free. It is important thnt stu-
dents in high school study these ques
tions. and debate them. We have or-
ganized a state high school debating
league. The learning of the university
just us far as possible should ho taken
Into rural communities of the state.
Visual instruction proved to be the
best method of doing this. Visual in-
struction went to thousands of people
last year.
"Other methods for taking the uni
versity to those who cannot come to
tin* campus are the holding of short
courses for merchants and engineers
and city officials, the maintaining of
information bureaus similar to that bc-
• ing maintained for tin* municipal
the sending of lectures and
Henderson, K. Herding, K. K. Shaffer, at ' ■'« o'clock, conducted l).v Dr Hot. mu„|(.a| ta|pnl Uirr„n.m
Fred Milbradt, J W Easter, W E ert J Phipps The remalns^^ will be the >tale ^ holdln)t of leagues .con
Grossman, 1). F lloe, Hugh Harvey, j taken to Wichita. hiB former home, for v,,nt|onB fl)r lhfl ,ns(.UBB|on Uf
Del Stephens, .1 .! Taylor, C. Hodg j interment. Oklahoma problems."
kins, F. (». Weeks, C. 0. Dowell, I! | * "And Insides this,” he said, “every
L. Smith, R. W Friday. C. W Moffatt, I WATCH FOR BANDS ON DUCKS (.itjZPn jn t|„. benefits Indirectly
J. VV. Griffin, Charles Hardeastlo, A if you kill or capture a wild duck ' froni (i„, dj,P( i benefit students get
Hamilton, G. H. Ileyman, W J. Logs : bearing an ailuminum hand around when your child falls ill of a fever,
don. j one leg, having a number on one side, I,, niay j,P a matter of lifi* or death
An aditional attendant w ill lie P and on the other a statement request- i lo you t|,at t|,P physician you call he
E. D. Underwood, city editor of The I ing that tin* United States Depart-1 competent. When your property
American, who is scheduled to make | ment of Agriculture, or the Biological i rights or personal liberty are en
a brief talk on safety first in the j Survey, he notified, you are vequested i dangered. it is vastly important that
journalistic field to send this hand nt one** to the Bu- . tlawyer you hire be skillful. When
of Biological Survey. Washing- necessity sends you to a drug store
DELEGATES IN MOVIES. tr,„ n (' This band, if accompanied
They have not reached
posed work,
any definite mode of action up to
the present time, but doubtless they
will in tin* near future
i eau
ton, 1). f\
Weather permitting, on the after-] by a statement as to date, place, and
noon of November 20th, moving pie-1 circumstances under which the bird
tures will he taken of all Ozark Trails | was taken, w ill he* of service to th»-
convention delegates arriving at survey in its effort to determine the
pro- |Rlndprliasen. °f that neighborhood and much to do. Many thanks. I hope oth Oklahoma City in automobiles. The longevity of individual ducks and the versity of Oklahoma, the standards
Mrs. Lulu Sandstrom, H. J. Chandlei ors wjjj Jq likewise, the end of this northern, central, and soiithern routes, | routes of migration of the species The for these and other professions ar**
week it saves time and facilitates !,,etween Oklahoma City and Amarillo, j bands are being attached to consider BPt by tin state school So in more
matters. j Texas, it is promised will send as able numbers of wild ducks of several ways than one the university does
Both sides are giving cheery earn- many as ono thousand automobile j species which have been cured of the reach every community.
Shultz and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A
Monday evening and discussed some HiCkR and clOlilron, Mis.s DdiOj J believes In helping a person who has
of the obstacles that hinder the
with a prescription, it is vital that it
he compounded hv a skillful pharma
cist Even though the particular do*-
tor or lawyer or pharmacist you call
may not he a graduate of the Uni
and Kenneth Killam, of El Reno.
TO ORGANIZE REPUBLICAN CLUB
It is arranged to hold a meeting at • paiBn reportg, but r,.porlR oftPn dp.
the city hall Friday evening, at eight |cpjvp
o'clock. at which time a Young Men's My next one was for a new one M
Republican clttb will he organized. : I{ Holzpn of Darnnct0n. paid for a
one
loads of delegates.
Secretary S. B. Jackson it was discov [eluding the 27th of October.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
The registration hooks will he kept
open in Canadian county until and in-■; Adelhert Brown president of the ,,
1 AcieiiM rt uruwn, 1'nmunii m m* VPRr He came to this country with
; Young Men's Republican club* of Ok hia mothpr whpn „ mprp boy haH
ered that ono ear was missing. Willis failed to reglstei for any reason you (lahoma. will address the meeting and bepn hprp twpntv ,arg Thp n(]p
llllfernlch, son of August Blifernich, j may do so now. Ttiis is an important wlu ajd U)p young men of El Reno man raispd 1rt aprps 'of (hls yp ,.
second prize for his ; matter to every citizen apt! if you nnd viclnlty in perfecting and estate and Bta„.d H „ makl „„ ay,.
i want to vote you would fletier regls-; luhlnB a permanent organization yip)d of 32 buBhp|, ppr acrp np ,laB
35
was awarded
display.
BREAD IS COSTING MORE.
El Reno people will get no more
five-cent loaves until the price of
hour becomes much lower. The own-
ers of hake shops decided the las* of
the week to advance the price to ten
centR per loaf, making it commensur
ate with the high cost of flour.
ler. If you have to transfer, you can
have the Important duty looked after
up to and including the 27th of this
month. •
HUGHES ALLIANCE CLUB
A meeting of the Hughes Alliance
hogs and is feeding 30 of them, !
getting them fattened for market.
It doesn’t raise the cost of a Thanks
giving dinner to imagine roast turkey
will be on the menu.
While chasing along I tackled B. F.
Elliott,jof the firm of Jacobi AL- Elliott, j
and he subscribed. Mr. Elliott is a I
pleasant gentleman nnd I was pleased
to add his name to the list of satis
fled readers. His undertaking firm is
a progressive one and Is forging to
be present. Don’t forget the hour., underwent an operation at the sanl- j Hie front
iu
BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
! Rev. W. Jt. Johnson, pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church, re-
turned Tuesday night from the con-
i ference, at Enid, and will remain in
: El Reno for another year. The mem-
i bership of his church and the people
of the city are pleased by the action
of the conference in returning him
duck sickness prevalent around Great
Salt Lake, Ft ah, and there released.
Tin* department is particularly anx-
ious to secure reports from these
birds to determine their complete re-
"Then there is the misconception,"
he said, "that a university Is only a
college of liberal arts. It is in fact
a collection of schools and colleges,
each having a specific purpose, that
covery from this malady which has , purposes being to train men and wo-
kllled hundreds of thousands of ducks men to become experts in some par
in Utah. ticular line of work, in which they can
—-——-- at the same time reap benefits for
MARRIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Mr. Roswell R. Bailey and Miss May-
belle Esther Morrow, of Oklahoma
City, were united in marriage Sunday
rt the First Presbyterian church par
sonage. at 12:30 o’clock, I)r. R. J.
Phipps performing the ceremony
is called to meet at the city hall Sat-
urday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Oc-
tober 28th. All persons interested in UNDERWENT AN OPERATION,
the election of Candidate Hughes for; Miss Helen Burke, who was attack-
president are urged and requested to pd by a 8PVere case of appendicitis.
PIE SOCIAL AT FRISCO.
The pupils and patrons, of Frisco
school In Yukon neighborhood, held
a pie social Saturday evening to raise
funds for the benefit of the school
The affair was fairly well attended
and $17.50 was raised.
HUSBAND WANTS DIVORCE.
Fred Haag filed a petition In dij-
trict court Monday asking to have the , _ _ _
bonds of wodlork between himself "'p "ln,p 11,1,1 ,he dH>'- -1 h Um,'f tarlum Monday evenintr She
nnd wife, Ava Haag, severed. He asks President: Thomas Jensen, secretary ported getting along nicely,
legal Reparation on the premises
desertion.
r0‘ i Anyway, a street car strike can man
age to ring up a sensation occasion-
- ally
less legiti Started out shortly before noon Sat-
MAY BE MARRIED NOW. Patrons of the more
Adrian B. Gebhart. Rock Island rail- j mate drama express the belief that urday and found Captain Mitts seated
way employee, secured a license late better plays will be given in future j comfortably on a box and the gallant
WEDDED MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Mr. Frank Anderson, of Choctaw,
and Miss Ada Miller, of Harrah, came
to this city Monday and were united
In marriage at the court house, at
three o’clock. Judge R. B Forrest
performing the ceremony.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Harold Johnson, 21, and Lizzie
Brown, 19, Oklahoma City; William
M. Saderberg, 28, and Anna Benesh.
23, Oklahoma City: Grover E. Wal-
den. 23, and Gladys May Cutherell,
18, Oklahoma City: Al Hatten, 47. and
Jennie pevereaux, 37. Ponca City:
Frank Anderson, 35, Choctaw and Ada
Miller, 28, Harrah; John Armstrong
Teeters, 23, Chicago and Florence M.
Reiver, 18, El Reno: Clifford D Patty.
21, Meeker and Lillie May Brooks. 19.
El Reno.
themselves in the way of increased
A PUBLIC RECEPTION.
earning capacity and repay society
for the benefit they have received by
rendering honest and efficent service.
President Brooks took up in detail
each school and department of the
University of Oklahoma and showed
their aims nnd purposes. "We have a
number of schools," he said, training
Oklahoma hoys to become Oklahoma
1 lawyers; the college of engineering is
making a study of the great possibili
ties for development in this state, and
Is training Oklahoma boys to take
charge of that development. The
school of pharmacy is training young
men to lx* first class pharmacists, anti
the demand for university trained men
is so great that it is difficult to keep
The
is training Okla-
o’clock. Rev. W. L. homa boys to meet the
WALDEN-CUTHERELL NUPTIALS.
The marriage of Mr. Grover C. Wal
den and Miss Gladys May Cutherell
of Oklahoma City, was solemnized at a student until he is graduated.
Rt. John’s M E. church, Saturday j school of medicine
MARRIED SUNDAY EVENING.
Mr Al Hatton anrt MIbr Annin Do- : Wednesday to wed Miaa Beatrice , It la difficult to see how improvement. ,dd KPnt|Pn)an Rave me a mamma to Th,“ nnw rHndj' fHrto'T w»» "pened
vereaux of Ponca Cltv were united Murphy, and tn all probability the could be avoided raise hts date He is a fine Rentlo- for Pu,dlp inspection Friday cvonlnp rvoninK at 9:30 o'clock. Itcv. W. 1.. homa hoys to meet the health protc
in mart-tape Sunday evening at the ; nuptial knot will have been tied be.,---j man and ,s an .89er> coming here from and hundreds of El Reno citizens vis Anderson officiating. The couple de- lems of this state.
home of Mrs William Gordon, of this fore The American reaches its read ; Do your Hallowe'en hiding of port- Kansas. He has lived in El Reno the "ed the establishment between the pa"cd for Oklahoma City tamed' .telv ..And eVen the college of arts and
: Prs. ' able property early. [ (Continued on Page Eight) | hours of seven and ten o'clock. | efter the ceremony. 1 (Continued on Page Eight)
city Judge It B. Forrest officiating
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Bronson, E. S. The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1916, newspaper, October 26, 1916; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc913768/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.