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The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
The El Reno Daily Tribune
A Blue Ribbon Daily Newspaper Serving Oklahoma’s Blue Ribbon Area.
you Can Buy It Fos
I*ess In El Reno
Single Copy, Three Cents
UP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1935.
<UJ9 MEANS UNITED PRESS
VOLUME 44, NO. 2.
THE DALTON BOYS—MAYBE
ARRIVE IN STATE
Moisture At El Reno
Totals 2.80 Inches;
Panhandle Dry
Rainfall al El Reno late yesterday
nnd Thursday night which reached
a total of 2.80 inches was followed
by clearing skies today with pros-
pects for generally fair weather
Saturday.
While gauges within the city lim-
its showed tnat'alirmst three inches
of moisture was received here during
the downpour, precipitation in some
other sections of the couuty was
somewhat-less, although the entire
county received in excess of one inch,
according to reports. Total of 1.15
rainfall was recorded at Port Reno.
No Storm Damage Here
No damage from hail or flood
within Canadian county was re-
ported at El Reno today. Much of
the moisture during the night fell
slowly, providing a splendid season
for farmlands.
The Associated Press dispatches
disclosed that although soaking
rains reaching almost cloudburst
proportions In sections today had
erased the grime of recent dust
storms In most parts of Oklahoma,
the dust and drouth stricken pan-
handle counties still waited for'
moisture.
A cloudburst at Frederick. Tillman
county, loosed a downpour of two
inches of rain within half an hour
late yesterday, flooding cellars and
1 KM CLUB 10 Canadian County Pioneer Club BALI
} ANNUAL Open To Additional Members ^j] [j[[|[f tyQjjy
355 Oldtimers Submit Names In Past Two Years; Others Asked To Join Organ-
ization of Genuine ‘First Settlers’
A call was issued today for more
3,000 Children Expected members In Canadian county's
m „ . » "Pioneer Club."
lo Participate In
Saturday Event
* While there were 355 who submit-
ted their names a year ago, It Is
believed there are other oldtimers
who are eligible for membership,
Arrangements for conducting their nnd any persons who did not present
sixth annual Easter egg hunt which | ^cir names last year are urged to
will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday. so at once, so that the organiza-
April 20. at Legion park, have been : ln®y be perfected ^during the
completed by El Reno Klwanis club. "
There were the days, before the
openings, when Fort Reno was little
more than a trading post; then the
There are no dues, and no other
openings came and all the other jdlan county's genuine pioneers.
costs in joining this club, it is mere- Governor Plans To Seek
ly a friendly organization of Cana-1
interesting happenings of central
Oklahoma have had at least a part
of their settings within the confines
of Canadian county.
History PreserveJ
This history is being preserved,
and the records will be handed
Rev. Percy W. Berk is chairman
of the committee in charge of the
event which will be open to all
Canadian county children 10 years
of age or younger. Other members
of the committee are H. M. Hensley.
celebration in El Reno April 28 and: down lo It was with the
hope that much valuable data would
There is only one requirement- be obtained that The Tribune under-
residence in Canadian county for , (0ok the task of sponsoring the club,
a period of 35 years or more. in the 355 biographical sketches
Others Eligible already published, this hope has
Formation of the club was under-1 *,ePn realized in a large measure.
Elsewhere on this page is a mem-
Virgil Tillinghast, I. S. Duggan, ,aitpn ,r,ue Tribune almost two
Charles Burger, Ira Goddard. W. C. taken by The Trlbune almost’ lw0
ft looks as If the Dalton gang had invaded El Reno when thlo
picture was snapped. But lo keep the record straight, let it be ex-
plained that this is Bob Whitlock’s wagon in the pioneer parade last
year. Bob Newsom is shown at the controls, while included in the
mob aboard are Carl Raines, Harley Gregory, "Louie” Hamilton and
Guy Cubbage, (Contents of the barrel is a matter of conjecture.)
Scenes like this will be numerous when the second annual "Pioneer
Days" parade is staged at 1 p. m. Monday, April 29.
Charles vears a8° as a matter of public in
terest, and although 355 names were
collected during the latter part of
1933 and in 1934. it is thought other
persons eligible to join the club may
Canadian county, rich in pioneer
MAY BE CLOSED TODAY CANCELED
Elliott. H. C. Bradford,
Ruckman and V. R. Mordy.
Eggs Being Colon J
Twelve cases of eggs, with 30 doz-
en per case, have been donated b> ._____
El Reno business men. All eggs are w“-
being boiled and colored at the
Crystal laundry under direction Of
Mr. Mordy.
At the hunt, which will begin at
2 p. m.. children will be divided into
two groups Children between ages
of 7 nnd 10 years will be included
in one group which will participate
in the hunt outside the ball park,
while children 8 years of age and
younger will be placed in the sec-
ond group and will hunt eggs in-
side the ball park, it is explained.
Special "Prizes"
Each member of the Klwanis club
will place his name upon at least
two eggs, and these "prize'* eggs
bership blunk. Any pioneer who has
lived in the county as long as 35
years but who has neglected to
submit his biography in 1933 or 1934
is urged to do so. including the in-
formation as to where he came
from, how long he has been here,
lere. has been the scene of many what he lias been doing, his present
events which have been woven into address, and any other related mat-
ure pages of Oklahoma's history. | ter.
To Meet Apiil 29
Plans have been made to perfect
the organization of the "Pioneer
Club" at 10 a. m. Monday, April
29, when they will meet at the di.i-,
trlct courtroom in El Reno. All who
have resided in the county as long
as 35 years are urged to attend this
meeting.
Group pictures of the assembly
will be made, and newsreel camera-
men who are scheduled to be in
El Reno at that time to make mo-
tion pictures of ttie "Pioneer Days”
parade and redeo also will photo-
graph the gathering of oldtimers at
the courthouse, it lias been an-
nounced.
The real pioneers have been in-
vited to ride in the parade as an
impressive part of the annual fron-
tier celebration Members of the i
genuine pioneer group who do not
have their own vehicles to use In
the parade will be invited to ride
in ox-drawn wagons.
Longer Session of State
legislature
BULLETIN
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 19
i/Ti—Approved by Speaker I .con
Phillips, the house passed today
without debate a substitute for
the senate state planning hoard
bill and sent the measure back
to the senate for concurrence
In the amendment. The vote
90 to 3. While the board
was
measure passed by the house
was not in form desired by
Gov. E. \V. Marland. Phillips
told the house it has been rec-
ommended by Vincent Miles,
federal regional planning board
director.
Late Wire
Flashes
PARI OF RELIEF
Competition Held
tST^V^nddamUTr^S | Northeast B i d ding For, Duncan Cementers Com- c™ Norman’ 0klahoma City
Bross, club treasurer, when the eggs
Wind tore down telephone and tele-
graph lines but crops were not be-
lieved to have been hurt.
Broad Expanse Covered
Nearly an inch of rainfall in
Chickasha ended a several weeks
dreuth.
The heavy rain belt extended to
Enid on the north to Tillman coun-
ty in the southwest and to Seminole
and Poteau on the east. There were
scattered showers elsewhere in the
state. Beaver and Boise City in the
panhandle watched the rain clouds
with hope and saw dust storms
abating.
Tourist Traffic
ing Here Sunday
TULSA, April 19 UPy—Northeast-1 Probably the only disappointed
ern Oklahoma highway enthusiasts persons in Canadian county over
today laid their problems before j the generosity of J. Pluvlus were
the state highway commission and | players of the Sioux City and
asked that the gaps on main high- Southwest Utility baseball clubs,
ways be closed so the slat* could i H108* exhiblt'0" game Sf,,'cduled
.... , . „ .. for 2 p m. today was called off
bid for a larger share of the tour- because of wet Rrounds.
ist traffic through this section. J Both teams were eager for actual
"I don't believe the state of | competition before week-end games.
Oklahoma appreciates the value of Cowboys, of the Western lea-
are presented to him at the county Twelve El Reno highschool ath-
clerk's office in the courthouse.
Members of the local Boy Scout letes 111 add,uon 10 the tcnnls 1
troups and city policemen will pa- were participating Friday In the,
trol the park to assist Kiwanians in Mid-State track ana field meet in
conducting the annual hunt. As Norman while another group from
many as 3.000 youngsters are ex-
pected to take part in the event.
TULSA. Apiil 19 l/Pi — The
head of a forgery ring, accused
of obtaining $30,000 in at least
three years throughout t h c
southwest, was sought by Tulsa
poliee today. Three men have
been arrerted and the alleged
brains of the gang, owner of a
piir.t shop in Tul«a, was being
hunted. Ilenry Maddux, police
criminologist said.
A wide area in the Texas pan-
handle where dust storms had
caused an estimated $20,000,000
damage to the wheat crop .had
moisture in the ground today.
Rains ranging from downpours o
heavy showers visited many parts
of the Texas panhandle yesterday
and last night and extended across
a wide strip of west Texas and to
the central part of the state. The
fall was sufficient to aid the dust
torn wheat, other crops and the
grazing land in a wide territory.
Colorado, Kansas Dry
Eastern Colorado and western
Kansas, however, were left dry with
the Oklahoma panhandle. Dust-cov-
crcd Helds were still In shape to be
blown cast and south with the first
high wind.
The skies were clear this morning
at Dodge City, Kan., and Ml to
Pueblo. Colo.
Fort Smith received 34 inches of
rain. Louisiana had heavy showers
In districts that didn't need them.
tourist trade." George J. Stein of 1 *ue- wiu dePart Salurda>' morning
Miami, president of the Northeast- ,or a two-game s,'nes Saturday and
im—•--- — T'—the
ern Oklahoma Highway conference, Sunday wlth Keokuk: a*SQ of
told the group. 1 Western league, at Duncan where
Stein cited figures prepared by 'a^pr m spring practice.
C. M. Bartlett of the Miami News-1 Opponents for the Icemen at 3
Record which showed 190,000 tour-1 P- m- Sunday will be the Halllbui-
ists, most of them from east of
the Mississippi river, entered south-
ern California over highways 91
and 96 for the first seven months
of 1934. Although the most direct
route to over highway 86. which
passes through Miami and Tulsa,
only 28.000 of the tourists followed
tliat route.
Wattson Elected
To Masonic Post
ton Cementers. of Duncan. This
affray will be staged at the new
ball park here.
Monday at 4 p m Sioux City
will oppose the negro Detroit Giants
here at Legion park in what prom-
ises to be a big time attraction.
The Giants recently split a series
i with the highly rated House of
iDawd club which brands them M
a fair team and will no doubt
New Group Will Be Call-
ed Next Week
111 addition to eight Canadian
county youths who were accepted
for service In the Clvlliun Conser-
vation corps at Btngcr this week,
six others will be Instructed to re-
port for enlistment on Tuesday.
April 23, it was announced today
by Mrs. Cora C. Moon. Intake di-
rector In the social service depart-
ment of the Canadian rounty
OERA, which organization Is In
charge of the CCC administra-
tion.
The group called Tuesday will in-
clude six youths, with one alter-
nate, who will report to the Rush
Springs camp for physical exam-
inations.
Eight Accepted
A group of 10. Including two
alternates, reported to the Bingrr
camp W(>dnesday of this week. The
eight accepted for service were Ber-
nard R. Aduddell, route 3. El Reno;
John B. Carder, route 2, Yukon;
Ivan D. Cox, 501 East Wade street,
FI Reno; Bill Henry Dillard, Union
City; Reford H. Hiskott. route 3.
Calumet: Buford Qiiuld, El Reno;
Hfrbert Scoggins, Geary; and Her-
man H. Cnrlcr, El Reno
All CCC enlistments are for a
period of six months, tout exten-
sions are not Infrequent.
Charles G. Wattson, past grand
high priest, was elected to the of-
fice u grand sentinel of the grand
council Royal and Select Masons,
during the sessions of the gruna
I chapter Royal Arch Masons in
! Claremore Tuesday. Wednesday and
| Thursday.
Mr Wattson was accompanied to
Claremore by Pierce W Bartlett,
high priest of the El Reno Keystone
Chapter No. 9 W. D Patterson at-
tended the activities Wednesday.
Mcmorlul services were conduct-
ed Wednesday by Mr. Wattson tn
commemoration of the late Bert
Duncan Ashbrnok nnd Henry Kim-
ball Ricker, of El Reno. Mr. Watt-
son was assisted by Clarence Brain,
Oklahoma Clly, Eugene Hamilton,
of Chlrkashn. Charles E. Crcager, ol
Muskogee.
furnish plenty entertainment with
their antics on the Held.
Cowboys Youthful
Tlie Cowboys are most youngsters
of great ability and under the guid-
ance of "Hack" Wilson are expected
to develop into one of the top
notch clubs of the Western league.
Hugh Willingham, third baseman
of the team and El Reno's own.
was responsible for the spring
training being held here, of which
local fans are thankful. It not only
gives El Renoltcs an opportunity to
witness first class early season
games but privileges the leers to
meet with much needed competi-
tion In workouts to whip Into con-
dition.
Although several practice garnet
are planned for next week the spe-
cial combat between the two rlubs
Delegation Invades State-
house Today
the music department were com-
peting In district elimination con-
tests al the Oklahoma City univer-
sity.
Track entries were Joe Wallace.
120-yard high hurdles; Bill Slaugh-
ter and Melvern Bruce. 100-yard
and 220-yard dashes; Leslie Tnomp-1
son, Adrian Gebhart and Ralph
Clovis. 880-yard run; Ben Clark,
running broadjump; Leslie Thomp-1
son. running high jump; Bill Kelly,
220-yard low hurdles.
Leonard Jensen, shot put; Forrest'
Flagler and Leonard Jensen, discus;
BUI Collins, pole vault; Adrian
Gebhart, mile run; Melvern Bruce,
BUI Collins. Bill Slaughter. Ben
BATON ROUGE, Aprl 19 <A>>
—The laiuixiana legislature to-
day. al Senator Huey l.ong s di-
rection. threw down the gauntlrl
to the feder.u government In
the senator's PWA fund control
fight by finally enacting legis-
lation to place the expenditure
of funds on federal work under
state supervision.
Republican A m e ndments
Are Voted Down
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, April 19 i/Pl
— The administration's social
security bill designed to promote
what President Roosevelt has
termed "more abundant life"
was passed today by the house
and sent to the senate. In two
days of consideration. 42
amendments were offered. Not
one which larked the support
of the administration was
adopted, and the two written In
were of minor nature.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 19 </P>
j —Gov. E W. Marland will go be-
, fore a Joint session of the Okla-
homa legislature Monday with a
request that the lawmakers remain
in session until It provides for re-
lief and balances the budget. The
governor made his announcement
j while a Joint peace conference
committee worked behind closed
doors In an attempt to break the
week-old deadlock over the sales
tux and school financing bill and
to balance the budget.
Armed with information on ap-
propriations already made this ses-
j slon. those which will probably be
I made, and the amount of the defi-
cit. the committee shought to de-
termine what new revenue laws
should be enacted to balance the
budget.
"Real Holiday"
Asked whether April 22, the 46th
anniversary of the "run" would be
declared a statewide holiday, the
governor said:
"Instead of closing the capital
Monday, we ll have a real holiday.
We'll observe It by working here
for the hardy pioneer and his de-
pendents. Hundreds of thousands
of these pioneers and their depend-
ents are In real distress. I hope
Senator Jim Rinehart of El Reno I Clark and Gebhart. mile relay. Bob
was "kidnaped" on the senate floor Myers accompanied the group as
at the state capltol today by a! substitute,
bunch of "pseudo cowboys" froml Tennis Entrants
El Reno and carried from the Cham-1 participating In the tennis maU hes
ber "because he let Senator Louisi were: Charles Berry and George,
Ritzhuupt have the state semi-1 Hawkins, singles; Tom Shuttee and
centennial celebration In 1939 plac-1 Buddy Grabfelder. doubles; Virginia
ed at Guthrie." Grabfelder and Jean Dornblaser,
The “kidnaping" party was headed singles and doubles. Marjory Geb-
by N A. Nichols. Senator Homer; hart also was entered In the doubles.
Paul presented an excoriating reso-| students taking part In the di-
lution charging Rinehart with not | trict music contests which will con-
being on the Job April 4 when the tinue through Saturday were Robert
Rltzhaupt resolution naming Outh- carter, violin; Kathryn McCann.]
ENID. April 19 l/P)—‘The fin-
als In the three days tri-sl«te
boxing tournament will he livid
tonight. Last night in one of the
matches at 157 pounds, Troy
Quinton. of Atkansas City, Kan.,
won a derision ovrr Herb Nate
of El Iteno.
WASHINGTON. April 1!) UP)
The house today brushed aside Re-11 hat on Monday the legislature will
publican amendments and approved i give me an opportunity to address
portions of the social security bill them on this subject, calling atten-
Whteh will eventually levy taxes of * »u>ri m ttu* tieerts the psaplai a>
WEWOKA, April 19 (A*—W.
Lester Scott. Spaulding farmer,
today was convicted of clubbing
his wife to death and placing
her Imdy in a ear parked on a
railroad crossing so he could
collect $2.0110 Insurance. Life Im-
prisonment was recommended
by the jury.
$2,783,200,000 annuully for old age will ask for a joint session."
annuities and job insurance. He said he would not determine
It rejected 128 to 86 an amend- whether he would veto a bill tax-
ment by Representative Reed. Re- mg vending and marble machines
publican, N. Y„ to strike out the until he had read it.
annuity taxes which estimates in- Budget Given Care
dlcate will bring In $1,887,200,000 by Senator Cecil Chamberlain, head
of a special senate committee, an*
With barely a pause the Demo- nounced there will be little chance
crats then shouted down an amend- of ,alstng the tax on gasoline 1
ment by Representative Wadworthx, cpn( a „allon A spccta| committee
Republican, N. Y., to eliminate the
contralto solo; Wilson Boevers nnd
John Rcml, tenor; Edward Jones,
baritone; W B. Jennings, Jr., bass !
will
rle was passed.
A score of the El Reno cowboys
In full regalia, whiskers and all,
rushed in during the session, picked: >j^e quartets and Rice clubs
up Rinehart, bodily, and took him compete Saturday
out before the senate could con-1 _1-
elder the Paul resolution. Flcor j-v j |7„|_
Lender Jim Nance was not in on the| UUrHlIl 1’ «iTTlt;r IS
see ret and was as much surprised
as Rinehart.
The El Reno citizens were dressed
In boots, chaps. 10-gallon hats, and
llannel shirts with bandana hand-
kerchiefs about thetr necks when
they called on the Oklahoma legis-
lature.
The delegation Issued un Invltu-
Burned To Death
DURANT. April 19 (UP.)—George |
W. Thompson was burned to death
and five other persons escaped
early today when the two-story
Roy Kiser Marble Champ
In Grade Division
unemployment insurance taxes cal-
culated to bring in $906,000,000 by
1950.
JOHNSON PROPOSES
SOIL EROSION ( ON I 1,01.
WASHINGTON. April 1!) iA>) —
Representative Jed Johnson. Demo-
crat, Okln, proposed to President
Roosevelt today un allocation of one
million dollars for soil erosion cou-
trol in the Washita basin.
Mr. Johnson, on leaving the While
HotlSl expressed confidence lie
would get this amount for work this
year. He also asked for similar work
on the Beaver creek watershed.
will be held at 1 p. in. Sunday,
April 28, preceding the rodeo dur- Uan to xolons to attend the "Pioneer
ing the "Pioneer Du vs" celebration. | Day®" celebration In El Reno April
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. Dave Ryan, 2200 Sunset
Drive, has returned from a few
days' visit in Rock Island. 111. She
was accompanied on the trip by her
daughter. Mrs. Homer Farris, Jr.,
of Fort Worth. Tex.
EL RENO COACHES
ATTEND MEETING
FI Reno hlglixchool was repre-
sented bv Frank Crider nnd H. V
Tillinghast at a meeting of the
Mid-Slate conference in Norman
Friday lo confer on officials for the
1938 footbnll sen ,on,
Crider Is the new El Reno high-
school fixAball coach and Tillinghast
Is director of the loenl Intramural
program,
Mr. and Mrs. John Hickman Tur-
ner. of Norman, will spend Sunday
with the taller’* parents. Mr and
Mrs John C. Dr Lana, 800 South
Macomb avenue.
Did You Hear
PTA KAPPA NU, HONORARY
electrical engineering fra-
ternity at Oklahoma A. and M.
college, Stillwater, has selected
Julian Kustcr of El Reno as
president for the coming year.
He Is I he son of Mrs. H. Gels-
sler, 140 North El Reno avenue.
The organization was established
to stimulate growth of the pro-
fessional attitude among stu-
dents of this department, and
candidates are elected from the
upper quarter of the electrical
section of Junior nnd senior
classes.
Dale Ortndlc doesn't want
lightning lo mme any closer
limn It did yesterday afternoon
during the thunderstorm. He
was operating an electric adding
machine When a boll gave him
sufficient shock to clear the
machine! And he collected a
Iclitllc headache, as well
At the Presbyterian women's
meeting yesterday, Hie progrum
was In the form of a patrons'
day at a backwoods school.
Lunch was served from sacks
and coffee poured from a tin
bucket. Mrs T. G. Mowry was
In charge of the program and
developed the novel Idea.
Monday. April 29. Sioux City will
entertain the Keokuk team In a
morning game at the negro park,
and Tuesday afternoon, April 30.
the second contest of the return
engagement will be featured at
Legion park.
Murphy Mukrx Statement
L. J. Murphy, secretary of the
Sioux City tenm, stated Friday that
they were unnwnre of the fnct that
the "Pioneer Days*" celebration was
to be held during their stay here
when arrangements were made for
the spring training session. How-
ever, they are grateful to be priv-
ileged to participate In the Jubilee.
Final touches were being given
the new grandstand Friday. The
roof Is being completed and all
28 and 29
Court Hearings
Roy Kiser, Central, has been de-
home of Oeorge Roff. near Durant, I dared El Reno grade school marble
burned to the ground. rhampton and will compete with
Thompson was 74 years old Hie the Jm)lor highschool winner to
others In the house escaped In determine the local entry In the
their night clothes. They thought; state tournament In Oklahoma Clly.
Thompson also had left. He was H v Tillinghast. intramural dlrec-
trapped on the second floor. appai-;tor announced Friday.
] ently afraid to Jump.
( Ollt IllllCCi I lore The Thompson nnd Roff fumll
Ilea moved here recently from Roff.
town In Pontotoc county of which
Preliminary hearings for Vic Long:o R ,f founder
and H. J. McCarron. scheduled in ucofgc H 11 'ounc1'
Canadian county court April 17. [
have been continued until 10 a. in. ACCEPTS POSITION
April 25. At their arraignments I Charles Brindley, of Oklahoma
other work will be finished for ^'k's
Sunday's tilt, with the exception
of the paint Job which Is being
deferred until dust storms have i
abated nnd warmer weather has!
set in. lo guarantee thorough dry- j
ness of the coat so Hint fans will |
not ruin their clothes ax has been
the ease In other Instances, 'Mininas
said.
Children under 12 years of age
will be udmtlted to Sunday's game
without charge but will be com-
pelled to stay tn the aecllon of
the stands reserved for their ac-
commodation or leave the park,
Thomas said.
April 10, both defendants pleaded; city, has accepted the position as
not guilty to charges of catllc theft ] bea(j 0[ me plumbing department
when they appeared before County at oBVb, Electric
Judge Emmett Thompson. _
The pair Is charged with theft of VISITING RELATIVES
two cattle from George Ulfers on Mrs. J L. Pearre, 117 North Hoff
April 4. and bond for each wos set avenue, Is visiting relatives in 8t.
at $1,500, pending preliminary hear-1 Louis. Mo She plans to be away for the tennis matches.
The Rrade school champion elim-
inated Hubcrd Sidwell, runner up
at Central; Ray DcLong. Webster
winner; Harvey Anderson, cham-
pion from Irving, and Ike Moore,
runner-up at Irving
Five room champions will be de-
termined from the Junior high-
school, two of whom are Robert
Jensen and Brunt York.
Competition In the Intramural j
softball and tennis will be started
Monday providing weather permits,
It was reported. Permission has |
been obtained to use the mill court
IIOPKINS TAKES OVER
RELIEF IN GEORGIA
WASHINGTON. April 19 lA'i
The administration of relief funds
in Oeorgla—whose governor yester-
day said President Roosevelt was a
radical and predicted a third party
In 1936 -was taken over completely
today by the federal government.
Announcement was made by Har-
ry L. Hopkins, the relief adminis-
trator, who recently took over fed-
eral relief activities In Louisiana
Earlier, similar notion had been tak-
en In Ohio, following charges of
"political shakedowns."
Mr. and Mrs. W J. Otjen. of Enid,
will be guests over the week-end of
Mr and Mrs. C. H. Slier, 1117 South
Macomb avenue.
was prepared to report this after-
noon on the prohibition repeal con-
stitutional amendment to Include
provisions for control of state
stores.
Ttie legislature, declining to adopt
the whole new deal program of
Governor Marland. has taken things
Into Its own hands nnd expects to
balance the budget In Its own way
A stubborn deadlock over school
financing and increased sales taxes
resulted In the decision of the two
houses to name thetr Joint "peace"
committee with a view to working
out an Independent legislative pro-
gram calling for sufficient revenues
to meet appropriations.
‘•Peace" Hoard Meets
This Is the first time in years
a legislature had given so much
utlcntlon to budget balancing. Here-
tofore, taxes have been Imposed
and appropriations have been mnde
with no particular view to keeping
them exactly even.
The peace committee went Into
session today with a view to de-
termining officially Just how much
money will be appropriated for all
various functions of state govern-
ment, Including relief, and Just
what revenue can be expected from
laws, old and new. Under Instruc-
tions of the house In naming the
committee, the sales tax Income
will be estimated on a 1 percent
basis Instead of 2 as fixed by the
senate.
about 10 days.
WEATHER
Eorerast
Partly cloudy, colder in southeast
portion tonight. Baturday gmcrallv
fair,
El Reno Weal hi r
For 24-hour period ending nl 4
p, m, Thursday: high, H4; low, 50;
at 4 p, m„ 58; precipitation, lo inch.
Slate of weather, partly cloudy.
Total precipitation. 2H inches.
Bun rises tomorrow at 5:30.
Sun sets today a( 6:09
The Pioneer Club
ot
Canadian County
Persons who hnvc resided In Canadian county for 35 yen is or
mure and who have not filled out one of these blanks prior to this
time are urged to do so. There arc no fees, no dues, Just a club
of oldtimers.
Pioneers eligible lor membership and who have not submitted
one of these coupons in 1933 or 1934 are urged lo do so at once.
1 hey should enclose a snort sketch telling where they were born,
how long they have lived In Canadian county, what they have
been doing, and other Interesting facts.
Name
Address
Kesitlmt of Canadian County for
years.
In a Junior highschool basketball
game this week between two picked
teams from the seventh and eighth
grades, the latter won 14 to 8.
The winning Uno-up included Jack
Hodgktnson. Donald Arnold. Albert
Summers, Bobby Boardmnn. War-
ren Thompson, Kenneth Kamm,
Oscar Peck and Harry Coates, while
playing for the seventh grade were
Bammy Shackelford. Raymond Rol-
tln, Jack Valllunt, Raymond Rob-
lyor, Jimmy Canon and Oene Me-
Craney, all prospects for future
Junior highschool cage squads.
Fred Parkinson
Succumbs Today
OKLAHOMA CHY, April 1ft tfl’)
—Fred Parkinson, 87, former slate
examiner and Inxperior, died at hla
home today Parkinson was chair-
man of the territorial Democratic
committee before statehood. He
came to Oklahoma tn 1881 fron.
Pomona. Kun., where ho was born,
and lived at Muskogee and Wag-
oner.
Mrs. Ray McCormack. 517 North
Evans avenue, spent Thursday In
Oklahoma Olty.
We Saw Today
?RANK A WALDO, who sold
* 3,000 yard- of Bologna sau-
sngr to folks mnklng the run to
the Cheyenne-Arnpuho opening
—Just 43 years ago today—The
price was 23 cents for three
yards — Mr Waldo remarked,
"Every 'fcllar' you'd see had
Bologna and a box of crackers
tied on Ills saddle."
Judy 'the goat) belonging to
Mr and Mrs. Thomas H. Far-
ris. East Watts street, proud
mother of her second pair of
twin babies which huve been
given the names of Dolores and
Shirley. Mr. and Mrs. Farris are
a "wee bit" disappointed that
they were not blessed with a
quintuplet, after the nrrlvul of
Patsy and Hetty Inst year about
this time. When last seen Judy
and the "kids" were gruzlng on
the Farris lawn.
Fred Hlx—You know, we Just
wonder If the bowhtakerod pio-
neers had their finger nails
msnteured . . . L. O, Higgins
searching frantically for a mus-
tache cup . . Robert ' Heanle)
Aahbrouk t r I III m I a g Allison
Clark's mustache.
Kentucky Hangs
Convicted Man
SMITHl.AND. Ky., April 19 </P>- -
William DfBoe went to his death
1 on the scaffold here today after
shouting "cold blooded murder" at
the wonmn who accused him of
' a statutory offense. One outburst
I charging she would have taken
| money to have dropped her ac-
cusation brought an angry denial
from her. He was the first white
man to be hanged In Kentucky In
u generation.
Nine times he shook his manacled
| hands at Mrs. Marjorie Johnson,
wife of a store keeper.
"Why don't you speak?" DeBoe
shouted at her, "Are you willing
to stand there, say nothing, and
we me die?" You should be hero
m my place "
Ezra Davenport, of Okemah.
: Okla„ convicted with DeBoe, Is
! serving a penitentiary sentonce for
\ 20 years for uldlng In the attack,
and 27 years for robbery.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
J E. Kennedy entered a plea of
not guilty to churgr.x of it'itnxporl-
] Ing Intoxicating liquor when hr was
arraigned before Judge EnuneU
| Thompson In “ ‘T
court Thursday.
11,000.
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