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The Tribune Goes Into
3750 Homes Daily
VOLUME 38.
The El Reno Daily Tribune
The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
Office and DisU
Room Are Rt
NUMBER 126
Uv.
ity Manager Bender files
Report With City
Commissioners
A detailed report, in which were
eluded preliminary estimates on
e advantaged that would accrue
the city of R| Reno through the
iinicipal ownership and opera-
fn of the electric system of the
y, was presented to the city com-
ssloners Monday night by (’ity
tnuger J. H. Bender,
in preparing his estimate, Mr.
nder said, he used as a basis for
luring upon plant capacity, es-
lated revenues, etc., the latest
ailuble figures filed by the ok-
loma <«as and Electric company
th the state corporation commis*
n, these figures being for the
ir from March, 11»28 to March
29.
Sees Greater Economics
Mr. Bender declared in his re-
‘t that a municipal electric sys-
i can be operated In conjunction
h the municipal water system
the very pronounced advantage
Joth, in the way of economics of
ration in many phrases of the
> enterprises where the same
rating personnel and organiza-
l necessary for either can carry
the same functions for the oth-
it relatively small increased ex-
se.
Municipal electric system in
es of 5,000 population or more
ohi invariably have been quite
fitable to the cities owning
id.” Mr. Bender declared. "A
of Ihese in the neigliboring
es and in this state are Ponca
Blackwell, Pawhuska, Wood
d. Mangmn. Stillwater am’
lean in Oklahoma; Terrel, Bry-
Denton, Lubbock, Vernon
enville and Austin in Texas;
of the smaller cities, Clayton.
r Mexico, with a population of
)0 and Colby, Kansas* with a
illation of less than 2,000.”
Estimates Pi intuition Costs
Ir. Bender estimated the pro-
Mon costs for a municipal plant
153,500 per year. Of this
►unt, $ 11,700 would be for
ries; $24,000 for fuel; $2,400
lubricating oil; $400 for light
ami greases; $7,500 for main-
trice; and $7,500 for genera!
mses, such as supplies, Insur*
J uud contingent expenses,
he distribution costs were ex-
ited by Mr. Bender at $ 18,800.
i-h included $4,800 for salaries
be chief and assistant electrl-
; $N,000 for maintenance of
ributlon system and $6,000 for
•ellaneous and general ex
to.
he total general and office
r were estimated by Mr. Ben
at $0,500, including office sal
< of $3,000; stationary, hilling,
icting, etc., $1,500; and em
ers’ liability Insurance and
:ellaneous, $2,000.
Ixed overhead or capital cosh
? estimated at $50,000 per
. This included five per cent
(500,000 cost of system, $25,-
and five per cent on slnkin?
I of $500,000 cost of system.
000. Construction of the
t would bo financed with 20-
serial bonds. The annual in-
it requirements would de-
se each year by the amount of
50.
r. Bender estimated the total
ating and capital costs at
1,800 per year with an estim-
gross revenue, derived from
ent rates, of $200,000 a year,
ing a total net operating in-
e, after payment of operating
capital costs of $71,200. He
n»ted (hat (here would be a
ugs of $10,500 In the operat-
The office equipment and sup-
plies have been moved back into
the front of the Canadian Motor
company afier a hit of spring house
cleaning and re-decorating. The
front or display room and the of-
fice have all been ‘re-painted and
reflnlshed, making the room a very
attractive one.
The service rooms are also un-
dergoing a hit of freshening up.
Sections of the floor are being pain
ed a battleship grey. And the en-
tire interior of the building will
room be all reflnlshed.
CHICAGO TO SHOOT TEAR GAS NOW
Several Important Matters
Discussed at Regular
Session
PAVXK JOINS AMKKIIAN
Howard Pnyne of Blanchard,
who was connected with the ad-
vertising department of The Trib-
une for several weeks, has accep-
ted a position with the El Reno
American.
Officers From Many Oth-
er Cities Here For
Conference Today
A Rock Island staff meeting was
held today at the local Rock Island
offices for officers of the Second
district.
Among the officers who attend-
ed the meeting were: H. E. McMul
len, superintendent of the El Paso
Amarillo division at Dalhart, Tex-
ts; Kepler Johnson, superintend-
ent of the Oklahoma Southern di-
vision at Ft. Worth. Texas; J. A
MrDougal. superintendent of the
Arkansas-Loulsana division at Lit-
tle Rock, Arkansas; C. B. Pratt, su-
it Herrington, Kans., G. W. Rourke
mperintendent at the Kansas City
.erniinal on the St. Jxjuis division;
A. R. Ruiter master mechanic a!
Kansas City, Kans.; C. I> Sharp,
master mechanic at Little Rock. Ar-
kansas; Jack Dimraett, train mast-
er, Little Ro k, Arkansas; John G.
Farmer, general passenger agent at
Ft. Worth, Texas; O. Collins, divi-
sional passenger agent at Oklaho-
ma City; C. W. Fowler, train mas-
er at Pratt, Kansas.
Several important matters were
discussed at the regular lifoeting
of the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce, Monday evening, in the
Business and Professional Wom-
en's club rooms. Several reports
were presented by committee
chairmen and several major busi-
ness matters were brought up.
A report on the dance given
last Monday night was presented
by the chairman and voted upon.
A report was also presented to th"
members by L. P. Mclone, a mem-
ber of the group of representatives
from the local organization who
attended the highway meeting at
Canton last week. Melonc, in giv-
ing the report, was enthusiastic
concerning the possibility of the
El Reno Chamber entering this
project and doing the community |
a great service.
According to Melone, there were
about 125 at the meeting at Can-
ton and practically all of the dele-
gates were strongly in fuvor of
sponsoring whatever effort was
needed by the different organiza-
tions in bringing the proposed
•'evv ie«i gas ooiuon wim v> n Hu to e.iny on its crime wariare have
been adopted by the Chicago policedepirtment. The bombs, instead
ol hiring tin own, can be shot a i«is lance of 500 feet out of u tear gas
gun. Photo shows Chief of Detec-tlves John Eqgan, left, displaying a
bomb shell to Col. Phillip Crippcn.sc retary of the Windy City police
department.
(WED 81 DEI
highway No. 3;i through this ae(-! Dies at Home Near Okar- Firemen Extinguish Blaze
tlon of the utate. Tile hlghwav ,
che Last NiKht on Miles Avenue
would extend from Denver Colo.,
to New Orleans. La., by way of El I
Reno and Oklahoma City.
Luther Gad berry, who headed
the local delegation to Canton,
was given the power last night by
the voting members to do what-
ever he saw fit in regards to the
highway proposition, in represent-
ing the local Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Rev. W. B. Slack then presented
■< proposition before Hi" group and
after some discussion, the project ther in death and in survive. Those
Mrs. Susan Gorman, 38, wife of The fire department was called
John Gorman, died at midnight, on alMnlt f,: 30 o'clock this morning to
Monday, In her home, 1 mile south I 5n South Miles avenue to the
and •„ west of Okarche. following hom of (,eorgc P„rce||, t0 answer
an Illness of several months. , „„ aJarm. A colored man had been
Funeral services will be held toning trash in the rear of the
130 «'**, r""'8,lu-v yard and It had crept under the
from C a holie church at Okarche relir door of tll(, gurage on the back
with Father Stabcr in charge. ot lh(, !ot aml> catdlillK ln a box of
Two children preceded their mo- papers, quickly Ignllable material.
Pairings For Tournament
Here Friday and Sat-
urday Announced
Pairings for the second region-
al high school basketball tourna-
ment to be held here Friday and
>a turd ay were ar. nouncod tills af-
ternoon by Miss Rose Witcher,
principal of El Reno high school,
LI Reno will play Guthrie at 8:30
o’clock Friday night.
Miss W iteller bus b< on appoint-
ed manager for the tourney here.
Balls and tropheys are being for-
warded from I,. K. Anderson, of
Okluhomu City. No official bus
b‘'*‘ii announced for the tourney.
The Instructions read that an offi-
cial will report here Friday at 2
0 (The pairings were made
at Oklahoma City and the teams
were paired alphabetically.
Tim pairings are as follows:
Friday, 3 p. m. Britton girls
vs. Foss girls.
^I'iday, 4 p. in, Weatherford
boys vs. Homestead boys.
P riday 7:30 p. m. Kingfisher
girls vs. Orlando girls.
Friday. 8:30 p. m. El Reno
hoys vs. Guthrie hoys.
Hm girls final gume probably
"ill be at 8 o’clock Saturday night
ami the hoys final game at P
o’clock. Tickets will go on sale
within the next day or two and the
Price of the tickets will be the
*ame they were for the district
tournament, $1 for season tickets
and 50 cents for single admission
tickets.
Observance to Stress
Prevention of Blindness
May 4 to 10, Inclusive, are the
dates which have been designated
for (he unnilul observance of
Fourth Educational Week, spon-
sored by' the National Society for
the Prevention of Blindness in the
state of Oklahoma. Governor Hol-
loway has promised to issue u pro-
clamation setting ..side this week
for suld work.
Miss Jessie Burker, of El Reno,
former member of the commission
In Oklahoma, bus received an in-
vitation to attend the first meet-
ing of the commission to be held
in the Blue Room. State Capitol,
at 2 p. ni., March 5, at which time
plans for the observation will be
made.
AITIS VOTES ON BONDS
AI.Tl'8, Oklu., March 4 ~(LPV-
Altus citizens voted today on a
proposed $200,OU0 school bond Is-
sue. The issue would provide for
erection of a new senior high
school, two new ward school build-
ings and purchase of a ward schoo’
site.
a IS OVER
soon had the interior of lhe garage
rived they tore the boxes and flam-
ing materials from the garage and
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wa* declared a area, one. Com- surviving are: Ton, and Jin, Go, m fia,^ Wto the (Iren,^
mittees were appointed and work man, of El Reno; Mrs. Rose Knecht
started on the proportion today Mrs. Katherine Naberhaiw, William IU|i ,„BlollnlB ,
Ueteila of this enterprlve cap not Frank, Lawrence Ague Chari", ...tor n n,,,* i ,, .
be announced fora few day* It „»< and Marlin nil of Okarche Ar *nWl
1 meeting last' a ne‘ of shingles were lorn horn the roof
... and chemicals applied to the bum-
V\ . K. Mathews to j ing parts of the building. The dam-
Erect Residence w was not eH,imul0(t to be great.
New Student Enrolls
In Local Hitfh School
Miss Rehekah McGee of Verden,
Okla.. enrolled Monday in the El
Reno high school us a sophomore
A building permit was issued on
Monday*to W. R. Mathews, of this
unnouned at the
night.
An invitation was extended the
El Reno Junior Chamber of Com-
merce last night by the Oklahoma
City Chamber to attend a stag din-
ner at the Oklahoma Club In Ok-
lahoma City tonight. A large for l,le erectb>» of a resident *
group signed up to make the trip. at North K street. The cost
The group from here will meet in of t,lp structure to he $3,000.
Hu- lobby at the Oklahoma Club
this evening at 6:15 o’clock and TW0 ARRESTS MADE
go in a body to the banquet. Two names were entered on the
Reid Hollingsworth was then blotter last night or rather
called upon to give a few piano j early this morning. The names of
El Reno was one of the eight cTI-
ies and towns .selected to entertain
Hie slate high school regional has-
betball tournaments next week-end.
The second regional tourney will
Ik‘ held in the El Reno high school
gymnasium Friday and Saturday.
F°ur boys teams and four girls
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TAG AGENCY HER
Officers Expect to Start
Arresting Delinquent
Motorists Soon
student.
TU T HAS IIKSTI'I I, NIGHT
WASHINGTON, March 4 (IP)
Another restful nishl was* en-
l.eonard Wood Faces
Bank Robbery Charge
mm,hers and slny i, song, which Harry Brown ami Mrs Myrtle Smith joyed by William Howard Taft anl
he did In a very capable manner wore on the book and op his condition la unchanged atteiid-
rolio,vine this, the meeting was-PMlte their names a - barge of ,11s- ants m Taft home reported at
adjourned. orderly conduct was written. ! «:30 a. in. (' S f today
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 4.—
(IP>—Leonard Wood, 36, Dough-
erty, today was held without bail
in the Oklahomu county jail awuit-
Ing his trial March 12 on a bank-
robbery charge. He was remand-
ed to jail late yesterday when he
was urraigned in justice court and
pleaded not guilty.
Wood Is charged In the robbery
of the Farmers State bank at
Bethany. Two bandits raided the
bank last week and escaped with
$4700.
Fcated by Central of
Oklahoma City
I Reno high school girls debate
ii last to Central high school
)klahoma City and at the lo-
ll Igh school In a Central con*
nee debate Monday.
Isses Ruth Torpey and Louise
ler, who debated the nfflrmn-
side here, lost according to
critic Judge, Prof. Swartz, of
ihoma City Hnlverslty. Misses
othy Fuget and Alvan Mercer,
debated the negutive at oVla-
1a Gity also lost. The team
accompanied to Oklahoma
by M. A. Mansur, of the pub-
Hp«'uking department of the
l school.
Oklahoma City Firm Low
Bidder on U. S. 81
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 4.
(IP) The state highway commis-
sion today opened bids by 85 con-
tractors for construction of 115
miles of paving in Oklahoma.
The letting was considered one
of the largest in the records of tin*
commission.
Only one bidder refused lo ob-
serve the commission’s new rule
that an affidavit stating there had
been no collusion with other bid-
ders must accompany the bid. The
company ignoring the affidavit was
Maney and Alley, of Oklahomu
£lty. This hid was not considered,
Contracts will he nwnrded at 4
p. m., Wednesday, after engineers
have tubulated the bids.
The apparent low bidder for the
four and one half miles on No. 81
from Kingfisher county line south
to connect with El Reno paving
was Parke and company, of Okla-
homa City, with a hid of $57,646,
Dr. Jack Nicholson Given
Appointment
Hr. and Mrs. A. L. Nicholson,
South Barker uvenuc, received
word today from their son, Hr.
Jack, Nicholson, of Cincinnati, ()..
that he is to report at the Cniver-
sity of California hospital in Han
Francisco July 1, as assistant sur-
gery physician.
Hr. Jack Nicholson is at the
present time resident physiclun at
the Cincinnati hospital In Ohio.
At the time of the beginning of
his new position at the University
hospital in Run Francisco he will
begin his duties July I and will
also study surgery at his new
practice.
Miss Daisy Braden, local auto-
mobile tag agent, announced today
that the office was caught up with
Its duties and from now on they
would be able to handle any de-
linquents. The office asked per-
mission a few days ago to extend
the time a day or two.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of last week, the office was
swamped. Many persons had wait-
ed until the last minute to pur-
chase the tagH and it made it very
Inconvenient for the clerks at the
tag office.- Many of the tag seek-
ers hrfd Iff leave their records and
have the office force look after
^the ffjlng.
Oklahoma state laws give tlm
tag purchasers 60 days In which to
buy a tug while many states allow
only 30 days and then enforce the
law the first day of the delinqiien-
<y period. Canadian county mo
torists has. according to figures,
purchased about three-fourths or
the tags which must he issued in
the county.
From word which reached the
tag-agent's office this morning,
Oklahoma county was enforcing
the law regarding delinquents at.
once. It wub thought that off!
cere in Canadian county would is-
sue a warning during the next day
or two and then start enforcing
to the full extent of the law.
Concho Indians and El Re-
no High School Teams
Entertained
A large number of tlie members
of the Lions Club attended the
banquet given at the Southen
hotel'today noon in honor o«
Coach Dele warn and hU Conch •
Junior High Champions and (’oat V
Simmons and the El Reno big),
school basketball team.
Besides the two coaches a , I ;|>
teams, there were several visto*'
ironi the Yukon Lions club, h i
ed by the recently elected pn •
dent, Claude Alexander. It w
definitely decided today at the r
ular meting to hold the chart
night for the Yukon club at Lak
Side Country Club March 20. Th
local club is attending to the de
tails of organizing the club at
Yukon.
Committee*! Appointed
The entertainment committee
which was appointed for the char-
ter night was as follows: Rev. E.
Clark, Herb Keller. J. A. Rine-
hart and P. G. Liebmann. The
committee to arrange speakers for
(he charter night Is as follows:
Bill Maher, Judge Fogg and N. A.
Nichols.
The entertainment at the club
luncheon today wras presented by
a group of girls from the Merry
Makers club from the high school.
The girls who took part in the en-
tertaining were: Misses Virginia
Thom, Ethel Smith, Martha Mus-
grave and Dana Bell Morris.
One Defendant Convicted
In County Court
Day Meetings Bejrun To-
day at M. E. Revival
A flue Monday nlxlit audience
listened with rapt uMention as the
pastor, the Hcv. Alva V. Brown
presented the life principle of
"Vicarlofk Suffering," at the First
Methodist revival last night. The
song service wa8 especially spirited
with practically all of the choir
scats taken.
The first of the day meeting*
was to be held today, lasting for
4 5 minute*. The pastor expres3e
himself as quite well pleased with
the progress of the meeting, but
stressed the great importance o1
this week being the crucial one fo,
the meetings, calling upon all f
rally to the support of them.
Eighty children met with th.
Frasers at 4 o'clock Monday even
ing. Expressions are heard o»
every hand of the way those w!
attend the meetings enjoy the me
sages of song and sermon, r
sermon tonight will he, "Utte
Abandonment to God.”
To Take Up School Im
provement Work
Saturday of this week, a teach-
ers meeting will be held in the
office of the county superintendent
at the court house, for all of the
rural teachers interested in the
school Improvement program in
C’anadlnu county. *
J. W, Shepherd, of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma, ha* charge of
the meetings and finds that by
meeting the whole group much
more can be accomplished than by
just visiting the schools and teach-
ers individually. There were about
.’L* who attended the last meeting
of (his kind. This number repre-
sented practically all of thq rural
teachers in the county.
Gilbert Quartet Gives
Program Here Today
A splendid lyneum course numb-
er was presented at the high school
auditorium this morning at 10
o’clock. The Gilbert quartet furn-
ished the entertainment for the last
lycemn course for this year. About
hull' of the student body heurd the
progrum and only a very few adults
• The ease of the slate vs. Clyde
McDaniels, charged with possession
of intoxicating l'quor, went on trial
before Judge Thompson and a Jury
in county court this morning
A motion to suppress the e*
deuce on grounds of insufficiency
of information was overruled by the
court. Mem here of the jury chosen
to hear tiie evidence were Clyde
Moberly, W. F. Reulter, J. S. Car-
roll. Dillard Crump, W. F. Malone
and John Lunnon.
Miller and T. F. Latham, which
In the case of the stute vs. (;»••
went on trial in county court Mon-
day, the case ugalnst Latham was
dismissed. The Jury returned a
verdict of guilty against Miller and
fixed his punishment at 30 days in
Jail and a fine of $50 and corts. The
•ourt passed sentence on the v<
diet
Floyd Isley, Loyd Isley and Cra\v-
ford Jones, of Geary, appeared in
county court this morning and with
drew their former pleas of not
guilty to a charge of gambling.
They then entered pleas of guilty.
The court deferred passing sen ten* e
until Thursday, May 1. The three
men were members of a party of
19 men arrested when a dice game
was raided at Geury several months
ago. The other 16 defendants had
previously pleaded guilty. ,
Indian Scores Points in
Eight (James
Fair and Wanner.
Although he did not become eligi
Lie for-competition until the second
. miester and played In only eight
games, Krvyl Bross, scoring ace ot
the El Reno high school basket hall
team, carried off the scoring hon-
ors In the Mld-State/qonferenco this
year with a total of 9$ points
Bross’ nearest l^al.-Karl Pep-
pers. of Capitol Hill, Oklahomu
City hud u chance to heat out the
Indian slur when he played against
Central last night, but he scored
only three polnjs, giving him a to-
tul of 89 points for the season.
Bross made an average of 11 5-8
points per game, which is a far bet-
ter average than any other player
in the conference. Peppers played
in 14 games to got his 89 points.
The next best average to that of
Bross was made by Jack Harris, of
Chlckashft, who averaged 8 7-8
points per game. Barnes. Bross’
teuminute at forward, is third in
average points, with un average of
7 9-10 points.
Barnes also stood well up in the
list of leading scorers, with 79
points to Ida credit. He played in
10 conference games.
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