The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 260, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 1, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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You Can liny It For
Less In El Reno
x VOLUME 40, NO. 260.
ME Toy DRIVE
The, El Reno Daily Tribune
A newspaper devoted to • . Canadian County folk, reaching 3,700 families, and carrying the largest volume of local news of any daily paper published in a city of like size in Oklahoma.
The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
MEMBER ASSOCIAT. ESS
_
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1931.
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS
Civic Club to Canvas City
in Cooperation With
Christmas Project
A drive to secure old toys and
contributions in cooperation with
annual Christmas project of the
fire department will be launched |
at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, it]
was decided Tuesday noon at thoj
regular weekly luncheon of the'
Ki Reno l.ions club.
The fire whistles will be blown:
promptly at 9 o'clock Sunday:
which will be a signal for the'
people throughout the city to'
place old toys and contributions!
on their front porches. Mem-!
hers of the civic club assisted by |
the Hoy Scouts will make the
rounds by districts and pick up
^ the donations, according to the
plan.
We Saw Today
IN' cold December fragrant
1 chaplets blow,
And heavy harvests nod be-
neath the snow.—Pope.
Arthur T. March, who was
doing some fast stepping on
Rock Island avenue about 7:10
o’clock this morning.
-- 7.
Dr. Thomas M. Aderhold get-
ting a haircut and a shave and
say don't you know his friends
tell us that he absolutely re-
fuses to divulge the name of
the hair tonic lie uses.
A large Maltese cat comfort-
ably seated in a display win-
dow of one of our local stores.
It was attracting the attention
of u group of school children.
h>:«LEW
OF 8.06 MILLS IS
L
TRIUMPHANT TROJANS BACK HOME
TILL HERE FRIDAY
Budget Nearly $15,000
Lower This Year, Re-
port Reveals
Canadian county's 1931 ta.\
levy was fixed at t$.06 mills, i(
was announced Tuesday from the
office of County Clerk C. E.
Dross.
The total county estimate was
set at $ 110,59 4.04 compared
with the 193(1 budget of $127,
878.1.7, or a reduction in the
budget of nearly $17,000.
The total county levy of 8.06
mills is .46 mills higher than
tor the previous years, the fig-
ures revealed.
Levy Itemized
The Itemized county levy is as
follows: general fund, 3.86 mills;
I sinking fund, 3.47; free fair,
The Scouts and the Lions mem- Legion, Auxiliary Pt*D 24): county health nurse .069;
Iters will meet at 8:30 o'clock ’ ‘ * ’ v ‘separate schools, .416; negro
Sunday at the chamber of com- Squads in Charge of
merce office where assignments
as to districts to be canvassed
will be made.
Ladies Nights Planned
The toy drive committee eotn-
Ticket Sales
•separate schools, .416;
schools district 9 and 71 will he
■ 004 mills.
No levy will be made for the
cattle testing program, highway
work nor. for the crippled chil-
dren projected, although they will
be included iq the budget.
A report was received Tuesday
from the election In school dis-
trict 13 where an additional sev-
en mill levy was voted.
CITY 10 BE HOST
10 DISTRICT O.E.S.
MEET WEDNESDAY
150 Expected for Instruc-
tion; Noted Leaders
to Be Here
Nearly 17o workers in the Ok-1
lahomu Eastern Star lodge In the
district No. 26 are expected to]
gather here Wednesday to at-;
tend the school of Instruction at t
the local Masonic Temple.
Mrs. I.ela Roles, Cleveland, I
Okla.. worthy grand matron, Mrs. I
i E. Agnes Elrod, Ada, grand lee-
j turer, and Mrs. Gertrude Can-
1 field, Oklahoma City, district I
deputy, will be among the out- j
standing leaders in charge of the]
: school, which w ill open at 1 p. in. i
All visitors have been asked to |
bring their 1931 membership cards,
it was said. Mrs- .1. C. Stlckley
I is the local worthy matron and
j will assist with the affair.
A 6 o'clock dinner will be
Did You Hear
THAT
/"\ E. received its con-
tract for the furnishing of
light and power for the new
Southwest reformatory. A lo-
cal citizen remarked that tint
Inmates evidently will not ba
left In the dark.
El Reno's Retailers associa-
tion has written a letter to
Santtj Claus Inviting him to
visit the city one day before
Christmas.
Elmer Schwab holds the record
of attending more pie suppers
In rural communities over the
county than any other person.
Elmer may be getting in train-
ing for tile national "pastry-
consumlng" contests to be held
at Topeka, Kalis.
DEPT. FOIL BELIEF
H. C. Hicks Elected to
Head Local Association
for Ensuing Year
0. G. & E. AWARDED
E
Los Angeles pays tribute with] Trojans' return home,
cheers and a parade for Southern : -bows parade passing down Spring
California's football team, con-1 stieet, Los Angeles, in a blizzard
querors of Notre Dame, on the jot' confetti.
posed of E. Wrinkle, chair-, Klll(?fUher „ J100,* (.llal.ity
r\,,UruTh°T Aderl,old and football game here Friday being
\ ;, o ^a an Was 10 "*eet sponsored by the American Le-
nt 4 o clock Tuesday to work out R|on „ of two cltle, were
further details for the canvas J nParlnK ,ompletion Tuegday, com.
A large delegation from the mlllee |u (.har<e reported-
loral club will make the trip , i T n . %« n
Thursday night to the Nicholas ,Tlc,ke' “,e f'<r l"« ‘•"ai'l»’ ! J»P General May Renew
Hill country club a. Oklahoma a‘r is underway with the paste- TsiKilr.r
City where the district Lions La- boa,'ds b?nK sold b* ,h« '-egiou.: AttdCK Oil lSlt.Mlldr
dies Night program will he held ,h* Auxiliary and the two high-,
at 7 o'clock. Dr. D. P. Richard-'•cho°l |,e» clubs' tl,e S<»uaw* a,ld
1 epetts-
Schools will be closed Friday
... ... . .afternoon for the game, Super-
Plans for the Ladies Night pro- ' ,ntendem „ K Wrinkle
IN PRISON BREAK 10 SPEAK HERE
sou of El Reno, will appear on
the program.
Establishment of a commiss-
ary department at the chamber
of commerce office was decided
upon Tuesday afternoon as a
1 part of the relief program of the
I El Reno Cnlted Charities associa-
tion.
I Those securing work through
jthe Charities association will be
issued warrants which will be
cashed at the commissary depart-
I input for groceries. Those giv-
en Jobs may p*t in a six-hour
day for not more than five days
a week at the rate of $1 per day,
the group decided.
H. C. Hicks was elected presi-
dent of ^the Association for the
ensuing year. The new directors
named a( the meeting Monday
were T. It. Musgrave, W. P. Mur-
phy and Rev Holmes Nichols. A
re-elected director besides Mr.
Hicks was Paul Lielmtann.
Keller Is See’y-treas,
Herbert (!. Keller was chosen
secretary-treasurer of the organ-
ization; Mr. Liebmann, first viee-
A contract giving the Oklahoma president and Mrs- L. R. Gephart,
Has and Electric company the second vice-president.
, tight to supply electric light and Retiring directors of the As-
Game Available Here] power for the Federal Southwest | sedation as S. S Mary, Charles
Reformatory, to he constructed Tompkins and Herbert Keller,
three miles west of El Reno, was The requisition committee ap-
received Tuesday by John T. Nay- l,ol,,tel* 10 during the en-
lon. local manager. | suing year is composed of Paul
Contractors will lie given mi | Liebmann, chairman; C. G. Mr-
served. following which a program i * n
will !,e presented and the confer I Accepted Bid \\ ill I* 111*-
litoto ,.jMK of degrees will he conducted.
Eastern Star delegates are ex-
pected from Hennesy, Kingfisher,
Dover, fashion, Crescent, Pied-
mont, Yukon, Oklahoma City,
Milieo, Guthrie and Tulsa.
Tickets for Sooncr-Bug
i Tickets for the Sooner-Gold-
I bug charity football game will
1 he placed on sale probably lute
Tuesday at local drug stores,
nish Services at
Standard Rates
gram locally were furthered at
the session Tuesday when It was
announced that the event would
he held In January-
Tokyo, Dec. 1 (TP)-Japanese
sources said today that intercep-
ted radio messages between Gen-
eral Mah Chan-Shan in 1 Man-1
an-.i hurla and Chinese htadquarters |
at Peiping seemed to indicate that
General Mah contemplates an of-
Frcd Ruyle, Trusty at Rutherford to Oppose Jenks Simmons, chairman of the I opportunity to let tlielr own con-1 •jaitt, Mrs. L. R. Gephart, Mr
McAlester, Escapes
Murray Petitions
, nounced. i
Proceeds to Clutrily
Services of the officials and | tensive against Tsitsihar in the
; those assisting in h a it d 1 i n g I belief that the I'nited Slates is
The club also voted to upon- llje Kame wm t,e donated, it is] inclined to support China,
sor Jointly with Yukon the estab-j understood, an,| t|lt. entire pro- Tile Rengo correspondent at
llshtng of a Lions club at King- ■ <-Ceds with the exception of the
44sber‘ 1 actual expense of bringing the
Guests of the Hub at the lunch-- oTrunat!, hPrp-wm tie used for re-
con Tuesday at the Southern jjPf work at |.;i Ren0 and King-
Hotel were County Attorney a. f|_Hilor
1 rancls Porta and C. M Morris j Foopiall coaches of both teams
of Oklahoma City. W(>rt, pn|||| their gridmeu at a
— I fast clip In practice this week to
t have them In top form for the
| charity game at which several |
i thousands of people are expected
1 to attend.
1 junior chamber of commerce cotn-
| mittee, announced,
i The committee asked for 100
■ tickets for El Reno. All those
Fred Ruyle, El Reno, w ho was, S. Morton Rutherford, Tulsa!40 a44end the charity
serving a five year term at the^ state senator, will speak at 2:30| aab at Norman Dee. .» are urg-
state penitentiary at McAlester o'clock Friday aft moon at the ed 40 '”'-v 4be4r tickets in Kl Re-
for auto larceny, escaped late courthouse in opposition to the1 no< so 4ba4 4b4s c4,Y maY secure
Sunday, according to information seven Murray initiated petitions.14be Proceeds for local charity
received Tuesday by local police. H C. Skinner, secretary of the wol'*t-
tract for electricity useil in tlie j4»l®nn E. Ilonebrake, Rev. J. \V.
construction of the $3,500,000 pro- Dost and Mrs- Del Adkins,
ject, hot as soon as the lmlhl-|
lugs have been completed the N() L()SS Results From
local company will begin theiri Meyer (’ar Fire Today
Harbin reported that General r Hav'"K been, made „ , „
Mah-> forces had reached a point 1 »vle, ,wa8 assigned to work In Tuesday.
a trusty. Citizen's league here announced!
not fur-north of Tsltsthar. hnt the
Japanese war office was unable
to confirm reports that Mali was
marching on the city.
the dairy from which Jie madt^ T|je prominent state senator is
his escape. He began his sentence an experienced legislator and an
at the institution June 30 of this eloquent speaker. A large crowd
year, the Information said.
j State Demos to Seek
service.
Stuudurd rates will lie used,
the same schedule as is used for
tile railway shops and Hie mills
here, it was stated The hid was
submitted October 12.
The government will provide u
State Educator Lauds
Improvements at E.H.S County Assn, to Plan
suitable place or buildings for
Farm Board Abolition »»«■ proper housing of transform
____ | ers, meters and other electrical j
is expected to assemble to hear| Washington. Dec. 1 (>p> Amend- equipment and will also furnish and
his discussion of the proposals of ment of the farm marketing act ' I»«tnli transformer*, motors, circuit
Governor W. H. Murray. j to abolish the farm hoard and ] breakers, coniroling devices and
No damage resulted to the car
of Dr. H. A. Meyer at 1203
South Marker when a defective
carburetor caused flames which
v ere readily extinguished by the
fire department early Tuesday,
Fire Chief C. O. McCain reported.
Officials and students of the El
‘transfer its functions to a bureau j o*'ier electrical apparatus reqttir-
in the department of agriculture ed for the proper distribution,
will he sought by Oklahoma I control and use of energy, the
Rabbit, Pigeon Shows Democrats In congress ut the' legs! paper provides It is signed
I Reno highschool were congi atulat- ]• -- j forthcoming session. I'*>' J- F Gwens, president of the
ed Monday for the improvementsi A meeting of the Canadian Val This was agreed upon at a Oklahoma Lns and Electric com-
Ulion the Institution (luring the ley Rabbit association will lie caucus yesterday after John A. | P*">' an" s“"ford Hates, director
I past two tears by A. E. Duke, of I held at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Simpson, of Oklahoma City, pres-|of ,he bureau of prlmms.
the slate department of ednea- Canadian Valley seed store Tor idem of the National Farmers' rite emit tact on the first three
The monthly meeting of the I tion. the purpose of arranging plans Union, hud addressed the Okla-1 J'*"8 " Rich were opened
(■rOUp to Meet Mondays (;|r| Scout community committee I Half of Borrowed Money During his visit to the school! for the spring rabbit and pigeon homa representatives. Adoption of|;N"v 4‘" »' Washington, had not
Girl Scout Community
Committee to Meet
County Nurse Gives Main
Talk at Session
at Webster School
with the captains and the lieu-
tenants will lie l eld a' 3:30 p. m
Weditucday In the activity room
:>f tlie El Reno highsehuol.
Girls' Scout Troop No. 2 was I All members of the organization
organized by Mrs. Howard ReuJ j »s well as the officials are urged
at Webster school Tinsdav, Nov- to attend since Interesting discus-
ember 24. Following are the
Already Repaid
•■barter members: Nadine Cullers,
Juanlla Itarree, Geneva Moyer,
Fern Fhlllips, Ruth Sheets, Gla-
dys Taylor, Helen Wallis, lletty
McRae, Alice Mae Reed, Grace
Marsh, and Reba Jane Test. Hel-
• it Wallace was elected second
lieutenant and Korn 1‘hillips, .. ■•-
rotary and treasurer.
The group was divided into two
patrols with Nadine Cullers and
Fern I’liillips chosen as leader.",
Farmers who have not yet paid
tlielr federal loans, which became
sion Is scheduled to tome before I d,“' '4l4’ "HI bp given an op-
the group. It was suid. | portunlty to do so Friday when
Everett R. Veech, assistant seed
loan agent. St. Louis, is here.
About nil per cent of those who
look advantage of the loans have
| all ready paid them, it was said.
| About lmlf of them settled the
debt by consigning cotton as col-
paid I
the general tests of the state tie-j show. the proposed amendment would | beeM -vw Tuesday, according
part men t were conducted in the All Interested in the plans are be. in effect, a repudiation of the il" "t'iclal word trom the capital,
seventh and eighth grades. He requested by C. C Holden, secre ] farm marketing act and would put j However, action Is expected any
I also was a guest at the Booker tary of the association, to attend Gte farm relief problem buck on 14 *9'
! T. Washington school. jthe meeting. j 'be HhsIh it was before enactment, When completed the re for mi
'of the farm marketing measure. I ,0,'-v 4|,> Gte wests most
^ j modern pettul Institution, Slglit
"1 j for Its erection is on n lOtm-acre
tract taken from the Fort Reno
.J military reservation.
COMING DOWN OFF HIS HIGH HORSE?
Mr. and Mrs. George llrlnkley,
who have been residing in Tulsa
are now locuted at l'<88 Sunlit
Ellison avenue.
lateral, while the others
caalt, it was explained.
Tito assistant seed agent will
............... J be In the office of Fred Percy,
The patrol under the ica'dor:,liV|V Noted Newspaperman to j county agent. the entire day to|
of Nadine Cullers those the Hole . ""''4 anyone who wishes to ills
white as tlielr troop name while I illk at All-State Affair cuss matters pertaining to the
Juanita Huree'i troop chose the loans.
Robin. ! #
The girls will hold regular, Wultir Harrison, noted editor-
vi-ckly meetings on Monday from lal writer for the Dully Okla-
I until 5:30. They are working j human, will lie the principal
haul to pass the tenderfoot teat i speaker at the annual All-state
vTtleli will lie given In December basketball banquet sponsored by
by Miss l.oltle Muncy, troop the K) Reno Junior ehanitier oT
captain, and Miss llejhel D iugla . ] commerce, It • was annouiiced at
first liciitotituuL f j the regular weekly banquet of
| the civic body Monday night.
Mra. Newman Cooper, daughter. | The membership voted to co-
Itnlli and son, Guy, who have operute whole heartedly with the
been guests of Mr. and Mrs. (!. Retailers association In putting
W. Cooper, 615 South Ellison avr on the proposed Chrlstmns |iro-
nue, departed Sunday for Chick motion feature which would bring
asha where they will Join tlielr, Santa Claus and Ills reindeers to
hitrtltnml and fnlller and make j Kl Iteliu shortly before the lioll-
tlielr home. I days.
Attmuil (Miriatnuui |
Hanjittit ODffrr i
Tlie Daily Ti'ibuno, by carrier in (b A nn
the city of El Reno »Dt,*UU
(Regular pries $5.03)
The Daily Tribune by Mail in (ho
Canadian and adjoining counties <Du« I J
(Regular pries $-1.00)
Will Receive GoWdcrs Un-
til (> p. m. Saturday
Vt
W, Live turkey buyers have liuen
Tjl | notified that tlie Canadian conn
■ I) turkey pool officials will a*'-
I?’j cepi a hid Monday and that III
point of delivery Is Kl Reno, It
m was said Tuesday
•(a j The pool will receive turkeys
<4 itiitll ti p. m. Saturday. All thus
* ! interested In, tlie project are urg-
wji "d to go! In touch witlt one o!
Wiilic following promoters of tlie
y I KNHtp:
j! C. C. King, Itaiinrr; It. I.
i Si oil, Calumol; Jim Rubes, Halt
TKj iter; Clark Walls, Hinton; Fred
df ' Percy, eotinly agent, El Iteno. A
meeting of the sales committee
| will he held In tlie county agent's
•jW office Saturday afternoon.
\
NEW 0. N. 6. HEAD
George Brinkley to City
from Tulsa
The third ineetlng of tlie Cana-
dian county sellout for parents
was eonduiged from 2 to 3;3u
p. m. Monday in the El Reno
highschool activity room with a
large number of county school
patroun in attendance.
The lesson concerning a child's
health was led by Mrs. • Ada zIt.
Sims, of tlie Central State Teach-
ers' college in Edmond. Different
subject* under the topic men-
I tinned were:
Freedom from strain and con-
! filet; right health conditions;
what Is hehuvior are the results
satisfactory. Miss Anna Picklttni.
| county health nurse, was thu
principal speaker for the after-
noon.
Discipline will be tile subject
for the next lesson Monday, Dee.
7 which will be presented in the
activity room of the hlgltsehoid
again. All parents In Canadian
! county have an invitation to at-
Lehrge llrlnkley took up his, tend these lessons, whether they
duties Tuesday as n.i.iiagor of the attended the first or not, official !
local offices ot the Oklahoma have emphasised.
Natural Gas corporation, after — — --------
having served 13 years with the Mrs. Bruce latwton. of Okla-
offlees III Tulsa. j Imma City, was a guest Tuesday
He and his wife have located °r I"'1' brother, Elmer Stahl, east
at 1088 South Ellison avenue. The l,f 4||« city,
retiring manager, John \Y. Lock-
ridge, has not announced plan t j
for Ills future activities, but suldj
he would make arrangements as
soon us ills work was completed
at the 0 N. G. office.
Mrs. John T. Nayloit. Mrs.
Robert M. Mallouee, Mrs. H.
Merle Woods. Mrs. Stanley War- j
nor, Mrs. Lawrence Wliians ami I
Miss Mary Hall were Oklahoma
City visitors Tuesduy.
20®
bHOPPING DAYS
till Christmas
WEATHER
Fortwast
Fair In north, mostly cloudy
In south portion tonight and
j Wednesday; lent pern turn slightly
Inhiw flensing tonight.
LI Imtio Me,it Inc
For 24-!t tut period ending at I
| p. to Monday: high, 30; low, 28;
at t o'clock, 46.
Slate of wealltnr, clear.
I rnc||dtatlon, noun.
Hun rises tomorrow ut 6.79.
Sun sets today at 1: 39.
Mcrrtc and Christy bought red
paper bells
Whose tongues arc silent, but still
they can tell
The stoty of bells that gladly
chime
The tidings of joy it Chrijtnu*
time.
Ha
10 ihort d*y» until Chrlstimt.
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