Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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NORMAN DAILY
VOL. 1.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1909.
NO. 7,
SCENE OF POSSIBLE FUTURE WAR
Contracts Will be Let Tomorrow Night-
An Oklahoma Company Has Low-
est Bid—Will Use Home Product.
SENEN BIDS TO BE CONSIDERED
Authorities On Asphalt Say Ardmore Pro
duct is All:Right—live Large Cities
Have Used It With Satisfaction-
GftANDC DO 9U'tm
BUCN03A
Considerable interest is being taken
in the letting of the paving contracts,
which will be done at a meeting of
the council tomorrow night, by reas-
on of the fact that one of the bid-
ders is an Oklahoma company using
an Oklahoma product. There were
seven bids submitted altogether, and
these will be examined and consider-
ed thoroughly when the council meets.
This paper has no interest in these
bids and does not care a whit which
bid is accepted, except that we are
always in favor of home industries
Generally Conceeded That At Present
Ho Systematic Plans Are Followed
By Those Placed In Charge-
MONFY USED IS OFTEN WASTED
War between Brazil and its neighbor, Argentina, is among the possibili-
ties of the future, say in three years. Both countries are being placed upon
a war footing. The authorization of an expenditure of $70,000,000 by the Ar-
gentina chamber of deputies is a step long contemplated. The first appro-
priation was so sma-ll that the people protested. They declared that Brasil
would in a few years be able to annihilate the Argentina government. A Mi-
ter, jealous feeling exists between the two countries.
seen. This paving was put down by
the same company which has a bid
in here. Mr. Hutchison and Dr. Gould
are both authorities on asphalt and
their opinions ought to be worth
something in the consideration of the
paving question.
Ardmore, Shawnee, Kansas City, St.
r : .i tti ur r.n oil 'general index map, 18 original maps
Louis, and Fort Worth have all used
showing the exact condition ot all
Oklahoma asphalt for paving and are thg fieldgj to the cloge Qf 1908> gQ far
Real Estate Owners Seldom Realize How
Much a Good Highway Enhances the
Valueof Land- Some Waking Up-
PREPARING OIL MAP.
Mr. L. L. Hutchison, Assistant Dir-
ector of the Oklahoma Geological Sur-
vey, is now collecting data for a bulle-
tin on the history, development, pro-
duction and general geology of the hie. There have never been any thing
The subject of "Good Roads",is be-
ing discussed very generally by the
people throughout the state at the
present time. The deplorable condi-
tion of the public roads in many lo-
calities makes travel almost impossi-
oil and gas fields of Oklahoma.
The bulletin will contain, besides a
all entirely satisfied with the results.
All things else being equal, the
and home products when these can | independent favors letting the con-
be favored, all things else being tract to the same company by all
equal. The home company in this case means.
has its headquarters at Ardmore,
where the rock and the asphalt for
the paving they propose to put down
is to be mined and shipped direct to
Norman.
In an interview with L. L. Hutchi-
son, assistant director of the Oklaho-
ma Geological Survey, Mr. Hutchison
as data can be had on them.
There will be several cross sec-
tions and typical well logs from the
various parts of the state. Besides
these there will also be photographs
and a chapter on the various theories
of the origin and accumulation of pe-
SIX MUST HANG. troleum and natural gas.
Six of the Tennessee night riders Mr. Hutchison says that of course
who last October hanged aod shot to accuracy and completeness of the
maps showing the production and pipe
death Captain Quinton Rankin must lineg wm depend largely QU the co_
pay the penalty for their crimes by operation he can receive from the vari
hanging on February 19. Two more ous oil operators of the state.
must pay the penalty by serving twen- j
like a systematic system planed to
look after the care of the roads in
the state an J much of the money ex-
pended by the counties on the high-
ways has been almost wasted because
it was expended in making temporary
rather than permanent improvements.
Again the farmers have depended too
much on the road overseer and he too
meagerly supplied with means to do
the work necessary. Agan many farm-
ers seem to fail to realize value that
good roads would enhance their farms.
A few days' work each year given to
the public highway by the farmers
would be work well and profitably
I expended by them and could be given
WILL PROSECUTE LYNCH.
said that he could see no reason why jty year sentences in the penitentiary. | ^ Harvey Lynch, held in jail at at a time when convenient for them
the contract should not be let to the Such is the sentence imposed Satur- Kansas, on a charge of ab- to do so. In the Eastern states this
Ardmore company. He stated that he jday by the presiding judge, after re- ducting two girls, is wanted at Okla- matter of looking after the highway
had no interest in the matter further fusing new trials and clemency. For- homa City for obtaining money on along the}r land ig recejvjng tiie at-
than that he favored the using of ^ty more are waiting trials in the bar-
Oklahoma products wherever possible racks
and explained how the Ardmore pav-
ing would be at least the equal of
any of the paving that willbeput in
false pretenses. Sheriff Garrison Sat-
tention of the farmers and as a con-
urday wired the authorities there if
they would give him up. The answer sequence Good Roads is the result.
■ came back that he would be first We are pleased to note that such an
' prosecuted on the charges there jjea seems to have taken possession
THAT DARK SPOT.
While attending the legislature at,against llim" This means that L>11(h of some of the farmers in this coun-
. . P will not be returned to Oklahoma. The i
by any company by reason of the Guthrie Tuesday, we noticed the dark ... , . j ty and a view of some of the roads
| ' officers have been on the lookout
fact that the rock which that com- : spot of the assembly, in the person 1 jor ever sjnce he left the state. 'wes^ °f Norman is evidence of same,
pany proposes to use is already sat- 0f A. C. Hamlin, a coal black negro,
urated with asphalt, and hence will , the representative of the district in
get better all the time instead of get-
ting poorer.
Later, an interview was had with
CONVICTS COMING HOME.
i L. J. Edwards, J. W. Grotts, W. N.
i Rucker and W. A. Jansing, have also
Okjahomn convicts must be remo\ taken up the matter of fixing up the
led from the Kansas penitentiary by j .
nearo T ... i road along the side of their farms
5 l January 31 and under no conditions i
which Guthrie is located.
We knew Guthrie was a
town, but thought there was at least w{u a contract be signed by the Kan- northeast of Norman believing that
Professor Gould, during which he'one white republican in the district sas prison board for their temporary a good road will enhance the value
said that he had visited at least a j which could
dozen American cities where there citizens with
have represented the retention there. That is the decision ' 0f their farms sufficient to compen-
some distinction. it|reached aiul aR1'eed ,0 at a |(,lllt sate them for work expended. Let
i meeting of the board of directors of
were many miles of paving, and as far ( would have shown up a little better j0klahoma and Kansas at the close of SeiZe l)0ssessi0u
as he knew the paving on the Ard- in their fight to retain the capital at the investigations at Leavenworth ."ie lai'meis ant^ Good Roads will
more streets was the best he had that city.—Lexington Leader. , Saturday afternoon. J he the result.
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1909, newspaper, January 10, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106689/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.