Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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NORMAN DAILY
VOL. 1.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, J909.
GEN. J. FRANKLIN BELL, U. S. A.
NO. 9.
March 2nd Set as Time When New Bids
To Be Readvertised For Will Be Op-
ened—Opposition Caused Action-
POSTPONMENT MAY BE FOR BEST
Will Give People Chance To Get! Better
Understanding of Question—More
Streets Included Next Time.
The council meeting- last night
turned out to be very much of a
mass meeting". In fact very lit-
tle time was taken up by the
council in actual session. A
goodly representation of the
progressive citizens of the city
were out, and the greater part
of the crowd had something to
say. The Honorable Mayor and
council were good enouch to
give them the time and much
good was accomplished.
It now seems that there is
some objection to the paving
proposition. These objections,
we think however, will all dis-
appear when a rightful under-
standing of things is had. For
instance, the people up on North
Peter's Avenue want paving;
but they have of late come into
an understanding that it will
cost each of them from $800 to
$1,000. In fact it will not cost
them nearly so much as this.
When they learn the real cost
they will want paving as bad as
the rest of the people. But they
want to be right on the matter
before they go ahead.
Up on the Boulevard, there is
some question as to the city's
right to have that street paved;
some say that it is state prop-
erty. But the mayor has had
the matter looked up and the
present plans are to pave the
boulevard. The people on the
Boulevard, however, seem to
think that such is not the plans.
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Maj.-Gen. James Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the United States army,
who in his annual report designates the army as inadequate and an antiquat-
ed organization, is a veteran officer who began his career fighting Indians on
the plains and raw active and hazardous service In the Philippines during th®
Spanish-American war. Gen. Bell was born in Shelbyville, Ky., in 1856, and
graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1878. He served on
the plains with the famous Seventh cavalry from his graduation until 1894,
participating in many of the early campaigns against the Indians. During hi8
Service in the Philippines he was awarded a medal for gallantry. He became
a major general January 3, 1907.
Dr. Van Vieet, who lives adja-
cent to where the Boulevard
and Muskogee Avenue meet, is
in favor of paving if the Boule-
vard is paved; but he is opposed
to paving if it is stopped in front
of his house.
When the council finally went
into session, which was nearly
eleven o'clock, the members
were in a querry. Some of them
thought that the bids ought to
be considered and the contract
awarded. Dr. DeBarr made his
report on his analj'sis of the
specimens o^ paving submitted
and favored either Trinidad or
Bermuda sheet paving, though
he said he had no special ob-
jection to the rock paving ex-
cept that it had not been tried
long enough for him to rec-
omend its use.
The bid for the Trinidad pav-
ing as recomended by Dr. De-
Barr was $2.10 per square yard
for five year guarantee; for rock
asphalt $1.90 per square yard on
same guarantee.
A motion was made to accept
the bid on rock asphalt, as this
difference of 20c per yard would
make a difference of some $8,-
000 or $9,000 on the whole job.
It looked like the motion was
going to carry when a substitute
motion to reject all bids and ad-
vertise over again was carried
by a vote of five to three.
Who knows but that this is
the wisest action on the part of
the council? Some bidders were
kicking because they did not get
a whack at the bidding, for one
reason and another. It seems
that the specifications were not
on file as they should have been,
due not to the fault of any of the
council or clerk or mayor, but
due simply to the fact that they
were not printed soon enough
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0 U- Foot Ball Team To Make Grand
Southern Trip, Playing the Best
Schools Throughout the South-
KANSAS UNI PLAYS AT NORMAN
Likely That Thanksgiving Game Will ]
Played In Colorado With Denver Uni-
versity—No Dates Set Yet-
If the present plans, which
were outlined at a meeting of
the University Athletic com-
mittee yesterday, are carried
out, next year will be the great-
est year the Sooner Foot Ball
team has ever had. More im-
portant games will be played
j than has ever been played be-
fore. The University will enter
into contests with schools where
victories will be worth while,
; where victories will place Okla-
| at the head of all in the whole
South and West, and where vic-
tories will rank us with many,
schools of the East.
From present indications, a
car will be chartered and the
sooner team will make a grand
southern trip, playing while
gone the greatest and best
schools in the South. The Sched-
ule will include games with
Texas A & M at College Station
Texas; Texas University at
Austin; Tulane University at
New Orleans; Louisiana State
University at Baton Rouge; and
either Arkansas State Universi-
ty or Vanderbilt at Little Rock.
This will be by far the most
important trip the University
has ever taken.
A fact of much interest here
at home is that Kansas Univer-
sity will play at Norman. The
exact date has not been set, but
it is hoped that it will come as
late in the season as possible
so as to let our boys have a
chance to get. in practice.
Another important prospect
is that O U will play Denver
University at Denver on Thanks-
giving. This will be almost as
much of an honor as to play
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 12, 1909, newspaper, January 12, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106691/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.