Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 20, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 1.
II111
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1909.
COUNTRY LIFE COMMISSION ~
NO. 15
Norman's Muddy Streets And Side Walks |
Turned Sentiment And Now Work
Will soon Be Begun-
CONTRACT LET TO LOWEST BIDDER
Ardmore Rock Asphalt To Be Used—A
Victory Tor Home Products Trinidad
Oommpany Successful Bidder*
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Splendid Program Rendered At The M.
E- Church, South', Under Auspices Of
The Daughters qf the Confederacy-
IDOLS OE THE SOUTH EUGOLIZED
Dr. Evans And Prof. Buchanan Pay Eine
Tributes To Grand Old Men Of
The South. A Good Service
The birthdays of f)oth General Lee
and General Jackson were very fit-
tingly commemorated in a splendid
service at the M. E. church, south,
last night. The program was render-
ed under the auspices of the Daugh-
Copyrtghtby waidon Kaweett. terg Qf thg Confederacy, and was
Commission recently appointed by President Roosevelt to investigate the attended and well received
condition of the farmers throughout the country and to seek practical means "otl1 wel1 attended and
of bettering them. In the group, from left to right, are: Walter H. Page, president A. Grant Evans, of the Uni-
Gifford Pinchot, chief government forestry service; Kenyon L. Butterfield, ,, .
Henry Wallace and Prof. L. H. Bailey of Cornell university, chairman of the versity, delivered an unusually happy
commission. Two new members have been added to the body since this pho- biographical talk on H&bert E. Lee,
tograph was taken. Professer Buchanan a like one
on General Jackson. The audience join-
ed heartily in the singing of some
of those old songs so dear to the
southland and a spirit of southern hos-
pitality, known nowhere else in the'
world, pervaded the whole meeting.
Such selections as "Massa's in De
" 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody \
good," so the old saying goes, and
the truth of it was demonstrated last
night when the council met and re-
considered their vote to reject all bids
on paving and readvertise, letting the
contract for all paving in the specifi-
cations bid upon several days ago, in-
cluding the University Boulevard and
North Peters Avenue, but not including
Webster and Asp avenues as was
originally planned. The deplorable
muddy condition of the streets the last contract for the paving of that street, have returned with their ideas en-
week has set the citizens guessing and even though it is a state thorofare. | tirelj changed. The mattei was dis-
the councilmen were among the hard- The contract for the paving of that;cussed by a number of senators yes-
est guessers. The result of this was ' street will therefore also be let. iterday and all were of the opinion
that the council made up its mind
The paving will begin just as soon that the national guard should be giv-
last night that if we are going to pave as the weather gets so that the as- jen all support owing to the lact that
we might just as well get busy, so i phalt can be worked and as soon as it is really the foundation of the
the material can be gotten here. The national government in case of war be- Cold, Cold Ground," "Carry Me Ba(fFf
they proceeded to do so. i — — o-v.— --
M. C. Runyan, who voted last Tues- letting of the contract to Oklahoma's , cause the militia men are trained
dav evening to reject the bids mov- product is a distinctive victory for soldiers and able in time of war to
ed to reconsider the action taken by home industry and home products. The go to the government's aid.
the council and the mayor voted yes Ardmore paving has been pronounced There is talk of adding another
in a tie vote. The question of which 8°od by high authority and we think regiment to the state guard one to
bid would be accepted was then taken that the council has acted well by be located on the east side of the
up and the contract awarded to the j selecting rock asphalt. It has saved the j state and the other one the west side.
Cleveland-Trinidad Company for the
use of Ardmore Rock Asphalt at $1.90
per square yard, five year mainten-
ance guarantee.
About the same number of citizens
were out to the meeting last night as
were out to the meeting a week ago,
property owners in the neighborhood
of $14,000 or $15,000 by doing so and
there has no really good reason ever
been presented why the paving se-
lected should not be at -least as good
as any costing much more.
Aside from letting the contract for
but very little objection to the pav-!the PavinS the council t™nsacted no
ing proposition seem to be current.
In fact, everybody who was kicking
had changed front and were for the
proposition through and through. The
objections up on Peters Avenue of a
week ago all arose from the people
up there being misinformed as to the
cost of the paving. When they found
that it was going to cost them only
about half as much as they had been
told that it was they were as much
for it as anybody.
Mayor Millar has had the University
Boulevard proposition looked into and
is informed by good legal authority
that the city has the right to let the
other business of any importance ex-
cept the allowing of the regular bills
against the city.
to Old Virginny," and "My Old Ken-
tucky Home," rendered by specially as-
signed persons, brought round after
round of applause. The entertainment
bespeaks well of those who had it in
charge, being a creditable service in
every way, one which did ample jus-
tice to the memory of such grand old
southern men as those to whose mem-
The reason given for the addition is
that the cost to the state would be
little, the national government practic- ory '*• was rendeied.
I
ally maintaining and by the arrange-
ment of location, the force would be
divided in all parts of the state.
ANOTHER MILLITIA REGIMENT
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 20.—(Special.)
Oklahoma's national guard is becom-
ing a subject of much study on the
part of legislators and there does not
seem to be the wild opposition against
its betterment and organization that
was manifest last session. Many of
the representatives and the senators
who were outspoken against any more
favorable to the state guard have been
giving the matter much attention and
ARMSTRONG IS CAPTURED
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 20.—(Special.)
News reached here today that Henry
Armstrong, a Pawnee intermarried
v70ME:T LOBBYISTS TURNED DOWN cltizen- wanted in connection with the
murder of Isaac W. Fell, a farmer
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 20.—(Special.)
lessee in the Otoe reservation, has
The first women to apply for permis- been capture(1 near McLoud. Govern-
sion to lobby before house committees or Haskell recently offered a inward
are Mrs. Kate Biggars of Chickasha of $300 for the capture of Armstrong.
and Mrs. Ida Porter Boyer of Oklaho- j Yesterday a delegation of Kickapoo
r... ... , tt A Indians went to McLoud and offered
ma City, both women s suffrage ad-
■ to reveal Armstrong's whereabouts for
vocates. 'I heir applications were turn- ^ ^ rewar(j This was guaran-
ed down by the house because they teed to them and they led the officers
... . i to Armstrong, who was arrested.
were not made out in proper form. I , ,
j Armstrong and a companion Killed
"If women cannot draw up their ap- peu an(j after hauling his body sever-
plicationa to lobby correctly how can nil^s threw it in a well. His com
j panion was captured a few days after
they expect to be able to vote," com- j the crime waa committed and con-
rnented one member of the house. I fesaed.
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 20, 1909, newspaper, January 20, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106697/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.