Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 1.
'IX CT
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, MAKCH It', 190U.
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li1 Hi 1
NO. 5H
Future.Welfare And Government of Norman To Be Subject Up For Consideration; Every
Business Man, Every Property Owner, Every Tax Payer Urged To Be at Court House At
Eight O'clock; Water Works Plant, Paving, Coming Election, And Salary of City Offi-
cials Will be Among Things to be Discussed; Where do You Staud On These Mat-
ters;' Come out And Help Maxe The Meeting a Monster Demonstration In Fav-
or of Good Government.
INFORMAL RECEPTION TO BE
GIVEN HON. BAXTER TAY-
LOR AT COMMERCIAL ,
CLUB ROOMS TOMOR-
ROW AFTERNOON.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed to tender Hon. Baxter Taylor an
informal reception at the commercial
club rooms tomorrow afternon from
two until four o'clock. Mr. Taylor
has been informed of this plan and
has expressed himself that he will
he overly glad to meet every citizen
Norman at that time.
Baxter Taylor is a nephew of the
famous Bol> Taylor, former govern-
or of Tennessee, and now United
States senator from that state. Bo,b
taylor has a reputation as being, if
not the greatest present day orator,
at least one of the best. Baxter Tay-
lor has not quite such a reputation
because lie is yet a young man. But
people in Tennessee who have heard
Hob and Baxter both say the some
day Baxter will be greater than Bob,
•md that even at this time he is al-
most his equal. The fact that he is
f the Taylor family ought to be
sufficent to cause every -citizen of
.\'<>rman who ca.i to go to the club
rooms tomorrow and get acquainted
with him.
Baxter Taylor will give a lecture
it the opera house tomorow under
the auspices of the Christian En-
feayor Society of the Christian
church. It will pay every resident of
Norman to avail themselves of the
opportunity of hearing him. The
subject of his lecture will be "Up
ihe Ladder."
Put Aside Political Prejudices And Let Us All Get Together
For The Good of What May Be The Queen City of Ok-
lahoma: Let's Get Busiuess Principles And Not Poli-
tics Behind The City Govepnment During The
Coming Two Years.
TO ALL CITIZENS OF NORMAN: WE WANT FVFRV
business man and property owner of norman
T AT THE DISTRICT COURT ROOM AT 8
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, lgOg, TO DIS-
CUSS THE FUTURE WELFARE AND GOVERNMENT
THE CITY OF NORMAN. (SIGNED) J G LINDSAY AND
E. K. HIMES FROM WARD ONE; C. H BESSENT AND I ?
BURKE FROM WARD TWO:W .R. HAINES CHAS LAUER
AND W. J. HESS FROM WARD THREE AND L C GILFS
AND A. McDANIEL FROM WARD FOUR b
Senate Adopts Measure Passed by House Some time Ago but
Disfgures It Considerably, by Amendments; All Section
Lines Public Highways: Four or Six Days Work for
Al! Able bodied Men Over 21 and Under 50
Years of Age.
INDICATIONS ARE THAT NO
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN
BY LEGISLATURE ON PET
SCHEMES OF GRAHAM
AND RUSSELL.
Guthrie, Okla., March 10.— Bills
| locating six state institutions were
finally passed by the senate, while
| bills for two more state institutions
( were i passed to third reading. Clint
Graham, president pro tem' of the
senate, and Campbell Russell, an-
chors of the New Jerusalem bills for
| an ideal capital city, around which
the state institutions are to b'e group-
ed, both fought the building pro-
gram, declaring it sounded the death
J knell of the \ew Jerusalem scheme,
j but were beaten nearly three to one.
The bills previously passed by the
house for the eastern insane asylum
■'it \ liuta, the girls' industrial school
at Chickasha, the deaf school at
["Sulphur and the university prepara-
tory at ( laremore, and the senate
bills for a technical and manufac-
| tilling training school at Tulsa and
J another state normal school at Ada,
making six in the state, were finally
passed, while the senate bill making
the Homes institution at Guthrie a
state rescue home, and establishing
•i negro industrial scvhool at Boley,
were advanced to third reading. x
WHATW. H. KILABY PAID THE
PREACHER.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 10—
! he Rev. Mr. Urch denies that \V.
H. Kilaby flashed a roll of bills when
be paid him for performing the cere-
mony. "He gave tnc just one, and I
found afterward that it was a $5
bill 1 did not know at the time that
■ was marrying a supposed million-
aire. lie was very unpretentious and
? would sooner have guessed he was
.* farmer. Pile oul\ possible thing
anyone could have found fault with
ni the wedding was the apparent dis-
parity hi ages between the couple.
Relatives o| the bride were present,
however, and ihe dillVivnco in ag.'s
*■ as none t>i out business
Guthrie, Okla., March 10.—The
senate yesterday passed finally a
good roads bill, but in somewhat dif-
ferent form from the way in which
it came from the house. The salient
features of it arc that all section
lines shall be public highways, and
that the county commissioners can
establish roads along other lines. It
makes the township the unit for
working and maintaining roads, and
gives the township board authority
to levy a tax, not exceeding 5 mills,
for road and bridge purposes. It also
requires the township board o fix a
road duty of not less than four nor
more than six days each year on
each man between the ages of 21 and
50 years.
It provides for the division of
townships into road districts of not
less than four square miles each, and
the appointment by the board of a
road overseer for each district. The
bill also provides for the creation of
voluntary road improvement dis-
tricts, of not less than 18 square
miles. These districts are entirely
voluntary and are permitted for the
purpose of building high class, hard
sui face roads. 1 he districts can is-
sue bonds to pay for the roads, and
the county in which the districts are
established is permited to pay one-
fourth of the cost of construction of
such roads. Ample provision is made
for voluntary contributions to assist
in such construction, and also for
I cities to vote upon themselves any
|part of the cost of such roads,
j Provision i-, made for the working ;
j of convicts on roads, the commis-J
, sioners to pay for nothing but the !
J maintenances of the prisoners. The '
[board of prison control is authoriz-'
ed to provide transportation and all
necesary stockades, etc., for that
purpose. The house bill bore the
names of Putnam and Smith, to
which Denton, Eggerman and Hat-
chet arc added by the senate.
WILL NAME CODE BOARD.
Guthrie, Okla., March 0.—Within
the next few days Governor Haskell
is expected to name five , lawyers as
, members of the Oklahoma code com
J mission who. are to receive
, month each and necessarv expenses
[ .".ml who will 'begin worlf April 1
and conclude by December !, The
commission is given anthon! ■ i •
open headquarters and employ the
necessary clerks and stenographers.
; he senate bill by Graham provid-
ing tor this commission was adopt-
ed by the house today. An amend-
ment prohibits the appointment of
the partner of any member of the
legislature.
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1909, newspaper, March 10, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106739/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.