Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 120, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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NORMAN DAILY INDEPENDENT.
VOL. 1.
NOR MAX, OKLAHOMA, SATU K DAY, MAY 'J 2, 19C9.
NO. 120
Kingfisher again won the *t
legiate tennis championship yester- )
(lay morning at Oklahoma City by 1
defeating tin* Oklahoma University j
team in both singles and double-.
Mick and Lange, the holders of the
title, disposed of Alden and Minteer,
who had defeated al of the other
competitors on the previous day.
Mick and Lange won tin doubles
6-3, 6-4, and 6-0. Mick encounter. -1
some trouble, however, in heating Al-
den in the singles. The results w«
6-3, 2-6, 6-4 and 6-3. The game- w re
played at Putnam park. Tlii ends
the college tennis season and allows
the cup to abide in Kingfisher anoth-
er season.
Buy Silk Tissues
worth 50c for 25c at
HOLLANDS.
Shawnee. Okla., May 22.—(Spl.)—
i "I told Judge Mahen that when it
! came to be a question of my wife
and babies and my friendship for
him that he would InoJte to go," said
\ irgil Higgers, indicted and suspend-
! ed county attorney, this morning
while testifying for the state against
District Jurgc \\. \\ Maben. The ex-
pected had „ happened and Biggers
had turned state's evidence.
Niggers' story was to the effect
that while the regular grand jury
was in session last September he was
approached by Judge Maben with
a proposition to make "the boys"
come across or be indicted, that he
suggested a meeting, which was held
in County Commissioner Bob Hag-
ar's office. As a result of this mect-
Guthrie, Okla., May 22.—Oklaho
ma will soon be added to the list of
states which have active traveling li-
brary systems in operation if the
plans formulated by the Oklahoma
state library association, which has
just finished its annual meeting here
are carried out. As the first step to-
ward accomplishing that end, a com-
mittee composed of J. S. McLucas
librarian of the state university at
X or ma 11, and Miss Jane 11. Abbott
librarian of the central normal school
at Edmond, was named, with authori-
ty to select a third member, to con-
fer and co-operate with other orzan-
izations and individuals to decide up-
on ways and means for establishing
a fund for the maintenance of a trav-
eling library system in this state.
Movements along similar lines
have already been started by the
state federation of woman's clubs
Guthr
Over 1U) acts
Mature, some
character and
will become eflfectiv
ing $800 were raised by B. O. John- j and the state department of educa-
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Tecumseh, Okla., May 22.—(Spl.)
Acting on the request of Attorney
General West who \s conducting the
prosecution of the bribery cases here,
the Pottawatomie board of county
commissioners Wcdnesda) requested
the governor to name an examiner
to investigate the offices ot countv
judge, sheriff and district clerk. 'I ii
announcement oi the latest develop
ment caused a mild sensation. T'le
commissioners voluntarily includ d
their own department in tin
West will not discuss li
The county judge is
Sheriff Dick Pierce
Clerk J. D. Hudiburg.
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and
request,
s plans.
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1)istrict
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son and Bert White and it was turn-
ed over to Bob Ilagar, who delivered
it to Judg< Maben in his office at Te-
cumseh. That he (Biggers) entered
Malien's office as Ilagar was leaving
and that he called him back and gave
him a $100 bill.
Previous t raising the $800, Dig
gers stated, a second meeting was
held at the suggestion of Oat John-
son, who desired that those who were
to divide the money should be pres-
ent and be seen by all concerned so
there would be no mistake about it;
that Maben was present at that con-
ference- and as he left remarked that
he was through with it, and if there
was not something done they, the
bootleggers would all be indicted ten
or twenty times. This was either the
day before or the second day before
day before "i- the second day before
the grand jury adjourned.
The next day the money was di-
livered to Judge Maben, said the wit-
ness. This was done either the day
tion, and the purpose of this com-
mittee is to secure united effort on
the part of every one interested in
that line of work for the establish-
ment of a system of traveling librar-
ies, which have proven so successful
in all of the other states where the
experiment has been tried.
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Bread, pies arid cakes, like mother
used to bake, at the West Side Bak-
ery. Phone 377.
I before the grand jury adjourned or
i on til' morning of tlie same day. Tlie
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, grand jury returned 110 indictments
against violators of the loquor or
j gambling laws.
COLE YOUNGER
WILL BE HERE.
L. A. VonEricksen, general agent
i for the original Cole Younger, lias
I arranged with Dr. H. G. Goodrich,
| secretary of the Woodman Circle, for
| Mr. Younger to give a lecture 011
j Saturday nigh., May 22, at the Wood-
I man hall for the l.encfit of ti: Wood-
| man Circle. This lecture will be a
strictly high ci.ns and re'nec. Inter-
esting and instructive to every man.
woman and child. He will relate to
you all the pathetic incidents of his
life from the time he was a boy sev-
enteen years of age living peacefully
at home 011 his father's farm in Jack-
son county, Missouri, where he was
born sixty-live years ago. He will pic-
ture to you the boy reared of good,
honest parents. How he became a vie
tim of circumstances, then a soldier
with the noted Quantrill in the Con-
federate army and how he fought and
battled for four long years for what
he thought was right and the cause
lie defended. He will explain to you
also why he was forced to live the
life he did which caused him to live
twenty-five years in prison. He will
tell you about his prison life, his par-
don and restoration to citizenship,
etc., and give you a complete history
of bis life from childhood to the pres-
ent time. Mr. Younger's subject will
be "What My Life Has Taught Me."
$1,000.00 will be forfeited to any
charitable institution if this is not the
only and original Cole Younger.
L. A. VON ERICHSEN.
Okla, May 22.—(Spli-
ts passed by the last leg-
f them of a general
if great importance,
June 10. Acts
not bearing the emergency clause do
not go into effect until 90 days after
the adjournment of the legislature,
the constitution makers intending
that the delay should give the people
an opportunity to invoke the referen-
dum on any measures they desired. A
large number of the acts to go into
effect are for appropriations for the
next two fiscal years, and the appro-
priations could not become available
until July 1, even though the bills
carried the emergency.
Among the more important laws
that will become effective June 10
unless referendum petitions are filed
against them are: Creating a miners'
lien; prohibiting the screening of
coal before weighing: fixing a penal-
ty for misappropriating public lands
or the interest 011 them; offering state
rewards of $50 fur arrest of horse
or mule thieves; the Franklin child
labor law; the bill for the sale of the
school lands: amendments to the tax
ferret law passed by the first legis-
lature, providing that the ferrets shall
not go back of statehood in digging
up property that has escaped taxa-
tion; Keyes game law; the uniform
negotiable instrument law, requiring
foreign corporations to maintain res-
ident state agents av the seat of gov-
ernment; juvenile court law; general
primary and general election laws;
and the law preventing the issuance
of script as pay for labor by corpor-
ations.
A Pine Line 01 Goods
To Select From.
Try
Our
Cleaning
And
Pressing
Depart-
ment.
FOR,
Ladies
And
Gents Suits
At Thee
NEW YORK TAIL'NG CO.
H.G. GREENMAN, Mgr.
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Tecumseh, Okla., May 22.—John
, Rogers, former saioon' keeper and
Sons of Washington, .1111i probii i !>roprietor of gambling houses in
tion organization, is soliciting fund- ■' lwl,ee. went on the stand in the
in Oklahoma < it\ with which to pay . trial of District Judge Maben this
for the expen-es of circulating initi.i 1 h .nnnu.
tivc petitions through which the e v- , D , . , ..
1 , fI , Rogers corrobarated the testimony
ernor will be called upon to anthon/ '
an election at which the prohibition pven 1'r"lay by Colimy Attorney
question will be resubmitted to th. j Virgil Biggers. who swore that Judge
people. I Maben accepted Bribes or pay as im-
The Sons of Washington will he j niuiiity for bootleggers.
met in the campaign by the anti- hollowing Rogers, County Com-
saloon league of America which will j missioner Hager testified. Koth of
make a vigorous tight against th< i" lay s witnesses testilied to the
return of the legalized saloon. One transactions detailed by Biggers Fri-
of the strong arguments by whi. 11 >' which Maben was paid the
the antis hope to make votes is that sum of for permission to boot-
if Oklalipma violate
of the enabling ae
school money will r
eminent.
•s the provisions I loggers
t, the $5,500,000 j business
.vert to the gov- |
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and gambling houses to dr
The Sons <■! Washington will con-
tend that the open .saloon is a l .—
evil 1 ban the joint.
Buy a pair of $3.f>0
tan slippers al Hollands
and get a pair of hose
free.
PAY PREACHER
FOR HIS TENT.
Okmulgee, Okla., May 21.—Citi-
zens in a mass meeting subscribe 1
SsilO 10 reimburse Re\ Mr. Bulgin,
whose ten was burned by lawbreak- I
ers supposed to have been seeking 1
revenge for the minister's attacks on!
bootleggers in the town.
See
That
Fit
Sim Dorland
The committees selected by the
board of regents of the Oklahoma
state university and the state bar as-
sociation to select a dean for the
university law school, which is to
established next year, arc trying to
Oklahoma ( ity, Okla.. May 22.—
Following the arrival in Oklahoma
City of H. M. Daugherty, Ohio inter-
urban promoter today, a final scries
of conferences between local railway
interests and Daugherty is scheduled
which will result either in the joint
construction of the Guthrie-Xorman
interurban or in the elimination of
Daugherty from the local interurban
field.
"After thn e conferences with
Daugherty since leaving Oklahoma
City for Pittsburg last week, I am
not in a position to talk of the mat-
ter," said John \V. Shartel, vice-presi-
dent of the local company, who re-
turned Friday morning. "So agree-
ment to build has as yet been reach-
ed. Further publicity will have to
come from Daugherty."
"The matter i- in the hands of
Shartel as far as our company is
concerned," said Anton H. Classen,
president. "There is not a doubt,
though, that the closing of the pack-
ing house deal has helped the inter-
urban outlook wonderfully.
"If the Daugherty deal goes
through, the citizenship of the cham-
ber of commerce will be asked to
take stock iu the enterprise to the
extent of over $100,000, but no bon-
us will be asked."
In all, the Daugherty plans con-
template the expenditure of $1,000,-
000 on the < ut hri• Norman project.
Others are to toliow. He plans to
place between $300,000 and $500,000
of the stock in the -1ate and to have
the payment ot the bonds guaranteed
by the property of the city railway.
1 lie control of the local railway's
track betwe en Belle Isle and Britton
is an obstacle to the reaching of an
agreement.
Guthrie, Okla., May 22.—It is prob
able that the assessment of public
service corporations will be reduced
20 per cent as a general proposition
by the state board of equalization as
a result of hearings before the board
111 which corporations presented
figures to show that their property
as a general rule was assessed lan
year at a higher figure than other
property in the state. It is also con-
sidered likely that the board will vote
to allow other property than that be-
longing to corporations to remain at
the same figure as last year except j entirely reguh
where inequalities are evident. Such |
an adjustment it is believed by some I
members of the board would bring
the assessment of property of indi-
viduals and private corporations, on
an equal basis with the assessed valu-
ation of the property of public ser-
vice corporations in the state.
ONE REFUSES TO GIVE UP.
Guthrie, Okla., May 22.—Judge
Bailey lias refused a rehearing to 111■ ■
democratic county officials of Okfu -
keo county, who were recently oust-
ed in favor of their republican oppon-
ents and all the officials have now
turned over their offices except the
register of deeds. 'I he decision af-
fects every county officer in the
county and would also have affect <1
the representative ti-om that county
in the first legislature it the decision
had been handed down before his
term expired. The election officials
threw out the returns from one negro
precinct entirely on account of alleg-
irregularities. The court now holds
that the election in that precinct was
Inch gives all of
the republicans a majority.
HOUSF OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES EN CERTAIN SENATE.
Last evening thr House of Repre-
sentatives literary society of the
University, were the hosts at a ban-
quet given t" the Senate literary so
The
I. M. Jaeksoi
'Iklaln una < itv
am v
on the
50c Em bro idery
HOLLANDS. 33c
at
The 1 lome of
Gunlliers
Famous
Sweets
agree on a man for the place, but i ciety.
have so far been unable to do so. The j ated, the fornu
committee on the part of the regents! Freshmen and
consists of Lee Cruce of Ardmoiv, j latter of Junioi
Call
and
see
the
new
line.
president of the board; J, D. Lydick,
of Shawnee and Flowers Kelson of
Tulsa, while Judge J. H. Burford of
Guthrie, C. li. Ames of Oklahoma
j City and Judge F. M. Bailey of
j Chickasha are the members named
j by the president of the bar associu-
{ tion at the request af Mr. Crtfte.
Two candidates are under consid-
| eration by the committee, John Rob-
erts of St. Louis and John B. Cheadle
of Alva. Roberts is a graduate of
Heidelberg university and has served
as an instructor at both Drake and
Columbia. Cheadle is a graduate of j
Kansas university and has had no!
experience in teaching law.
societies are affili-
betng composed of
I'pliomores, and the
and Seniors in the
college. They banquet each other
every year and tin one given l.* >t
night was highly enjoyed ill every
particular. \ti excellent menu of
three com ■ w served after which
they listened to the wit and oratory
of the after dinner speakers. Robert
Garrett acted as ("astmaster, and
I'rof. \\ C. 1.1 win, Orel Busby, Jess
Owens. Dean Marr, bred E. Tarraan
and Mark Hodgson responded. At a
late hour the guests adjourned, the
Senators feeling that they had been
royally entertained.
At the I'raning tonight, the "Merry
SOME FUNNY NEWS-
PAPER MISTAKES.
Some funny things creep into news
papers and they tend to show that
things do not run smoothly in the
printshops. Kewspaper men and edi-
tors who arc supposed to scan every
item that appears in their columns
sometimes allow funny mistakes to
creep in. Here a few items taken at
random from a list of exchanges
which, when read carefully, will
cause the reader to laugh.
While Miss Pearl Kinsmore of
Last Wind, Ind., wits coming down-
stairs I uesday, she slipped and
bruised herself on the landing.
\\ bile Harold Green of Beulah,
Miss., was escorting Miss Violet Goff
home from church social Saturday
night a savage dog set upon them
and bit Mr. Green four times in the
public square.
Joseph Tutt of Grimtnelsburg, la.,
climbed on the roof of his house last
week to find a leak and slipped and
fell, striking upon bis back porch and
causing serious injuries.
Isiah Trimmer of Polsbury, Keb.,
was playing with a cat Friday, when
the animal scratched him on the ver-
anda.
WILL ASK GOVERNMENT
TO GIVE ASSISTANCE.
Tecumseh, Okla., May 22.—That
the government will be asked to
take charge of the extensive reclama-
tion project in Little River valley in
southern Pottawatomie county be-
cause it is believed that it ■ ;m do it
more cheaply than under private con-
tract, is being considered by the
fanners affected and will probably
be decided at a meeting of the drain-
age district in a short time Muti-
neers have been at work on the
scheme for several months and have
almost completed their estimate of
cost. It is found that the expense
will be greater than wis figured bv
government experts some months
ago. From a few cents to $28 per
acre, according to the location of the
land to be reclaimed is the expense
found, while the farmers understood
from the government engineer's fig-
uresthat the maximum co.-.t per acre
would not exceed $12.
The final report of the viewers and
appraisers will be banded in by the
7th of June, when a meeting of all
those interested will be held and fin-
al arrangements that with the com
pletion of the project in hand, more
than 10,1)00 acres of the finest land ill
the state will be reclaimed and made
useful for farming. The Little Ri. r
valley land is adapted to all kinds of
farming especially to fruit and cot-
ton, but is productive for corn ami
alfalfa.
WANTED: Ladies to sell town
lots in Clovis, New Mexico. Good
commissions to hustlers. Call W. A.
Gamble, Manager Clovis Townsite,
Cottage Home Hotel. Phone 117.
STA.NING OF THE CAN-
DIDATES
Miss Madge Mays 91,8Cf.
Miss Anna Kahoe 78,o"5
Miss Ina Johnson 75,<>'.',5
LUMBERMEN WANT MORE
TIME IN OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 22 —
I o get their property off Indian
lands within five days, under order
of J. George Wright, United States
commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes lumber dealers and sawmill
operators of Eastern Oklahoma de-
clare is a practical impossibility, and
a mass meeting was held at Antlers
today to petition the commissioner to
modify the order. The meeting fail-
ed of its purpose.
The town of Kosoma is buildedlMrs. Alice B. Jackson 64,I I
principally on Indian lands. Its popti- Miss Di,\ie Lindsay _W i
lation consists largely of sawmill
operators, merchants and employes.
They complain there is no place ?o
move their property. Between "Antl-
ers and Albion several hundred peo-
ple will be rendered homeless. Saw-
mill managers declare they cannot
move their plants, because there is
no place to move them.
Miss Nadine Lowther 23,745
Miss Lucilc McKittrick IS,'HO
Miss Tine Webster 17,895
Miss Anna McCall 17,815
Miss Trcssa Donnally 15,450
Miss Leah Siler 14,620
Miss Agnes Lindsay 14,145
Miss Lula Sherrod 14,020
Miss Beatrice Gill i4i> i
Follow The Crowds
TO THE
DREA MLAND.
And see VVlio Gets The Prize Each MONDAY NIGHT
J. R. STOGNER. PROP.
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