Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE
VOL. XXI
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1912.
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New Furniture And Variety Store
A C. Smythe and family, of Calvin,
have located In Norman, coming here
to take advantage of the University.
Mr. Smythe has opened h furniture
and variety store in the Vancamp
building next door to Rucker's Farm-
ers Store.
We are glad to hayu this estimable
family locate with us.
Gov. Cruce Appoints New Members
E. W. Gill, of PawbusKa, and Ira
J. Cain, of Muskogee, have been ap-
pointed by Gov. Cruce, as the new
democratic members ot the State
Board of Education, to succeed mem-
bers of said board removed by the
Governor a short time ano.
The new republican member of the
board, Frank WykolT. of Oklahoma
City has not consented to accept up
to the present time for personal
business i eason*.
Church Auxiliary Ccntest
The young people of the various
churches of the town are planning
two contest meetings August 25 at
the M. E. church and September H at
the Presbyterian church at 7 o'clock
p. m. The church having the largest
representation at these meetings will
be invited as guests to a social to be
given by young people of the other
churches on the week following Sep-
tember 8.
All members or friends of the
church or young peoples socities are
elegible. Those present at the meet-
ings from each church will be count-
id and a careful record kept. Judges
have beeu selected from each church
as follows; Mr. E. L. Cralle, Mr. L. .1.
Edwards, Mr. Bert Baggett, Mr. J.
M. Gresham and Mrs. L. T Monnett.
Eyery one come out and help your
friends and encourage the young
peoples work.
Vau£hn--Sawyer
A quiet and home like weddiug took
placu Tuesday morning at 8:45 o'clock
at the home of the bride's parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Sawyer, when Miss
Rosalyn Sawyer and Mr. William
Vaughn, of Dillas, Texas, were unit-
ed in marriage, Rev. A. W. Rodgtrs
officiating.
The bride is a beautiful and popular
young lady of Norman and attended
the University several years, while
the groom is superintendent of the
schools at Lockney, Texas, where
the couple will make their future
home.
The hou i was beautifully decorat-
ed, the color scheme being green and
yellow. Miss Clara Morgan played
the wedding march. Only relatives
and a few intimate friends of the
bride and groom were present.
Mr. and Mrs. William Vaughn de-
parted on the 9:50 train for points in
Texas, where they will spend their
honey-moon.
Stranger than Fiction:
When the doctor says, "You need
no medicine."
When your wife refuses a new
gown.
When a magazine accepts your
poem.
When the summer girl declines to
Dirt.
When a vacation is a real rest.
When you have money after a hon-
ey moon.
When a dentist can't find a cavity.
When your gold mining stock pays
a dividend
When you walk in the dark without
barking your shins.
When your auto tire forgets to
puncture on a hurry-up trip.
When the horse you play to win
comes in first.
When it does not rain on your va-
cation.
When the girl you really love, loves
you.
When you have a good balnnce of
cold cash at the end of me year.
—Chas. P. Shofi'ner, in Judge.
National Cufiipalgn l-uiid
The following have subscribed to
the Wilson and Marshall campaign
fund:
Dr. J. A. Dafis $1.00
Judge W. I . Eagle ton $1.00
Jno S. Allan $1,00
I.O. Fox $1 00
The money is needed now to wage
a campaign.
The popular a mom t from each
subscriber is $1 00.
Bring or send in yi ur cunt ribut io i
atouceand it will be mailed to the
national campaign headquarters.
CONVENTION CALL
County Convention Meets Satur-
day, August 24th.—Township
Caucuses August 21st.
To the Democrats of Cleveland Coun-
ty:
In accordance with the call Issued
by the chairman and se-retary of the
democratic state central committee
for a state convention to be held in
Oklahoma, Wednesday, August 28th,
1912, a call is hereby issued for a
county convention to be held in the
courthouse at Norman, Saturday,
August 24th at 2 o'clock p. in., for
the purpose of electing twenty-one
delegates to the state convention.
The township caucuses will he held
on Wednesday, August 21st, at 2
o'clock p. ui., at the usual voting pla-
ces, at which time you are instructtd
if you failed to do so ou August titb,
to elect a township committeeman.
Each voting precinct will be al-
lowed one delegate for each twenty
votes or major fraction thereof cast
for Uuited States Senator on August
0th, 1912.
The number of delegates for each
precinct are as follows: 10-l-east, J;
9-1-east, 3; 10-1-west, 2; 10-2-west, 3:
10-3-west, 3; 10 4-west, 2; 9-2-west, 8:
Franklin, 2. Denyer, 3; Liberty, 4;
8-1 east, 3; 8-1-west, 3; 8-2-west, 3; 7-1
west, 5; 7-2-west, 2; (i-l west, 5; ti 1-
east, 5; 7-1-east, 3; Noble City, 3;
Moore city, 1; Lexington city. 8: Nor-
mon city, ward 1, 7: ward 2, 5: ward 9
3; ward 4, 7.
The caucuses in cities and towns to
be held at 8 o clock p. in., Wednes-
day, August 21.
Members of the county central
committee are called to meet in t he
county court room in Norman at 1
o'clock p. in., sharp, Saturday, Aug
ust 24th, 1912.
W. M. Neweli., Chairman
W. J. Hess, Acting Secretary.
Entertains Dancing Party
Doctor and Mrs. Kieser gave a de-
lighftul dancing party last Friday
night, in honor of Dr. D. S. Gray.
Quite a number of Norman's pop-
ular young set were present. Punch
was served throughout the evening.
Those invited were; Misses Grace
and Eva Lee, Lottie Taylor, Bess
McMillan, Ina Johnson, Carrie
Martin, Dot Bell, Mcry McMlllian,
Grace Cook, Leota Winton, Nina
Binns of Oklahoma City, Kuth and
Norma Peterson of New London
fowa, Messrs John Rodgers, Parsons,
D. S. Gray, Ralph Shead, Dubert
Armstrong, Chas. Berry, Robert
Taylor, Daye Lowry, Hubert Ambris-
ter, Herbert Garrison, Ralph Sulli-
vant, Winifeed Capsbaw, Tine Web-
ster and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Berry.
Candy Kitchen In Norman
Ben F. Toler, from Fayetteville,
Ark., is having the old Candy Kit-
chen renovated, papered and painted,
preparatory to engaging in business
in the same. We are glad to wel-
come Mr. Toler to our city and trust
that he will receive a proper share
of the business in his line. Below
may he seen what is thought of him
in the town which he has just left:
"We are sorry to note the fact
that our esteemed friend Ben F
Toler has decided to remove to Nor-
man Oklahoma, where he will engage
in business. Mr. Toler has been in
Fayetteville for a year or longer
and the time he has been with us has
made many warm friends who regret
to see him leave. He will carry
with him the best wishes of all who
know him.- Fayettevile (Ark.) Senti-
nal.
Overheard in Norman
Sunday two young ladies, while
walking along Main street were heard
to say as a certain auto whizzed by,
"Did jou ever take a ride in that
car?" asked one.
To which the other replied, "O \es,
and it is just lovely. Some oscula-
tion, but f did not mind it a bit."
We failed to catch the number of
the car but It looked like a Ford.
State Levy 2 1-2 Mills
Assessor W B. Morter received
notice that the state levy this year
would be 2 1-2 mills This is con-
clusive evidence that our state tax
will no t be a l inden at tax paying
time lie ,t. year
A Mexican lady with an army of
ten rebels, recently captured Juarez 1
We wonder why the extra ten went
along: probably for appearance's J
sake.
BREAKING IT OPEN AGAIN
—C. R. MacauUy, New York World.
blectlon Proclamation
By virtue of authority vested in
the undersigned, the Board of Ed-
ucation of the City of Norman, Cleve-
land County, Oklahoma, by Chapter
04 of the Session Laws of the Extra-
ordinary Session of the Second Leg
islature of the State of Oklahoma,
being House Hill No. 14, entitled
"An Act to proyide for the Levying
of Taxes on an ad Valorem Basis for
County, City, Town, Township and
School District Purposes," and an
order of the Excise Board of Cleve-
land County, Oklahama, made or.
August 15, 1012, and of a resolution
of the Board of Education of the
City of Norman, Cleveland County,
Oklahoma, duly adopted by said
Board, August 20, 1912, notice is
hereby given that a special election
is hereby called to be held on Tues-
day, the 3rd, day of September, 1912,
In the School District of*tbe City of
Norman, comprising the territory of
said City and the territory attached
thereto for school purposer, for the
purpose of submitting to the quali-
fied electors of said School District
the following proposition:—
"Shall the Board of Education of
the City of Norman, Cleveland
County, State of Oklahoma, levy
an Increase or additional tax of
1 1-2 mills on the dollars of the tax-
able value of the prorerty in the
School District of the City of Nor-
man, Cleveland County, Oklahoma,
comprising the territory of said
City and the territory thereto at
taclied for school purposes, for the
current expenses of said school dis-
trict, for general school pur-
poses, for the fiscal year, ending
June 30,1913?
| | For the levy.
Against the Levy.
The ballots to be used in said elec-
tion shall be in substantially the
above form. The voter will indicate
his preference by stamping at the
place designated, at the left ol the
words "For the levy" or "Against
the levy"
S.tid elections shall he held at the
following places:
WITHIN THE CITY OF NORMAN
First Ward, At the Anniols Build-
ing on Main Street;
Second Ward, At the McCoy Car
penter Shop on Main Street;
Third Ward, At the Sample Room
of the Agnes Hotel, on Main Street:
Fourth Ward. At the Council
Chambers of the City Council, at the
Courthouse In said City:
OUT LYING DISTRICT.
All those residing without the City
limits of the City of Norman, and
within the territory attached thereto
for school purposes, may vote at the
old E. H. Johnson, dwelling house
Northeast of the City of Norman.
The polls will be open at the hour
of 0 o'clock in the forenoon and closed ]
at the hour of 7 o'clock in the after
noon
All qualified electors In si Id School
Ml-trii l who reside within the limits
of said C ty and also all quallll d
electors residing in said City Sihool
Dlstilet and outside of the limits of
said ( Ity shall lit entitled to vole at
said election
Said election shall be held under
the general election laws of the
State of Oklahoma, except that the
returns shall be made to the Board
of Education of the City of Norman.
Dated this 21st day of August, 1912.
(Seal)
Hoard of Education op the
city of norman.
By j. E. Gilkhy, President
Attest:.!. B. Dudley, Clerk.
Taft Again Vetoes Woolen Bill
Special Correspondence:
Washington, August 20. —For the
second time in as many years Presi
dent Taft has vetoed the bill to cut
the excessive tariff on wool. In his
latest yeto message, as in the pre-
vious one, the president refers to the
necessity for protection on wool, and
expresses the fear that the Demo-
cratic bill, which he yetoed, would je-
opardize the woolen industry by invi-
ting competition with the pauper la-
bor of Eurojte.
In the light of the President's sec-
ond veto of the wool bill, which veto
gives the woolen trust a continuance
of its privilege to plunder the con-
sumer while at the same time paying
its workers starvation wages, a page
from the hearings in connection with
the Lawrence strike inquiry makes
interesting reading. The witness is
Miss Sanger, a trained nurse, (page
22ft, Hearings on House Resolution
409 and 433.)
Mr. Pou — Miss Sanger, were you
instrumental in taking a number of
the strikers' children away from
Lawrence during the strike?
Miss Sanger—Yes. sir.
Mr. Pou.—Did you talk with those
children about their manner of liv-
ing?
Miss Sanger—Yes, sir. I found that
the children—there were 119 of them
in my party—seldom ate meat, and
their physical condition was the most
horrible I have ever seen. In the
first place four of the smallest chil
dren had chicken pox, and they had
not received any medical attention.
They were walking about among the
other children apparently without
noticing the chicken pox or diph-
theria; one child had diphtheria. Of
the 119 children only four of them
had underwear, and it was bitterly
cold. We had to run all the way
from the station to Labor Temple
after we got to New York to keep
from freezing.
Mr. Foster—You say ouly four had
underclothing, what was the condi-
tion of their outer clothing?
Miss Sanger—It was simply in rags.
Their cnats were worn to shreds.
Mr. Foster-- Were the children pale
aud thin?
Miss Sanger Yes, sir, aud I want
to say that when they had supper it
would have brought tears to your
eyes to see them grab for the meat
with their bare hands.
Mr. f oster—Did any of them have
on woolen clothing of any sort?
Miss Sanger—No, sir.
Mr. Foster—And yet they all work-
ed in woolen mills?
Miss Sanger Yes, sir.
In his veto message Mr. Taft has
much to say about the "woolen indus-
try," and "foreign labor." He makes
no mentiou of these poor victims of
the woolen trust's greed.
f-irst Oklahoma Cotton Marketed
Honors of having marketed the
first bale of Oklahoma cotton this
fall are divided betweeu Temple,
< onianche county, and Terral, Jef-
ferson county, a bale having been
ginned at each place Monday. Both
brought good prices and bonuses.
Terral Okla., Aug 19.—(Special.)
J. S. Vandenburg of Terral Okla.,
claims the first hale of Oklahoma cot-
ton this season. 'The cotton was gin-
ned Monday morning an! was bought
by A. It. Barber. The price paid
was Hi 1-lV. Yanderburg also re-
ceived a premium of $81.35. The
bale weighed 572 pounds.
Temple, Okla., Aug. 19.—(Special,)
What is believed to be the first
bale of Oklahoma cotton of the 1912
season was brought to Temple Mon-
day morning by John Walling.
Richardson and Parker ginned the
cotton free and paid 12c with a prem-
ium ol $50. 'The weight was 450
pounds.
BRIDGES OF THE INDIANS
Btructuro Found In North British Co-
lumbia Are Built on the Canti-
lever Principle.
Some Interesting examples of In-
dian Ingenuity are afforded on the
River Skeena and Its tributaries In
North British Columbia, according to
u writer la Scientific American. Then*
waterways In their upper reaches llow
swiftly and for the most part through
Jeep ravines As It Is Impossible for
the Indians to cross them by means
of canoes they have resorted to bridg-
ing.
Their bridges are Interesting struc-
tures from the engineering point of
view, Inasmuch as the cantilever prin-
ciple 1s adopted. A bridge of this de-
sign spans the Bulkeley river where
It Is about 120 feet wide, and the
height from the bridge to the water
level Is about 60 feet.
It is built of wooden logs, the logs
of the structure being formed of slunk'
stout logs varying from 80 to 80 feet In
length. The taBk of lowering them
Into position must have demanded con-
siderable Ingenuity ou the part of the
builder*.
They are burled some IB feet at
their lower ends aud anchored by the
•uperlmposition of masses of large
rock rolled and carried to the site The
longitudinal members of the shore
spans are similarly burled In the
ground and lashed to the ends of the
diagonal logs.
These main members—correspond-
ing to deck girders, are about 120 feet
ta length, aud to either end the A
members of the superstructure are
lashed. Elaborate cross bracing Is
resorted to In order to secure greater
strength.
When the bridge was first erected
th# different members were simply
secured together by willow thongs,
but when the British Columbluu gov-
ernment erected a more substuutlal
tuspenslon bridge lower down the
river the Indians assembled and fol-
lowed the white man's operations with
great Interest. They observed how
the thlok wire cables were slung and
anohored, and accordingly decided to
Introduce wire Into their own struc-
ture.
They procured the material for tills
purpose from wherever they could aud
Introduced It In a most fantastic man-
ner. Also when the Grand Trunk
Paclflo railway engineers commenced
working on their track near by the
Indians procured odds and ends, Buch
as bolts and spikes, from them for ! Fine Ell>ert« Peaches
Introduction In their bridge, so that ! 1 H. Gill, of northeast of Frank-
now It Is a strange looking piece of j in was in Friday with a load of very
work, though the fundamental canti- large Elberta peaches, a bushel of
lever lines are still distinct. whi,h he so|d w N |{ucjfer) which
was shipped to his brother in Colo-
rado.
Mr. Gill said his crop of Elberta*
was exceedingly large this year.
Couuty Court News
Information was filed against Dick
Wittc Monday for transporting. He
was released on $500 bond.
Judge H. F. Swank is holding
county court in Lexington this week.
marriage license
S. C. l'etree, 23, Mangum; Mrs. S.
(1. Needham, 20, Oklahoma City.
They were married at the First Chris-
tian church Sunday.
W. L Vaughn, 28, Plainview, Tex-
a^: Miss Rosalind Sawyer, 24, No«
man.
Passed Over Ihe River
Gen. Win. Booth, organizer and
commander of the Salvation Army,
died at bis home in London, England,
Tuesday night at 10:30 o'clock.
Gen. Booth was a man known and
beloved in every part of the civilized
world, and his life work has been to
lift and to save and improve the con-
dition of the poor and fallen in the
large cities.
Primitive Men of Giant Stature.
Eleven skeletons of primitive men,
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes, and with two rows of
teeth In the front of the upper Jaw,
have been uncovered at Craigshill, at
Bllensburg, Wash. They were found
about twenty feet below the surface,
twenty feet back from the face of the
slope, In a cement rock formation
over which was a layer of shale. The
rock was perfectly dry. The Jaw boneJ,
which easily break, are so large that
they will go around the face of the
man of today. The other bones are
also much larger than those of the or-
dinary man. The femur Is twenty
Inches long, Indicating a man of eighty
Inches tall. The teeth In front are
worn almost down to the Jaw bones,
due, It Is believed, to eating uncook
ed foods and crushing hard substances
with the teeth. The sloping skull
shows an extremely low order of In-
telligence.
School Begins September 9th
At a meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation held Thursday night, it was un-
animously decided to open the City
-. bonis on September 9th. The en-
rollment is expected to be much lar-
(_'i i this year than any previous year.
A great many students from the
country districts will attend the
high school this year.
Would Make Natural Gas.
Blr William Ramsay, one of Eng-
land's famous scientists, says there is
absolutely nothing, so far as he can
see, to prevent a bore-hole from being
put down until the coal Btratum Is
reached and the setting of the coal
on Are by electricity, thus converting
the coal In the bowels of the earth
directly into gas Air would be sent
down to enable the coal to burn, the
amount of air being restricted when
sufficient heat had been engendered;
steam would he sent down to provide
a mixture of hydrogen and carbonic
oxide, or water-gas; great gas en-
gines would be mounted at. the mouth
of the pit or bore hole, and the gas
Would be used to develop electric
power.—Popular Mechanics
Owen lias 35,324 Over haskell
Senator Robert L. Owen's majority
oyer C. N. Haskell in the race for the
democratic nomination for United
States senator is 35,824. The com-
plete returns from every county in
the state are now on file with the
state election boand. They show
that Owen received 80,204 and Has-
kell 44,880.
The vote on tne constitutional am-
endment providing for the direct el-
ection of United States senators car-
ried by a vote of 124,925 to 20,017.
Among the republican, Judge J. T.
Dickersonof Edmond, received the
nomsnation for I'niteu States senator
with 13,245 votes, B. U. Parmenter
was second with 9,668; A. E. Perry
was third with 9,318, and J. J. Jones,
of Sapulpa, was fourth with 8,591.
Eetlmate Cost of Living.
The official bankruptcy depart-
ment at Zurich, Switzerland, has Just
prepared, after careful study, a min-
imum wage tariff for both sexes It
Is s curious documents, attempting to
prove what are the lowest sums upon
which personB can live. The follow-
ing are some of the tariffs per month
which are considered absolutely nec
essary: Single men, $20; single wom-
en, |17.28; married couple without
ohlldren, |19.92; with children up to
six years of age, an Increase of $1 44
per month for each child; children up
to fourteen years, $192, and up to
twenty years, $3.42 each per mouth.
In this minimum official list are In- .
eluded life and Illness Insurance and* „
testers' fees.
Henry John Weedn, 1914 medic,
who lias been at Sasakwa, working
for his brother in a drug store, arri-
ved today for the rest of the sum-
mer. .
A couple, newly married, in Kan-
sas celebrated their honeymoon on a
bill That's nothing. A couplo In
this state celebrated their golden an
niversary on a $5 gold piece.
A number of Norman citizens con-
cluded they were "Seven Day Ad-
yontlsfs", and spent the first day of
the week investigating the lake on
the Santa Fe right-of-way south of
Noble. They report the finding of
evoral very tine Rnft'alo fish ill it,
which they transferred to dry land.
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