Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XXI
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1912.
NO. 23
NORMAN HAS A
PUBLIC LIBRARY
A Brief History of the Growth
of The Library by one
Who Knows
About six years after Norman
made a beginning, and a year and a
half after the organization of Nor-
man's first Ladies' Literary Club,
the "Coterie", the library was
opened to the public by flint club,
in July 1895.
The town was divided into four
districts, and two members of the
Coterie were assigned to each dis-
trict to solicit books, or funds for
the new enterprise. One lady gave
material for a bookcase, and money
was taken from the funds that had
been collected to pay for the mak-
ing of the case This was after-
wards sold, and the purchase of a
sectional case was begun, to which
units have been added from time to
time.
For a time the Knights of Pyth-
ian lodge kindly donated the use
of their anteroom, thereby giving
the library "a local habitation and
a name". The ladies of the club
gave their time freely in keeping it
open, taking charge in-person from
IS!).") to 1901. Since 1901 a librar-
ian has been employed. The Coter-
ie ladies have supported the library
by giving various entertainments,
a "Tom Thumb Wedding", a Ba-
zar, a cake sale, a sample sale, or
by providing lectures. I>r. (juayle
was one of the noted lecturers
brought here. "When we'd get a
little money," said one ofthe ladies
in recounting the small beginnings
of the early days, "then we'd buy
more books."
The Brooks Photograph Gallery
was for some time the home of the
library; then the Commercial Club
housed the books until this Fall,
when a room over Berry's store was
put at the service of library, free
of charge, by Mr. H. C. Berry. At
one time the Coterie ladies, through
the kindness of the editor Bixler,
got out an addition of the Demo
crat Topic, which they sold for the
benefit of the library. Each mem-
ber of the Coterie was a subscrib-
er to the library, and the officers of
the club were also the officers of
the Library Association. After-
wards it was arranged that the
Library Board should consist of
seven members, of whom four
should be members of the Coterie.
At the present time the Board con-
sist of the twelve ladies.
Started with only a few books,
the library now has over a thousand
volumes. Since the old days when
the Association got out souvenir
post cards and souvenir spoons
showing the one main hall of the
University, Norman has grown and
the University has multiplied its
buildings. May we not hope that
our City Library, cherished and
patronized by our citizens, also
may be a growing institution,
moulding better public opinion and
helping young and growing lives.
The above article was written
by request by a member of the Li-
brary Association. The library
contains one thousand volumes by
various standard authors, and, as
stated above, is located in a room
over Berry's store and is open to
the public every Saturday afternoon
from two to five o'clock.
Mits. L. F. Cl'rtis,
Librarian.
Johnson— Kidd Nuptials
The wedding of Miss Ina Mary
Johnson and Mr. Phillip C. Kidd
of St. Louis, was solemnized Wed-
nesday evening at six o'clock at
home of the bride's parents Mr.
and Mrs. E. P>. Johnson. Kev.
Kunyan of Kingfisher, Oklahoma,
performing the ceremony. Before
the ceremony Mrs. Cora Prichett
sang "Oh! Promise Me." The
j bride entered on the arm of her
father to the strains of Mendels-
sohn's wedding march which was
played by Miss Ida Agnes Pyle.
The ceremony was performed under
an archway of yellow chrysanthem-
ums, ferns and palms. The bride's
dress was white satin with pearl
trimmings and on her head she
wore a rhinestone cap which held
in place her veil. Miss Johnson is
the second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Johnson, is a graduate
of the Morman high school and a
member of the Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority. After the ceremony a
dinner was served to the bridal
party and relatives. At 8 :30 a
reception was given in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Kidd at the home of
the bride. In the receiving line
was Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and the
bridal party, Mrs. W. C. Smith,
Mrs. Iv. Berry. Mrs. DeBarr
and Mrs. L. .1 Edwards assisted.
The members of the Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority and Progressive
club served the ices and cake in
the dining room. Mr. and Mrs.
Kidd left on the midnight train for
the south for a month's visit.
They will be at home to their
friends at the Lee-Huckins
Oklahoma Citv.
INollce
v The ladies of the Missionary
Society ofthe M. E. church South
will serve ice cream, chocolate and
coffee or something every day of
their sale at the corner building
second door east of MeCall's.
Extra Scssoii of State Senate
Pursuant to the call of Governor
Cruee the State Senate convened at
the Capital Tuesday and organized
for the transaction of such business
as the governor deemed advispble
for calling the body together in
extra session. Gov. Cruee's mes-
sage to the Senate was short and
terse and the names of his appointe-
es as members ofthe Board of Edu-
cation, Ira L. Cain. W. A. Brand-
enberg, W. E. Hawsey, J. F. War-
ren, I). I. Johnson and ('. C. Weith
and of District Judges W. K. Tay-
lor 13th District, S. Davis 2.'Jril
District, Jesse M. llatchett 6th
District, Frank Matthews li.'ith
District and J. \V. Steen 2()th Dis-
trict were submitted for confirma-
tion or rejection. -Inst what action
the Senate will take is problematic.
There is much division of sentiment
among the members of the Senate
in regard to the Board of Educa-
tion appointees. The old Board
members were never submitted to
or confirmed by the Senate and the
attempt to appoint anew Board by
the governor, is meeting with
strenuous opposition by the friends
and members of the old Board.
The governor will propbably tri-
umph, in the end, but it may be
quite a long drawn out battle. It'
the Senators do not interlock horns
seriously, the work of the session
may terminate in a few davs.
City Council Meeting
The City Council met Tuesday
evening and passed resolutions call-
ing for bills for paving Asp avenue
with brick and iluskogee and
Boulevard with asphalt. On Boyd
street they found that same had
never been taken into city limits
and that same would have to be
taken in before city could order it
paved. The ordinance taking this
street into the city was passeil and
same will also In- paved with brick
as soon as contract can lie let.
If you are in arrears on your
subscription to the Enterprise, will
you please call in and settle up.
The amount i.s small, but hundred*
of them added together will help
us greatly. Don't neglect it l<m.
k'er, but dii it at once.
FEW PEOPLE ARE
HANGING AROUND
The Civic Committee Believes
in Raising Hogs, Cattle,
Goats and Chickens
There are a few people hanging
around Norman who keep hogs,
these kind of people believe in
making Norman look and smell
just right.
The Civic Committee believes in
hogs, plenty of swine adds polish to
any seat of learning where higher
learning where higher education is
attempted. A few cows would add
another charm, cows running at
large to uproot the trees, trees are
dangerous to have, children might
climb the tree and fall out and
hurt their feelings. Dr. Boyd is
responsible for so many trees in
Norman, trees harbor birds and
birds disturb your thoughts while
they sing, trees keep off sunshine
and sunshine kills bacteria. Away
with the tree, cultivate the cow and
the pig.
A few people are hanging around
Norman, who are foolish enough
tf> want flowers, an old fashion j
flower garden is more popular with j
them than the animal kingdom.
The Larkspur with its charming
tender memories of mothers love
hanging around it. has no place in
Norman, and the Poppy too. it
must go, and the For-get-ine-nots
that linger around our memory and
carry us back to the old home that
we left long, long ago, till these
niust be sacrificed for the comfort
of the old hen that clucks and
clucks as she wanders about from
yard to yard to make the dirt fly in
search of a tender juicy worm.
Speak to your neighbor and kind-
ly ask them not to raise (lowers.
Norman must not put on airs by
disturbing the freedom of the hen.
We might also have a greater polish
in Norman, by having goats. Down
in Purcell the other da\ we met a
goat, the goat was standing on the
hill looking at the big bridge and
never saw us coming until we went,
goats are dangerous unless you
circle around them when they are
on the side walk. The Civic Com-
mittee recommend all of the above
live stock for Norman, if they are
allowed their freedom it will make
Norman a better place to leave.
Dogs help a town. What is home
without a pup? A pup will chew
up things while you wait, and when
they grow up they will light and
draw a crowd, they will hark at the
man in the moon and keep you
awake at night.
Bill Brewer is a good healthy
Bull dog that lives over in our
part of town. He mostly belongs
to Prof. Brewer but boards around.
Bill will not take a dare, he had a
fight the other day right on Main
street and we could hardly get in
to see how it was going. Bill made
several touch-downs while the other
dog did not make a score, it is
wrong to have dog tights in a col-
lege town. Bill has a record, he
has traveled buck to Kentucky
twice but has never been to Boston
His ancesters were found in Ken-
tucky when Daniel Boone first dis-
covered America, or at least the
Blue grass part of if.
Think these matters over dear
friends and lend a helping hand,
push and don't fall backwards. The
Civic Committee need to help Nor-
man grow. Extend the right hand
of fellowship when you see us coin-
ing, don't scold because some peo-
ple don't do right. vinegar never
catches 11io. treat them with kind-
ness.
"There is so much good in tin-
worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us.
It does not become any of us.
To talk about the rest of us."
The ('ivic (\
Lose to l'ock> Mountain Grids
The Sooners dosed the litl'J foot-
ball season with a game at Denver,
Colorado. Thanksgiving day. They
played the heavy team from the
I diversity of Colorado and lost by
a close score of 12 to 11 The
Coloradons had the advantage of
weight but failed to show football
tactics which could class with the I
Sooners. Throughout the game
the Sooners displayed both offense
and defense which the h'oeky Moun-
tain team could not fathom and at
the end of the first half had rolled
up a score of 12 points. The rari-
fied atmosphere began to tell on the
Oklahomans in the last session, and
that, coupled with the element of
luck which broke in favor of the
Boulderitcs, caused the final score
to read Oklahoma 12, Colorado 14.
hi all, the 1912 season has been a
good one for the Sooners. They
have had the stillest schedule of
any team in the west and have
emerged at the close with a clear
demonstration to their rivals that
the Sooners can class with the
greatest aggregations in the foot-
ball world.
I.EGAI. NOTICE
Notice for proposals for paving and
street improvements.
Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of resolutions adopted liv the Mayor
and Coum-ilmen of the City of Norman,
Oklahoma, on the !trd day of ilecember,
litlli, sealed proposals by contractors will
lie received at the office of tin- City ('lerk
of said City until s oVIuck p. in. Occeui-
bcr 17, 1012, for furnishing the materials
and for performing the work necessary in
doing the necessary grading, paving, curb
ami gutter, draining and drainage ap-
purtenances as hereinafter set forth, up-
on a four (4) inch concrete base, all in
accordance witl- 'lie plans ami specifica-
tions on file in the office ot the City Kn-
gineer and adopted by tIn- Mayor and
Council, upon the portions of the herein-
after named and described streets, avenu-
es and alleys of said City. Kaeh said
proposal shall lie sealed and endorsed
"Proposal for Paving District No. 14" in
said blank being inserted the proper
number of the paving district as herein -
afler numbemljiml named. Kaeh such
proposal shall be accompanied bj^a check
for the amount stated hereinafter as to
each district, such check being certified
by a bank in Norman, Oklahoma, payable
to said City of Norman. All proposals
shall be submitted upon blanks prepared
by the City Engineer, from whom same
may be obtained.
The following are the numbered, nam-
ed and described districts for which such
proposals are invited, viz:
District No. 14 embracing As, Avenue
from the South end of Webster Avenue
to the North line of lioyd street.
Kaeh proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check for One Thousand Dol-
lars (11000.00) payable to tin- City of
Norman and certified by u bank in said
city.
The successful bidder will be required
to execute to the City of Norman a con-
struction bond in the sum approximately
equal to 'to per cent of the contract price,
conditioned for the full and faithful per-
formance of tin contract as provided by
law.
lvach bidder shall state in his proposal
the number of working days in which he
will undertake the completion ofthe con-
tract. Bidders are invited to file with
their proposals a statement of their ex -
perience in street paving, and a showing
of their financial ability to perform the
contract.
Proposals so received will he opened
and considered by the Mayor and City
Councilman of said city at a meeting to
be held at the City hall of said city at
K o'clock p. m. December 17, 1912, and
the contract will be awarded to the lowest
and best bidder thereunder, consideration
being given to the quality of the proposed
paving material, the time, in which tin-
bidder agrees to complete tin- contract,
as well as the prices offered in each said
proposal, and the Mayor and Councilmeii
reserve the right to reject any and all
bids.
[Seal 1 A. li. CLEMENT,
<'itv t'lerk.
lie Advertised At Last
There was ti man in our town.
And he was wondrous wise;
He swore (it was his policy)
lie would not advertise.
But one sad day he advertised,
And thereby hangs a tale,
The ad. was set in quite small type
And headed "Sherriff's Sale."
THE GHOO CHOO
CHUG DID STICK
Pecan Hunters Have Great
Experience With Gas Wagon
and Pecans
Fred Thomas and Lou \«nn k of
Oklahoma C'it \ came t«> Norman
Friday in a hnzz wagon to visit
Mr. and Mrs. S. \\ lluteliin. Sat
nrdav morning accompanied by
ti no. S. Allan the gas wagon's nose
turned eastward towards Big.Iim's
crossing on Little River to spend
the day with \V. linrrage and
wife residing on Mr. Ilutcliin's
ranch and to gather pecans
All went lovely as marriage bells
until the sand was struck on the
Denver road in front of S. I!
Vaughn's house. The machine be-
gan to go Vlioo choo. «:hug and
stuck." For 4 miles it was walk,
push, puff and oil the machine, with
the farmer's having considerable
sport at the expense of the distres-
sed pecan seekers. After getting
through to the hill at Mr. Ilavil's
farm the machine took kindly to
the hard bottom road and about
!):'{() o'clock, after a l! hours tussle,
the party arrived at Mr. Burrage's
place. Mr. lluteliin was on hand
and no time was lost in making
for the pecan grove. The trees
were well ladenedwith pecans: but
few could 1m* found 011 the ground,
and getting the nuts to come down
was strenuous work. Trees were
too high to climb with much sue-
cess and none of the party being
fearless tree climbers, the question
of getting tie* nuts to fall down in-
to the weeds, was not an easy task.
After the nuts were frightened out
of the trees it was an "Faster egg"
hunt to find them.
Mrs. Burrage furnished the most
enjoyable entertainment and one
that was really enjoyed. Think 0/
it. "fine hot biscuit pork sausage,
milk gravy, sweet potatoes, milk,
cream, coffee and fruit, all prepar-
ed in the most tempting style, and
Steve Hutchin was mean enough to
begin to keep tab 011 the number of
biscuits that were disappearing.
Sunday morning it was raining
and the start for home was delayed
until after dinner, and the question
of how the gas wagon would take
to the mud was problematic, so
much that when I)r. VanVleet was
seen passing in his pring wagon,
Allan hailed him, and wanted to
know if he had room for a passen-
ger Me said that he had, and Al-
lan took passage, leaving Mr.
Hutchin to come with the other
men in the gas wagon, feeling as
Mired that Hutchin would greatly
enjoy the trip. He did so we have
been informed. He walked and
pushed and rode by turns arriving
in Norman alter dark and ready t«
advise owners of machine, to trade
it for a "beecourse" in Arkansas.
A. F. & A. M. Elect Officers
At the regular meeting ot the
Masonic lodge Monday night, the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year .
K. A. Sea well. W M ; K. V.
Downing. S. W . : .1 W Klingle-
smith, I. W ; Kobt. Morter, See.:
(\ II Bessent, Treas
The above will make a splendid
set of officers and the lodge will
continue to propser in the future
as in the past.
Rain Sunday and Tuesday put a
stop to cotton picking and corn
gathering: but will do the wheat
and alfalfa good and put the ground
in shape for winter plowing A
good many of the fanners have
finished gathering their crops and
started to plowing the ground for
next season's crops
K evolution
I'roviding tor the improvement of por
tioiis of Asp \vrnue in Norman, Okla
honift,
11 l'.KL AS. the Mayor and Council on
the first «Ihv of December Hill adopted 11
resolution declaring it necessary to grade
pave, macadamize, gutter, eurh, drain,
and otherwise improvt tin* portions there-
in described of Asp \venuc, in the City
"i Norman, Oklahoma, and
\N II KKhAS. said resolution was pub-
lished in two consecutive Weekly issues
<>l the Norman Democrat Topic, a weeklv
uewspajM 1 published and having a gener-
al circulation within the said City,
Til KbT.roKK, be it resolved by the
Mayor :md Citv Council ofthe City of
Norman, (Iklahoma.
Section 1 That the City Council finds
that no sufficient protest in writing against
such improvements for the avenues,
streets, and alleys and parts thereof here-
inafter described have been filed with the
City Clerk ami hereby determines to pro-
ceed with the improvement of same as
follows:
By doing the necessary grading, and by
paving with Brick as shown below by lay-
ing the necessary four (4) inch concrete
base and b\ building the necessary drain
age appurtenances, curb and gutter, the
extent, character and width of the improv-
ements, flu material to be used and the
manner of constructing the pavement be-
ing as hereinafter stated, to-wit:
That the following named and describ-
ed streets shall be paved with Brick on
four inch Portland Cement Concrete base,
viz; Asp Avenue from the South end of
Webster Avenue to tie* North line of Boyd
street, thirty feet iu width.
All of said described avenues, streets
and alleys are shown on the accompany-
ing map marked District No. l-l and same
are hereby constituted as street improve-
ment district No. 14.
\I1 material furnished and work per-
formed shall be in accordance with plans
;tml specifications 011 file with the city
engineer and adopted by the Council and
made part hereof.
Section 'J. That the City Clerk be, and
horcb\ i> directed to advertise according
1 to law for sealed proposals by con-
i tractors for furnishing the material and
' preforming the work necessary in making
I said improvement.
Section .'1. A cheek for one-thousand
I (.fiooo.oo) dollars certified by a bank in
! Norman. Oklahoma, payable to the City
I of Norman, will be required to accom-
pany each proposal. The successful bid -
I der will I «• required to execute to the
j city of Norman a good and sufficient bond
in an amount equal to .'10 per cent of the
whole bid, conditioned for the full and
faithful execution of the work, perform-
ance of the contract and for the protec-
tion of tin city and ;ill property owners
interested against any loss <-/r damage by
reason of the negligence or improper ex-
ecution of tin- work or the use of inferior
materials:
Kaeh bidder shall state in his proposal
the number of working days iu which he
will undertake to complete said contract;
and is invited to file a statement of his
experience in paving ami showing his
financial ability to perform this contract.
Such contractor shall accept in pay-
ment of the contract price at their par
j value, street improvement bonds to be
j issued as provided in the Act approved
! April 17tl . 1!mis, ami amendments there-
to, except such portion as he shall be en-
titled to of the special assessments which
j shall be paid by owners of property as-
sessed before the issuance of said bonds;
j said payment shall be made to such
1 contractor in installments on estimates
of the engineer as the work progresses as
-hall be provided in the contract; provid-
ed that fifteen (1">) percent of each
estimate -hall be retained by the City un-
til the final completion of the work and
1 its acceptance by the Mayor and Council.
! Such contractor shall be required to
I take and to pay for at par value street
j improvement bonds of the city issued
■ to pay the cost of engineering, in-
| -pection and other expenses incident to
J the improvement in an amount approxi-
! mately equal to four (4 ) per cent of the
estimated cost of such improvements.
Section 4. Proposals so received will be
opened ami considered bv the Mayor and
< ouncilmen of said city at a meeting to
i lie held at the city hall of said city at
7:.'50 o'clock, p. m December 17, 1912,
! urn! the contract will be awarded {to the
lowest and best bidder, tie Mayor and
( 'ouncilmen reserving the right to reject
any and all bids.
Adopted bytheCouneil Deoeniber3, 1012
Approved December 3, 19111.
Utest: A. \i CbKMENT,
City Clerk.
(Seal] N. K. SHARP,
Mayor.
The New Furniture Store sells
Fl'KXITTKE for Cash or Install-
ment. Sewing miictiines for sale
or rent ('onus .-mil see us.—A. ('.
Smvthe.
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