Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND
ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XXI
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARc.Il h, 1°!-.
NO. 38
INTERIM FOR
NORMAN LIKELY
Chamber of Commerce Has
The Matter Under Cuu-
sideratiou at Present
A committee of the Chamber of
Commen-e of Norman met with the
officials of the Street Railway Com-
pany and the Chamber of Com-
merce in Oklahoma City Tuesday
morning for the purpose of discus-
sing the extent ion of the Interurban
line from Moore into Norman in
the near future. They found the
company were very anxious to build
the line'but up to the present time
had been unable to finance the con-
struction of the line. Assistance
in some form was needed and must
he furnished the company in some
way and this was the principle
feature discussed by the men at
the meeting held in Oklahoma City.
The conclusions of the meeting
we understand will be presented to
a mass meeting of the citizens of
Norman within a short time for the
purpose of ascertaining if the cit-
izens are willing to help out in the
matter of financing the line.^ What
will be expected of the Norman
people we did not learn, the com-
mittee prefering not to reveal the
same until the mass meeting is
held. The members of the com-
mittee are hopeful of the building
of the line this summer.
It is reported that during the dis
eussion in the meeting reference
was made to the two public state
institutions located in Norman in
regard to which Dr. Brooks, who
was present in the meeting, remark-
ed that in speaking of the same he
heard one of the students say To
secure entrance to either one of the
institutions the applicants had to
stand an examination and must
shov* improvement to get out of
one of them", or words to such
effect.
L.is'er bowers Sunday
I Easter morning dawned with
showers from the northeast accom-
panied by a cold bitting wind mak-
I ing overcoats and winter wraps feci
much more comfortable than hasterl
togs and as a consequence the fair
sect who had made extensive, and
we might say expensive preparation
to attend Easter Day services were
not present in great numbers at
II he morning sen ices in the church-
es in Norman, but as the day w<>re
on the sky brightened and the w
veered to t'ie south and began
blow strong and warm until eve
ing when it, became quite warm n 1
pleasant, save tor the high wi.nl
whi^'h seemed to want to frolic with
the fail one's new Easter hats and
to take great delight in seeing the
boys and men hold on to their
headgear or chase it to the water
filled gutters.
Monday the wind brought back a
cold wav • accompanied by more
showers and a good rain Monday
night followed.
The conditions are now ideal for
getting the spring crops started
and all that is needed to get the
ground in shape for growth is
warm sunshine and the season of
the year is here for the sunshine.
The danger of loss from frost or
the rotting of the seed planted, is
almost passed and a good stand of
'corn and cotton from first planting
! is quite likely to be the story to be
'told. With a good season in the
, ground and a good stand of crops
j secured reasonably in the crop sea-
son a bountiful harvest is alwa.vs
confidently looked forward to b\
the Oklahoma farmer and rarely is
| he disappointed.
SEWER EnTENSION
Ei't OlSlillSSiON
Contractors Jumped Job but
Bondsmen Are Liable. To
Bo Completed Soon
Annual Concert
Y. M. C. A. Gospel Teams at Work
Two gospel teams of the ^ oung
Men's Christian Association of the
University worked among the young
men of Lexington and Noble dur-
ing the Easter vacation. The teams
held series of meetings, played
athletic, games, gave public talks
and mixed with the business men
to let them know that the State
I'niversitv was interested in the
welfare of Oklahoma's tomorrow.
The campaign resulted in creating a
strong interest among the boys in
securing a college education, and
brought about the organization of
the boys and young men in move-
ments tending toward their better-
ment. This is the third campaign
of this nature to be made bv the
University Association this year,
Yukon and Purcell having been
previously visited.
The Annual Concert given by the
i University Orchestra will be gi\en
at the Franing, Friday evening,
: March 28th. The program will be-
gin promptly at *:■!<) o clock. I he
I student season ticket is good for
this concert, single tickets twenty-
! five centi-.
The program will be a varied one.
The orchestral numbers will con-
sist of some ot the best classics as
well as several popular numbers.
The orchestral program will be in-
terspersed by some of the best per-
formers ot the t niversity. 1 lie
University (ilee Club will also take
a prominent part in this program
The orchestra this year has a very
(complete instrumentation, consist-
ing of iorty-two pieces. This or-
ganization is the most famous of
its kind in the southwest, this tact
being attested to by the recent
Chautauqua engagement contract-
ed for the month < t •!une.
Whitwell's management of the
Farmers Store with new goods at
j cut prices has so increased the
business that the building will pro-
bably be extended to the alley to
make room for storage of car lots
I at cut prices. We are from Mis-
souri and will show you. (Jive us
vour trade and come and see us.
New Toggery
for Easter Wear
New Clothing
New Hats (i^traw -md
Felts)
New Shirts
New Okfords
New Neckwear
New Hosiery
Everything New and
Up to Date!
8 Moomau & Kimberlin j
THKY DHESS THE MEN AND BOYS
The Norman city council met
in regular session Tuesday even-
ing and waded through a m: s
of bills filed for allowance and
much other work, adjourning
until Wednesday evening to
complete the business on hand.
For some time the lift station on
Boyd street lifted cash out ol .' '
city treasury so fast that the
city Dads became alarmed at its
lifting powers along this pun -
ular line. They put the station
out of business and used the
sceptic tank south of the <■'' y
during the winter season fully
believing that they would be ble
to get a new sewer line to the
river completed before March
1st. The citizens voted for the
construction of the line and the
j money for the construction of
I the same was placed at the dis-
! posal of the city council.
The line wes surveyed ; id
contract for its construction let
to a contractor who by the terms
of his conract, was to have - e
completed by March 1st. i: i'
time for the completion of the
work arrived and same had not
been much more than well start-
ed by contractor. The farmers
refused to stand for the delay
jand threatened suit if sewerage
was suffered to longer run
through sceptic tank.
The lift station had to be re-
vived again to avoid danger
from damage suits and it is
back onto its old job of pulling
the long green in big wads out
of the city treasury aid 'or how
long it will pull is a (?)
The contractor on the sewer
line has stopped work and the
line is far from being complete I.
It would seem to be Norman's
luck to be handed the hot end of
the poker by every contractor it:
deals with and such being the
case it might be we]l for the city
to eschew all future dealings
with contractors and do the work
under city supervision. If the
city councils are powerless to
make contractors live up to th t
contracts, and such would seem
to be the experience of this r;ty
why enter into contracts th-it
only seem to be binding on the
city ?
Contractors who do business
with municipalities are men
skilled in making contracts tlvt
are binding on the municipalities
with enough loop holes for the
contractor to crawl out of in
(case of a desire to do so. City
councils seem to be mere putty :
! in the hands of these skilled men
at least the Norman city council
for years has had a sad experi-
ence along the line of dealing
i fairly and being dealt fairly with
by contractors.
In all of this city's history its
city council has been composed
of men of sound probity ami
representative of business ra-
pacity and it is possible that
this city has not suffered move
! severely than other cities :n
dealing with contractors. It
may only seem to be the case b •-
'cause mistakes at home are felt
and observed more readily.
Norman has certainly been
handed a good sized package by
nearly every contractor it h s
had any business with in the
past, and how the city will come
out with the present sewer con-
tractor remains to be determin-
ed.
Since writing the above ar-
ticle in a conversation with the
city attorney we learn that the
bondsmen on the sewer contract
are beginning to show an inter
est in the matter and that th"
I contractor had stopped the \ •>•!:
because the city had refused >
advance to him any more money
on the contract for the reason
city authorities thought nothing
was due the contractor or the
work completed and riat'" ,1
placed on the ground, 't se "is
for some reason contractor rail
short of funds and could not t ro-
ceed further with the work aud
had to stop until he could
range for more money in s- >;e
way. lie claims the city is rue
him some funds and under I, s
contract when a dispute aris (
between him and the city as M
any part of the contract, snch
dispute is to Vie submitted to a
board of arbitrators an. this is
what contractor availed hin.a .1
of when city served notice on
him to either complete h s con-
tract or city would take char:
of the work. The city appoin ed
Dr. DeBarr and the com
a Mr. Burke of Oklahoma y
to serve on a board of avbili. -
o;. to settle the dispute that had
arisen and said board is ev," -
ed to report at adjourned 1
ing Wednesday evening of the
city council.
the city attorney has no >'• s
|but that contractor will f i' h • •
complete the work or b" hel' on
his bond. Mr. Hardie feels c > -
(ident that the bond is good and
nothing has been done whereby
the bondsmen can escape pay-
ment in case of a failure of the
contractor to complete the work.
If this should prove to be true it
will be glad news for heretofo:e
when a contractor's bond was in-
vestigated it either showed up
as of questionable value or was
rendered questionable by some-
thing transpiring after it was
entered into by reason of
changes made in contract <1 r-
ing tiie course of the work
ORDINANCE ISO. 205
111(1 .
; ihe salaries of ■
of the city Ot M"
all .
rd'11 ;i
of ordinances In confllc*. herewith
n obtained l y ilu- Mayor*and <'"Un< i
.1 the 'ity "t Norman. Oklaho ;i
Hon l Th it the Mayor of said < i
it.-. ,ve as compensation for els servl
1 vr.t', th«- sum of Three Hundre t l>«
pava'de monthly, and In a
1 to said salarv h-shall receive the f.
ed bv law to j tot ces of the peace I
1 rvlL.es; provided, h< we er the * i
I1.1 1 not i>e liable to the Mayor for a
id fees.
• councilinim-of City ^Ttjp''
\ e as compensation 1 r inc\r l< 1
1 ir, the sum of Seventy ii\' i oll.
y payable mont ly
• fin'Clerk shall receive as lull com].,
u f«,r his or her service-, per a- i.u
inn of Twelve Hundred Doll ir- <*!:.' 0
ill,, monthly Provided that in add.t
I iiuties prescribed by ordinance or I
e by
th-
1 tli.
lid <"!ty.
■ of said < Ity ■!'«
n for his - rvt ei
enty-Fhe >X)
I >ald .tv shall r.
1 he 1
OPENiN OF TFE
LOD.E AT N3BLE
About Sixty From Norman
Were in Attendance. A
Fine Lodge Room
Last Saturday evening then*
. i.- lit' or sixty Masons and
ti: .i .1 the Eastern Star < t'
.\« nn.M.i who hied themselves lt\
1 an' < >11,11 Jes and to our sister city on
1 tlie N iith. The occasion was the
|o;h nil ix of the new lodge room at
tiij-t ji|a c The people of Noble,
and especially the members ot' the
Mas"tn< Fraternity and the Order
t the Eastern Star of Noble ma>
v eli feel proud of their magnifi*
. nt pla -e ot meeting. M a n \
plan's with a larger population
■ annot boast of such a beautiful
lodge room as can Noble—a large
majority of the lodges of the State
of Oklahoma would be proud of
su- h a place as this to meet in.
The membership of both the lodge
and the Eastern Star of Noble
turned out in full force—some eight
or ten autos came ladened with
passengers from Lexington—Pur-
cell and Washington were both
well represented. In fact, the
Lotl-e h'o.-in was comfortably filled
and c. cr,, one seemingly enjoyed
himself and herself to the fullest
extent . Dr. DeBarr made a learn-
ed and philosophical talk on Mas-
onry, which was greatly appreciat-
ed Judge W L Eagleton made
a talk on Practical. Li\ing Mason
ry, giving some attention to the
orgnnizati u, object aud teaching
of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Ili talk was well received. After
I the talks a splendid repast was
- l'ved with air ease and grace well
worthy of imitation. Kvery one
enjoyed it to the utmost. The in-
tertainnn >' v- interspersed with
sw 1: - i "'juring* ini)."■.
1!.: , I'- a?•. . Worshipful Master of
- |•. ',.i -sister and brother El-
1 Matron and Patron of
Ihe ('ha; i« r. were untiring in their
efforts to see that everyone had a
1 meat time. The visitors present
' w ill long remember the occasion as
'•one of the bi is along lifes jour-
ney.
« r tor ti e com pens
I'lu* Assistant fitv Marsh 1 o
shall receive as romiwris tion f<
ces th< sum of St ven Hundri
provided, however that in a
'iHer duties presciib.-d by la < <■
he shall inspect at i< ;i <t once eai
front and rear doors of each Die-
ins In the business district, a
The ('ity Attorne\ sha 1 recei
pensation fo his services the su
Hundred Dollars per «
.edthe
riaintt
11 ih 1
es: f«i
the trial of ea
i case in Police fourt 13 0 prov
,< r, that the •" tv shall tot ne
11 v (>t said fres. ln consideratl
ilarv and fees It shall be he n
ii\ attorney to attei ti to ali
olire fourt att«ml a I meeting
icil.
all
e prescribed or. sc.
him by the City Cornell. Provided 1
that the City Council may in its 1-
allow the said i ity Attor- ey su h add
compensat on lor extraordln try serv
lud
of Two Oo
det
$.'.00 1 | «
pa
he Scavenger of said !'lty - hall recei 1
enty-l'ive Dollais (#J5Ou> per m«.. th
yable mo thly
'In Superintendent of Water aud Sew*
• the sum 01 One Hundred ollars 1 $1<)0.00
r month, payable monthly: provided how
1 1 that said Hum shall be paid from th
of No
All
.1. \V. Mitchell left Saturday foi
a vi.«.it with his son. Uoy ai Purcell.
•I. A. Brownell and son, Albert
«.t Lexington, passed through Nor-
man Mondax en route to Oklahoma
('it.v.
Rev. W. W. Brewer occupied
the pulpit a* l^e Church of Chri '
at Lex in 1 > inday 111 rni 1 ■ m
Another ir load of bran and
short- jast received at Whitwell's
Farmers Store. Phone 192 for
vour feed.
The New Furniture Store sells
Fl I.M i l UK for Cash or Install
nicut Sewing macnines for sale
or rent. Come and see us.—A. C
Snivthe
The Parent-Teachers Assoeiat ion
will meet at the Washington school
Frida.x afternoon at .'5 o'clock Par- !
ents are cordially invited to attend
aud assist in the good work.
Geo. (I Graham came over from
Hugo Sunday for a few days \isit j
with relatives and on business. I
He reports a splendid business and I
that he aud family are enjoying
tine health. He returned home
• i Tuesday evening.
l! The -<<ng service given at the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
evening was highly appreciated by j
1 a large congregation. The service
was given under the direction ol
" the ladies of the church as a special
i- Easter Day Feature of the da> >
i,i service.
The Paul Gilmore Co. will bring
•, to the Franing Theatre Tuesday, i
April 1st "The Havoc" which is
lU( said to be a whimsical arrange-
ment of the triangle situation by
U.S. Sheldon. In this play, the
husband insists on changing places
with a guest in his house who has
won his wife's love, and who has
advaneed I hcories.
The W. W team of Norman
> fl i.|. ;c-coinpanie i the delegates
frora this Camp to District Camp
meeting held in Hobart this week.
The Norman teams rank as one of
the best in the state and has had
much to do in making Norman
Camp one of the strongest in Okla-
homa Through this team Nor-
man has secured much valuable
advertising, not only throughout
the state but over the surrounding
1 states.
I in- Democratic < nixiidntc*
For mayor the democi ns ot Nor-
man have nominated one ot the
best known and qualified men of
the city for that impnriant p« 11-
on. L. C. <lliver. He is proem
ive, but not radical, and his electi-
on assures a sound and sale bmi-
ncss administration of the atVairs
of t he ('it V
Norman needs a good h ual ad-
visor and with •!. I) Holland as
city attorney the city's interests
will be well taken care of. lie is
a young man, a good student ot
law and will prove a eit \ attorne>
worthy of the confidence of the
citizenship of I his city.
For treasurer, W 11 Ncwbloek
is one of the best known men n
Norman. His popiUarits wn> well
shown in the priinar> No bettei
man for the place i«• -ide- in the'
city.
.1 F. PU'dger will render valua-
ble service to the city as a peace
otlieer. He has been tried and
proven.
As city clerk Miss Marl ha \\ i>e
will keep the records straight. She
knows every detail of theotlice and
will be no experiment or uoviei in
the work.
For street commissioner, B M
Bracken is one of the men that Tins
made good as street conunissionei
The streets testify to the ellicieiic.\
of his work. He is the right man
in the right place.
As police Judge, •' W Arm
strong will make a cit\ ollicial
that the citizens will be proud of.
if the legislature doe not abolish
the office.
Harry Brown n the man to han-
dle th© school fund* of the cit\
He is a school man and would cer-
tainly give satisfaction in that
capacity
For couucilnicii in the tirst ward
is .1. •!. Helms, a contractus and
builder aud a man of business abil-
ity. He will be valuable as a
member of t he council in t he ma'
tcr ol li^tuug. coijJj-ae'v c^oecial1 <
In the second ward, F Lev\, ;.
man who has given inm h of his
time to the city's interests for Iw•
years, stands for re-election. His
work on the council foi the past
t wo years, has ben a high ordei
and given satisfaction.
As a new member f the council
from the third ward. Thos Vincent
will prove ecpial to the occasion.
He i> a conservative business man.
and as a member of the council he
will prove his worth.
STORMS m FLOODS
00 GREAT DAMAGE
35000 I cad and Homeless,
With More 1 ban Million
Dollar Property Loss
Sunday evening the city of
Omaha, Nebraska, was visited
by a cyclone that swept through
the city leveling buildings and
dealing death and destruction
on every side. The deaths report-
ed and the number injured were
appaling > ow to the lutside
world and great haste wis wade
to si nd in vilief to the stricken
Tcit/ from all over she country.
On the swum' ever,in? severe
storms rased through Iowa. 11-
linois- Inili.ma and other states
with great loss of life and prop-
erty in Indiana, ln Ohio the
storm took the form of rain and
Tuesday the greatc st floods
ever known ■ 1 throughout
the state dealing; rat death and
destruction with even greater
severity than the wind. The city
of Dayton « reported to be
covered with th ■ 1 ;-rim< waters
all the way I "in 8 to 20 feet and
any attempt to est 'mate the lives
lost w i , -it 'll hopi'less. A
rumor to the effect that the fa-
talities in Dayton alone would
run Hp tn >000. Other cities in
Ohio reported death losses run-
ning over into the 1000 column
of figures.
Mrs. E. L. Yeakel \ isiteil in
Oklahoma City Tuesday afternoon.
In.n'1 I :!.•■•! tIn1 '-ar of pure
graiiiilAb i! ••• onh '«■ per
lit. mi> amiiiint vnii want, no strings
to the sugar 1 1 nav \niir money
anil take till' ■ I Wi ll's
Fn''iiiern Stm
•.Tvl
When you wear
these shoes, you
will never wear
1 any other make.
The fourth ward will lit* repi
(•ntfil ti\ .I. M. Korelnnid. wli'
member of the i*ity coimeil a
will do it again.
Chicken Karm for Rent
4 acres of laud with guml i
pvnvi'iiients siiburlian t" Norn
also 4 room lintisc aud 1 11! ir
of land simtli of West side s«-ln
See \Y. W. Mi' 'i i
snoe
iiandlkd by
Saggestioiis for Spring
We have the New U ilson hn
you, aud tell • ' ' ■ ^
inrf shuttle, s i n ithiu: i> m 11 • • ^
These sewing in.tchinc- > •
$20.00 to $40.0') and absolute^
We would also call your a t«
Hugs we have now on hand. n:i«l
spring is here ami ><>u will .-ir
ings. \^ e also h:ive ti ''
in your city.
We are still representing thi
Sealy Matresses. the I • •«'«i
Kim hen (Jabinefcs, the
Hush and <ierts I' • ■ •- ,,n''
Buggies, and we think we earn
market affords, and oui pi ~ :i
> the line
ou will
for new
fhine to show
• self thread-
f Carpets and
iced soon, as
Floor (-over-
■> ever shown
lrd line of
Machine,
uul Baby
Lroods the
Lest You Forget
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that womp f(
purehas'-it. First we >
tin- front, that is tin
sii v would Ik* the m
V„"„ u ill Ulldotlbtcdl'
Tl.«
vou in buying, tint >t<
Illl'Jlts ill KOOli IMIHt'i '
for it ulwiivH is j ut i
All ol *r\ :i u«-«-
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lioburt M
ilt to our
ltd help
in-tru-
id tone.
i tV Ot rts,
ve claiui.
Meyer M ^yer & Morris
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