Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XXI
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1^13.
NO. 4^
THE GRASSHOPPER
INVASION SOON
The Summer Session A Story Ol \lis- Wilson
On June B! ami 14 Hie Smuttier A pretty story is told by tin1
I School of the State University will (Washington correspondent for the
begin. It has been re-organized j Associated Press in this way: I he
this year in many ways which will j sympathy and ehariety ol Mrs.
a t) give those who desire to do work Woodrow Wilson were demonstrnt-
The Small Insects Are rre-
which will count for degrees an op- ted, it leaked out recently, by an uu
sent In Multitudes In jportunity to do so. There have annonnced and unostentatious visii
Some Counties 'been other imI,ortttut change
a plague ol! grasshoppers which, if
energetic preventive measures are
not begun at once, will prove ex-
tremely disasterous to farm crops
in the S. W. counties of the State,
particularly.
Grasshoppers this year are apt to
prove almost us disasterous as the)
were in certain pol l ions of Woods
county last year where many fields
bare as a
a few days ago by Ihe lirst lady
of the land " direct from the W hite any more!'' And
l\ slumber all
made
in that more special work may be
tiad at the institution in the way ol House to Ihe bedside ol a poor
Many portions of the State ol ,uival„.e(| methods of teaching, boy dying of lubeinilo.is. lb .
Oklahoma arc this year due to have I Special courses are offered for teach- Corty Grayson, naval surgeon aid.
era and specialists and experts have j to the president, who spends spare
been secured to give courses on j moments caring for the sick of the
everyday problems of teaching by poor, told the president's wile, ol
the most successful methods known a particularly distressing case while
to the profession. These experts J discussing the remedy which Dr.
will give tests and demonstrations j F. F. Friedmann claims he has
of the modern methods of teaching idiscovered for the cure of tuber
which will permit the teacher to eulosis Dr Grayson, said he Knew
ascertain easily the meutal develop the little fellow was in tlie last stage
ment of his pupils. Many other of consumpton. and •■though there
were rendered almost as bare as a!(,ourges a|,e ,,(Vered as in the regu-j was little hope lie was trying to
lar school year, and also courses in j prolong his life. Mrs, Wilson was
bunch
I* irk It'll I'cople
l!y Walt Mason
If there were no pickled people ;
in this country of the free, what a
fine upstanding country these Unit-
ed Slates would he! Half the jails
might be abolished and upon the
poorhotise door, there would be a
sigu announcing "Nothing doing
ie cops might
••lit along their
beats, and there'll be no homeless
pilgrims finding lodging on the
street and but few would ever perish
on the creaking gallows tree, if
there were 110 pickled people in
this country of the tree. If there
were tin pickled people, homes now
full of grief and woe would be glad
with song and laughter, as they
wen loin.', longan'oere Tired Fath
er took to placing crimson tints up
on hi beak, ere he handed to t he
brewers all lii> earnings of the
week And a million weary wo-
The small insects are already pre-
sent in multitudes in Tillman, Kio-
wa and Harmon counties, and will
soon be a menace in many other
the School of Fine Arts, including
piano, voice, violin, wind and
stringed instruments, drawing and
painting. The enrollment of the
portions of the"western side of the | Snmmer School will he larger than
ever Kfefore in the history of the in-
| stitution. Many of those who will
attend are now in Norman attend-
stat.e. If sharp measures are not j
taken at once to get rid of them,
they will do untold damage.
In addition, the "Seventeen Year]
Locust" is this year due in Oklaho-
ma and is making its appearance
in many places. Last fall, a warn-
ing was sent out from the State
Board of Agriculture, foretelling
the invasion of this insect and urg-
ing fall plowing of cultivated fields
and the spring burning of hay
lands, but this warning was large-
ly disregarded and the farmers are
now placed in the position of hav-
ing to fight the insect after the
broods are developed aojwvhen it
is almost impossible to nnijjfe 1 suc-
it then 1.
touched. Collecting a bunch ol men might forsake the tubs and
spring flowers from the garden of suds, and a million ragged children
the president, she accompanied Dr. might be wearing handsome <1111>s.
Grayson in a While House autoino-1 and .1 million useless loafers might
bile to the home of the
boy in the poor ilistri
tional capital. Neigl
the news of the visit.
unfortunate
t of the na-
hors spread
be busy as the bet
pickled people i
■re were no
A IWcssuge l o l urmers
To the Farmers and all others in
terested in the Betterments of
agricultural conditions
I ask you to cooperate with me,
you will all realize iu accepting the
chairmanship of the agricultural
Committee that I am merely a cen-
tral person to whom you are free
to come and offer any and every
suggestion that will help us to im
prove our farming conditions.
There are many places for improve-
ment and many things that should
lie, done our seed is one of the im-
portant things in Farming. Th >
lirst which we expect to take up in
the seed line is handle the wheal
question, would like suggestions
or written experiences as to how
to prepare to plant the wheat crop
how to secure pure seed what seed
is best adopted to this immediate
locality or anything else connected
with the wheat growing industry
which you may wish to discuss
later on, 1 would like to take up
the seed question on all other crops
raised. You are probably aware
that we are to have two fairs in
this
iiintry of! Oklahoma this,year which should |
ing the commencement exercises.
Workers Get Busy
It is now time lor the workers of
the Farmers' institute to get busy
! and secure members at 50c each.
Ladies at Joe each. This is a maf-
! ter that should concern at least
Crop Conditions Fine
S. E. Boyd of the demonstration
farm south of the city, informs us
that the guage has registered 4
inches of rain during the month,
i which is perhaps two inches less j every farmer in the County f
than has fell in Norman and the membership fee being so small it
j country east of the city. And now [s within the reach of all.
! with the excellent season in the 1 ^« t every one get to work and
ground it looks almost impossible help to make the Fair at the city
to have anything except one of the |>ark a grand success this fall. A
! biggest crops er raised in the : good exhibit will mean much to the
county thi^£\ ^ \ county and with the splendid sca-
The suW^hich has been under
the clouds for the past few days, is
again out and is warming up to
some extent, and with a little
I warmth the crops have began to
grow to "beat the baud.
cessful campaign against
Where there is no danger of
poisoning stock, a lead arsenate
spray can be used to excellent ad-
vantage. It should be prepared in
the proportions of one pound of!
Arsenate of Lead to twenty-five
gallons of water. In pastures and I
,11 1 ,1 1 Interurban Meeting Tonight
111 fields where there is danger to
stock from this method, a bran Owing to the inclement, weather
mash may be used. It is prepared' the interurban mass meeting has
as follows:
son in the ground it will be an easy
matter to have the best exhibit this
year that we have ever had
the free. Half the sorrow and the
trouble in this weary world of ours
conic from tall and brimming flag-
ons. sparkling wines and whisky
sour; what a brighter, better pre-
sent what a future we might see, j
if there were no pickled people ill
this country of the free!
Christian Science Church Is
Organized
Thursday night, at their rooms
in the First National Bank build-
ling the Christ i an Scientists dissolv-
ed their soc'. ' . and organized the
i First Church of Christ, Scientist,
of Norman, and elei ' '<1 the follow
ing board of Directors for the year:
Ed II Burke, Victor II. Kulp,
Mrs. Valaric •laekson, Mrs. S. A.
Briltain and .Mrs. May Alexander.
be of interest to every farmer in the
state how can we secure the best
reputation of our county at the dry
farming congress at Tulsa in Oct.
And what preparations shall we
make for the State Fair at Okla-
homa City.
W. N. Rrf'KKii.
Don't Do It
William Loriiner announces that
he will be a candidate for United
States senator from Illinois to site
eeed Mr. Sherman.
Don't doit, William. You have
the
To a gallon of water add three
ounces of sugar or molasses, an
ei|Ual amount of salt and sufficient
bran to make a mash that will run
through the lingers readily. Mix
this thoroughly and broadcast
through the fields or pastures with
the hand or with a shovel. The
grasshopers will he attracted by the
sweetening in this bait and will
leave both crops and grasses for it.
Where neither of these methods
are practical, farmers should write
to the Experiment Station at Still-
water, Oklahoma, or to the State
Board of Agriculture at Oklahoma
City, asking for informatiau on
other methods of fighting this pest.
Okla. State Board of Agriculture
Dept. of Farmers' Institutes
l'i\, M.ud.i-: Woodson.
been posponed until tonight at the had trouble enough ami the
court house. state of Illinois has already borm
The committees are «• .«!v to re-1 too many burdens on your account
ready to re- ;
port and it is the duty of every one
to be present and hear the reports :
and take some action in regard to
the proposed interurban for Nor-
man .
Mr Clara Burke was elected First
Reader and Mr-. Ada Bowling Se-
cond Header.
The Nazarene church property
011 West Eufaula (formerly the
Cumberland Presbyterian church)
has been purchased. It will be
greatly remodeled and used by the
new organized church.
-t omnioner.
Meeting of City Council
The city council met in regular
session Tuesday night with all
; j members present except Oscar Ilol
An exchange tells of two cousins land from the 4tli ward.
who wanted information. One wrote I The $20,000 judgment funding
to a newspaper and asked if there j bonds were sold to U. -I Edwards
was any way to get rich. He was j of Oklahoma City at par. There
told to work like hell and never j were seven bidders
spend a cent, The other wrote to A large amount of claims were
the Stillwater institute wanting to allowed on the various funds. The
know if there was any instrument buildings on lot lis, block (17, lot 4.
by which oil could he located, and block tilt, lot '2 block 14. lot •">, block
was told to use a drill. "J'J. lots 8, !l and 10. block 5.
A car load of 1! B Flour just re Ordinance No. Jlo was passed.
eeived at Whitwell's Farmers Store.
Come in and try a sack. It is cer-
Superinteudent tainly line.
First National Bank
of Norman, Oklahoma
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS—E. B. Johnson, presi-
dent; S. A. Ambrister, vice-president; U. H. Beascnt,
cashier; Wtn. Synnott, asst.-cashier; C. S. Smith, F. C.i-
rutlieis. 10. DcBarr, .las. D. Maguire, .1. M. Curtice.
This bank is always prepared to meet the legitimate
business needs of its patrons, and solicits your business
on merit. Courteous treatment and careful attention to
business matters combined with a conservative business
policy assure security and satisfaction.
A Local Bank For Local People
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NORMAN, OKLA
It is against driving on the parking
or hitching to trees.
The park committee was instruct -
;ed to fence the park at the river,
j Adjournment was then taken until
j next Tuesday night.
Court News
Mrs. Julia Kennedy has filed a
i petition in the county court asking
to lie appointed administratrix of
I the estate of Cornelius Kennedy,
1 deceased.
George L. Eckel, L'7, oklahoma
City, and Miss Pearl Schwartz. Jo.
Moore, Route 2. were granted a
marriage license.
Cora Clark vs. Jol
in district court for
and custody of tlicii
Big Jim Item
Mr. and ills. Radii Cobb were
visitors in Norman Wednesday.
Mr. Harry Walker was trading
in Norman Saturday of last week.
There was an Ice Cream Supper i
and Tar lleel Reunion at J. W
Burrage's Saturday night of last 5
week, a good time is reported by all j
present.
There was a splendid rain in this
vicinity this week and insures fine j
crops for this year, which will be
marketed in Norman if the farmers
can get as much for their cotton
there as they can at other points.
Watt Ketch ie one of the up-to-
date farmers 011 Little River is said
to have fifty acres of the best cotton
in the county.
The river was the fullest of any
thing we have seen in the neighbor-
hood for some time.
.1 W.I iurra"' and Radd ('obh
baled 10."i() bales the first cutting of
their alfalfa they will begin on se-
cond crop about June Pith.
Sam Russell and family were vis-
itors on the lane Sunday of this
week.
Free Tickets to Farmers
The following merchants of Nor-
man will give tickets free to the
farmers for admission to theOrph-
enm Theatre Saturday afternoons.
This feature was recently inaug-
urated by Ray C. Berry, manager
ft!. O: ,ilu ■!..■!, •• "il is neeting
with much success in entertaining
the farmers and their families with
good pictures upon the screen.
1 let your t ickets from:
Hulluin- Taylor & Minteer.
Barbour's Sanitary Grocery
R. C. Berry.
F. J. McGinley.
S. K. McCall Co.
Mansur & Brewer.
S. II. McCall & Sons.
W. T. Mayfield.
E. If. Sherman.
J. D. Maguire.
Fred Reed.
R. 1). Lindsay.
C. A. Richards.
Nolan & Martin.
Norman Mill & Grain Co.
H. W. Stubbeman.
■I. R. Holland
Whitwell's Farmers Store.
.I F. Benke.
English Kitchen.
Remember a nice cool place with
comfortable seats and a good clean
show will take place at the Orph-
1 euin from 2 to fi o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
DEDICATION OF
EDWARDS PARK
A. Very Large and Apprecia-
tive Crowd Was Present
Saturday Night
A very large crowd gathered at
the Edwards Park Saturday night
to he pre: nl at the dedication of
one of the beauty spots of the city
to the children of Norman and
I 'loveland county
The ceremonies were interesting
as well as impressive Hon. J. B.
Dudley acted as master of ceremon-
ies, and w ith a few chosen remarks
impressed the audience with the
import am c ol t lie occasion. He in-
troduced Prof .1. S. liiichanan,
who made a most interesting ad-
dress outlining N on nan's advance-
ment from the early days of 'HO
until the present day. including Ihe
rapid advancement in civic improve-
ment during the year 1 !> 1'!. 11 is
address was full of patriotism.
loth speakers gave much credit
to the promoter, L.J. Edwards,
for the untiring work of making the
the park a beauty spot and one
which every person iu Norman
should well I eel proud Of. Mr. Ed-
wards was then called 011 for a few
remarks, and in his address declar-
ed it a very happy hour and pledg-
ed himself to keep up the magnift-
cient work which he had just begun.
It is his desire to see the city full
of beautiful little parks and pretty
yards, and lli'at v\'ornian will soon
be known all over the state as the
most beautiful city in Oklahoma.
One of the most impressive fea-
! turns of the evening was the flag
raising by two veterans of the civil
war. ('apt.. T. J. Johnson of the
grav audi apt -I. M. Ifishop of Ihe
blue, and as the beautiful tlag was
raised it wa cled by a loud and
prolonged cheering.
Entertained Cliolr
Rev. and Mrs. Iv. L. Owtibey en-
tertained the M. E. church South
choir last Thursday night at Ihe
parsonage The members of the
choir are Messrs A. E. Thomas,
.1. W Bridgewaler. Miss Nannie
Miller. Mines Cora Pritchett, R.
Phillips. A. McDaniel, and Rev.
Ownhey and K C. Bardie, and
Miss Pearl iloodrieh, organist.
Singing was the feature of the
evening. Delicious refreshments
were served and a most pleasant
evening spent.
1 jee I
were am
evening by
lodged in tIn
ing one < )scn
nel and Indian Shorty
ted near Moore Tuesday
sheriff's force and
unty jail for reliev-
\rmstrong of a roll
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New wall papei
(insisting of $|l> of lawful
at May field's
1 (lark,
divorce
minor
Suit
care
hill!.
Luther Hoy
his farm nor
is til
<ing
the
if moving
river next
Mrs. Tom Cliealwood and child-
ren returned home Monday . alter a
week's visit with her parents in
the southeast part of the county.
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year.
Vivian George who has been at-
tending school af Tecumseh return-
ed home last week lo .spend vaca-
tion.
•lini Crowd 1 will leave about the
lirst of June for Alma, Ark . lo
visit his parents Mr, and Mrs. Win.
Crowd I, who formerly lived here.
Home Bakery
Goods
Our Home Bakery Department Is Proving
Immensely Popular.
Bread, Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts
and Cookies Baked Daily
Special orders Given prompt al'ention.
We would appreciate a visit from you.
F. J. McGINLEY
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913, newspaper, June 12, 1913; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108403/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.