Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL XXI
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, H iURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913."
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WILL SELECT SITE
THIS SUMMER
For the Oklahoma Building
at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition at Sail
Francisco
Oklahoma City . Ok la., June ,'totli.
—The site t'ortlie Oklahoma Build-
ing at the Panama-Pacific-Inter-
national Exposition at San Kran-
eiseo in 1!)1~>, will be selected this
summer by two interesting and
pioneer Okla h o m an s—.1 u s t i e e
Jesse J. Dunn, of the Supreme
Court of't he State, whose home is
at Alva, ami Mis. ti ail Johnson
Sipes, a beautiful Oklahoma City
girl, who war. born in ISS*(, will
repieseul. the Commission at the
elect ion of I In .site.
A very elaborate cerinony i1"
always conducted in the selction of
various state sit.es, and in each ease
of other states has been selected
llcfUth oI Mrs. Mary I.. Davis A !\ew Indt pendent e Comlntf
Mrs. Marv K. Davis, who has had There is new evidence even day
been in ill health for several months that the little fellow with only lim-
died Saturday afternoon. She had ited capital is finding it more dilli
been a resident of Norman for cult to compete with the bigfellow.
several years, and was a most in- Die powerful corporations and 'hi
dustrious women, having conducted great linaneiers are dominating tai
the Havis confectionery in I his city too much the industrial and eeo-
for manv years. She was well and | nouiie life of the country. Lines
favorably known by practically of endeavor have narrowed; indi-
every citizen of this city. viduals now engaging in industrial
The funeral services were con-1 enterprises do not win or lose on
ducted by Rev. F. M. Alexander
at the residence of Mr. am I Mrs. Win.
Johnson. l'_'"2 \V. Comanche street
at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
The Royal Neighbors, of which
•she was a member, had charge of
the funeral. Interment was made
in the I o. O. F. cemetery.
The deceased is survived by a
husband, J K Mavis, and three
three children, Mr- , Nina Marriott
\| i I 'av and I 'art I htvi .
their merits, but must allow them-
selves to be absorbed by the big
combinations or be squeezed out.
To h great extent, if is because the
laws of this country do not prevent j
the strong from crushing the weak
There is a deep-rooted feeling
among the rank and tile of business
men, as well as among farmers and
the industrial claisr cs, that business,
as now connected, wa: organized
for t he I >iinlerc i . for I ho e who
are at the top; that it wa;; intended
to shut out the weaker ones strug-
gling upward, to blight new enter-
prises, and to prevent the develop-
Both Legs Broken
S\ . I! Ilowurd, 4'1, a farmer of
near Norman, is in St. Anthony's
hospital with the I of both legs nicut of competition which would
broken below the knees and the 1 interfere with the great monopolies
by the Wovenor, with the members I muscles of his left leg severely and combines.
oi the Commission. The Okla- torn as the result of being thrown The struggle at this time for a
lioma Commission has adopted j under a thrashing machine which 1 greater democracy ismainly astrug-
this means as a matter of saving | he bad just purchased Saturday gle against the abuses of authority.
expense, as .Miss Sipes is living in j afternoon, when his mule team be- Oppression is always Privilege, bnt-
California and Justice Dunn in-j came frightened and ran west on' tressed by laws of one kind or
tends to spend the Summer there. I Main street from the J. I. Case another. Progress has been less
The Exposition Commissioner Plow company's establishment. and less toward the enactment of
Howard was taken to St. An-! legislation to promote popular wel-
thony's hospital where he was at- fare and more and nmre toward the
tended by l r. S. I!. Cunningham, peal and modilicatir™of legislation
selection of the site. The Exposition J The bones in both legs were badly which sacrifices the many to the
officials have urged the Oklahoma broken, but Dr. Cunningham is of advantage of the few.
Commission to select the site at the the opinion that both can be saved,
earliest possible moment and have but, stated Saturday night that it
suggested several beautiful selecti- | might become necessary to ampit-
ons facing the Oohlen Hate. The ' t&te the left leg. Howard was rest -
matter w ill be left entirely to Jus- iug well at II o clock Saturday
tice Dunn and Miss Sipes. night.
On the site selected by them will Howard is a married man and
be erected a beautiful building has several children, lie owns a
farm near there.—Monday's Okla
hoiuan.
ti Dorado
By Walt Mason
There is a land of pure delight,
remote from vulgar storms, where
people stay up day and night, in-
ventus new reforms. The natives
have no feet or hands, they all
have run to jaws; because their
blessed ish demands no other thing
than laws. They nothing do but
legislate and frame new laws each
day', and no one has to pay the
freight, there is no freight, to pay.
There talksmitlis aye are in the van,
and lawyers are in swarms, and he
is held \\y greatest man who
springs the most reforms. There
no one plows and no one saw- or
wields the toilers' traps, because
tliey .ill are making laws to goveru
I other chaps. No smoke from
factory or mill is seen upon the
breeze; reformer? conic along and
kill ueli indu trie a these. If
any fellow strains and racks his
form to gain a roll, they hit him
with an income tax, and put him
in the hole. ' You have," t.liey say,
"no earthly right to money you
have earned, and to the lawyers,
foolish wight, it all must be return-
ed; for what you call prosperity
we don't care seven straws; there's
always sin where such things be,
and all we need is laws." And so
beneath their uplift flags they ar-
gue, rant and rail; one half the
population drags the other half to
have been notified that these two
Oklahomaus will represent the
Commission and the state in the
equal in appearance with all the |
other states in the l iiion. While
practically all the other states in ;
the Union are erecting their build- ;
ings by state appropriations, the!
Oklahoma Rooster spirit will not
be outdone by the older states and
if is the steadfast intention to have
an Oklahoma Building that will be
equal to any of the western states.
Moving picture films will be
made of ceremonies attending the
selection and dedication of the
Oklahoma site, and displayed in
all parts of the State.
.Mrs Paul Ijessly, after a visit
with friends and relate < ne i •
Blanchard, returned home Monday.
Follow the crowds to the Red
Front and see the new goods . ml
the jiccomodating clerks to wait on
you at Whitwell's Farmers Store.
Pavement on Asp Completed
Asp avenue is now open to travel
the brick paving company having
completed the work on that street
last week, and are now working on
Boyd street. The pavement seems
to be first-class in every respect,
and is certainly a great improve
nicut on Asp.
Now Have Grand Stand
About $75.(10 was raised by the
city baseball league Saturday for
the purpose of building a grand
stand at the city park. They se-
cured the lumber at cost and the
carpenters donated their work, and
now when you go to see one of
those fast base ball games you can
enjoy a rest while keeping tax on
the star plays.
But reforms are coining just as
sure as tomorrow's sunrise. No
one can say just how they will
come or just whatyform they will
take, but the injustice of industrial-
ism. the tyranny of capitalists, and
other great evils of which we now
complain, will be wiped out in the
next few years. The wire-pullers
and politicians, who always have
been in league with the privileged
interests and have had too much
to do in making our laws and
managing the people's business,
will be made to see the light or be
retired to obscurity. The political
revolution now upon us is a revolu
tiou for the the betterment of the
masses, for the reign of the people
and the welfare of the nation.
An era of higher ideals, an era
of equal opportunity and exact
justice, is drawing near. We should
not expect that all at once the
world will be made perfect, but
with good men and good women
everywhere determined to find
solutions for ourproblems, we may
la certain that better things are
coining.—Arthur Capper, in Mail
\ Breeze.
Substantial Furniture
Makes Home Comfortable
A question that should interest everyone is, "Is my
home comfortable?" We have a complete line of the
most substantial furniture to be obtained, and with it
you can make your home a comfortable one, and the
best feature of it is, the price is right. :: ::
If it is porch swings or porch chairs that you desire,
which arc always acceptable at this season of the year,
we can supply your wants. :: ::
I. IV!. Jackson
FURNITURE & UNDERTAKING
Sna|> Shots
Of course we don't know any-
thing about it. but our guess is
that if (,'upid spends much time
around the moving picture show he
often wishes he uld lay down his
bow and arrows and spank some
of the audience.
The old-fashioned dairy maid
who cried over spilt milk now has
a grown son who roars over the
price of beef.
Kventhe kind of man who thinks
he knows it all usually relapses
into silence after he goes home and
gets fed.
Of course the men have a right
to make fun at the way the women
dress. But maybe you have not ic-
ed that it is men who do most of
the sweating.
Another reason why we do not
approve of white shoes and dark
trousers iu connection is because at
a distance if alway s looks like some
thing scandalous has dropped down
over 1 he wearer's feet.
r or loans 011 city property see
' W. W. McCullough.
Seed Wheat for Farmers
W. X. Rueker has been cows
ponding with parties concerning |
K hark off seed wheat. The Cham-
ber ol ('0111:11. 1 -c i- anxious to
assist iu every way the farmers in
s*c iring the best seeds. Mr. Ruek-
er will publish a list as soon as
he gets replies thai the farmers
can order the seed wheat.
The K hark off wheat is reconi
mended as the best wheat for this
immediate locality by the Agricul
tural college at Stillwater By prop
eriytepHration of the ground and the
best seed wheat, it is estimated
that the farmers can increase his
wheat yield from 'Jo to -to per cent
which would make wheat profitable
crop in thislocality.
The following is a letter received;
by Mr. liucker which is sell ex
plauatory;
t)klahoina 1'ity (>kla ti ill I '
Mr. W . N. Kiickei.
N N orman (tklauoma
My dear Mr. Rueker;
Your communication of June
L'sltli received and contents care
fully noted. In reply will say
that we can secure from our Dem-
onstration Farms pure Kharkolf
and Malakolf varieties of wheat at
prise of about ifit.lK) or $1.10 per
bushel.
We are at this time sending an
inspector to the various dem
oust rat ion farms that make a
specialty of seed wheat and after
same lias been inspected ami tested
by the Agricultural Department
we will be in position to furnish
you.definite information relative
to price, local ion, etc.
Trusting that this informa-
tion will meet with your approval,
we are
Yours very truly .
Oklahoma State Board of Agri
culture,
Demonstration Farm Department.
By D. s. Woodson
Superintendent I 'emonst rat ion
Farms.
First Christian Church
Bible school Sunday morning at
10 o'clock.
Preaching services by Rev . J. D.
Fairchild Sunday morning at II
and evening at 7 :•'{(). All are cor
dially invited to attend.
For Sam:—A No. fi, practically
new Oliver typewriter —Inquire at
the Enterprise ollice.
Hie Country Newspaper's Value
The closing down of all our
country newspapers would be a
public.calainity, and yet in most com-
munities m, enterprise is so poorly
patronized as the home new
paper,'" says AlvaJ. Niles, presi
dent of the Citizens' State Bank of
Okemah, Oklahoma, and once ad
jutant general of Oklahoma, lie
is a successful business man, and
widely known throughout the State.
Few men so clearly understand
the value of liberal and intelligent
advertising iu the home newspaper
as docs Banker Niles. It might be
supposed that a business thai deals
in money—something that every
body needs—would find advertis-
ing Useless, and, therefore, unpro
Citable. Hut Hanker Niles makes
an annual contract for space in his
home new papers, and in e-. it in
various ways for the upbiiildinp ot
his community which mean- the
upbuilding ol his bank For ex
ample. Okfuskee County. Niles'
home county, had no county fair.
Banker Niles advertised that his
bank would pay cash premiums to
the farmers for the display of their
best agricultural products, and be-
fore he could perfect his plans
everybody had joined hands and
organized a comity fair association.
In this way lie drew closer atten-
tion to his business, and helped
Okfuskee County . Ileis constant-
ly using his newspaper space for
purposes of this kind.
The home newspaper can be
made the most valuable asset of a
community," says Hanker Niles.
"It can be used to stimulate every
line of business, but it can do
nothing unless it is given generous
..ppoi i Ti.' I; are bu ••Hess men
who still hold the mistaken view
11 hat the home newspaper is a
dud of charitable i 11stitution, and
that, they should buy advertising
space merely to 'help the editor
along.' The fact is that if a mer-
chant has something t hat the public,
needs, a properly conducted news-
paper can find—even create —a
market for him, but no newspaper
legitimately should he expected lo
produce a demand I'oi worthless
merchandise.
Neglect of its newspaper , is the
greatest blunder a community'could
make, ll may be true that the
home newspapes looks shabby, un-
attractive and unconvincing. (Jive
it support, and it will become per-
suasive and substantial. The med-
iocre editor will soon be supplant-
ed by a more •• ,•,|m-f• I«■ man, and iu
propotkin to the putronge given,
both editor and hi- newspaper will
grow in usefulness and influence.
The public should give patronage
and the editor should give service.
Too many newspapers are conduct-
ed for purely political purposes. In
A VERY FINE RAIN
FELL TUESDAY
A Goneral Rain Ovor the
Entire State. Crop Con-
ditions in the Best
Condition
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
the weather was the principal theme
ol conver.-utinn with everyone. The
sun was hot and the corn begin-
ning to show si;r,|S ,,f distress. It
had reached the critical stage in its
growth ami was going to need rain
the lollow ui week to make a full
crop. |i was in the silk and lassel
slai'c with most of the moisture 111
t he ground used up. ('olfon was
growing line the plant not having
apped the ground of moisture as
the rapidly growing corn. The hot
sl|n had driven the insects that
prey on the cotton plant to cover
and Hie plant was flourishing under
the ray s of a hot sun but the corn
leaves were beginning to wilt in
the afternoon and the farmers and
others began wishing for rain.
I llesda.v morning about ."1 o'clock
PInvius began weeping quietly and
gently and continued all day until
nightfall, when the gage reg-
istered something over an inch of
rainfall in Norman, thoroughly
soaking the ground. Therain was
general through the slate reaching
Hood liroportions at Moore and Ok-
lahoma City . As we go to press it
looks very much like more rain was
coming One more such rain in
two weeks and one of the biggest
corn crop ,1 raised in < 'level,mil
county I.-- assurcil. Corn has never
suffered this spring since it was
planted and il is two weeks earlier
than usual and with the ground
soaked at the most critical stage in
it growth a fair crop is now cer-
tain. Alfalfa is making heavy vields
and garden truck was never better
t hail tlr y car in 1 lev eland county
It has been one of 1 lie most sea
unable springs ever experienced in
this part ot the slate. Not a
single 1.1 ■ • washing rain but a good
soaking slow rain about every two
01 three week. Crops in a fine
state of •• u 11 i \ at ion and clean and
good stand of corn and cotton se
cured.
many instances this is because the
community has failed to see that
the home newspaper can be made
to declare business dividends, not
only for its editor but for every
business enterprise in the eoiiimun
ity as a whole, (live the average
editor a chain e to cut out politics,
and he will jump at it. Business,
not politics is the stuff that makes
communities grow and prosper."
Contract With a Reliable
Firm To Paint Your House
We have engaged the services of the most
experienced firm of painters in the country
and arc prepared to figure with you 011 any
. painting job, no matter how large or small.
We carry the A. M. Hughes line of pure
lead and zinc paints. Same are guaran-
teed for three years. We absolutely guar-
antee our work and paints to be high class
and satisfactory in every respect.
Hullum, Taylor, Minteer
Hdwe. Co.
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1913, newspaper, July 3, 1913; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108406/m1/1/?q=alonzo%20howell: accessed May 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.