Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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CLYDE PICKARD
R'eal Estate
and
Farm Loans
PHONE 22
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CLEVELAND COL fY AND THE CITY OF NORMAN.
Cleveland county Enterprise
CLYDE PICKARD
Real Estate
and
Farm Loans
PHONE 22
VOLUME XXVII.
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Good Roads Bonds
Defeated World
Without End
Very Few Counties in Oklahoma Register Ap-
proval of the Plan and Country Voters
Especially Strong Against Proposition
THOUGHT MAJORITY AGAINST MAY BE 50,000
Norman Casts Half Its Normal Vote and Gives 84 Majority
Against the Bonds. Country Precincts
Strongly Against
Up to noon today (Wednesday) the returns on the $50,-
00C ,000 Good Roads proposition were meagre from over
the : tate, but e iou^h was kn >wn to make it certain the
proposition was decisively defeated, and later returns,
which will be principally from the country precincts, will
but emphacize the defeat. The returns from about half the
precincts over the state show a majority against the bonds
of some 20,000, and it is believed full returns will make it
40,000 or 50,000.
Cleveland county precincts had not all reported to the
county election board at the time the Transcript goes to
press, but the returns indicate that it gave about a three to
one vote against the bonds. Only two precincts in the
county gave a majority in favor—Lexington giving 130 for
to 64 against, and the University precinct of Norman
voting 89 for to 78 against.
Oklahoma county gave a three to one vote against the
proposition, some precincts not registering a single vote for
it. Muskogee county voted against it, and it is thought
Tulsa county also will si ow against when its returns are
in. About the only counties carrying it are a few in the
southeastern and northwestern parts of the state-
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1919.
COURT ORDER CLOSES
M'MRER 1V
PURCELL DRUG STORE
Monsignor Metter
Leaves for France
Rev. Monsignor John Metter,
pastor of St. Joseph s Catholic \y,H>ds Drug Company Was
| church in this city, left on Satur- Charged With Violating the
day night on a visit t0 his mother , [„w by Selling Ex-
and other relatives in France, ex-] tracts.
pecting to be gone until the latter:
part of October. He h;id great | By court ordel% iFSU(-c) out
Lar^e ur,,.i DR- R- boyd predicts
20,000 POPULATION FOR N9RMAH
Quite a pood sized bunch of
Purcell citizens were here Friday
and Saturday, supporting their
boys and girls of the high school
in tht. various contests in which
they were entered. The girls glee
club romped off third with their i
performance, and the audience's |
difficulty getting his passports, Jut,Ke Swank's court, the drug
owing to the fact that very few 1 store ()f Charlie Woods at Purcell applause would really indicate a,
civilians are allowed to voyage to wag c,oge(, on Kriday because
European countries as yet, but j wag sj,own t0 the satisfaction of
good friends in Washington final- j the court that H had been senjnK
ly secured them. He has his pas-
sage reserved on one of the finest
vessels leaving New York, from
which port h will sale next week,
bound for Havre.
The numerous Norman friends
and admirers of Rev. Metter will
extracts in violation of th0 liquor
laws of the state. It is probable
Woods will give a $1,000 bond and
reopen in a few days, but Judge
Swank is insistent that he and all
other druggists within his district
shall obey the law. 'Twill bt, well
wish him bon voyage, a pleasant j fm. a„ dl.UKRists an,i others sell-
visit and a safe return, lie has | extracts to take due notice and
made arrangements for the Daily K0Vern themseives accordingly.
Transcript to g0 to him regularly, | A similar case developed at Sul-
so that he may keep in touch with , phur> oklahoma, of which the fol-
home matters.
OVER TEXAS
I lowing mention is made in the Sul-
1 phur Democrat:
Ruling from the bench last Mon-
day in the case of the State of Ok-
lahoma vs. J. G. Kennedy, charged
with selling extracts, Judge Swank
said: "It is as much a violation of
the law to sell extracts for drink-
ing purposes, as it is to sell liquor
beer or other intoxicating liquors,
under the laws of this state." A
perpetual injunction was issued
against the Chigley store keeper,
unless he puts up a bond of $1,000
closer margin than that between
them and the winners.
The boys' (baseball team won
their first "prelim" with Pauls '
Valley, but were defeated in the
semi-finals by Perry, 4 to 3.
Says He Is More in Love with "The University
City Than Ever Before—Thinks Norman
Citizens Do Not Realize Advantage.
MANAGERIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT BEST
"Put a Real Manager in Charge of Your Big Corporation.' He
Says—Albuquerque Has Found It Very
Satisfactory in Every Respect.
John Bohannon, the well known
ranchman of the Mardock neigh-
borhood, is arranging his affairs
for another trip to his holdings in
Old Mexico. H(. has a big ranch
down there, which is in charge of
his son, and expects to be absent
on this trip, three months or more.
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66
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Vote of Cleveland County
For Against
Norman—1st Ward
2nd ward
3rd ward, 1st pet.
3rd ward, 2nd pet.
4th. ward
10-1 East (Stella
10-1 west
10-2 west
10-3 West (Moore)
10-4 West
9-1 East -—
9-1 West (I ranklin
9-1 West (Denver) . 2
9-2 West (Johnson Cor) 25
9-3 West (Liberty) .. 2
8-1 East (Etowah)
8-1 West —
West (Noble)
East —_
West
West
East (Box) _
West
i In the dual track meet on Boyd
j Field Friday afternoon jfretween
! Oklahoma University and the Uni-
i versity of Texas, the Sooners won
I by a total score of 75 to 47.
First and second places in the j that he will not sell extracts or
discuss, javelin, and broad jump, otherwise violate the prohibition
and first place in the closest relay la^;°f ^ng'wUl meet with in
race ever seen on Boyd field, en- state approval with the law abid
abled Oklahoma to pull away from | jnK people of this county, as t
the Texans and win by a big mar- i selling of extracts has been one of
. (the worst evils we have had to put
[k - , up with. The sheriff's office in-
j By winning this meet Oklahoma, temig to fo„ow thig rulinK with ar_
| feels revenged for the double de- J rests of other store keepers, who
] feat two weeks ago at the hands sell extracts.
of the Texas baseball team. | The Chigly store closed by order
. „ i , ,, of the sheriff several weeks ago,
Moss of Texas was awarded the and thjs case gctg a precedent that
all-around honors with 15 points to , will be followed in thin county.
his credit. Wally Abbott of Okla.
O. was second with 9 1-2 points.
The relay race was the most
AVIT0R SPRINGS
STARTLING STUNTS
An aviator from Oklahoma City
performed some startling stunts in closely contested of any of the
the air over Norman on Thursday' events, there being only a few feet
afternoon, doing the "nose dive" difference between Texas and
the "falling leaf", the "slide", the Okla. U. at the finish. O. U. won
"spiral" and other astonishing and with Abbott, Staggs, Pendleton
hair raising stunts. Away up in and Holleman as its runners,
the air he would turn his machine
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8-2
7-1
7-1
7-2
fi-1
6-1
93
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Lexington
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130
upside down and cut off the motor.
and com0 down almost to earth
in spiral or nose dip. Just as the
observers thought he was sure to
hit the earth, he would get his he is beinR. warmly greeted by his
/engine into commission again and frjends. Not only is he Norman's
go sailing away. Sometimes the most distinguished soldier, but
1Qj machine would almost stop, just | probably the most distinguished
0 like a bird, and at others go sail- ; that oklahoma sent to the war,
ing through the air at a terrific for he received the most Distin-
speed. He attracted much at-j gujshed Servic Cross granted by
tention and gave 0ne of the best, any country in the war for unex-
exhibitions of air sailing that has ampie<i bravery—an honor eonfer-
Geo. Abbott Home
Norman's most distinguished sol-
dier in the late war is at home and
yet been given here.
No Foolishness
Allowed Germany
Paris, May 6.—The Germans
must sign the peace treaty or face
Oklahoma Masons
In Fine Condition
Four lodges were consolidated
in the second session of the Grand
Lodge of the A. F. and A. M.
Ivanhoe No. 389 was consolidated economic isolation.
with Jappa No. 262 at Shattuck This was made plain today when
and Laural No. 300 with Dutton tho blockade section of the supreme
No. 328 at Verden. One lodge economjc COuneil was instructed to
charter was surrendered and one {}raw Up p]ans f01- economic isola-
arrested. Three lodges were set tion of Germany—to be put into
to work under the dispensation act effocj jf tj,e enemy attempted to
carry out its threat t0 refuse the
and six were constituted under
the charter. There are now 438
working lodges in the state of Ok-
lahoma, officials state.
W. M. Anderson, grand secre-
er, gave an address at the meet-
ing.
W. M. Anderson, gran dsecre- blockade to enforce the treaty
tary, repprted the order in Oklaho-
ma in a flourishing condition. The
prqsent membership he said is
peace terms.
Today's developments showed
the allies would not depend on,the
direct action of arms, but the in-
direct action of an ironbound
Conditions are Serious
Information from various Ger-
man sources indicates the eoun-
36,200 being an increase of 3,865 try is in a serious condition finan
over the membership of the prev-
ious year.
The grand representatives of the
sister jurisdiction were received
and given the honors of Masonry.
A service flag of 8,800 stars was
presented at the meeting.
Among the distinguished vis-
tors to the Grand lodge are John the
H. Cowels, secretary general of
the Scottish rite Masons and Jos-
ially, indsutrially and politically.
Allied commercial and financial
aid is needed to restore indsutrial
conditions to normal. The allies
have been sending large quantities
of food into Germany for some
time.
red upon very few men of the
United States army.
George is just as modest as he
is brave, and arrived home un-
heralded and has been keeping
himself very close to his home.
His mother, Mrs. W. H. Abbot
and all his relatives are very
proud of him and his record, as are
his fellow townsmen. He talks
most interestingly of his exper-
iences with his friends, but most
modestly of his own part in the
war.
ALL TROOPS HOME
BY AUGUST 1919
Washington, May 7,—Secretary
\ Baker announced today that by
August the last man of the Ameri-
J can expeditionary forces will have
| been withdrawn from France. He
j said this estimate was pased cn
month to the United States.
j the movement of 300,000 men a
i Already, Mr. Baker said, the
; American forces in France have
J been dicorced from the army of
occupation. The plans have been
completed to supply the force in
Germany through the ports of
NORMAN APPEALS
TO GREAT CROWDS
AT THE FIELD MEET
The days was a delightful one,
; the weather being all that could
I he desired, and the crowd that as-
I sembled on Boyd Field on Satur-
day afternoon to witness the
events in the athletic department
of the Interscholastic Field meet
is estimated to have been th larg-
; est that ever crowded that historic
S field. Every available seat on the
i great grand stand was taken, the
! race course crowded witli automo-
i biles, and the crowd overlapped in-
1 to the field with "standing room
only" at a premium.
The crowd is estimated at 0,000.
Handsome lads and pretty lasses
! were very much in evidence, com-
ing from all pai'ts of Oklahoma,
atid every interurban car and San-
j ta Fe passenger caoch were filled
' to their utmost capacity. The in-
: terurban ran a number of special
| cars, aid from every direction au-
| tomobiles brought large numbers.
The grand stand was a riot of
color, the beautiful costumes of
| the ladies in their varied coloring
j making a most pleasing picture.
Altogether, the 1919 Field Meet
was the most successful ever giv-
en in the "University City", bring-
ing greater crowds, and every
event being more hotly contested
than at any other meet. As the
years go on, these "meets" will
j prdve more and more attractive to
the young people, and bring to
Norman vast crowds of the older
folk as well. The Transcript has
talked with very many of the visi-
tors and found them all deeply
impressed with our beautiful lit-
tle city, with the splendid Univers-
ity, and with the desirability of
Norman as a place of residence.
Our little city appeals to them in
every particular, and the hospi-
tality shown them especially by
THOUSANDS ATTEND
MAY DAY FETE
An audience estimated at sev-
eral thousand witnessed the Uni-
versity May Day Fete which was
staged on the University campus,
west of the old science building,
on Thursday evening, and pro-
nounced it a delightful affair. The
weather was propitious, except a
little chilly, and the pretty girls
in their beautiful costumes pre-
sented a pleasing spectacle. The
dances, which were given under
the management of Miss Oma
James and Miss Callic Weist, the
May Queen, were very artistic,
reflecting credit alike on the per-
formers and their instructors. The
orchestra under the leadership of
Dean Holmberg, discoursed sweet
music, giving numerous catchy airs
in addition to the dance selections.
The festival opened with the
grand procession, headed by the
May Queen (Miss Callie Weist)
and Robin Hood, (Glen Meadows)
and their attendants wh0 were the
Misses .dary Mattison, Dolly
Bauer, Elsie Harison, Alice Hyde,
Ruth Munger, Janet Stuart, Jus-
tine Harms, Clara Williams,
Louise Wilcox, Virginia Rouer,
Ruth Case, Nadine Lambert, Katie
Freeman, Alberta Herold, Mar-
guerite Potter, Georgia France;
Messrs. Byron Little, Sidney
Groom, Tom Leahy, Blair Thorpe,
Max Minton, Robert Holt, Dave
Morris, Tom White, Lawrence
Hagy, Robert Greer, Dow Ilamm,
Lowe Harris, Paul Nagle, Garner
Collums, Clarie Freeman, Dwight
Ross and Herbert Guthrie.
Master John Gilkerson acted as
crown bearer. Flower girls were
Catherine Rader, Florence Wilson,
and Barbara Brown and train
bearers were Donald Guthrie and
Edward Padgett. The part of
Cupid was taken by little .Miss
Elizabeth Giles.
The program follows.
Selection—Orchestra.
Fairies' Revel—Grace Iiumgar-
ner, Katherine Mehl, Wernda Rives
and Mabel Herington.
Grand Precessional—Led by the
Queen.
Crowning of Queen—Robin Hood
Solo Dance—Louise Buckley.
Signet Ring—Chorus.
Daisies—Chorus.
Grief Dance—Werdna Rives.
Trantella—Louise Buckley.
May Pole Dance—Chorus.
At the weekly meeting of the
Norman Rotarians on Tuesday
evening, Dr. I). R. Boyd was an
honored guest and made an inter-
etsing talk on the work of the Ro-
turv club of Albuquerque, New
Moxico, of which he is a member
of the board of directors. In ev-
ery move for the upbuilding of
that city. hc said, the Rcturiuns
l.iive been most earnest an i ener-
gr tic, co-operating with similar
clubs and gettin,', marked results
One of the movements in which
the Albuquerque club takes special
pride is that of securing a mana-
gerial form of government for
that city, which he says has prov-
en most satisfactory, saving the
city large amounts of money and
adding greatly to the service (riv-
en. "The greatest corporate, 'm
any city," said Dr. Boyd, "i.i the
city itself, handling largc amounts
of money, seeing that service is
given, keeping the streets clean,
watching out for thr health of Che
community, and attending to the
hundred and one items that tend
to the success of a corporation-
Why not then, put the manage-
ment of its affairs into the hands
of an experienced man, an expert
in the handling of great corpora-
tions? What is everybody's bus-
iness is nobody's business, and the
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/Vault*
Friday and Saturday
Elctric—32 Piece Orchestra, 32—Electric
Si
THE LIGHT
GLEAMS FOR HER AT LAST SIN AND SELFISH«3S
HAVE CLOSED HER EYES TO IT UNTIL A BUNO
SCULPTOR TEACHES HER TO SEE THROUGH
EYES OF LOVE
F=1 WILLIAM FOX Presents
THE DA BA79A
THE LICSUT
THC GREATEST SUPER-PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR WHICH
TELLS THE STORY OF THE WICKEDEST MADONNA
THAT EVER LIVED.
Directed by J.Gordon Edwards £E|
which the Magdalene learns that only the good may se ve.
A tale of the wickedest Madonna who ever wore a halo. How
a woman saw the light through the eyes of a blind soldier. A
woman whose smile slays many men, but whose tears bring one
I man back to life. Famous for wickedness, all Paris gossips of
this notorious woman, Xtle knowing that an angel's goodness
' is hiding within her. The nimble feet of a dancer sends him skip
ping to perdition—love leads an adventurous career in the un-
derworld of Paris.
Antwery and Rotterdam removing i thg University people, has been a
Sudden re-establishment of the J the necessity of maintaining the j Kreat fact,or jn convincing them
blockade would be renewed 700-mile line of communication Norman js really and truly
rigorous even than during the j from Brest. The French ports will Best ,m(| brightest Little City
war, would force the Germans in- be maintained however, for the jn oklahoma."
eph D. Matlock, grand senior dea- (jUj,,^ submission. it is believed, withdrawal of the A. E. F.
eon of the Alabama lodge. Okla- Hn jn(jjcatjon however, that ! C. W. Kuwitzky, secretary of
homan. I blockade would be renewed ; Inspector Hugh Jones of the 2n:l J the local lodge of Praetorians, de-
jonly as a last resort, it was an- i ward had as his counters his form- livered Mrs. Frank Hahn a cheek
Co Assessor Barnard Better: nounced also today that pending er efficient "bunch" Mesdames | for $1000 on Thursday, being the
His friends are greatly pleased to acceptance or .refusal of the trea- .las. D. Maguire, L. L. McComb, J.
see County Assessor W. E. certain financial restrictions on W. Scroggs and John Franing, and
Barnard after a ten days' Beige, Germany would be further relaxed. 1 they did the same good work.
amount of her husband's insurance
in that order. The Praetorians
pay promptly.
ALSO
New chapter of Pathe's new
serial
"The Terror of
the Range"
with Geo. Larkin and Betty
Compson
ALSO
A big Mack Sennett Comedy
2 REELS 2
Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel.
Normand in
"The Bright Lights"
Just one wild howl after
another.
Ivy Grove Circle
Has Fine Meeting
The members of Ivy Grove Cir-
cle, No. 17, W. O. W , returned
from Moore at 12:30 on Wednes-
day morning, reporting a most en-
joyable visit witli their sisters in
Moore. Fifty or more Normanites
attended and were shown the high-
est type of hospitality by the
Moore Circle, being given a fine
banquet and a royal good time.
The officers and team of Ivy
Grove put on the work for seven-
teen candidates. A special inter-
urban car leaving Norman at 8
o'clock carried them to Moore, be-
sides a large number of automo-
biles. Moore Circle will return the
visit in a week or two.
Coming Monday and Tuesday: The master of
the plains, Tom Mix, in "THE SHERIFF'S
BLUNDER," Pauline Stark in "CROWN
JEWF'.LS," a Keystone comedy, "CACTUS
NELL-" also Mutt and Jeff in "WILD WIVES
AND ANGRY WOMAN," also a new chapter
of "THE MAN OF MIGHT," with William
Duncan and Joe Ryan.
HOLTZSCHUE MOTOR CAR CO.
We rent Service Storage Batteries for any make of
car, wlitle we .ire charging votir car battery.
WE HAVE
Eveready Batteries for all makes of cars on band
We otverhau! and repair all makes of batteries All
work jni;*rantee('l.
We selll distilled water.
Phone 28 107 East Main, Norman
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