The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 231, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily Transcript
VOLUME II
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1915
NUMBER 231
lh3 chaZy-daweha-jiends ionight
Clean Groceries For
Those Who Care
FRESH CIDER 25c the Quart.
LETTUCE
FRESH TOMATOES
GREEN PEPPERS
CABBAGE
SPINACH
DEETS
RADISHES
PARSLEY
APPLES
BANANAS
ORANGES
LEMONS
GRAPE FRUIT
CUCUMBERS
STRAWBERRIES
BOWLING'S CASH GRO.
OPEN MEETING, C. OF C.
The agricultural corr.mittee of the
Chamber of Commerce trust the busi-
ness men and citizens of Norman will
not forget the "open meeting" to be
held at the court house 011 Wednesday
night, April 21st, at 8 o'clock. Be out,
hear good speakers, learn what the
Chamber of Commerce has in view for
Norman, and take an interest in the
I work. It will be "worth while," and
I you are not only cordially invited, but
I urged to be there.
Program
| "The Work of the County Demon-
I strator," James Lawrence.
! "Our State Exhibit," H. H. Jacobs.
I "Our County Fair," H. O. Miller.
General Discussion.
Was Your Pictures Shown by
THE CAMERA FIENDS
Monday Night?
In All Probability It Will Be
Shown Tonight
See Yourself a< Others Sec You
University Theatre Tonight
TRUTHS IN PARAGRAPHS
From Philadelphia Record.
A man who talks to himself hears a
lot of compliments.
There are times when even the bet-
ter half may show her worst side.
Why go for a change of climate?
Ours is pretty changeable right here.
If our father were English and our
mother German, would be hate our-
self ?
All the world's a stage, and many a
man is cast for a thinking part who
never had a thought in his life.
When opportunity comes to the door
tht pessimist is apt to wonder if it is
a knocker or merely a ringer.
"Knowledge is power," quoted the
Wise Guy. "Yes, especially knowing
what not to do," added the Simple
Mug.
Some people spend half their lives
in wanting what they don't get, and
the other half in getting what they
don't want.
Blobbs—"He seems rather dense,
don't he?" Slobbs—"Dense? Why
that fellow couldn't catch the drift of
a snow storm.
One of the many things a small boy
can't understand is why the shoulders
of a coat should be padded, instead of j
the seat of the trousers.
Tommy—"Pop. what is the differ-
ence between being well gowned and
BARNES VS. ROOSEVELT
FLOODS DOING BUSINESS
The celebrated case of Boss Barnes
against Colonel Roosevelt for $50,000
Carrying Out Bridge* at Geary and
Other Points—Rock Island and
•Frisco Trains Running
via. Norman.
for libel is now 011 trial in the courts
of Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Barnes bases
his claim on the fotlowi: g declaration1
of Mr. Roosevelt made in one of his
public speeches: r I
"The state government (New York) j
is rotten throughout, in almost all its j
departments. This is directly due to j from Gearv says:
the dominance in politics of Mr. Mur-; "ghortlv t efore daylight Tuesday
phy and his sub-bosses acting through jmorni thi. f]ood \vaters jn the,
such subservient agents asgovernor| Canadian river took out eleven!
Dix and Glynn, aided and abetted.^ bentg of the Rock I?land rai!. i
when necessary by Mr Barnes and! d b 5d now jn coul.se of construe- "
the sub-bosses of Mr. Barnes. Air.; 6
The flood in the South Canadian is !
evidently very serious in the western!
part of "the state, for news comes that |
a number of bridges have been carried j
away. The Associated Press report
tion across the river southwest
Barnes and Mr. Murphy are of ex- Qearj. antj practically destroyed the I
Up-To-Date Haberdashery
Now that Spring is here and the warm months of
Summer are rapidly approaching it will be necessary for
every man to lay in a new supply of light clothing. To
meet this demand we have bought a full and complete line
of Spring and Summer Gents' Furnishings of the very latest
eastern models and styles. It will pay every particular
dresser to thoroughly inspect our stock before buying (
Let Us Fit You for the Summer
New York lailoriiig Co.
H. G. Greenman, Manager
actly the same moral type and not; recentiv
one particle of good comes from the! e|-. of"a"mUe downstream, lea v-
substitution one for the other 111 the .< . thrce panels of the latter
control of our government. | stanci- '
Col. Roosevelt will attempt to prove „j ^ twentv.three bents aggre-
that he told the truth, and in his tes- . mQre tha;1 five hundred feet of
timony yesterday f^ve instances! railroad bridge are gone and the
where Mr. Barnes had approached j q{ erectjng the new steel bridge
him while he (Roosevelt) was goyer-;wi]1 bg much delayed. Wrecking
nor of New York with suggestions , rewg are WOrking now at the prelim-
that this or that man should be given I .]ia].v arranjrements for replacing the
privileges because he had contributed and inasmuch as the water is
lareelv to the campaign funds. sl0wly receding it is believed they can
tomorrow
"RISE" CUTTING INTO BANKS
The "City Park" Going Down the Ca-
nadian—Water Getting Around
Both North and South Ends
CRITTENDEN OIL WELL
begin driving piling by
morning.
'Train service has been further de-
A number of Normanites who are, moITalrze'd''by the loss of about thirty
well dressed?" Tommy's Pop—"Well | interested in the Crittenden Oil andjhents Qn ^ pilinp appr0ach to the
my son, a woman may be well gowned Gas Company s well, now being put, Is|and majn yme bridge at Union
and only half dressed." | down in the Healdton fields, west of j making: it necessarv to detour all
Ardmore, went to the oil fields last Tf 7C Y,
VILLA IS DOWN AND OUT I night upon receipt of news that the: —p.-- brid_*e will be repaired by
well was down about 1100 feet and ai —' . • i :
Washington, April 20—Little doubt
trains. It is reported here that the
,vill be repaired by
and it is expected
defeat atlas everything is favorable
Francisco Villa's
has collapsed.
Reports of a crushing
Celava; other reports of „ — , . , , , *•>
tween Villa and Felipe Angeles and appointed, but will g" on down until
persistent rumors of Villa's precipi-1 they do, feeling sure the oil is there,
tate flight toward the border, are not
even meeting with denials from the
'gusher' was expected to be brought traffic will be passing over the
PiT°Ii bridge by Thursday afternoon.
tnai | ,<rr, ,• /? .v wncrnn
Mexico moters are supremely confident tnat, ]'oss 0f the'new wagon bridge
la good producing well will be ^' cotnes at this time in the nature of a
split be-! don't strike it they'll 'be greatly dis-!'a'
! i i i „.:n j,,,™ i,« it >ne entir
Villa agency here.
The administration officials feel no
elation over Villa's apparent elimina-
tion as a Mexican factor. His down-
fall will mark Angeles's rise, they
say, and persistent rumors of Obre-
gon's intention of pulling away from
Carranza further complicates the situ-
ation. ,
Villa's defeat appears to be general.
Both his campaigns made at Irapuato
and Celaya have resulted disastrously.
State department advices also indi-
cate that his "three point" campaign
against Tampico, Matamoros and
Nuevo Loredo had also failed com-
pletely. Another dispatch says Car-
ranza'will control the west coast with-
in three weeks.
THE RETORT COURTEOUS
"Have vou any dates?" asked the
lady of the groceryman over the tel-
ephone. . ,
"No, madam, I haven't," he replied,
•'and I am not making any." I am a
decent married man."
SAVING GASOLINE.
Headline in Michigan paper:
H E BENNETT PUSHING
KRIT CAR IN BARRY CO.
—Try a pair of
Shoes at Ephraim'
eim, the new Apollo last.
those new Low-
It's the Florsh-
Here's hoping they'll strike it rich.
LEXINGTON-PURCELL BRIDGE
Purcell, Okla., April 20.—Traffic
over the Lexington-Purcell wagon
bridge across the South Canadian riv-
er here has been temporarily suspend-
ed owing to the high water surround-
ing the Lexington approach to the
bridge. Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock
a six-foot rise came down the river
weakening the approach to the bridge
on the Purcell side. The crest of the
flood has passed, according to the be-
lief of local observers and there is no
danger of the weakened approach go-
ing out. Work of repairing the bridge
will be completed within a few days.
PASSING IT ON
A Sunday school teacher, after con-
ducting a lesson on the story of Ja-
cob's ladder, concluded by saying:
"Now, is there any little girl or boy
who would like to ask a question about
the lesson?"
Little Susie looked puzzled for a
moment, and then raised her hand.
"A question, Susie?" asked the
teacher. .
"I would like to know," said Susie,
"if the angels have wings, why did
they have to climb up the ladder?"
it was the keystone to
st and west highway to
California and had been \ completed
less than three months ago."
Rock Island and Frisco trains pass
through Norman over the Santa Fe
hourly, and will probably continue to
do so' until Thursday. They go via.
Purcell and Chickasha, and some of
them via. Pauls Valley and Lindsay.
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MARY FULLER
In 2-Reel "Victor" Drama
"EVERY GIRL"
An Allegory Worth Seeing
University Theatre Tonight
The water is not receding in the
South Canadian. It is not raising,
either, appreciably, but keeping about
stationary. But such a great volume
of water is running, making the
stream almost bank full, and the cur-
rent is so swift that great blocks of
earth on the banks are being under-j
mined and swept away.
This is the case at the north end of
the bridge, the "city park," at that
end being about half gone and the
trees swept away. The water threat-
ens to get 'round the north end and
sweep away the earth approach, but
men and teams are working on a
breakwater to keep the current in the
channel. The main current still keeps
in the center of the stream and is run-
ning under the steel part of the bridge
which is a favorable condition. . :
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JOKER COMEDY
The Reuben Wins the Girl
A Scream
University Theatre Tonight
GROCERY
BARGAINS
10-pound bucket Lard $1.00.
Big shipment fresh Ginger Snaps,
just in, 3 pounds for 25c.
2 cans extra fine Succotash 23c.
Full line of can meat, Roast and
Corn Beef. Also full line of best
fresh meat sold in Norman.
Two large cans Salmon 25c.
Six cans milk 25c.
Chipped dried beef in glasses at 10c
a glass.
Quart jars of pure jams 23c.
Heinz's green pea or celerj soup is
delicious." It's in cans. Try one.
CITY PARK—MAYOR LINDSAY'S
GOOD IDEA
It is Mayor-elect Lindsay's idea that
he will allow the Civic Committee a
free hand in managing the flower-
garden parks of the ity, while he de-
votes his own park activities to mak-
ing the City Park a real park and a
real playground for the children and
the grownups. He says it is a shame
that Norman has no place where its
inhabitants can congregate for pur-
poses of amusement, where they can
sit down for a few moments conversa-
tion. where the children can have the
wading pool and their swings and see-
saws and other amusements, and if he
has his way this condition of affairs
is going to be changed—and changed
right away. He believes in a few
weeks he can so arrange matters at
the city park, by the expenditure of
le^s than $300 (which is already in the
park fund), so that it will not be nec-
essary for Normanites to go to
Wheeler Park or any other out ot
town park for amusements.
All power to his good right arm.
It's something we've lacked for a good
many years, and it's time we were
having what's coming to us.
"LILAC LUNCHEON"
DEATH OF MR. JOHN MERKLE |
In the death of Mr. John Merkle. i
* i which occurred at his home one and |
"lie-half miles west of Norman at
* :2:20 p. m. on Tuesday, our commut
* nity loses one of its oldest and most
* I highly esteemed residents, one of na-
ture's noblemen, a good citizen and
thoroughly upright man. He was a
devoted husband and father, and true
and loyal friend. The bereaved family
have "the earnest sympathies of the
community.
Mr. Merkle had been ailing for
some time with bladder trouble, but
was not sick enough to take to his bed
U. S. TUBB'S
"The Nice Man to Do Business With"
One of the prettiest of the spring
social events was the "I.ilac Luncheon
given by Mrs. S. K. McCall to the
Fortnightly Card Club, on Wednesday
afternoon from " until 6:30.
The rooms of the McCall home were I until three weeks ago. Even then there
... . „ . «.<-•> -« . I • • ' kness
ago
exquisite with tall baskets filled with' vas little expectation his sick
lilac blossoms and tied with bows of j would prove fatal, but a few days
lavender tulle. Auction Bridge was | his ailment took a turn for the worse
the order of the afternoon and Mes- and he gradually grew weaker until
dames Paxton and Newell won favors
of lovely silk costume handkerchiefs.
The invited guests were Mesdames De
I Barr, llogan, Newell, Paxton, Eph-
| raini, Ezra McCall, Himes, Maguire,
Berry and Misses Anne and Sammy
The teacher thought for some mo- T?inir McCall
ments, and then, looking about the T*g c]ub voted the affair one of the
class, asked: happiest of manv similar events. Mr.-
"Is there any little boy who would ' P , Mrs Paxton wiu enter-
Mike to answer Susie's question?'
CITY LOANS
Call on us, we have plenty of money all the time to build
new homes or modernize your old home.
VINCENT & WEIR
PHONE 50
the end. The funeral is to be held
from the home at J! o'clock on Thurs-
day, conducted by Rev. E. S. Benja-
min, with interment in Warren ceme-
terv.
Mr. Merkle was 68 years, 0 months
and 1 day old, and came to Oklahoma
twenty-four years ago. settling on
the farm on which he died, which has
tain the club and their husbands with ! f;ii.ms in the county. He is survived
a dinner at the home of the former «n - _m, Merkle and five children,
Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. hree sons and two daughters—Joe j
Merkle. of Maud, Okla.; Fred, of Al-
—Every young man should see j
those new Palm Beach Suits at Eph-
raim's. They are sure beauties. And j
those Straw Hats!
—Gentlemen, call in and let us
show you th< se beautiful Palm Beach
Suits. The Ephraim Clothing Co.
—W. O. W.: Important business
will come up for consideration Wed-
nesday night, April 21st. All wood-
men interested in the welfare of the
order should be present. H. G. Good-
rich, Clerk.
—Sure enough summer dresses at
Rucker's, Just received them. Take
a look.
Entirely New Pictures Shown by
THE CAMERA FIENDS
University Theatre Tonight
buquerque, N. Mex.
and Bess at home.
and John, Clara
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
BANKS CLOSE TOMORROW
i A new supplement to the telephone
I directory will be i-=ued in a few_ days.
! All persons wanting telephones instal-
led soon, or changes r.iade in their
I present listing should call at the tele-
By agreement among themselves, ; hone office and s:tr:i contracts or re-
all the banks in Norman will lie close- (. ,,,-t des:rr>d ch:>i 1 ' ' once. Num-
ed tomorrow, celebrating "Oklahoma ;.l>crs will be assigned new subscribers 1
Day"—April 22nd. They want to gn U1(] they can have their phones in-
to Oklahoma City and take in the I stalled within thirty (Jays^after sign-1
automobile races. ing contracts. Do not <>;laj\ ^ ou
— need a telephone V, hy not do it now.;
Now is the time to buy yourljjt NORMAN TELEPHONE CO.,
summer dresses and Rucker's ha- the
' swellest in Norman.
—Paints, Oils and Gla
i\ field'--
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVER-
TISEMENT I EVER CAUSED TO HE PI H-
EISHED — READ EVERY WORD—AND
THEN MARVEL !
broached
fund
cars.
On a personal visit to Mr. Henry Ford
subject of a possible August 1st Rebate.
Mr. Ford: "If I could make a definite re-
would increase our local sales 500
said to
statement we
You may sav." was Mr. Ford's deliberate and sig-
nificant reply to this—"You may say that we sha pay
back to each purchaser of a Ford car between August
1 11)14, and August i. 1015, barring the unforseen, the
sum of $50. You may say that I authorized you to
11'"'what canUl"add to the above? $15,000,000 cash
coming back to Ford owners'. And to prospective Fold
owners up to August 1 1015 it actually means-Ford
Touring Cars for $490—less the $a0 rebate!
abouts for $440—less the $50 rebate!
for me to say ?
ROBERTS
Ford Run-
V, hat is there left
& WOLF, Lot . Agents
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