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VOLUME m
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 19'6
NUMBER 168
DIG FIKE AT DRUMRIGHT
OKLAHOMA WEATHER
Three Person* Killed and $100,000 Sunday, Jan. 30—The week will
Damage Dune this Morning open clear and cold, but with rising
About 10 o'clock. I temperatures.
I Tuesday, Feb. X—Cool wave is due
Known Dead and Injured ' Tuesday, bringing 15 or 20 degrees
Mrs. G. B. Wallace, 45, 'a chamber- J colder weather, with lowest at about
maid. 115 to 20 degrees above zero.
Fred Oldwilder, 50, Erie, Pa., labor-j Thursday, Feb. 3—It will warm up
er in oil field. ! briefly in advance of another cool
Unidentified Person, body being! wave, Thursday. This movement is
taken out in fragments. ] due Thursday or Friday, with dashes
Injured—Oscar Loving, barber, back of snow. It will soon clear and tem-
broken and will likely die. | poratures will go down to 10 above
[ zero for one or two days.
Drumright, Jan. 29.—(Special)—; Sunday, Feb. 6—The second week
Three persons were incinerated and will open clear and moderately cold,
another perhaps fatally injured as the with light freezing temperatures of
result of a fire that broke out at 3
o'clock Saturday morning in a build-
ing occupied by a restaurant and a
tailor shop. The body of one of the
unidentified victims, all of whom were
cither guests or employed in the Lewis
rcotoing house, was taken from the
PICKED UP OPINIONS
ON THE SCHOOL PROPOSITION
I
ACCIDENT TO LITTLE GIRL TROUBLES IN THE HMD PARTY
nights, but growing warmer.
Tuesday, Feb. 8—It is not expected
that cool wave due Monday, will ma-
terially affect Oklahoma, but the rise
of temperatures will be checked.
Thursday, Feb. 10—Another cool
wave will lower temperatures 10 or 15
ruin* in fragments. Oscar Loving, a degrees Thursday and Friday and the
fcarbei, sustained a Woken Lack from week will close generally fair and
jumping from a second-story window, moderately cold, with temperatures
The property loss is estimated at beginning to rise.—Cartohers Obser-
|100,000, with practically no insur-1 vatory, Houston, Texas.
ance.
The fire, which burned until 7
o'clock, consumed an entire block east
on Broadway jn the heart of the town,
which has a population of about 5,000,
one-half block south on Pennsylvania
street and one-half block east on Wood
street, started in the middle of the
Broadway block.
The dead have been removed to a
m'irgne and a coroner's jury sum-
moned to hold an inquest this after-
noon. A telegram from Capt. C. C.
Hammond, state fire marshal, an-
nounces that he will reach here in the
afternoon.
Business houses burned on Broad
'l'he little daughter if Mr. a id Mr«.
W. .1 Armstrong, living at the ft -
sonic frnf,,*nit: honsi •- i . .
vere accident a lew day« ago. Site is
about a year and a half old, and while
toddling around the kitchen fell into
| a pan of boiling water which had been
left on the floor. She fell forward
R L. Risinger: "Not in favor of! Aaron McDaniel: "Ward building "V' an"" uV to "the ^Uw^th^t^t "is
new high school building at this time | in 4th ward No new high school at|foare(i she may lose thl. UBC of th
Favors new ward building in south i this time. Kenatr. or build on present1 ..,„j that the crafting of rew flesh
town, and a new one on present site east side site. j may lxj necess£ry. Sh< was resting
of east side building if necessary. —— easy at last reports.
| Tom Vincent: The Board of Edu-
J. F. Belknap: "A new ward school cation is made up of good level-headed o B FLOUR THE BEST
is probably necessary, but a bond issue men. I would favor any proposition
for new high school building could not they would put up to the' people. You'll never get perfect satisfaction
be carried at this time. The east side' until van *rv "n 11
.ichool building can, I believe, be made! —If you want a nice fat fowl fot i feet Flour. " F. B. Jones, West Main
safe and sound. your dinner, we can deliver it dresser j street Prompt delivery
; at a price that will please. Phont! '
i. Farmers Produce Co. I —Phone us your order for some-
thing extra nice in chickens. We sell
Member, of the
Constantly—
Exp >ditlon Quarrckd
u pkijii a .J \lal-
Proceedingg
—It costs the dealer a little more [ 604,
but you get quality and the price is
the same to you. Larabee's Best
Flour.
LADIES!
Buy a sample Suit or Coat
from the
Traveling Salesmen, Monday.
Rucker's.
—There is one item all housekeep-
ers demand—the best flour. Have
your grocer send you a sack of Lara-
bee's Best.
CIVIC TALK—"THE CORE"
Bob Seawell: "Favor ward building
in south town. No high school at this
time. East side building should be
inspected by experts and its true con-
dition ascertained.If it cannot be made
safe, a new ward building should be
iboiit. . m
Dr. R. D. Lowther: "Build ward
—The clever little daughter of one building in south part of town. Wait
of our citizens had the following i a. while on the new high school propo-
"want" notice in a little paper she sition. East side building should be
prints: "Wanted: A high school j made safe."
building that can be moved from place] —
to place in town over night. Apply i —Mosler spitfire spark plugs, 25c.
Norman Public." !T- s- Mount.
M. F. McFarland:
„„„ ... ., .. 'Would fuvorjboth on f00t and dressed and deliver
any proportion the Bonrd of Edaca-lon short notic
tion would in their judgment deem j Phone 604.
best for the schools and the city.
—If your grocer does not send you
Larabee's Best with your next order
for groceries, call number 604. You'll
get it.
Farmers Produce Co.
Don't be afraid. We are not going
to say anything about the location of
a high school. And yet we want to
way were the City Drug store, H. L.' say right now that we are going to be
Cohen's tailor shop, Klingler's cafe,! loyal to that new school house, and all
A'ifer's candv kitchen. Western Sup- that it stands for. and yet we like the
ply company's grocery, pool hall own- j core better than the rind.
ed by one Zakie, a Syrian, the Eagle The core of Norman is right at
cafe, the Sanitary barber shop. On j "Edwards Park." We have lived on
Pennsylvania street, Star Electric both sides of the track and like both
company, Gillespie's grocery and a sides of Norman. Is not Baker Park
rooming house above it, Jackson's tail- and the Citizens Park, near the core."
or shop, Rockhold's rooming house, | We are all bound together in one
the Kellum rooming house. spot—like a bunch of radishes; can't
' he separated in our love for Norman.
—Our eastern house will send their il. we wanted to pull apart. We may
representative to our store Monday., disagree upon other things, but not
Norman ladies can see the newest at \ on those parks. Even the University
Rucker's.
-—We buy and sell all kinds of poul-
try and produce; feed and flour. Call
us up for your next order. Phone 604. near future—at the core.
This eagle belongs to Dr.
students have to climb on and climb
off near the core of Norman. ,
We are going to raise a flag pole
with a golden eagle upon it. in the
W. T. Mayfield: "Do not favor a, „£• ®'IBesfeJt: As 1 toid.Pr' 1 cn~
! high school at this time. Neither dol°'®ton' 1 ,v„oted/°T. h™ u"d the Pres:
|I favor a new ward building. The1 ft members of the Board, to attend
east side building can be fixed up and; *' * 1°.rma", s school matters. 1 favor
made safe; stuccoed, cemented and! 5thing they decide upon.
! added to, so as to accommodate all the , , ,,
i (.iiiifirpn •' I —lf >ou bave any poultry to sell or
; want to buy call up phone 604. Farm-
—We pay at all times the highest ers Pr0(!uce Co.
price for your poultry. Call us when , r^
vou have anything to sell. We will! Editor Transcript:
come to your home after any poultry.l. ' ,aKree with Mr. fisher regarding
Farmers Produce Co., phone 604. 1 ™v,nK ? competent architect examine
| the east side building, and am still
J. W. Abies: "When we build a new j suTe 'bat it can be repaired at nomi-
high school building we should build a! cost- „ building is now en-
real high school building. What wel'1™^ for repair, as is claimed,
need now are ward buildings. I am, ff. ,!s * have heard the high school
certain the Board will use good judge- buildmg, which has only been built
ment. and whatever they do will be ^even y®ar,s 18 Jefk"?g and the plas-
satisfactory to me. ter crasked and falling, it would be
1 better from a financial standpoint to
PUT SALT IN THE SINK
"Tell the people when the weather
is freezing to put about a half pint of. ...
salt in the sink and other places where! shed. The reason we are putting this
D. W.
Griffin, and he loaned it to me to loan
to you, and when you see it you will
see that it has been well fed, and well
bred; with a bald head and feathers
it is feared that the pipe will break
and they will not have to send for the
plumber before breakfast."
The message came from G. E.
Allglee, Thursday night when he
learned that the weather man called
for sure enough winter weather for
Friday morning.
"Salt costs so little and the trouble
is so small I would think the people
woi ld try to save the expense incident
to broken pipes," he said. "Put the
salt in the sink and other places and
they will not be called on to call for a
plumber. The brine will prevent
trouble."—-Fort Worth Record.
eagle on the east side of the track is
because we did not want to split it in
two. We hope that the people living
on the west side will not object. This
eagle is no small bird, and when you
see it it will make that little bird on
the flag pole down in the court house
yard look like an English sparrow.
This eagle has its wings raised ready
to go somewhere. Look for that eagle.
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.
A PERFECT FLOUR—"O. B."
Try a sack. F. B. Jones, West Main.
Phone 309. Guaranteed. Prompt de-
livery.
MR. JAS. ALLEN'S WILL
—Monday 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Special
ladies' ready-to-wear Spring Coats,
Spring Suits and Skirts. Samples to
select from, or you can buy the
sample if it will fit you. Rucker's.
—Bran, chops, hay, shorts, chicken
feed and all kinds of feed delivered at
your barn on short notice. Farmers
Produce Co., phone 604.
SELWYN DOUGLAS DEAD
K
The Transcript understands that by
the terms of the will of Mr. Jas. Al-
len, who died in Seattle a few days
ago, the rents of the Allen business
block in Norman now occupied by
Meyer, Meyer & Morris go to Mrs. Al-
len as long as she lives, but at her
death the property goes to the Ma-
sonic orphan's home at Darlington,
Okla. Mr. Allen was a devoted mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity, and as
he and Mrs. Allen have no direct
heirs he desired to assist his Masonic
brethren in every way be could.
CHICKEN FOR SUNDAY DINNER
• Hon. Selwyn Douglas, past grand
master of the A. F. & A. M. of Okla-
homa, died at his home in Oklahoma
City yesterday morning, aged 76
years. He was one of the best known
men in the state, and served at one
time as a member of the Board of Re-
gents of the University, in which he
did noble work for the institution. He
was always a warm and steadfast
friend of the University.
The funeral services will be held in
Masonic Temple, Oklahoma City, Sun-
day at 2:30 p. m. and many Masons
and Norman friends of the deceased
will attend.
/
Phone 604, Farmers' Produce com- —Every grocer don't handle it but
pany, and have them send you a dress- [ every grocer should. It pays his as it
ed chicken for your Sunday dinner, j makes a satisfied customer. Larabee's
Delivered promptly. Best Flour.
RIBBON! RIBBON!!
All ribbon up to and including 6
inches in width, 10 cents per yard.
All ribbon up to and including 2 Vi
inches. 5 cents per yard.
T. S. MOUNT
A Snap For 30 Days Only
Four acres with 7-room house, city water, electric lights, good
barn, chicken houses; all fenced with 5-foot chicken wire; close
in. On market for thirty days only at a sacrifice.
SEE
VINCENT 8c WEIR
PHONE 50
,.t,, . i_. ■ build wooden buildings, as they wouid
The present high jasj. as ion„ or ione.er and tu <>xnpnse
£' ^'i MiTnaU-: !ne PreseI}t n'f\" I last as long or longer and the expense
school building is adequate but it W0UId not be over half as much. But
should have more equipment When!, don-t 1)elieve the slories of th ;[d_
we build a new high school it should; inR8 bei rea(, to throw b t
be a model, which it cannot be on the, think th can ,)e repaired and *a'dded
money we can spend now Ward build-1 to :lt a cost f abolft $i5>000.00 and I
V M. C. A. EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU BUSY
The Hague, Jan. 28.—Henry Ford's
peace mission failed for lack of
"faith." According to his own state-
ment faith was Ford's sole stock when
he started. He had not enough and
those who accompanied him, with a
few exceptions, appear to havo had
but little.
Those of the party who really wish-
ed the expedition well were so bitter-
ly hated that an effort was made to
maroon a number of them at the first
European port touched. Ford's plan,
as nearly as it is possible to put so
intangible a thing on paper, was to
give the warring nations mental sci-
ence treatment. Ford himself at the
outset had unbounded faith in his
ability. Despite the statement at-
tributed to him that iie intended to
"net ihe iioy.t out of the trenches by
Christmas, be did not count on im-
mediately ending the war.
What Ford did believe was that he
could "make a dent" by gathering
about him a whole ships company,
uniting the members' mind on one
big thought of peace" and continually
Those in charge of the employment
work of the Y. M. C. A. report the.
receipt of numerous letters from men adding to the volume and intensity of
who expect to enter the University this thought as he and his crusaders
the second semester. Nearly all of traveled from neutral county to neu-
these men have heard that the Uni- tral country, on the edge of the zone
versity is a good place for the needy j of war, or even in the zone itself,
and ambitious student. j Whether this plan would have suc-
A concerted effort is to be maden«eeut'd under favorable circumstances
soon to get the people of Norman to 1 can't be stated, because the peace del-
employ students wherever it is possi- egates failed to concentrate
hie for students to do the work.
COSMOPOLITAN PROGRAM
Morris Lhevine of cdfHrtrohia
will come down Thursday evening
sing at the special Cosmopolitan per-
formance at the Orpheum and Uni-
versity Theatres. He will sing several
songs, one in Russian, one in English,
and one in Italian.
Lhevine comes of a Russian family
noted for its grand opera singers
One of his brothers is a tenor of
nrom'nenee in one of the old estab-
lished grand opera companies of Rus-
sia.
ings would be best solution at this
time."
—You can't make the best bread
without the best flour. Get a sack of
Larabee's Best.
J. M. Thompson: "The state build-
ing inspector and an expert builder
should be asked to inspect the east
side building and report on its condi-
tion, and whether it can be repaired
and made safe. If not, a new ward
building there, and one in 4th ward
should be built. I am opposed to new
high school at this time.
Hi Downing: "Foolishness to talk
about a new high school building at
this time. The solution is a new waid
building on South Peters, and a new
ward building on the present site of
the east side building; if that building
cannot be re-enforced and repaired so
as to make it safe and sanitary. I be-
lieve it can be, just as the west side
building was made safe and sound a
couple of years ago."
will then be good for twenty or
twenty-five years. We have the
ground at these places and can save
that expense and I don't believe we
would be benefited by changing from
the old east side to the high school,
as the cost would be a large amount
to change the high school building
and we would have very little more
room.
There is only about one-fourth as
many high school students as grade
students yet they now have over one-
third the room. WILL BROWN.
—-You can't make satisfactory bread
Without the best flour. Ask for Lara-
bee's Best. Take no other.
thoughts of peace. The Oscar fl's
voyage from New York to Christiania
was horrible, not so much because of
the incessant quarreling as on account
of the atmosphere of suspicion and
maltyen after the first day or two out
Foi'd speedily took to his cabin and
for more than half the trip was hardly
seen by any but this, closest advisers.
He was ill, it was stated. The nature
of the illness never was made clear.
Several ot tne correspondents' wiiora
the expedition's managing committee
was trying to separate from the party
diu see the patient for a few minutes
tne night before the Oscar II's arrival
at Christiania. It is true that he look-
ed like a sick man then, but his mal-
uiy seemed lather of the spirit than
the body.
Ford moved and spoke like a per-
son in a semi-trance. He seemed al-
most completely broken. Early in the
voyage he declared that squabbling
among the peace delegates was a
small matter, that disagreements were
to be expected in any community, and
that when the party landed at Chris-
tiania these troubles would quickly
disappear. On this night, however,
his manner suggested that he realized
the fundamental weakness of his or-
ganization—that he had lost hope.
Governor Hanna of North Dakota,
though professing to have left the ex-
pedition at Christiania for personal
reasons, said confidentially that it
would cost him thousands of dollars
Arrangements are being made for to exP|ai" to his constituents his con-
several ticket selling contests for the I nectlon with such a party of "nuts."
Edward Howard Griggs lecture on I JudKe Ben Lindsey and his wife
February 9th. A prize of ten dollars ?ucceedcd in interesting Ford, early
is offered to University students and !n the v°yaRe> ln a Platl for finding
a similar prize to high school students homes for European war orphans. The
That Dr. Griggs will please his' manafrement, then controlled by Peace
hearers is a foregone conclusion He Secretary Louis P. Lochner and Mme.
—Larabee's Best Flour. Let your
next sack be of this brand.
LADIES!
Call at Rucker's
Monday and get the new
ideas in Ladies' Coats
Suits and Skirts.
You can place your order
of buy the sample from the
salesmen.
Monday is the day.
—We buy and sell all kinds of poul-
try, feed and flour. Call us if you
wish to buy or sell. Fti rmers Produce
Co., phone 604.
THE GRIGGS LECTURE
REPORT ON EAST SIDE BUILDING
—All kinds of feed at the lowest
price. Call us if you are out. Farm-
ers Produce Co., phone 604.
L. J. Edwards: "I expect to favor
any proposition or any location the ,
Board of Education puts up to the Ico.istiuction
The writer, in company with a con-
tractor, made an inspection of the
East side public school building in
Norman, on January 28, 1916, and re-
ceived from him the following state-
ment;:
Statement
After carefully going over the
school building and examining same,
1 report the following as a suggestion
of how it can be made a first class
building:
Remove the old gabled roof and
place thereon a flat roof of modern
comes so highly recommended that
Norman people and University stu-
dents are expected to turn out to hear
him in large numbers.
PHONE 604 FOR CHICKEN
Do you want a dressed fowl for that
Sunday dinner? Phone 604, Farmers'
Produce company. Prompt delivery.
—You may be using good flour but
why not get a better flour—Larabee's
Best.
Mcalester flooded
people, for every member of that body
wants to do what's right and proper
to make Norman recognized as a great
educational center. If they should ask
me, however, I would tell them to
McAlester, Okla., Jan. 27.—Follow-
ing a rainfall of more than seven
inches in less than eight hours, sev-
eral hundred families in this section
were forced to seek higher ground late
last night and today. As far as can be
learned, there is no loss of life in this
section, although three casualties were
reported erroneously last night.
Much damage has been done to rail-
road property and traffic is tempo-
., „ rarily crippled. The city's light plant
be easily done and the building can be | was submerged by the flood and the
John S. Allan: "I don't care to ex- made ideal by a belting of cement— city was in darkness all night.
press my opinion for there's so many not only in construction, but in ap-l
in.Norman who wait to find out howj pearance. The worst thing in the! —If you have a cow, horse or chick-
u had best call us. Ou
Farmers Produce Co.
Re-entorce the present walls and re-
move ail broken stone from the win-
dows and headers on the doors.
Re-floor the rooms where needed
and tuber put the floors dow.i after
make the east side building safe j removal of the old floors or r .place
(which can be done) and build an ad-1 them entirely with new, preferably
dition to it to take care of the over-'the last method. _
flow." | The re-enforcement by cement could j rarily crippled
John Allan stands so they can take building is the roof, as it is heavy and! ens to feed you had best call us. Our
the other side. I am against a new has a tendency to injure the support-1 phone is 604. T
Schwimmer, served notice shortly af-
ter Ford's departure for home, that
the steering committee would repu-
diate any subsidiary movement which
did not have the committee's approval.
Such approval was refused the Lind-
seys. Dean S. S. Marquis, of Detroit,
Ford's close personal friend, was not
on good terms with Mme. Schwimmer
nor Lochner. It was the general im-
pression that his influence was re-
sponsible for detaching Ford from the
party. S. S. McClure was denounced
by the management and for his part
spoke of the expedition's management
in terms of contempt. Differencea
were not forgotten when the party
landed. The various splits widened.
They were not the result merely of
divergent views. They were due to
petty rivalries for control of the ex-
pedition, to individual ambitions and
to the failure of the greater number
of the delegates to grasp the bigness
of the Ford idea. Henry Ford himself
did not stick to his own ideal.
high school, however, but think we | ing structure,
need a new ward buildig. As to loca-1 made at
If these changes arej
approximate cost ofj
—We always pay the highest mar-
ket price for your poultry. See or call
us before you sell. Farmers Produce
Co., phone 604.
—It's like any standard article, it'e
economy in the end. Get a sack of
Larabee's Best with your next order.
school and east side ward building is good for forty years and would be an
ideal. Maybe, some day, a splendid! ideal school in every respect. I spent
high school building will be built in | twelve years in Oklahoma City, and
the city park." j have constructed some of the buildings
| there which are well known to the
—You may be satisfied with the citizens of Norman. I am now a resi-
flour you have been using—you won't Silent of Norman and have children in I
be if you get a sack of Larabee's Best. | this Jefferson building, and am sure;
t hat these repairs are needed and that
E. R. Chastain: "If $55,000 is the! the money spent would be wisely in-
limit we can vote, I am against any ' ested. I). W SWARTZBAUGII.
new high school building at this time, j —
That amount would not go very far] I submit this to the press in the
towards remodeling the present high l hone that those interested in the!
school building into a ward building, | school situation will get some intelli-
erecting a new ward building in the: crent information on this very impor-1
south part of town, and building and j tant subject. J. W. LINTON. 1
equipping a new high school building, j
When Norman builds a new high! PHONE 309 FOR O. B. FLOUR 1
school it should be prepared to spend1
$100,000 or $150,000 upon it. A ward | Guaranteed. "O B Flour"—the ^
building in the south part of town, Perfect Brand. Phone 309 for price
and one on the present site of the east] etc If you try it, von'll use no other
D. RORJES, Contractor
For fcood uptodate Stone and Brick Work, contracting and
building of cement, stone or brick buildings, also house moving,
see me for prices. Twenty-seven years experience. Patent store
plant in connection. No tricks of the trade tolerated. Will treat
you right. 113 West Symmes street; phone 278.
D. BOtfJES, Contractor
side building (if that building cannot | J.
be repaired so as to make it safe),
leaving the present high school build-
ing as it is, seems to me the proper
solution."
—Delia Howarth will assume charge
of her boarding house at 307 West
R Jones, West Main.
HAY! HAY!
20 bales or more of good choice al-
falfa hay. Delivered any place in
town 30c a bale. Call 43.
Eufaula, on Feby. 3rd, and would be —It's always economy to use the
pleased to have the patronage of all I t,est in making your bread. Insist on
her old customers, as well as new ones. larabee's Best.
SURETY BONDS
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The biggest surety company on earth, executes all kinds of bonds
A. McDaniel
Agent.
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