The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 261, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME IV.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 110, 1917.
NUMBER 2«1
Phone 'It or 224.
u. s. 11 BBS
For anything and everything in the line of
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
Fresh and Cured Meats
Canned Goods ol' Iiest Quality and
(ireatest Variety.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Fish and Fowls
We hare everything that will make
that meal of yours delicious, nutritious
and delightful, and invite you to phone, or.
call at 115 East Main.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Clarke and
family, who have been absefit sever-
al weeks, returned home on Monday.
W. R. went to Oklahoma City this
morning to attend the national meet-
ing of cotton oil mill superintendents,
which convenes there today. Last
year's meeting of this organization
was held at (Jalveston, antf over 1000
were in attendance. This year's meet-
ing promises to he equally as well at-
tended, and many delegates will be
accompanied by their wives.
Delicious, Luscious Strawberries and other
kinds of berries.
Stone's Cakes: No moal complete without
them—18 cents each, or two for 25 cents.'
U. S. Tubbs
—One fourth off on our en-
tire line of refrigerators.—Min-
teer Hdwe Co.
| —Burglars at Smith's: Smith's
j book store was burglarized last night,
the thieves getting about *10 in
j money that had been left in the cash
j drawer. They secured entrance
j through the back windows, and were
evidently after cash only, as nothing
else has been missed either from the
Smith stock nor from the E. G.
Sherman stock of jewelry, etc. No
clue has as yet been tounti to the
burglars.
—Encourage the Norman High
School girls and boys by patronizing
their play at the Kraning Thursday
night.
( OW K)R SALE: Jersey three years
old, fresh September 1st. $7.r> takes
her. Call 121 West Tonkawa. 3t
rhe Nice Man to Do Business With"
Descrating the Flag j
The Civic Committee is pained and
humiliated to write the following j
words, and yet, as a representative of ]
the people of Norman along civic I
lines, we feel humiliated to say that j
a well known citizen of Norman told |
the writer that the flags that werc I
torn down from the two pedestals in j
in the center of the street on West ■
Main were desecrated and destroyed'
by students attending the Univer-
sity.
We do not believe that these
thoughtless boys represent the student
body, and yet they need an education
along lines of loyalty and civic pride.
Respect the flag whether ;,i the
street, or in the home, boys, and above
all respect yourselves and your
Father, and your Mother th:it gave,
you birth. L. J. EDWARDS.
—"Hat Toggery" at Rueker's.
—Selling Cotton: One of the larg-
est individual sales of spot cotton I
probably ever made in the United
States was concluded Monday when j
I when W. 0. Allen of Terrell, Texas, I
sold 14,200 bales of the staple to New |
j Orleans buyers for approximately
j I 'A million dollars. The cotton
[brought around $110 for each 500-
| pcund bale.
—Heavy Rains: News comes from
different partis of the country of
heavy rains Isst night, much more
I bar. fell at Norman, where it meas-
ured only half nn in.-l. Jr. the Den-
ier neighborhood and out on Route 5,
southeast of Normal u«o and three
inch rains are repotc.j.l, and at some
p arts consideiv.Wo danvige was done
by crops washing our. Southwest of
Norman, and 'n the vicinity of Moore
the rain was mt.'n heavier than
here.
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HOE
ALE
X0
SHOE
If you have never owned a Grafa-
nola you don't know what a comfort
it is. It adjusts* itself to your mood,
it always has a record to suit, it is
company when you are alone and en-
tertainment when you have company.
We sell Grafanolas on terms. Ask
The war is bringing to every manu-
facturer his troubles. The makers of
Zona Pomade, as you will remember,
use a white porcelain box with an
aluminum top. Their business has in-
creased to such an extent that last
year they made arrangements to
stamp out their own aluminum tops
instead of having it done by others.
They bought expensive machinery
and now find it almost impossible to
buy aluminum. The trouble that they
have had would discourage less res-
olute men. Besides this the porcelain
jars have advanced in price. They
hope to get through without being
forced to raise the price of Zona.
Saturday Ruckers
Greatest Shoe Sale ever
pulled oil in Norman.
This is part of the Harry Spilzter
stock at Tulsa that was bought at a
big discount—for less than cost."
The store will be closed all day Fri-
day as the shoe man will be busy re-
arranging the shoe stock for the sale.
But as it is the first of the month the
doors will not be locked to those wish-
ing to make settlement of their ac"
count.
The weather we have been having
may be good for the wheat, but it
certainly is not goo<t Tor the soda
fountain trade, but as the preachers
tell us, there is hotter times a com-
ing.
• •
G. C. Stockdale writes to the Zen-
zal Co. as follows: "Enclosed find
75 cents for which send me a jar of
Zenzal for Eczema; and if it does not
help me, may God have mercy on
your soul."
Tonkawa School's
Lands to University
An effort is to be made to perman-
ently abolish the University Prepara-
tory school at Tonkawa, and have
congress transfer the 150,000 acres of
school land set apart for that institu-
tion to the University of Oklahoma.
Governor Williams put the Tonkawa
institution out of business for two
years by vetoing llie appropriations
for its maintenance, but some other
legislature and governor may re-
establish it in the future. There is
no need of that Institution, and it
should be permanently abolished, and
its lands transferred to the Univer-
sity, where they rightfully belonged
in the first place. Really, no part of
those lands ever rightfully belonged
to the Tonkawa school, but rightfully
and righteously belonged to the Uni-
versity. When the public lands were
set apart for the educational insti-
tutions of Oklahoma, the managers
and friends of the .Tonkawa institu-
tion saw a chance to grab—and
grabbed. That is the way they got the
150,000 acres.
It was almost wholly through the
efforts of Dr. D. R. Boyd, former
President of the University, that any
lands at all were set apart for the
state educational institutions. When
the act was up for consideration by
congress, Mr. Boyd went to Washing-
ton and, as The Transcript now re-
members it, had a clause inserted
giving 450,000 acres or public lands
in Oklahoma to the University of Ok-
lahoma and the same amount to the
A. & M. college. Jim Wilkins, the
promoter of the Tonkawa institution,
got onto what Mr. Boyd was doing,
and interested some of the Kansas
politicians (his former home) in a
scheme to give the 450,000 acres to
Tonkawa instead of the University,
and it was only by the most strenuous
efforts that Mr. Boyd was able to
block the scheme and get a compro-
mise by which the University got two-
thirds the land and the Tonkawa in-
stitution one-third. The A. & M. col-
lege got its entire 450,000 and did not
have to divy with anybody.
As the law setting apart the lands,
was a congressional act, Oklahoma
would have to go to congress to have
the injustice remedied.
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Bought My
Liberty
Bonds.
Have You?"
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Norman, Okla.
Decoration Day
—Big Times in Texas: Gov. Fer-
guson, the anti-prohibition governor
of Texas, is peeved at Dr. Vinson,
president of the University of Texas,
and several of the leading members
of the faculty. The recent legislature
of that state made liberal appropria-
tions for the University, but now
comes the governor and says he will
veto the appropriation and close the
University for the next two years,
unless! the Board of Regents dis-
charge Vinson and the other pro-
( fessors. At Austin, Monday, a tre-
j mendous outpouring of the student
body paraded the streets, carrying
banners reflecting upon Ferguson and
declaring in favor of Vinson. Tele-
grams galore are flying into Austin
j from all parts of Texas condemning
i the Governor's actions, but he de-
J dares he will stand pat upon the
A kodak for a graduation present, | proposition. It seems to be Ferguson's
a kodak to take along on your auto
trip. There are so many uses for a
Kodak that you will have to mention
the uses yourself.
Take care of your potatoes this
spring and they will take care of you
this fall. Potatoes have been so high
that evidently the bugs like the rest
of us, could not afford to eat them
last winter so their appetites this
spring are fierce. A faithful and per-
sistent spraying with Paris Green
will be necessary to save your crop.
j idea that the Texas people would
just, as soon as not close up the Uni-
versity. Vinson is something of the
same stride of a president as our own
[ Stratton I). Brooks, and has very
' materially built up the University of
| Texas since he has been president.
The rain last night settled the dust
and revived vegetation so nicely that
when the sun came up this morning
it looked down upon a revivified
earth, and the beautiful weather has
continued all day, making a perfect
Decoration Day.
The old soldiers and families and
friends met jit G. A. R. hall at 10
o'clock and took carriages and auto-
mobiles to the cemetery, where the
graves of departed comrades and
friends were decorated with appro-
priate ceremonies. The High School
cadets, numbering something near 75,
acted as an escort of honor to and
from the cemetery, awl at noon at the
tolling of the bell and flying of the
flag at half mast, stood at rest with
uncovered heads in memory of the
departed.
The cadets, a fine looking, soldiery
bunch of boys, presented an impres-
sive sight, as they marched up and
down the street, with "Old Glory" at
the head of the procession.
The old soldiers had a feast at the
First M. E. Church at noon, and this
afternoon attended the Decoration
Day services at the Christian church,
listening to an inspiring address by-
Rev. F. M. Alexander.
The old boys are answering the last
roll call very rapidly. There werc
only a dozen or so able to be present
at today's exercises. They werc:
| -Mr. and Mrs. Bert Baggett and
daughter went to Guthrie today to
visit relatives.
—The banks and postoffice were
no.t open today, Decoration Day being
a legal holiday.
—Miss Lucile Dora is in receipt of
news that her folks in Charleston,
111., were not injured in the cyclone,
but it came so close that several
trees in the yard of the ol.l home-
stead were destroyed.
MONEY TO LOAN
An abundance of money to loan,
j either Building and Loan or private,
i It is better to borrow and build a
j home than to pay rent.
C. M. KEIGER.
; —Our entire line of refrigera-
tors placed on sale Friday morn-.
I injj.—Minteer Hdwe Co.
Announcement'
W. C. Weir announces that he has
desk room in the First National
bank, where he will be glad to give
information concerning real estate
(town or farm), loans or oil leases.
His phone number is 220.
.—Sce ()ur sale prices on re-
frigerators.—Minteer Hdwe Co.
Last Call
There are something like one hun-
| dred persons who have failed to call
j at my office and make out their per-
j sonal property tax assessment rolls
i for 1917. This is to give notice that
I Saturday, June 2, 1017, will be the
j last day of grace, and if I have to
hunt you up it is going to cost you
| something.
| Come at once and save the penal-
|ty. W. E. BARNARD,
County Assessor.
Scotch Tone Hair Restorer will re-
store your hair to its natural color,
will cure scalp irritation, and dis-
ease and will keep the hair healthy
and beautiful.
BARBOUR & SONS
Norman, Okla.
I —Property Owners Kick: When the
j construction force of the Oklahoma
I Gas and Electric company began
j digging holes and erecting poles on
West Comanche street today, the
I property owners began to kick, and
| work has been suspended until dif-
j ferences can be adjusted. Property
. owners want the poles put in the al-
j ley, but the company feels that the
j alley is pretty well occupied now with
j two high-tension lines, and it would
j be dangerous to string another line
there.
M. Kimball
C. H. Mayabb
D. D. Wright
Levi Greenfield
Henry Flesher
E. Haxstein
J. II. Kuhlman
All honor and praise to the old
soldiers who made possible our pres-
ent free and enlightened nation.
Colin McKinney
J. Boling
.1. V/S Cook
Geo. II. DeLoag
W. II. Atkerson
E. B. Barnett
ALWAYS ACTIVE—
with the best investments
for the people.
LOOK AT THIS—
2 East front lots. University district $375.00
2 South front lots. East Main ••..$350.00
OH! THOSE FINE SITES.
All kinds of prices. Five-room house and lots in Univer-
sity district $2,000.00
hurry. 4, McDANIEL
HELLO, 23
Denver Runyan J. R. Stogner
Runyan & Stogner
LOANS AND INSURANCE
Office: In Cleveland Co. Enter-
price Offices.
All business intrusted to ua
will be carefully and con-
scientiously transacted.
0. K. Transfer and
Storage
Reutepohler Ik VanDyk«
Office: 116 South Peters (Runyan
Building). Phone 22ft
Residence Phones 263 and 68.
Prompt attention given to all buai-
neaa entrusted to them.
Thursday Fight
AT THE FRANNING
"THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EARNEST"
Presented by Senior Class of
Normn High School
A three-act comedy of more than usual
character. Hacked by the best talent from
the Senior Class in our own high school.
They are prepared to make you think and
laugh.
Kum hum
( tirlain, 8:15. Seals on sale at Harbour's
Cast of Characters
Hon. Gwendolin Fairfax Luciie yvickizer
John Worthing chas Wj|key
( ecily Cardew (John Worthing's Ward) Adyth King
Algernon Moncrieff (his friend) Archie McAlister
Miss ,,rism Hattie A. Britt
Rev. Cannon, D. I) Honry Riedeso,
Lady Bracknell wilkerson
Merriman (Butler to Mr. Worthing) ...John Montgomery
Lane (Mr. Moncrieff's manservant) . ...Russel Conkling
Summary of Acts
ACT I.—Algernon Moncrieff's Rooms in Half Moon Street,
ACT II.—The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton.
ACT III.—Morning-room at the Manor House, Woolton.
iTnrm ~miiiiib hi n
Bargains in City Property and Farm Lands-See Pickard Co., Real Estate and Farm Loans.
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