The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 80, Ed. 1 Monday, August 27, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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The Easy Solution
WHY worry about entertain-
ing? The one sure solution
is to serve ICE CREAM.
Your druggist or confectioner
can easily secure any popular
flavor.
"But insist upon"
fee Cream. Supreme
1 VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT OUR PLANT
Copyrighted 19/3, The B.S.Colnc..\'.Y.
The Norman Creamery Co.
Kansas Coming Back What Oil Does
The Kansas Citj' Star of Sumlay Here's a story from Kansas, which
contains a flowing article about cropImay be repeated in Cleveland county,,"
conditions in Kansas, where, a few , Okla.
everything
weeks ago, it was said
had gone to the demnition bowwows.
It says:
Kansas has come back!
Four weeks ago—just four weeks
ago today—it was "(tone." Everybody
was ready to admit it.
"She's gone, and there's nothing
that can save it," was the way every
"The grass grows green between
the bricks of the sidewalk that leads
uptown from the depot at Walnut,
Kas. In the days of the immediate
past the traffic was so 'slight that it
interfered not at all with the etforts
of Nature to obscure man's handi-
craft.
"Six weeks ago Walnut was the
one expressed it. One farmer, when same old, sleepy little Kansas town
asked four weeks ago today if there, it had always been. Then, out of the
was any hope of Central Kansas rais blue, startling things began to hap-
lini' anything this year, replied: pin. Five miles north and a mile and
j "Why, man, if it should rain every J a half west oil was struck. The well
I day for three weeks, nothing could be will produce from a hundred to a
saved from the wreck. She's gone."j hundred and fifty barrels a day.
The corn was blighted, fired, kil-j Three days later another like well
led. It was dead. The pastures were was brought in. Another three days
ill dried up. There was no water. | and still another. Now a fourth
TRY A TRANSCRIPT WANT AD
On something and then.watch the quick action you set for the trifling
amount of money you have spent. You may have a number of
articles that of no more use to you. Don't throw them
away or keep them until they become worthless
—someone else may be looking for
just such a thing. A HALF
CENT A WORD
PAYS FOR
THE AD IN THE TRANSCRIPT
THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
J. J. BURKE, Editor and Publisher
is |
spouting its black gold.
"Walnut was totally unprepared j
for the shock. Oil men from Oklaho-i
the country before their time fori ma and other fields in Kansas storm- j
market. The state council of defense led the town. Every train brought
was writing pleading letters for the] them. Sometimes they came in bunch-
farmers to hold on to their stock un-1 es of fifty. The
I The alfalfa, also was "gone," and
likewise the kafir and forage.
Cattle were being rushed out of
Issued Daily Except Thursdays and
Sundays.
Entered as second-class matter
January 17, 1914, at the Postoffice at
Norman, Oklahoma, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE: 1917 FLAT TO RENT: Modern seven-
model, four passenger Chummy road-, rooms, over Greenman's.
ster, electric lights and starter, all ———, .. „—~ T j ■„
in perfect condition; only run four ' SALE: One-hand concrete m x-
months, good as new at bargain price fj"-an ,^e seen Holm
See Giles-Weir Investment Co. in First' University campus.
National Bank building.
WOMEN WANTED: Apply at
I Norman Steanl Laundry at once.
the
three little hotels
Daily Subscription Rates
Mail Subscriptions, year —$2.50
Mail Subscriptions, 6 mo.— 1.25
Mail Subscriptions, 1 mo— .25
By Carrier, per annum 2.00
By Carrier, per week .05
til it could find some way to ship were swamped with business. And the
them to Missouri, Iowa or Illinois, | liveryman got rich, almost. Farms | U) '
ONY TEAM, Wagon and Harness
LOCAL AND PERSONAL pirst gale of Cotton
I and "Jake" Mohler of the agricultur- [ were
Ial board was wiring for reservations | wide. One lease changed hands fer
f : all t'e stock in Western Kansas | $8,000.
ut the corncribs of* those states. It "The normal population of Walnut
looked as bad for Central Kansas as | is around six hundred. Straightway
it could possibly look. j everyone of the old six hundred be-
And then, four weeks ago tonight gan announcing that Walnut had at
it. rained. It rained the next night, last come into the prosperity that
:inil the next, and the next. Five in-j every one of them had seen coming,
ches of rain covered every foot of oh, for years. "1 told you so," was
Central Kansas, and on some of it j the town slogan. Peerless Walnut
i seven inches fell. I stood alone as the oil capital of the
After the water subsided and drain- newest oil and gas belt in Southeast
led off the fields-Central Kansas took | Kansas.*
! another look. Then it pinched itself, | "There was one fly in the ointment,
rubbed its eyes, walked nround the1 just one. Reference is made to the
other side of the house to make sure impudent town of Helper. Helper has
it was awake. And looked again. | two hundred inhabitants, one hotel-
There was Central Kansas as of Walnut had three and only one rail .
old. It had come back. The fields were road. Walnut has two, and a union 1
I to trade for a Ford: Also have a pair j «
leased right and left, far and i „f ]0ts jn Classen-Miller addition to .
FOR SALE: oix room modern bunga-
low with basement, in splendid LOST: Ladies black tailor made coat,
neighborhood, southern exposure; ijne,| w;th grey satin- Finder leave at
close in; terms, 70x140, trees and this office—Reward.
lawn. 315 East Daws. —
| FOR KENT: Unfurnished rooms for
light housekeeping, near Main St.
* I Very desirable. Phone 194.
4 HORSES AND WAGONS FOR
SALE: Two good saddle horses, three
< good driving horses, set of single
* harness and set of double harness,
trade for a machine. Apply at Tran-
script office.
TO TRADE: 1 have several mares!
and colts that I wish to trade for a1
good, small residence property in ward
2, West Norman. MELVIN McCOL-
LOUGH.
FORD WANTED: I want to rent a
Ford for about a week. DON WHIST-
LER. 535 Blvd., Phone 569.
FOR SALE: A Roadster, A real one—
PI one 447, Dr. J. Day.
THE MODERN WAY
of buying, selling, finding cus-
tomers, renting houses and
rooms, finding a lost article,
making loans is the
TRANSCRIPT WAY
FOR RENT: Ten-room modern house
220 West Apache street, See J. W.
Linton, owner.
and two good delivery wagons. See
* 1 U. S. Tubbs.
* i
♦ j WANTED: A few listings on farms
« at right prices. Have prospective buy-
$ ! ers. C. H. Brand, Moore, Okla.
♦! WANTED: Cook for fraternity. As-
♦ sistant allowed. Phone Harold Sander,
_ I No. 979 or 987.
WANTED: A cook for a boarding
house. Phone 583 or call at No. 316
University Boulevard.
WANTED: A girl for hotel work.
permanent position. Apply at The Cot- —Try a classified liner,
tage Home or Phone 117.
WANTED: Refined home for a bright ,,0R gA] g. cleaning, pressing and
little girl for a short while. Please. speL.ja] tailoring- establishment. See
inquire at Transcript office. H G. Greenman, ttione 503.
. x.—: T7 7 T T WANTED: To hire a married man
AN1 ED: A man and team to break:with no chiWren to work on farm', see
about 40 acres of stubbleland, see W.
N. Rucker.
Davis Brendle, Phone 5.
-Mrs. Fred Holmberg and son re- wm ^ ,g ^ troub,e ,nan
turned this morning from their Hum-jof ^ Norm.m Cotton oil MU1 Com-,
mer vacation, spent with her parents, ^ oxtensively over
at Essex, Iowa. | the county installing and repairing
-Mr and-Mrs L E Kskew of the machinery of the several cotton a ,.„n,plete transformation.
Tishomingo, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J Kins owned by that company, says Kimsaa ,an hardly believe it yet. But
J L Goodrich. Mr. Eskew is connect- the acreage is very heavy and it all everybody is happy.
ed with the telephone company at looks good. "I cannot now recall see- And then follows the optom.stic re
T -h d doing well Ia ba(1 Piece of cotton m a" m-v j ports from all over the state that corn , the news, and a stranger reading the
is omingo an | trav(1|a „ sajj KeeWle, "and there's! ),as Come back, that pastures and al- j item in a city paper would imagine
—Lieut. Will E. Goe packed his every indication of a cracker-jack J fa]fa patches are fine, that the! the well was on the edge of town.
green, the creeks were full of water,
the alfalfa lived. The corn was re-
viving. In four weeks there has been
Central
road. Walnut has
station.
"But Helper is closer to the oil I
wells. Helper realizes that fact and
is making the most of it. Walnut is
wormwood to Helper. Walnut con-1
siders Helper unspeakable. When a
new well comes in Walnut sends out
I MODERN HOUSE FOR RENT: Lo-
cation 541 University Boulevard, 2-
story and basement; 8-rooms, bath,
| reception hall. Possession given Sept.
1st. See F. 0. Miller or Phone 59 or
! 606.
kit yesterday and started for El Paso,
Texas. He has been assigned to tl e
34th Regiment, U. S. Infantry.
yield in Cleveland and McClain I ^r0Und is full of water and every- j Helper, likewise, sends out the same
counties. 1 look for the first bale to J thjnt, js salubrious. i item, with the slight difference that
Week's Weather
come to Norman this week, and from j the well, apparently, is within Help-
now on there'll surely be 'something Week's Weather 'rs °'ty limitS' F°r eVery weU ,there
Mrs. Clyde Pickard, Mrs. E. J. doing' in business circles." | is a double story, both towns fights
Osterhaus and Miss Anna Kapellar Forcast for the week beginning fur the creJit- Anything in the
returned yesterday under the escort Pjv;c SlackerS Sunday August 26, 1917. °rth Part of Crawford county be
of Clyde Pickard and E. J. Oster- West Gulf States: The weather will i !on£s to both;
haus, from their short sojourn at Sul-1 ^ word "slacker" has been \)e fajrt with moderate temperature, 'Helper, with its geographical ad-
phur Springs, the men going down I brQU^ht into common use by the war. until about the middle of the week! vanta*e
doubly keen to be the
0.
K. Transfer and
Storage
Reut«pafcler 3l VanDyke
Office: Ilk South Peters (Runyan
Building). Phons 226
Residence Phents 161 and M.
Prompt attention firea te all kuai-
neaa entrusted to them.
J. W. Linton
REAL ESTATE DEALER
Norman, Okla.
Buys and sells real estate.
Twelve to fifteen houses and
fifty to 100 lots always on hand
to select from.
Pay cash, pay by monthly or
make annual payments—I don't
care.
No commission; No expense. See
J. W. LINTON, Owner.
Upstairs, over postoffice.
R. J. HAY DEN
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
AND BUILDER
Norman, Okla.
Residence, 309 South Chatauqua
PHONE 676
Will build for you and let you pay
monthly—just like rent, or
straight loans negotiated
Practical Architect.
See me for particulars
| when showery
oated.
conditions are
Plains States and upper and mid-j10 £>e f'n'sh..
on the morning train and acting J" I The word alacker j8 Use as a reproach
pilots of Mr. Pickard's auto on the ^ ^ fgw peop,e care tQ be call(M|
trip home. j a aia(.ker, yet at times we are all
_ , i slackers in some ways. We neglect
"I wil"resign ifVresident Wilson ami < 'lo thi"-s al tlu' timc: U
l will resig easier to out off until tomorrow what
the other senators and congressmen I easiei put u..v
tne Otner senaio should be done today. How we all
will do the sa , i ali(le down life's easy way. We \RK you SAVING Your Money to|
the country for re-election. 111 re-
sign if Governor Williams and the
A Tribute
While we are honoring the men
who arc leaving for war and who may
jndi-i capital. Already a commercial club|be called upon to make the supr
has been organized. It is in the fight j sacrifice for thei
Dr. D. W. Griffin is in receipt of —Back Home: Fred Reed and fami-
nevvs that his brother "Shank," well ly, L. A. Turley and Fred Holmberg
known here, has been commissioned returned to Norman Saturday from
a first lieutenant of Engineers in the a ten days vacation at Medicine Park,
regular army, and has reported for They all report having a good time,
and for serv'ce at Washington, D. C. Those with plenty of fish running to tempt
i the protection of those who stay at us who rernember Mr- Griffin are the followers of Isaak Wralton. Good
lie Mississippi Valley: The weather | "But there's sure great times in | home, the women of Cleveland county ;sure he wiH make an «fficient officer. ' catches were plentiful, but none would
a- ( nu.hnn.,1 rniirn and ! other person is often-times asked to, LIBERTY LOAN
state officers of Oklahoma resign, ami , . .
, - .i l m- do things that we neglect ourselves.
we'll all go before the voters of Ok-1uui,k ; . * , .
i .. " How easy it is to see the faults or
lahoma for condemnation or approval.
Will wilson and Williams and other others, whom we
for the week will be generally fair| i>oth towns." I wish to pay a tribute of gratitude to
With moderate temperatures. j 11 E n « the man who has made this same sac-
ALFRED J. HENRY, Forecaster. FlfSt Call 5 PeT Cdlt rifice' equally for our protection,
J while performing his duty here at
home.
Laws are necessary to make this the
love eto ride, and not to walk. I he inVest in the Second Issue of IHh \ew orders have been issued chang-
ing entirely the mobilization arrange-
menu of the drafted men previously;safest :lnd best country in the world
: made. Congestion of rail traffic ami;for women and children, and any
j the necessity of making better pro- iofflcer whose llfe 18 lost in the en"
ff" • s take the dare? Not on your The lruth is there are t0° mrtny You have, no doubt noticed in the vj8{on for the reception of the men,
rf,Cest ll seems to be a pretty fair slackers in Norman, when it co.nes papers that farmers in Northwest at the cantonments dictated the chang-
i e. . i , se n . per80nal pride in fixing up our citj. Minnesota were offering to contract os
proposition, don t it.
all slackers. 30 Cdlt PotHtOCS
forcement of those laws makes a
sacrifice for the sake of each of us.
All who have lived in "wide-open"
There is one sore spot, one ugly spot,! jetter from a commission house—I Under the new orders 5 per cent of \towns an(' w^° seen the trouble
—Mrs. N. P. Morris is here from one blight on the fair appearance of t^e Fitzsimmons-Polmer Company, at; t^e white men, preferably those with ]cause(1 there by drink, need only to
Henrvetta Okla., visiting Mrs. M. C. Norman, that stands out in bold re i)uluth—says the farmers there are j mnitary experience from each local' contrast such placs with the security
Woods and the two ladies left today lief and can be seen by a blind man. holding potatoes at $1.50 to $1.75 and areat w\\\ be started forward to the in ,an to realize
for Marlow and Comanche, Okla., to We had to wade through a weed patch there is no possibility of contracting; (.amps September 5. instead of 30 what a (1^bt of gratitude we all owe
visit relatives a few days. as high as our head when we tried at !0 cents. per cent xhey wiU g0 ,n five dai|y to the off.cers who make our lives
to find the Cottage Home to get a "We have rumors," the letter says ! detachments of equal size and form , 80 secure.
Fred Andrews and Raymond good meal. Such shabby corners as (hat potatoes in Western Canada 1 skeleton company organizations and; ' women of Cleveland county,
Goodrich got away last night for San this are a disgrace to Norman, that, are being contracted at 30 cents a set up a going concern, into which 1 t() shou this gratitude to Mr.«
Antonio, Texas, where they will re- corner is the wrong corner to be used bushel, but, of course, in addition to the remainder of the total quota can 1 l<uIperson, who lost his life, not at
port at Fort Sam Houston for serv- to propogate weeds. If the owner tbat there is the freight and duty to be absorbed without confusion as they | ^ e "an(ls ()f men who were fighting
ice in the regular army signal corp. oares jiothing for Norman, our citi- l>e considered as far as this point be- reach the cantonments. or ®ir co"ntry and all they hold
Both fine young men and they take zens should protect themselves by | fore you can reach the quotation The ne:;i 40 per cent of the quota ( ear« but whose life was taken by j
with them the best wishes of many hiring some one to cut the boss weed | which would be made here on the; vvin £0 forward Sept. 10, when the onfc, °. i()west types of criminals,!
friends.
—J. A. Hulluni was here from Ok-
lahoma City today and invested in a
goodly block of the Cleveland Coun-
ty Development Company's stock. Mr.
Hullum is regarded as one of the
most conservative investors in the
state and that he is taking stock in
our home company indicates he be-
lieves it is a "good shot."
patch. We may want to find the Nor- i,Jlsis 0f cents in Western Canada." second 30 per cent originally was
man Creamery, but would get lost in
the weed patch.
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE
and they extend their heartfelt sym- ]
pathy to his wife and relatives in
Tragedy Recalled
It is recalled that the
which Grover Fulkerson was killed, j will come as near taking the place
and within a few hundred yards of of bread as the potato. Give the coun-
the scene of that killing, Ed Green- try plenty of potatoes and you will
J. M. Schaffer, superintendent haw met his death at the hands of | have more grain for the allies.
County Develop- Geo. Wolf some years ago. Wolf was
onvicted and sentenced to eighteen
ears, but was afterwards paroled
claimed self
well known
liveryman of Norman, and the killing
occurred about 9 o'clock at night.
Here is a chance for our national j scheduled to go; a second 40 per cent I .
defense committee to get busy and wjh ^o forward Oct. 3. instead of the the,r trreat bereavement
distribute a few train loads of these third 30 per cent, and the remaining
cheap potatoes among the people 15 per cent will be called up as soon
where they are scarce. The duty thereafter as practicable.
.night be dispensed with in a case like Local boards are directed to disre-
road on this. There is no other vegetable that uar(j order of liability numbers to
COMMITTEE
of the Cleveland
ment Company, returned from Drum
right on Sunday and will now be c^n
tinuously "on the job" until the drill and is now at home. H
ing is complete. He is still most opti- defense. C.reenhaw was
mistic about getting something good
in the way of oil or gas.
—Hoy Italy eat Complimented: It
is evident our young fellow-towns- j
man, Roy H. Balyeat, son of Mr. and ;
Mrs. R. L. Balyeat, is well thought
of in naval circles. He is now at Porti
, , .. , Arthur, Texas, where he ia "Chief
as cooks and former soldiers are de- Electrician ^ y g N >• He writes
sired at that time. Warning is given, t)jat ^
however, against getting into this
some extent in selecting the first 5
per- cent, as men of experience, such
IF YOU KNEW
of a dandy house for rent at less
money than you are now paying
HOW LONG
would it take you to get there?
Try Transcript
Classified Ad
at Zi cent per word, stating
what you want.
What You Want
How You Want It
When You Want It
commit themselves on any specific
"story." "Just had plenty of fisher-
man's luck," is the way they de-
scribe their part of the fun.
—Try a classified liner.
Deputy Sheriff
ii. i..
—Mr. Tony Nolan, of the firm of
Nolan & Martin, who was called to
Wichita on Thursday by news of the
serious illness of his brother, County
Treasurer Sam Nolan, returned yes-
terday with the cheering news that
his brother had recovered sufficiently
to be moved to an eastern hospital
where he can rest up and recuperat.
His ailment was principally nervous
prostration brought on by too close our time of grief
application to business. Seems as if
the human frame and nerves will
stand just so much and then they go
to pieces. The Transcript trusts Mr.
Nolan will soon completely recover.
Are you holding your wheat?
Is it insured? We write
grain insurance by the month or
year.
McDaniel & Mathews
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank those who hav
been so kind and dear to us in thi:
Sadler acted as deputy sheriff
a few days since the death of Mr.
Fulkerson, and there is talk that he
will be offered the position of chief
deputy. Other names mentioned in
onnection with the position are Will
Jennings, L. P. Barker and Ed. Mays.
Sheriff Wheelis tells the Transcript
that he has as yet gier no thought
:o the matter.
Barrel of Wine
Interested parties are asking in-
sistently and persistently: "What has
MRS. GROVER FULKERSON become of that barrel of sacremental
MR. and MRS. J. F. SMALLEY wine?" It seems to have disappeared,
and Family. hut the owners declare they will make Texas last night, to visit her grand-
MR. and MRS. M B. FUI.KER- t very warm for those responsible i father and other relatives a week or
SON and Family. for its loss. two.
qualified for a commission
... with the aviation corps, but when he
lew by reason of his experience, any , .
* . , , % I endeavored to get the endorsement of
man who might not otherwise have , . ,
his commander, the Commandant
been included in the first increment; tele)rraphe(i (he department:. «Appli.
of the district at a . cant is indispensable to our radio
work, being exceptionally well quali-
—Wholesale Pardons: During Aug-. fjetj " Coming from such a high |
ust, Gov Jas. E. I'erguson of fexas source, Roy feels greatly gratified
turned 141 convicts loose on the peo- at the compliment, even if it does
pie of lexas, a number of them be- conflict somewhat with his personal
ing criminals convicted of grave j ambitions.
crimes and sentenced to long terms. ^
Ferguson was suspended from office —Gone to Market: R. C. Berry de-j
on Friday, and just before his sus- parted last^ night for St. Louis and
pension pardoned a life-term convict other points in the east to look over!
and a number of others. Texas don't the latest styles being offered for fall |
know what to make of Ferguson, but and winter. With the improvements |
many think he should himself be in made in the dry goods department1
For anything in the
line of printing comi
to us and we'll guar-
antee you satisfactory work
at prices that axe right
FLAT
WORK
Have you ever tried our
"flat work" service?
it will save you more
hard work and cost you less
money than anything you
can do this hot weather.
Give us a trial bundle
next week.
Norman Steam
Laundry
Phone 71
the penitentiary—or insane asylum
Miss Mary Burke went to Taylor,
of his store, giving him more space,
Mr. Berry has gone to market wifh
the idea of securing a sufficient
amount of goods to fill up that space
and give the people of Norman a
much larger variety to pick from.
S. D. MORGAN
SECOND HAND
NEW AND
215 West Main
GOODS
Phone 622
Pays best prices for second-hand goods of every description.
Sells new and second-hand goods al most reasonable prices.
Repairing of furniture a specialty.
Grates and other repairs on stoves.
A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL
You arc invited to come to my store with anything you have
to sell, and I want you to investigate along the line of new and
second-hand furniture and household goods before you purchase
elsewhere.
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