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Tlfte Daily Transcript
vol. VI. NO. 255.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1919.
Norman Music Club
Prof. Oscar Seattle, who is con-
summate artist with a lovely great
baritone voice, will make his first
appearance in Oklahoma City, be-
ing second on the list of the Ok-
lahoma Ctiy Ladies' Music club
program. His program will con-
sist of an operatic aria, a group
of Irish songs and English folk
songs, a group of modern Ameri-
can songs, a group of French
songs, ancient and modern, a group
of negro songs, closing with a
group of war songs. Tickets may
be secured by applying to Mrs.
Clifford Loucks, School of Music,
University, or by phoning 470.—
Mrs. Jas. D. Maguire, Pres.
"Is This Gratitude?"
Ask Chaplain Gayer
Oklahoma's Wheat: Only two
states in the Union exceed Okla-
homa in acreage of winter wheat
—Kansas and Missouri—and it is
said the condition was never bet-
ter at this time of year. Fifty
million acres of wheat in the Unit-
ed States will bring 'an enormous
amount, and if the government
keeps to its $2.00-per-bushel
promise, the wheat farmers will
certainly be on "Easy Street."
SUNNYSIDE
HOSPITAL
Number 757 DeBarr Avenue
Norman, Okla.
MRS. BELVA CAPSHAW,
Registered Nurse
Superintendent
MISS ISABELLE MUMFORI),
Registered Nurse
Assistant Superintendent
IS NOW OPEN FOR
PATIENTS
GENERAL AND
SURGICAL CASES
Phone 341
If the editor will permit me I
want to make a little speech to
the readers of your paper. I take
it that space is valuable and will
just begin without introducing
myself. But today I saw two not-
ices on the bulletin board at
the headquarters of this post for
the soldiers to read. One was from
a western state addressed to the
soldiers from that state who may
be in this camp, telling them that
if they could get positions else-
where not to return horn > for jobs
were scarce in that state. The
other was from a northern state
addressed to soldiers from other
state, stating that it would not be
necessary to apply for jobs in that
state as they could only care for
their own men.
Now read that over ur.til you un-
derstand what I said ;n that par-
agraph. When I read these two
bulletins I made a little speech to
a gentleman wh0 happened to be
reading them, too. i reminded him
of the patriotic orations we fellows
heard trying to get us to enlist, of
the patriotic songs. They told us
how the "Home fires would burn"
while we were gone, of what a
great time it would be "When the
boys come home." Now we are
told to go elsewhere and elsewhere
tells us not to come there. Where
are we to go?
Now i must tell you that i am
a chaplain in the army, and as
such i am working on the morale
of the men. Since the armistice
was signed this has been no small
task. The men know they cannot
go over and they want to go home.
They do not understand why they
are held. There is a reason, but
the men do not see it. So my job
is hard. And such dope as the two
bulletins mentioned is what makes
it hard.
i hope that these two states do
not represent the feeling in many
states. These men left good posi-
tions and went to do their bit on
thirty dollars a month. You got
their jobs and their loss was your
High Death Rate
Washington, Jan. 23.—Thirty in
every thousand soldiers in the
"United State died from influenza
and pneumonia during the 6-
month period ending December 27,
1918, according to a report of the
surgeon general's office made
public today.
"From disease only," the report
says, "32.15 men out of each 1000
in the service in the United States
would have died during 1918, had
the death rate of the last six
months extended over the entire
year. Actually the death rate for
the calendar year was 20.09 per
thousand.
"Of the 32.15 per thousand,
30.071 were due to influenza and
pneumonia.
"It is probable that the number
of cases of influenza-pneumonia,
in proportion to the population
and the death rate, will be shown
to be considerably higher in the
army than among civilian men of
military age in adjoining civil
community.
"There are three explanations
ol this relatively high rate in the
army: (1) Soldiers in camps are
in the most susceptible age group,
that is 20 to 40. (2) The great-
er density of population in the
camps, as compared with civil
communities, is another factor
tending to increase the army rates.
(3) The housing conditions in
camps where the troops are housed
in large numbers in a single
room."
This Might Happen
In Cleveland Co.
Liberty Theatre
Showing Wednesday and Thursday
gain. Now you tell them to go
elsewhere. These men have slept
in the mud and drilled in the sun
while you sat in a rocker by, a
warm fire and slept in a warm
bed. Now you tell them to go else-
where. You are thinking of the
money you loaned the government,
but you are going to collect that
money with interest tomorrow.
These men lost their business,
their money, their clothes, their all
except their manhood. All they
ask now is an even chance to
make good.
Now your patriotism is to be
tested. It was easy for you to
talk patriotism while you had a
good job and the other feliow was
doing the fighting. Now you will
be called upon to practice patriot-
ism by the way you treat these
men. The other day I noticed that
Oklahoma City was asking for
men of all states to come and live
with them. That is the way to
do it. I understand that the oil
men of Oklahoma are offering the
returned soldier a job and going
out of their way to do it That
makes one feel good. Now my
speech is over. But you can make
it easy for the morale officer if
you let the soldier know that he
is welcome in his home town and
that you will make room for him.
THEODORE W. GA\ ER,
Chaplain.
Post Field,
Fort Sill, Okla.
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Ceo. McQuaid is writing some
interesting stuff to the Dallas
News from the Ranger-Buckbur-
nett oil fields. One of his articles
says:
| "One of the most interesting
romances of the Texas oil fields is
that of Buckbumett. This is due
to the situation there. Buckburnett.
is a sizeable townsite and many
people own the town lots. It is
surrounded by more or less small
holdings. When the big Fowler
well that started the excitement
there came in these holdings were
either not leased or the leases were
held by many individuals and no
big companies in comparatively
small parcels. It was an oppor-
tunity for the little fellow. The
little fellow saw it. A lot of little
fellows made nrgich money.
I "The discovery well is a *ro-
' mance in itself. S. L. Fowler own-
ed a farm at the northern edge of
Buckburnett. He had an idea oil
would be found under the land. He
secured tw0 of his neighbors to put
their farms into a company with
his. The whole made about 300
acres. He then hustled for $12,-
000 to pay for a well. After a
while he got it. After an interval
of drilling the well came in one
night and flooded Hie cotton field
That was July. That started the
boom that is still getting bigger
The $12,000 that represented the
original value of the lease has
grown to be quoted at about
000,000. Each $100 invested in the
original organization is now worth
approximately $20,000
"The Merriam Baptist Church
near Ranger has an oil well on its
lot. It could h^v. had an oil well
on its cemetery plot, but the gov-
I eming body would not permit that..
'The revenues frop the uil well on
'the church site amount to nbcrat
j $100,000 a year. It is understood
that the church will 'build a fine
i house at it cost of $25,000 or there-
, abouts when a site can lje had
! not over oil producing sands. Tlie
i church the o.ther day decided to
donate the revenues from its well
i to Baptist institutions.
The Merriam school house near
Ranger has an oil well that is one
of the best in the field. Warren
Waggner secured a lease and drill-
1 r the well. The school is prob-
ably the richest country school in
, • he Midoontinent oil field Ok-
lahoma and Kansas have schools
with oil -wells on their sites But
'this one is the biggest.
"A story is toVd of a young man
| who sought to lease a family bury-
1 ing ground in one of the Texas
j pools, but this may or may not be
true. So far as known, there is
no Texan oil well on any ceme-
tery."
A number o' her Norman
friends are getting cards from
Miss Cora Ward, formerly of this
city. She is now overseas engag-
ed in Y. M. C. A. work, going
from Emporia, Kansas.
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Swift as a Bullet—Breath-Taking in its Daring—Tremendous in its
Climax! Wm. Fox Presents the Greatest Cowboy in the World
'Mr. Logan,
TOM MIX thrilling _
1 .^*.,1 lvxl^v patriotic il q A
drama vj*
a Biff, Bang Story of a human fighting engine. Up to the minute
and beyond. See the charge of crazed mules disperse a bunch of mad
strib I ———
also a paramount sennett comedy
"HER FIRST MISTAKE"
With Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin and Myrtle Lind.
—ALSO—
Pearl White
Peerless, Fearless Queen of the
Serial Kingdom, as
"The Lightning
Raider"
But becomes the ally of Tom
Norton in his desperate fight
with the Oriental arch-criminal
Wu-Fung. First chapter starts
today. Also the last chapter of
"Hands Up."
COMING friday AND SATURDAY—Your famous star,
William Farnum in "The Bondsman.'' Also a big Sunshine Comedy
with Beautiful Leah Baird in "The Wolves of Kultur."
SALE OF NEW WASH TUBS
Only ONE to a Person.
Only ONE DOZEN to be sold Fiday.
The balance goes on SATURDAY.
No. 2 TUBS AT $1.35
No. 3 TUBS AT $1.50
J. Ross Bridgewater
■ nd
PHONE 423.
<*r>nd Hand Goods
WEST MAIN STREET
SEE
Oakes & Ownbey
Before You Sell Your
Chickens
And get the Highest Market Price
in Cash.
AnH Get Our Prices on
FEED, FLOUR and SEEDS.
No. 211'West Main Street
Move to Make
Lexington-Purcell
Bridge Free.
The folks in the south part of
Cleveland county and north part
of McClain counties, especially
those of Lexington and Purcell,
are anxious that the Lexington-
Purcell bridge be made a free
bridge, and to that end will en-
deavor to get the present Okla-
homa Legislature to pass a bill
permitting four townships of Mc-
Clain county and four of Cleve-
land to vote bonds and purchase
the structure.
With a view of getting the mor-
al and financial support of Nor-
man's business men to the project,
delegates came from Purcell and
Lexington and held a meeting
with the Good Roads committee
at the city hall on Wednesday
night. The Purcell delegation con-
sisted of B. H. Rackley, G. A.
Hine, Judge W. H. Woods, John
Perry, J. E. Crowder, C. G. Port-
er, B. C. Clark. H. H. Everett
and W. H. Farris, and Chas. Gree-
moore, Frank Claunch, L. W
Northcutt, Everett Sherman and
Chas Williams were here from
Lexington.
Mr. B. H. Rackley was the
spokesman of the delegations and
outlined the proposition, calling
attention especially to the fact
that if the bridge was not pur-
chased and made a free bridge, it
was very probable, in fact certain,
that the proposed hard-surfaced
road north and south through the
counties of Cleveland and McClain
would miss Norman, Noble, Lex-
ington and Purcell, going south
via the free bridge west of Nor-
man. It was therefore necessary
: tlvat steps be taken immediately
j to get possession of the Lexington-
J'urcell bridge, donating it. at the
proper time to the State Highway
Commission, and thus making it
{a state bridge. In pursuance with
(his idea, the lexington and Pur-
cell people had retained the ser-
vices of Judge J.' B. Dudley to
draw thy bill and represent them
before the legislature. All they
ssked of Norman's business men
was their moral support, and such
financial assistance as they desir-
ed to give towards defraying the
expenses of attorney's feets, etc., in
getting the bill properly present-
ed. This expense they estimated
at $fi00 and the business men of
Norman promptly pledged one-
third of the amount. Messrs
Clyde Pickard, R W. Hutto and
. Ralph C. Hardie were appointed
a committee to raise it.
Hon. J, B Phillips, representa-
tive of Cleveland county in the
Legislature, was present and made
an interesting talk outlining what
i vas being done in the legislature
1 about the $50,000,000 Good Roads
! bond bill, and as to the course
j the road would take south of Ok-
: lahoma City. He seemed certain
| that unless the Lexington-Pur-
j cell bridge was secured as a "free'
bridge, the hard-surfaced road
would go west of Norman across
the South Canadian bridge tho
missing Norman. Noble and Lex-
ington and probably Purcell. Two
sr.n 000.000. bond bills had been i"
troduced, one in the Senate and the
other in the House, but neithei
| seemed to be satisfactory to a
majority of the legislators. From
them, however, he believed a satis
; factory measure would be formu-
! lated He expressed himself thor-
i oughly in favor of getting a bill
through that would permit the
j purchase of the Lexington-Purcell
bridge for Norman and Cleveland
county were vitally interested >n
such a measure.
There was a distinctive good
feeling pervading the meeting, and
it was felt that we would all pull
together in matters pertaining to
our common interests. The Pur-
cell-Lexington men are "live-
wires" and will imbue the Norman
men with some of their enthusi-
asm and energy. It is necessary
that we all be wide awake in these
days of great happenings.
The Lexington-Purcell bridge
was built some ten years ago by a
company headed by Dorset Carter,
and is said to have cost $65,000. It
was thought probable by some of
the speakers that it would cost a
least that much, if not more, to
purchase it at this time. It is said
it is now owned by a St. Louis or
Chicago syndicate, who would be
willing to sell at a fair price. It
Hon. .1. H. Johnson
Coming to the "Y"
Hon. J. H. Johnson, widely
know in business circles of the
Scuthwest, will speak at the "Y"
Friday evening, 7 to 8 o'clock. He
will speak on: "The War's Busi-
ness Lessons."
Out of his rich experience cov-
ering years of business building
Mr. Johnson is able to state fact
as an authority, lie developed the
Santa Fe freight traffic schedule,
he helped rebuild Galveston after
her disaster in 1000, he was a lead-
er in the big policy of building
sky-scrappers in Oklahoma City,
he is an authority on cotton pro-
ducts, he is a master of corpora-
tion methods and values as they
affect the general welfare.
All Norman will want to hear
this able speaker Get the 7
o'clock habit—when supper is over
go to the "Y" "as you were "
Our Town
Some say "Our Town", some
some call it "Norman" and others
with more dignity of speech call
it by its right name,
"The University City."
and that is right.
The University City is more
modern and up-to-date, and has a
meaning But emphasis should be
upon the City; the fairest and
best city in Oklahoma There is
no reason why it should not be so,
and merit the name. It all de-
pends upon the individual effort
to make it so. To make our city
admired by the passerbys is to
show them something worthy of
admiration. Every street should
have an individuality in some
marking. It should be so charm-
ing, made so by the people who
live on it, that everybody, when
they went out walking or riding
would want to pass that way to
see something different from what
they see on their own street.
We wonder what the pople liv-
ing on Asp avenue will do this
summer that will be in keeping
with their former pride.
Look at Asp avenue this sum-
mer and watch their movements.
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
Ladies Will Push
Work on Dormitory
Mr. W. S. Moore Contributes
$.1,000 to the M. E. Church.
South, Dormitory Fund
for a "Mary Agnon
Moo'e Hall."
To honor the memory of his wife
long one of Norman's most estim-
able ladies. Mr. W S Moore has
contributed $5,000 to the dorr.ii-
tory fund of the M E. Church,
South, to erect a hall near the
University to be known as the
"Mary Agnes Moore Hall." It is
such a gift and for such a purpose
as Mrs. Moore would have desired
to make in her life time, and one
that is most pleasing to the ladies;
having the dormitory enterprise in
charge. In addition to this $5000,
another donation of $1000 was
made.
At the meeting of the Wopien's
Misionary Conference now beini*
held in Oklahoma City, Mrs. R. M.
Campbell and Mrs. C. S. Bobo, who
have had the dormitory work in
charge, made their report, and
earnestly urged that the project
be given the support to which it
was entitled. They set forth the
needs of a girls' dormitory in
connection /with the University,
and that the site had already been
secured and paid for and $15,0001
subscribed of the $100,000 needed
to construct the building. It is
the desire of the ladies to build
substantially, not for today only,
but for years to come, and the re-
sult of their labors will undoubt-
edly be one of the finest buildings
in the West part of Norman. The
women of the Missionary Society
in both Oklahoma conferences
have taken it up and will push the
collection of funds energetically.
The Transcript carriers arer
agiin the guests of Manager Bil-
ling of the Liberty Theatre to-
r.irht given them in recognition
of their good work and the many
new subscribers Mr. Jennings
has put on this week. The
boys greatlj enjoy these ev-
enings' outings.
is a good bridge, its foundations
being especially substantial, but it
needs considerable repairing to
put it in first class shape.
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Overheard on the Street: "The
Liberty Theatre certainly lives up
to it's advertisements That 'Tom
Logan, U. S. A.,' is a dandy, the
new serial 'The Lightning Raid-
er,' promises to be one of the best
ever given in this city." Twelve
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