The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 117, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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'.p^OUMAN, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, AUGUST is, ion.
ELEGANT QUARTERS BOND ELECTION
NORMAN POSTOFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
PRICE FIVE CENTb.
rhe City Council at its meeting 1
Postmaster Swank and his on Tuesday evening authorized i
force moved into their new a.!- Mayor Hutchin ,o call a„ election First Session to be Held Tonight Pirate
AT CITY PARK OF NORMAN, OKLA.
Dr.
Thrm
Bobo
Won Lost Pc't.
dition on Thursday and arc iustly for September 2nd to submit a
proud of their new quarters, the proposition to the voters of \or-
additiott making the Norman ,„an to vote $6000 in bonds for the
postoffice one of the m.st fie- extension of the sanitary sewerage
gant and best equipped second- system of the city. The election
class postoffices in Oklahoma , proclamation will be found in this
outside of a government Vtitding • issue.
everything about it being first ' The money will be used to ex-
class.
It will be remembered
when E. B. Johnson fitted up the 500 block and west of that- tin
(Friday),
Presiding
With
Elder
Sermon by I Cub
Wright—Ok-LTiger>
lahoma Annual Conference Au-i White Sox
gust 20th—City of Tents and Dodgers
Tabernacles—Did Fashioned, ! Red Sox ..
Old-time Methodist Gospel and ■ (iiants
Religion. I Indians
- 1
I he Allan Heal Estate company
•reports the following sab
1. H. Muldowney 6 room
-it Linn street to I home
hn Jacobs for a i tion h
Property Sold:
yde Pickard real
estate agency on Fritls.y the Dr.
C. S. Robo residence property on
the cori ; i of >,nrth Peters and
Dawes, con>istin*^ of a nleasaut
. the considera-
I'rof. and Mrs.
consideration ,,t $.«)00 | f K. Wart :ir, the new .wners
The Jiin Harding residence on Mr. Ward being the new pnnci-
l'.a-t F.ufaula to M Snedcker for pal of the Norman high school.
400
200
j tend the system on West Main '
Ihat | street and effects property in the
new postoffice it was thought the
quarters would be plenty large
enough for several years to conic,
but the business increased so
rapidly that it was soon obvious
that more room was absolutely
Adkins, Furray, Levy, Fox, Kun
kle. Smith, MeNamee, Forbes and
Doll Park properties on Flood
street.
When the sewers are put in it
is believed the property owners of
necessary. So an addition was that part of town will be ready to
built to the building, 25x45 feet, j put in paving.
running it clear to the alley, j .
Thus, they now have a room 251 Contract to Drag Roads: Z. K.
xl40 feet, with plenty of light and ! Westervelt has entered into con-
best of atmospheric conditions,' tract with the Board of County
the room being well ventilated
cool in summer and warm in
winter.
Mr. Johnson has fitted it up
with the best equipment he could
secure, with commodious vault
for the supplies and books The
additio.i was built especially for
the rural carriers, there now be-
ing eight routes, and a rest loom
for them is one of the featured
1 he addition also gives the force
better facilities for hrfi'dling
their ever increasing parcel post
business, which promises to be
very much larger in tne very near
fulu'e.
A marriage license was issued
on Thursday to Alvin Payne, 25,
and Miss Pearl Hopper, both of
I ribby, Oklahoma.
Commissioners to drag and keep
tip in good repair eight miles of
county road, and the Transcript
is certain it will be kept up in
fine shape—in fact, it is now the
best kept road in this part of the
country. Four miles of the road
are from the E. G. Schulze corn-
er to four miles east, and the oth-
er four miles are on the cemetery
road. Mr. Westervelt dragged the
Denver road after last Friday
morning's rain, which he says was
about an inch in that localitiy, but
when he got on the cemeterj*
,road the same Morning, found
it had hardly rained enough to
settle the dust.
Presiding Elder Nelson Wright
Free Methodist denomination
has been in Norman from Guthrie
I 1 he boys arc worn out, and there
! will he no game this (Friday)
evening, but it wi
commence
for several days, superintending;'
the erection of tents and taber-jagal" Nlom,a-v evening
nacles for the camp meeting and'
conference of the church, and John Harbour's "Indians" broke
every arrangement for a splendid the jinx that has fo!l,,Ved them
meeting has been made sillce th, begimiiw of
The camp meeting will be held j and by a score of 6 to 5 took
evening's g^me from
at the City Park in Norman, be-1 Thursday
Dr. and Mr--. Bobo will build upon
their lots on South Elm street near
the University.
bungalow on \\
800 Cleveland County Realty Com- Mr. and Mrs. i
750 j pany. Norman. F. F. Fitch. Xor-
600! man, C. W Vaughn, Norman
500 Anton H. Classen of Oklahoma
400 j City, J. E. Marrs, Oklahoma City.
400 ( apital $50,000.
The above company took out
incorporation papers in Oklahoma
City Thursday, the purpose I,c-
ing to erect a number of resi-
dences in the Classen-Miller ad-
dition to Norman.
Anton H. Classen is president j sioner Z. K. Westervelt, who re- j month for half time. He will at-
of the company: F. F. Fitch, violently visited that part of the ! tend the1 University and take on
president and manager: C. W. | state, "you will find the roads i the duties of athletic director "on
I he Wm. Synnott provieriy
1 M Comanche to Horace
for $1400.
MARKING THE LOADS
| "All over southwestern
George Abbott, Athletic Direc-
p tor: Geo. Abbott has been ap-
I. „ °k,a- | pointed athletic director of the
-ma savs ex-County Commis-j high school at a salary of $55 per
Yaughli. of the Minnetonka I.um well-marked, the Ozark Trail,
her Company, secretary and trcav I Scenic Route and other roads all
urer, and J. E. Marr, member oi j have a distinctive marking. Also
the board of directors. , at nearly every crossroads you
The company proposes to talc- [will find sign posts telling the di-
ginning tonight (Friday) with! Van nvL , "'■* •• 1 company Proposes to tak- will tmd sign posts telling the di-
sermon by Presiding Elder Wright | strenuous "rL,ting" of X^Tan,! his "" ",C ,OW" '0,S ' reCt,°"> of the U,wns '«■ how far
cohorts. Every game the Indians
have lost has been by one run, and
this winning game was won by
the same number. It was a rattling
good game, and. the Tigers played
't for air they were worth, but the
breaks favored the Indians.
Mrs. G. B. Ray has moved into
the house on Apache street form-
erly occupied by Mrs. McBee.
Death Confronted Pier on Every Side!
A terrible typhoon sweeps over the
tropical island, levelling all before
it. The Princess, for love of a white
man, is menaced by her tribesmen.
Tragedy is in the air. See the se-
quel in
A Waman There Was
A William Fox Production
STARRING
THE DA BAR4
A stirring, emotional picture of
South Sea Island romance and the
passionate love of a royal maid for
a missionary.
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards
| Liberty Theatre sTturday
and meetings will be held every
day from now until the 25th. Love
Feast will be at 9 o'clock, and
evening sermon at 8 o'clock.
1 he camp meeting is prepara-
tion to the Oklahoma Conference
of the church which convenes on
August 20th with Bishop Pierce
of Philadelphia presiding, and the}
big day of the meeting is expect ARRIED: \( Oklahoma City
ed to be Sunday, August 24th,!'" *'le Church, South, par-
when Bishop Pierce will preach i ,0"lge; on Th"rsday, August 14.
at 11 o'clock a. m., and 8:30 p. m. j .. ' tfle marr'age of Mr. Eugene
Many members of the denomi-j ,er a,K' M'ss Naomi Capshaw
nation are arriving for the camp | Wfas !,0'emnized in the presence
meeting, and three large taber-.j" . " ,cw mtll ate friends. The
nacle tents have been erected for ls a (lal|B:hter oi Dr. M T.
the sessions, surrounded by fifty Capshaw of Norman, and lias
or more smaller tents for the ac- grow" ,(> womanhood in Norman,
where she has a world of friends'
to wish her every happiness.
, he ro'nance of the happy couple
began in Bristow, Oklahoma, a
year or two ago, where Miss
comodation of the campers.
Many are coming in* covered
wagons, expecting to make their
habitat in them during the meet-
ing.
Some of the ablest and strong-
est men of the denomination are
expected from other states, and
stirring sermons on the pure,
unadulterated old-time gospel mav
be expected. The denomination, '
as the Transcript understands it,;
is old-fashioned in its doctrines, '
believeing implicitly in the old-
time Methodist religion, free from 1
any flounces or furbelows.
The grounds at the City Park
have been made pleasing a-!
anitary, cleaned off thoroighly
Capshaw was teaching and Mr
Keller was i„ the oil bus,, ess
Jlis home in in Buffalo, N V
but they will reside in Pawhuska!
for tne present.
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL
the side George is recognized
as one of the great athletes of the
state, and will endeavor to oigan-
ize a football team at the high
school that will be in line with the
former great teams of that insti-
tution—and will win fairly, and
squarely.
dition belonging to A. H. Clas- j «t is to them." "The same thing
sen and place them on the 1 tar-1 ought to he done in this country,",
ket. There are something like five j continued Mr. Westervelt, "for
blocks of the lots, most of them " 's J good advertisement for the I Prof. John T. Butcher, city sup-
just north of the II L. Muldrow I 'owns as well as a beneficial fea-i erintendent of the Pauls Vallev
property. ture to the travelers " schools, was offered a fine posi-
Mr. Fitch informs the Trans- At the luncheon of the Norman ,ion a' Oklahoma City as superir
cript that at least Three new resi-l Retailer; on Thursday, J. M undent of the Welfare Board at
dences will be. started by the j Moomau. secretary of the Cham
company just as soon as the:'>cr °f Commerce, stated that tin
a salary of $200 per month, but
the Pauls Valley people met the .
"c sum ai reasonable ; corner in the county'
anyone who will con- 1 pointing out the way to Norman f
build. But its primary'31"' other towns in the county j
Rucker's Clearance Shoe Sale.
~ ■ "i, ui.irorjniiy. | °"c 'ot Ilanan & Son oxfords
there will he plenty of waH"\ ai.jl j ^onught before the advance in
the grounds will be ligh'.
night by electricity.
Everything possible will be
done for the comfort of those in
attendance and everybody is
cordially invited to all or at. / o;
the services, everyone of which
will be interesting and benefi-
cial.
: price, $9.65.
| -Mrs. Henry Johnson and son
hm left Friday for Bentonville
'Ark., in J.m's fiile |>aige machi
, y K° b>' tlu- way of Tulsa;
where they will be joined by Mrs.
i Earl Sneed and son Miss Doro-
[ttiy Hell accompained them and
r" Vls,'_ Wends at Tulsa for a
KE.RRIGAN DEMONSTRATES day! Miss Dormln uli'X'in Tu!-
Rucker's Clearance Shoe Sale.
One lot men's and women's white
canvas oxfords and pumps, $1
VERSATILITY AS ACTOR
IN LATEST PLAY "THE
BEST MAN
I tor a couple of years and ha.
J ,ots of friends in that city.
water mains are extended to that | Culf Highway would be marked j ra'sc and Butcher will stay there,
part of the city, which will be | ln some distinctive manner, pro- —_____
done immediately, the company is ')al>l.v with large concrete posts
assured. The sanitary sewerage ;,t the croS' roads, on which signs
line is already in that part of the j similar to those mentioned by Mr.
city and electric lights are like-! Westervelt. It is certainly a mat-
wise there. | ter that should be Jooked after.
The lots owned by the tom- [ a'id sign-posts should be on every
pany will be sold at reasonable | crossroads corner in the county
rates to
tract to build
object is to build residences and ''''s locality
ell for cash or on the install- |
ment plan. Certain kinds of re-
idences wUI be required, no
• heap John" bnildings being
allowed. No lots will be sold to
speculators.
1 he lots lie in a part of the
city that is most desireable iVr
residence purposes, being con-
venient to not only the business
part of town, but to the Univer-
sity. The company will undoubt
edlv put in paving, joining up
with the paving on Duffy nreet. '
so that continuous paving will be
given to the University. The \
movement is certainly one in the
direction of supplying ever in-
creasing demand for homes in
Norman, and the company will
find ready sale for all the houses
it can build.
J. I'. Criswell, son of Air. and |
Mrs. \\. F. Criswell, has gone to
Kansas C ity, where he intends tak-i
ing an extended course in auto, [
tractor and airoplane mech ;neal
j work. 1
Dolls
Mis* Cora Ward, daughter of
, ' "ar|J. formerl yof this city
has returned to Oklahoma City
Department at Washington; after-1 ttaV^M8"*' "^ WBS
wards impersonating John Burn
In "The Best Man," Mr. Ker
rigan is first seen as an enterpris
ing agent for the Secret Servic«.
Serve White Mountain
Ice Cream
At the Evening Meal
DELIVERED PROMPTLY WHEN ORDERED
Make your evening meal more en-
joyable—it helps dispel the heat—by
including this pure ice cream on your
menu.
Delicious Colonial Fruit Salad—preserved cher
lies, strawberries and figs in crystal sugar syrup,
frozen into the cream if you desire.
PHONES 211-558
White Mountain Ice Cream
Factory
J. R. NEWKUMET
ham, a criminal cryptographer;
and later mistaken for the groom
and married to a young lady.
whom he had never met. Then '
follow in rapid succession the
many complicated situations o
full of burner which show Kerri-
gan as the hatted groom striv- j
ing to care for his bride who r.til! i
believe him to be the man she
hated yet had promised to marrv
while at the same time ne must
remain faithful to his duty by elud-
ing his pursuers and* return the
important stolen documents to his
Chief.
The manner in which these di-
verging threads are woven into a
closely knit plot for a thrilling
story can only be gained by view-
ing the filmed production of "The
Hest Man" which will be shown at
University Theatre on Fridav and I
Saturday. "The Best Man" is a
Jesse D. Hampton production, dis- I
tributed by the W. W. Hopkins,,,, j
( orporation, through Pathe Ex- 1
change, Inc.
work, in charge
ol a hostess house.
". s Jennie Pickering, formerly
•is. , tant secretary to President
brooks, is at her home in Still-
water, having recently returned
from France, where she was in
Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. work
Sheriff Newblock accompanied
a deputy sheriff of McClain coun-
ty to the Tribby neighborh, .;,1 on j
Thursday, looking for i i ian i
named Gunter, who is '.anted I
over there for extensive forgeries |
At Tribby Mr. Newblock turi.ci
the deputy over to a Pottawat-1
ontie officer and the trail of the '
lugitive was taken up through)
that county.
Pool
"Come On In-
the water s fine
Free Swimming Les-
sons each morning till
12
Doll Foster
Owner and Manager
Used
Cars
One Willys-Knight
run 6000 miles, 4 cord
tires, one extra tire.
Good as new. This is
",e ! , ! r
. | a bargain ior some one.
One Paige—this is a
big six, and like new in
appearance and in ex-
lent condition.
Two Dodge Touring
cars.
| One Chevrolet, repaint-
| ed and overhauled.
i One new Ford chasis—
several other Fords.
We will ma'ke special
prices on the above this
week in order to make
room for a carload of new
1 Dodge Cars.
, We will not recommend
a used car to a purchas-
er unless we feel that the
car will meet the needs
and requirements of the
purchaser. All are over-
hauled and in good con-
dition,
Minteer Motor Co.
Work Guaranteed
Bring your automobile troubles
to 208 West Main Street. Our
mechanic is at your service. All
work guaranteed. Don't forget
our W bite Rose gasoline is best
by test. We have the other kind
if you want it.
J. D. PIERSON,
114-fit Proprietor.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Tubbs got !
away on Thursday morning 0,1 !
their trip to Colorado Springs. At I
the last minute, they decided to:
go by automobile, making the!
trip by easy stages. They expect!
to be gone several weeks.
1 .WARREN KERRIGAN
As an agent of the Washington Secret Service
Department f.nds himself in several menacing
predicaments, chief among which is his enforo
ed marriage to a girl whom he has never seen
SET*
est Man"
A delightful five act Comedy-Drama will show
you hew it all happened and how it all ended
;l LfrOVldlng, a" exciting and highly interest-
ing 60 minutes entertainment.
Will be Shown at the
University
Thea'er
Friday and
("t „ . -j
^"tr.rday
Matinees
1 p. m.
Continuous
A Drive In Battery
Service Station For
Norman
All makes of batteries tested and fill-
C(' ^ distilled water free. Bring your
battery troubles to us. We will' treat
you right.
Eve ready aBtteries for all makes of
1 <11 >. f he best battery on the American
market. Strongest guarantee on earth.
()ne and one-half years satisfactory ser-
vice guarantee on every Evere&dy bat-
tery from date of sale.
Our car repair servcie station is now
open. First class mechanics in our re-
pair department.
Auto Jacks, all types and carrvintr ca-
pacities.
kuby glasses for tail lights. Nearly all
sizes in stock now.
Holtzschue Motor Car Co.
Phones 27-28 119 W. Main
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