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ae Daily Transcript
VOL. VII. NO. 229.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. MONDAY, DEC. 29, 1919
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TAKING THE CENSUS
BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY
Mrs. M. F. McFarland and Guy Tay-
lor Appointed Enumerators
for Norman—Outline of
_The Questions That
Will be Asked
LAUNDRY FLOOR PLANS [.. r . , a, , , r.
PREPARED LAST wiEK ^*or/7ian i\esidents Should Be Clean;
Bath Tub Percentage Still Growing
11919 CHRISTMAS TIME
VERY QUIET—NEWBLOCK
Mrs. M. F. McFarland and Guy
Taylor have been appointed cen-
sus enumerators for Norman and
will begin their duties bright and
early on Friday morning, Janu-
ary 2nd. Mrs. McFarland takes
the enumeration in the second
and third wards and Mr. Ta>lor
has the first and fourth wards
and they expect to complete their
work in two weeks.
What do you guess is the popu-
lation of Norman?
Floor plans for the proposed new
building for the Norman Steam
Laundry were prepared last week
by A. L. Garlick, Kansas City, rep-
resentative of t!ie Troy Laundry Ma-
chinery company, Chicago. The new
plans show exact location of all ma-
j chinery as it should be installed in a
thoroughly modern laundry.
On Friday, Jan. 2, 1920, census
enumerators will begin calling jpon
the people of the United States and
ask questions about you and mem-
bers of your family. Under the law
you are required to answer all the
questions fully, and if you refuse to
do so you can be arrested—and pro-
bably will be. It might be well for
you to know what questions will be
asked, h£nce the following dat
culled from a bulletin the Census
Department of the United States has
sent to all news papers.
The census is required every tei
years by the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and by Act of Congress.
The dafcr named for beginning the
1920 census is January 2, but the cen-
sus Day is January 1st.
In cities the population enumer-
ation will be completed in two weeks.
The enumeration of farms will be
completed within thirty days.
The census of manufactures, mines
and quarries, oil and gas wells, and
forestry and forest products, will, as
a rule, be taken by special agents and
by correspondence, and not by enu-
merators.
Important Questions Asked of all
Persons
1. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years of age
and over will be asked whether lie is
able to read and write.
3. Each person will be asked his
birthplace as well as the birthplace
of father and mother.
4. Foreign born the date of coin-
ing to the United, States will lie ask-
ed, and, if naturalized, the dais of be-
coming a citizeij; also mother to -!ntf r hit
gue or native language. OlllCCrS OI IvlSSOniC
5. Each head of the family will be | Rnrlips Tnctallpr)
asked whether his home is owned by! -DOUieS installed
eluding fruits and vegetables?
10. Quantity of milk and butter
sold off the farm during the veat
11. Acreage of timber land on farm
and value of forest products?
Farm defined
A farm for purposes of the census
includes all the land cultivated by
single farmer either by his own la-
bor alone or with the help of hired
labor. It may be in two or more sep-
arate tracts, but it is all one farm if
it is all under one management.
The land cultivated by a share
hand or cropper, or by cash rentee.
constitutes a separate farm and is not
to be counted as the owner's farm or
included in it, but should be reported
in the name of the tenant.
Identification Cards Carried by
Enumerators
Census enumerators will carry
identification cards as well as writ-
ten commissions. These will be
shown promptly by the enumerators
upon request of any person.
In all cases where persons are
suspicious of impostors these identi-
fication cards should be demanded.
It is against the Federal law to im-
personate a Census official, and im-
postors should be reported to the
authorities.
Census Questions Must Be
Answered
The act of Congress providing for
the Census makes it the duty of all
persons to furnish the information
asked for by the enumerators to fill
out the census schedules. No person
should hesitate, neglect, or refuse to
answer fully and accurately all the
enumerator's questions. He only
asks the questions necessary to fill
the schedules as required by the Act
of Congress.
Keepers of hotels, apartment
houses, boarding or lodging houses,
or tenements must assist the enum-
erator in getting the information con-
cerning the persons living in such
houses.
Uncle Sam needs the help of every
loyal citizen in this gigantic task.
He is counting on you.
"Norman has more bath
family than any other citv i
in Oklahoma," said Max K.
tubs per the most modern city, from the
! us -ize ' plumbing standpoint, of any city in
Fisth
"Cleveland county celebrated the
quietest and most law abiding Christ-
mas holiday period in it< history.*' |
according to County Sheriff W. 11.
Newblock. Special deputies were ap- I
the United States, with the possible
exception of some of the tourist I pointed to visit all of the Christmas
senior member of the rischer ^nu | cities on the west cou>t. The reason ' entertainments over the county and
Son plumbing firm, 116 North Peters,' that Oklahoma City leads is because I also to watch all of the gathering
Saturday. ! men came from all over the United I places where trouble had been re
Mr. Fischer based his belief, not States, pooled their ideas and natur I ported in previous years but all de
only on personal observations, but j ally got better results. j putics reported "quiet" or else did
also upon information received from "Of course Norman is bound to be [ not report at all.
many traveling men who have vis- influenced by Oklahoma City, too. i
ited practically every city in Okla-1 So, just as Norman has more tele- | RELIEF WORK IN NORMAN,
horna. phones for its size than any citv in I The present winter promises the
They all declare, according to Mr.! Oklahoma, so it hasc more bath 1 widest extremes of luxury and suf
CAN VOTE AT
FRIDAY'S CIEGT1DN
Persons Who Offer Their Vote on
Electric Light Bond Proposition
Must Be Bonaf'df Taxpayers—
Wives Canpot Vote on Hus-
band's Tax Receipt
Fischer, that Norman has more bath
tubs and also more modern homes
than any other city ot the same size
in Oklahoma.
"We have installed on an average
of one complete 'job' every working
day during the past twelve months,"
Mr. Fischer continued.
Asked where most of the jobs
were installed, he replied that about
half of them were in new homes, but
that the other half were in the older
homes in Norman.
Many residents are anxious to
modernize their homes so that their
families can have all of the benefits
of modern plumbing.
"I have been in the plumbing bus-
iness in the University City for
some twenty-two years and this year
we had at least $20,000 more business
than any previous year in our histo-
ry," said the senior member of the
firm.
Recalling the growth of the plumb-
ing business in Cleveland county
Mr. Fischer stopped for a minute to
reminise.
"In the ealy days, when I first
came to Norman, plumbing business
did not resemble much the business
as it is today. In those days my
work was more that of installing
pumps and windmills, water tanks
for cattle, with an occasional wash
sink. But there was no city water
works in Norman or in any of the
homes through Cleveland county. A
few had their windmills and con-
tubs," lie concluded
At one time (lurinc
M. Fischer had more bat'i fixtures
in his store rooms than many whole-
sale and jobbing houses. Last July
he ordered a carload of fixtures and
has received another car since then.
He is orcparing to install a new
front and remodel his display roo.il
early in 1920.
The following letter of instruction
from the Attorney General to the
city attorney of Ttil a, who asked for
an opinion as to who were eligible
voter- at a bond election held in that
city is applicable absolutely to the
world lias seen in recent I election to be held in this city on
the past year; years. 1 he great prosperity and high | Friday, Jan. 2nd, on the $125000
wages make it possible for able bodi- electric light proposition. sc,cording
e,l men and women to be self sup- • ■ • -
llv
| fering tin
Former Gallitin, Mo., people re-
siding here read with much interest
the accounts of the killing at that
point on Christmas dav of Wesley 1..
Robertson, veteran editor, by Hugh
Tarwater, city clerk, for they knew
both of the men—both being old res-
idents of that city. Robertson, it ap-
pears, published an item in his pa-
per some weeks ago, telling of the
appearance in police court of Tar-
water on charge of drunkenness, and
Tarwater, after brooding over the
matter since its occurrence, went to
the editor's office and shot and killed
him. His defense will be insanity,
it is said, but the coroner's jury pro-
nounced it a murder of the frist de-
gree. Tarwaftr was taken to the jail
at St. Joseph to keep him from being
lynched.
NOTICE, R. A. MASONS.
Lion chapter, No. 24, R. A. M., will
meet in special communication to
night (Monday, Dec. 29th) at 7:30
p. 111., t oconfer Mark Master, Past
Master and Most Kxcellcnt Wast?
degrees.—Jesse L. Rader, Secretary
nected their sinks with their water
tanks.
"But with the coming of city water Robert I.. Seawell leaves on Tucs
works, business began to pick up. At day for Eastland, Texas, where he
first many people just bad water j's working at his trade—carpentering
piped into their yards but later on —at fine wages. He has been here
they began to have bath tubs ...
stalled and also other modern
plumbing conveniences.
"I believe that one reason that
Norman has so many modernly
equipped homes is because of the uni-
versity and also because we are near
Oklahoma City.
a week visiting his friends and rela-
tives.
A Small Haul
The light fingered gentry, it ap-
pears, are resuming their pre-war oc-
cupation. Only last week a society
- lady had a new evening frock stolen
1 believe that Oklahoma City is from her reticule.
him or rented. If owned, whether
the home is mortgaged or free of
debt.
6. Each person will be asked hi j
occupation and whether he is an em-
ployer or employee or is working on
his own account.
Important Questions Asked Farmers
1. Each occupant of a farm will be
asked how many years, if any, he
worked on a farm for wages, how
many years, if any, he was a lean'it;
and how many years, if any, he has
farmed as owner.
2. Whether he (a) owns or <b)
rents, or (c) partly owns and partly
rents his farm, or whether (d) he op-
erates the farm for others ae a man-
ager or superintendent.
3. How many acres in his farm?
Number of improved acres?Number
of unimproved acres and number of
acres of woodland?
4. Total value of farm? Total val-
ue of buildings? Value of implements
and machinery on farm?
5. Whether farm is mortgaged.?
If so, the amount of the mortgage?
6. Expenses for feed, fertilizer,
and labor in the year 1919?
7. Several questions concerning
artificial drainage of his farm.
8. Number of cows, horses, sheep, I pecial purpose,
chickens and other domestic ani-
mals on the farm'January 1, 1920.
9. Quantity and acreage ot all
crops grown on the farm in 1919, in-
St. John's Day, an especial day in
the annals of Masonry and celebrated
all over the world by that order, was
observed in Norman by the instaI-4
lation of the officers of the several J
Masonic bodies for the coming year I
at Masonic Temple on Saturday
night, Dec. 27th.
It was in the nature of a semi-pub-
lic installation, members being al-
lowed to invite their friends, and i
many of the leading citizens of Nor-
man and vicinity were present. Af-
ter the ceremonies, when the call
from "labor to refreshment" was
made, the banquet hall of the Tem-1
pie was crowded with a happy crowd
and everyone enjoyed the splendid
luncheon prepared by the ladies of
the Eastern Star.
Past Grand High Priest Eaglcton
was installing officer for the Royal
Arch chapter, and acted in the same
capacity in installing the officers of
the Blue Lodge. Miss Foy Runyan
was installing officer for the Eastern
Star, while Grand Commander Clark
impressively installed the officers of
the Norman Commandery, K. T. Mr.
Clarke is Grand Commander of the
Knights Templar of Oklahoma and
came over from El Reno for this es-
LIBERTY THEATRE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
A FINE ARTS PRODUCTION
Dorothy Gish
IN
"JORDON IS A HARD
ROAD"
Powell-Lowry
A drama of a rugged country, about
a fighting maid, of a fighting family
—a Hoyden—a laughing, spirited
lass—and how the boys did love her.
A Big "V" Vitagraph Comedy
"Beauty and Booty"
Pretty Girls, Big Stunts
A new chapter of the big stunt serial
with William Duncan and Edith
Johnson.
The Smashing Barriers
COMING WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY
William Fox presents Peggy Hyland
in "The Merry-Go-Round," a Chris-
tie comedy, "Eggs;" Mack Swain in
Mr. Earl R. Powell and Miss
Elsie Lowry, prominent young peo-
ple of Bristow, Okla., came over from
that city on Saturday last and were
guests of Rev. and Mrs. W. L.
Broome, of whose former charge in
that city they are members. The es-
pecial object of their visit was to
have Mr. Broome officiate at their
marriage, which was solemnized at
the Guild home on Saturday evening,
in the presence of a few friends. Soon
after the ceremony the young couple
left for Oklahoma City and from
there will go to Florida to spend
their honeymoon. Rev. Broome says
they are fine young people and begin
their married life under bright aus-
pices.
Notice To Water Consumers
During the past cold weather there
has been a number of water meter-
burnej out by building a fire around
the meter. If this is done again it
will cost you the price of the meter
which is $10.00.
Warning to Draymen and Delivery
Drivers: It will cost you the price
of the next water meter and cut-off
box you drive over and break. It is
easy to know who violates these or-
dinances.
228-3t
W. R. GATER, City Ma lager
men are becoming young
young men arc getting kid-
kids are assimilating
"Baffled Ambrose," and a new chap-
ter of "The Black Secret."
Old
again,
dish, and th
all of;the wisdom of mankind,
No, don t ask us to divulge the
names of the first bridal pair of the
new year. Just wait and keep II
guessing.
A Good Habit
To Get Into
JJOW much of this paper do you ^ret
full benefit from? There is cer-
tain news which interests you. There
are special articles which you find
valuable. But do you read all the
advertisements regularly?
Here is a source of opportunity
for all our readers. These merchants
are sending' their business messages
to you through this newspaper. And
they want you to know what
have to sell.
they
Always look over these "mes-
sages" careully, whether you want to
buy anything at the time or not. Keep
track of what the stores and manufac-
turers are offering, and when some
need does come up you will know just
where you can get the best value for
your money.
Save the time and energy required
to shop around from one place to an-
other. Know where you're going and
what you're going for before you go.
Start Now to Get the Habit
of Reading All the Ads in
This Newspaper Every Issue
porting generally, but the high
cost of everything makes living al-
most impossible to the aged, the sick
the helpless and the unfortunate.
Norman has its share of these u
fortunate cases and they are being
cared for in a way befitting the seat
of the State University, by private
volunteer work and contributions.
Iti matters of this kind good re
suits can be obtained only by quiet
individual work and self sacrifice
The worthy cases are those of peo
pie who will not advertise their pov
erty nor apply to heartless organi
zations of mechanical charity. There-
fore the results in Norman have come
through purely private volunteer ef-
fort which has not been sought to
make public nor to expose the mis-
fortunes of the recipients, nor en
courage medicancy by advertising it
program in advance.
The financing of work has been
no burden so far, due to extremely
careful use of money and many
generous offers of help from mer-
chants, business and professional
men and local institutions. Also the
city and county authorities are stand-
ing behind the work in every way
that the law of their charters will
permit and the relief activities have
been personally observed and en-
dorsed both by County and City
Commissioners and the City officials.
In fact offers of help and contri-
butions have been so generously of
fered that, so far, no campaign for
funds has been necessary; but the
burden has fallen, as usual, on the
willing volunteers who have seen
and appreciated the results in the
past.
That the work has been wisely ad-
ministered from the standpoint of
encouragement of honest effort is
shown by the fact that within the
last year very considerable amounts
have been paid hack by small con-
tributions of those who have been
tided over serious illnesses and have
later been able to earn ^ind show
their appreciation,
This mention of the work is made
in answer to inquiries as to what is
being done in Norman in the way of
relief in the several very serious cases
that now exist in the city. The idea
back of this work is not charity but
the feeling that society owes it to it-
self to prevent extreme suffering to
its helpless members, and that this
help must not be allowed to weaken
the self respect through exposure,
nor to lessen the self reliance of the
one helped; hence the absolute ne-
cessity of finding out by personal in-
vestigation where the worthy cases
are. And these worthy cases when
found are never those who ask for
help or accept help except as a
means of enabling them to help
themselves.
MRS. J. B. CHEADLE
Can See Circus
Life As Lived
When Peggy Come
Phineas T. Barnuin, the greatest
circus man in history, said: "Fool the
Public." Abraham Lincoln, the great-
est president, said: "You can fool all
of the people some of the time and
some of the people some of the time
but you can't fool all of the people all
of the time.'* A circus is coming to
the Liberty Theatre on Wednesday
and Thursday, December 31 and Jan.
1. that you won't try to fool anybody
any time. People who see Peggy Hy-
land. the charming William Fox
star, in "The Merry Go-Round," will
not only see circus life as it is lived,
but will be delighted with love ro-
mance of unusual charm.
Big Man, Little
Man, Snake Man
There's All Here
make
to City Attornev Tohn K. Luttre 11.
who desires that it be published so
that all may inform them^elve^ on
their eligibility. The letter of the
Attorney General as follows:
Hon. Edward 1'. Marshall,
City Attorney
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
The Attorney General is in receipt
of your letter advi incf that you are
anxious to ascertain ju^t who will be
able to vote upon the proposition of
the issuance of $5 000,000 IK) in bonds
of the City of Tulsa for the con-
strtiction of a system of waterworks
in the city of Tulsa!
Section 27, article 10 of the Con-
stitution of Oklahoma restricts the
electors who may participate in this
election to the qualified property
taxpaying voters of such city. Chart-
er 169, Session Laws of Oklahoma
1013, provides: A qualified taxpaying
voter of anv incorporated city or
town is defined to be any qualified
elector under the Constitution an<f
Laws of the State of Oklahoma who
has actually paid taxes within such
city or town anij who has a legal tax
receipt therefor, dated within twelve
months prior to such election.
It has been contended that the
Legislature, in the enactment of
chapter 160, supra, was usurping the
powers of our courts in attempting
to define and interpret the expression-
of the Constitution "the qualified
property taxpaying voter" and that
such enactment i< unconstitutional
and void, [t also has been contend-
ed that the owner of property sub-
ject to assessment for taxation and
therwisc qualified, is a qualified
property taxpaying voter, though he
may not yet have payed taxes upon /
property owned and subject to as-
sessment. A taxpayer has been de-
fined as a person owning property
in the state subjeict to taxation and
on which he has legally paid taxes.
^7 Cy c. p. 597 and case^ cited. See
Thompson v. Newton. 21 N. II. 595-
599, wherein it is held that a taxpayer
includes only those who have paid
taxes and not those liable to tax-
ation, but have not yet been taxcL
The supreme court of this State
has never defined the expression "a
qualified property taxpaying voter."
We think the position of the Leg-
islature in defining the expression
'the qualified taxpaying voter,'* is
well taken and that only those
electors, otherwise qualified un fer-
tile Constitution and Laws of the
State, who hold a tax receipt dated
within twelve months prior to the
election under consideration, upon
property within the incorporated C" ty
of Tulsa, may participate in the
election on the proposition if the is-
uance of tho^e bonds. See 15 Cv<*
p. t) 295-296-297, cases cited.
No attempt is made to limit this*
qualification to the owners of a speci-
fic rlass of property; that is, a
qualified property taxpaving voter as
used in section 27, article 10, Con-
stitution of Oklahoma, need not ne-
cessarily be the ownef of real estate,
but may be the owner of any part
of the general mass of property with-
in such city or town subject to as-
sessment for taxation in other words
personal tax.
A male elector whose wife holds
property within the city, though he
pays taxes upon the same, is not en-
titled to vote as a qualified property
taxpaying elector similiary a wife
holding the usual interest in her hus-
band's property is not entitled to
vote as a property taxpaying elector,
nor would a resident who owns
tocks or bonds of a corporation'
which has property within the City
of Tulso, be.come thereby a qualified!
taxpaying voter unless such stocks
}r bonds have been assessed for tax-
ation, the taxes paid thereupon and
a tax receipt issued to the holder.
Verv tru'.v yours.
FOR THE Atrv. GNERAL
(signed) George F. Short,
Assistant Attorney General.
One of the features that mine .,n . „ , • .
"The Merry-go-Round," the new • I?own the.y have 3 IiluVi"
starring vehicle of I'eggv Hyland c,?al ?° P C J the P°?,r, of thc
will be shown at the Liberty c'ty. ^°,. . , coal' _
Bert Walker in the Osborne Farmer
Theatre Wednesday and Thursday
December 31 and January 1st, in a
sensational success, is the cast. Fox
pictures are noted for originality,
but the New Hyland picture of cir
cus life breaks the record for authen-
tic atmosphere.
Among the performers in "The
Merry-Go- <ound." are Ben Cordany,
the giant; Major Joe Lessing, the
midget; Volet Young, snake charm-
er and Bill Pagi". spieler—hotTi form-
erly of the B.irnun and Bailey show.
Otto Poll, one ime flying rings
champion of till- hemisphere, and the
De Como Brothers, acrobats.
Finan,
A million do
That used t>
But nowaday
The write ^
Progression
vas. a sum
; ger folks by gum.
i must confess,
m mention less.
"The wood is bought at the river
from a patriot named Guard, who on-
ly charges the city $7 a rick—$21 a
cord. When the wood is hauled for
sale it is sold for $10 a rick or $30
a cord. 1 hat sort of a price is great
help to thc poor. It enables them to
keep well supplied with fuel. Wood
at $30 a cord means coal to equal
that in heat would com about $45 a
ton. Our humanity and our Christi-
anity and our love for our brother is
expanding all the time.'
HOUSE FOR SALE
The building on the Y. M. C. A.
lots corner Boyd and the Boulevard,
is offered for sale, to be removed by
purchaser prior to March 1st. "Bids
received up to and including Dee.
31 si.—Stratton 1J. Brooks. 229-31
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