The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 231, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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Two Men Are Injured
In Desperate Fig-ht
With Vicious Bull
Startling Story of a Fight Waged by Three Men
and a Girl With Four-Year-Old
Jersey Bull.
LON HOWELL SEVERELY INJURED
Animal Is Finally Killed By John Miller After a Battle Lasting
Ha.f an Hour—Men and Girl Demonstrated Great Bravery
Bull's Throat Cut—Men Dragged Over the Yard.
A startling story of a desperate fight waged by three men and
a girl with a vicious thoroughbred Jersey bull comes from the farm
of Alonzo Howell, six miles north and one-half mile east of Norman,
which took place on Tuesday afternoon about 4 o'clock, resulting
in severe injuries to Mr. Howell and the final killing of the bull
The outstanding feature of the fight was the bravery displayed
by Miss Sarah Howell, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. Howell, and bv
Messrs. John Miller and Mac Goodmiller.
At about 4:30 o'clock Dr,
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY DEC. 31, 1919
G. M. . , .
n r. ■ , > , 10 something worse thai a Ford
ron P meraSe WFeck' had b« > * «8ht and
from the Howell farm saying: Ccmc tame out second.best. Mr. ui]|er
pieces '° W3S bruised """Werably, but no
\im ' .# . , bones were broken.
When the doctor erot there he • t
found Mr. Howell with four ribs WaS *" expenence wl,h
Krnk-,,, on it, 7 I U J a bu" ,hat was "Citing, and which
broken and 1ns face and hody a mass nonc of the participln(5 de9ire to
of bruises, many of them very ser- have repcated. Th(ly a„ decUr(. <he
Terlevhull th H \b0dyu°fa|Stren8th' nerve' ""hbornne,, and
Jersey bull m the yard with ,ts threat viciousness displlyed , thr
No Raise in Rates.
It has been charged bv some
who are in favor of the $125.000
bond issue that, in the event the
bond proposition fails, the Okla-
homa Gas and Electric company
will raise the rates. I am attor-
ney for the company and have
been for three years past and 1
am authorized and requested to
say that, regardless of how the
bond election may go, the rates
will not be raised; but, on the
other hand, will be lowered as
soon as conditions justify.
Both as attorney for the com-
pany, and personally, 1 guarantee
that this assurance will be strictly
adhered to.
BEN F. WILLIAMS,
Attorney for Oklahoma Gas and
Electric Company.
DGLLAR DAY WiLL BE
STARTED MONDAY
REAL BARGAINS OFFERED
PRICE FIVE CEN fS
cut, and thinks it lost a couph of
buckets of blood before it finally
gave up the battle.
He was told the following story:
Bull Was a Killer.
The bull is a vicious animal and
about a year ago killed a horse for
Mr. Howell. He was then dehorned,
but little stubs of horns, capable of
doing much damage, remained where
the horns had been.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Howell
turned the animal into the feed yard
from the field to give it water. After
the bull had drank, Mr. Howell at-
tempted to drive it back into the
field, and the bull resisted and sud-
denly attacked his owner.
something wonderful, and that their
fight with him can hardly be des-
cribed -must be left to the imagina-
tion.
REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION FEB. 11
Oklahoma City", Dec. 30.— J. J.
McGraw won a complete victory
over Jake Hamon yesterday when
Feburary 11th was made the date for
the republican convention to elect
delegates to the national convention
and Fred D. Bearly of this city was
Mr ,, .. . .made secretary of the state central
" • was 1tt!OWn down and| committee at its meeting, in the Skir-
gouged and trampled upon so that Lin hotel. County conventions will
Sarah How,TC m,COr™S" *'** ■><■' "eld on Febuary 5 and precinct
Howell seeing the predica-1 mlerifcgs February 2.
ment of her father, sprang into thr i a « j «
r , , . , . ' H uu inc Ihese dates and the naming «f
r-asretaryw-McGraw
program and it went over without
attention' of the animal so that it
would leave its victim for a time, but
soon return and roll and jouge him.
He would get under Howell's body
with his little stubs of horns and roll
him here and there over the lot, and
strike tne body with hie f t.
Miss Howell Risked Life.
Half a dozen or more times did
Miss Howell get the attention of the
: nimal in this manner, getting clot
hitch. On the only test vote taken,
that of setting the time of the con-
vention, McGraw adhents won 41
to 22.
There was no expression in favor
of any presidental candidate, though
Governor Lowden and General Wood
forces were busy passing out litera-
ture and badges.
7 he Oklahoma convention will be
LEGIONERS WILL MEET
TO RAISE DUES
Post Commander Giles Will Pro-
bably Announce Date Early in
January, 1920.
A special meeting of the members
of Fletcher Odell Pledger Post No.
88, American Legion, will probably
be called at some date early in Janu-
ary to consider dues for 1020 year,
according to Post Adjutant James
Corbett. The local adjutant «ill
consult with Major L. C. Giles, post
commander, this week and they will
probably decide upon a suitable date.
A letter was received from Depart-
ment Commander H. H. Hagan this
week, stating that national dues had
been raised and that each post would
be expected to raise their local dues |
accordingly.
Major Giles was not in Norman
Tuesday afternoon. Therefore, no
statement could be obtained from
im regarding the proposed meeting
or what action would probably be
taken b'y the Norman post.
The following letter was received
by Adjutant Corbett.
Headquarters Department of Ok-
lahoma American Legion State
Capitol Oklahoma City to All Post
Commanders:
Believing that residents of Cleve-
land and McClain counties would
appreciate a Dollar Day iu Norman,
progressive merchants met at the
Chamber of Commerce offices, city
hall, Tuesday afternoon with C. W.
Kuwitsky, secretary of the Retailers'
Association and formulated plans
for a Dollar Day to be held the first
Monday of each month during 1920.
A special feature of the meeting
was the establishment of the rule
that all articles offered for one dol-
lar on the first Monday must be
really worth more than a dollar. The
first Dollar Day will be held on
Monday January 5, 1920, according to
, a decision reached by the Norman
j merchants Tuesday afternoon.
| Special features will probably be
added to the Dollar Day attractions
as rapidly as possible, according to a
statement made by Secretary Ku-
witsky. Definite plans for special
ittractioas will be announced in the
near future, he stated Wednesday
forenoon.
"Real bargains will be offered by
each merchant co-operating with the
Dollar Day plan," one of the lead-
ing business men explained Wednes-
day forenoon. "This is not some-
thing 'cheap' for a dollar, but arti
cles that are really reduced to a dol
lar for this special day once each
month. We have felt a need for such
a day each month and believe that,
with the unusual prices existing at
present, now is an opportune time
for the establishment of such a day
in this city."
Reports reaching Norman from
other cities, not only in Oklahoma,
but from other states, indicate that
Dollar Days are successful.
I wiivcnuun win bp
the bull at times and nsking her i among the first held by either party
own life repeatedly. in lhc Unjtei| Sta,^ The
ina y er screams attracted the tation in the state convention will be
a tent'on of a neighbor, Mr. John one for each 100 votes cast for U.
Miller who upon Ins arriril grabbed j Keever for governor i* 1918.
tne bull by the head and lose to pet ' . _
him away from Mr. Ilovroll.
The animal broke loose d threw
Mr. Miller twenty feet and was upon
him before he could recOTer bis feet,
gouging and striking at him with his
hoofs. Miller got hold of the i inW' in
the bull's nose and was dragged by
him all over the feed lot, but kept
his grip on the ringi.
Pitchfork Enters tka Fight.
! hen came .lac Goodmiller, an-
other neigiibor, from a distance of
half a mile, and out of brotfe when
he arrived.' lie prabbed pitchfork
and jabbed the t nc5; into the animal
PRSF. TEfiREL, STATE
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Prof. Robert C. Terrell f the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma has been ap-
pointed state highway engiaeer to
succeed Max L, Cunningham, effec-
tive February 1. Ur. Terral! will
sever his conoiection with the uuirer-
ity on that date, but will continue to
reside in Norman, The position is
a responsible ona and carries i good
i , . .salary.
nair a do/en tuns , clcar ud to thr m.. t-. n
,, . ' 1 \ . j *Jr ierreli is acting director of
nilt, and the blood few orofi'^'lr ' > * c • • i , , . ,
,,,, ... p OH'sclJ tie department of civil a* highway
hut the bud wouldn t c re *r .
t: ,, , , p' I engineering at the university. He
1 iicn Mr. Goodmiller grabbed a, , 1 i .
. . ' / has been a member of the univertity
piece of j s |iie about six feet lorfi; f,P11„„ „ ini* : ,
* i iacuitv -nice 1 >10 and n a Bia^or of
and the thickm ; c.f a nian'i wrist,
with which lie true1 the animal over
the head six or eight times before
succeeding iu knocking liiia down.
When the bull went down, Mr.
John Miller v..is under him; and,
gradually rasing himself from under,
got into his pocket and tecured his
knife, with which he de.iberately cut
the animal's throat, hacking at it un-
til he struck the jugular vein. The
blood flew in all direction! and al-
though the animal still showed fight
and endeavored to pet to bis feet, he
soon weakened and laid down and
died. I he knite was a small penknife
but ground to a sharp point and a
most effective weapon in the ha-ids
of an angry and determined man—
which Mr. Miller had becdme by this
time.
Thought It Was Ford Wreck.
Mr. Howell was reported as rest-
ing easy Wednesday morning. He
was totally unconscioun when picked
up and when he came out of his
stupor asked: "what is the matter,
bave I been in a wreck with my
Ford?"
the : econd infantry, Oklahoma ..„
: tional guard.
j As commissioner of public roads of
i Kentucky from 1912 to 1916 Terrell
j got experience in work of much the
, same character as his new duties. He
\v s graduated as n civil engineer
J from the University of Kentucky in
j 1906 and got his master of engineer-
: ing degree in 1908. From 1908 until
1912 he was professer of highway!
engineering at tha, University of
i Kentucky,
Mayor John Barbour entertained
with a "star,'' dinner," Sunday even-
ing. at his home at 704 north Peters.
His guests were Mersrs J. F. Paxton.
S. R. Hadsell, T. H. Brewer, J L.
Rader, L. W. Morgan, Floyd Swank,
E. K. Hines, Charles Giard and Paul
Carpenter
Mr. Miller replied that he had been Oat
GRAIN MARKET
The Norman Milling and Grain
Company is paying the following
prices for grain today:
No. 2 Wheat 5^.30
Corn __ j 25
..70
Your attention is directed to the
fact that both by the state and na-
tional constitution of the American
Legon the fiscal year for Oklahoma
ends on December the thirty-first.
This means that both the Dept. and
national dues will accrue on January
the first, 1920. The Dept. dues re-
main twenty-five cents for each mem-
ber. For the year 1920 the national
dues have been increased by the
Minneapolis cenvention from twenty-
five cents for each member to the
sum ef one dollar for each member.
With respect to this increase in
national dues, your attention is call-
ed to the fact that early in 1919 the
national headquarters found them-
selves without any funds with which
l carry forward the immense and
• xpen«ivt task of organizing the Le-
gion in every state, territory and
foreign possession of the United
States. It was therefore necessary
to borrow the sum of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for the re
payment of which the Legion pledg-
ed its credit and good name. A
large part of this two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars v/as expended
'11 buying the plant of tbe American j
Legion Weekly and in publishing j
that splendid magazine at a loss fa: j
several months. In order to pay'
back the money thus borrowed and
further rn order to put the Legion
W<e«kly solidly on its feet, the M1n- |
neapolis Convention decided that it
would be necessary to raise the nat-
ional dues, for the year 1920, from
twenty-five cents to one dollor. It
is understood snd'expected that this
a«se- *ient will prevail only during
the coming year and that thereafter
we will revert to the old dues of
twenty-five cents.
In Oklahoma our department con-
stitution of the Legion fixes the en- j
tire membership dues at the sum of j
one dollar. The utate constitution
further provides that out of this dol-
lar, twenty-five cents is to go to the
state organization and another
twenty-five cents to the national ar-
ganization. The state constitution
further provides that the local dues
can be raised with the permission of
either the state Commander or
State Executive Committee.
It is obvious, that in so far as
state constitution attempts to fix the
national dues, it transcends its juris
diction. Its provision in this respect
must be considered as replaced
action of the national convention
It will therefore be necessary for
eve.-y post within thirty days after
January the first, to remit to state
headquarters, 222 State Capitol, Ok-
lahoma City, the sum of one dollar
and twenty-five cents, for each mem-
ber then on its books. Of this sum
twenty-five cents will be retained by
the state headquarters and one dollar
I will be forwarded to the national or-
| ganization.
1 Under the authority conferred by
the state constitution permission is
hereby granted to all po^ts. during
the year 1920, to raise their dues front
the sum of one dollar a 3'ear to the
sum of two dollars a year. It is not
however, obligatory 011 the posts to
do this but each post may take such
action as it deems proper for the purr
pose of paying the increased national
as«essment.
It is further suggested that in ex-
plaining the increase of dues the fol-
lowing farts bo stressed. Even at
two dollars Oklahoma has a lower
Amerisan Legion membership rate
than any other department in the
I nion. Other states have dues run
ning from three to ten dollars. More-
ever, the increase in dues is expected
to be for 1920 only and is for the pur-
pose of paying the Legion debt in-
curred in the manner above describ-
ed. Lastly, the one dollar national
dues incbides a free subscription to
the American Lsgion Weakly, a
magazine whose every page teems
with new< of in'ere .t to all members
of the organization and all former
service men.
In conclusion your attention is
called t® the fart that it i ; < enti ■'
tiat he«« dues be paid promptly.
Both the department and nationa'
headquarters are in actual need of
the funds that will t'1111 be made
available. You will immediately up
on tht receipt of tliis conmun
tio* began collection of the^e due*
so that the department and national
assessments will reach department
headquarters, 22? S'ats Capitol. Ok
lahoma City, not later than January
the thirty brst.
H. H. HAGAN
Department Commander
PERTINENT QUESTIONS
CHAMBER of COMMERCE speakers recti,tlv l.ave
emphasized the necessity and advisability of scout-
ing factories for Norman.
, ',ut w'hat the "factories" here now? Those
that have been operating here for years?
Are they being patronized to the fullest extent?
. 'J 1J"ay. not be tl,e l,lan '° dispose of all of a factory's
output by local consumption.
However, it is expected that as much of the pro-
duct will be used locally a> the needs of the city ind
county will justify. 7
That would undoubtedly be one of the strongest
points to influence a new concern to enter the Norman
rf a prospective manufacturer should visit Norman
he would find, at present, that many merchants send out
ot the city for commodities already being manufactured
here; often paying more 111 a foreign field than the une
commodity could be purchased for locally.
Is this right?
Js it just?
YVould you, if you were a prospective manufactur-
er visiting Norman, consider this as a favorable indica-
tion of what might he expected from Norman merchants
and business men in the future?
Owners, managers and employees of local "factor-
ies patronize local merchants, business and professional
men. 1
1 hey make it a point to see that they do this.
Should not citizens be loyal to "factories" already
in operation here?
Can they expect prospective "factories" to locate
here until present conditions have been remedied?
LIGHT POST FOR UNIVERSITY
Eight electric outdoor lights are
being installed on the university cam-
pus during the holidays by univer-
sity electricians. The new posts
are of attractive design and are lo-
cated at points where sidewalks cross
More will be added later.
HOUSE FOR SALE
The building on the Y. M. C. A.
lots corner Boyd and the Boulevard^
is offered for sale, to be removed bv
purchaser prior to March 1st. Bids
received up to and including Dec.
31st.—Stratton D. Brooks. 229-3t
Furthermore, farmers in this coun-
try have become almost as overbear-
ing as Wall street used to be.
Percy Noodles says that the reason
he didn't enjoy his Christmas dinner
at the capitalists's daughter's house
was because her little brother handed
I hmi the drumstick and said, "Beat
it f"
The Bide a Wee Club will meet
with Mrs. W. H. Newblock Thurs-
day afternoon at three o'clock at
her home, 214 east Ileal.
Send your finished bundle work to
the Modern Bundle Laundry, which
opened Monday at 575 Elm street.
Newly equipped laundry with ex-
perienced workmen and management.
Satisfaction like you roally have
wanted; prompt delivery. Phone 7-U.
APPLES!
(jet these quick. Good cooking apples-
Peck, 60c. Bushel, $2.25.
Whitwell Grocery Co.
Phone 347
TODAY and
THURSDAY
HIT THE SAWDUST TRAIL
rt will lead you to the. circus in which
<fl
Li Ltt
thf
the
by
A Mime
At a Bargain
Six rooms, two-story
house on East Main; pa-
ra^e; ground space 75 by
140 feet. This is a good
house and will be sold right.
Terms.
Call Phone 23.
McDaniel & Matthews
107 East Main.
Peggy Hylar
takes tickets, is wooed and won. •
SEE THIS LIVELY ST A* .
The G© ST'cimd
A WILLIAM FOX PRODUCTION *
Bulging with Romance that is mixeJ with Fun and Frolic
A Poppy Comedy Mack Sennett Keystone comedy
"Baffled Ambrose" < "Eggs Is Egps"
with Mack Swain and pretty girls Two reels of hilarious fun.
A new chapter of the Pathe wonder seiial with PEARL WHITE in
"THE BLACK SECRET"
adapted from Robert W. Chamber's romantic navel of mystery, love
and adventure, "In Secret."
Coming Friday and Saturday
J. Warren Kerrigan in his latest big production, "THE LORD
LOVES THE IRISH; Baby Marie Osborne in two ree'.s of fun
and the last chapter of "THE CARTER CASE."
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