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TOE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
)L. VII. NO. 294.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1920.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
!wank Favors Legislation
ror All Former Service
'oik — Men and Women
frges Goverment Warehouse System Where
Farmers May Store Crops and Borrow
Money From Government.
The principle that 1 am backing
Hrongly is that of the govern-
providing for long time
|ans with a low rate of inter-
for discharged service men. in
ier that they may buy homes in
vn or farms that will give
•m a good start in life," said Judge
B. Swank in outlining his policies
the Swank for Congress club
|hich was organized Friday night
the district court room.
Plan To Reward Soldiers.
■■■''If on th'j other hand any of the
soldiers desire a cash bonus instead
the loan I am in favor of letting
•m ta'xe their choice. Our allies
e us $10,000,000,000 which at eight
nc cert interest would draw $400-
&n)<>,00. One thousand dollars loaned
each of our soldiers or sailors
ould amount to $400,000,000, which
^_.th interest a 4 per cent would
afeount to $16,000.00. This makes a
^Hfference ot $240,000,000. Orr allied I
ans will take care ot thi> each |
ar and leave a large excess.he
plained.
As it is now- the government is
ing the boys nothing. With this
n we would be only giving them a
n. This is a practical plan and
government owes this to all.
Warehouse to Store Crops.
'With service men I am in favor
including the Ked Cross and Sal-
tion Army girls who went to the
imps and worked for the comfort
d welfare of the men. Th ;y cer-
iinly deserve all that the country
n do for them and they have been
rewarded thus far," he continued.
Another very important policy
at Judge Swank urged in his cam*
gn platform is a system of gov-
nment warehouses, in which farm-
|rs can store their Icrops, and if
cessary, borrow money on them
om the government and hold their
roducts for a better market.
Swank For Congress.
In addition to these he emphasiz-
^^d the question of the settlement of
H|ndian lands in this district and the
roblems of high cost of living with
hich congress must deal with dur-
ng the next term.
Complete organization of the
'wank for Congress club was effect-
ed Friday night, with the possible
■exception of the organization com-
Tnittee. Officers elected were "
Someone Sure Must
Bathe Occasionally,
Thinks Engineer
The people of Norman use, in one
way or another, over 6000 barrels of
water daily. If all the water which
goes into the bath tubs, the lavatir-
ies, the kitchen sinks, and down the
throats of the people in one day
were to be turned into a large swim-
ming tank it would fill a tank 100
feet long, 75 feet wide and 10 feet
deep.
One city well pumps out 250 gal-
lons of water per minute, and the
other well, 125 gallons per minute,
according to J. P. Recter, chief en-
gineer at the pumping station.
The demand for the water supply
of Norman has trebled in the last
five years. The demand has in-
creased one third within the last
twelve months. There are 15,000
water accounts on the books of the
city clerk.
The supply of water is sufficient
to meet the demand for this year at
least, Mr. Recter said. In case the
supply should ever prove inadequate
to meet the needs of the people, an-
other well could easily be sunk and
the supply thereby doubled.
"SPUD" SHORTAGE.
The supply of seed potatoes in
Cleveland county is of question
able quality, according to L. E.
tiogan, county agent. State regu-
lation: are very rigid but littl •
attention seems to be paid to
those requirements.
• The local supply K>f seed pota-
toes is guaranteed not to have
been grown by the irrigation pro-
cess, but freedom from scabs and
other state regulations are not
stated.
A list of the pure seed growers
of Oklahoma is on file at the of-
fice of Mr. Bogan and any One
intending to purchase seeds may
24 HAVE PERFECT
SCHOOL ATTENDENCE
Eighth Grade Has Best Record in
Washington School; Fourth
Grade Is Next.
PAY-UP CAMPAIGN IS
DECLARED SUCCESSFUL
Ben
(Continued on page 4.)
RED CROSS DONATES
MONEY FOR EXHIBIT
Health education brought direct-
ly before the people, particularly in
rural regions, is one of the salient
features of the American Red Cross
program for the promotion of health
and prevention of disease. In line
with this the national Red Cross has
just appropriated $10,000 as a dona-
tion to the American Social Hy
giene Association to aid that organ-
ization in establishing w traveling,
exhibit on social hygiene.
About 1,000 American Red Cross
workers still re engaged in relief
work in Europe, according to a sta
tement of the status of the human
itarian activities of the Red Cros:
organization in this field that has
just reached National headquarters
in Washington from Lieut.-Col. Rob
ert E. Olds, Red Cross commission-
er for Europe.
Twenty-four pupils of the Wash-
ington school have been neither ab-
sent nor tardy so far this year, ac-
cording to Helen Otander, princi-
pal.
In this group of \faithfuls in at
tenhance, the eighth grade leads with
a total of six; the fourth grade runs
a close second with five; and the
fifth and sixth grades with four each
tie for third place.
These children, who have been
neither out of school nor late in ar-
riving, are grouped by grades in the
order of their contest standing, as
follows:
Eighth grade, Blanche Baggett,
I.eRoy Craven, Thelma Hodges, D.
Smith, Camilla Starzer, and Dale
Wingate.
Fourth grade. Lahoma Gilbert,
Mary Greenfield, Thelma Huggins
Joe Ella Kookin, and Orene Reuto
pohler;
Fifth grade, Felix Haag. Samuel
Hogan, Jean Hodges, and Leola
Smith;
Sixth grade, Byron Williams, Mil-
dred Reutopohlgr, Esther Grimes,
and Gcraldine MTller;
Seventh grade, Leon Britt and
Dorothy Gittinger; third grade,
Robert Stokes and Audrey Slover;
•cond grade. Leona Huggins.
15 GILTS GIVEN.
Arrangements have been made
thru the Farmers State Guaranty
bank of Lexington to furnish fif-
teen pure bred Poland China gilts
to the boys in the vicinity of Cor-
bett without cost to them.
The plan is that the boys shall
return two gilts when they are
eight months old in return for
their sow and the rest of the lit-
ter.
The bank is also buying a pure
bred boar and giving it to the
club for breeding purposes.
HFourth Candidate Enters
Rotarian Sponsor Race;
Is Not A Beauty Contest
Pullman Ordered by "On-to-JoplinM Committee to
Take University City Delegates to Dis-
trict Convention Next Month
Norman Merchants Express Satis-
faction With Second Annual
Drive; Want to Continue.
The Pay-Up campaign in Norman,
\|hich opened 'March 1, was pro-
nounced a decided success by Nor-
man merchants Saturday afternoon.
They were unanimous in favoring itr.
establishment an a permanent insti-
tution for the University City.
Merchants reported that many
people who have come into their
stores during the past two weeks had
Mentioned the campaign and sta
ted that they were expecting large
collections Saturday nig'ht, foMow-
ing the weekly pay day and also
Monday. Many people had come to
the stores and promised to settle
their accounts before the close of the
campaign.
Some paid-up debts reported by
local merchants had been carried on
their books for two or three vaars,
but most of the newly settled ac-
counts are of only three or four
months standing. # The concensus of opinion among
The Pay-Up campaign is the big- car owners on the shape of roads in
gest result getter v e have had for J Cleveland county is that the high
collecting,*' S. McCall stated ways are not in as good condition as
Saturday. ' they should and coyld be. The rea-
"It has jarred loose a number of | son assigned is that neglect is the
professional waverers for us," Owen main trouble.
S5 PRIZE IS OFFERED
FOR BEST SUGGESTION
Campaign Started to Beautify Uni-
versity City; Contest Judges An-
nounced by Chairman Edwards
COUNTY ROADS NOT
IN GOOD CONDITION
Neglect and Small Wages Are Some
Of the Chief Causes of Trouble
One Man Says.
Every man woman and child in
Norman is to be given the opportu-
nity to serve the civic interests of the
University City and at the same time
win a $5 prize, according to a sta-
tement made Saturday by L. J. Ed-
wards, president of the civic league.
The prize will be awarded to the
person submitting the best sugges-
for the distribution of a sum of mon-
ey in prizes for beautifying Norman.
The monty for these prizes has
been contributed to the civic com-
mittee for this purpose. Members
of the £bmmittee feel that they need
help in awarding these prizes
Edwards states.
The "plans land idea"
MUST SELL
IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
A beautiful six-room home located
on West Sidejthree lots; will sell for
$800 under the market value if dis-
posed of this week.
See us quick.
SMITH BROTHERS
West Door Odd Fellows Bldg.
Phone 280
J. Martin remarked.
"The results show an improvement
over last year," W. N. Rucker be
lieves.
"We have had only partial success
this year," E. B. Kimberlin said,
"But I am for the campaign, it
should be kept up."
"Our collections are better thi-
year than last," George Orenbaun
said.
Many other dealers agreed in gen-
eral with the sentiment expressed
these merchants. Pay-up time will
close Monday, March 15, C. W.
Kuwitzky, Retailer secretary stated.
This is the second annual campaign
staged in Norman.
LIBERTY THEATRE
TO FEATURE MUSIC
The Liberty theatre has ordered
a $5,000 Cremona theatre orchestra,
which should arrive about April 1
The instrument will have an ex-
pert operator and will repulate the
music to the pictures, said J \V
Billings, manager of the theatre,
Saturday.
This county has not as bad coun-
try to build its roads in as the ma-
jority of others in the state, and,
according to Dr. A. H. Van Vleet,
chairman of the roads committee for
the Chamber of Commerce the fact
that men cannot be secured for the
small daily wages allowed by law is
the reason tor their condition here.
The couny commissioners are road
supervisers for their individual sec-
tion of the county and administer
funds raised by the automobile ta'c
for road maintenance, according to
X. K. Wolf or a, county engineei. He
said that work on the bridge over the
will begin Monday, March 15, and
close March 31. judges for the se-
lection of the best set of suggestions
I are to be Mayor John Barbour, Supt.
I A. S. Faulkner, and Ralph Hardie,
, clyimber of commerce {president.
| Contests and awards for the best
kept lawn have been offered for a
number of years and it is hoped that
something new and different may be
> received by asking suggestions.
' Suggestions are to be mailed or
j handed to the Civic Committee, in
I < are of the Daily Transcript. All
manuscripts are to be written on
I uniform paper, on one side only and
I will include the name of the author,
j\house address and telephone iium-
| ber.
Keep Chickens Off
Neighbor's Garden
Or Pay Damages
Many complaints against trespass-
ing chickens have been received with-
in the last two weeks by H. L. San-
derson, chief of police.
Up to this time no cases have been
brought into court as most reports
are first offenders.
The spring gardening is getting to
the point where chickens can make
serious depredations upon them and
officers warn chicken owners that
chickens are not protected off the
premises and owners are subject to
a fine of from $1 to $20 for damage
done by them.
License Business
Is Improving Here
This year, comprising two and
one half montns, fifty-two marria
ge licenses have been issued at the
Mr. j office oi the county judge. Last
; year during the same period there
contest I were only thirty-nine licenses issu
kOTARY CANDIDATES
Gladys Oakes
Birdine Van Camp
Marguerite Potter
Flora Walker
ed. The increase is about thirty per
cent.
So far there have been thirteen
cases of divorce filed as against ten
during the same period last year,
making a thirty per cent increase.
Comparing the divorce cases iiled
with the license issued this Spring,
they stand with a ratio of thirteen to
fifty-tvjo.
Last year ten divorce cises were
filed while the thirty-nine •marriage
licenses were issued. County Judge
George W. Allen stated that approx-
imately half of the licenses issued
here were taken out by Oklahoma
City couples.
! Earl Deacon, Oklahoma's heavy-
i weigh entry for the Sooner-Aggie re-
turn wrestling match Monday after-
jiioon, is a patient in the university
'infirmary with blood poisoning in his
I hand.
FINAL SERVICE OF \
Popular Sunday Evening Series
A MUSICAL
Under the direction of O. J. Lehrer \
THE PROGRAM
yiolin Quartet—"Arrival" Dancla
Mrs. Aszman, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Bowles, Mr. Lehrer
Vocal Duet—"God That Madest Earth and Heaven"—
Rathbun
Miss Jalin, Mr. Benton
Trombone'Solo—"Waters of Minnetonka" Lieurance
Mr. Fenn
Soprano Solo—"A Spirit Flower" Tipton
Miss Bonnie White
String Quartet—"Madrigal" Bowden
1st Violin, Mrs. Aszman; 2nd Violin, Mr. Hoover;
Viola, Prof. Lehrer; Cello, Mr. Rothrock.
Baritone Solo—"In My Father's House There Are
Many Mansions" MacDermid
Mr. Roderick
Violin Solo—"First Concerto" DeBeriot
Mr. Russel Weber
Vocal Trio—"Protect Us Through the Coming Night'
Cushman
Helen Allen, Margarita Gimeno, Tessi Rudell
First Presbyterian Church
7:30 P. M. j t
SECURITY
ABSTRACTCO
of Cleveland County
BONDED
ABSTRACTERS
Now ready to furnisV
abstracts on short notice.
Experienced Abstracters.
Office Over
First National Bank
F. B. STALDER, Sec.
M. S. ROBERTSON, Pres.
IS KNOCKED OUT •
BY GAS TANK
While soldering on a supposedly
empty gasoline tank, Oscar
Prock, a local blacksmith , was
severely injured at his shop on
Crawford street Saturday morn-
inn, when the tank exploded.
He was knocked unconcious by
the explosion, and was taken to the
office of Dr. J. L. Day by those
who were attracted by the explo-
sion. and it was found that his
right leg was severely bruised and
also suffered severe bruises about
the face.
Prock had supposed the tank to
be empty but there was evidently
enougn gasoline left in it to gen-
erate gas, which exploded when
the soldering iron was applied.
Canadian south of town will not be-
gin for some time yet.
All of the bridges in this county
I and that one over the Canadian in
! particular are worn out by the vi-
I vration of cars going too fast over
them, the engineer said. He sug-
gested thnt signs be put up warn-
ing people to «dow down to 8-10
miles per hour, as that would double
the life of the9e structures.
"A little work in the way of up-
keep on the high ways is all that
would be necessary to keep them in
good condition. One could take a
shovel and fill up the bumps in bridge
approaches in five minutes. The
road west of town here needs a little,
filling with the slips and would not |
require very much work, stated G.
M. Keiger.
"The roads are just fair" said S.
L. Bennett, who lives north of Nor
man, adding*that Cleveland county
ought to macadamize up to the paved
high way that reaches from Okla-
homa City to the northern edge of
this county.
"The roads are not bad and ought
to be better after this rain if they
are smoothed down a bit," opined
W. H. Stogner.
HOSPITALS ADEQUATE,
SAY NORMAN DOCTORS
Sunnyside hospital has ten re-
cently incorporated with Mrs. Bel-
va Capshaw, Clyde Pickard, and
William Synnott as stockholders.
Norman is not particularly sup-
plied with hospitals for a town of its
size according to physicians, but as
it is so near Oklahoma City facili-
ties are adequate.
The university infirmary is "good
for the doctor and good for the
dent" Dr. J. L. Day says and the
cord given out by Miss \V«!hclinina
Ost^rhaus who has charge of, the in-
firmary bears out the statement.
Since September then- have been
157 patients in the infirmary, and
several of these have bqen in two or
three times, and not a patient has
died. The average lehgtli ot turn
each one spends in the hospital i
from three days to a week, Mis
Osterhaus says.
Earl Deacon, -suffering from ai
infected hand, and Omar Lyon, re
covering from on operation, are the
only ones in the infirmary at pre
sent.
James Nagy, horse-shoer attached
to the R. O. T. C. unit at the univerr
sity may challenge all comers soon for
a boxing match of any number of
rounds, Military authorities announc-
ed Saturday.
The fourth Rotary candidate to
announce was Miss Flora Walkei,
senior 6tudent in Norman high
school, who entered the race late
Friday afternoon. Mis9 Walker had
been urged by friends for several
days to enter the race but would not
allow her name to be announced un-
til Friday afternoon.
Miss Walker is completing her
fourth year in Norman high schorl
this spring. She is specializing in
normal training work.
Miss Gladys Oakes is a sopho-
more in the high school, enrolled in
the regular college preparatory
courses.
Miss Birdine Van Camp is another
high school student, She is a mem-
ber of the Dramatic club.
Miss Marguerite Potter, Sooner
beauty queen in '17, is a senior in the
Oklahoma university, college of arts
and sciences, this year. She is the
only Sooner coed entered in the race
at present. Her lionie is at Indiaho-
ma. She is a member of Delta Delta
Delta sorority.
Be Official Sponsor.
The winner of the Rotary club
popularity race will be the official
.sponsor for the Norman R<otariau
delegation on its trip to the district
convention at Joplin, Mo., April 18-
20. This is not a beauty queen race
as some have thought, but a sponsor
race, those in charge of the "On to
Ioplln" committee announced Satur-
day afternoon.
Candidates may continue to enter
the sponsor race until 6 o'clock Mon-
day afternoon.
The candidate receiving the larg-
est number of votes will travel in
state to Joplin as Norman's Rotar-
ian sponsor. Each fifty cent ticket
to the Rotary minstrel, which is to
be given April 9, in tin- university
auditoritn, fine arts building, will
have atached a coupon for 100 votes,
Rotary members explained Saturday.
Pullman Chartered.
The sponsor will go to Joplin with
club members and their wives, all ex-
penses being paid by the club. A
pullman has been chartered for the
Norman delegation and this will be
attached to the special Rotary train
which is to be chartered for Okla-
homa Rotary clubs, local members
say. Approximately thirty Norman
Rotarians are expected to make the
trip, accompanied by their wives and
university talent, including the Soon-
er and Tobasco quartets.
"We not only expect but are ab-
solutely planning on sending tflie
livest delegation to Joplin that has
ever lett the state of Oklahoma,"
aid one member of the committee
Saturday. "We know that we will
have the best entertainers in the
southwest and with our sponsor we
are going to put Norman, the Uni-
versity city of the Southwest, on the
Rotarian map.
THE LIBERTY
Monday & Tuesday
A Fine Art production.—
Smiles and tears. Come
and laugh a little and weep
a bit for your betterment.
Mae Marsh
Robert Harron
and
Tully Marshall
—IN—
"Children of Paris
Streets"
A virile human story of a
"Adventures of Ruth" with
the help of a sweet girl.
—ALSO—
JACK
DEMPSEY
—IN—
"Dare Devil Jack"
A Serial of a Thousand
Thrills
Coming Wednesday and
Thursday William Fox pre-
sents Geoge Walch in "The
Beast"; a new chapter of
"Adventures of R ith with
Ruth Roland, and a Gale
Henry comedy.
NOW IS THE TIME
Select your home site NOW, while it's cheap, in the most
beautiful part of Norman.
Landt's Restricted Addition
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spending the week end with her
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Inquire of C. P. Landt at Minteer Motor Company, Phone 319
Speed? 112 miles an hourl I
Hell-bent-for-election! j
Two roads to cover One |
to the finishing point. One
to the girl.
The road to the post was
clear—and he traveled some.
The road to the girls? A
snail's pace.
Make it? Ho, you folks
who thrill at the chug-
chug, trob-throb of a mighty
engine 1
Come to see.
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University Theatre
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