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VOL. VII. NO. 325.
the daily transcript
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920.
BIRniKSpYnEnRc- '> Protest A§ains( Use OFFICIALS SELECTED
0UTN0M3ER DE. 0vera„s promiscous|y and f0R MEET AT fli
Ask That All Men Considereth
Most of the Deaths Occur Be,
Ages of Forty and Fifty,
Lindsay Says.
"When the Chamber of Commerce
sends out its pamphlets advertisine
the University City, they might men
tion the fact that there is a greate-
number of births in and around Nor
man than deaths," said Boss Lind
say, recorder of vital statistics lor!
■ Cleveland county.
During the year 1919 there were I
216 births recorded. During th>
same - ear there were 233 deaths,!
eighty to eighty-five per cent u'
which were from the state hospita'
for (he feeble minded and should no; !
be counted on the Cleveland count
record, Lindsay pointed out.
Most of the deaths occur betVeei
the ages of forty and fifty. Accord
.ng to records of the past thro
,mo"th!'i1 '',e ' >rths outnumber tin
deaths by a large margin, especially
during the month of March.
(F.ditor: The following is written APPROVAL OF BONDS
... a humorous vein and ,s not meant pQR C|Ty p,^ ^
Some c*f Best Athletic Judges That
State Affords Chosen for In-
terscholastic Track Meet
Diversified Farming Holds
Interest of County Farmers
Agricultural Agent Declares
... a serious light. It should either
••ome under the public forum column;
or in the "Have a Laugh" column,'
tint it is too good to confine to them,
si. here goes.)
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Johnson of Ard
more spent Sunday with their parents.'
w'- A- Smith and Mrs.
Mary ( . Johnson.
.Mrs. Oscar Lehrer was an Okla-
homa ( ity visitor Monday.
J. D. Maguire was a business
tor in the city Monday.
\V. 1*. Miller of Gainesville, Texa
is visiting hl ' BOH F. O. Miller. an,
family.
33 1-3 per cent discount on all lad
.es suit-. Coats and dresses. Mont ;
tnd sale. Ruckers.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Greenman o
Kind are visiting Relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Trumbull mo
tored down from Guthrie yesterday
to spend teh day with Mr. and Mrs
•V A. 1 hompson at 41X West Coman
cne street.
I' ttie Overall Fraternity ot
uiiMtiess League:
Greetings:
\\ o, the day laborers who work
at manual labor and have had
tli« distinction of making our
living l y the sweat of our brow
and wearing the good. old. hon-
est overall, *do hereby protest
against merchants, lawyers, ban-
kers and others wearing the
-anie. It will raise the price ot
I ■-anie and compel us to pay more
as they will become more used.
Also, do you not, in respect
I tor the good, old honest over
; ah. think that to wear same wh le
I charging profiteer price-, it will
he disgracing the honesty of the
overall.
Rut should you deci le t> laby •
with us and for us and sweat and
Miffer in the hot sun, we v ill be.
only to glad to welcome you to
our fraternity, the overall wear-
ers.
Let's not disgrace the overall.
I \ STONK AND OTHERS.
33 1-3 per .cent discount on all lad
. s Sluts, foats and dresses Month
t id sale. Ruckers.
ll^'Ti Ma.ryI1H°od a..cl brothers.
Harold and Hubert of Oklahoma
t ity, were guests today of Mr
I.aura Sewell.
City and F arm Loans
11 you are pluming a new home
or improvement? 011 the farm and
intend to execute a loan,.we have
<i very attractive proposition to
make you.
' all and talis it over with ns.
Smith Bros.
Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
Odd Fellows Building. phone 280
Officials for the sixteenth annual
interscholastic meet at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma, May 1, have been
announced by Edgar Meacham, chair-
man of the meet committee. These
oliicials will be given a preliminary
training April J4 at the invitation
meet at the state university for the1 ,in,,„.r
s..\ Oklahoma normal schools.
Richards G. Soutar, Sooner track
coach, will be referee and starter,
James A. Brill, a member of the fine
irts faculty, will be clerk of the
ourse and t apt. Carl C. Baehr com-
mandant of the R. O. T. C. unit
"ill be marshall.
I rack judges include Capt. A. V.
I dine. Prentice Lively, Bryan Griffin,
Glenn Lasky, Wilbur J. Holleman,
'erle Lliff and I'rof. l*rak G. Tappan,
clerk.
Timers will be Dr. A. H. Van
Meet, Dr. Edwin DeBarr, and Dr.
Guy \ . Williams, scorekeeper. Eve-
rett Sharpe. Inspectors: Ernest . .ngun
\ ahIberg. James D. McClure, Virgil guest.-.
Pendleton and Fred Cobb. 1 Walk
1 he approval of the bond issue
for the Norman municipal light and
water plant was put off for ten day,
by S. P. Freeling, attorney general,
in order to give the Oklahoma Ga
and Electric company time to iile
saiiTFriday R Gater> city manager
Johu W. Barbour, mayor, Joe Vin-
cent, city commissioner, John K.
Luttrell, city attorney, and W. R
Gater, city manager made a trip to
Oklahoma City Friday to see the at-
torney general and got a hearing at
ten o'clock.
No efforts will ba made to get fig-
ures troin contractors until tile bonds
?le.hT°)!ed' Gater sa>'s- and il will
be thirty days at least before any de
finite action can be taken on account
of this delay.
if the bonds are approved the in
" -.1 "lunil'iPal light and a
ter plant will begin immediately the
cty manager states.
many maxwells sold
BY LOCAL COMPANY
fhe fame and reputation of Nor-
mans automobile dealers are going
deeper and farther mto the confines
ot this section of the countrv —0 •
cording to J. O Fox, vice-president m'''Y ^ Marvin, a"d J«s Fields,
of the Holtzschue Motor Car clerk. Announcer. Gordon Bristow,
pany. co,n" '-en Owen will be in charge of
We recently have sold n.anv ears r^aschaH ,tou,rn mei11 "l| Oean J.
.to persons living in other count?.* i °f the tournament.
™Ie.:?Lher P™8pects," Fox said.I Pure thread „ v.ith moc'
seam back, dotibl heel and toe-;,
white and black. > ccial n.onth - .ilc
$2.20. Rucker's.
Vrthur and Charles S.thm of Pra-
gue. were guests of Herbert Schultze
Sunday.
New voiles of rich coloring \ . r\ !
special for month > n ! - y. r<!
Kucker's.
SORORITY ENTERTAINS
MOT HERS OF MEMBERS
I he member*
•ororit > invite
sp<
't the Gainma Beta
their mothers to
id the week-end with them at
theii home at 7.?5 Asp avenue.
1 hey entertained with a I o'clock
iner Sunday with their mothers
-M esdames ( !•". Sullivan of Ard-
more- J. B. Simpson of Clinton. C.
1 ackett ot Oklahoma City, A.
U alker Rives of Oklahoma City, C
Whitehurst of Ardmore. I.. C
Aai.tlainl of Purcell, I. r. Va.ighai.
J", N1 Tn.an, I. M. Campbell of Ok-
1 i,; a l .ty. J P. Hart of Chickasha,
■>"<« ^ I 1 hompson of Oklahoma
Mesdames K B. Streeter of Chick-
ha. r.dward Berg 01 Oklahoma
!•.. U. Jackson of Glenridge
u lda B«wle, of Norma.,;
1'gr I,lie, ol Norman, C. A. Her
"gton (.1 Norman and the following
present Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Mrs. M. I- Wynne, Misses
i-arir.ers of vleveland county are
showing greater interest in diversi
'tied farming ihe raising oi' corn, oals,
wheat and livestock, than any other
phase of farming, according to
County Agrnt L. K. Bogan. How-
ever some of the most progressive
farmers f the county J XiVlU
jug m one product, uch as grain
fruit, dairying or livestock he says
P U. Johnston, living about five
miles west of Norman, is „ orogress
Charirl0 farmers or this county
. ,. . Lau,e.r >S another farmer spe-
cialumg m livestock.
William Barr, living one mile north
and seven miles east of Norman has
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OKLAHOMA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Implement Work Going on Rapid.
ly In Sooner State, Denver Report
Says.
2SOA<8Siih 19-T0kVm' reaches the
.ooo-barrel a day mark in crude
oil production.
Sapupla—Street car fare increased
from 3 to 8 cents. '"creaseu
Guthrie—Scottish Rite Masons in
«rec, $i,OOO.UOO ten,pde here
Chickasha to have new theater
cily hofpi,a{.mPr°Vemenls P'annei1 •"
Minco—Old frame buildings on
S —' --
schooV°b"ildVngtraCt 'Ct '°r
l^obart county to vote $500,<W() to
u..iw cji^v oi iNorinan hus i « ,"u.' vote i^uiM
* succe-"9 fp production of goo,I ,4"r c l57 '"i1" highway
Field judges Class A. pole vault Nannie la.L.,,,. < .1 ■ ..
&VS? H°?oldr#Huifffee?0,25[ Bern «e"i"«ton "Ruby "W'Z]
si dr
I cigar, Phil White, Marcellus Priebe, \, ' lackso , l'av w® 8 McOehee, I
and Dow Hamm, Clerk. Class H i '," ' W .Norris, Ben Cooley.
I tigenc Monnet, John Hogan and : ; "" V J,ack Vaughan ,and Mc
Snoc Ferrell clerk. I '-aughln, of l opek
corn. j. C. "Todd al'so ipea'ai
"os in raising of seed corn.
In South End of C®unty
Burk, living three miles nortl;
Shot put, discus and javelin, Lester o r i ikhuu Z ■
Lichtv, Lawrence N. Morgan, ^' UDENTS CROWD CARS
i. Marvin, and less
AND TRAINS TO CITY
this morning.
Maxwell touring cars have been
sold to timer Claunch of Lexington
CharL ^°rnso" Of Wash,.lift, n
R F r^0mpS?n, °f ■ R°-eda!, and
-■ Crillthan of Lexington.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
On and after this date there will
and fo/higf, s^ho0l stUunden7srabiU^he ^
rule do«rnotnapSly°tfoSClh00,S- Th'S Xew voile« rich '
-by the .stab i.h«iyi^ " Wen 1 spec'al for ""
nianWCpARkPR n °' Nor-|$P.n Ruck(,,-S
J-'4-2t: ,ARKER' 0wner- Month end sale now
•ii d \ ,-rle
When there are no dances during
the week-ends, the trains and cars
''r' CIOWfled with students going to
Oklahoma City to shows and other
places of amusement, Milton Milam,
•santa l e ticket clerk, and Paul Hod-
| ne interurban agent said Saturday.
i < ii of fifteen more students go to
; ' ity ".i every car and about twice
as many as usual on every train,
| 'his niakfs up the average number
citv enter-
Vortbtut | i 1 extra guests that the
LexuiKton, tains.
l y Mrs K.I :
Pure thread silk hose with mock
r" double heels and toe-
, ti..' .rd , and black. Special month sal,
>—Rack*iJK
\l
six and a "iiaif'miiea'east™l"Te\
farmdii'a " ."ltrr,«,t"1 diversified
l.ogs COtt°n' r°r" a"'1
,i,,rtl,K.(Ab,trnitiy' livi"K 'wo mile
ki;lh„7' JrtXr —
fa '^nd" corn.4"''" alfa'
One of the most progressive fruit
Thaekci S "he cou"ty " I)r- R. C
"'K 0"* a,ul a half miles
th.s f LcXln*ton- The products of
this farm are apples and peaches
the foremost dairy farm-
ers of the county rc, p. L. Hill liv
uSe, east of v'1" north ""d -w„
Sorm"-, and M t
man! 8 0"* mi,e t °< N'°r |
Practically all the f,rmr„ of C1,
vcUnd county raise aW\, son ,
of fhe f "k" rais<'d o a few
ZPAseanrsv?* -
[ PURELY PERSONAL
Rucke
I.th end sale now on at Ruck
Kiddies
10c
The Liberty
Adults
20c
Lots of Drama—Lots of Comedy
Lots of Fun
MONDAY
She was
•Lots of Love—
AND TUESDAY
spit-fire
tearing, raging,
wild-cat.
VIRGINIA
PEARSON IN ^
"IMPOSSIBLE CATHERINE"
Daddy had given her up as a Hopeless Proposition; Sis-
^r couldnt marry until "Wild Kate" was hog-tied
cernedT ^ "° WherC "Ca"y Catherine" was con-
siWnis ksy*Asrp * -
See this one sure.
Jack Dempsey in
"Daredevil Jack"
The most popular man in
the world.
A Sunshine Comedy
Wild Waves and
Women"
The most costly comed-
ies ever produced. Pretty
girls and wild animals.
FOX NEWS
penings in pictures.
That tells the world hap-
A CHESTER OUTING
Pictures, the educational
feature, shows animals
and birds in their own
life.
This Program Picked for you, see it.
Coming Wednesday and Thursday—William Fox
presents "Madilene Traverse in "What would You Do?"
a super moral play. Lily West in "Ham An,"'and a
new chapter of "Adventures of Ruth."
DR. ERNEST C. iVJOBLY
T J°rn^r Past°r of Southampton Christian Church,
London, England, will give one of his famous lectures.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
At the First Christain Church, Norman.
lecture will he on the conditions in Eurone
before, during and after the Great War.
^ ^ hnstian C liurch of X(^rm«in frirtntiofo • • r
his travels and experiences in Europe ' " fam0US lectures
describe the opening of th^Peaa-' "onferet'i',v dU.rTamnrygrei8thWar:nlnd
Ht will also tell us how lu- s,w the German dele'rateo nn,l th. ah- ,
representatives meet at Versailles an,I the Gailerv ? I u
treaty was signed. • f (,lasses where the
Mr. Mobley was pastor for three iMr< t ^
largest church of his -lenonmiation in 1 „g|and ' He ? . Sout'ianlI>ton the
London TabernacU . Newton Ave,,, ' - i f Ti 1 <e held meetings at West
meeting in Liverpool and Cheltenham! " ! , v '""t m London, also a
He traveled <>v<Jr Europe before the w-ir -,fi -r ,u, a
r in
attended three .essilns of^ose meeting.' He 1STpLtTof The P™"1
v,I|e Texas, church for six ve;„, am, .,,'th.. AmaX tte'Zn
Dr. 1<. D. Kreshmore, formerh l.reside-ii nf ,l„. i . , • ars'
of Ft Worth has .his splendid euolo^v upon Dr! Mobley ' '
upon the platfom^f ^v.Trntee.St,C.°Mobleyhe SmEwS ""a
ssa.'— ^ - -or a^i^s-^hfr st
"I havf heard several of his addresses anrl h-k ...
with his material and with his gtyles of delive^ His 1e«uLP^'re it £
unners:ty were exceedingly well reeei.ed. at the
^ • H. Ssnd^, assistant < \ ii .""piist 1 \1 i r • <-<
noted evangelist, has "this to sun:: ' dV Moblvl work? "nm? '
every way. He is a deep student, a splendid writ« , fine in "or a bn'"
orator, great preaher, and consecrated" P ' 3 born
Under date February, 1908, Dr. W in. | >„,•} r „ , , ,
chief of the Homiletic Keveiws Sa\ s • • , , ... , ' "'"I"", editorial
fellow-minister, Dr. Krne-st C. Mobelv's s !Lt to i^ T
Mobley is not only scholarly^i„ an acaden'c sens, IT T f Dr'
ihar with current world movements \, " thoroughly fam-
Southampton, he has wrought , splendid u H •, i ? K^at church at
the religious forces of the en re e Mi 'i" h'mSeIf t0
our London churches. hT iTan oi'-ator' S h<"Pe<'
There will be no charge for the lecture-
oftering
"he
He
MaNrvSViriinTf^T"Kh,e" and "^e,
I , v .rgr.iu Hayes, returiifd Mon
a„dia U."'"8 r0D1 a v,fit in Alex
quests of Mrs. Kerr's sfsttr* Mr« g
K Oliphani aod fMT)i,r • lvlr'- f
I can J. S. Buchanai returned Mon
fl«iy from Clarrniorc whrrr
an address Sunday at the layinK o-
Xo,Z^lt0Dt n( thr
jnfii
Kni^ht^n and family.
Mrs, J. W. Richards will leave fhl<
evening for Randlett, to^ spend ,ev
rlf?avtS rW ueer hu8b*nd
in^ iL U'i*hlln 0( Topeka is visit-
inp his mother, mrs a f m
Laughlin and family. F Mc
Miss l-rancis Buchanan of Chick
a«ha spent the week-end with he,
parents. Mr. and Mrs J. S Buc
Miss Mary Plummer of Coalgate
a guest of Mis, Lydla Haa^
Sigma Lambda Chf
fifteenth bs^- n'
Misses Rubyj Ba^holoXw ' IZZ
Steckie Mice r"^
and I aura Kurbi^ "U,h
\,™-. n- P°<f e left for N w York
londay after spending three week-
wt li'ssisterMr,. Mary", Tain
.L Hitt returned to her
home m Vale, Monday (after a
,sit with her brother, Mr O If
Frank and family. ' "
^ FS WtIls and baby visited
Monday*1' W °kbhon City ! plans ,o hnild^ra.i^^ho^
r*ur£r?« r' s fw -n,p,uy-
from southv^st Te*ajL U"diy ,',mdir'nc,ease of 50 per cent made
bank deposits past year.
bridal r t "y $90'000 >'onds for
uT , ,l uc"on approval.
Oklahoma t ity $750,000 issue car-
an(1
automobile'^ax du^M^ch!'3''1
.n^lrJn!^S:,iJ:;gh SCh°°'
SI °rner I'01"' lai'l for new
?1.M),000 Baptist church
Urandfield-.Modern hospital, „ew
hgl t, power, ice plant. 10 business
hu.ldi„K3 and 125 residences
Wft Lans, perfected for
i* 7*.* ' , school bnilding-, city
an and fire station. Contract let
sewer V s,ree,,,P?vil"T and 14 miles
be opened " °' WK) lo,s to
ini)s '!?nJ?~Tw" "ew b S'ness biuld-
ings under construction here
C oweta—Drilling test oil well on
town"'" far"' 3 '"2 mil« e « o"
Hugo—Three new churches under
construet'on to cost $150,000 each
a,,d contract let for Sni)(W¥> l.'-i
school building $200,000 f'ive-storfv
ho e |,P bum in near future. In^
stallms new White Way
Sdlool building. "eW $90'0n° hi8h
'Progressing on
water and hglit system extentions
Okemah—^!2,812,50 contract let for
paving Fourth Street.
Quinton—Quinton Releif Oil & Gas
Co extending line. Hriek plant and
fflass factory planned.
Ok'ahoma City-Wichita Motor
olani "'a"|jfactVnnK company moves
plant to this citv doubling capacity.
l awton—Hundreds of wells dril'l-
mg and score on sand ready to drill
Cement-5,000,000 foot gasser
brought ,n I 1-2 miles east of here.
l awton—One gas and one oil veil
completed in Keys field past week
drilling" fr°mK l(M WfiN'
Oilton—Bond issue lor water and
sewer extentions approved, work to
begin at once.
Muskogee $100,000 company to
construct twenty filling stations on
jefferson highway m state
unde" waT'" b'°CkS Pavi"K now
Ardmore-Five local hanks show
total deposit of $11,475,514.30
A Sr-?d r?,,rj"K—Mid-Continent Brick
„i f.L " operations swamp-
ed with orders.
Ardmore All building contracts
help up here since March 1 account
disagreement between laborers and
contractors.
Bristow $20,000 bond issue ap-
proved lor extension of sewage and
saine amouni for improving water
woorks system.
Tishomingo—Eighteen blocks of
sidewalks and curbing to be laid.
M"s^jjee—City hand deposits
reach $..5,000,000 mark this year
Ardmore—General Electric '
Free Will
District School Play"
Put On By
Norman High School Faculty
Come up and see the teachers back in their
kid days.
Wednesday, April 2
Admission to everybody -
25c
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