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Norman Transcript
VOL. X. NO. 80
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY, JULY 4. 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
To Our Guests:
Various committees have been working; for some time
thai you might he hospitably received today. Hut
while the 1. C). O. F. were in charge, they were merely
the reception committee. The folks of Norman are your
hosts. The Transcript joins in welcoming you to Nor-
man, that we may all revere and celebrate the anniver-
sarv of the Declaration of Independence!
JUST KIDS—The PiBar Fight.
BY AO CARTER
Hard Surfaced Road Bond
, Issue Should Be Supported
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
Will Be Appropriated for Cul-
verts and Bridget*
An expensive construction of hart'
surfaced roads must he made sod
if Clev land county is to keep up
with othu counties of the state.
That id the opinion of C. W. Ku-
witzkv, secretary of the Norman
chamber of commerce, in comparing
the resources of this county with
others over Oklahoma.
"I find that everywhere in the
state there i s a rapid development
in the construction of good roads,"
he declared. "We have always been
proud of the fact that Cleveland
<ount> 'came across' in matters of
progress such as this.
''The enviable record made by
farmers < i the county, the modern
farms thai we boast of. and the
progressive spirit of i leveland
county residents, have always been
matters of pride to us all.
''Again v.e are facing a critical
question, the answer to which will
determine whether we are to keep
pace with competitive counties. Kv-
erywhere over the nation we see a
profound interest in hard surfaced
reads. The United States govern-
ment was never so interested in
good roads as it is today. State
governments and individuals—and
particularly fanners—are demand-
ing good roads.
"For years we have labored here
developing one of the best communi-
ties in the state. We have reached
a stage in the progress of the coun-
ty where we cannot go forward as
v e" should without good roads.
"The fate of Cleveland county is
in the hands of the voters."
It is pointed out that a large num-
ber of people would locate in the
city of Norman and over the county
if we hud a system of good roads.
Residents of the county who oe-
sire to find out the exact location of
culverts and bridges included in the
$100,000 permanent bridge plan,
should communicate with their dis-
trict chairman.
These are: C. 11. Brand, No. 10,*
Moore: A. II. Van Vleet, No. 9, Nor
man; R. F. Kllinger, No. 8, Noble:
\\ . L Bottom, \'H>. 6, Lexington.
Appointment of precinct commit-
1
May Your
Fourth Be
A Happy One
is the sincere wish of Jack
Bowers and eac.li one of his
employes.
Independence Day means
so much more to every
American since the world
war—and with a new and
prosperous business area
opening before us, pros-
pects for a bright, happy
future were never better.
Enjoy the picnic at the
City Park, with all of its
interesting features—or the
fishing party that you have
planned — Wednesday call
2-8-1 or 3-0-5 and have those
garments given a thorough
cleaning and pressing.
Jack Bowers
Cleaning Co.
2-8-1 phones 3_q-5
tees will probably be made in a few
days by district chairman, it is
said.
A hundred copies of the county
commissioners' proclamation calling
the election for $500,000 in hard
surfaced roads and $100,000 in .
bridges, with the location of each,
l ave already been mailed over the
county, according ti Kuwitzky.
ICECOLD SODY-POP!
STEP UP - HOT DOGS!
HIT THE NIGGER-BABY!
No, not a riot, but just the
order of things at Norman's big
Fourth of July celebration being
staged at the city park Mon-
day and Tuesday.
A niot'ie. the "Passing of the
Oklahoma Outlaw," speech-
making by candidates, ball and
ring throwing prize stands, ami
lemonade and ice-cream dispen-
saries galore—are all features
of the "midway."
Children, always the star
characters in any Fourth of July
celebration, held the center of
the stage. Wide-eyed and open
mouthed youngsters listened
with awed attention to the cries
of the pop-corn and sandwich
vendors.
Managers were busy getting
the speakers' stand in readiness
and the baseball field was
worked into good condition for
the Norman-Wilson Company
game Tuesday afternoon.
An unusual delegation from
the country was noticed. Farm-
ers seemed to have declared a
holiday for Monday as well as
Tuesday and all. Monday after-
noon wagon loads of rural folks
were seen making their way to
the picnic grounds.
If we may believe the signs,
it will easily be Norman's great-
est celebration.
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LOOK WHAT THIS
MAN FOUND WHILE j
DIGGING POST HOLES |
While digging a post hole on
the farm of Prank Mc(iinley, 1
miles cast oi Norman on the
south Section line. George
Greenfield discovered a 1 1-2
gallon whiskey find
The forbiden 'fruit" was se-
created in truij jars, and was
hidden about a foot under the
ground.
Greenfield brought the whis-
key into Norman and deposited
it with county % ficcrs.
Given her choice between brains
and beauty and almost every wo-
man will have brains enough to
choose beauty.
Miss Bonnie Garrett of Ardmore
is visiting Miss Hetty Maloy.
Exacting Kodak
Developing and
Printing
Our Kodak department is be-
coming one of the most popular
departments of our store.
It is because of the exacting
service we give. Kodak films
brought to us are handled j list as
carefully as though yours were
the only roll we had to develop
and print. Individual service
to all customers.
"Bring your films in the
morning, get 'em in the after-
noon.
Pioneer
Pharmacy
The Rexall Store
205 East Main Phone 9
Noble F. Hilsmeyer, Mgr.
BIG CELEBRATION
NOW IN PROGRESS
Crowds Will Be Larger Tuesday:
Committees Promise Thrill to
Both Old and Young
Prospects for a rainy Fourth are
not as favorable as they were early
Monday morning. The clouds are
not as thick and heavy as they were
during the rain Sunday evening ami
night, so unless there is a change in
the weather not recorded by the
weather man, the sun will shine in
all its glory on the Fourth.
There is a series of events in
store tor the people of Norman and
C leveland county tomorrow—Tues-
day. The children will be thrilled
over and over again, and the older
people will s^e enough interesting
things to keep their excitement run-
ning high all day.
Celebration Began Monday
The big celebration really began
Monday, although the crowds are
1 not as large as they will be on the
Fourth. Business houses will close
J uesday, flags will be hoisted and
the noise will begin in real earnest.
All the sneakers will feature the us-
ual patriitism.
Public Places Closed
I'lie post office, banks and all of-
fices at the court house will . close
on the Fourth, and patriotic organi-
zations are making arrangements to
lead in the big celebration.
In the afternoon two interesting
baseball games will be played at the
Norman baseball park, and at night
another chapter will be added to
the celebration when "Wildcat"
Craig meets Mutt McKee in a box-
ing match that promises a thrill to
fight fans.
Park Improvements
The city park has been put in tip-
top shape for this event. The weeds
have been cut. trees have been trim-
med and all old rubbish removed
and the park now has a real attrac-
tive appearance. Visitors will not
want for ice water, shade, something
to eat and plenty of amusement.
The Odd Fellows band will supply
band music throughout the day, and
they invite you to come and be
their guests.
Ode For Independence j DE MOLAY BASEBALL
GAME HERE TUESDAY
When Freedom, 'midst the battle-
storm,
Her weary head reclined.
And round her fair majestic form
Oppression fain had twined,
Amid the din, beneath the cloud,
Great Washington appeared,
With daring hand rolled back the
shroud,
And thus the sufferer cheered:
''Spurn, spurn despair! be great, be
tree.
With giant strength arise:
Stretch, stretch thy pinions, Liberty,
Thy flag plant in the skies!
Clothe, clothe thyself *n Glory's robe,
Let stars thy banner gem;
Rule. rule the sea—possess the
globe—
Wear Victory's diadem!
"Go and proclaim a world i^ born,
Another orb gives light:
And sun illumes the morn,
Another star the night;
Be just, be brave! and let thy name.
Henceforth. Columbia be:
And wear the oaken wreath of fame.
'Fhe wreath of Liberty."
He said, and lo! the stars of night
Forth to her banner flew;
And morn, with pencil dipped in
light,
Her blushes on it drew:
Columbia's eagle seized the prize,
And gloriously unfurled.
Soared with it to his native skies,
And waved it o'er the world.
—Selected
After years of patient effort, a
first wife makes a man kind enough
to be good to a second wife.
RECENT RAIN BENEFITS
ALL GROWING CROPS
A good rain Saturday night and
Sunday morning general over most
of the county helped (leveland
county crops, and especially the cot-
ton, according to P. K. Norris,
county agent.
The roads however, are not dam
aged, acording to motorists today.
Travel is not handicapped any.
The shower refreshed all crops.
' and satisfied many farmers who
have complained of slight drouths.
The weather is akin to that in Col
orado.
Miss F2diia Mae Stines was an Ok-
lahoma City visitor Monday.
Team From Oklahoma City Will
Meet the Locals Here Monday
Early Afternoon
\ big feature of Norman's Fourth
of July celebration will be the I)e
Molav baseball exhibition between
the Norman and Oklahoma City
chapters, to be played on Boyd
field at 1 30 p. in. July 4th
It is to be a lively contest, accord-
ing to Wayne Barbour, manager of
the local DeMolay nine.
An admission if 50 cents will be
charged. The proceeds will be used
to purchase uniforms for the Nor-
man team.
The line-up for the locals is:
Flood. Second base
F. Johnson, shortstop
Hal Muldrow, jr., left field
Gomez, third base
Barbour, first
Bob Ditrkee, center field
Craven, catcher
Moore, right field
Tollcson, pitcher
F. Durkee, pitcher
Subs are Kidd. Kagleton, Bryan,
I-lemming. Richards.
ROPyiANCE BEGAN
EIGHT YEARS AGO
A culmination of a high school ro-
mance is the approaching marriage
oi James A. Steele, 2lK Norman and
Miss Minerva Alexander, 20, of
Norman.
The "affair" began eight years
ago when both were students in the
Norman high school.
Since that time Steele has been
around the world. He is a world
war veteran^ a member of the first
division to sail for France, where
he spent two years in the service.
Since returning to Oklahoma after
the war he has been engaged in the
construction business at Henryetta,
Bristow and Okmulgee. For the
past year he has been located at
Oklahoma City
He is the son of "Chief" Steele,
night policeman. Miss Alexander is
the daughter of M. W. Mexandcr, an
employe of the local post-office.
The license was issued by county
judge George Allen Friday after-
noon.
DIFFERENT THEN AND NOW
July Fourth America celebrates her indepen-
dence. Hut not now as of old. Xo longer with
i/ianv fires, numerous deaths. .< small armv of
children blinded, maimed, and burned.
It is within the memory of us all when July
Fourth meant the burning of much powder, the
shooting off of guns and firecrackers, the amateur
handling of high explosives, t )nI\ a few vears
a.^o and the death toll and the injured li--t wa- a
Manditig feature in all newspapers on July the fifth.
Today how different! In practically ill the
larger cities and most of the smaller municipalities
fireworks are under police ban, except such as
ire arranged for as a community celebration, when
they are arranged and fired by trained experts,
(ione the small hoy s deadly cannon; enter the
chorus of boys and girls singing patriotic songs,
(ione the deadly rocket that shot into so many lace
curtained windows and burned up -o many houses;
enter the community program in which real rather
than merely noisy patriotism i> inculcated.
Norman will celebrate with a higher class of
program this y ear than ever before, although Nor-
man never did take on the wild airs that many
other towns indulged in. This year the 1. O. O. F.
band will feature patriotic music, "The Star
Spangled I tanner," "America." and other such
music that stirs real patriotism. And the other
part of the program is to be educational and up-
lifting and stimulating, and when the firm"- of
crackers begins it will be under strict regulations.
Hughes county is to vote on an issue of $500,000
of road bonds July 11. If this carries Hughes coun-
ty will lie among the first in the state in the matter
uf roads one of these days. Tulsa county is build-
ing concrete roads and although they cost a lot of
money to build the upkeep amounts to verv little
iintl the work does not have to be done over every
vear.— Ada News.
ON JULY FOURTH
Tomorrow we cnlebrate the anni-
• i-rsarv of on. country's free loin.
But how many people will give that
a second thought?
To most of us it means firecrack-
ers, a locked office, home-made ice-
cream, Snappy Stories, and a chance
to go a day without wearing coat <*1
...1 lai ! lust another h<>:i:luy.
A lot of folks, about four or five
hundred million to be exact, would
like to have a chance to celebrate
just ON'K such birthday oi their
country's freedom. While hall the
world mourns in monarchic* or plu-
tocracies still, we here in \merica
have almost run out of anything t<>
free ourselves of.
The ()dd Fellows band is deserv
ing of commendation for putting on
Norman's Fourth of July celebration
It took a lot of pep and hard work
Thev didn't seem to lack either of
these qualities.
And while we're shaking hands
with the candidates and discussing
the boll weevil, we should not loose
sight of the fact that Tuesday is
the FOURTH OF JULY. If every
man, woman and child would spend
ONF HOUR Tuesday in reading a
little about that great Declaration of
Independence, and tin Constitution
of the United States—what- a dif-
ferent view many folks would have!
America doesn't need sovietism, nor
vet divine aristocracy. All she
needs is a little intelligent education,
i The average I. \V. \V. can't read
nor write.
Let's resolve to celebrate Tuesday
by honoring the document that
made America free, and the teach-
ings of those early patriots who laid
the cornerstone of the best govern-
ment in the world!
Bring Your "Picnic Snaps" To
Us For Developing and
Printing
You will take your kodak with you on your picnic
trip July 4th. And you will want good pictures of
the many pleasant scenes and activities of the day.
Bring your films to us for printing and devel-
oping. You are assured of high class work and per-
fect satisfaction.
203 East Main Street
Telephone 488
Now that daughter has finished
high school, mother is wondering
whether to send her to collene or
encourage that young man :it the
bank.
Save Money on
Shoe Repairs
For three days beginning
Thursday, July 6, we will half
sole men's shoes for $1, ladies'
shoes for 75c, and children's
shoes for 65c.
For these three days we will
put on I. T. S. or Goodyear
rubber heels for 35c.
Take I advantage of these
prices for these three days and
save money on your shoe re-
pairs. Gather up the children's
shoes, your shoes and your hus-
band's shoes and send them to
us for repairs—Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday, July 6, 7 and
8.
West Side Shoe
Hospital
204 West Maifi Street
Rotarians Stand
As Unit For Hard
Surfaced Roads
Dr. Arthur C. Fleshman, who is
associated with the Teachers College
at Syracuse. New York, spoke on
"Fvolution" at the Rotary meeting
Monday at the Christian church. Dr.
Fleshman said that prograss was
brought about largely through the
process of evolution. "Take the
flower for instance," said the speak
er, "It is a process of evolution . I
believe in evolution and I believe in
the Bible."
Dr. A. h. Van Vleet, chairman of
the good roads committee of the
chamber of commerce, spoke briefly
on the bond proposition for hard
surfaced roads in Cleveland county.
He said word had come to him that
a number of business men of Nor-
man are opposing the bond issue. In
order to test out the Rotary club.
M F. Fischer, acting president, cal-
led on all Rotarians who are in favor
of the proposition to stand up. They
ALL stood, so that if there are
SUMMER SESSION
UNIVERSITY 0KLA
f
July 4, Tuesday
Independence Day—Holiday.
July 5, Wednesday
9:00 a. m. Lecture: The Nature of
Subject Matter, Dr. Arthur C.
Fleshman, Teachers College, Syra-
cuse University. (Kducation 63)
Fine ,\its Auditorium.
11:00 a. m. Lecture. The Socia'ized
School, Dr. Arthur C. Fleshman.
Teachers College, Syracuse Univer-
sity. (Kducation 64) Fine Arts Aud-
itorium.
4:00 p in. International Relations
Club. Subject to be announced. Di-
rection of Professor II. C. Roys.
ED 206.
July 6. Thursday
9:00 a. m. Chapel: Lecture: The
Sei-lit i: ic ( :r ! iculum, I • A'rtiuT C.
Fleshi "in. Teachers Coll ie. Syra-
ccm- i mvers'tr (hducatior 63) Fine
\rts Auditorium
11:01? a in. Le i • T• • pchin^ rnd
1 earning, Dr. Arthur C. F'eslii' an.
Teachers Colle" Syacus* Uuiver-
• ifv, 'Education 64) F-im Arts \ di-
torium.
8 00 p. m V M an 1 V. W C.
Mixer. Program to h anncui.e-;.
July 7, Friday
9:00 a. in. Lecture: Individual Dif-
ferences in Teaching. Dr. Arthur C.
Fleshman. Teachers College. Syra-
cuse University (Kducation 63)
Fine Arts Auditorium.
11:00 a. in Lecture: The Personal
Element in Teaching, I)r Arthur C.
Fleshman, Teachers College. Syra-
cuse University (Education 64) Fine
Arts Auditorium.
8:15 p, in Moving Pictures, "The
Golden Snaref I N inth number lot
entertainment course. Fine Arts
Auditorium.
July 8. Saturday
();00 a. in. Lecture: The Fine Art
of Teaching, Dr Arthur ( . Flesh-
man. Teachers College, Syracuse
University, (Kducation 63) Fine
Arts Auditorium.
11:00 a. in Lecture The Teaching
of Appreciation, Dr. Arthur C.
Fleshman. Teachers iCollege. Syra-
cust University, (Kducation 64) Fine
Arts Auditorium.
July 9, Sunday
9:45 a. tn. Sunday school Special
invitation extended by the churches
of Norman to the summer school
j students.
11:00 a m. Church services for
the summer school students at the
churches.
8:00 p. m. Union services on the
i university campus.
In order to help out the over
I worked divorce courts how would it
do to grant marriage licenses for
| one year with the privilege of re-
i new ing?
A little flattery now and then gets
the goat of the sanest men.
hose who oppose hard surfaced
roads they are not Rotarians.
Ralph Mardie was not only chair-
nan of the program committee, but
lie was THE committee, and every
Rotarians present said Ralph did
i the job pretty well.
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