The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 84, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1922 Page: 1 of 6
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Cigar Manufacturer Sells
25f000 "Smokes" Monthly
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY. JULY 13, 192;
Extensive Remodeling
Started; ''Coffin Nails"
Says Bcnkc
Of Store
Popular,
Did you know that Norman had a
cigar factory rifjlit in our midst with
monthly sale of from 20,000 to
25,000 Norman-made cigars?
The Renkc Cigar company does
that amount of business. They are
manufacturers of the Uni ciRnr and
Benke's peg cigar.
This week entire remodeling of
the Benke building on Main street
was begun. A front similar to the
■ sat side of the new City National
hank building, is being put in.
Benke's trade territory includes
McClain, Cleveland and Oklahoma
counties, lie does a large- business
every month with Oklahoma City
tobacco dealers.
Cigarets are the popular smoke,
nowadays, according to Benke, on
account of their mildness anil being
less expensive than a ci^ar.
Pipes are likewise much in use
these days, lie says.
GOOD KOADS WEKE
DEMANDED bY THIS
CITY IN ILLINOIS
E. A. Coulter is a real booster for
the $000.(100 good roads and bridges
issue.
For the reason that lie saw his
home town paying $.12,(101) a year
for oiling the roads with no perma
nent benefit.
His native town of Fairlmry, Il-
linois, is now taking up the matter
of permanent roads with govern- '
mental aid, with an annual expendi-
ture of $20,000 and at the end of
some 20 years will have a good sys-
tem of hard surfaced roads.
DEPOSITS TRIPLE
HERE IN 8 TEARS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Sooner Landmark
Passes As "Seven
Buckets" Ceases
W ith the destruction of the old
l iberty Theatre, which is being
remodeled into a dance hall, one
oi Soonerland s most renowned
landmarks passes.
It was known among O. U. stu-
dent* and Norman people, more
popularly as "The Seven Buckets
of Blood." The name probably
originated fr<<.m the theatre's per-
sistent showing of \vestern dramas
and blood-curdling serials in the
"old days."
The balcony of the Liberty was
always headquarters for University
of Oklahoma students. Popcorn
and peanuts wore traditional com-
panions of a trip to the Liberty
balcony.
Josh Billing?, the proprietor, is
building a new playhouse but it is
place in the Sooner's memory that
doubtful if it will hold the same
tlu- famous "Seven Buckets" oc-
cupied'
Fearless Co-ed
Turns In Burglar
Call, Robbers Flee
When summer school boarders
shrieked with fear upon the entrance
of two burglars at the Kappa Kappa
Gamma house Sunday morning at
2:30 o'clock. Miss Georgia West got
up ami without hesitation telephoned
the police.
By the time the officers arrived
tiie burglars had gone.
Nothing of value was taken.
rhe High School league of the
hirst Methodist church holds its
regular devotional services every
Si:nday evening at eight fifteen in
tlie church.
60 PER CENT MUST
FAVOR BOND ISSUE
Requires Three-fifth Majority To
Vote Hard Surfaced Road
Bonds, Says Chairman
Sixty per cent of the total vote
must he in favor of the $(>00,000 road
and bridge bond, in order to effect
the construction of the hard surfac-
ed roads, says Dr. A II. Van Vleet,
chairman of the good roads commit-
tee.
A mass meeting will be called in !
the near lutnre in N'ornian and ev-
erybody will he asked to attend the 1
'Good roads" meeting, according to
the chairman.
At the good roads conference
Wednesday afternoon at the cham-
ber of commerce office it was de-
c.ared that if Cleveland county con-
ty constructs the proposed road much
y.-'de trom the southern portion ot
Pottowotomie county would come
here and to other Cleveland county
towns.
The schedule ot good roads meet-
ings for next week is: Corn, Mon-
day; Robinson. Tuesday: Grotfh,
Wednesday: Fairview, Thursday
Falls. Friday.
Postal Receipts More Than Double-
Few Bankruptcies; Progress
In Excellent
N'ornian hank deposits have tripled
in 8 years and local post office re-
ceipts have more than doubled dur-
ing that time, according to figures
compiled here by C. W. Kmvitzky,
secretary of the Norman chamber of
commerce.
Here is the statement on June .'0
for the past 8 years:
'914 $ A11.52R..11
IMS 750,041.80
1M« 1,22.1,4 >4.0.?
lf>!" 1,655,439.95
191? 1,45.1,215.14
1919 2,085,753.1.1
1920 1,872,591.10
1921 1.649.495.45
1922 .... 1,955,140.85
A perusal of these figures shows
that local deposits were .1 times as
<.'re:it in 1922 as in 1914. Bank de-
posits last week were within $90,000
if the 1919 mark—(showing that Nor-
man is on the rapid road back to
"normalcy."
The construction of the City Na-
tional bank building, begun at the,
j tinte it was a state bank, when many
other Oklahoma state hanks were
j wing on the rocks, is another indica-
tion of the financial firmness of the
I niversity City. The new bank is
being erected at a cost of $80,00(1.
I he population of Norman has
practically doubled in the past 8
Vears, III 1910 it was a town of.3,-
724 inhabitants; in 1920, 5,004: and
n 1922 the population is conceded to
nass the 6,000 mark.
In the past 9 years there have been
but .? bankruptcies in Norman!
Here are the postal receipts:
'914 $17,430.49
1915 18 519.16
1916 19,242.69
'917 — 24,821.20
1918 32,952.58
1919 .10.293.28
1920 34,106.68
1921- (1st 6 mo.) 19,499,50
'922 (1st 6 mo.) 22,662.08
The above shows that the first six
months' postal receipts in 1922 were
almost as great as the entire year ot
i 917.
Homes Improve As
.Number Increases
Say Lumber Dealers
Norman now has 75 new houses
under construction or being e\
tensivcly remodeled.
l.ocal lumber dealers report
that their business t r lime, 1 *>22.
far exceeded the sales of thi
same month a year ago.
"Our figures show a "X) per
cent increase," declared one deal-
er, after ^checking up. ,'Atiother
lumber firm reported a ,100 per
cent increase over June, 1921.
" I'lic advantage oi this year's
bi-.ilding," said one dealer, "Is
that practically all the new homes
are very nice buildings | should
say that 80 per cent o' the pres-
ent building is the construction of
nice houses. Whereas a year or
two ago, smaller and cheaper
houses were being built."
FALL FROM WINDOW House of Many Mysteries
RESULTS IN DEATH Attracts Curious Hundreds
FIFTY COMPLAINTS
FILED IN NORMAN
State Highway Officer Files Charges
Against Norman Delinquent
Motorists
Fifty complaints were filed Tues-
day and Wednesday against Norman
motorists who have failed to procure
their automobile license, hy F. I
Monroe, state highway officer.
"We find that the number of vio
lators, compared to car owners, is
greater in the city than in the coun-
try," he declared. "However, the
number of people in Norman who
failed to gfet licenses this year is
much less than it was last year. In
1921 I filed 7(t complaints against
violators of the law on the first dav
I was here."
Motorists who have not gotten
their 1()22 license are subject to a fine
of from $25 to $50. They are de-
linquent after July 1.
NEW BUILDINGS
AT $2,000 DAILY
Funeral Held Wednesday for W. H
Anderson, Who Died Tuesday
From Internal Injuries
Tin funeral of \\ II Anderson
was held here \\ ednesday afternoon.
Mr. \nderson fell from a second
story window on tile evening oi In v
1 at his home. 404 South Wehste
The cause of his fall is not known
Death resulted from internal in-
juries Tuesday at 2 .10 o'clock \
broken collar bone had pierced ar-
teries in his ne. k
Three physicians in constant at-
tendance had advanced the opinion
tlint he was not internally injured
but it was later lound that the tall
had partially paralyzed liiin.
M r. Anderson had bee'n a resident
of Norman for the past (i cars.
lie leaves a widow, Mrs \Y. II.
-Anderson; two daughters, Mrs
Morris I.evine. of Fort Worth, and
Mrs. I has. I' box, ot Dallas two
sons, t laude Anderson .if Bltyichard
and Ray Anderson of Norman, and
a Step-son. \\ I'. Harris of San
Antonio, Texas.
RETURN TO UNIVERSITY
Dr. and Mrs. M. J Stone. who
were married July the eighth in
Temple, Texas, stopped off Monday
in Oklahoma I ity and in N'ornian.
Dr. and Mrs. Stone are both well
known to university people, as Mrs
Stone v\as before her marriage. Miss
Corynne Wall, and Dr. Stone was
year before last on the la'ulty of
the university.
Or. Stone, who has spent the past
year in medical practice in Ogden.
I tah, returns t<> the university and
medical school this fall as associate
professor of anatomy.
They are on their way to Chicago
where they will spend the remainder
of the summer, and where Dr. Stone
will do postgraduate work in sur-
gery.
Registered Yet?
Here's Name and
Address fbr You
.1 I Oakes, 5.1t) West Sytmncs
was appointed Wednesday to be
precinct registrar by I. j, \|c-
Comli, county registrar, Oakes
was appointed to succeed V \\
Tobernian, who is out of town.
Here are the five Norman re«-
istrar and where to find them:
Ward No. 1, Carl Brown,
811 North Peters.
Ward No. 2, E B Kim-
berlin, Kimberlin's Store.
Ward No 3, Precinct No.
1. R. S. Barbour, Barbour's
Dtug Store.
Ward No 3, Precinct No
2, J. T. Oakes, 530 West
Symmes.
Ward No. 4, Mrs, Texie
Alder, Rucker s Store,
Work of registration is going
>n rapidly, according to Mc-
( inub. ami nearly every precinct
-'i trar is being kept busy ipuil-
ifying new voters for the coming
lection.
MRS, SALTER WAS
Neman Woman Reigned Argonia,
Kansas At Aj,,. Of 27: W C
T. U. Candidate
WORK BEGINS ON
NEW THETA HOUSE
Special Release of Three
Victor Dance Records
On Sale Friday, July 14th
ALL FOX TROTS
188()5—"Lonesome Mama," "Memphis Blues" The Virginians
18910—"Soothing," All Star Trio and Orchestra: "Night"
— Royal Club Orchestra
18911—"It's Up to You." "Neath the South Sea Moon"
VVhiteman and His Orchestra
These records are particularly popular and timely and will add
great'y to the pleasure of your mid-summer musical programs. Come
hear them.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PANTRY SPECIALS
Opeka Tea, two packages f 51c
There Are Many Others
Pioneer Pharmacy
Girls Build Fine Home at 516 Uni-
versity Boulevard; Ready by
September
One of t lie finest Greek homes in
Norman is the Kappa Alpha Theta
i sorority house, scheduled to be com-
pleted September 15, at 516 Univer-
| sity Boulevard.
The Theta house is costing $.10,000.
It will be a three story brick structure
of 25 rooms and will accomodate 40
I girls.
| The lower floor will be finished in
(hardwood. It is being built upon the
Dutch colonial style. Reinhart and
IJonovon, Oklahoma City, are the
! contractors.
205 East Main
THE REXALL STORE
NOBLE F. HILSMEYER, Manager
Telephone 9
A man sometimes gets blamed for
] a sin he doesn't commit, whereupon
lie raises a howl that can lie heard
for miles, but he never says anything
about the hundred sius that don't get
found out.
Record of $20,400 in Building Per-
'.■'.its For First Ten Days In
July
Building permits tor the first ten
days of July reached the mark of #20 -
400'
\ record of new construction ^t
the rate of $2,04(1 a day!
This is one of the highest marl -
yet seen in the University ( itv
The building permits include Roisc
Stover, l.ast Apache, residence. $4,-
000: ( has. 1. Gorton, remodeling
residence, $1,500; Maggie Caddell, 11u
East Daws, residence, $2,000; \. R.
Slceth, 1!(i \\ est 11ray, residence.
$2,090; 1, J. Dodson, Jenkins avenue,
residence, $6,500; I. \V Fox, West
Main, residence, $3,500.
W. O. w. Notice
On Monday night, July 17th, Dr.
J. T. Scott, of Oklahoma City will
will come up. All members are re-
he present, and important business
quested to he present at YV. O. W.
hall, eight o'clock.
L. A. LEFFLF.R. Clerk
No One Should Suffer From
| Ill-Fitting Shoes
We can fit any member (if the family in just the
"right kind" of shoes. If you have sore or tender feet
come in and let its fit you with shoes that will give you
ease and comfort.
Two new numbers arrived for women—
"The Pandora"
Black Satin "Pandora" strap, 1 inch wood covered
military heel, all sizes now, best quality, only $6.50
"The Pansy"
Women's Maxine Patent "Pansy" strap, cut-out
on vamp and quarter, 1 1-8 inch leather box heel,
a beautiful .shoe for only $6.50.
Buster Brown Shoe Store
HOLLAND & SHERMAN
207 East Main
Report of the Condition of the
First National Bank
at Norman, in the State of Oklahoma, at the Close of
Business June 30, 1922.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts «t 7,3') 950
Bills of Exchange qf.c nn
Overdrafts II"!"""" 71 L%
Stock Fed. Res. Bank 5,10000
Bank Building and Lots ""693 31
Other Real Estate Owned IIIIIIII 7.*265 15
Furniture and Fixtures ~ 5 000 00
I . S. Bonds and Govt. Sec. $ 55,500.00
Warrants and Securities 105,8411? 1
CASH AND EXCHANGE 241,270.11 402,611.42
Total
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock •_ $ 100 000 00
- 70.000.00
Undivided Profits (net) 1 769 07
Circulation ^n'nnnnn
deposits —98HS!
,ota' - $1,184,297.20
I lie above statement is correct.
E. H. STUBBEMAN, Cashier.
BANK BUILDING WILL
HAVE 21 NEW OFFICES
City National Structure Represents
Investment r.f $110 000; Ready
September 1
Tlu- ne\ City .Vat', nal ' aul lniild-
mir "ill be completed September
irst. according to announct ''irnt to-
day.
It \vM bave 21 oitices <>n the
second ti.,or, which will be .-e'llcl to
business and professional men
The new bnildini; i- - constructed
'l.an two additional floor- can be
added later, formiiiR a tour story
building.
Including \altic of the ground,
lixtures and cost of erection the to-
tal cost of the new bank building
will exceed $11(),(HI0. it is said
An interesting feature of the ( ity
National bank's building here is the
tact that the contract w s let and
work begun on the new I uilrbng ;it
U time when the ( ity National Vis
a state hank, when a good number
ot other Oklahoma state banks w, e
"going under."
heard in a restaurant
Here's a queer announcement on
this 1 i 11 of fare: I he proprietor will
be glad to receive complaints of pat
rons."'
"What's queer about it?"
"W hy should the proprietor he
glad to receive complaints?"
"Because then he knows that his
customers are not getting more than
their money s worth." Boston Tran-
script.
1 he world's first woman mayor is
a resid nt of Norman. She is Mrs.
Susanna Salter, ()20 Monnett avenue.
At h. the mother of four children,
she was elected mayor of Argonia,
Kansas, hy a two-thirds majority
over h« r opponent.
Mr- >alt« r was urvetl to make the
race for the office hy the \\\ ('. T
I I'wo whiskey men. with the in-
tention o, defeating the women's ivi-
i r, nominated Mrs. Salter without
her knowledge.
J). spite her protests, her parents
urged her to make the race, so she
:;ecepted the challenge. The result
was that the women undertook a
whirl v. ind campaign with the lfl'
slide against the whiskey dealers
>he served one vear for the salary
of one dollar.
"My hohby was parliamentary
"i'a tice thhough I was traine.-l to
he .1 home-keei er," says Mrs Salter.
"At that time I was probably the
lost advertised woman in the
world. Letters from all over the
world were received b.\ her.
Mrs. Salter is the mother of Leslie
Salter, niem'er of the Oklahoma
sta'e legislature,
a speech anyway
The individual entered the crowd
ed room while the meeting was in
progress, took out a bundle of notes
and began to address the meeting.
Tht chairman made repeated ef
forts to interrupt the speaker, but he
refused to he tailed to order. The
oration lasted close upon half an
hour.
Have you entirely finished, sir?"
the chairman asked.
"Yes—quite; but I defy you to
deny the truth of mv statements," he
retorted.
"I have no wish to. sir" said the
chairman. "The gas company, of the
management of which you complain
is holding its meeting in the next
room. This is the Vegetarian Sor
ciety."—Kansas City Star.
It isn't modesty that causes a lot
n to* clothe the naked truth.
Fires of Unknown Origin Break
Oct' Newblock Guards Wa"-
goner's Home
Many curious Norman fo:l:s have
I" i ii visiting the home o; J. I..
W a^goiier, one mile south ot the
university, locally termed the "hann-
•cl house." following 1 mysterious
tires of unknown origin in the last
few days
The first blaze started oetside the
"out door of the h I use nea the
foundation but was extinguished he-
tore it bad done any damage. Twelve
">"rs ':uer the - , .mrf blnz. b-oke
out in ti e -.line place. Since that
time fires have been occuring at
short intervals until Monday, wfien
• i guard v,.is idnod around the house
by Sheriff W || Newblock. No
irea I ;,ve o, , u e I since that time.
Bed Clothes Burn
There, have been two wood fires,
the othtr bb.zes occuring the
house wlie:. clothing became iilvs-
t-rbnsly ignited. Bed clothe*, wash
i >g- leather beds, quilts, ironing-
boards, clothing, rays and window
t urtains all have flared up in the
supernatural way.
1 lu* last two flares occured Mon-
day morning, the first one starting
t about (r *0 ;i in, followed closely
by one at 7 a. m. in a different part
if the house.
The bouse is a -tory and a half
affair and was built about ItMd. I.
I Waggoner and wife have been
living there for the past four years.
His wife's brother. M J. l-.vans and
wife, lia,\e also been living in the
anif house.
Samples of clothing which have
been in the firse were taken to Dr.
I'dwin De Barr, state chemist, for
examination. Ur. De Barr,refused
t' give the results of the examina-
tion in that it was court work.
"Bob" Slover Dies
Of Appendicitis
In Oklahoma City
\ t"r struggling for two months
against an attack of appendicitis and
•implications which set in after an
operation, \\ . |\ (Bob) Slover, Jr.,
son of Mrs. \\ I\ Slover. 124 West
Kufflida. died Tuesday night at 11
i) v lock at Wesley hospital at Okla-
homa City.
I ' e remains were*"shipped \Yed-
ms'!a\ to Davis and Thursday were
•aken t i Mill < reek, old home of the
iamily. tor burial. Funeral services
were to he held at the Baptist
church at 3 o'clock and the body laul
to rest beside those nt a brother and
father.
W P Slover, Jr.. was born Fell
-1. 10',?, and died July 11, 1922, aged
'' years, .i monthhs and 20 days.
I !v famih has lived here for three
years, moving from Mill Creek, and
Boh had made many little friends
who will regret to learn of his
death.
I hose left to mourn his untimely
death are Mrs. \\ P. Slover. mother.
Misses Pauline and Audrey Slover.
sisters, all of Norman, and M-s. Joe
Meyer, Jr., sister, of Ponca City.
campaigners active
on last lap of RACE
With county ami state elections
wroducing more interest than ever
before, politics is now the chief cen-
ter of attraction for business men,
farmers -and yes, even the ladies!
During the past week many of the
principal candidates for state offices
visited N'ornian, in crossing the state
and local politicians of both parties
were busy receiving cigars and
"talking it over" with their favored
candidates.
J. If. Blair ot Gary, Indiana is
visiting his mother-in-law, Mrs
• v. Mr. Blair is connected with the
Hartley, at her home on West Duf-
I'nited States Steel corporation in
( ary. lie expects to move his fam-
ily to Oklahoma it a suitable loca-
tion can be found.
W ear all the cool white clothes you want to
during; the 1 lot siinitiu'r days, and when the\
become soiled, send them to Jack Bowers for
a thorough cleaning.
Each garment given individual attention;
inspected upon completion of cleaning and
pressing to see that work is satisfactory in
every respect: returned promptly, looking-
bright and fresh as new.
Jack Bowers Gleaning
Company
2 8 1 Phones ' 3 0 5
Why Repair
Y our Shoes?
BECAUSE—
)
They can be repaired at about
20 per cent of the cost of a new-
pair.
They are more comfortable,
and when we repair them, ap-
pear alwost as well as new shoes.
Our shoe repair service is iow
in cost and high in quality.
Bring your shoes here.
WEST SIDE SHOE
HOSPITAL
204 West Main Street
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