The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 137, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1922 Page: 1 of 6
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Norman Hi wants your sup-
port in its first home football
game Friday.
i HE
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Weather Forecast: General-
ly fair, not much change in
temperature.
VOL. X. NO. 137
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER >6, 1922
PR I CI:" FIVE CENTS
' HI.A. CI Ti OK I A
! 11 S I OI'J CAl. SOCIE'l" V
MUNICIP
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Leading Oklahoma City Builders
To Appear On ProRrSm No-
vember 24 and 25
Program fir the annual con-
vention of the Oklahoma Municipal
Icaytir. wh'ch will meet in Oklaho-
ma ( iiy, November 24 and 25, has
been completed, F. F. Blachly. sec-
retary. said Thursday.
oble Institute Opened
With Large Crowds, Main
Features Today and Friday
COMMUNITY SINGING AND
TALKS BY SCKOGGS AND
ARMSTRONG WEDNESDAY
for happiness; the intellect struggles
for knowledge: and the soJal lift
stru^Klcs for peace.
"li th parent and t :icher could
not realize that happiness is more
important to the cliil 1 life than the
food vvhoich nourishes him. there
would not he so many stunted
By Staff Writer
NOBLE, Okla, Oct. 26.—Cleve-
A meeting: of the Ameriean Asso land c« tinty citizens living for miles
eiation of Engineers will he held in in every direction from Noble pith growths, so many criminals, and so
conjunction with the league meet- ered here Wednesday for the first | many lailnre.s in lile. \\ ithout hap-
ing. Warren E. Moore, president of day's session* of the Noble com-{ piness, the child's food does him no
the Oklahoma City chapter, an mtmity institute. ?ood. because it will not digest
nounced. One meeting will be a Indications Thursday morning i properly."
joint session of the two organiza- were that even larger crowds would ; "No man Mvcth unto l\itiisclf
tions, when various city building he here for the sessions today and alone," said 11 M. Armstrong, civic
projects will be discussed by the en- Friday. | counsellor, in hi- talk on "Coopera-
gincers anil city officials. i'Vactica ly all v nnty tcacHefs tive Living."
Delegate- to the convention in are attending the convention of theii ' People Are Interdeoendent
"People are naturally interdepend-
clude mayors, commissioners, city association, which is being held
managers, and citv attorneys from jointly with the institute.
all cities and towns of the state. Community Singing First
Several hundred are expected to at- School children made up most oi
tend. the crowd at the first session Wed
K. P. Harrison, city manager of neday afternoon. It was opened
Muskogee, will discuss the assess- with community singing which put
ment of city property in (Mctahoma. the audience in a happy frame of
T. A. Higgens, city attorney of mind for the addresses.
Cushing, will discuss the recovery The opening talk was given b\
of tax penalties. C. C. McKnight Dr. J. W. Seroggs, director of the
of Anadarko, will discuss the crea- University extension department, in
tion of a state department to in- charge of the institute. His sub-
spect buildings and plumbing and jtct was "Complete Living."
electrical fixtures in the smaller "Every man for himself means
towns. Several other prominent the devil for us all," he said. "Sei- !
men of t' e state also will speak. fishnes is ultimately a kind of sui j
cide vet we naturally approach mat-
DANCE MUSIC COST tcrs from an individualistic stand-
inrn Point. So a 'social mind' will not
SCRAP COMPROMISED ill Noble or ill any
community without intelligent and
University fraternities and dance careful effort.
orchestras have compromised their Life's Four Struggles
differences over cost of music for "Life's four chief struggles for ex-
dances. I lu y agreed on $50 a night, j^ence iire merely living, happiness,
The orchestras had been holding
r t *or $6() and the fraternities had
offered $4(J. Orchestras finally . of-
fered the middle ground rate, and
the interfraternity council accepted.
BALANCED LIFE BEST.
GETTINGER TELLS GIRLS
Dean Roy (littinger spoke at Uni-
versity Y. W. C. A. vesper service
Wednesday afternoon, urging stu-
dents to strike a balance in study
and play, in optimism and pessim-
ism, and in all phases of life. lie
said both the ne sir.iist who des-
pairs oi accomplishing anything, and
the exaggerated optimist who over-
looks all obstacles, will fail.
DICKER ATTENDING i
GEOLOGISTS' MEETING
Dr. C. T Deck (4, member of the
University geology faculty, has
gone to Denver, Colo, to attend a
Rocky Mountain district meeting of
the American Association of Pe-
troleum Geologists. Decker is sec-
retary-trcasurer of the association,
lie will read a technical paper at
the meeting dealing with the Wich-
ita mountains.
-•now ledge and peace. The vege
'able life has a fierce struggle for
existence; the animal life struggles
ut." he said. "Cooperative living
i necessity as well as a duty. It
'jays good dividend-.
"A man who can see his fellows
suffer and never turn a hand, is
more of a savage than he is a hum-
an being. A community, well or
ganized, is just a league of neigh-
<rs helping each other.
"Communities don't just happen.
\v are developed through some
body's planning. There must be a
•Ian, and men must be organized.
One of the main purposes of the
'nstitute is to help the business in-
terests of a city cooperate in the
'crests of the trading territory."
Thursday's program included con-
rences by Mrs. Margaret Yost
vith the housewives and Miss Nolle
Turner with young women and
school girls, also examination of
scho ol children by Dr. Frances Wig-
gin.
Tin institute was brought to
Noble through the efforts of Ralph
Ellinger, H. L. Bell, and James
Shiever, local business men.
FIRST HOME GAME
FOP, HIGH FRIDAY
Large Turnout F.xnected for the
Clash With 'Skivy4 Davis'
Shawnee Boys
Norman high school's first home
football game of the season will be
t>l; ycd on Boyd field at p. m
Friday with the Shawnee team as
its opponents.
While George Xbbott's eleven
will be handicapped bv the 'o^s of
Cash, declared ilV-h iMe, and ( orn
elison, whose ankh still troubles
him, the team is in i fighting rnool
and will not be defeated without a
hard struggle.
Shawnee is coached by Arlo
"Skivy" Davis, formerly of Norman.
A large crowd is expected to see
the game.
NEWS
BRIEFS
Diidiey Pledges Norman
Fields Will Give State
University Square Deal
NOW, HIGHWAY MAN
ADVISES COUNTIES
PAVING TAX PENALTY
HITS FEW PERSONS
Practically all property owners in
districts .36-37, were included in the
rush on citv clerk Joe Hair's office.
Wlednesday afternoon, when the
books n paving taxes were closed.
Those few who have not paid
must now wait until November 10,
when the books will be reopened at
the county
delinquent
;cent ner year added.
OWEN SEEKS STRONG
DEFENSIVE MACHINE
Fighting Sconers Will Depend On
Parsing for Offensive Tactics
Saturday
GAS
Pre aratory to the invasion of the ,
V hraska Cornhuskers. Coach Owen I
treasurer s office, with a Wednesday afternoon put every iota
[ax penalty of IS per- nf strcngt.il possible into his back-i
Meld passing machine and his de-
"en e formations.
^OMPANY OFFERS Sweltering from t h t sun. am1
PRIZFS TO WRITERS
Mrs. Owen J. Martin went to
Pauls Valley Thursday morning to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Roy Am-
brister and family, until Saturday. They will be gue ts of the coin-
evening. , panv at luncheon.
the ^-uelline v. rko-.it thaf
Th? Oklahoma Gas and Electric ! 'ias carri.-il them inlo darkness ev-
company is offering $75 in prizes to ! ?ry day this week, the Oklahoma
members of the feature .vriting class squad showed a ti hting snirit Wed-
of the University school of journal- resday that was lacking in two of
ism for the best feature story writ the periods of the \ggic clash last
ten about the gas company's Okla week. The team's morale was at a
homa City plant. high pitch over the return of Cap
George A. Davis, assistant to the tain Gus Kdiiondson and "Ram"
vice-president of the company, wa? | Morrison from the hospital,
in Norman Thursday explaining the "If that weather man only treats
terms of the contest to the class, us right." was the vvnv one varsity
On Fridax the students will go to figure sized up the chance Oklaho
Oklahoma City to inspect the plant ma has to holding the Huskers in
"Mascot'
Strap
Patent, grey kid trim
—plain toe, \l/% inch
rubber top heel.
"Mascot" St ap
O
XK of the really I>h events of the
year in the way of sports will !>e
the Nebraska-Oklahoma football
ame Saturday on Boyd field.
Style in dress will he in all its glory.
\nd footwear well in the lead of the cs-
se tial things for the wardrobe. Besides
the .beauty of design, smart materials,
one of the most comforting points of
"Barbara Brown" Shoes is that they
require no "breaking in."
Come in Friday or Saturday morning
and let us show you the "Mascot" Strap.
Buster Brown Shoe Store
HOLLAND & SHERMAN
207 East Main
check. Comment around the field
was that if the mercury doesn't
tnke a drastic drop the Nebraskans
will he weakened materially and
may be unab'e to cope with the
Sooners' aerial program.
"Ram" Morrison was booting in
full form Wednc day. while "Sher-
iff" Lee. first string back, was vic-
ing with him so as to get in shape
in case a substitute is tveded.
Mi^s Helen Ronnett of Fort
\\ >rth, Texas, is visiting Mr. and
Mrs B. S. Graham at their home,
on Lahoma avenue.
New Brunswick. \. J.-Mrs. Jane
Gibson, who claims to have wit-
nessed the murder of Rev Edward
Hall and Mr- Eeanor R. Mills said
today she had identified the man
who did the shooting, also the wo
'i an v':o was with him at the time.
She *ay • she was near the place
vhere the murders wire committed
0 king for corn thieves
Cor.icana, Texas.—The jury has
a« yet been unable to agree on a ver-
dict in the suit to keep the name of
Earle B Mayfield off the denio-
cr: tic ticket as candidate for the U.
S. senate. The judg< said the jury
odld he kept together until this
ovenitig in an effort to reach an
agreement.
Oklahoma City.—Oklahoma City's
limited supply (f water is rapidly
diminishing, and Jo. H. Pattersoji
is preparing to present the situation
to city commissioners and ask for
nore drastic steps to conserve what
s left. Recent light rains have not
increased the supply.
Paris.—France, Italy, and Great
Britain have agreed to ask the
United States to officially partici-
pate in the near east conference at
Lausanne, Switzerland, November
13.
Oklkahoma City -Judge \. S.
W ells, of Lawton, sitting in district
-curt here, tod y issued a temporary
rit of mandamus ordering Torn
H Heiny, county registrar, to com-
ply with the 'aw Heiny was in-
structed to keep registrars on the job
six hours a day until the registra-
tion period closes. Officers seeking
to serve the writ had not found
Heiny at a late hour today.
NORMAN BANKS CLOSE
AT 2 P. M. SATURDAY
All Norman banks will close at
2 p. m. Saturday for the Oklahoma-
Nebraska football game, officials of
the banks said Thursday.
They also will close at the same
1 hour on Saturday. November 11. for
the Oklahoma-Missouri "Home-
' ' "oming" game, it was said.
Plans • for the 1023 senior class
memorial will be discussed at a
I meeting of the University senior
• las at 4 p. m. Friday. \ commit
, ce has been working on various
' projects which u i be submitted.
VAUGHT ATTACKS WALTON'S
R SCORD AS MAYOR; SAYS
rOOTLEGGEKS FOR HIM
"If you can find a gambler or a
I hoot Y- fter in Oklahoma tit) who is
not supporting Jack Walton, I'll pay
\ on for your trouble. said l\d
Va i ht, Oklahoma City attorney,
in hi talk at the courthouse Wed-
nesday night.
'Walton boasts about his gnat
administration as mayor. Let's see
what he lias done for the people
which he claims to love so well, ♦
"During Ed Overholser's !• ur
years as mayor, just preceding
\\ alton, ()verholser spent $88,000
in o;>erating the police department
the first year, $87,000 the second,
the third, and $u 5,000 the
fourth
Cost Under Walton.
"Walton sjunt for the same pur
lose $210,000 the first year. $.*>5.
000 t' e second. $317,0 )0 the third,
and he e tin atcs this year the cost
will be $338,000. 1 grant you the
town « j anded some, and c \ts went
up but they should not have jumped
n
cut.
"N'o.v what did h accomplish
with nil tin"• money?
"lie or-.'. ni: ed the mounted police
a vug $87 each for their uniforms,
$40 for b ots. $85 for saddles, and
$185 fcr < aril of the horses, which
h\ the way were farm horses at
• iat rie mounted police cost $21,-
840 f( t s?\ months and* at the end
of that tinn the city was so dis-
gusted with the outfit the commis
sioners ah lished them.
Flays Policemen
' W;i ton has men on his police
(Continued on Pape 5)
FORMER NORMAN MAN SAYS
CANDIDATE PROMISED TO
HELP SCHOOL GROW
"John Fields promised nie that ii
eh-cted giivernor, he will give tin
University here a square deal," J
B. Dudl titld an audience of J50
men and women in his campaign
talk at the court hoH-c Wednesday
night.
i told Fields," said Dudley, "that
a feeling exi ts in Norman and l i i
\ ei si ty circles that he would be nil
rit idly to the University if he he
came g' ■ ernor. l liis feeling is
toum'ed tin the fact hat I ields w s
a member of the facultx of the ()k
iahoina \ i'i; M. C ollege mans yea;
ea.. This wag Fields' reply
,4J. H , if ei' < led governor, I will
let you underwrite all the piavm
.vou want for the University.
"Wants to See Her Grow."
" *1 have no ill i .eliu\> for ti at
great ill* titution. 1 want to s .
• r w and become greater. I pit
.vou and you pledge X mi u
Clcve.aui! county for n, t '
gi\-e the Unive'sit\ a • pia d a
" \nd I'll gamble he will do it."
Dudley eli :r • d Field-* n n s
are v,,r a.ding eh.. . t ;.i he v.n il .
hurt the Univ(rsit\.
•'( )n the oli. r hud" he < < " inu-
you folks take a I «<'k around dem-
ocratic state headquarters at the
horde of socialists I anting around
theia, and then wonder w hat would
happen to the University if Walton
is elected 11 that comes to pa s. 1
predict the biggest upheav al v. i!
take pla: e which the Univeisity has
ever set n, and more politics will be
injected into state educational cir-
(Continued on Page 5)
CONCRETE CAN COME LATER.
MORSE SAYS AT MEET-
ING HERE
Averting tin- is th« wrong tinn
to advneatt hard surfacing of Cleve-
land and Mei 'an countv lacids due
to the financial dc| ressiou and to tin
act that ia c' attd oth< ? materials
CO !d not l)e obtained, J I). Morse,
• ' ii
! ri> d in his talk at the l'< - Kau-
, meet in v lie'd at the c:t\ hall Wed
\bout .0 < i me (6 delegates and
visi'.cv pr> ^ ■ i t at the met tiiiwen-
i .a out i t' i1 I .Aington si ut
U Pure Ii 18, Moore ft, \..bit / , and
. a - idem \<
Grading Method
>u|d Ri instruct
V to grade the
and the
1 a : led ill all road
• given the
I i s'i, i it v. St. Louis
•> a ti. rn . iti.
th 1 it. st obstacles in
... i'. hl.'liw.!-, at present i-
I! bri«l. < t I sington, he said.
ie Purcell ami I exington chain
nf cotnmerc. hot . to remedy
Committees Will Assist
MOPE RURAL SCHOOL COUNTY JAIL KCST
PRI IES HIS YEAR TO ANOTHER
R.
Mardie. l)r \.
\ ;
Foth Cash and Flour Awards Will
Be Given to Stimulate Stu-
dent Efforts
As an incentive for more students
to attend rural schools, and do more
efficient work, Miss Maude Morth-
cutt, county sup rintenden* of
schools, is planning special prizes
and c ntests similar to tin prizes
for penmanship offered previous to
this year.
Last year, Miss Ruth Hobhs, Can-
ada district No. 4; of Cleveland
county, placed third in the state
contest in penman hip. afte- winning
first in the rural divisions of the
district and county.
The plans for this year will in?
elude penmanship contests to he
held early in the spring, and offer-
ing three prizes in rural grade
school and high school divisions.
Cash prizes of $100 $50. and $25
were offered by A. I Creamer, Ok
lahoma City, for those Placing first
and second, last year \. I Cream-
er is the originator of a system of
penmanship and cony books, and
will offer cash prizes again this
year.
The Yukon Milling companv.
Yukon, also will give prizes of 200
pounds of Yukon flour to the best
in grade and high school. 100
oounrls f r second, and 50 pounds
'or third. Ti e flour will be deliver-
ed to the winners through their
local dealers.
lardie.
a aim
id lohi
E \V.
tin Pt
Me
JOHNSON TO SPEAK
AT PLEASANT VALLEY
Firs Tim? S'nce Early Summer; ' * 1
Blanche Pettv Held With
Alleged Thieves .< ■!-
c. unt>
F r tlu\ first time since early
utnir.er, the Cleveland county jail ' 1 (
'ias a woman gue-t
She i«- Blanche Lawrence Pettv,
held with Ralph Petty and Ossie
Finchtim on a charge of stealing a
l ord car from diaries Whit , whe
lives six miles east of Moore.
The w man was sle -ping um on- | j| L-lm ton. Oklahoma 1 tv
corned at noon Thursday on a cot constitutional democrat, will deliver
in the "front room" when a re a j,, 1 itica 1 speech at Pleasant Valley
porter made the rounds The rays S,s0ol hou . northwest \ rnian
of a hot sun were reflected by her ('ricla\- night i S . I, it an-
tousled, reddish-tinted hair. noum.d here' ihnr^l.v.
She has been in jail here before. fohmt n formerly owned a stock
county officials say. The trio is farm in that section <• tin- ant'
charged with taking the car from
White's barn and driving it to Sul- In order tor individual students
phur. They were returned to Nor- to get more use out < f run e.ptip-
man by Sheriff W. II. Xewblock mcnt, nili'aiN tracing classes at
and County Attorney J. D. Holland, th- University h \e been divided
I he last woman to occupy a cell I'hroe ji'-riods o; minutes ■ -.<•■ i
in the jail was Mrs. Callie Pence, ,:n i'hur-da\ nd h'rid.o \ ill rcpla« «•
who shot her brother early in the the 90-minutP period <
summer. h w> mi m p.-rin i
i! 1 continue.
S. L. Xolan of Goddard, Kan , ha-
con e to Norman to he w ith his ! \\. Linton went
i brother, 'J oiiy N'olan who is ill at rhursday afternoon, w
, his home, 301 North Porter street. • •; i til M'> iy
Thur
Tin
Pr.ced At
Quality and Service
The Slogan of Rexall Dealers
'r' e ideal and purpose of every Rexall dealer is
-nin a ;;tock of drugs, and give service, that
'du-'ds t1 e national slogan of Rexall Stores—
"h ■ !'e t ii Drtlf ' to-e Ser\ice and the Best in
n * rt< re Goods."
O'ti stamped with the Rexall trademark stand
unquestioned as the jHirest, cleanest and best
<|tialit\ pharmaceutical supplies on the market.
There is only one Rexall Store in each town.
Look for it and you will find there only the
best in drup supplies.
PIONEER PHARMACY
. THE REXALL STORE
205 East Main Telephone 9
Noble F. Hilsmeyer, Manager
Hallowe'en
Decorations
We have ordered novdlties
cne"i"l]y to care for your
i her Unusually nifty
!; AVORS
ArE CARDS
ASKS
"A"T F MARKERS
OBLINS
PUMPKINS
WITCHES
and a world of appropriate
dtcorations for making your
parties more attractive.
See them
Truhy Studio
122 East Main Telephone 203
,4Truby Photos Are the Best"
i
To th s Ve of
Clevela^" oui ify:
I wisll 11 : Ml 1 U
didate to t\ e v u
in the Lower House a ti.e nc a leg-
islature, and althout h I .ve not hru
air supp.i! , isli ! takt
• 1 un't) to v - .. 1 ni)
t1 .'it if elects 1 i' -■ . n ri
the 7th, I will serve you I > the ve: ;.
1,•_ st of my ability.
\^-ttrin<7 vou of ni\ gratelul appre
irtion of your support and influence
' run, Sincerely,
John G. LSri isay
(Political Advertisini '
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