The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 14.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1906.
NUMBER 4a
At a spccial meeting of the Nor-
man Commercial Ujb ti rid last Fri-
day evening for the purpose of dis-
cussing a County Fair proposition 13.
C Belt a farmer living south of Nor-
man chanced to be present and was
called upon to give his opinion re-
garding the interest the farmers
would be likely to take in a county
fair and if he thought same would
not meet with the hearty approval
and support of Ihe farmers The oc-
casion opened to Mr. Belt an oppor-
tunity to say to the business men of
Norman a few things for their own
good that had been on his mind for
some time. It was his opinion that
Normin business m:n should bestir
themselves and see to it that the
farmers in Clevclond county be given
a "square deal" in the marketing of
their produce in Norman and in the
purehnsii g of building material, coal
and a few other things that might
be mentioned before they could hope
for feeling, such as should exist be-
tween the farmers and business men,
to make their co operation such as
would be likely to make a comty
fair the success it should be because
he realized that at present time the
relations between the farmers of
Cleveland county and the business
men of Norman were some what
strained and that unless the business
men of Norman done something and
at an earlj date the farmers them-
selves would do something. Mr. Melt
did not believe that farmers should
be forced to build gins and elevators
and open up stores and provide for
the marketing of their own products
in order that they might secure a
"square deal" but it began to
Fair Association. While Mr. Bel
Government Ownership.
I do not insist that permitting the
private ownership of railroads was an
irremediable mistable; in fact, there
is much good argument in favor of
the contention that under private
ownership the roads were developed
faster and better than they, in all
likelihood, would have been under
public ownership. Ant we may ad
did not oppose the fair proposition, | mit> without at all prejudicing our
yet he to >k the opportunity to call ca8e< that in the evolution of rail-
the business mens attention to j roadinjj, private ownership was best
things of very much more vital im- j at the start ThU not capable of
portance to the Commercial interests demonstration—but we need not quar-
of Norman than a county fair and rej over
things that needed their prompt at- A raur0ad is a highway; and a high-
tention much more urgently. \\ hat vvay one 0j the attributes of sover-
Nlr. Belt said was evidently news to ejnnty. Whoever owns and controls
some of the business men of Noiuiau |.]le roaj t() that extent a sovereign.
And under our aggravated system of
laisstz faire, ownership and control
always go together, except with ihe
slightest modifications. Hence, with
private ownership of railroads, it
was unvitable that we sl ould reach
just such a state of affairs as Mr.
Stetfens pictures. Why shouldn't
i "re presentatives of those railroads
j and their allied porations" sit here
|enthroned?
I The owners of those roads are abso-
i lute sovereigns over the principal
and the fact that Mr. Belt said that
the Farmers Union in this county
numbered 1400 farmers in its ranks
caused the Norman business men to
"Take Notice." They had never
seemed to realize that so many farm-
ers were members of the Union in
this county. There should be 2500
farmers in this county members of
the Farmers Union. Farmers join
the Union and keep up your member-
ship It will do you good and assist
your fellow farmers. If farmers all
get into the Union they will get a j avenue for the distribution of com-
"square deal ' from business men, , inoljities; is absolutely essential,
for they will be in a position to force | with powet. to tax at U6erj of
a "square deal if mtne cant be j highways, their owners can control,
secured otherwise. Don't think they | jn a great measure, ti 11 productive
will have to resort to any extreme i jujygjry,—Charles Q. De France, in
measures to secure a "square deal' , April Watson's Maffa;;Ine.
if in a position to force the same and \
business men generally speaking: Obituary,
have no disposition to be unfaii in DjL.d. at his home in West Norman
their dealings As soon as the t om- April 23, Mr. John L. Gregg. He
mercial Club was made aware of the , passej 0ut of this great world of
darkness into the bright beyond to
Territorial High School Meet. j READ THIS, IF A CANDIDATE.
Last Saturday the Territorial High J Some of the few Democrats in this
School meet was held on the Uni /er- j county who are not candidates aie
sit.7 Campus in this city. Many of j complaining bitterly, and unless the
the High Schools in the Twin Terri- j candidates get busy in a substani, il
tories participated in the meet, and | way and at a very earlv date, com-
a crowd of something like 250l).attend- j plainants won't have enough of in-
ed. The day was an ideal one a'd the j terest to even attend the Democrat
meet a great success The cup was j primary, much less use theii infiu-
won last year by the Logan County i ence in behalf of any candidate.
High School and successfully defend-! They have shaken hands with candi-
ed ihis year by the same school. The dates until their arms are sore, and
Woods County High School gave j tilled their every pocket with cards
them a hard tussle, however, and it i handed to them by candidates, and
looked for a time as though Woods anticipated for a month that next
county might win The score at c ose 1'■ ue they came to town the catioi-
of meet was 404 points for Login to dates they met would say, "Come in
31i points for Woods, and Norman 3rd j and have something '; but still the
with 18 points. Calvert and Mosber j candidates sre greeting them with
won the day for Logan coun'y in the handshakes, expansive smiles, paste-
foot racing contests, winning first boards, an I a "How <i y do. Bill?
place in all the events s ve the 100- | "glad to see you"—"how are your
yard dash; even winning second in folks.-1 —"how are your crops
this event In bicycle and low hu:- Wig?
fact that the farmers seemed to have
a grievance against Norman, a com-
mittee was appointed at once to in-
vestigate and report to the Club and
we have not much doubt; but steps
dwell with his many relatives and
friends who have gone on before.
He was born in St. Clair county,
to
•j"—"|)ow are your crops look-
'—and "how am I running in
dies Norman High School won 11 ..f your neighborhood?" "I will try and
Hie 18 points in the-- contests In be out to take dinner with you next
the strong men contests the hus y week and permit you to take a few
fellows fTom Woods possessed the j days' vacation, riding around in your
necessary strength to win. John j buggy introducing me to your neigh-
Ill , near the city of Belleville the j Wilheit of Woods county was award- bors, while my team is grazing ill
will be taken, io remove any cause j secon(J day 0f May 1847 and lived ed the medal for the best all-'round your pasture and sampling the Kind
for a grievance that may exist. One I there until, about thirty years of athlete in the meet. Many of the ! of corn you grow on your farm."
thing is certain, the very srtati e_ jn 1370 he married Miss Nan;y track records were broken. j The candidates m >y not, hut Demo-
look to him as though such a thing j majority of the business men of Nor-, , WorriS) sLiedied in Novembei 1870: Disastrous Hail Storms.
was likely to be done unless some i raan are not proflting by reason of j ,hey had five children all of whom j Rep()rU from feVeral localities in
have gone on before except one ..lis. 'l'win Territories announce severe |
Carrie Gregg Rowlands. In May bail 9tl„.m3 lhe first of this week.
1881 he married Miss Mary E. Row- , Northwegt o{ Guthrie a strip about a I
mo e favorable conditions than bad | grievances existing but raiher suffer
hitherto existed in Norman were j jug and with their attention called,
created by the business men of [ will take all steps within their pjwer
Norman for the marketing of to remove cause for farmers griev-
tbe farmers produce. About at this ances toward Norman.
point in Mr. Belts talk he stated that ^ Fran, sometime ago an-
he was a member of a farmers organ-, ^ to that.
ization in this county of about 1400 . ^ ^ dnft of tfae demQ.
strong and had heard many things ck t<> 01evelandUm had
along the line he spoke, discussed in , [uade ^ t ^ of Mm ^ hence
the locals and county and distrlU | ^ no r with
meetings of the Union and he knew j
lands, three boys blessed their union, j |u„e w[de and four miles lon&) hail as I
crat voters do, realize that the "irri-
gation period" is rapidly drawing to
a cl ise and—no irrigation done by
candidates of any consequence. If
this distressing state of affairs con-
tinues much longer, about the 0th of
Lesley, Oliver and Joe.
The funeral services were held in
-he school house one half mile south
of Denver conducted by Rev. Andrew
Bailey and his body laid to rest in
the cemetery near the school house.
large as croquet balls fell, and in tor-
rents, ruining crops and fruit and in-
juring stock and houses. It. was the
worst ever known At Abner, I. T.,
a two-foot fall of hail, much of it as
large us hens' eggs, is reported, and
June the corn and cotton fields will
be very pressing or lishing will be
fine. Doubtless, the Democrat press
of this county, after so cold blooded-
ly holding up the candidates for an-
nouncement notices and printing
cards, have hardly the heart to ca '
'""'".'-ifcc-i.!....' attei.il.in « above
something of the feeling existing to
wards Norman's business men and !
| the democratic party; and the num- j early age and liyed a consistent life, j deept and that two cows had been
ber ot men in Cleveland county that i Where be settled on his homestead in ■ found dead standing in an ice drift
. .have decided as Mr. Franing are this county there was not any B.ptist |
Norman as a market for selling their I ^ numerous lhan many politicians | church he and his wife united with
produce and making their purchases ! have any .Jea of at the United Brethreuehurch. lie was
and that feeling was not such a5 | the present time a kind husband, a loving father, and
he believed should exist, or one that _ —Tri-* „ i a friend to all.
would make such hearty co-operatio i Peoples Tarty National Conference. om. darling father has left us,
A call has been issued for a Na- | oone to rest on the other shore.
tional conference of the Peoples ] But we know he is wailing for us
e
matter; hence we
between the busin ss men and farmers
as necessary to make a county fair
the success it shou'd be and he believ-
ed tba' the business men of Norman
could find things to look after and do
that was infinitely of more value to
the commercial interests of Norman
than the establishment of a County
Party to be lie d in St. Louis on June
27th. It is expected that at this con-
ference all the reform elements will
be represented Bill an agreement
reached and a p an out lined for the
formation of a treat National I'art .
The storm may have been bad | Qan short and family came over
enough at Abnet, but the fellow re , from farm MeaP chickasha last Kri-
porting it will never succeed in malt- j jje bought two wagons with
ing people who did not see believe t0 take back his binder with him.
that he did not draw heavily on his jje gays ^ |Wti 70 acres of flue wheat
imagination. In m my other locali-. and |,jd „ats and corn doing excellent,
lies throughout the Twin rerritorii s |^e sa„8 he ti is the finest prospect for
Will You'Get Into, the Procession9
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Will You Sit on the Fence and see it go by ?
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The procession of Acers Gale purchasers
. is getting larger and larger and it is headed
( I' yoiii" waj ,yoa wit! find k made up largely oi
j>' Cleveland Counties most successful farra-
f j ers and business men.
We want every gxood farmer in the county
u] to join this procession, and lhe only thing
j necessary to get you in line is an inspection
I ji of our gates and a thorough understanding
i of our co-operative refund plan. Come in;
rj' let us show you our different styles of gales, j'1
j explain our plan of doing business and take
(i ] your order. ijjj
Ai d suffering never more.
Oh my husband, my dear husband
! Thou hast hid from me thy face
i Thou hast left one chair vacan',
Who can ever fill thy place.
At the table a face is wanting
And in our circle a vacant chair,
Where ere on earth we seek thee
We never find thee there.
! !5ut when on the judgment morning, j
The prettiest si jilt will be
| To see you watching and beckoning, \
And h aiting for tbe children and me. j
1'armers' District Union Meeting,
s All the locals were represented at ;
the District Union tn etlng held la-1
! Saturday in the probate court room,
i The m eting was a very good one!
and several things of profit and in-1
terest were le . ned-by those in attend-
ance. The proposition of a clearing
house in Norman was di-cus-i d a-
vveri also some other pr positions. A
committe; of six l''at mers' Union men
1 were appointed to confer with a rum-
I mittee of the Commercial < ' ib of
Norman relative to matters of mu-
tual interest to both the business
men of Norman and the Farmers
j Union men ot Cleveland county. L
W. Price, president County Union, I?.
! C. Hi-It, vice president, M. B. Killk-
\ erson, John W. Williams, M. L. Chase
| and John A. Kdwards were appointed
J 011 this committee. They will report
j at next County Union meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Herry arrived
home last Monday from trip to New
| Orleans.
damage from hail is reported; but
\ none sustained in this c unty.
For Sale.
Sweet potato plants, cider vinegar,
all kinds of vegetables and strawber-
I ries after loth of May. Call phone
i 272. \V W. STOVKK It
a big-crop he ever had in bis life.
On bis v.av over lie had the misfor-
tune l"tl '"ie ; lb 'lor5ie:~ j"s' as
he reached the South Canadian River
from an attack of colic. He valued
a' malat about £20(U'0. He returned
home the first of this week
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Friday Evening, May 4th, at 8:15, the Four-act Military Drama
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Major Bur'elgli of the 12 .ii i' S Cava! • .
Lieut llawksworth, on duty at Po-' Kenion
Lieut Parlow, oil duty at t'ost i1. :i on -
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11'ltton
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S Patrick Kiytin, a setgeant,
I A i ll itu •! ne-. a private,
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Andy Jackson, an armv scout,
Dick Burleigh, Hie major's boy, -
Dr. Pemvick, from Queb , - - •
John Ladru, an educated Indian emet,
Kell-anOx, an Indian chief, -
Silent Tongue, an Indian chief,
Ka iT n Kenion, the general's daug iter,
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Lucv H.wksworth, the lieutenant's sister,
Ann Wilbur, a product ofthe Northwest,
Fawn-Ai i aid, Ladru's daughter,
Soldiers, ete.
SPECIALTIES BETWEEN THE ACTS
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Leota Wintin
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1906, newspaper, May 4, 1906; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117979/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.