The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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THE PEOPLES' VOICE
VOLUME 17.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909.
NUMBER 29
Senator Billups Introduces New Election
Law—City Eleotions To Be Changed
From Spring To Fall.
PARTY EMBLEMS TO BE ABOLISHED
Many Other Important Provisions—Has
Large Number of Friends Likely
To Become a Law Soon-
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 26.—A new
election aw, of very comprehensive
character, has been presented in ine
senate by Senator R. A. Billups of
Cordel. It overs general, primary,
city and special elections, and cuts
out many of the superfluities of the
pre^eni law at the same time adding
some novel features.
Probably the most noteworthy in-
novation introduced is the placing of
the names of all candidates on the
official ballot in one column, with a
parenthesis to the right indicating
the party to which they belong. Ac-
cording to the sample ballot includ-
ed in the bill, the names are not re-
quired to be arranged in any especi-
al order, either alphabetically or as
to parties.
An independent candidate is re-
quired to have a petition with 1,000
signers for a state office, 500 for con-
gress, 250 for a district office, 100
for county office, representative or
senator, and 25 for city, town or
township office.
The time for holding municipal
elections is changed from April to
the first Tuesday after th first Mon- i
day in September, the officers so
elected to take office on October 1.
The county election board is given
charge of city elections.
The printing of all ballots is plac-
ed in the hands of the county elec-
tion boards. The state election
board is to receive the returns on
the nominations Of statfc and district
oficers, and certify the nominees to
the various county boards. When
the official ballot is completed, a
copy shall be printed in some news-
paper of the county for two inser-
tions previous to the election.
The bill contains a poll tax pro-
vision, and goes the other states
which have such laws one better by
providing that the elector must fur-
nish satisfactory evidence to the in-
spector that he has paid all taxes
that have ben levied against him
and are due before he can be given
a ballot.
DAUGHTER OF WISCONSIN SENATOR
Corn Doctor Robbed.
Snyder, Okla., Jan. 22.—Louis Al-
bright, a corn doctor, reputed to be
wealthy, and one of the most eccen-
tric of men, was held up here last
night by three negroes who took liis
grip and $3,000 in cash. Albright had
been to Hobart and was returning
home. He came in on the Rock Is-
alnd train which arrives here at 10
o'clock and was on his way from the
depot up town. Sheriff Frank Taylor
succeeded in capturing the negroes
this morning and a portion of the
money was found.
Albright is a most peculiar old man.
He is probably known in every state
in the union. He is a corn doctor,
and anyone who has seen a little old
heavy set man in shabby clothes with
an old dilapidated "plug" hat, carry-
ing a tin box full of corns he has
cut from patients' feet will remember
him.
He has two farms near Snyder, and
has been living on them for the past
two years. He is said to have $30,000
on deposit in Oklahoma City banks,
besides owning six farms in Kansas.
Albright is well known in Norman,
having been here a number of times
several months ago. He hasn't been
here for about six months, and It was
thought that he was dead. Among
those who will remember him best
is H. W. Stubbeman, upon whom he
once operated.
Economy.
We once heard of an old man who
three departed wives and had now
inaugurated a fourth as mistress of
his heart and home. He had been
always prudent man and had suf*er
ed nothing to be wasted. While the
new mistress was putting tilings in
order up in the attic she came across
a long piece of board, and was about
to throw it out of the window, when
little Anna interposed and. said:
"Oh, don't mamma! That is the
board papa lays out his wives on,
and he wants to save it."
Special Sale
Still Continues
MICHAELS-STERN
FINE CLOTHING
MICHAELS, STCN* 4 CO.
We are making some im-
provements in the arrangement
of our Store Furnishings; get-
ting ready to receive our new
Spring Stock of goods. We
don't want to carry over or
keep in our store longer some
of the goods we now have on
hand.
To clear out these goods we
have them on sale at lef-s than the
price of the cloth in the suite.
Never before has the opportunity
to purchase men's suits, quality
of goods considered, at the prices
we are offering now, been seen in
Norman. If you are a "Missour-
ian" come in and let ue show you.
You will get a bargain in a
suit of clothes that will cause
you afterwards to remember
THE MENS OUTFIT! LR
NORMAN
Copyright by Wulili
Miss Fola La Follette, daughter of Senator Robert M. La Follette of W
consin, is an actress of considerable promise. She has played minor parti
with several prominent actors and is now a member of a Cleveland stock
company.
Business Men To Get Hair Pulling Stunt
Behind A Creamery. Pulled Off On Main.
A fair representative of the stock-
holders of the Norman Ware House
Company met at the Commercial Club
rooms yesterday afternoon for the pur
pose of discussing what disposition of
the farmers warehouse should be made,
and ascertain the real sentiment re-
garding the creamery proposition.
There was not a majority of the
stockholders present, so no official 'ac-
tion in regard to the proposition of
the warehouse was taken. A resolu-
tion was ordered drawn, however,
which is to declare in favor of the
sale of the warehouse, the proceeds
to apply on stock in a company to
be organized, the purpose of which
will be to build a creamery. This re-
solution will be drawn up and circu-
lated among the stockholders of the
company owning the warehouse, and
the warehouse will be sold, either at
public auction, or through private bids,
provided that the stockholders sign
the resolution, which all of them will
doubtless do as the warehouse is of
no use to them in its present condi-
tlc u.
The creamery proposition was thor-
oughly discussed and the sentiment of
the business men is unanimously in
favor of it. They feel, however, that
the farmers of the county should have
a working interest In the proposition.
Therefore it was practically decided
that the farmers ought to do a part
towards getting the creamery started.
There will be $2,000 raised here in
town among the business men and
citizens towards the project. Then the
farmers of the county will be notifi-
ed that it will take about $">,000 to
start a creamery here, which is bad-
ly needed, and that $2,000 of this has
been subscribed by the business men,
leaving $15,000 for them to subscribe.
They will be asked to take the mat-
ter up In their unions and among
themselves and do as has been done
here in town, raise the money neces- ,
For some time past the fighting
blood has been coursing quite rapid-
ly through the veins of several of
the male citizens in Norman and a
few fisticufs battles have ben pull-
ed off but so far the most of the
fighting has consisted of threaten-
ing posters and a superbundant flow
of words; but Saturday evening
about 8:30 o'clock the 'real fight-
ing sensation so far, was created by
two women engaging in a fist and
skull and hair pulling stunt on Main
Strict near the opera house. The
battle raged quite lively for a time
so spectators report and it was with
some difficulty that spectators sep-
arated tfie combatants. They seem-
ed to be fighting because they want-
ed to fight, making the work of the
peace makers somewhat dificult. The
two principals in the fight were sis-
ters, Mr>. Ella Moore and Mrs. Ol-
lie Hart, and the trouble was over a
younger sister whom Mrs. Hart did
not think was being properly treat-'
ed by Mrs. Moore.
sary to proceed towards establishing
said creamery. This will let the farm-
ers have a controlling interest in the
project, and yet the merchants will
have aided them materially enough
to get the project on its feet and
put it in working order. $5,000 will
put in a good creamery, suitable for
all that the tributary territory would
be apt to supply it, and then leave
a working surplus sufficient to get
it to going in good order.
To "Jim Crow" the Crazies.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 25.—(Special.)
An institute for the1 deaf, dumb, blind
and orphans of the colored race i-
established at or near Taft, in Mus
kogec county, by a bill introduced
Saturday by Senator II. S. Cunning-
ham. It is to be composed of three
negroes, appointed by the governor,
the state superintendent and state
auditor.
An appropriation of $.35,1)00 i-
made, and provision included that 40
acres of land shall be furnished for
the use of the institute.
Why The Creamery Is
Farmers Salvation.
We expect to keep agitating the
creamery proposition. It is one of
the most needed things Norman has
ever been asked to consider. We think,
however, that it is the farmers of the
county who ought to be interested,
even more than the business men. The
business men are will to help. In fact,
the are willing to put up pretty near-
ly half enough to get the creamery
going. But they want the farmers to
have a working interest in it. And
that Is right.
The dairy business is the only sal-
vation for the farmers out east and
north of town. The land out there is
of a washy nature It can be planted
to Bermuda grass and turned to pas-
ture use to good advantage, with no
danger of the grass being washed away
like the crops have been this year,
and the farmers out there can go into
the dairy business and make money
the year around.
This is no dream. It has been de-
monstrated that Bermuda grass makes
fine pasture and that cows fed upon
it make fine butter. It has also been
demonstrated that Bermuda grass will
grow on this land and that after a
growth Is started it will not wash
away.
The farmers out in this sandy part
of the county can thus begin to make
money instead of being in constant
fear of their crop washing away, and
then every now and then being in the
condition they are this year.
In agitating this creamery proposi-
tion, however, the farmers ought to
go at it In a business like way. The
thing that needs to be done first is
to get the farmers to subscribe stock
in a company to be organized. When
the stock is subscribed then the stock
holders ought to get togethr and ap-
point a committee to investigate what
kind of a creamery is needed, how
much money to put into it, and about
how it is to be run. Let this com-
mittee make its report and then ad-
vertise for bids on such a creamery,
or for propositions to build a good
creamery. When the propositions are
all in let the stockholders get togeth-
er and consider them. Then let the
contract to the fellow with the best
proposition. That's the way business
men do business, and that's the way
to handle the creamery proposition.
Hunting Farmer With
A Loaded Shot Gun.
Geo. Johnson, a farmer living in
McClain county was in Norman last
Monday and a young boy about 17
years of age, who had been working
for him for the past month, was also
in Norman looking for Johnson with
a gun. It seems that Johnson had dis
charged the young man because lie-
did not like the way the young fel
low handled his horses and the young
man was mad. He secured a shot
gun at one of the second hand stores
and loaded it with buck shot and be-
gan looking for Johnson but the city
marshal took the gun away from
him. He then attempted to purchase
a pistol at the hadwarc stores; but
they would not sell one to him. His
home was in Arkansas and he wis
advised by friends to hike for home
before lie got himself into trouble.
tilt
$200,000 for Good Roads.
A bill intrdueed in the house by
George W. Partridge of Alfalfa coun-
ty, provides for a state engineer of
public highways with a complete sys-
tem of road officers for county and
township. The bill carries an appro-
priation of $200,000. The state engi-
neer of public highways is to be ap-
pointed by the state board of agricul-
ture and at all times is to be under
the supervision of that board, in each
county, a county engineer of public
highways is to be named by the coun-
ty commissioners, and be under their
supervision, and the people of each
township are to elect a road overseer.
The public highways in each county
are to be under the supervision of the
board of county commissioners.
Oklahoma Retailers Association Secures
Unanimous Approval of Senate Com-
mittee Regarding Such Action.
NORMAN MERCHANTS TAKE A HAND
Bill Already Introduced — Indications
Are Its Passage Will Meet With
Little or No Opposition-
Yesterday a number of the citi-
zens of Norman and men from all
over the state appeared before the
committee of the senate having the
'bill of. Senator Blair of this district
to repeal the Tax Ferret law in
j charge, urging that such a measure
be passed. In behalf of the delegi
' tion from this couhty, Mr. M. t'.
Runyan appeared as spokesman.
The senate committee having been
advised, joined unanimously in a rec-
ommendation to report to the senate
that the Tax Ferret law be repealed.
The House committee, so Represen-
tative Hutchins reports, will make a
similar report. There is only one
I man on the house committee that
is any way inclined to object to the
| repeal of the law. When wc alleged
in our previous article that we did
not doubt that the present legisbi
, turc would repeal this odious and
unjust law we relied on the business
judgment of the members of the pre-
sent legislature; not on the judg
mcnt of the juvenile educators be-
liiiid the faker in the Democrat Top-
ic and Transcript papers in this city.
Floor
Coverings
All of the new
designs in
Mattings,
Carpets,
Rugs,
Art Squares
to select from at
MEYER, MEYER & MORRIS,
"The House Furnishers."
Day Phone 67; Night Phone 242. Norman, Oklahoma
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Allan, John S. The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1909, newspaper, January 29, 1909; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118238/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.