The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 17.
r. BIGGEST EVER
Preparations for Norman's big
two days celebration are rapidly go-
ing forward. Indications are that it
will be the biggest celebration Nor-
man has ever held. The business men
are co-operat.ng with those in
charge and the plans are working
This morning letters were sent out
notifying several persons that they
'ad been appointed on committees
to have various parts of the cele-
foHow" in CHarge' T',e commi,te«
Hoping contest: E. B. Johnson. B.
r J GileS' Joh" Adams,
and Frank Essex.
Firstworks: Fred Reed, Rea Lind-
say. and Clyde Pickard
Parade: L. J. Edwards,
• mith and Ifarry Lindsay
Base Ball: Geo. Wymorre
Brown, Fred Jepson, and
Morris.
Speaking: Judge Sharp, R I Ew
nig, and F. B. Swank.
Tournament contest. Ed Green
haw, Henry Johnson, and John C
Adams.
In addition to the above commit-
tees there will be others appointed
•iter on. They will have complete
charge over the particular part of
the celebration assigned to them. In
addition also to the attractions cov-
ered by the duties assigned to the
above committees there will be an
old fiddlers contest on the night of
he first day of the celebration, ath-
letic contests at the park on both
lays, balloon ascensions both days
and a lot of other fine things. There
will be no charge made to any of th*
attractions. The big bills giving the
complete program will be out in a
few days. Watch for i , and then
fourth. N°rma" ,0 Spend the
THE PEOPLES' VOICE
CASHIER WAS IGNOR-
ANT.
Porter
Harry
Frank
Mountain Park, Okla., June 15.-
It is quite likely that the Citizens
State bank of this city, which suffer-
ed considerable loss by fire last
week, will move to Snyder as the
move there. The bank has been in
charge of Assistant Bank Commis
sioner Watley the past few days on
account of notes given by Cashier
Jones to the bank in the sum of
$9,500 for a loan which is a viola-
tion of the state banking laws. Five
thousand dollars of the money was
paid back to the bank Saturday by
Jones.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JUNE IS, 1909
PLANS ARE ACCEPTED- MUST DIVIDE MONEY
I lie University Regents have ac-
cepted the plans for the new Univer-
sity building. They are now in the
hands of the boaru of public affairs.
The consulting engineers of that body
.and President Evans will go over
; them at once and bids will be adver
tised for immediately thereafter. As
mentioned elsewhere in this issue,
j Col. Roy Hoffman, chairman of the
1 hoard of public affairs, informs us
that the work will be done with as
much dispatch as is consistent with
getting it done properly. It will be
perhaps forty days before actual
work on the building will be begun
The contract will be let in about
thirty days
0uthrie, Okla., June 16.—(Special(
A petition was filed with the govern
or Tuesday protesting against the is-
suance of a proclamation calling an
election upon the referendum peti-
tions brought against the Taylor
election law by republicans. A mam-
moth document was filed by repub-
lican state chairman Norris recently.
I he democratic objectors, who are
J. M. Brooks, Joseph Wisby, A. R.
Eastman and T. J Lowe, claim that
the Taylor law is already effective
and not subject to the referendum
because it carries the constitutional
initiative and referendum provisions
into effect itself.
WOMAN SLAYER FREE.
Guthrie, Okla., June 16.-(Spccial)
Governor Haskell Tuesday paroled
Belle Phillips, serving time in the
state penitentiary for killing another
woman at Snyder. The two women
quarreled over the affections of a
bartender.
BERRY'S
Are Offering the
Bargains in Seasonable
Merchandise For CASH
KJ'JT-that you havc opportun-
„L ?Uymg warm weather apparel
nip"1 the commencement of sum-
mer and you will miss unheard of bar-
same* 1 fai' t0 tak6 advantage of
TABLE NO. 1—Comprises all our finest sheer
worth up to 50c yard at only 20c
h«tTAiBLE N0' 2~A fine selecti°n of the newest and
E8yp"an "«r
and desirable styles, worth 15c to 20c at . . . lift
,aw3AB,LE. ^Comprises our cheap m
and ff'nghams,worth up to per yd 10c at 5C
priceTandLn^N?'4rWehaVe f°rty pieCes of mediu,r'
rrnd ~
weaves. Worth 12* to 15c at per yard 9c
We are making a big reduction on our tan oxfords
ana p„raps. Also wbi.e canvas „,ippers . "
We have a job lot of shirt waists, original price
on them was from $1 to $2.00 to 3.00
Now your choice for only . _ Ofift
half'°d<1 "atS- WE "e
Grocery Department
WE OFFEK YOU-
25c package rolled oats lor on
10c package of rolled oats for . 1
CALIFORNIA FRUIT
Prairie King or Bell Isle Peach per can 15c
C*aI Peaches per can ' „
Louis Plums per can . 2?c
White Poney Apricots
California Grapes , ' ' c
Hominy per can , * '
Pumpkin per can . ' ' ' 'Jc
New glate mince meat per'package ' ' ' r°
New glate currents per package T
Seeded Rasin per package ' '
' ' i i 5c
YOUR TRADE SOLICITED
R C. Berry.
i i k m •'u"° UV—Tho school
and bill went into OTcct June 11. an .
' '000 ac-'cc o/ land owned I•/ the
£Ute becomes subject to purehns,
' ,llls 'alKi. apioximately 536,000
are no*' airier lease, and be
lance of th, difference betwe, . the
state and th • lesses, the improve
rients cannot bo sold ,.t once.
Of this las.- milion ;.r,J odd ocres
of land, known on the books of the
state as new college lands, by far the
larger portion lies in northwestern
OTim"1'1' hl 3 P'ains collntO'. and
900,000 acres of it arc bunched in the
t iree Panhandle" counties.
These lands are a portion of what
ten years ago, was considered an
and and impossible country for ag-
riculture, occupying the same pos^i
tion as the Panhandle of Texas. For
this reason the homesteaders did not
take it up, and the United States do
nated it to Oklahoma for school
purposes and public institutions.
Guthrie, Okla., June 14.—That the
term "university preparatory school"
as used is the enabling act grant of
lands to the various state schools of
Oklahoma is use.! in a generic sense
applying to -il, of that class or char-
acter of schools and not to the one
preparatory school existing at the
time of tile passage of that act and
located at Tonkawa is the ruling of
Assistant Attorney General C. L.
Moore in an opinion to W. A
Brooks of Oklahoma City, secretary j
o( the board of regents for the pre
paratory schools. This rilling will
give the new preparatory school at
Claremore an equal division wit!,
tonkawa in all rental* from college
lands and also an equal interest in
the proceeds from the school section
adjoining the Tonkawa school, do
nated to it by act of congres,, r-
«pt a-, to such part of it as ma,
be used to enlarge the campus n
I • 'DKawa.
"It was for the specific and gci,
'ral purpose of providing with stale
preparatory schools, devoted in the
use of those striving for higher cdr-
cation, that this fund was set aside."
ays the opinion, "and it is not to
receipe a narrow construction as be
ing limited to the sole use and bene-
fit of the one institution then in ex-
pense, which happened to be geo-
graphically located at Tonkawa."
NUMBER 49
R E F U S ES_ DE G REE. j BRYAN TO U S SENATE.
TO SUPREME COURT-
Guthrie, Okla., June 10.—State En-
forcement Attorney Fred S. Caldwell
today appealed to the supreme court
his civil action brought in the count-,
court of Oklahoma county to test
the question as to when the police
powers of the state attach to an in-
terstate shipment of liquor. The title
of the appealed case is the State Ok-
lahoma vs. eighteen casks of beer
and B. W. Tucker, claimant.
1 ucker shipped to the railway sta-
tion at Oklahoma City 120 casks of
beer and removed all from the car
to his place of residence except eigh-
teen casks, which were seized on be-
half of the State Enforcement At
tomey Caldwell, while still in the car
Caldwell claimed that this beer
should be confiscated to the state on
the ground that as soon as.it reached
the railway station it was held in
violation of the prohibitory law and
that the police powers of the state
should attach. The case was submit-
ted to the county court of Oklahoma
county on an agreed statement of
tacts, I ucker claiming that the beer
could not be seized before it had
been removed from the station and
had reached his place of residence
as such action would be a violation
of the inter-state commerce act and
| the constitution of the United State-
I he Oklahoma county court decid-
ed the case in favor of Tucker and
held that the eighteen casks of beer
should, be surrendered immediately
to I ucker. the claimant. Caldwell ap
pealed to the supreme court of the
state and if the decision there is
averse to his claims it will be ap-
pealed to the supreme court of the
United States.
Attorney General C. J. West stat-
ed today that he will be unable to
ile his case in the supreme court of
the United States this summer,
which was intended to test the right
of interstate carriers to deliver in-
toxicants to holders of federal liquor
licenses, for the reason that the court
"as adjourned until next fall, but
states that he will file the case at
t iat time. This is intended to be a
Rl.BoddB 'H > W* 351:3 "O'UEduiOO
Oday to the supreme court by En-
forcement Attorney Caldwell.
VOLCANO IN OKLA.
Orr. Okla., June ll.-CSpeciaP-
Is Oklaoma in danger of experienc-
ing a volvanic outbreak?
For the past five days, at intervals,
rumblings have disturbed farmers in
the vicinity of the old mountain on
the ranche of Claude Ricketts tWo
miles northeast of Orr. Genuine fear
prevails among the inhabitants.
The mountain is supposed to be
an extinct volcano, but its mutter-
ings have led the farmers to fear it
is on the verge of eruption. The
noise from the bowels of the earth
can be distinctly heard for a long
distance from the mountain.
Gould Predicted It.
' ■ he natural apprehension of tile
inhabitants of the neighborhood i
increased by the recent prediction of
1 rof. Gould, state geologist, who, in i
an interview explained that Oklaho-
ma was included in the shallow crust
section of the earth's surface and that
volcanic activities were not only not
impossibles, but could be expected
with earthquakes.
"rr is in Love county, northwest
of Marietta. The phenomenon of the
mountain is being watched with in-
tense interest by local geologists
who do not anticipate a serious erui.
tion.
Railroads Start Fight,
1 he University regents have con-
ferred three honorary LL. I). de-
crees this year, with one exception,
l he first time in the institution's his-
tory such a thing has been done. One
jof the degrees was conferred upon
President A. Grant Evans; another
| upon Rev. X. L. Linebaugh, former-
I ly of this city, now a member of the
board of regents with his home at
[Oklahoma City. The third degree
wa- offered Dr. David R Boyd, for-
mer president of the University, but
he declined the honor in the follow-
ing letter:
Norman, Okla., May 20, 1909.
Mr. Y\. E. Rowsey,
Muskogee, Okla.
My I Var Mr. Rowsey:
' f '-'ipt of your letter noti
'■V'"* I".- of the action of the hoard
ot regents of the University of ()!<_
• ihoma in conferring on me the de-
gree of LL. I).
| I rom the very beginning of the
; t-nmiMty I haw opposed the policy
Of state universities conferring any
honorary degrees and advocating the
conti„mg of the exercise of that pow-
er to the recognition of work actu-
a"y done in the University. In a
number of instances I have opposed
conlcrring honorary degrees on
worthy personal friends.
I 1 therefore feel that I could not
permit myself to be -o inconsistent
as to accept the degree under the
same circumstances in which I had
refused to participate in conferring
['legrecs on others. 1 am therefore
obliged to decline the honor tender-
C(I me in your letter.
W ith kindest regards to yourself
personally, I am,
Yours very truly,
DAVID R. BOYD.
Omaha, Xeb., June 12,-William
Jennings Bryan will be a candidate
for the United States senate to suc-
ceed Elmer J. Burkett, whose term
expires in March, 1911. This an-
nouncement was made by Richard L
Metcalf, editor of the Commoner
and is considered official.
Bryan will make the race' under
the direct primary i„ September
of next year.
For Agencies Opened-
Guthrie, Okla., June 14,-In ac-
cordance with petitions received to-
1 ay S. \\ . Stone, state agency super-
intendent has ordered local dispen-
saries opened at Alva, Arapho, Hu-
go and Okemah. The stock has al-
ready been shipped to Alva and the
agency there will be opened at once.
lie others will be opened as soon
as men can be sent out of superin-
tend their installation the governor
that it is not clear that he is vest-
ed with any discretion in refusing
| to maintain local agencies except
where petitions are sent in, as is
done |,y his proclamation but says
that he has already taken the posi-
tion m the North State bank case
that mandamus will not lie against
the governor to compel the perform-
ance of his official duties and will
continue to take that view of the
matter.
ARE AFTER SCHOOL TAX
Alva, Okla., June 14.—The follow-
ing resolution was adopted here to-
<lay by the Oklahoma school fund
protective league:
To the state school land leasing
board: We, the members of the Ok-
lahoma school fund protective league
tax payers and citizens of Oklahoma
do most emphatically ask that you
proceed to collect the present rental
Guthrie. Okla June 16_,S, n ,hc, ''asis of tIle «* upraise-
A State Charter was granted Tu«H *e"t.. believing that said appraise-
to the Oklahoma -tatT board , f ro 7 'i •a" appra,scment law and
merce and publicity^ wirt L!°' u^ect to revisi' ' ™cept in in-
ters in Muskogee I he i.m ' • "al cases and b>" 'he courts as
advertise the new "', 7° t0 *QvMe< in hill 2,6. The
cheaper freight rates ' Ti, ' .Sl tl,rc I lei'K"C .be'ievcs that the only legal
ators include business men "Tm"'" 't'nfal thc 1908 appraisement
kogec, Vinita, Checotah CoiJntJ l'f '®.pr0V,ded for scn;lte bill PA6
and Haileyville ' ' request is complied with it
will save to the state about $700,000.
fS.
NIGHT RIDER CASE IS ON
Purcell, Okla., June 16,-The re
cent night rider depredations in tlii-
county are being investigated by tin
grand jury which was convened here
this morning;.
The following are defendants ar-
rested under warrants issued two
H I! r-W' L' Wallacc' Bar"ey
Hawk, William Drake, Matt Hanks
Charles Barnes, Mart Rogers, M. I..'
Spencer, Sam Spencer, A I Bled
soe and Albert Bacon. Among the
witnesses to be examined are Robert
Brown, J. H. Worey and J. R. Jonci.
Guthrie, Okla., June 12,-Injunc-
t'on suits were filed in the United
States circuit court for the western
district of Oklahoma here this morn-
ing against the sheriffs and county
treasurers throughout Oklahoma by
the Santa Fe, El Reno and Western,
Midland Valley, "Katy," and Fort
Smith tond Western Railroad com-
panies to restrain them from collect
iftR the last half of the 1908 state tax
The suits are based upon Several con
stitutional grounds, tin chief conten
tion alleging that the constitution of
the state provides that all property
shall be assessed at a fair cash value
:"'<1 that the state board of equalixa
Hon has willfully and knowingly
sessed the property of the plaintiffs
upon this basis and at the same time
' "I willfully cause the valuati
Other property in the .tate to be
I sessed at 63.7 per cent of the fair
cash value thereof."
The plaintiffs allege discrimination
against the railroad corporations in
the state by the state board of equal-
ization.
The amounts involved in the suit,
involving the various counties the
state in which thc railroads named
operate aggregate over $900000 Tlv
majority of the suits were tiled h
the western district here, and tin
suits against the eastern Oklahoma
-sheriffs and treasurers will be filed
tomorrow at Muskogee.
The railroads also ask the court to
issue an injunction against the state
and the county officials restraining
them from interfering with or n,o
testing their property for their re
'"sal to pay this tax. which becomes
delinquent on the fifteenth of this
month. The railroad companies of
fer to give a supersedeas bond in
any sum to be fixed by the court, to
guarantee the payment of the tax.
in controversy pending decision of
the court upon what their just pro-
portion of the tax should be
Why
Be Without a High Grade
Sewing Machine
W hen
When
Down
week
We Have The Best
Line of MACHINES
Made.
Th^ *!.tbe„Woeeler & Wilson, White.
New i! 'ee,' stau(lard' Paragan, New
New Koyal and many others. Let us
show you these and you wij 1 be convinced
Remember $1.00 Down and
:'0c a Week Buys One.
Vour Credit Is Good.
MEYER & MORRIS,
Norman, Oklahoma
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