Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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cleveland county enterprise
VOL. XXIV
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11 1915
NO. 19
big 101
two hundred high
school lads will debate
show at purcell
returns home after methodist conference
Sixty Cities In Every County In
State Representative In League
Kept up by University
Two hundred high school bovs
of Oklahoma are already beginning
a study of the bank guaranty ques-
tion under supervision of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma, preparing to
represent their towns in a series
of high school debates in which
not less than sixty cities of the
state will be represented.
This work is done in the Okla-
homa High School Debating league
organized through the public spea-
king department of the State Uni-
versity in the effort to build up
debating in the public schools of
the state. Thirty cities were rep-
resented by their high school stud-
ents in the league last year. More
than that many have already ent-
ered for the coming season and the
number is expected to be at least
doubled before the lists are closed
on December 1.
The state is devided up into
eight districts, in each of which
there are from seven to thirteen
counites. A process of elimina-
tion is used in determinating the
champions of each district: then
the district champions contest un-
til it is determined just which
team of three boys is the be t high
school debating teain in the state.
It is inpossible to estimate the
value of debating in the public
schools, Prof. L. Q Campbell,
in charge of debating at the
University of Oklahoma de-
clares: "The cost to tax payers
will not be increased in the least
when every high school student
in the state is studying to de
bate the questions that are vi-
tal to the state's interest at the
present time, his high school
course will not be any longer as
a result and the benefit to the
student from study of vital is
sues and from meeting other
men on the public platform, as
well as to the state will be in-
estimable. "
Material for the debates is
furnished free by the extension
division of the University,which
has already issued a bulletin on
the subject of the bank guaran-
ty-
Corn Prices at Norman
November II. 1915
Amusement lovers in this vi-
cinity will have an opportunity to
see the internltionally famous Miller
Bros. & Arlington's 101 Ranch
Wild West show in Purcell, Friday
Nov. 19. All the various railroad
lines have made arrangements to
facilitate the carrying of visitors
to the big show, and no doubt this
city will be well represented.
The 101 Ranch Wild West show
is now the largest and most .rep-
resentative exhibition of its kind
before the public . It, is an Okia-
homo enterprise, having been or-
iginated on 101 Ranch at Bliss,
Okla., the largest cuttle range in
the Southwest. Although the
show is only eight years old, it
has a reputation on both sides of
the Atlantic, and it is the only big
American show that has ever ex-
hibited in the City of Mexico. Tt
is called a "real Wild West show"
because it is believed to truthfully
represent ranch life, both past and
present, in a way that no other
show has ever succeeded in doing.
Its cowboys, cowgirls, Indians,
Mexicans and other typical people
are genuine exponents of the life
they portray in the arena. For
,'ood measure there is a troupe of
Cossacks, who ilustrate the differ-
ence in riding in vogue in the Rus-
sian I ral and among the cow-,
punchers of the Western prairies.
A diversified and exhilarating
program is promised. There will
be a line-up of celebrites, headed
by Jos. ('. Miller, White Chief of
the Poncas, and Chief Iron Tail,
the noted Sioux Indian whose pro-
file is on the new "buffalo'' nickle
a genuine Indian ghost dance; a
round-np with long-horned Texas
steers; a representation of the old
pony express; an attack on the
stagecoach by Mexican outlaws;
Indian warfare; a buffalo hunt,
and many other exciting episodes.
The first big event of the day
will be a picturesque free street
parade, which will take place in
the morning prior to the opening
performance. Exhibitions will be
given at 2:15 and 8:1."), and each,
it is announced, will be complete
in every way.
Ask your local ticket agent for
railroad rates and schedule of
trains to the big show.
an absence of 12 tears
business men speak changed conditionj
held at altos to college students in mexico helps
The Norman Milling & Grain
Comsany is paying the follow-
ing prices for coru at Norman:
White Corn, per bushel .50
Yellow Corn per bushel __.5()
Mixed Corn per bushel _ .17
Highest prices paid for turkeys
chickens and eggs, Friday, Sat.
and Mon. We want to try to get
a car load those three days, if pos-
sible. Rucker's
Fred Reed transacted business
in Eufaula the latter nart of last
week.
FARM LOANS
Lowest Rates Best Terms
Write us and deal direct with the lender. This is
special for Cleveland County and no intending borrower
can afford not to write us. We are in market for all
good business at very lowest rates and best prepayment
privileges on the market. Either annual or semi-annual
interest. No local agent. Prompt and courteous treat-
ment.
Write
THE DEMN1G INVESTMENT
COMPANY
in tun building. ■■ tin h.
Certainly that will be a happy
reunion when Prof. W. R. (Bill)
Clark, a prominent teacher of this
county, walks unexpectedly into
the presence of his mother in New
York City, Friday, November 12.
Bill has been away from home for
twelve years, leaving when he was
only a small boy. Most of this
time, in fact up until last summer,
he did not know what had become
of his mother, brother and two
sisters, whom he thus early de-
cided to forsake to seek his fortune
in the big open West, and time has
proved that he must have chosen
wisely. All this time Bill has been
too busy eking out an existance,—
when he landed in the middle ofj
the great Lone Star Stale from a
cattle pulman his wardrobe re-
sembled a storm cave on a summer
da}',—getting an education, mak-
ing friends and in other ways pur-
suing the shadow of fame and for-
tune for which he had risked his
ail.
This young man's life is a living
example of the triumph of rugged
character, perseverance, and pa-
tience over handicaps of poverty
and a lack of home influence. The
foe of "no opportunity" which is
the consolation of so many failures
in life, cannot survive when pitted
against such virtues. If Bill were
not too modest he could gladden
the hearts of his long lost family
by telling them, not of the days
when he went without bread on
the lonesome march from Texas
to Oklahoma; not of the days when
he stayed in the barn of a friend
and pursued his studies, but of his
host of warm friends back in Cleve-
land County, Oklahoma, of the
enviable position he has attained
among the teaching force of Okla-
homa.
rof. Clark's sudden trip home
was occasioned by the accidental
death of one of his married sisters,
who with her husband was killed
in an auto collision. His sister's
husband, J. Harvey Wood, was
president of the Urban Real Estate
company, of New York. At their
death a question arose as to the
disposition of the property, and
his mother requested him to come
and help make a settlement.
As the train which was to bear
him on his journey home came in
sight, Bill's feet wouldn't be still
and he fairly bubbled over with
anticipation, but as he took a last
look at the big, free open country
around Norman, no doubt uncon-
sciously contrasting it with his
memory of the cold walls of New
\ ork streets where he used to cry
"evening paper," lie said some-
what seriously, "I guess I'll be
just as glad to get back to Okla-
homa and my Canada school in a
month."
I lie Youth's Companion Calender
Tor 1916.
1 he fifth annual session of the
West Oklahoma Conference of the
M. E. Church, South, was held iu
Altus, Okla , last week with Bish-
op W. B. Murrahpresiding
The conference was well attend-
ed by both ministers and laymen,
and the meeting was harmonious
and spiritual, evidencing that
there is a revival of religion in
Oklahoma.
The presiding elders and pastors
made interesting and favorable
reports, showing that the church
on the up grade spiritually
and that it is growing in both
number and wealth.
The hospitality shown the visi-
tors by the citizens of Altus will
linger long in the memory of ev-
ery one in attendance. Every-
thing possible was done to make
the visitors feel at. home and to
feel it was good to be there.
Dr. W. M. Wilson, who so ably
conducted the affairs of the church
in this distrtct the past year, was
returned as Presiding Elder of the
Oklahoma City district
Rev R. |j. Ownbey, who has
been pastor of the Norman church
for four years, goes to St John's
in Oklahoma City. Rev. and Mrs.
Ownbey have a world of friends
in Norman who are glad they have
secured such anexcellent charge
and that they are to be a near
neighbor.
Rev. II. E. Snodgrass is the new
pastor for the Norman church.
He comes from Oklahoma City,
where he acceptably filled the pos-
ition as pastor of St. Johns church
during the past year. He is a
very strong man, a pleasing gen-
tleman and stands very high among
the preachers of the state, and the
congregation is to be congratulated
to have such an excellent man as
its pastor.
Rev R. A. Brigham goes to
Franklin ten miles east of Nor-
man. There are three other char-
es on the circuit including Stella,
1 nion (irove and Clearbrook.
His headquarters will be at Frank-
lin, where the denomination has
a good church building and a splen-
did 5-room parsonage. He is op-
timistic over the appointment and
expects to round out a great year's
work.
Rev. R E. Regan, former pas-
tor at Franklin goes to Wilson,
near Ardmore.
Rev. A. B. Carson is the new
pastor at Noble, Rev. T. II- Ward
going to Corrum in the Chickasha
district
Rev. J. S. Sessions is the pastor
at Lexington, Rev. J. I). Massey
being transferred to Perry.
Rev. T. (f. Peterson, who was
transferred from the east side,
goes to Purcell.
A complete list of assignments J
will be found on another page of
this issue of the Enterprise.
Students in the school of eotn-
1 merce and industry at the State
j University are to get the benefit
j both of expert instruction from
professors and of lectures by suc-
j cessful business men of the state.
In fact, the latter feature is being
i considered just as important as the
former, one of the chief objects
of the department being to give
j the business students of the Uni-
versity mi actual acquaintance
with Oklahoma's sucessful busi-
ness men and the methods that
I have made them successful.
Ihree men who have been emi-
nently successful in their respec-
tive lines are to address men in
the school of commerce and in-
dustry this week. They are Sid-
ney L. Brock of the Oklahoma
City department store, Shelley E.
Tracy of the Southwestern Adver-
tising agency and W. V. Hardy,
secretary of the Oklahoma Traffic
association. Each will speak on
"Opportunities in Oklahoma for
the College Graduate."
study earth's crust
in arbucxle recion
Two hundred students of the
| State University, under the super-
| vision of geology grofessors and
i guides, spent three days in the Ar-
j buckle mountains this week study-
ling the structures of the earth as
| shown in one of the favorable spots
i in the ( nited States for such a
study. Students making the trip
were only those in the geology, de-
partment, many of whom are pre-
j paring themselves to aid in the
wonderful geologic developement
not only of the United States but
of the entire world. At the spot
they visit each year, a shell of the
earth's crust, two miles thick, has
been thrust up edgewise in ages
j past, permitting the student to ex-
amine the different miniral bear-
j ing layers of the earth merely by
j walking along the surface.
News comes from Garden
i City, Kas., of the death there
j of Henry J. Tremain, formerly a
well known citizen of Noble, in
, this county. He was nearly 90
| years of age, being born in New
| York on June 5, 1826. He was a
I member of Co. E 9th Iowa In-
| fantry during the war, and a
| member of Garden City Post at
; the time of his death. His wid-
ow and three sons and four
daughters survive him.
the price of corn
The corn growers of Oklahoma
and the southwest will be greatly
benefited as a result of the recent
adjustment of the Mexico troubles.
In the recognizing of the Carranza
government, and the fact that Car-
ranza has been successful over the
other factions, has opened up a
market that had almost been over-
looked-
Mexico has been reduced to a
state of poverty, owing to the tact
that the country has been at war
with itself for a number of years
and the fact thai supplies have
been cut off from every source.
The establishment of a responsible
government has made it possible
for the Mexican government ,to
secure funds to purchase the much
needed supplies
One of the principle diets of the
| Mexican people is corn, and the
urgent demand for corn for imme-
diate shipment to meet t lie imrae.
i diate needs of the Mexican govern-
ment have brought about a very
[ very weclome advance in corn
prices in general, and especially
| for white corn which now brings
j a premium of three cents over
I mixed. Today, November 11th.,
The Norman Milling amd Grain
Company at Norman is paying 50
cents for straight white corn, 50
j cents for straight yellow corn, and
| 47 cents for mixed corn.
The future course of white corn
can hardly be surmised. The
I difference between white und mixed
corn undoubtedly will be made less
(as soon as Mexico's immediate de-
| mands are filled. We should re-
member that Kansas is now ship-
ping new corn freely, and we are
j reliably informed that corn can be
| shipped from Kansas City to points
on the Mexi 'an border at lower
freight rates than from Norman to
the sntne points. But regardless
of the markets, Norman is the
best corn market in Oklahoma and
has been so all the season. The
Norman Milling & Grain Company
of this city started the season buy-
ing new corn earlier and paying
from 5 to 10 ct. a bushel higher than
any other point in the state, and
with the exception of one or two
days has kept the Norman prices
from two to five cents above ail
other shipping points ih Oklahoma
having equal freight rates.
Gold fish deal free at May
fields.
Ruckers have made arrange-
ments for a special produce man
to be at their store Friday, Sat.,
and Mon.
Bring your turkeys, chickens
and eggs to Ruckers.
A nice rain Thursdaj.
The publishers of The Youth's
Companion will as always at this
season, present to every subscriber
whose subscription is paid for
1916, a Calendar for the new year.
It is a gem of calendar-making.
The decorative mounting is rich,
but the main purpose has been to
produce a calendar that, is useful,
and that purpose has been achiev-
ed.
The two year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Smith of East
Eufaula street is dangerously
ill as a result of becoming pois-
oned in some way. It is
thought lie probably got a hold
of a medicine bottle which had
been thrown away, and drank
some of its contents.
Norman 61; El I<eno 0
The Norman high school foot-
ball team defeated the EIReno high
last Saturday by a score of fil to 0
Tomorrow, Friday afternoon
will be played an interesting game
between Norman and Oklahoma
City. The game will he played on
Boyd Field and large crowds are ex-
pected. Norman has only lost one
game this season, and the way
things now look in football circles,
may have a good chance to win the
championship.
A large sample lot of auto and
| buggy robes and horse blankets at
I bargain prices at 11. M. Stubbe-
j man's. ,
Friday night the ladies of the
Presbyterian church will present
' Ye Old Folks concert at the church.
JAS. D. MAGUIRE
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