Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CLEVELAND COUN TV AND THE CITY OF NORMAN.
Cleveland county Enterprise
VOL. XXVIIJ
NORMAN. CLEVELAND COUNTV OKLOHOMA THURSDAY DECEMBER 4. 1919.
NORMAN SHOULD ELECTRIC LIGHT COAL PROPOSITION
HAVE GAS NEXT YEAR! BONDS CONTRACTED GETTING WORSE FAST
TO R, J. EDWARDS
If Mayor Barbour, the members of
the city commission, and City Mana
gcr Gater wish to completely capture They are Seria, Bondg tQ the Amount
the goodwill of the voters of Norman
and especially the women voters,
they will take steps immediately if not
>ooner to see what they can do in
the matter of bringing gas to Nor-
man. They could not do anything
NEW MEMBERS FOR UNIVERSITY LOSES
ROYAL ARCH MASONS ANOTHER GOOD MAN
of $125,000 and Bear 5 1-2 Per Cent.
Interest Per Annum.
There were a number ol proposi-!
tions offered to the May.or and Com- 1
missioners at the meeting called for i
that would please their constituency 1 ™ss'one the meet,ng called for
in a greater degree, and the women j Mo,,day n!«ht ,0 for the
would all rise and call them "blessed." I ITT ,,SSUC °f ,?I25'0(>0 el«tr,c
light bonds, and after hearing them
Norman ought to have gas for
heating a:rl lighting purposes before!"" th.e Commis,on<= adjourned until
the fall of 1920. We ought not to go I T"esdauy at 9 ° c,ock to con"
through another winter without it. I 5"k'r. *tm\ Af,tCr *°"J °"r ,hem
The Transcript believes that by spring!'J""*? T
the volume of gas that comes from "pt >he ^ °f *'. [ Edwards of °k"
the Walters-Cement field on its way lahTf C,ty\ wh!ch was donc at a
to Oklahoma City, through the pipe 1spec,al meet'"« he,d Tu«^y
line that runs through the northwest and contract entered int0
part of Cleveland county, will be fu 1 — |%% 111 ,nJ*
ly determine dand will be sufficient' At.a for™er ' C°m"
so that it can be tapped and a por- V"'SS'°n whe" bonds beanng 5 U2
tio;i of it brought to Norman. Any- j T"" ,nU'rej:, wer« thc
how, Mayor Barbour, City Manager ; b°"? h"y"S ",ade "° °ffer' declarine
Gater and the commissioners should ' S"Ch b°"ds uC0uld,n0t. be, floated at
investigate the possibilities and P3r °r ■n*thln* 1,ke rt- Ma>'°r Ba;-
and
be
bour and the commissioners thought
otherwise, however, and were insist
hundred times or more, all that Nor-
man needs to make it an ideal plac£
of residence is "GAS". The citizen-!
-and
investigate the possibilities
probabilities and see what can
done. .
As the Transcript has remarked a f.,U. 'Ha! 5.'-2 Pe,r Cent should be the
• limit. It is evident the bond buyers
saw they could not run any "runaka
boo," so they bid liberally on the
ship—and especially the lady citizen-i "°"dS JJat °" ed Monday
ship-is putting its trust in the city "'ght' Mr' Edward s b,d be,nB *1263
officials to bring it to them. ; above par. The proposed issue is to
j bear 5 1-2 per cent, interest and "re
| a 1 11 j ninrnn Hill ■ .payable serially, $25,000 in five years,
MAN I I Arhno WILL ^5'°® in ten' $25,000 in fifteen, $25,-
... ! °°0 in twenty and the last $25,000 in
HAVE TO SUSPEND STftJTi %
■ j ment" bonds—issued whenever the
Oklahoma City, Dec. 1.—All news- city wants to use the money and beJr
papers m the state, particularly the „„ jnt„cst until issutd.
small dailies and weeklies, are fac-i ru .11 ,
ing a serious crisis due to the short- j course the bonds are contracted
age of paper and inability of the ! subject to their being voted at an
wholesale houses to meet the present election to be held in the near future,
demand. , The city commissioners will fix date
At tlie present time the consump- i,_ i *• . •
tion is 10 per cent greater than the ° ^ election at their meeting next
gross output of the mills and the de-; 1 ucsday night.
mand is increased daily. The open!
market 011 prifit paper is absolutely
empty and paper cannot be obtained
at any price.
"If the present supply is maintained
and every possible pound of paper i
saved we will be able to keep the1
papers going till Christmas, but af-
ter that time they will be forced to U. S. Senator Who Defeated Ford
suspend publication." said O. W. Mc- Charged With Fradulent Expendi-
FEDERAL COURT
INDICTS NEWBERRY
Railroads Will Have to Stop Trains
and Many Manufacturies Will Close
—Country Placed on War-Time
Basis—People Must Conserve Ev-
ery Bit of Fuel They Can.
Arrangements are being per-
fected by the city and county and
university authorities, the Tran-
script understands, to have a
wood-cutting holiday of two days,
probably the coir>:ng Thursday
and Friday, or Friday and Satur-
day, when the young men of city
and university can go to the
woods on a wood-cutting expedi-
tion. Trucks and wagons will
be drafted to haul the wood to
town, into a ' community wood
yard," where it will be cut and
sold at the market price to those
able to pay, and given away to
the needy. The high school will
also probably take part in the
work. Full particulars will be
given as soon as plans are per-
fected.
lei 11 i
Kowen, manager of
Newspaper branch office.
No print paper is being sold for
other purposes than actual newspa-
per printing, and the orders received
are being only partly filled. Many of
the wholesale houses have refused or-
ders. and no guarantees are beinu
made
Mi
tures—133 Others Indicted, All
Prominent Men—Spent Between
$500,000 and _$1,000,000, It Is
Charged.
Grand Kapids, Mich.. Nov. 29.—
Truman H. Newberry, United States
I Senator from Michigan, was indicted,
ow ners state that the suspen-! charS^d w'tl? corruption, fraud and
sion of publication for the period of conspiracy in connection with the
a mont.' more is the oivi wiv in j e'cc''?n by which he obtained his
which the supply can be brought back scat in ,'he senate, defeating Henry
to normal ic i <« . Lord, his democratic poponent.
With Newberry 133 other person*
to normal, as it is impossible „ ,
up the preseat deficit. They say it is ! ■> — —.-.
a veiy serious condition, and no mere werc indicted by the grand jury on
theory that confronts them. j,hl' s?me charge. The names of all
| but fifteen most prominent men
| were withheld from publication by
I Judge C'arence W. Sessions, presid-
! ing, until warrants could be served
011 them. Among those named were
W. A. Hopkins of St. Clair, Mich., as-
sistant secretary of the United State
senate; John S. Newberry, brother of
the Senator, Detroit, and Paul H
King, Newberry's campaign manag-
Jas. D. Maguire
Sells Property
J as. D. Maguire has disposed of his
PrOj North Peters avenue on
the the all" lorlh of the
Farmer's National bank building, to*
Ho. 11 who 1. v 1 a
garage nnH service station and sales-
room for the Oakland automobile, for
whi 111 'lie he lias -ecu: e l the
agency in Cleveland and McClain
couu. ies.
Tin p i crty was formerly owned
by Fred Carder, sen., and consists of
a two-stotj brick building upon a 25-
foot lot. Mr. Maguire has been using
it as a warehouse for some years but
concluded to sell it and build upon
his iots just north of his hardware
store ... has a lot there .ja/o feet,
whk • ill cover with a one-story
building.
Mr Taylor paid $4000 cash for the
propei ty
Fuel Administrator Garfield has is-
-ue irders from Washington putting
he lie rule into effect, which
will curtail or close all manufacturies
'I 1 "'i >■ entials. The order cuts off
"I >m all but transportation
ige :ic which includes land and
coastwi e shipping a >i-
■tn, federal and local government
institutions and establishments, in-
cluding concerns working on govern-
ment contracts; public utilities, in-
cluding newspapers; and retaikdeal-
ir 1 ilroad administration officials
conceded that it meant widespread
cessation of (industrial operations.
So. we "arc up against it," and it
behooves ns all to conserve our fuel
and do everything in our power to
tide us over this serious condition of
; lfsirs.
The coal proposition is getting
worse fast and the outcome is truly
problematical, no one seeming to
know just where it is going to end,
nor when. The authorities are call-
ing upon everyone everywhere to
conserve their supplies of fuel—if
they have any—in every possible way.
closing up every room in their
homes that it is possible to do with-
out. In numerous cities and towns
it is reported that residents are tak-
ing to their beds to keep warm and
in others they are taking all the avail-
able fuel to the hotels and large
rooms, living in a sort of "community
center" manner.
Norman is not as badly otf as some
other communities, but reports of
shortage of fuel are beginning to be
more numerous. Some of the large
sorority houses, for instance, are re-
ported to be almost completely out of
fuel and if some means are not found
to relieve them the houses will be
forced to close and the inmates go
home. President Brooks and Judge
Geo. Allen, the latter chairman of the
ounty council of defense, are in Ok-
lahoma City today endeavoring to get
some coal or wood for them.
Mr. H. L. Muldrow went to Okla-
homa City this morning to meet with
the State Council of Defense, of
which he is a member of the executive
committee, which is endeavoring to
find some way to relieve the distress.
It is said that some institutions in
that city have large amounts of coal,
which may be confiscated and distrib-
uted to the people—which would
cause the institutions to close. The
schools of Oklahoma City have some-
thing like 1000 tons of coal in stor-
age, which may be taken—but this
will be done only as a last resort.
There is still plenty <jf wood in
Cleveland county, and considerable
within a few miles of Norman, but
the trouble is t^ get it cut and brought
to the city. Volunteers are being ask-
ed for to cut the wood, and it is be-
lieved that, notwithstanding the al-
most impassable roads, it can be
brought in in trucks to the city and
distributed to those who are most in
need. Volunteers are urged to report
to Judge Geo. Allen or County Agent
L. E. Bogan, at the court house, who
are anxious to organize a wood cut-
ting brigade. It is a serious condition
that is confronting the community
and we have to face it.
The latest reports from Oklahoma
City are that the Frisco railroad has
coal enough to last only a few days
and if some means is not found to
supply the need the company will be
compelled to stop all its trains. The
Santa I'e uses oil on a large number
of its locomotives, which will enable
that road to run its trains, or at least j
a large number of them. The Okla-
homa City railway company, which
also runs the interurban lines, is also
said to be getting very short on its
fuel oil, which it uses to run its ma
chinery, so it is not impossible that
interurban service will stop at any
R. C. Terrell, acting director of time.
the school of civil engineering at the
university, has received notice of his Messrs. McDaniel & Matthew-
selection as vice-president of the have a force of men at work remodel-
American Road Buyers' association j ing the Adkins property recently va-
for the Mississippi Valley district, cated by the Banks'garage-formerly
Professor Terrell has been a member the Transcript office. They will put
cr.
Truman II. Newberry, secretary of the navy
in the cabinet of Theodore Roosevelt was
deelared fleeted ofer Henry Ford, Detroit
automobile manufacturer, ' the democratic
nominee, in Michigan's last senatorial election.
Mr. Ford's name appeared on both the Re
publican and democratic ballots in the nom
mating primary and this fact, together with
the charges that money was freely spent in
the election of Mr. Newberry, resulted in the
making the radical changes in the Michigan
election laws by the last legislature. The
Michigan statute specifically limits the
amounts to be spr:*t by candidates or their
party, in pre-electio.i campaigns. Mr. New
''••fry s expense stater..ent for election showed
disbursements of <176,000.
i he republican nomination was carried by
Mr. Newberry after a very hard fight. Mr.
Ford received the demociitic nomination. T' .
election campaign became bitter, charges and
charges being preferred by adherents
oi the two candidates. Mr. Newberry, who. it
was claimed, spent no time in the state
'{unng the campaign because of duties in
the New York naval district, was finally
declared elected by a majority of 7.S<.7 many
ays after the election. The vote was:
Newberry 220.054, Ford 212,487.
Mr Fo-d filed a petition with the senate
at the last session contesting Senator New
berry's right to a seat. A resolution proposed
by Senator Pomerene (I)em.) of Ohio asked
i .an,' investigation, but received no action
n the committee on privileges and election-
' which it wa> referred. The resolution was
reintroduced in the present session, but. at
the suggestion of Mr. Ford's counsel, action
was deferred.
of the association since its first meet-
ing in 1909 and will attend its conven-
tion in Louisville, Ky., Feby. 9 to 13
1920.
in a cement floor, repaper and pain
and otherwise improve it, making it
a model office. It is an ideal location
for a real estate office.
A class of twenty-eight Master
Masons will receive the degrees of
the Royal Arch Masons during De-
cember. A banquet and special meet-
ing will be held Friday, Dec. 5th,
starting at 4 o'clock p. m. in the Ma-
sonic Temple. The banquet proper
wiH start at 6 o'clock. Annual elec-
tion of Chapter officers will be held
Monday night, Dec. 8th. The Com-
mandery will elect officers for 1920,
Thursday night, Dec. 11th.
Men^bers of the class of candidates
for the Royal Arch Masonry are
Robert C. Berry, S. W. Taylor, J. J.
Gable, Craig A. M°ody, J. T. Beaird,
C. N. Berry, E. D. Smith, Walter
Berry, Wm. F. Stacy, John T. Bur-
ton, Charles A. Richards, John Lut-
trell, J. W. Billings, M. L. Turbyfill,
E. B. Kimberlin, Floyd Giles, J. C.,
Davis, Wm. T. Rose, Guy Y. Wil-
liams, George M. MtCown. Robert
O. Jackson, James B. Johnson, A. E.
Thomas, Charlie S. Corbin, Sims
Norman L. N. Morgan, F. E. Water-
field and Willard H. Campbe!l.
For real, old-time, southern mel-
ody—the songs and humor that made
the southland of plantation days fam-
ous for its ease, enjoyment and hospi-
tality, listen to the Langston Jubilee
ingers at the University Auditorium
Friday night.
Prof. Errett R. Newby, secretary-
registrar of the l*niver>ity of Ok-
lahoma, tendered his resignation to
President Stratton I). Brooks late
Monday afternoon. His resignation
will become effective about the mid-
dle of December. Me will leave
Norman about Dec. 15th ior Oklaho-
ma City, where he will accept a po i
tion as assistant manager of the land
department of the Pierce Oil corpor-
ation.
Mr. Newby's resignation will be
submitted to the Board of Regent
of the university at a meeting early
this month when a successor will
probably be appointed.
Professor Newby received his B.
M. fro mihe university in 19 >7 and
B. A. in 1908. In December, 1907. Mc
entered the president's office as pri-
vate secretary and the following
June was appointed secretary of the
university. Two years later he wa>
made secretary-registrar. lie holds
the rank of a professor.
During the war he was connected
with the Committee of Education and
Specia! Training with headquarters at
Washington, D. C. He has made
an exceptionally fine record in ev-
ery position he has held, and while
the university parts with him with
regret, he takes best wishes into his
new field of labor.
HIGH SCHOGL HOME
NURSING COURSE
A class of thirt 'lrce RirN tal
in" " imostic ' • course in the
high school this year, included th.
R I o s coursc of "Home Hygiene
■■ course
was arranged for bv Mrs. T \V
Scrogt, , who held ' <■ final writtei.
on last I
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benefit!
nrniy way-
new and
tical study.
The November issue of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma Magazine will
be ready for distribution Thursday
forenoon, according to a statement
made by Fred E. Tarman, business
manager, Wednesday just before he
left for Illinois.
A man's
best pal
is his smoke
"Knew we'd get together"
—Ches. Field
IT
field.
vRE'S where the particular smoker
meets the particular smoke—Chester-
Particular is ri^ht! Not only do we use-
the four choicest varieties of Turkish to-
bacco—Xanthi, Cavalla, Smyrna and Sam-
60un—but to these we add the rich, sun-
ripened leaves of .specially choice Domestic
tobacco.
Fine as these tobaccos are, it's the ex-
clusive process by which they are blended
that gives to Chesterfields that satisfying
body, that mellow richness which makes a
smoke mean something.
Chesterfields certainly do satisfy as nw
other cigarette has satisfied you before—
and to top it off, they are packed in a glass-
ine paper package that preserves for you
all of that delicious flavor.
A m a IT it s
20 for 20 cents
jf
—and the blend ,
can't be copied
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