The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1 Monday, July 2, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME V.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1917.
NUMBER 14.
Post office Fixtures FOURTH at NORMAN
Several representatives of manu- Promoters Promise a Fine En-
facturers of postoffice fixtures have tertainment—Five Beeves to
been in Norman the past week or two, Barbacued—Program
figuring with Phil C. Kidd on the of the Entertainment.
fixtures for the new postoffice, Mr.
Kidd representing Mr. E. B. John- The committees. on the Fourth of
son, whose building on East Main will 'u'^ ce'<;bration at Norman are
be the location of the postoffice for workin>*' hard alul faithfully to make
the next ten years. A St. Joseph, Mo., 'l a Krand succesa and K've tht' t>eoPu'
firm secured the contract, and fix- a flne ''"tertainment. Especially will
tures are to be in place and the room thc Uarb('cue he a success, for extra
ready for occupancy by September "r"'or^s are being made to feed all
1st. The fixtures are the very best who corru\ Thp rt'l,ast wil1 be laid
New County Officers Monthly Crop
Summary
For June, 1917, Oklahoma State
Board of Agaiculture—Frank
Gault, President, Okla-
homa City, Okla.
Cleveland county has two new
county officers this morning, County
Treasurer Jim Corbett and County
Superintendent W. R. Clark. The
Transcript is certain both will make
acceptable officers and do satisfactory
work. Mr. Corbett has appointed Miss i At the time of harvest, wheat
Lydia Briggs as deputy treasurer, showed a condition of 68 per cent,
and she is now "on the job." , This is an increase of 7 per cent over
Miss Kate Barbour has made a | the condition of same date in 1916.
From reports received from our crop
most efficient and painstaking county
superintendent, bringing to the posi
tion a conscientious endeavor to do her
that could be obtained, no expense 'n a^r'cu^ural building. Messrs. whole duty and to bring the schools
being spared to make them modern BoffKS & Hal1 wil! have char*e of
and up-to-date. The boxes will stand b !'bacu'"K the five big beeves, and
on a marble busr, and the money or- !'ronilst' " will be done to a king or
der and general delivery clerks will 'luf,en s taste. They say: '"Tell the
do business with the public over mar- Pe0P'e to be sure and bring buckets
ble counters. Every appliance possible '"r 'be P°tlicker, which will be
for convenience and efficiency will be l''ent'ful and will be one the best
furnished, and the room will be fitted !,l'UIVS of tbe i>arbacue."
up in fine shape. The cost of remodel-1 1 here Wl" be P,enty of sha<te and
ing the room and installing thc fix- 106 water at the clty Park' where en"
vures will be several thousand dol- "'rtamment will be held. The follow-
larg ing is the program for the two days'
I celebration:
Tuesday, July 3rd.
3:00 p. m. Baseball game at City
Park. Edmond Normal vs. Uni-
WEATIfEK FOR THE WEEK.
Washington, I). C., June 30, 1917.—
West Gulf States: The weather for
the week will be f^ir and warm.
Plains States and upper and middle!
Mississippi Valley: Normal tempera- |
ture and generally fair weather will :
prevail during the week.
E. II. BOWIE, Forecaster, i
—See those fine
Minteer Hdwe Co.
Ham mocks
- Try a classified liner.
Hoosier Beauty
versity of Oklahoma.
Evening.
6:30 p. m. Exhibition fire run by the
Norman fire department put-
ting out a fire on Main street.
7 p. m. Patriotic Parade on Main
Street. Silver Cup given to best
decorated car.
| 7:30 p. m. Judging of show windows.
at i First National bank corner.
X:00 p. m. Band Concert at City
Park.
J 8:30 p. m. The Human Torch makes
a slide for life into a burning
tank of gasoline.
9:00 p. m. Free attraction by Arthur
Saxon, the
of the county up to their full value.
She has demonstrated marked ability
during her four years in the position.
She will probably return to her pro-
fession—teaching.
Mr. R. E. Clement (Buck) has
given an honest, square and efficient
administration of the county treas-
urer's office during the past four
years, and retires with the good will
Of everyone Who has had business vipld npr nnrp nf" fhia vour'a ..rnn'iJ
with the office. The Transcript under-
stands he will be connected with the! received from our crop correspon
( lenient Mortgage company, in which dents. This assures Oklahoma of a
he has acquired an interest, and to crop of 24,435,000 bushels. Up to the
which he will prove a valuable addi- j 25th of June 77 per cent of the total
: crop had been harvested. The coun-
i ties showing the best yield per acre
1 O ( ICVClCttld (sO. lioiJS of wheat and oats are the ones located
correspondents, we estimate the av-
erage yield of the total acreage
planted at 9.5 bushels per acre. Es-
timating the total yield for the state,
based on the above figures, Oklaho-
ma's wheat crop will produce 27,-
113,000 bushels. Up to the 25th of
June 84 per cent of the wheat crop
had been harvested.
(fats showed a condition of 69 per
cent at the time of harvest. This is
13 per cent above the condition of
same date last year. The average
yield per acre of this year's crop is
25.5 bushels, according to estimates
tion.
al^b
Rex Smith,
Cleveland
in the northeast part of the state.
Ice Customers
Owning to the increase in cost of labor, supplies, feed for teams, and other
items of expense entering into the distribution of ice, we find it necessary to m ike
a moderate advance in the selling price of ice.
On and after
July 1st, ice coupon books will be
Size of
Denomination
Coupon Hooks
of Coupons
Price
500 lb
5 lb- 10 lb
$ 3.00
less 20
1,000 lb
51b- 10 lb-25 lb
$ 6.00
less 20
1.000 lb
All 501b
$ 5.00
less 2ii
1.000 lb
All 1001b
$ 1.50
less 20
1,500 lb
All 15011)
$ 6.75
less 20
.'5,000 lb
All 3001b
$11.00
less 20
6,000 lb
All 3001b
$22.00
less 20
10,000 lb
All 3001b
$36.50
less 20
All ice delivered by drivers and paid for
1 in cash
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
pei-
cent.
cent,
cent,
cent,
cent.
discount
discount
discount
discount
discount
cent, discount
cent, discount
cent, discount
for
for
for
for
for
for
for
for
cash,
cash,
cash,
cash,
cash,
cash,
cash,
cash.
. e rn u j j j - wi" be charged for at thc
rate of ,>0c a hundred pounds.
All ice bought at the plant and paid for in cash will be charged for at the rate
of 40c a hundred pounds.
Norman Milling-Grain Co.
county ; Corn shows a condition of 75 per
boy who is now in the navy, on the cent This is 3 per cent be,QW the con_
U. S. battleship Montana, writes the
following appeal to his associates:
Come on, boys, while you have a
chance, ^ • j Cotton shows a condition of 71 per
Let s join our friends who are now cent. This
in France,
dition of last month and 11 per cent
i below the condition of same date one
year ago.
Sunday Scorcher McDaniels & Matthews
What a difference between the Aaron McDaniel has sold a half-
weather of yesterday and today! j interest in his real estate, loan and in-
Yesterday was certainly a scorcher,! surance business to Tom B.
10 per cent below the' the thermometer at 3 o'clock p. m. • Matthews, late of Porto Rico, and the
| condition of same date last year. J registering 102 degrees, and the av-1 new partner took his position with
Let 8 help our boys to preserve our, leather conditions have been unfa- erage for the day being 90 degrees, the firm this morning; and while he
vorable to the growth of cotton, and, Gusts of hot winds came from the [is a "new" partner, he is also
Nation
By enlisting for the war's duration.
Mrs. Frank Shinneman and
daughter, Miss Therma, who have
been the guests of Mrs. J. J. Burke
for a week, left this morning for
their home in McComb, Okla. Mrs.
Shinneman is a neice of Mr. E. E.
Brown, the former well known news-
paper man and energetic citizen of
to
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,,UAU"' wir strong man of j Of course, it's no disgrac
Ringling Bros, circus. j drafted,
\\ ednesday, July 4th. ; Rut about your conscience is sure to 1
Morning. i be wafted
10:00 a. m. Band Concert at City A feeling of regret that you
f>nr^- i forced to go
10:30 a. m. Speaking by Judge Brett When
and other prominent men.
12:00 m. Free Barbecue, dinner.
Afternoon.
2:00 p. m. Athletic contests, purse to
winners.
3:30 p. m. Big Special Free Attrac-
tion.
4:00 p. m. Baseball game.
4:30 p. m. Band Concert.
5:30 p. m. Patriotic Speaking.
Etening day morning to accompany her si.«-
7:00 p. m. Big professional wrestling ] "You still have a chance" is Uncle ter, Mrs. G. D. Pendleton to Colorado
bout between Arthur Saxon j Sam's plea
j we have received numerous reports southwest. Corn that was in tassel j "old" one, and has had considerable j a ? * i* MOW ^arm*n£
[stating that in many places cotton! must have suffered considerably, but, experience in the business, having McComb' ■ 'l ^ ° '"t ne"r
' had been replanted on account of in-[luckily there was not much that far! been a partner of Mr. McDaniel sev-! or ' 'j J)uU,n^r the 8ame en-
; sufficient moisture and various other advanced. After dark, a wind came up era! years ago. j \ l,s r> mto that work as
1 marked his other activities. Mrs.
Shinneman and daughter were greatly
w I Phased with Norman.
Mc-
j from the north materially lowering ^ Probably no man in Norman is bet
| Conditions of other crops are as the temperature, and after such a j ter acquainted with values of
were follows: Kaffir 74 per cent, Milo 74 j scorching Jay it was truly appre- and farm property than Mr.
per cent, Sorghum 76 percent, Broom | ciated. Truly, "the Lord tempers the Daniel, his 25 years experience con-|'|'\|{ SO VI
you should have volunteered Corn 75 per cent, and Alfalfa 73 per wind to the shorn lamb," most every-1 tinqously in Norman giving him fine
long ago. cent. The condition of the soil is 60 body being "shorn" of vitality before opportunities to so acquaint himself—j
| per cent of what it should be. This is! the wind came up. and the very fact that he has been'
\ou still can enlist of your own' 11 per cent below the condition of last' Then, early this morning it cloud- here twenty-five years or more indi-
volition, 'month. led up and a drizzling rain set in; not, cates how square and honest and ef-
So dont stand back on account of| much in precipitation, but truly wel-! flcient has been his work. Mr.
your position. i —Gibson Refrigerators—the best' come. And it is still drizzling at this j Matthews brings the same qualities
Uncle Sam is calling, is calling fori ma(je—Meyer & Meyer. 'writing (11 a. m.) with promise of, into the new firm, and as they are
•vou' 1 keeping it up all day. both "live wires" there is no doubt of
So give your service to the Red, —Mrs. Texie Alder was unexpect- j their complete success.
White and Blue. cdly called to Altus, Ok'.a., Wednes- pJpfiQ \n/ fJujlfn
U i —El Dorado's Growth: Edgar Gold-
The following men were arraigned en w^° has been visiting his sister,
at Carters, 8c bar.
, (Springs. Mrs. Pendleton has suffered
and Dodson, the husky black- To volunteer to help the boys who a nervous breakdown.
smith of Chickasha. | a re o'er the sea
:00 p. m. Band Concert. To keep Old Glory ever flying high
Smorh«": | atock which consists of clocks, watch-i lof.
wV?tVp'rUIThMe*fei^fuer^keThCCsidwm es' c^ain8 lavaliers, lockets, brace-1
Collapsible Baby carriage1 beat tor youb | lets, gold rings, photo-lockets and J their son and daughter-in-law a few
baby. *v,o",T 0ur line. I weeks.
m
Sidwav
I. M. JACKSON
Home of '-he lloosier
j 8:30 p. m. Sensation slide 250 feet
for life by the Human Torch.
19:30 p. m. Display of Fireworks.
—Dress up for the 4th. Rucker's
have everything to wear.
—The White Jewelry Store: Spec-'
ial Prices given on anything in our!
By volunteering you'll feel better as
the years go by.
—$200 worth of fire works to sell
Monday and Tuesday from 4 .to .8
o'clock and all day the Fourth, north-
west corner of city park.
—Try an Edison Mazda electric
light bulb next time.—Minteer Hdwe
Co.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. P. McNamee
yesterday for Chicago to visit
many otHr novelties
Sherman, at Smith's Book Store.
—Barker & Co. have ordered a big
shipment of fruits and vegetables
for July 4th wants.
—Extra supply of vegetables,
bread and groceries for July cele-
bration wants at Barker & Co.
—Sebe Howry's Wheat: Sebe
Howry's eighty acres of wheat on his
home place averaged a little better
than 21 bushels to the acre and he
sold 940 bushels of it at $2.00 per
bushel, retaining something like 1,600
bushels for a higher price. In other
words, his wheat crop this year
will bring him in about $5,000.
—Camp stools, cots, etc.—Meyer &
Meyer.
—Mrs. R. E. Maloy, formerly of.
Norman, but now of Oklahoma City,
came down to visit her bother, Mrs. j
0. G. Williams, and take in the nic-l
nic. R. E. is making good as conduc-i
tor on the O. K. Railway line with
headquarters at the city. It will be
remembered he was one of the O. K.
Transfer trusty men for som? tim-.
—Let us figure on your heating
plant.—Minteer Hdwe Co.
—See our excellent line of porch
furniture—Meyer & Meyer.
men we
in district court thsi morning and Mrs. M. Smith, for several weeks,
all entered pleas of not guilty. There 'c^t Saturday for his home in El
being no jury at this term, their j Dorado, Kas. He says the oil business
cases go over until the September | has "made" that old town. It was a
term: • city of some 3,500 or 4,000 and now
has 15,000 'population and
W. B. Garrison, charged with ob-
taining money by false pretenses.
Jim and Earl Mattox. assault with
a deadly weapon.
Henry Coley, violating prohibitory
law.
growing
steadily. Putting down a well there
was a "wildcat" scheme of the wild-
est description, but they found it,
with astonishing results. And that's
what finding it is going to do for
Ted Harrell and Willard Scraper,; Norman. I here is much more proba-|
grand larceny; stealing tires from bility of getting paying wells east
R. L. Ellinger's automobile. Norman than there ever was at EI
Joe Dunn, charged with murder; Dorado
' the killing of Walter Welch near Lex-1
burton several weeks ago. I —Major Carl Giles: The Transcript]
1 j learns that the government has of-
—Judge J. B. Dudley and his two fered a commission as major in the
fine little sons drove down from Ok- regular army to our fellow-townman,
lahoma City this morning and the k. C. (Carl) Giles, who is seriously,'
youngsters visited young friends I eousidering accepting it. The com-i
while their father attended to busi- • mission would carry with it a salary)
ness in district court. | $300 per month, besides the pres-
tige it gives its recipient. His work
—Edison Mazda lamp bulbs—Min- would be principally inspecting
teer Hdwe Co. horses and mules, his recognized |
ability in that line making him
—Mrs. E. L. Collins is here from especially valuable to the govern-
Waco, Texas, visiting her brother, ment at this time. Mr. Giles would)
V. W. Hunter. Mrs. Collins was a' make an ideal officer.
former resident of Norman, her hus-
band being engaged in the dry goods' —Ford tool boxes, all sizes.—Min-1
business. teer Hdwe Co. ,
SILK SHIRTS
We received by today's
express some of the best
patterns of the season in
men's PURE SILK Shirts.
A number of patterns to
choose from and every
size from 14 to 16.
Give these shirts a look.
Why pay $8.00 and $10.00.
We have the best make
(Arrow), for $6.50.
S. K. McCALL CO.
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FIREWORKS FOR ALL
—After 4 o'clock Tuesday and all day the Fourth
A FREE DISPLAY of Fireworks Tuesday Night
NORTHWEST OF CITY PARK
Bargains in City Property and Farm Lands-See Pickard Co., Real Estate and Farm Loans.
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