The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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vi The Daily Transcript
J. 0. FOX, Editor
Published every .iftrrn.Min except Sun.lajr
" |f Vt the Trinscript-Fnterpriw Publlthing Co.
• g183. J. 0. FOX - - President |
1 J. J. BURKE - Secretary-Treas.
! ,E H. PARHAM - Busimss Mis'r.
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j Mi Entered ai second clans matter January
•: I/, 1914, at the post-office it Norman, Okla-
4 llC-H ftoma. under act of con«ress of March 3,
j I th, *7"-
1 eA nts ' (fice. 21S Kasl Main Street. Telephone 3.
4 '* w1 daily subscription rates.
1 "lu100 By mail, one year $;t.r>0
" -?iORi By mail, six- months.. — 2.00
By carrier, one week .10
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|«i°Mi WANT \ CITY MANAGER?
| l'1 The people of Norman are soon
to get ;t chance to vote on the city
M manager form of government.
1j Jler The advantages of having a city
t ,n , manager are obvious to any bus-
The Dai'y Transcript, Norman, Oklahoma
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19 19
Uncle Josh Says
Written Ity Uncle Josh
llnei 'ness man- ^ or counsel, i ifcny
minds are needed; for execution,
a single head is required. Univer-
i sal business practice demonstrates
1-1 ^ this, as does ilso the success which
in we have had with typical public
■j. oi,^ school systems in which a superin-
tend, acting for a
he
supervisory
i board is the responsible head.
Under the city manager plan the
commissioners elected by the pen
|"t in P'e are responsible for all that Is
ii\ done or not done. If they are cap-
able men they have their own priv-
T< ate business to attend to ..ml can.
, not gi\e all their time I" !hc city.
■ 'issd
lst They can lure a malinger just as
\jrsthe directors of a business concern
. ov^ do—a director who knows more
I111 tiliout the job than they do, so the
t* .city Ciin .. et the best possible sor-
t v'ce' " you <*on'- wan' e'ly
run on business principles, on what
kind of principles do you want it
lAW™"7
ti No city m.inagt c city has ever
r*-0 returned to the <>!J mayor ■ uinci!
bj^plan; that is significant at least.
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Well, hear it is 8 oclock an after
i breakfast an i be rite hear on the
job the first thing. The boss
One hundred and eighty-five
gardens made by students of
Washington school and 338 by
students in Jefferson school were
to be reported at a recent meet-
ing of the board of education. Miss
Helen Olander has supervision of
the school gardens of the west
sid' school nnd Miss Nola Helms
of the east side.
| On occount of the excellent re-
port, the board of education voted
to offer prizes for the b?st gar-
dens raised in Norman this year.
Mrs. H. P. Meyer and Mrs. M. F.
McFarland were appointed by the
board as chairman of the judg-
ing committee for the Jefferson
school and Mrs. R. V. Downing j
and Mrs. 0. H. Frank for
Washington school.
At present 124 children are con-'(Vvants ,1lc to jQ is to interduce my
testing for the prizes, and morejge]f to the* people of this place,
may enter yet, according to super- \\'ell, i is just Uncle Josh fruin
visors of the gardens. j sprattsville an proud of it fcr if i
That the children are doing (]0 sily it myself it is some town,
good work for Norman as well asjlsours, i aint hraggin' 'tall, i has
occupying their time in a benefi I |,j„ fingering a long time 'bout
cial way is the opinion of members I gitlin a job rittin peaces for some
of the "clean-up day" committee, j papir an sumc of tliim that fellers
Children have converted many u;< in Nu Yorke gits a hold of sum
Lnck yards, which in other years pot-try what i sint up to Roosevelt
were weed patches, into gardens , to publish in one er his big magi-
which not only furnish vegetables ! zincs an hold an be sniggered if
foi the family, but for the malket. they diilnt start sendin me letters
"Thi sale of these surplus gat den askin me to cr acept a job on their
products helps the young Ameri- papifs an i had jist 'bout made up
canr start their first bank ac- ! my mind to do it when Miranda
courts," said one of the super- Cthats my old lady) set er foot
vigors. down on me and said nuthin doin,
; Josh. So kours i didnt tak that
.;. job kaus she calculated as how it
! «i;( too fcr for nic to git away
THREE SORORITIES
TO MOVE NEXT YEAR
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Three sororities, Kappa Alpha
Theta, Pi Hcta Phi, and Delta
(,amnia, will move their places of
residence next year, but all the
fraternities will occupy the same
homes where they lived this year.
Kappa Alpha Thcta will occupy
the house owned by R. L, Cook at
541 University boulevard, which
is now being remodeled. 1 he Pi
Phi girls will be in the house
owned by Mayor S. W. Hutchin,
at the corner of Asp and Duffy.
The Delta Gamma sorority will
move to Dean James S. Buchan-
an's residence at 323 West lioyd.
Miss Froma Johnson enter-
tained the Kappa Alpha Theta so-
rority of which she is a member
with a three course lunchcon,
Wednesday, at 12 o'clock. The
centerpiece, a large cake decorated
with yellow candles, suggested the
color scheme of yellow and white.
Go Early! Go Late! (Jo
During the Rush!* (<o
To the Matinee!
It Makes no Difference When,
But Be Sure and See
Bewitching, Adorable
MAE MURRAY in
"THE DELICIOUS
LITTLE DEVIL"
"You can dance, kid," said the
manager of the Peach Tree
Cabaret, "but how about the
speckled rep?" "Then I'll get
me a duke," said the imp of
the tenements. So she invent-
ed one—till he really turned
up—then you ought to see
whaf happened.
This the most delightful pic-
ture that Mae Murray, the
unique, every played in, will
be shown at
Victor Hugo, the author of LES
MISERABLES, which has been
characterized as the greatest epic
and dramatic work of fiction ever
created or conceived, was the high-
est priced writer of his time. He
sold the publication rights of LES
MISERABLES for 400,000 francs
or about $80,000, A William Fox I
picturization of this greatest of Matinee 1 p. m. Continuous 11 p.m.
melodramas will be shown at the 1
Liberty Theatre on Friday and
Saturday.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE
'Home of the Super-Silent Drama'
SATURDAY, MAY 17TH
jiO.Ni' i!>Sl K NEEDED
tK
-dm 1
Vis.
<^e 5 The people of Norman will be
Sncll Praises
Barney Reilly
* "gtcalled on in a short time to vote «n | j j., '
.... - . . I
Barney Reilly,
gave a very
|^_ pleasing re-
i-gar"." ifiiUU for the Purpose of (,Ual )ast „j(rht in tll0 University
gfcttereeting a unit to the west side Auditorium. His program • was
^ school to be used for domestic , we„ choscn am, containe(1 „,h,u. h
n 'llv • 'id manual tr-i i:.is •• X :
fruin hum. Wininiin certainly have ||
, suspicious ideas hasnt they? S
'I out tliet time this ;>apir gets hold j
I uf my poetry an they make me j
Irish-American s'ch an °^cr ,'ut Miranda said
he an the hired hand could j
1 guest
ti', ir
git 'long purty wcl with out mc as if
s#ni
-tar
^m-.in school patrons could no su;>
j well chosen and contained
variety to please all. In his opera
numbers he displayed a voice of
i wusnt iny good much more, so
luar i be. 1 aint quite recuperated
yit frum the bumps an jars i got
yesterday on tliet tliar goi dern
|J ; Jport a more worthy hau l issue, for
I IJtlie net ,1s of the school chil li > :i
< lsof the lanil should have first con-
jF" sideration.
IS,)' Some will doubtless say that, Mr. Koiily ,us a fim. ,,,rs,)nali,v
1. r eimanual training and dom. sc.. an(, a ploasin. staK0 pro,enee. ,"t
Vruience can be learned after the chil- was a pleasure to hcar him s-m.,
dren get to high school. All well hjs enUre p m with,ut
jlei^nd good for those who reach high ring to notM or wori,3i 3omething
.school, hut the percentage of those {hat has not been dom, by a.,v
fk'«>who get to high school i, so small. sjll,,.er wh(> haR r,.., okla.
1 that it bvhoovi • th-' -h« i i<
considerable power and remark- fraight trane ridin, i wint out af
ably high range. His interpreta- ,cr supper with too more fellen
tion of the Iirish group was much
enjoyed.
E,
. . hom-a City this season.
yimportant training like domestic xhe aU(lience was much smaUer(be sore. Wei. i wit
s«lence before the h,Kh seh°o1 Is i than it should have bsen. More s>.m of my poetry.
las nite an we wint upstais on the
second floor to a pixture show an
it was show-in two wimmin fiteing
over a man an sonic jewels an thin
'bout tliet time 'long comes the
s h ir iff an shoots up the dern place
thin we wint down to a drug store
an had a coco cola. Say, i would-
nt hav Miranda know that fcr a
five doller bil. Ciosli, she would
resite you
irinva't"'.
|i(>i;l A very laree per
of the
I liberal patronage will make pos-
i.— . ' sible m;.nv good artists for Nor-
B°5 *hi!,lr,,M "f the Lnlted St"tes n,'vor man.- Clark E. Snell.
r "■ farther then the futh
ffcrade and a much larger percent-} j g ZmK of Tulsa arrivo.,
<1 tage never get beyond the cghth Thumlav for a tWe davs'visit with
*Pa„grade, so the time- to give this
< 1
^valuable training to the child is
iu..,|£While hs is in school. This is one
jbe jnf the ptramount reasons why
j1-; :he children of Norman should
t2£.iave all the school facilities that
$7i. -an be given them. This is why the
flief >ond issue should be sup- rted by
Phi 'very friend of th; children in
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Zink, east of the city.
A hamburger stand burned down
today,
Ten thousand canines passed
away.
. ..
GIVE MOTHER A CHANCE FOR
A LITTLE ENJOYMENT
All mothers need some time for recreation, to call on
her neighbors and to breathe into her liuit^s the mo>t
,ital elements to health and happiness—I'RESH AIR.
The Wash Tub and Ironing Board, combined with her
jther household cares, forbids this. Send your laundry
,o us and let us relieve Her from this, the most dreaded
ind the hardest of her daily labors.
The Norman Steam Laundry
ARTHUR WILLIAMS, Mgr.
121 E. Gray.
Phone 71.
1 o'Clock Friday
J. H. 2 hours, 1 to 3 p. m., 8 yards of
Gingham for only $1.00.—Ruckers.
poison >n.
LEAN-UP CAMPAIGN IS
VERY SUCCESSFUL
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jd T-re oat v. rk • i < ' ually aiv!
(—"hos ■ w: . In':, l.avt sent nic-
f'R€:. their Then were as _
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An
! tJ ty hall t'n r. n
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fit 03 i, t i ■ the e y by dif
t?J>rent ward captains who have
!)U harge of the different wards and
; of\fter the campaign i- over th. -e
ftol!Vho have refused to clean u;> their
)r^jri)remi~e< will 1 ■ turneil into the
llrai
"We want to give everybody a
Enhance to do the right thing." said j
T—■'*ir C! i iff . * i.a if ' ' >
bRr..,.;,^ where people i •lut- !v
JC"h ' use to clean up then they will be
fck^-eported to the Mayor and he will
I Kave their places cleaned u" and
C?*-he bill charged to them. I don't
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HOLTZSCHUE MOTOR CAR CO.
We rcit Service Storage Batteries for any make of
car. while we are charging your car battery.
WE HAVE
Evereadv Hatterics for all makes of cars on hand.
We overhaul and repair all makes of batteries. All
work guaranteed.
We sell distilled water.
Phone 28 107 East Main, Norman
Report of the Condition of
[ he First National Bank
of Norman, Oklahoma
5248
as made to the Comptroller of the Currency, May 12, 1919.
RESOURCES I
Loans and discounts $42o.!H14./2 -■ I
Overdraft* *— 1,613.20 j 1
Bills of exchange - <,"W- 4° 3
V. S. Holds 1W.01 |
Stock ui Federal Reserve aBnk 2,100.00 ^ I
Banking House 2_',69.V.H
Furniture and Faxtures - 2.000.00 j I
Other Real Estate Owned 2,200.00 gj
Interest 1 ! but not Collected -- 500.0t) I
state Bonds 51,000.00
S\ arrants and Securities 23,li4.(>4
Cash and Exchange 1(>4,414.95
Fancy Fat Mackerel.
Lake Erie White Fish.
Old fashioned Georgia Cod Fish
in brick.
Fancy California Artichokes in
gallon cans.
Fancy California peeled Evaporated
Peaches.
Guava Jelly made in Hawaiian
Islands.
Pure Pennsylvania Buck Wheat.
A full line of Heinz and Richelieu Fancy Groc-
eries of the highest grade- Also New State Quail
and Del Monte.
We also carry a full line of Standard Brand
Good-
Ja',' The greatest writer born
"""William Shakespeare was Victor
.Hill- idmg to : i.1 S. t i.t r.
^.Vy opinion. The greatest of all
< "llugo' i > am. , LI- : Mi; !-
— ABLKS, with William Farnum
i rc^)laying the immortal .lean \ al-
•e "(ean, will be shown in a William
Fox picturized form at Liberty
theatre on Friday and Saturday.
Total-
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock —
Surplus ^
Undivided profits, net
Unearned Discounts -
Circulation
Bills payable with Federal Reserve Bank
Deposits -—
238,5/9.5l> ;
50,000.00
20.IXW.00
5,056.43
i
50,000.00
43.7(H) 00
(>32,185 18
We have the Quantity, Quality
and Price.
as.
Thi
Total --
above statement is correct.
WM SYNNOTT, Cashier,
$809,7s;t.:n
Phones 31 and 224.
Build a Home for Your
Childrens Sake
AMBITION may be realized ins your
children if you have the home envir-
onment which transmits to them tlpe am-
bition. The basic need is a home anrd the
sense of shelter and security which gtpes
with ownership.
Instill the home owning spirit in Jvour
children now by enjoying the benefi/ts of
home-owning—make good your ammition
for your children—get them tucked Ziway
in a good home—a home that is all yVurs,
and theirs. /
It will become to them a very «acred
spring of inspiration and a very tan\gible
example of prudence and thrift. It/ you
would do your part toward making jvour
children's future secure in a nation, of
home-owners—Build Now.
Build of wood, the most economical building; material,
made so by the excessive demand abroad of other build-
ing materials in the reconstruction of war-torn E|urope.
I.et us assist you with your plans—our long expedience
^s at your service.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS
/
The following comparison, based on the Department \pf La-
!jor Statistics, shows graphically how all commodities have in-
:reased from the average wholesale price in 1913 to the; price
liter the war.
Cloths and clothing,
15 per cent.
Farm products, 136 per cent.
Furnishings, 133 per cent.
All commodities, 107 per
cent.
Chemicals and drugsj
106 per bent.
Food, 99 per cent.
Metal products, 83 pe^
Fuel and lighting, 79
cent.
BUILDING MATERIALS 58 PER CENT.
Finish the Job of Clean-Up and Painf-Up.
The very best paint you can get is the cheapest. The
best paint vv'ill last the longest, saving your homje. from
decay and labor in repainting; covers more surface to
the gallon and looks better. We guarantee .Monarch 100
per cent pure paint to satisfy you.
Carey, Lombard, Young & C'o.
Established 1889.
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Just a sample of our service; one of the
many new styles that are here. Satis-
faction gu a ran teed.
S. K. McCall Co.
The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
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