The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 105, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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Rooming and Boarding House
Keepers Ready for Students
Hi sy Cleaning, Repairing and
Painting; Many Prefer Boys
to Girls—Less Trouble.
The rooming and hoarding houst-
women 01 Norman are preparing
lor a l>nsv winter. They arc clean-
ing. having" walls and floor* "done
o\er," houses paipted and groceries
stored in ba3cme/,s. They iexiiect
the migration of students between
September 10 and 15, and expect to!
have no'trouble in renting all their
rooms Some of the rooms are rent-
ed now.
furnished rooms for married coup-
le- are not as numerous as thosi' for
unmarried students, but in most
I.lige rooming houses at least otit
room is kept for just such an emet-
geiuy. 1 he light - housekeeping
rooms are more numerous. Sooner-
land i> prepared to welcome all stu-
dents be (hey married or slnsle.
Boys Are Less Trouble.
It I- the general opinion among
Norman landladies that bovs are less
trouble than girls. "Girls must wash
and iron and generally mess things
up, bovs aren't that way," remarked
tin-. "1 keep girls because I have
- daughters of my lpwn,"i Mrs
K. It. Guthrie, owner of the "tjutli-
ii, Home" on Duffy and Santa I'V,
said.
My wolk keeps me superintending
the dining room most of the time and
1 have no house-mother." Mrs.
Guthrie linds that girls are not un-
ruly about dating and ar, very
sweet. She calls hers one large fam-
ily, and doesn't want her home
called the "Gutkiie lluiise-" lint
tlu girls do clean their own rooms
uiiilc tile boys only get their,, dirty.
Mrs. Darrow, who manages a large
rooming house on University Boule-
vard, rents her rooms to university
boys, but has several town girls and
tw.i faculty members with her. .Mrs
Darrow says she really has no prefer-
eiu e, but she started keeping boys
because she had a son. There are
five loomers there now, and the din-
ing room will be opened September
14th.
Not Worrying About Coal.
1 he coal situation is not worrying
il. managers oi rooming houses
The students must keep warm and'
lli< university authorities will see that
they do," remarked one. Vet there
sc ills to be no foundation for the
rumor that r<jom rent would be
higher this fall. The rooms are rent-
1" ; lor a month as most of them
did lormerly, "There should be a
board oi. inspection in Norman."
Mrs. Darrow said. "Some of the
rooms are not worth $-'5, and it isn't
tan to charge the students the same
price for a cold, dirty room as for
a warm, clean one.'
1 lit roomers are not required to
'"flush their bed clothes. KVllV-
.'""'K IS furnished them but towels.
let my girls chau«e their sheets,
both of them, every week in the win-
ter and twice a week in wann
gather. Mrs. (.uthric -aid. Mrs
■Uthrie is a "Mother" to her many
g"'ls, She talks oyer their little
troubles with them anil advises
noni She can take fourteen girls
room "e'er 5et had a vacam
Buy In Large Quantities
lie groceries lor the boarding
nouses ar.- bought in large quantities
as u is cheaper that wav. "There is
no money in running a boarding
nou-e. Mrs. Guthrie said. "I try to
"lake expenses but if I do that or
not 1 J|U. Illy boarders the best food
1 i an get. [ never ask the price but
use as great a variey oi food as 1 am
able to get."
I he dining room at the Guthrie
Home seats 10-1 without crowding
I "ere are always from 80 to 100
'"Orders seated at the hospitable
-•'hie. where each has his own place.
I "en when one comes in late his
p ace is not occupied by another,"
<irs Guthrie remarked. Roth boys
and girls board here. "I trv to make
It like one lai_. family," Mrs. Guth-
rie said. f
Do Own Work
Cooks are a nuisance," another
Boarding house manager said. I
always keep help but I do my own
n.r ar.d superintend all the kitch-
en and dining xooul work."
\ . of the various rooming and
Ooardmc- houses are "fixing up" for
rt'.L arrival of the Sooners. The
lloi'SL ■ have an odor of fresh paint.
4nd . art ish ajiotit them that is rc-
Ua111iil; ti. the returning student or
'he enthusiastic freshmen.
to the curb, including traffic. Round-
ing the new bank building, mounted
high upon the drivers seat sat the
bride of four days and John. Bail,
ing them up on the chemical tank
just behind the seat sat City Manager
Kd i laves.
Waiting them close to fite Santa
l e tracks was the equipage of the
day. 1 he pony-cart was decorated in
a manner that Caesar's chariot wot
not of. Freshly painted signs inform-
ed the world that they were "Fresh-
ly Married," a broom promised im-
mediate domestic duties, a paper bell
represented the chimes of wedded
bliss and an oil can tied behind be-
tokened the fact that their sea of
matrimony would be always calm and
tranquil.
Tom Blue presented his speedy
burro whose utter unappreciation of
the honor thrust upon him was decid-
edly resented by his young ownet.
1 he latter s efforts to induce alii -
illation ended in an unlookcd for burst
of energy that carried them forward
in great form.
After a delightful tour of the main
thoroughfallf clOfcly sponsored by
the fire department, several cars oi
John's closest friends and closely
convoyed by a host of lively assist-
tants, till Courage halted before
I'rank Truby's and were done the
honors by Truby himself, his firsts
official act since his return from Col-
'orado.
11. I.. Sanderson, Norman police
chief, then took charge and pinch-
ed John. lie was jiot permited to
speak for himself for the chief don't
lik/ Longfellow. He was charged
with driving dow if the wrong side
of the street, speeding, creating a dis-
turbance with the bell and parking in
the middle oi the street He was
released upon promise not to do it
again.
John says be won't.
RATES AND INFORMATION
The want ad late is 1 1-2 cents per
word each insertion. No ad accepted for
less than 25 cents. Want id* are .ash
with order. No phone orders accepted.
FEDERAL LOANS
Cleveland and McClain Co., 5
Major Kidd, secretary.
V\ \K'T1'"D—Obstetric casts. Phone
273. 103-3t*
WANTED— To ^radc 7-passenger
car in «ood shape,in on house or nice
pair of lots. Phone 181.
103-3t*
l()R RLXT - Litfht lu'tiscki-epiuv?
rooms. Phone 302-R 105-3t*
\Y W'TKD Position as took in fra-
ternity house —"X", lran>cript.
105-3t*
I OK S \LK OR TRADK M> home
in Oklahoma City. \!>o vacant
lots and property in Norman. Some
furniture for sale. 218 I- lonkiNvi.
105-2t*
II IRK A TF.AM -Do your own
moving, save half. Call L036
105-5t*
1 RADE—Mule sixteen hands, eleven
\ ears old. for a pair oi riding
ponies. Call 1036. 105-5t*
HOUSES FOR RENT—Phone 381.
103-3t*
NEW steam-heated rooms for rent.
McDaniel & Matthews. Kil lJt*
I •( )R SAI.E—Dodge touring car.
Bruce Givens. 306 East Eufaula.
104-Jt*
H)R RENT-hour room house, on
I avi-ment, near university, $22.50.
See 303 Boulevard. 104-3t*
^OR REN 1—I'urnished house on
Asp; a six room house on Gray;
Building and Loan money at best
rates. \\. \\. McCullough 104-Jt*
BUN wood by weight. Get what
>ou pay for. Phone 192. 104-2t*
S1 EAM heated light housekeeping
rooms in suites ot twt or four;;
I new, unfurnished. Mc Daniel & Mat-
104 -9t *
1'OR REN I Light housekeeping
rooms. Phone 92. 104-2t :
K)R SALE—A lew choice building
sites lacing east on Campus. Own-
er. Box 600- Phone 1149-J.
____ lo4-6t*
W AN I ED- tiirl lor general house
work, call 517-J. 104-2t*
( Auk ! 1 Sept. 7-M-.lt>
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OK FINAL
ACCOUNT
Sta!>- «>f Oklahoma, Cleveland County, *s.
In the ( ounty Court
In the matter of the Estate of M E. Dor
rniu*«\ Dei'cased.
Notice is lu-reby given that final account
has heen Hied in the fnllowiiiK estate, in the
a hove entitled Court in the City of Norman;
that said estate is ready for final settlement
and that said account will he examined and
distribution made on Thursday, the .'1st day
of September. 1922, at 9 o'clock a. in . in
the County Court room ol - lid Court: Es-
tate of M K Dorrance, Deceased; Ed P
Ingle, Administrator.
\\ ttness my hand and the sea! of said
Court this 31st day of August, 192J
(SEAL) GEORC.E ATJ.FV
County Judge
$75.on Telephon
,$>0.00. Traveling F,.Sc ,u i^cxtngioii
( ourt, $50.00.
I'or Superintendent of Poor Farm, salary
raided from $<m(l oo per year to $720.00.
For County Assessor, deputy hire raised
from $800 to $960.00.
Witness our hands this J 1st day of Aug
ust. W2J.
<;kok<;k allen.
t ounty Judge and Chairman
J I) HOLLAND.
County Attorney
LVD!A BRICiGS,
County Treasurer
MAUD NORTIICCTT.
County Superintenden'
L. L. Met'OMR.
( ounty Assessor
L. K. WESTEKVELT.
County Commissioner
E B. HELMS, County Clerk and Secretary
(Aug M it
NOTICE
Notice- i- hereby given that t •
Board of ( loveland County pro|
make the follow ing additions and i
the items ot expenditures for t
( ounty for the fiscal year 1922 ,nd
approved '•> the Rnnrd of ( .unity 1
sinner* of Cleveland County, Oklah
wit:
FRANK KIRKHAM
Contractor and Builder
Estimates Furnished
317 West Gray Phone 798-R
I'OR RENT—5 room modern fur-
nished bungalow near university.
' hone 291. 104-31-
Dr. and Mrs. Berkley and children
of (iotebo have moved to Norman
and are living at 45K College avenue,
CATARRH]
OF THE STOMACH j
UC3C
John Lindsay and
W ife Arrested For
Blocking- Traffic
"W here's the fire?" has been a
Stock expression lor "what's your
litirry; since the mind of the oldest
inhabitant runs not to the contrary.
Hence the combination of the Xor-
iq.'m lire-truck and its lustily sounded
Marion and the placard neatly tied to
the back (M loin Dilbeck's pony-cart
entitled "Why didn't 1 do it before?"
sfeemnl not i^^l jAyUiatr
Josh Billings experience in the
n.i« • \ it s and Henry Meyer's uncanny
>kil! lor selecting fixtures wer? call-
ed into play (or volunteered, no one
knows which) and tii- play was on.
l irst hand-bills made their appear-
ance: "\ou all know, John. They
all fall sooner or later. See the pa-f
rljde at 3 o'clock."
iiie city file siien suinnioiied all
cigarettes
ioc
They are GOOD!
rucna
jprpu CANT ENJOY LIFE
with a sore, sour, bloated itom-
Jtk' ach.. Food does not Lourish.
Instead ;t is a jource of misery, causing
pains, belching, dizziness and head-
aches.
person with a bad slomach
should be satisfied with nothing less
than permanent, lasting relief.
H right remedy will act upon the
linings of the slomach, enrich the blood,
aid in casting out the catarrhal poisons
and strengthen every bodily function.
C The large number of people who
have successfully uj?d Dr. Wartman's
lamoua medicine, recommen ,<?d for all
catarrhal conditions, olTer the strongest
possible endorsement for
Pe-ru-nA
1.^ SERVICE FIFTY YEARS
I'.ICilll KOC>M Colonial bungalow,
ahsolutely uiudern, joininj; campus;
two >ets plumhing:, built-in bath tub,
.-liower lialli, large linen closets and
I wardrobes; oak floors; large fire
place; lot s / \ 140; double garage;
beuutilully landscaped. Owner. Box
,(i06—Phone 1H9-J. 104-in'
'10 |EKKJXS -For s.ile, five room
house, sleeping porch, three lots
$S,3(XI. Phone 45S. 104-2t*
I OK RKN'T—Furnished nine room
house, all modern, phone 79,1 1 '4
U. Eufaula. 104-3t*
1'OR SALE—Five room, new house,
modern except heat, two rooms ii)
I oak, 4(17 S. Peters, |. L. Corbett.
104-.lt*
\\ AX 1 ED—W oman tor g-eneral
housework, phone 770-1 104-2t*
^ V.^ REXT—Pierson hotel annex.
1 hone 56. 104-3t*
Where Do You Buy Your Meat?
Try the exclusive market once.
W e specialize nti meats—only meats. \\ <• devote our
entire time t<> buying and selling. I u\ inj^ just the meats
we know you will prefer, the kind of meat> we know you
want and expect t« get. Selling and delivering to you
only the kind of meats which are sure to please and
satisfy.
N on will find that trading with an exclusive meat market is
lie most satisfactory place to buy meats.
\\ hatever your wishes may be, or if you are undecided as to
list what you want to serve, call us and ask what we have.
FRESH WATER CAT FISH
For Friday let u- suggest that you order l re>h W ater ( at
Fish. W e will have a shipment in the morning which will prove
•nost delightful. Order early. We will deliver promptly.
DURKEE & BOYD
EXCLUSIVE MEATS AND FISH
307 East Main Telephone 304
TABLETS OR LIQU'D
u Everywhere
'0
—iut
C. J. ANHALT
i> in charge <>T the buying, cutting and
management of our Meat Department.
Mr. Anlialt is well known to the buyers of meat
in Norman, and we feel sure they will congratulate
, Ils upon having secured his services as manager
of the meat department of ottr new store.
S nit m;i\ lie an artist at preparing meat for the
I''hie. if so, it will taste doubly good if vott will
tell .Mr. Anlialt ju>t what you'want and'let him
prepare it for you. Ife will fix it up in just the
style \ on wish, and with your care in the cooking,
it will he delightful to your family or guests.
Every step in our service from the receiving of
the slaughtered, doubly-inspected cattle and hogs,
to the delivery of these fine cuts of Baby Beef and'
\ eal is taken with the idea foremost in our mind of
pleasing you.
COME IN AND SEE OUR
NEW CITY GROCERY STORE
Remodeling has been completed at
our new location at 211 Mast Alain and
we are now in our new store. Every-
thing has heen arranged for cleanli-
ness, sanitation and convenience.
Most all the stock is new and display-
ed to very pleasing advantage.
\\ e invite you to come in and inspect
our new home, our lines of canned
fruits and vegetables, and all the good
tilings you would expect to see in a
real city store. We are striving to
make this grocery and market of real
service to you by carrying the lines of
goods you prefer and giving a service
that will be really satisfying.
McKINNEY'S GROCERY & MARKET
211 East Main Telephones 308-347
Who Said There Was
No Money In Norman?
W e find that when we have the goods the people want
and make a price that is fair to them, there is no trouble
in selling the goods and getting the money.
I he Norman people know that the Bankrupt Store
believes in cutting the price—giving real values in all
kinds of merchandise at a price they can afford to pay.
We've heard it frequently said by customers at the
Bankrupt Store, that they did not know how they would
have made it through the season il it had not heen for the
low prices we are making.
We buy the kind of merchandise the people need and
must have and buy it at prices we can afford to pass on
to our customers who want their nioney"s worth. Always
the best values at the lowest prices.
Come to the Bankrupt Store for what you need. A
whole house lull of bargains. The items we give here arc
just to show you a comparison of prices vou are asked to
pay at other stores and what we are selling tlieni for.
Come Friday—come anv dav.
A good Val Lace at only 3c a yard.
Clark s best O. N. T. Thread at 4c a spool.
Double fold Percales for 10c a yard.
Best quality Galatea at 14c a yard.
Solid colors in Chambray at I2l/2c a yard.
Those high quality, long wearing Beacon Shoes, $5.50
values, at $3.99 a pair. All sizes.
Hamilton-Brown Dress Shoes—everybody knows how
good they are—sold regularly at $7.50 a pair. Buy them
here at $4.85. „
Men's Wool Pants at only $1.00 a pair.
Men s $2.40 Blue Denim Overalls at pair, $1.19.
Men's Diess Shirts for only 69c. Why pay more?
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO WEAR. OR THE
MATERIALS TO MAKE THEM WITH, COMIC TO
THIS STORE AND SAVE MONEY.
BANKRUPT STORE
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