The Democrat-Topic. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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THE WATER
PROBLEM.
THE.CITY COUNCIL BECOM-
ING INTERESTED IN AN
IMI*KOVEI WATER
SERVICE.
May Extend a Main to the I- Iver
—Electric Lights Under Con-
sideration.
The city council has under con-
sideration the matter of extending a
water main to the river where every
assurance is given of an increased
supply.
If the extension is made, river
water will not be used buV a well
will be sunk in the river bottom,
where, without doubt,, an abundance
of water be obtained.
In the event of an extension, a
new engine and boiler will be pur-
chased together with electric ap-
paratus and an electric current will
be thrown over the city.
One leading business man in die-
cussing the matter to a Dkmocbat
representative Tuesday morning
said: "I can not say what the
council will do in the matter, but
I believe a majority of the inom
bersare favorable to the proposi-
tion. I believe if a canvass of the
town was made that citizens would
advance money suflicent to complete
the extension and install a first
class electric light plant. We
should not let ths matter drop but
every one should do a little more
than his part. If the money can
ba raised by popular subscriptou it
would not be felt by tax payers."
NORMAN. CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899.
Pete Theil, of Noble, wan in Nor-, FflTT H N
man Tuesday. UU 1 1 U1'
NO 4.
J. A. Jackson is recovering from
an attack of fever.
L. C. Kendall has returned from
the St. Louis markets.
J. A. Edwards and family are
visiting friends at Purcell.
W. H. W'aldon, of near Linden,
was a Norman visitor Monday.
Miss Edith Tipton, of Guthrie,
is visiting M. McGinley and fam-
ily-
John Davis was advanced anoth-
er degree by the K. P's. Monday
night.
COMING IN,
W. A. Rutledge is at Cloud
Cliief in the interest of the A O
U. W's.
Norman graiu buyers are paying
a cent a pound for wheat, test
weight.
New Corn on tlie Market.
W. M. Me Ewe a was the first to
market new corn this year He
hid a load here Tuesday and it was
excellent corn and attracted con-
siderable attention mid comment.
The corn was raised on J. II.
Trimble's farm, six miles north of
The Crop Will He Very Light'Norman. The Dkmockat dil not
THE 181MI COTTON CROP HIS
ING PLACED ON THE
MARKET.
West Hide Public Schools.
These schools will begin Monday
September, 4th.
Pupils who for any reason were
not promoted, will go the rooms to
which they formerly belonged, for
examination and recommendation
for promotion.
I upils should see their teachers
before they buy new books.
In the primary grade, first year
parents aie requested to send chil-
dren that will be six year old be-
fore the holidays, as we desire to
organize but one primary class.
Pupils who have never attended
thess schools, and who desire to be
classified at once, may report for
examination and classification, at
the school house, Saturday Sept., 2,
at nine o'clock, W. N. Rice,
Principal.
Early Planting.
'•I am convinced that early plant-
ing is the best in this country" said
a well known farmer Wednesday,
"I'.T. Ilodani, of near Hall, plant
ed corn this year when other farm
ers were hustling wood to keep
warm aid Mr. llodain has splendid
corn. I have noticed this in other
instances."
Sam Crawford and wife have re-
turned from a visit to relatives at
Eldorado, Kansas.
I'rof. Boyd attended a meeting of
the educational board at Oklahoma
City last Monday.
Mrs. W. 13. Morter is enjoying a
visit from her parents, P. Dunbar
and wife, of Purcell.
\\ . B. Morter left Tuesday for
Gainesville, Texas, in the interest
of the Wingate Milling Co.
T. M. Ilyer, of the Crirler Com-
mission Co., of Kansas City, was
here Tuesday the guest of J. T.
Elder.
M. C. Runyan has returned from
St. Louis where he spent
several days buying his fall and
winter goods.
Shelving is being placed in the
Ullman building. The building
will be occupied with a drug stock
in a few days.
The Masonic lodge will have
work in the third degree next Mon-
day night. All members are ro
quested to attend.
J. J.Burke is writing interesting
articles of his trip to Portland Ore-
gon, which he is publishing in his
paper, the Norman Transcript.
J. T. Elder was in the Darrity,
vicinity this week inspecting cattle
for the Cnder Commission Co., of
Kansas City. Mrs. Elder accom-
panied him.
Miss Minnie Larkin, who has
been visiting friends and relatives
at this place, has returned to
Wichita, where she holds a position
on a German paper.
"I found parts of Missouri all
right and others in a very bad shape
while gone" said L. 0. Kendall,
Tuesday who had just returned
from St, Louis, continuing he said:
'The best in Missouri is hardly
equal to the poorest iu Oklahoma."
This Year.
Several loads of cotton have been
sold on the streets of Norman this
week' The Dkmokrat has talked
to a number of cotton growers re-
garding the crop and without an
exception the reports are discour-
aging. "This yoars crop will be
the lightest in the history of the
county" said one party, "but we
should not complain when we con
sider the excellent yield of corn,
wheat, oats and fiuits." Another
individual stated that he believed
there would be a third as much
cotton this year as last.
lolin Higgins, of the Etowah
locality, who was in Norman Tues-
day said the bottom crop was quite
good but the middle and top was
injured, if not lost, "We arc not
complaining" said Mr. Higgins "for
while we are short on cotton we are
long on wheat, oats, corn and
fruit."
A Close Call.
Mrs \V. N. T. Abel and brother,
Will Hopper, narrowly escaped a
frightful runaway last Sunday eve-
ning. In greasing the buggy pre
liaratory to attending the meeting
southwest of town that evening,
Will neglected to replace the taps
to the front wheels. They ha t
gone but a short distance when the
front wheels left their spindles,
throwing the buggy bed to the
ground. Fortunately the horse
did not get beyond the control of
the driver. The buggy was dam-
aged considerably but the occu-
pants escaped without injury.
learn the name of the purchaser
price given for the corn.
The Illustrated Edition.
The illustrated edition of the
Dkmockat, which Clflve'Iai.-.! conn-
tians have been anticipating for
some time, is included in thin issue,
1 here are yet several hundred cop-
ies iu the office for distribution.
You should send several copies to
friends in the states and show them
what we have hare.
Survey Causing Trouble.
W. H. Seawell was over to Moun-
tain View last week. While there
a surveyor for the government arm-
ed to determine whether or not the
new town is in Oklahoma. It de-
veloped that eighty per cent of the
town is in the Kiowa country and
asa result considerable litigation
will follow.
Post Office Robbed.
Thieves entered the post office,
located in \V. J. Reed's store.
Noble, last Monday nitrht and se-
cured a small sum of cash. They
also got away with a small quantity
of merchandise. At this writing,
1 ueaday, there had been no arrests
made.
ALMOST
EXTERMINATED.
SEYKKAL MEMIIEHS or THE
HAWKS EMIGRATION PAR
TV, Or KINGFISHER
COUNTY DIED IN
LIHKltlA
Were Stranded at Jersey City
Hut Later Resumed Their
Journey.
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ed to be the leading and most successful imperialist in Blood, Nervous
and Urinary diseases, Don't be deterred by a sense of false modesty
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1 DR. H. J. WHITTIER, t
| Near Junction, IO West Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo. £
More Houses Needed.
'During the course of a conver-
sation with President Boyd" re-
marked a well known business man
Tuesday "I was told that he had
visited sixteen counties of the terri-
tory recently iu behalf of the Uni-
versity and that the attendance at
the University this year would be
such that would demand more
houses to accomodate those attend-
ing. We should have at least fifty
new houses this fall."
The Baptist College.
C. W. 15 rewer has prepared a
circular letter setting forth the
terms on which the Baptist college
will be located and has mailed a
copy of it to almost every town in
the territory.
If Norman wants this institution
located here, we should take the
matter up and go to hustling
for it.
Convent Dedicated.
The dedicatory exercises of the
Catholic convent were attended by
several hundred people last Sun-
day afternoon. The exercises were
beautiful and impressive. The
program as published in the last
issue of this paper was observed.
Summonsing the Jury.
Deputy Sheriff Will Newblock
and Deputy U. S. Marshal Frank
Smith, are busy this week sum-
monsing the grand and petit jurors
for the United States and districts
courts to convene in Norman Sep-
tember 5 th.
George Goode In Charge.
George Goode will be iu charge
of the county scales this season,
taking charge nex; Monday. Mr.
Goode is experienced in the work
and County Weigher Mills could
not have found a better man for the
place.
Democratic Committee.
Hon. Jasper Sipes, Chairman of
the Democratic Committee for Ok
lahoma has called a meeting of that
committee for Oklahoma City
September 21st at 2 o'clock, p in.
Important political matters will be
discussed at this meeting.
Headers of newspapers will re-
member that iu early spring a party
of negroes left Kingfisher county,
Oklahoma, for Liberia and upon
reaching Jersey City their full.Is
were exhausted and they were de-
layed many weeks finally, however,
transportation was given them and
they continued their journey.
Newspaper repor's attracted con.
siderable attention toward the
tourists.
1 lie Democrat wrote the minis*
ter at Liberia, for information re-
garding the company and this week
received the following:
United States Legation, Monrovia,
Liberia, West Coast, Africa,
July, 1", '!( .
Editor Democrat,
Norman, Okla.
Dear Sir: Three families of the
llawes emigration party that left
Kingfisher county, Oklahoma, a .d
was stranded at Jersey City. reach-
Monrovia, April 29, 1899. On
May HI, one of the party a little)
girl of William Mausc died. On
May 24, Mrs. Ilause died. On May
Mrs. Ilause step-father died.
July 17, Mrs. James Brown died, i '
Juno 2!), Anderson White and wife
and \\ illiam Ilause and son em-
barked for America.
Truly yours etc,
"Owen L W. Smith"
Minister Resident and
General Monrovia,
Africa.
J. A. Fletcher bought
last week.
George Long, of Wellington,
Kansas, is here.
Mrs. Warren linp-r, nf Yuk >n,
is visiting rtditiv -s in th i city.
C harles Alkire is greatly improv-;
ed. He will be out iu a few days j
Mi" Mai lie Wilson is qnho sick I
at her home four miles northwest I
of Norman.
Mrs, Marvin .Miller, of Kingfisher, j
is visiting her father, < y Williams, 1
of this place.
Miss Dora Hartley has resumed I
her work with W. M. Russell & {
Co., after a brief illness.
Miss Fanuie Moore will leave
next Monday for Liberty, Missouri,
where she will spend the winter.
Rev. Wherry has been re-employ-
ed us pastor for the Christian
church here. The church is in
splendid condition.
lioii I.usk has commenced repair-
g his residence in the northeast
part of town preparatory to moving
his family here from the Moore lo-
cality.
The 11. J. Weeks drug stock has
been moved to some point in the
Indian territory. Mr. Weeks, we
are told, is at Cofteyville Kansas,
quite sick.
Mr, J. C. Wails and his two sons
of Norman, were in the city this
morning en route to Holdenville,
where Mr. Wails has a ranch.
Times Journal.
GRAN 1 AND
PETIT JURORS.
CLE\ ELAND COUNTIANS
WHO WILL SERVE ON
Til ICG RANI) AND PETIT
■URIES
Court Win Convene Here Next
Tuesday.
County Clerk I). IS. Wynne, De-
puty District Clerk J.J, Burke and
Deputy Sheriff C. B. McClintock,
drew the grand and p. tit jurors last
Saturday with the following results:
'iba.n'u jl'kv.
L J. liertrjiid, Win Thornton Sr,
J T Ritcherson, T J McClain,
C. II. O'Hriant, James Burke,
I'lios Ilowery,
J T Richards,
Prof. J. A. Cowan is filling Prof.
Buteller's position on the
board of county examiners. The
latter being absent in Kansas ou a
visit to his parents.
Deputy District Clerk J. J.
Burke has the records of his oflice
Counsel in splendid condition for the ne*t
Libera term of the district court to con-
I vene September 5th.
From Denver. | J. L. Vo-geli has gone to the
Frank Otinger had a pair of I market. He will be gone ten days
horses stolen from his pasture on , or two weeks and when he returns
Thursday night of last week. The ,l0 wi" have something interesting
thieves evidently are well acquaint j tl) bargain seekers.
id in this neighborhood from the c t /> . i 77
...... , ' c- 1 • Gorton has sold ten acres
mannei in which their work wa^ ac i* • i .
com,.Ii l.nl w , sat ! adjoining the University tract, to
CO 111 pi H lien. We silO^est lhaf 'i m>. \ i it* .
' | ^lart. Brutian, who will erect a sul
turn to the old lynch law, ho
(« V Poster,
.1 A Martiu,
Howard Friend, J S Adair,
R. Hughes, .] H Smith,
■I L Owens W A Taylor.
t'KTIT lUBV.
•I N I rmble, E II Armstrong,
8 W Olensor, J () Porch,
I liomas Jackson, (J L Summers,
Luther Bingnam, W S Davis,
W. II. Jackman, Ilarve Coffey,
I C Lessly, J{ .Maxwell,
P I' Stephens. W E Brook,
S I) Hallowell, P |[ Barrier,
J M Smith, J F Isham,
A M McCorinack, M W Preskitt,
0 S Morris, 1. A Givens,
W M Musgrovo, W J Beltes,
Robt Carpenter, T W Hendricks,
J I. Owens, (j M Bes<ent,
II I. Bayard, B F Geno,
W J Wynn, S f- Allen,
R D Kennedy. J C Keck,
J " We«, |[ WorthingtoD.
Fall Business Heguu.
Norman merchants are opening
the fall business with interesting
advertisements regarding bargains.
It is to the interest of every sub-
scriber to this paper to read adver-
tisements in this issue as they will
save money in so doing.
New Paper at Purcell.
L. 0. Jolly is, we are told, mak-
ing arrangements to start a paper at
Purcell, lie will move his Noble
Citizen plant there and combine it
with other material he has bought.
An Editor to Wed-
Invitations are out announcing
the marriage of Editor J. I) Lydick
to Miss Clara George at the brides
residence in Lexington, September
Oth. The Democrat extends con-
gratulations in advance.
Will Move the Pound.
The city council has deoided to
move the dog pound from its pres-
ent location, near W. II. Seawell's
residence. It is not known where
it will be located.
Plenty of Corn.
'No our cotton is not good this
year" said II. S. Dixou, of Hall lo
cality Wednesday morning, "I
guess it will be the Ugliest ever
known in the history of the county
but we have plenty of corn iu our
section and are not discouraged."
Mayor Wallace Returned.
Mayor W. T. Wallace has return-
ed from California, Oregon and
other Western points, where he
spent several weeks. He had a f'e-
lightful trip but was glad to get
home again.
Will Return to Oklaliaiua,
Prof. F. O. Miller, well known
here, writes the Dkmockat from
Gainesville, Texas, that he will re-
turn to Cleveland county this fall
and again take up his work in the
Cleveland county schools.
Lexington's First Hale. to St. Louis.
Lexington's first bale of cotton 1 Dr. C. V. Mosby, of Denver, will
came from near Holdenville and | leave in a few days for St. Louis
marketd last week by a man by the | Missouri, where he will take a post
name of McMerrit. It sold for!graduate course.
nine cents. ... — —"
Ginning- Commenced.
Will Marry Sunday The Norman Milling and Graiu
Hobt. Aniol Jr., and Miss Mary llai' gi""ed four bales of cotton
McCartney will be married next "P to and including Tuesday.
Sunday. The prospective bride j Died At Lexington,
and groom are well and favorably, Mrs. Dr. Lane died at Lexington
known in Norman. ! last Monday after a brief illness.
stantial house of twelve rooms,
will commence the work soon.
He
liion iu the west in former years,
would put a stop to such work and
secure safly in a man's stock
Lem Kowlin's many friends in
and around Denver will be rejoiced
to learn of his much unproved con
dition.
Drs. Lowther and Mosby were in
consultation on Thursday evening'
of last week.
Jim Hanna writes from Sherman J
Texas, that lie will return home IHI"'" al"' ^or t,iat reason is omitted
about the 4th of September, bring i ^'0I" 'ssue> 0,1 a charge of horse
ing with him a sweet girl bride. "'es''nK- "e is wanted in Texas.
Tour correspondent extends to Jim Judge jH. Bttbuur Intends to
Ins hearty congratulations „d , leave in a few days for Pennsylva-
wishes him a long and happy life. nia wllere he will spend a month
1 ho revival which has been in with a brother, "I want a number
progress for the past week was of copies of the illustrated edition
closed on Monday night. One ac- of the Dkmocbat-Topic with which
J. U. Gavlord, a Tecumseh drug-
gist, was here this week. He owns
a farm 'evtn miles east of Norman
which, we are told, he h«s traded
for a drug stock located at Pauls
Valley.
Sheriff Newblock arrested an
dividual Tuesday whose, liana
difficult to remember, pronounce or
W right Davison, a son of E. 1).
Davison, proprietor of the Bostou
restaurant, was painfully injured
Tuesday afternoon by falling from
a bale of cotton and striking a cot-
Ion book.
Quincy Brown Married.
Q. T. Brown, a former editor of
this paper, was married last week
at Nashville, Tenn. .Mr. Brown Is
a leading merchant of Bramer,
Okla.
cession to the church is reported.
"Bill Nye."
Will Move to Norman
A. J. Bell, a Gainesville, Texas,
real estate dealer, has rented the R.
J. Weeks property and will move
his family here for the winter In
order that his children may have
the benefit of the splendid educa-
tional advantages of the town. "I
thought thai I would take my fam-
ily to Austin and enter the children
lo advertise Cleveland county" said
! lie.
j In the last issue of the Democrat
there was a slight error occasioned
in the "make up" of the paper.
Prof. N. 1-.. Butcher's name was
signed to the article "A Startling
Discovery" when it should have
followed the one relative to the
pupils examination.
Fire at Lexington.
— Weitzhoffer & Turk's warehouse
in the University, but 1 like Nor- at Lexington burned Wednesday
man so well and have such a high afternoon. A large quantiiy of
regard for the University at this beer was destroyed. 1 he loss will
place that I will send thein here" aggregate *1200. No insurance,
said he. Some boys set fire to some dry
„ r v ... „ , , grass near the warehouse, which
Irof. N. 1. Pool and wife are caught to the building.
visiting relatives at this place. He
will move to Purcell next week
where he has been re employed to
superintend the city schools (or
the ensuing year. School will open
October 1st. Thirtcon instructors
are employed iu the Purcell schools
The enrollment is expected to ex-
ceed seven hundred.
F. M Ke<
ing wheat last
g commenced drill-
Tuesday. He will
Cutting Scrape.
Two parties from the Ch ickasaw
nation, employed by Chae. Rivers,
became involved in a difficulty on
Main street Wednesday night and
one stabbed the other inflicting a
painful wound.
First llale of Cotton.
B. I'. Byrum marketed the first
bale of cotton, for the season here
.Monday. Kendall Bros, bought it
, , , -""'"•j. ivcnuitii uros. ooi
drill three hundred acres to wheat, payin), ten cent3 per p,nlm|
PROSPKROl S OKLAHOMA.
(Continued from page 2.)
'Ihe Democrat has written a des-
cription of Moore, Franklin, Lex-
ington and Denver but by reason
of. the crowded condition of these
columns cannot possibly publish
them. Lexington is the second
best town in the county, has a
population of 1,000 and is a fine
trading point. Moore is a prosper-
ous little town of 150 population
and located in north part of the
county. Franklin and Denver are
couutry trading points located east
of Norman.
George Goode, living five miles
southeast of Moore, says upland
corn iu his section will make about
forty bushels to the acre. Oats
were not threAied hi his neighbor,
hood, when the Dkmockat was
talking to him about the matter,
but was confident they would make
fifty bushels to the acre.
J. W. Chesmitt, three miles
southeast of .Moore, "wheat was
damaged considerably but it will
average fourteen bushels to the
acre and corn will average forty."
J. P. Jackson is another of the
many Cleveland countians, who has
been successful fanning. Id ad.
dition to owning a fine farm near
town, Mr. Jackson owns some sub-
stantia! brick business houses ill the
city. Mr. Jackson is a Missourian
too and does not regret his removal
to Cleveland county. He says he
has never raised less than twenty
bushels of corn to the acre and of-
ten makes lift) -I have not thresh-
ed my oat'- said lie "hut my neigh-
bors are averaging from sixty to
seventy bushels to the acre. Two
years ago my oats made eighty
bushels to the acre. I never saw a
greater yield or finer <juality of
blackberries than those grown here
I have marketed fort) three craten
this year from one-half acre of
ground and I am not through yet.
Ilave not sold a crate for less than
#2,00 per crate.
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