The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 14.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 190(5.
NUMBER 38
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GUTHRIE LEADER ATTACKS PRES-
IDENT BOYD.
The Guthrie Leader, for some rea-
son, seems to have taken offense at
President Boyd of the University of
Oklahoma and is doing all it can lo
discredit him, apparently with no re-
gard as to how low it stoops to pick
up something to arouse a suspicion as
to the ability, integrity and upright-
ness of Pies dent Boyd.
Wii n Dr. Boyd was chos2n presi-
dent of ti)ti University forty acres of
prairie laud had been set aside for
the site and an appropriation of $18,-
000 made by the legislature, and with
but meagre provisions made other
than by direct taxation for the sup-
port of the institution View the in-
stitution as it stands today and the
rank it has taken atnong the educa
Lexington the congressional vote was
38 Republican, 137 Democratic; on
representative, 72 Hepublican, Dem-
ocratic 111. The Democratic candi-
date lived in Lexington and was per-
sonally known to perhaps every voter
in the three precincts above mention-
ed. The Hepublican candidate lived
in Norman and had been elected city
attorney twice over the strongest
kind of a democratic opponent not-
withstanding Norman has a clear
Democratic majority. Yet in the
tional insti utions of the country arid cratic candidate, by reason
say, if you dare, that a man of" the
highest order of executive ability and
foresight has not been at the head of
of his
once having been a student of the
University, had much to do with his
loss of about twenty votes in this
the affairs of the University of Okla- j precinct, for in the three prccincts
)loma j where he was best known and the Re-
'J hat the institution has been fortu (publican candidate least known, he
nate in haying, at all times, a Board | lost 160 Democratic votes.
A NORMAN MAN'S SUGGESTION
For an Amendment to the Rate Bill Fa-
vorably Received.
In a letter to Sen? tor Tillman our
townsman, T. -I. Johnson, has succeed-
ed in securing mention in the senate
debate on the railroad rate b 11. The
letter Mr. Johnson wrote Senator Till-
man is as follows:
"Please pardon me for calling your
attention to one or two points rela
tiveto the paramount questionsof the
voting precinct where President B.iyd j day, the regulation of freight rates
lives, and where all the Faculty ami ' and the tariff, the daddy of tin trusts
nearly all the University students j If the "railroads can enjoin th. lower-
vote, the vote on congressman was 8(i , ing of freight rates, can not the rail-
Republican, Democrat 124; on re pre- red commission or any interested
sentative 103 Republican, Democrat party enjoin the raising of rates by
104, and we have not much doubt the road*? Again, if a low rate can
be confiscatory to railroad-, why can
not a high ra'e be confiscatory to
freighted stuff? If cotton costs seven
cents to grow, pi~k and gin and the
freight is one and a half cents to
market it and it only sells for eight
cents, is this not confiscatory? And
I will not the same construction apply
to a high and low rate on corn, wheat,
but the slight acquaintance of Demo-
of Regents of exceptional ability and) We publish the above to show our j etc.? If the congressional railroad
fidelity to the trust reposed in them, readers the yellow character of the j attorneys answer, 'but the farm prod-
and men who have labored hard and ! attacks made in the Guthrie Leader ucts cost too much,' then can not we
unselfishly in building up the institu- ! against President Boyd, Guthrie cit- ■ people answer with equal legal li^lit
tion, we hardly think can be denied ] izens may have some favors to ask of and truthfulness that 'your roads cost
by any one—not even by the editor of j Norman citizens some time in the fu- ; too much?
the Guthrie Leader. Yet we believe ture, and it might be we;l for them ■ "Right here let me ask who paid
that there is not a man who has ever to remember that such infernal rot ; for building these roads, now esti-
served, or who is now serving, as a concerning President Boyd as pub- mated at 13 billion dollars? Accord-
member of the Board of Regents that I lished under editorial sanction in last , ' « to my understanding they were
will not graciously admit that to Pres- | Monday's Guthrie Leader is not go- | built on paper—that is, by floating
ling to make friend* for Guthrie in i stocks and bonds; and these are grad-
| ually redeemed by earnings. Then
every dollar paid to redeem the cost
I Horn Nt.rnr.tr hv 1.1 rrh t.nlti cr onrl I lasf.ivw P.fi.
nestling in a sixty acre forest of elm,
ident Boyd is largely due this splen-1 ,
did educational institution, with its Norman or Cleveland county.
Barn Struck by Lightning and Destroy ed., of tbe5e 13 bilUon dollars has been
ash and black locust, an institution
supported largely from a rental aris-
ing from lands set aside by congress
for the maintenance of the educa-
tional institutions in the Territory in
the congressional acts opening to set-
tlement the various tracts of govern-
ment lands that are now a part of
Oklahoma. And this provision for
maintenance of the University was
secured very largely by the foresight
of President Boyd and the members
of the Board of Regents of the Uni
versity.
The record that President Boyd has
made during the past fourteen years
as president of the University of Ok-
lahoma has distinguished him as one
of the most sagacious executive offic-
ers at the head of great institutions
of learning in the country, notwith-
standing the harping of the Norman
editor of the Guthrie Leader. No
breatli of "feraft" has touched the
University; and this is indeed re-
markable in these piping rimes of
"graft," and the o..ly reason we can
assign for the skirts of the Univer-
sity being so clean from this "graft''
contamination, everywhere so prev-
alent with public institutions, is that
the men in charge of the institution
Last Friday night about 10 o'clock, through confiscation of property. Yet
during a thunder shower and heavy j the roads cry, 'confiscation.' Let me
downpour of hail, the barn of J. P. I ask you if it Is unconstitutional to cor-
Jepson, living five miles north of Nor- rect our present railroad law. Then,
man, was struck by lightning and five since we had no railroads when our
head of work horses, two cows and constitution was made, what about
A Great Honor.
Norman, Okla., March 27.—Yester-
day afternon Dr Roy P. Stoops, dean
of the school of medicine of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma, received official
notice of ti e admission of his school
to the Association of American Medi-
cal college-, which held its annual
meeting at Pittsbuig, Pa., last week.
This is the greatest honor th-it has
been bestowed upon the Unl/ersity of
Oklahoma for sometime, as it placed
her upon equal footing with the best
medical schools in the United States
in giving the first two years nl h
medical course.
Too much credit and praise cannot
be given Dr Stoops for the energy he
has displayed in securing admission
for his school to this association, for
Citizens Ticket
Councilman 1st ward
C. BERRY.
two calves killed. There were about
500 bales of hay and 600 bushels of
oats in the barn, five head of horses,
seven head of milch cows and six
calves, besides farming utensils, har-
ness, etc. Sir. Jepson was aroused
by the loud claps of thunder and upon
looking out saw that the barn had
been struck. He and sons hastened to
the barn, found it on fire and four
head of horses lying apparently dead
in the stalls. One horse was dead in
pasture, about 150 yards from burn,
and one cow dead in the lot. Only a
colt was standing on its feet in barn
and the cows and calves In attempt-
ing to get colt out George was kicked
but finally succeeded in getting colt
out. All the cows were cut loose and
all but one ran out and four of the
the law?"
Senator Tillman is preparing an
amendment to the rate bill along
lines suggesteu by Mr. Johnson.
□ School Board 1st ward
HARRY G. LINDSAY.
it i due entirely to h s unceasing la- |
bors here that the medical depart- I
ment of Oklahoma Univers ty has! I 1
been raised to the high standard re- i 1 School Board 2d ward
quired by the association. || | JOHN H. KINGKADE.
Councilman 2d ward
S. M. MOORE.
to his r
associa- I !
Stubbs Still "It" in Kansas.
The race for the congressional
nomination in the 2nd congressional
district in Kansas betweed Scott &
Allen attracted not only state notice;
but national as well. The machine
politicians in Kansasand nearly every
office holder in tbe2nd district lined up
behind Allen; but Stubbs, who made I ?eneral condition and so favorably
, , , ' i mnriiciijprl U'illi 1 h a ai'h/tnl of tiiurli.
quite a reputation as a boss bi:=:. i
in Kansas two years ago, lined up for
It was due to the fact that he was
able to send th association a good
report of his school that Oklahoma I
first came to the notice of the asso
ciation. It was in response
urgent solicitation that the
tion sent Dr Henry B. Ward, dean of
the University of Nebraska medical
department, down here last January
to inspect the school of medicine.
Because Dr. Stoops was able to pro
duce the equipment that he had re-
ported, Dr. Ward was enabled to
make a report to the association that
secured immediate admission.
At the time Dr. Ward visited Okla-
homa he was so well pleased with the
Councilman iird ward
YV. P. FLOOD.
School Board 4th ward
II. P. ALDEN.
□ «c
School Board country dist.
R. E. LEACH."
Scott and to k up Scott's campaign
about a month ago. In doing this the
machine politicians saw opportunity
to eliminate Stubb's as a fac or in
six calves. Almost everything else j Kansas and rushe I to the fray eager-
in the barn was lost, because the lire j ly and with great confidence. The
spread so rapidly that'ro one could
get into the barn to save it.
Mr. Jepson estimates his loss at not
less than $1500 with only $400 insur-
ance. Mr. Jepson had fine stock and
haye managed it in the interest of
„r ,v,„tr the barn was new, but the fire has
the public welfare instead of then .... , , ...
___ ih„„a kp„t the I left him without a work horse, with-
out feed and with many of his farm
institution free from po itical con-
tamination. Democrats and Repub-
licans have always served together
on the Board of Regents, and never
have we heard it charged by any one
who has ever served on this board, or
who is serving on it now, that polit-
ical convictions had anything to do
with the selecting or discharging of
members of the Faculty of the insti-
tution, and until some one knowing
this to be true, who is in a position to
know the facts, makes the charge we
do not think such an accusation
should arouse in the minds of think-
ing men anything but contempt for
the accuser—especially when the ac-
ing tools destroyed.
Mr. Jepson has only resided in the
county about four years He is a
progressive, energetic farmer and
was getting his firm under a fine
state of cultivation and improved, so
as to have everything handy and
convenient for farming, and he has
many friends who will sympathize
with hitn in the unfortunate loss be
has sustained.
nomination was made by a primary
vote taken last Saturday and Scott
won by over a 1000 majority >\i111 the
weatner as unfavorable for Scott's
nomination as it possibly could be.
Stubbs is now talked of as a member
of Roosevelt's cabinet to succeed
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior
Department, who is contemplating
resigning in the near future.
Harvey Jordan to Speak in Guthrie.
Hon. Harvey Jordan of Georgia,
president Southern Cotton associa-
I tion, will speak in Guthrie at 2 p m.,
| Monday, April 2. Announcement of
1 Mr. Jordan's visit to Guthrie comes
j through L B. Iryin of Stillwater, sec-
' retary of the Territorial division of
i the Southern Cotton association.
University Base Ball.
Last Frid y and Saturday after-
noon the University base ball teams
of Kansas and Oklahoma met on the
Oklahoma campus. Friday after-
noon was damp mid foggy and the
ground was heavy making good ball
playing almost out of the question,
impressed with the school of tnedl* Because of the kind of afternoon the
cine in particular, that be unhesti- teams were greeted with small at-
tatingly promised to admit students tendance. An excellent game was
from here lo the University of Ne- played the score neing 5 to 1 in favor
braska of the University of Oklahom. A
The requirements for admission to big attendance for the Saturday at-
the Association of American Medical ternoon game was assured but Kriday
Colleges are so strict that last year night it rained and Saturday morninj*
thirteen schools already in the assoc- sun failed to -shine and in addition to
iation found it impossible to keep this it turned cold and it was no day
them up, and were consequently' either to play or witness a game-
forced to withdraw.' A school which j The result was a light attendance
is a member of this association can- and a muddy and wet field for team*
not give the third and fourth years to give an exhibition of the game,
of a medical course unless they are At 4:00 o'clock the bm - thre'■ o9f
located in cities of at least one bun- their overcoats and sweaters and be-
dred thousand inhabitants. This will gan the game and all things o.nsiil-
make it impossible for Oklahoma to iered played a good game, the score
give the last two years of a medical j resulting in 8 to 4 in favor of ti e
j course until some city in Oklahoma , University of Oklahoma team The
reaches that population. When the battery in first game for Oklal <>ma
school is finally established it will be- ■ was McCready and Walker, for ,'an-
yond all peradveniure of a doubt be (as Hoffman and Brookin.-. In second
located either in Oklahoma City or game House and W alker, Kermayer
Guthrie.—Times-Journal. and Broo'ins Mc' ready pitc cd an
excellent game and after first Inning-
A Former University Student Honored. Hou8e pitcbed a Rreat also.
Prof. Pierce Larkin of the co'lege Walker, Canard, inn and ' ewell
department of the Woods county were the star nlajers for Ui ersity
high sciiui.i has just finished his Newell leading with slick and score
pecial repott on the gypsum depos
its of. Oklahoma after his investiga
made as a result of instructions
LasJ week G L. Hazel closed a] Mr. Jordan's address will deal with
trade with W. N. Rueker for a half [ economic handling of crops, especial-
section of fine land in what is known | ]y cotton, with special emphasis on
as the Cooper Flats near Roosevelt, j complete organization of the farmers
Okla., putting his five-acre tract in ; and diversification, the foundation of i t'on;
cuser has Hie temerity to say that',he northeast part pf Norman in on ' the Southern Cotton association. j 'r0™ lfhl"urki™ h'aT been chosen a
Senator Duffy (did not use Duffy's the trade. Mr. Haael will move bis ■ It |9 probable the meeting will be j member of thc National Geograph j
name, but might as well have done j family within three weeks to the new J beld in the city hall Gov. Frantz has i gocje( a|((j )ias recei ved his!
so) possessed neither tact, talent nor i home, and all of his household and ; accepted the invitation to deliver the | j' jonia for membership. Members]
morals With reference to The Lead- 1 kitchen furniture is for sale. Parties j welcome address to the distinguished ! ^
er's editorial referring to President
Boyd leading one of the yellowest
campaigns in the history of the Ter-
nidking In last game Newell out of
four times at bat scored 3 ru: - and
was left on second base, Canard al.-o
scored 3 runs out of 4 times at bat.
He was put out on a long high fly tu
it to the new home but finds that the
At the conclusion of the speecees : mem(je|-s 0f the society in all, in
: freight is too high and so concluded I committee will be appointed and Ter-j c|U(jjng (1)e j,est scholars on geo
■ to sell it here He will sell his goods ritorial business of the organization j grapj,jc matters in the country.
ritory against the Democratic candi
date for the legislature, will state
that in the locality where the Demo
cratic candidate lived and was best I on the streets of Norman at public
known he suffered the heaviest loss auction on Saturday March 31
of Democratic votes. Lexington town-} „ —.
ship, which returned on congressman | Marriage Licenses
09 Republican votes and 180 Demo- Jas. O. Carter
cratic, returned 120 Republican and | Bessie M. Hall
, , , of the society are selected at the; To all Locals
desiring to secure some good house- j organizer, and Mayor Duke will speak I ,iori of mem|,ers of the socie in Cleveland Uiut
hold furniture at a barg.iin should, (or Guthrie. L. b. Irwin of Stillwa- ^ their knowledge or geograpl) 1 You are hereby notifi d that flic
ical conditions. There are only 700 1 next meeting of the Cleveland l oun.'zy
Notice-
f the I
uunty:
& C. U of
see him at once He intended to ship I ter will address the meeting.
only 118 on Democratic candid ite for J \y. h. A. Taylor,
the legislature, and In the city of ] Maggie Clingan .
transacted. Farmers' unions through
out the territory will probably send
delegaies to the meeting.
Geese Eggs for Sale.
The big blue dry land goose Eggs
for sitting per dozen 50 cents Leave
orders with S. M. Hallmark, Norman.
graphic
Walter Wickliff and family left
Wednesday for St. Johns, Texas, in
answer to a message stating the se-
rious illness of bis father,
Ross Rucker left Thursday last for
Boise City, Idaho.
Union will be he^d at Franklin oiv the
first Thursday in April
Every local should be represented,
as business of much Importance is to
be attended to. J. S. Mauluin-.
Oounty Sec. Tre&u
HIDES WANTED
Bring me your bides. I will pay thc
highest maritet price in cash See true
before selling. F. J McGlN'LEY.
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