The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Voice
VOLUME 15.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ltf 1906.
NCMBER 1*
A KAiLBOAD MEETING "JS" £
I position he, and it hereby is, submit-
ted to H-'ii<i St. Louis & San Francisc
Held in the Court House
Monday Evening.
Monday evening the new court
room in Norman was packed with re-
presentative citizens of Noruim and
Riilwav 0. nipany. to-wit:
Th it t ie eitizens of tin* city of
Norman ;inil vicinity will pro. ure and
donate to wain Railway Compuiy she
riyht of- vay through satd Counv
surrounding country to learn aboat i and .:itv of Norman from the S ■ nth
the Frisco railroad proposition to I ( anailia. r.ver to the southern ex-
have Its line from O'-lahoma City to treuilty of the switch limit of tin-
Cornish, I. T , come by way of Nor- j first switch yards on said line of rail-
man Every citizen present felt in- ; way north of the city of Norman,
tensely interested in securing this i provided 'he same he within the
line of railway for Norman and I county of Cleveland and if not, that
all seemed to be not only anxious but | thev will procure and donate s;
Birthday Party.
I'he little Irienls of Miss Hesse
Clement, daugb'er of Mr. and Mrs.
T. E. Clemen . were delightfully en
t.-rt ii • 'd bv her at the inrents'
ii i n - S iturdav aftern > in. th it * *•-
in-j i ie little lady's fourth birth-
d-.v Refresh-nents of ice- and cike
were -erved. and each child received
a .«>.ivenir sack of peanuts. The lit
ti • bo*te89 was assisted iu rrv-cMvin^j
hi*r friends by M issesOl^d Bub'«),Mcrlt
11 niIra irk, Muriel Morgan and Gladys
Crawford. Those present were:
Byron Hayes, Jeanette Harbour,
J as.
THE FARMERS LOCALS Banker Secures a Bride.
.^1 ! Sadie Synnott, Isabel Williams
willing to do their part in securin
the line of road. The company ha*
made three preliminary surveys
through Norman and are now maki'm
permanent surveys south and north
ri«ht nf• ••. iv to the north line of
Cleveland .county and construct or
or pa-, for i No 1, depot, \'o. 1, cot-
tun pUtfor.n a ol \' > 2. sto.'kv .r 1-.
pr-vided s i id de p t. cot to i pic firm
of Norman, their engineer* being | and stockvards shall not c'o-t
camped in the park at the old city jc ei| $6,700 and provided further tli .t
Uuc.'iamn, Mtrtoi Doughty, Helen
Wa-h'mrn, I- bel DeBarr, Elizabeth
Parr ngton, Okla B"A Ridnev
High -, Xv'a Pendleton, largueri'e
Pendleton. I > ne Prick It, Elsie "av
Bre ver. W.il on Brewer. N mini Trot
ter, Deiliert Trotter, Eli/, tbsth Leon
company and to least, injury to prop
erty owners is the problem they are
wrestling with at present time. The
amusing thing in the mass meeting
was that ail the parties effected by
the three preliminary surveys made
through the city seemed to thin't
that the survey touching his proper
BA.BLY SCARED.
in the park at the ol<J City c ed *6,700 and provided lurtner in ,i . Leonard, .lames Leonard
well. How to get in and out of Nor- the aggregate cost of said right of- '
man to the best advantage of the way depot, cotton platform and stock I
j i— i — ... i yar(j9 shall not exceed the sum of
$:t(),000, and
Provided furth r. that this pro
position be accepted by said Riilwa.
Co within fort) (40) days from this
date, that active construction be
commenced on said line within six (6)
months from this date and th it said
vcjr wuu>. ui..r r i (iuwiiluo —
ty was to bej the permanent survey I Company have said railway complet-
when as a matter of fact an • ntire e(j arid trains running into and
new survey may be made and their through the city of Norman within
V
propertv not effected in the least.
That Company Is desirous of locating
their depot on main street one block
west of the Santa Fe tracks is well
known but just how the line will
come and go out of the City from a
depot so located has not been deter-
mined. Talks were made by several
of the business men, John E Millar
by reason ot having taken the most
active part in the work ol negotiat-
ing nd corresponding with the
Frisco people and having come in
more direct contact with theui than
any one else, knew- more about the
situat-iou than any one else, and his
talk reyealed tha fact, that he
was working earnestly for the road
for Norman and was encouraged at
good prospects of securing the same.
The Company had not thought of
Norman until the Commercial Club
took up the matter with the Com-
pany and from that time up to the
present Mr. Millar has been active
in pushing the importance of Nor-
man as a city on the Frisco line and
the result is the Company has spent
three months making new surveys
via Norman and hunting out a suit-
able crossing on the river and have
become so favorably impressed as to
rna'se proposition to Norman to con
struct their line by the way of Nor-
man from Oklahoma City to Cornish.
The proposition in substance as sub-
mitted is right of way through the
county and city of Norman and about
$7000 for depot, cotton platform and
stock yards. The following is a copy
of resolution passed by the mass
meeting held at the court house last
Monday evening:
Whereas, th- st. Louis & San
Francisco Railway Company is about
to commence the/construction of a
line of railway running Irom Oklaho-
ma City, Okla to Cornish, f. T., and
whereas, their original survey
passed about seven (7) miles to the
West of Norman, and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Norman
dre des rous of securing said company
to construct said line of railway
through the city of Norman and have
been conducting negotiations with
said Company looking to that end,
and
Whekeas, the said Railway Com
pany, by its proper officials, now pro-
poses to construct said line of rail -
way through the City of Norman up- j
on condition that the citizens of said !
City and vicinity procure and donate ,
to said Railway Company t e right- j
of way through and across Cleveland I
county, including the city of Norman j
and erect and construct within said
City at their expense a No. 1 depot.
No 1. Cotton platform and No 2,
s'ockyards, and
Whereas, it is now for the citizens
of the city of Norman and vicinity to
determine whether said proposition
will be accepted and said line of rail-
way procured through the city,
NOW therefore he it resolved,
by the citizens of Norman in mass
twelve (12) months from this date;
otherwise this proposition to be null
and void, and
That all money paid to or expended
for and on account of such right-of-
way, depot, cotton platform and
stocf.yirds to be refunded to the
citizens of Norman and vicinity by
said Railway Company.
J. J. Bubke, Chairman.
John H. Mosier, Secretary.
The right-of way proposition made
by the Frisco people, in view of the
fact that permanent surve-' has not
been made, seemed too indefinite for
citizens to accept without reserva-
tion. Had tin y known definitely just
where the line would be locat d
they would have been in a
position to have answered the FiUco
people definitely and we have not
much doubt would have answered it
satisfacto ily to the Frisco Co.
Did Not Know that it Was
Loaded.
Last Saturday evening, while
showing a gun to a customer Mr
Minteer, of the firm of Hullman-Min-
teer Hardware Company, was greatly
surprised when'he report of a gun
was heard, and a hole in the plaster
on the ceiling bore evidence tnat it
was no blank cartridge the gun was
loaded with
\tr Taylor, who was up a 1 ulder at
the time getting down goo is was
missed by the charge from the
gun; but so narrow was the escape
that he looked badly scared. Mr.
Huliutn, white showing the gun to a
cu-tomer a few days previous, had
put a she ! in it 2nd could not get it
out at the time, setting the gun aside
thinking lie would extract the she.l
when he had more time, but the gun
was put hack in the show case by
one of the clerks and forgotten. A
little hole in the ce'.'uig and a lot of
badlv frightened men was all the in-
jury resulting, but bad not Mr. Min-
teer been holding point of gun almost
.straight up someone would likely
I have been burt
Wants the Cotton Oil Trust
Investigated.
The members of the Fanners Un-
j ion throughout Oklahoma and Indian
i Territory are petitioning the county
j attorneys and attorney general to
I . ause an Investigation to ''e made to
see if such a trust does not exi-t and
that it is keeping down the price of
cotton sei d. The farmers claim that
this trust has been in operation for
a number of years, that it is a regu-
larly organized Association of men,
that it has tegular meetings t'i fix
price, limit territory mil control
j competition The farmers claim
j that they sho ild b • receiv nc til! t i
! $17 a ton for eoiton seed iustea I if
i about $10. Petitions to sign dem i cl-
ing such an investigation have been
sent to the Farmers Locals through-
out the two Territories calling on
the Attorney General to instruct
ounty Attorneys where trust oper-
a'estocalla grand jury and make
an investigation of their books and
accounts and methods We have not
uuc.il doubt but there are a number
of other trusts as greatly in need of
investigation at the Cotton Oil
Trust. It is to lie hoped that the
makers of our new constitution will
make it an easy matter lo bridle the
trusts in the new state. If they tail
to do so Mr. Hayseed will likely take
a shot at the constitution when sub-
mitted for approval. Kansas had two
constitutions turned down by the
people and one rejected by the Presi-
dent. It is possible that Oklahoma
may have several constitutional con-
ventions before statehood is secured.
The conditions imposed by Congress
in enabling act are unusu.il but we
are inclined to think must be lived
up to and people ki ow now more
about what provisions should go into
a constitution than formerly and our
present constitution makers will
have no easy ti-.sk in framing a con-
stitution that will run the gauntlet
and be approved by the people of the
state and by the President of the
United S ates.
Last Wednesday Arnold W. Lauer
| of the National Bank, of this city was
j married lo Miss Berth Beauchamp at
I the home of the brides parents in
1 Bedford, Iowa. He is expected home
j with his bride Saturday and will oc-
i copy a nice cottage fitted up by the
I u'loom on Asp Avenue
Public Recital
There wilt be a public recital on
Saturday evening. November 171Ii at
8:15 o'clock in Music Hall on main
street. The program will be furnish-
ed by pupils of the School of Music.
University of Oklahoma. The follow-
ing will take part: Euline Capshaw,
Nancy Longnecker, Mabel Alexander,
Ada Hardie. Pearl Goodrich, Carrie
Magil, Myrtle Thompson, Nannie
Miller, Lucia Loom is, Lela Nausler,
Minnie Forbes, Eva Blake, Maud Am-
brister, Margaruite Skirvin, Frances
Ballou and Boyd Koepke.
Price of Cotton Down.
Is it any wonder? For the past six
weeks the weather has been fine and
the farmers have been picking the
crop rapidly and rushing it to mark
et just : s rapidly. The result i- that
there is a glut in the marketing
channels The railroadscan'i handle
it and it is piled up at every station
along the lines in such quantities,
that with no additional cotton mark
eted it would take the railroads 30
days to clear their plattorms. The
compresses are also blocked with cot-
ion. With this kind of a condition
existing, all brought about by at
tempting io market in 60 days a
crop that should lake six months to
market, is it any wonder that tbe
pric should decline. A storage of
part of the crop as it is p'eked won! 1
prevent t he existence of such a con-
dition and the great need of storage
warehouse is felt. The Norman cot-
ton warehouse will hardly be complet-
ed before the middle of December or
fully si* week* later than it shou I
have been built for this season's
crop.
WHAT IS SHODDY WOOL
Good Weather.
I The weather turned quite co.d last
Senators in Indian Territory i Saturday night and it looked as
A committer of the United States | though some bad weather miglit fol-
Senate is spending this week and low. It was qu v u'( UIU a-v' 11
a part of next in the Indian Terri- j began to warm up Monday, and the
torv, investigating and securing in- | cold snap seemed to ie otci. l >
formation regarding Indian allot ; much more than half of the c tton
ments and the advls.blllty of Con - j was picked up to Monday, and a
gres removing restrictions from mouth's good weather is needed to
Indian lands They will visit Vinita, harvest tbe crop I he price fe.l o
MuskOGee, South McAlester, Art- . ««* W
more, Tula! anJ Umiollle on . «*« «• TCSTJJST.
trip -pending abiut two days in each .day. It ha- ".en . <■ c .
cit y The gentlemen on the t ip are ; to get pickers, ant 11 P I ' -
Senators Clark, of Wyoming; Clark very scarce Good weather is
of Montana: Long, of Kansas; Brand- farmer's friend, and he need, it bad
agee, of Conneticut; and Teller, of' ly until Xmas to get bis coi n aiu U)t-
Colorado I1"" uutot tbe held3-
Now Is The TimeJ
Yes, we bou^lit too many
Ooxxolxes
And it is your time to get a good couch cheap V. c
have lots of them all steel construction and quartered
oak frames. We have them upholstered in Velour,
English Vcroka and leather *
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE
To pick from a large number of couches at the
lowest price.
Don't Miss it.
McCune, Jackson & Co.
Wji North Side Main St. Dealers In Furniture and Undertaking. ||
Corn Carnival and Pave
Food Show.
A Corn Carnival and Pure Food
Show will be held in Oklahoma City,
November 21st to December 8th
Over $2,01)0 in prizes are offered by
Oklahoma City merchants as prizes
for best displays. The State Poultry
| Association will hold its fourth antiu-
j al exhibition December 1st to 8th.
I The oOicial program and premium
'list and full information furnished
! free on application to Corn Carnival
j Committee Okialioma City
"Your Uncle Bill."
Uncle. "Bill" Cross, as he is fami
liarly known to Oklahomans, has un
nounced his candidacy for the secre
tnry of the new state leavii g the
congressional field clear to other at-
i pi ran's In >be second district. II
; thinks bis business training will en-
able liitii to till tlie office of s t.ite j
Secretary with honor to himself and I
credit to his party.
Secretary Taft in Oklohoma.
i Secretary Wm. Taft and a much j
j ta ked of presidential ci ulidate in i
■ 10 i8 visited Ft. Sill on a tour of in- j
I spection last M unlay He was great j
ly pleased with the Fort and expr ss
ed himself as favoring it being raised '
to a Brigade Post. He spent most
of the day at the Fort departing in
'the eveni'i ' for Fort Houston, Texas
Gets a Suits of Clothes Free
Charles Long purchased a suit of
j clothes at the Winan's Mercantile
Co last Saturday, pay ing $14 Do in
cash for same When his money
went in t ie basket he was appris
ed of the fact that he was one of the
10th ill number to buy a suit and his
' money came hack to liiui. Bvery loth
suitsild last Saturday at the Win-
ail's Me'Canti e Co. was free to the
purchaser
Y ii have henrd it said,"Keep your
eye oil the nail," but now it's keep
i your eye on the dates for the at-
tractions at the opera bouse.
A Few Pertinent Points
About Clothes and the
Way They are Made
There are almost numberless va-
rieties and qualities of wool as it
comes from the sheep's back; and tlie
goat's too, for that matter. Thi; is
one reason why there is such a great
vari;ty of prices and qualities in
made up clothes for men and women,
as well as in cloth itself. But shod-
dy wool is a sort of "Pariah, spoken
of in the trade with i.uslied breath.
It is a deception.
Wool is high in cost at the pre-ent
time, and it is necessary that some
manufacturers employ shoddy mater
ial- ton great extent to hold their
I rade.
\Vn i is shoddy who .-' Have yon
,i,.. ■ < pi. kei ng from house
to uouse On i
rags and s, i i o
that can ot n
else? Tn.-v n
wonderful m fl
woolen Ul.l 11u I iU' li ■ t r .1 nd I 'it
up with i -iii.ill percen'.'g
all wool
.in.l o Is and end 3
iist-i! lor anything
cn -ai-iI up r, the
He 1'if t ie shoddy
uiixe.l
of re-
<ed f ir a .varp
nit bright and
lain 1 - I'hey
1 ti II .vool.
knowing what
. ire to wear
I would
there Is a
,i' t watch
l> stuff
: -but.
you «1
pectable oe • wool,
and Woof, ' ■ com
new as puie-woolen
are what th. y claim
But how in un men.
they are nude ol.
clothes m id.- of sin Ii
not You I' ouhl no :
chance for this if
out.
It is a source of yreat satisfaction
to us that we art* -ole agents here for
SINCE1UTY cl.O!' IKS They art-
guaranteed. The materials are ho.i-
est; 1 be materials are extreme.y line:
the lit is perfect if not, we don t
want to make .1 sale. N ou are pro-
tected against shoddy and against
Flat-Iron trickery.
FRANK EPHHAIM,
The One-Price Clothier,
Norman, Okla.
It's up to you to see who wins the
widow at the opera house next Mon
dav evening, Nov. 1 '.
/
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906, newspaper, November 16, 1906; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118038/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.