The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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The Norman Transcript.
t£D. II. BUKKE. Publisher.
A Live Republican Newspaper—Devoted to the Best Interests of Norman and Southern Oklahoma.
R\TKSJ SUBSCRIPTION ll.oo FKR ANNUM.
1 ADVERTISING MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION
VOLUME XX.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. July i, iqoq.
NUMBER 32
NEW BUILDI..C FOR UNIVERSITY.
The Stale Board of Affairs Issues the
Advertisement for Bids-Work
Will Commence Very Short-
ly After Contract is Let.
Finally, my brethren, after so
ANOTHER FINE BUILDING
FOR NORMAN.
The First State Bank Directors Unan-
imously Vote to Build a Three-
Story. Modern Bank and Of-
fice Building.
longtime, it seems certain our By the unanimous vote of the
new administration building, the Board of Directors of the First)
$200,000 structure, is to be push-
ed. The State Board of Affairs
has issued the following adver-
tisement for bids:
The State Board of Public Affairs
will receive sealed proposals until
twelve o'clock, uoon, July 31, 1909, for
the erection and completion of the ad-
ministration building for the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma to be built at Nor-
man, Oklahoma, in strict accordance
with plans, specifications and details
as furnished by Shepley, H11 tan &
Coolidge, Architects of Chicago, and to
be erected under the supervision of the
State Board of Public Affairs, the con-
ditions of addenda to the specifications
and modifications of the plans, as well
as the terms of the proposal and non-
tract.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the University, the office of
the State Board of Public Affairs,
Guthrie, Oklahoma, and office of Shep-
ley, Rutan & Cooliilge, Corn Exchange
Bank Building Chicago, Illinois.
All proposals shall be submitted in
duplicate on printed forms furnished
to actual bidders bv the State Board
of Public Affairs Architect, and no
proposal submitted other than on this
form will have consideration.
A certified check, eijual to five per-
cent of the total amount of highest
proposal submitted bv bidders shall
accompany such proposal to guarantee
the Board that the bidder to whom the
work is awarded will comply with all
requirements exacted under the terms
of the proposal and specifications and
will within the time specified, enter in-
to valid and satisfactory contract, and
furnish and file an acceptahle bond
with the Board, to guarantee the full
and faithful performance of the con-
tract.
Alternate propositions are asked for,
in finish and construction also separat-
ing the heating, wiring, ventilating,
plumbing and piping from the building
proper. The State Board of Public
Affairs reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals submitted 01" to accept
any proposition or any combination of
propositions if such appears to be to
the best interest of the State
Any prospective bidders desiring the
exclusive use of plans and specifications
for this work will apply to the Archi-
tect in Chicago for terms, etc.
All proposals shall be enclosed in
sealed envelopes and marked "Bid for
Universit' Building," and addressed to
"Victor E. Harlow, Secretary, Guth-
rie, Okla."
ROY HOFFMAN,
Cluirinan.
VICTOR E. HARLOW,
Secretary.
P H. WEATHERS,
Architect S. B. F. A.
MARRIED - Rose-Castile.
At the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Castile in West Nor-
man, on Wednesday evening,
June 30, 1909, by Rev. L. A.
Cook, Mr. J. Rose, of Cotton-
wood, S. D., and Miss Faith
Castile were married. They
left this morning for their home
in Soutn Dakota,
The groom is a prominent busi-
ness man uf Cottonwood and in
Miss Faith has secured a good
wife — the best gift to man.
While she has not resided here
long, she has endeared herself
to all and made many warm
friends. She is a charming wo-
manly woman, and the Tran-
script congratulates the lucky
man.
State Bank, Monday night, pre-
liminery arrangements are now
being made for the construction
of a fine three-story, modern
bank and office building on the
lot now occupied by the bank.
It will be one of the finest build-
ings of its size in the Southwest
if the present plans are carried
out. Work will commence some-
time this fall.
Besides other business tran-
sacted, the board declared the
regular semi-annual dividend of
5 per cent.
Mrs. W. N. Rucker Entertained.
About sixty of the ladies of
our city last week received pret-
ty invitations, tied with the na-
tional colors, from Mrs. C. H.
Lewis inviting them to a "Nation
Party;" the occasion in honor of
Mrs. Wm. Weller, of Katy, Tex-
as, and her sister, Mrs. W. N.
Rucker, of Norman, Okla.
The beautiful home was taste-
fully decorated in red, white and
blue and on Tuesday night, June
22, the ladies responded to the
invitation. After an hour of
pleasant conversation, greeting
the horn r guests, a short musical
program was given as follows:
Instrumental duet—Mesdames
Nellie Wallace and Sue Rucker.
Vocal solo—Miss Buzzard.
Vocal solo—Mrs. R. H. Beets.
Instrumental solo—Mrs. Court
Allen.
Mesdames Weller and Rucker
greatly appreciated thereception,
and their many friends f< el in-
indebted to Mrs. Lewis for the
happy, delightful time spent
with old friends. - Bethany (Mo.)
Clipper.
TWO MEN
WHITNEY MONTGOMERY
New (Merk at the Postoffice.
A young man came to the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Morter last evening, and has
concluded to stay and help his
proud dad in the postoffice—after
awhile- Mother, father and
babe all doing nicely, and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Morter and Mr. and Mrs.
"Bob" Pyle, are just as proud
as the happy parents.
—Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Prickett
and children, of near Duncan
arrived yesterday to spend the
4th with their many old friends.
They made the trip overland.
Kirby says he and his family
never were in better health, and
are enjoying their farm life very
much. He says crops are mighty
fine down his way.
Ruse H jster Dies Suddenly.
Apache, Okla., June 28.
(Special) —Word has been receiv-
ed here that Ruse Hester of this
place, died suddenly at Granite
Saturday. Mr. Hester had been
a resident of Oklahoma for sev-
eral years. He was a prominent
worker in the ranks of the Dem-
ocratic party and at the time of
his death was the state commit-
teeman for Caddo county.
He was a special agent for the
State School Land Board and
had been re-elected for the posi-
tion of chief clerk at the branch
penitentiary at Granite. He
was at that place superintending
the building of a residence when
death came. He leaves a wife
and two small children.
Mr. Hester formerly resided in
Norman, and took quite a promi-
nent part in political and educa-
tional work in this county.
I know two men, I know them well,
Two men of different rank,
One runs a forty-acre farm,
The other runs a bank.
But both of them are honest men,
And both are kind and true,
And I'll be blest if I can see
Much difference in the two.
One wears a simple duckin' suit,
And just an old flop hat,
The other dresses like a lord,
From slippers to cravat;
And you might think the one a tramp,
The other one a "flame,"
But when you come to know them well
You'd like them both the same.
. For when they meet you on the street
They greet you with a smile,
And friendly air that makes you feel
So easy all the while;
You feel as tho' you'd like to stand
And chat a half-a-day,
And when you go, the stars of hope
Shine brighter on your way.
Now, reader, lest you fail to catch
The moral of my strain,
I'll add another line or two
To make it good and plain;
'Tis common sense and honest worth
That levels state and rank,
And makes the chasm small between
The plow-share and the bank.
ONLY ONE THING LACKING.
Norman lacks only one thing
to put her in the front rank in
every respect, and that is THAT
BRIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTH
is now being built. Our splen-
did high school and public school
buildings are nearing completion,
d will reach a value of $100,-
an
000.'
Paving will t.oon be
CANADIAN. If she had thai operation, and new sidewalk
bridge, that splendid trade bring- are going down. That interur-
er, she would certainly be IT. : ban railroad will surely connect
Think of it! Fifty square miles 1 us with Oklahoma City within a
of splendid crops right at our!few months. Many residences
CROSS REFUSES REFERENDUM. R. D. Alexander Wants Contract.
nLeiP'ZMSr!' T r°-' nT aSS* concerning" tke
p e Shall Have a Wnack at he Earle contract explains itself-
Infamous Taylor Election Law. Baldwin, Kas , June 25 '09.
The 1 ranscript predicted last' Hon. Mayor Gresham.
week that Gov. Haskell and his | Norman, Oklahoma
gang would not allow a r^feren-1 Dear Sir:
dum vote on the Taylor election1 Although I have been absent
law if they could prevent it, and!from Norman for some months
that the most flimsy pretext and j now, nevertheless 1 have kept in
slightest technicality would be i touch with events there and have
taken advantage of to prevent noted with interest the trend
the people expressing their! that street paving has taken.
™ws. I I am familiar with the "Earl
the expected has happened. I contract" and know what it con-
At the hearing last Tuesday I tains. I believe that there is
Secretary Bill Cross decided the nothing in that contract that the
petitions had not been properly
filed, and therefore the referen-
dum could not be allowed. The
law, he claims, is that the page
containing the names on each
petition shall be detached in the
presence of the governor and
some person representing the
petitioners, and tiled at once by
the Secretary of State. When
petitions were presented to the
Secretary of State for filing, Gov.
Haskell was in Tulsa attending
to some private business, and,
since then, although frequently
solicited by Chairman Norris and
others representing the petition-
ers to meet them at the Secre-
tary's office and witness the fil-
ing, neglected to appear.
In other words if Governor
Haskell or any other governor
desires to prevent a referendum
or initiative vote on any ques-
tion, all he has to do is to neg-
lect to appear to witness the fil-
ing of the petitions! That's all.
That puts a quietus on the whole
business.
Was there ever such a farce!
Judge Burford and Attorney
Chappell will at once appeal to
the supreme court of the state
and, it possible, to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
There were more than 31,000
names to the petitions three J tion of
times as many as were required.
city need be afraid of and I am
convinced that it was made in
good faith by all parties. The
4 per cent charged I find is the
same as in several Oklahoma
cities.
Although I believe the contract
a good one for the city yet I am
of the opinion that there will be
much opposition to paving with
that contract in the way, as it
will, at least, be taken by many
as an excuse to oppose the whole
improvement.
Having this in mind I have
secured an option from M. A.
Earl & Co. to turn over ,to me
this contract. Before such an
assignment can be made it would
have to meet the approval of the
city council. If you and the
council really want to pave and
this is all there is in the way it
can be easily taken care of.
I will agree to assume the con-
tract, give a satisfactory bond as
provided in the contract, and
fulfill all the terms of the con-
tract in every way.
I had charge of the work that
was done and am perfectly fa-
miliar with the work in all its
details.
mightily
Let us build that bridge.
door, and we are losing it be- j are being erected and many pro-
cause of lack of that bridge. i jected. Everything is
In other ways Norman is cer- promising
tainly on the up grade. Prop-
erty is advancing rapidly in I
price, with much buying and
selling. Real estate has always
been much lower in Norman than
in other towns of like size and
New Presbyterian Pastor.
The Norman Presbyterian
church has extended a call to
Rev. Kirchner to become its
pastor. The reverend gentle-
man, who is now pastor of a
Presbyterian church in Jefferson
City, Mo., preached here on Sun-
day last and made an excellent
impression. He is about 47 years
ol age, married, with four child-
ren, and evidently such a minis-
ter as the church needs.
Jumped Board Bill Arrested.
M. F. Lemon, a traveling
salesman, who registers from
Kansas City, was arrested yes-
terday morning for jumping an
*8.00 board bill at the Agnes
Hotel last March. Landlord
Neldon found his man at the
Grand Central registered under
the name of McDowell.
He was fined $1.00 and $4.00
costs, and made pay the board
bill.
Another Fine Rain.
Another fine rain visited this
county on Tuesday night. It
wasn't really needed, but never-
theless acceptable. Certainly,
the rains couldn't come at more
auspicious times, and every crop
is just humping itself growing.
— Mrs. J. P. Boyle and family
left on Tuesday for Colorado, to
spend the summer. Mr. Boyle
, will rusticate at Dustin, Okie.
Oscar Allen Killed by Lightning.
During the storm on Friday of
last week, Oscar Allen, a well
known young man of the Adkins
j . .... . T ,neighborhood, was killed bv
prospects, and is still lower. In- lightning at Walter Goldsby's
deed, strangers seem to have place. He and some others were
more confidence in the town's playing croquet when the storm
future and prospects than our icame UP- 1 he others were stun-
own people, and more readily ' ^ut on'y Allen was killed,
see her present splendid advan-
tages and promising future.
Many investments are being
made by outsiders, and the new
blood coming in is firstclass.
.Our fine new 1200,000 Univer-
sity building will soon be in
operation, advertisements for
bids now being published. Our
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—The Kappa Sigma fraternity
has leased tne H. G. Goodrich
house on Asp avenue for the next
two years, at an annual rent of
$800, Mr. Goodrich to furnish
the upper rooms. It is a fine
house of some twenty or more
rooms and will make a nice home
for the boys. Dr. Goodrich will
£ d i r r« i i 1 uoys. Ul. VrOOCl
fine new $15,000 Santa Fe depot build another residence.
d
J. C. Jonas, Pres. Jno. G. Lindlay, V-Pres
ST ATE ME ST OF THE CONDITION OF
The First State Bank
OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
At the Cloae of Business June 23, 1909
T. M. Poland Dead.
T. M. Poland, the shoe maker,
If you will carefully read the
contract you will see that you
ind the council have the se'lec-
the inspectors so that
if you proceed with the work
you can get just as competent
inspectors as you can find any-
where and it will, of course,
died Monday afternoon at 2:30 j come out of the amount to be
o'clock from blood poisoning, finally paid me. I will further
f uneral services were held at agree in case you accept this as-
the M. E. Church in West Nor- signment to me, to furnish and
man, Tuesday afternoon, burial! pay for all chemical tests to be
b
being made in Odd Fellows ceme-
tery. The deceased was 42 years
of age, and one of Norman's
most highly respected citizens.
He was a member of the A. O.
U. W. and Woodmen Circle
lodges.
Blood poisoning set in from a
small scratch on his finger, which
he received while mending a shoe
one day last week. He thought
nothing of it untii Saturday
night, when he began to suffer
acute pain Sunday morning a
physician was called, but, al-
though everything was done to
save him, he passed away Mon-
day.
The sincere sympathies of the
entire community are extended
to the bereaved mother, sisters
and brother.
Alleged Horse Thieves in Jail.
Bob Walker of McClain county
was landed in the county jail
yesterday, charged with being
implicated in the theft of two
horses from J. D. Fairchild's
barn near Lexington on the
night of May 22nd. Joe C.
Shaw, also accused of being mix-
ed up in the affair, was placed in
jail last Sunday.
The team was recently recov-
ered, one of the horses being
found in the possession of Shaw,
and the other in a neighbors pas-
ture where Shaw had placed it.
RESOURCES:
Loans ami Discounts
Warrants
Banking House F. and F
Other Real Estate
Overdrafts
Loans to Officers
Cash and Sight Exch
LIABILITIES;
$141,665.72
44.040.9j
10,750.00
3.912.50
none
none
260,691.71
Capital J 50,000.00
Surplus 5.500.00
Undivided Profits .^779 25
Borrowed Money none
Deposits 201,412.16
260,691.71
The Above Statement is Correct
Deposits Protected by the Depositors Guaranty Fund of
the State of Oklahoma.
In the deposits as shown above less than $12,000.00
are County and State Deposits, making a showing of
increase in deposits of $70,000.00 since we took out our
State Charter in October, 1908.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED
JOHN G. LINDSAY, Vice-President
He Wanted to Fight.
Hot words between a passen-
ger and a Pullman conductor be-
tween here and Moore, Tuesday,
came near ending in a fistic bat-
tie, when the southbound pas-
senger train stopped at Norman.
The passenger got off here, and
dared the conductor to step his
= foot on the ground, but that as-
I tute taker of tickets did not ac-
cept the invitation and stayed
within his fortification. Further
trouble was averted by the ap-
pearance of City Marshal Gra
ham.
2>
—Carl Giles is absent this
week in Iowa in search of land
buyers. He hopes to bring quite
a good sized bunch back with
him.
made and all printing and all
other costs contingent and neces-
sary to the perfect completion of
the work.
I am about through with my
work here and if desired can
come to Norman and meet with
the council and take this matter
up.
If I proceed with the work, M.
A. Earl & Co., would not have
anything further to do with it
but I would give it my entire
time and would see that the city
got nothing but the best.
I would suggest several changes
in the specifications, but these I
would take up with you and the
council at the proper time.
In case you wish to proceed
with the paving work at Norman
I would be pleased to hear from
you at any time.
I do not believe there would be
any objection from any reputable
source to my handling the work,
as I would have done so any way
had it gone forward at the time
a contract was let for the work.
In my paying the chemist and
all other contingent and neces-
sary expenses you will note that
the contract is much better than
it was before.
You are at liberty to submit
this to the city council at such
time as, in your judgment, you
think it advisable to do so.
Awaiting your reply, I am,
Very truly yours,
R. D. Alexander.
Marriage Licenses.
\ J. Rose, Cottonwood, S. D. 33
' Faith Castile, Norman 19
* O. N. Frashier, Norman 21
/ Dora McPeek, Norman 16
) Howard Sieg, Noble 33
i Anna M. Nuex 2(5
First Christian Church.
Sunday, July 4th. Theme for
morning services: "The Patriot-
ism of Jesus." Evening: "Is the
Young Man Safe." You .?re
cordially invited to worship ,v,th
us. W. A. Wherry, pastor.
The Uni. Confectionery in-
stalled two fine electric ceiling
fans this week. Evidently mean
to keep their customers cool.
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