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The Norman Transcript.
J. J. BURKE, Editor.
VOLUMN XX
A Live Republican Newspaper—Devoted to the Best Interests of Norman and Cleveland County
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, AUGUST 26, 1909
BURKE & BRIGHAM, Publishers
NUMBER 40
signed, sealed
THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF THE NEW UNIVER-
SITY BUILDING.
ACTIVE WOKK IN 30 DAYS
Holmboe Construction Company of
Louisville. Ky.. Get the Contract
at $183,575.
On the part of the State of
Oklahoma the State Board of
Public Affairs by its chairman,
Hon. Roy Hoffman, and the rep-
resentative of the Holmboe Con-
struction Co., Louisville, Ky.,
signed the contract for the erec-
tion of the new administration
building of the University of Ok-
lahoma, late Saturday evening
and the bond of the company for
faithful performance was ap-
proved. By the terms of the
contract the price to be paid by
the state is $183,575, and active
work of construction is to begin
within thirty days. Col. Hpff-
man informed ex-Mayor John E.
Millar, Saturday evening, that
the contractors would get busy
at once.
It is hardly probable that the
new building will be ready for
occupancy before September,
1910—the beginning of the fall
semester. But that is a detail.
What we've been wanting is
work to com nence.
It is understood that all the
changes in the plans and specifi-
cations made to bring the build-
ing within the appropriation
were made in the interior con-
struction of the basement, so
that in all other respects the
building, in appearance and con-
struction, will be as originally
planned. The Chicago architects
have supervision and the State
will also have its architect, Mr.
Weathers, see that plans and
specifications are carefully and
fully complied with.
Truly does this mean much for
the University, for the State of
Oklahoma, and for Norman. If
there is one educational institu-
tion in a state from which the
state takes its rank among other
states, it is its University. Giv-
en a first rate, splendid, up-to-
date University, such as the one
at Austin in Texas, at Lawrence
in Kansas, at Columbia in Mis- j
souri, and a state may be de-
ficient in some other respects, [
but still hold first rank among
her sisters. The Transcript is
sure pleased that this matter is
definitely settled and that the
State University of Oklahoma is
to be first in buildings as well as
in high standing and intellectual
development.
Law Department of University.
It is the intention of the Re-
gents of the State University to
make the Law Department of
that institution one of the best
and most celebrated in the South-
west, and to that end the facul-
ty will be selected from the very
best material procurable. They
have started right in the selec-
tion of a Dean Prof. J. J. Mon-
nett, of the Law Department of
Washington University, Wash-
ington, D. C., having accepted
the position at a salary of $3,500
per annum. The other members
of the department will be equal-
ly as good in their line, and thus,
from the very start, the State
Law School of Oklahoma will
take high rank among similar
schools of the country; a school [
that, in preceptors, library, lec-
tures and all connected with it,
will appeal to every young man
desiring to make the law his life
profession.
Much advertising matter call-
ing attention to the Law Depart-
ment and its work will be sent
out immediately, and a large
number of students are expected.
L. C. Oliver lo Sulphur.
L. C. Oliver has been appoint-
ed steward and book-keeper of
the deaf and dumb asylum at
Sulphur Springs, Okla., vice. J.
J. Kerwin, resigned, and will at
once assume the duties. It is a
good position, paying about $1,-
500 per annum, and certainly j
will be well filled. Mr. Oliver's
family will continue to reside in
Norman until his daughter grad-
uates from the University.
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum
is a state institution, and will
have about 250 inmates this
year. Ex-Mayor Millar is chair-1
man of its board of regents.
close call
for kail's
A CIGAR STUB IN A BOX OF SAW-
DUST CAUSES BIG
BLAZE.
M'CALL'S SIM IN
Mrs. Charlie Abbott Discovers it in
Time and Notifies Husband,
Who Puts Out Fire.
! A lighted cigar stub dropped
into a sawdust spittoon came
very near causing a most de-
structive fire Sunday night.
About twelve o'clock that
night, Mrs Charlie Abbott woke
up in the rooms over the store of
the S. K. McCall Company oc-
cupied by herself and husband
and smelled smoke. She told
her husband, who at once went
on a tour and discovered that
the smoke came from Dr. J. W.
Porter's office. He broke in the
door, and found flame and smoke
as high as his head, and just
getting a good start. He gave
the alarm and with the help that
soon arrived the fire was extin-
guished before much damage
was done.
But it was very serious in its
possibilities. It had burned a
hole four by six feet in the floor
and was getting down into the
rafters between the McCall store
and the office, and in a few
minutes would have made the
store a seething mass of flames.
It was a most fortunate discovery
on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Ab-
bott.
And it all started from a light-
ed cigar stub thrown into a saw-
dust spit box. Dr. Porter and
E. W. Cox had been in the office
early in the evening and one of
them had unthoughtedly thrown
the stub into the box, where it
had smouldered until the flames
resulted. The moral is that one
cannot be too careful about such
matters.
Will it Be Resubmitted.
The Sons of Washington are
now circulating petitions asking
the governor to call an election
on September 8, 1910, to submit
a bill providing for high license
and local option, which the
"Sons" will ask the people to
ratify and approve. Thev fix
September 8, 1910, as the date
to keep the question out of poli-
tics; from being an issue in the
election of November, 1910.
The "Sons'" declare they will
secure 60,000 names to the peti-
tions. The initiative and refer-
endum law requires they shall
have 40,000.
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CITY COUNCIL CD BALL
proceedings coo mm
PETR0LITHIC PAVING WAS DIS- J. P. HODGES MARKETS THE FIRST
CUSSED AND COMMITTEE AP- BALE OF THIS SEASON S CROP
POINTED TO INVESTIGATE HERE LAST FRIDAY.
!). C. FOX SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS MEN(ilVEPHEMIUM
Purchasing Committee Instructed to R. C. Berry Makes Purchase Paying
Order Pipe For Extension of
Water System.
HOME OF W. N. RUCKER-NORTH PETERS AVENUE
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The city council held its
jar meeting at the court
Tuesday night, when some
important matters were disposed
of.
Quite a number of bill?
regu-
house
verv
The "Never-Sweats" Get Revenge.
Because Postmaster Burke was
a little late in arriving at the
regular place of meeting Friday
morning, the "Never-Sweats"
(a club evolved from the "House
of Lords") kangarood him shame-
fully.'to such an extent that it
cost him 65 cents to pay his fine.
Doc Davis, Tom Grigsby, Homer
Coffey, Buster Vowell, Deputy
Sheriff Burch and Councilman
Downing (six great big stiffs,
count 'em), were the "lynchers"
and they done it up brown.
The victim is now figuring on
some way of getting even.
When Taxes Are Due.
Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 24.—In
an opinion to the state auditor,
Assist. Attorney General Reeves
holds that the new tax law
makes all taxes become due and
payable October 15 and all taxes
not paid by January 1 become
delinquent in February. He
holds, however, that as taxes are
not entered as delinquent until
after February 1st the county
treasurers are authorized under
the law to continue to accept the
payment of taxes during January
without entering them as delin-
quent.
First Bale at Lexington.
J. G. Marsee brought the first
bale to Lexington last Wednes-
day. It weighed 404 pounds,
and 12c per pound was paid for
it, besides a premium of $33.50,
making $81.98 in all.
NOTES Political and Personal.
Four big circuses will show in
Oklahoma City in September and
October Bill Cody's Wild West,
Miller Bros. 101 Ranch, Hagen-
back-Wallace aggregation, and
Ringling's big circus.
One effect of the tariff bill's
passage is that the wholesale
houses have increased their num-
ber of traveling salesmen at least
ten per cent, and all are expect-
ed a fine year's business.
Osage county taxpayers de-
feated a proposition to vote $450,
000 in county bonds for bridges
and a court house, Wednesday
last. The general impression
was that it was trying to pile the
burden on too thick.
J. E. Kirkwood, who was a
delegate from the 5th district to
the Chicago convention, will be
chief clerk for Charlie Chappell,
supervisor of the census in this
district. He lives at Gotobo,
Okla. His salary will be almost
equal to that of the supervisor.
Among those who will accom-
pany President Taft on his 14, -
000 mile trip will be Dr. J. .J.
Richardson, who is Hon. Dennis
Flynn's son-in-law. The doctor
is a special friend of President
Taft, and one of the most promi-
nent physicians and surgeons of
Washington.
Arch McGill, editor of the
Democratic Wapanucka Press,
serves notice on the present dem-
ocratic party in control of the
state affair will not be excused
by the tax payers of this state.
McGill says that there are too
many sinecures under the pres-
ent administration and he wants
the number of offices cut down
to fit the needs of the people.
It is the current report that in
Tulsa there are three saloons or
joints that are running all the
time, openly, because the owners
were granted immunity by Gov.
Haskell during the time of his
trial in Tulsa, following which
he was indicted for Muskogee
town lot frauds. Is this true? Is
it also true that these joint own-
eis refuse positively and openly
to close their places because of
the fact that they were granted
immunity.
J. D. Lydick, member of
the University board of regents
and a noted Democratic politician
of Pottawatomie county, was in-
dicted by a grand jury in that
county last week for graft in
the purchase of a lot of steel j
election booths. He was chair-
man of the county election board
and, it is charged, caused the
purchase of the booths for some
$1,250 when they were worth
about $350. Mr. Lydick has
given bond and has little fear of
the outcome.
$3.75 in the Seed Which is Equal
to 12 Cents in the Lint.
J. P. Hodges, residing four
miles north of this city, market-
ed the first bale of cotton for the
year 1909 in Norman, Friday.
R. C. Berry purchased the bale
paying $3.75 in the seed, which
allowed, alter which the council is equal to more than 12 cents in
got down to business and dis- the lint. Mr. Hodges also re-
cussed matters of vital impor- j ceived a premium of $57.50 rais-
tanee to the city. | ed among the enterprising mer-
The matter of paving was dis- chants of Norman.
cussed at length, and a commit-1 Mr. Hodges' bale was the sec-
tee composed of the city council jond brought to Norman this
prize winners in the Flower Cnn Mf as a whole- w il* '"any as can year, but he received first premi-
•> ❖ mze winners in ine nower contest. was appointed to go to um, Lewis Mitchell taking the
1 he school childrens flower Chandler for the purpose of in- first bale which was brought in
of 1909 vestigating and studying Petro- Thursday to Oklahoma City,
lithic paving. No time was set'after getting prices here and
I LOCAL MARKETS I
Corrected up to 12 o'clock,
M., Thursday, Aug. 26, '09.
Hogs, per cwt
GRAIN
(Corrected bv Norman Milling & Grain
Company.)
Wheat, No. 2, per bu. .90
Coin, white No. 2, per bu. 55
Corn, mixed, No. 2, per bu. 53
Oats, No. 2, per bu. .'36
POULTRY & PRODUCE
(Corrected by L. B. Durkee)
Spring chick, under 2 lbs. .... 10c
Roosters, each 10c
()ld hens, per 11> 6#c
Turkej8, per li> 100
per dozen 17c
HIDFS
Green, per lb 6c
Dry * *v . .ut t'wir v,ilue
Furs at their value
beds in this summer
passed through trials of drouth
and heat sore enough to wither
the hearts of the stoutest posey.
So hard indeed were the difficul-
>:•*. ties to overcome that many a
$6.50 little gardner put by hoe and
rake and sprinkling can and let
Dame Nature do her worst. A
few dauntless spirits, however,
kept right on caring for their
SANTA FE TIME TABLE.
northhotnd.
No. 4oft, Galveston to Chi. . 3:43 a. in.
No. 116, Purcell to K. C. 6:50 a. 111.
No. 18, Galveston to Chi.. 3:05 p. in.
:o to Cleburne Guth. ...8:58 p. in.
, 420, Local Freight
southbound.
, 405, Chi to Galveston
17, Chi to Galveston
115. K. C. to Purcell
kj Guth. to Cleburm
2:20 p. 111.
1:.p> a. 111
12:39 p. in
8:55 p. 111
9:17 a. 111.
No. 423. Local Freight i°-55 a. 111.
PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.
Those of our subscribers who
have promised to settle their sub-
scription account on the first,
will please remember that the
first will be next Wednesday.
Kindly be prepared to make
prompt settlement when your
bill is presented, as we need the
money and are also anxious to
get our books straightened up.
This request also applies to all
who are in arrears with their
subscription account.
Very truly,
Burke & Brigham,
Publishers.
Norman's Elegant School Buildings.
The Board of Education of
Norman are proud of their public
school buildings, and everyone
who has visited them think they
have cause to be. Few small
cities in Oklahoma have finer
buildings or more efficient
schools.
The Board accepted the high
school and west side buildings
from the contractors this week,
and the seats and furniture art'
being put in. Some improve-
ments that were not in the
specifications will have to be
made at the west side building,
but that will be done this week.
The Transcript congratulates
the Board upon its good work,
and certainly thinks the Norman
school district owes them a vote
of thanks -which is about all,
under the law, that can be given
them.
to make the trip, as the commit- j after the merchants had already
tee will first get in touch with j started out with a subscription
parties at Chandler and go when list. From all reports Mr. Mitch-
actual work is being done. They jell lost considerable by going to
will study this new paving with Oklahoma City, receiving a half
the view of using it in Norman. ! cent less than he was first offer-
Another important matter was I ed in Norman for his cotton, and
taken u|. by the council, that of j practically getting no premium.
~ extending the water system, j The following merchants and
beloved flowers and of course, as I This ordinance was passed by business men contributed the
everyone knows, the persevering | the council, but was afterwards amount opposite their names as
ones are those who win. reconsidered as some are of the a premium:
Below are given the names of J opinion that the city needs the j First National Bank
the prize winning girls and boys: | money worse for other purposes. ! First State Bank
First prize: $5.00, Laura Mc- The superintendent and purchas- E. K. Ilimes
Cull- . ing committee, however, were | National Bank of Norman
Second prize: $2.50, given by j instructed to order pipe for the j Norman Mill & Grain Co.
J. J. Burke, won by Lucy Leo- extension, and this matter will IE. R. Chastain
nard. again come up for final settle-
lhird prize: $1.00, Edna Koep-! ment in the near future.
Pe- . ! The council appointed D. C.
fourth prize: $1.00, Carl J Fox as superintendent of the
Chastain. [ water works and raised his sal-
In addition a special prize was | ary from $80 to $112 per month. | R. C. Kerry
given. While driving on their [It will be remembered in this I Meyer, Meyer & Morris
tour of inspection the ladies of i connection that Mr. Fox resigned j L. T. Monnett
the committee came across a bed this position some weeks ago j Ephraim Clothing Co.
ot Zenias, so fresh, so flambouy- with the v.ew of accepting the ! Mrs. Lizzie Smith
antly gorgeous that they fairly same position at Muskogee at I Schirck & Wagner
begged one to stop and admire. {$112 per month. | Hays & Clements
Upon inquiry they found the | The Earl contract has been re- Hale & Powell
(lowers had been raised by John- scinded and a new one entered James Mascho
me Johnson, a tiny lad of seven, into with Dudley Alexander to! Fred Middendorf
John couldn't enter the school do the surveying for the pavin
children's contest because he was [ He is to get 4 per cent.
only a first reader boy and had j
to be in the third grade to be
given free flower seeds. But one | ''ie New Express Building.
day, on his way to school, he
$2.50
2.50
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2.00
3.50
1.00
Norman Cotton Oil Mill Co. 5.00
Winans Mercantile Co. 2.50
P. .1. McGinley .. 2.50
S. K. McCall & Co. 2.80
Wm. Morgan 2.50
Runyan & Son
R. M. Jones
jl. M. Jackson
Fisher & Vincent
i Farmers Store
Ihe auditor of the Wells-Fargo State Investment Co.
found a package of Zenia seeds j Express company was here i Aldridge & Varney
and determined to have a flower
bed anyway. The flowers prove
that John labored sturdily and
carried many pails of water, for
they show neither the scorch of
hot winds nor blight of drouth.
The little fellows faithfullness so
Tuesday fixing on a location for C. A. Stauber
the new express building. All | J as. D. Maguire
details are not yet arranged, but j Frank H. .Jay
it is probable the building, 25x45 jC. M. Smith
feet, will be erected about twen-1 Barbour & Son
ty or twenty-five feet west of
the Odd Fellows building, and in
appealed to the members of the , style of architecture and mater-
Coterie that they voted a special: ial will correspond with the new
prize of $5.00 to be given John 'depot. The space from the west
Johnson. He was born in the I side of the building to the rail-
eastern part of Cleveland county J road will be made into a park,
and lives with his mother, Mrs. and the space from Odd Fellows
M. A. Davis, on East Eufala building to the express office
street. He will be in the second j paved and used as a driveway,
reader this fall, he says, and we The auditor stated that the corn-
predict that if his industry and pany expected to make it very
perseverance continue we will sightly and convenient.
sometime in the future hear
more from John Johnson of Ok
lahoma.
Rae Lindsay
Ben F. Williams
Nolan & Martin
Carey Lumber Co.
Barker Lumber Co.
Hullum, Taylor & Minteer
J. R. Holland
Norman Transcript
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Mr. and Mrs. Winans Coming Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Winans,
who have been in the Eastern
markets the past month selecting
the fall and winter stock for
Winans Mercantile Co., write
John Allan. Expert Train Jumper.
John Allan, editor of the Peo-
ples Voice, is getting to be an
expert in jumping passenger
- For Sale:—A good farm of
100 acres, located 5 miles east of
Noble. Good 4 room house; good
barn; good fencing; 76 acres in
cultivation; balance all good land
except about 3 acres. See
T. E. Clement.
James A. Harris, treasurer of
the republican state committee,
has taken charge of affairs as
acting state chairman during
Chairman Joe Norris temporary
absence from Oklahoma. Mr.
Harris will devote all the time
necessary to management of
party affairs coming to Guthrie
frequently to keep in touch with
conditions and to hold confer-
ences with party leaders. He
is thoroughly conversant with
pending conditions and will do j have sworn off "handling the
all in his power to bring party bones" for all time to come,
success. | The game was j ust getting warm-
i ed up when the officers stepped
in on the scene. No arrests were
—Mr. and Mrs. A. L. W.vnn made.
are the proud parents of a new
"Shootin" Craps" Caught.
A nice quiet (?) little game of
I "craps" was broken up by Dep-
uty Sheriffs Abbott and Burch,
Sunday evening, and ten boys
Must Put in Sidewalks.
The city authorities have pass-
ed an ordinance requiring all rn. „ rr . e xt v i
EKt£rr„u? inht ,ii'k"or ' 'ity will Stan (or home
cement^idewalks in « 3 *S* - '
train, and riding to th, I %!n!S%S&ff!?ZSS JTSt
lis
r. ad business all his life from the sidewalks and collect the bill In concluslon
ti e graceful (?) figure he cuts along with the taxes, with an tn sayb'
in getting aboard and alighting, additional penalty of 25 per cent.
We respectfully call Mr. Allan's To save unnecessary and addi-
attention to the following section tional cost each property owner
in ordinance number 35, as should construct sidewalks at
quoted in his paper: once, as the taxes will be due in
"Section one: That it shall be less than six months.
"You may say to our friends
and customers that our new de-
partment for ladies ready-to-
wear goods will be very interest-
ing this fall and winter for we
1 have bought the "snappiest" and
unlawful for any person or per-
sons within the limits of the city
of Norman to jump on or off or
cling to or hang on any railway
engine or car while the same is
in motion, not being a regular
passenger or employee or official
of the railroad company.
most "up-to-date" garments to
be found in New York besides
Edward 0 Reilly Here. ^ey are fine]y tailored and very
Edward O'Reilly, managing handsome. This is indeed a fine
editor of the San Antonio (Tex.) market to get all the new things
Light, was here Sunday visiting that's going."
his uncle, Will Synnott, of the
First National bank, and aunt,
Mrs. Itobt. Aniol, Sr. He was on
his way to Washington, D. C.,
by horseback, carrying with him
Marriage Licenses.
(.J. A. Braymer, Okla. City
\ Mrs. Flossie Parker
\ J. I). Peters, Shawnee
I Zena Rock, Lexington
t A. M. Powell, Norman
i Sinda Jones
Neal Smith's New Quarters.
Neal Smith, the rustling real an invitation from the San An-
estate man of Lexington, is lit- tomo officials to President I aft
ting up the old rooms of the to visit that city. Mo is making
Farmers'National bank in that about 35 miles a day, and is so / Sinda Jones 18
town, for his office, and will have 1:ir a couple of days ahead « i ni^
as convenient and up-to-date a schedule. A. R. Eddington sold the C.
suite as can be found in the coun- . ^ Iv,eill\ is a fine appear- A. Richardson place on West
Remember that "suite" is inK young man, and evidently Apache street this week to Mrs.
try. jCeiueinuer uiai sunu i iy^ *7 ^ -y ~ i puw
8A pound girl baby which made! —Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Park- pronounced "sweet," and be..1^ the sort ot man who will Louise M. Lawer, also the Ever-
its arrival Tuesday night. Moth- j er, of Tulsa, are here this week • sure and see him when you go to; make a success of this sort ot an tu estate on West Symmes street
er and babe doing well. visiting friends and relatives. Lex. expedition. I to Geo. O. Howe.
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