The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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The Norman Transcript.
J. J. BURKE, Editor.
VOLUMN XXI
A Live Republican Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interests of Norman and Cleveland County
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, JANUARY 27, 1909
RURKE & BRIGHAM, Publishers
NUMBER 9
FAVORABLE COMMENTS MADE BY JURY BRINGS IN VERDICT OF NOT
STRANGERS. PROSPECTORS GUILTY OTHER CASES DIS-
AND VISITORS POSED OF THIS WEEK.
HUME OF CONTENTED PEOPLE TWO DIMES GRANTED
i
Statements From People From Various
Points of the Compass —Need
More Advertising.
"I am most favorably impress-
ed with your town and country,"
stated a gentleman from Ne-
braska, who was here the first
of the week looking over the field
with the view of locating for the
purpose of sending his children
to the University, "and I have
about made up my mind to be-
come a citizen among you. I
see the citizenship is composed
purely of white people and that
they are friendly, enterprising
and progressive. This factalone
is a great drawing card to future
development, as retired farmers
and capitalists from the north
and east are looking for just such
a place where they can spend
their declining years. However,
such men are not always liberal
contributors to the various enter-
prises but nevertheless they
must be fed and clothed which
always nuts more or less money
in circulation. Then, too, they
must pay their part of the taxes
which goes to the support of the
city government. I have no idea
what influence the interurban
would have on the future de-
velopment of the town, but suf-
fice to say it would bs a great
convenience and no doubt the
cause of many new residences
being constructed".
Another gentleman was here
Tuesday from Oklahoma City on
his way to the coast for the
benefit of his health and stated
that Norman ought to be proud
of her University, high schools,
churches and well selected high
class citizenship. He said no
small town in the state had as
bright future as Norman, and all
she needed was more advertising.
He seemed to think the interur-
bsn was an assured thing and
that it would materialize within
a year.
A Transcript reader at Pauls
Valley, in renewing his subscrip-
tion, stated he was interested in
Norman's future progress and
thought we had most favorable
prospects of securing the Santa
Fe division point, now at Purcell.
He seemed to think this an enter-
prise worthy of considerable ef-
fort of the part of the citizenship
to secure it.
Norman's future progress and
greatness are based at present
on her fine schools, which by ab-
solute harmony and concert of
action have been brought up
to the highest standard of educa-
tional progress, and we believe
no country offers greater induce-
ments or possesses a better com-
bination of advantages than
Norman and the country sur-
rounding it. The necessaries of
life can be had in abundance
with but little exertion, and
enug fortunes are awaiting the |
man of energy, brains and small j
capital who will intelligently de- j
vote his abilities to the growing
of the apple, the pear, the peach
and the grape in this land of
sunshine and promise. Surely
our unexcelled farming lands,
yielding an abundance of diversi- j
fied crops; our well organized, I
well supported and well attended
churches; our splendid schools
and University, the pride of pur;
entire populace and the admira-
tion of the surrounding country ; j
our magnificent business facili-
ties; the universal purity of the
air; the healthfulness of the
climate; these make Norman and
Cleveland county a desirable
place of habitation for all good, [
honest, lawabiding people.
The prospector or home-seeker,
visitor, tourist or chance arrival
meets with such courteous and
friendly reception here that
friendship for Norman and its
denizens is at once and forever
established.
MARRIED- McLaughlin-Wood.
Mr. Edmond I). McLauglin, of
Nnrrm n, and Miss Ethel Wood,
of Moore, were united in mar-
riage on Monday, Jan. 24. 1910.
;.! the office of J. W. Linton,
Judge Linton performing the
ceremon: The Transcript joins :
their many friends both at Nor-
man and Moire in extending!
pongrat niations and best wishes.
District Court Grinding Out Cases At
a Rapid Rate Mexicans Get
60 Days Each for Larceny.
Fred Skaggs, charged with as-
saulting Adam Boggs^with a
deadly weapon, was acquitted of
the charge, Tuesday morning,
the jury bringing in a verdict of
not guilty. Other cases disposed
of were:
N. J. Gehring vs. H. K. Stock-
well, suit for damages, dismissed
at cost of plaintiff.
State vs. S. H. Madden, case
dismissed on motion of county
attorney, prosecuting witness,
John Brockhaus, failing to prose-
cute.
State vs. Sam Chriswell, dis-
missed on motion of county at-
torney.
State vs. Tom Dickerson, case
dismissed on condition that de-
fendant pay all costs.
Margaret Parish vs. R. T. Par-
ish, divorce granted.
State vs. Henry Isaacs, trial
set for Feb. 8th.
Fannie S. Lee vs. C. J. Lee,
divorce granted.
State vs. Walter Cheatwood,
trial set for Feb. 9th.
State vs. Frank E. Wynne, at-
tempt to kill, dismissed on mo-
tion of prosecuting witness, A.
Hutchin.
State vs. Venagus and Marti-
nus, Mexicans, burglary charge
withdrawn and defendants al-
lowed to plead guilty to petit lar-
ceny. Sentenced to 60 days in
the county jail and pay all costs.
The application fotf rights of
majority for John D. Tomlinson
was denied.
State vs. James Clark, selling
mortgaged property, continued
to Jan. 28th.
HE double page illustration of "Life" for Jan. 13,
1910, has a vast significance for those who read
their title clear to better than earthly mansions.
The little child with wings and a sword and a shield bear-
ing the name "Life" stands on high in a flood of glory.
Before the rays of this sunburst are fleeing all sorts of
dark shapes—injustice, tyranny, corrupt politics, hypoc-
risy, greed, melancholy, quackery, cruelty, worthless tra-
dition, snobbery. At the very end of the scurrying pro-
cession, who have all turned their backs in flight, is a
woman's figure still upright and still as she goes turning
back to threaten the light with her uplifted umbrella.
She is labelled "Mrs. Grundy." Evidently this little
champion of brighter, bigger, better and busier times for
good on earth sees that the fear of other folks' opinion is
the last of human follies to linger before the coming of
higher hopes. We may all be very sure that when we
have reached the point where the world's praise or blame
has nothing to say to us, because it finds nothing in us,
the millennium, for us at least, is at hand.—Christian
Science Monitor.
THE SPECIAL FLYNN NOT
A .
AN ARMY OF EMPLOYEES AT BIG
SALARIES STATE MONEY
SQUANDERED.
DEFINITELY AND P03TIVELY DE-
CLARES THAT HE WILL NOT
ENTER PRIMARIES FOR
STATE POLITICAL NOTES liOVFHNOR (IE OKLAHOMA
Recent Real Estate Transfers.
L. C. Giles to Geo. N. Young-
son, southeast 10-7-2 west,$2400.
Abraham C. Staley to A. E.
Jack, lots 6, 8 and 9 and south-
east northeast 6-9-3 west, $10000.
G. \V. Rice to Frank H. Rice
east half northwest 35-9-2 west, Aug'ust
AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY
Some Notes on the Summer Session
of the State University of
Oklahoma.
State Chairman Harris May Be a
Candidate for Republican Nom-
ination for Governor.
No matter what Governor Has-
kell and his bunch may do or
say, the people view it with sus-
picion and alarm, and look for
the "joker" in every move. An
instance is in this "special" ses-
sion of the legislature now being
held in Guthrie. Mr. Haskell
has issued five or six messages
dealing with things he thinks
ought to be done, and, as the
dealing of the cards progresses, |
it becomes more and more evi-
dent there was no real necessity
for this special session. One or
two cards that he had "up his
sleeve" have been shaken out,
and probably he has a number of
others. He is a master-hand at!
"dealing under the table" and
the people are watching and
waiting, suspicioning exery move
of his slick finger-work. He's a
mighty smooth guy.
State Senator Leslie P. Ross
wanted to investigate the expen-
ditures and affairs of the state
officials from Covernor down,
make a thorough examination
and a detailed report to the peo-
ple. Did he get it? Not on your
life. Haskell and his bunch (in-
cluding all the state officers who
would be investigated) fixed the
legislature so that Mr. Ross' res-
Horse Thieves Busy at Noble.
A team of horses and a set of
harness belonging to Clarence
Petty, of Noble, and a hack be-
longing to Bert Bradshaw, also
of Noble, were stolen from Mr.
Petty's barn last Thursday even-
ing. It is thought the theft took
place between 9 and 10 o'clock
for when Mr. Petty went out to
feed the horses the next morn-
ing he found part of the even-
ing's feed still in the boxes. Mr.
Specks' residence, north of No-
ble, was also visited by thieves
the same night and considerable
bedding taken, and, itis thought,
the same outfit did all the work.
No clue to the whereabouts of
the team or hack or the identity
of the thief or thieves has as yet
been found, and it is quite likely
they have made a good clean
getaway.
$1500.
Cicero Jenkins to Maggie Bak-
haus, northeast 24-19-4 west.
$1200Q.
D. L. Larsh to Emory H. Stub-
$1700
S. J. Carpenter to Otto F.
Thiessen, northeast 33-10-2 west
$7000.
N. E. Adams to Luther W.
Bodman, southeast 33-10-3 west,
$8750.
F. M. Whalen to O. L. Hull,
A Wager on Election Results.
The Oklahoman states in an
editorial and in its news columns
that Chairman Jim Harris had olution was amended and cur-
dec ared he had made a wager tai,,,(1 t0 sl)cll an extent that no
with Joe Norris, retiring chair-i investigation will be made.
Opens June 13, 1910, and closes i man H' Republican state com- What? Investigate and uncover
agust 6, 1910. rruttee, that Oklahoma would go the rottenness right on the eve
Prof. Gould Returns From the East.
Prof. Charles N. Gould, head
of the Oklahoma Geological Sur-
vey, returned this week from an
extended trip to the eastern
states where he attended in the
interest of Oklahoma, a meeting
of the American association for
the advancement of science. The
meeting was held at Boston and
a number of questions relative
to Oklahoma were discussed.
He arranged with the Bureau
of Roads at Washington to have
a government engineer sent to
Oklahoma to make tests of road
materials; at Pittsburg he ar-
ranged with the men in charge
of the government laboratories
to have tests made of Oklahoma
clays to determine their useful-
ness for fire brick and other con-
struction material.
While on the trip Dr. Gould
made five talks on various topics
about Oklahoma and its resources
At Washington he spoke before
the department of Agriculture
on Oklahoma Sod Belts and Okla-
homa resources. Other lectures
were delivered at Harvard,
Columbia, and Bloomington,
Indiana.
Tuition will be free. i Republican in 1910. Ihe Shaw-, 0f a campaign! That would be
The teaching will be done by nee .HeraldIsi account of the really suicidal.
the members of the legulai 111 "''"""T said that Ex Oov. Fer- j. j. Well known that railroads
faculty of the University. I£u?°1 had made the wager with 'banks and corporations wait un-
The library containing 20,000 Col. Joe Ihompson of the Uemo- til the last moment of tax-paying
beman. lots 15 to 17 block 3 volumes will be open daily for cratic central committee. 1 he time to pay their taxes. They
Larsh's University add., $300. the use of the students. facts are as follows: _ are waiting now after all the
E. M. Carpenter to Wm. Van- Students will have access to ■'lrn Harris, <1" the Kepub- small fry have obeyed the law
derslice, south half of lots 17 to j the Chemical, Biological, Geolo- lican state central committee, and paid their taxes. And now
20 block 3 Jones' add. to Norman ,rjeai Physical and Mechanical and Co1- ^ Ihompson, of the Haskell and his bunch is to ex-
laboratories. Democratic central committee, tend the time of payment of the
The tennis courts, athletic the lobby of the lone ho- 1909 taxes to April 1st! See tho'
grounds and large gymnasium te' a"d jollied each °ther about African in the woodpile?
with modern equipment will be j results in L'10. Mr. Hart is be- The special session will cost in
available for all students. ! ca™e ,so enthusiastic that he saiarjes alone something like
l ull credit towards a degree offered a wager to Mr. lhomp- $100,000, and an army of em-
will be given for all regular ?on* Thompson wouldn tteke p]0yees has been appointed, a
courses that are completed. ! £unless he was given big odds, "striker of almost every Demo-
lots 5 to 7 Jones' add. to Nor- Each student should be able to j J- 'na,.y they decided that about Cratic member getting a job ofj
man, $331.50. complete one fourth of a semes- ^0.000 margin in favor of the gome kind at a good fat salary.
A. H. VanVleet to S. A. Sulli-1 ter's work. Democrats would be about an What's the difference? Let the
vant, part block 13 and 14, Wag-[ Living expenses are as low in even bet, and on that basi.-* people pay
oner's first add. to Norman, 1 Norman as in any town in the ! 5f,ager?? a, sul, ,.ot c'°thes. Some talk is being made about
$7000. state. ' ??us,ifthe Republicans carry wincing taxes. The same "talk"
Jesse Sullivant to A. H. Van- The University is eighteen , s^e governor by .10,000 was made in the constitutional
Vleet, all section 23-9-1 east ex- mjies south of Oklahoma City j more Harris gets a suit a.1 convention and in the first and
cept west half northwest and and is accessible from all parts 1 expense ot Ihompson, ana 11 second meetings of the legisla-
north half northeast, and east of the state. Itis the head of t h(,y i^nl to carry it by less than (ure \ye who are paying the
half southeast 26-9-1 east. $8000. the educational system of the J??,rns buys the sult- taxes know what their "talks"
H. Rosenthal to Nick M. Ellis, | state. Inat s all ( here was to the wager am0unt to. The more they talk
lot 30 block 71, Norman, $2500. Upon request the Registrar ov.e1.' vyhlcy the Democrats are aiiC| iegjsjate the higher our taxes!
M. L. Anderson to Minnie S.1 wju furnish those interested j raising su.ch.a hellaballo. ge(
Goe, lots 5 and 6 block 1 Joner' w|th a bulletin containing in- ^ncmenuui y 11 m ay d e^ r e m a r k - Already more appropriations
add. to Norman, $800,
J. C. King to Wm. Aitkenhead
lot 5 and north 17J feet lot 6
Lincoln add. to Norman, $3750.
W. II. Carr to B. M. Carr. lots
23 and 24 block 30, Norman,$350.
W. O. Skinner to H. E. Hig-
gins, southeast 36-0-1 east, $1600.
A. Keith to E. H. Hawkins,
northeast northeast 31-10-1 west,
$500.
Major Moberly to D. L. Mober-
ly, southeast 1-8-2 west, $4000.
J. A. Ovits to Ella A. Foster,
lots 24 to 30 block 31 and lot 21
block 34, Noble. $1800.
W. N. Rucker to Louis Voisen
and D. F. Wiche, southeast 26-
10-2 west except 4 acres and east
half southwest 26-10-2 west,
$10,030.
Good Roads Convention.
formation concerning the courses |
ed that Chairman Harris
XUlIIlaLlWIl wllvvl ' ' " 'rt wwioto] . n 1 ,
to be offered during the season. I supremely confident that
I won t have to buy that suit.
Oklahoma Appointments Confirmed. january Marriage Lice„ses.
Washington, Jan. 24. — The I „ ..
United States Senate, on recom-; rhe following marriage licenses
mendation of Senators Owen and: were issued during the month of
Gore, confirmed the following Janual'y-
Oklahoma appointments for' Ed. D. McLaughlin, Norman 24
postmasters today: i Ethel Woods, Norman
Norman, J. .J. Burke. i.Jos. M. Easley, Norman 24
Cleveland, John C. Morphis. I Ocie D. Crowder, Norman
Eufaula, Bruce C. McKinley. Jchas E. James, Caple, Okla.
Watonga, Mrs. Edna N. Fer- Unzie Dickerson, Norman
,ls are being made for new build-
"e ings and new schools, and by the
end of the session many thous-
ands of dollars will be added to
the debt of the sta'e.
Talk about the carpet-bag gov-
ernment of the South! We are
sure having a repetition of it in
Oklahoma.
guson.
Saline, Sam L. C. Simmons.
Okeene, B. E. Adams.
Luther, Sterling Sargent.
Taloga, E. D. Dodson.
Pond Creek, E. D. Darrough.
The opposition to theconfirma- Ola M. Cohee, Norman
tion of Ed Butler as postmaster Cal Lawson, Lexington
it Durant continues. It is said Nannie Powery, Lexington
Geo. Dacken, Moore
Luke F. Skaggs, Norman
IvaM. Tidwell, Norman
Emmet C. Graham, Tuttle
I Rendie Howry, Norman
Henry E. Sims, Norman
— H. P. Primmins, fireman on
the steam shovel working here
in the yards, fell off the train
about two miles north of here
yesterday morning, but luckily
escaped with a few scratches.
The train was running about
twenty-five miles a'l hour when
he feli, and he is congratulating
himself on his lucky escape,
In an adjourned Good Roads bjs confirmation seems improba
Convention which met at the ; ble as grave charges against him
countj clerk's office in Norman remain unanswered. No opposi-
on Jan. 10, 1910, W. P. Marony j tion whatever to the confirma-
was elected chairman and J. W. i tion of any of the above named
Armstrong was elected secretary, was made.
with the power to issue another
call for a Good Roads Conven- i „ , .
tion at the county clerk's office , Mrs. Frank Ephraim was
in Norman on Monday, Feb. 7, j^e £u.est ot honor at a recep-
1910, at 10 o'clock a. m. It is ll0n K,ven by Mrs' -Gea- Carson
Henrietta Weidmer, Moore
C. Vannosdall, Okla. City
Mary A. Everett, Wichita
R. J. Champeau, Norman
Clara Todd, Norman
reouested that all
at. Oklahoma City, Tuesday.
Roy Brewer was here from
Oklahoma City, Tuesday, shak-
ing hands with old friends and
attending to business matters.
The Muskogee Phoenix says
jY, there is a well defined move in
,,v Eaftern Oklahoma to get James
7^ A. Harris into the race for the
Republican nomination for Gov-
22 ernor. Mr. Harris is now chair-
' man of the Republican State
20 Committee. All the candidates
17 so far mentioned come from the
21 western part of the state, and if
18 a strong man announces from
2] Eastern Oklahoma it is thought
lg he might have a good chance of
2- being nominated.
20
79 Contractor McCall. who will
77 build the express company's new
23 home, is here this week. He in-
jV forms us that work on the new
building will commence in earn-
est the latter part of this week.
—C. A. Stauber sold the Pio-
neer drug store to a Mr. Frame,
of Ardmore, one day last week,
earnestly
townshij
all others
good roads,
oneof the grc__ — — — - ...... .
whole country. Let us all get: costs in polici' court, Monday ness at that point. He informs it. Mr. Stauber has made many
together and formulate some morning for imbibing too much us that his brother, Standley, is warm fri wis in Norman during
plan whereby we can most in- "firewater." He paid part of also at Oklahoma City, having hi short residence with them,
telligently work the roads. j the amount giving a personal accepted a position with the Qk- and we are plea-i d to know he
J. W, Armstrong, Secty, bond for the remainder. lahoma Farm Mortgage Co. still expects to remain with us.
This Leaves the Field Open for
Several Prominent Candidates
for Republican Nomination.
Guthrie, Jan 24. -"1 will not
be a candidate for governor on
the republican ticket at the com-
ing primary."
The above <tat,ement was made
by Dennis Flynn while in this
city in the presence of a number
of newspaper correspondents
and special writers who had ap-
proached him on the subject.
"My business and other affairs
over which 1 have no control
will make it impossible for me
to make the race, although I
consider highly the compliments
which have been extended me in
regard to my popularity, and the
strength which I might add to
the republican ticket
"Some months ago I stated
that I would not be a candidate;
that decision is mine today."
It is needless to say that this
decision of Mr. Flynn will be
received with great regret by his
thousands, of friends and admir-
ers in Oklahoma but he means
it thoroughly and The Tran-
script which has ever been
consistent, hearty and outspoken
in its advocacy of his nomination,
takes him at his word. It is
truly sorry, for it regarded him
as the strongest candidate the
Republicans could name. Who-
ever is nominated, however, one
thing is certaiA and that is that
Dennis Flynn will be found in
the fore front of the battle for
bis election and the election of
the eutire Republican ticket
from Governor to constable.
The Transcript trusts and knows
the future has many honors in
store for Mr. Flynn, and "Noth-
ing's too good for Dennis" is the
slogan from "Dan to Tishomin-
go," as Ex-Gov. Ferguson would
say.
This declaration of Mr. Flynn
leaves a clear field for the other
candidates. It will have a ten-
dency, too, to boost the candi-
dacy of Hon. C. G. Jones, who
will now have the solid support
of the Oklahoma City Republi-
cans, and who has many elements
of strength in other parts of the
state. It will bring ex-Gov.Tom
Ferguson into the race, and the
slogan "Honest Tom" would
certainly be one to conjure with.
It will make Hon. J. W. McNeal
loom up as a candidate; as the
candidate of the safe, sane, con-
servative element of the people
of Oklahoma who are so woeful-
ly tired of the maladministration
of Oklahoma's affairs by the
Haskell bunch. It will make
Hon. John Embry a formidable
candidate with ail who know and
recognize his eminent fitness for
the position, that he would make
an ideal governor in every re-
spect. The latest candidate, Hon.
John Fields, editor of the Okla-
homa Farm Journal, too, will not
lose any support by Mr. Flynn's
withdrawal, for many farmers
who would have been for Mr.
Flynn will lean towards Mr.
Fields.
With any of these candidates,
or with any who may enter the
race from now on, the Republi-
cans can make a winning fight—
for no man will get the Republi-
can nomination that is not fair,
square and honest, and able to
go before the people on that is-
sue.
W. 0. Wynn Now Reconciled.
W. O. Wynn, of the Franklin
neighborhood, was in town Sat-
urday and informed a Transcript
reporter that he had become re-
conciled over the elopement of
his daughter, Miss Dosia, and
Fred Hauk which took place
Monday of last week. He says
he is now doing everything pos-
sible to encourage them to come
back home and desires to meet
out no punishment whatever.
He s:r. the Transcript erred in
its statement last week to the ef-
fect that he would follow them
to the ends of the earth in order
to bring punishment upon the
despoiler of bis home. He now
lias *h?t forgivin r spirit always
jharacirrisi-ic with a father for
his chil(|
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