The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1910 Page: 1 of 10
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The Norman Transcript.
J. J. BURKE, Editor.
VOLUMN XXI
A Live Republican Newspaper -Devoted to the Beat Interests of Norman and Cleveland Count>
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, NOVEMBER 24, 1910
R. A. BRIGHAM, Publisher.
NUMBER 52
LEGISLATURE WHAT CITY
NOV. 28,1910 WILL GET IT?
(GOVERNOR HASKELL CALLS SPEC- AN ARTICLE FROM KANSAS CITY
]AL SESSION TO MEET AT OK- STAR APPLICABLE TO HOME
LAHOMA CITY. CONDITIONS.
TO PASS CAPITAL BILL OKLAHOMA CITY'S OVERFLOW
Guthrie. Muskogee. Shawnee. Enid.
Tulsa and Other Towns Wll Fight
—Another Law Suit.
Gov. Haskell has called a speci-
al session of the (new) Oklahoma
legislature to convene in Oklaho-
* ma City next Monday to take up
and pass a bill locating- the capi-
tal of the state at Oklahoma City.
He calls it at Oklahoma City
for the reason that, if held at
Guthrie, he thinks there would be
rioting and inquietude and much
bickering and strife. Then, too,
ithe environment would be antag-
onistic to his scheme of passing
the bill.
The bill must pass by a two-
thirds vote of both houses. If it
does not do so a referendum can
be taken upon it, which would
. cause another election. It will be
the effort of Guthrie, Muskogee,
Tulsa and other towns to keep
the bill from getting that neces-
sary two-thirds.
Failing to do that, Guthrie will
again take the matter into the
courts, in the event the legisla-
ture passes the bill, and endeavor
again to get an opinion on the en-
abling act from the highest court.
Muskogee is actively in the
fight for the capital, and the east
side representatives are backing
her.
Gov.-elect Cruce is said to de
sire the whole matter settled be
fore he becomes governor, but
> that is hardly possible.
The special session will cost
from $25,000 to $50,000. but then
what's the "dif?" The people
pay; and they are rich, you know.
Building Twelve-Room House.
Mr. J. T. Payne, who purchased
the J. L. Harrington farm, west
of Norman, some months ago, ex-
pects to make many improve-
ments, and one of the first is a
twelve room modern house, which
is being built. Frank Flood has
the contract, and will sure put
up a fine building.
Mr. Payne has been quite suc-
c ssful in his Oklahoma invest-
ments. Some years ago he purch-
ased a farm east of Oklahoma
City, paying $13,000, and nearly
everybody said, "What a fool,"
"a fool and his money is soon
parted," and such like remarks.
However, he sold it recently for
$32,000, which war, certainly go-
ing some. And now he comes to
invest in Cleveland county prop-
erty.
-i -l l l i l 'I I H-
Frank Flood Gets Contract.
At the council meeting Tuesday
night Frank Flood secured the
contract for the curb and gutter-
ing, storm sewers and bringing
street to grade in District No. 8.
which is Peters Avenue south of
Eufaula Street six blocks. Mr.
Flod is to get 85 cents for the
curb and guttering, or 15 ccnts
less than was paid the Parker-
Washington Co. for the curb and
guttering in the paved district.
Prices for storm sewer were
from $1.80 to $2.25, according to
size.
The Transcript is pleased that
Mr. Flood got the contract. Not
only does it insure a good job,
but gives the work to a home
man—which is something very
much to be desired.
Will Go to the Town Adjacent to It
Best Equipped to Take Care
of It.
That Oklahoma City is the Me-
tropolis of Oklahoma and will
continue to be, and continue to
grow and prosper whether it re-
tains the capital of the state or
not, is unquestioned and unques-
tionable. It has secured such a
start that no other city in Okla-
homa can take her prestige from
her. She will unquestionably, in
time, be a city of from 150,000 to
200,000 population, or maybe
more.
This being true, it behooves the
small towns and cities in her im-
mediate vicinity to "get busy" to
take care of her overflow, making
their towns and cities attracive
with modern conveniences, good
schools, churches, good water,
sanitary conveniences, interur-
ban railways, etc. In this connec-
tion, it is a well-known fact that
no small city in the vicinity of
Oklahoma City offers better in-
ducements to that "overflow"
than Norman, but we must con-
tinue to make our little city "A
Good Place to Live in" if we
would continue to attract.
In this connection, the follow-
ing from the Kansas City Star is
of interest. The same conditions
exist in Oklahoma as applied to
Oklahoma City as exist up there
in connection with Kansas City.
The Star says:
"A number of small towns and
cities within a radius of forty or
fifty miles of Kansas City have
come to realize the importance of
making an inviting and attractive
place for the homeseekers who
desire to live outside of Kansas
City, enjoy the conveniences of
modern life and yet be within
easv access to the big city. For
that reason many of the Kansas
and Missouri towns have made
rapid development in their civic
growth. They have improved
their streets, increased their faci-
lities for caring for increased pop-
ulation, adopted advanced meth-
ods in everything pertaining to
the life of the community, and
have made the improvement of
their schools a matter of particu-
lar care.
"In any number of small cities
surrounding Kansas City can be
found city comforts and advant-
ages. In these towns, also, there
may be found from one to a dozen
homes that have been established
within the past five years by men
who have taken their families
there to give them the greater
freedom of life in the small towns
while the men themselves retain
their business connections it
Kansas City.
"But the realization of this po
tent influence in building up the
nearby towns appears to have
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
This year of 1910 is drawing to a close. The records of popu-
lation and harvests, which are the index of progress, show vigor
ous national growth and the health and prosperous well being of our
communities throughout this land and in our possessions beyond
the seas. These blessings have not descended upon us in restrict-
ed measures, but overflow and abound. 1 hey arc the blessings and
bounty of God.
We continue to be at peacc with tlie rest of the world. In all
essential matters our relations with other peoples are harmonious,
with an evergrowing reality of friendliness and depth of recogni-
tion of mutual dependence. It is especially to be noted that dur-
ing the last year great progress has been achieved in the cause of
arbitration and the peaceful settlement of international disputes
Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, president of the
United States of America, in accordance with the wise custom of
the civil magistrate since the first settlements in this land and with
the rule established from the foundation of this government, do
appoint Thursday, November 24, 1910, as a day of national thanks-
giving and prayer, enjoining the people upon that day to meet in
their churches for the praise of Almighty God and to return
thanks to Him for all His goodness and loving kindness.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this the fifth day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ten.
and the independence of the United States the one hundredth and
thirty-fifth.
(Signed) WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
AVERY A. ADEE, By the President.
Acting Secretary of State.
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REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS
NICE LIST OF RECENT TRANSFERS
MADE IN CLEVELAND
COUNTY
PROPERTY UN THE MOVE
Cleveland County Real Estate Is a
Good. Sound. Substantial
Investment
DOWN WITH THE
L
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS FOOTBALL
TEAMS TO MEET AT AUSTIN
ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
DEBATING AT THE UNIVERSITY
Students at University Thoroughly
and Accurately Analyzing Topics
of the Day.
to reap the benefit must be pre-
pared to care for it wlien tlie time
comes."
And is Norman going to fol-
low the example of Olathe anil
Leavenworth, or play second fid-
dle to other towns?
Final Big Game of Football.
Bennie Owen's aggregation of
football players, the State I ni-
versity team, left in a special car,
Tuesday, for Austin, Tex., where
today, Thanksgiving, they will
tackle the University of Texas
team. It promises to be a hard
fought game, and the outcome i>
problematical, but our boys have
hopes.
At the University, at chapel
hour, Tuesday, the boys were
given a royal sendoff, with a col-
lege yell that was probably heard
at Austin. It put the heartiest
kind of heart into the team, and
they will sure fight hard for vic-
tory
Mrs. Doty Dies from Burns.
Mrs. Laura Doty, a sister of
our fellow-townsman, \\ . J. Beck,
was so fatally burned by the ex-
plosion of a gasoline stove in her
home in Capital Hill last Thurs-
day, that she died, later, in a hos-
pital. Her home was also destroy-
ed. The Pointer gives the follow-
ing account of it:
Her flesh' horriblv burned, un-
Artie Reed in Venezuela.
The graduates who go out front
a University are soon scattered to
the four corncrs of the earth, in
all liklihood never to meet again.
Men who have toiled elbow to el-
bow, mastering the curriculum
together through four long years
of mingled work and pleasure,
may find themselves thousands
of miles apart a few months after
conscious and recovery extreme- j they separate at the door of their
ly doubtful. Mrs. Laura E. Doty: alma mater on commencement
of 18 East F street, Capital
lies in a local hospital, the victim
of a gasoline explosion at 11:30
today.
Mrs. Doty, with her grown
daughter, were alone in the house
and the former attempted to light
the gasoline stove, the oil igniting
and the stove exploding, throwing
the burning oil over her clothing.
By the time assistance could
reach her. her clothing was en-
tirely burned from her body.
Physicians were hurridly suni-
This is the final big game of moned and she was removed to a
the season, but on December 2nd, local hospital.
at Oklahoma City, the team will j ~
meet the Epworth College boys. Burned to Death By Gasoline.
This promises to attract much in- j News comes that Ruth, the lit-
terest, for it will be a real Okla-.tle 9-year-old daughter of Mr.
homa game—Oklahomans against and Mrs. W. 11. lluxton, living
Oklahomans.
near Denver, was so badly burn-
ed from an explosion of a gaso-
line stove on Thursday of last
week, that she died soon after-
wards. It seems that the stove
exploded, throwing the flaming
galosine over the little girl, ignit-
ing her clothing. She ran out of
(the house and the wind fanned
—Mr. and Mrs. John Louraine
assisted in the organization of a
Ben Hur lodge at Moore, Mon-
day night, and report a most de-
lightful time. A lodge will be es-
tablished in Norman at an early
date.
—I. A. Hullum, Sr., of Sayre
was over the latter part of last
week looking ofter property in-
terests. Mr. Hullum reports
everything lovely over his way.
All the family well, and himself
in th« Wt of hutlth
been very limited on the part of
any one of them except in the
case of Leavenworth and Olathe
in Kansas. These two cities are
really in the game in "dead earn-
est." They are building for the
inevitable day to come when the
overflow from Kansas City of this
most desirable class of home
builders will seek the outside city
which offers, along with other
advantages, the vital one of trans-
portation facilities. It is remark-
able that other enterprising towns
have failed to comprehend the
tremendous gain Olathe and
Leavenworth are making in se-
curing intcrurban service and
rock road connections with Kan-
sas City. They will be ready to of-
fer the inducements that made an
Evanston for Chicago when that
Oodles of Sidewalks.
Norman may be a little slow
in getting her public improve-
ments, but when they do come
they are of a most substantial
character, and are such that the
citizens can always point to
them with pride. The latest | the flames until she was com-
notable improvement is the pletely enveloped, and before it
building of a cement sidewalk in I could be extinguished had re~
front of the Walch property onlceived burns from which she
Comanche Street. The walk will could not recover. The funeral
be ten feet in width and will was held on Friday, burial being
connect the Santa Fe passenger; made in the Denver cemetery,
depot walk with that of the The parents are greatly pros-
Carey-Lombard Lumber Cojtrated over the afiair, and have
making a complete walk from the the sincere sympathy of the en-
First National Bank corner to the j tire community in their affliction,
depot. >yo1and Martin and H. P
day. Although a young institu-
tion, the University of ()klahoma
is no exception to the rule and its
graduates may be found in all
parts of the globe. The latest to
go into distant lands in quest of
fame and fortune is Artie C.
Reeds,-the former great Univer
sity athlete, who departed last
week for .Venezuela where he has
a position as geologist with some
capitalists in the revolutionary
South American republic. Reeds
graduated last spring, and spent
the summer with a government
geological party in Wyoming, oner
His chief was A. C. Veach of
Washington, I). C. who was re-
cently appointed director of the
Venezuelan geological survey.
So well pleased was the directoi
with the work of the young Ok-
lahoman that he made him his
assistant, and last week Reeds
stopped off at Norman, said good
bye to friends and home folks
and left for a two years stay on
the other side of the equator.
For $2000 (). C. Coleman has
iold Ithe Inorth half i northwest
29-7-1 east to J. E. Arnold.
For $1500 Andrew Kingkade
has sold Berry F. Reynolds lot
ti and northeast southwest 6-7-1
east.
For $1500 A. L. Lewis has sold
the south half northwest 5-7-1
east to 11. \Y Wagoner.
O. W. Smithpeter has sold his
residence property at Denver to
W. I. Warren for $5(X).
For $11,000 Lttcian Crumpack-
er has sold S. J. Hales the north-
west of 9-9-13 west, subject to a
mortgage of $4,000.
Wm. II. Gilmore has sold Ferd
Meyer the northeast of 13-9-3
west for $4,000.
For $1000 J. D. Brock has sold
James II. Bennett the east half
northeast 7-8-1 east.
For $2000 Frank Essex has sold
Sam Crawford the west half of
lot 3 and lots 6 to 8 block 9 Wag.
Add. to Norman.
For $800 Tom Clement has
sold Ti. E. Harmon the northwest
of 24-7-1 east.
For $1000 Oscar Smithpeter
has sold Geo. S. McLaughlin part
of the southeast of 27-9-1 west.
For $1000 C. W. Miller ha:
sold Russell K. Sharp the north
west of 6-8-1 east.
For $2500 Rebecca Coffey has
sold Geo. M. Crane the north half
southwest of section 4 and north-
east southeast section 5-6-1 east.
For $5000 Geo. O. Hawk has
sold Charlie B. Haley the south-
east of 14-8-2 west.
John Woods has sold T. W.
Williford the northeast of 22-8-1
east for $1950.
S. T. Cunningham has sold H.
A. Phelps lots 10 to 12 block 51,
Norman, for $3500.
Taylor Dickerson has sold F..
I'. Jennings the southeast of 21-
10- i west for $1100.
A. P. Cornell has sold Mrs. Ada
Downing lots 27 to 30 block 40
for $700.
A. R. Eddington has sold lots
12 to 16 block 11. I.arsh and Wag-
first Add. to Norman to
W. C. Lawrence for $3500.
Warren J. Pickard has sold
Wm. J. Pickard the southeast of
20-10-4 west for $5000.
Ci. W. 1 lesser has sold three
acres in the northeast northwest
"Down with the Longhorns,"
is the cry that the student body
at the University of Oklahoma
is raising since the Sooner grid-
ironers demons'tjrated tjieir su-
periority over the Jayhawkers in
the recent memorable kickfest at
Oklahoma City. The Texans are
to be encountered at Austin on
Thanksgiving day and every-
thing would indicate that Coach
Owen has a big task before him
if lie expects to answer the stu-
dent's cry and wrest the laurels
of victory from the warriors of
the orange and white. The Long-
horns will take the field backed
by an enviable record for the
season and strengthened by the
knowledge that they are on their
own heath, with their fellows
roaring encouragement through
a thousand megaphones. Oklaho-
ma has gone into hard training
for the battle and the great Soon-
er football machine will be at its
best when it makes the journey
south. As the one year eligibility
rule does not apply several pre-
mier wearers of the pads who
could not enter against Kansas
and Missouri will be in the line-
up. The team should be at least
a third stronger than when it
outfought the Kansas giants.
Since none of the players are in-
jured and sufficient time will
elapse in which to put the revis-
ed combination in perfect work-
ing order, the student body at
Oklahoma figures on a decisive
victory, which is all the more
longed for because Texas took
the Oklahomans' tag last year'.v
a good score.
Alden also completed 14-foot
walks in front of their respective
places of business this week, and
we notice East Main street is be-
ginning to "get into the swim."
walks having been started in
front of the building on the cor-
ner of Crawford and Main. Let
the good work go on.
Work On Sewer to the River.
City Attorney Keiger has se-
cured the approval of the recent
SI 5,000 bond issue of the city, to
be used in the extension of the
sewer to the river, and work on
>ame will be commenced immcd
iately. Tippie & Co., of Okla-
homa City having secured the
contract. The ceptic tank plant
ill be retained, however, as the
At the University of Oklaho-
ma debating is perhaps more
popular than anywhere else in
the west. Why this is so no one
can say. It may be because in a
student body made up of ele-
ments both from the north and
south are found mingled the elo-
quence of the Cavalier and the
logic of the Yankee. Oklahoma
has always been able to a little
more than hold her own on the
rostrum with the older and larg-
er neighboring universities. This
year a debate in which each
school will be represented by
three men will be held with Kan-
sas at Lawrence. It is also like-
ly that a contest will be arranged
of 30-9-2 west to C. G Anderson ; with Missouri, Colorado or Den-
Oklahoma's Severe Drought.
From all parts of the stat
comes word that
now suffering
drought she has had for years,
never-failing springs drying up,
streams dry and the wheat crop
suffering especially. No section
seems to be exempt, the drought
being prevalent everywhere.
We hear, too, of farmers so
discouraged that tliev arc think
ing of plowing up their wheat
fields. Far be it for The Tran-
script to advise farmers what to
do or not to do, but we believe
we would think twice before tak-
ing this step. Bide a wee. It is al-
ways darkest before dawn, and
the probabilities arc you'll be
wanting less rain in a few weeks.
for $1500.
S. J. Bridgewater has sold J.
Ross Bridgewater lot 4 in block
10 Wagoner's first Add. to Nor-
man for $3500.
For $11,000 A. J. Smith has
sold J. P. Payne the northeast of
28-9-3 west. '
John Higgins has sold his farm
()klahoma is i llcar Mardock, the southwest of
the severest! n_g_i east to a. E. Lutes and E
M. Ilerty for $3500.
A. P. Witt has sold Sam W.
Jones lot 13 in block 33, Norman,
"for $1200.
Ned Towles has sold J. J. Wil-
lingham the northeast of 11-13-1
east for $3000.
S. A. Richards has sold J. \\ .
Richards lots 27 to 32 block 8,
Norman, for $'XX).
A. G. Edwards has sold to C.
J. Canada the south half of north-
west 26-8-1 east for $500.
|. S. Samples has sold John L
ver University. The prize offer-
ed last year by the Oklahoma
congressmen and a number of
standing individual prizes have
recently given a powerful stimu-
lus to debating at Oklahoma.
Griffin lots 11 to 13 block 5 and
lots 34 and 35 in block 4, in the
State Uni. Add. to Norman, for
$1000.
W. I'". Roller has sold Lillie
Corn lots 1 and 2 block 31 fjr
$700.
B. F. Gano has sold C. W. Car-
gill lots 1 to 4 block 26, Lexing-
ton, for $800.
For $10,000 A. McDaniel has
transferred to E. B. Johnson the
northeast of 3-9-3 west and 330
bv 165 feet in southwest corner
of northwest 31-9-3 west.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bradley
left Monday for Murpheysboro,
| Tenn., to spend Thanksgiving
and Christmas among old friends j 24, Norman, for $3500.
—Sheriff and Mrs. Herman
Newblock, of Tulsa, were here I sewerage must pass through the
city was in the same class that I Friday in charge of a patient for i tank before it can be taken to
Kansas City is now in. | the asylum. By the way, Mr.,the river. The ceptic tank clears |
"It is certain that some town I Newblock was re-elected sheriff] it of all offensive or destructive I and relatives. Tom IS. Matthews,
will reap the harvest of Katisasjof Tulsa county by a whopping: matter, so that when deposited j who is managing a tapioca plan-
City's overgrowth. Another cer-1 big majority. Evidently "rtiak 'n the river it fully compo s with|tation in Porto Rico, expects to
t inty ii thtt tin xown that hop >; ing gsod" in *v ry r« p*ct |th<! l w.
Mrs. L. E. Curtis leaves to-
\rtcr tlit"northeast of 26-8-1 west | day for Siscton, S. Dak., where
for $2500 i she will be head matron of the
J W Turner sold I. T. Done-' Presbyterian Mission school. She
ghue lots A and B and fin block I has had extensive experience in
23 Moore for $300 1 that work' and wltl K,ve most
" j. R. Holland has sold S. T. j satisfactory service.
Cunningham lots 13 and 14 block! —A large assortment of
| beautiful embroideries just plac-
mt« th*m th*r«
L. J. Robertson has sold S. C j ed on sale at the Mill Remnant
Scott the west li.^lf northwest j sale of Winans'—You'll need
34-8-1 west for SI 400 'em, so buy When they are
Dr, A. T, Clark has told Dr.! chcap*
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