Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 141, Ed. 1 Monday, June 14, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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norman daily independent.
Published « u ry day < Sun*
cliiy hy
V. E. DANNER, Editor and Prop.
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Entered :ik accond clans matter Jan-
nary 27, 1!I0!) at the poHlofflce at Nor-
man. Oklahoma, under act of March
3, 1870.
NEW 67 AVE NOTES.
The Pioneer Telephone Company in
upending r:ilM>ut $10,000 in improving
the vervJoo rtn Cherokee.
The board of counly co.iiiiilKsKj.i' a
for CitjiIk counl.v are viewing sll«is for
$.'15,000 worth of brklK<*H.
More than 1,000 tn-x warrants have j
(been issued in Pontotoc county for ile- i
Mnquen/t taxes f<*r the year 1008.
About fonty owners and supcrluton- |
dente of oil willis In ti he state attended
the annual conivontlon in New Orleans
Ui. last week.
A fvpecinl train left Oklahoma Mon-
day carrying Hie members of the con
federate v cite rails to Hie ■convention iln
Metnphiw, Tenn.
Stale bank examiner Charles Taylor,
ftnnounccx! last week that the okla-
homa bank iguaran-ty fund now ban to
Its credllt $302,489.2 l.
Tho Gulf Pipe 'IJ no coimiapny la: t
^veek closed a deal wiiliifing control of ! n,.v plac<
SERIAL
STORY
=HER=
INFINITE
VARIETY
By Brand Whitlock
Illustrations by Ray Walters
I (Oop/riglit, 11107, by liobbtt Merrill Co.)
CHAPTER I.
Amelia came running eagerly down
the wide Htulth. (uid though she was
smiling with (ho Joy of Vernon's coin-
ing, she stopped on the bottom step
long enough to shako out tho skirt of
the new Hprlng gown ulie wore, with n
mnnner I hut told hIio had It on that
evening for tho first tImo. Vernon
lustoned lo meet her, and It wan not
iiitll he had kissed her and released
her from his embrace that she saw tho
Crossing case he had set down in the
All.
"What's that for?" she naked In
nlnrm. Her smile faded suddenly, leav-
ing her face wholly serious.
"I have to go hack to night," ho re-
plied, almost guiltily.
"To-night!"
"\os; I must bo In Springfield In
the morning."
"Mm what about the dinner!"
"Well," he began, helplessly, "I
guess you'll have to get somebody In
(i leases In the Tutoa <dil field. The
total consideration wnh $150,000.
The stjuto (board of affairs Inst
wieek, awarded the contract of the
printing of the giencriiJ staiuti .i. The
cost will be $32,000.
Directors of tho Southern
mill State Fair association, have ilee.lil
«hI to open tihe next exhibition at Ard-
more Oclober 9th.
Tho state ICpworth 1/oagite conven-
tion held In Muskoigcc last week ohoio
Wagoner us the place for the next tin-
■Mbul meeting.
Oklahoma will have u new thnur^i
ocean lo ooinm train .Inly I. when
the Rock Island railroad will open lis
I'xtensllon from Atniarlllo lo Tin iimcarl,
N. M.
Oovornor Haskell, list week, Issued
Ms .proclamation re-opening tihe state
dispensaries 1u tow ns of 2 000 popula-
tion or more, or In county seals re-
gardh-ss of 'population
(VI. A. li. Green of Sulphur tin.i
tendered to the secretary of Hie Inter
lor his reslgnallon as Kuperlntouilout
of Halt National park, lo take ethel
upon Ihe a;>iH lmfmeiit of a successor
Krnest Hook. iii;ht cook 111 tho peni-
tentiary at .McAJcMor escaped from
(lie guards when ho was called to be-
gin his shin. He scaled the ttockads
tu a fusillade of bullets, but was np
parcntly uniiurt.
T. M. Jeffords of 101,dn, Okla.. who
for tlio past >ear linn been staite su
iK-rlntendcnt <>r termers' Inatitutea, baa
Ikxmi given (lie chair tif agriculture
In tho Agricultural and Meehunleal
College ill Stillwater.
II. (!. McKeever. ron lily attorney of
Garfield county lias tiled suit 111 the dis- ,
rlct court praying that the I'n.lon Mu-
tual Insurance l\v. he oustinl from the
county ivn the ground that Uicy have
failed to comply with the state law
Notice has keen received by Or.
lleorgc llrnep, tuipvrimtcndcnt <.f the
blind school at Fort Gibson, of his
appointment by Governor Haskell as
a delegate to the national conforenee
of tVirreotlons and Charities to ho
held in IhifTalo, N\ w York, from Juno
9 to HI.
Tulsa lias let another pa\;n,i; con-
tract ealling for four miles of asplmlt
at a oust of .ippivxlmn'.cly K'OO.UOii.
'1 wo yeais ag\> 1 he tlrs! paving eon-
tract W'tis let in th| . ci:> Today Tul-
sa lias sixteen mules of esph:iit pa\e-
ment and two miles of brick
Tho bowl of city commissioners of
MOW* have decided that all slot
machines, (Shaking dice for cigar-, and
playing of ' Kelly" pool must stop, also
ot,h« r tonus of gambling and have
given tho members of tin- police force
ordws to "clean up." Tlic orders car-
ries with It a penalty of dismissal
from the force If any one Is found
where the ordinances have boon in--
looted.
Tlie Tonkawa Ind'ane. whoso o r I g i
till reservntioroi and allotments are lo-
cated a,bout twenty uillcs north of
Perry. have lost their claim against the
jswvernmont 1'arou.rti a decti n n In
congn.sf. which disallow,,] their
e 1 linis for more mono* on surplus
lend which was originally a part of
.the N\ it IVrce reservation.
Amelia stripped and looked at him in
amazement.
I thought the senate never met
Mondays until live o'clock in the after-
noon?" she said.
[ "It doesn't, usually; hut 1 had a tel-
egram from Porter an hour ago;
there's lo lie a conference In the morn
Ing."
They started toward the drawing
room. Amelia was pouting In her dis
appointment.
"I knew something would spoil It."
she said, fatalistically. And then she
added, presently: "I thought that Mon-
day afternoon session never lasted
longer than a minute. You never went j
down before until Monday night."
"I know, dear," said Vernon, apolo-1
gelically, "hut now that the session is Anu'lia
Hearing its close, we're busier than wv
have been."
"Can't you wire Mr. Porter and get
him to let you off?" she asked.
Vernon laughed.
"He Isn't my master," he replied.
"Well, he acts like It," she retorted,
and then as If she had suddenly hit
upon an unanswerable argument she
went on: "If that's so why do you
pay any attention to his telegram?"
"It isn't he, dear," Vernon explained.
"It's tho party \\(. are to have a very
Important conference to consider a sit
hud sparkled blue In the warm wlntf
that came up somewhere from the
southwest, but by night the wind had
wheeled around, and the lake resumed
Its normal cold and menacing mood.
As Vernon sank into the chair he
caught a narrow glimpse of the boule-
vard between the curtains of the large
window; In the brilliant light of a
street lamp he could see a cold rain
slanting down on to the asphalt.
"How much longer Is this legislature
lo last, anyway?" Amelia demanded, as
she arranged herself In the low chair
before him.
"Three weeks," Vernon replied.
"Three—weeks—more!" The girl
drew the words out.
"Yes, only throe weeks," said "Ver-
non. "And then we adjourn sine die.
The Joint resolution fixes the dale for
Juno second."
Amelia said nothing. She was usu-
ally disturbed when Vernon began to
speak of his joint resolutions; which
was, perhaps, the reason why ho spoke
of them so often.
"Of course," Vernon went on, with
a certain Impression of relief In his
words, ' I have another session after
this."
"When will that be?" Amelia asked.
' Winter after next. Tho governor,
though, may call a special session to
deal with tho revenue question. That
would take us all back thcro again
next winter."
Next Winter!" she cried, leaning
over in alarm. "Do you mean you'll
have to be away all next winter, too!"
'I ho significance of her tone was
sweet to Vernon, and he raised him-
self lo take her hands In his.
"You could lie with mo then, dear-
est," he said, softly.
"In Springfield!" she exclaimed.
"Why not?" asked Vernon. "Other
members have their wives with them
some of them," he qualified, think-
ing how few of the members cared to
have their wives with them during the
session.
"What could one do In Springfield,
pray'."' Amelia demanded. "Go to the
legislative hops, I suppose? And dance
reels w ith farmers and West side poli-
ticians!" She almost sniffed her dis-
gust.
"Why, dearest," Vernon pleaded,
"you do them a great injustice. Some
of them are really of the best people;
Ihe society in Springfield is excellent.
At the governor's reception at the
mansion the other night—"
"Now, Morley," Amelia' said, with
a smile that was Intended to reproach
him mildly for this attempt to impose
upon her credulity.
"And. besides," Vernon hurried on,
suddenly taking a different course with [
her, " you could be a great help to
me. I never address the senate that 1 i
don't think of you. and wish you were j
there to hear me."
"I should like to hear you," said |
softening a little. "But of
"Well," he BiJ«, apv«adlog kia hMti
wide, "of couise, if you don't cap*
enough to look la the newspapers!"
"But how could I, Morley?" said
Amelia. "How was 1 to know where
to look?"
"Why, In the Springfield dispatches."
"I began by reading the papers,"
Amelia said. "Hut, really now, Mor-
ley, you know I couldn't find anythlug
In them about you."
"The most Important work In the
legislature Isn't done In the newspa-
pers," said Vernon, with a significance
that was Intended to hide Ills Incon-
sistency. "There are committee meet-
ings, and conferences and caucuses;
It is there that policies are mupped
out and legislation framed."
lie spoke darkly, as of secret, ses-
sions held at night on tho upper floors
of hotels, attended only by those who
had received whispered Invitations.
"But If you must be in politics," she
said, "why don't you do something big,
something great, something to make
a stir? Show your friends that you
are really accomplishing something!"
Amelia sat erect and gave a strenu-
ous gesture with one of her little fists
clenched. Her dark eyes showed the
excitement of ambition. But Vernon
drooped and placed Ills hand wearily
to bis brow. Instantly Amelia started
up from her chair.
"Does that light annoy you?" Her
tone was altogether different from her
ambitious one. She was stretching out
a hand toward the lamp, and the white
Ilesli glowed red between her lingers,
held against the light.
"Never mind," said Vernon. "It
doesn't bother me."
But Amelia rose and twisted the
shade of the lamp about, and then, as
she was taking her seat again, sho
went on:
I suppose It'll be worse then ever
after—after we're—married." She fal-
tered, and blushed, and began making
/THE
ERICANl
HOME
-A.RADFORD
EDITOR
M';, William A. Radford will answer
ttnd Blvo advice FREE OF
-,!v^ ?'1 subjects pertaining to tha
subject of building for the reuderi of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer, ho Is. without doubt, the highest
authority on all those subjects. Address
?„'] Inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
ISM Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only
inclose two-cent stamp for reply.
For genuine family comfort there is
nothing better or more satisfactory
than a medium-sized square house
built after this plan. It contains eight
rooms besides the bathroom, a good
attic, all the closet room necessary
and convenient stairways from the cel-
lar to the roof, besides all the so-called
modern conveniences.
The house Is 38 feet In width by 32
feet from front to back, built of ce-
ment with the latest and moBt ap-
proved construction throughout. Every
room in the house Is square or nearly
so. The stairway Is so placed that It
takes up tho least valuable space. The
bathroom and kitchen plumbing are
closely connected, as they should be.
The cellar is so arranged that the
heating plant may be properly placed
under the center of tlio house. In fact
the whole plan is as near right as ex-
perience and modern methods can
make it. Such a house, when finished,
Is occupied to the pride and satisfac-
tion of the owner and It Is a credit to
the neighborhood.
In building a cement house It Is
probably more Important to select a
good sensible plan than when building
of some other material, because a
cement house once built Is there for
all time. It cannot be altered without
using dynamite or something else
about as powerful. It never burns
ot tills house you can see what It will
by 50 years from the time it Is built.
The cement will soften down In tones
and will Improve with age In appear-
ance as well as hardness. The win-
dows are of sufficient size to always
remain fashionable because they are
sensible. Fashions may come and
fashions may go but common sense re-
mains.
A plcatant feature is the grate In
Second Floor Plan
the upper bedroom. Sickness is almost
sure to overtake every family sooner
or later. One of the most valuable
additions to a sick room is an open
fire. It Is the best ventilator known
and Its cheerful glow Is almost enough
'o drive away disease without the aid
of medicine. Sick people are often
kill-id by shutting the windows tight
:o prevent a draught. The patient Is
m
courso 1 couldn't think of appearing In |
| the senate."
"Why not? Ladies often appear!
there."
"Yes, overdressed, no doubt."
"Well, you wouldn't have to he over-
dressed," Vernon retorted. He seemed
to have the advantage, but he decided
to forego it. He sank back on the
cushions of his chair, folding his hands
and plainly taking the rest a senator
needs after his legislative labors.
"Of course." he said, "we needn't
discuss it now. The governor may nor
call the special session. If the party
but he paused, thinking how little
interested she was In the party.
"1 wish you'd let politics alone,"
Amelia went on relentlessly. "It seems a moment, and then suddenly
so so common. 1 don't see what there looked up.
is i-.i it to attract you. And how am 1 "Washington would be ever so much
ever going to explain your absence to better, Morley," she said "I should
those people to-morrow night? Tell , feel a6 if that really amounted to some-
them that politics detained you, I sup- thing. We d know all the diplomats
pose: She looked at him severely, and I'm sure in that atmosphere you
and yet triumphantly, as if she had re- would become a great man."
"We'd Know All the Diplomats."
little plaits in her handkerchief, study-
ing the effect with a sidewise turn of
her head.
Vernon bent over and took both her
hands in his.
If it were only Washington!"
I here was a new regret in her tone, as
there was in the inclination of her
head.
"It shall be Washington, dear," ho
said.
down and so far as the walls are con-
cerned the older tliey are the more
valuable they become. But a person
can hardly make a mistake in build-
Amelia's eyelids fell and she blushed , 'nK a house after this plan. This gen-
eral style was popular a hundred years
again, even in the glow the lamp shed
upon her face. They were silent for ! nK° and it has been fashionable ever
she
She Stepped on the Bottom Step Long
Enough to Shake Out the Skirt.
nation that has just arisen. 1 must not
miss It."
"Well. It ruins my dinner, that s
all." she sail!, helplessly. I wanted
you here."
\ ernen bad eetue up from Spring
field as usual for the week's end ad-
journment, and Amelia had eount>d , n
his waiting over, as he always ele. for
the Monday night train, before going
back to his duties in tin senat< Mori
than all. she had counted on him for a
dinner she hud arranged for Mondav
i veiling.
' What time does your train leave"
she asked, in the voice of one who suc-
cumbs finally to a hopeless situation.
"Eleven twenty," he said. "But 1
brought my luggage o\er with mi. so
i could start from here at the last
minute. I'll go over to the Twenty-
third street station and
there."
ad hat
d the problem to an absurdity.
"Why." said Vernoon, "you can tell
them that I was called suddenly to
Springfield; that an Important matter
in the senate—"
"The senate!" Amelia sneered.
"But. dearest," Vernon began, lean-
ing over in an attitude fcr argument.
She cut him short.
"Why, Morley, do you think I'd
ever let on to those Eltons that I know-
any one in politics?"
"Don't they have politics in New
York?" he asked.
"They won't even know where
Springfield is!" she went on irrele-
vantly.
t hat'll they say when they receive
our cards next fall?' he asked with a
smile.
"Well, you needn't think your name
will be engraved on them as senator. I
can assure you!" Her dark eves
Vernon laughed again, and Amelia
went on;
You can laugh, but I really believe
you would if I'd let you!"
They were silent after that, and
Amelia sat with her elbow on the arm
of her chair, her chin in her hand
meditating gloomily on her ruined
dinner.
"If you did ar.v good by being in
politics." she said, as if speaking tc
herself. ' But 1 fail to see what good
you do. What good do you do? She |
f"i d her head suddenly and ctal- I
longed him :th a high look.
1 will, dear; 1 will," he declared,
"but it w ill be all for you."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Value of Trees in Towns.
"The planting of trees in streets
and public places is a sure means of
increasing the healthfulness of a
town, as well as adding to its beautv.
But." says a writer in Building World,
not all trees are suitable for town
planting; and in order to insure suc-
cess, a nursery in which to grow the
selected trees should be established
;n the neighborhood. London appears
to be well provided in this respect.
The Ixindon county council maintains
its own nurseries, and large tracts of
ground at Avery Hill are reserved for
rearing of young trees, whose ulti-
mate destinations are the various
parks and public gardens of the
metropolis."
since. Variations have been made
from time to time in the size and sty lo
of windows, and of course the adoption
o? such modern improvements as gas,
hot water and the new styles of heat-
ing apparatus have necessitated in-
ternal changes.
The Inside appearance is very much
improved by placing all the pipes in
the walls as far as possible, lint we
must remember that It Is necessary to
get at the pipes for repairs. This is
especially necessary when building a
licuse of cement construction, because
a pipe once embedded In cement is
Reciprocity.
There is a little shop in Park place
before the door of which is a small
1. x. The top is fastened by a padlock.
The key is kept in a hiding place
xnown only to the man who keeps the
shop, and to the postman. When tlie
postman has a letter for that number
he unlocks the little box. drops in the
mail, finds a ciga
First Floor Plan
(here for all time. Where the up mid
down pipes are placed In one corner
locks the'box and I "f the kUch,M1 " r,'<'l'"s 111 I'm wnll can
proceeds on his way. This has been
going on a long time. The man who
keeps the shop lives over on Long
isiand. He has no clerk and comes to
business whenever the spirit moves
Tim.—New York Times.
cau!
Had to be in Proper Form
Amci;
non Ilk
oeep
t< ■ -Oil t )VN
Was on It m
liouso had b<
in an eaj
spring, b
ir V«
i.i that
An si ex
preti
pring in c:
was
day
xiornlng had been br.gfct and the lake 1 dia;.
Without H s Retain ng Fee Ycurr
Lawyer Could Not Act.
An impecunious young lawyer re-
cer.t:.. received the following letter
fn : • a tailor to whom he wis la-
.<r Sir—Kindly advise me by re-
mai! when I may expect a remit-
e from you in sittlement of ray
".r.i. Y'ours truly. J. Snlppeta."
.< follower of Ulackstiat latac-
:ly replied;
'T^ear Sir—I have your request for
advice of a recent date, and beg leave
to say that not having received any
retainer from you 1 cannot act In the
premises. Vpon receipt of your check
for S.5G I shall be very glad to look ! low
I be made to accommodate them mid
this recess may bo closed with huiiiII
doors In such n way as to |l>(>l< r||;|,i
and be very convenient In after yenrn
when the pipes have become rusied
In building a cement house mi,ril
■ elaborate plans nre necessary Jnm f,„
this reason, and the morn liralim tin
architect has at his cnminuinl an.I ti,,,
nsire anxious he Is to ,|o the
thing the better the p|m,„ ,vm h„
The cost of such prellinliwry work
should not be a factor In (le|nrniliiinK
w hether such plans are secured m
I; Is a foregone conclusion i|lnt ()||,
only right way to hulld ||im
this kind Is lo itlart rich! ninl i
kept in a foul atmosphere both day
and night until the disease works de-
Ftruotion, when abundance of fresh air
would have given the necessary vital-
ity to overcome it.
It !s a great mistake to build a house
without an open fireplace, but I am
sorry to notice that hundreds of
American women object to using then*
after they are built. This comes
partly from prejudice because at one
lime we had to depend on lire places
for warmth. They failed to heat
houses comfortably and everybody
cried down the good old fireplace sim-
ply because they hadn't the facilities
to use it right. W hen stoves came in
most houses were loose-jointed enough
to let tlie necessary air In through the
cli'nks and the inmates of the house
had ventilation witliot realizing It.
Ilul now that we have learned to
build air tight houses wo should also
learn to ventilate them. We must do
so or disease will get the better of us.
Tho while plaguo is already claiming
inoro victims than almost all other dis-
cuses and the reason is that we shut
ourselves up In our modern houses to
keep warm mid shut tho disease iu
with us.
In building this cement house study
the problem of ventilation. Lay out
air Hues In such a way as to take
the foul air from the bottom of tho
rooms. Iteniember that In ten tears'
thn" 11 that Is not properly ven-
tdated will bo condemned by popular
Opinion. The handwriting is already
on ihe wall. Hoards of health in each
'ai' ,iio taking up the tuberculosis
firiiiil.-ni and II,ey are all pointing to
""" > of proper ventilation, and
ptoper ventilation Is n subject that the
Al""'1' "'"1 I'1" have got to give their
;|1' nlion to whether they want to or
the matter up for you and to acquaint
yc.-.i with the results of my investiga-
tions. I am. sir. with great respect,
your cost oledicnt servant, Barclay
B. Coke, —Succis.s llagaiiua.
I ho right
in
h.l
to end. II c
tied details
mi only In
drawn In
I" ginning
I'V spec!
!n poirii
manner as to l„. ,,|„|„ ,
able In every pai l of tlm v ,,rj. ,
lcoking ,,l the perspective «lcvatl,«,'
r splendid feature about this
"• laf« front veranda.
When properly fitted with fly screens
In milliner mill Hush |n w|nter ,|j|g
ei III.Ill ill like nil extra room and It Is
room in connection
The idea of living 0„t
on thn porch a good deal of tho time
" KOI',I one. It |H
I hires mill should
"f 11 utiloor rooms are fit-
'',l wl,h v,'rv I'retty furniture;
f'"- llurc, It |„ |t |g for
'"/"I r"lnllur" I" manv
' ! B d "I all sorts cf
11,1 ^ "ii can pay us much for a
!' ,;h;"r f r a good ar-
"I f'n nil hi m to fit (ho
"h "in k• ■ I mm JukI
fail In some
ho evorywhere.
I wo Ol
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IM-' MIIMO | |||> \
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parlor or
"H comfortable
' " 'l"llnis Sometimes I
11" 1 n"on look tho host
'•in Ht tho reyulr*
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