The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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HOME
-A.RADFORD
EDITOR
Mr. William a. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for thu readers of
tills paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author Manufac-
turer. he Is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all th^se subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111,, and only en-
close two-cent stamp for reply.
When the subject of the concrete
building block la mentioned to some
people objection is immediately offer-
ed to it as something that is not de-
sirable. But a revelation was made
at the recent cement shows in New
York and Chicago, where marvelous
creations along this line were shown.
There is no question as to the econ-
omy offered by the concrete block.
The only valid objection has been the
sameness and Imitative features of
the material. This feature may now
be said to have been removed entirely,
and It is possible to build a house of
blocks and have a structure that will
present the most pleasing appear-
ance.
The other objection, that of the
dampness of the concrete block, is no
longer tenable. There are many good
and effective waterproofing compounds
now available that make the surface
of the block Impervious to water, or
at least as waterproof as it Is desir-
able to have the block. The concrete
block should be Just porous enough to
take up the natural dampness or hu-
midity to prevent sweating on the In-
side of the house, as would be the case
with a wall that was absolutely water-
proof.
In all parts of the Dnlted States now
the concrete block is being used to Its
best advantage. This form of con-
struction is especially advantageous
to those in small towns where gravel
is available for the making of the
blocks. The machinery manufacturers
give full Instructions, and any man
This gives a block with an extremely
rough face. After being properly cured
the blocks are laid Into the wall and
after this is complete the outer sur-
face Is plastered with cement mortal
and finished in any desired way. The
result is a wall that has all the appear-
ance of a monolithic wall, is hollow,
Porch
pantry
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Kitchen
I I'OW
Bed Poom
?v*qv
DiNinc Poom
iro-xiro-
LINING Poom
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Porch
9 4 xii 6
GOVERNOR VETOED
MUSKOGEE FAIR
BILL
W ith his veto of the Muskogee state
fair bill Governor Cruce advanced the
argument that the state "should not
undertake to manage a fair." In dis-
approving the bill Governor Cruce also
stated that he was opposed to the es-
tablishment of any more state Insti-
tutions. "The number we have now,
distributed as they are, are a positive
"Second. I am opposed to the estab-
lishment, at present, of any more state
institutions. The number we now
have, distributed as they are, are a pos-
itive menace to good government. The
only thing that now stands between the
demands of these Institutions and the
treasury of the state is the governor.
Establish a few more and the governor
will be powerless to stay the prodigal
menace to good government," he says., hand, for measures will easily be passed
in commenting upon the state fair
proposition as made in the Muskogee
fair bill, the governor made the follow-
ing statement:
I have disapproved this bill, first,
because I do not think this state should
undertake to manage a fair. Person-
xlly I am opposed to the government
ndertaking to do a thing that an indl-
/idual or corporation can do as well.
vairs are largely private enterprises
ind as such should be managed apart
from the government. I understand
that no appropriation is asked at this
time, but several sections of the bill
can leave no doubt that it is the inten-
tion of the promoters of the proposi-
tion to ask future legislatures to give
financial aid, and when the time comes
the state can ill afford to withhold a
helping hand. It i proposed to make
this a state fair, give to it all the cred-
it and prestige the name Implies, and
when launched upon this plan, the
state cannot afford to see it fail.
Floor Plan.
and yet not a penny has been expend
ed for forms.
We show here the design of a con-
crete block cottage or bungalow, as
cottages are termed now. The house
is twenty-two feet four inches wide
and thirty-three feet eight inches long.
The general appearance of the houso
is that of coziness and it is one that
should appeal to home lovers. It will
be noted that even the porch is form-
ed of concrete blocks. Directly off the
porch is a living room that has a fire-
place. This room Is ten feet six inches
wide and eleven feet long. Dack of
this room Is the dining room, which is
ODD FELLOWS TO CONSOLIDATE
East and West Side Lodges to be Con-
solidated.
An event of great importance in the
fraternal world is the proposed con-
solidation of the Odd Fellows Grand
Lodges and Grand Encampments and
Itebekah Assemblies of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, which is scheduled
to occur during the week beginning
Monday, April 10th, at Oklahoma City.
All other fraternal, professional and
religious bodies, except the Odd Fel-
lows have already amalgamated.
Judge J. B. A. Robertson, of Chand-
ler, Past Grand Master and present
Grand Representative to the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge, will have charge
and carry into effect the agreement
of consolidation at the coming meet-
ing. George A. Henshaw, present
Corporation Commissioner, is the
Grand Master of the Indian Territory
Jurisdiction, while J. L. Robertson, of
Newkirk, is Grand Master of the Ok-
lahoma organization. There are 18,000
Odd Fellows on the Oklahoma side
and 16,000 on the Indian Territory
side, making a total of 43,000 when
united; besides this there will be
more than 20,000 Rebekahs. It is
expected that from 8,000 to 10,000 Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs will attend the
meeting at Oklahoma City which will
last the greater part of a week.
over his veto. It is time to look at this
situation soberly and sensibly. There
are few men indeed who can shake
themselves loose from the fettering
hand of local influences and Interests,
and It is rare indeed that a legislator
can be found who will vote against an
appropriation for an institution in his
district, no matter how useless or ex-
travagant it may be. But the injury
and wrong to Oklahoma does not stop
with the matter of appropriations.
Practically all legislation is affected,
and the man with a meritorious bill in
the interests of the people is frequently
compelled to make terms with appro-
priation advocates before he can pass
useful measures. Muskogee has a
splendid fair, financed and managed by
able and capable citizens of that city.
I want to see this fair grow into much
larger importance, and I am sure that
it will; but I do not believe this state,
under present conditions, should go in-
to this business."
IN THE LITERARY WORLD
CARNIVAL AT OKLAHOMA CITY
who wants to build a home with con-
crete blocks can do so If he has the
proper material.
A pleasing variation in the method
of using the concrete block has been
in vogue in the east for some time. As
you know, the monolithic wall for a
house is too expensive, as It would re-
quire aB much lumber for the false
work as would be required to build an
ordinary house. The same effect as a
monolithic wall has been attained by
the use of the concrete block in an
unique manner. The blocks are made
In a regular machine in the same way
as all blocks are made, with the ex
ceptlon that no face plate is used.
eleven feet square. The kitchen is
eleven feet long and ten feet wide.
There is one bed room, nine feet six
inches square.
This house can be built at very mod-
erate cost, depending, of course, on
the amount of money the builder de
sires to expend on the inside. The
blocks can all be figured out before-
hand, so that the exact number can be
made for the house, leaving no waste
Another advantage about this house
is that It will never need much repair,
and no paint is required except for
the window frames and sash. It will
be a house that will aJways be salable
if you should want to sell.
Influence of Love.
I<ove is Bald to make the world go
round; but who can answer the ques-
tion, after all? If not the most am-
biguous word, It Is the most abused
word in any language. As with the
mustard seed that grew Into a great
tree, the fowls of the air have perched
in Its branches, claiming it as their
rightful habitation. Some have been
of Ill-repute, others of bright plumage
and sweet song. It would require an
anthology of all the poets to answer
the question, and then the verdict
would be confusing and contradictory.
From Pindar to Austin Dobson, from
the orgies of ancient pagan .mysteries
to the thirteenth of First Corinthians,
the answers have been numerous and
varied. In its lowest aspect, that
which Is often called love Is only pas-
sion or desire, a base thing that grati-
fies itself at the expense of Its ob-
ject. All that Is worthy of the name
lavishes itself upon Its object. "Love
suffereth long and is kind." Yet neith-
er in the baser nor in the nobler class
Is found the condition presented In the
present examples. Both agree that
touth and age shall not mate, that j
December and May shall not be Joined
together. When that time comes.
Silenus will have taken the bow of
Cupid and the leer of grim Hecate re-
placed burning Sapho's alluring smile,
Astrology With Risks.
Formerly they had rough-and-ready
modes of testing claims to supernatu-
ral powers.
"Dost thou know where thou wilt
pass Christmas?" asked Henry VII.
of an astrologer. He could not
tell.
Whereupon the king's grace which
did love a merry Jest, made answer:
"Then I am wiser than thou, for i
know that thou wilt spend Christmas
In prison."
John Galeazzo, duke of Milan, la
said to have made even merrier at
the expense of an astrologer who fore«
told him that he would die early.
"And how long do you expect to
live?" he inquired of the prophet.
"My lord, my star promises me a
long life."
"Never trust to your star, man; you
are to be hauged today," the duk«
took care that hia own prediction
should be fulfilled.
Big Celebration Will be Held at Capital
In £pril
Oklahoma City is making extensive
preparations to celebrate the "Run of
'89'' with the greatest event ever held
In the southwest. The celebration will
be held on the 21st and 22nd of April,
and will be a close duplication of the
New Orleans Mardt Gras. Two days
of merry making and revelry are
planned. Excursion rates on all rail-
roads will be in effect and thousands
of people from all over the state are ex-
pected.
There will be three great pageants
and a brilliant mask and costume ball
as the main features of the event, and
society leaders from all over the state
have signified their intention of at-
tending the latter event in costume.
Mrs. Donnely-Reld, of Oklahoma City,
has charge of the ball and the corona
tlon ceremonies which immediately
preceded.
College students, uniformed lodges,
automobiles, city and state officials
and thousands of merrymakers In mask
and costume will take part in the pag-
eants which are now being planned.
New, of the Late Book, and Their
Authors
The versatility of the very popular
novelists, C. N. and A. M. Williamson,
was never better shown than by their
lateBt book, "The Golden Silence".
Here they have woven an entirely
new and entirely original plot, one full
of interest both on this account and
its own. The scene of the story Is
laid in North Africa, the land of the
golden silence. The natural descrip-
tive imagery painting for which the
popular couple are justly famous is
allowed full sweep here where the air
is ever laden with romance and deli-
cate perfume, but in addition to the
fragrant atmosphere the story con-
tains a very substantial plot—a hunt
for a lost sister on the part of a beauti-
ful dancer to whose charm the hero
succumbs when also on his way to
Africa to visit an old friend. It
wouldn't be a Williamson story if it
didn't have a happy ending for every-
body, but there is doubt of the term-
ination of the adventures up to the
very last page. "The Golden Silence"
is published by Doubleday, Page & Co.,
who are the regular American publish'
ers of the Williamsons.
CHANGE
IN WOMAN'S
LIFE
Made Safe by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Granlteville, Vt — "I was passing
through tho Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness
and other annoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Com-
pound has proved
worth mountains of
gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. 1
never forget to tell
my friends what
nr , Lydia E. Pinkham's
V egctable Compound has done for m<j
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to healtn means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women I am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter."—Mrs. Chas. Babclay,
li.F.D., Graniteville, Vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such wide-spread and un-
qualifled endorsement. Xo other med-
icine we know of has such a record
of cures as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing woman's ills such as inflamma-
unequalled 1
carrying women safelv through the
period of change of life.
Mrs. Plnkham, at Lynn, Mas*.,
Invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
&u4 always helpful.
WHAT DID HE MEAN?
A new center of literary activity is
developing at Gunston Hall, a famous
old Virginia manor house, which stands
on the shore of the Potomac, five miles
below Mount Vernon. Gunston Hall
is the property of Paul Kester, whose
new play, "The Bill Toppers," a dram-
atization of Andre Castaigne's novel
of the same name, is soon to be pre-
sented in London by Marie Tempest.
It was at Gunston Hall also that
Vaughan .Kester, the brother of the
playwright, wrote The Prodigal Judge,
a novel just published by the Bobbs
Merrill Company. The prodigal Judge
is declared to be Paul Wllstach, who
makes the third member of the Gun-
ston trio. It was at the lodge of the
Gunston estate that Mr. Wllstach
wrote his Life of Richard Mansfield,
and It was here also that he wrote the
dramatic version of Thais, which has
proved such an impressive addition to
the repertoire of the rairplar theatre.
Florida Pope Sumerwell, the author
of that amusing little book, Four in
Family, holds that one does not really
know the fun of being a child unless
one is brought up on a farm. She
was—a large stock farm in Texas. To
any young persons objecting to the
tedium of school hours, she commends
a field of waving grain. In that land,
and even when pursued by a small dar-
key, you can so double and turn on the
enemy that you are pretty sure of
safety—unless prudence makes you
heed the instruction hurled from the
lips of your pursuer.
"You Miss Foddie, you better come
right home, kase your maw is goin'
to plum blister your hide offen you if
you don't."
At nine she went to school In Austin,
riding her own pony, with her next
older brother behind. It humiliated
him greatly, and she would always
slow down so that he could jump off
and stroll up for all the world like one
who had walked all the way.
The Judge—No, my conscience doe*
n't hurt me when I give a man a life
sentence, If I'm sure of his guilt. But
I suppose yours does?
The Preacher—How do you mean?
The Judge—Why, you sentence
many Innocent men for life and then
collect a fee for doing it
The thousands who are Interested
In the achievements and difficulties of
those interesting gentlemen, Messrs
Potash and Perlmutter, Ladies Cloaks
and Suits, by Mr. Montague Glass, will
be glad to know that Doubleday, Page
& Co. have published in book form
the first collection of these Inimitable
stories. A second volume will appear
somewhat later. These stories have
been without question the most suc-
cessful magazine fiction that has ap-
peared in years. Their popularity
steadily increases.
IS EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
New York Physicians Have Many
Cures to Their Credit.
New York, April 4.—Advices from
every direction fully confirm previouf
reports that the remarkable treatment
for epilepsy being administered by the
consulting physicians of the Dr. Water-
man Institute is achieving wonderful
results. Old and stubborn cases have
been greatly benefited and many pa-
tients claim to have been entirely
cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Dr. Waterman
Institute, 122 East 25th St., Branch 63,
New York, for a supply of the remedy,
which Is being distributed gratuitously.
"The heart is a small thing, but de
sireth great matters; it is not suffi-
cient for a kite's dinner, yet the worlo
Is not sufficient for It.—Hugo.
Garfield Tea purifies the blood, eradi-
cates rheumatism, gout and other diseases.
Go to sleep without supper, but rise
without debt—Talmud.
Poetic Apprentice
A grocer's apprentice addicted to
poetry has summoned his employer,
rich merchant of Ougltsa, Servia,
for unlawful dismissal. The merchant
explained that his customers left be-
cause the boy answered all questions
in rhyme and detained people while lit
fixed meter and verse. Moreover, he
greeted his employer with a new coup-
let every day. The court found the
merchant justified and advised the ap-
prentice to mend his ways.—Belgrade
Cor. Pall Mall Gazette.
Up-Set
Sick Feeling
that follows taking a dose of cattot
oil, salts or calomel, is about the
worst you can endure—Ugh—it
gives one the creeps. Vou don't
have to have it—CASCARETS
move the bowels—tone up the
liver—without these bad feelings.
Try them. au
CASCARRTS ioc a bo* for s week's
treatment, all druggist* niggest a?U«
fa Us world. Million 1
boxes a month.
DATCIITC Fortunes are mad* In patent a. Pro
rn I til I a teat your tdeea. Our M p&tfe Ix-ok frve
Fitzgerald A Co., Box K. W ashington, D. (J.
ntod for nice nea
FEATHER BEDS STKSnSL.
Th« btukes If furniture Co*Bu-Oiuf too. N. C,
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Harder, A. A. The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1911, newspaper, April 7, 1911; Wister, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc131758/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.