The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WISTER NEWS ^JHE
A. A. Harder, Editor and Pub.
WISTER, • "T OKLAHOMA.
STATE HAPENING3
The Claremore building and loan
association, with a capital of $100,00#
has been chartered.
Robert Moore, a South Carolina vet-
eran of the Civil war, died recently at
8nyder aged 72 years. The body will
be burled at Snyder.
The work of numbering the houses
st Altus began last week. The Hoff-
hine Directory company of Kansas
City has the contract, and will publish
a directory.
The Amarillo Nation^ Life Insirr
snce company, with headquarters at
Amarillo, Tex., has applied to the
insurance department for a licence to
enter Oklahoma for business.
Two new Oklahoma City concerns
have been chartered—the Helsel Candy
company, capital $25,000, and the
Home building and trust company .cap-
ital $26,000.
The First State bank of Kingston,
Okla., has been organized with a cap-
ital stock of $15,000. J. T. H. Lipscomb
of San Antonio is president; E. "H.
Colter of Kingston, vice president, and
C. B. Williams of Ardmore, cashier.
Felix Burkhalter of Rush Springs,
Okla., and Miss Mary Thomas, daugh-
ter of Joe Thomas, a pioneer citizen
of Chickasha were married recently.
Participated in by two thousand
Elks' home of Tulsa Lodge No. 946 was
the states, the magnMcent $15,000
Elks' home of Tulsa Lodge No.946 was
officially dedicated last week.
The corporation commission last
week gave an order permitting rail-
road companies to allow "charity
rates'' to the Oklahoma City United
Provident Association. The associa-
tion represented that the railroads
offered to extend such rates.
Charles Eaton, of Dougherty, tried
to get down from the top of a car
while it was in motion, and fell under
the wheels, being killed instantly.
Richard H. Fepennan, aged 54, a
pioneer of Oklahoma, died at his home
in Tulsa, of kidney trouble. Feperman
Is survived by his wife, an aged mother
and four sisters.
A Guthrie newspaper special now
says that the bones of a mastodon have
been found near there. It would be
Interesting to know who's been around
planting such a crop in Oklahoma.
The same thing has been found in one
of the south-eastern counties recently.
The ai tides of incorporation of the
Sequoyah Casualty company, a $250,-
000 corporation recently organized by
citizens of Muskogee, were approv-
ed recently by the Insurance commis-
sioner and the articles forwarded to
ihe secretary of the state for the
Issuance of a charter to the company.
Dr. J. M. Oross, who for seven years
has been president of Hargrove col-
lege v at Ardmore will not be with
the college after the first of June.
His resignation was accepted and Dr.
W. H. Murtin of Milton, Ore., was
elected president. Dr. Gross will go to
San Antonio for a rest this summer,
snd probably will re-enter the mil*
Istry.
F. C. Roberts of Holdenville visited
Oklahoma City recently in the inter
ests of the Sons and Daughters of the
United Confederate Veterans, a new
orgafWzation recently chartered, which
was Chapter No. 1 at Holdenville.
The organization is of a beneficiary
nature, and proposes to provide assist-
ance in the way of homes and other-
wise when needed.
Jake Cleden, who lives In the south
fatally wounded, as the result ..a!
of Hobart Is In a Hobart hospital prob-
•bly fatally wounded, as the result
of an old gmdge between him and one
of his neighbors named Stanberry
Clenden and a party of five were re-
turning from a country dance, when
it is alleged, Stanberry opened fire
on them, shooting Clenden's horse
from under him
The long drawn-out conflict between
factions of the east and west sides
of Sulphur has been settled. Judge
R. McMillam of the district court dis-
solved the temporary injunction against
the Murray county commissioners
from moving the court house to the
east side of the city. Immediately
the commissioners declared the Har-
per opera house, located one block
north of the Artesian hotel, to be the
court house, and removal of the county
records thereto will begin ae once.
The building has been completely
overhauled, and is valued ae $25,000.
It was donated by the citizens of the
city to the county commissioners of
Murray as a court house forever.
ER1CAN
HOME
WILL LOOK TO
CANADA FOR WHEAT
-A.RADFORD
Brir EDITOR
r^>
Mr William A Radford will answer make a solid contract
questions and Rive advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to th<*
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor. Author nnd Manufacturer, he
1b, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Addrens all Inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 178 West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago. 111., and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Tho first important work in building
is the excavations for the foundation
walls. AH complete plans specify that
trenches should be left with nat
ural bottoms, level and srgooth for the
reception of walls, piers, etc.
Not long ago a workman in digging
a trench for a center wall in a large
city block misread the directions and
got the excavation a foot deeper than
the specifications called for. The con-
tractor called the owner's attention
to It, as an honest man should, and
offered to build the wall from the bot-
tom up If the owner would pay the
bare cost of the extra material, but
this the owner refused to do. The
contractor thereupon dumped in loose
earth, the only thing he could do. and
brought the bottom up to the depth
required by the specifications. The
building was completed and accepted
by the owner. After a lapse of six
months the center wall settled to
crack the plaster on every wall in the
Douse clear to the third story.
It was a block of flats ocupied by
six families. Three of the families
moved out because they thought the
building was unsafe to live In. This
led to a lawsuit between the owner
and the contractor. The contractor
was able to prove that he went to the
owner and offered to fill In from the
bottom with masonry instead of dump-
ing In earth. The court decided In fa-
vor of the contractor.
This incident Is mentioned merely
to call attention to the Importance of
showing a little common sense in the
different parts of the building, from
the foundation to the roof. It Is not
always best to stick hard and fast to
every provision of the contract, espe-
cially when some accident arises that
and the con-
tractor may live up to It, but you have
no guarantee that he will do so, and
you cannot get at the underground de-
tails after the trenches are filled. 8o
the only way to know that a job is
done right is to inspect It as the work
goes along. Of course you can hire
a man to do this, and you can usual-
ly depend on such a man, especially If
he is a stranger and does not know
the contractor. I prefer to have au
POQCH
Kitchen
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u'o'xiro
Dining Rm
i rower
Living Rm
l*40"xi3'0'
Porch
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Floor Plan
inspector who Is a stranger In the
neighborhood, a man who is personally
not acquainted with any man on the
job. I am not a pessimist and have
not lost faith in humanity, but there
are so many details, vital details,
about the building of a house that not
one of them can be overlooked witb
safety.
Now, here is the design of a house
that is a most pleasing one for a young
calls for the exercise of judgment. Of
course a man does not want to be run
over by anyone. Every one in bus!
ness finds out early In life that he
must stand up ^or his rights or have
them taken away from him. The old
Qlble admonition which Instructed ev-
ery man to accept a whack on both
cheeks will not work In this country
as society is organized at present.
One thing the owner needs toxjave
an eye on is the excavation for foun-
dation and drains. The workmen are
not interested in the little details the
same as the owner, and the health of
the workmen and their families Is not
at stake afterward, as the escape of
a little sewer gas here and there will
not mean anything to them. You
couple Just starting out. It has four
rooms and a bath. The width is twen
ty-four feet six inches and the length
Is thirty-six feet. It has the aspect of
cosiness and neatness and appeals tc
the artistic sense. This house will
cost very little and when It Is com
pleted it will look so neat that all
your friends will be talking about It
There is a little porch where you
can sit out evenings and this opens
directly into the dining room. Th«
living room is in the front and Imme
diately back is the bedroom.
This house should be built on a
large lot and If it is so constructed
there will be abundant opportunity foi
the display of shrubbery that will en
hance the appearance of the place.
Untsctfui.
It was the celebration of Willie's
fifth birthday, and he and his little
guests sat round the festive board
eager to begin the feast when the
host's sister, a comely spinster,
marched in bearing aloft a frosted
cake, out of which flared up five col-
ored candles. Murmurs of admiration
and awe followed from all sides of the
table, and as sister placed the cake
squarely on the dloth and drew back
Willie turned his blinking eyes from
the five brilliant candles and said en-
thusiastically: "Sister, if this was
your birthday the whole room'd be
ablaze, wouldn't It?"
Coat of Golfing.
"This idea that golf Is a simple, in-
expensive game, which Is especially
adapted for persons of moderate
means, is a good deal of a fallacy," re-
marked a devotee of that sport. "Just
take my own experience, for in-
stance. 1 belong to a country club
some ten miles from the city and the
railroad fare and coach hire necessary
to get there take the best part of a
dollar Then I generally have to buy
a couple of golf balls, which cost 76
cents apiece, and the caddies have to
be tipped generously to insure an>
sort of decent service. After the
game there is usually a round o!
drinks, and the appetite excited by
the exercise in the open makes a good
dinner a necessity. By the time 1
have had another drink or two and
have returned to the city there is
little if anything left of a $5 bill
Some of these trimmings could be cut
out toy a teetotaler, but you can see
that for the ordinary person the game
is no cheap one.
Marital Repartee.
Mr. Youngwed (complacently)—'•
suppose you know there were several
young ladies disappointed when I mar
ried you." Mrs. Youngwed—"Yes, my
girl friends had prophesied a brilliant
future for me."—Boston Transcript
Usual Thing.
| "After all, things are pretty evenly
apportioned in this world." "Eh-yar!
A strong-minded woman generally
has a weak-minded husband. —Smart
Set
ONE REASON WHY AMERICANS
GO TO CANADA.
In the Chicago Inter-Ocean of a few
days since reference was made to the
fact that In 1909 the United States
raised 737,189,000 bushels of wheat,
and last year grew only 695,443,000, a
^ decrease of 41,746,000 bushels. The
article went on to say: "True we
raised last year more than enough
wheat for o\p own needs, but it is ap-
parent that If production continues to
decrease in that ratio we will soon
be obliged to look t«> other countries
for wheat to supply our rapidly in-
creasing population."
The purpose of the article was to
show that reciprocity was to be de-
sired. This Is a question that I do not
propose to deal with, preferring to
leave it to others who have made a
greater study of that economic ques-
tion than I have. The point to be
considered is, with the high price of
lands in the United States, and with
the much lower priced lands of Can-
ada, and their ability to produce prob-
ably more abundantly, is it not wel!
for the United States farmer to take
advantage of the opportunity Canada
affords with Its lower-priced lands
and take a part In supplying the needs
of the United States, which It is quito
apparent must come sooner or later?
It Is probable there are now about
300,000 American farmers in Western
Canada, cultivating large farms, and
becoming rich, in the growing of 25-
and 30-bushol-to-the-acre-wheat., in pro-
ducing large yields of oats and barley,
and in inlying horses and cattle
cheaply Oil the wild prairie grasses
that are there, both succulent and
abundant. All these find a ready mar-
ket at good prices. Amongst the
Americans who have made their homes
In Canada are to be found colonies of
Scandinavians, and all are doing well.
I have before me a letter from an
American Scandinavian, now a Cana-
dian, an extract fmpn which is Inter-
esting. Writing from Turtle Lake,
Saskatchewan, he says:
"I came up here from Fergus Falls,
Minn.. October 24th. 1910, and thought
I would let you know how 1 have been
getting along. We had a very mild
winter up to New Year's, but since
then it has been quite cold and lots of
snow, but not worse than that we
could be out every day working, even
though we had 65 below zero a few
times, but we do not feel the cold
here the same as we did in Minnesota,
as it is very still and the air is high
and dry. This Is a splendid place for
cattle raising and mixed farming
There is some willow brush and small
poplars on part of the land, which is
rolling and covered with splendid
grass in the summer. Not far from
here there is timber for building ma-
terial. There are only 8 Norwegians
here, 6 Scotchmen, 2 Germans. The
lake Is 20 miles long and full of very
fine fish.
'There Is a lot of land vat that has
not been taken and root./ for many
settlers, and we wish you would send
some settlers up here, as there are
fine prospects for them, especially for
those who have a little money to start
with. Send them here to Turtle Lake,
and we will show them the land, If
they have secured plats, showing the
vacant lands, at the Dominion Lands
office in Battleford. Send us up some
good Scandinavians this spring."
The Canadian government agents
will try to mgfet his wishes.
Clearing Kansas of Grasshoppers.
A live grasshopper will eat a dead !
grasshopper. A farmer mixed paris ;
green and bran together and let a j
grasshopper eat it. It died and 2« j
grasshoppers ate It up, and they died. !
Four hundred ate these 20 and they I
died. Eight thousand ate those *00 :
snd they died. A hundred and sixty
thousand ate those 8,000 and died, and
the farmer was troubled no more.— '
Anthony Bulletin.
His Business Improving.
"Yes," said the old lady, 'now that
spring is with us business will piclc
j up with the old man."
Asked what he did for a living she
j replied:
"Well, he sells rabbit-feet for watch
charms an' to stave off hoodoos, an'
he does fine with rattlesnake rattles,
but he makes most at sellln' young
mockin' birds an' prayin' fer rain."
TO DRIVE OCT M A LABIA
AMI HI'ILtlr ti JHMOTSTEJI
Take the Old Standard UHOVB'H TAHTHl.BSJf
, CHILI. TONIC. You know what you nre taking*
Tho formula la plainly printed on every DotUf.
nIu.wIiik it is simply Quinine and Iron In a tasteJ
less form. The Oulnine drives out tho malaria,
nnd the livn builds up tho system. Hoi# by J
deuiors for SO your*. Price 60 cents.
What We Are Coming To.
Jack — I thought your landlord-
didn't allow children.
Henry—'Sh! We call it Fido.—-Han
per's Bazar.
Year l>niKRi«t will Tell Yon
Murine Eye Remedy Relieves Sore ICyes
Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn't Smart
Soothes Eye Pain. Try It In Baby's
Eyes for Sealy Eyelids and Granulation.
Not Possible.
"Is there a good parting scene in
thbt play?"
"No; the hero's bald."
Constipation causes and ag^ravateR many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor-
ite family laxative.
If a girl has a grown up brother she
acquires a pretty fair knowledge of
men without having to pass through
the agonies of matrimony.
Mr* Wlnalow'a Soothing Syrup for Chlldre*
teething, ooftens the gums, reduces inflamma-
tion, allays pain, cures WMlfl colic, 25c a bottle.
He who gives pleasure meets with
It; kindness is the bond of friendship
and the book of love.—Basile.
If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use Red Cross Hall iilue. Large 2 oz.
package, 5 cents.
It is in the minor acts of our daily
life that our character is revealed.—
Lee.
Garfield Tea. invaluable in the treat-
ment cf liver and kidney (Unease?-!
Most women would be very uninter-
esting if they couldn't talk.
Lewis'" Single Binder gives the smoker i
rich, mellow-tasting 5c ci^ar.
A woman's mind enables her to
reach a conclusion without starting.
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Care of the Child.
It is announced that Los Angeles
county government will in future ex-
pend as much money upon societies
for the care of children as it does
now upon societies that look after the
welfare of animals.
This is well. Perhaps, In course
of time, we may come to regard chil-
dren as of equal Importance with
horses and dogs.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
First Set Own House In Order.
How unconscious we all are of our
own faults and failings! As we see
others, so others see ours. It is our
own faults we have to correct flrBt
before we tell others where to get off.
Millions Say So
When millions of people use for
years a medicine it proves its merit.
People who know CASCARETS'
value buy over a million boxes a
month. It's the biggest seller be-
cause it is the best bowel and liver
medicine ever made. No matter
what you're using, just try CAS-
CARETS once—you 11 See. an
CASCARETS 10c. a box for a week's
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
Id the world. Million boxes a month.
Splendid Crops
In Saskatchewan (Western Canada)
800 Bushels from 20 acres
f wheat was the thresher'*
return from a Lloyd-
| minster farm in the
1 season of 1910. Many
I fields in that as well as
I other districts yield-
I ed from 25 to 35 bu-
I shels of wheat to the
I acre. Other grains ir.
I proportion.
LARGE PROFITS
I are thus derived
'from the 1 fc K. ►
IMESTEAD LANL5
Western Connda.
rhls excellent showing causes
, riees to advance. Land value*
should double In two years' time.
Grain growing,mixed fami-
ne, cMt(l« ruining nnd dairy-
ing are all profitable. Free
Homesteads of 1 HO aeren are
to he had In the very hext
districts; 1 60 acre pre-rmp-
t Ions at SS.OO per acre with-
in certain areas. Nchoolnand
churche* In every settle-
ment, climate unexcelled,
soli the richest; wood, wator
and build lug material
plentiful.
For particulars as to location,
low settlers' railway rales and
descriptive Illustrated pamphlet.
"Last liesi-West," and oilier in-
formation, write to Hupt of lnmi-
Kition, Ottawa, Canada, or to
uadian Government Agent.
(AMMAN G0VTI1WNT AGfNT
Ns. 125 *. Ninth Street kaaui tt . *a
(Use address nearest
jljjfixjQite-
Is GUARANTEED
to stop and perma-
nently cure that ter-
rible itching. It is
compounded for that
purpose and your money
will be promptly refunded
WITHOUT QUESTION
if Hurt's Cure fails to cure
Itch, Eczema, Tetter, Ring
Worm -oiany other Skin
Disease. 50c at your druggist's, or by mail
direct if he hasn't it. Manufactured only by
B RICHARDS MEDICINE (0., Sherman, Tew
If you move to another flat this
Brihig you will have to get used to a
m w s ; of noises and neighbor*.
PARKER'S
H.MR BALSAM
CltsnwJ and beautifies the hi
Promotes a luxuriant growth.
Never Falls to Bestore Orajr
Hair to Its Youthful C'olr-
Cure* scalp >1 <«<• *<<• a hair falii
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