Arizona republican., 1898-03-06
THE HOUSE THAT CANT BUILT.
 Chanfor IT

"A thing begun is half done" The house was now to rise as monument of MT. Gant's enterprise. It was not
 his intention to build a two-story
 house. but on the contrary he thought to build one-story house, leaving the
 gables open for a thorough circula- tiOn of air. His idea was to secure the greatest coOlness possible. Upon the convincing figures of Justice Mey- CTS, which showed that it would cost but little more. he decided to build ! it two stories, close the gables and leave the second story to be finished
 on the inside, at the option of certain future occupants. | This decided, everything went off smoothly. the house rapidly assumed shape, the people of the neighborhood
 watching it closely and making it the 1 subject of conversation at the fireside | during the long winter evenings and | the people on the ranch enjoying a
 continuous social during the house raising.
 On the 18th of December the house
 was half done. The frame was all up
 and the roof and siding all on, and the l building began to indicate what it
 would look like when finished. And | as IL dSSum0u US Sudp0 duu SlZ0 lU0
 comments and favorable expressions grew in number. It was no wonder,
 however, for rising to the height of 1 two stories and extending on the
 ground for a distance of thirty-two | feet it gave promise of magnificent structure way out on the border Of civilization and untamed nature.
 l The ladies of the community got up 1 h icfn of ho in
 school house. It was no small affair, | as the presents repr esented a great deal of money and bore the names of
 great many people The next day as | the carpenters and ranchmen were about to start to work they were sur- prised by the abrupt appearance of
 MT. Cant joyfully flourishing a red bandana handkerchief, and gleefully exclaiming, "Who says that somebody hasn't got an eye on this house?" But the events in this story must
 not be anticipated too much, So this
 will not be dwelt upon for the present The building of the house conti ued without any delay being caused by the holidays more than for Christ mas and New Years. When the proper time came door knobs, locks, catches
 and hinges, window pulleys and other incidentals from H. w. Ryder's large establishment were put in the hou=e as they should be. The provisions hav- ing run low again a wagon load of groceries and dry goods was hauled out to the ranch from J. Jungermann S bargain store." MT. Meyers having induced MT. Cant to build the house two stories instead of one. and MT.
 Cant having decided to build another
 room on the porch, there were sev-
 eral more loads of lumber taken out
 from the Blinn Lumber company
 The room will be used for bedroom.
 John Mclean, the tinsmith, fur
 nished the house with chimney thim-
 bles and wall protectors around the stovepipe holes. There was butter, cheese. potatoes and other produce from the Tempe-Mesa Produce con- pany to replenish the good nature of the workmen and to keep everything moving smoothly.
 The house was finally ready for it's clothes Mr. Cant looked all over the country and found w. H. Staton paint CT and grainer and decorator of the in terior. Mr Staton furnished him with figures for the amount of paint re- quired and the order was filled at H.
 W. Ryder's. Captain w. H. Staton of Mosby's command" went to work dressing the house without any delay.