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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22
Entertained ihe IeachpfS

Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. Luse enter.
taind the city school teachers at
their residence, coner of Mornby
and Ellinwood streets. Friday
evening. All the teachers were
present but Prof. Strong, unavoid-
ably detained in Topeka, nd'Miss
Swartz, detained by sickness.
The evening was spent in various
kinds of games, and was a very
delightful one. Light refresh.
ments were served, to which. as
teachers generally do, all did am
Dle justice, and at a late hour they
returned to their homes. voting
D. e. aud his estimable wife jolly
entertainers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

Twhat not, Into a separator, aud then
into another conv9or, and them to
where a substance of some sort is
put IN to whlten II, and then through
another purifier, and finally into a
BIN from which il is sacked The sane
as Hour, and finally SHE lands in the
warehouse. 1t takes period Of from
SIX to eight days from the time the
beets enter The plant in The raw stale
and are washed, until The sweetness
lands in the sack j. the warehouse
One OF the warmest places We have
ever been in was where the sulphur is
put In 10 purify it. The factory peo-
pie call it the hell hole. and we
think 1t fits the bill. The building $
one vast structure, of steel and brick,
Hiied with large tanks, compressers,
watts, engines ETC., and is sight for US
people who have no large establish.
ments OF this kind. The pulp of the
@beets when all the Sacharine matter
is out is conveyed to large vat en-
the outside of the building, aud is tn. n
used for cattle feeding. 1t is SAID to
be very fine, and the older it gets the
better it is.
From the Industrial Clubs folder
we take tbe following figures:
Cost complete $1,000, 100000.
Size; Warehouse, 25?x75 #; Main
Building 232x6S #, FIVE stories, Beets
Sheds, TOOxl50 IT,, b,ilt of steel and
concrete: Boiler House l56x54 f..
containing ten water tube boilers,
272O horse power, automatic stokers;
Three Engines total horsepower
$500.
Water Supply is from twenty FIVE
l6inch wells 80 feet deep. Water is
lifted by ali compreSsors which have
a combined capacity Of 1880 gal
Ions per minute. The factory uses
abou; 100000 gallons every y
hours, enough to supply a city OF
$4,000 people.
Capacity OF Factory, 1000 tons oil
Oeets every a hours, from which ave
made 100000 lbs. Of refined granu.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

when it comes to raising money to
pay band Charlie 'Brinkman, Char
lie Allison, and Ora Dawson are hum
dingers.
A jokeby Boss" Moses. AT Offer.
lie the train stopped. He looked
around the corner and said 81 think
We have an elevator here."' Just as
it he ever forgot a little thing like
that.
w. ID. Middlekauf Of Pawnee Rock
took up some good sized. sugar. beets
to have them tested.
Ben Giles said he would be re.
minded Of the trip this summer every
time the wind would blow from the
southwest.
With Charlie Allison handling the
bill Of fare We got all there was CON-
ing, including Alfalfa pie and Sugar
Beet pudding. Also a favoIite dish
Of Newt Wilhide's. #.
OF course some one mad to lose a
hat on the trip, 1t was Jack Morn.
son.
Joe Shafer, who in company with
man named Harper has purchased
the Bigley maIket.iu Garden, has a
fine meat market andis doing an e1.
cellent business. o..
Garden City can boast Of the finest
Jewelry store in thus country. She is
dandy.
Will Townsley put in the time try.
ing to forget the absence Of his pass
be reading the "Plum Tee" Poor
manners to do that in company.
Charlie Allison fleeted his eyes on
about $4,000 worth Of mules, there
being bunch Of $40 head.
10 the ware room Of the plant were
10000 sacks Of sugar. Some sweet.
ness. 90
Billy Klinedienst is a cracker jack
when it comes to managing encur.'
sionS. 80
After all, There is no place like
Great Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

the Garden City band, which by tie
Nay Is an excellent one, and escor ed
to the club rooms, where Judge
Hutchinson made a few remarks
welcoming the visitors, saying every.
thing was open, (but did not say he
put the lid on recently and informed
US OF the program for the afternoon.
Then there was scattering for din.
ner, to the various cafes and hotels.
The HUSTLER man, who as Ben Giles
put 1t has a good scent for something
to eat, managed to get to the Hotel
Stone with a jolly party Of friends. 1--WE
promised not to say anything about
1t where We had an excellent dinner.
THE BEET SUGAR FACTORY.
The first thing after dinner was a
visit to the factory, located about a
mile west of towr. We can hardly
describe it. Our trip was so rapid,
there were so many Of US, and there
was so much to see, that it sort of
gotuS. We followed the beet and
the water through the factory from
the ground to the sugar sack and the
pulp tank. 1t is immense. 1t is a
great institution. The water supply
is furnished by wells, the factory con.
Stunning o,5OO0,00O gallons every
twenty four hours. The beets are
unloaded into dumps from the cars
the same in manner as coal is in a
coal shute. There is a travelling
carrier which carries them TO the
end Of a sluice, in which there is run
ming water, and they are then by the
water carried into the factory, being
washed on the way, being put into a
large tank for more washing and
scraping on reaching plant. From
here they go into slicing machine,
then INTO the press, then into the watts
OF tanks where it is purified and
boiled, and chugged around, and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22
TO GARDEN
AND return.
The Commercial Club Excursion
Enjoyable and Profitable.
they Sighted US.


The Great Bend Commercial club
excursion to Garden City, brought
about through the efforts Of DIR. Lin.
das, Friday, was an enjoyable aud
profitable affair." and successfully
handled. DIR. Lindas, the insligator.
has been working at it for a couple
of weeks and his efforts were crowned
with success to the tune of 2IO
passengers. They we're divided
among the towns in this locality. Fl.
linwood sending 46, including the
band, Dundee II, Pawnee Rock 20.
Larned Is, Hoisington 3, Great Bend
ia, and Speareville 3. The Elm
wood band boys went for expenses,
which was made up, assessing the
excurSionists an equal amount ach
The band took the platform at all Of
the stops and discoursed some O.
their Excellent music, and on the re.
turn trip discourSed any kind of mu.
sic that would keep the others awake,
in which effort they. succeeded, but
had agood time. Every one who
went was thoroughly pleased with the
"Trip, as an outing, as well as an edu.
cational proposition. We were a
little late getting away from Great
Bend, a little getting away from Gar
den, and of course that made US la,e
here, but those things could not be
helped. The excursionistS were a
behaved orderly set, and made a = 90
impression wherever they went.
Our train reached Garden City
about ILLS. We were met by Tue
Industrial clubs representatives and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

being trife over l.. tons per acre
Mr.. Dlesem's crop averaged even u
tons per acre. His costoi produc.
tlon, everything figured in, from the
time be began to prepare The ground
until the check was in his pockets,
was S95.O5 per acre. His check
called Tor SIS per acre, showing a
mel Proht for Interest on the invest.
ment and taxes on the land Of a
nickel less than $40 per acre. In
tins expense account Mr.. Diesem
inquired the cost of irrigating three
times, when two would have been
SUFFICIENT, which would have lesseued
the cost sl.75 per acre. The com.
pany guarantees to pay $500 per ton
tor the beets delivered. Mr.. Die.
SONS lrrigating is done by ten H. P.
gasoline engine hooked onto 4.inch
Centrifugal pump, the capacity being
large enough for 80 TO 40 acres.
The planting Of the seed is done from
the Isl 10 the 10Th Of April. TIE
seed is furnished by the company at
III cents per pound, is imported di.
rect from Germany, and Is to 20
pounds is used per acre. The seed
is put into the ground, which is first
thoroughly prePared, being prepared
as nice as garden lettuce bed, in
rows abou; Is TO IS inches apart.
ue company mas contracts Tor the
coming season, or campaign, as they
term 1t, for 1000 acres. They have
themselves upwards OF $4,000 acres
OF land, which they let out to tenants.
Sod ground does not 90 as well as
other ground. The beets mature
about Sept. lst., and freezing has no
effect on them provided they are used
while frozen, or 10 not thaw out.
" hen they thaw out, they turn black
and become PUPPY, and then they are
no good.
The rainfall for the past year in
that county was 2St inches, or about
ten inches more than usual. They
lrngaIe their beets regardless of the
rainfall Although they have had
some good results without irrigation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

to' example. one man had a yield on
the south side of The river of 90 tons
rer acre, where it was 220 fee: to
water. But that was an exception,
1t IS claimed that the soil will not
need to be rebuilt for five years.
As TO GROWING BETS HERE
Officers Of the Company said they
thought beets could be raised sue.
cessfully in this county, except in
the gumbo. The one thing they
feared was that the rains in The fall
would be so as to cause the ma.
tured beets 10 sprout, before they
could be pulled. One man can at.
tend to 40 acres Of beets alone, er.
cept during the thinning and topping
season. Then it requires more help
The company is making contracts
for their own lands in 20 acre tracts
to have all the work done at a rate Of
$4,000 per acre. This includes all
labor. 8
Some objection has been made to
a plant that it would be a mig atiug
labor population We would secure.
That idea seems to be error ous. As
soon as the plant closes down, there
is abundant employment on the beet
farm for all the help in the plant. In
fact during the thinning and topping
season it would require for a district
l2,OU0 acres 1000 laboriug men.
Then again they would be here for
our wheat harvest and other farm
work, aud we would be rid Of the
harvest hand problem. 1t would fit
IN with our present farming industry
very nicely, The manager of the
company suggested that if we de-
sired to experiment, the better plan
would be to secure a number Of small
tracts m different localities for expert
ments. then to hire an expert to come
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

la'eo sugar ready for use. The total
amount of beets which will be sliced
at this factory during the presen;
campaign will be about 10000 tons
Tor which the growers receive $500
per ton. OF about $3.50. 900. As
much more will be paid for labor.
coal and other expenses. The
amount of coal used per day is l25
tons, limestone so tons, 5 to 10 cars
Of coke.
Contracts for growing beets were
secured on about 600 acres. and
about 1000 acres more have been
secured for next season.
The company employs about 400
people. They run twelve hour shifts,
and the factory campaign lasts about
senven months. The wages run
from III cents per hour up, depend
ing on the class Of work and the skill
required. They maintain a club
house for the employees.
! THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY.
In conversation with the factory
people, aud with the growers of beets,
we learned much. Probably the best
and most complete information was
given us byI. q. Diesem, a resident
of Finney county for 20 years, a
prominent member Of the state board
Of agriculture, and one who has gone
tn ough the ups and downs of that
part Of Kansas and her experiments.
So unbounded is bis faith in the beet
sugar business, that on Thursday he
refused an offer of SITS per acre for
a lob acre tract close to the city.
MIR. Diesem's figures are given as a
result OF very careful work and &C
curate accounting, on a IS acre tract,
which he bad in beets this season.
His crop was little above the aver
age Of the district. The average
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22
A Relic.
entertainers

We think that is what it might
be called. 1t was dug up by Jake
Miller a few days ago. and is an
old time business card, said to
have been used by Dave Heller.
1t represents Mr.. HeiSer dressed
as an oriental potentate. smoking
the pipe Of peace and plenty, and
is labeled, Dave N. Heller. in
bis double capacity Of agent Of
AtchisOn Topeka & Santa Fe r.
r. Lands, and proprietor of the
Southern Hotel. Great Bend,
HAS," On the reverse side Of the
card are printed the following
Advantages"
A. T. & s.. F.. K. r. lands at
low rates.
Good Fare and plenty of it.
Great Bend. the great wheat
mart of the Arkansas Valley.
Lands shown free to buyers
Beds with or without bugs
improved or unimproved lands
to sell.
A bed with two rooms in it, or
2 rooms with a bed 10 it.
For the edifcation of the weary
traveller a concord of sweet sounds
will be produced by squalling
babies and cats dragged over the
roof by their tails,
One sample room for ten run.
ners. or the whole house open for
one runner.
Rufe Bell doesaIl the modern.
tiquette.
Dave N. Heller sells all the land
Come and see us.
There is one other paragraph
on the card. but we omitted that.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

FOR SALE-Cheap, the north
alf.,and the south west quarter of
section seventeen. township nine
teen, range twelve west, being
located in Barton county, as good
as there Isl Address, G. H.
Hulme, Great Bend. Kan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

Several of the members of the
A. O. U. W. lodge stolmed the
lodge room Friday night while the
Degree of Honor we're holding a
meeting and went in and enjoyed
q very pleasant evening. They
had refreshments and all who
were present report a very ioyabIe
time
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22
A Live
Wire

Every nerve is a live wire
connecting some part Of the
body with. the brain. They are
so numerous that if you pene-
trate the skin with the point Of
a needle you will touch a nerve
and receive. a shock-pain it is
called Aches and pains come
from a pressure, strain or in
jury to a:nerve; the more prom
inent the nerve the greater the
pain. When the pain comes
from a large nerve it is called
Neuralgia
whether it be the facial nerves,
or the heart, stomach, sciatic
or other prominent nerve
branch. To stop pain, then,
you must relieve the strain or
pressure upon the nerves,
Dr.. Miles Anti Pain Pills do
this.
IT suffered intense pain, caused BY
neuralgia. / doctored and used vari.
Gus medicines without getting relief
until began taking DR.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills. They did me more
good than all the medicines l ever
. used. They never fail to cure my
headaches, and their use never leaves
any bad after effects"
MRS. VIM. BECKMAN,
957 W. 4th St.. Erie. Pa.
Or. Miles Anti-Pan Pills are sold by
= your druggist. who will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. u Il
fails, he will return your money.
Is doses, rs cents. Never sold In bulk
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22

c. s. Allison and W. E. Stoke
have had the trees chopped down
from around their residence pro.
perties. Ask Jack Morrison for
particulars.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-22
NOTES RY THE wAYsIDE.

"BOss" Moses certainly enjoyed the
trip, especially the dinner. He was
the soul Of mirth, and kept up his
end of the string.
Ore Of the surprises of the occa.
sion was that John Hiss would give
himself a vacation by making the
trip. 1t may be good thing to stick
pretty close to business, and certainly
John has been a sticker.
We saw former Great Bend people
in the persons Of Fred Lyons. Joe
Shafer, Jesse Powelson, a time keep.
er at the plant, Laura and Edith Car.
penter, aad Frank Ewing, wife and
daughter. All are seemingly getting
along fine, but we're glad to see a
Great Bender.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

and she began to cry Barney laid down his
oars, and looked at her for moment
Miss McDermott," he said earnestly, will yees
tell me this one thing. Does ye respict me?"
RESPECT ye? and Mollie's eyes opened wide
in astonishment. Why in coorse l do. I've
the greatest of respict for yees."
oh, thin, Moie-Mollie McDermott, dar-
llnt!" burst forth Barney, impetuously, "its me-
silf that's in love wild ye! Will yees marry me?
For moment there silence, and Mollie
tapped the bottom of the boat with her foot. Then
she looked archly at Barney.
Mr.. OKeefe, I'll be sayin' only this: If it's a
wife yees be after, yees needn't look furder than
the ind Of this boat Now take me back out Of
this"
An ineffable light came into Barneys face, and
without word he picked up the oars and rowed
to the landing-place. His experiment sue
cess. He had gained her respect and her
sent to marry him.
One evening, shortly after the wedding, Mr..
OToole dropped in to see them
AN it be I tould> yees, Barney" he said,
with the air of one who had experience in such
matters "Whn ye wishes to gain the love of
purity girl ye must first gain her respict."
RESPECT, Indade!" responded Moie, with a
toss of her head. Truth, it was marry or drown
wild me; an I'd dale rather be live Mrs.
OKeefe than dead Moe McDermott But,
thin, wanted Barney, onyhow.'
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
Boys and their Education

The boy we have in mind is not the lying,
staggering, swearing, tyrannizing fellow of the
playground, playing monkey pranks, firing crack
ers or turning long-eared animal into col
lege chapel. Nor that one described by Pliny,
even in his day, who says of the Young America
then existing that "modesty is scarce among our
youth. How seldom will one of them yield to
superior age authority? They grow wise in
a trice; all at once they know everything; they
reverence no one initiate no one, but are their
own models"
The boy should be reverenced not so much for
what he is, as for what he may or ought to be.
The child Napoleon, the child Washington, con-
tanned the elements of what the man. the states
man, the soldier afterwards revealed. The
mother of Paul, or Augustine, or Washington
would have been justified in regarding the infant
her arm, could she have forecasted its
deep history, with reverence. In the child is not
only wrapped up this history, but far greater
in eternity for he is an heir Of Immortality AS
a child may be an angel, so he may become
demon. Such has been the sad history Of many
bod-hearted beautiful boy. More than one such
the writer had
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
That Man Deserves Your Praise.

Know you a man whose early life
Had little promise but of care;
Whose prospects in the wide worlds strife
Were anything but fair;
Who has as yet, step by step, uprose
Above the dreams of early days,
And smiles upon his youthful woes?
That man deserves your praise.
Know you a man whose soul outpours
Wild music to melodious spheres;
Who moves mankinds half hidden stores
Of joyfulness and tears;
Who sings of what is good and fair.
And wishes strife and warlike trays
Had ceased to cause mankind despair?
That man deserves your praise.
Know you man of wealth and fame,
Who kindly lendeth to the poor,
Not seeking to blaze forth his name,
At every rich mans door,
Who daily doeth good by stealth,
In many different kindly ways?
That man has lofty moral health
That man deserves your praise.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
A TOMB IN A TREE.
Photograph furnished by
Advance Studios. Chicago.

In the churchyard at
Badulla, Cey | o n. the
strange sight may be wit
messed of a gravestone ap-
parently embedded in a
tree. A chance Seeding
which took root in the in
terstices of the masonry
has grown to the proper
tons shown in the picture.
The tree is a Bo Tree,
sacred to the Singhalese.
and the curious manner in
which its roots have spread
over and around the Chris
tan tomb has led to its be-
ing spoken of as "Budd-
hism Embracing Christian
ity."
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-21

You me..n 20 say You are DONG 1t
for nothing" exclaimed Camp incred-
ulously.
That's about the truth of it, I" said
though l thought of Madge as 1 said il
and felt guilty in suggesting that she
was nothing.
"Then what is your motive?'' cried
Baldwin.
If there had been any use, should
have replied, 1.-The right, but 1 knew
that they would only think 1 was pos
ing if l said it. Instead / replied:
Mr.. Cullen's party has the stock ma
jority IL their favor and would have
won fair fight if you had played fair.
since you didn't, I'm doing my best to
put things to rights.
Camp cried, "All the more fool
but Baldwin interrupted him by saying:
''That only shows what mean cuss
Cullen is. He ought to give you $40, 900
if he gives you cent. -
Yes cried Camp, "those letters
are worth money, whether he's offered
it or not. -
MIR. Cullen never so much as lnntcd
paying me-, said l.
.'Well, Mr. Gordon said Baldwin
suavely, "we'l show you that we can
be liberal Though the letters rightfully
belong to Mr.. Camp, if you'll deliver
them to US We'll see that you don't lose
your place, and we'll give you So, 900. >
/ glanced at Fred, whom I found
looking at me anxiously, and asked
him:
Cant you do better than that
1--WE could with any one but You,
said Fred
/ should have liked to shake hands
over this compliment, but 1 only nod
ded, and, turning to Mr.. Camp, said:
''You see how mean they are
you'll find we are not built that
way said Baldwin. Five thousand
isn't bad days work, eh?''
NO" / said, laughing, but you
just told me ought to get $4,000 if ]
got cent
'sIt's worth $4,000 to Mr.. Cullen,
but,
interrupted by saying, eff it's worth
$40, 900 to him, it's worth 500. 900 to
me"
That was too much for Camp. First
he said something best omitted, and
tnen Went ON, L tOlu you IL was waste
time trying TO win him over.
The three stood apart for moment
whispering, and then Judge Wilson call
ed the sheriff over and they all went
out together The moment we were
alone Frederic held out his hand and
said:
Gordon, its no use saying anything,
but if we can ever do
/ merely shook hands, but I wanted
the worst way to say:
TELL Madge. =
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-21
Richmond Abattoir CO.
list at her home on West Main street.

list at her home on West Main street.
John Kiser who lives four miles
east of town met with serious acct
dent here yesterday morning while
unloading thing. His horses became
frightened and started to run, throw
ing Mr.. kiser. His nose was broken
also one leg was badly mashed.
Frank Brant has purchased from
Albert Hindman his interest in the
skating rink, leaving Mr.. Brant the
entire ownership. These young men
have been very successful this winter
and the rink has been place of NOR
al amusement. Mr.. Brant is one of
Hagerstown's most popular young
men and his many friends wish him
success in his future work.
One of the saddest deaths that has
visited Hagerstown was that of Mrs.
Laura Bryson, who died at the home
of her sister Mrs. Horace Scott at
Richmond Tuesday evening with pneu-
monia. Mrs. Bryson was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Hindman
and has always been a resident of
this place, always remembering her
many friends when she met them, and
for a number of years member of
the Christian church. She leaves
little son, Robert, father and mother,
the above sister, three brothers, Clar-
ence, Benjamin and Albert, with a
host of friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral services will be held Friday.
Interment at West Lawn.
John Replogel who has been in the
hardware business here for two years
sold his store yesterday to William
Starr of Hartford City. who will take
possession next Monday. Mr.. Starr
needs no Introduction to the people
of Hagerstown, as he was formerly
resident of this place. He will move
his family here in the near future.
Ii is not known as to what Mr.. Rep
Iogels future plans are, but it is hop
ed by his many friends that he will
remain here.