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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

"oh Lordl exclaimed Betsey'Wbat do you know
about kidsi"
She lost time in running the OF the cabin
lherc IN half minute she discovered hole that
something had cXcayated beneath the cabins founda-
ton. Down on her knees she dropped at and
applied her eye to the opening.
i can't see i thing" she announced "but | know
she's there, and prob'y sound asleep. | went under
house once myself and know"
If only she is! II only she 81" said the anguishcd
Dan. in new, wild hope. Il don't believe she
be. BetScy-but leave me look"
He got down and attempted to pierce the darkness
beneath the cabin. but 10 no avail
Prairie" he called "Prairic-baby-Alis Dcvoc-
out to Uncle Dan"
There response.
TN dig in and sec.' he said, and with all his might
and main he began to scratch away the earth to en-
large the hole
But the sand lay in shallow deposit over solid rock
He was baflcd in the briefcst time However, he could
thrust part OF his head beneath the beam
i sec herl-shes therc! he cried JOY that nearly
oyercame him. "Baby-baby come out here to Uncle
Dan! She's fast asecpw
What did l say" said Bctscy. trumphantly you
can't wake her up You'll. have to hoist up the house"
Dan ran for crowbar block and beam The
man so glad he could scarcely think But with
Betsey to boss him and his blocks and push big
rocks beneath the rising shack hold while he toed
and pried, he lifted it up giant might have done
side went crashing down and broke the floor above
the babys head
Then she walked, and Dan crawlcd wildly in under
there and got her in his arms
"Baby-was-tred" she youchsafcd in her engaging
little way Baby-had-a-nap"
Billy Partridge worried half to DEATH and having
the cabin oddly tilted its base, charging
headong down the hill bchcld big Dan with Prairie
in his arms and grabbing Miss Bctscy crazy about
the waist danced and yelled in his gladncss like ooy.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

coat! Burn it quick I've got to git fer home like
blazes and strip off my duds month ahead of time !"
He deserted his coat his hat and his precious paper
instantly and racing down the mountain trail left the
helpless Dan absolutely alone and unprotected with
the tircless little girl
Having undertaken TO transfer the entire population
OF the ant-hil field of greater usefulness Prairie
had lost time, during Blys excitement While
Dan was cngaged,in beating Blys coats she came to
the steps again with captive insect in her grasp.
Tick she said. as in expectation of great re-
ward. "tick-for-Uncc Dan"
Nasty tickl Throw him away" said the foster
uncle emphatcay Baby throw him awayr
Nasty tick" repeated the youngster, hurting the
an: 10 the earth directed and then, Uncle Dan con-
tmuing to be occupied with the infested coat, she
trotted off, fetched her ant before and calculating
Nasty tickl" threw it down on the boot of the miner
and trudgcd patiently off for another
The following day appeared to justify many of his
apprchcnSions Little Prairie very carly succeeded in
filling his Sunday boots with water and sugar indif-
fcrcnty mxed,|and Billy remained away, and Betscy
made no sign Dan finally obliged dig up and
scatter the ant-h, after which he adopted a variant
Billys device He directed little Praries attcn-
ton to tiny speck of mica in the sand. This he
picked up and placed in gold pan resting on the step
Shine" he said Nice shine. Baby git 4 shine for
uncle and put it in the pam
She went 10 work at once most faithfully, and at
length big Dan bched the last OF her clean little dresses
torn and dusty ruin and the knees OF her tiny stock
ingS entirely away
How he got through that day and night he could
never have told Sunday morning he was hcartsore
and exhausted Betsey had ignored him utterly, and
little Prairie had not 1t a bright warm morning
Seated on his doorstep he finished a four-sack gar
her at work fetching tiny spcckS of dross When at
length the dress he had made placed upon her ne
leaned against the shack in rcief-and dropped into
slumber most profound,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

$50 long," said Dan. "If you sec Billy Partridge,
send him up here to the shack"
We'll, Miss Deyoe," said Dan to the enterprising
little tot, left thus abruptly his guardianship you're
doin pretty fancy far with my goods and chattes
and the shack next, | reckon, fer 1t can't git
away-and not a cent OF insurance the place"
The youngster had discovered nothing novel IN his
pockets all of which she had rAed many times before
She therefore stood up his knee and patted his face
with eXtrayagant affection
What's ths2" inquired Dan "Payin' the damage
down i'll advance fer something you want to git at?'
"Baby-do-yovc-Uncc Dan all the young
ster answered, and scrambling out OF his arms she
started inside the cabin without delay. Dan fastened
follow with commcndablc alacrity and snatching
various household utensils right and left, began to
hang them and stow them away lofty positions with
a zeal that was almost fanatic
The baby undismaycd She tried to help. She
the tho bunk and laying hold of
bootJack, that certainly resemblcd an ordinary piece
of kitchen fuel she promptly conveyed it 10 the fire.
place and dropped it in upon the laziy blazing logs.
Dan storing loaded revolver ON the topmost beam
of the dwelling. Descending he caught up his extra
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

1t was fully an hour before all the scarchcrs could
be summoned out of the mountains Some when they
learned where little Miss Dcvoc had been all the time
angry and disgusted They went home
Miss Bctscy Dodd finally became discouraged in her
effort to remain at the place until Billy Partridge
should be gone So, finally. when the was fairly
sinking the west, she started reluctantly away with
FAINT hope that Dan might, perhaps. follow her to
say good-by.
meant TO release her from his again, but he gave
her to Billy and walked to the summit with the prey
bushing Miss Dodd
Betsey, he said when they were quite out Of sight
you made me feel awful bad when you told you
wouldn't marry me if Miss Deyoe stayed in my house
over Sunday-dyou remember?'
Bescy had been exceedingly sorry for many things
said at their last important interview, but she could
confess it all too abruptly However, she smiled
roguishly up at him as she said: "Well|
Well" said Dan, in fear and happiness,
she didn't stay my house Sunday, she stayed
under it."
Bctsey smiled then sweet, warm chucklc broke
IL guess that's So" she said and suddenly nov
ing step forward she kissed the unprcpared miner
Just beneath the eye. then turned and for home
like frightened doe.
Monday morning little Miss Dcvoc resumed her ern-
ployment of fetching tiny particles of shining sand
to Uncle Dan he sat outside the cabin cumsiy
ing on the tiny dress he had carefully washed
At length she grew weary of placing all the little
grains OF sand in tho gold pan. She wanted her Uncle
Dan to look at the pretty things
'Shine-Uncle Dam. she said as she held one up
for him to take; 'nfe-shinc"
He held out his hand ndulgcnty, and into his palm
she dropped smooth bit of glistening material at
which he stared in utter astonishment 1t a tiny
speck of gold-a nugget no larger than the head of
PM
In sudden excitement he glanced at ths pan There,
with lot of common sand and mica fully
OF similar pccks that the baby had found and fetched
10 lay at his feet
That afternoon Tom Dcvoc and his wife back
to POGO del Orc camp to announce that the trip TO
Rleys had been all in vain 1t had cost Tom nearly
one hundred dollars to ascertain that the restaurant
project diluted consommG
II cost big Dan less than Fifty excited words to
make Tom his partner in mine of gold from which
little Prairie had fetched tiny shine"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

For long time the baby failed to disturb him with
her grams OF sand For fully hour he was lost to
the world Then he finally stirred, resumed conscious
ness and sat up to look for the child
1t was all IN vain. The hillside silent deserted.
mocltlng. In greater and greater circles the man
went racing the slopes and dcprcssions of the
hull 10 every large rock clump OF rocks he sped
In feverish alarm, calling he went and feeling
Sckenng dread increase in his being.
He came upon a ratcsnakc. whirring out its warm
ing from the rocks He killed it and sweat broke out
anew upon his temples and sickcning fear took pos
session of his ytals
Afraid to leave the place. yet afraid to permit tho
child to be lost like this any longer, he suddenly
down the mountain trail at the top OF his speed TO
Billy Partrdgcs dugout shack for he knew he needed
help Billy was there and instantly Partaking of
Dams alarm, he sped with him up the hill and ran,
in fever Of excitement, all the slope till nearly
noon.
Wen never her again, She's gone" said Dan
the anguish of despair We've got to
alarm We've got to git the whole camp out in the
hills The boys will help to hunt
In half an hour there were twenty men swarming
the sagebrush slopes in an cvcr-cnlargng circle The
alarm had spread with amazing swiftncss Miners,
gamblers, Transfers cngincers-mcn of every occupa
ton in the camp had responded to the call to find
little Prairie Devoe
Noon had long since gone by; the afternoon was
aging. Three times Dan White had returned to his
shack, from the hills above. if the baby might
have come through some miracle of chance Three
groan at his lips and dull, cadcn ache in his breast
AT four o'clock he at home But
again, before, he met only disappointment at the
cabin He faced the merciless eXpansc of sage-brush
once again, but around the of the hill. before
he could start appeared figure that held him for
moment family hoping.
1t was Betsey Dodd She had lost her hat: she had
run nearly all the way from Thrce-milc Station; she
seemed very much dstraught she hastened painting
TO the cabin.
81 heard-heard little Prairie was lost" she said be-
tween her gasps for breath Il to help-I didn't
mean to sound nasty-the other day-I-I-Dan,
do you think you've looked in every place where she
could bc?"
Everywhere Betsey; ! don't know what to do"
said Dan, in his mannsh heplcSsness Can't you think
of somethin'? When ! you comm l hoped that
maybe you'd had her all The time"
"Oh, you old crank" said Betsey, not unsympathcti-
cally Say, Dan. have you looked under the house7"
NO" said Dan, "of She couldn't git
under"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

-, "As understand it. Tom said he, you and Nancy
kind of half way reckon you want to buy that rcstau
rant to Reys. and go into the grubdiShin busi-
ness, and your dec is to leave little Miss Dcvoe here
with me fer three days while you both traipse
there and circumnavlgate the proposition"
Devoe SAID, Yep, that's the notion" From his
pocket he drew a socd and folded sheet of paper
which he straghtcncd out deliberately. This here.
he added, "is the restaurants regular way-bi'
1T sounds like good kitchen sense" said Dan, but
this here soup-this consum-me. What in bazes is
consum-mc soup2'
"Consum-mc soup" said Dcvoc gravcy, "is ghost
feed It's just ycller water little bit diluted"
Dan returned the folded 10 its owner. II
didn't think you knowed how 10 a restaurant Tom
said he ''but / guess there amt doubt about it,
Suppose you make up your mind to buy II and SO 1t
a mess then what about little Miss DeVocS"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

~HEY sat in the warm June sunlight on the
Vdoorstcp of the small wooden shanty. big Dan
II White miner, and Tom Devoc, foster parent
Il and for fully two minutes neither spoke, Big
IL Dan had taken off his hat, which he turned
and turned in his hands, At length he dropped
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
NEW SHOPS ARE OPENED.
Bands Helped to Celebrate the Big
Event at Springfield.

Springfield, Mo. July Spring
field celebrated the opening of the
Frisco railroads new 100000 car
and locomotive works. Over $4,000
visited the new shops during the day.
Bands played and Frisco officials
from ST. Louis addressed the people.
Work was commenced on the shops
thirteen months ago. The plant con-
sists of seven large buildings, COM
plete fire department, water depart
ment and sewer system. The citizens
raised $4,000 to purchase the 500
acres of land on which the shops are
situated.
c r. Gray, vice president of the
Frisco; G. NJ. Sebree. president of the
Springfield club, and Judge T. K
Bowman, president of the CONNER
ciaI club. delivered addresses. Presf-
dent a. J. Davidson was present but
did not make a speech.
The Frisco hauled all visitors to
and from the shops free, and trains
of twelve coaches each made the trip
from the city to the plant every fit
teen minutes. The Frisco Y. NJ. c.
A. band of St. Louis furnished music
for the occasion.
The new plant begins operation
with 2,4O0 workmen on the payrolls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
BELIEVES IN PURE BRED SEED.
His Dat Crop This Year VIII Make so
Bushels Per Acre.

Anthony, Kan, July Elmer
Watkins is a progressive young far
mer who believes that much depends
on good seed. He raises pure bred
corn and oats, getting his seed from
the Kansas agricultural college or the
experiment stations. Last season he
bought seed oats and his father says
the yield will be eighty bushels to the
acre.
The other oats on the farm will run
about sixty bushels. Elmer says he
intends to keep on raising crops from
pure seed and that he will feed the
Wen bred corn he raises to the stock
rather than sell it for seed unless he
can get the right price for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
GLAsCo NEEDS a FLOUR MILL,
Farmers VIII Invest Literally in SucE
an EnterDriSe

Glasco, Kan, July THE Solomon
valley from Beloit to Solomon City is
the scene of a great wheat harvest at
this time. Hundreds of headers and
are the wheat raisers to save the crop
that many machines were worked
Sunday to throw in good measure.
After the crop has been threshed
out it is believed the yield of 1909 will
be one of the largest in bushels, ever
raised in this section of the Solomon
valley.
That the farm lands in this valley
lowing real estate transactions will
show. The quarter section farm of
for $4,000.
D. o. Clark, living a mile and
quarter from Glasco bought a quarter
section in March, 1908. for $4,000;
he has been offered $4,000 for the
same, and he to keep the crops for
the year.
land a mile from Glasco five years
ago for $4,000; he has been offered
$4,000 for the same tract.
Another real estate deal is the sale
of so acres of the Spaulding tract adj
Joining Glasco for $4,000; ten acres
of this tract have already been sold for
$1,000.
There are other instances of this
kind in the vicinity of G1asco where
farm lands are bringing 800 an acre,
and upwards When many farmers
can afford his auto as is the case
around GIasco, it is safe to say the
farmers don't have to sell, but when
a fellow comes along and wants the
place and he tenders the owner his
price, the bargain goes through.
The alfalfa meal plant has already
proven q source of revenue for the
| builder and operator, having been en-
Iarged to double its former capacity.
With all the progressive spirit that
| has been so characteristic of the peo-
pie of Glasco for years there ought
not to be any let up until the town
secures a frstclass flour mill and wat
| erWOrls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
BACKBONE is TWISTED.
Vienna Nerve Specialist Diagnoses
HarrimaD's Trouble.


New York. July IA cable to the
World from Vienna says: Prof
Adolf StrUempen visits E. H. Harri-
man every third day at. Semm ering,
the health resort in the Austrian Alps
At the first examination the famous
specialist on nervous diseases learned
that Mr.. Hartman was suffering from
nervous prostration. which, however,
had been improved by his voyage and
his journeying in Europe.
Then Prof. Struempell saw that
something else than nerve flag affects
ficulty in moving his legs and walks
stiffIy. Struempell called in Prof.
Holzknecht, q specialist in making ex-
animation with the ROentgen rays.
Holzknecht examined the millionaire s
spinal column to learn if disease has
caused any alteration in the structure
of his vertebrae. He saw plainly
changes in the vertebrae. which af-
fects the nerves issuing from the
spinal cord. and saw the cause. pri-
marily the slight paralysis Off the
patients lower limbs.
Struempell promises Mr.. Hartman
to cure him of nervous prostration,
which. of course. is the lesser of his
two ailments. The cold-Water treat
ment and the tonic air of Semmering,
which IS 5000 feet above sea level
will brace Mr.. Hartman up and he
he pIeases. Already rest has worked
wonders toward restoring him.
Prof StruemDeu tells Mr.. Harri-
man frankly that his slight PARALYSIS
may be relieved, but not cured. Flee
trio baths, carbonic acid gas and min
eral baths will effect this relief, the
professor hopes, and he assures Mr.
Hartman that even if the paralysis
progresses it will do SO very slowly
and need not affect his general health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.
Plan to Erect Buildings in Kansas City
and IieaVeDWOrth.

Leavenworth, Kan, July THE
Catholic schools of Leavenworth are
to be supplemented by a high school,
practically equivalent to the public
high school, according to the plans
announced by Father B. S. Kelley,
rector at the Cathedral of the I'M
maculate Conception.
The plans of Father Kelley include
a high school for Kansas City, Kan. in
connection with the parochiaI schools.
These high schools instructions are to
begin with the end of the courses
given in the lower schools and prepare
the student for college.
There will be a high school board
appointed for the diocese. The mem
bers of this board have been practical
Iy agreed upon. Father kelley and
| Father T. ]. Downey will be named to
serve on this board. The third mem
| Der will be q Kansas City, Kan, priest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
FISH YARN FROM THE COAST.
Lawrence Man Won a Gold Medal So
Runs the Story.

Lawrence, Kan, July THE Los
Angeles Times tells how a Lawrence
man showed them how to catch fish
out there. Here is what the paper
says:
while fishing off Bird Rock, Fred
L. Morris of Lawrence, Kan, beat the
seasons record made by Phil S.
O'Mara, and took a. fish weighing Al y
pounds. He was fishing from the
launch Glover, with the Catalina Light
Tackle clubs standard tackle, and
brought his catch to gan in forty min
utes. A gold button from the club
was awarded to him."
OF the hundreds who spend thou
sands and the thousand who spend
hundreds of dollars at this greatest
game fishing resort in the world,
and they come from, everywhere, Chi
cago, New York, London and Law
renee, very few capture the greatly
priced Gold Button award. Only two
have succeeded this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
UNCONSCIOUS UNDER HORSE.
Farmer Charles Kuntz Overcome by
Intense Heat.

Lawrence, Kan.. July Charles
Kuntz. a farmer livirg east of town,
was found unconscious under his
horse. the result of the intense heat
which prevailed. He was blowing
corn and the last thing he remem-
bers was stopping over to fix a clevis
and falling under the horse. A pass
erby noticed him and drew him from
his perilous position some time later.
The horse had not moved after ne
fell.
The thermometer reached 81 IL at
the University observatory The IN
tense heat is especially severe on the
Iaborers on the street car line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
HARVEST IS ABOUT OVER.
Farmers of Graham County Report a
Splendid Crop.

Hill City, kan, July THE farm
ers in this county are feeling well
pleased this year with the present out
The harvest is on and over one-half
of the crop is cut. The weather has
been all that could be asked for and
harvesters from sunrise to sunset, and
even the Sabbath day did not stop
many of the machines
This years crop will be at least one
c1ared will exceed any yield in the
last several years. There has been
no shortage of help in this county and
no delay has been caused in the har-
vest from any cause. Other crops in
Graham county are in splendid con-
ditiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
PARAIELEE GOES TO X. U.
New York Statistfcian VIII Have Chair
of Sociology.

Lawrence, KAN, July THE chan
celIor's office of the University Of
Kansas has announced that Mauric
F. ParmeIee of New York has been
appointed to the position of assistant
professor of sociology in the uniVer-
sity. Professor Parmelee will take up
his work at the opening of the fall
term.
statistician for the city of New York,
and spent a year investigating so
Geological conditions in Paris and Lon
don after his graduation from Yale
university. He received the degree Of
Phi. D. from Columbia university this
Howard A. Parker, a graduate of
the University of Wisconsin and now
an instructor in that institution, has
been appointed instructor of civil en-
cheering to take the place of Profess
sor A. K. Hubbard, who will receive
a years leave of absence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
CoNVENTIoN OF DEAF NIUTEs
Steps Taken at Wichita to Organize
State Association.

Wichita, Kan, July THE South
ern Kansas and Oklahoma Associa-
ton of the Deaf has completed a three
days convention in this city and has
changed the title to the Central Kan
sas Association of the Deaf" which
has set the ball rolling for a perman-
ent state association. There were
present about 200 deaf mutes from
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Ok
lahoma. 1t was decided to send a
delegation to the national association
of the deaf in Denver in 1910.
A constitution and bylaws were
adopted and the following officers
were elected:
J. J. bold, Olathe, president; Miss
Iona Tade, Coldwater, first vice pres
ident; E. S. Paxton, Newton, second
vice president; Emmett Simpson, Nc
Pherson, secretary; William E. Waite
Pratt, treasurer.
Steps were taken to incorporate the
association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
1iEAvENwoRTH MAN LANDS JOB.
w. G. Fuller VIII Erect Exchange
RniIdine at Fort Russell.

Leavenworth, Kan, July w. G.
Fuller. the Leavenworth contractor.
received notice that his bid for o. the n 2
construction of exchange bulldlngS at
Fort ID. A. Russell, wyoming, had
been accepted by the government. The
amount of the contract is $4,000 for
two brick buildings.
ings July 49, said Mr.. Fuller last
night. ''Both buildings are to be
brick and used for what is known as
exchange buildings in the army. The
basement of both buildings viii be
eo1Iinped with bowling alleys and the
upper portions will be finished off with
counters. shelves and SUCH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07

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