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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Oct 3.--Cattle-Rcceipte.
estimated at 1000; ma rlsct steady 10 lOc
lower; beeNes $i.I0nS.15s Texas steers,
81 2sG s. 90: western steers. Sf.2oM 100;
stockors and feeders. $500 $50; COWS
and heifcrs, So 00M6 l5: calves. s1,'1M'
900.
Hoes-Receipls. estimated al 1900;
market steady TO shade higher, light.
So. 25mss5: mixed. s6.,o@s.sO; heavy.
s5S5Nssa; rough s9.s3m6.lo; coed To
choice heavy ss1066.55; pigs si.Jo96.i5;
bull; Of sales s6. 6.oOm6.75.
Shoep---RcCeipts. estimated at tVo0o
market. steady: native. s2.95@ 3:9o
western. sa.T5Nt4.00 yesrlings. S".sop
go: lambs. native. stoo@6.O0; western,
s4 a6d6.1n.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS,
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. oct. G.-Cattle-
Receipts Ia. 900. including 1870 southerns-
Market steady 10 10 cents lower Naive
steers, so.25nS: southern cows and heit-
ers. s275Ma50; native COWS and heifers.
g. 50GI: stockcrs and feeders S&oOM I.9O
bulls. s:mAso; calves, Si1 $50; western
steers. s5.9O@7 western cows. g. '5a %.
uogs-Rcccipts 1900: market strong
10 cents higher. Bulk Of sales. S6.3OM
& 50, heavy sG.3BMS.50; pigs. S6,25dg,30.
shcop-Reccipts 10000 steady: Mutt
tons. $3.50 t.25 lambs, si.aomb.lV; range
wcthers and yeurlngs. S3.25@o, range
ewes. 81 aQMi
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
Omaha,

OMAHA. Oct. 3.-Cattle Receipts $500
Market steady. Native steers. Som 30
cows and heifers. S5.25@5.9o; western
steers S2.70N6.Jp; range COWS and heli"
ers, sS0510; Gamers s2.65m $50; stock
ers and feeders. $3.50 30; calves, s3M
80. bulls. stays, etc. sG.25"9
HoGs--Eeceipts $500; market strong TO
> cents higher Heavy S6.20m6.GO; +;
mixed, s6.25m6.5O; light. s6.95@s.$5; pigs
S5.SONS S.a5: bulk Of sales. S6.2eGs.Sn,
Sheep-Rcceipis 5000; market steady
10 strong; ycarlinss, s.: log .iu; welhcLs'
s3.5O@i; ewes, SS03 800; lambs, So lon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Office OF tho Board OF Public Works.
Sail Like CIV Snnt lG lal

otlCe pl l'lN t''uIb pI bDDc w OrkS.
Salt Lake City. Sept. IG. 1911.
Scaled proposals Will TO received al this
office until o'clock p. m. Friday Octo-
Der 6. 1911; Tor constructing &C
mcnt sidewalks in sidewalk; ex-
tension No. l5s, on Second North
Third North. Wall and Center streets.
according 70 plans on file In the city en-
6lneor's office.
Instructions to bidders. together with
plans. proflles, specifications and forms
Tor contract and bond. may be obtained
upon application nt the office of the
board OF public works or the city engi-
neer for which deposit OF flve (s500)
dollars is required.
The right is reserved to reject any and
all bidS.
By order Of the Board of Public Works.
H, G. MCMILLAN, Chairman.
mlSs3
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04

Cash quotations were as follows; Flour.
barley SoGe5c; fair To choice mailing.
81 l0M123; timothy seed, slS.0o@l4.'3
clover. slt00ml9,2o. mess pork, per bar
rel. $1f75GlJ.00: lard, per 100 pounds,
sS.s5, short ribs. sides tloose). IS 00M
SIS: short clear sides tboXed, $3.50
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
New York Money.

NEW YORK Oct. 3,-Close
Prime mercantile paper, II per cent,
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
hnsiness in bankers bills al si.S26o for
sIHty-day bills. and al N'so''' Tor de-
mand. .o,-
commercial bills. A.sls.
Bar silver 52b cents.
Mexican dollars. a. cents.
Government and rnilroad boiFds s'eaaE'
Tona,, on call steady. 2m2i per cent:
r,,iinr rate per cent: closing bid. IA
~ rent: Offered at ~ nor cent
Time loans easy; for sihty days. - per P
Cont. for ninety daNs, 50 per cept; lor
eiY months 3264 per cent,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
cinffea Fntures Steady.

NEW YORK. oct 3-Coffee steady;
net ! points higher TO points lover
October. 1855; November s,. lg.seG; hru- Du-
arW, 4sc: March. l9,5ic.. April. l2'3Sc;
Nav and June. 12.Soc; July l2eac' Au..
gust 2.asc; septem;bor; i2-2sc' ,l9,ae:
san,o. No. 4 15l Mild quiet; Cordova'
I,mtT, nominal.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
THE UNION PACIFIC LAND COM.
PANY.
Annual Meetlnn.

The annual meeting OF the stockhold-
crs OF the Union Pacific Land company
Will be held at the Office of the company
October 10. 1911, at u o'clock a. m. for
the election OF six directors OF tho COM
pany. and for the transaction Of such
fore the meeting, ALEX MILLAR,
Secretary.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
A. beAon Wool .Anntion

,'s'iIsn ,Sss The offerings at the
'IAfe u,uay amounted 10 12.1GS
ns ana good demand from
claljy on .ne better grades were
'stfs vi,skIsasy merince. Heavy
7ossbrAannarawn Americans pur-
'edS occasionaiiy. W
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
GRAIN STATISTICS.

Total clcaranCes of wheat and -four
were equal to 25l 900 bushels. Primary
receipts were 1885,, 900 bushels. compared
with t,125. 900 bushels the corresponding
day wear AGO, The world S visible sup
plV ss shown by Brsdstroet :, increased
l06e. 900 bushels. Estimated receipts tor
tomorrow: Wheat. % cars; corn, 2lo
cars: oats. 23o cars; hogs. $4,000 head
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
Flax, Oats and Rye.

MINNEApOLIs. Oct. 5.-Flax, s2.t2.
BARLEY 70c0&i,tS.
Corn No. yellow, Sa5c:
Oats No. white. ASsTt6c'
Rye, No. ., 9lm92c,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
vi 'hs day. 40, 200 shsres
AYsporated Fruits

,fnpt, kIuIts.
". Win pc,. $.-Evaporated sp-
rlce, az AZ fancy quoted AT 1osI
trm: a. 80 prime. 91?ic.
10 a., 10 is3c for California
''s' Oregon prunes are
Hlra 81, unchanged: choice. l56
'nolce, ls@l6lc. fancy,
,lail,c.ue DUH. firmly hold
:le Nv extra choice. iomJgic:
ho%IccsnanSed; loose m,,scstels.
edfc: ianry' seeded, Sm2lc;
london layers, si,f0M
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
CT Louis Wool.

cT roI-Is. Oct. 3.-Wool dull; medium
-.rades rombing and clothing. lIM3sc.'
iight line, iiGI9e. heavy fine, llmlo''
tui,cyp Shod ri M2br.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
Chicago Produce.

CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-EuttenroI,sstne.a1dy;
creamcrics. o25mg7lc: dairies. 2ol 2dAc.
" ifsgsESteady; receipts. G9tS cases; AT
marx cases Included. l5m15lc; hrsts l9c'
prime firsts, zoe, ,, a.,
i'heese-Stcady: daisies. lac. WINS. la1
6lg5c. Young Americas. lac; long
horns. lic.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04

II Won want TO rent that turnished
room use Tribune want ads. Gall elthcr
rhone Bell 5000. Ind 800,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04
New York Produce.

NEW YORK, oct. S.-Flour was about
steady. with moderate Jobhins trade
iT.145 barrels; shipments. H.
272 barrels.
N-hcat-Spot rasy: No. red. oso ole" +"
Vstor export basis and 2oc Z, o. b., afloai
No ] northern buluth. Sl.l"i T. o.. %;
= float Futures ma rkct. except for brief
opeuInc stesdincS due 30 strength IN the
northwest Wss generally weak and lower
all day. declining under bearish foreign
news and quite extensive liquidation. III
closed 10 TO &c net lower. December
closed 81 ne $-I6: MAY closed Sl.oSs.
Receipts. c7s.100 bushels.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04

Petroleum STEADY.
Wonl-Quict. 90
sugar raw quiet: mUscoNado. 50
t,et ss6c; centrifugal. .96 test, '.S6c;
molasacs 50 test, 5,11c: refined steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
BUSINESS IS FAIR.
Marked improvement Is Shown in
Some Lines of Trade.

New York. Aug. 1e.-Bradstreet's
says:
The improvement which is gener-
ally conceded to have occurred in the
Iater planted western crops and par
ucularly corn, since the first of the
month, the advance of the season of
fall jobbing activity and the conse-
Quent presence in the leading markets
OF fan buyers is all reflected in a
further slight Improvement in the
volume of wholesale trade this week.
These gains. however, are moderate,
pending clearer views of crop out
turn and of possible tariff revision
is as marked as heretofore In the
case of the wool tariff revision the
disapproval by the executive of the
measure has apparently brought out
more confident buying of goods and
of raw material with some hardening
OF values. Most activity in distribu-
tive trade is shown in dry goods and
kindred lines, groceries and fall sup
plies generally. Trade at best how
ever, is only fair.
Not all lines of trade are equal in
showing expansion. The close inter
dependence of international trade is
shown in the less satisfactory reports
port and import trade, which are
feeling the effects of the labor con-
flicts in Great Britain
Grain, provisions and manufactur-
ed lines exported are most affected
by the regulations adopted by some
steamship companies pending the
strike settlement.
Although production of finished
steel is of goodly volume, there is
less doing in the way of new business
and reports of price cutting are nu-
merous. Buyers in general are con-
sentative.
Collections are fair to slow.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending August
IT, were 215 against POS last week,
222 in the like week of 1910, 1873 in
1909, 236 in 1908 and 1853 in 1907.
Wheat, including flour, exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week ending August II ag-
gregate 3.507,365 bushels against
1850, 967 last week and 1,497,514 this
week last year. For the seven weeks
ending August II exports are 16,72S,-
707 bushels against 9,047,471 in the
corresponding period last year. Corn
exports for the week are 29S.531
bushels against $685. S1 last week and
4S,517 in 1910. For the seven weeks
ending August II corn exports are A.
016,120 bushels against 1,s56,S33 last
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
Cheeping of StOrk Not Pleasant
Music to MefIin.
Deserts Wife When Addition
Comes to Family.
NO LOVE FOR BABY
Doesn't Care to See Son Born
in Wagon.
Traveller, Searching for Health,
Held for DesertiOn.

Wichita. Kan. Aug ia cows
moo" is more plaintive than the
storks cheep?
Andrew Neflin, who is in the county
jail on the charge of deserving his
wife when he heard the stork Tapping
its wings, says that he had no inten-
ton Of leaving his wife for good. He
get his Jersey COW. He talks more of
his COW than the new boy that has
come to bear his name.
To a reporter lie said: I'm not fight
the suit for 1 haven't any money. 1
didn't leave my wife and children. I
was coming back as soon as I got my
COW. That's a mighty good COW I've
got down there at Viola. 1 was offered
$50 for her not long ago.
I didn't put up much of a fight to
keep my wife in the wagon. I did it
because 7 had promised my wife and
children that 1 would never place them
in a hospital as long as l was alive.
My wife didn't want to go to the hos
pital, so I tried to keep her from going
there.
See here, I ain guilty of what
they charge me. But I don't care what
becomes of me. The doctor says that
I've got consumption and 1 am liable
to go off any time. was trying to
get out west where 1 could do some
work. 1 am So years old and cannot
do much work. 1 have tried to do the
best could.
when asked if he should like to see
the new Mefiin baby that had come
to town he did not answer.
Mef1in's dress is ordinary. His face
is covered with a heavy beard. An
angular frame gives him the appearance
Of a typical back country person.
81. w. Woods had Mefiin arrested
on a charge of deserving his wife and
children when an increase in the fam
lily was due Meflin was caught near
Derby. It is said that he tried to
prevent his wife from being taken to
the hospital by force. She is in the
Wichita hospital where she was taken
Sunday. Mefin and his family, con-
sisting of his wife and five children,
were travelling in a covered wagon near
this city Sunday. He drove up to a
farm house and asked a farmer to
call q doctor for Mrs. Meflin, who was
about to receive a visit from the stork-
Mef1in drove away. deserving his other
children and his wife. The sheriff ove--
took him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
HELPS DISPOSE OF SEWAGE.
Natural Dam Made by Kaw What
Town Has Wanted

Manhattan, Aug. 19-The Kansas
river has apparently taken it upon it
self to help solve the water trouble in
Manhattan. With the receding of the
late high water in the Kansas river
it looks as if the contour of the old
channel of the Blue has become some
what changed. A bar of dirt has been
deposited near the mouth of the old
channel, but far enough up stream SO
that both the Wareham sewer and the
new sewer outlets are below it. This
dixie is somewhat over nine feet high,
so that with the Kansas river any
where near normal, any northward
flow in the old channel is effectualIy
checked. As a consequence. the sew
ers are emptying into the Kansas and
will continue to do so unless there is
more than a nine foot rise, and the
sewage will not be carried up the old
channel to the source Of the present
water supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
MRS. SHARP COMES BACK.
''GIooms'' Now in Command at Home
of Peter Sharpe.

Pittsburg, Kan, Aug. 19.-Mrs. Ann
Catherine Sharp, the first wife of Peter
@. Sharp, of this city, has returned
here from New Orleans, where she
went following a quarrel with Sharp's
second and younger wife, Louisa. The
first Mrs. Sharp went to the home of
her husband and his second wife. where
she is housed. She declares she intends
to live with the Sharps and is sure
they can all get along together.
Ann Catherine Sharp and her hus-
band were parted by the great Chicago
fire. Sharp searched for his wife until
nine years ago, when he came to Pitts
burg and married Louisa. Ann Cath
crime, through the pension bureau, To-
Gated her husband. When she came
here she found ne had remarked. AS
the first Mrs. Sharp had been legally
dead many years. she had no standing
in court. The Sharps, however, took
her in and for several weeks the two
wives lived with their husband, the
first one as a guest. Quarrels, how
ever, caused Ann Catherine to depart
for New Orleans a month ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
BUILDER DEFTEs ARREST.
Standing in Federal Building, Invites
Police to Take Him.

Kansas City. Aug. 19-Besieged by
half dozen policemen who sought to ar
rest him for assault. A. L. Coster,
builder, successfully resisted arrest for
eight hours by taking refuge in the
federal building in Kansas City, Kan.
Coster. who IS construction forerlen
employed in remodeling the govern
ment building, was charged with as
saulting one of his subordinate work
men. Later Coster submitted to ar
rest after the municipal judge assured
hin. his trial would not be delayed
While the policemen were patrollins
all sides of the building before Costers
arrest, he tainted them because they
could not enter upon government pro-
perty to arrest him.
Might as we'll come OUT one Off
Ger said, for we will guard the build
ing all the rest of the summer if nee
essary.''
Il hope you enjoy yourself" Coster
replied. II an serding out for my meals
and I am prepared for a long siege"
The police appealed to the federal Of
flcers but they refused to interfere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
WILL MAKE BREAKFAST FOOD.
Pioneer Anthony Miller Buys Milling
Property There.

Anthony. Kan, Aug. 19.--T. S. Hold
ridge of Kingman, who in 1881 built the
first mill in Anthony, with his son, Jay,
has bought the Kramer mills here.
Mr.. Holdridge's first mill il Anthony
was of so barrels daily capacity and
used a hay burning engine and stone
burs In 1893 he moved to Enid, Ok,
whore he made q fortune in the milling
business. Later he moved to Kingman,
where he erected a fine mill. Mr.. Hold
ridge has wanted to return to Anthony
ever since he left, and will realize his
desire when he takes charge Of the
Kramer mills on September 1. The
mill will be greatly enlarged next year
and a breakfast food department win
be added
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
Peabody Man SchooImate of
Border Bandit Leader.
Father of Desperate Served
Time for Forgery.
BROTHER QUIET LAD
QuantrflI's Mother Never Went
West to See Him.
Ruffian's Cousin Still Holds Job
With Uncle Sam.

Peabody, Kan, Aug. 19.-"His father
was coppersmith and worked in
Hagerstown, Md, when he first mar
rled Miss King, and by this mar
rage had two children that I know
one being Will G. Quantriu and the
other was either named Charles or
I'D" writes J. H. c. Brewer of Guam
triu n the Herald.
Along in the late '4O's or early sos
his father was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for forgery, I believe, and
While in prison his wife secured a di-
Vorce and married an Englishman,
Arthur CaWton, thoroughly reSpecta-
bic and good business man. They
purchased a hotel in Cumberland, Md,
and were thus engaged when Quantrill's
term in the pen expired. He at once
went to the hotel and attempted to
kill his former wife, but this was pre-
verified. Quantrin then left Maryland
and we next heard from him in New
York city. He posed there as a capt.
talist and told parties that he intend
ed starting an opposition line of omni-
buses, and had already contracted for
several TIE owners of the old line
then got busy, and compromised by
giving him $4,000.
From New York Quantrin went to
Ohio and none Of his relatives heard
from him, so far as I know About
the time he was m New York, Mr..
Cawton sold his hotel in Cumberland
dIlQ InON0u 10 1Q1lGQe1pnldy ldkll4S
Charles Or Ed Quantrin with them,
and sending viii to his brother, John
Cawton, residing a few miles from
Clear Spring, Md. The boy was pro-
badly Is or 16 years of age and at
tended school at Clear Spring one sum-
mer that 1 spent in that country.
He always passed my uncle's place
to and from school, and many times
he stopped to visit with my cousin and
myself. There was nothing about him
that differed from any other robust,
healthy country boy. He was well de-
veloped, a good horsemap and would
perform some daring feat that surpris-
ed US boys at the time. He is sup
posed to have gone to his father in
Ohio, who had married his second wife.
We never heard from him again until
we heard of his career in Missouri and
Kansas. His brother became an inva-
lid and Mr.. Cawton took him to Eng
land, thinking a sea voyage would re-
store his health. but he died.
"One thing certain is that Quantrilf s
mother never went to Ohio with him.
She 6ied at her home in Philadelphia.
Several times before her death she and
her husband visited his brother, John
Cawton. in washington county, Nd
where l saw them when a boy.
"Quantrill had a first cousin, who
holds an important government office
today, but whose name I am not at
liberty to publish.
Now, I expect to hear some criticism
to this additional history of QuantrilIs
life, but can furnish proofs for all I
have written
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
Will PLANT MORT WHEAT.
Southwest Kansans Furnish seed to
Renters Without It.

Hutchinson, Kan, Aug. 1a-As a
result of the organized movement in
the shortgrass country of Gray, Fin
ney and Hamilton counties, and else
where through that part Of the state
to encourage more extensive wheat
raising, the acreage of wheat in those
counties will be much increased this
fall.
The Million Bushel club in Gray
county and similar movements in Fin
ney and Hamilton counties is result
ing in many hundreds CT bushels Of
seed wheat being brought in for seed
ing the land this fall.
The farmers in that section are not
Impoverished. They are not asking
state aid or anything of the kind. But
they are buying their own seed and
will put thousands of acres Of pasture
land into wheat this fall.
In Hamilton county a similar move
ment is under way. The Syracuse
Commercial club is fostering it. In
the southern part of Hamilton county
there are many sturdy German farm
ers, mostly Mennonites. They are
wheat growers, but some of them have
been unable to get seen wheat for
planting. Jacob Regier and Heinrich
Janzen, two of the prominent German
farmers, are leading the movement to
form a seed club to see that every acre
possible is seeded.
In Grant and Seward counties spe-
cial efforts are also being made to
secure a larger wheat acreage. John
Baughman, a large land owner inter
ested in northeastern Grant and north
western Seward, has offered to fur
nish wheat to seed all he land that
he leases out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
NO ROCK ISLAND TROUBLE.
Committee in Chicago simply Work
ing on Wage Schedule

ing on Wage Schedule.
Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 1s.@There is
no foundation for the report that
trouble is brewing between the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railway
and employees in the mechanical de-
partment according to J. A. Franklin
of Kansas City, Kan, president of the
International Brotherhood of Boiler
Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Help
ers of America. President Franklin
returned yesterday from Chicago.
where officials of the railway and
representatives of the five shop trades
are comforting preparatory to signing
a new working schedule
These schedules are drawn up and
changed whenever either the railway
company or the employees desire a
change" he said. when I left har-
mony prevailed. and conditions seemed
to anticipate q schedule, which will be
most satisfactory. The present sched-
ule has been in operation for more
than year. Sometimes they run two
years without a change
The five shops trades represented
are boilermakers, coppersmiths, black
smiths machinists and car builders In
the past the agreements have been
drawn between the railway company
and the different trades separately.
This year the schedule which covers
every question, including wages, work
ing hours and working conditions, will
be drawn between the company and
the trades collectively, which Presi-
dent Franklin says, will be more favor
able to the company and men than
the old method.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
NINE OPERATORS SON HELD.
Youth Declared to Have Attempted
Hold Up Last Week.

Pittsburg. Kan, Aug. 19.@The pre-
liminary hearing of Walter Reese,
son of a mine operator in this dis
trict and expert shot-firer, charged
with the attempted robbery of W. H.
Wilmington, cashier of the Pittsburg
and Northern Mining company at a
lonely spot near Franklin, near here,
Saturday morning was held before
Justice of the Peace Pomeroy. He
was bound over until the Septem Der
term of the district court He was
unable to furnish bond of $4,000.
Wilmington carried a satchel contain
ing $4,000 to pay the miners at
Franklin. He frightened the would
be robber away by firing his revolver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-19
WORK GOES NTERRILY ON.
Retirement of Central Branch-New
Line in Western Kansas.

Downs, Kan, Aug. 19.-Railroad IA
cilities have been greatly improved
during the past year, and still the
work of lettering the condition of the
Central Branch goes merrily on. Those
on the inside say the railroad between
Garden City and Stockton will be in
operation within eighteen months,
which would be large boost in favor
Of Downs.
Then there is the Lenora extension
to Denver, which would put US in
closer touch with the northwestern
counties. and we believe that within
twenty months the actual work Of
construction will begin oil this work, -
says the Downs Times 1--WE do not
claim to have a bunch but we feel
confident that we are right Just keep
tab on our prediction regarding the
north branch extension-work to be-
gin within twenty months"