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The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
HE BUILDS HOUSE
Merritt Beeson Performs All
Work Connected With 1t.
Orchestra Cornetist Acts on
Suggestion of Sweetheart.
HE DRAWS OWN PLANS
Ten-ROOm Structure Built by
One Man Nearing Completion.
Three Months More Required to
Finish Up Work.
HE DRAWS OWN PLANS

Dodge City, Kan, Aug. 31.-Every one
who has visited in Dodge City th1i
| summer has heard about the wondertu
| concrete house on the Beeson ranch
just south of the city. 1t is one of the
show places in western Kansas TINS
summer and every guest in the city
| is taken out for motor drive across
the river to see the big concrete house
and to give the host a chance TO tell
some of the tales about how the house
came to be there.
The best part of the story is that ev-
cry pound of material used in the
house except the lumber was taken
from the ranch upon which 1t STANDS
and that all the labor in constructing it
was performed by the owner
Merritt Beeson, who built the mouse
is the son of Chalk Beeson, the lid
ding statesman" who can manage the
first 'fiddle' in the town orchestra as
easily as he can make reunion speech.
spin a cowboy story or frame up a
a livelihood II years blowing a cor
net in park bands and theater orches-
tras in Kansas City. Every member
of the old Third Regiment band knows
him, and so do most of those who are
still playing orchestra parts at the the
aters. Failing health brought him back
to the ranch three years ago.
A short time after his return he met
a fine western girl and soon they we're
considering plans for the wedding.
But we ought to have a home," the
girl said one day, Suppose you build
US one out on the east section Of the
ranch"
Young Beeson had no inclination
then to argue that point or any other
point. If it had been necessary, he
would have agreed to build a dome to
cover the Rocky Mountains.
After the wedding the house PROPOSE
ton came up again and the young man
had to get to work. He drew the plans
himself and planned the best farm
house in Ford county. He then bought
the cement That was all he needed
to buy The sand was taken from a
creek bed on the ranch. He made his
own block machine and roofing tile
machine. The rest was labor. He fur
nished that himself
1t is no small job for one man to
build a 10-room house of concrete.
Young Beeson began his work more
than a year ago, and the house is not
vet completed. Probably three months
more will be required to get the house
ready for occupancy, but when it is
completed it Will be one of the most
substantial homes in western Kan
SaS.
Up to the present time no material
has been purchased for the house ex-
cept the cement and the windows. The
cement blocks were made on the rancn
and the tile roofing was burned there
With this building as a model 1t is
expected that a large crop of home-
grown residences will be produced on
western Kansas ranches next year,
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
KEMP LOVED KANSAS GIRL.
But 1t Was Not the Same Feeling He
Has for Mrs. Sinclair.


New York, Aug. 31.-'.I am a normal
minded person that has got into an
extraordinary situation and as such Is
the case 1 will tell my side of this
trilogy of romance
That is the way the mild hammered,
blue eyed, thin visaged poet of Kansas
spoke of his mention in the divorce
papers which Upton Sinclair has filed
in the state of New York against his
wife.
1t was up at the home of the par
ents of Mrs. Sinclair that Harry Kemp
expressed his views on love and matri-
mony.
Mrs. Sinclair is too finely a poised
woman he continued, ito believe that
our friendship has been such a friend
ship as would make it necessary for me
TO stand between her and the world.
No. that attitude would be dlspleas1ng
TO both of us and what we want to do
is to get all We can out of life in the
highest. finest way that 1t is possible
for US to do I am not looking for
a soul mate
Asked il he had ever loved before he
met Mrs Sinclair, Kemp colored up
like a boy in his teens and added hest
tatingIy: Yes, once-two years ago.
She lived in Kansas and she was very
wonderful to me-yeS, I loved her and
she knew a good deal of literature and
the things that interest me, but it was
only a love affair with marriage an
impossibility. She married another,
Mr.. Kemp added.
But did you feel the same for her
as YOU do for Mrs. Sinclair he was
asked.
..Oh, no. It was a fine thing, a real
love. but not the fuller, deeper love
have for Mrs Sinclair
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
BOYS WOULD GO PIRATING.
Steal Lumber to Make Boat Go Down
NeOshO River.

Chanute. Kan. Aug. 31.-Orville
Smith, Vern Barnes and Burdette
Slane, the three boys arrested for
stealing the lumber from the Chanute
Lumber company to go on a pirate
cruise down the Neosho, were taken to
Erie by Undersheriff Carwile to await
their hearing on the charge of petty
larceny. The other two lads impli-
Gated by the captured ones state
ments have not been located.
Two beds, bed clothing, cooking
utensils and clothing We're found in
one of the rooms of the house. This,
it seems. was the headquarters of the
gang. In one corner of the room was
found a pair of fancy, high-heeled
boots sometimes seen on the stage
cowboys Skeleton keys and a revol-
yer were found in the clothing that
belonged to one of the boys.
The value of the lumber the boys
used is estimate dat $40. Nails, strips
of new tin and about a hundred
pounds of red lead for calking the boat
were found about the place.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
POTATOES ARE PLENTIFUL.
Offered to Jobbers at so Cents
Bushe1 in Car Load Lots.

SaIina, Kan. Aug. 31.-The potato
famine is broken. Jobbing houses all
over Kansas and the other middle west
states have all the potatoes they can
use and the stores are all heavily
stocked. Jobbing houses are offering
Kaw valley potatoes for so cents a
bushel by car load and fancy Wis
consin and Minnesota potatoes are
bringing only 20 cents. The Colorado
crop. which is just coming on the
marking, is showing the Kaw valley
potatoes off and these potatoes will
sell for SO cents a bushel in a few
weeks.
Local potatoes which remained the
size of a pea during the drouth, start
ed in to growing again with the first
rains and now good sized potatoes are
being dug out of these patches.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
BOY SWALLOWS SPLINTER.
Doctor Sees s.White spot'' and Finds
wood working Out

Barnard, Kan. Aug. 31.-The two
year-oId son of E. S. Strange COM
planned of something being wrong with
his throat He made them understand
that he had swallowed a small piece of
wood. Not being able to find anything
of that kind in his throat his parents
thought he must be mistaken and that
nothing was really wrong. But four
DAYS later the little fellow made so
much fuss about it that they took him
to doctor. On examination the doc
tor noticed what looked like a small
white spot on the inner side of one of
the tonsils. It proved to be splinter
of wood half an inch long. and it had
worked clear though the tonsil.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
MRS. REESE Is FREE AGAIN.
Rev. Hood Line Fined $50. Goes
Back to Jail.

lola, Kan, Aug. 31.-Mrs. Ella
Reese, who recently was sentenced to
the municipal rock pile, was purged
of contempt by Judge Smeltzer here
Wednesday and permitted to go at
liberty Internationally. Mrs Reese
was freed after she had testified in
the case against the Rev. Hood Line,
who was charged by her with ques
tionable conduct.
Line was fined $50 and cited for
contempt of court because he failed
to appear in court when his trial was
called last week. He was unable to
pay the fine and went to jail.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
CAT GOES MAD; BITES THREE.
Stock and Children Victims of Crazed
Feline.


lola, Kan, Aug. 31.-A house cat
long the pet of the children of Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Steward, who live on a
farm eight miles south of LaHarpe,
ran amuck when it became rabid, bit
three children and some of the stock
in the barn lot before it was finally
cornered and killed. The children,
aged II. and 3, were taken to a
Pasteur institute in ST. Louis.
The cats head was sent to Topeka
for examination by members of the
state board of health. A letter re-
ceived from the laboratory experts
says that while the examination ap-
pears to show that the cat was not af-
fected with rabies to any perceptible
degree, the board of health does not
wish to assume the responsibility of
recommending that no treatment be
given the children and the stock. In
order to be on the safe side, Mr. Stew
ard, accompanied by a physician, took
his children to st. Louis, where the
cases will be cared for until it is cer-
tain that all danger is passed.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
BEER TAX IS ADOPTED.
Collection of Booze Revenue VIII Be
gin at Once.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 31.-With-
out a murmur of protest, the liquor
tax ordinance passed its second read
ing at the meeting of the city COM
missioners. One minor amendm ent
was added, changing the tax on some
of the liquors. Within the next few
days the gathering of the taxes will
commence.
zone of the local police officers will
be appointed to keep tab on the va
rious wagons laden with booze that
come into the city, said Mayor Doege
IF we see that he can not handle it,
then a special tax officer will be ap-
pointed
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
DRIVE OUT BAD NEGROES.
Black Speaker Says Negro Alone Can
Solve Race Problem.

Kansas City, Aug S1-Two thou
sand negroes here listened to B. K
Bruce, of Leavenworth, Kan, grand
master of the Brothers of Friendship
and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten,
when he told them that the race
problem of the negro could be solved
by the negro and by him alone.
The occasion was the meeting of
the orders to hear the annual reports
of officers. Grand Master Bruce
said:
THE first duty of the negro is to
teach his children the responsible
ties of life; that he has something to
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

ing her room she slipped and fell down
the stairs, causing a fracture of one
arm at the wrist and dislocating the
other. She also suffered several con-
cussions of the brain and was general
ly bruised up by the fall and was in
a serious condition for some time.
She is reported to be resting easy
and to be in fair way to recovery.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
TAFT WILL GO TO BALDWIN.
Bristow and Campbell Also to Attend
Masnn.s Tra1lo11raffr,n

Baldwin, Kan, Aug. 31=President
Taft has accepted an invitation to at
tend the inauguration of DR.. WILDER
versity here Septem Der "a, according
to a telegram received here by the
Dean Markham, of the university,
from Representative P. P. Campbell.
Senator Bristow of Kansas, and
representative Campbell, both grad
yates from Baker, also will attend the
Inauguration.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
Attack Like Tigers.

In fighting to keep the blood pure the
white corpuscles attack disease germs like
tigers. But often germs multiply so fast
the little fighters are overcome Then
see pimples, boiIs, eczema, saitrheum and
fail This condition demands Electric Bit
ters to regulate stomach, liver and kid
neys and to expel poisons from the blood
They are the best blood purifier" writes
c. T. Budahn, Of Tracy, Calf, I have
ever found" They make rich. red blood,
strong nerves and build Up your health.
Try them. SOC at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
HOT WEATHER TO BLAME?
Large Number of Divorce Cases Filed
in Summer Months.

Hutchinson. Kan. Aug. s1.-Are
usual?
Or is it because of the unusually hot
weather this summer?
Or perhaps, because of peevishness
due to the dry weather.
There are about twice as many di-
vorce cases booked for the September
term of court than at the April term.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
CH1oAGo's sPLENDD HOTEL
THE AUDITORIUNI HOTEI.


IS strategically located, within five r,tr
uttes' walk Of stores. theatera. ana r-a-
all railroad and transportation lines =.
overlooks Grant Park and Lake Rfirbi-
gan, aHording summer resort feature.
right In the business district 80 s.
The Auditorium has been a favorft- -
twenty years with discriminating fos,-,.e -
ana travellers, Is sumptuously apnoirta5
and rnaintained-one Of the WorId'- , .ee1
notable hotels. The sum OF $500 01lo iost -t
recently expended for Improvement "ss
more satisfying cuisine or attenfior. 80
be provided anywhere. can
Circular of Information and rate
sppncauon to W. 8. Shafer. 1ar,s--eou on
Michigan Boulevard and ConFress 81 81
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
TRIES TO SAVE BABY; DRowNs.
Girl and Young Nephew Lose Life in
CfStern.

Emporia. Kan, Aug. 31.-Miss Ina
VanGrundy of Encinitas, Cal, was
drowned near Neosho Rapids, nine
miles southeast of Emporia, when she
attempted to rescue her one-year-old
nephew who had fallen into a els
tern. The child also was drowned.
Miss VanGrundy, who formerly lived
at Neosho Rapids. is a member of one
of the oldest and Wealthiest families
in this section.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

do on earth, mission to perform.
He must be active, industrious and in
telligent and must be taught above all
other things that work is honorable
and idlenesS is crime
The speaker advocated a negro Wig
Iance in every community which
should run out the negroes who could
not show some means of support.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
PIONEER TRIES SUICIDE.
C. b. Mcclellan Twice Slashes Throat
With Razor.

Oskaloosa, Kan, Aug 31-Tn a fit of
temporary alteration c. B. Mcclellan
attempted suicide mere. He cut two
gashes in his throat. His daughter pre-
vented a third. He is So years old. He
settled here in 1857 and was a member
of the Wyandotte constitutional con-
vention and one of the best known citi-
zenS of the county
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

Lawyers and court officials say that it
is usually the case.
At any rate, there are thirty one
divorce cases on the docket for Judge
Branine to consider when he opens
court next Tuesday. Last term there
were but seventeen cases.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
ELLSWORTH AFTER MORE GAS.
Private Concern VIII Sink Fifth WelI
in New Field.

Ellsworth. Kan, Aug. 31=A CON
tract has been made to drill a fifth gas
well in Ellsworth. This, however, will
be done by private corporation, and
no4 by the company which sunk the
otAer wells. The new we'll will be To-
Gated a quarter of a mile south of the
first we'll
The gas from the other wells is still
pouring out as rapidly as ever.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

Oakland Cal, Aug. 31.-Miss MurieI
Steele, whom the late King Edward
pronounced the most beautiful American
girl he had ever seen, is to be mar
ried the first week in September at the
home of her mother Mrs. E L. G.
Steele of this city, to j. Wesley Gal
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
BLIND WOs1AN GETS FALL.
one Arm Broken and Other DisIocated
in Tumble Down Stairs.

Salina, Kan. Aug. 31.-AIrs. Taylor,
the blind woman who has been singing
on the streets for the past week, met
with a very serious accident at her
rooming house here. AS she was leav-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
AM0THERY No I,!RY
1z0uTY :

It Is the duty of every expectant
mother to prepare her system for the
coming of her little one; to avoid as
far as possible the suffering of such
occasions, and endeavor to pass
through +'le crisis with her health
and streagtil 1nimpaired. This she
may do through the use of Mothers
Friend, a remedy that has been SO
long in use, and accomplished so
much good, that it is in no sense an
experiment. but a preparation which
always produces the best results. It
is for exernal application and so pen
|etrating in its nature as to thoroughly
lubricate every muscle, nerve and ten
don involved during the period before
baby comes. It aids nature by ex-
panding the skin and tissues, relieves
tenderness and soreness, and perfectly
prepares the system for natural and
safe motherhood. Mothers Friend
has been used and endorsed by thou
sands of mothers, and its use will
prove a comfort and a benefit to any
woman in need of such a remedy.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
The Diamond a S
an Investment

Haven't you noticed the news arti-
cles which frequently appear. telling
of advancing prices on diamonds?
Diamonds have advanced 2OG6 within
the last IS months. You are always
safe with a diamond as a saving It's
always good property; easily cashed
in; social and business asset and like
~ to be worth more than it cost
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

lagher of Philadelphia. Mr.. Gallagher
is the United States Steel corporation
agent at Shanghai China, and after q
prolonged honeymoon, the happy pair
are to locate in the orient where Mr..
Gallagher will continue his work in
the steel business
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

Lains much valuable information.
BRADFzELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. c..
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

Mothers Friend
is sold at drug
stores. Write for
free book for
expectant moth
ers, which con
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31
Our Easy Pay
menf Feature

Easy payments can be easily ar
ranged for any size diamond you may
choose from our stock. Come and
see this wonderful $26 diamond ring.
Tt is a very beautiful and fine appear
ing stone and looks much more costly.
We sell them to you upon payment
of 81 down and 81 per week; either
the $26 or larger size.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-12-12

Approximately one million acres of land
was affected.
The benefits did not accrue alone to the owners
ot farming lands. These railroads doubled,
trehled and then qnalruped the price Of every
piece VI Kitty realty. The population Of Lewistown
has doubled in the last four years, and to the rail
roads " the credit Justly due a dozen hustling,
bnstlin2 new towns sprang up where before herds
Of cattle and hocks Of sheep grazed undisturbed.
The owners Of these focks and Of the broad acres
over which they ranged found themselves sud
denly enriched by the increase in land valnes. At
first, some Of them were disposed to resent the
cncroacnmcnt Of the Aomestcader with his wire
fences, but they quickly adjusted themselves to
the changed conditions Some Of them sold out
their immense holdings at prices which exceeded
the figures of their dreams two three Years be
fore; others sold their hocks, purchased big out
its and entered boldly into the spirit Of the
The Judith Basin is as large as some states
which have thousands Of miles Of railroads. The
Billings Northern, the Milwaukee and the rcha-
bitatcd Montana Railroad line between Harlow
ton and Lewistown did wonders, but they are but
the fore-runners of greater wonders yet to come.
They have opened up only fraction of the Ju-
dith Basin Realizing this, the builders of these
railroads began to pro ect additional lines This
brings us to the third and present period in the
era of development through the agency Of the
railroads.
During the latter part of 1909 both the Great
Northern and Milwaukee officially announced
the contemplated construction Of through lines of
road across the Judith Basin from the east to the
west and northwest. These announcements were
followed by the appearance in the field between
LcWistown and the Musselshcll river of numerous
parties of engineers and surveyors. Lines were
quickly laid out and rghts-of-Way purchased from
the postoffice Of Wecdc, on the Musscshell, vest
ward through Iewistown. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars were paid in cash for the rightsofway.
The routes of the Milwaukee and Great Nor
thern eastward from Lewistown to the Nussel
shell follow the SAME course. They follow up
Spring creek to the east fork OF that stream, for
that branch for few miles, and then cross what
is known as the Mcdonald creek divide on to Nc
Donald creek itself The course of this stream is
followed down through Forest Grove, Grass
Range and to the confluence Of Mcdonald creek
with Box Elder The line then runs to the Mus
seshell along the valley of Box Elder. The two
roads part company at this point, the Great Nor
thcrn striking off in northward direction across
Dawson county to the Missouri river which it
crosses south of the present station of Mondak,
and then through western North Dakota to a
junction with line which branches southwest
ward from Mnot The Milwaukee proceeds al
most due eastward across the southern part OF
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-12-12

ization, Of wages paid, or any such topics relating
to the main question which being made sub
iects Of voluminous academic discussion. Such
ire matters Of which the people of this great sec
ton Of the West entirely willing to leave to
the future. Right now, they interested only
in the fundamentals Of the subject, the building
of new lines and when and where these lines
are to be built. Il.
Back Of all the hue and cry about railroads, the
demands for the regulation Of charges Of capital
ization and OF management, looms up the one IN
surmounable fact that the construction Of steam
railway lines is the primal necessity in the ex-
pansion and upbudng Of our nation. They are
the arteries through which courses the rich red
blood Of commerce, Of physical comfort and gen
eral material well-being Perhaps there have been
abuses, but before sweeping indictments re-
turned against the men behind these gigantic en-
terprises, there should be considered the untold
benefits which civilization has derived from this,
the greatest factor of modern development.
Mountains have been tllnneled and vast streams
bridged and ever in its wake have sprung up as
if by magic, prosperous cities and large enter
prises Forests have been transformed into farms,
deserts made to bloom the rose, and homes
made for millions. It opens up opportunities un-
told, and for every mile Of such road built is add
ed values many times the cost of its construction
to the land through which it runs.
The Judith Basin is today affordng striking
and concrete example of the immediate benefits
which accrue to country by reason of the build
ing of new lines of railroad. The benefits which
have already been felt are nothing when com
pared to those which are to come when all Of the
construction work now in progress or positively
projected is consum1nated. sz
Whenth golden spike was driven by Mayor l.
w. Eldridge, thus marking the completion Of the
Montana Railroad into Lewistown, nine years ago
in November, it also marked an epoch in the in
dustral and social life Of Fergus county. That
little railroad the realization of the dreams Of
one young man, Richard A. Harlow, who pos
sessed the gift of being able to peer farther into
the future than the average person. Prior to that
date, Lewistown was little more than an inland
village, prosperous but inaccessible. It's oppor-
tunities were crcumscribed within comparative
ly narrow circle. It was the center of an immense
stock country and supplied some active mining
camps, but under such conditions, growth was cer-
tain to be slow. With the nearest railroad sixty
miles away, we were denied many of the comforts
which were enjoyed without stint by the big out