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The Washington times., 1911-06-25
SHE HOLDS IT UP TO THE
WEATHER.VANE GIRL
Loretta's Looking Glass
Drawn for The Washington Times.

I she must dispense with formality.'
You beg her Just to run in" any time
she can. You say you will phone for
her to come over when you have a lit
tic leisure-some time.
And she waits to hear from you.
But she does not. Then she meets you
again. With an enthusiasm some
what foreign to her reticent nature,
she anticipates the warmth of the
greeting you will give her. The lone
ly feeling. the strangeness slips from
her like a useless garment. She is
clothed in the robe of royalty, the ex-
quisite raiment of joy.
And you greet her with a curt nod
The weather vane is swept quite
about by an icy wind. And; in your
The Washington times., 1911-06-25
THE DOORKEEPER

torpedo at a Fourth of July celebra-
ton. Why, I didn't know that one
regular-sized man could have so much
trouble.
He read me a few letters from his
wife, who is sick or leavin' him. or
something. and showed me a lot Of
pictures of the boy he lost when he
was one year old. And then he told
me how he had saved up his money
for years by cuttin' out the booze and
how the bank failed and he lost it
all.
Got Me All Mushy
He got me all mushy finally and
just couldn't stand any more, so I
beat II. But. say, listen to that
racket Did you ever hear an audi
ence laugh like that in this house in
all your born days? I wonder who's
amusing the bunch?'
The man who is slippin' the mirth
provoker over. kid, is that funny fell
Ter. Pat Willus, the man who made
million laugh. He's the guy who was
talkin' to you in the wings a little
while ago"
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veering, you hit her a blow in the
solar plexus of her affections that is
staggering. She fiushes and shrinks
craving the solitude of the bedroom
above, where the late-arriving guests
are so busy asking each other if |they
are 'all right" that they notice no
one. What did she say at that first
lovely meeting that you could have
pondered upon and found unsatisfac-
tory? Was 1t this second thought
that kept you from telephoning her?
What can she have, said or done to
have been found wanting?
A Sloppy Gusher
But she is not to blame. And she
will find out. Some other day you
will meet her and be the same slather-
ing, sloppy, slus hing gusher But she
Will see your empty words like so
many drifting bubbles, worthless. She
will learn that you are weather-vane
woman. She will know that you are a
shifting, silly weather vane, vacillatinx
with the wind of your own mood, hot
airily enthusiastic one day, frigidly
cold shouldered the next
But the weather-vane girl has a nem-
esis. It's the man who refuses to set
her as the crown and pinnacle on his
life. It's the man who feels her
warmth-and then gets a dose of her
twenty below treatment. Nothing so
positively stops his castle building. And
the weather-vane girl never gets a
place on the top Of the unbuilt matri-
monial dwelling. You weather-yane
woman, 1t is easy to guess how you de
ceived your husband by carefully
keeping in the warm and caressing
-. 4
weather-vane girl may be a danger
sign. Be sure you find out before you
contract to take or-misery of miser-
her
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Just Some Few
Scattered Hits
KNEW HIS KIM

Marks-Does that lawyer friend Of
yours make speciality of anything?
Parks-He has a good deal to do
with contesting wills.
Marks-oh, he's a divorce LAWYER
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From the Creel
Of the HumOriSt
RECEIVED AN ORDER

First Book Agent-'Did you receive
an order at that house 1 just saw you
come out OFF,
Second Book Agent-""Yes, I was
told to git"
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Cav Bohemia

I'D like to have a glimpse of Bohe-
mia
7 Il can show you around. old boy. Do
you wish to see the spaghetti Bohemia,
! or the goulash brand?'
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Sure Test

She-They held a mirror over her
face to see II she was alive. I don't
understand that.
He-Why, you see, If she was alive
she'd open her eyes and look in 1t.
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All For a Name

You get your janitor for $50? He re-
fused to be janitor of my Office building
for $6O.''
well. you see, hired him as SUI
perintendent."
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Taking Ii Back

Big Bully-Why did you laugh when
1 kicked the dish out of your hand?
Little Boy-'Cause it belonged to
your mother. My mother borrowed It
yesterday, an you'll hear from it later.
Ha, ha,
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Full Paw

He-No, the boss doesn't pay m,
any more than I am worth.
She-Hcw in the world to vo,
manage to live on it?
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Dog-Gone Ii

Tom-What on earth are you so up
set about?
Dick-Because I've been five years
training my watch dog to be the fin-
est in the country, and now the first
burglar who came along stole him.
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Unluckv

Mr.. X-oh. I've been doing quite .
round of calls, and I've been so un-
fortunatei
Mrs. Y-What, everybody out?
Mr.. X-No, everybody in.
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Answered

Why do you talk so much about
yourself?''
Il can't afford to hire a press apent /,
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Rash Promises

Mrs. Wilkins-Henry, the doctor sail
was going to\get measles.
Mr.. Wilkins-He did? He shouIdn,
be making rash promises.
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Our Grocery Clerk
Says He Needs Pity

Long before I shuffled onto this
mortal coil, some galoot said that
pity and love were travelling compan-
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No Change

She Concerned about her mothers
health)-Don't you think mother should
have change? I don't like her looks
at present
The Brute Cheartily)-1 never did
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WhY He Ate Them

Johnny, you shouldn't have eaten
those fancy cakes. They were placed
only on the table to fill up''
Yes, ma. That's what I ate them
for"
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Truth At Last

Mrs. Uppson-They tell me YOU keer
boarders. Is It true?
Mrs. Downing - Certainly not. M,
boarders keep me.
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Off the Beach; Or,
Did She Escape?

Crying with fear, fright, hurt pride,
siderable noise the beautiful bather
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ENGLISH JOKE FOR TODAY
A daily paper heads an article.
How to see the king in comfort
That's easy See him in his dress
ing gown and slippers.-The Pink I'm.
The Washington times., 1911-06-25

How Belle, that dentists like fash their
defense front while they're assurn you that
didn't happen know dentists chair woudn
realize you havin' tooth pulled?
"Are gon that brass hammer me?'
Certainly not he Id asked him if he goin
forget charge
Well" would mind putin in the waitn
till through with me-.
Certainly III do that if makes nervous he
taking shiny young crowbar from shelf he where
of then all his other gleamy tl
friends all again, SOS the gh strike em better ain
natchIy Belle when double
implements o in the foreground take muc
entirely
don't feel we'll
pulled today"
But after he'd described what real fun gon to be- looked
he'd the brass hammer
opened mouth and shut
it," couldn't what
but he all the
hold motionn his assistant the
don't. if So" grippin' the th
whether the folks home cared enough abou
a tombstone.
But it's anyhow Belle and it such comfort know
operation painless
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NJ A D

often than from amuck unit
to them mercifully with a bullet
nuzzes all the laws about dogs
the cool
their and make that the and dogs
which through
charity fed daily the back door, have
while the houses closed in the summer time
Like Wistfu Ghosts
haunting homes
understand why the dish of food
And they through
houses boarded day and night
the lack of do their work and another
dog" scare THRILLS the city with
dogs
themselves But records show that
left yearly their knowing that
the animals although vauedeclaring
oaby always shift for themselves all right
for they get food by instinct"
indignant those women would be if some one
responsible they
are more Don't you think so?
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H! but you are a blighting. big
wigged, no-hearted vacillator!
Moved by the wild wind of
your own freakish fancy, you appar-
emily obey none of the small laws of
society. You disregard the cult of
good manners with a freedom that
indicates an absolute ignorance that
1T exists or an indifference that ought
to be allowed as a risk and danger
against which your associates could
be insured
This is the way you veer and wig
gle. You meet kindly little lady at
a party. You overwhelR her with ef-
fusive attentions. Yot fairly grab
her interest and make her believe
that the warm wind of your favor is
an indication that you have found her
a soulmate. 1t is no wonder she feels
a thrill of gratiied pride at having
won the dship-at-fl first with
which you know so well how to
shower her.
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Richest Heart-gold

Maybe she is a comparative stran-
ger In your circle. Do you reckon
she is not pleased with finding that
friend, an enthusiastic, congenial
friend, waited her, like a vein of the
richest heart-gold, in the new field ?
Why, she is happy! She goes home
from the party with singing soul.
She tells her husband about you. And
she asks him IL he has heard of YOUR
husband. She nourishes a hope that
her husband and your husband may
meet and like, too.
You have asked her to visit you
some time. Oh, that some time! 1t Is
THE time of you weather-vane wom-
en-. Everything will happen then. All
the charming prospects that you have
pointed out will be reached-some time.
You tell the little lady that you and
The Washington times., 1911-06-25
NJ AD> DOG SCARE S
An Why They Come
From Our Own Carelessness
BY PEGGY VAN BRAAM
S G. A r E S

E'S MAD! He's mad!" Shrill voices took up the
cry; terrified mothers gathered their little
into their arms and fed into the shelter of door
ways, while the shouts for the police grew louder
and more insistent with every yelpng gasp
surged.
One-two-three shots and it was all over, but
the terror of those moments fingered for weeks
in the minds of women and children. The dread
of another such left ndeble mark And
yet such episodes, such cries, arise almost every
day during the hot weather in the city.
Straw cats and dogs wild with the heat with
The Washington times., 1911-06-25

Ellie, had tooth pulled today. The dentist was
one o these painless kind, which is nice to know,
when il hurts the hardest. If l hadn't a.
known, Belle, that he usn the painless method,
ten to one Id "a thought he hurtn'
somepn' awful and yelled right out
Your card says painless dentistry" l says
to him, while he was polishin up a lot O steel
daggers and shown em in front O my eyes. Does
that mean painless to you painless to me-"
I says.
ITO you,' he says, holdin' up little brass
hammer somepin' SOS could get nice view of
Al LII.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
BEULAH BINFORD.
Beattie's Trip to City

Up to the moment of his arrest
tiehry bcnttie bad never been under
surveillance. While detectives made
IL appcnr thnt his home WIS guard
eu inursony night, not IN officer
was near. before midnight Beattie
ieft home, boarued II street car, and
Went 10 the residence OF Hurry VI.
snita, Jr., his counsel, where he
rcHinineu ror nchriS TWO hours. He
icIt tie smith residence In south
fiiSh street yesterday mornln,,
about l;I5 O'clock, ma caught a
late ear south Richmond. He
dad every opportunity TO escape had
he desired. Beattie had practically
oeen accused OF the murder On
thursday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
AUL BEATTIE IN
L|MEL|GHT N 0 W
Sensational Rumors Fly About
Town, but No Confirmation
of Amy Possible.
MUCH EXCITEMENT HERE
Case Probably Without Parallel
in Depth OF Popular Feel
ing.
MUCH EXCITEMENT HERE

For intensity of interest and depth
Of popular feeling nothing in all the
annals OF crime in Virginia can quite
approach the Beattie case which
reached a long expected. but none the
less sensational climax yesterday az
ternoon in the arrest OF the huspan.,
OF the dead girl.
From the moment the details OF the.
tragedy became public property
tongues began to wag. and strangely
enough readers of the first newspaper
accounts promptly inserted between
the printed lines suspicious and ex-
pectations that had never been writ.
ten. The story OF the murder was not
an hour old before the whisper OF
Beattias possible completely began 10
creep abroad. gathering ready assent
as 1t sped on. In a day the whisper
had become chant that rang from one
END OF the city TO the other What lay
behind the remarkable unanimity OF
sentiment IL remains yet To be deter
mined. but that IT existed Is a fact
which speedily impressed itself with a
stimulating force upon the police and
constabulary wherever they turned.
No hint seemed needed, for the first
reports certainly gave none. The
ground seemed ready prepared. and it
looked much as II the public had oc-
cupied the frame OF mind OF one who
after long watching slumbering
crater simply gaspa when the crash
comes. and cries. u told you So"
Public Mind Fixed.
With public mind fxed and i'm
patient. 1t is easy to suppose. as was in
reality the case. that anything but
satisfaction attended the apparently
dilatory tactics OF the police. which all
now recognize as a wise precaution,
without which the denouement could
not have been brought about with the
effect finally produced. The city was
hungry for news, but news OF its own
liking. So-called clews leading any
cH.,.a IN, iEa o. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
RECALLS EVENTS
OF NJ CUE TRIAL
Striking Analogy Between Two
Gases Arouses Much Com
ment in Richmond.
STORY OF OTHER MURDER
Public in Both Instances Leaps
to Its Own Conclusions With
out Awaiting Arrest.

The striking analogy between the
alleged details OF the Beattie murder
and the early events OF the celebra ted
McCue case. which stirred the State
10 its depths half-dozen years ago.
has been the subject of much inter
ested comment in Richmond ever since
the first accounts OF the Chesterfield
tragedy appeared in print.
AS a matter Of fact long before
officieldom was willing to entertain
seriously the thought that the hus-
band of the dead girl knew more or
the crime than he cared OF dared to
tell. the public, or large part OF It,
had reached its own conclusions. and
from then on paid little attention TO
rumors and so-called clues. and sim
ply awaited a single event. which all
expected. and which in due time came
to pass-the arrest Of Beattie himself
4 many a Wednesday breakfast table
the brief but eloquent comment. AN
other McCue case" was handed along
with the morning paper that contained
the first news. but that, curiously
{Continued on Third pa oeN
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Sensational Rumors.

Everybody Officially connected
with the Bcattie cnse refused Inst
night to discuss the most persistent
OF the many sensational rumors as
to n startling confession which
would be unfolded ut the Inquest
to-day. While this report related
In way to the prisoner, there yyns
no intfmation anywhere TINT he had
confessed. Regardless of how II
stnrted, the whole city was ringing
with n report, NO astounding TINT
IT WINS almost beyond human belief.
The lawyers and detectives Hnid
that rumors were to be expected.
Hut they refused TO Talk.
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MRS. bEATT|E HAD
KEY TO MYSTERY
Wife OF Prisoners Cousin Told
OF Gun Purchased in
Pawnshop.
KEPT TERRIBLE SECRET
But Aged Grandmother Urged
That Relative Tell the
Whole Truth.
KEPT TERRIBLE
Tell the truth. my boy"

Acting on the advice of his grand
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Black, OF 207
Allen Avenue, Paul D. Beattie, OF 2Ol
Randolph Street. freely admitted yes
terday that ne had purchased the shot
gun with which Henry c. Beattie, Jr..
is alleged to have killed his wife on
Tuesday night. Having disclosed the
full story of buying the wea pom TO his
Wife. Mrs. Ruth Houchens Beattie. his
bride OF little more than a year. she
repeated it last night to The Times
Dispatch.
Il knew nothing OF his figuring in
the awful affair until last night" she
said. Since the terrible crime of
Tuesday the nervousness of my hus-
land had been very apparent. but until
last night ne refused TO tell me the
story.
Called Over Telephone.
in the meantime l recall that last
Friday night ne was called on tele-
phone by Henry Beattie. 1t was after
o'clock. and he had retired But
agree to meet his cousin at once at
the corner of Main and Short Streets
He dressed and went out.
He returned about twenty-five min
utes later. brought home in Henry's
automobile. questioned him. as to
the nature of his conference. but he
was evasive, and said II amounted to
nothing.
The following details I now know.
though he only told ME last night:
He quit work early Saturday after
noon in order to attend to several lit
tic things for me. But he took enough
time to go to n pawnshop in sixth
Street to buy the gun which Henry
Beattie wanted. He did NOT Dring 1t
home but left 1t at me pawn shop to
oe called for later. Returning home.
ne had supper and announced his i'm
tention OF going to South Richmond,
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Paul Beatties Sworn Confession to Detectives

Paul D. Beaie hereby during OF uv
called
Main which
dit
him
July l5 1911 with Henry
automobile
Henry
P --'iO
sfromW
Harrison Of
o c. Beatte. 80 - - ~
D..
ALEXANDER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
County Called Wendenburg

me entrance of l.. o. wendenhurg
INTO the prosecution of the Beattie
cnsc WINS dramatic in the extreme
me hrst intimation given Dir. Wen
uehburG that he WIS wanted to ns-
sist Judge Gregory was conveyed
yesterday morning Mt IL o'clock by
county officer while Mr.. Wendcn-
burS was arguing II case before
ouuse Irinnnn I'm the Chnuccry
Court. He immedfnteIy ASKED J,,,I-
rfihhan 10 excuse him, the request
pcinE promptly granted. The law
yer went To the Inquest In motor
cur, arriving at 11:3o O'clock, und
.ook prominent part In the cn-
animation of BenttIc Dir. N'.ndcn
burg said Inst night TINT he yas nor
retained by private parties.
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. ' He 80 $500 - ~ "
NSt ''ee ms MANS HFst aSso'a'eo "ih the
FauI bie forged
time being
three
inquiry He hnche and
declined
relations accused since his
the girl sending OF kisses promising good
with which
produced
which the evidence Binford
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CONTINUED on Third Page.)
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Drag Confession From Priis-
oner's Cousin and Forge
Last Link.
JURY AUDIENCE IS
STUNNED BY NEWS
Tide Had Seemed to Be Turning
in Favor of Young Husband
When End Suddenly Came.
Binford Woman, on Stand,
Reveals Story of Past
Life.

Charged with the murder of his wife
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., around whom
storm of popular clamor and excite
ment has ragged for three days. Went
yesterday afternoon to a solitary cell,
where. without hope of bail, ne will
await a further summons from the
law.
Acting on information furnished by
Paul Beattie. a cousin of the accuse ed.
who gave an explicit account of the
purchase of the murderous gun from n
Richmond pawnshop on Saturday night.
Detective Captain Mcmahon and Cap,
tain Alex Wright, ignoring the pending
deliberations OF the coroners jury,
went straight to the point without fur
Their delay, and at 3:45 o'clock placed
the husband of the dead girl under ar
rest at the time Beattie was at his
home in South Richmond. Within five
hours he had been safely conveyed to
the Richmond jail. while his cousin.
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Continued on Third Paga.)
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PhoneMonroeNo. l

And ask that The Times-Dis-
patch follow you on your va
cation. We will do the rest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22

While on your vacation. Let
The Tines-Dispatch follow
you.
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Paul Beattie, Raving Like
Maniac, Succumbs 10
Excitement,
BURDEN OF SECRET
TOO MUCH FOR HIM
Hurried to City Home Hospital,
Where He Speedily Receivers,
but Is Held Under Close
Surveillance-Gives Signed
Statement to Mcmahon
and Wright.

On the confession OF PAU D. Beat
lie. obtained yesterday in Richmond.
while the county authorities were con.
Quoting the coroner's inquest in
Chesterfield county, Henry Clay Beat
ae' Jr.. was arrested BY Detective
Captain McMahon shortly after 3
o'clock as he sa, at the dinner table in
the home OF his father. at 1929 Porter
Street South Richmond
Acting upon orders OF Major Werner
Independent of the county authorities
captains Mcmahon and Virgin, carly
Yesterday morning set to work 10
trace the shotgun which caused IN.
irasic death OF Mrs Beattie. knowips,
mat 1t was the keystone in the evil
1ehee necessary to convict. Although
Captain McMahon communicated w,i,n
coroner Loving before the opening or
me inquest yesterday morning. AND
asheo Tor postponement until the az
'ernoon on account OF important evil
GtECe d0DEI ha
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delay the sht by the Richmond
s ne an and a cousin eA the fury together
As indication zsa. we" en.e ea %sh ..g between
s a ~a county ocsrs as we a5 threw
sas q on lason9s al sassas IN
a. to Be on w h s D, n an can be but
on Paul Bets around th h Nfhon put his hand
s,.sd 's as s 9asa a that had
ING along with dneu shsonx ~ @d police stream
events The great crowd seemed
lips and agonaea a q or FIVE police Officers
crowd outside horrible stsurEs before Before the
ina G soarss ss was torn from
quest rsnsd I'a'' under the care Of several officers
BeatueA Alone Is Calm
esespon Of t1 sns, s sssays signs Of
~ one time it as thous IN Sssns condition and
s Sas 'is5 asa a ssass
TO scene Of the inquest calling for ws
No this news and all rushed
dying City ons ana s o John Gsn he
nasr dmouy with ra aeat y tine mart and the INQUEST
s g sns and m n h s asahs tore as. through
In the city street Happening as it did just business
i s.. s s n .ia @ss the sh Of
the machine was GU. sigh. given
Early last night that Heate
against his cousin a g News Of his condition
the outcome of the trial N'"s testimony
:, .v.-x ~, Refused m Ito to Postpone Postpone, INQUEST
out by Me1ahon and capta the case worked
nns ANY s at n aoa ss ss s om had leaked
o'clock a
about the sn n e s Major
the
confess ins asets
story ~
N. 4s4 a'o Sa ao emit Major Captain
CAPTAIN es asaane %ss sa"ss,.s
No. from the
md PaulB
cried
t.buyt FROM him."
The Confess
office few
hah PaulB
Iseatte Mr.
IContn seond -paan
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-16

Walhalla. The Great Northern has
purchased terminal facilities at Winni-
peg, and has no road as yet to that city.
1t looks as though that in the near future
that the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific will be running over their own
roadfrom Emerson, and probably Penn.
bina to Winnipeg. That the Midland is
not only alive but building along, is also
certainty and may be expected. The
probability of the reciprocity treaty be-
ing made fact makes more railroad
building north and south almost a
necessity. Besides these two roads we
also believe that there are other trunk
Zines whose eyes are looking across the
border for the big hauls of which they
want part. While North Dakota farm
ers will have to help pay for these new
extensions in railway building by the
loss on the prices of grain, yet they wi
get some benefit later by the increased
railway facilities which will add to the
present value of lands. It is likely also
to bring quicker and more direct returns
to at least some of the border towns by
the new roads passing through.