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plumage of stately trees.
Two miles beyond Montserrat is Pride
Crossing, another settlement of fine homes
notable among which Is II. G. Tricks
and from here the President passes direct
" into Beverly Farms originally two
great farms, I'm fact. but now checker
board of great country estates, surrounded
by virgin forests and meadows. maintained
ir all of their aboriginal grandeur Here
the executive touring car spins past that
cottage where the "AutOcrat OF the Break
fast Table" Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
dated his letters "Beverly-hy the Depot.
and nearly opposite IS the old house OF
Lucy Larcom. who. on this very road. used
10 see. ct the window, Histful Hannah,
binding shoes"
Just offshore Great Misery Island" now
looms MP, a rough emerald incrusted in
sapphire. and beyond is West Manchester.
then gorgeous Manchester blythe Sea,
whittier the President often takes Mrs.
Taft To visit her chum. Miss Helen Board
man. active head Of the American Red
Cross
Here the summer capital hathes. az Mas
canomo Beach. which is famous for it's
singing sands"-so called because they
chirp whenever you tread them
At Manchester by. the Sea is also the
wealthy Essex County Club, the Presi-
dents fayorite stopping place In these
parts. II is an all-round country club, and
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Where the Virgin Pine Forest Comes Down Meet the Cool
Salt Sea the President Will Enjoy His Daily Round
with river and Putter the Myopia Links.

date three Of the four White House motor
cars that will be shipped up from Wash
ington-the big summer touring car, Mrs
Tafts electric buggy and the automobile
baggage wagon.
The entrance 70 the Presidents private
park is commanded by a picturesque lodge
and this cottage will he used not as an
Office. as has been stated. but az sort Of
clubhouse for the Presidents office force.
The summer executive offices will be
mile away. i'm the rooms Of the building Of
the Beverly Board of Trade. Here Chief
Photographer Smithers Of the White House
has been arranging his special wires which
will connect the summer capital with the
world at homo and overseas.
The President is not expected to visit
these Offices which VIII he I'm charge Of
Secretary Hilles and a picked squad of
stenoCraphers and clerks. His secretary
will motor out TO Parrametta each morning
with such documents as need special atten-
ton. and after receiving the days nstruc-
lions will return to Beverly village.
This village is one of the oldest in New
England. having been settled I'm 1890. only
decade after the Pilgrim Fathers landed on
Plymouth Rock. fifty miles to the south
by the way the bird flies Indeed, Beverly
can boast of having been an independent
incorporated town for 243 years.
BY way Of emphasizing the contrasts
wrought hy time they will show YOU In the
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Nv John Elfreth Watkins.

1HE new capital Of these sizzling
United States Of ours IS 20 be Mont
serrat, which is on some few up-to-
date maps.
Motoring up along the Massachusetts,
north shore where sea and forest meet,
you pass Lynn, the city Of shoes. WHIT
through the witch town OF Salem and buzz
thence out Of the land Of Hawthorne on
ward to the Beverly shore" which in
Cludes al of that garden strip 'twiXt the
ancient village. but modern shoe town. of
Beverly proper and Cape Ann, paradise of
Lucy Lsrcom.
You breathe the balm If virgin pine for
est frnging the foam kissed bluffs
and 1it past fields NJ sweet clover. mus
tsrd and Camomlle. dotted by quaint wind
mill towers and separated by Try walls
OF stone You rumble over old Beverly
bridge which Washington himself descend
Cd from his coach 10 admire, You hike
through the witch woods which the Puritan
fathers believed 10 be infested with blood
thirsty lions. and as the sight Of the ma
tons grandest strip OF ceastline smiles
upon YOU you pity poor Taft, sweating
down there I'm his bachelor hall. al Wash
ington. with major domos Hilles and Butt.
Santing inland for miles spin beyond
Beverly village, you come upon Montser-
rat the new summer capital OF the United
states, and fetch up at the gate Of the new
summer White House, Parrametta, which.
some distance back from the highway and
hidden by a park OF old trees, crowns "A
high hill. and whose eastern and southern
windows command a view OF Beverly Har-
Dor and the sea.
The estate Of the late Henry w Peabody
is an ample mansion OF twenty-five large
rooms OF which that already occupied by
Mrs Taft commands the best sea view ana
the full exposure TO the sea breeze Inc
Presidents study looks familiar 10 those
who have visited him at Burgess Point
during the two summers past, for the desk
and chairs used In that former summer
home have been presented 10 him By its
owner. Mrs l.. B. Evans. The Tafts sore
~ regretted the removal OF the Evans cot
tage from Burgess Point TO Marblehead,
for they could get no other suitable mousse
directly upon the sea But, although Par
rarnetta is mile further from the beach
IL is nevertheless a mile nearer TO the
Presidents favoTite playground, the Myopa
Golf club The former executive cottage
is being cut in two sections, which VIII
b.. ferrlcd across Salem Bay on pontoOns.
At MsrbIehead Il will be put together again
on a lot adjoining the CrOwnnshieid es-
rate. ana the space which it will leave
upou the beach al Burgess Point is
70 be transformed into an Italian garden
The garage at Parrametta Will aecommo-
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How CONGRESSMAN James Mann Harries the Democrats

ships and fighting men. Some day IN the
future We are bound 10 have conflict
with nation in tho Paciic-not neces-
sarily war with guns. but war, just
the same. For that day, when it comes
we should be adequately prepared
- How would you describe a progressive
Republican,"
'I wouldn't attempt the job even though
I had a definition. Originally certain men
were called insurgents. The dictionary
SAYS that an insurgent differs from rebel
chiefly in degree. on his return from tho
African hunt Mr.. Roosevelt called himself
a progressive. The insurgents grabbed the
name and applied 1t TO themselves. They
say that ! am a reactionary, whereas
have put more progressive legislation
through Congress than all of them com
bined After President Roosevelt and Gif-
ford Pinchot began loudly to call for
law protecting our water rights I'm the
West I went to the White House and
pointed out that such law was already I'm
the books-a law the passage of which ]
had managed in the House.
Il have no quarrel, however, with the
Independent men. I always vote as /
damned please myself"
Copyright, 1911, by James r. Morrow
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- Til T;t Heaven and Earth Into the Grand Canyon
D..+b IN Hundred Forms Was by Cameron Now Delegate
from When He and His Men Carved Track tor ner
and Tourist Down the Dizzy Side of the Coorados Path

had to be scaled and blasted away. In
building what is known as Jacobs Ladder
IL was necessary for the workmen to be
swung down with ropes a hundred feet
to drill holes I'm the rock In which the
blasting powder could be inserted. Then.
when everything was ready for the blast.
he would be pulled up out of harms way
Fortunately there were no accidents dur
ing these operations. but we had many
narrow escapes.
I'm building around what is known as
Cape Horn we had to crawl up cievices in
the rocks, and. while supporting ourselves
with our knees pressed against the sides,
drill the blast holes. Fifteen hundred feet
of the trail, known as the Devils Cork
screw, had to be blasted out. and this is
what | consider the best engineering feat
Of the work.
while the trail was built without loss
of life one of the workmen named James
Murray had an experience that would have
turned gray the hair OF an ordinary man,
We had blasted a large bowlder. part or
which had fallen into the place We had
located for the trail. and before we could
proceed with the work II was necessary
to remove this. We drilled holes In Two
sides Of It and set off the blasts. Murray
naturally expected the charges to so OF
simultaneously, and after the first eXplo-
sion approached the rock. ! was satsncd
that there had been but one explosion, and
warned Murray to keep away Jim, how
ever. laughed at my fears and, seating
himself on the rock. proceeded TO roll d
cigarette | called to him to jump, as l
was satisfied but one blast had gone off,
and for some reason he did lie was
not an instant too soon. either, for as he
left the rock the powder exploded and
pieces of the stone flew in all directions.
Murray was knocked down and covered
with rock, but fortunately he was not
badly hurt. The bowlder weighed between
eight and nine tons.
zone of the greatest hardships we had
to endure was the getting of our supplies
into the camps at the rim and into the
canyon. Everything We ate or used In the
construction Of the trail had to be hauled
by teams seventy-hve miles to the RIM
Frequently the teams became snowbound
and we ran out Of provisions. Ihen IL
would be necessary for us 10 go out on
snowshoes and bring the stuff In. FROM
the rim II had TO be packed into the can
Won by the men. This was hard work ana
dangerous work, too for false step meant
instant death.
Another privation was the lack OF wa
ter. There was no water in that section OF
the country, except. OF course, the Colo
RADIO River, which flows at the bottom OF
the canyon and which we could not reach
until the trail was completed When we
first started work on the trail we used to
melt snow at the rim. After tho snow
went off we had TO haul water about
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moved TO Arizona in 1888: was Sheriff
Coconino County for three terms ana
served one term as a member and one term
as chairman of the Board OF Supervisors
OF Coconino county; is married; was
elected Delegat. to the 6lst Congress, re-
ceiving 124S5 votes, to 1l.727 for NJ. A.
Smith. Democrat: 1912 for J. d. Cannon,
Socialist; lis for William Il. Cleary. indie
pendence League; SO for j. w Stewart,
Socialist Labor. and 1Os for r. Roy Sibley'
Prohibitionist."
But the purpose OF this article is not TO
tell of him as a fisherman, a drygoods
clerk. sheep herder or a cattle man.
sheriff in a wild Western country where
every moment OF his life was fraught with
danger. It Is 10 tell OF the herculean task
of trail bulding-the building Of the longest
trail TO the deepest canyon in the world.
The idea OF building the trail was con-
ceived by Mr.. Cameron in 1887. while on
prospecting trip with number OF com
panions looking for gold. silver, copper or
any other valuable minerals that the can
yon might contain.
The story as 10 the difficulties encoun-
tered In its building can best be told IN Mr..
Cameron's own words
1T was while prospecting at Indian Gar
den Creek, in the canyon, that l figured
out the idea of building the trail. which is
now known as Cameron trail. 1t formerly
was known as the Bright Angel trail. but
the Geological Survey changed its name
AT this time my only purpose in building
the trail was TO use it in pursuing mining
operations, as myself and companions had
a.,
The idea of changing 1t into IA trail for
tourists came to me later. We located the
trail under what is known as the toll road
law.
1--WE started to build the trail down into
the canyon on December "a. 1890. and COM
pleted II in about twelve years And il
was twelve years OF hard work and pri-
walton for the men engaged IN It's con-
struction. We did our own surveying and
locating. and. altogether, employed about
one hundred men. | might say that the
three elements that figured most promi-
nently in the construction OF the trail were
hard work, brains and giant powder
THE trail, which begins at the rim Of the
Grand Canyon. is seven miles in length
and cost about 100000 TO construct. We
have changed the grade several times since
the work was first started, so that now
mule can pack $50 pounds out of the can
yon on its back. When we first went In
there it was a physical impossibility for
a mule or any other four-footed animal TO
get down into the canyon. Now tourist
can make the trip from the rim TO the bot
tom Of the canyon and return in about
seven hours.
The engineering obstacles that we met
and overcame were many and difficult
Perpendicular rocks. hundreds of feet high,
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eighteen miles from a tank on the rim of
the canyon.
Owing to the contracted space on the
trail we could not set up tents, and so we
had to sleep in the open. A man would
throw a tarpauin on the ground and
stretch himself upon It, using blanket
for cover. Then lie would draw the ends
of the tarpaulin over that, forming kind
OF sleeping bag-and very handy We found
il. too, for lots of times we would awake In
the morning covered with a foot or two of
snow, from which we had to dig ourselves
OUT.
''Our cooking utensils, OF course, were OF
the crudest kind, and our fare consisted
principally of bacon, beans bread and dried
fruit such as apples and prunes. Long
before the work was finished my partners
got cold feet on the proposition and |
bought them out. I had trouble also keep
ing workmen. The privations and hard
work did not appeal to them and changes
were frequent.
THE obstacles OF nature were not the
only ones / encountered. After the Trail
had been completed the Santa Fee Railroad
was built TO the rim Of the canyon. about
eight years ago, and in short time the
officials decided that they wanted the trail
for themselves. BY that time it was being
used by tourists.
''The railroad officials asked through the
Forestry Bureau at Washington for a free
right Of way through what was then
known as the Bright Angel trail and the
bureau granted this permit without any
lntimation to me. The Forestry Bureau
was then under the supervision Of the Sec
rotary Of the Interior and / appealed TO
him from this decision. The Secretary de-
Cided that the bureau had no jurisdiction
over this trail, as It had been built by
myself and associates prior to the proc
lamation Of President Harrison creating
the forest reserve, which was issued on
March 20. 1893.
The railroads then proceeded 10 inst-
tute quo warranto proceedings I'm the courts
to GUST me from possession Of this trail,
claiming my franchise was not legal: but
after a number OF years in the local courts
it was finally decided by the Supreme Court
OF the territory that my franchise was
valid and my rights we're legal
The old toll road law of the territory
was not as perfect a piece of legislation as
might be desired and | had a bill passed
by the Legislature perfecting It. This bill
was vetoed by the Governor three days
before tho Legislature was to adjourn, and
/ was two hundred and fifty miles from
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that lead the minority, an honor and &C
countability did not seek. shall do the
best can. II the Democrats suggest leg
slation that is good for the people from
our standpoint we shall help them When
they make any mistakes we shall see that
the country is fully informed on the sub
ject."
"Is there too much legislaion?'
81 don't think so. Many persons are
asking the government to undertake new
activities. They also ask that expenditures
be kept down Their two demands. Of
course, will not work at the same time.
Mr.. Roosevelt was constantly recommend
ing things that were for the countrys
good IL all OF his suggestions had been
carried out our annual appropriations
would now be two billions instead Of one.
So there is a check on legislation. no mat
ter by whom II is promoted. The United
States is a great nation and things remain
TO he done. our outlay in money is not
dangerously large. Outside OF pensions and
the war and navy establishlishments. we
are rather economical. ] am a a peace
man, and while ] might be willing TO re-
duce our appropriations for military pur-
poses, ! realize that we may need fighting
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Automobilng and Hobnobbng with Foreign Diplomats and
Other Men of Note Who Are His Neighbors Will Pre-
vent His Seeing Too Much of His Office Force

its picturesque clubhouse IL the favorte
rendezvous of the diplomats and million
aires Of the neighborhood. IL is the most
popular spot for portico life in the after
moons and the social centre Of the entire
north shore.
But four miles further on and the Presl'
dental automobile reaches Magnolia. the
playground par excellence OF the north
shore. Upon the beach here is erected
grandstand, from which are witnessed
events I'm the horse ring and beach race
course. And tennis tournaments. as wen
as races and open air horse shows, aniuse
those who motor 10 Magnolia Beach. which
Is favorite pleasure ground OF MISS
Helen Taft
From these same sands IS viewed tne
famed Reef OF Norman's Woe tna'
frowning mass ~ rock which was tn'
scene OF Longfellows Wreck ~ the Hes
perus." You remember tho lines:
And Fast through the mlinisht dark and d'e"'
Through the whstlng sieet and snow
Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept
Tow rds the Reef = Nofman's Woe.
Sometimes the President motors soul"
from Beverly to Marblehead Neck. there
10 stop at tho Eastern Yacht Club. "here
fashion comes 10 sail and dine and dance
especially while the Eastern squadrV'
keeps it's anchors I'm these sands.
But Mr. Tafts yachts. the MaynoWer arc
the sylph. will be anchored IN BeVelH
Cove. where the President Will have '"0
use of a private wharf from which mo'Oi
boat Will take him and his friends ou'
when sailing parties are upon the scheauo'
And It is here, at Beverly Cove. that MaJO''
domo Butt will have his summer quarters
In the cottage or II. O. Woodbury.
The Presidents evening programmes VI
the north shore customarily includes po''H
parties at home. at the clubs or at the oo'
tages OF neighbors. And OF congenial ne's"
bors he always has a plethora IN the''
parts. His favorite playmate, John hA.'
Hammond, late special ambassador u ""
coronation OF King George has his SUNNI.
home up beyond Magnolia, ana h, 'n
Gloucester, and Justice oliver VEN.
Holmes. son OF the poet, is at Manches"
blythe Sea. where also the French ""
man, Russian, Brazilian and Italian 80 80,
mer embassies are established Ana i'
i'm Beverly Itself are Mrs l.. Il. Lever
Washington, widow ~ the chicago "
chant prince. and Mrs. Longworth VIZ,
whom her son. Representative NI'nv.
Longworth, and her daughter-in-la"' " w.,
Alice Roosevelt Longworth. now spehu
greater part OF each north shore sea-,
And there will be near al hand the
paper colony" composed OF a dozen y, All
OF Mr.. Tafts journalistic friends. VINO
come up TO Beverly and take cottase' -.
soon as Congress shuts up ana 'e''
servant OF the people out to play
Nopyrisht. 1911, ~ John Eltreth "a'A
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fcopvrteht, Ieii by Thavis ColmanD
WAVING against the perpendicular
sides Of granite rocks honaIeus y.
~ feet In height. suspended t"3A'
,.svsn ana earth by slender rope or'ilhs
,n,o ,hs rock with bit of steel to make al
~,,.r,ns for the charge OF giant po"oer
.,'h,ch a 70 tear that rock 10 pieces IN or
a. 90 make a foothold for man and beast
,..,,g death IN a hundred unexpected
ov.-snch was the experience OF the niue
go of men who blazed the trail whloh
~ Loads into the Grand Canyon or the
cetorsdo How many OF the hundred thou-
sara neonle who have ridden up and down
,,,s trail in the safety afforded by every
a.y4ce OF human ingenuity have ever
stopped to think OF the dangers anu no"
.hirs faced by the men who mace IL pos
sibe TO visit this grandest OF AL c"iis WIS
la the world? 100
And the history OF the man VINO was
primarily responsible for the undertahrs
and successful completion OF THIS giant
task Is as remarkable as the task ITSELF
Tho builder is Ralph H. Cameron now a
DeIerate In Congress from the territory Oh
Arizona. 1t is far cry from oulloer OF
trails to q seat in Congress. But 'he piu0"
and perseverance he showed in his fight 10
o,.ercorna the obstacles OF nature nave
dominated the later years OF his lie' ana
his success In the field Of politics has oeeh
SIS marked as was his success In the early
DAVIS OF the Territory OF Arizona those early
DAYS i'm a new country when man hau U"
ne A man 20 achieve success among MS
fellow men.
Starting life a fisherman in the small
town OF Southport Me, where he was porn
IN 1863. Cameron's whole life has been
romance Of adventure such as few men IN
public life can lay title TO.
lie is as modest as his deeds were valor-
Gus. To read his simple autobiography IN
the Congressional Directory. 1t is diff1cuit
TO conceive the intrepid sheriff. tracking
desperate law breakers TO Justice; TO recoG-
nize the human ant who gnawed and bit
into the rocks OF the canyon, defying death
I'm horrible form that humanity might
tourney from the clouds almost, at the
rim. 10 the tumbling Colorado River. 500
feet below, and there pitch their tents and
camp among the wonders of nature; to
realize that the man who. single-handed
fought a successful fight for his own
against a powerful railroad corporation
and all the immense interests it could
bring TO bear, should write thus simply or
himself:
Ralph Henry Cameron, Republican. or
Flagstaff was born at Southport, Me,
October o. 1858; received common school
education which was augmented later by
night schools and studies; is interested in
mining and stock raising and is the locator
and builder Of the Bright Angel Trail into
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. in
Arizona which he is still maintaining !;
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in such matters. lie thus stopped good
many measures that were either vicious or
foolish. General Henderson, who followed
Reed. was also careful. Mr.. Cannon l
thought might get into trouble.
Accordingly. I began watching. as you
term II. and Directing. Mr.. Cannon and ]
did not always agree, but we never quar-
relied. Put the responsibility on me-, |
would say when kilograms. letters and edi-
torials came pouring in from the country.
The bill shall neves pass unless lose my
voice and can't make motions with my
hands
What are the troubles and what are
the pleasures Of minority leader
"All work Is pleasant, even though !
say work ordinarily is compelled by some
purpose Troubles do not disturb me. AS
a young lawyer l determined to do all l
could with every case, and then patiently
10 wait for results. II / lost I did not
worry; II / won so much the better for
my client. Serenity is matter of will as
we'll AS OF temperament. l have brought
my old philosophy into my new place. Now
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der. then, that The first citizen Of the realm
should have selected this strip. the Beverly
shore. as his summer playground.
Mr.. Taft's daily routine while here In
cludes. after the morning business, n daily
spin TO the Myopia Club. which, despite
tho modesty of the little farm cottage
which serves as its clubhouse is preferred
by him, for golf. 10 the more picturesque
Essex County Club whittier he goes for
less athletic diversions.
Hamilton. where the Myopia links spread
themselves over the rolling fields. is five
miles due north from Beverly by a road
that gradually points the executive touring
car further and further from the sea. II is
here, at Hamilton, that Mr.. Meyer. Secre-
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Essex County records a petition, made by
one of Beverly's founders Roger Conant.
TO the general court. in 1911. TO change the
name Of the settlement from Beverly to
Budlcieh. And good Father Conant based
his petition on the great dislike and dis
content OF many OF our people because 1--WE
being a small place. IT hath caused on us
a constant nickname of 'Beggarly'"'
But Beverly can he called "Bcgsarly" no
longer. For 10. these many years this
garden city by the sea" has been a mill
ionaires paradise, surpassed for salubrty
and plcturesqueness by no other resort in
the world.
The stranger who has driven up from
Beverly proper 10 Cape Ann will not won