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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
LIVING TOWER is UNIQUE
Captain Mseker Built It on the Toys
Of Four Redwood Trees in Cal
lfornla.

What is known as the Living Tow
err (says a writer IN the Wide
World Magazine) stands on the very
summit Of a hill more than two hun,
dred feet high at Camp Meeker. a
summer resort in Sonoma county. Cal
ifornia. It was Captain sMeeker, an
old pioneer, who first conceived the
idea Of building a tower on the very
summit Of a high hill near his hotel,
and while looking around one day for
a suitable site, he found four young
redwood trees standing about twelve
feet apart, representing a perfect
square. The trees were each about
one hundred and fifty feet high. Fifty
feet Of each top was Topped of, and
the work of building six stories was
then commenced. From top to bottom
the Living Tower was one hundred
feet high. Each floor is about twelve
by twelve feet, and rests on, strong
timbers, the ends of which are Sc
curely attached to the four trees by
means Of steel cables and bolts. So
strongly was every part braced that
the whole structure does not move as
much as one would naturally suppose,
even when rocked by heavy winds.
In the building great care was taken
by the workmen to. cut only the
branches growing on the inside of the
square, and the trees were not chop
ped, mutilated, or weakened any mere
than could possibly be avoided. Lead
ing I'D from each story are broad
stairways. so that one may ascend
and descend with ease and perfect
safety While around the edge of each
floor are strong ratings to prevent &C
cidents. Since this tower was COM
pleted, the. trees have gro%n and
fourished just as we'll as before. This
living .tower.is claimed tc be the only
one Of its kind in the world.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
sYERs-eRAy


Thursday evening. November 2Sth,
the home Of Sir. and Mrs. H. B.
Byers. r. F. d. No. 3, took on
festive appearance when in the pies
ence of a large number o. friends
the marriage oS their dsugAter. Mary
Abetha 70 Mr.. Ernest Gray. YVES Sol
emnizado H. ]. COckrill, pastor OF the
Great Bend Methodist Episcopal
church reading the ceremony. Miss
Byers has grown to womsnlood IN
Eureka township and through her
pleasing personality and estlmable
character has won a large circle Of
friends. The groom he's for the last
years been resident of this ocunty,
good share q the time being in .
The employ Of Norman Duchesne. His.
yeniality and accommodating DISPOSE
ton have won for him a large pioce.
IN the patrons OF the Duohesne dairy.
The bridal couple were, attended by
the brother and sister of the bride.
The wedding march, from Lohengrin,
was played by Mrs. Walter Walter
stead of Lindsborg. The bride was
gowned in white messaline silk and
carried a bOquet of pink and white
carnations. After the ceremony a
most bountAul supper was served,
after which the guests viewed the
many beautiful gifts.
The out Of town guests were Mrs.
]. W. Weltmer, Vida Weltmer and
Mrs. Yeager Of Claflin, Miss Ella
Shivea of Burton, Mr.. Gray. father
If the grom. Of Girard, Kan. Every
member Of the Byers family was
present except the oldest married
sister. The guests departed at a
late hour with a feeling that the BY
sS home is unexcelled as place
Tor good viii and hospitality. Mr..
and Mrs. Gray will make their home
in Great Bend, Mr.. Gray to con-
inue in the employ Of the Duchesne
Dairy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
THE POOREST OF ALL PEOPLE
Natives of the Arctics Who Have
Enough to Eat Are Considered
Very Fortunate.

I have not known SO poor a winter
during the whole of my stay among
the Eskimos NOW % years., says a
writer in the Christian Herald. While
the coast.is iee-bound, the. days short,
snowstorms frequent and the Their
mometer Often 40 degrees below zero,
It is not possible for the Eskimo to
do much to'secqre living. One way
for the women to produce something
was to cut holes througho the sea ice,
which reaches a thickness of six feet,
and there they stood fishing for rock
cod, most days securing only between
five and ten fish. The mission en-
deavored to help, but poverty was so
general that all resources were taxed
10 the utmost.
An outsider has no idea of what
poverty among the Eskimos means.
At the best of times the wants of an
Eskimo are few and his food con.
eists of the coarsest of substances.
Seal walrus and whale meat form a
large part of their diet, and the blub-
Der Of these animals serves il the
place of pork or butter.
In China the famished inhabitants
subsisted on roots or some inferior
vegetation, but here the vegetable
kingdom has nothing to offer. The
earth is frozen and deeply covered
with snow and ice; the birds have
gone south and one might walk for
miles without seeing a living crea-
ture. AT the same time it is of in
terest to know even these primitive
people have for ages found a kind Of
substitute for food somewhere. Along
the beach, which is known to have
plenty Of seaweed, holes are cut
through the thick ice and the sea-
weed and mussels pulled up through
the holes, and it is on record that the
EskimOs have sustained life on this,
one might say, refuse Of the sea, dur.
Ing the long winter months.
The Eskimo has no word for God"
In his language, and it has been fifty
marked that the very austere aspect
Of life may have helped to exclude
the conception of a superhuman
benevolent Being from the beliefs and
supersutions Of these people of the
5 Arctic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
handled S12l pieces of mail, weigh
ing $50 pounds, ounces.
SOME nON,Ts


Don't mail anything in flinsy en-
vslopes or wrappers.
Don't place stamps on hack Of let
ters or cards.
Don't send a package OF metchcn-
disc and place writing inside, or on
the wrapper. expe,ting Il 90 be over
locked. Un'ess You prepay this At
the le,tsr rate, Or pisinly stare he
nature Of the contents, you are liable
% penalty under the law.
Dent cut stamps from stamped co.
velop-s and postal cards, and by az
fixing them to matter, expect It to
go through the mails. The STAMPS
when removed from the envelopes CT
wrappers are no good.
Don't allow your mail to accumulate
until just a short time before the
office closes the pouch, and then
dump it in huge quantities in the
office, expecting it to be dispatched
because you had it in the office be-
fore train time.
Don't send stamps as remittances;
use money orders.
Don't place stamps on letters in
any place except the upper right
hand corner. Il We are behind in
getting out our outgoing mail, pref
erence is always given to the mail
with stamps properly affixed, plainly
addressed, and presented in a malta.
BILE manner.
Don't stick the stamps On letters
by the use OF a sponge or otherwise.
and do 50, so rapidly that when the
office attempts to cancel the stamps
they find that the letters are stuck
together. They are. in such cases
worked last. TIE PERSONS Curry
in the first place, has caused delay
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
lntsrestinn gEacts Lhouk rvss.

Interesting Facts E5out Oysters.
An oyster is wonderfully prolific.
A single oyster in a single season
will produce SO,OQO,COO eggs. If these.
all survive and in turn had normal
families, in a few years many great
bodies of water, such as Long Island
Sound, Peconic, Gardners, Nara
gansett, Great South and Chesapeake
bays would become filled up. .lavi-
cation would have to be suspended.
The oyster shells would form solid
land, as do the houses of the coral
insects of the South Pacific. But in
stead Of increasing, the destruction
Of the young oysters by their enc
mics is so great, together with the
depletion Of the natural beds by the
demand for this delicious food by
mankind, that far from increasing, in
past years the supply was greatly de-
pleted. In many cases it has threat
ehed TO become extinct. This was es-
pecially true in Great Britain and
some places on the Atlantic coast.
In recent years, however, a vast
industry has been established for the
artificial propagation and cultivation
Of oysters. Now hundreds Of thous-
ands Of acres are employed In oyster
farming In the great bays and sounds
Of the Atlantic seaboard. Here
oyster farming under from 30 to 60
feet Of water is conducted upon an
enormous scale, at great expense and
labor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
Good Model.

He was somewhat eaten up with q
mistaken consciousness Of his own
importance, and when he was making
his great speech in the Muddlecombe
mock parliament, he noted that one
Of the local pressmen appeared to
be sketching him. When the house"
adjourned he buttonholed the artist
Il belieTe-aw-you were-aw-
sketching me; isn't that so-ay?" he
inquired.
THAT is So" replied the artist.
"Well-aw-would you-aw-tell
me what noospaper souAaw-repre-
sent-aw?" 0
Il don't represent any newspaper"
answered the artist. Il design comic
postcards. "-Tiibits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
weight Of which was 1917 pounds.

weight of which was 1917 pounds.
The delivery district Of city car
rter No. 2 is confined principally to
the territory within the delivery lin.
its of the city lying east Of Main
street and south Of Broadway, with
few exceptions. His first trip be-
gins at $3.50 a. m, his sacoud at.1: 40
lp. m. During the month Of October,
1912, this carrier handled 10000 pieces
Of mail.
The delivery district Of city car
ri NJ. ). IS coaflned mostly to that
p-' IL of taa ely, within the carrier
delivery limits, lying west Of Main
straet and south of Forest avenue.
His first trip begins at $3.50 a. m;
his second at $40 p. m. During the
month Of October, 1912, this carrier
handled $4,000 pieces Of mail.
Rural Delivery.
No. This route extends west.
and south of the city, but north Of
the river. 1t is 27 IS miles long. This
carriers trip begins at $3.50 a. m.
During the month of October. 1912,
he handled 1857 pieces Of mail, weigh
ing 95S pounds, once.
No.2.-This route extends south and
east Of the city, the patrons living
entirely south of the river. It is 2S
IL miles long. This carriers trip
begins at $3.50 am. During the
month Of October, 1912, he handled
l175O pieces Of mail, weighing 200
pounds, 3 ounces.
No. S.-This route extends north.
and east Of the city, and is 90 miles
long. This carrher's trip begins at
$3.50 a, m. During the month of o.
tober, 1912, he handled S,1S4 pieces
Of mail, weighing 1872 pounds, ! ounc
No. This route extends nearly
straight west of the city, and is 90
miles in length. This carriers tip
begins at $3.50 a. M. During the
north Of October, 1912, this carrier
handled 1854 pieces Of mail, weigh
ing 1873 pounds, ) ounces.
No. 5- This route extends south,
and west of the city, but south Of
the river. 1t is 2S miles in length.
The carriers trip begins at $3.50 a.
m. During the month Of October,
1912, this carrier handled 1880 pieces
of mail, Weighing S25 pounds, 2 Ounc.
es.
=
No. 6.-This route extends prirci
pally, east and north of the city, and
is 81 ga miles long. This carriers
trip begins az $3.50 a. m. During the
month Of October. 1912, this carrier
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING DEDI-
GATED

Saturday the citizen Of the town
and county took advantage of the
opportunity to inspect the new red
eral building which was erected by
the government at a cost of $4,000.
Early in the SOS the post office
was moyed into the Tribune building
and stayed there for several years
until it was moved into the Fair
building and from there to the VIII
ner building from which it,wfs NOV
ed Saturday night to its rev build
ing.
]. D. Fossil was first postmaster
of the town. The first lady to hold
the position was Hattie Balm, then
came Morgan Caraway, followed by
Will Stoke and C. P. Townsley and
then Theo. Griffith who is the pres
ent postmaster.
Mr.. Griffith prepared a little sOuv-
enir containing a photo-gravure of TIE
new building and the following USE
full information:
Postmaster,
Theo. Griffith.
Assistant Postmaster,
Ernest E. EppStein.
Clerks,
No. Nv. G. Strong.
No. 2-Edw. G. Peisker.
No. S-Wm. M. Allen.
City Carriers,
No. 1-Edw. Bill.
No. 2s-J. NJ. Lahcker.
No. 9-X..L. Weisenberger.
Leroy Carrier, Substitute.
Rural Carriers,
No. III. G. SOden.
No. III. A. Wilson.
No. sc. B. ellis.
No. 4-Jesse ThOrnburg.
No. 81. B. Chapman.
No. 6-Edw. =. Dodge.
Mail Messenger,
John, W. DaW son.
Where We Deliver Mail.
The delivery district of the city
carrier No. I is. confined MAINLY tC
the business section within "a radius
Of three blocks from the pOstoffice
and that section of the residence
district west of Main street and mort
of Forest avenue. The first trip il
the morning is a business delivery
starting at 7:45. The second, which
is residence and business delivery
begins az $3.50. The first trip of TIKI
afternoon, which is a business trip
begins at Ills; the second, a resi-
dence trip, begins 2:O5. During TIKI
month of October, 1912, this CARRIE
handled 2O,925 pieces Of mail, tn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
Historic British Shin.

One Of the most interesting slips
afloat is the Eagle, which lies in one
of the docks Of the River Mersey.
England. For more than fifty years
the Eagle has served as a training
ship. 1t was launched in 1904, and
took part in several important en-.
gagements in the early part Of the
last century, when the Napoleonic
power was at its height.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06

Mrs. S. H. Gwinn and daughter
Fay spent "Wednesday in Hutchinson.
Geo. WhitcOmbe is home from a
visit in Kansas City and Topeka. Mrs
Whitcombe remained for a longer Wis
"a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06

Born to Mr. and Mrs. john Steuri,
north Of town, "a fine 9-pound boy.
Tuesday, December 3.
Mrs. A. Reichard of Paola, returned,
home the first of the week, after a
short visit with her son Geo. Reich.
ard and wife 70 this city.
Mrs. Bert Cork and Miss Irene
Schlendering left Tuesday night for,
Denver. Miss Schlendering is going
to make her home there and Mrs.
Cork VIII remain there until spring.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06

If you are busy phone rs and
make an appointment for an even
ing satting.-Dirks' Studio.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06

Photos make the best Xmas pres
ents, and are not expensive. Have
yours made now.-Dirks'.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06

If YOU are busy, phone rs and
make an appointment for an even
ing setting.-Dirks' Studio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-12-05
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair.
Cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite Not only is it unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance. but
it's gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tations. remove redness, roughness
and chafing. soothe sensitive condi-
tions, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti-
cura Ointment, it is most valuable in
the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
other itching. burning infantile erup-
tions. Cuticura Soap wears to wafer.
often outlasting several cakes Of ordi-
nary soap and making its use most
economical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-12-05
FOREIGN RELATIONS IS TAFT'S SUBJECT
Congress Is Told Of improvements in Consular and
Diplomatic Corps and Good Results Of Un-
Gle Sans Efforts III Latin America.

of a war in Nicaragua; the hating of
internecine strife in Honduras. The
government OF the United States was
thanked for its influence toward the
restoration of amicable relations be-
tween the Argentine Republic and Bo-
livia. The diplomacy of the United
States is active in seeking to assuage
the remaining ill-feeling between this
country and the Republic of Colombia.
In the recent civil war in China the
United States successfully Joined with
the other interested powers in urging
an early cessation of hostilities. An
agreement has been reached between
the governments of Chile and Peru
whereby the celebrated Tacna- AFRICA
dispute. which has SO long embittered
international relations on the west
coast OF South America. has at last
been adjusted. simultaneously came
the news that the boundary dispute
between Peru and Ecuador had entered
upon a stage of amfcable settlement.
The position of the United States in
reference to the Tacna- AFRICA dispute
between Chile and Peru has been one
OF on-intervention. but one of friendly
influence and pacific counsel through
out the period during which the dis
pute in question has been the subject
OF interchange OF views between this
government and the two governments
Immediately concerned. In the general
easing of international tension on the
west coast of South America the tri-
partite mediation. to which 1 have re-
ferred. has been a most potent and
beneficent factor.
China.
In China the policy of encouraging
financial investment to enable that
country to help itself has had the re-
suit of giving new life and practical
application to the open-door policy
The consistent purpose of the present
administration has been to encourage
the of American capital in the
development of China by the promo
ton of those essential reforms to
which China is pledged by treaties
with the United States and other pow
ers. The hypothecation to foreign
bankers in connection with certain in
dustrial enterprises. such MS the HUI
kuang railways. of the national reve-
nues upon which these reforms de-
pended led the department of state
early in the administration to demand
for American citizens participation in
such enterprises. in order that the
United States might have equal rights
and an equal voice In all questions
pertaining to the disposition of the
public revenues concerned. The same
policy of promoting international ac-
cord among the powers having similar
treaty rights as ourselves in the mat
ters of reform. which could not be
put into practical effect without the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-12-05
DELAY WILSON INAUGURAL
Because Of Usual Bad Weather on
March 4, II viii Be April "a.

Hamilton, Bermuda-Presiden
Wilson announced that though he
would agree to being sworn in as
President on March 4th as provided
by the constitution as the legal be-
ginning of a presidential term. the
main inaugural ceremonies would be
postponed until Thursday, April cath.
because of the notoriously bad weather
that prevails in washington during the
early part of March. AS his reason for
making the proposed change, Governor
Wilson gave the health of those par
ticipating in the inaugural ceremonies.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-12-05

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: I have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo. N Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music OF National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-12-05

Millions of Red Cross Seals on Sale.
Over S0,000,O00 Red Cross Christ
mas seals are now on sale in almost
every large city and nearly every
state in the United States. The pro-
ceeds go for the benefit of the anti
tuberculosis movement in the commu-
nifty where the seals are sold. So
carefully has the sale been organized
throughout the country that with the
exceptions of the states OF Florida.
Oklahoma. Nevada and Idaho. Red
Cross seals will be on sale in almost
every city. town, village and hamlet
in the United States. and even in
Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Canal
Zone
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-12-05
Central America Needs Our Help In
Debt Adjustment.

.OeOt S<oJoStU'Sut.
In Central America the aim has
been to help such countries as Mica
ragua and Honduras to help them
selves They are the Immediate bene-
ficiaries. The national benefit to the
United States is two-fold. First. it is
obvious that the Monroe doctrine is
more vital in the neighborhood of the
Panama canal and the zone of the
Caribbean than anywhere else. There.
too the maintenance of that doctrine
falls most heavily upon the United
States 1t is therefore essential that
the countries within that sphere shall
be removed from the jeopardy involved
by heavy foreign debt and chaotic ma
tional finances and from the ever-pres-
ent danger of international complica-
tions due to disorder at home. Hence
the United States has been glad to en-
courage and support American bankers
who were willing to lend a helping
hand to the financial rehabilitation of
such countries because this financial
rehabilitation and the protection of
their custom houses from being the
prey OF would be dictators would re-
move at one stroke the menace of for
eign creditors and the menace of revo-
lutionary disorder.
The second advantage to the United
States IS one affecting chiefly all the
southern and gulf ports and the business
and industry of the south The republics
of Central American and the Caribbean
only a measure of stability and the means
of financial regeneration to enter upon
an era OF peace and prosperity. bringing
profit and happiness to themselves and at
the same time creating conditions sure to
lead to a fiourishing interchange of trade
with this country.
I wish to call your especial attention to
the recent occurrences in Nicaragua for
l believe the terrible events recorded there
during the revolution of the past sum-
mer-the useless loss of life. the deyasta-
tion of property. the bomba rdment of de-
fenselcss cities the killing and wound
ing of women and children. the torturing
of non-combatants to exact contributions
and the suffering of thousands of human
beings-mlght have been averted had the
department of state, through approval of
the loan convention by the senate. been
permitted to carry out its now well-devel-
oped policy of encouraging the extending
of financial aid to weak Central American
states with the primary objects of avoid
ing just such revolutions by assisting
those republics to rehabilitate their
finances. to establish their currency on a
stable basis. to remove the, custom houses
from the danger Of revolutions by arrang-