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wheat, is the one feature that distin-
guishes Spring Brook Ranch and puts
it in a class by itself For here is
grown the grain and forage for winter
feeding when the cattle are brought in
from the prairie pastures.
Other Kansans have journeyed to
Spring Brook Ranch for their annual
outings. | had heard of it as one OF
the bright spots of the great plains
region where never-failing springs pro-
vided sparkling water in abundance
for man and beast, filling a beautiful
sending its overflow down the main
more about Spring Brook Ranch few
weeks ago in a casual conversation
with Mr.. Otis L. Benton, of Oberlin,
its owner. No one can get a correct
vision of northwestern Kansas indus
trial life and its possibilities without
seeing it and visiting with the people"
Mr.. Benton said. I'VE who have passed
through all the trials and hardships
known to civilization realize what it
has cost in labor and perseverance to
change the wilderness to a land of
smiling fields and happy homes Come
out to the Sixth district and let me
show YOU
| accepted the invitation and bought
a ticket over the Union Pacific to
Grainfield, which is three miles distant
from Spring Brook Ranch l intended
to visit the ranch and return home over
the same route. But that wasn't the
plan of Mr.. Benton who had driven
from Oberlin to Grainfield to meet me.
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rigation. At a cost of several thousand
dollars he equipped a plant that Will
irrigate 100 acres through the dryest
season. The underf1ow was tapped
fifty feet below the surface. This ir-
rigation plant has proven conclusive
ly that a never-failing supply of water
may be secured under this entire tract
of more than 1920 acres at a depth OF
from thirty to fifty feet, combining in
Spring Brook Ranch the two great in
dustries and stock raising
that are making northwestern Kan
sas one of the richest sections of the
Middle West. Mr.. Benton is the pion-
eer in demonstrating the value of irri-
cation in the Sixth district Hundreds
interested in the matter have travelled
long distances to personally inspect
the efficiency and practicability of the
plant which he installed, for two rea-
sons; first, for the benefit it would be
to Spring Brook Ranch, and second, as
an object lesson to others. 1t has
been of great value in both cases.
Overlooking the beautiful Saline
river valley, the ranch house stands
on an eminence just back of a nat
ural lake that is supplied with water
from the never-failing springs. The
scene here is one of beauty The
sweep of the Saline river valley with
it's alfalfa fields as far as the eye can
reach and the feeding herds on the
grassy slopes to the east and south is
picture that links together wealth
and beauty. A great ranch is asso-
ciated with isolation, lonliness and
far removed from the arteries of trav-
ell and commerce, but here at Spring
Brook Ranch it is only three miles
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in the dark years of crop failures Isn't
II natural, therefore. that the people of
the Sixth district have decided that
Mr.. Benton is the man who shall rep
resent them in the Congress of the
United States ?'
Northwestern Kansas has no more
devoted friend and advocate than Otis
l.. Benton. His knowledge of the his
tory of the country and his fellowship
with those who have fought the battle
against adversely and won the victory
of prosperity, is a story he delights to
tell.
There are pioneers living within
the boundaries of the Sixth congress
ional district who remember north
western Kansas as a geographical fic-
tion,S section described ON the atlas
as part of the Great American Des-
ert," Mr.. Benton said These, with
those of us who came thirty years ago,
have witnessed the miracle of civil
ization which has transformed this
empire of twenty-five counties into a
garden of SURPRISING wealth and beau
ty.
The law of average is the chief fac
tor in the marvellous growth of north
western Kansas. We have watched
the clouds and prayed for rain as we
denounced the slanderers who insisted
that northwestern Kansas was a dry
country and during the season just
closed, We have with equal vehemence.
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Spring Brook Ranch in Sheri-
dan County is a Type of
Western Prosperity.
MAKES A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
Topeka Writer Describes in Glowing
Terms Visit With Otis L.
Benton, the Owner.
BY D. o. MccRAY.

Spring Brook Ranch in Sheridan
county, typifieS that great agricultuT-
al and stock raising empire of twenty
two counties which compose the Sixth
congressional district. The $3.50 acres
of cultivated valleys and grazing lands
combine in Spring Brook Ranch the
essentials of prosperity in northwest
ern Kansas-agriculture and stock
raising. 1t all is a pastoral poem de-
lineating the beauties and grandeur of
country life. A sweep of the eye up
and down the Saline river, whose val
leys are green with alfalfa and the
wealth of a seasons crops of corn and
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election of congressman. We should
choose for this important office men
of the highest business standing and
who are in touch with the states par
amount interests = agriculture and
stock raising AS great a state as
Kansas. leader in these two important
industries, should send men to Wash
ington who are competent to grapple
with these questions. The men best
qualified to serve us in congress are
those who have made a success in
their own business. 1t is this type OF
men, rather than the county-seat poll
tician, who will give the people the
most useful service in Washington"
Mr.. Tod'S statements will be read
with interest by every farmer, stock
raiser and business man of the Sixth
district-for everyone of these is
business man. Here the people have
decided to select one of their fellow
citizens as their congressman, whose
life for thirty years has been linked
with these interests. When Otis L.
Benton of Oberlin, takes the oath of
office in Washington, it will be his
pledge to the people to give them faith
full service in the enactment of laws
that will prevent the grain gamblers
and packing interests from fixing the
price to be paid for our farm products
and live stock.
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THE CABIN HOMES OF KANSAS.

THE cabin homes of Kansas
How pleasantly they stood
Along the sunny hillside,
Or nestled in the wood
They sheltered men and women,
Brave hearted pioneers;
Each one became landmark
In freedoms trial years..
Such was the early home of Otis
Lincoln Benton. 1t is not a distinc-
ton to be born in log cabin; it often
is necessity. This was true of the
best beloved man this nation has
ever known. In the cabin homes of
Kansas, whether built of logs or sod,
were born a half century ago, the men
and women who today are its exemp-
lars in our splendid civilization. They
are the leaders in the building and de-
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Mr.. BENTON AGAINST LIQUOR.

4 was a student at Washburn col
lege when John 2. ST. John was elect
ed governor of Kansas, and when the
first prohibitory amendment was
passed. AS boy at school we dis
cussed prohibition, high license and
open saloons. / have always taken
the side of prohibition, and believed
in it and have favored it from boyhood
days 1t has been a pleasure for me
to raise my boys in town without sa-
looms and in a county where the jails
and poor farm are uninhabited. After
trial of thirty years in Kansas, pro-
hibition has more friends than ever
Il want-to say to you that every
law on the statute books of Kansas in
favor of prohibition was passed by a
Republican legislature and signed by
a Republican governor. The great
state of Kansas is blessed with the
strongest and best prohibitory law
in the union. And all in spite of the
Democracy and in spite of Democratic
influence. Also, | am in favor of ma
tional prohibition, and will use every
Influence at my command to have
every state in this great union enjoy
the same blessings that Kansas en-
joys so that the younger generation of
men and women all over-our fair land
may grow into manhood and woman
hood without the debasing influence Of
the saloon."-Otis L. Benton.
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yelopment of our imperial state
One of these, Otis L. Benton. OF
Oberlin, was born in a log house in
Vienna township, Pottamatomie coun-
ty. 1t was in that humble home where
a Christian father and mother instilled
into his youthful mind the teachings
and principles that have guided him
In useful and honorable life. Mr.
Benton recalls those days of his boy
hood in a little home where love was
king, with veneration. cat my moth
er's knee he said was taught the
truths that have blessed and conn.,
forted me- She always told me 1 could
be happy only by living clean, up
right life, and that my greatest salts
faction would come from usefulness
and faithfuls service to- my neighbors,
my community and my state. 1t is the
advise every parent should give to hta
children"
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condition that would make sick the
strongest hearts. The scattered dug
outs, the lonliness and immensity or
the unpeopled prairies. the far-reach-
ing plains whose sky line was unbrok-
en- by tree, shrub or house; all these
have vanished.
Governor Martin must have had IN
his mind the geographical division
known as the Sixth congressional dis
trict, and a vision of its present great
ness, when he said in a speech some
thirty years ago: Labor-saving ma
chimes sweep majestically through
fields of golden wheat or sprOuting
corn; blooded stock 1azily feed in
meadows of blue-stem timothy or clo-
yer; comfortable houses dot every hill
top or valley, forests, orchards and
hedgerows diversity the lovliness OF
the landscape; and where isolation
and witness brooded, the majestic
lyric of prosperous industry is echoing
over the most fertile country that the
sun, in his daily journey, lights and
warns
Great as have been the achieve
ments of the people of northwestern
Kansas, we are yet at the threshold
and the dawn of a greater future. We
have land for the landless and homes
for thousands willing to make the start
for better things. To such we extend
a cordial welcome, and when they
come they viii be inspired by the work
of community and state building by q
great people whom love of country
moyeth, example teacheth, company
comforteth. emulation quickeneth and
glory axalteth
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the kitchen is a storeroom and COM
missary department complete in every
detail The big dining room is on
the first floor. and above is the office
of Mr. Benton with his spacious and
comfortable private apartments. Other
rooms on the second floor are large
and attractive. while the third floor,
with its two dormer windows, give Wis
itors great view of the country round
about The main highway from Grain
field to Hoxie passes in front of the
ranch house.
Across. the lake from Spring Brook
Ranch house, a few rods away, is a
fine school house in which the chill
dren of the community are being edu-
Gated. Among his countless benefac-
lions known of all the pioneers in
northwestern Kansas, was the gift of
the land by Mr. Benton for the school
grounds. When the people of the
district were considering a site for q
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number one in the list for department
and educational progress. Probably
no other ranch in the world claims
among it's cluster of buildings a school
house in which the children of the far
mers round about receive their educa-
tional training. 1t links together the
lessons in the books with those of in
dustry that are emphasized every day
on Spring Brook Ranch.
With perfect weather and fine roads,
the automobile ride from the big ranch
to Oberlin gave me a knowledge of
conditions in the Sixth district which
could only be gained by personal OBJ
seryation. Sheridan county still has
its wide stretches of grazing lands
upon which herds OF cattle roam, but
gradually these tracts are being con-
verted into farms that have this year
produced record crops of wheat and
corn. Far out on the prairies are be-
ing built costly homes by farmers who,
after thirty years of struggle against
insects and the elements, have won the
victory. 1t is the victory of the pillow,
the latest improved labor-saving ma
chinery, including that great engine
of power-the tractor
AS we entered Decatur county there
were few quarter sections without
farm improvements. The big prairies
are giving way to fields of corn, wheat
and alfalfa, and hundreds of farmers
In the past thirty years from a begin
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He had other arrangements: an auto
ride from Spring Brook Ranch to Ober-
lin, his home. distance of fifty-five
miles across Sheridan and Decatur
counties.
The great value of Spring Brook
Ranch is in its rich soil of both val
leys and pastures. There are not many
acres included in the virgin prairie
pastures but that would make fine
wheat land and produce abundantly.
And there are hundreds of acres in
the valleys that would grow record
yields in corn, as they have proven
their fertility in the big cuttings of
alfalfa. With an everlasting supply of
water so near the surface there is no
way of estimating the value of this
tract of $3.50 acres if the underfiow
was tapped and brought to the grow
ing crops when needed.
Mr.. Benton has demonstrated be-
yond question the practicability of ir-
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building he asked the privilege of do
mating it,. assuring the parents that he
not only would be glad to give it. but
would contribute with pleasure his
share in taxes on the big ranch for its
equipment and support. Mr. Benton
has taken pride in helping to make
this model rural school. and under
the tutorage of the most efficient wom-
en- educators of this section of Kansas.
Spring Brook Ranch school stands
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has always advocated the ownership
OF land as the best and safest invest
ment. and he has proven his faith in
the purchase and improvement of
farms and ranches, from many of
which in Decatur county he has this
season harvested abundant crops Otis
l. Benton stands four-square in every
walk of life here where he is best
known Hundreds of farmers will tell
you OF his usefulness and helpfulness
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MIND Or GREAT ARTIST,
BLANK F0R YEARS, CLEARING
DRIVEN INSANE oyGR POVERTY
OF His FAMILY " VARS Aao,
rs NOW RECOVERING

Mdaelom N Aug "a Ralph
Nbea nAko0oee ipe Famous artist
abo has been confined ID the state
apINm bere eyef since ho vent m
sans oser lho poverty Of bla family
n }eae aso Is gooo today 70 prl
aie toHatum "a t}aasoad Lodge.
aherr hh returning faculties
ara expected TO become completely
aormal
a nas uot 4nlIl manY years after
he famo % tho asylum here that
Bskeloek wa elected % member
abln ln ihe naiionN academy When
losl ha mind no had boen selling
what be- euala % DIS nov world fam
8na and extremely valuable moonlight
aesnrs for aehtee enough 10 buy hood
ipr a fsR days
iholt Yehr ar0 lliaael0ok shoR
ed Hso ~ returning sanity aud an.
mai4keohle evidences of the return
OF rloa1el gonWs iiis feiloa Amert
can art "a started a fund 70 proylels
fpr him li private nnliafllm win
eniise n ahIth be viii paint tho
picture mafhlns hls election 10 tho
ait1rm nlakeloees family viii not
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TRIES TO STAY WOMAN
VINO Spt K\ED iliM
Carl Adams Slashes Mrs. Robert
Williams, Cuts self, Then
Makes Escape.

Henryetta, Aug. Sl--While board
ing Frisco train here Mrs. Robert
Williams was attacked and danger
ouslv wounded with a knife in the
hands Of Carl Adams, who then at
tempted to kill bimself with the
SAME weapon. After inflicting sever
al had cuts on his neck and chest the
man threw the weapon away ana
made his escape during the excite
ment since when he has eluded a
posse organized to search for him.
Mrs. Williams was removed to her
home where physicians entertain lit'
tie HOPE for her recovery.
Adams who recently is SAID to
have been discharged from a sanl-
tarium was infatuated with the wo-
man, and a few weeks ago, follow
ing a quarrel with her attempted to
drown himself, Wednesday he was
unsuccessful in his efforts to pursu
ade Mrs Williams not to leave Henry
eta. Following her to the depot he
waited until she was about to board
train then attacked her with knife
Before bystanders could interfere he
had imbedded the blade of the wea
ron several tims in the woman's
6ody. after which he sta bed himself
and then disappeared.
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RAMONA SETS NEW STAND
ARD FOR MOTION PICTURES

V hat alwast besa the effort a
eiA sH ~ eitla tae s.'aatof ros
aa drama p produce an eifea $50 nov
e. and estfame a. 70 mmedialel
SIN ihe interest Of ibeif audiences
in ,ae productions ol ihe paki teR
ears evidences are found of this
vaish only prove taut tae public q
becoming mofoufaB aroused aad
more eriifa' % lhs attractions me7
sa 70 see
Wth iho muaiC. attractions ldeaf
were always Dui form to siaFte sad
ftus caasa a83kened interest tM
drama bas lately been sefgias ou iae
saggpstlge and phys have been pfp
dHeel that eoald have saoeked t4a
senses Aut fee yeass ago aaI laa
motion picture has found q peee ary
10 secure Blk atara of the drama 20
make their pictures successful
s change has come over the pnb
ils lg demanding plays and pictures
that are real. that are valuable from
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to Take
No Pain or
Ache.

It's no longer necessary 20 bear
The Weakening sickness and terrible
nausea that always follows o dose OF
calomel.
LlV-VERLAx cleanses the torpid
liver and liyens mp the whole system
ny Kidding Il Of the cloggins po.sons
Yet it works so gently ana pleasant
ly that sou hardly know you'ye taken
II
LlJVEa LAX, being purely veg
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does not tear mp the system llFe cai-
omel And it's guaranteed TO be SAT
istactory. or the druggist VIII return
your money For sale at soc and 81
at Lille Drug and Stationery store
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gUsT ARRlVED--ANOrHER
JOB LOT or MEMS SHOES
POlGHT AT DlScOUN1

Mems work solid leather sJ.ea.
$is0: Mems dress HACK or tan. .d,
leather. $500. Mems dress. Goodyear
weits. $3.50: Mems dress, full rubber
sole and heel. $3.50. Mems work OIL
tan Elk. solid leather soles, & 10;
High grade Goodyear welts SS9v.
While they last, at Lcwther and Mc.
Gresors. oklahoma Ave, oppo e
rostoifice
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OWEN WILL Gown 10
SrlrE foR CAMPAIGN
CBy Associated rleasl

Oklahoma city, AUS 3l Announce
mcnt has been made by tlnhew l.
Bolon, collector OF Internal re,cuao
for hc district of Oklahoma chat
United states Senator Rooor owen
win arrive hero Ocp.cr 70 lo VIII
oa Neok n a a.d Senator
owen ma participate 700 'hc demo
cratic state campaiu thls iall
De mIle asuraucm thai oklahoma
iy wll lWo tho support Of sona
Tor owen lu lis campalgn ior % feder
al hanb for t4ls ae.liou are expected
shca tho author ol lhp rural cred
is aci arrives here
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honaehpf rnundY IN America for
rs feafs if 'th6raH Elfrtls Oil
for cuts. falna burma sa1 1s
hrl8ea si and 30c - ali ifns
alHfes
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Your Bowels Should Move Once
Day.
A free easy movement Of me
bowels every day IS a sign OF good
health. DR. Kings New Lite Pills
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without gripping and free your system
Of blood poisons. purify your blood.
overcome constipation and have an
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Get my priees on repair work, J =
Wilns "a Talimans Garage. Corner
Mobile and Division Phone
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These three presidents Of erat
railroad noa hafe charge OF tae ne
gotlaiions for the companies with
President Wilson over the question
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TARIFF, THE ROCK.
ON WHICH c 0 P
WILL Be SPLIT


washington Na 'a' ''''" =
tn' oma'e "e'"een senator
'~'.'..es s'''a'' ''
Ne~ Hampshire ana '''4' y ''o'''''
'r.sie '' Ne'''''''H ''o'D ~ 81"
pakcm oter 'he F"'ne'Ni'''e" l''
tec'i'e tariff and 'annon''" ''
,eaad a feeling Of alarm 'aai eAls''
among the Progressive Het''N'''"'''
over tae next i"F'l bl' sN''''
Hughes win and the RepuOleans car
Y the next sen"ie ana HOUSE
10 The opinion % p'Il''''' ''''''
mere 'le he2'0''ea" parry ~
umphan' next ia'l' ia''s "no'"''
ious splil over 'ae '''llr y " 49, '''
high tariff schedules "h''' Seu''''
Aldrieh inserted 10 'le ''S "' N'o' y "
measure during 'ne I"'' "o'''"'' "a
tion which aroused lne i''s''.
movement VITA men ''N' ''' '''
Senator Dolli'er' senators ''"'' u
boran anu o'De '' 80
Fear o. n's" '''"'' 49,. p.,.
lne ie'''"s ~ "'"''"
Tessi'e hep'''.''" nun. ,s
by iAe iac' '""' ''''
tAe he'uu'''"S "'' w." .,.. 49,,
as 'ae re"''s' u..,.'aa,. o".' and
Senator Fen'ose o' ''"' ~. ,,..,.,. '~''. ~,
Representative 'o''p" " E.t,
N'chisah WA ''' ''' w r,,..,,.
maAsN'PS Oh '"' ..,,,.o
con'n4'''e anu ''' ''."' ',, a.,.
on way anu y. '''''
ing oodies' "''o WV
high priests v, .'0'o''.' .t.o
sfess' ino' 0'''''' ." -.
cate protection "o' p'V ,,.
den'ally oo' p'o'''''V' ~
that olocSs aos''"'''' ..,.....or
petl'ioh wiz" N"''' = '' ..,...
fer 'on'ro' o' ''' '''"'
at nus own price
This Is not tne N'"a o' '''"'
the fros'ess''' IVY '''''
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Huqhes Can't conlroI congfesa.

fuyhts Cdn SO'NN' S@'5
There IS fear that HUGHES 81
elected. N.il no. De able to hold Pen
rose and Fordney 9 check Both o'
these men have wiil OF their own
and both come from sections ~lieh
want the protective tariff The Prog
ressige Republicans. therefore. he
the possibility OF swallowing a Pen.
rose Fordneg" bin or "insure'ns
again. They don't like the idea
And that Is the reason why Sen
ator Gronna OF North Dakota prompt
" took Senator Gallinger. the stand
natter to task when the New Eng
lander lauded cannonlsm and A.d
richism and the tariff law they pro
duced Senator Gronnas lnterroga
ton Of Senator Gallinger was in ma
,ure Of warning that the Progre
i've Republicans would have no more
OF the high protective tariff rates
which helped New England maniac
turering interests to the detrimoni o
the rest Of the country
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laTII S0N-IN-iAN or
ltllil CHINESE III Nd

Han0m'n ta H The deah here
Of Judge a S Imhrces one of lNe
most momnm pgmhg Of laa iia.
eaJan bor marks th' passing oi ho
second within mout oi fhe on
lnlaw c, me late Am Nons weak
thy chinese % Nhosc thirtom dmeht
crs were married 90 prominent White
men
humphreys was appointed i0ire o.
tio circuit court o' ionoum m af
ter the annexation %, tho islands
For dyspepsia, our national all
mont. use burdocA Blood l'ters
Recommended for strengthening d.
leston. purifying tho blood AZ all
irug stores 500 a bottle
Paving tax rs nov Gue
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q !. I: I: WI
Thursday, Aug. 81.

Thursday, Aug. 81.
peg O. The Ring in "Ihe WIZ
Under the Lions Paw reel AM
imal drama
The solution OF who pnled the
Trigger
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Saturday. Sept. 2.

"Onda Of the Orient Marie Wal
camp and Eddie Polo, stars of Lib,
erty." featured in this Gold seal
Threereel melodrama OF the Philip
pines Filipino heress, stolen ana
robbed in childhood. restored to for
tune through strange will engraved
OF a dagger blade
Goldberg cartoon.
Pathe comedy.