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Government Builds 

 Biflr House at Fort Leavenworth 



Yon Mk: .^^'Inwt tn the naaaitot common Mitse does 

 meat wsot of a creenhooM at an tanat DiactpUnair 



Gofwn- 



Am wxB : Because it ta eommoD aei^; tliar* why. tlier want It. 



Omt-TiOH: Bat what are they gotag to Oa with itT 



AmwBx: ItiantaqneMttoiiotwfaattheyareffolnKtpdo. 



Thef hare already doae tt. lliey hare for two jean 

 planted tt wltfa Apweia and ▼ecetablee. 



QinMTioK:. Bat what onder beaTene do they want with flowers? 

 Surely a Fort doesn't require flowers. . 



AHBvm: No, but the naen do. They need to bare thlD^ said 

 to mem with flowers, aftoiily flowers can say tbem. 



QuuTioii : Who looks after tbe c^jnrinvT 



Axswxs: The Trusties. Tbe prisonen who, because of good 



bebaTiot', hare prorad ttaemscaves trustworthy. And 



. say. you ootfiit to se* the prlds with which they show 



you every. lutlsrthiDcI Why maki, those srowlbg 



things are like children to tbem! 



Qamanmm: How big a house is it, and Is tbe one all there is to 



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Auswxb: It Is 70 ft by 400 ft., having 1 cotnmas spaced S7 ft. 1 

 locb apart aenMI the hoose, and U ft. 6 Incbes 

 lengthwise of (ae boose. 



The OoTeramantplaiMeaBforsetrerallMasesof^be 

 same sice. It is flgared tha^ when Ibe ranee l» 

 large enough, Hcan become practically self-sup- 

 porting. 



Ob, yes. and anotiier thing. I went there as a per- 

 fect stranger to aU the men. J>ldn!t let on I was 

 from Lord * Bnmbam. In that way i got afUr and 

 frank pctat of view t>t bow they liked tbe boose. 

 Didn't bare to ask them. They Just babbled orer 

 with prtde. All of theth were sare It was tbe fines* 

 house buUt One of them, with engineering train- 

 ing, una of its constmciUon strong pdnta. In a way 

 that made me almost belleTe I<. A B. did know how 

 to build greenhouses. 



. You're maybe of tbe same frame of mind. 



If so. and yon want to talk hulldlng. say when and 

 where, and ite'll be there. 





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mVINCTON 

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QuiUert of Greenlunueft and Consenratories 



PHILADELPHIA ^ CHICAGO ^ , 

 Land Title BMg. Continental Bank BUc 

 CLEVELAND TORONTO MONTREAL, ^ 



Uitlettdg. 2063E.<4thSt. Royal Bank BMg. Transportation BU*. * 

 Faslarn Fmetatr Western Factoor Canadian Factory 



&viMton.N.Y. Dea Plaines. m. St. Catbaiines. Om. 



Tbe head ' 'trasty" inaistad on tnndM on the Skinner Water System, Just to prove that «vetytliiag 



aboat the place is op to date. 



