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Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
The Fairview orchards were the

The Fairview orchards were the
scene OF great activity Inst week. On
Monday the orchard was a thing of beau.
ty, ~ inrgc proportion of tho trees being
as bnndsoine rs pictures with their
wealth of rosy apples. A force OF l3
men were employed all week gathering
the apple crop which will this week be
oarreled and marketed. Mr.. Crowley
has sold all his fall apples ut good prices
and is having inquiry from distant points
for winter apples in cur load lots. The
June hail reduced the crop considerably
but the amount OF apples harvested is
very large.
The Bank block has been greatly
improved by n new coat OF paint; Col.
Inns & Perkins did the work.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
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BARGAINS
REAL ESTATE.

I want money, and in order to
get it 1 will sell the following
property ut one-third less than It
is worth. Look the list over and
then come and see me and l will
make terms to suit you.
SO ACRES. only two miles from town; 5
acres In apple orchard; 20 acres In alfalfa:
balance farm land; will soon be I'm wheat.
Price si2j00O-S:DO cash. balance In payments
to suit purchaser. This Is snap and no mis-
take.
rs ACRES, two miles from town. all
fenced. suitable for farming or orchard land.
board stable and good srannry. s20 an acre
gets II. 500 cash, ba,ancc on your own terms
20 ACRES, one and one-fourth miles west
OF town: set to pruncs, cherries and pears. ail
choice fruit. This tract Is a bargain at Si0D
an acre. She goes ut 60; IN acre. Name your
own terms.
10 ACRES of land three miles from town;
water from Catlin ditch. Price so nm acre:
| at per cent per annum.
100 ACRES, ten miles from town: well
altered: best stock unch In the county;
close to splendid range Price; Dom; ,,.,,;.
ton 1t! Somebody will get a bargain bcro
6
= ThREE fo.ACRE TRACTS, Y mile from
ro"ier' water from Oxford ditch: pricc So
an acre; SOD cask: balance In fvc uonuaI
paymdnts ut per cent per annum,
THREE CHOICE 5-AcRE TRACTS. cios.
~" l VIII guarantee that you con,t ,n,,i,.
cate these tracts for onc.haIf noro ruaa. %
'"an ask. Easy payments. "''"''
l find 1 am long on land and
short on cash, hence l offer the
.bove tracts for sale on easy nav.
nents Mt less than spot cash value.
Besides these l have n fine list
# property owned by outside par-
les listed with me and L can suit
on all around and on any sized
ract from town lot to a 5000
ere ranch.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
Don't fail to hear "Tom" P0ttssse-
at La Junta SATURDAY eveni1g>
Candidate. for Jp-'

Uncle r.. lace.
for. j.. lily Green is in the race
II- -.,tice of the Peace on the
.er Republican ticket and his
nomination is clean cut. He will
receive the votes of the people of
the 4th Justice Precinct.
TAXPAYER.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

When you call for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. tho great pile cure, don't
accept anything else. Don't be talked
INTO accepting a substitute, for piles. for
sores, for burns. Opera House Phar.
macy.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

SO ACRES. only two miles from town;
acres In apple orchard; 30 acres In alfalfa:
balance farm land; will soon be I'm wheat.
Price si2s0o0-s:Do cash. balance In payments
to suit purchaser. This is n snap and no mis-
take.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

Money to loan on City OF
Ranch property.
45tf L. II. Fenlason.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields t, One Minnie Cough Cure.
Harmless IN effect. touches the right
spot, reliable and just what is wanted. 1t
acts at once. Opera House Pharmacy,
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

!. A. G. Coasr's experiment. in fertil;s.
ing with the droppiDgs Of tho sheep pens
'oaght to be. u valuable experiment 10.
many farmers. The ten acres Of his
wheat unden the High Line which he
fortified with sheep mannre yielded ~
bushels per-acre. The other portions Of
the same field. not so fortified. threshed
only 20 bushels. Hero Is an element OF
profit in sheep feeding which is genseally
overlooked.
The canning factory has almost com.
plete1 work on the tomato crop aud will
soon begin on pumpkins.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
A Money-Nakias Industry N,


Our moshpnosperous farming districts
are those where the creamery has been
establishs ID. thu longest, as it u the means
OF bringing 80 much cash into general
circulatisn. sssch month.-The COlcfs.dO
Poultryman md Farmer.
This d, t1Ue in many Of the middle
states. Pi,s COW and creamery have
added millions Of dollars to the farm val
ustioas u Iowa and Illinois and the
ssmc,. before many years, can b. said OF
the slfalfa-Rrowing districts Of Colorado. /.
This valley has this year an insAanse hay
crop which is now in the stack. Could u
postion Of this feed be turned into cream
cry butter It would bring many thou
sands OF dollars Of SURPLUS cash to ons
farmers each month. Thexe il no branch
Of farm industry which il suffering az
much neglect as the daiSS at tho presept
time.--Fowler Tribune
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
An Accurate Political Portrait Of
WOlcOtt,

Senator Wolcott was g silver man in
the fullest sense Of the word, according
to his own declarations and promises.
No language was too fersid, NO flight OF
oratory too howery to express his conse-
Grafton 10 the cause. Had he made be-
fore he was elected, the speech which he
delivered in Colorado Springs on Satur-
day night, lie could not have received ten
votes in the Legislative assembly.
Senator Wolcott led the people OF COL
orado TO believe that when the test came
he would take precisely tho action that
Mr.. Teller took. But once safely ell
sconced in his seat, no more WIS heard Of
defiance to the party. He was United
States senator, but not senator from
Colorado. He became.tl tie champion and
bosom friend OF interests opposite to
those OF the state which had placed the
toga upon his shoulders. He allied him
SELF with the great money magnates, he
became the trusted representative OF vast
financial interests, hetbeeame one OF the
bulwarks OF vast corporation influences,
which, through such.men us he, aim to
control the government shat should be OF
the people, and make it their govern
ment. He made hia choice with deliber-
alton, and it WIS te,Pnsh Colorado aside
nnd form n close uni0n with the self-con-
stituted aristocracy. Of Washington and
New York. In thair smiles he basks; in
their favor he finds financial success and
social advancement.
Yet Mr.. Wolcott aaslaciously comes to
Colorado and asks reelection. He asks
new honors from. q state which knows
him only MS ona OF its worst political en-
leMies. He asks to be again placed in
tie seat whero.hs can continue his USE
'iulness, not to Colorado, hut to the com,
binations Of political greed which are his
partners in fsgislaiion. News.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

Among the varied features to
be introduced during the perfor-
nance Of "Si Perkins," which will
be presented by the Burton; Cole
man company Mt the opera nuu,.
next Monday evening is their olio
OF specialties and the famous Isl
Perkins" orchestra, directed by
Prof. Thos. Marshall, which is
sure to be entertaining. OF the
play itself we need only to say that
for laughing purposes there are
no better, and this has been prov
en- by the large audiences # al.
ways attracts, and which is sure to
bs Ill attendance next Monda- !
evening, Oct. II. The parade |
given By the famous Pughtown
'arlners' band is great, be sure to
Zee it. Admission 25, 30 and SOC.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
NICHOLF"

Last Ss-' - AAAL'
the seh. ..uay the members of
d. ..ool voted to call it the New
...e Sunday school.
| Andy Nicholes tried to lariat n
coyote that was in his barnyard
the other morning. He was not
able. however, to get the rope over
the VOLTS head.
Jesse Pryor is quite sick with
typhoid fever and whooping cough.
The county commissioners
will be asked to open up road
along the north side of the Ander-
son ranch. At present the new
school house has no road by it.
There will be a fishing social at
the new school house on Monday
evening, Oct. 81, for the benefit
of the Sunday school.
These items hereafter will be
headed "Newdale News"
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

-Blackburn's Notion Store is
now located in Ferlen'a old stand,
Recker- Hagen block
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13

-Blackburn's Notion Store is
now located in Ferlen's old stand,
Recker. Hagen block.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
Experiments on the Memory.

The celebrated French psychologist
Professor Alfred Binet, In paper on
"The Experimental Study of Memory,
states that SO far attempts have been made
to measure but one kind of memory, but
that 1t is a great advance to be able to in
troduce the concept of measurement into
this problem at all. Experiments deal
with the number of memory images that
can be stored at one trial without allow
ing time for rest to the subject. Successive
Investigations have been made on the
measurement of the memory for figures
and syllables. The development OF these
localized memories cannot be considered
as a sign of the development OF the other
memories Reservations must be made as
to conclusions to be drawn from these ex-
periments. A series of figures is read to
subject at regular speed generally two
figures per second). He then endeavors to
repeat the figures without error In the or
der In which he heard them. Any adult
can give four easily; then five, six and SO
on, until a number is reached which can
not be repeated correctly. Each trial Is
repeated, with intervals Of rest. Expert
ments taken together show that not only
memory, but the powers of voluntary at
tention, are employed. AS children have
less control over their attention, they re-
tain fewer figures by this method than
adults. The average educated adult re-
tains seven figures; a child from to
retains five; a child Of 10, six. Jacques In
andi, the celebrated lightning calculator,
is able to commit more than 40 figures at
one trial-Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
WON ON A TECHNICALLY.
Biu6 Old Colonel Was Better Posted Thar
His Men on the Rules.


Biun old Colonel Was Better Posted Than
His Men on the Rules.
In the Austrian service the discipline Is
of the strictest One day regiment parad-
ed and everything went wrong. Eventual
" the fiery old colonel could stand 1t no
longer and in desperate rage closed the
parade, saying to his officers, go to -,
gentlemen, and -.
This was heard far and near. An insult
like this could not be submitted to by the
officers of the imperial army without deg
radiation, and 1t was instantly agreed to
complain to the general through the colo
mel and obtain full redress and the colo
nel's resignation. Two of each rank were
chosen as deputation, and headed by the
lieutenant colonel appeared at the colonel
quarters and demanded to be conducted
by him to the general of division, there to
complain of his questionable order.
"Very good, gentlemen, the colonel re-
Piled "But, a6jutant, turn to page :,
paragraph -, of the articles OF war and
read IL aloud for the benefit of my officers. =
The adjutant read as follows: should
an inferior officer consider that an order
issued by superior is unjust he must first
obey the order, and then only will he have
a right to complain. Otherwise he will be
guilty of breach of discipline
First obey and then complain, saio
the colonel "Gentlemen, have you obeyed
my orderY" Availing himself of his ac
curate knowledge of military regulations
he had what is vulgarly called "plantec
them" The officers prepared to leave
but to the relief of all parties the colonel
at once made very full apology. This
of course, terminated the incident.-Ex
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
Race War Is Imminent.

Perry, o. T.. Feb. 12.-Blackwell, a
town thirty miles north of here. not
located on the railroad, is on the verge
of a race war. The people of Blackwell
have never allowed a negro to live in
the town. Some days ago Colonel
Blackwell, founder Of the town, pro-
cured a colony of negroes to settle In
Blackwell and gave each family res
idence lot The negro families have
commenced arriving at Blackwell and
the whites declare they shall not live
there, and the negroes say they viii
stay in the town in spite Of the whites
Trouble is expected.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
Bloody Murder at Lansing.

Lansing. Mich, Feb 12.-Roderigue G.
Lauzun, a somewhat dissolute French
man about 25 years Of age, was found
murdered in his room over feed store.
The walls of the room were spattered
and the floor over which the murderer
had dragged his victim was saturated
with the latter's blood. The skull had
been crushed with hatchet or sharp
piece Of wood and the head was beaten
almost to a pulp. The murdered man
had exhibited a roll Of bills not long
ago, but nothing was found on his per-
son except an empty bloody pocketbook
living on the floor.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

John Wilson, city marshal of Nowats
Kan, was killed by Thomas Dwver a
whisky peddler, and the latter died soon
atter from wounds received during the
encounter.
Rev. w. III. Morrison of Manchester
N H.. has voluntarily relinquished $500
or his $4,000 annual salary because of
the cut of 10 per cent. in the wages paid
at the mills and the consequent hard
times In the parish and the town.
j. F. Humber of Toledo o., represents
ing an English syndicate. has secured
an option on the Stangkuebler Brewing
and Mailing companys plant at San
dusky. q.
Rev ID. j. NJ Buckley, editor of the
New York Christian Advocate. was
made seriously i'll by canned corn at
Pittsburg.
Harber. the great authority on fish,
says that every square mile Of the sea
is inhabited by 120,000.000 fish.
Canadian Pacific railway earnings for
the week ending Feb. Z were $685.
for the same period last year $685., 600,
an increase of $4,000.
The steamer Tess sailed from Van
NpuNSli ID. -, lOI lnF nOlln. Sne car
ries 100 passengers and ST sacks Of ba-
con. being part Of the provisions sent
by the United States. and which was
allowed 20 go through Canadian terri
tory free OF duty
r. Wesley Dunn Of Waterville, Me-
has filed a petition in insolvency. His
paper is scattered among twenty ma
tional and savings banks Of Maine. The
total liabilities exceed S143,000. The as.
| sets are about $4,000.
The fourth annual cor 'ention OF the
| National Association Of Master Painter.
md Decorators has closed it's session:
| at Philadelphia.
Ex-Governor Morrill, of Kansas once
| said that his ambition was to create
In Kansas the largest orchard in th'
| world and leave II as a monument I,
his memory. That hope is about to b.
| realized, as he has turned his farm owe
to a man with the stipulation that 65,
900 fruit trees. mostly apple, are to b.
/ planted there.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
Incited Murder of the Car.

London, Feb. 12.-At the Old Bailey
the trial of Vladimir Bourtzoff, editor
Of The Narodnye Voletz (Will Of the
People), and Weirzhech. the printer OF
-oners are charged with issuing a publi-
'cation melting the assassination Of the
czar. They pleaded not guilty. The at
torney general, Sir Richard Webster,
who prosecuted, said such charges
would never have been brought unless
the circumstances had been exception
a. but, he added. the prisoners had
directly melted the murder of the czar
10y diabolical means similar to the nj
mist outrage at the winter palace in
1850
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
The Untrustworthy Liar.

Coming In on the Painesville car the
other morning two real estate dealers were
talking shop"
"I heard man get of pretty good
thing about Dash and Blank the other
day." said cne of them.
"What was itf'' the other askedss
"He said, I'D much rather deal with
Dash than with Blank. Why sof In
quired. You know Dash is man whom
you can't believe under any circum'
stances. That's the very reason prefer
him to Blank. Dash lies all the time, SC
you're never fooled by him, but Blank
lies only half the time, and the great trou'
BILE is that you never know when he's do
ing 1t. '-Cleveland Leader.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
ANCIENT BAN0uETs.
Ingenuity Exercised In Making Ornsmen-
tai sweetmeats For Table Decoration.

tai sweetmeats For Table Decoration.
Anciently great ingenuity was exercised
in the making Of ornamental sweetmeats
for table decoration. At great banquets
"subtilty" or "sotelty" or "sotillee, +" as
II was variously termed-an elaborate de-
vice In sugar or pastry, or In both, closed
each course, and this device usually bore
some reference, humorous or otherwise, to
the occasion of the entertainment. It was
to ornament the magnificent feasts which
represented gastronomic taste and lavish
expenditure during the reigns of William
Rufus Henry III, Richard III and Henry
Nv, that subtelles were invented. At the
coronation feast of Henry V, I'm 142l, there
was subtiltee of "a pelican sitting on
her nest with her young, and "an image
of st. Catherine holding book and dis
putting with the doctors"
The enthronization feast of Archbishop
Nevill at York was one of the most nota-
BILE of historic banquets. Among the
sweetmeats were "cold tartes, baked,
1000; cold custards, baked, 5000; hot
custards, 2,000," besides "spices, sugared
delicates, and waters plentie. The sub
| tiltees were of the most elaborate kind.
| One represented doctor of divinity being
| led into his pulpit by demon. At another
I
| bishop Wareham, chancellor of Oxford, in
! 1903, a subtiltee represented st. Augustine
| and bis attendant in the act of petitionine
| King Ethelbert for leave TO preach Chris
| tianity in his dominions. Another repre-
sented the eight towers of the university.
In every tower stood a bedell, and under
the towers were figures of the king, tc
whom Chancellor Wareham, encircled by
many doctors properly habited, presented
Latin verses which were answered by his
majesty. Other devices, such as the foul
seasons, with Latin inscriptions, appeared
at this feast.
A favorite device Of the master cool
was a real peacock, feathers, tail and all
At Archbishop Nevill's feast there wer'
no fewer than 104 peacocks so treated
Many of the subtiltees which appeared a
banquets were upon religious subjects
and others related to incidents In Englisl
history. Furnace, the cook in Nassinger'
"New Way to Pay Old Debts" (16s3)
speaks of raising Notifications In pastr.
which, II they had been practiced at Breda
Spinola might have thrown his cap at
and ne'er took it." The celebrated sieg
Of Breda, it may be noted, lasted from
Aug. 26. 1924, to July following.-Gen
tlelnan's Magazine.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
Refused the Application +.

Harrisburg. Pa, Feb. 12.-Judge Sim
vn'on handed down an opinion refusing
%e application of Attorney General Nc
oOrmick for an injunction against the
capitol building commission on the
s,ounu ;s That he is unable to find any ev-
, ,aehce that the commissioners have
u, uOne, or intend to do. any act that
,',S "Uulu warrant the granting Of pre-
,'nary "ay Injunction and thus delay the
O"',nissioners waA, in the prosecution Of the
sr., imposed upon them by the act
'Orizlng the erection OF the capitol.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
Professor Elisha GRAY Diving.

Chicago. Feb. 12.-Professor Elisha
Gray, famed as the inventor of tele-
graph and telephone appliances. is re-
ported near to death at his home in
highland Park. When he dies, 1t will
ve as poor man. The thousands and
thousands OF dollars that he realized
as the proceeds of his valuable inven-
uons nave. for the most part, disap-
peared. His home, once the embodi-
ment OF luxury. is now a boarding
mousse Professor Gray has obtained
OVer nfty patents, most Of them in con-
heetion with the telephone.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
sunk by a warshIp's Prov.

10. England, Feb. 1.-THE passen-
FOR ,eeamer r Marbella, bound from here
wiz. hamburg. was sunk by collision
,%,s,"h % 'he bow of the British warship
rers a IN Hull roads. All the passen-
atss anu crew were saved. The GAL
% s,N was run aground near the entrance
" s,andria ss,.e dock at this place short
4 s,a sr nigh water. The Marbella was
sn ,-screw ,onew steamer. She registered
~. ~ iona The Gaiatsa n buiit OF steel
WI nAs displacement q G.eoo tons.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12

,.", OF Louis. Feb. 12.-The five-story
buiulng at 5l2 Locust street. occupied
M he Tamblin-Powers Clothing COM
ana any Is almost wholly destroyed by fire.
bnss portion of the $4,000 stock
S"eu. Sonn. In addition. several thousand
lars Damage was suffered by the
S,ara sto",. Roos Fur company. whose
dr.in dr. IN an adjoining building was
hnnS,eu with water. The loss on the
will I"''ns amounts to $4,000 and s25, 900
s,o. probably cover the damage to the
''Ocks OF clothing and fur.
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Feb. II.
Following were the quotations on the
Roard of Trade today: Wheat-May,
opened 975sc, closed 97%c; July, opened
sec. closed S5%c; September, opened
7S%c. closed 7Sc. Corn-May, opened
9SMc closed zoe: July, opened S1c, closed
31kc. Oats-May, opened 25ssc,, closed
25%c: July, opened and closed 25esc.
Pork-May. opened s10.65 closed $lOI0;
July. opened $1065. closed SlO.U12. Lara
May. opened and closed S5.l0; July,
opened and closed $500.
Produces: Butter - Extra creamery,
hacking stock 10iRc. Eggs-Fresh STOCK.
i2I5c per doz. Dressed Poultry-Iur,
KEYS. 1O611c per 10; chickens. 61s@
nc. ducks, 5071ac. Potatoes-Common
to choice. 52@62c per bu. Sweet Pota-
toes-Illinois, s2.00Q2.75 per Dbl.
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, Feb. II.
Hogs-Estimated receipts Tor the oay,
16. 600; sales ranged at So.oowS'sS s"eaa or
rirs. sS.75dS.971s for light. sSsoQsso 30
p,ss' fos rough packing, sS.s5@4O214 for
mixed and s3.S5@4.05 for heavy packing
and sbinning lots. Cattle-Estimated
receipts for the day, 5000; quotations
ranged at S5.1505.55 for choice 10 extra
steers. s465@5.10 good TO choice uo''
"a. 3OQ4.SO fair to good, s4.o0gt4o So,m,
an
steers So 33O@3.S5 stockers. s3:soq4;sV
Feeders S2.156390 cows. $2.6Oq4.b0 hei1-
ars 20 4O6425 bulls, oxen and stays.
sheen and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for the day. 5000: quotations ranged az
Ss. 5O614. 55 westerns, S3.6OQ4.oo hatiVes'
and $400@5.75 lambs
East Buffi,io Live stock.
East Buffalo. n. Y, Feb. IL.
D,,rn,no e stevens. Live Stock Com
,,,iesion Merchants. East Buffalo, ~. :,
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts,
cars. market duiet and weak. Hogs
Receints. 40 cars: market steady at yes
terday's ouotaiOns. Sheep ana Lamos
receipts. g5 cars: marker auii ,,,a am
weak for lambs; top. so.ooqo..o' cur,s LIE
and firmer. tops, s4.65@475; culis to
good, SO. 50G4.5c.
ST. Louis Grain.
St. Louis. Feb. IL.
wheat-Higher; No. 2 red cash ele-
| .,.,or oec. track, 96@9Sc; FEBRUARY
esi%c: May, 9sx@99c; July. s2Nc; NO.
hard cash. 9Oc. Corn-Higher; NO.
cash. 26Nc: February. 26%c BID; May
27Ikd27ssc; July, asNS, S5a' 4a'sEar Febrnary
olixc hid: May, 263sc; July 2S4c; NO.
vhtte o6ihc. Rye-Firm; 4Sc bid. riax'
seed-Lower; H.2o.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, Feb. II.
wbeat-strong: No. 1 northern, sIc
| No spring, s2c; May. g7%c. Eye-
Higher; No. 1. 4skc: Barley-rirn
| Mo- 2. ilhc; sample, s2@lo1sc.
Detroit Grain.
Detroit, Feb. II.
wheat--Cash white, s6hc: cash req
ssikc: May. sokc. Corn-tSasn;s sosD ~ :
| Oats-Cash white. Ssstc' '0Ss
The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
MvsteriousIy Missing.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb 1l.-Frank Z.
Weed. local agent for several years OF
the Standard Life and Accident IN
surance company of Detroit, has peen
mysteriously missing from his home Tor
three weeks Inquiries fail to throw
light on the case.