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The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
A Daring Eskimo Lover.

A young Eskimo had secretly courted
the daughter of an enemy. The huts
of the lovers were not far removed.
but one night the terrisc cold ripped a
great crevasse in the Ice, and the young
mans house was left isolated. A gorge
100 feet deep and twenty feet wide
separated 1t from the igloo, or hut.
containing his sweetheart, but there
was a narrow bridge of ice left across
the crevasse, and this. the young man
found, would bear his weight Eslsi-
mos sleep in bags. The lover decided
that he would that night cross the Ice
bridge, steal the maiden he loved, bear
her TO his hut and then break down the
bridge so that he and she together
might enjoy their honeymoon unmo-
Tested. He planned very successfully.
He crept in thy dead of night into his
enemy's hut, he snatched up the maid
en- in her sack without awaking any
one, he bore her over the ice bridge
safely, and then he opened the sack to
embrace his bride; but, beholding Its
contents, he gave loud cry. 1t was
not the maiden, but her father, that he
had stolen.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Fighting the Grasshopper.

The yellow winged grasshopper Cam
nula pellucidaD Is variable in color
ranging from light yellow to brown
The males are smaller in size than the
females and are distinguished from
the latter by their round, smooth tipped
abdomen. The best method of combat
ing the pests is to destroy the eggs or
the young insects just after they have
Matched. The eggs are deposited In.
podlike sacks, preferably in sandy or
gravelly soils BY observing the in
sects in the breeding season these
places can be readily located. Flowing
the ground Is the most effective way of
destroying the eggs.
The familiar Hopper doZers have been
used with varying success in destroy
ing the fully developed hoppers In
some sections good results have been
obtained by spraying the young insects
with crude oil. Among the most eff.
fective of the many remedies recon-
mended is a combination of some ar
senical poison and fresh horse drop
pings. One pound of paris green, to-
gcther with two pounds of salt Is
thoroughly mixed with sixty pounds
of fresh horse droppings. The result
ing mixture is scattered among the
young hoppers or around the edges
of fields which 1t is thought may be in
vaded
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
LITTLE BARBADOS.
The Island Contains About the
Proudest People on Earth.
Ed. 1908

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Proudest People on Earth.
None of the great nations of the
earth IS half so proud of itself as the
little colony of Barbados, a mere speck
In tAe Caribbean, Which calls itself
'+le little England of the tropics"
Alone of all England's West Indian
isles, Barbados has belonged to Eng
land ever since it was first colonized
by white men. 1t has never been con-
quered by the enemy, as the others
have been. This fact naturally gives
the Barbadians good conceit of them
selves and indeed makes them just
about the proudest people on earth.
When just before the Crimean war
England was hestating whether she
should attack Russia thu Barbadians
sent this message to the cabinet:
Go ahead Don't be afraid. Barba-
dos is behind you"
King George was offered an asylum
by little England when Napoleon
Bonaparte proposed to invade Eng
land.
IF you were driven from England"
the Barbadians wrote, "come here. You
will be SAFE with us to protect YOU"
When England VS. suffering her
worst revcrses in South Africa the
Barbadians were not worried They
knew that if matters really reached a
crisis Barbados would go in and finish
the business" as one Of their newspa-
pers seriously put 1t.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
News and Notes,

principles of Horse Feeding" Is the
title of farmers bulletin No. 10. 1t
was prepared by c. f. Langworthy.
Phi. D., of the office Of experiment sta
tions. and discusses the general princi-
pies of feeding, with especial reference
to horses.
Only oklahoma shows more than the
average peach yield this season, other
states averaging from l to 43 per cent
below.
August Is brush cutting month and a
good time to clear out bitches and lay
drains.
New York market gardeners are re
ported as charging the government
seed distribution with short weight,
low grade packages and waste In the
distribution
j. II. Hale is credited with an esti-
mate OF about one-third of full crop
for Georgia.
Professor II c. Price of the Iowa
State college has been placed at the
head Of tho Ohio College of Agricul-
ture.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13

Fifteen to twenty feet of hose Is the
least that can be used with convenience
in spraying potatoes and fruit trees,
says II. II. Lamson of the New Hamp-
shire experiment station, and we rec
ommend fifty foot length. For spray
ing trees some means of raising the
nozzle is necessary; a rigid extension
to the hose Is the best means. a cheap
and satisfactory one consists of ten to
twelve feet of quarter inch gas pipe, OH
one end of which the nozzle Is screwed,
the other end being fitted to screw on
to the hose. Extensions of different
lengths will be found very convenient.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Buying a Wife.

In Uganda man can buy a hand
some wife for four bulls, box of car
tyidges and six needles, and If he has
the luck to go a-wooing when woman
happens to be a drug in the market he
can buy a suitable damsel for a pair
Of shoes. A Kaffir girl is worth, ac-
cording to the rank Of her family, from
four to ten cows, and In Tartary no IA
Their will surrender his daughter unless
he gets good quantity of butter In re
turn, and in certain parts of India no
girl can marry unless her father has
been pacified by a present of rice and a
few rupees.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13

Crimson Rambler, Prairie Queen,
Baltimore Belle and other summer
blooming climbing roses should be
pruned just after the flowers fade, ad-
vises American Agriculturist. In prun-
Ing be careful to cut away the older
growth or the branches which pro-
duced the late crop of flowers. Do not
remove the vigorous growing shoots,
which will bear the clusters Of bloom
next season. Cutting away the growth
started during the spring and early
summer will injure the plant and may
cause It's death.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
A Physician Healed.

DR.. Geo. Ewing, a practicing physi-
clan of Smiths Grove, Ky. for over
thirty years, writes his personal expe-
years had been greatly bothered with
kidney and bladder trouble and enlarg-
ed PROSTATE gland. I used everything
known to the profession without relief,
until commenced to use Foley's Kidney
Cure. After taking three bottles l was
entirely relieved and cured. Iprescribe
1t now daily In my practice and heartily
recommend it's use to all physicians for
such troubles l have prescribed it In
hundreds of cases with perfect success ="
Sold by F W. Buchanan, Skowhegan
Geo. Gushing, Madison.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
National Hay Association,

The National Hay association is said
to represent over 900 men engaged In
the hay traffic in nearly every state Of
the Union. The shipment of hay 10
over 100000 tons yearly.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Dirigo Mutual fire Insurance Co.,
CoRHAM. MAINE.

Presiden', Hon. Frederick ROBBIE, Gorham, Me.
Sec. and Treas, T. r. Millett Lewiston, Me,
Amount Of Policies in force Dec. 81, 1902,
80 6i6,7l3 Amount OF tolicies written during
1902, a. ,l8S, 120. Average assessment per year
on 1900 during 1899. 1900, 1901, 1902. 1890.
1t is now the largest Maine Mutual Fire In
surance Company except one. For in orma-
ton or insurance, write
T. r, MILLETT. Secretary,
Telephone 7o6-64 ems Lewiston. Maine
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13

Homer-So our neighbors, Mrs. Biggs and
each other, eh?
Mrs. Homer-No but they more than make
up for 1t by what they say about each other.
Itching piles? Never mind If everything else
failed TO cure you. Try Ooan's Ointment. No
failure there. 30 cents, at any drug store.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13

tStop to take or leave freight.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, and smith
held and with Electric Cars to and from
5kowhegsn. At Arson, 70, Sawyer's Mills,
!5tsrks). AT No. Arson, for North and West
New Portland, Dead River, Flagstaff anu
Eustis. At Bingham for Forks, Moose River,
Mayheld, Kinssbur and Abbott.
NEW TRAIN SERVICE-Somerset train
NO. will connect with Maine Contra train
leaving Oakland at $50 P. M. for wsterville
where close connections will be made with eI
press trains pullman service) for Bangor and
the east, also points via Augusta through to
Boston.
w M AVER HUP1
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Southern Hard Woods.

The work on southern hard woods
this year will be continuation of the
study which has already been carried
on during two field seasons. Its pur-
pose is to determine the stand, the
present and the possible uses, and the
best methods of management for the
following important commercial hard
woods of the south; Tulip tree, white
oak, post oak, chestnut oak, Eastwood,
chestnut, the hickories and white ash.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Woods For Paper PuIn.

A study of the balsam will be car
ried on by the bureau of forestry
this summer in the Adirondacks and in
Maine. Work has already been done
in the Adirondacks, and the object of
the coming seasons work will be to
conclude the study the results of which
will probably be published next spring.
The main purposes of the investigation
of balsam are to determine It's suitable
ity for use as paper pulp, the quantity
which Is now standing, and the results
that can be expected in the production
Of a second crop under conservative
methods of numbering. A study of the
poplar In Maine has come about
through the increased use of poplar as
paper pulp material. Its general scope
Is similar to that of the balsam inves-
tigation.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
HAYMAklNG.
How II Is Done In Indiana Hay
Loader, Fork and SIinE.


Loader, Fork and SIinE.
An Indiana correspondent of Rural
New Yorker writes. After the hay is
moved and cured sufficiently we use q
hay loader, which IS attached to the
back of the wagon. This tool rakes
TIC hay from two swaths and elevates
It on the wagon. 1t requires only one
man 10 do the loading. In this way
hay can be taken up as fast as team
will walk, and if the team is steady
one. not repairing a driver, the work
is all done thus far by one man. When
the hay is very light it is found some
times more practical to rake it first in
windows and then use the loader TO
take it up from them. Unloading is
cone in this locality mostly with hay
forks or sings, when the hay is put in
barns. The barns are equipped with
a hay fork or sling constructed upon a
track. When the hay fork, which is a
very large fork that will carry a good
portion of a load of hay and drawn
up by rope and tackle by team and
by use of the track the hay is run to
any part Of the barn desired and dump
ed. When unloaded with sling ropes
are placed In the load at desired places
when the load is being put on the
wagon. Then when it reaches the barn
only the ends of the rope need be at
tached to the sling and tackle. and the
load can be unloaded with only few
draws.
Missouri Methods.
A Missouri man says: There Is no
hay tool more complete and labor saw
Ing than the loader. This machine Is
hitched on the rear end of the wagon.
The team pulling the wagon that is be-
ing loaded also pulls the loader. The
loader gathers the hay out of the
swath and elevates 1t on to the wagon.
There are several makes of these load
ers. The machine so geared that the
cylinder gathering the hay off the
ground revolves with forward motion
is the best. Three men can load all
two horse team can pull draw to stack,
shed or barn within onefourth of
mile, unload with use Of hay fork, all
In half an hour or less time.
Where hay is stacked in the meadow
many use what is called a sweep rake.
This is about sixteen feet long,
made usually by taking a pole six to
eight inches in diameter, boring holes
every two feet or so, putting strong
teeth six to seven feet long made of
good, strong wood, tapering. nicely to
point. A horse is hitched to each end,
the rake sliding on the ground be-
tween the horses. The teeth are
shaped from the under side so they will
not run in the ground and will quickly
gather all the hay either out of swath
or windrow that the two horses can
pull to the stack, where it is elevated
with hay fork and crane. The loader
is used when the hay is to be hauled
before stacked or moved away.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Potent Pill Pleasure.

The pills that are potent in their &C.
ton and pleasant in effect are DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. W. s. Philpot of
Albany, Ca, says: "During bilious
attack took one. Small as it was 1t
did me more good than calomel. blue.
mass or any other pills ever took and
at the same time 1t effected me pleas
antly. Little Early Risers are certainly
an ideal pill. "Sold by Geo, E. Sampson.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
The New England Pines

In most of the New England states
there are large areas of waste land com
ing up to white pine which, If protected
and encouraged, will soon become valu-
able timber A study of these areas in
southeast Maine southern New Hamp-
shire, parts of Vermont, the north tier
Of counties in Massachusetts and part
Of Plymouth county and some areas In
Rhode Island and Connecticut will be
made this summer by the bureau of
forestry. The work will begin near
Mount Monadnock. This will be a CON
tinuation of the same work begun last
Vpar
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Forest Planting In Nebraska.

One hundred acres of land in the sand
hills of the Dismal river forest reserve,
Nebraska, were planted last spring by
the bureau of forestry. On eighty acres
100000 pine seedlings were set out. The
other twenty acres were sowed with
seed. The work will continue this sum-
mer The nursery will be enlarged so
as to cover two acres, which will hold
100000 seedlings. The bureau intends
to increase the size of the nursery grad
ually, so as to make 1t grow enough
Seeding trees every year to furnish SUI.
fcient stock for the planting. 1t is in
tended ultimately to turn the whole of
the Niobrara and Dismal river reserves,
which are now barren sand hills, into
forest by planting. The Dismal river
reserve includes $4,000 acres, the Mo.
brara reserve 12G,000 y survey of the
boundaries of the Niobrara reserve will
be made this summer
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
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sgysHsssesiGh5KPEN
FORES WORK.
What Is Purpused In Various Sec
lions of the Country.

What Is Purposed In Various Sec
lions of the Country.
William II. Bartlett of Chicago has
decided to put his 100000 acre preserve
in northern New Mexico under forest
management and has asked the bureau
of forestry to make plan for handling
the tract. a party Of four men will be
occupied during the summer with the
work. The Bartlett tract lies in the
Vermejo valley, southwest of Trinidad,
Colo. on one of the spurs of the Rocky
mountains and borders on Colorado in
one place II was formerly part Of an
old Mexican land grant. Mr.. Bartlett
acquired it after the timber rights on
nearly all the land had been sold Lun-
bering Of bull pine. the chief tree, IS
now going on, but most of the timber
rights will expire next year and the
owner wants the land to become coy
cred again with good growth of for
est 1t will be necessary in order to ac-
complish this to keep out fires and to
improve the natural reproduction of
the trees. Iq cases it may be necessary
to plant. The study will include the
preparation of maps showing the topo-
graphic features the types of forest,
the irrigation lands and the lands
where reproduction is well advanced.
An entomologlst will accompany the
party to study the harm done the trees
by insects.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-08-13
Forest Fires, south and North.

A study of forest fires begun in the
south this spring will be continued dur
ing the summer in Michigan, Minneso-
ia and Wisconsin by party under II.
J. Tompkins of the bureau of forestry.
Mr.. Tompklns will inquire into the
methods used by the inhabitants In
putting out fires and determine If posi-
Bile how these methods may be i'm
proved. He will then attempt to devise
some general system of fire control for
the states studied, so that the bureau,
II called on, will be able to furnish
their legislatures with recommends
lions for fire laws based on a thorough
knowledge of the conditions.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
4 .l IA :
ADAMS, 1 5, ]

.g 7s So 1't
1: Matt N Mullenbach Of Adams town
and Miss Helen Schumacher y Of
Illinois were married July IA, at the
Johnsburg Catholic church. They
went to Illinois On : wedding trip.
& Edward Benson and son came
Thursday from Minneapolis to visit at
}Gultck Olson 8. $5..S Z
I Alfred Revelling went to 4 Mt.
Clemans, Mich, to stay some time for
the benefit OF his health. # a:s. .5a...&.. :5.I
= William Henderson arrived home
Wednesday from bis North Dakota
trip. b .. II AZ s5,ss5S
Rev. Reichl went to st. Paul Wed.
nes9ay returning Thursday. u s5:Z sss5
M. Krebs bach, ohm and Mike
/ Krebs bach and N. NJ. Smith are home
from their western trip.
Next regular N, ". A meeting
Thursday night. ..ss5 5ss5
George King is visiting relatives at
Green Bay, Wis.
81 Charles RI ooney Teturned from
Rochester Wednesday where he went
Ito cons suit physicia d 4 Il.
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Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
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!. SARGEAlTTs

Nj. and Mrs. 3. j slYn spent Sun
day in Racine Is. will remain 8.
week TOR a visit with her sister. u
p. Peters xpects TO move to Dex-
ter Tuesd 81.
oWers and wife are back
from 4 n p and will on Ebe settled
in their rooms over the hall. 4
rs ls Mrs. 81 ID VISITING her hus band
who IS foreman of 4 the extra railroad
gang
Frank Hammer torn, our 4 pop Al
static agent, has aceep ptedsa position
|at Rando olph fl a. I'd sans nlccartease
Iofsalary y
|1Ia illis MnrphI off kinsun, n Neb.,
has been engaged to inatruet THE Sar.
[1geant band. The boys are i surely ydo-
ling much to their cred III. ssS s1
N and ..s (ls'eore ;rlmm q
IRpchester have been yisitin With
Henry rimn a during the past week.
Iiso Meyer 4 * 'as ecteld saturda e 4!
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
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Ell Runnes estran a of Le Roy Y Az on
our streets N ednesda &
The Gongrega ational Il church able
held 8aat Thomas Turton's q was very
success sful, bout 50 being Ieal lizsedl NJ
Il e's sister, osie of Cresco,
lowe. made him q sisi 4 this wee NJ NJ
n Fred Nelson has mo s oved IntoS &.
Oeboll's restde dence III east end Sof y
town y
| Lumber q onsthe ! ground 1for Hunt
ling D eleyato 55'ls Il
Hasel Greer u of . n n Clint Iosvs n
visiting n. n npbesl II
gnerstt q M of Chestsr Il:
|is yisiting hers shroth Grif ss
[sE fiss' a lta Qriehe eft Is atarday "a
attsnd ths sola 4 an.e II 4 Saehoc Anstir.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
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RACINE

# Miss Grace Wilson went y 70 Austin
Thursday for aRshort visit. She will
teach u. the Alstin sch ools3 next year. AZ.
0 d. As baby boy glad dens the ! home.. g ..off q
IN and Mrs. is Chan mberl lain
Waldo YIN an s ne w cottage is
nearly comp leted. NJ
81 Born to sidney njalmliinll q 9
baby VI
S Mrs: Ed Az Yoods has yret urped from Z 2 g
her visit with her mot her latI, :Esdgley,
sGS83
h n MIS-. Leo ia has bought 4
house ~ prine alley and y Willl a move 1l
|theresnext mo
81 Rev. Harb bang ttended a the t,t
|EpWorth League II ternatio tionall CON 1el'
ysntionSa Dstroit ich: last Il. q
youngy \ dam hter arrived az the llEt'
home ~ andl ia. ieorge Smith 81 'tlEl
n fred Hand has returned a from 5ll1s 5his
|trip Gefma visited y hii s.
IOlQs
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
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SUTTON

#$ In Dist. l06 Nick Quasi was reelect-
ed treasurer Saturday eve. .SS
Isl Mrs. Nick Quasi: and daughter,
Mary returned from Rochester Saturr-
day. s5 .3@ .55
NJ, The mission festival OF Rev.
'Schultz's church held in w. Hartje's
grove was very largely atten ed. peo-.
pie being present from Gra d Meadow
an and 5tlt other 81 neigh boring towns. &.
1.-THE Rev John 6 use Of Manitowoc,
D Wis, will be or rdained as pastor OF the
Lutheran church west OF Sutton next
Sunday July 26.
and Mrs 81. Eichhorn OF Red
Rock q visited il town Sunda
~ The ball game Sund Az between Sut-
.tonsand Red Roc < resulted ia a score.
sofss 6 l9 TO Lin favor Of ST utton.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22

Nels Weigen was elected dire ctor OF
our; school in g hos: Hurley's place. q
Mrs, I q. Daily and son p. N. and
family OF Le Roy were visiting o. H.
Daily's family Sunday
8 Mrs. VIM. Penney returned to her
home in Stacyyille, Iowa, Saturday.
Small grain was greatly benefited
by showers Friday. Farmers report
rust washed Of, and grain is filing
we'll. Corn will need an extra month
in the fall fit natures .zs S55 s@ d 5s5
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
Der, lath, Sash and Doors.

serve as school clerk of Dist. No. 49,.
JOIN IN A1aby OF bayfield, has been
travelling through this part OF the
: coun gu 't try selling lightning rods. &
y Miss d! Stena Eastby is again number
ed with the s. NJ. N. g. students Of
Austin. as.. 81 ii WI s.. WITT.
1. The ball game, played at Nels Pc
5te terson's 8, July Y. between Sergeant
ana - Manila Ma scored 8 to Is in favor OF
the latter, ..%= %@ ]3ts@- {.
Having is nearly completed and
farmers H are preparing for harvesting,
which will be at hand efore long. /. 5...
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
u BE. j: I R.,0lW'i'N!sD.A. ! ( ALE |! ]: !! !.

\: At the an nual sch hoo1 meeting Geo.
w. Foster was e-elected h clerk and.
Nels b, Dahle elected treasurer to .fil
a vacancy. Ajax Of 81. 1000 was levied
and it was voted to have eight months
ofschool; # d. 5.. 55. ~
81 Miss Genevieve Hunt who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Ella Hunt
Gillian at Window has returned
home. s# .3E So :5 .:;5. ..3 ;s... 5:5
Prot. w. a. Shedd OF .Owatonna
preached insthe Baptist church Sum
day morning. ss.. 553 5.3I
The Junior Ep worth League gave
very pleasant and creditable enter
tainment Sunday evening which was
attended BY 8 large concourse. & s. .58i IS. &.
Mrs. Samanthae Fair Of Beaver Dam,
Wis !, Is keeping house for her uncle,
Amos Colby. .ss1z \ a . I, 55s5s
Mrs. Murphy Of Nebraska is visit:
ing her sister a rs.4 .4s A. D.. Brown. !
{Es Mrs. a .5W w ildmdn Of Cresco,
Iowa, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
u 3. Thompson. 81 }:s.
Miss. Nellie Sims has returned from
Grand Forks, ] % 5s s...s1
Fred M. Stewart and family now
occupy the Stims house on y. NIL q
street D
Mrs. Frank Straka !Sha kopee Is
visiting friends and relatives here :.$,$5
Fay Lawrence is at Spring alley
working il q lumber yard.
Last ednesda lay Is afternoon Miss
Crete Iorns entert rtaine d = lhappyparty
of young friends in honor 81 her fifth
birthday I;53s
Miss Flora Palmer visited fher aunt.
Laura 3A. Requa, AZ Austin over Sun:
|day lt5ss \
Miss Elya Pease Of Hamilton gis &
guest Of Miss Ed dith p. r Palmer.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
Saturday It'll resume her duties as

Saturday to resume her duties as
! nurse at thszho ospital
IS Mrs. Caster nee Biddie Tracy came
from Denver, Colo ], Friday to make
home folks and friends visit. s$ (. s.s. t. 4
Master Paul Anderson of Austin
has been rusti ating for week at the
Fris bic farm. d 5> NJ y; ;s.3 n. s55s.a 55ss
I James Hays.is 8very3lo low at present
with Bright's disease. ii. II. ~
b The farmers are still marketing
grain 5s:2 9s s$5 e. }$ O 5* 81.
8 Miss Bertha Weum came home
Wednesday from an EXTENDED visit
with relatives at Moland. 4 &. ], .ts..*..5 1
Mrs. Robert Guy went to Minnea-
polls Friday for a visit with friends
Daniel Casey south Of the village is
reported dangerously sick with
stomach trouble $ u i. 1. 5...
E Orle Wiseman, who was a delegate
Ito the national Christian Endeavor
convention at Denver last week, was
in the big tent when the wind blew II
down. He craWled under / q seat to
escape injury. Several were hurt but
none serious " Orle has now gone to
Gunnison, Col, to visit his nncles
George and Frank Lightley, who. are
near there. $.I..S n :ts