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BASH COR THREE YEARS.
tie stole $40 and a Watch from Antoine
iYldiek,

G. d. Bash who was convicted ot
robbery IN the criminal division Of the
district court the first Of the week, was
sentenced by Judge Lewis this MORN
Ing 10 three years In the state prison.
Bash ana Drlscol robbed Antoine Vid-
lck Of so ana a watch on the night Of
oct. D.
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Hoods
SarSapariltG
and Pills

Cure all kidney and liver trou.
bles, relieve the back, and
build up the whole system,
Accept no substitute.
The indicator., 1904-09-03

amt used to such rrilis. But 1t was n
circus" he added going on into 1T
OF laughter. worth 81 any dly."
You bet!' said the half breed. pats
make prct'F beeg fun. chT"
II seemed to mr That 1t de9on,led
'omewhat upon eic palnt of yicw. but
/ merely agreed with lin. only TOO
glad to be so well out of the fr't t.
All day we followed the trail that
wound along the should rs Of tie ro1nd
topped hills or down their long Il pes
into the wide. grassy valleys Here
and there the valleys were cut through
by coulees through which ran swift
blue grny rivers. clear and ley cid
while from the hilltops WE caught
gllmpses OF little lakes covered with
wild fowl that shrielled and squawked
and splashcd, careless of danger Vow
and then we saw what made black
spot against the green of tha prairie
and Jack told me 1t was rlncher's
shack. How remote from tie great
world. and how lonely IT saemod-thi.
little black shack among the multi
tudlnous hlllsl
shall never forget the summer oven.
Ing when Jack and 1 rod into Swan
Creek. | say into. but the yilaae wai
almost entirely one of Imagination. IN
that It consisted of the Stopping Place
a long log haildlng. a story and II hali
high. with stables behind. AID tho store
In which the post o.licc was kept and
over which the owner dwclt But the
situation was one of grea beauty. on
one side the prairie rambl 4 down
from the hills and then stretched away
In tawny levels into the misty purple
at the horizon; on the other IT chamber.
ell over the round, sunny tops 10 tn.
dim blue of the mountains beyond
In this world, where it is impossible
to reach absolute values. we are forced
to hold things relatively, and in con.
trast with the long, lonely miles of our
ride during the day these two houses,
with their outbuildings, seemed CEN
ter Of life. Some horses were tied to
the rail that ran along In front of the
Stopping Place.
'Hello" said Jack. ~ guess the No
BILE Seven are in town"
'And who are thcy?" asked.
"Oh,' he replied. with a shrug. "they
are the elite of Swan Creek. and, by
Jove," he added, this must be n per.
NIT night"
"What does that mean?" asked, al
We rode up toward the tie rail
"Well," said Jack in a low tone for
some men were standing about the
door, "you see, this is a prohibition
country, but when one of the boys feels
AZ If he were going to have spell of
sickness he gets permit to bring in
few gallons for medicinal purposes,
nnd. of course, the other boys being
similarly exposed, he invites them to
assist him in taking preventive meas
ures, and" added Jack, with solemn
wink, 1T is remarkable. in healthy
country like this, how many epidemics
come near catching u.s."
And with this mystlfying explanation
we Joined the mysterious Company Of
the Noble Seven.
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CHAPTER n.

THE COMPANY OF THE NOBLE SEVEN.
"A Is we were dismounting the
IA1 cries. Hello. Jackw How do,
5ss DaleT' Hello. old SmoIe!' In
E4&g the heartiest of tones made
me see that my cousin was favorits
with the men grouped about the door.
Jack simply nodded in return, and
then presented me In due form. my
tenderfoot cousin from the effete." he
said. with flourish. l was surprised
at the grace of the bows made me BY
these roughly dressed, wild looking fel
lows. | might have been in London
drawing room. | was put Mt my ease
at once by the kindllness of their greet
Ing, for, upon Jacks introduction, l
was admitted at once into their circle,
which to tenderfoot was usually
closed.
What hardy looking lot they werel
Brown, spare, sinewy and hard az
nails, they appeared like soldiers back
from hard campaign. They moved
and spoke with an easy, careless atI
of almost lazy indifference. but their
eyes had trick of looking straight at
you. cool and fearless, and you felt
they were fit and ready.
That night was initiated into the
Company of the Noble Seven-but o(
the ceremony / regret to say | retain
but an indistinct memory; for they
drank as they rode, hard and long.
and 1t was only Jacks care that go4
me safely home that night
The Company Of the Noble Seven
was the dominant social force in tbs
Swan Creek country. Indeed, 1t was
the only social force Swan Greek
knew. Originally consisting of seven
young fellows of the best blood ot
Britain. banded together for purposes
Of mutual Improvement and social en-
joyment," it lad changed Its character
during the years, but not Its name.
First Its membership was extended 10
include approved colonials," such az
Jack Dale and Others of kindred spir
IT." under which head, suppose, tbs
two cowboys from the Ashley ranch,
Hi Kendall and Bronco Bill-no ons
knew and no one asked his othee
name-were admitted. Then its puf.
poses gradually limited themselves to
those of n social nature, chiefly In the
line of poker playing and whisky
drinking. Well born and delicately
bred in that atmosphere Of culture
mingled with a sturdy common sense
and certain high chlvalry which sur
rounds the stately homes of Britain,
these young lads. freed from the 70
straints of custom and surrounding.
soon shed all that was superficial in
their make up and stood forth in the
naked simplicity Of their native man.
hood. The west discovered and re.
vealed the man in them. sometimes 10
their honor. often to their shame.
The chief of the Company was ths
Hon. Fred Ashley Of the Ashley ranch.
some time of Ashley Court England-a
big good nntured man with n magnid-
cent physique, good income from
home and beautiful wife, the Lady
Charlotte. daughter of noble English
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Divine service will be held at Swan
Creek in - at - o'clock.
All are cordially invited.
ARTHUR WELLINGTON MOORE.

On the whole l liked his letter. l
liked Its modest self depreciation, and
liked its cool assumption of my sym
pathy and cooperation. But was
perplexed. l remembered that Sunday
was the day fixed for the great base
ball match. when those from Home
as they fondly called the land across
the sea from which they had come,
were to wipe the earth with all comers-
Besides, "divine sarvice" was an inno-
walton in Swan Creek. and l felt sure
that. like all innovations that suggested
the approach of the east. 1t would Be
by no means welcome.
However. Immediately under the no
tice of the Grand baseball match for
the pain Killer week from Sunday,
at go; Home versus the World" I
pinned on the door of the Stopping
Place the announcement:
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CHAPTER III.


TTE was the first missionary ever
seen In the country. and II
)111a1 was the Old Timer who named
dD him. The Old Timers advent
to the foothill country was pre-
historic. and his influence was In
consequence immense. No one ven
tured to disagree with him, for to dis
agree with the Old Timer was to write
yourself down tenderfoot. which no
one, of course. cared to do. 1t was
misfortune which only time could re-
pair to be n newcomer, and 1t was
every newcomers aim to assume with
all possible speed the style and GUS
toms of the nristocratic old timers and
to forget us soon as possible the date
of his own arrival. So it was as the
Sky Pilot-familiarly the Pilot-that
the missionary went for many day
in the Swan Greek country.
/ had become schoolmaster of Swan
Creek, for in the spring a kind Provi-
dence sent in the Muirs and the Bre
mans with housefuls of children. to the
ranchers' disgust. for they foresaw
plowed fields and barbed wire fences
cramping their unlimited ranges. A
school became necessary. A little log
building was erected. and l was ap
pointed Schoolmaster. 1t was as school
master that l first came to touch the
Pilot, for the letter which the Hudson
Bay freighters brought me early one
summer evening bore the inscriptions:
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Santa Fe to St. Louis.

Leave Pueblo 4 90 p. M, arrive
St. Louis 600 p. m. next day
without change. Most favorable
rates. City office 22s North I'm
ion avenue.
The indicator., 1904-09-03

family. At the Ashley ranch the tradi
tons Of Ashley Court were pres rved rs
far MS possible. The Hon. FrcI mp
peared at the wolf hunts In riding
brooches and top boots, with hun ing
crop and English saddle, Will in I'll
the appointments of the house tie cus-
toms of the English home were OBJ
served. 1t was characteristic. however.
Of western life that his two wboys.
HI Kendall and Bronco Eli, fn't them
selves quite his social equals, though in
the presence of his beautiful. stately
wife they confessed that they "r ther
weakened" Ashley was thoroughly
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bright faced younsstsr, none too able
to look after himself. but much in
G1dned to follics of all degree. md
sorts. But he was warm hearted and
devoted to his big brother. lIua.a'rcy.
salled Hump, who had taken to ranch
ing mainly with the idea Of iouNing
after his younger brother. And no
easy matter that was. for every one
liked the lad and in consequence helped
him down.
In addition to these there were two
others of the original seven. but by
force of circumstances they were pre-
vented from any more than nominal
connection with the Company. Blake,
the police ut the Fort and Clifford had
got married and. as Bill said. was
roped tighter n steer"
The Noble Company, with the COW
boys that helped on the range and two
or three farmers that lived near the
Fort. composed the settlers of the
Swan Greek country-a strange med
ley of people Of all ranks and nations.
But while among them there We're the
evil hearted and evil living, still for
the Noble Company I will say that
never have fallen in with men braver,
trney or of warmer heart. Vices they
had, all too apparent and deadly. but
they were due rather TO the circun-
stances of their lives than to the na.
tive tendencies of their hearts.
Throughout that summer and the
winter following l lived among them,
camping on the range with them and
sleeping in their shacks, punching
cattle in summer and hunting wolves
in winter, nor did l. for ! was no wiser
than they, refuse my part on permit
nights. But through all not man
of them ever failed to be true to his
standard of honor in the duties of COM
radeship and brotherhood.
The indicator., 1904-09-03
THE SCHoOLMASTER.
Public School,
Swan Creek,
Alberta.

There was altogether a fine air about
the letter The writing was in fine
small hand. the tone was fine, and there
was something fine in the signature
"Arthur Wellington Moore" He was
glad to know that there was n school
and a teacher in Swan Greek, for Q
school meant children. In whom his
soul delighted, and in the teacher he
would find friend, and without Q
friend he could not live. He took me
into his confidence, telling me that
though he had volunteered for this far
away mission field he was not much Of
q preacher and he was not at all sure
that he would succeed. But he meant
to try, and he was charmed at the pros
pect Of having one sympatliizer at least.
Would be Kind enough to put in some
conspicuous place the inclosed notice,
filling in the blanks as thought best2
The indicator., 1904-09-03

COMPANY OF THE NOBLE SEVEN.
is we were dismounting the
cries, "Hello, Jack!" How do,
q DaleT "Hello, old Smoke" In
" the heartiest of tones made
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umpbant shouts and laughter Of the
boy and the complacent smiles on the
eaces Of Jack and the half breed stirred
nv wrath. l tore OF the cape and, hav'
ing got the saddle put right seiseo
Jacks riding whip. and, disregardina
~ rsmoostrances, sprang on my steed
ouos more, and before he could make
- his mind as to his line Of action piieo
I'm 10 vigorously with the rawnioa
mat be set of over the prairie at full
asIIop and in few minutes came
round to the camp quite subdued, to
the boys great disappointment and to
ny own great surprise. Jack was high
b pleased, and even the stolid face OF
~ half breed showed satisfaction.
.Don't think put this up on you
1ack said. ~It was that caps. II
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There was strange incongruity in
the two. and an unconscious challenge
as well.
All next day, which was Saturday,
and. indeed. during the following
week, stood guard over my notice. en-
joying the excitement it produced and
the comments 1t called forth. 1t was
the advance wave of the great ocean
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TO RE coSUiNURpl
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Divine service will be held at Swan
Creek, In the Stopping Place Parlor.
week from Sunday, Immediately
upon the conclusion of the baseball
match.
ARTHUR WELLINGTON MOORE.
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ALL THE CANDIDATES

REPUBLICAN
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, New York.
CHAs W. FAIRBANKS, Indiana.
DEMOCRAT
ALTON B. PARKER, New York.
HENRY G. DAVIS, West Virginia.
PROHIBITION
SILAs C. SWALLOW, Pennsylvania
GEORGE W. CARROLL, Texas.
POPULlST
THOMAS WATSON, Georgia.
THOMAS H. TIBBLEs, Nebraska.
SOCIALIST
E. V. DEBs, Illinois.
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England Is said to be the freest coun-
try In the world. but its freedom does
not extend to the alteration OF q public
house sign by licensed victualer.
This was proved at the South Hants
Brewster court, where brewer asked
leave to alter the name of an inn from
The Duke of York to The Panther.
Admiral Field, NJ. p, who acted as
chairman, asked the reason Of the pro-
posed transformation. and was inform
ed that the applicant owned another
Duke Of York. some distance OF. fact
which was liable to cause confusion 10
business The admiral. however, con.
sidered II dlscourteous to the brave
old Duke OF York to put panther In
his place. Eventually the applica tion
was refused.
A similar fate attended the request
to change the name OF a house from
The Royal Oak to The Radstock. Ad-
miral Field urging that Lord Rad
stock, as an eminent philanthropist
and Christian man. might justifiabiy
object to his name being thus taken In
vain and the justices, perhaps out OF
regard for French susceptiblllties, also
rejected an application to change the
sign Of The Alma tavern to that OF
The Fashoda. London Telegraph.
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Pennsylvania Railroads. Washington
Tours.

Pennsylvania Railroads. Washington
Tours.
The Pennsylvania Railroads sixth
three-day Observation-Disclosures tour to
Washington will leave Brooklyn, New
York, Newark, Elizabeth and Trenton
March %. Round-trip rates only diff
ference being in the hotel selected in
Washington-are Sl2 and S14.50 from
New York 5000 or $500 from Tren-
on. and prcportionate rates from other
points. Tickets cover railroad trans
portation for the round trip and hotel
Accommodations. A special side trip
to Mt. Vernon may also be taken. All
tickets are good for ten days, with spe-
cial hotel rates at expiration of hotel
coupon.
For tickets, itineraries, and other
information apply to ticket agents !;
tourist agents, 1853 Fifth avenue, New
York; 4 Court street, Brooklyn; or to
George w. Boyd, General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station; Phila-
delphia. 241O
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THE LADIES favor painting their
churches, and therefore we urge every
Minister to remember we give liberal
quantity of the Longman & Martinez
Paint toward the painting b4aodsas
Wears and covers like gold. 74eiss"
Don't pay s1.50 gallon for Linseed
Oil worth 60 cents which you do when
You buy other paints in can with a
paint label on it. 4s..
8 & 6 make IA, therefore when you
want fourteen gallons ofpaint, buy
only eight. of l.. g M, and mix six gal
Ions pure Linseed Oilwith it, and thus
get paint at less. than $l.20 per gallon.
Many houses are. well painted with
four gallons of L. &,M and three gal
Ions Of Linseed Oilmixed Herewith.
These Celebrated Paints are sold by
Phillips e Day, Morristown p. G..
Henry, Basking Ridge; w. r. Wilson,
Whippany j. r. Mead, Hanover.
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In Chancery Of New Jersey
TO Barbara oonioln and Charles oonlon:

To Barbara Conlon and Charles Conlon
BY virtue OF an order of the Court of Chan
Gerry Of New Jersey, made on the day Of the
date hereof, in q cause wherein Alonzo DeCamp
is complainant, and you are defendants, you
are required to appear plead. answer or demur
to the bill Of said complainant, on or before the
twelfth day OF May next, or the said bill will
be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mortgage
given by you to Alonzo DeOamp, dated the
tenth day Of August, One Thousand Eight Hun.
dred and Ninety Six, on lands in the Township
of Chester, County Of Morris and State of New
Jersey; and you Barbara Conlon are made q
defendant because you are the owner OF said
mortgaged premises; and you Charles Conlon
are made q defendant because you are the hus-
band Of the said Barbara ConlAn, and by virtue
thereof claim an estate by the curtesy initiate
therein.
Dated March il 100. s.......
GEO. Y. VAN DER WEIR,
Solicitor Of Complainant,
p. o. Address Somerville, D. I. $40
Somerset County, New Jersey. 1872
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LETTER TO JOHN $. GREEN.

Morristown. N. J.
Dear Sir: Lead-and-oil is not good
paint; don't wear the rule is, as eve
ryone knows, repaint in three years.
Devoe & Reynolds lasts six, in the
same way-allow wide margin in all
such statements. What does it mean,
to last ? 1t means the same with
both.
AS to covering: that's another.
Here's an instance.
Mr.. J. J. Hall, Sheffield, Pa, painted
two houses, lead-and-oil took 40 gal
Ions.
Last summer bought 40 gallons De-
voc g. Reynolds for the same two
houses returned 10 gallons.
The paint, that covers, lasts it's all
paint, true paint, and full measure.
Lead-and-oil is all paint but not good
paint; the lead wants zinc. Better
paint Devoe.
Yours truly
Is f. w. DEvoE s.
G. II. RAYNoLDs Co.
p. S.-Geo. E.Voorhees and Thatch-
er b Pantaenius sell our paint.
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One of the best known Instances Of
churches with streets through them is
that Of st. John the Baptist's church
In Bristol, England. The church IL sit.
uated right over the ancient gateway
into the city on the Avon, and the tow
ering spire, standing high above the
neighboring houses and streets, Is a re-
markable sight as one surveys 1t from
the roadway below.
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DR.. Morestin, a Russian surgeon.
who had been treating a woman for
recurring abscesses. announced the
recovery of his patient the other day.
He had removed from her a pair Of
physicians hemostatic forceps. four
inches long. which had been acciden-
tally sewed up in her body four years
before.
Said a New York physician; "A short
time ago an up country doctor came to
the city to be operated upon for the re-
moval of the vermiform appendix. al
though ! understand he never had ap.
pendicitis. He did not improve after
the operation, and one night he died,
There was an autopsy, and II was
found that sponge had been sewed
up In him. Yet ! have known OF many
forceps. clamps and other metal instru-
ments to be forgotten and left In pa
TENTS. and the latter get well.
"Sponges are bad. From their very
nature they become collecting agents
and soon poison the body. The smooth
metal objects. on the other hand. are
apt to work their way into the ALI
mentary tract. and then they soon pass
away. You doubtless have heard of
needles which have staid In the hu-
man body for years, gradually work
Ing their way out Of the system or
Of old soldiers who still carry the
bullets shot into them during the civil
war The glass swallowers OF the dime
museums really perform wonders In
the way Of resisting foreign substances
In the human body
The most wonderful case OF all was
that OF an insane man whom | saw In
an asylum in Lancaster. Pa. He took
to swallowing things In the carpenter
shop and before he was stopped be had
gulped down l40 nails Of all sizes.
some buckles. piece Of old iron. some
screws and a lot OF other things.
"All Of this hardware was extracted
and the man recovered. He 10 still llv
ing and still lunatic. "--Ean Francisco
Call.
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Always locate the pansy bed in All
open. airy place. where the wind can
have free sweep over 1t. 1t is mis-.
take to plant pansies in the shade. I'm
der that condition the stems become
weak and struggling, whereas the
plants should be stout and stocky,
with the flowers borne on moderately
long stems. En
One SELF wrought problem will give
more vigor than a thousand worked
out for us. 1t is the constant stretch
ing Of the mind over large problems.
over large models--it is independent
thought-that increases mental pOH,,r.
Success.
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LOCAL RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

g Pastors will please send IN their
day of each week.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday morning and evening service.
Sunday School at 3 p. m.
Christian Endeavor at Gas.
All seats free. Strangers made welcome.
SOUTH STREET PREsBY1ERIAE CHURCH.
Pastor, Rev. Albert Erdman.
Sunday services at 1880 q. m. and Z. 30 p m.
The pastor win preach.
Sabbath School at 345 o. m.
Up. 8. G. e. ct $50.
Wednesday 8 p. m. womaA's AissienaPy
Society.
Thursday. g.45 p m. mid-week prayer
Saturday, 1880 g. m, Mission Study Glass.
FIRST PREsByTnRIAE oHURoH.
Pastor. Rev William Russell Bennett.
Sunday preaching services foSo 9. n'' ano
7.80 p. m.
The pastor viii preach. $3.50
Sunday school at 400 p. m. a.ssl.
| Up 8. G.. B at $40 p. m.
| Thursday. 7.s5 p. M. mid-week service OF
prayer. ~ hl, 8f45s. sei
SWEDISH SERVICE AT FIRST PRHsBxTnRIAE
CHAPEL
The BethesdA Church.-The pastor, Rev. j..
| A DahlRren, will preach next Bunday at p.
m. Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday even
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev j. l.. Hurlbut, d. D., pastor
Sunday preaching services ct ie.So 9. m. ana
7.6O p. m.
The pastor will preach.
CHURCH OF THE REDBEMBR.
Morning prayer. sermon and holy commun-
ion at 1880 Q. m. at
Sunday school at 2.A5 p. m.
Evening prayer and sermon At 1850.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
evening prayer st B.l5 p m.
Wednesday. Ltany, 10 q. m.
Friday, Administration BY. ID. Service ~ q m.
MARKET STREET MISSION.
Meetings nightly at 7.45. Sundays, Is .. m.
Mems Reading Room open from Z. 30 g. m. 10
0 $50 D. m. Young Women's Reading Room from
T. 80 to $50 nightly.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION.
Masses on Sunday ct 9 80 and 8. 80 .. m. and
high mass at 1890 am. Sunday school at pm.
Benediction at D. m.
ST. vIRGILIUs CHURCH.
Corner Speedwell and Hanover avenues.
Morris Plains.
Sunday. March 4, I. Mass at S@sm.
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A BEAUTIFUL WOrlAN

Usually knows what assists her in
maintaining prominence in that direc-
tion. Many stage favorites have told
their arts to the public and their com
mendation is proof positive of merit.
Irene Bentley says 'Aseptikon is one
of the most delightful tooth powders l
have ever tried" For sale by Henry
M. Smith ~ ~
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IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

The Senior class has challenged tn
Juniors to a wrestling match.
Report cards for the first term of
this year came out at the end of last
week.
The March Maple Leaf came out
last week and is an improvement
over both the previous issues.
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$33 to the North Pacific
Coast.

Every day in March and April the
Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul Rail-
way will sell tickets for 1913 from Chi
cago to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and
many other points in the Northwest
good via The Pioneer Limited and st.
Paul, or via Omaha and The Overland
Service.