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The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
WALNUT GROVE,

L. Garlock was business visitor at
Tracy Tuesday.
w. g. Owens and Jas. A. Larson
drove over to Lucan Saturday on busi-
ness.
Chas. Sawyer of Milroy transacted
business in this place Tuesday after
noon.
Miss Ruth Gregory was here last
week visiting at the home of her
brother, Sam Gregory.
Prof. Reed, an instructor in penman.
ship, is giving lessons in the school
this week. He has class of about So
Ed Weiks, the mail carrier on route
No. 8, had runaway Friday morning
The team was caught, however, before
anything was damaged.
Those who attended the dance Fri
day evening report pleasant time
The music, which was furnished by
Holt's orchestra, was very good.
The new street lights arrived last
week and have been put in position,
They are an improvement that has
long been needed by Walnut Grove
Alfrida Stranberg of Minneapolis
arrived here Wednesday to visit for q
short time with her brothers, Oscar
and Charles, at their homes near here.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
| g4TH NEWS.

Editor Tnttle was twin city visitor
the first OF the week.
w. A. Hauck went to Wabasso on
Saturday evenings train.
Editor Tuttle of the Belview Inde-
pendent was caller. in the village on
Thursday and Friday.
District Deputy Taylor of St. Paul
was present at the installation OF
Workmanofficers on Saturday evening
Mrs. Ed. Longbottom and Miss Ger
aldine are again at home, after cou-
pie of weeks spent with Mrs. LIS par
ents at Sleepy Eye.
G. D. Thompson was out from Red
wood Falls on Thursday evening" and
installed the officers of the /. o. o. F.
lodge at this place,
A man by the name of Kruger was
found frozen to death about two miles
south of Seaforth on Friday morning.
Coroner Aldrich was called but decided
that no inquest was necessary, the
cause of his death being only too evil
dent. Kruger was about 40 years old,
a single man, and madezhis home with
a married brother, who lives about two
miles south of town.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
DELHI.

Mrs. LaidIaw of Wood Lake is here
visiting friends.
Miss Mamie Van Emons is guest at
the home of A. Stewart.
Miss May Scott of Renville is guest
of her sister, Mrs. L. j. Tibbetts.
Mrs. E. E. Dryden of Echo visited
Delhi relatives and friends last week.
Emil Borg spent the latter part of
last week transacting business in ST.
Paul.
Evening meetings every night this
week at the church, commencing at
7:45 O'Clock.
DR.. Cresswell and family returned
last week from visiting friends in
Minneapolis.
yao William Steele transacted business
in Minneapolis last week, returning
Saturday evening.
The w. e. T. U. will meet at the
home of Miss Lizzie Stewart Wednes-
day afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
fF MISS May Randall entertained at her
home Friday night, in honor of Miss
Pearl Scott of Montrose, Col.
Miss Anna Cummings returned
home Saturday, after visiting with
relatives in Redwood Falls and vicin-
ity.
Herbert Gillies returned home last
week, after two days absence in diff
erent parts of the United States and
Canada.
Services were held at the new Pres
byterian church Sunday, but the
building will not be formally dedicated
until some time later.
John Rivers, travelling auditor OF
the L. P. Dolliff lumber company, was
in the village Wednesday, looking
after the business interests of the com
pany. 3;
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18

Sawyer, tract in block 10, Walnut
Grove, ss,8O6.
Frank Altermattito Wanda village,
one acre in set of set of section Is,
WillowlLake, S125.
Robert Hinz 10 school district No.
"a, tract in ne4 of mel of section s,
Willow Lake. $50.
Carl Gladitsch to district No. 50, one
acre in nw4 Of set of section 20, Vesta,
s25.
G. o. Anderson to Vesta Cemetery
association, two acres in sw3 ofsw4 of
section 10, Vesta. $3.50.
Charles A. Becker to Alice A. Dali
ey, tract in block 10, Walnut Grove.
81, $50.
J. M. Thompson to Reuben S. Pat
chin, lot s, block 4, Belview, 81 800.
Martha Hanson to Spalding Bros,
NJ of sci and ID of sw4 of section s,
Lamberton. 81 200.
Francis NJ O'Hara to Frank r. Lob
dell, west 20 feet of lot Z, block 9, Red
wood Falls, 800.
Marion A. Smith to Gust. Peterson,
lot 6, block 8, Lamberton, $3.50.
John p. Cooper to II. j. Ledbeter,
ne4 of nel of section IL, Redwood Falls,
$1,000.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18

Percy Eykin and Charles Newdahl
of Lamberton were attending the
meeting of the Citizens state bank
early last week. H.
A barn belonging to Mrs. Julia Men,
chel, and rented BY Fred Peck, was
destroyed by fire on the night szof Jan.
9Th. Several cows and bird dogs
locked in the barn were destroyed by
fire. zSzsSasssszs 80
F. o. Orth has gone to Raymond to
take charge of the bank there. Mrs.
Orth will join him about Jan! goth.
Before Mr.. Orth departed a number of
neighbors gave them a farewell sur
prise and reminder gift of the pleas
ant days in Wabasso.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Chas. O. Gilfllan to Frederick j.
Gilfillan, WI and WI of sci of section
29, Sherman, $4,000.
Jens Nicholson to Jos. Kuelba, part
of ne4 of mel Of section 8, Three Lakes,
81, ,O5O.
Same grantor to samel grantee, nw4
of net of section 8, Three Lakes, 81, 800.
Gina N. Helgeson to Anders e..
CRANES, tracts in sections 21 and o.,
Swedes Forest, So, 900.
Albert M. Clark ct al to A, g. Nor
gan, lot 2, block s, Lamberton, So, 200.
ALVIN Pierce to Jacob Lambright, 81
of sw4 of section "a, Springdale, also
lands in Murray county, $4,000.
r. G. Robinson to Henry Holdhouse,
tract in Hitchcock's 1st addition to
Redwood Falls, $685.. so.
Niels Nelson to N, P. Nielsen, mel
of sw4 of section 8, Brookyille, 81 800.
Western Town Lot Co. to J. s. John
son, lot 5, block s, Clements, $3.50.
Fanny Q Swoffer to Eugene Hirsch
field, tract in block IL, Walnut Grove,
$500.
E. G. Garlock to Gusta and Ida
Hoffman, sw4 of section 80, North
Hero, $500
Winona d st. Peter Railroad Co. to
Theodore Torgenson, n3 of sw4 of sec
tion IL, Westline, $500.
w. F. Perkins ct al to Charles HI.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
Corn For Sheep.

1t is likely that at no very remote
date corn will be rated among the
Sleeps best auxiliary rations. At pres
ent it is considered of too heating and
fattening anature for stock sheep, but
our experiment stations will likely give
us kind that will be higher in protein
and contain less carbohydrates and fat
and consequently a much better bal
anced ration for growing animals than
what it is at present.-American Sheep
Breeder.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
No More Stomach Troubles.

All Stomach trouble is removed by the use
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t gives the stom-
ach perfect rest by digesting what you eat
without the stomachs aid. The food builds
up the body. the rest restores the stomach
to health. You don't have to diet youse f
when taking Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. j. D.
Erskine of Allenville. Mich, says, II suf
fered Heartburn and stomach trouble for
some time. MY sister-in-law has had the
same trouble and was not able to eat for
six weeks. She lived entirely on warm wa
ter. After taking two bottles of Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure she was entirely cured. She
now eats heartily and is in good health. 1
am glad to say Kodol gave me relief" Sold
by Hitchcock's drug store.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
The suffolk Draft Horse.

The Suffolks are found in southeast
ern England and seemed to be of linn
tied distribution, says Fl. B. Arbuckle
in National Stockman. There was no
discount on their colors. They were all
red sorrels. / believe other colors are
sometimes seen, but they are not de-
sirable / saw only sorrels. Never be-
fore have / seen a breed Of horses of
such uniform color. The Suffolks are
horses Of fine style, large size and good
action, but their underpinning is not
sufficient for their weight. They seem
to be the smallest boned Of all draft
horses. l would fear that they lacked
endurance SO necessary in horses of
this type.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
SHEPHERD AND FLOCK

The head Of the Cotswold ram should
be masculine in character, broad be-
tween the eyes. moderately fine In the
eve and well covered In the crown
with long, lustrous wool. The face
may be either white or white mixed
with gray, the legs Of the same color,
nostrils wide and open, nose dark,
eyes prominent and mild, ears broad,
long, moderately thin and covered with
short hair. The topknot of wool be-
tween the eyes should be ample. Light
tufts and bare heads are very obtec-
tionable. Formerly an ample tuft was
Gil that was called FOR, but modern
taste favors woolly face, though that
was not characteristic Of the older
breed. Farm Visitor.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18

The mule has advantages over the
horse which have come to be recognized
by men who work the two side by side.
In the first place, he pays the breeder
better because he can be put ON the
market year sooner. He is not as ex-
pensive to raise as the horse because
he is in condition to do good work long
before the horse can be broken to har-
ness. At two years old the mule can be
put in the field and kept there until old
age overtakes him.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
SHERMAN.

]. Dodge of Franklin has moved on
to his farm in Lone Tree.
Mr.. Palmer of Sleepy is teaching the
school recently resigned by Miss Dodge.
The weather has been very cold for
the past week, but it warmed up ex-
ceedingly Sunday.
A party was given at Mr.. Otterson q
Monday night, in honor of Claude
Otterson and Grover POSTS birthdays.
In spite of the cold weather large
crowd was present and everybody re-
ported an enjoyable time.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
RANGE FRED CATTLE.
Not q Success In the Feed Lot When
Grown to Maturity.

Not q Success In the Feed Lot When
Grown to Maturity.
In an interview in Breeders Gazette
William Wyness, cattle buyer for Ar
mour, said of range bred cattle:
mo matter how good a range steer
looks on foot he will never show up
with the native grown article in the
beef Alive both may look of equal
quality to the inexperienced eye, but
the expert readily detects the differ
ence Once the hide is off a layman
can realize it, The bone is heavy and
the meat coarse and sinewy in the
ranger and the opposite in the native.
No matter how good they look with
the hide on, these defects loom up as
the dressing proceeds. The aged range
steer is not a success in the feed lot,
and neyer,will be.
'These cattle must be taken off the
range when they are young and tender.
This range beef maturing proposition
is an unnatural thing anyway. 1t has
served the purpose of creating large
quantity of cheap meat, and that is all.
runs with his dam a few months and
lee yes her side rolling fat. If the feed
er got him then he could finish him In
good shape but he goes through hard
winter or two down south and is trans
ferred to a more inclement region up
north, where another pair of rigorous
winters awaits him. By the time he is
four years old, the period of his life
when he usually reaches the feed lot,
provided he survives, he Is mass of
bone and sinew No feeder, no mat
ter how skillful, could make good beef
Of him.
1.-THE Texas idea of sending calves
into the corn belt at weaving time is
| correct, and western stuff matured aft
| er that method will be as near equal to
native product as it is possible to get it
But if feeders insist on putting big
heavy range cattle into their feed iotS
they must expect to meet discrimina
ton at marketing time. These cattle
are improbable to cut up, and the con
sumer does not want their meat.
making these big western cattle n
for market is a difficult task anyway
as they are hard to handle, On III
first or second trip the feeder fnd
himself cropping in darkness. That il
one reason why so many who hay'
handled them lately have been disap
pointed with results. But do not be
lieve they are the most profitable cat
tie for the feeder. True he has beel
forced into using them by the scareit.
of good natives. He had to use rang
cattle of the beef type or dairy stuff
: and between the two evils he chose tn
lesser. The solution of this problem t
my mind is the securing of rang
calves instead of old CATTLE
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
ELEMENTS.

Mike Battalion was a Wabasso vlsii
tor between trains Wednesday.
Miss Mary Gerstman of Morgan
spent week here with Mrs. Otto
Gerstman.
Frank Jaehn, the Springfield con-
tractor, was IN town one day during
The week.
Miss Tillie johnson of SundoWn
spent several days with Mrs. M. r,
Christensen.
Ice men are at work, and the supply
for next summer is being put up In
fine shape.
DIR. j. l.. Adams of Morgan made a
professional call at Anton JaDotto's
and Andrew Neudecker's last Friday.
Prof. Douglas failed to put in an ap-
pearance Saturday, and his instru-
mental and vocal students were very
much disappointed.
At the special school meeting on
Jan 10th, for the purpose of voting
s4 600 bonds for new school house IN
this village. peace and harmony
reigned, which is shown by the vote.
Thirty-six voters were present. and the
vote was "a for bonds and against.
The partnership of Prokosch & Glenn
ents, former owners of the Clements
livery Ibarn, has been dissolved by
mutual consent, and Arthur E. Glenn
ents is now sole proprietor. He has
employed Rudolph Borchardt OF
Springfield to assist in conducting the
business. Geo. Prokosch intends to
spend the winter in Pine county,
where he owns some timber land.
(Too late for last week)
Quite number from here attended
Sundays services at Redwood Falls.
Arthur Clements made business
trip to Springfield Friday afternoon.
H. C. Warnke made business trip
to New Ulm Saturday, returning Mon
day.
John Rongstad and wife drove 10
Redwood Falls Saturday TO spend Sum
day with Sunday.
L. ]. Rongstad and family, also his
father and sister, drove to Redwood
Friday to hear the famous Sunday.
H. Bendixen of Springfield spent q
day in town to see what the balance
sheet looked like of P, e. Nissen & Co
after invoicing.
Mr. Sperry of Owatonna, this state
spent few days at the home of Il. 3
Benham and wife. the latter being MIR
Sperry's daughter.
The infant girl of Joseph Zupfer died
after only two days sickness. The re-
mains were taken to New Ulm Mon
day afternoon for interment. ~
A large number from this commun
| ity attended the annual meeting of thu
Redwood County Mutual Fire Insur
ance Co, at Wabasso last Saturday.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18

BELvIEw AND IT'S BORDER.

The ladies of the Congregational
church meet with Mrs. Andrew FOwkes
tomorrow afternoon.
The Misses Lottie and Della Thomp-
son are attending one of the seminarles
for young ladies in St. Paul. :.
At the last meeting of the councii
the salary of the village librarian was
fixed at $40 for the ensuing year.
The cold wave struck us, pushed Ior-
ward and came backward, ana our
fuel bins have suffered accordingly.
Fred. Pease now has charge OF the
Coe Commission office, E. T. Eillng-
son not having found the business
profitable enough to warrant him In
continuing.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
WABASSO.

A baby girl was born to John Sta
dick and wife on the evening of Jan.
9th.
w. J. Blackman and wife have re-
turned from their visit at Comfrey and
Winthrop.
Wabasso will have farmers insti-
tute this year, the date being Feb. 10.
A good corps of instructors will be
present
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
sheen TrOughA.

Never use V shaped troughs in which
to feed sheep grain. The troughs should
have wide, fat bottoms, so that the
grain can be scattered, which will pre-
vent the sheep from bolting it in
mouthfuls. Have a sufficient number
Of troughs, SO that the sheep will not
be crowded while eating.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
Couahs and Colds.

ALI coughs, coles and pulmonary COM
plants that are durable are quickly cured
by One Minute Cough Cure. Clears the
phlegm. draws out Inflammation and heals
and soothes the affected parts. strengthens
the lungs, wards of pneumonia Harmless
and pleasant to take. For sale at Hitch
cocks drug store.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18

The greatest system renovator. Re-
stores vitality, regulates the kidneys,
liver and stomach. If HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea fails to cure get
your money back. That's fair. 35c.
Tea or tablet form, Sold by all drug
gists.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
PROFITABLE FEEDING

In Germany meat scraps and meat
meal have been fed with good results
to dairy cows, steers and sheep, as
high as three pounds daily being fed to
steers. In France horses are some
times fed with this product, and it has
been found most effective when boiled
and mixed with hay and straw. Beef
scraps and meat meal sell at about $50
per toni. D. Hall Of Illinois Expert
ment Station.
az COttonseed Meal.
In feeding steers for market begin
with about three pounds Of cottonseed
meal per day mixed with about fifteen
pounds of hulls and gradually increase
until maximum of about ten pounds
per day is reached, mixed with TWEEN
ty-two pounds of hulls, says a CORE
spondent of Farm and Ranch. On al
average eight pounds per day are suth
cient for the average steer, mixed will
about twenty-five pounds of hulls
making a total of thirty pounds pc
day to each steer.
The following ration has been uSeI
at the New Jersey experiment station
and was found very satisfactory whel
fed to street car horses, says American
Agriculturist: Hay, six pounds; whea
bran, two pounds; whole corn, fou
pounds; dry brewers grain, eigh
pounds The veterinarian in charge o
the horses stated that the brewers
grain produced no i'll effects and tha
the horses were healthy and active. III
found that one pound of brewers graf
was about equal to one pound of oats.
OIL Cake For Pigs.
To young pigs after weaving woul
mix oil cake with roots, shorts an
clover hay, then steam or cook, say
an Ontario farmer in American Cult
vator. Where milk or whey is scare
oilmeal in this way may be fed t
take the place of skim milk. To olde
pigs it may be mixed with the graf
In the ordinary way of feeding. Th
amount must be regulated to the siz
Of the pigs and the influence it ma
| have on the bowels.
Hay and Oats For Horses.
The principal feeds for horses in Ems
land consist of hay and oats. OF til
| two hay is considered the most esse1
tial when unusual exercise is not d.
manded. Horses can live altogethe
on hay provided they are not called VI
on to do much work. If muscular e.
ercise is required some kind of graf
| food must be used.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
Scrofula

is very often acquired,
though generally inherited.
Badhygiene, foul air, impure
water. are among its causes.
k is called 1.-THE soil for
eabercles. - and where it is
allowed Co remain tubercu.
losis or consumption 10
pretty sure Go take root.
Hood 'sSarsaparina
Removes every trace of
scrofula. Get Hoods.
For testimonials OF remarkable cures
send for Book ON ScrcfHla, No. 4.
] c. l. Hood Co, Lowell, Moss.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
save the Leaves.

IL you have stock commence to save
the leaves. They make warm bed
and are splendid to store away to use
now and then In the poultry house.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
Cost Of Poultry Meat.

Poultry feeding tests at the Mantle
ba experiment farm show the average
cost of pound Of gain In test COW
ering about month was 3.66 cents
with light Brahmas and a cents with
Plymouth Rocks. The Brahmas, which
were fed on oats and skim milk, put on
flesh at cost Of 81 cents per pound,
while the cost Of gain Of those fed on
mixed grains was SO cents per pound.
The Redwood gazette., 1905-01-18
Remove the Rocks.

Many farmers take this time to rake
Off the troublesome rocks that are on
the grass lands and in the plowed
fields. Save these rocks. They will
come in handy around the buildings.
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HER PURSE
VANISHED

Mrs Emil Francis. wife OF Cap
tain Fraaeks. of the Great Northern
steamship Dakota. reported 60 the
police. Wednesday. that she lost y
purse containing sis4. In the dining
room Of the Hotel Lincoln.
Mira Francis states she is sure
the pocketbook slipped from her lap
while she was eating dinner with
heT husband. At the time the peck
eibook feiI. Mrs. Francis says. she
noticed Il. but thought 20 wait until
finishing the meal before picking It
up
on rising from the table she for
got all about her money. She did
no; remember the incident until ar
irving In her apartments Mrs.
Francis then returned TO the din
ing room. but the pocketbook Was
gone. She at once notified the po-
lice and Detective Burns was de-
tailed 10 investigate the case. No
trace of the money or pocketbook
was found Detective Burns says
he closely questioned the waiter who
attended Mrs Francks. bat gained
nothing but a denial OF any knowi-
edge OF the money.
Tho poe textbook contained one
500 bill. four $50 bills and sl4 In
silver.
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MAC HAS CAUSE
FOR THANKS

u. c. Mccormick. or Mac" as
the genial foreman OF The Stars
composing room is more familiarity
known, is 80 thankful today that he
Is distributing big fat black cigars
among his friends and shaking
hands with everybody, including
himself.
While Mac" was toillng over the
makeup Of the noon edition. at
1890 o'clock this morning. he was
called 10 the telephone and a mo-
ment later grabbed his cap from its
nail In its printers cupboard. and
made a hasty exit. The stork had
called at his home and left a pretty
baby girl
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! like the Fourth fer shootln'.
Though pa says It's got no mean
in.
| like election tootin',
En ! like the Halloweenin';
! like EN- all some kind Of way.
But head OF all the rest.
l guess I like Thankagiyin day.
Cause ! like eatln' best
like my Christmas stockln'.
En- the Chris mas tree a shlnin'.
En- you BET I amt knockln'
April fool en- Nalentlnin'.
But on Thauksglvin' pa says "spose
We play like you're the guest.
En- serves me first en- most lie
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League to Meet

Another meeting OF the newly or
gonized Municipal Ownership league
has been called for December 5. IN
the mean time. Invitations wifi he
sent 10 the various Improvement
clubs asking fof the nomination Of
vice presidents Of the league to rep
resent all the wards Of the city.
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SCRIBE GOES CRAZY.

WENATCHEE. Nov. 80 Wan
dsriag about. naked and In craEed
condition. y. II. Brown, n newapa per
IMAM. associate editor Of the Wenat-
ehee Republic, was found neaf Win
chester Monday morning. lie was
taken to Spokane for treatment. lie
has been connected with several
large metropolitan papers and In
considered on unusually bright
newspaper man.
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The Panama canal II simply a
huge mistake. and will result only
Ia a monumental example Of the
futile expenditure ~ money That
was the opinion expressed Wedness
day night BY Sam Hill at meeting
OF the Seattle Real Estate Dealers
association.
Whether successful or not. how
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MORGAN GETS IT.

WASHINGTON. d. C.. Nov. 90
Edwin w Morgan. former minister
10 Korea, who was relieved by rea-
son OF the recent japanese profec-
torate over the Hermit Kingdom,
has been appointed minister TO
/ Cuba. al Havana. to succeed Herbert
O. Squieres. resigned.
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CABINET RESIGNS

MADRID. Nov. so.--The cabinet
has again resigned. but the king
refuses to accept the resignation.
declaring that under present condi-
lions Il IL impossible 20 constitute
a new ministry. Today's attempted
withdrawal was due 60 disagree
ments over the army administrs-
ton
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A beautiful Masonic Jewel was
given Wednesday TO Arthur Lang.
who has resigned his position as
clerk OF the council to accept q
place with a mercantile firm at
Valdez. BY the employees Of the city
hall.
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70
CANAL
SAM HILL, RAILWAY MAoHATE's son.lH.Lhw TELLs REAL
ESTATE MEN THAT THE PANAMA PROJECT 10 A MoHU.
MENTAL EXAMPLE WASTE Or MONEY

ever. Mr.. H1l thought II would not
affect the commerce 81 EratfIe
which. because Of 10 shorter Ola.
lance. IN bound 10 get the major
portion Of the Oriental trade.
The subject Of Mr. INNS address,
was Seattle. the Gateway 10 the
Orient" He introduced facts and
figures OF great interest Ia proof of
his claim.