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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-30
ANTI-HEYeURN MOVE.

4 Especial to The HeraId) \
y Boise, Dec. 29.--An effort is being :
y made. it is learned. to prevent the \
4 proposed caucus of Republican mem \
y bers of the legislature here next :
= Monday night. The understanding =
+ is that it is an anti-Heyburn move =
= ment. Some of Chairman O'NeiPs =
4 lieutenants are in it. The plan was
+ to decide in caucus the senatorship =
= and the course to be taken by the +
= dominant party on local option and :
= the direct primary. Objection is made \
= to any decision on the senatorship =
\ until the other questions are dis J.
+ posed of by the legislature
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t'sssF-'s-',.- 100000
- At a meeting of prominent Ital- ::
= ians of Salt Lake, held last even ::
:. ing. a delegation was named TO ::
= visit Governor Cutler and Mayor ::
= BransfOrd to-day. These officials ::
= viii be asked to appoint commit ::
- tees, whose duty ii shall be to APP =
- peal to all classes for contributions =
= TO aid the sufferers from the earth =
:: quake and tidal wave in Italy. =
= = ste<a
Washington. Dec. %. President
Roosevelt, through the state depart
ment, today sent to King Victor En-
manuel Of Italy a dispatch expressing
his horror and that of the American
people over the disaster which has be-
fallen southern Italy and Sicily by the
earthquake visitation. and rendering
sincere sympathy.
The president also notes that the
American National Red Cross has is
sued an appeal for contributions to aid
the sufferers. and that the organization
has notified him that it will immediate
~ communicate with the Italian Red
Cross
AS eli tAANA NeibAF Gill
confirmed the frightful extent of the
catastrophe. the Italian embassy at
taches freely expressed their grief.
Delay Easily Explained.
The delay in receipt of official an
nouncement of the news to the embassy
from the Italian government is taken
By the embassy to mean that the Uiii-
Gals in Rome are giving all their atten-
ton to the aiding of the stricken region.
Il am sure that everyone, from tie
king down to the humblest soldier, will
do everything in his power in this great
calamity" said Signor Roberto Cenaro,
secretary of the embassy.
Ambassador Mayer des Planches is
Fastening 10 Washington from New
York state, having left the city for a
brief rest during the holidays.
The Red Cross society also requested
the state department to extend to the
America, ambassador expressions of
sympathy from the American society to
the Italian Red Cross and TO inquire 10
what extent relief measures will be
necessary.
Small Amount on Hand.
The Red Cross will have to wait until
contributions are received in response
to the appeal sent out today. as lie
balance remaining in the treasury IS
but s., 900. which will be kept I'm reserve
for emergencies within the United
States. On the occasion of the erJip-
ton Of Vesuvius $4,000 was sent to
Italy by the American society.
There are no American naval vessels
In the vicinity of southern Italy. The
Scorpion. a converted yacht. which is
at ConstantinoDle. is nearer the scene
or the disaster than any other Ameri-
can naval vessel
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HELD EOR TRIAL

Kansas City. No, Dec 29.-F. o. Ollie.
chauffeur for w B. Ridgley, former
comptroller of the currency. was held for
trial in the criminal court today on the
charge OF fourth degree manslaughter for
causing the death of Mrs BryI Greer Of
this city in an automobile accident here
on Nov. 10. Ollie was released on s.. 500
bail
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TREASURER HELD UP.

WoonsOcket. :. D.. Dec. 29-Countv
Treasurer Michael Meder was held IN in
his office last night by two masked men
and robbed of 5000 in cash. The robbers
locked him in a vault but the door was
not securely fastened and he was able to
escape and give an alarm The robbers
escaped
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CONSTABLE KILLED.

FL Paso, Tex. Dec. 29-Manen Glenn
ents, former constable of FL Paso. was
shot and killed tonight in the Coney ISL
and saloon A stranger. well dressed
fired the shot walked past the bar crowd
ed with people. among them a deputy
sheriff and disappeared before he could
be arrested
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Rome, Dec. 29.-One hundred thousand
dead; Messina, In Sicily, and Reggie and
a score of other towns in southern Italy
overwhelmed: the entire Calabrian region
laid waste; that is the earthquakes rec
ord so far as at present known from the
reports that are coming slowly into Rome
on account of the almost complete de-
struction of lines of communication to the
stricken places.
The death record in Messina ranges
from 1900 to $1,000; that of Reggie. which.
with its adjacent villages, numbered 5000
people, includes almost the entire popuIa-
ton At PalTni. 1000 are reported dead;
at Cassano. 1000; at Cosenza, 500, and half
the population of Bagnara, about 1000
The Monteleon region has been devastat-
ed. and Riposa. Seminara. San Giovanni
Scilla, LazZaro and CanniteIlo and all
other cOmmunes and villages on the straits
are in ruins
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New York. Dec. 29-Count Massigljs
the Italian consul general here, has issued
the following statement:
subscriptions for the relief OF the vic
Tins of the earthquake in Sicily and Cal
abria are Officially open at the consulate
general of Italy, rs Lafayette street New
York City. at the Italian chamber OF
commerce. 293 Broadway. and at the office
OF the delegate of the Italian Red Cross
81 Wall street. The amount of these sub
scTiptions will be sent at once to the Ital-
ian Red Cross in Rome. whose efficient re-
lief of past calamities has been universally
recognized.
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RELIEF MEASURES.
Subscriptions Opened in All Large
Cities of United States.

Washington. Dec. 29.-The American
National Red Cross today sent out tele-
graphic requests to all of its branches for
relief funds to be applied TO the sufferers
from the earthquake in southern Italy.
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Notice of Appeal.

Before the adjournment of court ,so-
tice of appeal had been filed on behalf
of the defendant, and the court lad
signed writ of probable cause, which
VIII act as a stay of execution in the
case.
In trial that was prolonged through
a period of nearly four months Ruef
was convicted on Dec. 10 of Dribing
John ]. Furey, a former supervisor, to
favor the award of an overhead troll
ley franchise to the United Railroads
This was one of ia indictments re-
turned against Ruef by the Oliver
grand jury. which heard the confess
sions of sixteen supervisors who admit
ted the acceptance of brides in several
matters involving public service cor
porations.
One of the many incidents that tended
to make the trial of Ruef remarkable
was the shooting of Assistant District
Attorney Francis J. Heney by Morris
Haas, an eX-cOnvict, whose past record
was exposed by the prosecutor after
the would-be slayer had been accepted
as member of the jury in Ruef's sec
ond trial Haas subsequently commit
ted suicide in the county Jail.
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Chicago, Dec 2e-The earthquake in
southern Italy has thrown Chicagos Ital-
ian colony into a state of CONSERVATION
and despair. The Italian consulate was
oNerrun with frantic visitors who clam
ored Tor direct news of friends and reIa-
ives and several Italian theatres closed
theiT doors At the Bella Italia a favorite
gathering place on Dies PLANES street. sew
eral hundred listened while one of them
translated the English columns into Ital-
IAN His voice was frequently drowned
Continued on PAGE 2.
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Rushing to the Rescue.

The king and queen of Italy are now on
their way to Messina, having sailed to-
night from Ma )les aboard the battleship
Vittorio Emmanuel. The pope has shown
the greatest distress at the calamity and
he himself was the first TO contribute a
sum amounting to 500. 900 to the relief of
the afflicted. British, French and Rus
sian WarshipS are sfeaming toward the
south and already several of the ships Of
Great Britain Sod Russia have performed
heroic service in the work of rescue
II is feared that many foreigners have
been killed, as number of the hotels at
MesSina and doubtless at other places
were crowded. with tourists
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HORROR GROWS AS THE
TRUTH BECOMES KNOWN
One Hundred Thousand Lives Lost by Earth
quake, Fire and tidal Wave in
Sicily and Italy.
MesSina and Other Cities Destr oyed-HarOwng Stories Told
by RefugeeS-King and Queen Start for the Scene.

London Dec "a special dispatch says pope
notified that the religious
including bishops monks and wiped
by the earthquake and fire.
Rome Dec 29The minister of the interior has telegram
Mena that the bodies seventy English
buried beneath
a-d Bellevue at Messina.
Catana Sicily Dec 29Moun Etna this morning showing
siderable activity and the deonaons which plainly
city, together with the volume of smoke rolling crater
added to the panic of the people
According the director of the local observatory activity
rey connected with the earthquakes yesterday
Cbra and Sicily but great eruption expected
phenomena seldom violent disturbances
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Messina Wiped Out.

Messina, whose tragic history has been
marked by tidal waves and war and
restrial maelstrom, was shaken TO ruins
Flashes burst forth to complete the city
destruction and to burn alive untold num-
bers helplessly- pinioned beneath fallen
walls and broken timbers. The Strait of
Messina was shaken and twisted by the
earths trembling. for mariners report the
channel altered beyond recognition. The
ports and villages on both the continental
and Sicilian sides were wrecked and in
undated and all lighthouses along the
coast were swallowed up. Navigation now
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Fate of Diplomats Unknown.

Little is known of the fate of the diplo-
matte representatives of the powers sta
toned at these posts. although the Italian
government is using every effort to re-
lieve the anxiety felt on this account
There is the sravest danger that a pes
thence will follow the destruction of the
towns where, on account of the vast
havoc wrought, bodies will lie unburied
for days and weeks. Those who escaped
death. many of whom are badly injured,
are making their way by the thousands
to the nearest place of refuge. Their suf-
ferings even now must be intense as they
are without food or clnfhing
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ABE RUFF GETS
Term IN PRISON
Fourteen Years, the Limit, I'M
posed by Judge LaWIor-
Notice of Appeal Given.

San Francisco, Dec. 29.-Fourteen
years in the penitentiary, the maxi
mum sentence provided for bribery of
a supervisor, was the penalty melted out
tonight to Abraham Ruef, who for four
years directed the political destinies of
San Francisco as adviser of the admin
istration of Eugene z. Schmitz. former
mayor of the city. Judgment was pro-
nounced at the close of a day devoted
to legal battle, wherein the defense
sought to introduce many reasons for
a new trial. When Judge William p.
Lawlor had denied this and other mo-
tions involving delay, the defendant
arose at the courts command and stood
unmoved through the recital of judg-
ment. There was no demonstration on
the part of the spectators during the
proceedings in the court room, nor
later, when Ruef, having entered the
prison van in the custody of a deputy
sheriff, started in the dusk on his ling
ride to the county Ill -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-30

United States Marshal Lucien H. Smyth
mas received a letter from Charles J.
Bonaparte, attorney general of the United
States. instructing the marshal to lad
minister sharp reprimand'' to Bailiff
Solomon F. Kimball for the writing and
distributing of a scurrilous and obscene.
letter attacking prominent persons in Salt
Lake 'ln view Of his previous record =
United States court The letter also in
dicates that Mr. Kimball had provocati
for writing such letter. though II does
not state what this provocation was
The letter also indicates that Mr. Kim
ball had sent a written apology to the de-
planning his conduct. admitting his fault
and promising to be good in the future
The text of this letter of apology has not
been made public
In the recent election excitement SOL
Kimball had printed and circulated two
letters attacking the members of the
American party and more or less di-
tics. The first of these letters was printed
in the DeSeret Evening News. 1t declared
that a man on his death bed had con-
feSsed to Kimball that he and a number of
other Gentiles had banded together to
drive the MOrmons from Utah and to pill
lage their homes The plan, Kimball
said was outlined to him in full
lent than the first 1t was so obscene
and slanderous that no newspaper in Salt
Lake would publish its contents. 1t was
printed. however. in circular form over
Sol Kimbalrs signature and circulated
broadcast through the state by the Re
letters were largely composed of false
hood
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Unprepared for Disaster.

Stunned al the magnitude of the caIam-
ty which has overtaken fellow country
men, all Italy mourns- tonight for the
stricken province of Calabria and the
island of Sicily. Accustomed or-centuries
to earthquakes, Italy stands ever in dread.
but none was prepared for the disaster
which in the fraction of a minute yester-
day devastated cities and towns and
caused the death of thousands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-30

The man who is most hot
headed is sometimes the first one
to get cold feet-Eahin's Mes
senger,
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UNITED STATES CONSUL
AND WIFE DEAD IN RUINS
Consulate at Messina Destroyed---Presiden'
Sends Dispatch Expressing Sympathy
of the American People.

Salt Lake italians Take Steps to Secure Aid for the Sufferers
Appeal Sent Out by Americas Red Cross Society.
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Judge Powers Complains.

After the election, Judge o. W. Powers
sent copy of Kimballs second letter TO
the department of justice at Washington,
asking that the people of Salt Lake be
protected from the circulation of such OBJ
scene documents by federal officials Mr.
BOnaparte acknowledged the letter of
Judge Powers and wrote to the United
States marshal asking for an explanation.
What explanation was given can only be
conjectured, but that this explanation was
sufficient to save kimball is evident II
is regarded as not unlikely that extraor-
binary influence was used in Kimbali' 5
behalf
1t is generally understood that the let
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Originality is the spice of adver-
tising.-Exchange.
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is dangerous and in some places impos
sible
The daily tribune., 1908-11-20
Savings 10 Astound You
CHARGED WITH THEFT.

Two convicts were brought from
the penitentiary last Monday by the
sheriff to the district court to answer
the charge Of horse stealing They
pied not guilty, and the case will be
tried later.
These are the two convicts, McGee
and Webber, who escaped last April
and stole couple of horses belonging
to Hamp Adams at Park Center,
They we're caught couple of days
later or Beaver Creek.
II found guilty. their sentences will
serving
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For rentals, real estate, loans, fire
insurance. notary public. See or
phone Red 1871. II. 8. Andrews.
Tram Cars Free to the Blind.

A proposal is being mooted In Liver
pool England. In favor of obtaining
for the blind people of the city the
privilege of riding free on the tram
cars. Since the advent OF fast We
hicles. such as the electric and motor
cars, the blind experience much great
er difficulty and run greater dangers
in getting about the city, and in add.
tion to that 1t is felt that, as rate pay.
ers contributing to the artistic i'm.
provement Of the city, their afiliction
prevents them enjoying the amenidA"
SO created
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BURIAL Of R. II. CRAWFORD.

At . O'Clock Saturday afternoon
funeral services over tho remains Of
r. H. Crawford of Cripple Greek
were conducted by Rev. j. 4.
Thomas of the First Presbyterian
CHURCH at Canon City followed by
interment at Lakeside. Deceased was
a son in law of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
r ushford of Fruitmere.
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To show SILK Weaving Process.

At the Alaska -Yukon-Pacific expo
sition in Seattle next year there will
be novel exhibit from Japan--a com
plete silk producing plant. There will
be mulberry trees in large quantities,
and the public will be enabled to
watch the entire process OF silk man
ufacture from the time the worms
wrap themselves In their cocoons to
the weaving OF the thread into fabric.
Every single step will take place in
full view OF the spectator.
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July and independence.

July Is an important month In the
history Of political liberty. The United
States celebrates its independence on
July 4. The patriotic efforts OF the
'liberator Simon Bolivar for the inde-
pendence OF Venezuela were consum
mated on July s. Colombia Kidding her
self OF the Spanish yoke on July 20.
Then there is France. with her July
IA, marking the date when the suffer
ing French people stormed the Bas-
tile. The Spanish forces at Santiago.
Cuba, capitulated on July 16.
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FINISHED PIPE LINE.

John Miner has just completed the
last 400 feet Of concrete work on the
pipe line for the reservoir south Of
town In which he and 5 v. McCand-
less are interested. On Monday
morning Mr.. Miner and Billy White
will start the work Of padding the
reservoir to abate the nuisance caused
by prairie dog holes. 1t Is expected
that this work will be completed in a
few days.
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Eternal White Lies.

II is an amusing fact that every
woman claims to have little dress
maker" who makes her the very latest
and the most stylish dresses for
hardly anything" That cheap dress
maker and the hat l made myself"
are myths which no one believes, but
which are eternal!-Moda, Milan.
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TFSSST Fn0 Flo0F;
Much interest has been shown Of

Much interest has been shown Of
late by the army and navy authorities
In = new method OF preserving flour
by means OF compression. With hy-
draulic pressure apparatus the -four
ID squeezed into the form of bricks,
and experiments are reported to have
shown that the pressure destroys all
forms OF larval life. thus preserving
the nour from the ravages Of insects.
while 1t ia equally secure from mold.
Three hundred pounds OF compressed
.ficur occupy the same space as 100
pounds OF -four In the ordinary state.
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HribuneGlasyHd3
WAN T e o

Wanted-Horses for pasture; good
Gramma grass, spring water, salt.
shelter and best of care. Terms are
reasonable. and pasture close to Flor
ence. Hoffman Bros, Phone Black
573. aotf
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GARDENERS BAKERY co.

Leave your orders for "Genuine
old-fashioned English Fruit Cakes"
for Thanksgiving None batter
made; from the best materials. The
fruit 10 thoroughly seed ed. cleaned
and steamed. Meats roasted. Don't
forget the place Gsrdner's Bakery
90, Rogers' old stand. 90
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Wanted-Private boarders by day or
week. No small children. Mrs.
j. Fl. Morris, 1872 West Fifth street.
81 62xtf
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For Thanksgiving dinner take your
friends to the State Bank Building.
Only $50. 84-78
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Personal Paragraphs

Jimmy Miller was passenger
on No. 10 this morning for a brief
trip to Pueblo.
Robert Tanner and family re-
turned TO their home In Cripple Greek
today on No. 5.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Dexter loft
this morning to visit Mrs. Dexter's
parents at Concrete.
Arthur Treasurer of Rookvale, +,
was a Rio Grande passenger this
morning for Pueblo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Roam. of Coal
Greek. spent yesterday in Florence
the guests of friends.
Mrs. A " Upton left today for
Pueblo where she will spend few
day the guest Of friends.
Waddy Tanner left on No. last
night for Colorado Springs where he
is engaged in business.
-sy Tandy left today for Denver
where he will accept job to work
in the Boulder oil fields.
The Eberly Concert company ar
rived from Canon City this morning
and are quartered at Hotel Lennox.
Frank Tanner returned to his
home at Wylie this morning. His
family will remain over until Mon
day
Attorneys Wilkes, Champion aud
Bradley are in Canon City today tran
sacting legal business in the county
court.
Daniel Higgins, Of the Mutual
Life Insurance Co.. at Denver, stopped
over trains today while on his way to
Canon City.
Miss Celia Purcell is enjoying q
visit from her sister who 10 employed
as bookkeeper at the B. and o. Gam
Store in Pueblo.
Mrs. J. W. Rambo, of Portland,
spent yesterday and part Of today
with Florence friends. returning home
on No. 10 this morning.
John McLain left this afternoon
for Glenwood Springs where he will
investigate some farm land near that
city with view to purchasing.
Note the change today In the
Boston Store ad in which some' start.
ling reductions are announced In
mems suits and ladies' coats.
Deputy Water Commission.
or Hurd has been in Rockvale
the past few days checking mp with
Water Com IN ssioner John Kyle.
j. J. Williams. who has been con.
fined to his home In the Blunt block
for the past week with Ia grippe, Is
recovering rapidly and was out for
the hrst time today.
w. B. Yates, a prominent Pueblo
attorney at law, and brother.in.law
to the late ]. H. Seavey, Is In Flor.
ence today on business connected with
the settling up Of the estate.
-Munson Tanner who was CALI d
home by the death Of his father will
return Monday to Millers, Nevada.
where he las a lucrative position
with one of the large reduction mills.
Mrs. Sherman Bell and little
daughters. Helen Gould and Teddy
Roosevelt. are being entertained at
the Wm. Tanner and Milton Wagner
homes. Mr.. Bell came this far from
Denver with the and continued his
trip to Canon City where he is look.
ing after business
Victor Hardy and wife, Of Wal
senburg, are visiting Mr.. Har1y's
parents on First street. Victor was
married last Wednesday to Miss Jane
Sherwood Of Walse bnurg and the oou.
pie are here on q short honeymoon
trip They will return to the South.
ern camp Sunday where they will be
at home" to their many friends.
Mrs. W, f. Garter and Mrs.
Jinks. Of Salida. stopped of in Flor
ence yesterday enroute home from n
visit with friends in Denver. Mrs.
~
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FOR SALE

For Sale-Corrugated iron roofing.
Good and hand pressed brick, 2nd
hand lumber of all description.
Barney Ginsberg.
Phone Florence 40. b8tf
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For Sale-All kinds Of machi.. nv
and lumber Of the Beam mill j.
Gently purchased by Colorado Machiu
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For Ront-Store room aud rooms
partly furnished. Suitable for res.
tauraut or boarding house Inquire
o. Mrs. A. q Callahan, 100 Il. Front
street. gS-78x
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70 RENT

For Rent--Five room home, No. 62S
L. Third street; also four uufurn.
ished rooms Mt laG West Front street
Enquire at Florence Steam Laundry.
GG-7i
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Wanted-The party who advertised
for a lost collarette may recover
same by calling at this office. 65-7O
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Wanted-Two men or women for 10.
cal work and one to travel. Good
salary and expenses paid weekly. Ad.
Dress W j. Webb, Florence, Colo.
G6-70x