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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-02-15
Turanay Might,
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(Washington's Birthday

Committee on Arrangements MIS-
c. NJ. Henderson, Mrs. Agnes Nlikln-
son, Ralph Baxter. pa
Reception Committee-John ;. boyo'
Miss Louise Jones, Miss Julia Peek.
Floor Managers-John Malm, Guy
Brad bury.
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daeed him. He could see again. and with s painful vividness of mental VT sion. the degenerate -hrownstcne fronts that mask those haunts of wretcheanesS. with their flights of erumbling hrownStcne steps leading up tc oaken portals haggand with aas- iaS paint. g1anked by squares of sotled note pafser upon which faexpert hands had traced the warning. nes Abandon hope aH ye who enter here.~ bur Fur nished rooms to let with heard.-
 And u this he must reyarn. to that treastmill roand of biighted days and jexless aights must set his face
 Alshtias af he Grand Central sta ton. he packed the do0hie weight of his luggage aud his cares few blocks nerthwara en Madison avenue ere turning west toward the bachelor rooms which Kellogg had established in the roaring Ferties. iesSi the other side of tue ave0ue-F Ftfth avenue
 The elevator bey. Knowing hita Of old. neglected sc announce hss arrival and Duncan had his own Key to the door ef kellegg's apartment He ies himself in with futile stealth. AS was quite right and proper. keilcgg's man Robbins was in attendance. stnpe- ted Robbins. thunaerstruek bs the uns expected return of his masters friend and cn..st -t.,-od I-ardr. he cried al sight 1T iansean Beg your pardon. sir. out--bns IL can't be your
 Your mistake. EahbinS Cnfertu- uaseiy 1t ts" Dunean surrendered hts luggage. -Mr k~ilovs ins"
 No. sir But I'm expecting hlm any minute Hen be surprised to sec you back"
 Think soy" said penean duly. He dossn't knaw me if he la
 You s.~.. sir. ~e thought you was
 .se you d,d- I}nnc.n moved to ward the a,1r of hts own bedroom, Robbins following
 .it vas only yesterday l posted . letter ie you for Mr Kellogg sir. and th.. assdrsws was omaha"
 .l didn't rrt thai tar Fetch along that suit case. will you please? want to Int some clean things in it-"
 s'Th.n yaaisre not staying in town overnight. Mir. Duneanr'
 Il don't know. Fun not staying here anyway" puncan switched on the lights In his room. "fut II on the bed Robbins. I'll pack as quickly as I eau I'm In a hurry"
 "Yes. sir. hut hope there's nothing wrongs
 "rhea you lose returned Duncan yrimly "Everything wrong" He
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Notice.
ifK w. SEW ARD,
 City Clerk

The seiectmen and town clerk of the town of Thompson will be in session on Friday. October q, 1910, at the court room in the post office block, at North iGrosyenofdale, to examine the qualifications of applicants and admit to the electors oath those found quail fled, from 9 o'clock a. m. to 5 o'clock D. m., and will also be in session for same purpose st Hall of Records at Thompson Hill, Friday, October 2s, from o'clock q. m. until 5 o'clock p. .n., and will not be- in session after that time unless il appears some Of the applicants rights to be so examined mature after said Friday and on or be- fore the electors meeting, and if it ap- pears that the right of any person ma. ture after said last Friday, they will be in session st Hall of Records, Thompson, to admit those only whose rights 90 mature on Monday, Noyem- her 7th, from 9 o'clock .. m- until $ o'clock ?. m.
 Philip Woisasd,
 Claus Hagstfom,
 Everett K. Rhodes,
 Selectmen.
 Dyer s. Elliott, Town Clerk. Dated at Thompson, Oct. IF, 1910.
 N.42
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obout SWemp-kooxs -. NesuxA~A including many Of the thousands of testi- usouiaI tetters received from su6ereFs who found Swamp Root to be jnA ths remedy nseded. In writing Ds. Kilmex q Co, Diaghsmtou. E. F.. be sare and neatioa tIis peper. Dca't nasks any nnistake, but sememhas tBe nn0e, Dr. xilaasss Swamp Rost. an4 the sddrssA 1knGAaa1en. H. y.. ou svssy boe1lA
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-sra PARDON. CIR. BUT IT CAN'T sr roul

-BE1 PARDON. sIR. BUT IT CAN'T Br you r ,erked siciously at an obstinate bureau drawer and when it yielded unexpect. edly with the well known impishnesz of the inanimaie. dumped upon the floor tangled miscellany of shirts, socks. gloves. collars and ties
 Didn't you like the business sirl'' No. l didn't like the business. and if didn't like me It's the same old story. Robbins. I've lost my job again. that's all"
 ''I'm very sorry. sir"
 "rhank you. but that's all right I'm used to 1t"
 And you're going to leave. sirr'
 'I am. Robbins"
 T--may l take the liberty of hoping if.s to take another positionr
 You may. but you loss . second time. Eve just made up my mind I'm not going to hang around hers any longer. that's all.
 But" Robbins ventured. lowering about with exasperating soiicituds- .but Mir. Kellogg d never permit you to leave in this way. sir"
 "wrong again. Robbins" said Dun can shortly. annoyed.
 "Yes. sir. Very good. sir" With The instinct of the we'll trained servant Robbins started to leave. but hesitafed He was really very much disturbed by Duncan's manner. which showed q phase of his character new in Robbins experience of him. Ordinarily revers~s
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In one of Rudyord Kipffngs writings he feiis of "the ship that found herself and in The Fortune Hunter" ne have fhe fascinoffng narrative of a youth vho found hinseif" The youth IS like the ship-he had 10 have his course laid straight be- fore hrs coreer began to make subsfonfioi heodwoy. The story of Nof Duncon is one that tn 1rdn,0ffc form. os written by WincheH Smith. hos attracted fhe attention of thousands of piayeoers throughout fhe coun- fry. As q novel. written by Louis Joseph Vance. II becomes a nor- rative of profound appeal to fhe young and old and especially 10 those of us who ln our youth dweK in q rural district far enough removed from fte metro poitfan cenfers 10 be practically q world m nseif and 10 stseif
 Usuoify If IS the country lad who ventures tnto the great cifies 10 seek fortune and fame's favor
 But here we find q down 10 date city youth, who. failure at ep- erything he had undertaken. in- pades fhe rural districts 10 make Q millionaire of himself That which befals him prompted q great New Fork newspaper editor 10 say, Every American should read this great story" for The Fortune Hunter. in spite of ifs enjoyable humor, subtiieiy point ed by ifs fafented authors. teaches the pifai lesson of fhe need of charity and tolerance for the less fortunate of human beings
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-21
City Notice
City Notice of Layout of
 Streets


 Notice Is hereby given that the fol. lowing vote was passed by the Gem- mon Council of the City Of Putnam at the adjourned regular meeting, Sep. tember 20th, 1910, and WAS duly ap- proved by the Mayor.
 aVoted. The Common Council hay. Ing appointed time and place for the hearing of objections to the layout oi certain portions of Lee street, Water street, Bullock Street, and Chapel ings of the Common Council will ap- pear, in accordance with the notice given by the City Clerk and Clerk of the Common Council dated August 28, 1910, and having heard all the parties who appeared at the hearing:
 Resolved: That the report of the committee appointed to make such layout, dated the 23d day of August, 1910, as on file, be accepted and adopt. ed and that the descriptive survey of said streets is hereby determined upon exactly as contained In said report, and the Common Council hereby finds that in each and every case the benefits re- sulting or accruing to any person or persons from the taking of land for RaRill uSN VI itVbA SSsA " ttAA Wftrs changes In grade, as designated In said report, equal the damages, and there. fore 1t Is estimated that the benefits equal the damages in each and every case and that no damages be awarded to any person, and the Clerk of the City Is hereby directed to enter said de scrtptive survey upon the records Of the City as soon as It shall be signed by the Mayor. And 1t appearing by the return of Hermon c. Carver, Con. stable, thst proper notice has been gtv- en to all abuttefs, said return Is hereby ordered to be recorded as apart of and with the records of this imecting, and the City Clerk Is authorized to give any and all notices required by the Charter as to said layout of streets and assessment"
 The descriptive survey of the streets set forth in said vote has been signed by the Mayor and duly recorded upon the records Of the City.
 Attest,
 FREDERICK W. SEWARD,
 fifv Jerk
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sach as this had seemed merely to serve to put Duncan on his mettie. to infsase him with a determination to try aaoin and win out whatever the odds. and at such times he was accustomed to exhibit a mad responsibility of wit and . eaiety of spirit twhether it were . mask or no, that only out rivaied his high good humor when things ostensibiy were going well with him.
 Internationally. between his spasms of employment he had been Keiiogg's guest for several years. not infrequenf- Y for months at fl time. aud so Rob bins had come to feel sort of proprie. tary interest In the young man, second only te the regard which he had for his employer
 sBeg panioh sir ," he advanced. hest. tant, .hnl peeAanS seu're Just feelins a hii blue Won't you let me bring you drop of somethingY
 .of course wili' said Duncan em. nhatieally over hl~ shoulder And get 1T now. Will san. while I'm pack ingY And Rohhinsr'
 .Sir"
 .onls put iiftle in It."
 "A little what. sir.''
 .Seifxer s,f tsa,trse
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Ing down my weekly checks. bad luck to you not to have a man who could earn them" His desperate honesty touched Spaulding a trifie Al the risk of not seeming business man to himself be inclined dubiously to relenI to give Duncan another chance. Duncan" he said. w hats the trou ble"
 "I thought you knew that: I thought that was why you called me in with my route half covered" You mean"- "I mean can't sell your line"
 "why?"
 God only knows. I want to badly enough It's just general incompe- tence. presume"
 What makes you think thaty' Duncan smiled bitterly. "Experi- enee" he said
 You've tried what else?" "A little of everything. all the jobs open 10 a man with a knowledge of Latin and Greek and the higher mathe- matics-shipping clerk. timekeeper. cashier. all of 'em."
 And yet Kellogg believes in you"
 Duncan nodded dolefully. -Harry's good friend We roomed together at college. That's why be stands for me"
 .He says you only need the right opening"-
 And nobody knows where that is. except my fortunate employers It's the back door going out for mine every time. Oh. Harry's been a prince to me. He's found me four or i've jobs with friends of his. like yourself. But I don't seem 10 last You see. l was brought up 10 be ornamental and ir regular rather than useful. to blow about in motorcars and keep valet busy sixteen hours day. and all that sort of thing My fathers failure you know about that v"
 Spauldine nodded Duncan went on rloomily. talking a great deal more freely than he would have talked al any other time-snffering. in fact. from that species of hypnosis induced by The sound of his own voice recount inc his misfarfunes which seems espe ciaIiy to affect a man down on his luck
 That smash came when 1 was dye years out Of coiiege-f'd never thought ,f turning my hand to anything in all that time. I'd always had more coin than 1 conld spend-never had to con sider the wnrtb of money or how hard if is to earn My father saw to all that He seemed not to want me to work; not that hold that against him He'd an idea I'd turn out genius or some sort or other. l believe Well, he failed snd died all in . week. and I found myself left with an ex- tensive wardrobe. expensive tastes. m impractical education--and not Q much of that that you'd notice it-and sot q cent was too proud to look to my friends for help in those days-apd perhaps that was as well; l eougnt iobs on my own Did you ever keep books in . fisb ularketY
 -No.~ spausding's eyes twinkied b. hind his large. shiny giasses
 -Buf xhaf.s fhe use of my boring ronr- Duncan made as If 10 rise, sud denly remembering himseif
 ~You.rr noe to oa-
 -i dnnr mean to. Mostly. l pfe- mme. I've b<en 5iundertng round sn expls spasr,p Of Keiloxg's kindnsss tc mr. tu uy ..xuai intellectual way. but feif sn expssaaf3on vss dns yoa- es the lat,sa ... ~a2er through his 9as- p,ncrd infer~ss n me
 -Perhap~ ~asd ss,suidine. T an he' gfnnlng fe .-sssnd to oe- ID
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A> ing. importers of motoring
 garments and accessories, lis tened to the switchboard operators announcement with grave attention, acknowledging 1t with toneless All right; send him in" Then. hooking up the desk telephone. he swung round in his chair to face the door of his private office and in a brief ensuing interval painstakingly ironed out of bis face and attitude every indication of the frame of mind in which he await ed his caller. It was, as matter Of fact, anything but pleasant one. He had a distasteful duty to perform. but that was the last thing he designed to become evident Like most good busi- ness men. he nursed a pet superstition or two, and of the number of these the first was that he must In all his dealings present an inscrutable front. like a poker players. Captains of in- ,dustry were uniformly Ike that Epaulding understood If they enter tained emotions it was strictly ID private.
 Occasionally this attitude deceived others. Notably now II bewildered Duncan as he entered on the echo Of Spaulding's "Comef" He had appre- hended the visage of thunderstorm with a rattle of brusque complaints He encountered Spaulding as he had always seemed-a little. urbane ngure with a blank face. the blanker Tor glasses whose lenses seemed always to catch the light and, glaring, masS the eyes behind them: a prosperous man of affairs, well groomed both as to body and as to mind. machine for ,he transaction of business with all a machines vivacity and tempera- mental responsiveness. It was just that quality in him that Duncan en- vied, who was vaguely impressed tnat If he himself could initiate. however minutely. the phlegm of a machine ne might learn to ape something oi iS ef,ciency and 90 ultimately prove ninh. self of some worth to the world ana incidentally to Nathaniel Duncan
 Good afternoon. Mir. Spauidins' ns said. replying to . nod as be droppeo into the chair that nod had indicared A faint smile frightened his expression and made 1t quite engaging
 -G'd afternoon-r Spaniding survey Cd him swiftly, then laced his fat iiftie fingers and contemplated them wiIn detached infenrnesa ~Juse ges 'n' DuncanY'
 .Ou the s.3o from Chicaeo I got your wire.- he resumed T mean eot me-overtook me af MinneaponA
 ~You haven't wasted tima"
 .l fancied the matter misns - urxent. sir. gathered from the facf chat you wired nae to come home tAAs you wanted my advice
 second time Spauidins gestured with his eyebrows. for once fairy eur. prtsed out of his poe Your sdsice.
 Yea said Duncan evenly. -as 70 whether you ought to give 70 your customer on my route or send them aan who could cell goodA
 -WenY spautdins admiffed
 .sOh. dou't think I'm boasting q ny aeufenenL Anybody could havs gssne a as much from the great eeoo6 = heavy ortlers I have not ossA seeams yoa-
 ~You've had bad luck
 sYou mean you have. Mf. epaus@AG n vns good iuck SDr os Q ns drsv-
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vigor and cheerful ness soon disappear when the kidneys are out of order or dis eased.
 Kidney trouble has become 70 prevalent that it is not uncofn- mon for q child to be born afflicted with weak kidueys, 1.-the
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Assessors Notice

All psssons llable to psy tsxes in the Town of Putnam are hereby modified so make out . iist of their tax- able property and return sams 70 one Of the Aseessorp 0n or before Nov. 1st, 1910. of they wtit bc suoteceed to tho penalty psesesibsd by law. All pos- sons h making out tlleif Ilst shoui6 bs particular and givo boundary cf all s<af estsss on haek o Itss. Blanks msy be 0btained ol eithee of tho As- sessoss os st tho Town CIesk'e 0Gee. The Amessos vtIi nseoe sAe taxpayess q the ctty Coaaell Chamhoe h tho Town ~ Putns0 eos tho puspono of so, ceisinx their tiaes from 0es- q Q Mev. 1ss tnetnnlvo.
 WALfnoA cAHrnu1mm,
 s,.s. ss.s:s's. vs..!s! 2; D4''''1 A'''s:::; -
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by druggists, in hfty- cent and one-dollaf eixe bottles. You may
 have . ample bottle
 by mail free. also . pamphlet telling sn
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child urinates too often, II the urine scaIds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches sn age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet- ting, depend upon it. the cause of the difh- culfy is kidney tToubie, and the 6rst step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This nnpleAsaut trouble fs due to diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to . habit a most people suppose.
 Women as well as men are made miseT. able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the aaue great remedy. The mild and the immediate edect Of Swanp-Rooe is soou rsalizsd Il issoad
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Wensn < Well x Mm 10 nlle msenbls
 hy Kidney and BladdM 1uubIs.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. discourages and lessens ambition; beauty,
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-21
CHAPTER 1.

= ECEIvER at ear. Spaulding. of Messrs. Atwater X Spauld- ~ ing. importers of motoring
 uarmants and accaSsories lis-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23
DRILLING FOR OIL
IN FL PASO COUNTY
Work Starts Near Plateau
Barbecue at Van Horn
For Election.

Van Horn, Texas, July 23.-Setn Bur
rows, manager OF the well drilling out
IL, who IS ~oing to drill for oil near Pia-
teau, was in town getting some fittings
iOr MS boiler and engine. ard other sup
plies. lie says he will De ready to be-
gin drilling the first OF next week
". p. hurt, who IS drilling several
wells on the Figure 2 ranch. came in 20
remain until after the primaries.
Jas. A Espy Immediately after voting
in the primary today, left with his
mother to attend the 10th annual camp
meeting held at Skillman grove by Rev.
". B. Boys and others, this being the
18th year in succession which MIR. Espy
mas attended.
J. \. Canon and wife are in from the
ranch for the election
The citizens are having a barbecue for
election day and the cowboys are going
to have dance tonight
Miss Ida King, Of Toyah, is here visit
ing her sister, Mrs. W. P. Hurt
R. H. Espy has postponed his trip to
Mexico until after the primaries, saying
he wants to cast his vote for Hall for
sheriff and Davidson for governor.
Rowdy Love was down on a flying trip
from Sierra Blanca and reports the con-
dition of the ragne to be very good on
his ranch near the New Mexico line
north of Blanca.
Miss Mary Hatton, of Grand Saline,
Texas, Ell route to Denver, by the way
of FL PasO. stopped off here and met
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gibson.
Miss Neva Yarbo is in FL PasO visitir-
her sister, Mrs w. T. Medley, who is
under treatment of the doctor.
The Van Horn Drug company IS max
ing some interior improvements, with
fine show cases and mirrors.
j. H. Beach was taken quite i'll r few
days ago and was taken by his wife TO
Fl Paso on Thursday for treatment.
Max Winkler has returned from two
DAYS business trip to LObO.
Mrs. Lee Prude, who was given a trip
to California by The Herald, has re-
turned, after spending two weeks at Long
Beach and Los Angeles. and reports Il
most delightful trip. She IS loud III her
praises of The Herald.
c. B. Hamilton and Dick Daugherty
were in from the Figure 2 ranch aE1 re-
port cattle and range conditions in fine
shape but are beginning to need rain
again.
Mrs. Fred Gibson, who was in from
her ranch for few days for supplies,
returned Thursday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23

Meet me in The Herald-Cold Feeto,
the monk
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23
Ell PASO BUSINESS
MANS WIFE DIES
Mrs. Lulu Bryan Passes
Away at Arizona Street
Home.

Mrs. Lulu Bryan, wife of Charles E.
Bryan. died shortly after 2 o'clock Sat
urday morning at the residence, S12
Arizona street. Mrs Bryan had lived
in Fl Paso ABOUT eight years. coming
here from Dallas. She had been an in
valid for two years This spring She
visited the Pacific coast in search of
climatic change, but returned little i'm
proved.
Besides her husband, a member of
Bryan Bros, a local mems furnishing
firm, Mrs. Bryan Is survived by four
teenyearold daughter, Irene, her mother,
Mrs @. +. Simms ot Dallas, who at
tended her during the latter part. of her
illness, and two sisters, Miss Willie
Simms of Dallas, and Mrs. r. S. Willie,
of Oklahoma City.
Mrs Bryan was an active member of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23
RAINS EXTINGUISH
BIG FOREST FIRES
Seven Lives Are Lost in the
Northwest; Danger to
Towns Past

Spokane, Wash, July 23.-Heavy
showers the last 4S hours have checked
the great forest fires that have been
threatening towns in Washington, Ida
no, Montana and British Columbia, and
for the present, danger is apparently
past 1t is known that seven lives have
been lost, five near Kaslo. B. c., and
two near Colville, Wash.
The towns of Ryan. Wash, and White
water. Michigan, Three Forks. Baine's
Lake and Jaffray, B. c., are reported
wiped out The loss to timber interests
amounts to millions of dollars \ For
several days at least, 5000 men in
Washington alone have been fighting
fires.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23
SOCORRO REPLATS CITYy
MECHEM ANNOUNCES COURT
College Sweethearts Wed, GO~tO West
Virginia; Entries for Albuquer-
que Dog show: Fair Is
ARifated

Affiliated
Socorro. y. NJ. July 23.-Surveyor Her
rick has been engaged by the city coun-
ell TO replat the entire city and citi-
zens are having new surveys made of
their property.
Although the weather has been warm
here. there has been comparatively little
sickness IN Socorro.
Miss Myrtle Kiehne was married to
Earl c. Hornbrook, of Elmgrove, W.
Va. at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. Kealer Rev. father P Martin offlcl-
ated. There We're a large number of
guests present. The bridal couple left
for West Virginia, where they will make
their future home. Mr.. and Mrs. Horn
brook met at the A & NJ. college, where
they were both students. She was for
merIy student at the School of Mines
az Socorro The presents received were
beautiful and numerous.
Several dog owners here will be eX-
hibitors at the Albuquerque fair dog
show. Some French poodles and TIVE
valuable fox terriers will be among the
contestants from Socorro-
Judge Mechem Will hold a special
term of court for the Seventh judicial
district beginning September 5. The
docket is light.
Postmaster KittreIl reports a larger
the proposition was agitated. \ state
June 1910 than during the same months
in 1909 The additional business in
June 1910, over June. 1909 more than
paid the increase allowed by the gov
eminent in the local postmaster's
salary.
Socorro wants acsteam laundry. The
proposition is worth Investigating
Whether a fair will be held in Socorro
this fall is a question. The last three
s.
for the town. Good support is assured if
the proposition was agitated. A state
hood day and Butte dam day would be
something original.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23
ALBERTO TARANGO.

Funeral services over the body OF
Alberto Tarango, the elevenyearold vie
tim of hydrophobia, were held Frida!
afternoon at the Sacred Heart church.
Members of the family and friends were
present Undertakes Peak & Lyons
were in charge.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23

with a big mass meeting. There will
be big delegations of Republicans on
the north from Elida. Campbell, Kenna
and Elkins, and south of Roswell from
Dexter, Greenfield, Lake Arthur and
Hagerman, and from Artesia, in Eddy
county.
Ralph NJ. Ely. of Deming, n. NJ, will
give the principal address.
A daily short story every day IN The
Herald: also the serial
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23

the Trinity Methodist church, and a
worker of the Women's Home Mission
airy society. Funeral arrangements will
be made by Mclean, Simmons & Carr