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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
JAP WOULD MARRY
A WHITE WOMAN
TRUE LOVE GETS A REVERSE AT
MEDoRA--JUDGE REFUSED
TO UNITE COUPLE.

Medora, N. d., Dec. 27.-Two fond
hearts, longing to beat as one, met
stern rebuff here Tuesday, when a
diminutive Jap and an equally large
white girl called on Judge Paxton for
marriage license and were refused
They came on No. in the morning
and having had no sleep, took rooms.
Refreshed, they sought the Judge; but
on his sorrowfully declining to do any,
thing for them, they went on east the
same evening in quest of q county
Judge possessing more Of the milk of
human kindness They claimed to be
from Billings, Mont
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
WILL START A
War ON BIRDS
MlLLINERs AND MARKET MEN
AFTER FEATHERED sPoiLs-
LAWS TO BE ATTACKED.

New York, Dec. r., Declaring that
the new year OF 1911 IL to mark the
flercest struggle In recent years to save
American bird life from Its human
enemies. officers Of the National Assoc
citation De Audubon societies are today
perfecting plans here to combat the
commercial interests that are plotting
to break down protective laws in many
Of the legislatures Of forty states. Men
and money are TO be used without limit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27

When your feet are wet and cold,
and your body chilled through and
through from exposure, take a big dose
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. bathe
your feet in hot water before going
to bed, and you are almost certain
to ward off a severe cold. For sale by
all dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
WOMAN DIES OF POISON.
Mrs. ostsrbers Found Dying of Dose
of Strychnine.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, Dec. 27.-Mrs.
AIex A. Osterberg of the town of
Spruce Hill is dead from strychnine
poisoning. She retired to her room
about 7 o. m, taking glass OF wa
ter with her and soon afterwards the
family heard her grooming and found
she had taken strychnine. She and her
husband were living with her son, to
whom they had decided their farm with
a contract for life support.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
ELks INVITE eovEaNoR.
Lodaemsn at Fergus Falls Prepare to
Dedicate $4,000 Hall,

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Dec 27.-The
EIks lodge is making preparations for
the dedication of its new $4,000 hall
which is nearing completion. Governor
Eberhart is to be one of the speakers,
and it is planned to have the grand
exalted ruler of the order, August
Herman of Cincinnati, in attendance.
The Elks have a membership of 225
here. The new hall will be the finest
in western Minnesota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27

out by the county superintendent,
charging him with keeping his chill
dren from school in violation of the
compulsory school law. He entered
plea of guilty and was fined $40 and
costs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27

Every family has need or a good. re-
liable IMMINENT. For sprains, bruises,
soreness of the muscles and rheumatic
pains there is none better than Cham
berlain's. Sold by oil dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
KEPT CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL.
Defendant Fined 1t sisseton for VIC
Iatlna the Compulsory Law.

Sisseton, s. D., Dec. 27--Herman
schacker OF Spring Grove township
was brought before the municipal
court in this city on complaint sworn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
GAS PLANT BLOWS UP.
Building at Ashby Partly Wrecked and
Man In Charge Injured.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Dec. GA
message from Ashby statesc that the
powerhouse Of the acetylene gas plant
which supplies the village with light
was partly wrecked by an explosion.
All OF the windows were blown out
and the walls were cracked. George
HugNett, the man in charge, was in
jured.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27

Bear in mind and try q box of DR..
ouick's Alaska Liver Pills. For sale
by All druggists
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27

We Buy scrap iron.
Carload lors a specsalty. Correspond.
ence given prompt attention. Fargo
Iron Metal Co.. Fargo. ~. ..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
Kuhn


4. .. MALIN, "Ths Land Man
Farm Lands. Loans and Insurance
Correspondence solicited.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-27
Nair1GSE

INTERSTATE LAND cO.--iNrite la.
Irrigated and non irrigated tracts aa~
Joining Calgary. the Chicago cg Canada.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
70 RT MADISON
and kE0KUK WET
CONSENT PETITIONS DECLARED
SUFFICIENT IN BOTH CITIES
BY SUPERVISORS.

Keokuk, Dec. 2S.-The petition OF
consent which Will legalize saloons in
Keokuk for the coming five years was
granted yesterday by the county board
of supervisors, in session at Fort
Madison, There was no contest and
no contestants appeared from Keokuk
before the board. There were 2,121
signatures to the petition of consent.
AS the total number Of votes cast at
the last general election in November
was 3,074, the number of signatures
required to legalize the saloons was
1888, so there were $50 in excess OF
the necessary number.
The ministers of Fort Madison Of
fered contest against the petition OF
consent in that city. One name was
withdrawn from the petition and OBJ
jections were made to seventy-six
names. However, this did not affect
the petition, which contained the re-
quired number and was granted by
the supervisors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
.OSKALOOSA IS
WI ON BY DRYS
SUPERVISORS HOLD PETITION OF
CONSENT INSUFFICIENT
BY FORTY.

Oskaloosa, Dec. 2s.-The Mahaska
county board Of supervisors completed
the canvass Of the saloon petition late
yesterday afternoon and held that
sufficient signatures had not been
secured.
The original petition was found to
have 1,444 names. From this number
twenty-four signatures were taken
owing to various irregularities, such
as Implications, misspelled names and
wrong residences, leaving 1,420 bona
fide signatures, or 238 more than the
1882 necessary to make the petition
sufficient. The opponents filed list
Of 294 with lrawals In the canvass OF
this list sixteen we're held to be in
valid, leaving 27S accepted. Thus the
278 withdrawals cut the majority en-
tirely, leaving the petition short forty
names. This showing was accepted
as final by the board.
The attorneys for the petition pro-
duced the ahidayits Of si1ty-seven men
who had signed Withdrawals, but who
declared their fIenire to be counted on
the original petition. The board re-
fused to recognize the right OF any
man to remain on the petition after
he had declared his desire to with
draw therefrom. On this point the
case will be appealed to the court by
the petitioners.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
NO TAFT PLEDGE SAYS T. r.
Story That He Has Promised Support
for 1912 is Pronounced
Absurd.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Cct Theodore
Roosevelt has not declared for the
nomination by the republican party in
1912 OF President William Howard
Taft. Roosevelt made this statement
most emphatic yesterday.
"All Of this talk about me supporting
Mr.. Taft in 1912 is utterly absurd he
said. There has been nothing like
that discussed by me with any one at
any time.
$50 far as the statements that Col
lector Loeb has become Taft lieu
tenant and will apportion patronage in
New York for Mr.. Taft in order to Sc
cure the state delegation for the presi-
dents denomination in 1912 are con-
cerned, I know nothing more of the
matter than what have read in the
So far as know there Is
nothing in IT,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
FALLS DEAD UPON STAGE
Frank Worthing, Leading Man for
Grace George, Succumbs
In Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 2s.-Frank
Worthing, leading man for Grace
George, who is playing here this week
in Geraldine Bonner's comedy, Sauce
for the Goose" dropped to the floor as
he stepped on the stage at the Garrick
.theater for the opening of the first act
last night, and was dead in twenty
minutes. Hemorrhage of the lungs
was the cause. A physician was hur-
riedly summoned, but could no moth
ing to relieve Mr.. Worthing, who did
not regain consciousness.
The orchestra was playing and the
curtain was just rising, AS soon as it
was known that Mr.. Workings at
tack was serious the audience was
dismissed. Whether the engagement
will be cancelled has not been de-
cided
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
959 INDICTED
FOR BRIBERY
|N0H|OCOUNTY
GRAND JURY GRlNDs OUT 145 AD-
DITloNAL- INDICTMENTS TODAY
DISCOVER VOTES WOULD NOT
STAY BOUGHT.

West Union, Ohio, Dec. 28.- The
grand jury today reported 145 addi-
tional indictments against citizens ac-
cused of selling votes at the Novem-
ber election. A total of $50 indictments
already have been returned.
Judge Blair had another busy day
listening to the pleas made by the ac-
|cused, who were arraigned before him.
Out Of all who have faced his bar but
four pleaded not guilty. The others adj
mitted their guilt and were assessed
fines to the amount they realized from
the sale of their votes and disfran-
chised them for five years.
Veteran has Afterthousht.
An unusual incident was the appear
ance Of Sam Howell. aged "a. a civil
war veteran, who asked permission to
correct statement that he made to
the judge the previous day when he
was arraigned, entered q plea Of
guilty and received the usual penalty.
He said then that he had received $11
for his vote, but today he declared that
after sleeping over the matter, he re-
called that he had received SIS. He
lives nine miles from West Union, but
he walked here and back home In order
to inform the court Of the error.
Frank Salisbury, young farmer Of
Franklin township, was arrested on a
charge OF trying to intimidate one Of
the grand jurors engaged in the probe.
Judge Blair gave him a good stiff lee
ture for his attitude toward the Juror
and when he pleaded guilty fined him
$50 and sent him to jail for ten days.
development that caused a general
smile among those not directly involy-
ed was a complaint voiced by a num-
ber Of republican politicians who
learned to their grief that purchase
able voters would not stay bought,
even In Adams county.
Republican vote buyers confessed
'*heys bought the votes Of the inmates
price that usually prevailed at that In
stftution. On election day the repub-
lican workers provided several wagons
and loaded up the infirmary vote to
haul it to the polls. At the polling place
some democrats got possession Of the
crowd and when the republicans got
control. again they discovered every
one Of the paupers had been convert
ed to the democracy.
Judges Plans Well Laid.
The investigation will continue for
another ten days or two weeks. The
public is Just beginning to realize the
well laid plans of Judge Blair and the
thoroughly systematic manner In
which he has entered into the inves-
tigation.
Special Prosecutor Stephenson says:
Eve have been using a harrow thus
far, and a good many culprits have
slipped between the teeth, but when
we have gone over the county we shall
go back over the same ground and use
fine toothed comb"
Harmon to Stay or.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 2s.-Governor
Harmon denied he will ask the legis-
lature to investigate the election
frauds In Adams county. He says that
he Is satisfied that the local investiga-
tion will be thorough
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
.M'CANN SEEKS A WRIT
Convicted Chicago Police inspector
Claims Irregularities in
trial

Chicago. Dec 2S-Former police in
spector Edward Mccain, facing i'm
prisonment in Joliet prison for convic-
ton on charges of accepting bribes.
today through his attorney asked
Judge Carpenter, of the United States
district court, for writ Of habeas
corpus. He claims the jury was not
so drawn as to conform to the equal
rights clause of the federal constitu-
ton: that Mccain has not been SEN
fenced to definite term of imprison-
ment and that he is the victim Of a
conspiracy. The Judge reversed the
decision
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
GOOD R DADS
CONVENTION ON
At DES MONIES
TAX ON AUTOMOBILES AND MAR.
ROW TIRED VEHICLES AND
COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER
URGED BY SPEAKERS.

Des Moines. Dec. 28.-(Special.)- -
Senator Lafe Yound presided at the
annual meeting of the Iowa Good
Road convention which opened this
morning with an attendance Of 400
delegates. Judge II. E. Deemer urged
a tax on automobiles and narrow
vehicles. E. G. Whitney of Sioux
City urged dragged roads and the en-
ployment of county engineer in each
county. w. G. Raymond of Iowa City,
J. C. Manley and B. Stanton Of Grin,
nell and Harvey Ipgham of Des Moiles
also spoke M. O. Eldridge of Wash
ington, d. c., government expert,
gave an illustrated lecture on road
building this afternoon.
Edward H. Cunningham of Newell,
representative from Buena Vista coun :
ty, will present to the legislature bill
making road dragging compulsory as
the only way to make it Of value. He
will advocate dragging fund and the
division of the county into road drag
ging sections.
1t Is of no use to drag roads unless
you drag them at the right time" SAID
Mr.. Cunningham. Under the present
road dragging laws efficient dragging
cannot be accomplished in all parts OF
the county. Unless similar steps are
taken at the good roads conference, !
will present to the Legislature bill
making provisions for efficient drag
ging.
Il believe that the counties should
be divided into road dragging districts.
The owners Of land should be CONF
PEELED by law to drag their adjoining
roads on a specified compensation. BY
this method all the roads in each
county may be dragged in a few nours.
A road dragging fund should be es-
tablished and nailed down for no otnc'
USE"
The program for the conference is as
.'Iowa's Responsibility"-Ju Judge Hor-
ace E. Deemer.
"state Aid and Control in Road
Building Harvey Ingham.
Road Maintenan.e."-Prof. w. e.
Raymond.
"uniication and Extension Of the
Present Road Laws.-U. g. whitney.
"The Poweshiek County Plans.
Stanton.
"What Can be Accomplished With
the Road Drag Under the Existing
Laws and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lafayette Young of the state asosc1a-
ton.
Executive Committee Meets.
Members Of the executive committee
of the Iowa Good Roads association
met Yesterday afternoon at the Savery
hotel, where they ratified the program
for the convention.
Those present were Pres. Lafayette
Youn, sr.: Vice Pres. w. G. Raymond,
Iowa City: Secretary T. H. Macdonald.
Ames; John Manatrey, Fairf1 eld; 3. ".
Newberry, Strawberry Point; Frank
Nimocks Ottumwa j. 8. Bellamv'
Knoxville: John Foster, Guthrie cen
ter and Nicholas Balkema, Sioux Cen
ter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
80 CENT GAS IN DIES MONIES
Council Passes Ordinance Which Be-
comes Effective January I;
Gross Receipt Tax.

Des Moines, Dec 28.-After Jan
uary /, 1911, citizens Of De Moines
will pay 80 cents per thousand cubic
feet for gas instead of the present
rate of $780, unless the Des Moines
Gas company is successful in possible
opposition in the courts to the new gas
ordinance unanimously passed by the
city council.
In addition to cutting the price Of
the gas, the ordinance provides for a
license for the use Of the streets of 2
per cent of the gross receipts per year.
A brilliancy of not less than % candle
power is specified. The ordinance
makes any extra charge for gas as mis-
demeanor and subject to a maximum
penalty OF s1O0, or thirty days In Jail.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
PlLkINcToN WOULD DEBATE.
Challenges Des MoInes Business Men
to an Open Discussion OF

- g.
Des Moines, Dec. 28.-W. ]. Pilking-
ton, president Of the Des Moines Citi-
zens' association, has issued a chal-
lenge to public debate with any busi-
ness man in Des Moines whose name
is on the list Of signers to petition
published this week urging signers to
the saloon petition to stand pat for the
best business interests Of the city.
Furthermore, Mr.. Pillington includes
in his challenge guarantee to pay
for the use Of the auditorium and the
incidental expenses of public discus
sion of the question of an open or
closed saloon as better business policy.
The challenge is for any evening this
week and at any public auditorium to
be named by his opponent in this de-
bate. Mr.. Pilkington urges that the
challenge be accepted at once.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
TWO LAsoRERs ARE KILLED.
r 4lling Boom Used In Repairing
Bridges Strikes Railroad Gang
NJ UnIonyille.

Unionville, Mo, Dec. 2S.-Two men
were kill>d and four injured by the
falling OF boom used in repairing
bridges here yesterday.
The dead:
WILLIAM WOODS, Laclede, Mo.
w. B. PHILLIPS. Laclede, Mo.
The injured:
Charles Bernhart, Sumner, Mo-, leg
broken, shoulder hurt.
Samuel Taplot. William Matsel and
De1bert McKisson, all Of Laclede, Mo.
The men were members OF bridge
gang which had been sent from La
clede t0 do some repair work at Black
bird bridge, three and half miles
north OF here In passing into COW
cred bridge, the boom struck some
overhead timbers and fell upon the
men.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
HOUSE MEMBERSHIP 4s5.
Chairman Crumpacker Solves tbs
Problem to Prevent Loss to
Any state.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2s.-The
coming congressional reapportionment
will provide for total membership
of 435 in the house Of representatives
according to present indications. This
would mean one member to every
211, 700 Of population.
Chairman Crumpacker Of the house
committee on census, and others, be-
lieve that an increase to 435 will solve
the problem before the house, that be-
ing the least number that Will save
every state from any loss In the nu-
merical strength OF its delegation at
Washington.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
TRIED TO SAW OF HEAD.
Drunken West Virginlan Kills Enemy
in Peculiar Manner After
a Quarrel.

Blueheld, w. Va, Dec. 2S.-Sawing
away continuously for ten minutes,
Hamilton Cook almost completely
severed the head Of Frank Bennett
from his body at the home OF the lat-
ter at Lex, about six miles from here.
Cook. who. was a boarder at the Ben
nett home, found his victim in drum
ken stupor in bed.
BENEFITS twelve.year-old son. who
witnessed the operation. aroused some
neighbors, who rushed to the house
only to find that Cook had fed. He
was captured in the mountains near by
after being wounded in the arm and
was brought to the Meadwell Jail.
Cook is said to have been intoxicated.
The two men had quarreled before
over domestic troubles.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
REAL "DAuGHTER" DIES.
Mrs. Mary Fahey, Fort Madison
Pioneer, Passes Away at
Advanced Ace.

Fort Madison, Dec. 28.-Mrs Mary
Fahey, daughter of an officer who
fought in the American revolution, was
buried here yesterday. Until her death
in Chicago Sunday Mrs. Fahey was one
OF the surviving original Daughters Of
the American Revolution.
Mrs Fahey was born in York county,
Pennsylvania, July 10, 1878. She was
the daughter Of Robert Elliott, who
was member of the Seventh Pennsyl-
vania continental line, and who took
part in the famous fight at Bunker HILL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
Street Car Service
Cutoff From Some
OfChicago Suburbs
! **********+******'

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Definite
retaliatory measures by the
suburbs of Chicago which this
morning found themselves cut
off from the city's street car
! service by the new rule max
ing the fare ten cents for inter
city passengers were taken by
Forest park. The cars from
Chicago were stopped by the
village authorities when they
sought to enter Forest park,
and turned back. The village
claims that under it's franchise
ordinance the company taken
over yesterday by the Chicago
railways company under the
federal court order which sep
arated the city and the extra
city lines making ten cent
fare possible, was bound to
charge no more than five cents,
and in demanding ten cents 1t
violated the ordinance and the
franchise was forfeited. The
villages west of Forest park
thereby found their car service
shut off expect over steam or
elevated lines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
ITALIAN RAILROAD STRIKE.
10000 Employees Demand Wage In
crease Amounting to
QQ OOn n0n

Rome, Italy, Dec. 2s.-More than
80, 900 railway employees in Italy have
lust completed the taking Of refer
endum to determine what attitude
they should assume in order to bring
about an amelioration of their condt
ton. By great majority the men
declared in favor Of the strike.
The demand of the railway men is
for an increase in their wages amount
ing to $S,O00,000, while the govern
ment is ready to grant an increase OF
81 OHn 001-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
SHOT TO DEATH BY MOB.
Prisoner Who Was Accused OF Killing
Arkansas Sheriff 10
lvnck1ed

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 2S.-Oscar Chit
wood, charged with having killed sher-
iff Jake Houpt in Hot Springs Ark,
jail at Hot Springs and shot to death.
according to a telegram from there.
His head was riddled with bullets.
Chitwood was being spirited from
the county jail to the police station
when discovered by the mob. He was
recently granted change Of venue
and was to have been taken to Benton.
Ark, for trial. The mob was made up
Of twenty men who wore handker.
chiefs over their faces
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
THREE KILLED IN WRECK
Dubuque Engineer succumbs at Hos
pitaI Following Deaths of Two
Others.

dubuque, Dec. 2s.-(speciaD-W
liam Norton an engineer of Dubuque,
who was injured in the headon col
lision> between an eastbound Chicago,
Greatwestern freight train and work
train near Stockton, ILL.,, last night,
when Fireman Otto Kraft Of Dubuque
and Louis Miracle, a brakeman of Chi
cago, were killed, died at the Mercy
hospital here this morning. The crew
of the freight train were slightly in
jured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
MAY COST TRUST MILLION.
Disclosures in "Drawback" Case
Permit Government to Dictate
to SUGAR Company.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 28.-Recent
disclosures in the Drawback" frauds
against the government have put the
treasury department in position
practically to dictate the terms of
compromise with the sugar refining
companies. The American sugar re-
fning company,s recent offer of $780,
900 may not be accepted in view OF
the fact that the government is said
to have evidence to compel the return
of not less than one million dollars.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
EXPLOSION KILLS "a
Dynamite In Stag Pit at Fl Paso
smeIter blows up Trapping
Men,

Ell Paso, Texas, Dec. 28.-While
workmen were blasting Stag in the Ell
Paso smelter today dynamite stored
in pit where more than fifty Of the
men were at work exploded. Between
eighteen and twenty four workmen
were killed in the explosion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
BOY ESCAPES DROWNING.
Iowa City Lad Attemps to Save Dogs
Life and Nearly Loses His

Iowa City, Dec. Especially
Striving bravely to save his pet dogs
life, Master Clinton Anderson, aged
13. nearly lost his own life in the Iowa
river here. Alone on the stream. partly
frozen over. the boy and dog were
playing when the dog stepped into an
air hole. The boy stepped to the thin
ice to extricate the dog from the Icy
water and he felli in. After desperate
fight he saved himself from drowning
in twenty-five feet of water.