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being swiftly placed in possession o:
NE tn!gna presented to their prorr5.
tlonal perspiclclty, they c%on:entc1
,"'HHs''Nea with summing up their opin-
Ion with as much scepticlsm as the
eommissary himself.
Ccniound ~ they repeated In
chorus.
II police officers minutely examine
INC "eH' mans neck. mottled with
~t''hEiHoses dad blush spots stre,ch-
.Is from the Adams apple to the caro-
.ius. Ihcy seemed much pleased
win their Investigation.
That IS capital" said the chief. in \
quiet tone. I'VE will inform the Court
n wait for tie examining II, -istrlt,,
VINO VIII tal;c charge and a.ix the seals
nero 81 the Grenst Apartment and
over tAo.e-adiolning-Iotsn't it?-on NJ.
StopheIeon's!'
IaeD' addressing himself directly 10
nc, he ADDED with tho same onhand
manner:
FOR, NJ stephcnson-If YOU arc
stephenson-here Is a fact that Is very
'roub'e'ome for you. even more so thnu
your l~andlady's depcsitton-which you
We're IN a very grest hurry to contra
uIot-M. Grenet did not hang himself!''
Dld - d.d-not-ha-ang - himself" 7
stamnered.
NO! From all the evidence, the hang
ing was simulated. NJ. Grenet was first
stransled by powerful hands. I do not
know whether they were the ones here :"
ne emphasized. taking possession OF my
right hard, but the most elementary
precautfon requires me to arrest you at
once 1t is a preventive measure that
mas nothing ~dishonoring about II. NJ.
Stephenson"
Whiie speaking he lightly slipped on
a handcuif.
I submitted like an automaton with.
out q will.
with the same urbanity he asked
the landlady:
Where is Nine. Grenet?'
zone to take her walk In the Champs
h!.sccs. as she does every morning."
she must be informed" he said.
retrained from bursting into a laugh,
the laugh OF n madman.
RETAINED from raisIng-for ,beso
people plunged into the darkness ~ tbs
suspicious they were ccumuIatiny
aSainst me-even a corner OF the veil
that covered this enigma.
= refratned from d~enouncing Nine.
Grenet. "
vBesides, how accuse charming Nina
Grenet OF so Impossible n crime? WouId
u not have been initiating my accusers
IN Their foolish presumptions?
More precisely. | r~efrained from drag.
slne Nine Grenet with me into the ter.
IipIo machinery or a Justice whose ap-
paratus Is capable of making the mos,
innocent prisoners lose their wits,
ana II was only at that moment. the
monent when I felt I was caught in ths
machinery that would surely crush me
that through an outburst OF recoyero,
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uioNe away Her tena0ts ana tulut' VS.
officers to tie Grenet dining room.
The policeman had pusl ed me before
him like II worthless bundle j NUS
have been liv!d. Tor he said In a sug'y
tone:
You're not going to be III. : sup
pose?'
And in the presence OF Monsieur Gre.
nets body. which hung In the place OF
the swinging lamp. the amazed ohicsi
said simply:
"Confound It"
This could not compromise him.
But he must have been endowed WIZ
tho lame good sense as the Fat man 10
slippers and pajamas, for he made ex-
actly the same remark. using precisely
the same words:
what are you giving me with your
murder? This man has hung himself!
Then. while the police officer ana MS
superior were Gwkwardiy trying 10 re-
move NJ. Grenet's body from II,
terrible situation. the owner. oiuulc "n'
trembling with ~indignation. was eNplai''
ing, IN pictorial language, under VIVA,
mysterious conditions she had surpilscu
me coming out OF my ~ieisnbors rooms
and how, from my embarrassed manner
she had jumped at the conclusion vi MY
complicity in so obscure an affatr.
Let u wait IoI NV hN"'
tective Off ce." replied tie commissary
They have te~lephoned to him! lie
would not delay"
Then, turning tcw2-a ne AND exam
lining me curiously. with a sort OF coh'
passionate interest:
you appear as e you do not UNDER
stand anything at all about what mas
happened?' .,,
"No,hing at all. I swear IT," 1 an
syered in a voice which / tried u
render firm.
and Of course you deny Madame's
statements?"
"Of courser"
'Dlsperse all these lnqulsitlve people
who know no more about this affair
than we do ourselves!" he said to his
, subordinate.
The head of the detective bureau and
one OF his inspectors soon arrived a
the Rue Marboeuf.
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Times She went about THIS orNI In a butIntSsNhe HlHN usE Annpns ,ginU
matter of fact with % heart in It and merely the charm Oh MISC ""s"' s'"'
D"e Inn Mr. Reeyossmuh appeared an here IA light comedy worth watch
ing He cam as the lifelong friend OF the Coloael who had been buNL,m the
death Column OF the Times and brought with MIN a few personal nGehmggimss OF
mi" her evenfng gown. Among other trh.I ares he had her letter 10 'Wobbles"
one min after mother made Celia HncQr portable.
Ali this was a golsend to Miss Angtu, who, though Obliged 10 re- CONSTANT
n her guard. played he. small part H. tne game sklfnny m amusasy' a. CASA
but the hee younger sisters qrte In the shade by the other thing, she Wore
While se iookedr rather Imposing here wasn't a moment when the Colonel could
not have safely bet his boOs against her stockings that he would M o. with
her In the end .uaLa H.
ormance distinguished for its cas-, good breeding and manifest enjoyment Of
The mutual decepuon Strangely enough, his English accent was lessm marked than
nat of Miss Ansln and otherso of the cast who have acquired tneis o this
side Of thu water. Miss Mlude Granger, however talked IS a woman from Chi
II was her drowsy jag. due to a terrific sws of brandy. that put the, finishing
ouch on her capital performance. After all, we must raise our hats to American
~ actresses of the old school HEAVIER preserve them!
Mrs Ruth Holt Bolcicaula Miss Helen lhnsI9d and Miss Gertrude HMz, as
70 Cenas sisters were rather gOl to look a. and Messrs. SUney lark, lNo Daw-
son m Arthur La Hrence served their various purposes very we'll Mr. Reeves.
Smith really oyershadowed everybody
~ The play is a mildly entertaining little comedy hat offers Miss Angnn only
United opportunities. ~ really rather n.as matsnsl Hr her Green stockings"
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eyes fixed upon NEAL these
49, eyes Of all these people whom
: ala not know-and I saw In the mid st
OF THIS hostile band. i~mprovised and
already almost dangerous, the counte-
nance OF my transformed landlady. Her
rat. round face, which looked like
. "rihhled apple. had become the head
OF a FURY. Her flashing eyes. her hand
'remolns with indignation pointed In
my direction as II 10 point me out for
me summary lynch!nS OF these hurrylng
Tools, who knew nothing more OF the
matter than she and | did, she repeated:
Murder! Murder"
Dut' interposed a big man in slip
psrs and paiLnas, who had vcntured IN
glance into the Crenet apartment, what
are you g.vinS us with your murder?
VI. Grenet has hung h!mself.'
4 Know what I'm talking about re-
totted the iandlady.
Ss'e aiiiNal OF tire policeman and com.
missary summoned to tho Rue Narboeuf
canned the sensitive women and the
frightened children.
The representatives OF the law forced
q passage through the aggressive pack
that ] was confronting like a trappeI
beast awaiting the death blow. . . =
And the blow was dealt at. once by a
jovial little man with piercing eyes be.
hind his tortoise shell framed eyeglasses,
His tri-co!ored scarf left me In no
doubt concerning his difficult duty.
"Oh! so you are the murderer" he
said. with an evil grin, and laid his ham
roughly on my shoulder.
His grip was so heavy that I Amos:
fell on the floor.
With an excited gesture. the landlady
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sious the g~ivcst fears for her reason.
This IL why the Magistrate cannot re-
tain what IL pla uslble In her testimony
without attacking the fantastic and UNI
truthful things 1t corLins.'
What do YOU mean by fantastic and
untruthfui2" | urged, eager for intor-
nation.
"Shc has stated that she left NJ Gre
ne. safe and sound before tahing her
day walk In the Champs klysecs, tien
haV'. s ne to your rooms and request
cd you 10 bear her husband company
THAT Is true!' 1 said firmly.
no, Il; Is only half true" answered
my counsel. scarcely half m hour
passed .eiNecn Nine. Grenet's dcpartur,
and the %sorrosful discovery made by
-FOUR landiady. The inquest is exact
upon this point. The owner OF the house
in the Rue Marbocuf entered NJ. { e.
nets apartment at II O'Clock, nfteei
minutes at most after the young wite''
departure. Now. the medical ekamina'
ton showed indisputably that the un
fortunate mans death occurred al
o'clock In the morning. SO Nine. Creme
dld not leave her husband cafe and
sound when she raped at your door"
Maitre Juinot's deductive logic un
eoubtedly Influenced me. for l answers
In the same tome, as MOUNTAINEERING III,
demonstration and drawing u conclu
sion:
Then, my dear sir. It IL impossible
that IL could be I, Stephenson. who a
ten minutes of IL, as the landlady's depo
/ sltlon seems to charge me, %strangled anC
hung NJ. Grenet from tho ring In thu
| ceiling of his dining room"'
Aha! That Is precisely the point
| exclaimed my lawyer, throwing up hi
arms. IN 0renet was strangled ant
hung by a powerful hand. which Is NJ
more yours than Nine. Grenet's! w
are agreed! The question Is 10 find on
for what mysterious easons Nine. Gre
net pushed you. one might say. into IN
presence of her husbands corpse! IN
other point is to learn for what reasons
no less obscure, Won have 80 carefully
concealed your real identity under tn
assumed name of Stephenson"
I remained o~bstinately silent.
Maitre Juinot. with a iook OF despair
lamented:
'If you imagine that your defense will
be easy with such n system"-
Then suddenly becoming ~insinuating:
Let us seel You were captivated b!
Nine. Grenet?'
1 paused an Instant before replying
At that time l felt the same hesitation
that | showed toward the reader at tn
beginning of this story. / imposed
certain constraint upon myself In orde
to appear neither foolish. nor vain. no
too ridiculous. At last l answered eva
sively.
TITS not that at all! It Is the con
traryr"
Then tho lawyer. too. made a Ion
pause. He was trying to read in IN
troubled gaze the depths OF my thoughts
He thought he OWNED them. And h
really did. With an air OF. great relic
he said:
Then many things are explained"
what things?"
Nine. Grenet's way Of ~voluntar!l
creating the charges against her to clea
you in advance"
you exaggerate." I said.
mo, I do not! am even beginnin
to understand you mode OF actiol
which is ~chivalric. and that Of a trt
gentleman, NJ. Stephenson"
, What mode of a~ction?"
r THE same. precisely. which Is to az
cuse yourself voluntarily in advance. |
order to clear the woman who is und'
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r rs almost impossible to steer clear OF pnns IN speakns of tn new play at
L OF the Jump 1t must be said THAT Miss Margaret Anshn doesn't walk off with
ts honor in Green Stockings" It is H. Reeves Smith who sets tho pace of
A. E. W. Mason's comedy and then ambes along easily and pleasantly to the
end
II vas not until this excellent actor a Colonel smith, arrived In the seconda act
last night, naturally curious about the news of his death, nat the play began
to move. The opening act, with Its aimless chatter about English elections and
other English things In which n American audience could scarcely be expected
to be interested, promised an evening of tea table talk. for even Miss AngNn's
delayed appearance as Celia, The eldest daughter ofW William Faraday brought
nothing eyentfuL. There were three other daughters. and Celia. in obedience to
q Irish custom, seemed destined tc wear green stockings again at the wedding
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OF the youngest. But
her foolish pride led her
TO announce her en-
gagement to a fictitious
Colonel Smith, who was
supposed to have gone
with his reglment to
Africa. She certainly
looked old enough to
know better, but OF
course It was not fc- US
to say.
Happily Miss Anglin
faced the silly situation
cheerfully. She had left
her tears behind. The
raincoat she wore was
due entirely TO tho
weather on tap outside.
Emotionally she was as
dry as that first act,
She emerged smillngly.
chaiing y as "A come
d!enne. She wasn't goa
ing to suffer-that was
plain, Just what she
was going to do wasn't
so plain. Only Mr.,
Mason could tell that,
ana no was evidently
determined 20 take his
time about It.
Sincerity, of course.
was out of tho question.
hlss Anglin was lefr
high ana dry on artl0'
Cial ground. She coul
only smile and looi
peasant until the au'
thor allowed her TO XII.
OF tho IN a mar
Colonel in the London
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miles long and has cost Sl7.5oo.OJl. 1t
has nlnety-ive tunnels, The Slsago
tunnel, the longest I'm Japan. Is two
miles scvonty-ono chains. There are
81 bridges OF the line. The CHIEF Oh
je't Of MS construction Is military, but
.r viii ouen up new territory a1I help
the business OF Osaka.
American sales beyond the Pacific IN
the ten months c1deI with .-pr,l, lMl
slightly exceeded $l-j.o0J,0c1. The prin-
clp9l buyers were Japan. So, St4,a 81
Australia, $3n,73lltl; the Philippines.
$685., 72i, Chinese empire, 81. WI. S5;
Hong Kong, S6,6Sl, 500; British india.
S553o,l23, and New Zealand. s5.Sg,9SS.
sales to us from these beyond-the-
Pacific countries amounted TO almost
100000.
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w /HERE's a VIII there's a Fray!
Taking the Blam, is a Part Of
the Game,
The Man who has to the Fiddler
becomes Very .ond OF the Mouth Or
ganl
II you havc any Sour Grapes. make
'em into Preservesi
The Doors OF tho Down-and-Out Club
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hing Co. (rbe New York World.
Plug up tho Leak!
Necessity Is the Mother OF Conten.
ton!
Wed rather be Broke from Too Little
Wor'' than to Break Down from Too
Much!
We are Perfectly WI ng to accept a
Whole Lot OF Good Advice l.; 1t doesn't
Bear Upon the Indigest!bleness OF Coun-
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CHAPTER II.
She Who Is Expected Does
Not Come.

fair man seated opposite
Sl 10 me In the cell Of tho sta
i ton where I had been held
Tor tweny-four hours looked
- at me with a sort of compass
nate curiosity. and said in o winning
Ice:
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AN INVITATION.

Bitter Cat servants agencyl-Have you
got a cook who will go the country?
Manager calling out To- girls In next
room)-Is there any one here who would
like TO spend a day in the countryf--
Life.
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Copyright. 1911. by The Press Publ
arc Never Locked-but Nobody ever
TRIES to Break In!
The Pessimist Judges the Doughnut by
the Hole Therein!
The Difference Bettoeen Despair
ana Desperation is that the Former
Remains Inert uhile the Latter Gets
q Move On!
While you're Abiding by the Mistake.
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sOnaIles of his fathers intimate friends. Washington Irving n. P. Wills And
William Cullen Bryant; and later his " inttmatcs were fItz-Greene Hausek.
paudng. Dana an otherso of tho famous later nckcrbock writer's
Young Wilson laid aside the pen ad belted on a sword and marched away
to the front In 1852 as Major of the Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry. Later he COM
handed his eginen He anpngne with Grant through the shiloh and
Nicksburg oampdsns ad thnt they n him as aide to Ger Nathaniel Banks
who commanded he Department of tho Quiz.
They promoted him to Brgader General M he served mt III END And
then went back to his beloved literature
Las week IA with him IN MS Now York home in West seventynnth
street 1 picked u p a framed cabinet photograph Of Lincoln. and looking al II
l asked:
You know him wen7'
lie gave III picture ten days before 10 died"
In this mood he related the story Il the great Red River Dam. which affair
as to him the most memorable OF his career as a soldier:
said Gen. Wilson,. began in March. 1864. and ended about the middle of May
at Washington. Gen. Grant did not approve of It,. nor did Ger. Banks. but It was
nevertheless attempted.
Early in April 1884, Gen Banks with a army of 5000 men had reached
Alexandria In centralL Louisiana, o IN his way to shrevepor. which wa a fortified
place an the objective point OF te expedition. The army had followed tho
valley of the Red River. ad a fleet of ironclad hips and gunbosts under Ad-
mira David D. Porter had steamed u p the river rim company with the army.
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Some OF us have to Make the Forty
Mile-Post before We Become Wise
Enough to Try TO be witty!
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If'they didn't Pay on % the Finishing
Line tho Quarter Horse would have a
Cinch!
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I.
tContinued)
The Body of NJ. Grcnef.

NOW saw as II through o veil.
a mist. through my own hallu-
cination. these pairs Of curious
eyes fxed upon neal these
eNaa nf Al 49, .nn A.
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try Sausage and Buckwheat c-"esl

It's Perfectly Possirie to Play Goo
Ball even when there's no Pcnnant II
Sight!
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Japan's new central railway Is .,
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E@ pwoeup e. Doegons y~gN
Copyright, 1911. By The Pre-, Publishing Co. THE New York World
No. Gen. ]. G. Wilson at Red River Dam.

len the civil war began there lived in Chicago a young iiters
named James Grant Wilson. the publisher OF the Chicago Reco
father was william Wilson. the Scotch poet and essaylst, a
OF James Wilson. who signed the Declaration Of Independent
boyhood, at Poughkeepsle. N. Y. was Indehbly stamped BY
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oepyrSht. 1911. by The Pres. Pt6lishins Co.
THE New York World.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25
JACOB BOY DIES
OF BLOOD POISONING
EFFORT TO SAVE HIM BY AMPu-
TATlON OF LEG Is
UNAvAiLlNG.

Fred Jacob, the 10 year old boy
shot I'M the leg by Alvin Harris of
Losine, and who was sent to the
La Grande hospital last Tuesday by
the county court, died that same ev-
ening about s o'clock, shortly after
his leg was amputated near the
body. He Is survived by his moth
er three sisters and a brother, the
mother and little boy residing In
Lostine in destitute circumstances.
The girls are dn the Portland Boys
and Girls Aid Society home. The
father deserted the family about
year ago and his whereabouts are
unknown.
The body was buried In the La
Graude cemetery. The good peo-
pie of Lostine made up purse and
sent the mother out to the funer-
al.
Harris Is still out on a $1,000 bond.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25
ARRESTED FOR PASSING
FIVE WORTHLESS CHECKS.

Sheriff Marvin went to- Minam Sun
day and arrested one Frank Mays,
accused of passing bad checks. He
was brought UP on the afternoon
train and lodged In jail.
Mays has been working In various
logging camps and coming to wal
Iowa for his sprees, in the course of
which the bad paper was given. He
Is alleged to have induced A. J.
Pipes to cash two checks, and
Wolfe Bros. one check, all amount
ing to $35. The postmaster att Min
am also cashed two for $40 each.
Three OF the checks were ON the
''Laidlow Savings Bank and Trust
Company" and two on o. Minnesota
bank. The checks were signed F. H.
Marion.
Coming up on the train Sunday.
the man told Sheriff Marvin that
his name was Frank Mays. After
wards he said F. H. Marion was his
wife's name and that he was auth
orized to sign her name.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25
When PardOning
Becomes a Crime
Bowerman's Release Of MeBain caus.
es Citizens To Think OF
Lynch Law.

Editor: When In the adnndnistra-
tion of Justice, where crime has
been committed against the peace
and dignity of the State, and the
State has brought the offender TO
justice, and the jury and large
number of the largest taxpayers In
the county where the offense was
committed ask for pardon or parole
the executive head Of the state Is
then expected to carefully weigh the
matter before him and use discretion
ary Judgment in his disposal OF the
matter.
But where a heinous crime has
been committed, the offender brought
to Justice and the executive con-
spires to and does release the offend
er without the consent or even know
ledge of the taxpayers or officers
(save perhaps the District Attorney
of the county where the crime was
committed and who bore the burden
of the courts to bring such crimin-
al to justice, is a disgrace to any
state and will make the people say
with one OF old: "On what has
this our Caesar feasted that he has
grown so great?"
The greater part of our people Wish
to be law-abiding citizens but such
procedure as the above mentioned
Is planting the germs that will grow
into conditions that will recognize
Judge Lynch" as the only means of
dealing with men who revel In death
aeonies or gloat over the bodies Of
their brother men.
There always has been and per-
haps always will be a criminal efe.
ment among the people. When such
learn that they can kill indiscrimin.
ately and II apprehended and con.
victed that only a short time will
lapse till they will be set free, they
will feel but little restraint and
neither life nor property will be Sc
cure.
B. f. MILLER.
Enterprise, oregon.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25
DOG MuZZLES MUST
COMPLY WITH THE LAW.

Notice: All dogs must wear
wire or leather muzzle (f OF leath-
er, it must have wide band OF
leather starting not over " inch be-
low eyes, and running beyond the
end of and around the nose, and fit
Tight; this to prevent dogs when
loose mot tied UP with a chain)
from biting or picking up any poi.
soned article.
All dogs must wear an approved
muzzle at all times except when
chained, except hunting dogs on an
actual hunt, or dogs kept alone in
an enclosed building or i'm an en-
closed yard that they cannot get
out of, or with other animals. 9th
erwise they may be shot on sight
by any accredited officer in the
county of Wallowa.
This notice to be in effect from
the first day Of February, 1911, and
until further notice by the state or
county veterinarian.
Enterprise, Oregon, January 25,
1911. DR.. e. R. FLACK,
23c2 County Veterinarian.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25
WEDDING BELLS.

Miss Effie Edgmand and Mr. Les
lie C. Wiley, both OF Wallowa. were
married at the Methodist parsonage
in this city, Sunday morning. by
Rev. B. F. Meredith. The Witnesses
were ex-Sheriff j. NJ. Blakely and
Miss Carmen Clark, cousin OF the
groom. The couple left on the morn
ing train for outside points. expect
ing to be gone about week, when
hey will return and make their
home at Wallowa. Many friends ten
der their congratulations and best
wishes.
Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-25
Like Springtime
Down On Imnaha
No Overshoes or Overcoats Needed
-Plowing Truck Patches
Newsy Notes.

Imnaha, Jan. 23-Sprlngtime on
the Imnaha. Roads dry and dusty
but it has been unusually windy for
this time Of year. We haven't need
ed overshoes or overcoats yet.
c. E. Lewis has been plowing his
truck patches the last few days.
How is that for Imnaha?
Russell G. Hinton, who run cattle
on the Mccoy -Clemons range, had
IL head to slide in one pile.
Josh Matheny family quarantined
on account of scarletina.
School has closed for two weeks.
Mad coyotes are still the main topic
! )f conversation.
Government coyote trapper Is
working in the Fence creek country
C. E. Young butchered five pork.
ers last week. r. T. Young, who
was laid up with a burnt foot Is
! out again.