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The Ordway new era., 1912-01-12
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

The present value Of the annual ex-
port and import commerce Of the
United States with Latin America is
approximately $64o.ooo.oOO.
Wabash passenger train No. l from
st. Louis to Kansas City left the track
at the station at st. Peters. Mo-, and
from ten to fourteen persons were in.
jured.
Alfred Tennyson Dickens. Oldest sur.
viving son Of Charles Dickens. the
novelist, died suddenly Of acute indi.
gestion at the Hotel Astor in New
York. Mr.. Dickens was In this country
on a lecture tour.
Pupils were found by an inspector
Of the state board Of health attending
school at Ladd, Bureau county. ILL.,.
while suffering from smallpox in its
advanced stages. A total Of twenty.
two cases in thirteen families were
found.
The entire family Of James Cool.
edge is dangerously i'll in their home
at Deerhead, Essex county, N. Y, from
drinking water contaminated by pois-
| oned meat put out to kill foxes. The
water was taken from mountain
brook from which the family was in
the habit of drawing the household
supply.
Fire which broke out in the pack
ing house buildings Of Swift & Co
in the heart of the Union Stock yards
in Chicago, and adjoining the scene
CT the disastrous stock yards fire OF
year ago, threatened the whole Swift
plant and many adjoining structures.
but was controlled after doing dam
age of $45O,000.
Representatives Of the American
Poultry Association appeared before
the postoffice committee Of the Sen
ate in Washington, to urge the estab-
,ishment OF parcels post and the ad
mission of their products to the mails.
The poultrymen were not quibblers
as to the rates of postage. All they
seek is to send young chicks, fancy
eggs and game cocks through the
mails, and the weight limited from
four pounds to eleven pounds.
Leonard C"Baby") Bliss. reputed to
be the largest man in the world, was
found dead in his home at Blooming
ton, Ill. He had not been seen about
the place for several days and neigh
bors found his frozen body, seated in
a shair with gas escaping from a gas
stove. He was born near this city
May IA, 1865. His dimensions follow:
Height, feet 4 inches; waist, 72
inches; hips, sc inches; chest, 66
inches; thigh, AZ inches; calf, 27
inches; collar, 21 inches; hat, 7H;
shoes, 10; weight, $40 pounds.
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$3.50 Recipe Free,
For Weak Kidneys.
Relieves Urinary and Kidney
Troubles, Backache, Straining,
Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder,
kidneys and Back.

Wouldn't It be nice within a week or 20
to begin to say goodbye forever to the
scalding, dribbling. stralnin9, or too fro.
qusnt passage Of urine: the forehead and
the back-of-the-head aches; the stitches
and pains in the back; the growing mus
cis weakness: spots before the eyes: yel-
low skin: sluggish bowels; swollen eye.
breath; sieepiessnsss and the dsspondencyi
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this prescription. but have II and will
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Just drop mo line like this: DR.. A. p.
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you get Il. this recipe contains only pure.
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M iii xTI duickiv ahoW IL Bower once you
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free-you can use It and cure yourself At
home.
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GEN ERAL.

Four boys were drowned when their
bob sled" broke through the ice on
the Contoocook river at East Jeffray,
Mass.
In full view Of passing crowds and
in the principal business street of
Newark, Ohio, burglars looted jew.
elry store of $4,000.
Radical reduction of freight rates
on livestock have been prescribed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
on western railroads.
Comptroller of the Currency Murray
has instituted a sort of scientific
shop management" of his own to dis
cover the reason for laxity on the part
of certain bank examiners.
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SPORT.

Bombardier Wells. holder Of the
British heavyweight pugilist champion.
ship, will sail for the United States
IN January.
Fought in ten fast rounds. the bout
at Louisville. KY, between Ray Bron-
son of indianapolis and Tommy Devlin
Of Philadelphia ended in draw.
Tommy Dixon of Kansas City and
Johnny Roche of San Francisco, feath-
erweights, fought ten rounds to =
draw in Kansas City. Dixon was the
aggressor from the start, but the coast
boy took his punishment gamely and
finished strong.
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NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

The Colorado Chautauqua Associa-
ton Is making elaborate plans for the
fifteenth annual session to be held
In Boulder In 1912.
In Colorado Springs in 1911 there
were 456 marriage licenses issued and
In the same period 462 suits for d.
vorce were filed.
Special preparations are being made
for the annual Farmers Institute
which is to be held at Loveland
January 20 to 26.
The state Board Of Health and the
State Board of Medical Examiners
have organized for the purpose Of
fighting medical quacks.
Chicken fanciers from all parts OF
the country attended the Poultry
Show at Pueblo. Over six hundred
fancy chickens were entered.
The Palisade Land Holders Protec.
tive Association has agreed to accept
the offer Of the government for the
right-of-way Of the high line canal.
Dan Martinez, q non-union miner at
the Parkdale mine, near Lafayette,
was mortally wounded In an acci.
dental shooting and died in Denver.
David Webster. a farmer. aged "a.
Of Fort Collins, was arrested on a
charge Of kidnapping Miss Eva Long,
aged Is, whom he married recently.
The body OF an unidentified man
was taken to Trinidad by Sheriff Pot.
ter OF Otero county. The body was
found near Ayers. 1t is believed the
man was killed by Santa Fe train.
J. P. Sweeney. justice OF the peace
at Grand Junction. has announced that
he will marry free the first leap year
bride: that Is. the first bride OF the
year who will admit that she pro-
posed
The United Hydro Electric Company
has brought into service the new and
splendidly constructed power line
down Clera Creek valley from the gen
Grating plant at Georgetown to Idaho
Springs.
Frank Murata. the Japanese tried
and convicted at Greeley Of murder In
the second degree for shooting I. Ibd
suki at Ptaltteville July Z. 1907. was
sentenced to fourteen to twenty years
in the penitentiary.
On account Of the severe cold wealth
er in the higher mountains during
ne past few days many mountain
lions have come down into the foot
hills west OF Loveland and have
,.aised havoc among the cattle herds.
lany head having been killed.
The citizens OF Idaho Springs and
Clear Creek county have expende
more than $4,000 in building the
new automobile road over Floyd
hill.
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WASHINGTON.

The director of the mint has esti-
mated the worlds gold production for
1911 at approximately $36G, 1000, 900. the
greatest in history.
The Forestry Bureau is preparing to
announce general reduction Of the
rates charged for cattle and sheep
grazing in the National forests.
The enactment of a law to com.
pensate all postal employees including
the letter carriers for injuries sus.
tanned in the line of duty but not at.
tributable to their own negligence, is
urged In the annual report of c. p.
Grandfield. first assistant postmaster
general.
Officials of the Department of JUS
tice will keep close watch on the
price of shoes during the next year in
consequence of reports that the cost
to consumers will be materially in
creased.
The monetary commissions plan for
a national reserve association when it
goes to Congress, will provide for an
organization SO constituted that the
financial institutions of New York will
control less than 10 per cent of the
total representation in the central as
sociation. although they possess fully
80 per cent of the banking capital
Though the Postoffice Department
handled an unprecedented amount Of
holiday mail this year, thousands Of
cards were thrown away because bear.
ing mica or tinsel ornaments. They
were mailed in unsealed envelopes
with penny stamps.
Members of the Interstate and For
eign Commerce Commission of the
House who have returned to Washing
ton from trip to the Panama canal,
expressed themselves as favoring toll
rates for passage through the canal
varying from so cents to 81 ton.
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Gas Well Near Grand Junction.

Grand Junction.-With terrific
roar and detonation gas well was
encountered on school district No. l3.
fifteen miles south Of here. where E.
w. Moutry was sinking an artesian
we'll for water for the school. The
well had gone down 700 feet when
the flow Of gas came. At a depth Of
2S5 feet impure gas was encountered.
but It was not then thought that more
would be found at a lower depth. 1t
Is believed the well discovered lies
in the same belt with the Buzzard
creek wells. located several weeks
ago. Local men plan organizing a cor.
poration to handle the gas and con.
struct pipe lines into Grand June
ton.
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WESTERN.

Five inches Is the average depth OF
snowfall over northern Idaho. In the
southern part of the state the fall wd:
less.
The intense cold and deep snow
have brought severe suffering among
homesteaders in the Black Hills In
south Dakota.
The Night and Day bank of Kansas
City, Kan, has been closed by order
Of the Kansas bank commissioner. 1t
was a small institution. having a cap
ital Of $4,000 and a surplus Of $4,000.
Marooned for more than week in
way car attached to an Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe freight train,
stuck fast in the snow near Laird In
western Kansas, two brakemen lived
on jackrabbits.
Arthur Lewis, accused Of numbering
his stepniece, Helen Rumball, by
breaking her neck. at Oroville. CAL,
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment In San Quentin penitentiary. A
jury found him guilty Of manslaughter.
The new county grand jury at Los
Angeles has determined to renew the
dynamite investigation, and subpoe-
naed five persons formerly connected
with the Mcnamara defense. The
principal charge is that Of jury brib-
cry.
Carcasses of twenty bison of herd
Of 12O In the Yellowstone national
park, were burned. Twenty-Five ami.
mails died, the victims of black leg.
Government experts who have been
working with the epidemic believe
they have it stamped out.
Announcement has been made by
railroads traversing that part of South
Dakota lying west of the Missouri
river and four counties east Of the
river, of free freight rates on seed and
grain in that region. The concession
is due to the crop failure of last sum-
mer.
Montana Is covered with snow, the
fall having been the heaviest for sew
eral years. Zero weather, with some
reporting even lower temperatures, is
general throughout the state. High
winds have drifted the snow in many
sections and country roads are i'm.
passable.
A suit against the Independence Gas
Company, the Consolidated Gas Com
pany and the Kansas Natural Gas
Company, charging conspiracy to
raise prices and to prevent competi-
ton, has been filed by Attorney Cen
eral Dawson in District Court at In
dependence. Kan.
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Good Roads Association.

Pueblo.-Northern Colorado Is to be
well represented at the Colorado State
Good Roads Association conference IN
Pueblo. More than 22O accredited rep
lesentatives OF commercial and civ':
organizations. counties. municipalities
clubs. newspapers and good road socie-
ties Of the northern section OF the
state, each entitled to vote In tn.
convention, will attend the meeting
to look out for the interests OF NORTH
ern Colorado in the matter Of this
states portion OF the transcontinental
highway.
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Cornered.

Cornered.
Lord Guilford tells story OF q
young lady's resources at a bazaar.
Business was In full swing when .
young man strolled around the vari-
GUS stalls, with no intention OF pur-
chasing anything. AS he passed a
large. beautifully decorated stall tho
young lady seller detained him.
Wont you buy cigarette holder.
sir?" she asked. mo. thank you. I
don't SMOKE" was the curt reply. "Or
a pen writer worked with my own
hands?" Il don't WRITE" Then do
have this nice box OF chocolates." Il
don't eat sweets" The young iady's
patience was exhausted. Sir" she
said grimly. will you buy this bog
Of soap?"
The young man paid up.
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The action of a San Francisco the
ater In refusing seats to sailor In
uniform. except in the gallery. brought
q letter Of protest to Mayor Mccarthy
Of that city from Rear Admiral c. B.
T. Moore. the commandant at the Ma
val Training Station on Yerba Buena
island.
The boiler OF big road engine in
the Southern Pacific roundhouse Of
Los Angeles exploded. Two men wer,
killed and three injured, all probably
fatally. One huge piece Of the loco
motive was hurled through the far end
of the roundhouse and landed 100 feet
away.
The Ordway new era., 1912-01-12
Want Train Service Continued.

Breckenridge. - Residents of Sum
nit county are thoroughly wrought up
over the announcement by the Colo
RADIO & Southern that traffic over the
South Park division from Denver to
Leadville via Platte canon and South
park would be abandoned until =. fur.
ther notice. in violation OF the ruling
OF the State Railway Commission.
which ordered the road to resume its
through service from Denver to
Breckenridge last summer. after suit
was brought by the Breckenri 1ge
Chamber OF Commerce.
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Cold Kills Birds and Rabbits.

Lamar.-Quail and rabbits are dy-
ing In this vicinity from cold and hun
ger in large numbers. The mercury
has registered from six to sixteen be.
low zero every night for two weeks.T
state game warden has arranged 40
the feeding of the quail within a ra
Gius OF rwelve miles by a local spe-
cial warden.
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Pueblo Freloht Rate Campaign.

Pueblo.-A systematic campaign for
lower freight rates to and from Colo
RADIO common points and general r.
form in classification Is to be started
by Pueblo shippers through the trans
portation bureau Of the Commerce
Club.
The Ordway new era., 1912-01-12
Nav Sue Company.

Cripple Creek.-The coroner's jury
investigating the death Of Thomas
DeChene. aged 20. killed in the Agnes
mine on Beacon hill when loaded
ore bucket fell on him, placed The
blame on the defective hoist OF the
mine. 1t is probable that the father
Of the boy will sue the company.
The Ordway new era., 1912-01-12
Pioneer Of Weld 10 Dead

Greeley.-George W. Currier. one OF
the first pioneers OF Weld county,
county treasurer for years and con-
nected with the development Of Gree
ley since its early days. Is dead at his
home In Los Angeles. Cal.
The Ordway new era., 1912-01-12
Rev, Richeson Confesses.

Boston, Mass.-The Rev. Clarence
v. T. Richeson confessed his guilt OF
the murder of his former sweetheart,
Avis Linnell of Hyannis, in a docu-
ment made public by his counsel. The
confession declares that the accused
iR guilty of murder in the first degree.
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project for irrigatipg $4,000 acres wa1
removed when 106 land owners OF
Palisade voted unanimously to give
right OF way to the canal on the route
favored by the government These
land owners have been demanding
that their land be not touched: as 1t
would involve heavy loss to their
orchards.
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Cattle Are Suffering.

Las Animas.-Cattle have been suf-
fering in this county. but the prompt
action OF the owners and the State
Board OF Stockmen has probably pre-.
vented any great loss. Owners state
that there has been no loss worthy Of
notice up to this time. One herd OF
l 200 head Is being fed about ten
miles out from this city. The big COM
panies are gathering their cattle and
feeding them.
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Colorado Land Goes Fast.

Montrose.-Accordin to records OF
the United States land office. 1000
persons pre-empted last year 2.000.4O3
acres OF land in Colorado. Of which
$4,000 acres was Montrose county
land.
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Christian Endeavor Meeting.

Denver.-The State Executive com.
mittee OF the Christian Endeavor So.
ciety at its meeting recently declared
for universal peace treaties with Eng.
land and France. and every one OF the
$50 societies in the state will be
urged to work for the treaties.
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Thirty.three Degrees Below.

Deadwood, S. D.-Most short rail.
road lines in the Black hills are
blocked with snow and the cold, and
the Burlington & Northwestern. while
they keep trains moving, are expert
encing much difficulty and all the traf.
fic Is considerably behind schedule.
The temperature is thirty-three de.
grees below.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS

January 1l-l2-Second Annual Good
Roads Conference. Pueblo. --
January 16-20-Seventh Annual Ma
tional Western Stock Show, Denver.
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MlsIeadino Snoezes.

Misleading sneezes.
How did you come on with your
study of the Russian language?"
mot we'll. While was trying to
pronounce a few words our family
physician came along and forced me
to take all kinds of medicine to break
up q cold"
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woman's Way.

woman's Way.
"A woman's convention. eh? What
do women know about enthusiasm!
Now. at the last national convention
we men cheered our candidates for
an hour
That's all right" said his wife.
We threw kisses at ours for sixty.
seven minutes by the clock
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The Better Part.

A certain woman went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho. and 1t CHANGED
that her gown was not fully buttoned
up in the back. Now. a priest and .
Levite, meeting the woman and per
ceiving her plight. passed by on the
other side. without saying a word. But
. certain Samaritan. journeyed that
way, was touched with compassion.
Madam" quoth he. your ha-
hum"
"Sir?" tho woman thereupon ex-
claimed and gave him a look which
froze him on tho spot.
When 1t appears that discretion 10
the better part Of valor.-Puck.
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Land Owners Give Rloht.of.Way.
Grand Junction.-The last obstacle
to construction Of the Grand Valley
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Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma c,ld.

Kansas City.-Records for cold
weather for years over Missouri, Kan.
sas and Oklahoma were broken, with
Temperatures of G 20 q below.
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Their Limit.
There is one queer thing about fisb
stories"
What Is that?"
"Ffshermen, in telling Of their
catches. never seem able to draw the
line"
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A Pioneer.
why was Jonah thrown over
board?"
I'm not sure. but I've always
thought he was the first man to rock
q boat"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-08-22
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received for the construction
Of shool building in Tatman town.
ship, Tatman school district No. g.,
on Saturday, Sept. Z. 1912, at the
hour Of two O'clock p. NJ. by the
clerk Of said district, Plans and spec.
ifcations may be seen at the Office
of the Ward Comfy Superintendent.
All tids must be accompanied BY a
certified chekk Of not less than 500
to insure the faithful performance
% the contract. Board reserves the
right to reject any or all BIDS.
BY order Of the school board
G. L. Matson. Clerk, Glenbnrn,
N. D., r. D. 3. Sec. 10, Twr. 1s7.
Rye. 81. STU
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N. DAVIS,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Ward-ss: In County
Court, Before N. Davis, Judge.
In the matter Of the estate of Bror
H. Matson, Deceased.
Charles T. Matson, petitioner, VS..
Charles L. Matson, Lydia Sand
quist, and all other persons un'
known claiming any estate or in
terest in or lien or incumbrance
upon the property described in the
petition, or against the estate of
said deceased, respondents.
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
TO ESTABLISH HE1RSHTP
The State Of North Dakota to the
Above Named Respondents:
Notice is hereby given that Charles
T. Matson has filed in the County
Court of Ward County duly verified
petition praying for a decree estab-
fishing the right Of succession to the
estate Of Bror H. Matson, de-
ceased, and that Saturday, on the 14th
day Of September, 1912, at ten O'clock
a. m. of said day, being a day Of a
regular term Of this court, to-wit, Of
the september term, A. D. 1912. in the
county court room in the county Of
Ward, North Dakota, has been set by
order Of this court as the time and
place for hearing said petition, at
place for hearing said petition at which
said time and place any and all per-
sons interested may appear and show
cause why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted. The prop
erty to be affected by said decree is
situate in the County Of Ward and
State Of North Dakota, to-wit: The
Southeast Quarter (SEK of Section
Three (3), in Township One Hun.
dred Fifty-seven (157), Range Eighty
two (82), and an undivided one-third
interest in and to the North Fast
Quarter one ~ Of Section Four:
teen (14), Township One Hundred
Fifty seven (157), Range Eighty
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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Ward-ss: In County
Court, Before n. Davis. Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Harold
H. Matson, Deceased.
Charles T. Matson, petitioner, vs..
Charles L. Matson, Lydia Sand
quist, and all other persons un-
known claiming any estate or in
terest in or lien or incumbrance
upon the property described in tie
petition, or against the estate OF
said deceased, respondents.
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
TO ESTABLISH HE1RSH1P
The State Of North Dakota to the
Above Named Respondents:
Notice is hereby given that Charles
T. Matson has filed in the COUNT
Court Of Ward County duly verified
petition praying for a decree estab-
fishing the right of succession to the
estate Of Harold H. Matson, DE-.
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CITATION ON PETITION 70 As.
SIGN ESTATE

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Coun'
ty Of Ward, IS.
COUNTY COURT.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Knute
K. Hustad, Deceased:
Matilda Hustled, Petitioner, VS..
Edith Hustled, Wallace Hustled, Bsr.
nice Hustled, Agatha Hustled, Anna
Hustled, Donad Hustled, Vera Hus.
ted, Knute Hustled, NJ. o. Peterson
and G. W. Larson copartners as
Peterson & Larson, T. o. Lee, A..
J. MCDANIEL, D. R. Jacobson and
Peter Fugelso copartners as Jacob
son & Fugelso, H. c. Howard, All
other persons claiming any interest
in said estate, Respondents.
CITATION ON PETITION. TC AS.
SIGN ESTATE
The State OF North Dakota and the
said County Court to the above
named MISUNDERSTANDING:
You and each Of you are hereby
cited and required to be and appear
before the County Court Of the Ccun-
ty Of Ward in said State, at the office
Of the County Judge CT said County
at the Court House in the City Of
Minot in said County on the 18th day
of September A. D. 1912, at ten
o'clock A. NJ. Of that day, then and
there to show cause, If any there Oe,
why the whole Of the estate Of said
Deceased should not be assigned to
and for the use and support Of the
family Of the interstate, it appearing
from the inventory and appraisal Of
said estate filed in court that the
sane does not exceed in value the
sum Of $500.
Dated this 18th day Of August. 1912
Let service hereof be made on all
at said respondents named executing
Fl. c. Howard by personal scry zee,
and upon the said H. G.. Howard
and all other persons claiming any
interest in said estate, hy publication
hereof in the Ward County Ind er".id-
ent, for period q: three weeks three
publications viz: August 8, Is and
3'rd, 1912. and b" mailing to n. Z.
Howard a copy hereof.
N. DAVIS,
S-S-t4 Judge OF County Court.
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Game will be for Blood.

A game OF ball OF unusual Interest
was played at Iagus sunday peCWeen
bertnold and the team from thar
Town. Berthold was declared the
winner by Umpire Dan sweeney,
score IL to &, altho Tagus CLAIMS the
game. The game was tie, l to /
until the seventh inning when Tagus
ran in five scores. In the last half 81
the ninth, Berthold ran in nine scores
altho Tagus claimed q double play
that Sweeney overlooked The
teams play for purse OF 500 al
t;erthold Sunday.