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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-28
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
 RESULTS IN DEATH

Mobile. December 27-As the result of accidental shooting while hunting Christ mas day. M. Whatley, 20 years old, of CitronelIe, this county. died today. John Cortman. who was with whatley. fired his piece and the victim was in the line of fire. Whatley's left arm was nes- torn oft and piece of bone pierced his side. His death ensued with great pain.
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Liyernool Cotton Market

Liverpool. December 27.-Spot cotton In limited demand prices steady American midding fair, 772d: good middliiig 73Sd; middling. 7.1sd; low middling, I'd: good ordinary. 6.5id; ordinary. G.06d. The sales of the day were 400 bales. of which 300 were for speculation and export and in cluded 3700 American. Receipts. 20.0oo bales. including 93O0 American. Futures opened quiet and steady and closed firm December 6.9t1zd; December-January, 6.9id; January February 6.SG1sd: 1'ebrli- ary-March, 6.S5d; March-April 6.S4d, April-May. 6.s2hd May-Junc. G.s1d; June July. 6.79d: July-August 6.76d; August September, 6.65d September october, G.45iad; October November, G.37d.
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, December 27.-At the be- ginning of business today the condition of the United States treasury was: Work ing balance, sS9,349, f37; in banks and Phil ippine treasury, s32, 747, 3S1; total of general fund, s142, 113.229; receipts, s1,4760o4; dis bursements, s1, ,7S6 7s6; the deficit for fiscal year, $1,971,549. against $23, ,5s0. 6s5 last year. Tho figures for receipts, disbursements and deficit exclude Panama canal and public debt transactions.
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Savannah Cotton Market

Savannah December -G-Sea Island cot- ton receipts for the season 2SS50, against 40.159 last year. The market has been very dull with prices unchanged. Week. ly quotations are: Fancy Georgia and Florida, 251ae; extra choice Georgia anl Florida. 24lbc choice Florida, 231ac; extra fine, 2lMc; fine. 20c.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New orleans, December 2T.-Rough rice grades were firm today; clean Hon, duras was steady Quote: Rough Hon! duras, 2.50Q4.75c; Japan, 2.75@ 4.25c; clean Honduras. 4055$c; Japan, 3@ 4c. Receipts. rough 14977. millers 14,269. clean 1234. Sales: Rough Honduras, 276 at 2.509 3. 50c; clean Honduras, 32f4, at 3hd5 7-16c; Japan, 50. at 3ssc.
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Bank of Germany Statement

Berlin, Germany. December 27.-The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows the following changes today: Cash in hand increased 1,2Ss, 900 marks; loans increased 23.342,OO0 marks; discounts increased 131, ,447 900 marks treasury bills decreased 15,744000 marks; notes in circulation increased 102, ,17I msrl1si deposits increased 39, ,S05OO0 marks; gold in hand increased 4,e4s,0OO marks.
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Bank of England Statement

London, December 2l--The weekly state- ment of the Bank of England shows to- day tho following. changes: Total re- serve decreased e2.6s400O; circulation in creased e5l9,o00; bullion decreased e2145,- SSo; other securities increased 2,624 GOO. other deposits decreased 1,1s2,OO public deposits increased 1,135,0o0; notes reserve decreased f2,630000. Government securi- ties unchanged. The proportion of the reserve of the bank to liability this week is S7.S5 per cent; last week 1t was 42 9S per cent
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New York Money

2 New York. December 27.-Money on call l0ls@12 per cent; ruling rate, F per cent; closing bid, 10; offered at 10ia. Time looms easy; 60 days. 6 per cent; 90 days, , 5A; six months, 5A.
 z Prime mercantile paper closed at 6 per cent; sterling exchange easy, with actual business in bankers bills at sS1 for 60 day bills and at $4.S4.75 for demand. Com mercial bills, s4.S01s. Bar silver, 629sc. Mexican dollars, 49c. Government bonds firm; railroad bonds easy.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. Mo. December 27.--cash wheat No. 2 hard, s3@ ssc; No. 2 red, st.01W1.o4h; corn, No. mixed, 42H 443c; No. white. 46n 46hc; oats, No. white. 34c; No. mixed. 3S@a3kc. Close, wheat May, se'sc; July, ss&c corn, May, 46h @46ssc; July, 4s7s @ 47c; oats, May, 3i15 m34hsc
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New orIeans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. December 21.-Cotton spot steady unchanged Middling, 123sc; sales, GOO; to arrive 800 bales; low ordinary, 9JSc; ordinary, 10 5-l6c; good ordinary, II 15-16c; strict good ordinary, l2 S-l6s; low middling. 12 7-t6c; strict low mid ding, F 11-16c7 middling, 1y9sc; strict middling, fair, 137sc, nominal; middling, fair to fair, 1r4o, nominal; fair 1fssc, nominal; receipts 6SO2; stock, 22S,17s.
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St.. Louis Produce

St. Louis, December 27-Flour dull; hay weak; timothy $11@i6.5o, prairie s9I13; whisky sl.40; iron cotton ties SIC; bagging s7sc; hemp 'twine Sc: pork, lard. dry salt meats and bacon un- changed. Receipts: Flour 5000, wheat f 95000 corn 66,000. oats 5S,000. Shin ments: Flour 10000; wheat 129,o0o, corn 43,000, oats 100000.
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New York Produce

New York. December 27.-Molasses steady. Wool quiet; rosin weak strained common to good so.75; turpen- tine easy: machine barrelled, 41c: raw sugar steady; Muscovado 80 test, s342; centrifulgal 9s test, sS.92; molasses s9 test, s3.17; refined steady.
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of New York for the week ending December 21 were valued at $17.076.15S. Imports of specie for the port for the week ending today were S34S,S55 sll- yer and $5s7,063 gold. Exports, sl,1S6,- 497 silver and S106,560 gold.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis. December 27.--Cash wheat No. 2 red s1.091s No. 3 hard, Ss1s @ 93hc; corn, No. 2. 451sc; No. white, 48G49hc: oats. No. 2, 331ac; No. 9 white, 341ac. Close, wheat. May, 93c; July. S7Ac; Corn, May, 47Ac; July, 4Sc; oats, May, 33IS3sc; July, 331sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-28

MORTGAGES bought, sold and nc. gotiated in large and email denomina. tions. Bonds and Stocks bought and sold on commission. correspondence and personal interviews invited.
 COLUMBIA LOAN 6
 INVESTMENT co.
 s1O0 3sa Aye.s Birmingham, Ala.
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HUBBARD BROS. & co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N. Y. Y Mephers CT ssns Nsw York Gaitoa Gotten Ex- New York Produce Exchange. Asso- ctate Members Liverpool Cotton Ass0- ciation- Orders solicited for the pur- chaee and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given. for ;1f Correspondcpcs invited
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Call Money Loans

New York, December N.-Call money loans opened at IF per cent today and re- newal rates were equally as high. In the early trade as low as 10 per cent was quoted This was soon dissolved. Out of town financial houses held aloof expecting to hold back for higher rates. There was no recurrence of the old time panicky feeling. The stringency of sev- eral weeks ago when loans touched 20 per cent was imperceptible.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, u1sc; compound, 9ssc: D. S. short ribs, 1170c; bsilies. 12.7Oc: ham butts. 15c; Boston butts. 14ho. pork oins. 13c; spare ribs, 13c breakfast bacon, 22W27c; smoked bacon, 16c; reg ular ham, 17ikc; skinned ham, 111hc
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York. December 27.-Cotton seed oil was lower under liquidation in March for western account, induced by the weakness in lard and cotton and lack of outside demand. Closed prices were generally to g points net lower. Prime crude. ,. .3Cc nominal: prime summer yellow spot. 6.150D 6. BIC: December and January, 6.16c: Feb ruary, 617c; March, 6.21c; April, 6.25c;
 May, esoc: June, 6.33c; July, 6.35c; prime winter yellow and summer white, 6.20a7c.
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Fruits and Produce

AppIes, Fancy WInesap, 34.TJW5 per bbl.; York and Imperial apples s3.7o bbl. 1: Florida oranges, S2.25 per box; Cali. fornia lemons, s5.75 per box; grape fruit, sS.25 per box; tangerines, S4.5o per box. Concord grapes, lIc per pound; California tEmperor) grapes. s2.50 per box; Malaga grapes, in kegs, s3.50m7 Cranberries. s2.75 box; per barrel $10. Italian chestnuts, 10c per pounds Lines, si per hundred. Irish po- tatoes, 500 s5c bu onions. red globe. 1Ac per lb. Danish cabbage, 1hc per lb. California celery. DOC per dozen, s5 per crate. Rutabagas, 1hc per pound
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Liverpool Cotton Statistics

Liverpool. December 27-The following are the weekly cotton figures Imports all kinds, 1570o0 bales; imports American. 112,0o0; stock all kinds, 1,2io,o0o: stock of American. 1.o66.o0o. American forwarded. GO OoO: exports. 71O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-28
Coffee Market

New York, December 27-Coffee futures opened barely steady at a decline of to 13 points in response to lower French cables today, reports of easier cost and freight offers from Brazil, and the con tinued full primary movement. Europe was a seller here, while there was a good deal of scattering liquidation and some selling, which was said to be against spot supplies. The buying was scattering and the market worked gradually lower with the close steady at a net decline of l2 to 10 points all around Sales, 1l2,O0O. December and January, 13. 25c; February, I3.35c March, 13.60c; April, 1373c: May, l3.S5c; June, 13.9Oc; July, 13.96c; August, 1J.05c September, October and Novem- Der. 1f.12c. Spot easy. Rio 7's. 141sc; San tos As, 12c; mild quiet; <Cordova, 161401Sc nominal. Havre, % franc lower Ham burg unchanged to | pfennig lower Rio unchanged, Santos, 50 reis at 7sx9Oo. Bra zilian port receipts, 32,oO0 against 24,OO0 lasi year. Jundiahy receipts. 31 OO0 against sooo. last year. Today's Santos cable reported the market weak and nom- inal. Sac Pauio receipts, 8 900, against 8, : MO the previous day.
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Weekly Statistics

New York December 27--The follow ing statistics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday, De- cember 27, were compiled by the New York cotton exchange:
 WEEKLY MOVEMENT.
 This Year. Port receipts ..'.,...'...,,.-..s 262,5l overland to mills and Canada. 32,31S Southern mill takings (estl- mated) .......t........z...t..- 10O,0Oo Gain of stock al interior towns 40,42t Brought Into sight for the week ....,...........4.. 5,313 TOTAL CROP MOVEMENT
 This Year. Port receipts .........-..=-....., ,6,S14,SS3 overland to mills and Canada. 474,9lo Southern mills takings (esti- mated) .........7. s....... li3lJ,OO Stock at interior towns in eX- cess of September 1.......... 6s77a5
 ------- Brought Into sight thus far for season ....+.......t...,f9,40 407, ,0a2 Deduct i6 bales from receipts for the season.
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r;sh ana Sea Eoo1s

Red snapper loc in bbl. lots: l1c in small lots; gr6npers. sc; spanish mack erel. 12Izc; speckled sea trout. 1134c; carp. roughs, sc; mullet, sizc; sun perch or bream. 1oc; pompano, 20c; mixed fish, 71sc in barrel lots; 7c in snsll lots; crock srs, eizc; frssh water perch. SIC.
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Naval Stores

Savannah December N.-Turpentine firm. 37%c; sales, 15l: receipts, 300; ship-- ments. 36i; stock, B, 353.
 Rosin firm sales, 1474; receipts, 2520; shipments 1403; stock, 152,255.
 Quote: A. B, c. D, s555; F, s5,69; G and H. -s5.7o; I, s575; K, s6.s5: M s7; N, s725; VIC, s735; wv, s7.45.
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Wool Market

st. Louis. December 27.-Wool steadx. medium grades. combing and clothing, 2sisd26e; light fine. 19d21c; heavy fine, 12d1Sc; tub washed, 27d3Gc
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Creamery PrOducts

Country butter, 251Oc; fresh creamery butter, 40c; process butter. 311zc; daisv cheese. 19c; imported Swiss cheese. 32c; German brick cheese, 20c; limburrer cheese. 1sc; imported roquefort, Bic; Neuf chatel cheese, per dozen. 45c; Pimento cheese. per dozen, LAO.
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Grain Reeeipts and Shinments

Kansas City. December 27.--Receipts a wheat 61.00o, corn 60,000. oats 14,000: shipments. wheat 5000. com s6000. oats 5000
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Flour and Foodstuffs

Self raising flour, $6; Tennessee flour, s5.50 Indian flour. s5.7O; OkIanoma fiour s5.25 Michigan flour, s665: bolted meal, per 9G lbs. s1.4o: No. corn. per busfel, 74c: pure wheat shorts. 80; pure wheat bran, s2S c. s. hulls, pc rton, s15, prime C. s. meal. per ton. $50; c. s. feed meal per ton, $26; No. timothy hay. per ton, $22; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton, s20; corn chops.. per 100 ID. sack, sl.50; alfalfa hay. per ton, S2s; Johnson grass. per ton. $15: mixed feed, per ton; $32; oats, 4sc bushe,.
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dred pounds; Luzanne. 27c ger pound. Sugar. standard granuated. 5,sc per pound.
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Poultry and Eggs

Hens. s5g4oc; live per pound. 129l2Iac: large flyers 12a13c; medium flyers. 15c; small fryers, 16c; ducks, 30T40c; guin- eas. 25c: roosters, 25c; geese. eDn70c; live turkeys. 16a1sc; fresh eggs. case candled. 33c: extra graded candled eggs. 35c: cold storage eggs. 23d25c. Rabbits, s2.25 per dozen.
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Coffee and Sugar Coffee-Arbuckles, S5.O6 per hun.
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Metal Market

New York, December 27.-spot cop per easy; standard to March, sl70 17.37; electrolytic and lake, s1762m F.S7; castings. $17.25M 17.37. Tin firm spot and December, $50. 406D 50.60; Janu- ary, $50@ 50.10; February, s49.90D50.10 Lead easy, $4.20W 4.SO: spelter easy. s7.40; Cookson antimony easy, s1o.50 Iron unchanged. firm. Copper arrivals i50 tons Exports this month. 23.9s4 tons. London copper easy; spotf76 2s Cd; futures f77 2s 6d. London tin easy spot f227 los Cd; futures f227 15s Lon don lead f1s. London spelter faS los Iron, Cleveland warrants, SIS 101sd in London
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New York Imports New York, December 27-Inports of merchandise and dry goods at the port
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for fhe day, 125,9o0 shares.
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year and 292000 year before last; in India 452,000 against 206,000 last year and 333,000 year before last; and in tho United States 2,ti9.0O0 against 2.51o,- 900 last year and 1,959,o00 year before pst
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-01-12
F. n. Bank Held
Annual Meeting

The stockholders Of the First
National Bank of Wibaux held
their regular annual meeting in
the directors room on last Tues
day afternoon to review the bust
ness of the past year. elect Off
GERS for the ensuing year and to
transact any business that may
come before the meeting.
The same efficient set of off,
GERS and directors were. ..re-elected
for the ensuing year without any
exception, and every stockholder
was more than pleased with the
business Of the year just closed.
In fact, this meeting was pro-
nounced the most enthusiastic
one ever held during the life of
the institution.
Among other business trans
actions of considerable impor-
tance was the declaring of a ten
per cent dividend, and putting
SIS, OOO more into the surplus fund.
Making a total surplus fund of
$50, 900. 1t was also suggested
at this meeting that the capital
stock be increased to $50, 900. 90
and accordingly a committee of
three were appointed to investi-
gate the matter and report at an
early date.
Following we publish the old
set of officers and directors who
were reelected to their respect
i've Offices for the ensuing year.
Officers j. c. Kinney, presi-
dent; F. J. Stipek, vice-president;
P. A. Fischer, cashier; j. H.
Sharpe, assistant cashier.
Directors-P. A. Fischer, J. c..
Kinney, F. j. Stipek, Joe Bilyeu,
Harve Robinson, Chas. E. Clark,
E. E. Jordan and B. J. Parsons.
Among the out-of- town stock
holders present at the meeting
We're: Messers. Harve Robinson
Of Sentinel Butte, and Chas.
Clark of Baker.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-01-12
Cattle in Valley Have Plenty Of Food.

Cattle in the Yellowstone valley
are fat and happy with plenty of
good feed to last them until spring,
while the stock which is unfortun-
ate enough to be out on the ranges
Of northern Wyoming and south
eastern Montana, is in grave dan
ger of starving before the winter
is broken, unless a chinook comes
within few days and melts the
snow off the range and lets the
cattle gel to the short yla3s which
lies beneath.
1t is estimated that there are
about 35, 600 cattle running on the
ranges south Of the Yellowstone
valley, and owners are expecting
to lose about so per cent, if wealth
er does not moderate within few
days. 1t is said that the murcury
has fallen as low as 40 below zero
in some sections.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-01-12
Are the Best in
the Middle West

While making the rounds this
morning just before going to
press, the editor of the Pioneer
happened into the new quarters
Of the First State Bank, which
are now nearing completion and
are to be occupied by that insti-
tuition presently, and to say the
least we were astonished to note
how beautifully their new home
is being finished and furnished.
The new fixtures, are all con-
structed of white marble, ex-
tending from top to bottom, and
trimmed in black, while all the
windows are enclosed with quar-
ter-inch square brass bars, lend
ing it a rich and massive appear.
ance, while the interior walls
and ceiling are being trimmed
IN cream and green colOrs.
The banking apartments con-
sist Of a private office, spacious
lobby, all finished with tile. a
nicely arranged directorate and
two large vaults.
The First State Bank building
which was recently completed.
is equipped with every modern
convience, and while the entire
block is a credit to Wibaux, we
feel safe in saying that the bank
ing apartments are the best in
the middle west.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-01-12
ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT

Billy" Frost, who has been
instructor for the Wibaux Ath-
letic Club the past two months,
had posters printed at this office
the first Of the week announcing
an athletic entertainment, which
is to be given in the Davis opera
house on next Thursday evening,
Jan. 18.
The Wibaux orchestra has been
engaged for this event, and the
management assures three hours
of high class entertainment.
Instructor Frost has put on
shows of this kind throughout
the entire northwest, and has
never failed to please the people,
so if you are a lover of athletics
you cannot afford to miss this
show. Bear in mind, it is no
rough-and-tumble, but a strictly
high class entertainment for
ladies and children as we'll as
gentlemen.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-01-12
Will Dispatch Train
Orders by Phone

The n. P. force of linemen
reached here on Thursday from
Glendive, to install the telephone
system for dispatching train orders,
and completed the work today,
when they started on eastward.
In conversation with Operator
Il. ii. Rake today the Pioneer was
informed that the n. P. contem-
plates installing telephones for
dispatching train orders through
out their entire system, but that
none of them will be put in use
until all of the phones have been
installed, which in all probability
will take from four to six weeks.
Whether or not the new system
will in any way effect the operators
remains to be seen, but it is not
believed that the number of oper.
ators will be reduced for some
time yet, at least, and in all proba-
bility the same number of en-
ployes will always be required at
the local station.
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Predicts Montana
Will Have Big Year

Tacoma, Jan. g. That he is con-
vinced 1912 will bring greatest in
dustrial activity in 10 years is the
statement of A. S. Taylor, presi-
dent Of the Union Trust company
of Everett, who returned today
from Chicago and other points in
the East, where he met many rail.
road and other business heads and
learned much of their plans for
this year.
Montana" said Mr.. Taylor,
" is to see. the greatest railroad
extension work III the history of
the state, the Great Northern and
Milwaukee railroads having COM
pIeted their plans to push lines
into every section of Montana in
which feeders have not yet been
constructed.
''Plans and operations show a
strong reaction from the depress-
ion which has prevailed the coun-
try over is under way.
"Those interests which exert
the greatest influence in industrial
affairs are going ahead in way
that indicates tina. nothing is CO.
ing to occur to retard business
revival that will mark the year
as notable in prosperity. Ana
conda Standard.
Watch the date on your paper.
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Sells Interest in
Wibaux D. 81. Co.

S. Stanley Mcmahon, the popu-
lar druggist. of this city, who
was interested in, and identified
as general manager of the WI
baux Drug & Jewelry Co., this
week closed out his interests to
his partner, f. A. Stein, of Miles
City.
We understand Geo. Scarlet.
of Miles City who is also a drug
gist, has become interested in
the concern and will act in a
similar capacity as did Mr.. Nc
Mahon.
The Wibaux Drug & Jewelry
Co., was established about a
year ago, since which time Mr..
Mcmahon has built up splendid
business, which the new mana
gers will doubtless appreciate.
IN a conversation with the
Pioneer Mr.. Mcmahon stated
that at present he had no defn-
ite plans in sight, but may To-
cate further west in the spring.
For the present, however, he ex-
poets to make an extended visit
at his former home in Minnesota,
and departed for that place on
Wednesday evening.
Mac" mas certainly made a
host of friends here, in busi-
ness as well as social way, and
his departure will doubtless be
regretted by many.
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The editor sat in his hard bot
tom chair trying to think of a
thought, and he p)oughed all his
fingers about his hair, but not a
new topic they brought. He'd
written on temperance, tariff and
trade. and the prospects of rails
ing crop, and joked about ice
cream and weak lemonade, till
his readers had warned him to
stop. And, weary of thinking,
sleep came to his eyes, as he pill
lowed his head on his desk, when
the thoughts while awake had
refused to arise, came in drops
that were strange and grotesque.
And as the ideas airily float, he
selects the bright one of the
tribe, and this is the gem, while
dreaming. he wrote: Now is
the time to subscribe. /"
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ANOTHER SUNDAY FIRE

Last Sunday afternoon the
volunteer fireman were called
out to extinguish a blaze in the
Lee Goodrich residence, which
was believed to have been caus-
ed by children who were playing
with matches on the second floor.
However, before the flame was
discovered it had gained consid-
cradle headway, and, but for the
timely arrival of the chemical
engine, the residence might have
been burned to the ground,
though as it resulted, no serious
damage was done except by
water.