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The Raymer enterprise., 1913-12-18
ADVERTISING IN TOXIC

The following advertisement of .
Toxic bookseller is worthy Of being
passed on:
THE advantages OF our establish
ment: l, prices cheap as a lottery: :.
books elegant as a singing girl; 3,
print clear as crystal; 4. paper tough
as elephants hide; s. customers treat
ed as politely as by the rival steamship
companies: 6. articles as plentiful -
in a library; 7. goods dispatched as ex-
peditiously Is a cannon ball; 8, pareels
done up with as much care as that be-
slowed on her husband by loving
wife: 9. all defects. such a. dissipa-
ton and idleness, will be cured In
young people paying US frequent Wis
Its. and they will become solid men;
10. the other advantages we offer are
too many for language to express"
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COLORADO STATE FAIR. SEPT 7.1a
American Association Officially Reeos
nizes Pueblo lime.

Chicago the dates for 1914
state fairs and eXpositions set at the
twenty.third annual convention OF the
American Association OF Fairs and Ex
positions were the following:
July 20.2j-North Dakota state fair
at Fargo
Aug.-27 to Sept. S-Iowa state fair
at Des Moines.
Aug. 81 to Sept, 5-Vancouver ex
position, Vancouver
Sept. 7.l2-Nebraska state fair, Lin
coin; Colorado state fair, Pueblo.
Sept li.l9-South Dakota state
fair, Pierre; Spokane interstate fair
Spokane.
Sept. 2l.2G - Interstate livestoch
fair. Sioux City. Iowa.
Oct. 5.l0-Amerlcan Royal livestock
show, Kansas City, Mo-; Utah state
fair, Salt Lake City.
Oct II to Nov. l-Texas state fair
Dallas.
Oct. 26.3l-Texas Cotton Palace
Waco.
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DATES FOR 1914 RACE MEETS.
w. ]. Brown Reelected President ane
J.. L. Beaman Secretary.

Pueblo, Colo.-At a meeting held In
this city officers OF the Santa Fe rae
ing association were elected and the
seven towns represented decided up
on the dates for the meets to be held
in the Arkansas valley next year. W.
J. Brown Of Rocky Ford was reelected
president of the association. Other OF.
ficers are: Vice president. Charles
Maxwell. Lamar; secretary. James L.
Beaman, Pueblo.
Dates for the racing meets to be
held during the summer and fall OF
1914 are as follows: Lamar. Aug. l9
Il; Rocky Ford, Sept. IA; Sugar City,
Sept. Sill; Albuquerque. Oct. 5.l0;
Trinidad. Sept. 1925; Las Animas.
Aug, 1928; Pueblo, Sept. 1919.
Rules OF the American Trottong AS
sociation will govern all events. Ration
y. NJ, belongs to the association. bu,
was not represented at the meeting.
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BAN PUT ON MILITARY DRUM

1t was some time ago that. acting
upon the recommendation embodied
In a report by a military commission.
the French government reached the
conclusion that the drum was no long.
er necessary article OF military equip.
ment. The report set forth that the
drum was q serious encumbrance in
marching: that rain impaired its use,
fulness; that It's calls could not be
distinguished in time Of battle; that II
consumed a period Of two years to
turn out an efiicient drummer; and
that by abandoning the use OF the
drum many thousands OF youths and
men would be released for active serv
ice.
Since the decision Of tho French
government other European powers
have followed It's example In decree
ing that the drum must CO."
The history OF the drum is both an
Client and honorable. The Egyptians
employed It, and the Greeks ascribet
Its invention to Bacchus. The Span
ish conqueror Pisarro is said to have
found drums In South American TEN
pies. The snakes Of Ireland, we are
told. fed from the Emerald Isle be
fore the drum.beats OF St. Patrick
The Purltans Of New England uset
the drum as church bell. and It fg
ured frequently and romanticaily al
through the wars OF the revolution ant
rebellion In America.
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COLORADO MINERALS
STATE RANKS eleventh AMONG
PRODUCING STATES.
Value Of Output for 1912 was 5000,
900 Greater Than That Of the
Previous Year.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. COLORADO ranks
eleventh among the mineral.producins
states, with a total output in 1912. &C.
cording to E. W. Parker. Of the United
States Geological Survey. valued at
$5s.l67,399. These figures do not in.
clude the production of pig iron, which
Is animportant industry in Colorado.
the ore for smelling being imported
principally from New Mexico and
Wyoming If the value Of the pig iron
produced In Colorado in 1912 is in
cluded. the total mineral output for
the state would exceed $63.000.000. ,
While not the leading state in any
important mineral product. Colorado's
production Of gold in 1912. valued at
slS.5Ss.562. was second only to that OF
California.
The following table shows the min.
eral production OF Colorado during
1911 and 1912:
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IN THE PRISON OF SILENCE

Entombed in grim castle on the
outskirts Of Lisbon are some Of the
most miserable men on earth. These
are inmates Of Portugal's Prison Of
Silence" In this building everything
that human ingenuity can suggest to
render the lives Of Its pr0oners a hor.
rible, maddening torture Ia done. The
corridors. piled tier on tier five stories
high. extend from a common center
like the spokes Of huge wheel.
The cellars are narrow. tomb-like,
and within each stands a comm. The
attendants creep about IN felt slippers.
The silence Is that OF q grave. Once
a day the cell doors are unlocked and
the half a thousand wretches march
out. clothed In shrouds and with faces
covered by masks, for 1t is part Of this
hideous punishment that none may
look upon the countenance Of his fel.
low w.prisoners. Few Of them endure
this torture for more than ten years.
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Gets First prlse on Herefords.

Riverton, Wyo.-Only few years
ago J. A. Delfelder, president OF the
Wyoming Wool Growers Association.
and one OF the leading sheepmen Of
the state, was winning prizes with his
sheep at the international stock shows
at Chicago. but early this month at
the same show Delfelder carried away
the first prize for "a carload lot Of
Hereford calves, and second prize for
yearlings. Delfelder has gone into
the cattle business on large scale.
although retaining his big sheep In.
terests.
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relephone RcInu Cut OF.

Denyer.-At a time when the tele,
phone was as much of necessity as
water or air; when families were sui.
ferlng from lack OF fuel and food, and
when the merchants OF Denver we're
doubly busy because OF the storm and
the holiday rush, the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company
was cutting off subscribers who re
fused to pay the rates the company
demands, although perfectly willing
to pay those established by the peo.
pie |, the passage Of the Blown crdi.
nance ten months ago.
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OVER ,,75o,ooo ACRES OPENED.
Montana, Idaho, Arizona and North
Dakota Homesteads Offered.

MISUNDERSTANDING Lane desig
mated l,750.OO0 acres oi dry lands in
western states as suitable for entry
under the enlarged homestead act
The largest area designated is in Mon
tana, where more than 100000 acres
were included In n single order. Other
states benefited are North Dakota. in
which $4,000 acres have been desig
mated; Arizona with $4,000 acres:
New Mexico with about 1900 acres
and Idaho with little less than 1000
acres.
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BED AS A PUNISHMENT

No more fantastic punishment can
well he conceived than that meted out.
n while since. by magistrate at Ben.
nlngton, Kan. to a man charged with
being intoxicated. The prisoner was
sentenced to seven days in bed. and
vas conducted home BY policeman,
who stovd by while he undressed him.
self. and then tucked him up snugly
between tho sheets.
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The accompanying portrait is that Of
Miss Annie Evans, an eighteen.year-
old cardroom worker OF Stalybridge.
England. who has just won the Her
bert Rhodes scholarship founded to
help promising Stalybridge musicians
and tenable at the Manchester Royal
College Of Music. Miss Evans worked
until recently In cotton mill. and r.
though she left home at $50 each
morning found time to devote a part
Of the day to her musical studies. She
has a soprano voice and is q clever
violinist.
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Engineer Badly Sealded.

Cheyenne.-D. S. Westley, a brake
man, was seriously scalded when the
locomotive of a Colorado & Southern
freight train overturned in Jessup's
cut. ninety.five miles north OF Chey-
enne.
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Chaplin Estate $4,000, 900

Chicago.-Tho estate Of the late
Michigan capitalist, Charles A. Chaplin.
was worth ss,OOO,OOO, according to an
estimate filed In the Probate Court.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-12-18

Of the villages
arrows and fefsses their sn.u" the
results Of the shooting villagers Inhabitants
nsshboo districts assemble witness
the ntesa his taking
while three other knesino
their fuue. Archery form Of Jap
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-12-18

When Lord Rosebery visited Selkirk
recently to take part in the celebra-
tions connected with the four hun
dredth anniversary Of the Battle Of
F1odden Field. he received the token
Of the burgh with the usual foymali-
ties, including the licking Of the
birse." shoemaker's thread with .
bristle point. This serious custom II
survival. Of the time when nearly all
the burghers OF Selkirk were shoema
kers.
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s5?.52?.41s .5s,ls7.ss
'lncluded In Miscellaneous.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-12-18

LESSON TExT-Joshua HI.H.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Seek ye first the
kingdom Of God and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto
yOu."-Matt. $50
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
Special Nugget Service.

WELLlEGTDN, Australia. oct 23 John Mowgli. who claims that his real name is John Francis Fitz Morris d. Courtney and that he ls th, heir [ the title and estates of the late Earl nf Wells has consulted the kings c"un. cil"r her" in regard to claiming his title.
 Mnweli. or dr Courtney. Us h.. r.,li,; himself is q chief of one "f the ManI tribes in this commonwealth and was educated in England at th" expense of the government.
 Th" man claims that his father waa the second son nf the tenth l.ail of Wells and that he Was shipped tn tn" colonies because uf n serious .,lIar' over a once famuus London actress m" story according {" M"weli is that this second son went int" the desert to min" for gold. That he fell ill tilrIr and was nurs"d by q native Manti woman who hccamc M"wElrs mother and whom the EnElishman married im. fore his death. The idcntN uf the En. glishman was never known among tn" natives with whom he lived and the
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BROKER KILLED
 IN SUBWAY

snefei NvnoH. Srr.".s James Mon tlrth tassrll, # prominent and wealthy Wall street hInk"r was killed her" this morning iN hn express train III the Was forty hN" years old and lived m handsome humr an Ri,rrsidr DrIv" entered the subway station at seventy second street and Broadway. There wrr" very few passengers on the plat form and Cassell stood near the tracks at the downtown end of the station. II" was reading a paper when the ex- press shot int" the station and it K r"t known whether he dropped this and fell i'll trying tu recover it or whether h" was attacked hy a spell nf diziucsS. Just as the forward ear of tn" tram reached the spot where Gas sell stood he was seen [" stngGrr for ward and before thc moturman couli th" platform could reach his side th. man pitched hcahtirst on tu the track.
 Tn" tw" ears passed over ihr h"d>
 hcfnir thu, train could he brought tu l. stop and trltir WAS delayed for an h"ur Whll' wrt.rkiuG crew WtS sem for t" '.\lrIratc tl, manslrd body ot th" broker from the wheels that hpsl ground hm tu death.
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AUSTRALIAN NATIVE CHIEF
 CLAIMS BRITISH TERRACE

Young hHlf-c"st" was brought up IS . hatit" boy. When hc was sent tr school lt Wellington h" showed su,tl aptitude in learning that hr became .til object of interest to th" teachers and th" college at Melbourne. It was after h" had completed his education an | returned tu the nHtiV. lllug. of his h"N hood that his mother died and in going over her effects he discnVrr,. p"p"rs that prov ed that his father WAS of noble birth and the second son or q lord
 After his mothers death M"Wgli t,ruN lhts" papers tu an attorney Whn s,nt L" tnGlud for a record of ihu d,. Courtney family When this arrived II WdS l"arnrd that I younger son uf thu. lat" earl had g"n" out tu Australia and that h" had never been heard from after going int" the bush The elder brother of this man died before h cam" into tn" titl. and II with tho. ,.~- ttt"S passed tu a younger branch o. the family. This would make the pre- sent earl "f Wells cousin of th. half whit" wh" claims the estates.
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GETTING READY TO
 REPEL AN I1VASI0N

mined. IL is hchind these works that
 the MeNicans propose to make their one great stand against the invaders and every effort will he made to erect "a strong defense. Already w"rkmcn are laying out the lines under dirrc- tion of the engineer officers of tn" army and troops and supplies are mov
 ing towards the city II is estimated that about fifty thousand men can be collected for the defense of the cap ital..
 As far as the Mexican navy is con ccrncd it will not he considered as q means of defense as there is nu hop" of tbc obsolete ships being nf any seer vie against the powerful machines of the United States. The few ships of war on the east coast nf the country will he dismantlcd at Vera Cruz and their guns and crews transfersl to th" shore and installed behind rcdoubts and cmplicemcntS along the narrow roads leading from the shore up oyer the coast range to the high plains be- fore the city These guns will add greatly to the natural strength of the country and it will take an ovcrwhclm- ing force and cost considerable in life and time before n passage can h.. forced through these trails In this respect Mexico City is well defended by nature for a few men in the noun tain passes can hold q much larger force at bay.
 No attempt will be made hy. Mexico to hold any of her sea coast or to eivn Lr,ue-t" t,,. un,auins iurce III unr oI'rn There will probably he but one battle fought and that will he directly at trs gates of the, city after the Americans have forced their way over the noun
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MEXICO PREPARES TO FIGHT
NATIVE CLAIMS TITLE AND FORTUNE
SENATOR GOES
 VIA INSIDE

1 When tn" rSnatcr leaves on her last i trip her passengers will have the ! pleasant experience "f a trip down through the inside passage. The yes.
 entrance and from there on will have
 smooth water and plenty of scenery The following have engaged pas. sag" on the Senator up to today
 Wm. McCullock. Geo. K. Mcleod. pr
 Ramsey and wife, F.. F.. Prarcr and
 wife, Frank J. O'Connor and wife. II. G"tgcnr and wife, Geo Jamme and
 wife. Mir. II. Grccnherg. Mir Frank
 Hall and wife. Gus Borgcn and family.
 Mrs. Swartz Mrs. A Duclos. Miss
 Sch"nck, Wm. O'i,rien. r.. F. Powell.
 John Lancaster. Jas Krlliher Elwn0d
 Brun"r Mir, Chambers. l.. kctchcn, ,'.
 k"ynm MT Crutchcr, Mir Johnson
 Walter Johnson and family. D. John son and wif" ! A Peary and wife.
 Mrs, Geo. Mudini, D. Rosenblum. F.
 M"Clrnncn, C. W, Wilson. Conrad
 Preceding and family, Chas. I.uhhe. C. Spinnry. k. M. Morrison. Mir Yelling ton, N"ls Peterson and family Prof. News"n. Mir. Witheys, Tom Doyle, Y. h"ll Miss w aN Davis, Dr Barber and wife. Mrs Dimmick. Mir. Graham. John Anderson. Arthur Gibson, Hobby Reed, M. Church. Mrs. w. F. Nacom- hcr Hannah Ludvikson, Mrs. C. Davis, Mrs. T. p Larsen. Marie Jensen. A. Nelson. Mrs. Annie Hewitt. Mrs R
 EslinE"r. Miss r.. l.. Howard. Jcnni.. Hansen, Gus Richter, F. w Quielcv. Chas. Dcckman, F. Keown. R. Sar. G"anl, Earl Hunt. Samuel Keen. Jas ! Sailc. Jean sullivan. Joe Sliscovich | ""''r' Lnnrdcn. $-A9de Shanrhnessy Mrs. Franzen and children, Tom Mau2c | T. w. lutt"rs, T.. Nirlson. l. Duffy. w. : l. Taylor, T. F. lIaunagan. Chas. stone ] Geo. sykes. R. C Gunn. Wm. Hart man. ole Tronstad A. l.. IIillseth. A. 1 r, plander.
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Special Nugget Service.

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23. lt has lIst become known here that for th" past two weeks Pres dent IIucrta hts had in daily session | the nalac" n",,iL of national dc;cpsc. II is DGtrd is imposed of th. presid ,n' a< "h ln- man, and of several high rani:'ns [" |, CTS of the federal army md navy H. miral Oquen"o, comt, u,i", ui th Iavy. and general del Ru, rf th" engineers have drawn up plan whose object Is the opposing of any invasion attempted by the United States.
 It can he stated on high authority that the plans as finally approved h,' the president are as follows:
 No opposition will he offered an army of invasion crossing the border of Texas, except by harrassng the advance, cutting up outposts and ffankers and destroying wagon trains This work will bc done by gorrllas and rureales while-thc regular troops and volunteers will fall back on the capital
 No attempt to make q stand will be made until the entire available fight ing force of the republic can be con centrated at the most defenseablc po- sition which will assure them an open retreat to Mexico City in case of de- feat.
 While this army is doing what il can to retard the advance of the Uni ted States soldiers Mexico City will be put in shape to withstand a siege Forts will be erected which win ovi"- mand the plain outside the city and the defilcs leading up to il. These will be connected with traverscs and tren- ches and the country in front will be
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23

tains- In this plan Mexico has all the
 best nf it. Fifty thousand men will
 find it q tough job even tu get within
 striking distance of the capital and they will he harrassed every step of the way hH hushwhackrrs and small bands which it will he very hard t" come up with to capture or kll.
 When MeXic" City is finally taken the American troops will hay" only an empty shell and tine whole of the country outside. which is ideal for ir- regular operations. will have tn h.. c"n" through with a fine tooth comb It IS estimated here that three hun drrd thousand men would find it hard task to clean lip the entire coun try in five years as tn" fighting will all have to he done by small com mands which will be handicapped hy Luck "f knowledge of the country an of the peculiar methods employed bv tn" men of the innglrs
 Whil" admitting that the superior power of the United States will even tually overcome the capital city and force the government to move it's has" the Mexican strttcgists can see that before they will he compelled tn ack- themselves beaten the Uni ted states must suffer a far greater loss in men and money than is anti cipated. II Is with the hope that the war will eventually become so un- popular at home and so deplorcd bv Europe aS to he called off before the country is so prustrato that peace will ITtVe to ne !nauc ut any price tnat tnr| stratiGists are laying their plans for a vigorous defense.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23

Tn" only hitch in M"welis claim lies
 III th" fa'i that he will hnd II hard t, prove that his father was the real son of m" British peer. as the man wh Was known among tn" natives and wh undoubtedly married thr native gil ncNer mentioned his real name or his '"nn""ti"n with any noble family anI thrrc is Srm" doubt as 10 his heinz tn" "riginI p"sscss"r of the papers f"und after his death.
 In the carly days III the bush lif,. was held cheap and many a man was murdrred for n small sack of gold q is p"sSihl" that the fathrr115f the claimant l." th, estates of th" earl of Wells ralnr hA the papers after th, d' ath of th" original owner and that Il" waS mol tn" real d, Courtney.
 steps dr" h"inr taken to clear tn. matter np bat it is doubtful of Mnwcii can mak" good his claim as in n mum h't al instances "f the same kind in | he past th, English courts have ,l- w'NS decided tn favor uf the man in l"'Ss"SSi"n of thc title.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
GENERAL FELIX D|Az
 MAY NOT LAND

from the ship and the captain re- fused to give him up appealing to the commander of an American man-of war in the harbor for aid. The ma . val officer refused to interfere and tn" icvolut ionary general was murdered on board an American ship under thu, American flag. The result of this was that the naval officer was relieved of Eis command. ordered home and court martialed.
 In view of tte fate of this officer, il is not likely that any America T commanding officer will stand by and see DiaZ taken off his ship by force ar put to death on board the ship.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
Special Nugget Service.

DAWSON oct 23. Tw" hundred and fifty miners w"r" rnt"mhcd near in a mlnr of the Philips Dodge com rany. The explosion "ccurd between and the month of the mine and it was several hours before the relief party pockets where the men were impriS- oned. Twenty five men were rescue l working a mile below the surface when the explosion occurred. Fourteen bod
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
Special Nugget service.

HOUSTON. T"A. Oct. 23 pnrn.- :, heavy cleo riril storm which passr , over this section "f the state t"daE Tightening pl1vcl 'av"c with c"lutr (. the sixth .L 'd states ca>A'. Wi'ch was marc Ing overland to q . recently cst 'l.shcd c"nc"ntrati" camp. The sixth was the first unit of the army nf invasion {" arriN" .1 trailing across the dusty plains il, more or less close formation th" storm came upon them.
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MORGAN THANKS EANCE Special Nuuuet Service,

PARIS. Oct. 23 Accompanied by United states Ambassador Myr"n Her today called at the presidents palac. and thanked France through her chief magistrate. for the honors rendcre his father while alive and also for tn, respect shown upon his death.
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REMARKABLE ACCIDENT
Special Nugget Service.

CHICAGO. oct. 23 \ remarkable accident occurred here today when Gustav l.icshmann. motorman on North Clark street line ran his car into q tar retart bclonginy to the streetde- partment I.ieshmann was pitched headtirst oVer the dashboard of his ear and landed in the mess of hot tar pital where il was sad that he wouli probably lose his sight.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
TROOPS ON BORDER
 MEET FIRST DEFEAT

|, troop, which was leading th" sec "nd battalion. was struck hN a bot, nf tightening which tor" through tho ranks hk" n thirteen inch shell Gee. Morris John pcimor and Nonroc Mnr lis were instantly killed hN the h",t and scores uf other men m th" ranks were seriously injured while many uf the regiments mounts were killed and a number "f horses and riders kn""k" I down.
 Tn" formation Was f"r a tim" Il" moralizcd hu, the regiment was quick !, in hand and proceeded ua is march.
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VALE MAN MODERATOR
Special Nugget Service.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 23.--The na- tiOnal council of the Congregational session was taken up with the cleo tion of d moderator and the Rev. school at Yale was chosen to fill the chair
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
CUTTER TO REMAIN.

Captain I:allingcr nf the revenue cutter Bear announccd today that he would remain at Nome until the arg rival of the Victoria which is bring ing doctor bound for St. Paul island to relieve the medical man now there The Pear will take the new doctor to his post and bring the present "nr away.
The Nome daily nugget., 1913-10-23
ELoPEs AND LOSES HIS JOB
Special Nugget Service.

Special Nu9get Service.
 l.A CROSSE Wis. oct g William Groothoss. who came here from Port land few months ago. had a good job yesterday and no family cares. Now he has q wife and no job.
 GroothosS who was foreman of construction on the new city water plant, did not dare to return to face his irate father law. who happened president of the Board of Pubic Works aftcr-hc had eloped to Winona and marrcd Schnclls daughter. SD hr seek other employment
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6. S. CORWiN

The steamer Corwin will sail for Dutch Harbor. Seward, CordoSa. Jun eau. ketshikan and Seattle, on or about octoAsr 2sth For freight and passage apply. kotzebut Transporta' ton & Trading Co.,, next lomen Bros studio.