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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Baptist Church.

10: Morning Worship.
Sermon Theme: "A Strong
Church."
IL :45-Bible School.
6:3O-B. Y. P. U. Service. Subject !:
''Favorite Chapters of the Bible
and Why 2"
Leader-Miss Emma Gericke.
7:30-Evening Worship.
Sermon Theme "The half baked
man."
A cordial invitation extended to all.
F. CLIFFORD SHAFFER, Minister.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
School Report.

District No. 8, New Oregon twp,
for month ending Feb. II, 1915.
Number of days taught, 20.
Number of pupils enrolled, 8.
Pupils not absent during the month:
Mira Licnhard, Lydia Lienhsrd, Pearl
Haupt, Howard Mintey, Glenn Mintey,
John Mintey and Stuart Mintey.
IDA NJ. WALSH, Teacher.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Appreciates the Opera House.

NJ. M. Mitchell still appreciates "his
old home town" although not q resi-
dent here for years. On Wednesday,
C. {. Burgess received letter from
him enclosing $40 for two seats for the
opera house opening, and in which he
said: "Am sorry that l am so far away
from 'Tipperary' that cannot be there
on Cresco's big night"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
For Sale

My famous imported Percheron stall
lion Estevan (5l744.) sired by the
great Massena (4S2O8, dam Manila
(482OO of France. Pedigree of stall
lion furnished. A bargain if taken
soon. Call or write
Max Svoboda,
Phone w. N. o. No. 10. Cresco. Ia.
Route 8.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Bred gifts for Sale.

l have four choice Poland China gifts
for sale, bred to farrow April lst to
10th, weight 800 or better. They are
in excellent condition and l will sell
them cheap, as l must be away from
home. c. L. Terry,
26t2 Phone Ala, Cresco.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Horses Wanted!

Car load of horses for the Buffalo.
N. Y. Market. From to years old
and weighing from 1850 to 14OO lbs.
Will be in Rideeway, Thursday. Feb.
18th. Lime Springs. Friday, Feb. 10th,
Cresco, Saturday. Feb. Goth.
QUINLEY & BRADLEY.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Notice,

At Lourdes on Wednesday, Mareu !.
1915, at p. m, the road dragging OF
Paris Twp, will be let in routes to the
lowest responsible bidder, who will
sign contract for same.
By Order of Board of Paris Twp.
George Hughes, Road Supt.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Fire Sale

On account of fire in our store we
will sell the complete stock of mer-
chandise at public sale, at the store in
Lourdes, on Sunday, Feb. q, COM
mencing at one o'clock p. m. We are
making lis sale in order to dispose of
the entire stock, 50 we can repair and
remodel the building.
F. J. Fisher.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Dinner a Success.

The ladies of the New Oregon Gene.
terry Association wish to thank any and
all who assisted in any way to make
their Chicken Pie Dinner success.
Also the public for their hearty and
generous support. The net receipts
were $l21.O0.
MRS. L. E. EMMoNs, President.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Horses Wanted!

Two car loads Of horses for New York
market. years old and up. Must be
fat. Will be at Ridgeway, Thursday,
Feb 18th, Lime Springs, Friday, Feb.
10th. Cresco, Saturday, Feb Goth.
A. r. ANDERSON.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
s1.oo PER YEAR
MARRIED..

Last Tuesday at 9:3O at the Church
of the Assumption occurred the mar
riage of Miss Abbie Malanaphy to Mr..
John Fitzgerald, Rev. Father T. ].
Murtagh officiating. The bride wore a
beautiful white gown Of shadow lace,
with white picture hat to match, and
was attended by the groom's sister,
Miss Emily Fitzgerald, who wore a
green crepe de chene gown. Hugh
MaIanaphy. brother of the bride, acted
as best man, After the ceremony they
departed to the home of the bride
where a three course dinner was
served. The table was beautifully
decorated with pink carnations and
smilax. Only the immediate relatives
and friends were present.
The bride is the Oldest daughter of
Mrs. M. Maianaphy and has grown to
womanhood here.
The groom is the oldes. son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Fitzgerald and is we'll
worthy of the bride he has won. TIE
young couple were the recipients Of
many beautiful and useful presents.
They will begin housekeeping about the
first of March on the groom's farm
east of town. We join with their many
friends in hearty congratulations.
On Monday morning att o'clock at
the Church of the Assumption occurred
the marriage of Miss Blanche Grebin
to Mr.. Joe Ahern, Father T. ]. MUIR
tagh officiating. Miss Althea Ahern
acted as bridesmaid and Frank Ahern
as best man, sister and brother of the
groom. The young couple will 60 to
housekeeping at once in the west part
of town where the bride has been
resident the past year. The Plain
Dealer wishes them long happy life.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
For Sale.

Three registered Holstein bulla
grade Holstein calves OF e.tner sex, a
registered Chester White boa, Il year
old and some Young Chester White
boars. Phone Eureka /.
16tf VIM. OWENS,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Safety First. :"

A special whistle vii. be used in dis
tribution of all samples of medicines,
foodstuffs. ETC.. requiring inside serv-
ice in compliance with state Law.
Positively no samples given to children.
Public Service. JAMES E. GRAHAM.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
Gard OF Thanks.

We wish hereby to express our
thanks and appreciation for all the to-
kens of sympathy and all the assistance
given during the sickness and death of
Mr.. Torge Nelson, also for all the
flowers at his funeral.
Mrs. T. Nelson and Children.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
For Sale Or Rent.

A six room house and good cellar,
we'll, clstern and barn. south part Of
town. Enquire Of Louis Aberg. PSI
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-19
House for Sale.

seven room nearly modern, close to
High school. Price $500.
J. l.. Mueller,
Office over Clemmer's drug store.
26.t4 @e"''" =
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23

summer. She spike Of it in tbs
way:
Il told EN- something would
happen if We started out il that
thing, and | wanted era u fctch
the mules along. hut they oniy
laughed AT me. Well. | got in
and IT went along al r.Ghg until
we got about ten mics out Of IL
village, when there wa5 funny
noise fer a minute ortwo and V g
stopped, The man said the e 4xir e
went dead. When said he
ought've fetched the mt les he
iidn't laugh any more, but said
ne wished he had, We got
toweG into town and / sot OF.
andf amt never going 10 rlde in
one Of them things again. But
I'd like to ride on the stem cars
a lite ways. you know-iust
once, " and there was q uiqtfu,
look on the kindly old fac,.
In speaking about the family.
Jordan said:
Maybe some folks might think
our way of living was funny. bul
| can say this We neve? had q
fuss with anybody, never chea,-
I'd in a boss trade; don't keen a
log, never had a lawsuit; don't
owe any man Cent."
"I'll study over that steam car
nip" said Aunt Betty, and if
I can get Jordan and Perry in the
lotion, and We can get the work
lone up and it gets cooler maybe
Veil so, but ! don't know-we
never was people to cad about
much. "
These people have close rel,.
ives here ". NJ. Elliot beinl.
brother 10 John c. Elliot who
wed FOR many years on little
2ichlsnd Greek, Who died ar
The age OF 50 years the peculiar
u OF these old peopl,, is abouta
C mparis0n with those who lived
in this county.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
FOUR DAYS TRIP TO
Eastern hFNTUCNf
Trade Extension Committee
Of the COmuerciai CLUB
Decides on ann "a jaunt

The Trade Extension Com.
mittee of the Louisville CONNER.
cial Club has decided upon t,iE
lasting four days into Eastern
Kentucky. beginning at II o clock
on the night OF May Il and end
ing on thanightQ Of 3Iay y. Over
nigh stopswlIi be made at Mid.
dle3boro, Bristol and Knoxville.
The trip viii be made over the
l.. q NJ, the Southern and the
Virginia Southern railroads, ana
will cover about $50 miles.
Stops to be made the first day
will include London, Corbin, Bar
bourville, Pineyilie, Harlan and
M.ddlesboro. Pennington, Appa-
lachia, Norton, Clinchport. Cate
City and Bristol will be tourched
May IS, On May 20 the boosters
will visit Johnson City. Green
villa, Morristown Jefferson City
AMI Knoxville. Stops will he
made the final day at Coal Creek,
LaFollette. Jellico, williamsburg
and Mt. Vernon.
The committee has eliminated
many small stops because of the
necessity for conforming to rail-
road schedules. The Boosters
will also be able to make longer
stops at the more important
points.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
Christian Church.

The usual services will be held
at the court house next Sunday.
1t is especially 'desired that a
large attendance be present 10th
at Sunday schUol and the preach.
ing service. Next SUNDAY Hcf.
fetal Sunday school day in: Ken.
tucky. Let everybody come.
The subject of the morning SER
mon will be The Tabernacle
and Its significance. The sub
jet for the evening viii be Les
sons from the Baptism OF Jesus.
This will be spiritual study o,
this incident in the Masters life
y..W, Lyon. Minister.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23

chips two feet deep or more, the
accumulation of years. In 1867
Perry and Jordan brought g
wagon load of rocks from the
:reek for the purpose of digging
md walling a well, but other
iuties called and they never get
around to the job; they are today
etching the water from Gun
= ,reek just as they did in the days
When the Indians Were their
leighbors.
These three people are probably
he most typical representatives, OF
he pioneer days that can be founo
n all Missouri. And they possess
every good Quality OF the pioneer.
they have had>no time for
book learning" and the like OF
nat, but they are as kindly and
rs hospitable as the richest blue
blood that runs in patriciaa veins.
It is a little. singular that bur
little was known about this
quaint family of a bygone- age
Until an agent who was sent out
20 sell them some telephone stock
run across them. OF course the
nan who tipped the agent off did
il as a joke, for the Elliots hao
10 telephone. and didn't know
what telephone stock was But
he agent was not at all aggriev-
I'd When he understood what
IN interesting family he had heel
sent out to meet, he laid b,Isine. 8
aside and spent the entire day YES
the guest Of the old people. He
saw the horses and mules which
rad never been shorn; the smoke
mouse and:barns made of poles
4 grindstone worn TO the diane
ter of a saucer; the Old mission
oeil, hung high in a tree. an,
vas used by Bette to summon
the boys'trom the field when sh,
mad their Johnnie cake and bacor
ready for them; the young forest
trees growing right up to the
mousse; a wonderful colony OF
turkeys. geese. ducks and chick
ems, the pride of Aunt Betty. il
other words, he saw an absolute
reproduction Of the sort of farm
and household incident to the
days of the first settlers. Anc
this was in the twentieth century
f; The telephone agent told his
story and it wasn't long unit
people began 10 Look UP that wen
derful Missouri family. Possibl,
the grsatest event that ever oc
cpvsRd in Aunt Bsttyls Iifs wa
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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
FIR II SEEDS

Barbouryile. ~. April G. 1917,
To my friends:
Those who may not have r..
ceived any vegetable ny gard n
seeds or who would like to reed
my recent speech in Congress at,
taking the Democratic Admins !.
tration' can r''o"u.e ore or h,t,
by dropping me a postal card at
the abov, ADDRESS.
am Very sinress y yoar..
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
Fellow Citizens of Knox
and Whitley

ana Wnitley,--
! am Presenting my claims tt
you for the Republican nomina.
tiol for Representative, solel,
UPON the belief that | can be o,
service to you, and that am bet.
ter qualified to fill the position
than my opponents. If thought
either of them could better serve
you than |, ] would give them my
support and quit the race. I an
not alone in this opinion. Reao
what some of my friends say. !
nave letters Of endorsement from
my opponents home precinct
from his home town, Barbourvill,
who asked me not to use then
names. | have talked with |;
number of the best people of tn,
district, W no unhesitatinglS
promise me their support.
When | began teaching in Knox
county | told the first trustees
that signed my contract that
would try to do my best, and thai
I believed they would never have
.ause to regret their action. They
didn't, and | was offered tn,
school again, and Mr.. Taylor's
endorsement from Tedders at
tended my school that year. i.
cold the trustees at Middleton
the same, they did not res ret it.
/ worked there again and was
offered the place further. In ny
nome precinct / was accorded
the same consideration, and Mr.
Donaldson!s endorsement from
Gray speaks for itself. He wa
5ne Of the trustees. - have |;
number of such endorsement.
from people in every precinc,
where ! am known. They speal
for themselves.
i have naught to say agains
my opponent, buc you have trie,
him in. the Legislature. Don,
you think it would be well to TT,
The right man.? promise 20,
that if elected | will be on the
job. / will be there to answe,
roll call, and use my utmost enL
deavor to be a live wire" in thd
Assembly and if there be q single
vote that ! can cast for the bet
terment of my constituents ! vii
answer here am land you
shall receive the. benefits. !
pledge my utmost support of the
Prohibition laws, or new one.
that will more efficiently accom-
pl 81 the aims intended, q revis.
ion of the tax law; and a repea
of the dog tax, better schools
and enactment of laws" for the
masses and not the classes.
Read the endorsement of tn.
". c. T. u Have you read the
endorsements referred to above.
Watch for them to be printed IL
this paper later on.
! thank the people for the loya
support and big majority you ar.
gong TO give me in the August
! am most resptly yours.
J. ]. PRICE.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
Important Railroad
Development In
Southeastern Ky,

TIE Cumberland Northern R,
P, is making o ,ation of their line
between Barbourville and Man.
CHESTER, rs miles, and expect to
let contract for gradinS in about
,Oliays, and hope to have the
line completed to Manchester by
Jan, l, 1915.
The line has been surveyed
FROM 3arbourville to Beattyville,
Is miles, but will only be built as
far as Manchester this year.
Co n ection will be made with the
l.. g.. N. r. R. at Ba, boarville
and when completed to Beatyville
co Inc c:ion will be made with
lexington & Eastern R. r.
The maximum grade en- the
line between Barbourville and
M anchestei i; nine-tenths Of one
p,rc snt ard the road will be sub
slantialy', built to handle the
h ,avy coal and lumber tonnage
that will be developed.
Manchester is the county seat
OF Cliy county, and is In the
center OF the richest coal and
timber in this section of Kentucky
Chas. F. Heidrick, of BrDks-
vi L., Fa. is President of the
Cumberland Northern r. r. and
the other Directors and Officers
of the company are Frank M.
Heiiriek and DR.. ]. A. Haven.
of Brooksville, Pa, r. E. Held.
rick and G. M. Richards. Jr. Of
Clarion. Pa, Col. c. B. Lyttle,
of Manchester. KY, John Q,
Heidrick, of San Francisco. Cal
and Paul D. Henderson, of La
meine, Cal. The office Of thu
company.during construction will
be at BarboHrville. Ky.
The richard Knob Lumber Co.
composed of Charleston. w. Va
and Scranton, Pa, interests hsv,
upwards of 80, 600 acres of select
ed timber and coal lands in tn
vicinity Of Manchester. they vii
commence -sthe development O
their timber to furnish shipmen
of upwards of twenty million fee
of lumber annually. Il is estimat
ed there is. at least one billiol
feet of timber on the 'Orchar
Knob and other lands, tributar
to the road. The Mancheste
Mining & Mfg. CO., compose
principally of Knoxville, Tenn
people have -upv ard, of 5000
acres OF choice coal lands, trib,
tar5 to the-pew road. The ca
Solnty Mining Co., Of Montpelis
W., the Campbell Coal Co, (
Atlanta, Ca, and other concsrs
<ss Also intersstpa n ~ coal
Gay county.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
Nj. Z. Church.

The usual hours of worship
will be observed by the members
Of this congregation:
Sunday school at $50 a m.
Mesning sermon at ll:OO a m.
Epworth League at $50 pm.
Evening sermon at 40 D m.
all are cordially invited to meet
with US and take part in these
services. -.
E. r: Oyerley. Pastor.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23
QUAINT TRIO dis
COVERED ON
49,
FilSSCt hi FARM
Years Have brought But
Little Change to Aunt
Betty" and Her Brothers
On Gun Greek.

jordan El'lOt, o., ahdtfeIry LILO
go, lived on the same farm, near
Macon, h., since 1897 They
Neur had cu;rrel wiki
anybody.
Nev4r went to school.
Never snapped horses.
Don't own a dog of any kind.
Don't use tobacco in a ~ {, rm.
Don't belong to any church /,
but believe in God.
Never had a lawsuit. ..
Don't know what they are
worth.
Keep their accounts with pins
On shingles.
Never talked though a tele-
phone.
Never turned a hungry man
from the door.
Macon, Mo. April II In the
good year 1876, William Elliot,
kentucky emigrant, came to
Missouri and patented a section
If land on Gun Creek, in the
northern part of the State. Hard
y anybody knows where Cur
Creek is, but nearly everybod,
n this part of the country nov
4nows of the quaint backw( cd.
home where the children of Will
| am Elliot have lived for nearly
/ century. Elliot had a largt
family. The three eldest ,kildre.
we're Betty, Jordan and Perry
t devo.ved upon them to man.
,ge the household and they wer,
- busy in looking after the need:
If their brothers and sisters tina.
hey never had time to get mar.
led. The other children mOveg
away, the parents died, leaving
Betty, Jordan and Perry to them
selves, They found in each other
III tie human conpanionshir
hey needed. -
Nestled in the backwoods, from
welve TO fifteen miles from an,
abroad, they hardly kaew. tina.
he. great Civil War was raging
bout them in the COS. They
occupied the same log cabin thai
vas built by their father in 1893.
For many years they lived exact.
y as the early pioneers did, max,
ling their own homespun garments
fetching water from Gun Creek
shooting game with fintlock rifles
IN one way. however, the Elliots
advanced. The two men were
thrifty and they knew that some
lay that rich Missouri soil al on,
hem would be worth a great
teal of money. So they begsi
n. early HE 10 add to the estate,
They picked up a section here
md a section there until thsy
acquired a great body of 1900
acres. Much OF this is woodland
md verJ valuable now. Under
hundreds of acres are rich coal
reds that would bring the rise Of
| 300 an acre for the. coal alone.
Upuntil recent years the Eliiots
,arried on their farming opera
tons in the primatiye manner OF
he pioneers. They would no,
ut the names or tails of their
aorses.. Their lands were enclos-
d BY the old 7ig-zag rail fences.
Along in the 70's a frame house
vas tuilt, but il was al!o we'd 70
| 20 aim ost % ruin before it was
rSpairsdi Flat rocks were placed
ipon the root 70 keep the shins les
rom blowing away. The ''boys''
aung their Trousers and vest,
)utsdA on the porch. In tn
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-04-23

Asbury Steele died at his home
in Wilton Wednesday, April 2l,
and was buried Ct GRAY Tkursds,
April 22nd. We join the me-. J
s men, Ss:. z :ss ss.i sv'APsSs -
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-08-06
~ ROOSEVELT TO run
JOHNSON FOm rRtx,pss


tinted Prsss Service
SACRAMENTO. Aux. irosrssss|
republicans seem to take Colaa6|
Roossvclt's rcmnrka In san rraxn|
the other night M endorsemsal 4
Hiram Johnson for progrcssive usx|
date for president In 1916, JoAsssJ
victory In California last year n
made him one Of tho most talhsl :
political leaders Of the country. m
Ia nothing more for him 10 iaf \
California In concerned. but the rl1|
cd States scnatorship. and Z, wesM \
a violation OF California traditioa I
tho state to have two scnaton tsa
San Francisco. which would b
case II johnson werc chosen.
Johnson evidently realizes this e
at tho same timc appreciates " q
doubted fact that his candidacy \
president Of the United States vst
In no way injurc his chances fof Y
scnaiorship Ut some future dsis Z
matter what the outcome of the ~
dontial campaign.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-08-06

courage. and the human heart will
never cease to beat quicker with the
portrayal OF human passions in hot
encounter. Love and hate. human
rights and property rights. freedom
and slavery. Justice and injustice will
still face each other and grapple In
fierce struggle for supremacy until
the millennium appears. Such . story
is told in the moving picture drama.
"The Spoilers" which will return to
the Star theater BY popular request
Monday. October 10th only.
There are nine reels Of swift de-
drama. The characters are
drawn from the every day life Of
Americans placed in circumstances
which cali forth. the best and worst
in human nature. The photography
is excellent, and the staging unsur-
passed 20 far In the moving picture
world. It is q great human story told
OF people with rich red blood In their
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-08-06

Mrs. Nate Otterbein was agreeably
surprised today by receiving . visit
from Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Hamilton Of
Los Angeles. Mrs. Hamilton and
Mrs. Otterbein are cousins, and today
was the first time they have met in
twenty-seven years. The ladies were
raised together in the Rogue River
Valley. where they spent many happy
hours together kicking sticky" Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton left Los Angeles
over month ago. and have been tour
ing the Northwest. visiting many Of
the natural scenic resorts. including
Yellowstone Park, Yosimite. and
many others. but according to the
Hamiltons. Crater Lake and the
klamath country IL tho peer Of them
all, and their vacation next year will
be spent with the Otterbeins ON Upper
Klamath Lake.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-08-06

newspapers OF Jerusalem. copies OF
which were received here today.
King George. ono paper reported.
was captured early In the war by a
German Zeppelin crow. who dropped
powerful magnet overheard In one
OF tho nightly fiights over London.
and pulled his majesty overheard.
whitc.faced with terror.
In the same week. this paper stated,
the cxar OF Russia and President Pom
ciarc OF France were pluckcd from
earth and made prisoners.
Another paper reported German
guns sheiling London from Antwerp.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-08-06
HUCKltBtRR|ES
ARE PLENTIFUL
MANY PEOPLE GOING AND PLAN.
MING no GO no HUCKELBERRY
PATCHES-REPORTs BERRIES
PLENTIFUL

Reports being brought to this city
by early huckleberry pickers are that
the berries are plentiful at the Big
Patch west Of Crater Lake. A num-
Der OF families have already left for
the patch. planning on staying several
weeks. \
According to report brought back
by one party. the berries are ripening
this year in the timber before they
are In the open places. It seems that
the frost caught them where they
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-08-06
HARRIS AND OTHER ARE
RETRIEVED By JOHNSON

SACRAMENTO. Aug. 6.-Governor
johnson is going to give . thorough
investigation to the case Of every con-
vtcted murderer and particularly to
the cases where three minors are un-
der sentence Of death. and It IL by no
means settled that these young men
will pay the death penalty. at least
in the very near future.
Governor Johnson's first reprieve,
that Of Burr Harris. the Los Angeles
negro murderer. Is but the hrst case
OF many that he Il now preparing to
take up.