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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

WANTED-A girl for general house
work. No washing. Phone 1912
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
Peoples Column
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND Battery for automobile.
Apply to Ed Campbell. 40
LOST-A blue-gray knit vest, con-
tanning watch. Finder please re-
turn to John Yeck. 40
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FOR SALE-A dandy good Maxwell
car, model 1916. 1t is in first class
shape with new seat covers, one new
extra tire, and a splendid tool box
Wilson Garage Co. 40
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LOST-Brown case containing SIS in
money, freman's receipts, o. S. l..
passes, registration card No A. Please
return to Frank Knox or this office.
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WANTED-Clean rags. Emmett Gar
age & Auto Co. 20
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TO TRADE

TO TRADE-320 acres on Butte for
10 or 20 acres. near town under
Last Chance. A. K, Box Asst. 47-5p
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FOR SALE-Residence of 5 rooms
and bath, lots so by 14O corner
FIRST and Mckinley. Cheap for cash.
Address Mrs. c. P. Kar, BOG V ST.,
N. f., Washington, D. c. 42-tf
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FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

cided as to giving 1t a shot or drilling
It to the fourth sand. None of the one
time gushers in this pool now has
production Of 100 barrels a day. -
On ArcherS fork. in the old Smith.
field district, Wetzel county, the Sou1i
Penn OIL company has now drilled its
No. 5S on the l.. G. Robinson farm.
through all sands, and found nothing
but a light show OF oil in the Big In
Jun formation. In Green district, the
Hope Natural Gas company is drilling
tests on the Mary B. Long and Jack
Cochran farm The DOMAIN Oil com.
pany has started TO drill test on the
z. NJ. Cochran farm.
On Mccowans creek, Walton district.
Roane county, the Republic on and
Gas company completed and shot It's
No Is on the Nancy C. Hively farm In
the Big mum sand. II sh"ws for 80.
barrel producer, and is The second besl
producer completed IN that district for
many months. In the same locality
the same company has the rig COM.
pleted for No. II on the f. j. Chambers
farm. In Spencer district the Carter
Oil company is due in the, sand at a
test on the Ivy Mcdonald ferra, III the
same district, G. l.. Cabot has the rig
completed for test on the Ball heirs
farm.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH. March a.-The local
stock market was dull and irregular,
the bulk Of the dealings being made
up Of low-priced mining shares. Pitts
burgh Plate Glass was firm, advanc.
ing to and closing at 1876, net gain
Of 81. Westinghouse Electric ad.
.vanced to COX and closed at sou, a
net gain Of 81. There were no deal
ings in Air Brake, which closed offer.
ed at 149, no bid.
Pure Oil sold to the extent of 500
shares at the uniform price of "a, a
decline Of " for the day. Ohio Fuel
Supply was Y lower at SO, but Manu-.
facturers Light and Heat was 4 high
er at Co.'S, Lone Star Gas was Is high
or at 96H, and Caney River Gas 11s
higher at 46. National Fire PROBING
common sold unchanged at and the
preferred was X higher at II. There
was very little doing in the remainder
of the list, but the market closed
steady to firm.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
FAlRMoNT AND MANNINGToN
RAILROAD COMPANY

Notice is hereby given that, pursu.
ant to a call by majority OF the
Board of Directors, a special meeting
of the stockholders of Fairmont and
Warrington Railroad company will be
held at Room No. 305, Watson build.
ing, In the City of Fairmont, West
Virginia, at IL o'clock a. M, on March
81, 1917, for the purpose Of considering
and acting upon the question of sell.
ing the railroad, corporate rights and
franchises Of this company to Monon-
gahela Valley Traction company, and
for the purpose Of ratifying or dis
approving and agreement in writing
entered into between the Directors
Of this company and the Directors OF
Monongahela Valley Traction COM
pany, providing for the sale Of the rail.
road, corporate rights and franchises
Of this company to said Monongahela
Valley Traction company.
WALTON MILLER.
2'9S S:2-9'16' Secretary.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF MO.
NoNGAHELA VALLEY TRACTION
COMPANY:

Notice is hereby given that, pursu.
ant to a call by majority of the Board
of Directors, a special meeting OF the
stockholders Of Monongahela Valley
Traction Company will be held at
Room No. 305, Watosn building. III
the city of Fairmont. West Virginia.
at II o'clock a. m. on March 31st, 1917,
for the purpose of considering and
acting upon the question OF purchas-
ing the railroad, corporate rights and
franchises of Fairmont and Manning.
ton Railroad Company. and for the
purpose Of ratifyinG or disappearing u
certain agreement in writing entered
into between the Directors of this
company and the Directors OF said
Fairmont and Warrington Railroad
Company, providing for the purchase
of the railroad, corporate rights and
franchises of said Fairmont and Man.
nington Railroad Company.
WALTON MILLER.
Feb. % Mar. 2.9-16 Secretary.
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WEBB WIFI EIGHT

WHEELING. W. Va, March GAS
sistant District Attorney j. ]. P.
o'Brien and Deputy United States Mar
shall John NJ. Shorts are busy prepar'
ing for the coming session of Federal
court at Martinsburg which convenes
the first Tuesday in April. Grady
Webbe alleged train bandit, will be
arranged for robbing the express train
at Central Station, w Va. Eugene
Diez will also be sentenced at this
term. He is ready to plead guilty
Webb is now in the Parkersburg Jail
and stoutly denies the charge which he
must face. He has secured some of
the best attorneys in the country to
defend him, and will fight to the end.
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New York

NEW YORK, March "a relapse
to the listless conditions of last month
was the most striking feature of yes
terday's market. Dealings fell away
by 80 to 40 per cent. in comparison with
the operations Of recent days and the
number of issues traded in suffered
corresponding reduction.
There was a concurrent dimruition
of professional activity in ultra.specu.
1atiye stocks, probably in consequence
of the failure to enlist public interest
in that quarter. General news per
taiing to the financial situation rang.
cd from favorable to the reverse, the
delay in a settlement OF the armed neu.
trality controversy initiating against
shippings and kindred issues
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able quality is estimated at $40 per
cent. compared with Ill per cent.
of the 1915 crop aud $40 per cent. o,
the 1914 crop.
Oats en- Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms
March this year SOC, 900 bushels, com.
pared with 1,1S3,OOO year ago and
$4,000 two years ago. Price March
l to producers, 20 cents per bushel,
compared with IS cents year Ego and
u cents two years ago.
United STATES: Estimated stocks
on farms March / this year $4,000 900
bushels, compared with sos, 5000 u
year ago and 379,369, 900 two years
ago. Price March to producers, $50
cents per bushel, compared with 42.7
cents year ago and 521 cents two
years ago.
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This attractive little lady is the
two year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. NJ. Fisher, 23S North St. Harris.
burg, Pa. Last winter she had an at.
tack Of measles, together with very
severe cold. Just at that time Drug.
gist S. J. Wilhelm presented Mir.
Fisher with a jar of. the Southern
outside treatment-Vick's VapoRub
Salve, which was Just then being in.
troduced in Harrisburg, and requested
that he give this preparation q thor.
ouEh tt.al. Mr.. Fisher writes
Il must say that our baby had
such cold on her chest and in her
throat that she could hardly talk,
and We could not get her to take
anything internally. After we used
Yick's VapoRub Salve on her breast
and throat at night before going
to bed she was entirely relieved"
No family should be without this
preparation. 1t is. externally applied,
and so can be used freely-it Is ab.
sorbed through and penetrates the
skin, and, In addition, is inhaled as a
Vapor. 1t has hundred uses for the
many minor ailments for which every
mother is the doctor. Three sizes.
Csc, SOC or S1Qo.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Pursuant TO an order entered in the
matter of c. l.. Gettings, bankrupt. on
the 10th day of February, 1917, the
undersigned Trustee will, OIL the 18th
day OF March. 1917, ut eleven o'clock
a. NJ, at the store room formerly occu.
pied by said bankrupt in the Marley
building. on Meredith street. in the
city of Fairmont, offer for sale to the
highest bidder the following personal
property, towit
All the stock of merchandise consist
ing OF electrical fixtures, tools and sup
plies, store fixtures and other arti-
cles.
Terms of sale: Cash.
SAMUEL II. BUTCHER,
Mch 5, Z, Q, IL, IA. Trustee.
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LANDsEEKERS

Splendid opportunity for farm rent.
ers and wage earners TO get farm
homes. Small or large tracts suitable
for general farming. stock, dairying,
poultry. vegetables, fruit. Located in
Michigan's best counties, near towns,
schools, good markets. Prices SIS to
SIS an acre. s. TO 800 down, balance
small monthly or yearly payments.
Write for literature and full inform
alton free. want to tell you all about
this country. Owner George W. Swig-
art, II 1916 First Nat. Bank Bldg, Chi
cago, Ill. 3l5-12t No 1892
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Oil and Gas.

The West Virginia fields are not
completing any large wells. On Bar.
tholomew run, Warrington district,
Marion county, the Anchor Oil COM
pany drilled No. . on the Sarah Metz
farm through the 3O.foot sand. 1t ia
a 10.barrel pumper in that formation.
In the Dents run pool, gushers seem
to be thing of the past. All of the
recent competitions ere light bumpers.
In this pool, the Delmar Oil company
has drilled No. 80 on the John l..
Hays farm through the 30.foot sand
Nothing but light show of oil was
developed and they are as yet unde'
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v. VA. GRAIN STOCK
IS MUCH, REDUCED
Prices Are Much Higher
Than They Were a
Year Ago.

WASHINGTON, D. Ca, March O.
a summary of the March crop report
for the state of West Virginia and for
the United States, as complied by the
Bureau of Crop Estimates land trans.
mitted through the Weather Bureau),
U. S. Department of Agriculture, is as
follows:
Wheat on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms
March 1 to producers, S1.67 per bush.
compared with 1,575,OOO a year ago
and $4,000 two years ago. Price on
March 10 producers, 1857 per bush.
ell, compared with $1.20 year ago and
$1.44 two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks on
farms March this year 5,970 900 bush.
els, compared with 9,324,OOG a year
ago and 6,S0S,00O two years ago. Price
March to producers, 113 cents per
bushel. compared with 81 CeAts year
ago and SO cents two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks on
farms March l this year, 7S9, OOO, 900
bushels, compared with 1,116,559, 900
year ago and 910,S94,000 two years
ago. Price March l to producers, 1O1
cents per bushel, compared with 6S.2
a year ago and ISL cents two years
ago.
Corn of Merchantable Quality.
State: The percentage of the 1916
crop which was of merchantable quail
ity is estimated at rs per cent, conf
pared with 70 per cent of the 1915
crop and 50 per cent of the 1914 crop.
United States: The percentage OF
the 1916 crop which was of merchant.
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Mrs. John Hall is
Buried at WoodlaMn

The body Of Mrs. John Hall, whose
death occurred on Wednesday at Ida
May, was brought here this morning at
IL o'clock and interment was made
in Woodlawn cemetery by Undertaken
Cunningham. Rev. r. T. Webb, OF the
First NJ. E. church, south, this city,
conducted the services which were
held at 10 o'clock from her late resi-.
dence.
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PERSONALS

Mr.. Bryan and family have moved
from Haywood to the Bennett proper.
ty on Market street.
osney Minor has returned from a
few days stay at Huntington.
Mrs. Kate Blaney and Mrs. Zedoc
Steele who have been visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Snow.
den, returned to their homes at Lit
tie Falls today.
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, March Big clearances
at Baltimore and correct forecasts
that the government crop report on
farm reserves would prove bullish did
a good deal to bring about advances
yesterday in the price of wheat. Quo.
tations closed firm, 11sc to 19sc net
higher, with May at $1.SS9s to $1.SSN
and July at $1.5S7s 20 $1.59. Corn fin.
ished 1c to 11kc up, and oats gained
&c to sc. In provisions, the outcome
ranged from 12hc decline to a rise
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EnIoyabIe Affair

A general good time was enjoyed
by all who attended the "Get-Together"
social at the First NJ. P. church last
night. The guests included all the
church members. Refreshments were
served during the evening.
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Merrymakers' Club

Mrs. Luther Steele of Raymond
street, was hostess to the Merrymak-
ers' Club yesterday afternoon. Needle.
work was the diversion of the after.
noon. Mrs. David Lambert, of Mer.
chant street. will entertain the club
next Thursday afternoon.
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T. A. s. Club

Mrs. II. E. Hawkins, Of State street.
entertained the II. A. s. club yesterday
afternoon. There was large atten.
dance and the meeting was a most en-
joyable one.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
ONE CENT WORD CASH WITH ORDER
FARMS FOR SALE
FARM FOR SALE-On tlie ~

FARM FOR .SALE-On the beautiful
blue Muskingum river. thrce-iourths
mile from Beverly, in Washington Co.
o. This is 100 acreS-a0 \, river bot
tom; u A., plain land suitable for gas-
dening; 70 A., hill land, all good land.
new macadam road from Beverly to
farm; 10-room two-story frame house
with hall and cellar; barn 30x4O with
basement and horse stable; two corn
cribs; vehicle shed; chicken house 10X
l20 feet; coal house and hog pen; well
and cistern at house and cistern at
barn and plenty OF springs OH hill
land; $50 apple trees and other fruit.
Beverly is clean town Of 40 0inhab
ttants on u railroad, interlrban road
and Manageable river, with fine schools
and four churches and good markets.
Call Or write Chas. A. Owen, Beverly,
Ohio. 2-26.6t No. I9l7
200 ACRES, good houses, I; barns, out
buildings, fruits. water, fenced $4,000
with $500 down, balance easy terms.
II. $. Reeder, Ri. No. /, Box is, Otway.
Ohio. S.S-Gt No 20O2
FOR SALE-14V, so, l2S, 60. 100, III
and 100 acre farms, all well i'm.
PAOhSus aNutGbS De " MuNSOIlt pOA
244. New Concord, o. 3.6-6t No 1892
fURSALE-Farms III Ohio county,
near Wheeling Milton Hedges,
West Liberty, w. Va, Bell phone 7l0G,
ring u. 2.S.26t No. 1856
FOR SALE-Eden Springs, about sew.
en- acres, 200 feet river front, sand
beach, two summer cottages, spring
water, tennis court, shade trees, ana
rhododendrou. About two acres gar
den. Reached by automobile. Can
Bell phone 1875. S.72t No. 1899
FARMS-I have a few FARMS Ill IOr.
lage county, Ohio. botn large and
small. a pamphlet OF description anu
prices viii be mailed upon application.
Write Van T. Bean, Ruvcnna, o.
2A3-26t No. 1904
MONTANA 460.acre homesteads. New
towns, business opportunities SEND
Csc for maps and information. AL.
dress U. S. Commissioner, outlook.
Mont. 2.l4-2Gt No 1911
CENTRAL OHIO FARMS. Located all
over Harden, Logan, Marion and
Union. Send for big list, stating size
OF farm wanted. II. P. Wood, Ridge.
way. o. 2-19.2Gt No 1929
NEW CATALoG Vermont farms now
ready. n. j. Potwin, South Royal.
ton, VT. 2-24-26t No. 1851
FOR SALE-Farm IS acrLs, coed soil,
good buildings, IL miles from
Wheeling Ferry, Belmont Co., Ohio.
VIII sell cheap. f. j. Nelson, Bellaire,
Ohio. Pell phone 4O7-J. 3-2-6t No. 1877
FOR SALE-Farm of 50 acres on Rock
Hill pike, four miles west of Bel
laire. Ohio. The farm is suitable for
dairying or general farming purposes.
For particulars call or address e. L.
Traley, Bellaire, Ohio, r. II. No. 3.
3-S-Gt No. 2O0i
MARYLAND TRUCK FARMS-l29
acres truck or stock farm where the
watermelons, cantaloupes, white pc.
tatoes. sweet potatoes, Strawberries,
tomatoes by tons, five-room house,
fruit trees. Price only $4,000 Also
65.acrc farm. Also % acres near the
best market town in Maryland. So IL
you want farm of any kind Just write
George w. Miller, Route No. 3, Sails.
bury. Nd. 3-S.4t No. zoos
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Evangelist stgers, of Pennsylvania,
will preach at both the morning and
evening services at the Christian
chapel on Columbia street Sunday.
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YOUNG MAN:
Here the JOB You Want!

One of the biggest manu-
facturers of Steel Office
Equipment in the country
offers you the chance to rap
idly learn the Sheet Metal
working trade-which is
clean, interesting, always
highly paid with good wag-
es to start and with pros
poets of advancement all
the time!
Working conditions ideal
town, new people, new
sights-new ideas.
You must have plenty of
red blood, grit and ambition
experience unnecessary.
Make up your mind to get
out Of that rut! Assure
your future! Write us just
that you're interested--no
obligations. AT ONCE.
EXPERIENCED MEN, all
kinds, wanted, too.) Adj
dress
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Forrest Debolt, who has been located
at Jenner, Pa, for some time, expects
to return here next week.
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EAST SIDE
= NEWS =


Child Burned
Harley the little son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Vandergrit OF Market street,
had his hands severely burned yester-
day when he fell on stove.
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INVITATIONS Issues

Miss Eunice Minor, of East Park
avtnue, has issued invitations for a
party. Tuesday. evening,
March IS.
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MONEf--ro lean in sums OF $f0Tfo
500 to anyone h-ving steady work
Can be paid in small monthly pay.
meilts' No reference or endorsements
required. Stric,.y confidential. Ad'
aress BOX o91, C!arksburg, ". Va.
6.Su.tf
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HELP WANTEp-.FENIALr
MONEY no LOAN

THE BUCkEYE SAVING AND IoAN
company q bellaire. o., has money
90 loan on desirable real estate. see
Paul 6. Armstrong. Attorney. kfss
Trust Bldg, 9Th Floor. Faifmont ~.
Va,
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FOR RENT Seven room mouse suit
able for two families. Near owens
plant. Bell SOS.W S.3-1et No. 1857
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President Wilson has appointed
Colver of st. Paul, to the federal trade
commission. Colver has been head
OF the Glover Leaf group of newspa.
pers and was formerly president and
general manager Of The Newspaper
Enterprise Association. He is, un.
usually familiar with economic, social
md political conditions.
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HOUSES FoK IENT

FOR RENT Broom house, Ogden
avenue. Inquire F. NJ. Murphy
Phone 73S.I Consol. l.25.tf 40 iSsi
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FOR SALE-Two good young horses.
T. ]. Little. Colfax. 3.S.5t No 1000
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PoULTRY AND suPpLTEs

FOR SALE Ancona eggs. 75c pei
setting j. J. Thorn, Lowesyille
w. Va. 2-2G.26t No. ie5
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FOR SALE

For sITES1f bargain, choice build,
ing lot corner of Coleman Ave. and
lakewood Drive. Apply j. G. Miller,
SCI Bell. 3.6-4t No. 1897
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MONTANA 460.acre homesteads. New
towns, business opportunities. Send
Csc for maps and information. AL.
dress U. S. Commissioner, Outlook,
Mont. 2.l4-2Gt No 1911
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FARMS have few farms III I'Or.
lage county, Ohio. botn large and
small. A pamphlet of description anu
prices will be mailed upon application.
Write Van T. Bean, Ruycnna, o.
213.26t No. 1904
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CENTRAL OHIO FARMS. Located all
over Harden, Logan Marion and
Union. Send for big list, stating size
Of farm wanted. n. P. Wood, Ridge.
way. o. 2-19.2Gt No 1929
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FURSALE-Farms III Ohio county,
near Wheeling. Milton Hedges,
West Liberty, W. Va, Bell phone 7lOG,
ring II. 9-S.26t No. 1886
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FOR SALE-14O, SO, l2S, CO. 100, 1T
and 100 acre farms, all well I'M.
proved. Address ]. D. Watson. Box
244, New Concord. o. 3.6.6t No. 1892
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FOR SALE-Farm s. acrLs, coed soil,
good buildings, IL miles from
Wheeling Ferry, Belmont Co., Ohio.
Will sell cheap. +. j. Nelson, Bellaire,
Ohio. Pell phone 4O7-J. 3.2-6t No. 1877
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NEW CATALOG Vermont farms now
ready. n. j. Potwin, South Royal.
ton, VT. 2-24-26t No. 1851
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2UU ACRES, u good houses, s barns, out
buildings, fruits, water fenced $4,000
with $500 down, balance easy terms.
II. 5. Reeder Ri. No. l, Box is, Otway.
Ohio. 2.S-Gt No 2OO2
The Dolores star., 1917-08-10
$500 FOR FORGOTTEN BIT
Savings Bank Account Aeeumulatss
unclaimed In Brooklyn Bank
~ for sixty Years.

iiew York.-A savings bank account
of 1880. which had been accumulat.
ing unclaimed In Brooklyn bank for
90 years, has just found Its owner In
Yonkers, City Treasurer Albert Van
Houten said today. 1t goes to Mrs.
F. A. Gastineau Of Hancock avenue,
Lincoln Park. that city.
Mr.. Gastineau. who died two years
ago. deposited small sum OF money
In the Brooklyn Savings bank in 1867.
He must have forgotten 1t. for he new
er mentioned It to his wife.
For 40 years interest on the deposit
compounded, and It brought the total
up to $500. Delivery Of the money
was brought about through new Law
compelling banks to search for owners
Of unclaimed deposits.