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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
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"There were many points in the favor
of BOVINE" he said. Miss Sherrick's
story not only conceded with that told
us by Cullen, but it also explained much
that the butler considered suspicious.
The young man left the drive hoping to
meet Miss Sherrick. Cullen told me
that Bovine asked where she was as he left,
and was informed somewhere in the upper
garden. He failed to find her, however,
and probably concluded she had gone in
to lunch. Boyne said he was walking
down through the Wilderness when he
heard the scream. Suppose this were a
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

pay. HtTUlUTuS WVKV DNIHo P"711S ~
coterie of breeders exultant over
conflicts from which they had emerged
with charthnrn snnnsors and were
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

as )DSSlDiG upOl Noh4A4SeAN'~~ -
hands of the final consumer rather
than upon the articles which serve pri-
marily as raw material for further
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

thought desirable.
The above program would be in mar
mony with an approved scientinc sys :,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

and believed
lr will be the
s it will be a
ca to find hnr-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

Five Reasons Why Excessive Taxes at
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

woula ne urled UP precisely ar tne TIME
sr1,nn tho need would be GREATEST
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
THE BARLEY e

National Crop Improvement SsrvIoe.1
In 1915 we raised nearly 229, 900, 900
bushels on 1000, 900 acres. We did not
fare so we'll in 1916 on account of the
bad season. On seven and one half
million acres we raised 181, 000, 900
bushels. The price of barley will war
rant a large increase in the acreage
this year. Forty-eight million bushels
of barley were matted and about 25,-
000,0 900 Of that 4S,000,0 900 vas sent
back in the shape Of feed to the farm.
AS an economic problem, it would
seem that the high price of barley for
mailing would greatly Offset any feed
ing-value, If any, lost thereby: ~
The season for planting barley is
week late. and therefore, barley
can be put in to advantage up to the
10th Of May, and perhaps the 18th. It
is generally the best farm practice to
put barley in Just ahead Of corn plant.
ing. There is less labor in producing
a field Of barley than a field of corr
and a great deal less risk. II. you are
short Of laboraon your farm It viii pay
you to put In some barley.
II you put in all of your crops and
still have some land idle, both oats
and barley can be sown Tor hay Or
green feed which VIII be im1naenssly
valuable this year.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
ParneII's Superstitions.

Several stories illustrating the super
stitious nature Of Parnell are told in
q memoir which his brother has writ
ten. His horror of the color green has
been touched on by many writer's. He
would not wear a coat or tie with n
tfnge Of green in it. and he objected
to anything like a green wall paper. So
strong was his aversion to the color
that n day when a lady whom he
knew very well anne to see him in
the house of commons he refused to
shake hands with her because she was
wearing a green dress and hurried
away from her as quickly as possible.
He also had a horror Of the number
13. Once, during an election this broth
er, ]. H. Parnell, tells us), he was
put in a room numbered Is in a coun-
try hotel. what a room to give me!'
he remarked. II suppose the landlord
is a Tory and has done this ON nnr=
pose"
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
STORES IN BURMA.
You Can Make Purchases In Them II
You Try Hard Enough.

You q make F8rchaSe5 In heSn u
You Try Hard Enough.
You may walk through the muddy
old markets Of Rangoon for hours at a
time or through the bazaar at Manda-
lay without any Of the s%alespeople TAX
ing the slightest notice Of you as a
possible purchaser Of their wares. The
dear little ladies sit crosslegged upon
long tables in front Of the high cup
boards containing their goods. They
are placidly smoking or chatting or
painting their faces or braiding their
hair. They are not attending to bust
ness in the least.
It requires a great effort to get q
Burmese shopwoman (they are nearly
all women) to show you her silks, and
when at last she has spread her mer-
chandise broadcast upon the table and
you are reveling in the illusion that
you are living in the middle Of a rain
bow, with a chance Of holding fast to
some Of it's colors, she will ask her
price, which is seldom more than a
rupee too much, and will stick to it
like glue.
She is an indolent lady in many ways,
who loves a quiet life, and she has de-
termined that her most comfortable
course is not to haggle in the market
place. So you may make up your mind
that bargaining and persuasion are USE
less arts to practice in Burma, however
valuable they may be elsewhere.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
BertSch Motor Co.
Dickinson, N. Oak.
We are showing some very attractive special bodies and
color jobs that are we'll worth seeing. Better come i'm
today.
ARMY NO PLACE FOR MAN
SEEKING TO DODGE POLICE

If you are contemplating a crimi-
nal career, don't join the army.
When the physical examiner gets
thru with you he has your signature,
your finger prints-both hands-and
a chart of your body, with both front
and back views showing the location
of each scar or other identifying
mark on you.
First, you are directed to a desk
in the corner of the room, where you
make out your beneficiary paper. This
document names your beneficiary in
cast of death. This is for the pur-
pose of getting you in a cheerful and
happy frame of mind for the ordeal
which lies ahead.
The desk is the first point of a
circle that you traverse in having the
examination made. At a second
point you strip and go to the next.
At each point is a man and an assist
ant or two, each party inquiring into
the innermost secrets of some certain
part of your anatomy.
One gang examines your teeth; an
other tests your eyesight; another
tries out your hearing. At one place
you stick your finger tips on an linked
plate, then leave the prints on a piece
of paper. On the reverse side Of the
paper you sign your name and then
put the print of your left forefinger
above the signature.
In the meantime the clerks at the
eye of a civil engineer has been look
ing you over. He charts on body
outlines the same sheet of paper,
you may bear. Then the head exam
iner gets you and tests out your heart
and lungs.
In the mainline the clerks at the
desk in the middle of the room have
checked yer your records. AS soon
as the head examiner is thru with
you, you are at liberty to get into
your clothes again and hot-foot it to
the nearest soda fountain.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
INTERNATIONAL LAW,
Held by Authorities to Be Part of the
National Jurisprudence

~ toFt SSSstS0
The declaration that international
law is ut n and the same time both
national and international has far.
reaching and very pra ,tical signiti.
canoe for the work Of building a new
international order.
The courts Of Great Britain, begin
ming with Lord Chancellor Talbot in
1913 and including Lord Chief Justice
Mansfield in 1764, have held that the
law Of nations is part Of the common
law Of England. Sir William Black
stone supported this doctrine in his
classic Commentaries. This doctrine
holds good as we'll in the United States
as in Great Britain, q fact to which
both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander
Hamilton bore convincing testimony.
In the lifetime of the present gener-
alton the United States supreme court
has held that international law is part
of our law and that, in order to ascer-
tain and administer it in cases where
there is no treaty and no controlling
executive or legislative act or judicial
decision, resort must be had to the Gus
toms and usages Of civilized nations
New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
NEXT, YEARS CROP
Let Us Begin Now to Organize foo
More Prosperity!
national crop'Amprovsment :servIes.1


CNational" Improvement ssrvles.1
It is one of our American traits to
speed up to high tension for a few
days and then to relapse into u old
"easy-going" habits. If we can only
learn by experience that we must or
gan1ze against emergencies Of all
kinds for peace and war, this excite
ment will not have been in vain. It
will do little good. to shout at the far
mer through a megaphone. He knows
his business and is doing just as good
as he can under the circumstances. If
there is any Improvement to be made,
It is to improve; circumstances. Our
prosperity depends upon the prosper
ity of the farmers and it is our duty to
get him the best price possible consis.
tent with quality. If we want the far
mer to do better, we must do better
by him. However, he can find no COM
plant about the present prices nor for
several years to ONE We may be
too late to do very much more this
spring, although we still have barley.
corn and potatoes to put into the
ground. We SHOULD organize for serv-
ice in this county and get ready for
early fall blowing after harvest.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04

MONEY FOR

Many of our farmers will not have
crop. This should not be the case. OF
course, during this war excitement it
is pretty hard to get onyone to do any,
thing but run around in circles, but
the greatest business problem we
have is to finance our farmers so that
they al get the: maximum results for
themselves and for our community.
We believe that If the banks will ask
young farmers and tenants who have
not established their credit, to make
a statement regarding what they want
to do with the money, that they will
take very little risk in advancing
whatever money any farmer will In
diligently use this year..
1t is true that the federal reserve
banks will re-discount farmers paper,
but they do it entirely on the credit
of the bank askMdgaafof 1thesre-discount:
We believe that our business mel
would be very glad to p~ro-rate any
loss that any bank would make In ex-
tending loans to- any farmer who
wants to increase the production Of
his farm sven though his land may be
mortgaged all that it can stand.
Especially in those counties where
county agents can advise and O" X.
the project, our bankers should have
no hesitancy in furnishing whatever
money may be required. There is very
little risk because the world is short
of food and everything will be high
for this year and probably several
years to come.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
e
INSURE YOUR CORN
DOM Gamble With Your Corn Crop.
Test Every Ear Before Planting.
every Weak or Dead Ear Means
Dollars Less at Harvest.

.ob oSioIS E'a''s''S'
Every Weak or Dead Ear Means
Dollars Less at Harvest. : 81,
: rHasoniI Crop Improvement s%srvies:55s: :
IL IS a known fact that the simple
little act of testing all seed corn be.
tore planting will add many bushels to
the corn crop and will pay the farmer
ADout i've times al much per hour for
MS labor as will any other farm labor.
There is nothing hard about it, all
methods of testing seed corr are easy
and inexpensive. You can test the kerr
nels in blotters or "rag.doll" testers
at home, making them yourself, or
you can invest in a commercial test
er that will last for years. Your agri-
cultural college, county agent, or the
y. S. Department of Agriculture at
washington will be glad to give you
full particulars.
Seed testing will stop one of these
leaks In farm practice that change
gain Into loss. Figure out for yourself
how many hills the six or seven hun
dred kernels Of corr from a dead or
weak a will plant, and figure out
how your corn yield will drop if two or
three, or a dozen, or maybe fifty such
sars should get planted. .
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
STUDEBAkER
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SAVE MONEY

Now that other manufacturers are advancing
their prices, the Studebaker car obviously becomes
even a greater value than before.
S%tudebaker prices today are the same as they
were last spring
FOUR, $685. SIX, $3.50
PRICES F. o. B. DETROIT
But there is no telling when these prices may
advance.
We have been advised from the factory that there
may be an increase in price at any time.
Even at a higher price the Studebaker car would
remain the greatest dollar for dollar automobile value
in the world.
But at present prices we believe it offers greater
value than any car at any price.
twill pay you to come in and select your Stude-
baker at once.
Remember, every Studebaker car is guaranteed
for twelve months and every Studebaker owner will
receive the famous Studebaker Service.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
LOSS FROM BAD ROADS,
INationaI Crop Imprenm,nt sa.xlo.1

"3eSV"3 WV 5"p7Ovo"vut Oo1vTUSsJ
The U. 8. Department of Agriculture
estimates that the farmers Of the ma
ton r annually losing $250.ooo, 900
because Of their inability to market
their produce at certain times of the
year. Counties which are rich in agri.
cultural products are burdened with
bad roads and It Is of much concern
to the farmers to see to the buildina
Of good roads. Good roads, 365-day
oads, are insurance for continued
Dlnmunity prosperity.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
DRAFT CALL TO BE
MADE THIS WEEK
Confined from Page One)

1899 Macna Copeny, Gorham:
223 Julius Moidenhauer, Dickinson.
III Donald Campbell, Dickinson.
COZ Halvor Becken, Taylor.
goo Gerard Johan van Leeuvan, re.
rs Wilson Crosby Richards, Dick.
772 Jaroslav Kralicek, Dickinson.
721 Henry Fuchs, Hebron.
786 Joe Privratsky, Dickinson:
28O Aloysius John Mangan, Zenith.
1892 Joseph FREDERICK, Dickinson.
972 Joseph Rupp, Gladstone.
983 Vaxer Dukart, Dickinson.
757 Peter Koppi, Antelope.
966 Phillip Mueller, Dickinson.
1863 Louis Freed, Dickinson:
332 ROYAL Lenord OFT, Melrose:
379 Louis Johan van Leeman, Ter.
542 William. Peterson, Dickinson.
1914 Mike Herold, Lefor:
874 L.eonhard Hecker, Dickinson.
$50 Charles A. Betz, Dickinson.
1900 Bergerian Roller, Jr., Daglum'
298 R. J. Carlson, Belield.
CTS John Phillips, Taylor.
1894 Thomas Ricss, Dickinson.
1148 Friedrich Reich, Antelope.
1854 Fred Klingman, Zenith.
343 Lewis VIM. Richter, Belfeld.
982 Ben H. Schuster, Dickinson.
726 Lowell Ernest Massey. Richad.
Is Frederick Alert Rau, Dickinson.
9O5 Hilarius Hopfauf, Dickinson.
933 George Kunz, Jr., Dickinson.
1888 Alex Vvoryk, Richardton.
ASP Joseph Pfaf, Richardton.
355 Halvor bahamas Scvertson
Erland, Belfield:
$50 Leo Clark, Dickinson.
300 Albert ,Quellette, Gaylord.
lila Adam Geiger, Dickinson.
GAS Bernard Grosser,. Taylor.
218 Joe Schabari, Lefor.
62O Peter Stacke, Taylor.
1884 Robert Hegel, Sheffield.
$50 Frank j. Kubik, Dickinson.
STA George Washington Warren,
Dickinson.
81 William H. Burnett, Dickinson.
981 Jacob Krein. Lehigh.
ITO Grover C. Jopp, Gladstone.
8S2 Raphael J. Ehli, Dickinson.
GIT Jacob Schank, Richardton.
749 George Focht, Gladstone.
1911 Leore Barton, Belfeld.
525 Sam Grossman, Dickinson.
760 Burt Jay Vanderpool, Gladstone
1873 Lawrence Himmewinkle, Rich.
Sc Leslie A. Paxton, Dickinson.
1916 Frank Bprda, Dickinson.
1872 Frank Wagner, Dickinson.
S. Gervase Joseph Manning, Dick.
$50 Harry S. Brownfield, Belfield.
Sd Francis Marion Grubb, Dickin.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
NOTICE EQR BIDS.

1, of Dickinson. N. D.. will receive sealed
bids up to August 14th, 1917, at noon, for
repositories for school money for the en-
suing year upon being furnished with
bond as required by law.
By order of the School Beard.
Dated July oath, 1917.
FLORENCE BAIRD,
(Pub. July %; Aug. 4-11.)
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04

Harry tombstone, Richardton.
Fred Carl Buttki, Hebron.
William J. Buchanan, Belfeld.
John Mann, Belfield.
Markus Emmel, Schefeld.
Christian Krem, Antelope.
Clarence B. Sweeney, Dick.
Max Frankenstein, Dickinson.
E., G. Redmond, Belfeld.
Joseph Tutilman, Dickinson.
Josef Schneider, Lefor.
Manuel B. Fisher, Dickinson.
Raphael Gress, Richardton.
Jacob Loran, Richardton.
Archie Curtis Gibson, Dick.
Henry P. Schneider, Hebron.
Louie G. Ding, Hebron.
C. L. Colgrove, Jr., Dickinson.
Nick A. Lefor, Lefor.
Joseph Miller, Dickinson.
julius Smith, Belfield.
Nick N. Anton, Gladstone.
John E. Connolly, Dickinson.
Peter j. Kirsch, Gladstone.
Martin A. D. Gowdy, Dick.
Carl Erbstoesser, Richardton.
B. D. Wrangham, Dickinson.
Herbert Norton, South Heart.
Otto A. Schulz, Daglum.
B. R. D. Johnson, Dickinson.
C. M. Schmierer, Dickinson.
1gnatz L. Sticka, Schefeld.
Raymond G. Beck, Dickinson.
Frank Kappel, Lefor.
Frank Martin, Lefor.
Edward Hoffman,, Richardton.
Ed. Feininger, Dickinson.
Joe Prauss, Dickinson.
Joe Ketaichuk, Belfeld.
Hriberi Cuchenco, Lehigh.
Ed. Kronschnabel, Dickinson.
Jos. S. Beres, Dickinson.
John Badinger, Jr., Dickinson.
Adolph Sandve, Dickinson.
Christ ]. Vaaegesar, Taylor.
Andrew Hatch, Gladstone.
Alexander G.. Wolf, Dickinson.
Fred T. Brown, Taylor.
Louis Kubas, South Heart.
ROLAND C. Smith, Dickinson.
John Tozzi, Dickinson.
John l.. Wicker, Dickinson.
Chriest Ries, Richardton.
Gorten A. Griggs, Willmen.
Joseph Kranze, Dickinson.
George Fazel, New England.
Halvor J. Vogesor, Taylor.
Michael Froelich, Richardson.
Magnus Erickson, Taylor.
Fred Gross, South Heart.
Herman F. Meyer, Hebron.
William P. Olson, Dickinson.
Jules Fugere, Gaylord.
James Sweeney, York.
Anton Lampl, Richardton.
William Vermeulen, Zenith.
Frank J. Bogner, Gladstone.
G. H. Hanson, New England.
Nick J. Letang, Dickinson.
.Anders Christensen, Taylor.
Arthur S. Parker, Dickinson.
Fred w. Dotterweich, Belfleld.
Martin Hegel, Dickinson.
John Schmidt, Jr., Dickinson.
William A. Brown, Dickinson.
J.. J. Schroeder, Gladstone.
Kapeton Kahoner, Richardton.
Steve Hlibiczuk, Belfeld.
The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04

$50 Roy Weekes, Dickinson. ]
357 Joseph Samuel Guon, So. HIT. IL
% Arthur E. Bloomquist, Dick. s
1173 Robert Lewis Hill Dickinson. E
331 Ernest E. Davis, Belfeld. IL
1108 ]. B. Powers, Taylor. II
492 J. L. Strang, Taylor. II
1901 Lc7is H. Hahn, Dickinson. )
565 Edwin R. Muth, Dickinson. :
300 Holger Tall, Kordole, Sweden. .
1049 Charles John Mohrback, Dick. :
us Emil Summerfeld, Hebron. =
961 Xaver Heidi, Dickinson. 9
539 Dewey Wiley, Dickinson. e
349 Walter A. Khoop, Belfeld. -
562 Fred Korber, Dickinson. Ia
sol Louis Bennington, Taylor. I'D
1O2 Henry Peterson, Dickinson.
875 Jim Heilman, Dickinson. d
TIA Gottlieb, Schwenk, Hebron. 2
&C. Quinton Roberts, Dickinson. III
1924 August Dahlke, Taylor. II
1921 Anton P~rivratsky, South Heart Z
81 Joseph Freed, Dickinson. :.
1341 Anton Kubischta, Jr., So: HIT.
1043 C. Earl Branick, Dickinson.
II Alvin P. Vredenburg. 4
1855 George Dukart, Schefeld. IL
1898 Frank Fisher, Antelope.
555 Joseph J.. D'Eon, Dickinson. ]
978 James Thersher, Lehigh. .
1860 Herbert S. Marty, Dickinson. II
SOC Charles O'Connor, Taylor. =
1891 W. H. Buttki, Hebron. 2
1872 Mike Kuczynski, Dickinson. 3
BIT Alex Reisenauer, Dickinson. =
1876 Jacob Kline, Dickinson. .
681 tAnton Scharick, Richardton. .
713 Fred Foster, R%ichardton. :
935 Dominica Krank, Dickinson . 9
1921 Henrick Luithle, Richardton. n
1150 Frank Reith, R~ichardton. :
$50 Pancraz Bleth, R%ichardton. 6
1890 Paul Zasses, Antelope. 10
113 Oscar Anderson, Dickinson.
725 Clark R. Kemp, Hebron. Z
1904 F. P. Agnes, Guernsey, Eng. IL
1856 George Standinger, Richardton. h
1884 Vern French, Dickinson. 8
808 Edward E. Price, New Lisbon, II
Wis. /
$50 Edwin Fisher, Dickinson. hi
1888 Valentine Grabye, Dickinson.
267 Oscar P. King, Belield. 8
SGT H. O. Pippin, Dickinson. 6
1918 Joseph H. Schestak, Dickinson. 8
421 Peter Poison, Dickinson. G
$40 Theodore Ehly, Dickinson. ia
1882 Ollie Tomson, Ellsworth, Kan. Z
1854 j. F. Deane Wiley, So. Heart.
1863 Jack A. Libbea, Richardton. 8
436 Paul Lefczyk, Bualo, N. Y. ~
1876 Joe Kanitz, Hastings, MINI. 6
$50 Gust Cormas, Lehigh. 8
1904 Joseph Hondl, Jr., Dickinson. 10
1107 Anton j. Fisher, Dickinson. 2
1910 Henry S. Myer, Dickinson. 4
1862 Ernest R. Stieg, Richardton. 6
PSF John Pelzl, Daglum. IL
1109 Martin J. Steckler, Gladstone. 8
$3.50. M. Steinhart, Richardton. s
294 Martin Olson, Belfield. 4
1873 Frank L. Duck, Dickinson IL
8O7. ,Arius Beaudoin, Gaylord 2
867 Mike Freed, Dickinson. /
$50 John Schropp, Dickinson. 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-16
ST. BRIDGEr.


st, Bridget was a native of Ireland
and has the honor to share with St.
Patrick the distinction of exercising
the spiritual patronage of the Emsr-
aid Isle. She was the daughter 81
one of the princes of Ulster and was
born at Fochard after the first con-
version Of Ireland to the Christian
faith. She was the first nun in Ire
land and is regarded as the mother
of nunneries in that country. She
built her first cell under large oak
and her abode was named Kil-dara, or
the cell of the oak Round this first
Irish nunnery eventually arose the
city of Kildare. The date at which
St. Bridget is said to have founded
her cell is placed in. the year 5S5. Az
ter having astonished the world by,
number of extraordinary miracles,
she died and was buried at Down
patrick, the church of which also
boosted the possession OF the bodies
of SITS. Patrick and Column ba. st.
Bridget was popular saint in Eng
land and Scotland, as well. In Scot
land she was better known under the
corrupted name of st. Bride, and I'M
der this name a number of churches
have been dedicated to her, notably
st. Brides Church. in Fleet street.
Londe2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-16
POTATOES PLENTY,
GOVERNMENT SAYS

The huge potato crop which the
federal forecast indicates will be
produced in the United States this
year means that this important food
staple will be cheaper, and makes it
possible. says the United States de-
partment of agriculture. for Ameri-
acn families that had to cut down
on potato consumption because of
high prices to restore the tuber to a
prominent place on their bill of fare.
The department forecast. based on
estimates from all parts of the coun-
try places the total pototo yield at
more than $4,000, 900 bushels. an
compared with 2S5, 100000, in 1915
and 100000 in 1915. Potatoes of
the current season are already in the
market in large quantities, and. since
the early harvested tubers cannot be
kept easily, should be eaten more
abundantly now If spoilage is to he
avoided.
Next to the breadstuffs, potatoes
are the most important food crop of
the western nations, the department
portant now that the worlds wheat
supply il cut short since they furnish
starch, the principal food element
contributed by bread. and so may be
substituted in part for bread.
1t is no hardship to Americans,
says the department, to eat freely OF
potatoes; rather it has been a hard
ship to them during the past half
year to forego somewhat the use OF
this common food.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-16
BRIDGEPORT MAN
TAKES OVER ONE OF
PERSONS CONTRACTS

Benedict M. Holden, receiver of the
Pierson Engineering and Construction
Co.. represented by Lucius F. Robin
SON, was authorized by Judge Joseph
p. futile yesterday to transfer the in
terest he has as receiver in a road
construction contract at Scott's Cor
ners. Poundbridge, Westchester coun-
ty, N. Y, to Francisco Valerie OF
Bridgeport.
The original contract, which was
made with Martin E. Pierson before
the company of which he was at the
head. became financially embarrass-
ed, called for the construction of five
and six-tenths miles of highway
About two miles have been built under
the contract.
Under the terms of the contract the
machinery used on the work could not
be moved by the contractor until the
work was completed. The assuming
of the contract by Mr.. Valerie will
result in releasing the machinery te
the receiver, and Mr. Valerie is to pay
the receiver $1,000 for use of the ma
chinery in connection with the work
Mr.. Valerie was said to be a respon-
sible contractor.