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and wards, all of which are fully
equipped to care for the sick.
The vernacular of the sea is not
strange to the unique passenger list
which will shortly embark on this
famous vessel. Association and COR
respOndence with their sailor hus-
bands has been an excellent means
of instruction. The wife of one chief
Petty Officer was sure that her hus-
band had told her enough about the
sea to qualify her as "man-o'-wars-
man." And no doubt there will be
many surprises sprung when sailor
announces that dinner is about to
be served, and some fair passenger
informs him that she has not seen
the meal pennant broken nor heard
"pipe down" blown on the Boat
SWANS pipe.
When the Navy Department de-
cided to send a fleet of ships to the
Pacific, it was not possible to keep
all the sailors residing on the East
Coast in the Atlantic fleet. AS a
result number of married men were
separated from their loved ones. The
navy is now doing the best possible
thing by bringing the wives of the
sailors to their husbands, the only
expense being that for meals.
Everything else on this pleasure
trip will be free for the wives of
the sailors; doctors, nurses ana at
tendants will be on board to care for
the sick passengers. A novel milk
machine has been installed for con-
verting milk powder into beverage
similar in every respect to fresh
milk; this insures plenty of good
milk for the children and the sick
passengers.
This wonderful trip will give the
sailors wives an opportunity to see
the strange lands and peoples of
which they have often heard their
husbands talk The Mercy will go
through the Panama Canal and shape
her course over the route taken by
the Pacific fleet in its historic
cruise from Hampton Roads to the
Golden Gate. The trip will take
about three weeks as planned by
the navy department, and after a
liberal stop-over at Colon and Pana-
ma City the hospital ship will turn
her Prov towards the sunny coast
of California
The little incidents mean much
for the morale of the men in the
navy, and it may be truthfully said
that the navy department is aspiring
no expense to make the men as
in every respect as is
possible and expresses clearly what
is meant when a navy man exclaims
''The navy takes care of its own"
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sons and daughter of Minneapolis;
Charles P. Swanson of Chicago; John
Harron of Duluth; Henry Blake of
Glendora, CAL; e. H. Staller OF St.
Paul; J. COLI of Duluth; Louis M.
Hacherberg of New York; and Rol-
and Hicks of Remer.
Registered Saturday were w. l..
Brown, H. w. Mike, T. Glen Harri-
son, Ivan T. Cope, 8. H. Paxton,
Frank Scott and F. A. Danneker of
St. Paul; Charles A. Benjamin of Bos-
ton; J. L. Adler of Philadelphia,
William G. Weber Of Chicago; J. H.
Lichtig Of Cleveland, H. J. Rolling
of Duluth; c. Wells, E. H. Miller
and H. w. Wood Of Minneapolis; and
l.. A. Olsen of Albert Lea.
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M AkIno 4, Htt.

had an engagement one evening
with q young woman friend, with
whom was endeavoring to make q
big hit, writes a correspondent. We
went to the theater; walked up to
the box Office and asked for two tick
cts. Thinking I had them, my COM
panion walked In ahead. put my
hand into my pocket, and, holy smoke,
I had forgotten to take any money
with me! i turned red and white, but
that was nothing compared to how
felt when the usher gently broke the
news and escorted my girl to a door
marked exit" Did I make a HIT
I've got the chills yet.
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operation, but we can stop new build
ing and new highways while keeping
in good repair every public work that
we have.
"Our ability to get quickly from
here to Worcester is the result of
people saving their money and build
ing a railroad The ability to buy
cheap cloth and cheap shoes is the
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result of saving money and invest
ing in cloth and shoe factories:
There is plenty of work in Amer
lea for our people. Work now and
save for the future. We never know
when there is going to be turn.
The present condition will continue
If we refrain from public extrava-
gance,"
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ENGLISH OBSERVE
WHIT MONDAY

London, May "a. (By MaiD-Whit
Monday, one of the most popular ma
tional holidays Of the year, is be-
ing observed with all pre-war enthus-
iasm today. Many hundreds of
thousands of workers made long
weekend of it from Friday night or
Saturday morning until Tuesday
morning.
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ATTENTION, PAINTERs!e

Local union No. 1909 of painters
end decorators will close charter on
June list, after which initiation fee
will be raised. BY order of c. S.
Rouse, president. 2d5-25
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G. e. Williams of ROLLS spent the
day here Saturday. on business.
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Potatoes $3.50 per bushel at Tropp-
mans. 1d5-24
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MARKHAM REGISTER
Among those registered at the
Markham on Sunday were G.. E.
Bloodhart of Grand Forks; w. T. No
rem, E. o. Olson and G. Howard Par
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Mrs. Emma Hinshaw, Mrs. David
Hinshaw and daughter. Helen, Mrs.
William Keeler and daughter. Lu-
verne. motored from Wilton Satur-
day and spent the day here shopping
and calling on friends: ,
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Miss Anna Tardy and mother of
FROM, were among the out of town
business callers in the city today.
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Miss Jeanette Gilge of Blackjack
was a Sunday caller in this city.
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Matt Kelly of Niagara, N. D.. who
has been in the city for the past few
days repairing his boat, went to Cass
Lake with it yesterday, and will oc-
cupy his cottage on Star Island for
the summer.
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For clean, sweet milk and cream
from Alfalfa Dairy at Home Bakery,
PEOPLES Store and Sweet Shop. equal
to any certified milk or phone 1874.
w, G.. Schroeder. e,- 1Ot6-l
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years ago a man called Big Dan was in
this room at 9 o'clock. At 10. when the
detectives broke in to arrest him, ne
had disappeared: Look around and tell
us how he did it."
That's all you want to know, is it,
sir?" says I, GRIMM sarcastic. Strikes
me I've been called in little late"
AT least he goes on, you are not
handicapped by any personal friendship
for the gentleman in question, as were
some of the investigators who were on
the spot. And you are at liberty to
make a full search
"All right" says I. Here goes
1t didn't look promisin' for my repu-
tation as an amateur sleuth. But l
proceeds to squint around and look wise.
There wasn't much to see in room as
bare as the back of your hand. All that
was left was that empty row of book
cases, stretchin' clear across one side
and reachin' up about seven feet. Just
dusty shelves. Except at one end where
a section had been glassed in by heavy
doors with faded silk curtains behind
the panes. l swung one of the doors
open and found sort of coat closet,
with hooks on the side.
This part was a fake, eh?" says l.
$50 it was" agrees Old Hickory.
Il wonder why?' says l. Room
enough for man to hide in here. A
big man. at that. Just push that door,
too. will you?"
Not that l had any plan then. l only
wanted to see how it would feel to be
shut in there, and guess how long a
man could stay there and breathe In
the dark | took a sniff. The air smelt
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had this brilliant thought of his while
he was putin. his way up that long
corkscrew flight of iron stairs, for
we've no sooner got back into the
library again, and he's able to speak.
than he calls out sharp:
over by the front window. Torchy.
You, too, Upper. Yes, 1 want you
both. And hand me that coat"
Now WHAT" demands Upper:
Just moment" says Old Hick-
pocket. mo. not there" Then he
finds the left and dives into that.
But therfes nothing doing Next he
tries the inside pocket and out comes
bulky yellow envelope. He drops
the coat on the floor and his fingers
tremble as he opens this package.
"Ha" says he, a second later. Now,
Al Upper, 1 want you to take a good,
long look at these. Eth? What are
| they?'
Upper takes what's damned into
his hands, runs through the crisp
gasp.
THE securities" says he
The ones l told you l gave Big Dan
that night" says Old Hickory.
Yes. says A. Gordon Upper. his
twitchin'. He's a mulish old boy. and
one of the hardest things he does is
to give in that he's made a mistake.
He can't let go of a twenty-fve-year-
old grudge all in flash. But when
he does he comes across noble.
"Ellins." says he, I'm a stubborn
old fool II beg your pardon
sOh. shut up. AL says Old Hick-
Dry. Il guess we're good deal alike
after all. Haven't spare cigar. have
your
You bet he had. And all the way
down to the Corrugated building them
two old grouches chatted away as
chummy as a couple of high school
girls. No, I don't know what they
did with them out-of date stock Sc
curities, but regardin' the rest of the
loot. say, 1 know of a wide built night
Waterman who's due to blossom out
next Sunday in a fiat-topped derby of
the vintage of '95 and an antique
cutaway that will knock 'em cold on
Sth avenue
Also who says New York amt got
no romantic ruins? Course, YOU got
to catch 'em quick or you'll find 'era
nineteen-story office buildings
Copyright, 1920. by Sewell Ford)
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SCOUTS MAKE FAST TIME
IN WALK FROM new YORK
Four Manhattan Boys Bring Here
Their Mayors Greetings to
President Wilson.

Here to carry greetings from the
mayor of New York city to Presi-
dent Wilson, four Boy Scouts of
Manhattan believe they have made the
fastest walking trip between the two
cities in a long time.
They are Joseph H Markofsky.
eighteen years old, assistant scout
master of Troop No. 236; William
Rock. sixteen years old, and Lewis
freshman, fourteen years old, first
class scouts, and Edward Bader. four
teen years old. second-class scout.
The scouts, led by Scoutmaster Mar
kofsky, left New York Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock, and walked
into Washington Friday night. They
walked twenty hours a day. they de-
clared, covering between eighty and
ninety miles day. which is dis
tinctly "some" walking
They got two lifts of approximate
ly twenty-five miles, during the trip,
but otherwise 'hoofed it, the whole
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IA Sleuth Call for Torchy
By Sewell Ford.
ND then there are tim,

A ND then there are times when
~ this private sec. job gets me
~ yawny in the face. Like here
the other afternoon when three
Of us had put in the best part of two
hours in the back room of an uptown
bank gointover a lot of securities. Uh-
huh. Me and Old Hickory Ellins and A.
Gordon Upper. Appraisin' the contents
of safety deposit box to settle an es-
tate. That is, Mr.. Ellins and Upper
did the appraisin while I did the listin'.
About as thrillin' work as countin' the
Cohens in the city directory.
But we finished up after a while and
all piled into a taxi to drive down to
the Corrugated Trust, me on one Of
the let-down seats and these two heavy
old boys facin me in the back. They
was just as chatty as two sacks of coal,
each putin away on a black cigar and
starin' out of his own window. Seems
they'd exhausted all their conversation
when they'd compared notes on the
bonds and things they'd been PAWN
over.
And yet l happened to know that for
twenty or thirty years they had be-
longed to the same club, lived in the
as directors together on maybe a dozen
boards. Still, up to this afternoon, when
they'd taken this little trip as CO.
executors. l had never known of Mr.
Upper droppin' in on Old Hickory
alone. You'd most think, with so much
in common, they could find something
to say to each other.
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boss, 1 gathered, who had skipped out
sudden.
Lets see," says Upper. Dan lived
for while in Paris, didn't he, and then
drifted back to Ireland. where he died
as poor as when he first left it? Isn't
that your recollection, Ellins?"
II wonder if he took those stock GER
tifcates with him?" is all the answer
Old Hickory makes. "They never turned
, up, you know"
Didn't they" asks Upper, kind of
sneerin. 81 know you had them when
you went up to the library
"Tm glad you know that much,''
snaps Old Hickory. "And Big Dan was
probably still there when the detectives
came for him. See. They've taken the
front windows out. Huh. I'd like to
take a look at that room, Upper
you're welcome" says Upper. ut
doesn't seem to me quite a safe place
to roam around in just now"
About then whistle blows some
| where and a minute later plaster
covered wreckers begun streamin' out.
81 say, Tupper!' says Old Hickory
1.-THE men are quitting. Let's take a
last look at the place where Big Dan
ruled New York"
There's a night Waterman already
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distance. One of the boys got blisters
on his feet. and the whole crowd was
sleepy. but game. Each carried
sixty pound pack. They lived of PIE,
milk and bread and butter.
The scouts plan to go to the White
House tomorrow morning to present
the letter of greeting to President
Wilson. They hope to see him per
sonally. While here they are stop
ping at the Y. NJ. H. A. quarters. llth
street and Pennsvlyania avenue. They
expect to start the return hike Tues
day morning.
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OFF TO FIGHT PLAGUE.
Surgeon General Cumming Leaves
Washington for Galveston. 4,

Surgeon General Hugh s. Cumming
of the public health service will leave
Washington today for Galveston
Tex. where he is TO preside at a ma.
tional conference Of state and citv
health officers on August ? and &
called to consider measures for com.
batting the bubonic plague.
There viii be several other officers
of the public health service and the
Army and Navy medical staffs pres-
emit many Of whom have had eX-
perience abroad in treating plague
patients
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In the reign of Queen Anne man
was sentenced to Imprisonment for
life for writing a pamphlet to prove
that communication with the dead
was possible.
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BOUND TO DELIVER SPEECH
Guest at Banquet Must Have Some
what Astonished the Rest of
the Gathering.

There was TO be a banquet at an
Indianapolis church and one Of the
parishioners felt sure that he would
be called on for a speech. Realizing
how poor he was at imprOmptu
speeches he accordingly made ready
for this occasion by writing one and
then memorizing it.
The night Of the banquet came and
after rehearsing his speech to his
proud wife the parishioner went to
church, elated over his fOrethOught.
The crowd assembled and gathered
around the table. And then-then the
minister called on the parishioner TO
say grace"
For a minute he was appaned-aIsO
his wife. But braveIy he rallied and
began TO compose a grace He gave
one sentence. heSitated and then to
his wife's horror plunged into the
middle Of his speech. He finished il,
too. OF course every one was amazed.
his wife most Of all, for you see he
even used his practiced gestures
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WILL HONOR EARLY PRINTER
Anniversary Of Birth Of christophs
PIantin TO Be Appropriately Com
memorated in August.

The four hundredth anniversary OF
the birth OF Christophe Plantin. the
noted French printer Of the sixteenth
century, will be commemorated with
appropriate ceremonies in Antwerp,
during August. Plantin was a son Of
Belgium only through adoption. He
was born somewhere in historic
Touraine
1t was the peculiar achievement OF
Plantin TO bring honor and glory to
the printers trade in the days Of its
infancy. With a keen appreciation
Of the beauties Of literature, PIantin
delighted in perfecting his workman
ship in order that those beauties
might be published in the most at
tractive form possible. although his
tools were those of q common work
nan. His chef-d'oeyure was the fa-
NOUS Biblia neutrality-suspicious. IN
1J69-1573-an attempt at a scientific
revision Of the text OF the Old and
New Testaments. It was published in
the Greek, Hebrew, Syrian and Chat
dean languages AS a result Of this
monumental work Plantin receives
from King Philip OF Spain the title
"prOtotypOgFaphus regius" and the
right to print all the IiturgicaI books
for the states embraced IN King PhH-
ip's far-fung empire.
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COAST GOOD ROADS
interest centers Particularly in High
way Extending From California
to Washington.
By HERBERT MUM, State Highway
Engineer Of Oregon.)

By HERBERT MUM, State Highway
Engineer Of Oregon.)
The Pacific coast is particularly in
terested in our national highway; that
is the Pacific coast highway extending
from California to Oregon and Wash
ington This when completed will have
approximate length OF some 1.400
miles, and the large part OF 1t is now
completed or nearing completion
Mr.. Fletcher Of California stated TO
me that his state had completed 525
miles, extending from Los Angeles
north to Sacramento, and we are now
under contract to complete the road.
Oregon now has under contract on this
road some 100 miles Of construction,
all of which will be completed by the
middle Of next year, 200 miles of which
will be paved and the rest macadam
or gravel. Washington has completed
this road to Seattle. and next year its
entire length viii be complete.
am unable TO say at this time just
how much money was expended dur
ing the year 1919 In the three states.
but In Oregon approximately $1,000
GOO was expended. The three states.
however, are pretty well liked IMAM
cially.
California has a new bond issue for
100000 and previously has e1-
pended some S3S, 100000. Oregon has
some $50, 100000 available and roads
to cost 100000 to S2o.OOO.OO0 under
construction. Washington has less
money. They failed to carry the bond
issue there this year, but have between
100000 and 100000 available for
next year.
The eastern connections with the Pa
cif1c highway are the Santa Fe trail,
the Lincoln highway, and the Midland
road. I think the Santa Fe Ia pretty
well cared for. It connects with south
ern California In Oregon we are con
Meeting with the southern highway
ard with the Columbia river highway
Labor conditions on the PacihcAcOast
| are about the same as IN the Fast
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Important to all Women
Readers Of this Papeg

Thousands upon thousands Of womeI
have kidney or bladder trouble and nevel
suspect It.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result Of kidney CT bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not IN healthy con
dition, they may cause the other orgznf
TO become diseased.
You may suffer pain n thu back, head.
ache and loss OF ambition
Poor health makes you nervous, nFita-
bic and may Be respondent; It makes any
one 20.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr.
Kilmer'e SWGmp-Root, BY restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for q sample bottle to 80
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney
liver and bladder medicine, will do fol
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, yoJ
may receive sample size bottle by Parce
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-AdV
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WAS ALSO A VEGETARIAN
At Any Rate, George Bernard shaw's
Guest Showed Little Desire
for Meat Dishes.

George Bernard Shaw has been a
vegetarian for 80 years." said an edi-
tor. ''Shaw told me a vegetarian story
the last time visited him in London.
HE said he was walking In the
Strand one day when a beggar held
him up and asked for a little money
to buy food, claiming he had eaten
nothing for 4S hours. Shaw gave him
a note 10 Frascati's for a full meal,
and stopped in there the next day TO
pay the bill.
81 sent a poor beggar here yes
terday,' he said. What do owe you 2
Seventeen and six. Mr.. Shaw said
the manager with a smile.
Seventeen and six, en-? And what
were the itemsP
Eight beers said the manager,
three whiskys. a pint OF port, four
cigars and a package Of Virgins
cigarettes. A true vegetarian like
yourself. sir london Tit-Bits.
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MoToRTRUck is lNslsTENT
War Brought It Into Prominence as
Commercially Practical Form Of
transportation.

The value Of the motortruck as an
the war, sprang into prominence as a
commercially practical form OF trans
portation and while the fighting has
ceased, the need for the motortruck re
mains with US. more insistent than
ever before Within certain limitations
the freight car of the highway is more
efficient than the rail carrier, and. be
cause it is, it may be taken as a per-
manent form Of transportation and one
destined to have a large influence on
the movements Of trade in the future.
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Erench Trade Gro,,s-

The value az the French foreign
trade for the first three months Of 1920
was as follows: Imports, 7-766 $50. goo
francs, against 6,342, 1872 900 francs IN
1919; exports. 1885, $50. 600 francs.
sgainst 1,1SO.931. 600 francs In 1913.
Imports Of food products were valued
at 2O63. $50 OO francs; industrial ma
teriaIs, 3.S01 .3S4, GOO francs; nnanufae.
lures. 1.901, T14.00O francs. Exports Of
food products were 34S, 1874. 600 francs t:
Industrial materials, So, or. eco
francs; manufactures. 2,O16, 461, OOO
francs; postal packages. 12Se54 900
francs
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Kun Bella; and If Irwin Cobb should
go TO Budapest to live he would have
to call himself Cobb Irwin or be
classed down in the ruck with the
unknown Jones John and Smith Sam
ueI and Brown Charles What pleas
ure the Magyars get out OF foOling
themselves into thinking that Mac
beth was written By Shakespeare VII
liam, and that the character Seho-
field Penrod was created by Tarking-
ton Booth Is quite beyond the cOmpre
hension OF the average comprehender.
II might add to the beauty Of the well
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PUSH GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Construction Work Retarded by War
Should Now BE Resumed to Fa-
cIIItate Transportation.

Good roads construction retarded
by the war should now be pushed Wig
orousIy and nothing should be per
mitted to interfere with the expansion
and development OF these important
arteries Of transportation and trade
which can serve to materially reduce
high living costs by facilitating the
movement Of fOOdstuffs from the farm
to the table.
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Juggling Names in Hungary

really Bella Kfralfy. An American
who signs his name Harry ]. Wimpus
is at once known to all Hungarians
as Mr.. Harry. and any kilograms
which are received for Mr.. Wimpus
are put In the unclaimed rack. be
cause Mr. Wimpus has become Ar.
Harry and is unrecognized by any
other name. Thus, Bella Kun is az
ways referred to by the Magyars as
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Perfect Health Is Yours
If the Blood is Kept Pure

opening. A few bottles Of S. S. s..
the great vegetable blood medicine.
win revitalizs your blood and give
you new strength and a healthy.
vigorous vitality. Everyone needs
it just now to keep the system in
perfect condition. Go to your drug
store and get bottle to-day, and
If you need any medical advice, you
can obtain it without cost by writ
ing TO Medical Director, Swift Spe-
-cific Co, 1I2 Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.