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ENTERTAINS CLASS

On Wednesday, Aug. Is, the Misses
Vera and Hulda Granstrom enter
tanned their Sunday school pupils al
their home in the town of Grant
where a most delicious dinner was
served in a beautiful grove. -Four
girls and boys were added to their
number after the dinner, The girls
ages were &c, So, Al and 30: the boys
were 80 and %. The small children
were treated to an auto ride down
town They came back and had their
pictures taken, and finished the after.
noon in playing games. Mrs. Hert
True and three children, Mrs. e. c.
Thompson and son, Warren, joined the
party in the afternoon.
RhoySdOVnyNe
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CARD OF THANKS

WE wish to extend our sincerest
thanks to our kind friends and
neighbors for their kind assistance and
floral offerings during our recent be-
lreavement in the loss of our husband
and son. Special thanks we tender to
Rev. G. w. Emery, the American Lee
gion, and the Service Star Legion
MRS. KARL HANSEN, Mr.. and MRS.
E. J. HANSEN.
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CANCER VICTIM

Mrs. Mary Rynda died at her farm
home near Radisson, Sunday morn
ing, of cancer of the bowels aged 6S
years, seven months and % days She
left six sons, who acted as her pail
bearers, and two daughters. She was
the widow of Albert Rynda, who died
in Ladysmith, Jan. 10, 1921.
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BAKER SPEAKS AT HAWKINS

John Baker, candidate for the re-
publican nomination for attorney gen.
eral, spoke to large and enthusiast
crowd of voters at Hawkins Wednes-
day evening.
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MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS

Harvey l.. Thibault, New London,
and Laura Rathbun, town of Rusk,
Aug IA.
Paul Hamick, Curtiss, and lila
Birthman Glen Flora, Aug. Is.
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FOR SALE-AUTOMOBI
FORD TRUCK in first-class condition
LADYSMITH FUEL CO., A. III
Bragdon, Manager. 19t1
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POSITION WANTED
FIFTEEN EAR-OLD GIRL dies

place to work in good family for
board while going to school Phone
| 356W. 1920
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WEST GROW

Virginia Lint, of Ingram, is spend
ing the week with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs B. w. Fiser.
Misses Inez Fiser and Melba Carl.
son, of Ingram, spent Sunday after
noon at the B. W. Fiser home.
Messrs. Eugene Ripperger, Hank
Gums and Frank Crabb attended the
dance at Ingram Saturday night.
Martin Arts and family returned
home Friday from Minnesota, after a
short visit at the home OF Mr.. Arts
sister.
j. B. Diederich and family, and Geo.
Coggins and family left Saturday for
Anoka, Mimi, for visit with friends
and relatives.
A party and dance was given at the
cheese factory Friday evening. AT
midnight ice cream and cake was
served to all present.
Mrs. F. J. CoOney returned home
from Tony Monday, where she had
been staying at the Victor DeMuer
home the past week.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
HELP WANTED

GIRL for general housework MRS
l E. F. PIES, 500 e. Miner-av. 1
CLIP
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WET CANDIDATE HERE

A. G. McHenry. of Oshkosh, candi
date for governor, spoke to small
crowd at the Carroll corner yesterday
afternoon.
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DINING ROOM GIRL at GERARD
HOTEL. 1t
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Therefore, it is hereby ordered and
adjudged that said Earl f. Schill ap-
pear before this court and defend him
self from the above charges.
By order Of
, 1922-09-19
Liquor Cases
Speeded Up In
Federal Court

Los ANGELES. Sept. is.-Judse
Benjamin F. Bledsoe CT the United
States district court. has devised
and promulgated from the bench a
new method which he hopes will pre-
vent congestion OF the ''iiauor cal
endar'' in his tribunal. 1t is this;
All persons charged with viola
tons of tho Nolstead act that r
punishable by fines and who plead
guilty when a~rraigned, instead Of
waiting weeks to enter pleas OF
guslty. viii be fined $3.50.
An who delay their pleas will find
their fines materially increased and
in cases serve much time in
jail.'
The $3.50 fine will be the regular
order, irrespective OF whether the
defendants have COUNSEL said
Judge Bledsoe.
And the government will benefit
by a cleared calendar.
1T want to encourage those who
are guilty 10 plead guilty. for this'
court will have no sympathy with
those who deliberately clutter up
the calendar and take up valuable
time in the hope OF postponing or
tightening an inevitable Judgment"
, 1922-09-19

natural reservoir. and a subsequent
useless expenditure o steel tank
age"
The foregoing statement OF policy
Of the Texas Oil company was made
Monday evening at the banquet given
by the Casper Chamber OF Commerce
In honor OF the Texas officials by
Amos L. Beatty. president OF the com
pany. II seemingly sets at rest any
doubts hat the Texas will contract
for h entire output OF one or more
independents In the Salt Creek field
TO the exclusion OF the others.
Our refinery here in Casper" Mr..
Beatty continued, will be in partial
operation December / and in full cp-
Grafton by january l.. We will start
taking about 10000 barrels daily.
This will be continued until we have
a reserve Of crude in tankage to run
our refinery six months. Then we
viii take 5000 barrels daily, the ca
pacity Of our plant. keeping always
on hand a six months supply for any
emergency that m a arlse."
The banquet was attended by 900
members Of the chamber OF
and their wives. 1t was the first
forum dinner since the summer re
cess and particularly arranged for
the Tex officials who are on a tour
OF their Wyoming properties.
Mr.. Beatty paid tribute to the
warmth of greeting and assistance OF
the chamber OF calling II
the Invest organization of it's kind
with which he lad come in contact.
III you keep UP the pace you have
set he said lyon wilt hava 400, o,o
of the finest cities In the
Your location and your natural ad-
vantagcs. coupled with your high
sense Of civic pride. insure your
growth INTO a wonderful city,
The post-prandial talks, owing to
the fact that the Texas officials were
leaving on the evening Burlington
train south. were necessarily cur
tailed. The only speakers in addition
to Mr. Beatty were w. o. Wilson of
Casper. David Connolly, vice president
OF the Texas Production
Continued on Page Fivel
, 1922-09-19

sign o. any miner left in them. either
deac Il. alive The rescue men, hamp.
cred by their oxygen helmets n tho
heat of the underground workings.
turned their attention to exploring
the cross cuts and drifts leading from
the tunnels already traverscd. In on,
they found n buikhead that had no,
been there when the miners went ~
low that fatal midnight three week,
ago.
Hope arose anew Mt this evidence
that some. at least of the entombed
men had not died an instant death
from the gasses thrown off by the fIrs
in the shaft. and the rescuers pressed
on. They found another bulkhead. not
built of planks and timbers and stuffed
with torn clothing like the first, fut
erected earth. rock and debris. II sas
a pitiful structure. gaping in places 80
that the rescuers could see through
1t, but it checked the air current some.
what and the men In the oxygen hsl.
NETS halted before it. afraid to tear
it down while the air before it was
poisonous lest thereby cause sudden
death to any who might be alive be.
'yoId it.
Hope too at its highest when this
second buikhead was found and from
that height It made its greatest plunge.
Before those who waited above for
news of their loved ones knew even
that the had broken through
the ~bulkheads word came that the
bodies of 1900 foot level a beeS
found and counted.
Not. long after word came up from
the telephone station. hurriedly ad.
vanced to the 1900 foot level, near
the bulkheaded place, that the other
five had been found. dead.
jackson took the blow calmly, and
presently found comfort in the sure
knowledge, gained from notes left by
two OF the men and from this reports
of regarding the mems work
before they died. that a quick. merci-
full death had come to them instead Of
the agonies of starvation There was
no lingering in inky darkness 5000
feet below sea level. The gas came,
then lethargy, hen Oblivion.
Records scrawled on paper by ons
man and scratched on a timber BY
another showed they had lived but lit
tie more than three hours after erect
ing their pitiful barricades. saddest
of all was the mute record OF the bare
beginning of a third bulkhead when
gas had driven them from the scene
Of the second.
Identification will be difficult. Jne
length of time since they died tins
= Continued IN Page Ffve)
, 1922-09-19
NORTHWESTERN STRIKERS
RETURN TO DIES MONIES
SHOPS, ALL TAKEN BACK

There were rising hopes that Bert
NJ. Jewell. the shopcrafts leader. would
iron out with officials of the New
York Central lines, differences which
prevented an agreement between
striking shopmsr and the roads which
form the Neyrfork Central system-
These hopes were strengthened
when the Southern Railway. the Mo-
bile and Ohio, controlled by the South
ern, and the Monon. fell in line with
roads accepting the Baltimore plan
and signed the agreement. Many
strikers on these roads were expected
back today at the jobs they left July
]. when the nationwide shopmen's
strike began.
Reports of a general return to work
by striking shopmen on roads which
agreed tN the Baltimore plan, brought
Gontnued pnoPzss FtyA
, 1922-09-19

uay Gne dKattS tine III OF lnciF
bodies from the rock tunnel. walled
in with flimsy bulkheads OF their own
building. thai has been their tomb
for three weeks. But jackson is un-
for her men showed hey knew
how to die. Moreover. those who did
meet tina fate showed they knew
how to live. for they gave of them
selves without stint in the effort to
their entombed fellows.
This was Caiifornia's worst mine
disaster in m of California's greatest
gold producers. and Il was the hard.
est blow jackson ever has had to suf.
fer.
Three weeks ago last Sunday night
men deep In the Argonaut believed
they smelled smoke. A shift boss
took two men and went to investigate.
They found the shaft afire at the
~3.600-foot level. Glanced death from
gas rnd were carried through the
fire to the top of the mine. Their
began the work OF fire fighting which
presently emerged into one OF rescue
for tho men below. for the fire
blocked the shaft and prevented the
escape OF the miners.
Men came from all over the west
to offer their services. the curious
fellowship OF miners Bringing hearty
offers OF service from all who could
get to Jackson. Mining companies in
distant states, ever In Mexico, tele
graphed proffers of assistance. The
Kennedy Mining company, operators
OF ar adjoining shaft, sunk the bit
~terness of a lawsuit in its willingness
to be of service and loaned all Its
property and facilities to the work
of rescue.
For many weary days. disappointed
sometimes by unexpected d~ifficultie.
and heartened sometimes by equally
unexpected bits Of good luck. rescu,
-~crews-drove through the choked tun
mel that once had connected the two
mines or battered at the rock sep
~arating one OF the Kennedy's drift.
from the Argonaut's 4.200.foot level
Early today a drill was driver
through the last barrier Of rock into
the Argonaut.
Sweating shoulders and u~nbreakabl;
Wills drove steel picks at the rock
until this hole had been enlarged
enough to permit a man to pass. Five
men made a hasty and unauthorized
exploration of part OF the Argoneaut
seeking survivors at the Imminent
risk of their own lives. The opening
was enlarged so that a rescue crew
could pass. and all day exploration.
went IN without any result.
The levels were clear, there was nj
, 1922-09-19
DRY LAW ISSUE
IN PRIMARIES
OF NEW YORK
Republican and Democratic
Candidates for Congress
Being Chosen at Polls
Today.

ALBANY. y. Y, Sept. Estate
wide primaries were held today TO
nominate Republican and Democratic
candidates for congress. the lestsla-
turo and county OFFICES and to select
elezst to state conventions which
viii nominate state tickets and candi-
dates for the United States senate
II 10 the first time since the enact
ment of the direct primary law that
candidates. for governor and other
state offices ave not been nominated
at the polls.
Most Of the Republican contests for
the congressional nominations are
In the rural districts up state and in
half of these the issue is h enforce
ment Of tho prohibition law. The
dry" forces nave conducted vigorous
campaigns in behalf OF candidates
who have pledged themselves not to
tamper with the volstead c There
are fourtssn Republican and sight
Democrat contests for congressional
nominations.
, 1922-09-19
Bohemia Hit
By High Rent,
Artists MOue

NEW YORK. Sept. 1s.-Green-
witch Village is about to lose its Bo-
hemian residents.
Rents have been forced sky high.
tho artists complain. by the com
petition OF idle rich, who know
nothing of art but like to wear
flowing ties and live in tbs midst
OF temptations.
Julian Bowes, chairman OF the
rent committee of the League of
American Artists. has called \ meet
ing of artists and realestate men to
arrange for wholesale studio build
ings on the tops of commercial
buildings along the Hudson and
East rivers.
, 1922-09-19

funeral OF Mrs. Mills.
All of last night Investigators ques-
toned W persons. It was learned
that one of them vas Willie Stevens,
the dead minister's brother-in-law.
Prosecutor John Toolan announced
hat before the day is over a man
will be arrested on a short affidavit
charging suspicion Of murder"
Another bit of evidence was placed
in the hands of the detectives by
George Deinsor. II was a woman's
handkerchief. pierced by three holes
around which the detectives said
were powder burns.
Charlotte Mills. ~15-yearosd daughter
of Mrs. Mills, took entire charge Of
the arrangements for her mothers
funeral. held privately in an under
taking parlor. Although the family
has only small means. Charlotte Sc
lected a handsome casket. Her
mother was her pal, h said. and
she wanted nm expensive funeral for
her.
The funeral was simple in contrast
, 1922-09-19
3d.. BROOKS PRES|DES
OVER ANNUAL MEETING
OF STATE BANKERS

LARAMIE. wyo, Sept. 1.-THE
wyoming State Bankers association.
began a two-day session hero today
with former Governor B. B. Brooks
of Casper presiding and W. J.. Bailey
of Kansas City, governor of the
Tenth Federal Reserve Bank meeting.
Representatives Of banks at Chicago,
Omaha, Denver. Kansas City and
many towns in Wyoming were also
in attendance. Tonight the
association will honor Edward win
son of this city. the oldest banker in
the state, who will be 90 tomorrow.
, 1922-09-19
HENNrNG TO RESIGN.

WASHINGTON Sept. 1s.-Edward
]. Hsnning, assistant secretary of
labor. wa said by his friends to have
practically decided TO submit his resig-
nation in order 10 accept nomination
as United States judge for the south
ern district of California.
, 1922-09-19

Peacock Alley in the Congress no.
tel, Chicago, was treated to an mus
tai thrill when. during the style show
Of the Fashion Art League Of America
which is in convention there. Mrs.
Margaret S. Reeves suddenly appear
I'd with n bailin and demanded tho
jewels worn by Miss Edna De Werth
queen Of the manneldns. Miss DE
Werth refused to give them up and
Mrs. Reeves attacked her. the two
ome battling furiously until Mrs.
Reeves obtained the gems. She ex-
planned that they were worth $1,000
and had been worngfuIiy given to
Miss DE Werth by Neville Reeves,
her husband.
, 1922-09-19
Potato Week Will Be
Observed in Capital

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Sept 1s.--In
attempt to convince the housewives Of
this city OF the superior quality of
Laramie county potatoes grown on
dry land, the city and county will
celebrate Potato Week early in DC
tober. All dealers vii be asked to
sell during that week dry-land wyo-
ming potatoes, r. II. Zeiger, county
agent, is handling the details.
, 1922-09-19
LARAMIE SHOP STRIKERS
SIGN UP NEW AGREEMENT

LARAMIE. wyo.. Sept. 1s.-shop-
craft employees Of h Colorado, Wyo-
mng & Easte.n railroad, who went on
strike here July 1, have signed an
agreement with f. ". Miller, receiver
for the railroad. The striktrs are re-
ported TO have returned to work Mon
day Following the signing OF tina
agreement
, 1922-09-19
DEATH TOLL in
ERIN NOW 436

BELFAST, Sept. 1e.-Figures given
out here Of the fatalities in dis
turbances since July FL. 1920, show a
total OF 4s6 persons killed. Of whom
1t is stated 1ss were Protestants and
247 Catholics.
Since January /. 1922. the figures
give 81 Protestants int 1ss Catholics
killed.
, 1922-09-19
DECREASE OF TWO per CENT In
RETAIL FOOD COSTS is SHOWN

Among the cities showing a de-
crease in the price level were. Dem
yer. 5 Del cent; Omaha. and Salt
Lake City. 3 per cent Nineteen
other cities showed a decrease of
] per cent OF less. while Butte and
Seattle showed increases OF less
than u Of 1-per cent
, 1922-09-19

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.-The
retail cost of food to the average
family in the United States de-
creased 2 per cen in the month
ending August Is. according to fig
ures made public today by the bu-
reau OF labor statistiea OF the de
partment Of labor. based on reports
from 81 citieA
, 1922-09-19
Eight-HOur Day
On Great Lake
Carriers Asked

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Sept. 1s.-By
The Associated Press.1Seamen on
vessels of the Lake Carriers associa-
ton on the Great Lakes will refuse to
sail on any association vessel which
does NOT establish the three-watch
system. or eight-hour day on October
1. k. B. Nolan, Of Chicago. general
secretary OF the international Sea-
mems union. notified z. j. Sullivan.
local union agent
, 1922-09-19

to the services yesterday over the
body of Rev. Hall. attended by IS
ministers and q bishop.
Less than a dozen mourners at
tended the services. No one was
there from the household of Rev,
Hall. in whose church both Mr.. and
Mrs. Mills had for years been work
upon the casket.
, 1922-09-19
Britisher to
Visit America

LONDON. Sept. 1s.-By Tho Aaso
ciated Pressl-Sir Robert Stevenson
Horne. chancellor Of the excheduer,
will be the leading member OF the
British refunding delegation that is
to visit the United States. The chan
cellor's purpose, it is stated, is to sail
for America, October IS.
, 1922-09-19

special grand jury investigating M
mine killings.
The grand jury inquiry has a"
sumed a routine nature. following us
reconvening yesterday after a recess.
During the session yesterday abou'
40 Witnesses were heard. :.
Before the recess the jury returnes
indictments against IS men, 81
whom were charged with muro7.,
conspiracy TO commit murder anu
rioting.
Eleven of the men, charged W.
murder are still at large. 81 havIns
been arrested, Attorneys for tns
men have filed petitions for thef ~
lease on bona
, 1922-09-19
Mine MASSACRE
HEARING NEAR
END AT MARION
One Hundred Witnesses to Testify in
Windup of Probe on Which Prose
cutions Will Be Based

MARION, ILL.,, Sept. by The Associated Press
Closing up loose ends of the evidence with which they hope
to convict participants in the killing of % persons at the
strip mine of the Southern Illinois Coal company near here
last June, the prosecuting authorities today rhad on handSs
number of the more than 100 witnesses to testify before the
, 1922-09-19
TURK facing
SOLID FRONT.
British Seek Cooperation of French and
Balkan Countries in Opposing Otto
man at DardaneLes, Report

PARIS. Sept. Icy The Associated Press)-The cen
ter of the allied deliberations on the near eastern problem
shifted to this capital today with the journey here of Lord
Curzon, British foreign secretary, and the Jugo-Slav pre-
mier, M ~fsmehitch.
In.d Curzon's task. press dispatches indicate, is to con-
, 1922-09-19
MINE VICTIMS
LIVED BUT FEW
HOURS, BELIEF
Fight against Death from Gas
RereaIed When Bodies of Al Men
Are Found in Tomb

JACKSON, Cal, Sept. Icy The Associated Press =
Jackson, mining town in the mother lode country, has paid
the toll demanded of those who delve in the earth for gold
and stands unafraid but not dryeyed today.
Fortyseven of her men died in the Argonaut mine early
OH the morning of August %, she learned last night, and TO.
, 1922-09-19
Suspense Finds Climax in Great Sorrow When Hopes of Rescu
So Says President Beatty in address to
Chamber Forum; Refinery to Be in
Operation by December1

Our policy. when we commence buying crude oil, will
be to prorate our takings from the operators with whom we
are tied up. Your.greatest problem in the oil business here,
as 1 can see it, is over-production. The one solution in this
case is a prorating of runs. Otherwise we will
have a grand scramble to get the oil out of the earth, its
, 1922-09-19
ARREST PENDING IN
R CIR M CASE
Questioning of Relatives May Solpe Muir
der of Rector and Choir Leader, Found.
Dead in New Jersey Orchard

NEW BRUNSWICK, IL. Sept. 19:-(By The Associated
Press.)-Al members of the families of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, the minister
and choir leader whose bodies were found Saturday in an
orchard near here, were notified to appear for questioning
at the district attorneys office today Immediately after the
, 1922-09-19
Agreement Calls for Return to Work in 80
Days; Differences on Other Lines
Being Cleared Up

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 1e@Striking shopmen of the
Chicago & North Western railroad shops here decided yes
terday to return to their places in the local shops this morn
ing. Under the agreement all striking shopmen are to get
their jobs back in 80 days and all but FIVE or six found work
open for them today.
Striking shopmen of the Northwest. misunderstzndinEs md difterences
arm shops at Boone were scheduled to- which ddayed settlement OF the ru
s,srt wo-k today way shipments strike on some 81 the
$780, roads favorable 10 the Baltimore peace
=. penARSl Rrrangernarf zasa pparsut toSaa
, 1922-09-19

PARIS. Sept. 1e.-By Tho Associ-
ated Pressp-The French cabinet to-
day unanimously approved what is
characterised as the 'Pacifior policy
of Premier Poincare IN the Near East
and the withdrawal of the French
troops from Asia Minor to the French
side of the straits Of the Dardanelles.
The cabinet went firmly on record
as being opposed to any form Of mill
tary action as a means OF settlement
in the Turko-Greek situation. It en-
phasized the necessity of reaching an
agreement through diplomatic chan
neis and eventually by a peace con-
ference.
, 1922-09-19
ERGER APPROVED.

BUFFALO. N. T, Sept. 1s.-Stock.
holders of the Lackawanna Steel COM
pany unanimously approved the terms
Of the merger of the local plant with
the Bethlehem Steel corporation.