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The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28
REARRANG|NG WORK
ON PUBLIC ROADS
County Engineer Walker Has Confer
ed With Managers of Different
Districts and Instructed Them
In Their Tasks

j. r. Walker, coun-y highway engin-
eer, Is geIIlng the 4oaa WORK In the
county systemaIlzed as raplaIy as pos
slpie. roiIowAng a conference with
ali OF the nlgnway supefIALenaents on
SATURDAY Ine roao gangs nave been
assigned TO tasks IN accordance with
ar. Wa1ker's proposed pan Tor re-
the ROAD WORK. 1ne Office
Iormefly occupied Dy the county re-
or lne codrE mouse, mas Oeen assigned
TO lar. Walker. eor the present ne
does not expecG TO De aDle 20 nave any
nAeo onlce nours, as mosC OF nus time
VIII be taken up wiCn' giving personal
nsCrucIton WorK. he sCaIea TINS
morning InaI ne coula recommend 70
the county commissioners at LneIr next
meeLlng tnaI no TURNER expenditures
from the ROAD tunos In the county
DuogeI De spent on new construction,
following the completion OF several
small projects winch ne mas found
under way upon his taking charge of
Ine highway system OF the county.
He Will recommend that the funds be
spent for maintenance OF the roads
already constructed.
Engineer Walker has placed the
road gangs under Superlntendents
Jone sand Proctor on State Road No.
2 between Bellevlew and Ocala for the
purpose of repairing the worst spots
In this highway to take care of the
travel into and out of the city during
fair week. He plans to do further re-
pair work onsthis stretch later. There
are twelve men and three trucks In
these two crews. Mr.. Jones' crew has
been transferred from the road west
of Martin. which has just been COM
pleted and Mr.. Proctor has been trans
ferred from the Summerfield section.
Superintendent Gardeners gang
of eight men will complete the West
Anthony road now under construction,
and should be finished, according to
Mr.. Walker, within a week or ten
days.
Superintendent Clark's crew will
continue it's maintenance and repair
work on the Blichton road. This crew
with five men, one truck and a grad
ing machine, has been assigned by the
county engineer to widening .he ditch
lines on this highway in preparation
for making repairs. As soon as the
repair work on the Blitchton road Is
finished the crew will be transferred to
the Martel road.
Superintendent Cores gang is COM
pleting stretch of sand-clay road
near Moss Bluff. This stretch, ac-
cording to Engineer Walker, viii be
completed by Saturday of this week.
He will then lay the gang, of twelve
men off, and employ small mainte-
nance crew only on the east side Of
the river for the present.
On State Air Road No. 124, under
construction between Belleview and
the Sumter county line, gang OF
fourteen convicts is at work. Mr..
Walker will place eight teams on this
work and finish up the grading as
rapidly as possible This work is
being done with the county automo-
bile funds.
Engineer Walker is making an in
ventory of all of the county road
equipment and provision for caring
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28
BOWEN is CHARGED
WITH BAD BEHAVIOR

Jacksonville, Nov. 28.-(Associated
Press).-Charges of cruelty lodged
against acting Superintendent Bowen
of the city prison farm will be inves-
tigated by the city commission, ac-
cording to an announcement today.
1t was stated that special committee
of the commission would visit the
farm and question the prisoners.
Bowen denies the charges.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28
SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN. RIDING ON
A STEAMBOAT SUNDAY

, Barcelona, Nov. 2s.-(Associated
Press) women and chill
dren are believed to have been drown
ed in the sinking Sunday Of local
passenger steamboat which was ram
med by a customs boat. Eleven
bodies have been recovered.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28
CONGRESS MAY SIDETRACK
RAILROAD LEGISLATION
Probably Leave Transportation Prob
lens for the Next House And
Senate to Settle

Washington, Nov. 28.-(Associated
Press). s).-Chairman Cummins of the
Senate interstate commerce commit
tee, today said the committee had
abandoned plans for railroad legisla-
tion this winter and would not intro
duce the proposed bill for amendment
of the Esch- -Cummins transportation
act until the next session of Congress.
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STACKS OF MONEY
FOR PLANT CITY
Big Luscious Strawberries Bringing
The Wherewithal. in Batches To
That Lively Burg

Kissimmee, Nov. 2S.-(Associated
Press)-Kissimmee strawberry grow
ers have packed specially construct
ed basket of selected berries and ex-
pressed it to President Harding In
order that he might have shortcake
for his Thanksgiving dinner. East
ern buyers are paying $4 quart for
Strawberries at Plant City.
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CONSUL GENERAL scUDMoRE

Toxic, Nov. 28-(By the Associated
Press) s).-George A. Scudmore, consul
general of the United States at Yoko-
hama, died here yesterday. He suf-
fered a slight attack OF apoplexy
during the visit of the Prince OF
Wales to Yokohama. his life since
then has been precarious. He was
born at Dubuque, Ia, IN 1854.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28
GOING TO IGNORE
DEBS' Cabling

Washington, Nov. 28.-The depart
ment of Justice viii make no effort TO
prevent Eugene v. Debs, socialist
leader, from making speeches CRITICS.
ing the government. Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty has taken no official
cognizance of Debs's speech in Chi
cago, and it was said that his remarks
have aroused no particular interest or
concern among officials of the depart
ment.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28
POLICE SCORED AT LEAST
ONE ON THE BANDITS

Columbus, o., Nov. 28.-(By the
Associated Press).-Two men are
dead, one Columbus policeman and
the other an unidentified automobile
bandit, as the result of an attempt of
two policemen to arrest four men
here this morning who are said to
have been driving an automobile
stolen in Cleveland last night.
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SHOT THEM ANYHOW

London, Nov. 28.-(By Associated
Press) Greek former ministers con-
demner to death by military court in
Athens. have been executed, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Athens this morning.
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BRITISH MINISTER WILL LEAVE

London, Nov. 28.-It was stated in
official circles this afternoon that i'm
mediate withdrawal of the British
minister at Athens will result from
the executions.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28

It's our idea that it is downright
unfair to raise an innocent young
king with no preparation whatever
for private life.-Dalas News.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28

A Mishigan Jury has at last con-
victed a woman of murder in the first
degree, but it was her father-and-
law she killed. Charleston Gazette.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28

Fuel hint. When you get a cinder
in your eye run home and put it in
the coal-bin.-Toledo News-Bee.
The Ocala evening star., 1922-11-28

Germany's heaviest cloud appear ro
be dun celored.-Washing Post.
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TAKE OFF $1,000 TOMORROW
Give Marion's School Teachers Addi
tiOnaI Cause for Thanksgiving

School deficit Nov. 9th. =. $40, 0,065 .33
Collection Nov. 9th. .... 608.38
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Advertise in the Evening Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-24

with both her hands resting upon It,.
She had looked quietly at Blondin,
when he began to speak. and the beau
tiful white breast that her black eve
ming gown left bare had risen once or
twice on swift impulse to interrupt
him. But now she was looking down
at her laced fingers. with something
despairing and helpless in the droop
of her bright head and lowered lashes.
II had had its times of seeming
frightful to her, this secret, In the
troubled musings of the past year. But
it had never loomed so horrible and so
momentous as now. In the silent libra
ry, with the eyes of the man she loved
fixed anxiously upon her. He had
trusted. he was beginning to admire
her, and like his wife and his daugh-
ter and his mother. she had failed him.
''Harriet?" he said In quick uneasi-
ness. she raised her head now, and
looked at him with weary eyes devoid
of any expression except bewilderment
and pain.
"Yes," she said, simply. THAT is
all--quite true 1t sounds" she hes
itated, and CROPPED for words-"it
sounds as If" she began and
stopped again. "But 1t Is all quite
truel" she finished In the troubled
tone of child who is misunderstood.
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room. She went TO the open window
and stood staring absently out at the
dark summer night, the great branches
of the trees moving In the restless
wind, and the oblong of duh light that
still fell from the library window.
She could not see the iorror as
Richard saw II : she could not see her
self as only mistaken woman. a
woman with youth. beauty. and intel
ligence pleading for her. one problem
more In his life. 1t Is true. but only
one among many, and not the greatest.
She did not see him as he saw himself,
his family as the somewhat trouble
some. and yet quite understandable,
group of selfish human beings In whose
perplexities he had always played the
part of arblter.
To Harriet the thing doomed momen-
tous, unforglving. lncalculable. 1t as
sumed to her the proportions OF muir
der. Richard, in her estimation, was
not what he thought himself, some
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Both Responsible

No side is actually to blame In
the thousands of unhappy marriages
existing today. From the altar steps
to the end of their lives man and
woman must realize that it is game
of give and take all through. No one
is infallible and although an ideal may
be found to have feet Of clay. no ono
can afford to throw stones at the op-
posite side.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Animals have weird sixth sense
which few human beings possess.
Ants. for illustration. will desert their
hills. taking their babies and eggs
with them, "a hours before the out
break of forest fire, while rabbits
will leave burrows made In low-lying
land long before flood occurs. They
have some weird premonition which
FORCES them to seek higher ground be-
fore the danger II uron them.
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INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
Commercial inquiries answered and
information gladly furnished with
out cost. Address any firm above.
Should Be Protection From Bores
Whenceness of the British Guinea

The mystery of that dreadful IN
coined unit of barter in England
known as the guinea which is abb
stracted from the pocket in place OF
the pound, very much to the damage
of the metric and all other systems,
seems to have been solved at last.
Now the pound is 20 shillings and the
guinea is 81 shillings, so that 1t Ii
cherished by hotels and lodging hous-
because 1t is Invisible by seven.
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chanuina coIors Of Birds

The color of birds may be changed
to white by keeping them ia white
room, surrounded by white objects and
attended by persons dressed In white
says a naturalist However, the third
or fourth generation Is necessary be-
fore the birds feathers are all white.
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chanoed Air Helps Plants

Recent experiments have shown that
crops can be increased from one and
a half to four times by an alteration
In the air which the plants breathe.
The method is a simple one, and con-
sists of increasing the proportion or
carbonic acid in the air.
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"On the Pacific coast" said the
traveller, 1--WE go out In boats, ana
nothing less than a 100-pound fish Is
considered sport" "Scuse me- said
the colored man. "Yo' say yo' fish foh
100 pound fish?" "Why. certainly we
do "Ain't yo' skeered yo' might
catch one?"
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Richard, Sharply, Then, "You Loci
III"
what ordinary man in the forties
whose life had already held poverty
and disbursement and wholesome
disappointment, whose nature had
| ity and philosophy to Harriet, he was
the richest, the finest, the most deserv-
ing of men, and she the adventures
who had brought his name down to
shame and dishonor.
Until two o'clock she was wretched-
ly busy in soul and body. When the
last of her personal possessions was
packed, and when she was aching from
head to foot, she took hot bath, and
crept into bed.
But not to sleep. The feverish
agOnies OF shame and reproach held
her. She was pleading with Richard,
she was talking to Nina-she was max
ing little Of thanking much of It
she was saying reluctant "yes-yes-
yes. !" to their questioning.
NJ lOuI " ClOth Bic uItSStu ntTScil
again, half-mad with headache and
fatigue. and went out into world
that was just beginning to brighten In
TO faint shapes and colors.
A steamer moved majestically up
the river, the smoothly widening wake
spread from shore to shore pink light
showed at one cabin window and Into
Harriet's somber thoughts came unbld-
den the picture of yawnIng cook.
stumbling about amid his soot-black-
ened pots and pans.
With the morning. the peace OF q
conquered spirit fell upon her. She
had thought II all to an ending at
last. 1t seemed to Harriet that never
In her life had she thought so clearly,
so truly, so bravely. Her duty 10
Richard, to his children. to Linda she
had faced them without fear and with
out deception, tasting the humlliating
truth to its bitter dregs. planning the
few short interviews that must pre-
cede her leaving them all forever.
For Harriet emerged from the fur
mace the mistress of her own soul
She had been wrong; she had been
weak; she had been contemplate. bu'
not so wrong or weak or contemplate
as they would think her. She would 60
oh her way now, the drawer for the
lesson and the shame. And what they
thought Of her must never shake again
her own knowledge OF her own in
nocence.
Go on her way to what? She did not
know. But she neither feared what the
future might hold nor doubted il. She
could make her own way from new
beginning. But before | CO." said
Harriet. resolutely. 81 must tell him
that I'm sorry. AID l must ask Nina
TO forgive me-"
She turned. and buried her face in
the thick, soft sleeve of her coat. Bnt
she did not cry long, and when Jen-
sen, the boatman, came out on the dock
at seven, the lady he knew to be his
new mistress was sitting composedly
enough on her bench. studying the now
glittering and sparkling river with
quiet eyes.
Harriet nodded TO him, and rose
somewhat stiffly. to go up to the house.
she mounted the brick steps with a
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CHAPTER xiII-contInued.


''Nina," he said, tenderly, sis warm
hearted And chance allusion to my
financial position, which / thought
owed her. has distressed her unneces-
sarify. Il viii. truly. be out of the
question for me to travel, as we had
planned. The unfortunate specula-
lions OF my friend"
Whose name you withhold" Rich
ard interrupted the musical voice to
say, dryly.
Because of promises" Royal
flashed promptly "But.v he resumed,
turning to Harriet, II shall be able to
negotiate this business. as l assure
Mr.. Carter, without any assistance
from him or his daughter" his lip
pose to give her up for any three
years-or three weeks !"
Harriet could only look at him fix
eddy. with an ashen face.
God help me-" she breathed In her
soul. God help mel"
"Well," said Richard with weary
Impotence, 1--WE did not call you down
u DOIt JOu WITH L dchtu W StC
you, Harriet, because Mr.. Blondin has
made the statement to me, just now,
that you were heartily In accord with
his plans for Nina and that you APP
proved of the affair p
The prayer In Harriet's heart did
not stop as she moved her wretched
eyes to Biondin.
81 believed that you and she had
not seen each other since December"
she reminded him. 81 lost no chance
to advise her against the engagement
I thought ii was all overl'
"Welli" Richard said, with a breath
of relief He had been watching her
closely. now he settled back In his
chair and moved his contemptuous
scrutiny to Blondin.
zone moment !" Royal Blondin said,
gently. But he was also pale. you
believe that would make Nina good
husband, don't your" he asked Harriet
directly and quietly.
She was not looking at him. Her
eyes were on Richard Carter.
81 believe you would ruin her life!"
she SAID, uellDerately.
THANK you" Richard said. 81 think
that is all, Mr.. Blondin. / was aware
tSat you Northumberland Mrs.
Carter when you made that state
ment I"
mot quite ALL" Blondin persisted.
"You believe that Nina would be wiser
not to marry me?" he asked Harriet.
"Yeu-" She cleared her throat.
"You know that think So" she said.
Blondin laughed.
"And now, Mr.. Blondin, you will |
kindly leave my house !" said Richard. |
The other man was watching Har-
riet. with a menace In his narrowed |
eyes. White lines had drawn them
selves about his tightly closed lips.
yet he was smiling. He had lost the
game, truly. but she knew he would
play his last card, just the same. The
suavity. the calm of years fell from
him, and his voice deepened into a
sort of cold and quiet fury as he said:
zone moment. Mr. Carter. Why
don't you ask your wife what makes
her think I won't make Nina a good
husband7 Why don't you ask her II
she has been hiding something from
you all this time? Why don't you ask
her II she herself wasn't madly In love
and with me when she was Nina's
age. and whether she was married In
my studio. to me. ten years ago."
He had shot the phrases at her with
a distinctness almost violent. Now
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Loves Bestowal.

To be right most of the time you
must aim to be right all of the tine.
That means constant effort to under
stand each problem that comes up.
Snap Judgment is like shooting in the
dark. 1t generally misses the mark.
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Power in Confidence

Confidence imports wondrous
inspiration to its possessor. 1t bears
him on in security either to meet no
danger or to find matter of glorious
trial.-sIiltnD.
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Why Should They?

The Reformer-"Do you think that
craftsmanship in this country is on
the decllne?" The politician--"My
boy, no statesman in this country
would decline anything london
Weekly Tele graph.
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Her Chance

Pete Rushing, who is taking singing
lessons, told his wife the other day
that some time in the future his voice
might keep the wolf from their door.
She said she was sure of it. If the
wolf ever heard it.-Arkansas Thomas
Cat.
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his dry voice stopped, but his swift,
venoSscos Look went from the Silent
man ne sae desk to the silent woman
who stood before him. Before either
moved or spoke he spoke again.
ASK her-she'll tell you Ask her J"
"Be quietl" Richard said. Il don't
believe one word of e. And then as
the girl neither raised her eyes nor
attempted to speak. he asked her, en-
coaragingIy and quickly: Harriet,
will ycu tell him that mol one word Of
that Is true?"
Harriet had risen. and WAS standing
at the back OF the carved black chair
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Animals Have sixth Sense

CTo BE CONTINUED,
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KEEP MONEY AT HOME

Patronize your home publisher. His prices
are just good or better than you can get
elsewhere. Your work will be given prompt
and satisfactory attention by your printer
merchant. Help To build upyour local indus-
tries.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE

BUTTER Receipts 7Sls tubs.
creamery, extra 54 10, extra firsts
5o-53; hrsts 43 I-2, 48 IL. packing
stock 1888.
EGGs-Recipts 2265 cases. mis-
cellaneous 45-48; ordinary firsts 40
As; frsts 47-5o. extra 2S. 2s IL.
LIVE POULTRY - Turkeys s5,
chickens 1920; springs is; roosters
~, GEESE 20; ducks II.
POTATOES Receipts 106 cars;
wis Round White. sacked SO 90,
MINI sacked 1855; Red River 0hic
$500 \ Dakota $500
VEAL-50 to SO lbs sG Sc; 10 TO
50 lbs 10Q11c; so to 10 lbs. 11@
12c fancy thick 13c: overwetsh.
13o to 175 lbs 5qsc
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CATTLE- receipts $500. Market
steady Native beef steers Sli4
1925; yeariing steers and heifers
50. 5oQ13.25: COWS s3q Sc; stock
ers and feeders $7d7.25; calves $50
a9.25. Gamers and cutters So 500
3 So
HOGS - Receipts 1900. Market
Ice lower. Mixed and butchers 50
$3.50; good heavies Ss 4o4 49 !
roughs 2597.50. lights IS 409 q
IS: rigs $40 S 80. Bldk IS ~
QS.45
SHEEP s. Receipts 1900 Market
steady. strong. Mutton ewes soH
S rs. lambs s12014.5o. Gamers and
cutters s1Q3 so.
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HOGs-Rcceipts 4l,0oo; market 10
to 20 higher. top S50 BULK S25G
$50; heavyweight S25 q $50; medium
light S30@ $50. light weights s35
@ $50; pigs s25G 500.
CATTLE-Receipts 1900; market
steady to strong; beef steers, choice
and prime 1850 1850; medium and
good 950G 1900 good and choice
l250@ 1850; common and medium
7504 1850; butcher cattle, heifers
500 a 1850; cows. 1000 500. bulls $50
q 100, cows and heifers $500 soc
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CATTLE - Receipts 725. Market
slow Prime steers $40 5Oa11' ship
ping steers s10a11-5o, butcher
grades 81 50a9; heifers $500 s.25.
cows 81 75a6; bulls S5 as; feeders
s5Q725
SHEEP AND LAMBS ~ Receipts
1900. Market active. Choice lambs
SI5 .25015.75; sheep s3Gs.50-
HOGS n Receipts 1o.f0o Market
active. Workers .loa9.25, pigs
s.. .1OQ9.25.
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A stove placed too near the wall
OF the restaarant of Christ strickon
caused a fire II his place Of business
at 25 West Ninth avenue. The
quick work OF the fire department
extinguished the blaze which had
threatened to wipe out the restau-
rant for time. The loss was
only hfty dollars
The Lake County times., 1922-12-01

Above, left to right, Mis-. Hazel
Middleton. DR.. Alfred Sorenson,
Mrs. Sorenson; below, Buell.
Barrows.
Two auto shootings, on more
mysterious than the othef, are
puzzling California ithol tiles.
Mrs. Alfred Sorenson, attractive
actress, is in Los Angeles hos
pital fighting for her life as the
result of being shot while sitting
with her husband in he front
seat Of their car. B. C. Smith, a
roomer at the Soren-on home and
under arrest in connection with
the shooting, admits that he
might have fired the shot while
asleep in the back seat. In the
other case Buell. Barrows was
mysteriously shot while in his
auto with his sweethear Miss
Hazel Middleton. near Ventura
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E. Chicago

IL you didn't have a turkey yes
terday ther really is much YOU can
say about November
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BOB BURRELL. IS playing the
good Samaritan. One night this
week BOD Will throw open the doors
or his American restaurant on Ex-
change avenue to feed and enter
ain PLAYERS OF the Dodgers. This
The Lake County times., 1922-12-01

GARY recorded one OF the most
quietest but pleasant ThanksgIyings
II It's history yesterday. Seemed
as though everybody enjoyed them
selves but kept out Of trouble.
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order for months that punch boards
VIII not be tolerated in the city. the
moral squad OF the Gary police de-
partment staged another punch
board war this week confscating a
large number OF boards and prizes.
SECRETARY-Man z. A. Warn
er Of the Gary Chamber Of Com
merce who has proven himself a
live wire and IS credited VITA the
success Of the Goodfellowship tour
and the recent Gary Dollar Day IS
now after better express service for
steel city residents.
NO more punch boards VIII be
tolerated" says Manor Johnson d.
The Mayor pointed out the fact that
The Lake County times., 1922-12-01

~" for his work on the gridiron
this year while playing on the Uni
versity OF Michigan team
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MAYOR Frank Callahan VIII an
nounce the names Of Counefmen t5
accompany him as a delegate to the
Rivers and Harbors Convention that
convenes at Washington, D. G.. on
Dec. 9th ana 9TH, at the council OH
Monday.
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TIE independent Catholic church
~ tic south side expect to erect .
new church bailding next year.