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Evening star., 1923-12-08

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without having to consider the good
will Of the other parties
The government fer all practical
purposes is inpoteut and sta,cnated-
the very worse condition for the British
government IN the present state of the
world" til" Times saN.s
The political statisticians, figuring
the total votes cast ir the election
arrive at different results but most
or them come to approximately the
following round numbers:
Conservatives. $3.50 .OO0; laborites
i,450,000; liberals, 4,230,00G; independ-
eutS 100000
Twenty -four candidates must for
felt their deposits of ESQ each, in
accordance with the electoral law
which penalties in this way a candi-
date who fails to poll one eighth Of
the total votes recorded One of the
victims is II. J. Tenant. brother of
Mrs. AS5quith. who opposed Sir Will
liam Alexander in central Glasgow
only one woman candidate had to paw
the forfeit
Women Well Trained.
OF the new woman members. Miss
Margaret Bondfield and Miss Susan
Lawrence. both laboritcs. have heen
engaged in public work for SO many
years that they can hardly be called
novices. Another new labor member.
Miss Dorothy Jewson. Is the daugh-
ter of wealthy Norwich family. She
is graduate of Cambridge and sub
$equently took 4 job as chambermaid
in hotel to learn the conditions
under which hotel servants work.
The Duchess of Atholl is a scholar
ly. artistic woman. who. it is pre-
dicted, will prove a useful addition
to the house. Lady Terrington's
qualifications. as given by the Daily
Mail, are an unerring taste in dress.
good rsewomanship and a useful
knowledge of agriculture
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This resort word came TO local snug
C!ers that if they wanted their hoh-
day stock they must come at once
and get il. The fleet in the daytime
stands outside the proposed twelve
mile limit. but at dusk is reported
to move closer in shore to the old
three mile line.
JERSEY POLICE ACTIVE.
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$4,000 MEXICAN TROOPS
ON WAY TO VERA CRUZ
TO CHECK REBELLION

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JERSEY POLICE ACTIVE.
8ootleggers Led Merry Chase by
State Constabulary.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.
,;o, Dts,o,oh .o Tbo c,o-

Special Dispatch The Star.
HIGHLANDS, y. j.. December s.
Hull down on the horizon they lie
the Christmas rum ships. They are
laden to the gunwales, and they are
waiting, twelve miles out, to dis
charge their heavy cargoes of for
hidden cheer. Daily the line is grow
ing longer More masts jut above
the bilIowirg waves. Evidently the
Christmas boor1eggers have not done
their shopping early. Or else the
supplies have been late in coming
up from the Bahamas or over frorl
Bermuda. Early observers reported
at least twenty luggers lying low
this morning. a day or two ago
there were but four.
The seas have been heavy these
last few days, however, and landing
the Christmas supplies has been
hazardous task. y nor'eaSter roaring
down the main at fifty-five miles an
hour has tossed the rummy crews
about in nasty fashion and business
has been poor.
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WORKERS TO VOTE
ON HALF HOLIDAY

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DUTCH SHIP SEIZED;
HUGE RUM CARGOES
LANDED I'M JERSEY

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Jersey Police Active.

Another and wholly unexpected
factor has come along to make the
life of the rum runners along the
Jersey shore anything but a happy
one. New Jersey is supposed to be
as wet as the Atlantic ocean Last
year she elected another wet COVER
nor and sent a wet senator to Wash
ington.
But despite all this outward evidence
of disregard for Mr.. Nolstead and all
his works. the New Jersey state po-
lice of late have been probably the
most active of any state in the coun-
try in running down the hooch
hounds. Some of the bootleggers have
been aroused by the Jersey troopers.
They expected i'll treatment from the
federal prohibition officers. but that
the troopers of the wettest state in
the Union should turn thumbs down
and start hauling in the pirates was
a blow from an unexpected quarter.
1t has upset many of the bootleg
plans. 1t has made liquor hauling
more dangerous than ever. and hence
is likely to send the price of the best
imported UP another notch or two.
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COALITION REGARDED
AS LAST BRITISH HOPE
FOR STRONG CABINET

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Women Arrested.

The bootleggers once looked upon
tic City and Philadelphia, as their
great white way. The White Horse
pike and white horse cellar scotch
were almost synonymous terms. But.
alas, the pike now is infested with
state troopers from one end to the
other and the poor bootlegger can't
get by with even dozen or so cases
slowed away in his expensive limou-
sine.
The troopers say that lately the
bootleggerS have been paying wom-
en- to accompany them on their trips,
thus attempting to allay suspicion.
The women frequently got as high
as S26 for ride of fifty miles or
so. Now that the cops have taken
to arresting the women as particeps
crimnis anu holding them in heavy
bail along with the main bootleggers,
the custom is not likely to be popu-
lar.
The Jersey police claim they are
catching far more liquor criminals
than their colleagues across the bor-
der in Pennsylvania where dry gov
ernor reigns at Harrisburg. The
Pennsylvania constabulary replies
there is a reason for this. There are
so many more bootleggers in Jersey
to be caught.
Meantime the eastern vets are
asking themselves what chance they
have when a state like New Jersey
all it's troopers in an attempt to stop
the heavy holiday shipments the out
law merchants were planning to put
across.
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Treated at Hospital.

Shortly afterward it was learned
that Chamberlain was treated at
Casualty Hospital for severe burns
and police also were told that sew
eral men were on the premises at
the time of the blow-up. Chamber
lain was placed under police guard
at Casualty Hospital and his name
appears on the ninth precinct blotter
as being held for investigation.
Lieut.. Davis and Sergt. McQuade Of
the vice squad and Revenue Agent
Amis early this morning made four
arrests for alleged violations Of the
Volstead act. The defendants and
charges against them were recorded
as follows: Basil E. Maynard, col
cred janitor, 2059 Connecticut avenue
northwest. illegal possession: Pa
SwitZer, 935 L street northwest, trans
porting one pint of liquor; James
Robert Steele. 25 Kennedy street
northeast, two charges. of selling
Earl Bryan Williams, 320 d stree6
| northeast, selling.
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Rolling Rock Mesa.

Looking over the country. Mr.. Judd
says gave him the impression of a
great rolling rock mesa with rare
stunted cottonwood trees and cedars
This vegetation existed where sand
Fad been blown into hollows of tbc
rock surface. The CANYONS u.biob
followed one after another through
out the entire journey. were not Wis
top of them. Then 1t was nacass, -. -.
10 find trail across 1t was soma,
tineS advisable to travel up or down
Tor hfteen or twenty miles befora =
safe passage was found ="
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Found Prehistoric Trails.

Mr.. Judds expert knowledge of the
lore of the desert Indians n-o,,od
very valuable. BY signs placed on
the rocks thousands of years ago bv
long extinct native tribes it was
sometimes possible to locate trails
up apparently inaccessible steens
from the canyon bottoms. In one
place these signs enabled the nartv
TO Climb over practically sheer rock
mules and all, to the surface.
In all thirty-two days were spent in
the unknown region itself. the ra
mainder of the time being nassed :,
outfitting and in reaching the borders
of the country. vt
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02

! Attorney G. c. Pennell was in
0rangeville Tuesday on official bust
ness.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
~ pAsKETT ENDS LIFE
BY DROWNING IN SNAKE
u,.,,m Of Lewiston Tragedy Nephew
7 M. Basket This Vicinity
Body Pound Tues
day.

A. and Mrs. ]. M. Boskett and son
,asl;e Of this vicinity, went to Lew
i4on Yesterday to attend the funeral
q tbeir nephew and cousin, George
Raskett, which occurred in that city
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
me deceased was popular young
.as;pess man of Lewiston, and the
st0yv Of his death, by drowning, last
qbnrsday in the Snake River at that
rloee and incidents connected there
With is a pathetic one and was given
ont by the press as follows:
Lewiston, idaho, July 26.-George
poskett age 30, bookkeeper for the
Empire National Bank, and one Of
tba best known young men Of Lewis
ton Is believed to have drowned to
dav IN the Snake river A drowning
nprson was observed near the inter
state bridge at 10:45 a. M, the body
disappearing from view at the juno
tion of the Snake and Clearwater, a
ooarter of mile below the span.
About that hour, Basket left the
bank and diligent search has failed to
locate him.
Discovery of the man in the river
was made by two boys who were dig.
ring worms near the shore, a short
distance below the bridge. Their out
cries attracted the notice of II. w.
Bishop, at nearby power house, and
Ronald Getty and e. G. Miller, who
we're on the bridge. The men thcn
observed the body, which was being
carried rapidly down the stream.
A few minutes before, Getty, who
was a close acquaintance of Baskett,
noted the latter at the Lewiston ap
proach TO the bridge and offered him
a ride in his auto. Basket, who was
latless, waved his hand to indicate
he was not crossing. Getty, making
the return trip few minutes later,
observed the drowning man. Baskett
was also seen on the bridge by Leslie
Kuehl, editor of the Charleston Re
public, few minutes before drown
ing.
Basket has a wife and child, Mrs
Basket was formerly Miss Salhe Ket
tenbach, daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs.
W. F. Kettenbach, pioneers of Lewis |
ton. Basket had apparently been irl
good spirits and engaged in his morn
ing work as usual. He left the bank |
to deliver an insurance policy on his |
auto which was damaged by coils |
ion last night
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
coNFEssEs TO RAPE, HYATT
GETS TO 10 YEARS.

On last Thursday James Hyatt was
arrested at Pomeroy, Wn., by the
sheriff of Garfield county on a charge
Of statutory rape against the person
Of Flora Smith, 16-ycar-old girl Of
Winchester. The complaint was made
by the girls father, night watchman
in the Winchester lumber mill. On
Sunday Sheriff A. w Mitchell went
to Lewiston and was there given the
custody of Hyatt and brought him on
TO Nezperce, where on Monday the
offender was taken before Probate
Judge Niles and waived preliminary
hearing. On Tuesday Hyatt was
taken to Grangeville by Prosecuting
Attorney Pennell and there appeared
before District Judge Scales and plead
guilty to the charge. He was sen
fenced to a term in the penitentiarv
ranging from five TO ten years.
Hyatt. who is 90 years Of age,
claims Charleston as his residence, and
the girl in the case and her father
until recently resided there.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
FIRE DESTROYS ]. z. HENDERSON
BARN.

A fire which was discovered at
.ll:30 o clock last Monday night de
stroved the COW barn and a granary
on the J. 2. Henderson farm, four
miles north of Nezperce. The origin
Of the fire is unknown, and the family
was unaware Of its existence until
appraised by neighbor, Mrs. Talbot,
who seeing the light through a win
dow aseertained its location and gave
the alorm.
Besides the barn and granary, %
registered Poland China hogs, three
ions Of hay, ton of chopped feed, a
gas engine, flaming mill pair Of
scales and many smaller articles were
destroyed. The loss win amount to
several thousand dollars, and only
$50 insurance was carried on the prop
erty.
The hogs were the fine registered
herd in which Mr.. Henderson s son,
Wayne, has taken great pride and on
which he has spent much time and eff
fort: the result of his participation
in pig club and University Extension
work and the showing and judging of
this branch of stock at Spokane, Lew
iston and Nezperee stock shows.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
SOLDIER MEADOWS LAKE.

The making of Reservoir at the
Soldier Meadows, whore the old
seHalf-Way House stood, on the
Lewiston GrangevilIe pioneer stage
road. about four miles west of Forest,
has provided Lewis county with a de-
lichtful outing place that is as yet
known TO comparatively few.
This Reservoir, or lake, is about a
mile and half long and a half mile
wide in places and was formed by the
construction of rock and earth dam
at the north end of the little valley
known as the Meadows. 1t was made
70 furnish an additional water supply
for the Lewiston Orchards during the
SIMMER months This is its first
season s service and early last month
The water outlet, concrete lined tun-
mol through the bottom of the dnms
was opened and the flow has been
continuous. It is figured the lake will
he fairly well drained by next month,
though sufficient water will be left at
all times TO sustain a large number
Of fish. Last fall 10000 trout spawn
were placed in the lake and last week
$4,000 more were added. The place
has been closed for fishing for two
years. at the end of which time it
should be an anglers paradise.
However, the beauty Of the site for
picnicers is attracting increasing
crowds. and each weekend finds
many people from Lewiston and
prairie points camped there. The
drive through that section among the
bio pines is also fascinating at this
season.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
CENTRAL RIDGE NEWS,

John schadt spent few days IN
the weippe country last week
Albert Mabrey is cutting grain on
the jim Bowman place this week.
Ira Coon & Co., start threshing for
Frank McGee today, August 2
Most of the fall grain on the Ridge
will he in the shock this week.
Glen Puckett of Charleston is help
ing Amos. Frederickson with his har-
vest work.
Quite a crowd gathered at the john
schadt home Saturday night to help
celebrate Mrs. Schadt $, Mrs Fred
Coon,s and Genevieve Hamilton s
birthdays. All report very ENJOY
able time dancing.
A. NJ Melcum and Geo. sours, )of
Asotin, motored up to the Roy Meieum
home Saturday, returning to tneir
home at Asotin Sunday.
T. A. Holmes, of Peek, made seV-
eral trips up to his farm last week
Mrs. Cox and children returned to
their home in Lewiston Sunday, after
spending an enjoyable week at the
10. f. Goffinett home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Hardman mo-
tored 70 Cottonwood Creek Sunday to
brino home their daughter Ulah, VINO
had spent the past three weeks with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert Hardman.
Vera Bryant, of orofino, is spend
inc the week with her aunt Mrs. 10y
Idah willoughby and Augusta Tr0s-
XIV returned to their homes in oroIlho
sunday after spending the past TWO
weeks on the Ridge.
= Byron Smith and family, OF
peck. visited at the Roy Meleum
home Sunday. ,r,
chet Graham and family Of Mel,
rose. visited at the chas. Coon home
Sunday I, eo+
Everet Horn and family spent sat
,rdav night with Mrs. Horn 9 paron's'
Mr. and Mrs. shoat at Teakan.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02

SEEK CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
ON WHEAT.

Spokane, July sl.A mass meeting
of wheat growers to consider plans
to urge President Harding to convene
congress in special session will be
held in Spokane, Monday, August 6,
~. Q. Adams, president of the Farm
ers union of Washington and north
Idaho, announced here today. Special
legislation :" to stabilize the price Of
wheat and rescue the wheat farmer
from his deplorable condition. viii
be advocated by the session, Mr., Ad
ans announced
Governor Hart of Washington, Gov.
ernor Dixon of Montana, Governor
Pierce of Oregon, Governor Moore of
idaho, United States Senators G. G..
Dill of Washington, w. f. Borah of
Idaho, G. L, McNary Of Oregon and
Wheeler of Montana, and Congress
men J. w Summers of Washington
and Burton L. French Of Idaho, have
been invited to attend the conference
The state presidents Of the farmers
nnion of Montana and Oregon win
also be present
a thousand wheat growers are ex
pected TO attend Mr.. Adam 3 state
ment follows in part:
sWith the 1929 wheat crop begin
ming to move on the market there has
been the usual violent plunge of prices
on wheat exchanges both at Chicago
and the twin Cities. Business is
feverish and agriculture is all but
paralyzcd The price has been mark
ed down and down, and yet again
lower, which means a loss to the
wheat growers Of the Pacific coast Of
millions of dollars, which brings need
less sacrifices that will continue to
reflect through our social and econom
ic life"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
LEWIS COUNTY LAND
VALUATION s5,726.s24
county's Total Assessed Valuation
$4,000, ,ooo.- Assessment Roll for
1898 Gives Interesting
Data.

The sotal assessed valuation of
Lewis county, barring railroads and
like corporate property, is $7,s20,5S5,
according to the assessment roll just
completed for 1928 The railroad, tel
cphone and electric line valuations
viii bring the total up TO about $s,
100000.
The l25,0sl acres of the county :
area assessed as agricultural land, val
ued at an average of S3s.47 per acre,
gives total of sA,Si1,36s
rhere are 2s.220 acres Of timber
land assessed at $l5,0s per acre, Civ
ing a total of $427 ,229
IN cut over and burnt timber lands,
there are 1920 acres, assessed al
$10,ll per acre, totaling sld4, ,74s.
The grazing land totals 72,lsf, at
$4.Sl per acre, gives $al0,701.
Out of the entire area there are only
l2.703 acres, valued at i per acre.
Other valuations are summed up as
follows;
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
PARTY FOR MRS. CLAYTON JoNE

Mrs. Clayton Jones and two young
cI children, formerly Of this commln-
ity, but now residing at Portland,
spent the past week at the home Of
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Jones, at their home south
Of town. On last Thursday after
noon Mrs Ralph Jones entertained a
number Of lady friends at bridge in
honor Of her guest. After round at
cards, the ladies enjoyed a discussion
Of events during the senior Mrs
Jones residence here, and then re-
freshments
The party guests were: Mesdames.
Robert Near, Vonley Miller Robert
Wright, cbas. Holgreen, g. W. Buck
ley, A. A. Hunter Glen Miller, w. p.
Conger.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
pR1Mus FIRST IN FIELD.

Theo. Primus, tho live-wire farmer
Of southwest Of town, started the
thresling season with his big Holt
combine yesterday on run in white
barley for H. w. Longeteig in the
Mohler section This job, for which
Mr.. Primus gets "a per acre, will take
about seven days to complete, and
then he will return TO his own place
southwest Of town and start combin
ing his big wheat crop, which he fig
ures will be ready by that time.
This is the first machine afield on
the Nezperce prairie this season, ac-
cording TO reports.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
MPLETING NORTH IDAH'
HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

Rapid progress is being made on
northern Idaho s 1923 highway pro-
gram, which includes q projects be-
tween the Clearwater river and the
Canadian border, the construction
costs of which viii approximate 50,
10000, according to review made
in Spokane Saturday by William j.
Hall of Boise, Idaho commissioner Of
public works. He announced that
several contracts would be advertised
within the next three weeks
Among projects nearing completion
is the Wolf Lodge-squaw Bay road,
on Occur d'Alene lake, which win CON
meet the northern counties with ST.
Maries and Harrison.
The Moyie river project, "a miles
from Bonners Ferry TO the Montana
line, which is costing 100000 will be
ready early in the fall.
Two projects on the Fourth of July
canyon are being pushed for compile
tion in carly fall.
Five more weeks will bring a com
pleted road from Standpoint to Bon
ners Ferry, Commissioner Hall said.
Construction is finished by 90 per
cent on project 63, shoshone county,
which includes four 9Ofoot steel
bridges and two and one-half miles
of grading and surfaeing.
Commissioner Hall announced that
bids would be called in few weeks
for 100000 project in Latah coun-
ty. This project viii cover 43 miles
on the North and South highway, run
ming from the st. Joe forest line
through Princeton, Harvard, Potlatch
to Viola, The construction will be
of gravel and crushed rock. Another
contract will be let in a few weeks
for two miles of construction near
Troy on the MoscowBovill road at
a cost of about $4,000.
Top surfacing on the Moscow;Gen-
esee project, which is costing $4,000
is 40 per cent finished.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
MORE BULK CARS FOR PRAIRIE.

According TO Fl. J. Berger, general
passenger and freight agent Of the
Union Pacific lines with headquarters
at Lewiston, who was in Nezperee
week on tour of prairie points, his
road has ready for use in the local
territory an unusually large number
Of cars equipped for handling bulk
grain. He believes the supply Of these
cars viii be equal to the demand.
It viii, anyway, if the present low
grain prices prevail and the farmers
can manage TO hold their crop for
later delivery 4
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
}, A WARE DIES AT LEWISTON

Oscar a. Ware, for three wears q,
invalid, died Monday morning at GA,
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs 4
r. Denny, 1902 Fifteenth avenue bav
ing gone into decline only satuda,
morning.
Three years previous to his death
lacking a month, Mr.. Ware suffered
a stroke Of paralysis which resulted
IN an attack of gangrene that year
later neeessitated the amputation Of
one leg About last Christmas anoth.
er light attack Of paralysis came upon
the sick man and it was gangrenous
infection in the remaining tooth that
caused his death.
During the greater part of his af-
Fiction Mr. Ware was comfortable.
though bedfast, and until last satur-
day was able to read as was his Gus
tom during the daylight hours.
Mr.. Ware was born in Deary county,
Michigan, in 1874, and after his mar
riage to Leila Hazelton in 1866 re-
move to Republic, Kansas, where he
and Mrs. Ware resided until 1912
when they moved to Nezperce 10 make
their home, until Mr. Wares afflic-
tion three years ago.
Seven daughters and one son. who
with the mother, survive, Mr.. Ware s
death being the first in the family,
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ware,
these being Walter L. Ware, Pond
Greek, Oklahoma; Mrs. E. b. Nc,
Arthurs, Denver; Mrs. John Hess,
Eardy, Neb.; Mrs. William Fisher,
Republic, Kansas; Mrs. George Ellis,
Jerome, Idaho; Mrs William Eastman,
Nezperce; Mrs. d. A. Allen, Winches-
ter; and Mrs. A. r. Denny, Lewiston.
Only Mrs. Denny, Mrs. Eastman
and Mrs. Allen viii be able to attend
the funeral, which will be held at a
time convenient to the arrival of Mrs.
Allen, who at the time of her father s
death was enroute from Portland,
where Mr.. Allen is taking hospital
treatment, to Lewiston via Seattle.
Mrs. Allen had just left Portland with
party of friends when the telegram
announcing Mr. Wares death reached
Mn. Allen. Last night Mrs Denny
said that so far they had failed toI
get into communication with Mrs. Al
len.
Mr.. Ware was member of the G.
A. R., being in the Republic, Kansas,
branch, and it is not improbable that
the local G. A. R. will attend the
funeral. During the civil war Mr..
Ware was enrolled in the Ninth Mich
gan cavalry and also in the Twelfth
infantry.-1ewiston Tribune.
During their residence in Nezperee,
which covered a period Of about eight
wears, Mr.. and Mrs. Ware gained the
friendship of all who became acquain-
ted with them They were among our
most highly esteemed citizens, and
Mr.. Ware s geniality and happy dis
position made companionship a VERT |
able tonic to his associates. They
have been much missed since their re
to Lewiston, and the sympathy |
of our community gdes out to the
relatives in this great loss they have
sustained.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-02
coMMuN1TY CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday school and preaching ser
vices will be held at the usual hours
next Sunday morning, and the even
ING service will be held at the Breth-
3ern church. The pastor being some
What under the weather is the reason
for the brevify of this weeks an
nouneement.
The Ladies' Aid will hold an all
day meeting next Wednesday with
Mrs. Geo. Rowe, at her farm home
northeast of town.