, 1925-04-09

secured the town for items of inter-
est. 1t is Holy Week, there no part
les, no dinners, not even a teeny-
weeny little bridge foursome. Every
one is being very good and staying
close at home-because no one can
get out-everybody is sick in bed;
that is, nearly everybody In my
stroll around town in quest of news,
l found at least one member of every
family l called upon in bed, or just
out. | was not even offered the GUS
tomary cup of afternoon tea, the
cup that cheers but not inebriates,"
but which does wonders in loosening
the female tongue and helps to make
this column interesting: Only calomel
and cough syrup were on tap by way
of freshments. The only lively peo-
pile l met were the doctors, kept
wide awake by their daily marathon
from No. 4 to No. 3. Wonder how
it is they don't catch these barking
colds hat have almost demoralized
the camp? They look so fat and
sleek and are never i'll. OF course l
would just love to know how DR..
Crandall got all those ugly scratches
on his forehead! l inquired politely
but my curiosity, so far, has not
been satisfied. Some delirious pa
tient no doubt. Doctors do take such
awful chances! Take DIR. Finch for in
stance, who, by the way, is said to
be the best groomed physician the
town has ever had. He takes the
bull by the horns" in the manage
ment of his hospital and always
hobs up serenely from each ~fracas,
looking like a magazine model for
gum tragacanth, or "stay-creased"
rn,Gnr Dxv thn nv fro n1n11'-
bran new bride played an awful
April Fool joke on him. He re-
turned late that night from a long,
weary day, to find three calls await
ing him. He swallowed a a of
%sardines, a bowl of Jamaica ginger,
adjusted his red tie and polkadot
socks, kissed wife once more and
sailed forth to each of the homes
from whence the summons came, only
to find everybody quite fit, no n
sick at all He returned to his home
and his well earned rest, saying
never a word. Oh! dear me! - l
would like to know where he got
those scratches!
A party of Parco ladies consisting
of Mrs. Gaskell, Mrs. Frederick, Mrs.
Curry and Mrs. Wilson. spent We'd
nesday in Hanna. selling chances on
the Ford coupe the Parco Music
Club is railing. They disposed of
thirty tickets here.
st. Margaret's Guild will give the
annual May dance at the Opera
House on May End. Several interest
ing features will be introduced which
will add much to the interest of the
affair.
Andrew Ruskanen lost his life Sat
urday by the premature explosion
of a shot which he had just placed
in a ock tunnel in No. 4 mine. The
exact cause Of the explosion is some
thing of a mystery, as the contact
of the load on which he was working
had not been made. and on eXamin-
alton, after the accident, was found
intact. A shot, placed just above
the one mentioned went off with no
apparent cause. and 1t Is thought
possible the heat from shots prev
iously fired. penetrated the rock
strata between. causing spontaneous
combustion. Mr.. Ruskanen was very
highly thought of in Hanna. as his
funeral. held on Tuesday afternoon,
from the Finn hall proclaimed The
floral offerings were unusually beau
tiful. the casket being completely
covered by a blanket of roses and car
ihAibilHt N'iA ny AZ HhIlb'i VI hlH
friends. A huge wreath was an
other notable floral piece. A wife
and two small children are left to
mour "A beloved husband and father.
The buria! was made in the Hanna
cemetery.
The Methodist church and Sunday
school will render a special song SER
vice Easter morning and afternoon.
over which Rev. King will preside
aided by the choir which has been
diligently practicing for the past
week or two. The Episcopal girls
choir will be augmented by several
additional adult voices, and Bishop
Thomas will conduct confirmation
and communion services.
MIR. and Mrs. Ford of the Hanna
hotel will serve a bounteous turkey
dinner at five o'clock on Easter Sun
day. to their patrons. The hotel. not
TO be outdone by its customers. will
appear in bran new festive attire,
new paint, new paper, new curtains
and everything an up to date hostclry
should sport.
The 500 club met Saturday with
Mrs. f.. L. Williamson. Prize win
ners were Mrs Ober. Mrs. Massey
and Mrs. Fred Ford. Others present
were Mesdames Ainsworth. Briggs.
crandall, Hughes. Kinser, Butler.
Love. Jones, Finch. stoddard. Peter
son c. d. Williamson inc Russell
Sholi.
An error In this column last week
stated that the "cruclnNion" would
De sung In RnwlinB Easter Sunday.
This Is all wrong. II will he sung
IN ST. Thomas Church Thursday
evening and IN Parco. nj the Riviera
Theatre Friday evening.
Mr. aud Mrs, Ira Clark escaped
quito unhurt whom their sedan. In
which thoy were driving 10 Elk
Mountain last wednesday. skiddod
In the mud and turned completely