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The Sacred Ruby of the Ikkans.

still able to decipher the note. 1t
read:
NV chest is buried 90 PAGES out
side the front door,
It's Kirkbride's last message.
Bob shouted ut tells where his
treasure Is buried. Let's go dig"
The boys bounded to their feet, but
stopped suddenly as they faced the
door.
Framed in the doorway stood the
native who the night before had given
them the directions for reaching Kirk
brides hut.
lad the Indian been watching them
when they discovered the scrap
Of paper in the fireplace? The thought
struck Jimmie and Bob simultane-
ously. Instinctively Jimmie showed
the piece Of paper in his pocket as
the native. now smiling, advanced
through the doorway. There was
moment Of dread for both Of them.
Had the Indian, believing that they
| held the secret of Kirkbride's buried
| treasure. lured them to this secluded
! spot where he might wrest their Sc
cret from them?
| across the room until he confronted
! them. You find him paper" he
| uueried in his difficult broken Eng
| lish.
1t was on tho tip of Jimmie's tongue
to deny It. But something, the
| Indians willy ways. perhaps, told him
| that the man had been watching when
| they made their discovery. He decided
| to act boldly.
| YES" he said, II found the paper.
| But it belongs to us"
| 'i0h al oil n
answered. You find paper. you keep
him. Maybe you find Senor Kirk
! bride trueasure-eh? All light, all
light, you find him. you keep him.
! help you dig-eh7"
The Indians alacrity to agree with
them surprised Jimmie and Bob. II
he had been interested enough TO
climb the cliff and follow them at this
early hour, why should he be 50 will
ing to allow thea to have the treasure,
| if they found It?
Jimmie thought of attempting to
escape. That, though. would be an
| impossbility, he felt. Apparently.
| the native had some vital interest in
| that scrap of paper which now rested
| in his pocket. Unquestionahl'- he
would not permit the boys to leave
and carry 1t to the safety of their
| ship.
The Indian was smiling enough, and
| on the surface very pleasant, but his
eyes glea med in a manner that made
| both boys feel that he would stop at
! no ends to gain that which he de-
sired
"All right" said Jimmie after a
| slight hesitation. "Well go out and
start digging now. You can help US
| if you want to-"
The paper which Kirkbride had
| left in the little tin box told them
that the pirates chest was buried
20 PAGES In front Of the doorway to
| his house. He Is a big man." said
| Bob. 80 one Of his PAGES would
| almost equal two of ours. Suppose
we try a spot 80 Of our PAGES from the
| door and see what we find
Jimmie agreed. and the two Of
them, carefully measuring their steps,
| counted of 80 PAGES. They examined
the ground beneath them
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a fairly thick pocketbook-even then
it Is not always easy to dress little
girls and young girls well. Partly,
Of course. 1t is the young girls them
selves. There are some girls OF eight
and nine and ten who wouldn't look
really well dressed in anything. There
are little cherubs OF two and three
and four. who would look adorable
if they could play around like Cheruhs
or diSport themselves always as they
do on the warm SeaShore in tiny
one piece bathing suit. But once YOU
have put them into frocks and hats
and coats such as proper children
are supposed to wear they look gauChe
and ordinary. The only consolation
about such a state of affairs is that
quite often little girls who wear their
clothes badly turn into women who
wear them extremely well.
One difficulty that confronts the
mother who wants to dress her little
daughter attraCtively without spend
ing too much time on the matter is
that a very, very large number of
women have rather poor taste in this
matter and the department stores
and the stores that specialize in chill
dren's clothes are not, of course, pri-
marilv institutions for the elevation
of public taste. They must make
profits or fade out of existence as
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interested in their activities. Jimmie
explained to him what they wanted
him to do and he agreed at once.
They were surprised. however. TO
learn that his march took him TO the
near side Of the bowlder instead Of to
the far side, where they had noticed
the mound.
I'm be switched II 1 know what to
DO" said Jimmie. Il don't want to be
digging the whole cliff away"
"I'll tell you what" said Bob Lets
trust to luck. Throw up a coin-if
it's heads, Well dig where that mound
Ia; II it's tails, we'll start where the
Indian marched"
Jimmie fshed In his pocket and
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BY JACK GIHON.
INSTALLMENT III.


THE path, the native had told them
would take them to the top of
the hill. When they reached il they
were to turn to their left and skirt
the edge of the cliff for about 500
PAGES Then they would come to
kirkhride's old house.
I'm anxious to get there said
Bob. Are YOU rested Vat'''
Jimmie nodded, and singing their
tools back over their shoulders, they
set out through these woods where
few white men, save the pirates, had
ever trod.
Presently through the thick foliage
they saw the outlines Of a house. 1t
was SET above the ground on poles,
as though mounted on sttlts: il had a
matched roof and baked mud walls.
The walls were crumbling in parts,
bur withal the house seemed in good
condition.
Its Kirkbrlde's home"' Bob shout
ed.
They had now reached a small
clearing in front Of the structure.
Now they saw that the house was
solidlv built: there We're thick shut
ters on each of the windows, and a
heavy door of roughly hewn timber.
But now the door sagEed and Yawned
half open, and the steps that went
up 70 it We're broken down.
1T looks like a hunters camp In
stead of a pirates den," Jimmie sug-
gested
And 1t doesn't look like there's any
gold around here now, either" said
Bob ruefully.
IF there is,' said Jimmie, well
find IT. The question Is, where shall
we st3rt 1jrs.iusp''
Lets explore the house first" Bob
suggested Maybe We'll find clue.
Accordingly, throwing their tools
from their backs, the boys Chamber
ed Into the house and stood survey.
Ing the dismal scene before them. 1t
consisted Of one large room. AT one
end there was fireplace and at the
other two tiers of hunks had been
built. Save for a table, hand fash
ioned ont of logs, there was no furni-
ture in the room.
Jimmie was much interested in the
fireplace 1t was made of rocks of
odd sizes, over which a covering of
moss had grown with the passing of
TEARS. He built a good solid fire
hlace. all right" said Jimmie, and TO
hccentuate his remark gave one of
tha lower rocks a kick with his boot.
Instead of the resista nee he expected.
however, he was surprised Wnen the
rock gave way and moved trifie.
That's funny" he said. "Those
rocks have been there too long to
move that easily"
TITS a cache" cried Bob. Cant
YOU see that? Maybe he's left a map
OF where the treasure is hidden in
there
With feverish activity they pulled
the rock from its position, while Jim
mic felt inside the hole. His hand
came in contact with square object,
and taking 1t from It's hiding place
he found 1t to be a black tin box.
It was not locked, and almost trem-
bling with awed excitement. they
opened II. Inside was "A scrap OF
paper, and there were words written
on II In a scrawled hand.
The ink had faded, but they were
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Mr.. Monk had a fearful time when
a gang of out-of-work ostriches in
vaded his labor exchange. They de
manded work at once-if not sooner
and their leader said they could do
less work in more time than any other
ostrich living. In view of this, Mr..
Monk thought they ought to work for
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bois -de-rose scale or the wine reds
with purple in their makeup.
Then there are navy blues. Always
and anon there will be some Of the
best dressed children in navy blue
navy blue wooden coats. very simple
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spun a coin into the air. It feIl to
the ground and both boys leaned over
eagerly to read what luck had decided
for them.
'Heads--that means we dig through
the mound" cried Bob. Let's get to
work.
Both boys seized their picks and
shovels and in jiffy they had turned
up the sod and commenced digging on
a hole about feet square. After they
had broken the surface crust they
came to a soft, sandy soil that proved
easy work for them.
60 b continued next Sundauf
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They were disappointed, however,
to learn that big slab of rock was
imbedded in the ground at that point.
"He couldn't have dug through the
rocks" said Bob, so We must have
nrured wrong. The question Is, dA
his 20 PAGES end on this side or on
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but very smart. navy blue hats of
conventional shape and navy blue
serge froCk or suit beneath. But
there is a world of difference between
cheap, ill-fitting navy blue clothes
chosen by some mothers for their
children because they are dark and
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clothes. But there IS no special
novelty about that. Little girls were
dressed with coats and hats made
from the same piece of material and
trimmed with the same soft beaver
or squirrel or rabbit fur long before
their elders were. Hats and coats 10
match are especially attractive. Lit
tie girls are so little and with their
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the corporation. SO he gave them n
recommendation to the clerk of works
Two DAYS afterward Mr.. Monk saw
the whole seven ostriches bringing a
single ladder for a corporation fore
man. Ny word -" exclaimed Mr.
Monk, they look as il they had
worked for corporations all their
liyes!"
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very short skirts their clothes are so
very, very little, that the only way of
effecting any sort Of continuity in
their appearance is to dress them IN
coat and hat to match. II il is only
an inexpensive everyday play coat
it should be fitted up with a hat that
at least goes with II.
Copyright. 1929
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inconspicuous and durable, and the
navy blue clothes Of first-class fabric,
carefully though not too closely fitted,
and always immaculate.
The ensemble idea has. of course,
penetrated the realm Of children s
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the bowlder. Unless one were looking
for such a spot it would appear no
different from the rest Of the ground.
for grass and shrubbery had grown
over it and the passing Of time had
hardened the surface.
TIL bet that's where he left his
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the 0ther side of tho houlder2n

the other side of the bowlder?"
''It looks to me-" said Jimmie. that
we are going to have to dig a whole
bunch of holes before we come to the
right spot"
Just then his keen eyes sighted
q slight mound on the far side Of
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gracefully as they may. They have
the clothes that are in good taste
and that are attractive, but they also
have the other sort. and 1t is not al
ways the easiest thing in the world
for the hurried mother to find just
what she wants. Especially difficult it
becomes when, as is usually the case,
the young girl or little daughter in
need of raiment is pulling a her arm
making random pleas for clothes that
are quite impossible.
Little girls of 10 or SO naturally
incline to what the storekeepers call
the more sophisticated mode" And,
Of course. It is only the most unso-
phisticated mother who would select
these froCks for her little daughter.
You know them-party froCks cut
out under the arms. frocks with
enormous flower trimming, froCks
with a decidedly uneven hem line.
GREEN and red seem to be the
- colors dearest to young hearts
this sea son, but of the two the red is
perhaps more appropriate for the
younger girls than the green, which
seems a trifie too sophisticated. Some
times the reds are vivid-aS vivid as
the proverbial red flannel"-but
more often the softer reddish tones
are choSen-the browniSh reds of the
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chest" Jimmie said, pointing out the
spot to his pal. But I've an idea
the Indian has pretty long legs. Let's
get him to take 20 steps from the
doorway and see where he lands"
Tho Indian vas sitting down in
front Of the house. ~ though little
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90 b. continued next sundavl
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4 COMPACT seems to have been
~ made between the makers of
~ women's frocks and those who
a 1 design only clothes for chill
dren-tO the effect that no
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were We're, present at the tent shows in
FlentywoOd this week.
90
Mike Kennedy of Outlook made a
can at the Poducers News office
Monday. ' VI ~
Joe McBurney OF Raymond pur-
chased a new binder from the Kohl
man Implement Co. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert TempIeman Of
M ny, were visiting and shopping in
PlentywoOd Monday.
Deputy Sheriff T. P. Lynch of
Crosby was court house caller
Thursday.
Victor Rydeen drove over from
Dagmar first of the week to attend
to business matters.
The County Treasurer's office is re-
celvllng a general overhauling this
week.
The Misses Anna Hcvet and Marie
Rlba enjoyed an auto trip to Antelope
Wednesday evening.
Edw. E. York and family made a
drive to their ranch north of Outlook
Thursday evening.
The Legion Auxiliary had their
meeting at the o. S. GulIickson home
Wednesday afternoon.
Atty. H. B. Brattlien Of Crosby, N.
D., attended the Hoffman trial at the
court house Wednesday.
Miles Anderson and Harry Miller
were here from Crosby. N. D., We'd
nesday attending court.
Mrs. H. M. Bueide and baby daugh-
ter left the Memorial hospital We'd
nesday for their home in Westby.
Mrs. J. E. lNeill, formerly Miss Re
gina King, who has been here visiting
for the past six weeks, left last of
the week fer her home in Arizona.
90
Mrs. VIM. Newton and son Billie
left Thursday for a visit with ac-
quaintances in Glendive, Missoula
and Spokane.
90
Mr.. Spaulding of the Dcoley coun-
try was in Plentywood Wednesday,
serving as a witness in the Hoffman
trial.
Mrs. Ed. Hanna and Mrs. Black,
who live at Raymond, made a pleas
ant call in the county metropolis the
first of the week.
Margaret Braden left Monday for
an extended visit with relatives and
friends in Wisconsin, New York and
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Art LELAND Of Outlook was a Plen-
JyWood business caller Monday.
90
Mrs. f. D. Norck of Antelope was
Plentywood shopper Tuesday.
90
Archie Larter was here from Ont
look Monday on short business trim.
Il. F. Schoeffer and family of Mad
oc spent Sunday in Plentywood.
Atty. Geo. Cudhie Of Scobev attend
ed court in Plentywcod this week.
Charles Belts from the Outlook
country was a Plentywocd shopper
Friday.
~. and Mrs. VIM. Moe were Sun
day to Thursday visitors at the Bert
Templeman home near Madoc:-
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Ankers of Out
look were in the city Saturday, shop
ping.
Jim Harris returned Wednesday
morning from two weeks trip
through Yellowstone park.
Harold Donaldson, Roy Parkhurst
and Alvendo Ford spent Friday eve
ming with friends in Froid.
Carl Bull and family of Plentywood
were present at the fair at Regina
last week.
Melvin Evenson, Bert Heron and
Jack Stewart of Raymond drove over
to Regina to be present at the fair.
Friday of last week Mrs. Chester
Ford and Mrs. Prim were here from
Outlook on shopping trip.
Fac Ross made a trip to Bainville
from where she brought over a car to
Scobey.
Mrs. Peter Marion served a delici-
Gus luncheon to- the Catholic ladies'
aid on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Ankers were
here from Outlook Saturday on a
short business trip.
Mrs. John Walters and daughter
Hazel left for Wolf Point to visit a
sister of Mrs. Walters.
7. J. Larson and son Harlow of
Outlook were business callers in the
county metropolis Tuesday.
The S. J. Redden family of Dooley
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Local News
~ / !. \ 49,

s...t-5.st;
+ Sells was called on a case
d. = outlook hospital Wednesday.
Helen Byrd was . caller from
o- .-.7' Friday 81 last week
=. sullivan is on the sick list this
week. -oo-
m Rrsg Of outlook spent Sunday
n Plentywocd.
~. Ind MytLe Donaldson made a
G,,o trip to Scobey Wednesday.
rooer Of Archer was a Plen-
wood shopper Tuesday.
Tain Davis. tanner south OF Plenty
.a- a local shopper tuesday.
-r Alberta Nichols drove over
a-p RAYMOND Monday 70 call on
friends.
Victor Aukers, prominent farmer
,+ outlook. was q Saturday caller
e Plentywood.
Matt Eaton came Wednesday from
naGer TO transact business in Plenty
wood.
,Ir Miller, Ford dealer at Ambrose,
+rarsacted business in PlentywoOd
TTasdav and Wednesday Of this week.
Mr. Lansrud, a representative OF
tho Continental Oil Co., was here from
Great Falls this week zn business.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Opgrande were
entertained at dinner at the H. L. Lar
son home at Antelope last Thursday.
Mark Olson Of Medicine Lake made
call at the Producers News office
Wednesday.
FA. Mills of Outlook was a guest
s+ the E. E. York home in this city
last Sunday.
Mrs. S. Nuremberg left Monday for
Chicago. where she will select her
fall and winter stock of goods.
Mrs. Clair Stoner and Mrs. Viggo
Peterson visited at the Earl Cosper
home northwest Of Outlook Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walters and
daughters Irene and Esther attended
the tent show here Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Udy and daughter
PHYLLIS were present at the tent show
in Plentywood Saturday evening.
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FAMOUS SINGER TO
TO GIVE RECITAL at
FARMER-LABOR HALL

The people of Plentywood are look
ing forward with great pleasure to the
concert to be given next Monday eve
ming, Aug. 10, by Kitty Short, lyric
soprano of Los Angeles, Cal. Miss
Short has had considerable profession
al experience in the south and the oc-
casion promises to be the most en-
ioyable for all music lovers. She will
be accompanied on the piano by Lloyd
Stoddard.
The program is as follows:
1. Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou
Leave Me-From Opera Sc
mele --.-------------..--------- Handel
2. The Kingdom Within Your
Eyes .--..-.---------------HOratiO Nichols
8. Until .-.-.-.....-------- Wilfrid Sandersor
A. A Heart That's Free. Alfred Robyr
5. Hayfelds and Butterflies
.........-.........--...-...---.T Teresa Del Riegc
6. Musetta's Valse Song
From La Boheme Puccint
Z. Ernani invclami-From OPP
era Ernani -------.--------.--------------V erd
8. Believe Me if All Those En-
dearing Young Charms
Irish Thomas Moore
9. Carry Me Back to Old Vir-
ginny- ---------------.---.-----James Blanc
10. Kathleen Mavourneen-.J. N. Croucl
II. Break o. Day. .Wilfrid Sandersol
Lloyd Stoddard at the Piano.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for their kindness and sympathy dur
ing our recent bereavement by the
death of our darling little daughter
and sister, Evelyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Nelson
and Family.
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Strayed-One black horse with uni
form star on forehead and diamond
point on tip of nose, slightly tender
IN front. Weight $500 lbs. Infor-
nation leading to same, notify Seth
Taylor, Plentywood, Montana, and
receive reward.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

M. H. Viste from Homestead made
a pleasant call and subscribed for the
great family journal. Mr.. Viste says
that the crop is fairly good around
Homestead and will average about 10
bushels to the acre.
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Regina, Sask., age 80, and Margaret
Laura Brown, 20, of Killarney, Mani
toba.
On August 5th, Grin NJ. johnson of
Fairlawn, Sask., age 81, and Miss
Minnie Moe, age 20, of Hanska, MINI.
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Ralph Lund entertained the Luther
an ladies aid in the basement of the
Lutheran church Wednesday.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses
were issued by the Clerk Of Court:
August 4th. John August Kobe of
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YOU NEED NO CAPITAL


This is a splendid opportunity for an
ambitious man to get into business for
himself with an established trade in
this locality, which viii assure a good
income right from the beginning Write
today for full particulars about this
permanent, pleasant, profitable bust
ness.
UNCOMMON & COMPANY,
Factory 457, Winona, MINI.
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MAN WANTED

Old established company wants man
to fill vacancy and take care Of local
customers who have been using our
goods for some time. We manufacture
a big line of daily household necessi-
ties famous for their quality and our
nrioas mason HE
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w. c. 7. u. NOTICE

Regular meeting second Tuesday of
month, August 18th at 500 p. M, in
Eighth Grade school house.
MRS. G. G. CHRISTIANSON.
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Donald Nicholson, who has been
employed at the Elgin Cafe for the
past few weeks, met with an accident
at that place last week. While he
was taking ice out Of an icebox, the
tongs slipped and the ice fell into a
pan of hot ashes that some enc had
left near the icebox. 1t appears that
Donald also slipped and fell hands
first into the ashpan, also causing
both of his hands and arms to be Sc
verely burned. He was Immediately
taken to a doctor and had his burns
bandaged. He is unable to do any
thing at present, but we hope his
arms will heal soon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

Mrs. Ben Schroeder of Chicago,
Mrs. Don Faris of Minot and Mrs. Ed
Rhoda of Froid, drove up from Froid
Tuesday. Mesdames Schroeder and
Faris are visiting their parents in
FrOid and came up to visit their re-
spective husbands, Mr.. Schroeder as
sitting at the Producers office during
a rush Of work, while Mr.. Faris is a
salesman and spends Tuesdays in
PlentywoOd.
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H. A. Jolley and w. A. Dutch
Palmer of Minot were Brush Lake Wis
itors Sunday. After the ball game
they came to Plentywocd to spend the
night and visit friends, Mr.. Jolley be-
ing a former resident of our city.
They were accompanied by Mr.. Jol-
ley's daughter, Miss Goldie, and Miss
Laura Munich, beth of Decatur, Ill.
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AT THE CHURCHES
EVANGELICAL CHURCH

EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at 7:3O. Sunday school at 10
a. m, Sunday, August 9.
Christian EndeavOr at Z p. m. and
preaching services at 7:45 Sunday
evening. Services at Two Tree school
house Sunday, Aug. 8, at II a. m. and
at Phelps sohoolhouse at 2 p. m.
Everybody welcome.
H. L. CALVERT, Pastor.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
A. M. Egge, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Divine worship at II a. m.
Services at Outlook at 2:3O p. m.
Morse services at Dooley at 500
p. m.
Sunday, Aug. 10Th
Services at Outlook at IL a. m.
At Archer at 2:30 p. m.
At Antelope 500 o'clock p. m.
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Mrs. D. J. Olson and son Arnold re-
turned Wednesday from South Dako-
ia points, where she has been visit
ing the past several months. She was
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Re
gina Nelson.