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Evening star., 1926-03-28
y Gaining in Popularity Game Of Duckpins Still Is in the Cradle
COLLEGlATES BETTER
THEIR DUCkPIN LEAD

HYATTSFILLE, Md, March 81
Collegiatas increased their lead TO
two games IN the Prince Georges
County DuclIpin Association this
week: when they easily took all three
games of their set against the last
place Service Laundry combination
American Legion, runner-up faltered
bit when it dropped one game to
St, Jerome S.
In other matches this week Chillum
took a ppir Of games from De Molay
and Stephens 4 C. pointed the way
in two against Mount Rainier.
Next weeks schedule; Monday
Mount Rainier vs. Ross' All Stars
Tuesday, Comets VS.. American lie
gion Wednesday, Chillums VS.. St
Jerome's: Thursday, Service Laun-
dry VS. Stephens a, c.; Friday. Col
legiates vs. De Molav.
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game, once considered to be an ex-
limited class and played
oortunity for witnessing it, have in
years that practically every section
IS for participation Where formerly
a single tournament ali of the con-
port it now is necessary for district
country to determine the contenders
he national events.
oportunitieS for enjoying good polo
/: necessity for taking long drives to
II paying admission charges, Capital
eral times weekly during the season
ability to hold their own with repre-
country.
Navy, Mr.. Robinson, has proved him.
self an able and enthusiastic player
and frequent participant in the local
games of the War Department club.
Plans are under way TO make an
effort at bringing the Southeastern
circuit 12goal tournament to this city
this year. If successful this will give
TO local followers Of the sport oppor
tunity for seeing in action the best
teams Of this section, comprising those
representing the strong polo centers
more, Richmond and North Carolina.
Polo furnishes the inspiration for
many delightful social affairs. As q
strictly amateur sport it always has
enjoyed the ardent support of society
wherever it is played. Among the
players and spectators of polo matches
and taking part in the social activ-
tiles incident thereto will be found
many of the representative people of
all loca! activities. The Washington
polo ball, sponsored by followers Of
the sport high in official. business and
social life OF the National Capital, is
one of the most brilliant affairs 0
the season. II will be held this year
al the New Willard Hotel on Apr
6, and promises once more to be the
success it always has been. High of,
ticiais Of the country, representa- tives
os foreign governments, Army. Navy
and locally prominent people, will
there meet again to join in showing
their support and approval of the
splendid equestrian sport of the Ma
rionaI Capital.
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C-Silver cup by the Washington
Post.
For the best set rolled in the singles,
class. A-Silver cup by the Bulletin.
For the best set rolled in the singles,
class B-Silver cup by Pearson &
Grain.
For the best set rolled in the singles.
class C-Silver cup by Coliseum al
leyS.
For the high set rolled during the
tourney by a class A bowler-Silver
cup by Recreation alleys.
For the high game rolled during the
tourney by a class B bowler-Silver
cup by King Pin alleys.
For the high set rolled during the
tourney by q class c bowler-Silyer
cup by Convention Hall alleys.
For the high game rolled during the
tourney by a bowler in any class
Silver cup by Grand Central alleys
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NINTH NO. | Is SURE
OEDUCkPIN PENNANT

In the home stretch. with lead
Of 8 games and only IS to go; it looks
as though Ninth No. ! is a sure win
ner IN the East Washington Church
Duckpin Circuit
The fight for second place, however.
is close, four teams having "A chance
to occupy the runner UP position. t
Besides leading the league. Ninth
No. I has high team game and set
chalked up to its credit with scores
of sos and 1.741, respectively,
Harry Streeter is leading in high
individual average with 1885 pins
but Horner, Mertz, Stephenson. Fisher
and others are right on his heels.
Seaton has high game with 159, and
Horner has high set with all.
Souder, who has been leading III
spares nearly the whole season still
is out in front with 1872, While Charley
Stephenson is now over the top and
leading in strikes with A.
y
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The other bowler crossed the head
pin on practically every shot and yet
had 8 spare breaks. He blew OF
them--a 1.pin break and a 2-pin
chance. His lowest count on the 3
spares he made was s.; on strike he
counted 1e The other man got 3
splits and left pin standing on his
only spare break, after what looked
like perfect hit. HeAdid not miss a
shot during the game and never left
pin standing that he had a chance
to get. And he. hit the headpin prac-
tically every time.
Theoretically, you'd say that If a
shooter socks the No. properly he
will get, no splits, but that will take
a lot of proving. In. this case the
other guy was missing and still get
ting them, il you get what mean"
Harry Dixon of the Agriculture In,
tebureau League and holder of the
ni5h. set x sord f4s the L.Saies has @
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Maj Cary Brown, who Immediately
dispatched one to the Basin.
Capt. Deeters said he did not know
exactly how long it would take him
TO finish the work Of seining the
Basin but that he was on the job 10
continue until it was finished. He
said he would york al day today.
Is Ready to Plant.
The Bureau of Fisheries IS ready
to commence the planting of game
fish as soon as the work of seinins
the Basin is completed Too much
credit can not be given the bureau
for its part in this work, which has
been under the personal supervision
of Glen G. Leach, chief of the divi-
sion Of fish culture. Leach has as.
signed four men from the bureau to
he on hand when the hauls are made
to determine what fish are to be re-
tanned.
Notwithstanding the many set.
backs encountered by Capt. Deeters
and his crew, they expect TO have
many good hauls TO show the people
OF the District today and tomorrow,
There have been 9. good many diff
ferent expressions of opinion as TO the
size and kind of fish that will he
netteG. There are those VINO thlnk
only smah fish will be caught and
others who declare that there are carp
in the Basin weighing 30 and 80
pounds One old colored man, who
said he has been casting his line In
the Basin for years, was overheard
TO say, Gosh, / have seen big fish
in there SO often that ! expect that
they will know me when they are
finally landed in the net Others
declare that there are a lot of big
gold fish in the basin. In fact, al.
most every one has q different story
TO tell.
Two smaller nets will De used to
hold the fish caught, one for those
TO be replanted in the Basin, such
as bass, crappie. sun fish. etc. and
the other for the FISH that the Bureau
Of Fisheries classes as "undesirables. y
Evening star., 1926-03-28
TITLE SERIES LISTED
FOR ROLLER HOCKEY


4 series Of FIVE roller hockey
ma tches for the city championship
gets under way tomorroW night at the
Arcade rink between the Washin gtOns
and the Bearcats. teams captained by
the Whiting brothers, who were stars
Of the game when it was popular here
in the days before the war
The teams already have met in four
practice tilts and appear 70 be well
matched for their title series. Billy
Whiting heads tho Bearcats and in
cludcs in his lineup several of the
best players in town. among them
George Morrow and ". II. Harrison
George Sights, Lindsey Berth and ".
+. ferguson are slated TO perform
with the Washinstons, captained by
Harry Whiting.
The opening game is scheduled for
$50 o'clock. The teams will play each
Monday and Friday night
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LIQtA = I'd IlA.t!5 VIZ Ll-C H@- P " -4-' go
allev manager. ! think " said the Oh
Timer Before the war the games
cost 70 cents, and that did not allcF
Tor much profit. The alley manage
at that rate hated 20 see the girls O.,
the alleys II took them longer 10 bow
Z game than il did the men. Ard ou
can figure how they stuck 20 tn
tenpins ana later rubber banded duo
pins, because II those games tl'
bowler IS allowed only two shots
While the duckp-n game with tLr
wooden pins allows three balls 70 =
frame. Stretching cut the game one
third looked TO be { losing propositIol
to the alley managers and il would
haze been at ~ cents Z game. Eur
when the war forced prices up. tbs
managers found that people would
pay Is or 20 cents for game. and
even when war conditions ceased. Tho
alley mana gers learned that the
higher prices still would be willin-l-
paid if they would put IN high class
equipment This they did. and no
the girls form perhaps ore-third Of
the alley patrona ge. 10 saE nothing
OF the sheils they drag along with
them. Then the tenpirs began 70 l.
carried down il the cellar. and then
thrown down there. Nov YOU seldom
see a set on the alleys
Funny how Washington happen
20 take the lead, though said the
Kid
Bachelor Girls Boost Sport.
That's because We have more
bachelor girls employed here at good
salaries than in most cities. girls Who
are q lot smarter than the avera @c
business girls of the hick towns lie
New York. These girls soon realized
that III the duckpin game they could
ind an almost ideal exercise as well
5 good sport. They don't have 10
travel half mile 10 play z game and
they don't need to worry about the
weather.
7 guess you're right at that" SAID
the Kid. "But-gosh, I made II
Well. we'll, said the Old Timer as
| he turned around in time to see the
Kid shot sweep the alleys That
good enough TO tie me. We L have tc
roll II of
Roll it of" shouted The Kid
Where do you get thar stuff? That
| was a spare
The Old Timer looked skepticaI. bur
the Kid picked up another ball and
shot at the new set-up. counting six.
Ee credited himself with l6 pins in
the tenth, beating the Old Timer b.
six pins.
- know YOU shot more than tuo
balls in that last box" protested the
! Old Timer. though I can't swear
whether you used three or four.
| 1t seemed four TO you. ! guess.
| admitted the Kid Il noticed vou
| were beginning TO see double. I told
| you 70 lay off that custard pie The
| doSgone stuff turns to alcohol III your
| stomach and in an hour or two. III 2.
| heated room like this. YOU have q first.
| class jag On. If I were YOU I'd 60
! on home and go TO bed before I made
j q spectacle of myself
| guess I'd better" agreed the Old
! Timer. Any time you can lick me I
must be a pretty sick man"
Evening star., 1926-03-28
RECORD LIST OF AWARDS
FOR CITY DUCKPIN EVENT

which will be awarded for metorlou work
alleys the tournament OF the Washington Ct
donated announced
George of These winch
will be supplemented later by
merchandise offerings.
The greatest offered duckpn
in rolling This
authority Henry TAFT Rode president OF the
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the week when they rolled a score Of
SIS against Emmanuel Baptist. Co
lumbia Heights was close behind,
however, with u count of 573 scored
on Petworth Central came TO life
and registered a team set of 1905.
Tomorrow night the Central Presby.
terian five meets Columbia Heights.
Tuesday finds Petworth battling
Emory, while Emmanuel Baptist
takes on Columbia Heights Wednes-
day and rolls again on Friday meet
ing Wallace Memorial.
Tuesday, April 20, has been selected
as the date for the leagues second
annual banquet. The affair is to be
held at Central Presbyterian Church.
AGRICIITI.RF INTERRI.REAI- IEAGIE
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AGRICULTURE INTERDUREAU LEAGUE.
Standing OF Team.

Records 10 Date.
High team sets-Economhcs. l 662; Prop
erty l $50: Accounts. ! .652.
High team .Eames--Property. e21: Eco
High individual sets-Dixon 445: stork.
3S2: w Gersdorff 319.
High individual games-Dixon. III; Myer.
Weekly prize-Myer of Property gain of
So pins.
BY taking two games from the
Public Roads five. the Property out.
fit retained the leadership of the
league in point of total pins, but the
Evening star., 1926-03-28
GIRLS MAKING THE SPORT
4 YEAR-AROUND PASTIMF
Element of Uncertainty II Involves Combined Will,
Splendid Exercise Afforded, Accounts for Its
Rapidly Growing Popularity in Washington

taking off collar and ossenlrs
- Of his shirt the Old Timer marked hc
~ did you where Lonne Krauss
going Department building and bo"!n-
estab 100 alleys each floor
How about undressing yours inquired Old
Ignoring renak Are bowl these allies
you undressing bed on them?
know better Then
this collar, said the Kid
thing your bowling Treasury Depar
n
LEFT
Of country. called the deal
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Standing OF Teams

Records to Date.
High individual average-Streetcr lc0-65
Second high individual average--Hornc.
l09-4l
Third high individual average--Mertz
10a-4l
High individual eame--Seator 15a
High individu&! set-Horner. All.
Most spares-Souder. 1872.
Most strkes--Stephcuso A
High team game-,--Nlnth No. !, sos
High team set--Sinth No. l. 17i7.
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NORTH WASHINGTON CHURCH LEAGUE.
Standing of Teams.


Records to Date.
Highest number of stfikes---Pngge. EN-
Highest number of spares--Israel. Mount
Pleasant. Plueee. .Ero!y 49,;
Hiyh .indiyldaal san1e--WlllhIde. Colum-
Htrh stllr inGividual set--Bel Mount Pleas
ant 295 :
High team set-Mount Pleasant. co.;
Eigh aver1ges-Piugge, Emory. l07-67:
RigaIes wallace Memorial, 107-32 Ashford.
Mount Pleasant, 106-l3
Mount Pleasant strengthened its
hold on first place during the past
week by taking three games from I'M
manuel BAPTIST while the thirdplace
Central Presbyterian five was keeping
Emory's average down by taking two
games from the .unners-up. Pet
worlhs rollers bettered their chances
Of roeing Columbia Heights out OF
Eou4 h honoH2 bY taking two games
OF the set with Heights pin spillers.
Wallace got thee games b. forfeit.
This leaders 5QI ~ ii l.-,l stA4a ios
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TYP0THETAE LEAGUE.
Gtoptl;pO nf Teams

With a tive-game lead over Judd &
Detweiler and but six games left, the
trophies for first place may as well
be handed to the National Capital
Press. IN other words, it is all over
but the shouting.
Judd & Detweiler and Packwood
Printing Co. will battle it out for sec
ond place.
National Capital Press continued its
brilliant work. turning in game o.
$50 and set of 1.6l4. Mischou had d
game Of l4S and set of 376
Evening star., 1926-03-28

BY registering triple win over
Meyer Davis, King Pins. added one
game to its lead, as Stanford Paper
Co. was unable TO take the final from
Temple The league leaders We're trail
ing in the final box of the first game.
but pulled it out by means of two
spares and strike. Happy Burtner
was best for the winners, with a 356
set, while Arthur Logan. and Gene Nc
Golrick were highest for Meyer Davis,
with total of 334 each.
Stanford Paper Co had little to beat
in the first two with Temple. but the
cohorts of Manager Olive unleashed
an attack III the final. piing up 6eS
SGale, which vas gaa..,e to bring vic.
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BANKERS DUCkPIN LEiGUE.
Final Standing of Veor,S
League Records

s-F ttt-T'Fls-
High lra!yidual sets-scharf Al. %
borne 40s: Baltz -50l
u, High inGiyldual g4mes-osborne l5s
High team Eame-Wash L. / T, No
5ol Bank ot Wash. 502; Merchants
High team set--Wssh. l. & T No ,.
/, III: Bank OF Wash. l .7O9 Rigs : g.
Strlkes-Yerkes 40.
Spares-W ood IGf.
High Individual averages--Wood. III t-
Brown. 100 Az: Clark. 100 IS.
The Bankers rolled the final games
of very successful season during the
past week; results of the matches not
causing any important changes i'll the
standing. Bank of Washington won
the championship leading Riggs at the
finish by four full games
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With the. BOwlers

appeal to the gambling instincts of the so-caed human race de-
cares the Old Timer te duekpn certainly stands the
front rank of and Almost anything
does happen recently District League shapso roll
of Isl and g. respectively and I'm that the low
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Records 10 Date.

Records 10 Date.
High team cane--C olegiates i63I
High team sct--ColcSlates. / 761.
Hugh individual set--George Friend
Comets 4b4
. High Individual game-Georse Friend.
Comets lT5
High individual avcragc--Henry Hlser.
Legion. ll2
Evening star., 1926-03-28

aation as a feature of the Washing
ton City Duokpin Association S tour
nament. but this will depend largely
on the handicap Earl and Perce de-
mand.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
JUNIOR MINES TO CLASH.

Moose Junior and Renroc Junior
base bal! teams meet today at 2:30 on
Seaman Gunners' field. Moose players
are TO report TO Manager Nally at
1.15
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DISTRICT LEAGUE.
Standing OF Teams.
Records to Date.

High team set--King Pins. sci
High. team gaIne-Conyention Hall 663.
High lndiyidual set--Rosenberg. 40S.
High individual game-Friend. 1853.
High individual average-Frlend. 11T-63.
Greatest number of strikes--Miller. as
Crentest iluu1her of snlres--MegaW 207
Evening star., 1926-03-28
ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller

HE largest the of the District
placed n the Tidal Basin last Thursday This
measuring 1900 with depth Of 20 being used
Fisheries stocking this Spring with including large
and small crappe, fish and rock bass.
Evening star., 1926-03-28


Last week only five teams we're
able to take their entire sets. Colum-
bia No. 2S5 scored a clean sweep over
Congress, Columbia, No. did the
same with Acacia. French took three
from Pike, Joppa trimmed Singleton
in three games and Joppa outclassed
Takoma. La Fayette turned in the
best team game, els. and the highest
team set for the week, LII They
lost one game, however, to Potomac,
the ,latter team having a 40-pin handi-
cap.
Borden of Stansbury rolled 146 to
top all the individual efforts, and
krouse shot S74 &o gain high set
honors. The performance of the
Dawson team in rolling 46S for each
of its three games was considered
remarkable.
Team captains are requested to sub
nit their entries for the Washington
City Duckpin Association tourna ment.
Evening star., 1926-03-28

DES MONIES, Iowa, March y (F).
Charley Hoff. nimble Norwegian
pole vault record breaker, has accept
ed an invitation to enter the Drake
RELAYS here April % and "a
Evening star., 1926-03-28
NATIONAL CAPITOL LEAGUE.
Records to Date.

Records to Date.
High aver1ce-McPhilomy.1 1909.
Second high ayerage|7Frlend HISS
Hlgh Average strikes per game-Mc
PhlIomy 36 strikes in 81 games.
High average spares per game-Mc-
Phiiomy. 1877 spares in 81 games.
High individual gsme-Maples. liz
High individual set-Works. 40.
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High team set-La Fayette-Mount Her
mon, leg tie
High team Came-La Fayette 627
High individual set-Rosenberg. 422
Hlzh individual game Rosenberg 115
High individual average-Rosenbers
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WESTERN HIGH FENCERS
LOSE TO NAVY PLEBES

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 27.-In
an interesting match with the foils
here this afternoon, the Navy Plebes
won from Western High School of
Washington. I bouts to ,.
Summaries:
Wait. Navy. defeated Brown. W II. s.
81 Heinlein. Navy, defeated Bloqnt. ";
Barnhar., W II s. 5----3: Blount, w II s.
defeated Wait. Navy. 5e-i; Heiniein. Navy.
defeated Barnhart W. Y. $. 5--3: McFar-
lane Navy. defeated Brown. W. II. s, 5-t;
Barnhar., W H 5. defeated Wait, Nay
H S.. 5-l: McFarlane, Navy. defeated
Blount. Y Il. s.. 81.
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Strong Team in Prospect.

With such players as Coils. Mar.
gets. Morris, Palmer. Johnston,
Eaehr, Majs. Thomas and Coulter,
Capts Wipprecht and Walsh among
its members, in addition to the team
which won last Fall, the War Depart
naent under the leadership OF Maj
Johnson, the new captain, should be
able to place a strong team into the
field this year
The, Assistant Secretaf Of t,ee.
Evening star., 1926-03-28

High team game--Golden Rule. 654
High team set--Golden rule. $40.
High individual game--Campbel, l63;,
Higk individual! set-Hornlng and Ellett
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SPORT EXPERIENCES BOOM
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Washington Enthusiasts, With Many Ranking Play
ers on Representative Teams Here, Have Unexcell.
ed Opportunity for Enjoying Game.

~ OLO rapidly is becoming one c
Players and followers OF this
L elusive sport confined to I c
where bur few people could find q
creased to such an extent in recen
Of the country today has opportunit
It was possible to bring together il
tenders for national honors in the
tournaments 10 be held all over the
who shall represent the districts Ill
No community enjoys better
than does Washington Without II
country clubs or jsolated fields or
III -, - -, ca--t-, u -, . c+thr =.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
NOTICE OF HEARING

In the Superior Court of the State
of Arizona, in and for the County
of Navajo.
In the matter of the liquidation
of the Bank of Winslow, an insol-
vent banking corporation, having
branch offices at Holbrook, Ari-
zona, and ST. Johns, Arizona.
Notice is hereby given that
A. T. Hammons. Superintendent
of Banks of the State of Ari-
zona, and ex-officio Receiver
and in charge of the Bank of Wins
low, an insolvent banking corpora
tion, has filed herein a petition
praying for an order to sell the
following described real and per-
sonal property of said insolvent
banking corporation, towit:
Lots numbered nineteen and
twenty (19 and 20) of block two
(2) original townsite of Winslow
Navajo County, Arizona, according
to the plot thereof on file and of
record in the office of the County
Recorder of Navajo. County, Ari-
zona, including the certain brick
building and all appurtenances and
improvements thereon, including
safe, and that the said property is
of the reasonable value of six
thousand, five hundred ($6,500.00)
dollars; and that the court has or
dered that said petition be heard
before this court on Thursday, the
Sth day of April, 1926, at the court
room of the court house in Hol-
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26
Masons Plan Study
OF Cliff Houses S In
Big Chasm's Walls

SALT LAKE .CITY-The Kaibab
Caravan association is organized
for the purpose of studying and
making more accessible the awe
inspiring work of the Supreme
Architect, the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado; and for investigation the
origin, arts and customs of the
strange people of the long ago, the
cliff dwellers who lived in this land
of the mighty walls.
The annual pilgrimage of this
organization, restricted to Master
Masons, includes not only the Great
Chasm, but also other park, each
second in grandeur and beauty only
to the Grand Canyon itself.
Masons may become members OF
this organization through the TAX
ing of two degrees, the first OF
which may be given by any group
of Masons, duly chartered by Chilan
Kaibab, but the second can only
be given in the Sacred Kiva in the
heart of Kaibab forest.
A most delightful and profitable
summer outing may be taken by
becoming a member of this organi-
Zation and participating in their an
nual pilgrimage. This is not a
commercial enterprise 1t is spon-
sored by Kaibab Lodge, No. 25,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of Salt Lake City, and the expenses
of the trip are made as low as pos
sible.
The Winslow mail., 1926-03-26

In the Superior Court, State of
Arizona, in and for Navajo County
In the matter of the estate OF
Phyllis White, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Es-
tella Lyons has filed in this court
certain document purportlng to
be the last Will and Testament OF
Phyllis Wilhite, together with his
petition praying that said docu-
ment be admitted to probate in this
court as the last Will and Testa-
ment of said Phyllis Wilhite who,
said petitioner alleges, is deceased,
and that letters testamentary issue
thereon to said petitioner, and that
same will be heard on Saturday,
the 9th day of March, A. d. 1925,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF
said day, at the court room OF said
court, in the court house, in the
Town of Holbrook, County OF Nav
ajo. State of Arizona, and all per-
sons interested in said estate are
notified then and there to appear
and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petitioner
should not be granted.
LLOYD C. HENNING,
Clerk.
BY ROBERTA W. TANDY,
Deputy Clerk.
Dated March 3, 1925.
(SEAL) LLOYD c. HENN1NG,
March 5-12-19-26