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Evening star., 1927-11-11
}6Q,0D0,OlO GEM
RING UNCOVERED
Diamond Smugg|ers Best
Organized Crooks in World,
Authorities Hold.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.
ial Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 11.-Florent
Lamont, with his Charlie Chaplin
shoes loaded with diamonds, has led
New York customs officials into the
biggest and most audacious smuggling
conspiracies ever uncovered by the
United States Government.
Further arrests in the case were
promised today by customs inspectors.
who seized Lamont and five alleged
confederates after Lamont's suspi.
ciously large shoes had yielded more
than 100000 worth of cut diamonds
from hidden compartments. Lamont
was picked up after he had coMe
ashore from the steamship Lapland.
on which he was second electrician.
John Michael Blake, assistant United
States attorney, said today that it
would be shown that Lamont was EN-.
ployed by a great Antwerp smuggling
syndicate, which for years had been
conducting worldwide smuggling of
gems. with most elaborate and high.
| iy organized system of operations.
Vast Operations Suspected.
Government officials agreed with
Meyer d. Rothschild, president of the
| American jewelers. Protective Associ.
alton, that the continental smuggling
| ring now is sending into the United
| States somewhere between $4,000, ,000
and $60,000.000 worth of diamonds
every year.
THE arrest of Lamont and of the
| five other persons with whom he had
contact, has opened up ramifications
of this plot which will reveal by far
| the biggest smuggling conspiracy ever
! detected at the port of New York, y
| said Blake. This ring has been in
operation for years. 1t is an organiZa.
| ton far superior in intelligence and
resourcefulness to smugglers of aliens
and drugs. In fact, it is an organiza.
ton of Ge luxe crooks.
There is reason to believe tha
many innocent persons are used fol
the delivery Of diamonds on this side
A smuggler arriving with diamonds
does not go directly to the place
where they are to be delivered i
possible he will make casual re
quest Of some innocent person, ask
ing him to deliver a package to some
one in his neighborhood.
Their systems o cable codes would
do credit to the United States Gov
erDment in wa time, in their a~''ar
ent innocence and in the impossibilit,
Of deciphering them. We have abun
dant reason to believe that some Of thu
best b aims in Europe are engaged il
til conspiracy.
Watch Frequent Travellers.
"If we had to depend merely upoi
some evidence of concealed gems oI
tn person of the smuggler we wOult
rarely make an arrest. Our espiOn
age system here and in Europ
4 1 L
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Autocrat Wins Cup.

LIVERPOOL, November II R.-
Autocrat, owned by II. f. Steel, today
captured the Liverpool Autumn Cup,
one of the last of the racing seasons
big features.
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CONTINUED on Page 2. Column IL
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WEATHER.

10. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy and warmer tonight, followed
by rain tomorrow; colder tomorrow
afternoon: much colder Sunday.
Temperature-High So. at noon
today: lowest, As, at 6 am. today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1927-11-11
Watch Freouent Travellers.

Watch Frequent Travellers.
"If we had to depend merely upon
some evidence of concealed gems on
tn person of the smuggler we would
rarely make an arrest. Our espiOn-
age system here and in Europe
Evening star., 1927-11-11

Continued on Page 2, Column So
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Wendelin Boehler
Found Not Guilty

Wendelin Boehler, tried twice dur
ing the present term of Burleigh
county district court, was acquitted
by the jury which heard the evidence
in the second trial, Il verdict Of not
guilty being returned late Tuesday
after several hours deliberation. The
jury in the first trial was unable to
reach an agreement and was dis
charged from the case. Boehler was
charged with first degree immoral
ity. w
Taking of testimony in the case of
Howard C. Gould vs.. G. r. Burnstad.
ct al, was completed this afternoon
and the case probably will 60 to the
jury late today. Gould was suing
for $4,000 damages for personal in
jury and damages to his auto as the
result of an accident on the Red
Trail near Menoken last fall. He
claimed that Burnstad, who had the
contract for improving that stretch
Of road, had negligently left pile
of sand in the middle Of the road
and that this was the cause of the
accident.
The amount Of damages sought was
reduced to less than 81 900 during the
progress of the trial, however, when
the court ruled that Gould could not
sue for personal injury damages
since he was covered by workmen's
compensation insurance in Minnesota
and has been collecting that insur-
ance. Damages still sought through
the court are for the damage done
to the automobile. ~
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MAN ARRESTED
FOR ATTEMPT
AT EXT0R1I0N
Taken Into Custody When He
Calls For DecOy Letter ut
MinOt PCstOffica

M:not. y. d.. June % LtP,-ThOr-
valid Hoff. 2l. formerly employed as
a washing machine salesman in Minot,
is under arrest today on a charge Of
disorderly conduct as a result Of an
alleged attempt ut cx:ortion.
iioff was arrested By Lieutenant
j. b. Hartgan of the Minot police
force after he had called at the gen
cral delivery window Of the postof-
flee for Il letter which Minot man
had been ordered TO leave there to
contain $lCn in bis.
Confession that hc wrote, the let
ter. threatening the man with arrest
on a charge Of violating the prohibi-
ton laws unless the money was left
at the postoffice. has been obtained
from Hoff. Police Chief j. A. Wagner
said today. Whether other charges
will be preferred against Hoff has
not been determined, it is announced.
The police obtained the first in
formation concerning the attempt at
extortion when the man who was
threatened turned the missive over
to Lieutenant Hart gan. The letter
was not addressed to any particular
person. and the name Of the man who
turned il over TO the officer was with
held at his request, they said. He told
the police that he found it under the
door of his ronmARxas..
Officers Immediately prepared a
decoy Letter. stuffing it with paper to
makTE ~Rt.N that it contained
money INF Melt at the postoffice
Lieutenant Hartigan remained in the
postoffice. and whom Hoff called for
n letter for "E. Buckmier' the Off
Ger was notified and took the young
man into custody.
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WALTER D|UR'FIN'
NAMED. ITO HEAD.
MASONIC BODY.
Grand Lodge Sessions Con-
tinue at Minot-Adj0urn-
ment to Be Tomorrow

Minot, N. D., June 22.-F-Wal-
ter II. Murfin Of Fargo this after
noon was elected grand master Of
the North Dakota Masonic grand
lodge to succeed Frank G. Falken-
stein of Bottineau, who has served
during the last year.
Mr.. Murfin has served as deputy
grand master during the last year,
and is Il member of Maple River
lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, of Edgeley.
N. d.
The grand lodge sessions, which
were convened yesterday, are to con-
tinuc tomorrow, with adjournment
scheduled probably tomorrow after
noon, officials said today.
Attendance Increases
Attendance at the sessions today
has increased to more than 800, with
less than dozen of the 129 lodges
in the state not represented.
Routine business of the grand
lodge occupied the attention of the
delegates during this forenoon's SEES
sion, with consideration of the penal
code as presented by special COM
mittee named for revision of the by
laws being made special order of
business.
Reports Of their offices for the
last year were submitted to the
grand lodge by George H. Phelps Of
Bowbells, fraternal correspondent,
and F.. George Buthre of Fargo,
chairman Of the finance committee.
Five hundred and fifty Masons
and the wives Of several members
of the order from out Of the city
joined in the banquet held last eve
ming at the national guard armory,
with Star in the West Lodge No. 80,
A. F. and A. NJ, Of Minot acting as
host
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LONGEST DAY.
\ OF YEAR HERE
Today Is First Day of Sum
mer and Days Will Soon BE
Growing Shorter

Newspaper reports and popular
superstition to the contrary notw.th-
standing. today is the longest day Of
the year and the first day Of sum
mer.
Ordinarily June q is the first day
Of summer, but this year, because of
slight changes in the time Of sun
rise and sunset, June % becomes the
longest day of the year and hence the
first day Of summer, according to q.
w. Roberts, local meteorological.
Summer was officially ushered in
at.4:22 a. III. today, central standard
time. Mr.. Roberts says. and from now
on until the autumn equinox, which
this year will be on September % in
stead Of September % as usual, it
will be summer as far as the weather
man is concerned regardless Of posi-
BILE frosts, cool breeZes or snowfalls.
Since the change in the length Of
the days varies only few minutes
during the next couple. Of weeks. the
shortening of the days will not be
noticeable until early in July, wealth
er bureau officials stateI 1Tls& sun
was scheduled to rise here at Alb
this morning and should set tonight
at 7:51. For the next two weeks the
suns rise will be minute or two
later each morning but the sunset
.uift. continue to be at 1851 until July
6, when it begins to occur earlier
the days thereafter growing shorter
by one or two minutes daily.
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ELTINCE THEATRE

Three OF the most capable young
stars appear in Children of Di-
vorce," at the Eltinge for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
They are Clara Bow, Esther Raj
ston and Gary Cooper, all three Of
whom gave up their individual star
ring rights to appear in the film. The
picture, one of Paramount's biggest,
was directed by Frank Lloyd, a vet
eran of many years experience. Para
mount officials declare it as good as
the best he has ever made.
Owen Johnson, author of "Stover
at Yale" and 1.-THE Enemy Sex"
wrote the story which recently APP
peared serially in. Red Book maya
zine. Hope Loring and Louis u.
Lighton prepared the screen adap-
tation.
In addition to Miss Bow and Miss
Ralston, both of whom are CO. starred,
the featured cast includes Cooper,
Einar Hanson and Norman Trevor.
Hedda Hopper, Edward Martindel,
Julia Swayne Gordon, Albert Gran
and Tom Ricketts, also play impor-
tant roles.
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Some Local Student
May Get Scholarship

Washington, D. C., June PA
free cholarship to the Michigan
College Of Mining and Technology at
Houghto Mich, one Of the leading
mining schools in the United States,
is now available for an eligible Bis
marck student by recent action of
the. Michigan I legislature, the, bu-
reau of education, department of the
interior, stated orally today.
The scholarship exempts the holder
from tuition, and matriculation fees,
and is valued at approximately 1925
The only reservation Of the scholar
ship is that the Bismarck candidate
must meet the competitive require
ments of the college and be well rec.
commended by the proper school Of
ficials.
The college of mining and tech.
nolopy in the porthern region OF
Michigan, the great iron district Of
the middle west, has been enlarged
by the legislature and it becomes q
general engineering institution in
which the usual engineering course.
may be offered and degrees con.
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BUFFERS HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
injuries Not SeriOus-Car.
Struck BY Another. Rolls
Over on Its Top

Miraculously escaping serious in
Jury or death when the automobile
in which they were riding was struck
by another car and rolled over on its
top. Mr.. aud Mrs. p. H. Butler Of
SIS Second street and their daugh-
tiers. Miss Elizabeth and Mrs. II. W.
Chorley of Denver. Colo, are resting
easily at the Butler home this after
noon. Although they are suffering
from numerous cuts and bruises,
their injuries are not considered Sc
riouS.
Mrs. Chorley received severe
cash on one leg and was severely
bruised. Mrs. Butler was bruised
about the ribs. but it is not believed
any bones were broken. Miss Butler
had one foot badly cut and Mr.. But
Ter was cut about the wrist.
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore 1880 this forenoon at the cor
ncr of Rosser avenue and Second
street. The Butler car was being
driven south on Second street and
was struck by car driven by John
Meier Of ICELAND, which was travel
ing west on Rosser avenue. The i'm
pact Of the collision showed the But
Ter car to the side of the street and
when the wheels struck the curb the
car rolled over, landing squarely on
it's top. Nearly all the glass in the
car was broken to bits. Little dam.
age was done to the iceland ear.
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The History Of !.
Dentistry Is Topic
Of DR.. Rawlings Talk

DR.. G. A. Rawlings. in his address
to the Bismarck Rotary club this noon
on THE History Of Dentistry" told
Of its crude beginning and Of the
com plications which arose with the
progress of civilization and introduce
ton Of civilized food DR.. Rawlings
enumerated the persons responsible
for the advance, Of dentistry. and
spoke briefly about recent investiga-
tons and what they promise to pro-
duce in the future.
Having recently returned from the
general assembly OF the Presbyterian
church held at San Francisco, Rev.
Paul S. Wright told the Rotary club
about his trip and the meeting \
Rupert Hakins and Gilbert Haggaft
Of Fargo we're guests Of the Bis
marck Rotarians this noon.
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VALLEY CITY
BAND WINNER
OF TOURNEY
Victory For Three Years in
Succession Gives II Pos
session Of Cup

Valley city. \. D.. June 2a.-{P'
Valley 1ity'~ municipal band under
the direction OF Prof. l.. +. Wright
Of the Valley City State Teachers
college son f.rs. prize in the class
!. division Al the annual North pa.
hota Band Masters bard tournament
here Tuesday for the third snsces-
siye year and gained permanent pos
. session Of s,iSe. loving cup
awarded BY the state association
the two day tournament closed la;e
!. 4neSEas.
The Northwcoa Municipal Band
,sas awarded second place IN the
lass 4 division. The band is under
,ae direction OF William korstad.
Judges in the event. in which %
North Dakota bands competed, We're
II A. NanEerenok of the Nandercook
hool 81. Directing. Chicago. and
carl Dillon. band master at For;
/. Smelling. Mimi. More than 700
! bandsmcn took part III the tourna-
.nent. a feature event of which was
/. Il massed concert with AL bands TAX
iii.r part The Instrumentation of
the large concert band. which. the
director declared, performed in an
extraordinary fashion. was: lG2 corr
nets: - alto. French and similar
horns; - baritones. 50 trombones;
l22 Il flat clarinets; two + flat
clarinets: seven flutes and riccolos;
nine soprano saxorhones; 81 alto
sasnphones: l3 { melody saNo-
phones; - tenor saNophones; IL
baritone savophones: - bass drums;
30 snare drums and six other instru-
ments, including hassoons and oboes.
Other Winners
In the class B band competition
Hillsboro, which won first place in
the class G competition last year.
took first place. The Minor bank
took second place.
The Mimic Juvenile -. directed
by Marius Hagen, w@12ZeE honors
in the class c competgtfOh, and Min
newaukan high school band second
In the soloist competition in the
bass instrument class Torfen Grotte
Northwood, playing Sousaphonc
won first place and was awarded !;
gold medal. Raymond Beall, Stark
weather, playing a tromobne, wor
second place and a silver medal.
The brass quartet of the North
wood band won first place in tn.
quartet division with Sharon in sec
Ond place.
Valley CTS Municipal Band. i,
addition to r.a.ling permanent It'll,
to. the class a loving cup, won frs
place in the marching contest. Thi
organization, which has a member
ship Of &c, is made up entirely .
amateur musicians.
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Levi. As the kindhearted old pro-
prietor of the pawnshop whose faith
in human nature leads to his own i'll
fortune, Mr.. Sidney is said to give
one of the best characterizations Of
his entire career, not excepting his
delineation of the old fellow in
welcome Stranger
The story itself is "a simple one,
1t tells Of the love of two Russian
Jewish emigrants for a little Irish
waif entrusted to their care. Through
thrift and perseverance Simon Levi
rises from New York street peddler
to the proprietor of a very modern
secondhand store. al"
Sammy Cohen, the comedian who
climbed his way up to public favor
was selected for the comedy role OF
No, the pawnshop clerk.
Sammy rs dancer of note and is
given an opportunity to display his
skill in this production.
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BLACK Leaf 40" a special insecticidc,

BLACK Leaf 49," special insecticide,
as spray.
1t IS necessary to spray the solu-
ton directly on the insects to kill
them" Mr.. Baird said. However,
while ii may he impossible to kill
all the aphis, generous use of the
spray on the other leaves Of the
tees will prevent further damage.
BLACK Leaf ~ may be obtained
Mt any Of the drug stores. MIR. Ea ri
and others tx the l.. S. station de-
clar.d there is absolutely no use to
attempt TO Kill OF the apnis with
Paris Green.
So far as can be determined il is
only the eims which have been at
tackled ny the pest. No larvae could
he found on several score Of box
ELDERS, ash. mountain ash or other
trees while the countless variety of
shrubs seen to be free Of the pest.
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Helen Wills Enters !
Third Round Of Play

Wimbledon, June 22.--(P)-Miss
Helen Wills, California tennis star,
Today entered the third round Of the
Wimbledon women's singles cham
pionship. defeating Miss S. G. Lum-
ley Ellis. of England 6-3, 6-2.
William T. Tilden and Francis I.
Hunter, paired in the mems doubles,
defeated CECIL Campbell and +.
vrawshay- Williams, in straight sets
at 60. 6-3. 6.1.
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CARD OF THANKS

Nesw!sh to thank our many friends,
relat lives and neighbors. for their
kind assistance and sympathy ex-
pressed. during our recent bereave-
ment Of our beloved father and
grandfather We also wish to ex-
nress our thanks for the beautiful
floral offerings
Mr.. ard Mrs. Peter Beyland.
and family
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WILL BE DEpORTED

p. r. Mclaughlin Of Portal, N. D.,
representative Of the u. S. govern
ment, took into custody here today
Francis Gordon Mclean, alias John
Mcdonald, who will be dcported to
Canada. Mclean has been in the
county Jail since last December
serving sentence Of one year for is
suing worthless checks. When it was
found that he was an alien his de-
portation was arranged for and Nc
Laughlin was sent here to get the
man and turn him over to the Cam
adian authorities.
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OYSTER CATCHES RATS

Richmond. Wa good, strong
oyster can put cat to shame when
It comes to catching rats, says Ray
mond Gathright, deputy revenue COM
missioner. When he went to his
cellar to get some oysters that were
in barrel, he found large rat
held in the nav of one Of the
biva!ves.
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Elm Trees Attacked
By Sucking Aphis'

Local people who have elm trees
on their property must act quickly if
they wish to save their trees, it was
pointed out here today following the
discovery of an epidemic Of sucking
aphis.'' The small bug, or leaf louise,
has already attacked many trees in
Bismarck and as a result the leaves
are curling up and dying. Immedi-
ate spraying Of the trees is necessary
to nrevent spread of the epidemic.
w. p. Baird, horticulturist at the
u. S. Northern Great Plains Field
Station, recommends the use Of
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ferred, the j bureau states. The
scholarships have been available for
one student each, year from each
state and territorial possession Of
the United States. each province Of
Canada. and each Latin American
country.
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CAPITOL THEATRE

"The Auctioneer," the quaint, APP
pealing story of the life Of Simon
Levi, which put David Warfield
among the foremost dramatic actors
when presented on the New York
stage by David Belasco, comes in
picture form to the Capitol Theatre,
beginning today Wednesday.
Sidney, famous character actor
of stage and screen. plays Simon
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Last Minute
Bulletins


Budapest. Hungary, June a.
R)-The American transatlantic
flyers. Chamherlin and Levine,
arrived here by air this MORN
ing from Vienna, landing at
1917.
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Social and
Personal
CALLED TO IOWA

DR.. w. l.. Diven left this morning
for Atlantic. Iowa, where he was
called by the illness Of his mother.
Mrs. S. S. Diven. He will be away
for several days.
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New York, June 22.-(P)-
After reaching an agreement to-
day with Tex Richard for his
first comeback fight at the YAM
kee stadium against Jack
Sharkey on July 81. Jack Demp-
sey today also accepted the pro-
mOter's terms to cover the event.
uallty Of, return title fight with
Gene Tunney and, If victorious.
the defense Of the heavyweight
crown in September, 1928.
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Springfield, June 2z.-tP)-
Russell +. Scott, thrice sentenced
to hang, was granted new lease
en- life today. when the Illinois
supreme court reversed and re-
manded his case for new trial
in the criminal court Of Cook
county.
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GUEST AT G. E. HANSON HOME
Mrs. L. H. Hanson of Duluth, Mimi,
is a guest at the home of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
George f. Hanson.
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ON RI1S1NESS

J. c. Maddox spent Tuesday in
terests.
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HAVE A SON

A son was born June 20 to Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Lloyd Lillestrand Of this
city.
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ROYAL NElGHBORS TO MEET
The Royal Neighb0rs will hold q
meeting Thursday evening at the
Odd Fellows hall.
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VISITING PARENTS

Mrs. Frank Splitter and son. Eliason,
are spending the week at Baldwin ut
the home of Mrs. Spitzer's parents.
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TO SpIRITWOOD LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. O'Brien and
Mrs. L. f. linus drove to Spiritwood
lake Tuesday for visit.
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VISITING SISTER HERE

Mrs. T. f.. Rugg of Minneapolis j:
in the city as a guest of her sister
Mrs. j. l.. Mullin.
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LOCAL PEOPLE MARRIED

Fred Bolter and Miss Mary Kohn
were united in marriage Saturday at
the home of the groom, Justice ~oe
the Peace Anton Beer performing the
ceremony.
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FROM ANOKA. MINI

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Hunter Of
Anoka. Mimi, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Snow.
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AT ST. ALExlUs HOSPITAL
Mrs. Joseph p. Hess is Il patient at
ST. Alcxius hospital in Bismarck.
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GUESTS FROM NEW SALEM

Mr. and Mrs. D. s. Duncan Of New
Salem are in the city as the guests
Of Mr.. Duncan's cousin, Miss Ruth
Duncan.
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MOTOR TO MINOT.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sipple and Mrs.
Van Middlemas left this morning BY
auto for Minot. where they will visit
for few days.