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The Washington times., 1928-01-17
Mrs. Coolidge Aids
Episcopal Home
Annual Benefit

NKRs. COOLIDGE has accepted
AVA the invitation of the Episco-
pal Church Home board of man.
ayers as patroness for the card
party to be given Tuesday after
noon, January "a, at 2400 Sixteenth
ST., as the annual benefit for the
home. All churches in the do
cese Of washington are interested
in the success of this party and
representatives from all churches
are assisting in the plans for the
event. the committee being headed
by Mrs. Judson Cobb.
Other patrons and patronesses
for the benefit are Mrs. kellogg,
Judge and Mrs. Wilbur r. Turner,
Admiral and Mrs. Ell. r. Huse.
Representative and Mrs. B. n.
Smell Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs.
Freeman Clark, Mrs. Robert Grain,
Mrs. Peter Drury, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. Louis Mackan,
Mrs. Charles Graves Matthews,
Mrs. Percy Quinn. Mrs. FL. 4. Rust.
Tables for the event may be OBJ
Cobb. or any member Of the COM
mittee, including Miss Susan
Hacker, Miss Blanche Harris, Mrs.
Edward S. Kennedy. Mrs. James
Huntington Turner, Mrs. Rust
Smith, Mrs. c. L. Henry. Mrs.
William Charming johnson, Miss
Marian Crenshaw and Miss Sally
Hews Phillips.
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Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry will have with them for the
weekend Major and Mrs. John A.
Warner, OF New York. Mrs. War
ner, formerly Miss Emily Smith, is
the daughter of the Governor or
New York and Mrs. Smith.
On Friday evening Senator and
Mrs. Gerry and Representative
and Mrs. Parker Corning will be
joint hosts at a small dinner dance
at the Montgomery Country Club.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
ENVOY BUYS
PERSIAN
CAT
Brazilian Envoy in Crowd
Attending Show; Debu-
tantes on Hand

THE Cat Show at L'AigIon on
Columbia Road, which opened
yesterday, proved a revelation to
group Of sub.debs. who rushed
III almost as soon as the doors
were opened in their eagerness
to see the siamese cats they had
been told would be exhibited.
They saw the Siamese cats,
but were tremendously surprised
to find that they appeared singly
and not joined together-their
idea OF things Siamese evidently
. having been acquired entirely from
the Siamese twins.
In the continuous stream OF
visitors yesterday afternoon and
evening was the Brazilian AM
bassador, who so admired cer-
tain Blue Smoke kitten--the same
that had won first prize in the
recent New York cat show-tlaat
he bought the little feline to add
to the charm Of his home,
And there was Nell Theron,
debutante daughter OF Mrs. Harry
Leonard, observing with keen IN
terest the various breeds of the
cat world.
A little later along came vic.
toria Tytus, debutante daughter
Of Mrs. Tytus McLennan, who
selected various cats that she
would like to own.
Another interesting visitor was
Mrs Anna Steese Richardson, Of
New York, who came to wash
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.FAMOUSPOLISH
STATESMAN
|. TOVISIT HERE
Will Live Aboard Private
Car; Nine. Paderewska
To Accompany Husband

vw1r1E Minister of Poland and
N1roe Ciechanowska will enter
4oin at dinner on Thursday eve
nino IN honor of ]. j. PaderewslIi,
former prime minister of Poland,
and Mime. Paderewski, who are
- he in washington for brief
visit. On Friday evening the
british Ambassador and Lady lisa
bella Howard will give a dinner
for the distinguished visitors.
while in town Mr.. and Mime.
paderewski will make their head
quarters aboard their private car.
The present minister OF Poland
and the former prime minister
are old friends.
Representative and Mrs, J. May
hew Wainwright and Miss Fon.
rose Wainwright are established
~ 1851 r st. for the winter.
Mrs wainwright and Miss Vain
wright will be at home on Mon
day afternoon. January 20. from
to o'clock.
mol. HANFoRD MacNIDER,
~ who has just retired from the
most OF Assistant Secretary Of
war. and Mrs. MacNider have
sailed for a holiday cruise to the
Aoditarra mean before returning to
Iowa to make their home. They
will come to Washington first to
close their house here, going to
Iowa in the late spring
The Naval Attarhe OF the
French Embassy, Comdr. Louis
sable VIII has had an apartment
al the Wardnlan Park Hotel since
his arriv, the first part OF De-
cember, will be joined about the
first of February by Nine. Sable,
who Is sliIing from France on FEB
ruary 25. Commander Sable mas
leased the house at 1910 Wyoming
Ave. formerly occupied by his
predecessor. in office, Captain
WilIm.
Alexander p. Moore, former
American Ambassador to Spain,
arrived in Washington yesterday
and IL at the willard.
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NER. and Mrs. Wade Ellis en-
V1 tertained at dinner last eve
ming when their guests were
Senator and Mrs. Frank B. Willis,
Senator Arthur Capper, Represen-
tative and Mrs. S. Wallace Demp-
sey, the Assistant Secretary or
state and Mrs. Wilbur Carr, Mrs.
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ington to attend the conference
being conducted by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. Following lunch.
con as honor guest Of the Ma
tional Wolnan's Press Club, she
slipped away to the Cat Show at
L'Aiglon before returning to the
conference at the Washington
Hotel.
The Cat Show will continue
until IL o'clock this evening.
The Japanese Ambassador and
Nine. Matsudaira viii entertain at
dinner on the evening Of Janu.
airy 20.
MFRS. JARDINE, wife Of the
W1 Secretary Of Agriculture, will
assist at the informal at home
this afternoon Of Mrs. s. Wallace
Dempsey. Mrs. Thaddeus Sweet
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ana Mrs, Harcourt ] Pratt,
wives 81 Representatives from
New York. who live at the Nay,
flower. they win receive from
4 to O'Clock In the Mayfiower
ana others who win assist will
10 Mrs. Porter III. Dale. Mrs.
John q. Tilson. Mrs. James
parker Mrs. Bertrand II. Smell,
Mrs. cordell Hull. Mrs. Vi. May
bew wainwright. Mrs, Hamilton
Fish. ir.: Mrs. Frederick n.
davenport Mrs. Everett Sanders,
Mrs. Daniel A. Reed. Mrs. Jonn
McAuley Palmer, Mrs. Clarence
Il Hancock. Miss Pratt, Miss
Davenport and Miss Reed.
-
II. s. Lounsbury, Of Port Ches-
fer N. VI, il spending seyeral
DAYS at the Grace Dodge Hotel.
with him are Mrs. III. $ Louns-
bury. n ii. Balls and r. q. Larsen,
all 81 Port Chester
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III. Loose. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
L. MarIatt and Mr.. and Mrs.
Isadore Dockweiler, of Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Ellis entertained at iunch-
con today, having as her guests
Mrs. Harlan F'isBe Stone, Mrs.
Fftzhugh Lee. Mrs. Theodore
TfTer. Mrs. Ollie James. Mrs.
James Karrick, Mrs. Frederick
Marsh, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann,
Mrs. Robert N. Stanfield. Mrs.
John Mock, Mrs. Frank Savage
and Mrs. Roy Neuhauser.
Mrs. Sol Bloom, wife of Repre-
sentative Bloom Of New York,
and their daughter, Miss Vera
Bloom. will be at home informally
on Tuesday. January "a, from
to $50.
Mrs. r. A.. Gibbs will entertain
at dinner Saturday evening at the
Grace Dodge Hotel.
The Congressional Club VIII
have william Bellar. pianist, as
its guest of honor at the Friday
afternoon meeting, beginning at
8 O'Clock. He will give recital.
There viii be an informal @at
home at the club tomorrow
evening from $50 to IL o'clock.
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British Clergyman,
Dean of St. PauI's
To Be Entertained

MRS. FREDERICK Moor
AVA MICK-GooDHART has sent
out cards for Thursday afternoon
at O'Clock at her home. Lang.
lev Park. near Hyattsville. The
guests have been asked to meet
the Rev. Canon Simpson. dean of
St. Paul's. of London, who will
make an address.
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Mrs. Stephen B. Elxins was hos
tess at dinner last evening to a
company Of 16, Including her
house guests. Mrs. James Robert
Mckee Of Greenwich, Conn: Miss
juliet Thompson and Mrs. Philip
Gibbons of New York, and Mrs.
Augusta Evans OF Atlantic City.
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LuII in Strenuous Gayeties Brings
Leisure for Enjoyment OF Festivities
Pleasant Luncheon and
Dinner Parties Prom
ised; Embassy Group
Hosts-and Guests

HyHIS week has brought
pleasant lull in a season
Of all-too-strenuous gayety,
with a grist of delightful
dinner and luncheon parties
and leisure to enjoy them.
THE Vice President and Mrs.
i Dawes will be guests OF
honor at the dinner which the
French Ambassador and Nine:
C,Iaudel are giving tonight and
fhe Italian Ambassador and
Donna Antonietta de MARITIME
are in the company asked to
meet them. Ambassador and
Nine. Claudel have round OF
festivities in prospect, including
I luncheon on Thursday, another
dinner on Saturday and their
picturesque costume ball-a bali
Of the second empire" which is
scheduled for February 8.
THE japanese Ambassador and
Il Nine. Matsudaira- who have
doomed large in the news since
1t became known that their
pretty daughter, Setsu, was to
marry Prince Chichibu. heir to
The throne Of Japan. - were
luncheon hosts today and will be
dinner guests. Their party at the
embassy was in honor of Lansford
s. Miller, American consul gem
-eral at Seoul, Korea. who is
now on leave In Washington.
And tonight Ambassador and
Nine. Matsudaira viii dine with
Judge and Mrs. G. G. McChord,
who will entertain at the VIII
lard for q company of 40 guests.
ctENAToR AND MRS. DAVID
u AIKEN REED are also in
cluded in the list of this evenings
dinner hosts, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bowie Chapman will enter
tain d company OF guests at their
home in Nineteenth Street.
Among the luncheons on the
Garnet today was the one which
Mrs. CIoyd Heck Marvin. wife OF
the president of George Washing
ton University. gave for the
members of the board of George
washington University Hosf ital
to discuss plans for the annual
benefit for the hospital ball at
the Mayfiower on the evening OF
February 81. A business meet
ing of the board preceded the
luncheon.
AIRS. cooLIDGE's first hos
w pitality at the White House
after her return from Havana viii
be an afternoon musicale at the
White House on Friday afternoon,
TO which she has invited a small
company Of guests.
CENAToR ARTHUR CAPPER
~ has sent out invitations for
dinner in honor os The Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Dawes on Febru-
airy IS.
X - y
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont
will entertain at dinner on Febru-
ary in honor Of the French Am
bassador and Nine. Claudel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond and the formers sister. Miss
Elizabeth Hammond. have gone
TO Florida for the remainder of
the winter.
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for burial the funeral taking place
Tuesday from the Methodist church
and was conducted by Rev. Williams
and Rev. Brown of the Methodist
church and Rev. H. r. Browne of the
Presbyterian church. The funeral was
attended by an unusually large num-
Der.
Mrs. Hosking was before her mar
riage, Miss Martha Jane Prout Of this
city. She was married to Mr.. Hosking
here in 1908, removing to Buhl in 1911
where the family have since made
their home, Mr.. Hosking being an
employe of the Oliver Mining Co.
She was born in Quebec, Canada, in
1881.
Surviving her besides her husband
four daughters and one son, her father
and several sisters and brothers. The
daughters are Mrs. Iceland Lintz OF
Superior, Wisconsin,; Mrs. Lawrence
Pervenanzi of Kinney, Irene and Vir-
ginia and one son, Frederick, at home
at Buhl. Other survivors are her faith
er, John Prout of this city; four BROTH
ers, B. c. Prout of Virginia, James
P. and Willie of this city; Jack Prout
of Pennsylvania; five sisters, Mrs
Mary Nichols and Mrs. Williams OF
Ely; Mrs. j. H. Nichols of Montreal
Wisconsin; Mrs. Ruth Smith of Long
Beach, California and Mrs. Ethel
Watson of Virginia.
The family and relatives have the
sympathy of host of friends in their
bereavement.
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when there was no convention and its
attendant combining business, and
spend some time IN mentioning in this
true wonderland and playground of a
Nation"
The large part of the delegates left
for their homes Monday and later in
the week. Several are still here and
taking advantage of resting spell at
the lakes before returning home
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SIXTH ANNUAL
COMMUNITY FAIR

The committee appointed to arrange
for the annual Community Fair have
arrangements well in hand and the
dates for this annual event have been
set for Saturday, September 9th.
The growing season has been some
what retarded this year and the
committee also changed the usual
dates for holding this event two weeks
later than usual The Fair will again
be held in the Washington Auditorium
and the grounds attached. The vege-
table and handiwork display will be IN
the Auditorium end the livestock dis
play on the grounds.
The committee having the affair in
charge is composed of VIM. Mitchell,
chairman, Henry Chinn, Frank Lind
gren, VIM. Nudge, VIM. Treloar, Mar
tin Skala and JOS Veranth, Jr. Mrs.
Chas. Quigley is chairman of the
women's committee of the fair.
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WILD LIFE CONFERENCE
AT HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA

Invitations have been received by
sportsmen in this city for the state
wide conference and thirteenth annual
summer convocation of the Minnesota
Game Protective League at Belle Lake
Hutchinson, Minnesota, August %, and
"a.
Other organizations attending the
conference are the Minnesota division
of the Izaak Walton League, Mime
sofa Conservation Council, American
Game Protective Association and
Game and Fish Commissioners from
the East and adjoining states.
The Gopher Campfire Club will be
the host and the public is invited.
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20 GEOLOGICAL
STUDENTS n. v. ].
DIR. u. S. GRANT WITH STUDENTS
FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVER-
SITY WILL SPEND A MONTH ON
BORDER LAKES STUDYING
GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS.

DR.. U. S. Grant, head of the geo.
logical department of Northwestern
University at Evanston Illinois will
head a party of 20 students of the
university to the country north of here
where they will spend month study
ing the geological formations.
DR.. Grant makes such a trip an
nually with the class during which a
considerable territory is covered. The
yearly trips are made in various direc-
tions. Ely and vicinity furnishes the
finest examples of formations for the
studies of the class.
The itinerary as arranged is as fol-
lows and as promptness is one of the
major points of the class the itinerary
will probably be lived up to the letter:
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conference.-the
PLEASED WITH TRIP
COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC LANDS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HERE SATURDAY AND VISIT
Eastwood LAKE DISTRICT.

Ten members of the Committee on
Public Lands of the House of Repre-
sentatives with their clerk were in the
city Saturday on their way to the
Eastwood district where they noted
the conditions that would prevail
Der of feet requested in the applica-
ton filed with the government by the
BackuS interests. The visit was made
in investigation of the Newton-Ship
stead bill now before Congress re-
moving all public lands north of Town.
ship line 60 in the counties Of st.
Louis, Lake and Cook from all forms
of public entry subject to prior exist
ing legal rights initiated under the
public land laws.
The Congressional committee came
and saw with its own eyes what the
outcome of the dam proposition would
oe on Eastwood Lake. AS the bill was
introduced in Congress to curb the
activities of the Backus interests pri-
marily and ultimately to protect the
watershed of the boundary for the use
of the public under efficient manage
ment, the committee was instructed 10
get first hand information. The COM
mittee from the Senate under Senator
Henrick Shipstead will be here on
August % for the same purpose.
The committee was composed OF
Congressman Addison T. Smith OF
Twin Falls, Idaho, chairman; Con-
gresham Scott Leavitt of Great Falls,
Montana, formerly resident of this
city where he was in the employ of
the forestry department under L. M.
Brownell; s. Harrison White of Den
yer, Colo; F. Dickinson Let's OF
Davenport, Iowa; Joseph T. Hooper of
Battle Greek, Michigan; Victor L. Ber-
ger of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,; John
M. Evans of MisSoula, Montana; Tom
Yon of Tallahassee, Florida; Walter
M. Newton of Minneapolis; VIM. l..
Carss of Duluth and George A. Has
sick, secretary of the committee from
Washington, D. G.
In addition to the committee the
party was composed of j. F. Gould
formerly State Game and Fish Com
missioner; George w. Mccullough
newly appointed commissioner, Ernest
r. Oberholtzer, originator of the Su-
perior National Park idea; Mel r.
Nyman, representing the American Le-
gion conservation committee; E. w.
BackuS, whose applications for dams is
now pending; E. r. White; Conrad
Seitz: Adolph F. Meyer; j. S. Nc
Clellan; Walter Newton, Jr., Robert
Aagaard of Minneapolis: Fred D. vi
bert, executive director of the Arrow
head Association; Sam G. Anderson of
Hutchinson; Seth E. Gordon of Chica-
go, Chairman of the Conservation
Council of the Izaak Walton League;
Edward E. Barr, a special writer
of Minneapolis; A. L. Evans of the
st. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch;
j. H. Cleland of the Minneapolis Trib-
une; Cedric Adams of the Minneapolis
Star; H. A. Van Dusen and Harry
Paogue of the Minneapolis Journal.
They were joined at Winton by VIM.
A. Hanson, chief warden of the Ely
district, j. Carver Richards, Dusty"
Rhodes and Merton Kingston of vir-
GINA and Eveleth; A. G. Hamel, SUI
pervisor of the Superior National
Forest; Peter Schaefer, Ray Hoefier
and Oscar Bodin representing the Ely
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ELY-GILBERT GAME
WAS HARD FOUGHT

The Ely ball team played at Gil
bert Sunday and while they succeeded
in returning the bacon, it was pro-
nounced by all who witnessed the
game a hard fought battle. ]. Stark
man of the Ely team was the only one
of the eighteen men on the two sides
to cross the rubber for score. E
|Starkman struck out II while McKen-
zie of Gilbert succeeded in whiting
three of the Ely men.
An enormous crowd witnessed the
game, in fact it is stated that the at
tendance was larger than seen at any
previous game at Gilbert. Both teams
put up an exhibition which met with
approval of the large crowd.
E. Starkman and r. Starkman fille6
the points for Ely and Mckenzie anc
Sandstrom for Gilbert. The Hibbine
team will be her Sunday. The game
is called for 2:30.
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ANNUAL MASONIC
PICNIC AND DANCE

The annual picnic and dance given
by the Masonic order will take place
at Sandy Point on Tuesday evening
August IA from 500 to HOO o'clock
All members are cordially invited to
attend. Coffee, cream and sugar fur
nished by the lodge. Visiting brothers
welcome.
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DEATH EXACTS
HEAVY TOLL

John D. Harrington, aged GA, died
Saturday after an illness which has
held him confined to his bed for the
past three months.
Jack" Harrington has been a resi-
dent of this city for the past "a years.
He was a barber and maintained a
shop, first in the building in the rear
of the Jugo-Slav National Home and
later in the building adjoining the
Savolainen Jewelry Co., in the the
rear of which he maintained bachelor
quarters and where he passed away.
Almost all his life he has been badly
handicapped with an injured hip and
walked with great effort with the as
sistance of a cane. He was recognized
as one of the best BARRIERS in the
northwest.
He was born in Osceola, Michigan.
Surviving him are three sisters and
one brother. The sisters are Mrs. Phil
Holzberger of Lake Linden, Michigan,
Mrs. John O'Brein of Blackwell, Okla,
Mrs. Laura Laxton of Los Angeles,
Cal, Mrs. Maggie DeMars of Tacoma,
Wash. The brother is Dan Mccarthy
of Marinette, Wisconsin. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holzberger and son were here to
attend the funeral.
The funeral took place Wednesday
morning from the Laing Mortuary and
the Catholic church. Rev. Father
Mihelcic officiating. The funeral was
largely attended, the Vermilion Range
Master BARRIERS Association attending
the rites in body. The remains were
inferred in the Ely cemetery.
Mrs. Frank Lunka, aged 48, died
Tuesday of last week and was buried
Saturday from the Catholic church,
Rev. Father Mihelcic conducting the
last sad rites. Sine was well known
among a host of friends in this city
where herself and family have resided
for many years. She is survived by
her husband and five children.
John, the Six-year old son of Mr.
and Mrs John Messe, passed away
Friday after short illness of pneu-
monia. The funeral took place Sat-
urday being attended by many friends
of the bereaved family.
John Geshik an Indian of the Bass
wood district was drowned near the
Pipestone Falls Saturday Geshik was
80 years of age. The remains were
recovered a short time after the ac-
cident Himself and wife were coming
down the river in a canoe. Mrs. Ges-
hik walked across the portage while
he attempted to run the rapids in the
canoe which was swamped. The body
when found was floating and the sup
position is that heart failure was the
cause of death before the canoe
swamped. The remains were prepared
for burial at the Laing Mortuary and
shipped to Tower.
Frank Lehtimaki, aged SO, died at
the hospital Thursday after an illness
of nearly year. He occupied farm
adjoining that of E. Starkman at
White Iron and was contented until
sickness overlook him. Since that
time he has been making his home
with the Starkmans until he was re-
moved to the hospital. The funeral
took place Saturday from the Finnish
church. He was single man and no
relatives have been located.
The three day old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest G.. Anderson was buried Sat-
urday, having died on Thursday. They
have the sympathy of host of friends
in their bereavement.
Mrs, Benjamin Hosking, aged A.,
died at her home at Bull Thursday
evening after an illness of two months.
The remains were brought to this city
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Mrs, Benjamin Hosking, aged AZ,
died at her home at Buhl Thursday
evening after an illness of two months
The remains were brought to this city
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The three day old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest G. Anderson was buried Sat-
urday, having died on Thursday. They
have the sympathy of host of friends
in their bereavement.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John LaSalle and Mr..
Harry Hilmert of Chicago are in the
city guests Of Mrs. LaSalle's and Mrs.
Hilmert's uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrille Fortier. They made the trip
by auto and are very much pleased
with this section They were most
agreeably surprised over the appear
ances of the cities and towns on the
ranges.
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Continued on page FOUR
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E. w. Backus, the main push in the
scheme to make an ocean of the bor-
der lakes, was with the Congressional
party at Eastwood Lake Saturday
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John, the six-year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Messe, passed away
Friday after a short illness of pneu-
monia. The funeral took place Sat-
urday being attended by many friends
of the bereaved family.