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The Washington times., 1929-02-26
I RAP
NETS 10
HERE

a. pretty 19-year-old girl,
nine men and seven automobiles
fell into the hands of prohibi-
ton officials and policeof the
Third precinct last night as a
result of a "plant" engineered
by a woman enforcement Off
cial.
washington's half.world is all
aquiver today as a. result of the
raid. Heavy bond. fixed on charges
of transporting and possession
struck solid blow at the persons
involved. -
shortly after 9 o'clock last night,
Prohibition Officer D. NJ. Quinn,
Precinct Prohibition Officer s. F.
Gravelly. and Privates r. F. Nc.
Carly and F. o. Brass, of the Third
precinct. got in touch with the
woman officer and she started call
ing telephone numbers and asking
that "giggle soup" be delivered at
her apartment.
The officers stationed themselves
around the neighborhood and settled
down for the short wait before the
runner" arrived with the spoils.
Then the wholesale series of arrests
started.
Two Seized With Bottles
William Thomas st. Clair, 26, and
Stanley w. Richards, 20, of the 900
block of Mt st. N. W.. drove up to
the apartment house at 500
Twentieth st. n. w.
As they stepped from the ma.
chine the officers "nabbed" them
and seized two quarts of alleged
whisky and their machine.
They were turned over to other
officers and the officers waited for
the next victim,
In a few minutes a large, heavy
machine pulled into the curb and
police arrested Bernard D. Reed,
20, of the 4400 block of Georgia
Ave. n. w. His machine and two
quarts of liquid were seized. Reed
also went to the Third precinct.
About five minutes afterwards a
taxicab containing a pretty blonde
drove up. A man alighted, walked
into the building, but became sus.
picious, smashed the bottles he
was carrying, ran out and jumped
into the machine. They sped away
into the lowering fog.
Shortly afterwards Michael Wig
liocci Lindo. 3S, of the 1000 block
of Fourteenth ST., and William Ed
ward Godbold. 23 of the 1000 block
of Thirty-Seventh ST. N. W., were
arrested and charged with trans.
porting and possession. Two quarts
of alleged "joy-water" was taken
and their machine was seized.
Girl, 10, Arrested
Herman Finley, 21, of the 1900
block of I St. N. W.. and Peggy
Cook, a pretty, vivacious, 19-year.old
girl, of the 1900 block of Gales St.
n. E.. were arrested shortly after
that. They are charged with having
two pints in their possession. A
large automobile was taken by the
police.
Shortly after that another couple
fell into the police web, but they
were able to make their escape.
James Roland Reed, alias Waldon
William Davis, % years old, of the
240O block of Nineteenth st. N. W.,
was also taken into custody. He is
charged with illegal possession and
Etransportation- of two quarts of rum
and two pints of liquor. His machine
was also seized.
Two other machines and two OPP
orators were also arrested before the
police and prohibition men stopped
their activities for the evening.
They are Monroe Grayson Chew,
Sc. of the 14O0 block w st. N. W..
charged with possession and trans
porting two pints of liquor; and
William Mattingly. %, of the 400
block of Sixth St. n. w, held on
the sans charges. In Mattingly's
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births. Engagements. Marriage
Deaths and In Memoriam appear daily
on the last inside page, last two columns.
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Occasional rain this afternoon and
tonight; slightly warmer tonight;
Wednesday parity cloudy. Tempera-
ture yesterday-High, b6; low, 80.
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TIMES| HEROES
BILL PASSES
SENATE

A bill. sponsored by The Wash
ington Times. to provide for the
annual recognition of meritorious
service in the Police and Fire de.
partments, by the award of hero
medals to outstanding members Of
these departments. was passed by
the Senate this afternoon.
Under the terms Of the bill, the
District Commissioners are directed
to appoint committee to make the
awards Of a gold medal and a
silver medal to the two outstanding
heroes of each department annually.
The bill provides that recipients
of the honor medals shall be
favored for promotion if other
things are equal.
1t passed the Senate by unani!
nous consent without discussion.
The bill now goes to the House
for final enactment.
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addiction is prevalent in all walks
of life. Through drugs the Grim
inal classes are stimulated with
false courage that enables them
to commit the most atrocious
crimes. Among people of intellect
and wealth and leadership. the
use If drugs has become an all
too frequent occurrence
Sink Into Oblivion
"PitifuI are the stories of young
boys and girls enmeshed in the ten.
tacies of this most diabolical habl .
Once a slave to the habit. they sink
rapidly down the moral scale into
degradation, misery and oblivion.
mo debaucher in all history was
ever half so miserable, so destructive
CONTINUED on Page ?. Column 81
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
SIS, 1872, $3.50.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, S155, 900, 900.
New York Clearing House ex
change, S1,685 100000.
Treasury balance, Ss5,961 ,03i .95.
Customs receipts, $4O,214,S14.41.
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COP LEAPS
ABOARD,
BUT NOT
IN TIME

After reeling and rocking
several miles here early today
without any one at the con-
trolls, Capital Traction Com
pany street car crashed into
a mail truck at Seventh and
r Streets Northwest.
The mad chase eliminated in the
collision after a policeman-Fred n.
Rabbi, of the First precinct-had
leaped aboard the big four-motored
green runaway.
He had not been on the front
nlatform of the speeding car long
enough to reach the controls when
the wreck occurred, however.
Sped BY Him.
Rabil was pulling a box at Sew
erlth and G Streets Northwest, when
he noticed the street car speed by
him. He thought there was some
thing odd about the appearance of
the car. No one was at the con-
trols, no passengers were in sight,
front and rear doors were open,
and the lights were off.
The policeman hailed John L.
Bernhardt. of the 500 block g st.
s. w, the driver of passing mail
truck. They set out after the
Tennon.Ifke mechanical mad man,
The car was moving so swiftly that
the truck could not overtake 1t Tor
several blocks.
On catching up with his quarry.
Rabbi tried to leap from the run.
ming board of the truck to the car
platform. However, the vehicles
lurched about so precariously that
Rabil had difficult time getting
in position to attempt the danger
Gus jump through space.
While the policeman attempted 10
change mounts" few early ris-
ers got a real thrill.
Bumped Into Truck
The car finally struck a switch
which would have sent 1t east on
T Street from Seventh. The COM
pact was SO severe that the street
car Jumped the track, swerved and
bumped into the mail truck, which
was moving north on Seventh
Street.
The truck was badly damaged
while the street car came to stop
with little more than a scratch.
Once he had his strange fugitive
under control, Rabbi went to the
Seventh Street car barns of the
CAPITAL Traction Company. EN-
pioyes there were unable to ex.
plain how the street car had started
on It's long trip. They expressed
the opinion that it had ben stolen
and abandoned by drunken practical
jokesters.
The street cars plow was torn
away.
Another policeman later reported
he had seen a colored man operat-
ing the car near the carbarns, but
had thought nothing of it, because
he assumed the man was an en.
ploye of the traction company.
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POLICE UNIT
HASDAY
OFF:

From a dingy room in the
Sixth precinct station house
the scene Of the Burlinga1ne
investigation shifted today to
the Grand Jury room in the
District Supreme Court House.
Mrs. Helen r. Blalock, diminutive
palmist, went before the inuuisitoria1
body shortly after IL o'clock and
repeated the story which she con.
cIuded last night before the extra.
ordinary police trial board which IL
trying Capt. Guy E. Burlingame on
charges of conduct unbecoming an
officer and prejudicial to the good
order. reputation and discipline OF
the Police Department.
The woman who confessed before
the trial board to intimate relations
with the 61-year-old commander or
the Second precinct was still guarded
by her squad of Department Of JUS
tice agents when she appeared at
the courthouse.
Indictment In Doubt
Officials at the court were openly
SkGpIICdl dS 70 LlG pOSS4b11Sy % W.
tanning an indictment against the
veteran policeman on the basis OF
the promised story.
Experts who have been following
the case declared that neither IN the
affidavit which she made under the
direction of Representative Thomas
L. Blanton, of Texas. nor in her
testimony before the trial board was
there the basis for a criminal action.
1t is possible. however, that the
Grand Jury could return recon-
mendatian covering the Burlinga1ne
case without naming anyone in an
indictment.
Such a recommendation might
govern the actions OF the District
officials in regard to Captain Bur-
1ingame's continuance as a police
official.
The Grand Jury before which the
palmist appeared is the so-called
abbreviated" body which is already
under fire in the courts.
The jury is composed of only %
members, whereas ordinarily 1t! has
a membership of %. The discrepancy
was caused by the resignation OF
one of it's members with no successor
appointed.
Leahy Raps Jury
incidentally, william E. 1eal1y,
chief counsel for Burlingane, has
in another case, attacked the valid
itv of indictments returned by this
Grand Jury on the ground that It
has not a complete personnel.
Mrs, BIalock was driven to the
courthouse from her apartment in
the Burlington Hotel by the De-
partment of Justice agents, who
have been guarding her since her
return from Chicago.
Upon her arrival at the court
house she went directly to the office
| of Assistant United States Attorney
William H. Collins and conferred
with him for about 10 minutes.
Collins then accompanied her to
the ante.chamber of the Grand Jury
room and left her there while he
went before the body. After q few
moments Mrs. Blalock was called
into the chamber.
Collins took with him into the
| Grand Jury room the bulky tran
script of testimony which Mrs. Bla.
lock has given in the past two days
before the trial board.
He also submitted to the jury the
affidavit which the woman made in
! Abilene, Tex.
Collins said before entering the
Jury room that he intended to take
Mrs. Blalock again completely over
the ground which she covered be.
| fore the trial board.
This means that the jury will
have before itgtthe love notes which
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| AnurRTISEnEuT
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OIL LEASE PROBE PUT oEE

tee today again failed to reach a de-
cision regarding the proposed investi-
cation of Government royalty oil
leases in the Salt Creek, Wyo., fields.
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Women Ask Congress
. For Dope Probe
NV KENNETH CLARK

On behalf of the women and children of America force
full appeal made Congress today to the country
from the grasp of dope.
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KINGSDALE

The Kingsdale baseball team was
victorious over the Dairyland team
Sunday at Dairyland, with a score Of
IA to 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Westlin, Jr., and
daughter came up from Minneapolis
Saturday, for visit with Mrs. West
Inns parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Oman.
Gust Ristrom, Jr., left for Mime
apolis Tuesday of last week, and will
be employed there.
Robert Feigum and Gust Ristrom
drove to Webster Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Barton visited with Mrs.
Gust Ristrom, Jr., Sunday afternoon.
A number of folks from here at
tended the play "The Dust of the
Earth" at Cloverton Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson motored
to st. Paul Saturday, returning Sun
day. Mrs. Nordquist accompanied
them.
Miss Astrid Johnson came up from
Minneapolis Friday, for visit at her
parental home
Miss Martha Nelson visited with
Mrs. Frank Barton Wednesday after
noon of last week.
Robert Feigum drove to st. Paul
Saturday returning with new Ford
coach.
Raymond Oman left for Minneapolis
Sunday, after an extended visit at
his parental home.
A number of Mrs. C. A. Lund's
friends from here. gave her surprise
birthday party Friday afternoon at
her home in Markville. Mrs. C. A.
Lund was formerly a resident here.
Alfred Brandt, Grace and Eleanor
Lamb, drove to Spring Valley Sunday.
Enock Ekberg received word of the
death of his uncle at Webster, Wis.
He left Tuesday to be at his funeral
A state veterinarian was in town
testing cattle Monday.
The Misses Frances Profit, Grace
and Eleanor Lamb Of the Cloverton
high school visited at their homes
over the weekend
Adolph Anderson, Carl Nelson, John
Widmark, and Willie Ekberg drove to
Pine City Monday.
Van Camp loaded hoops here Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barton drove to
Loretta, Wis, Monday. Olaf Benson
returned with them for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pahos and chill
dren of Markville, visited with friends
here last Thursday evening.
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KERRICK

Miss Mary Simpson spent the week
end with Evelyn Sydow.
Marie and Viola Carlson and a
friend from Minneapolis, spent the
weekend at the Tanquist home.
Mrs. w. p. Hogan, Mrs. ]. A. Fergu-
son, and Mrs. NJ. A. McGrath motored
to Sandstone Friday. The latter two
ladies called on the dentist while Mrs
Hogan was appointed from here to
meet with group in regard to hav-
ing Home Demonstration Project.
The members of the Union Presby-
terrain church rendered a farewell
party to the Rev. Fillinger and fam
lily in the church dining room after
services Sunday. A delicious lunch
was served and enjoyed by all. The
Rev. Fillinger will be leaving soon
for Barnum.
All ladies interested in a Child
Welfare project, will meet at the
school house Saturday, June 1st, at
2 p. m.
Services will be held at the Pres
byterian church next Sunday, June 2
= at 1:30 p. m, Sunday school at 2:30
p. m. The Rev. Johnson will con-
duct services. Everybody welcome
A meeting will be held at the Ker-
rick school, June LIST at 2 p. m. to
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weekend guests of Miss Marian San
derson at the home of Mrs. Anna
Mossberg.
Mrs. Backstrom, Alice and Axel,
Mrs. Nels Johnson and children of
Cloquet, were Sunday afternoon dinner
guests at Charles Brandt's. The Back
strOms also visited at the Theo.
Anderson home, Mrs. Clara Jacobson.
and Leonard Backstroms, Sunday af-
ternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Funk
and son, Royal, called at the Theo.
Anderson's last Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Ever and
Virginia, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Peter
son of Cloquet, spent Sunday at Ole
AndersOn's.
Mrs. Charles G.. Anderson will en-
terrain the Blomskog Lutheran Ladies'
Aid at her home Friday afternoon,
June IA. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend.
Because of a town board meeting
Saturday afternoon, June 1, there will
be no matinee performance of Back
To The Farm
Come to &c" school Saturday eve
ming, June 1, and see Back to the
Farm, in three acts. The caste of
| characters is as follows: Charles Mer-
ril, farmer, Charles HOgland; Merton
Merrill, his son, Brisben Street; Mrs.
Merrill, thrifty wife, Mrs. Anna Moss
berg; Rose Meade, the school ma'am,
Gladys Warner; Gus Anderson, hired
man, Gustaf Johnson; Rueben Allen,
neighbor, Ingvold Void; Mr. Ashley,
lawyer, Harold Stage; Robert Powell,
senior-in-law, Tracy Street; Mar
gerie Langdon, society debutante.
Myrtle Overland; Hulda the maid,
| Mrs. Tracy Street coached by Lily
May Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. liver Peterson and
daughter visited at the Charles Ander-
son home Sunday afternoon.
Miss Thompson, Mrs Nels Johnson
and girls visited at Adolph Nelson's
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sivert Overland and
family called at the Charles Brandt
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Anderson of
Superior, Alice, Myrtle, and Gus
Swanson spent Sunday at Jordan Mel
sons.
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WINDEMERE TOWNSHIP

John Brink and daughter, Anna,
and sons, Myron and Molius. called at
John Olson's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wells and daugh-
ter. Ruth, were Sunday afternoon din
ner guests at the Pulling home.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Yngve and
daughter. Helen, and Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Fisk of Cambridge, called at the
j. w. Nystrom home Sunday.
Miss Lily May Thomson was Sun
day afternoon dinner guest ut the Nels
Johnson home.
There will be Sunday school at the
Windemere M. E. church Sunday
morning, at eleven o'clock Church
services will be held Sunday evening
at eight o'clock.
Roy Brandt of Duluth. spent Sunday
at his home here.
Don't forget our home talent play
Back to the Farm" will be given
June 1st, at the &c" school. in the
evening at o'clock, adults 35c, chill
dren 15c.
The Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Swanson
and baby daughter visited at the o.
car Carlson home Wednesday after.
noon of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Norlander anC
daughter, Verona, were weekend
guests at Anna Mossberg's.
The Misses Hazel Madsen. Lily May
Thompson, and Marian Sanderson en-
tertained group of young people al
weiner roast on the shore of Stur
geon lake, Friday evening. Everyone
present had jolly good time anC
plenty to eat.
Miss Gladys Mae Warner spent the
weekend at the E. Barber home il
Moose Lake.
Miss Nellie Carnewski called at the
Street home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Norlander anG
daughter, Verona, Mrs. Anna Moss
berg, Eiffel and Grace, were Saturday
evening dinner guests at Elmer Moss
berg's.
The Misses Norma Sanderson, Vera
Johnson, Lola Nadeau of Milaca, were
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DUXBURY

Mr.. and Mrs. Olson of Minneapolis.
came last week to spend the summer
at the home of their daughter. Mrs.
Hotter.
Wednesday of last week was the
last day of school. The Collins school
held their picnic last Thursday and
the Big Spruce Tree school had their
picnic Saturday.
Miss Thompson will take charge of
the state examinations for both
schools this week.
l. Krouch and R. Shute went to
South st. Paul with truck load of
stock last week.
Miss Peterson left for her home in
Minneapolis Monday, after a term of
successful teaching.
j. WINNER, H. Duncan, C. Glienke,
w. Shute, and R. J. Shute were bust
ness visitors in Pine City Saturday.
The Ludwig family, H. O. Hanstad.
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bentley spent
Sunday at Yellow River, Wis.
The Glienke family attended Luth-
eran services in Markville Sunday.
Lillian Anderson and Harold were
Sandstone visitors Monday.
A. Nelson left last week for Duluth,
where he will be employed for an in
definite time.
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S. S. ASSOCIATION
WILL CONVENE
All Days Program Is Set for Sunday,
June 8, at Windemere
Church.

The North District Pine County Sun
day School association will hold con-
vention in the Windemere Methodist
church in Windemere township, two
miles north of the Street farm Sun
day, June 9, 1929. The program is as
follows:
At 1890 a. m.-Praise Service-Ad
dress of Welcome, Merle Street; Re-
Spouse, H. A. Starch; Song, Olgren
Girls. 11:OO-Study of Sunday school
lesson-model classes; adult class. G.
E. Hendricks, leader; young peoples
class, Mrs. ]. Stafford. 1870 Ad-
dress, Rev. Swanson; appointment of
committees. 12:OO-Basket dinner.
Afternoon Session.
At 100 p. m.-Registration LIS
Praise service, led by Harry Hena
ricks. 1:30-Paper-opening and clos
ing exercises in Sunday school, Miss
Gerda Wheeler. LAS Home De-
partment and it's functions, Mrs. j.
Stafford. 2:00-Song, Danforth male
quartet 2:05-How to get the men
into Sunday school, H. w. Harte;
Instrumental music, Berglunds. 2:25
How to increase the attendance in
Sunday school, Mr.. Ben Sydow. 2:40-
Song, Olgren Girls. 2:45 = Talk on
county work, Mrs. ]. D. DeMaris. 300
Song, Danforth male quartet. 3:05
Sunday School Standards, Miss Cora
Soderquist. 3:20-Song, Berglunds.
3:25-Address, Harry Hendricks. 3:45
Song, Olgren Girls. 3:50-Reports
from Sunday schools. Reports from
committees. 4:00-Song, Danforth
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STURGEON LAKE

H. B. Bacon of st. Paul, chief clerk
of the Minnesota State Tax commits
sion, was here on official business on
Wednesday. He made a comparison
of several properties in the village
as concerning their assessed and ac-
tual values to determine whether or
not the freeholders in the village are
entitled to reassessment OF real
estate for 192S-29. He was impressed
by some of the inequalities of the
last assessment and he expressed the
probability of reaSsessment but with
held definite decision until the next
meeting of the commission.
Oscar Carlson attended the Chew
rolet service school at Minneapolis
on Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Gay and an automobile load
of school children from Moose Lake,
had a narrow escape from injury on
Monday. when the car in which they
were riding left the road and turned
over in the curve where the roads to-
wards the lake turns off from the
highway. Everyone in the car es-
capped without a scratch, although
the top of the car was damaged when
it rolled over.
A number of girl friends of Agnes
Tomczak rendered her bridal show
err on Saturday night at the Slime
home. Many gifts were given to her.
Stanley Urbaniak on June 10th at
Superior.
Frank Tomczak had two fingers cut
off while saving lumber at his saw
mill west of Barnum on Thursday Of
last week.
One of the largest crowds ever as
sembled here to witness a ball game
was on hand on Sunday for the Moose
Lake-Sturgeon Lake tilt. The game
started out bad for the locals, as the
visitors landed on the offerings of
Phil Anderson for six hits, and five
errors added to that Melted them
seven runs in the first two innings.
Lee Anderson was sent to the rescue,
but he had bad inning in the fourth,
when couple of errors and four hits
Lake. The locals staged a rally in
the fourth inning when four success
sive singles were made. and that was
followed with triple by Morse Swan
son, sending in three runs. Lynn An
derson walked after that. and he and
Norman scored when Westholm drop
ped a fly to center field. The game
was called with one out in the first
half of the seventh inning. with the
score Moose Lake IL, Sturgeon Lake
6, when it started to rain.
A. Lehet was taken to Minneapolis
Wednesday for examination at the
University hospital.
r. A. BisSonette took delivery of a
new Chevrolet sedan on Friday, trad
ing in his Durant on the deal.
A carload of chloride Of lime was
unloaded here on Monday by the Win
demere unit of the Farm Bureau.
Brisben Street and Lynn Anderson
were in charge of the distribution.
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DENHAM

The Nordland Luther League will
meet at the Nordland church Tues
day, June 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Rydeen enter
tanned at luncheon Wednesday after
noon of last week, in honor of A. F.
Olson's birthday.
Gideon Benning and Mike Cegla,
who are working in Superior, Wis,
came to Denham Friday to spend a
couple of days at home.
Miss Amy Romquist of st. Paul Wis
tied at the G. M. Rondquist home last
week. Miss Ronquist will teach the
upper grades at Denham next term.
Mrs. ]. d. Carlson. Godfrey Carl
son, Arnold Rossland, and Mr.. Ross
land motored to Duluth Sunday.
Miss Mae Upgren entertained Miss
Amy Ronquist last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Suk of Du-
luth, spent the weekend at Denham
Mr.. and Mrs. John Study and chill
dren of Kettle River, visited at Tom
Martichuski's and Stanley Mikrot's
Sunday.
Frank Martichuski of Duluth, came
home Saturday for few days visit
at his parental home.
Mrs. Maggie Subjec of Duluth, Wis
tied relatives at Denham Saturday
and Sunday.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldemar johnson Monday morn
ing.