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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-02-25
SYNOPSIS

Billy Wheeler, wealthy young cattle.
man, arrives at the "a ranch, summoned
by his friend Horse Dunn, its elderly
and quick-tempered owner, because of a
mysterious murder. Billy is in love with
Dunns niece Marian, whom he has not
seen for two years. She had rejected his
suit and Is still aloof. Dunn's ranch is
surrounded by enemies, including Link
Bender, Pinto Halliday and Sam Cald.
well, whom he has defeated in his efforts
10 build cattle kingdom. Dunn directs
MS COW hands, Val Douglas, TuIare Cal.
!ahan and others to search for the killers
morse. He explains to Billy that the morn
ing before he had come upon bloodstained
ground at Short Creek and found the trail
horses rider had been killed. The body
had disappeared. Link Bender had ar.
rived at the scene and read the signs the
way he had. Dunn reveals that because
OF financial crisis the ranch may be in
jeopardy; his enemies may make Trouble
since Sheriff Walt Amos is friendly with
them. He says he has asked Old Man
Coffee, the country's best trailer, to join
them. Dunn and Billy meet Amos, Link
Cayetano. an Indian trailer, at Short
Creek. Bender has found the slain mans
horse, but the saddle is missing. Almost
supernaturally, cattle attracted to the
scene by the blood-stained ground, stamp
out all the traces. Dunn is angered
when Amos tells him not to leave the
county. Following an argument. Bender
draws his gun, but Dunn wounds him
in the arm. Back at the ranch Old Man
Coffee arrives, with a pack of hounds.
Coffee goes in search of the dead mans
saddle. Dunn tells Billy that Marian IS
tncensed at him for trying to settle
disputes by bloodshed. He reveals that
the ranch is really hers, also that he
and that his partner, Bob Flagg, is en-
route with the money Billy accompanies
Marian on a ride to Short Creek. ''Kid"
Bender, now deputy, rides up. They
have an argument.
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CHAPTER III-Continued
j.

Kid Bender's quirt-marked hand
flashed to his gun. For the second
time in two days Wheeler forgot
his own unaccustomed weapon. The
horses were neck to neck, facing
each other; and now Wheeler, Slam
ming the rowels into his own pony,
grabbed at the spade bit of Kid
Bender's horse.
Kid Bender's gun exploded sky.
ward as the Kids horse reared
straight up, driven over backwards
by the plunge of Wheeler's pony
against the cruel bit. For an in
slant Bender's pony fought for it's
balance on it's hind legs. Then to-
gether horse and man went down.
Wheeler whirled his pony aside;
and now he drew at last, and turned
the muzzle Of his cooked gun up
ward, ready.
Bender's horse struggled up and
bolted, bucking against the loosened
saddle; but the man lay quiet where
he had gone down.
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Aat-footed as duck-his feet wore
down right onto the frog"
49," Horse Dunn said, "you end
ed up empty-handed, same as us
ordinary folks!"
"Not altogether and complete"
Coffee retorted. Crock quit cold
wouldn't work no more. But took
and unraveled the other trail by
hand" He stepped out onto the gal-
lery and came back with the saddle,
which he now threw down among
them in a tangle of broken strap
page. There" he said casually,
lis the death saddle you was in
quiring after"
Billy Wheeler heard Marian's
breath jerk through her teeth. In
the failing light her eyes looked sur
prisingly dark.
Good Lord!" said Dunn. How'd
you lay hands on that?"
"Why, I followed the trail OF the
dead mans horse, until ! come to
the place he rolled loose from 1T.
How'd you suppose?"
Horse Dunn had dropped to his
knees beside the saddle. None Of
them had realized how deep the
room was in twilight until it was
frightened by the flare of the match
he struck. For a long moment
Horse Dunn studied the old worn
leather, until the flame burned to
his finger tips and went out. He
stood up slowly. "You know that
saddle?"
mo-" said Wheeler. "Do you"
Behind Horse Dunn's shaggy face
the muscles were stiffening slowly,
so that although his features re-
manned in some sense a mask, his
eyes presently began to CLEAN with
the white heat Of the anger which
he could not repress. Eyes," he
said.
Yet he did not Immediately an
swer their unspoken question. He
turned to the window again, and for
e little while stood looking out as II
he could not yet trust himself to
speak. Out behind the barns, Cot
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CATTLE KINGDOM
oAan1en~ By ALAN LIE MAY

miles, all the time hollering just
as confident as if he knew what he
was at"
Old Man Coffee crammed cut plug
into an ancient pipe, the bowl of
which was carved to represent
hearts and flowers.
"Well?" Dunn demanded at last.
"All this time" Coffee said, II
hadn't been able to make out de-
cent track; but I was getting kind
of suspicious because of the way
the trail wandered around. Then f.
nally we come on a soft place,
where could see plain. And it was
the wrong trail"
II thought this dog couldn't be
fooled" Dunn grunted.
"He was sure fooled this time.
The trail your wagon boss showed
me was off cup-hoofed pony; the
hoofs showed nail splits. But old
Rock took after pony that was
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"Skin' Divers Still Seek Pearls in
California Gulf; Suit Is Introduced

The physical hardship has brought
about the introduction Of simple
diving suit that not only allows the
diver longer time to gather oyster
shells but lessons the danger Of
paralysis. Too, sharks are more
easily eluded by the man in
Divers suit. But these suits are
relatively expensive and boys most
often start as "skin" divers. Any
day may bring wealth to the diver,
so there is certain elan in the air
that is felt through the time when
diving brings merely bare liv.
ing.
Mexican government experts are
supervising the propagation of pearl
oysters in the bay near La Paz.
1t takes years for the tiny granule
of sand or parasite which is the
base of the pearl to be coated with
nacre by the oyster. The value
Of the pearl depends upon its SYM
rnetry, luster and tint.
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CHAPTER Nv

Val Douglas, wagon boss for the
o., leaned against the red rock fire.
place of the main room of the ranch
house, and looked at Billy Wheeler
without admiration. Nov you've
done it," he said; "oh, you've done
1t now, all right"
II won't ask you what you'd have
done in my place." Wheeler said,
because don't give u boot. But
I'll say this-f you had done much
differently it would be because
you're worse fool than thought"
It was many hours now since Billy
Wheeler had upset Kid Bender's
horse, pinning that newly-made
deputy sheriff under the saddle; the
long peculiarly lucid twilight of the
Red Hills country now lay cool and
lingering upon the range. But re-
port Of the clash with Kid Bender
had been delayed by Horse Dunn's
absence.
Horse Dunn and his wagon boss
had now heard the story Of the or
der Kid Bender had given Wheeler,
and Whee1er's refusal; and of how
the Kid had tried to trick Wheeler
into glancing away while he drew.
There had been bad moment for
Wheeler after he had ovsrthrown
the Kids horse. for at first Kid
Bender had looked as If he might
be dead, saddle crushed by his
fallen mount.
Kid Bender, though, had come to
with only broken leg and dirty
crack on the head to show. And
Pinto Halliday, shifty-eyed. lanky,
had appeared from the Short Creek
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Diving for pearls in the Gulf of
Lower California is carried on by
"skin" divers in the same way in
which their ancestors sought for
pearls in the days long before the
Spanish conquest. Doubtless the
pearls, ''big as pigeon eggs" that
were found among the jade and
gold ornaments in the tomb Of an
Indian chief opened at Monte Alban
during 1881, were taken from the
waters Of this gulf, observes writ
err in the New York Times. In re-
cent years pearls found in these
waters have equaled those found at
Monte Alban in beauty but not in
size.
The divers, armed only with
knife, descend feet first to dis
lance about twice their own height,
then turn and swim to the bottom.
Some can stay submerged for two
to three minutes at a depth Of
about 100 feet, but the average div
er does not remain under water
for more than 9. minute at time.
1t is a hazardous life, for not only
is there extreme physical hardship
but also constant danger from
sharks and octopuses.
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fees five other hounds were churn-
ing the quiet twilight with mourn
full bellowings, and for little while
they all seemed to be listening to
that. Then Marian got up and went
quietly from the room, and for once
her uncle seemed glad to have her
60.
Here they're setting out to put
the hooks to me-" Horse Dunn said
at last hunting a strangle holt on
my brand. And it's shameful
thing that this should come onto us
because somebody rubbed out may
be the most worthless character
that ever rode the Red Hills range"
"You know the name?" said Old
Man Coffee.
whats his name matter?" Horse
Dunn exploded. Ellis name was Lon
Magoon-and what Of it? A COW
thief-in a small, cheap way. He'd
go around on different ranges, and
he'd steal beef here, and another
there; skin 'em and sell 'em to
some butcher hundred miles away
for half price,"
Horse" said Coffee, "who would
have killed this MANI"
"Anybody!" Horse Dunn reared.
"Any cowman with enough CUTS to
rub out a COW thief! I ought to've
killed him myself last time I caught
him with the carcass Of "a cow!"
did you know he was operating
on this ranger"
whats the difference if I did or
not? We know it now. Billy, you
take that saddle, and kick it under
my bunk!"
"You better turn it in to the sher-
iff, Horse" Coffee said. you'll be
suppressing evidence if you keep it
here"
Damned if will" Horse Dunn
said. "All they want is to hang
this thing on the 94-on me. You
think I called you in to help 'em?
No, by God!"
Tu1are Callahan was a small man,
very wiry, with a cheerfully hard
face. He had relieved Steve Hur-
ley, who for three days had kept
an eye on the state Of affairs at the
county seat Of Inspiration, and he
now came roaring into the 81 lay
out in Horse Dunn's heavy old tour
ing car, He was grinning with the
delight Of an action-hungry man
who smells smoke at last.
II hear Billy Wheeler like to muir
dered guy" said he.
BILLY Wheeler slapped Kid Bend
er with horse" Dunn said. "You
come all the way back here to
tell us that?"
II thought maybe you might
want to hear the upshot," Tulare
said. ''The sheriff's coming out to
get Wheeler, either tonight or first
thing in the morning. He's going
to throw him in the Jug"
whats the charge against
Billy?" Horse asked.
assault with deadly weapon"
BILLY didn't assault him with
anything!"
"The heck he didn't" Old Man
Coffee put in. Didn't he hurl the
Kids horse at hin?"
1.-THE town is full Of small-time
cownen and their professional calf
f<~r - re rsvr
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thieves" Tulare reported. Seems
like every guy in the country that
has it in for the "a is swarming into
Inspiration. l bet there's 20 guys
that's tried to get themselves made
deputies. If Walt Amos called for
posse he could easy raise hundred
men,"
$50 they figure to arrest Billy
Wheeler" Dunn said.
"They can't hold him." Coffee
said. II suppose Kid Bender will
run in Pinto Halliday as a witness,
and they'll all lie to beat the cards.
But what good will it do 'ena? Mar
ian was there. Billy's got a witness
that can make a fool Of 'em in any
court in the world"
Marian Dunn said, almost under
her breath but very clearly, II
can't testify"
Horse Dunn looked startled.
whats that?" he demanded.
II didn't see anything" Marian
said. II don't know how the fight
started. Billy just suddenly jumped
his horse at the other horse, and
it went over backward. That's all
I saw"
Horse Dunn turned to her. He
seemed puzzled, but very quiet.
Marian he said, didn't you
hear Billy tell what happened?
How Kid Bender went for his gun?"
The girl said, eyes, I heard him."
"1've known Billy Wheeler since
he had to shin up a horses leg to get
on. You think he'd lie to us here?"
'No; didn't say I thought he
lied"
"Then what's to stop you from
backing him up?"
In the girls eyes showed some
thing Billy Wheeler had never seen
there before. Her face was as gen.
tie and lucid as the face Of child;
but though her eyes were troubled
there was sober strength behind
them as immutable in its way as
the rocky will of Horse Dunn.
II can't swear to something !
didn't see."
Horse Dunn looked at her, then
turned away and let his hands fall
in a gesture Of utter futility. His
eyes turned to Billy Wheeler. "You
see?" he said. "You see?"
Old Man Coffee broke the awk-
ward pause. "Look here" he said.
There's something about this I
don't get. Yesterday you shot Link
Bender through the arm, Horse,
right before the sheriff's eyes. Moth
ing comes of that. How is 1t the
sheriff lets that pass, yet jumps in
with both feet the minute Billy
Wheeler raises his hand in self de-
fense?"
"You want to know the answer?"
Horse Dunn demanded. "He didn't
take me because he hasn't got the
CUTS to take me. What, haul me in
on charge like that? He knows it
can't be donel What he fails to al
low for now is that the "a will
back Billy Wheeler just the same as
if he'd been here all his life.
When he finds that out you'll see
him drop back!"
"I'm not so sure" said Old Man
Coffee again.
you're not sure? Look at it,
mani"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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By ALAN LIE MAY

lday, 1t appeared, was another
newly-made deputy. Evidently he
had been the other half of the Short
Creek patrol.
'No show-of play like that ever
does any good" Douglas said. 1T
only stacks trouble onto plenty we
already got"
AT the window Horse Dunn stirred
inpatiently. Understand this,
VAL" he said. BILLY done just
what would have done in like
case. I'll back Billy's play to the
limit, and that goes for any other
play he wants to make!"
Sure" said Douglas. what else
can we, do?"
Wheeler sat up, angering again.
Nov just a minute!"
Horse Dunn whirled. "Cut it out, ;"
he snapped. ''Val, that was Old
Man Coffee just come in; 60 take
care of his horse, and see that
there's grub laid out at the cook
shack"
When Val Douglas had gone out
Billy Wheeler's anger LEFT him.
"He's mostly right, Horse" he said.
Horse Dunn bristled and his voice
rose to its familiar roar. "All I'm
sorry for is you didn't kill the little
sneak! If had a couple more rid
ers with enough CUTS in their bellies
to-" His thunder subsidized; Wheel
,er noticed how all the hard fire
went out of this old man in the
presence of his niece. Marian Dunn
sat relaxed at the other window,
her eyes in the far hills, and her
profile was as motionless as if she
we're carved of cream-colored mar
BILE. Billy Wheeler had that day
seen horror and antipathy in her
eyes after he had doWned Kid Bend
er; and he no longer wondered why
Horse Dunn lost spirit sometimes
when she was there.
Horse Dunn mumbIed in obscure
apology, We're right sorry. Things
sometimes go like this. But some
times we can't help it if they do. If
only Bob Flagg would get here"
Marian Dunn gave no sign of hav-
ing heard, and there was an awk-
ward silence. Then Old Man Coffee
came stalking across from the cor
rails. dropped a saddle from his hip
to the gallery floor, and let himself
in.
oval Douglas says that Billy
Wheeler, here, stirred up little
extra hell today" he said without
preliminaries.
Horse Dunn grunted, and Wheeler
briefly explained to the old lion
hunter what had happened.
"Well," Old Man Coffee said, II
reckon Marian can testify she seen
him go for his gun"
Marian did not verify this. After
moment Horse Dunn said, II sup
pose you didn't find anything, or
you'd be saying So"
"I'd sure like to catch up with
that Cayuse Cayetano," Coffee said.
To-day / seen him riding a horse
to death, some northward, toward
the Red Sleep. I'd sure like to know
what he was at.
"You worry plenty about that In
dian, don't you? If"
"He knows too much, too soon,"
Coffee complained. "Why wasn't
he promoting the Short Crick trails,
like me? Something funny about
this Cayuse, Horse"
$50 you lost out" Horse accused
him.
Old Man Coffee eased himself
onto the most uncomfortable chair
in the room, and there draped him
self angularly. IF there's anything
in the world makes me mad" he
said morosely, 'it's a cussed fool
hound"
The droop-eared old lion dog
which had followed Coffee in looked
at him mournfully, and Topped to
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Not All Germs Harmful

Only 100 Of the 1900 known kinds
Of bacteria and germs are harmful
to mankind; the other 1900 are nee
essary to life. ..s-
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tial lunch will spoil his appetite for
the next meal, but little food may tide
him over and prevent irritability.
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POrcupine Pet
Pines AUay.

Canby-"Baby Blimp" pet pig of
Douglas Nordmeyer will no longer
amuse his devoted owner with his
profound grunts or the whimsical capers
he cut in his lighter moments. Last
Sunday the peaceful porker squealed
his last, string of weiners or a frag-
rant pork chop nipped in the bud.
For Baby Blimp" did have possibilities.
When Douglas brought him home in a
trunk week before the little ham was
thin and wan. Yet, in a week, he had
grown to almost foot in length. His
figure resembled well-inflated foot
ball. His black hair grew long and
silky. All, he was a pretty pig. But
alas, he just pined away Why he did
it no one knows. Perhaps he worried
about the price or pork chops-or the
shortage of footballs-or, dare We sug-
gest it-maybe Baby Blimp" just plain
burst.
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Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.


Wednesday, September q, 1898.
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
Adjourned regular meeting of the
City Council was called to order at
8:25 o'clock P. M. by Mayor Jack
Peshel.
Present: Aldermen Debeltz, Nyman,
Spreitzer, Zgonc, Mayor PeShel 60.
Absent: Alderman Lobe %.
The council went into executive ses-
sion to consider the state of the city's
finances.
Alderman Lobe enters during the
executive session.
Meeting called to order.
Moved by Alderman Nyman, sup
ported by Alderman Zgonc, that the
meeting adjourn until 200 o'clock p.
M, Thursday, September %, 1888. Vote
as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Debeltz, Nyman,
Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel 60.
No: Alderman Lobe ID.
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Gro,Ding With Your Child

to play with children who are enough
older than he is so that they boss him.
Also, that he doesn't have his helpless
ness emphasized by being surrounded by
adults whose ways are SO unpredictable
that he is confused and uncertain. The
more groWn-upS there are in a house
hold, the more anger we may expect
from the children, who have to adjust
to several different persons ways.
A child who is not well gets angry
easier than a well child: Even slight
cold will cause a child to have more
outbursts than usual. Children who
have had severe illnesses almost al
ways show more tendency to irritable
behavior than children who have es-
capped. One reason is that it is very
hard not to humor child while he is
sick, and once this habit is established,
the child learns that anger is a big
stick that he can WELD at will. This
suggests still another reason for trying
to keep children in good health, lest
their dispositions suffer from the effects
of illness.
1t is hard on young children to take
them away from home, as unfamiliar
surroundings and people are confusing.
They should not be taken on shopping
trips, to movies, nor to any places
where it is likely to be crowded and
noisy. Visits to friends or relatives
should be infrequent, if you are in
terested in keeping your child from
habitually giving way to temper.
Hunger and fatigue are pig factors
in producing anger at the times of
day shown. If your child's anger out
bursts correspond to the peaks on the
chart, what about setting his noon and
evening meals ahead and giving him
rest periods before those meals? The
giving of mid-morning or mid-after-
noon lunch may be the answer, in some
cases. If child gets too hungry be-
tween breakfast and dinner, or between
dinner and supper, give him a small,
regular lunch, and see if it helps It
should consist merely of an apple or
orange, slice of bread and butter, or
a half glass of milk. A more substan-
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new BOOKS
BIOGRAPHIES
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1.-THE House That Music Built" by
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William AlanSon White, M. d." is
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alieniSt and pioneer in the treatment of
mental diseases.
Uncle Dan," by Cyril Clemens is
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founders and most important leaders
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They Sold Themselves" by Howard
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MY Farm in Lion Country" by Joyce
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Spies I Knew" by Marthie Nc
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"As God Made Them" by Gamaliel
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"Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts"
edited by Anne Hyde Choate and Helen
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''R F D" by Charles Allen Smart gives
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Hand on Her Shoulder" by Mar
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"Redhouse on the HILL" by Joseph
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New England Born" by Sara Ware
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Roots in the Sky" by Sidney Meller.
Tides of Mont st. Michel" by Roger
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Six Pound PickereL
Leaps Into Boat.

Tracy-There's no denying there are
fish in Lake Shetek, according to
George Klein and his son, Earl, who
were treated to a real surprise when a
six and half pound pickerel leaped
into their boat while they were fishing
near Balls Bluff one afternoon. The
fish was caught between the motor and
the seat without an avenue of escape
Mr.. Klein has reputation for catching
'big ones" along with some of Tracy's
other more consistent anglers but this
is catch of a different angle the art
of which either Mr.. Klein or Ripley
will have to explain.
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Twice Minnesota All Clubs select girls who job
of dressing themselves Here the midseaon winners
right Lefson Glencoe Mcleod
first the thd club MEMBERS
Louburg Qu Parle first place.
Gandsand Stephen Marshall county winner of first
fourth club MEMBERS Doris Hofsad Lmberton
first place fifth Carlson Pennington
Dakota county, runner up for queen in fourth year.
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Motion carried. s"f
(SeaD ~. JACK PESHEL,
Attest: Mayor.
A. o. KNUTSON, City Clerk.

Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Thursday, September %, 1888.
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
Adjourned regular meeting of the
City Council was called to order at 2:1s
o'clock P. NJ, by Mayor Jack Peshel.
Present: Aldermen Debeltz, Lobe, Ny
man, Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel
90.
Absent: None 90.
The Council went into executive ses-
sion to consider the city's financial
condition.
Meeting called to order.
Moved by Alderman zgonc, sup
ported by Alderman Debeltz, that the
meeting adjourn, subject to the call OF
the Mayor. Vote as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Debeltz, Nyman
Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel (5).
No: Alderman Lobe %.
Motion carried
(SeaD JACK PESHEL,
Attest: Mayor.
A. 0. KNUTSON, CITY Clerk.