ROSF.BURG NEWS-REVIEW THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1925.
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PLANES ARE OBSOLETE
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Ueclares Japan Could lake
Hawaiian Islands Willi
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(AuoclataJ PrrM Ltwr4 Wirt.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. In
stead or going to the While House
today for his much advertised
"reprimand" from President Cool
idge, Dricadler General Mitchell
appeared onro more before the
house aircraft committee and re
affirmed his opposition to the ad
ministration's aircraft policies.
ilefore he took the stand, the
general disclaimed all connectlou
with the report of a White House
summons which broke up yester
day's committee meeting. Com
mittee members who received that I
report py telephone yesterday re- ,,aB B 50 50 chance to survive t.ic
fused to say who had been their In- bullet wounds In his lungs, receiv
formant, but Indicated that their ,.u Tuesday when he was attempt
source of Information was some nK j0 arrest a couple of alleged
interested person at tho executive bootleggers, said hospital altend
tnd of Pennsylvania Avenue. !nE!l) today. A fear that pneumon-
lloth the While House and the ja miht diAelop was expressed,
offices of the secretary of war j- widespread Interest In the bat
have denied flatly that (hey pas- ()(, , tliut "Handsome Hans " Is mak
sed any such iiiformalion along to (()P nf was evidi'nced today,
the committee. White House of- j .c'lilly in underworld circles
flcials would go no further t'ly where his operations have been
in their discussion of the Incident, ,1... rKI, f considerable constorn-
but said the general's name was
on Mr. Coolldge's nppoliilment list.
For his part, the general Insisted
today that he not only had not
spread the report that ho was to
be. called on the green carpet by
the president today nnd informed
a reappointment had been denied
him aB assistant chief of the air
service, but he added that he had
not received such a summons, and
had no Idea where the atory orig
inated. When he took the stand before
the committee today, Representa
tive lU'M, republican, Ulluois, ask
ed :
"Is this Generall Mitchell, or ex
general?" The assistant ifrmy air
chief
I Broadcasts on
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ti.. - i t.i Ni.i.cit, AsRtntiint Chlrt of the Army
!Al; Service, vortea oi a foiurVfiy nminic in t'oiiKreoH over America'!
aerial defen5e, 8joke over the radio from a New York station while
Mr. Mitchell tat boldo him. Mitchell told hi Invisible audience that
Nw York City would be defensHesa attaint an aerinl attack '"because
tl!ed titittes has not taken aviilion t riouslv '
Merchants Association Elect
Officers and Select Eugene
as Their 1925 Convention City
KrOKNK. Ore., Feb. 19. Ku
gene waa chosen late yentenlay f
tirnoon h (tit- J!:'G convention
oily of the Oregon Iteiail ,Mer
ch;inla AHoclat ion.
The convMithn dtdepates r
elwtetl thefr firt-Hiafi-iit . I. t.
Thomas of Marhfieh nnd O. K.
Tate, of INirthiud. icretry. Oth
er officers are: V. K. Kennedy ot
Corvallls, flrwt vice pn ident ; J.
i Mitnn of Mtdford. neennd vlce
proaldrnt nd M. J.. i'rout of Tort
Jand, treasurer.
Twelve directors werff chosen,
four for three year term, four for
two year Itihh and four for a
(tlnnle term. The new directors
are:
Three year term K. F. lunu
la of Torllflnd; H. K. HUnon of S;i
lem, W. I. Onhnrno of McMfnn-
vllle and V. 11. Norton of Bandon
ml1ed, bur did not reply.
Aftr hear!::.; Oneral Mitchell
!the commllt unanimously adopt
ed a resolution li recall Keeretary
Weeka for furih r questioning on
lithe adequacy of :V national de
fense against an air attack.
General Mitchell in h!a testi
mony apain assailed tne inaue
Iqnary of the nation's air wower
snd asserted the defenses of the
i Hawaiian Islands were as obsolete
as "bows and arrows." Japan
'ronld rapture both the 1'hllipplncs
iand Hawaii, he said, adding that
the latter could not hold out
otalnst Japan for two weeks.
Imrlng discussion of the propo
sal to recall Secretary weeks.
Representative Heed, republican.
Illinois, said he thought the war
I secretary should be recalled as
I "he doesn't seem to know any-
I thing about lata department."
The resolution was offered by
Representative O'Sulllvan. domo
icrat. Conned Icutt after Jiepre-
Isentatlve Perkins, republican. New
I Jersey, the committee examiner
I had presented a report which he
'said he understood was a "authen-
1 1 io war department reiense.
Tills report quoted Mr. Weeks as
itakln? exceptions to recent stato
mienis by General Mitchell, and as
'saving the army had approximate
ly 'j20 planes ready for flight
I service. This, Mr. Perkins said
I was In direct conflict with testl
jmony the committee hail received
. from several sources.
(AMncliti-d Trem Lrowd WlrM
rOIlTLANI), Ore.. Feb. 19.-
Funerlle. "Handsome Ham
m Ion in recent months.
E
EST NIGHT OF 1925
(AMorlatrd I'reM IikhI Wirt.)
KURKKK, Ore., Feb. 19 Eu
gene's coldest night ot 1925 was
recorded, last night when the mer
cury dropped to 30 degrees above
zero. Today Is clear, bright and
.eonsldcrnhly warmer.
Air Defense
! Two year term-Clint Vnn Tlci t
of Ia (Jmnde; tI-ore It. Schacf- j
em of Kuseiie; A. (1, lloffmnn of
Foreat (.rove and Charles Fnitrr i
of Martthfleld.
1 One year term J. II. Carrett of
HfllsNmi. Mr. Schoenfeldt of
I'orlhtnd, A. A. Hull of rnrvalli
and W. W. I,ovelace of Keedspoit.
The delegate adopted a reaoln- '
tion 'that (he atiiie uro
now I14 ursHlnn kill all paiemiillMiic
bills requiring fMltsh nuliitien
of government bunlni l'rovU
Intc for atato inopector!, pul-lu
oKner.hlp of school ti xt IxHtV'
state htnh school lnsp" '!nra and
the creation of olhT irun-rous ad
ditional Job holder luxe ontv
function Is to spy on tuislne and
snoop Into prlvala affittrr., create,
I more Jobs, increase taxes and di.v
jcouraKO private lnitiutivc," t
TODAY AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE
I'riiilile Low Tavatlnn.
(AMnrutrd Pre I.! Wire.)
PTATKHOrSE, Palem, Oregon.
Feb. 19. House bill 4 1 provid
ing for special low taxation on
denuded lands held for reforesta
tion purposes was voted down by
the house laJe yesterday .s.' to .-.
Itepresentatfve Mott, who intro
duced the nirastire. made a single
handed fight: for It.
Representative Cnrkln, and
Woodward, UJid Hamilton led the
fltht acalnst the bill. Woodward
lebarged that It would make "a
resevolr Into which speculators
could dump Innd for speculation."
Carkln declared the question
too big to be handled In such a
short space ot time or In a our
page bill.
Senate bill No. 419, the flnr-land-McKlnney
1 cigarette bill,
which was dlgned to prohibit
the advertising of cigarettes on
hill boards and along public high
ways, was defrwted In the senate
late yesterday after a spirited do-
hate.
Considerable lcbnte was reqnlr
cd before the Hates house bill
nrovldlng to submit to the people
the proposal to establish a normal
school at ScasLdo went to vote,
and the measure carried.
No longer will candidates have
lllieir pictures and arguments
printed at state expense ir houss
I hill 309. passed by tho house yes
t rdav afternoon, becomes a law.
"he bill does away with the can
Idldato'H pamphlet which Is distri
buted prior to oleetlon.
I Representative Carkin. Jackson
. emintv. explained the measure
-minting out that the state's ex
i pense totalled around $25,000 for
publishing and delivering the
I booklet. The measure In no way
I affects the pamphlet carrying the
arguments for and against meas
ures. Among Senate hills passed by
the house was 14! authorizing
the 1'nlverslty of Oregon board of
regents to convey title of certain
land to the city of Eugene on
which the latter Municipality Is
to build an auditorium.
House bills passed by senate
Included:
If. II. 1t4. Hnrlhurt: Increas
ing penalty for operating stills.
If. It. 10, Swan: placing more
stringent regulation on licensing
dance halls.
('oiler Vnpitlfl Tnvoa.
rAwwUtM Prm t-wwd Wir.)
flTATKITOrSK, Salem. Oregon,
Feb. 19. House bill 440 provid
ing for tho collection of unpaid
1923 laxpn wax paused unanim
ously bv the house this morning.
The Mil was Introduced bv the
oommltlop on nssessment nnd tax-
nation. ' It Is virtually a re-enact
ment of the repented Mate Income
tax law. but will annlv only on
the unpaid taxes of 1023 and then
co out of existence. The bill will
be hurried over to the senate for
action.
Tn n financial Snarl.
RTATKI IOUSK. Salem, Oregon.
Feb. 19. The legislature has not
yet extricated Itself from the
slate's rinanrlnl snarl, nit hough
tomorrow Is normally the last day
of the session.
To meet the finnm-tul emerpon
cv the presiding oTflcers of the
two houses nnd other leaders have
prncllcally decided that the ses
sion must levy upon the people an
additional on mill tax levy nbove
tho 1.9 mill lew hv the tax mm
mlHClon last December.
The ways nnd menus committee
nnd the governor nre still slick
ing in their plan for n cfcarette
tnx, and mav extend It to include
cigars. A 20 percent instead of
a 10 percent tax on cigarettes Is
now talked. The rennn for thN
Is to set nwaf from the proposed
Increase In tb insurance tax. A
deteiratiitn of Insurance men nt
penred before the committee last
night and protested ncalnst the
Increase In a way that swayed
the committee.
Also the committee will stand
for n cosmetic tax and an addi
tional corporation tnx.
The normal school question was
again threshed over ami Senator
lMinti's bill to rehabilitate the
Ashland Normal Is still hanging
in t he batance.
The ways and menus committee
reported favorably S. B. L'Oti, puy
tnent of $iiM for capture of I)r.
It. M Brumfield. Amended to cut
In two fl.ooo provided In bill.
II. B. ?41. to reimburse I.ouls
Cerber of Klamath county. Prln
clpnl of $7S;t allowed, but no In
terest. I liMleeent Movlet lepbri1.
I STATKHOt'SK, Salem, Oregon.
I Feb. 1 !. A brisk discussion of
motion pictures occurred in tho
house today, when a hill for state
censorship waa under considera
tion. Churees (hat censorship a It
now exists In Fortland meant
nothluir were made by Represent
ative Woodward.
"Pictures have, gotten by thoo
1'0 or more viewers as approved
that had to be Jerked off by the
police." declared Representative
Tucker.
Tucker rharced that reports
were current In the lobby t hat
certain lohhyisls had told Port
land picture interests that they
rouid kill the censorship hill for
K.oho.
Rep resen tat) ve V ood vj r d d e
clared that pictures so indecent
were shown on Portland screen
that mothers had to hold hand
kerchlels over their ihlMrons
eyes.
"These films leave nothing to
the imagination In sex matters."
he maintained.
"Cigarette smoking and drink
ins by women half-clad are
shown, They stir up passions in
boys and pirls that lead to ruin.
"These filthy pictures are de
stroying the morals of our young
peoplu. Passage of this censor-
ship bill will be a step In the
right direction, we can put more
teeth In It later. A second, set
of molars will he forthcoming by
the time of the next session. "
Representative Bennett pointed
out that the legislature had pau
sed bilM protecting livestock and
there was no reason why the chil
dren! welfare should not beivtn
consideration.
Unite Iej;lliitor8 Vay,
STATK1IOU.SK, Salem, Oregon,
Feb. 1J. The house this morning
adapted house joint resolution 17
j railing for a raise In pay of legis
lator) from $.1 to $5 a day.
y The charge is proposed In a
I constitutional amendment to be
submitted to the people,
I It in a companion resolution to
: No. l X scheduled for third read
ing early this anrnoon. The lat
ter would provide for a divided
session of the legislature a 20-day
session starting on the first Mon
day of Iiecember a 20-day interim
and then a closing day session of
20 days.
Tho house also passed bouse
resolution No. 1, calling for a
constitutional amendment consoli
dating Mate departments. Only
ten divisions would be authorized
under the resolution.
The house this morning rocked
to sleep Senator Garland's school
bible, reading hill by indefinite
postponment.
Senate Joint resolution 17 by
Johnson, providing for a commis
sion of legislators and citizens at
largo to investigate indirect me
thods of taxation, with a view to
el i mi nut ing direct taxation, pas
bed the senate today.
The Shelton usuary bill H. n.
371, which was defeated In the
senalo yesterday, was today, re
considered and re-referred to the
revision of laws committee. The
Joseph bill, providing for revision
of the state blue sky laws, backed
by State Corporation Commis
sioner Crewe, was killed by Inde
finite postponment today.
Tho committee Staples bill for
annexation of port of Clackamas
county to Multnomah county was
killed by indefinite postponment
Id the senate today.
Senate bill 210, which provides
that the narcotic law enforcement
be removed from the prohibition
department nnd returned to the
state board of pharmacy, passed
the senate today.
When you buy a spray outfit, get
one for which you can always get
parts. This may mean much to you
during a busy spraying season. We
sell the Hurdle, and Myers lines.
Wharton Bros,
PRESBYTERIAN,
j MINISTERS ASK
FOR FREEDOM
(Continued from page 1 )
brethren In tbe Presbyteries to
stand firmly for tho maintenance
of our historic liberties, to dis
courage unbrotlierly judgements,
to cherish the ideal of an Inclu
sive Christian church, and to
unlto the whole strength of our
communion in forwarding the
work to which our master h.is
called us."
The sirners Included Robert
Freeman. 1'asadena church, I'a-a-denn,
California: Stanley Arm
strong Hunter. Sr. John's church,
Berkeley, Calif. : Rasmus Thom
se. Central Church, Amarillo.
Texas; and Kdward W. Wfeher.
professor in San Francisco theo
logical seminary, San Ansel mo,
California.
JUDGE WILL BAR
ORAL EVIDENCE
IN STOKES CASE
Contlnuert from png one)
former passenger, Ptokes sought
to encouniK" him by saying the
affidavit wauld probably necr be
used In evidence any way.
Uruner told or extensive investi
gations for Stokes and of oMiiin-
I lug pictures and uif:diiils iim
j various persons.
liruner said Assistant States
j Attorney Y. v. Smith, and W. c.
Hanuenberg. detective empU.v.d
by Mrs. Helen Flwooa Stokes, an.)
ia policeman, were present itt t!i.
.conference which bd to the "mis
I understanding." The court ov. r-
ruled objections to Mr. llenlx's
j line of (luestionhitf.
"I warn you, Mr. Witney."
warned Judge . N Cetninni,
I w hen liruner showed reluctance
lti answering, ' that if you den t
i tell the whole truth, you'll be in
worse trouble than ou are new.
! MKFtUI. Ore. Feb UThe
tedtimony of Kuv I,. Pace, cf s. ti
Frane. sco. widow ef Arthur P.u-.
reputed hootleecer Im plunged to
hin death November 2. ,
while driving an automebile th.it
; plunged over an etnh;tnkim n; m
,the Hlttklyoux, was heard bv Cir
cuit Judte C. M. Thomas in,.
' tet-day. Mrs. Page Is seeking j.s
sirwion of the car nnd cont-!
the confiscatory artion of t! (
stat of trei:on, under the tra-t.
lHr(ailon clause nf the Volt. i
; Act.
T. C. Jacks of San KrancUro.
'ticket neller of the Colutntv
; Transortation lompanv also test,
ifiod.
WIDOW OF REPUTED
i R RJiiiJEfl l.Iiil?.
TO REeilR HIS d
EXONERATEBUHKE
WASHINGTON. February 19.
Charles II. Burke, commissioner
of Indian affairs, was exonerated
by a house sub-commit tee today
of charges of mal-admtnUtration
preferred against him by Hugh
.Murphy, former judge of Okmul-gt-e
county, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma courts were vin
dicated of charges brought against
them by the Indian rights asso
ciation of I'hlfadelphia.
j The sub-committee, appointed
by the Indian affairs comhilttee,
presented the tjrt to the full
committee. The case of Jackson
Burnet, wealthy creek Indian,
about the management of whose
I estate much of the testimony in a
; long Investigation centered, was
I held by the report to be a ques
tion that should e left for the
i courts to decide.
The Barnet case formed the
major basis for the Murphy char
ges, the Oklahoma jude asaert
j log that the commissioner of In
dian affairs had permitted distri
bution of a $Gt$,$ gift to liar-
nett's wife nnd a similar sum to
Bacone college, Oklahoma, illeg
ally. o
SPEAKER EULOGIZES
Th speaker at Rotary noon to
day was Melvln G. Wlnstock, of
Cortland, Oregon. Mr. Wlnstock Is
tnot only the author of a successful
'book. "Making a Nation," but he
; knows how to talk in an entertain
ing and interesting manner. He
! spoke today on "America's Pa
triotic Month." He said that any
ination that could give to the sons
and daughters of all humankind
jtwo such divinely marked men as
I Washington and AbrahamO Lincoln
I In one month w as entitled to the
J gratitude of the world.
I The speaker bowever, devoted
: his main theme to Lincoln and
proved that the martyred president
was entitled to an enuunng place in
the eternal hall of fame. He painted
reverently Lincoln's moral charac
ter, his constant and definite pur
pose relentlessly pursued, .his un
canny wisdom, his tremendous big
pulsating human hart, his wise ex
ercise of power, the untiring serv
ice and the crowning glory of sacri
fice, tremulously telling the story
of how Lincoln was not permitted
to see the full fruition of all that
gitrantic labor and sacrifice.
"I am sorry to say." thundered
the speaker, "that I have been in
towns in this very state where they
permitted Lincoln's birthday to go
by absolutely unnoticed. If we have
all jazs. if we have disrespect for
law and authority. If we have legis
latures that do not respond to pub
lic sentiim-nt it is because we do
not fully appreciate the great men
who have made history for this na
tion. And it is because we refuse to
jUIHlK (II Ul1 lOUMlitlll Ml llllltt-
I tion so that we might dedicate our
l selves anew to the great work of
upb lilding a higher and nobler citi
zenship." COAST MEN CONFER I
. ABOUT BROCCOLI i
John CIrosR, Ous Adelsperer,
W". J. Conrad, lumber dealers of
Marshffeld. nnd John C. Hill and
J. C. Rassett, guents of Mr. Con
rad ami Mr. Adolsporger, motored
frftm the coast this morning and
spent the day here conferring
with Foster Hutner, in regard to
broccoli possibilities at the coast.
Mr. Conrad states that they have
some good bottom land lying idle
at the coast ami would like to
d veiop It in a broccoli crop. Mr.
Hill and Mr. Rassett are Interest
ed in the lumber husinos.i and are
spending some time in tile vicin
ity of Marshfit Id looking over their
land holding. Mr. Hill is in the
wholesale hi in In-r business nt St.
Paul, and Mr. I tassel t is one of
the directors of the Ahertjeerf Na
tional Rank at Aberdeen, South
Dakota. Mr. Hill states that he
and -Mr. Rassett are very much
pleased with roads in this part of
Oregon and with the country they
have traveled this far. They ex
pect to go as far as ( -iliiornia
during their stay in the western
states. 1
MKII'ORn. Ore., Feb. Rob
ert Duff, Roland Kaslwood and
Steve J. Flak, who pleaded guilty
to robbing the Cnion Oil station
at A.shlnad last mouth. w re pen-!
tenced to long prison terms late
yesterday, afternoon by Circuit
judge C. M. Thomas.
Fast wood, accused of being the
man behind the pistol In the hold
up, was given Ki years; Flak, who
j superintended the crime, received
a lo-year sentence, and Huff, a boy
in hia early twenties, and who ad
; mil ted he took the money from
I the station till, as sentenced to
t five years.
j Hunger mr given by the trio as
'the motive for the crime, and all p
told the court that their first move
! following the robbery was to eat.
The men. on a pretext of buying
; gasoline, entered the station ami
1 at the point of a gun held up the
operator. and rifled the rash regis
i ter of between $1 and $".
I Mrs. .1. ir. Csmphell, who was
"taken seriously HI a fortnight ao.
is reported Improvinft rapidly. She
Is rallying from the stroko much
I faster than was at first hoped.
tudccdiTdpiTdc II S ISIlWRRiY i
in 1 1 i im ir. u ii. i ui ui ivi Lin vjiin-i t
GET LONG TERfVlS SAYS TOiVl MAeSHALL I
New Washington
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George Washington has been
carved scores of times as a General
aud as President, but it has re
mained for Pompeo Copplnt, New
York sculptor, to complete a ten
foot bronze of the President as
"Washington the Gentleman." The
I statue will be dedicated in Port-
j land, Ore., on February 22, llri't),
as the gift of Dr. Henry Waldo
i Coe, of that city.
Made Death Ray
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KG. ItATTH EVff
j Hurry Grindwll Matthews. .Eng.
Ilsh Inventor of the "Death Bay."
I In In New York for conferences
I with American scientists. As no
disposition has yet bwu made of
j Matthews' invention, which ts sup-
posed to kill all that Is suhjected
I to its light, it Is possible that tests
: looking to Its utilization may grow
' out of the conferences.
I
(AMorlatfd Tret j waited Win.)
j MFDFOlin. Ore., Feb. 10 Sv
J eral hundred dollars in cash nnd
stamps were taken from the post
office at Ruch. 1- miles outhwst
i of Medford last night by unknown
p-r.-ons who broke into the Intild
' inir by prying the front door open
with an ice pick. The theft was
! discovered early this morning by
Postmaster C. M. Ruch, who lin-
mediately notified the sheriff's nf
1 fice in Jacksonville and postoffice
j authorities in Medford. Sheriff
Jennings and a post office inspec
tor are now at Ruch but their in
! vestlgation is said to be proceed
; ing slowly because In spite of the
j muddy conditions surrounding the
building no foot tracks were b ft
either on the floor or the porch
of the post office.
PAHIXAW, Mich.. Feb. 19.
"The Vnited State is law crazy",
said Thomas R. Marshall, former
vice-president in address here last
night.
"Documents are not the found
ation of the government of this
nation," said Mr. Marshall. "It is
the consrienee of the American
people that lies behind everything
that is done or attempted. We
cannot legislate a change in men s
hearts. Reformers cannot attain
their purposes by passing more
laws. It is the wi'l to accomplish
anything that finally results in its
fruition."
To Eugen
Pr A. C. Secly and Karl Rurr ,
will motor to Kugene tomorrow,
nnd will attend the game between
r. of O. and O. A. C. to be held i
there the following day. They will :
be accompanied by Rill Purr, who ,
Is attendtiix O. A. C. on their ro
turn home.
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The Seventy-five Per Cent
Better Shoe
The Edmonds Shoe 75 better in comfort
and wear than any Shoe at its price.
The new Spring Oxfords are here new
leather and lasts.
$7.50 and $8.50
Spending a few hours in this
city today was Jack Parrott. Mr.
Parrott resides at Camas Valley,
and was here attending to busl-
ness affairs.
Prosecutes ftlillionaire Husband
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Mrs. Ilelen Elwoorl Stokes, of
trnthnr 'Mrs. Arthur Scott Miller,
, Chicago to prosecute her aged niillio:4kre husband. W. E D. Stokfs.
; New York sportsman. Mrs. Stoki s hai him Indicted for alleged con
lulracj to defame Ler name and liiraaer In divorce proccediuss.
Rush Inaugural Grandstand
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!.3.res are hurrylr.c th wo.k on t!'. i My r.iynrl-tr.t R.nd
stsn.l In front of the Capitol at WaluriKii n iiere P.-csider.t c MlMge
will be Inaacnrated on Marh 4. On the to? of the s;and will be a
series ot amplifiers which will r-rry th. rre.lileni's Inaucnral addresa
to the thoui'ands expected to witness the ceremonies, and to millions
who will "listen In on the radio.
From Days Creek
Among those here from eoulhern
points in tne county today tran-
sacting business, was V. N. Cole,
Mr. Cole resides at Days Creek.
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New York and Denror, and hor
were pictured on their arrival In
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