CENTRAL POINT
VS. MINERS
SUNDAY
Volume .?
The Editor
¡Speaking
T he J acksonville M iner
Jacksonville, Oregon, Friday, June 2, 1933
Where Do They Get This
Mother-in-Law Stuff?
IN NEAR FUTURE
5c a Copy
But You Really Oughts
Bubacrlba
Number 22
Brush Marines
Move to Action
Excuse us this week, folks, but
(AN EDITORIAL)
there's u small matter of (stinting
"Now children I am only Haying this for your own good!”
out u snake to some people before Robert E. Strahorn, Reputed
Applegate Reforestation Army Camp Will
How many times have we all heard either our own, or som«
they get bitten again.
Empire Builder, Joins
b t
one «Ise’s mother-in-law make that crack? Too many times, at
Mine Company
House 216 Men Says Capt. B. B.
A few months ago, seems like It
least. And it always gives us a royal pain, as It should.
was about u year now, there wus
Aicording to an unnouncement |
McMahan; Start Work
The world knows that it lust Isn't in the cards for a mother
a certain man who rlz up umongst , mud«- by John C. Stanton of Han 1
in law to help her struggling newlyweds. Things don't look the
us I for the steenth lime) to tell Francisco, ltob«rt E. Strahorn, col-1
how taxes should be reduced, and jorftil weNicrn capitalist and empire
same to her and wliat she sees as a simple solution to a problem
By MAUDE POOL
how he was the mily guy who builder, I ium taken un interest In
often hs not, If followed out. would mean the destruction of the
Of
the
numerous
diversions
at the C. C. C. camp at Seattle
would do It. Enough people fell for 'the Jacksonville mining district
happy couple's future.
Bar panning for gold is one of the most popular and the ground
his line to put him In as county ¡through hl» association with the
To elaborate on this ii bit, It Is just as apparent that no
Judge.
is getting such a thorough going over that gold will be scarce
Pacific StutcH Mine», Inc., uh its
man
can Judge another’s difficulties accurately, for he may not
■ new president. Fftunton, the an
at the end of the season, according to Capt. B. B. McMahan
red
ne
God knows taxi«* needed
have ever “been there" himself, and probably doesn’t know
nouncement HUld, will be hi» iihho -
in charge of camp administration. Two-thirds of the boys
Ing. and if he made good on h Is ;elate.
Just what the fellow is faced with.
have been caught by the lure of prospecting and although no
word, that was just fine. But some The Pacific Stat«H Mines, Inc.,
Great brains of all time have always conceited the fact that
times the most promising pictures ure I chh «« h of th« John Opp prop-
body has made his fortune as yet, the Brush Marines find a
the beat way to help a man with a problem or battle ahead of
aren't unythlng but mirages. This jerty near this city known uh the
thrill in the slightest colors and are experiencing the sensa
picture was not only a mirage, ft ¡Opp mines The company, which
him Is to let him work out his own salvation.
tion
of this ancient yet novel occupation.
wus u perfect monkey fuco, and It | has other holdlngH on tbe Pacific
Yet Jackson county. In her effort to save herself from one
Developments at the camp, which has been officially desig-
begins to look us though It mad« a ¡coast us well, buH been developing, j
of the worst menaces which has ever threatened her. is contin
1 nated by the U. S. Forestry
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monkey out of Jackson county tax igriuliiully. the local mine and has
ually being heckled on all sides by a group of mother-in-law
payers.
¡built sheds and blns for a 100-ton
department as the Applegate III
ADV
I
AA11Q
"l-told-you-ao” newspapers and Influences.
or larger mill operation.
th« ( ivilian Conserva- ■ lla|IIK| I IIIIHlO
First-off. when this man gets Into
Th« Oregonian. Eugene newspapers and others upstate are
It I h to be hoped that the new j
¡tion
corps.
F-41, are making
office, he throws th« county govern lineup in the mining company will
yammering for Jackson county to drop the perjury matter and
rapid headway. Snags and poor EftD NJIBIEDQ AN
ment into turmoil by thinking he add Impel uh to local development'
forget the stolen ballots. "Now you children just forget your
¡timber have been cleared away ■ Ull NlllutllV wlw
was Judge. Jury, executioner und I of gold production from quartz and
quarrels and get together and live happily,” they butt in.
■■omplalning witness for two men ¡that planH already undertaken un-1
and the ground« eventually will be- __
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thorn he didn't get along with, but der the direction of John Price,'
a park sit« Work on a well Ug|B«C
|11 A NHl NII
know you don't ugree with us but you must profit by on
has been started under the super- 11 vlwlfc MlfXlvlwIwlw
tho hud ubout as much to say superintendent, can be carried to
perlences." they blah on.
bout how th« county was to be an early completion. So far aw I h
vision of Arne Carlezon of Jack-
But bow mother-in-law hates to have to take her own medi-
run as he did. Following this two known, there will be no change in I
Honville. Timbered excavation has
cine. How she loves to excuse her proclivity for butting in
weeks of deadlock, all the while tho lineup at the Opp mine, which
been made to a depth of 18 feet Central Point, Once Defeated,
to Invade Jacksonville
where
Its
none
of
her
business
or
concern
by
salving
her
con
•X (tenses ran on and on, with noth I h locsted about one mile from
and bedrock has not appeared.
for Sunday Game
ing accomplished, this man started Jacksonville.
The full amount of lumber for
science with, "yes, but I am just trying to help you." Phooey!
tent platforms, a total of 10,000
to read books.
L. R. Shurtleff, In the Medford .
Many a peaceful existence has been destroyed by just such
feet, was trucked out Saturday I The Central Point nine, once de
Mall Tribune, I> sh thia to Hay about.,
meddling and "help.” The best way to help other people along
He learned somewhere that an tho bac kground of Strahorn, new [
from a Medford lumber mill and feated by the Jacksonville Miners
is by letting them attend to their own affairs.
army travel» on Its stomach. He president of tbe company o|ierat- •
the detachment of 16 men em on the Central Point field, will
got an idea. He realized he could Ing hero:
Do you suppose for one moment The Oregonian, and thoRP
ployed on the construction program come here Sunday for a return en
never get away with his plans with “While many OregonianH will re-1
at the Star Ranger station started gagement. In view of the victory
other newspapers clamoring for a dismissal of criminal charges
out an army to back him up. so he call both these gentlemen, a brief
construction of the tent floors gained a few weeks ago from tbe
' against the recent disturbers, know as much about our own
opened a commissary. and alle history of their past activities is I
Wednesday morning* under the neighboring team, it is expected
business as wo do ourselves? It is mighty easy to tell someone
giance to the cause was sufficient Interesting. Mr. Strahorn's con
supervision of R obb Dickey, Med- that the Miners will be able to
else what to do, but It apparently Is pretty hard for some up-
fur the average man to feed a structive enterprise» cover u | ei-
ford carpenter. Tentage will come chalk up another victory—the sec
good sized family. Transients, In lod of many years and have ui-
with the remaining detachment of ond for them this season.
steters to tell themselves to run their own affairs and to let
The game will start at 2 p. m.
digent», profesMlonal bums and just rect I y benefltted thousands of citi- i
149 men who are expected to ar
Jackson county manage hers.
plain lazy men grabbed food and zons In six or more western »tales.
rive soon. Captain McMahan said, sharp. Manager V. J. Beach an
We'd like to ask those upstaters who attempt to minimise
clothing away from those who Among his more notable accom
Men in camp at present include nounced, and probably will be a
the ballot stealing and |>erjury at the Banks trial just why, in
really needed it and who »hould plishments were the conception,
two army officers, two enlisted furious battle for supremacy. The
Oregon, the penalty for perjured testimony at a murder trial is
have been aided Th« dear taxpayer promotion and naming of the Ore
■ men of the regular army, 38 men Miners will have to brush the cob
footed the bill.
with forestry experience from the webs from their gloves and wear a
gon Short Line railroad connecting
from five to 20 years’ There are plenty of crimes which could
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Applegate valley and 25 men be little leather off toes of tbeir shoes
tho Union Pacific system with Ore
be committed against The Oregonian which would draw maximum
Then, for the first time In the gon. which he followed through to
tween the ages of 18 and 25 from to do it, but recent defeats have
penalties of far less than the minimum for perjury, and which
history of Jackson county, the tho completion of the line» to Port
Multnomah county. A total of 216 just about convinced the local gold
that august new»|>aper would bend every effort to secure.
county judge's economy extended land and Butte. At that time he
men will complete the enlistment ¡diggers that baseball also is work
to the appointment of a probation was a confidential advisor on west
; Bert Rippey, local man, and Pri as well as play, and they are prac
it all smells of cheap politics and the jingle of money to us.
officer A |M>lltlcal Job of Hitting in ern affairs for E. H. Harriman and
vate McMillan are the cooks at ticing up on big league maneuvers
All the world despises a back seat driver, a fellow who
the courthouse, ogling passersby Joy Gould. During the same period
the
main camp. C. E. Nutting of on the local Merchants during
(days checkers over the players' shoulders, or the pest who
and yes-lng the boss. It was not he pushed to successful consum
' Medford has reported as work sup week-day twilight games.
tells you what's wrong with your bridge. And The Jacksonville
The following Sunday Gold Hill
mentioned that the taxpayers, who mation public utilities, hotel pro
erintendent in the forest.
had hoped to save a few nickels, jects, telephone and telegraph
Miner doesn’t believe those upstate buttinskis are going to be
Archery is a popular type of re is scheduled to appear on the local
would have to pay his salary. A lines.
creation and with Jack Hulse, well- ¡diamond for a return engagement.
a bit more |>opular—or useful—to Jackson county.
Sunday*« Kame, played aJ
jailor had to have two assistants
known local man, in camp to pro
"Mr Strahorn was associated
Jackson county will get along all right. It was here long
Gold Hill, waa dropped to that city
where non« had existed before, with Nelson Bennett in the pro
duce the bows and arrows, this
chiefly
because the w ! qji 1 d < team
before The Oregonian, or Portland, or Eugene ever came into
which was mure afficleucy aud motion »nd
ruction of the
sport is met with great enthusiasm.
overshadowed the Jackson vi I Hans at
existence. It was these outsiders who got so nosey they even
bat. Pi old! ng, mich aa it was, waa
economy accomplished In the In Fairhaven Southern lines along Pu
For target practice with guns tbe
*
about evenly divided on both side«.
imitable county Judge's manner It get Hound, In the Interests of Janies I
boys do not use army rifles, and
moved here who started all the trouble anyway.
Scores WW Gold Hill. 12; Jack-
matters little that the jailor and J. Hill, which lines now afford en
targets are placed across the river,
.«tonville. 4
Decoration day at the
bls pal» were later found to he trance of the Great Northern to
the
Miner»
Medford
fairground*
eliminating danger of accidents.
dropped
a
practice
tilt with the
rd I nary crooks and ballot stealers. Vancouver, B. C.
Saturday several of the boys made
Medford aggregation. 21-2
it wm
«. »
"He organized and built the |
QI
API ’Q
Robert Lewis on OSC ?. 28-mile hike to Squaw lake and «¡autfhter
and it ha« been decided
The county judge, off in a cloud Northcoast line» between S|M>kane
this week-end others who feel equal
che inoet diplomatic thing to say
V 1 *J
Prospect Field Trip to that amount of exercise will about the matter is nothing, juet
of his own ego. "disappeared” for and Portland und to.North Yaki
nothin*.
a few days while southern Oregon ma. as well as the Yakima Valley
duplicate the trip.
Box score®: Just try and get any
law enforcement officers searched Transportation lines. Stokane Un On the Brush Marines
Robert Lewis of Jacksonville,
Captain McMahan referred to his ; one to show 'em to you
for him. “I didn't know Mr. Banks ion termlnul and divisions of tbe
Junior in forestry at Oregon state boys as representing a high type
had killed Prescott," he lied when (’hlcugo, Milwaukee and St. Pnul
By M. E. P.
college, is among those students in
young manhood. Ordinarily, he ApDlefiTate Graduate»
caught ''Snr«". I heard Prescott and HjKikane International (Cana • Poison oak Is occupying the I forestry to go on the second annual of
said, they would be continuing ^H*’*'-»«***
«uuuvv»
threaten to kill Banks,** he Had dian Pacific), entering the termin-
minds of many in camp, and
forest field trip to southern Ore with higher education and profes
Get
Diplomas
Friday
again at the recent trial.
Judging from the remadies of
gon May 25 to 30. R. S. Kearns and sions
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had ___
they
not been caught ____
for !
fered. never was there any one
F. S. Schrlner, instructors in for- a time in the economic turn which
Three pupils of the Applegate
The county Judge, who was “duly
subject in which more people
estry. and J. K. Brandeberry. in- the nation is experiencing. He said schools were graduated from the
elected” on a platform of cleaning 2nd Loot Gets 33rd
are Interested.
structor in logging engineering he would venture to say the re eighth grade with high honors, re
up graft and corruption in Jackson
• Lumber has a s|>eclal way
will be in charge of the trip.
• cruits would not trade their Ap- ceiving their diplomas at tbe ex
county, snitched to defendants of
Degree
in
DeMolay
of being delivered on Sunday,
The students will stay on the piegate camp with any corps in ercises held at the junior high
doings of the “secret” grand Jury,
of all tho seven day» suggested,
640-acre tract which was given to Oregon because they like the place school in Ashland Friday. These
through the cooperation of the
especially if only six men are
F. D. Meeker, member of the
the school of forestry by Mrs. Mary and the people and are interested honor pupils were A van da Ayres
foreman. He warned of impending 926th company of the Civilian Con-
In camp.
L. McDonald of San Francisco. In everything and everybody. The and Valerie Pearce of Forest creek
Indlctmeqts and prowled around Hervatlon corps at Camp Apple • The captain already has j J.
Thpy plan to cruir.e and map the boys like to listen to tales from and Howard Keishafer of Thomp
through courthouse records till gate. has just been. awarded the
shown special talent in music,
section of land which Iles south-1 local sages, either of truth or fic- son creek. An incomplete list of
every valuable patter had to bo I legion of Honor of DeMolay« from
picnicking and dancing.
east of Prospect on the south fork tion.
Knox
McCloy,
seasoned other graduates includes Marion
hidden In downtown bank vaults. Washington chapter In Portland,
• The detachment from the 1 of | the
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Rogue river near the
site of woodsman and miner, is a favorite. I Abbock, Applegate; Shirley Bee.
He proved to he an ordinary second | according to a letter received from
Star Ranger station was de the new California-Orei*>n Power He tells stories of mining, packing Forest creek; Glenn West and Har
story, and first and third atory. the grand council in Kansas City.
feated in a baseball game with
and fires. From his information old Rineeburg, Little Applegate:
company dam.
man in office.
Palmer creek players Sunday
Mo. The degree, equivalent to the
about fires the boys and even Cap Lola Straube. Uniontown; Frances
The
"fernhoppers
”
will
divide
to the tune of 5-10. Game was
33rd Masonic degrtu. Is the high-
into crews of four Each crew will tain McMahan himself have come . Port, Vonetta Ruprecht and Rob
As a result of his 18 years of eat honor attain»* in the De
umpired by Omar Culy. A cou
realize
as never
before that
fire
furnish
and L-niuiyiiK
earning equip-
equip- to
luiiuso food
IWU anu
,
, ,
. ..
j
’ 7 ert Fletcher, Beaver creek, and
hellralslng, Jackson county was Moiays.
ple of new baseballs were seen
ment for itself Tents for shelter ’’ 'hp klI>S of„,he fore8t a"d that Buryi Rouse, Watkins.
forced to spend thousands of dol Mr. Meeker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
on the way out from Medford
and trucks for transportation will T0»«*8 and trails are not the end.
Examinations for pupils who
lars to hang a penalty on a mur C. I). Meeker, 23 Northeast 45th
Monday and it looks like next
be provided by the school of for- ft
¡?nt
’¡V*
means of novar
fighting
were conditioned are being con-
derer, will have to spend additional avenue, Portland, Is a second lieu-
woo
Taira
Knmvon
nao
Sunday's game means business.
fires. Jake Knutzen, who never has ducted at Ruch by Mrs. Nettie
• Who burned midnight oil
(Continued on page two)
tenant, quartermaster reserve.
(Continued on page four)
1 Armpriest June 1 and 2.
thinking of a catchy name to
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replace the mediocre term of
Naturalist Discovers 6-Floor Apartment Hotel C. C. C,t Nobody. Its just sec Former Jacksonville There’» Drammer Being Enacted in Them Thar
ond nature with Ed Finley.
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Editor Comments on
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• So a local poet was inspired
in Jacksonville! Structural Wonder on Display to write 14 verses on the Banks’ Murder Trial Hills, Declares Barney Cody, Quail Fancier
doings of the Brush Marines
just for pastime. You can read
Ripley will have to either hide Ing trouble with the Jonses. for
Evidence in the Banks mur- | "Yes, sir. there’s sure drammer I fore Tuesday. Don’t think she can
it some day.
Is head in shame, or nover pass they repeated the process, save
der
case, recently completed
in little things of nature." opined make it though.”
McMahan, R obr
..trough Jhcksonvllle. After all that they suspended each succeed • Captain
at Eugene, Ore., discloses that
Sexton Barney Cody late last week.
"Last year when we went hunt
Dickey
and
Jim
Winningham
these years a six-story residential ing duster from the one above.
the Rogue river country de | "What d’you mean, ‘drammer’?” ing and shot eight deer—1550
hiked
to
-
-
—
Windy
Peak
Tuesday,
i
hotel was discovered within a few I It has been suggested, by Jack
velops a wonderful crop of
queried Justice of the Peace Ray pounds of dressed meat—we saw
• Some marines out for a
hundred yards from the spot where
liars as well as pears. Witness ¡Coleman,
__n. mini] ” nffnriul Qhiicc an-ain a
quail,” offered Shuss again, with
sonville
authorities,
who
differ
who was leaning against with
the
twilight
stopped
stroll
in
gold was first found In the state.
es
by
the
dozen
cannot
contra
a significant glance toward one of
his hardware store doorway.
to watch a farmer
strolling
somewhat
on
their
analyses,
that
Ray Wilson, tho lucky devil,
dict tne statements of a dozen
milking his cows. They said It
"We-e-e-1,” drawled Cody, wbo (the heads mounted in the hardware
made the discovery this wook. We possibly the firRt wasp family had
others and everybody be tell
had
been
many
a
day
since
five
in-laws
who
insisted
on
living
has
been quite a man in his day, store.
sny lucky because he found none
ing the whole truth and noth
“Well, hang it ^11. I still say she’s
they
had
seen
bossy
giving
"there’s a little mother quail up
of the tenants at home. The fire with them. The East California
ing else but. Meanwhile. Banks
trying to get ’em off—two round
milk
and
mentioned
something
street
Benchwarmers,
however,
are
there
In
the
cemetery
straining
till
chief has been busy the past sev
the murderer escapes the noose
about cans.
she’s black in the face to hatch dozen of ’em—by Decoration day.
eral months remodeling his home of a different school. They beliovc
to be sentenced to life impris
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one
of
tho
wasp-architects
was
a
'
out
a brood of 24 eggs before Deco A noble effort if there ever was
here and Wednesday tore open a
onment. Such is justice in the
one,” squeezed in Cody again.
rabid
prohibitionist
and
wanted
to
ration
day.”
partition. Inside ho found a rare
far west.—D. W. Bagshaw In i
“Every time I get near her tin
Hay Loft Barn Dance
"You
mean
quail
eggs?
”
said
Dan
novelty—a real freak in architec scare the others into total absti
Zillah (Wash.) Mirror.
homestead Bhe kicks up a big fuss
nence
by
making
them
believe
they;
ture. Suspended from one tiny con
Shuss, as his face JighfeB up. Re- and demands that I leave her be.
Shakes Star Stables
minds me of the time when I----- ” Danged if I don’t go up and move
I
tact was a complete, six-story wasp were seeing double, er, we mean
•
Flossie
Men
says:
"The
Marines
in
sextets.
Anyway.
Ray
WilHon
is
nest!
"Funny we never see any quail her nest before Decoration day to
Strain» of violin music pierced
"Aw, pshaw," you might say. But so proud of his find, a skyscraper; the blackness of a chilly night. have landed and have the situation nowadays, like we used to,” volun some place of greater safety—it’d
well
in
hand
on
the
Applegate,
and
wait! This wasp nest is something In Jacksonville of all places, that There were excited voices - figures
at all picnics, parties and teered H. C. Mechem. also present. be a shame to dissapoint the little
entirely new and different. Nover, he has placed ft on display in his scurrying up a perpendicular lad hereafter
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_ letting
_ someone
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t
lady by
accidently
!
eats,
only
salad without onions and “I can remember when------”
¡Nugget
confectionery.
In the history of the old town, have
“But this quail----- ” squeezed in ( I kick her
ner house
nouse across the
tne road.
roau.”
der . . - This in not a detective (|evy’g f0O(j and nut cakes with
“There’s madness In my method, mystery, but a good old barn dance lent of lcln wlll be Berved One Cody, who was intent on telling i "This quail you’re speaking of
any of Its residents ever seen a
••« In
It n n new
n«n lxrtw»t
‘
wasp nest that was so ambitiously ¡however,” added Wilson in an • up
must spend her summers in De
in thrt
the hay lzxrt
loft nr
of 4 the
barn 1 side
youngsters ma is after the his story despite all odds.
constructed that it towered above a ¡aside. “You see, it works this way: at the Star Ranger station.
"Snakes and hawks, cats and troit. to feel at home in a tin can
captain.
”
i Potential fustomers come in to
ground floor.
men have been killing ’em off pret here,” cracked Coleman with his
Ix>e Port jr. entertained about 75 1
Mach compartment being of ave take a free look and are so amazed guests in the new building Friday --------------------------------------- —---- ty rapidly," interjected Viv Beach. best grin.
rage size and capacity, slender con their lower Jaw drops open, leav evening and from the strenuous
Jeweler. “One time last summer I
“Yeah, guess we'll have to lend
SURPRISE
nectors suspond consecutively five ing a hole in their face. It is twice ness of the activity therein, car-!
shot a hawk near my place and her a can opener before she’ll be
moro Individual floors. Rather than as easy to sell a man something to penters have reason to be proud
when I went to get it it still had a . able to get her little birds out of
of the Month!
1 build from the ground up. like any eat on a hot day when he already of the quality of their work. After
live quail in its mouth. We had I that gallon-size can,” worried Cody,
Ittle schoolboy la taught to do. the has his mouth open—In an eating midnight the dancers descended
'"Anyway, I hope she makes it be
chicken for dinner.”
vasps (funny critters) start at the position—than If he had to open it the ladder and repaired to the new To the Editor:
“My cat sneaks up on quail nests fore Decoration day—1 know just
top. First they fasten their what- by brute effort.”
My subscription to your val- all the time,” chimed in another. how she feels.”
bunk house for refreshments.
ever-lt-ls-made-of to a mooring
uable paper has expired or ex- "Little wonder----- ’’
Of course, we have been told that
(Editor’s Note: The 24 eggs are
Those attending besides local
mast, preferably n building joist all good, journalists and editorial residents were Capt. 11. B. McMa plres within a few days.
"But this quail has her nest in still causing the mother quail to
or stud. Then they build a honey ists draw some moral or central han. Lieutenant J. E. Keys and sev
This will inform you that I a tin can In the cemetery where spread her feathers wide and let
comb-like series of rooms without thought in their stories. This one eral of the C. C. C. boys, Ross desire the same discontinued someone is certain to disturb it on the early worm« go free. She did
hallways or bath. Generally speak Is not without its point. It just Dickey of Medford, Misses Wanda immediately.
Decoration day,” cut in the original not get ’em out by Decoration day,
ing, enough is enough for a wasp, goes to show that, even though Purvis, Mary Herbert and Helen;
narrator. “With her feminine in- but is scanning a calendar anxious-
Yours
very
truly,
hnt theso Wilson wasps were dif built by a bunch of wasps, you can Tjosdal and Newell Elliott of Ash I
tuition, she is breaking her neck ly and figuring up things all over
W. E. PHIPPS.
rent. They must have been hav- get stung In any hotel.
land.
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