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A SUCCESSFUL FAIR
Display Smaller Than That of Last
Year But Exhibits of High
Standard of Excellence.
Fruits and Vegetables of Especially
Fine Quality and Butter Dis-
play Above Average.
The Mille Lacs County Agricultural
association held its sixteenth an
nual fair on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of last weeka fort
night later than that upon which
last year's exposition was held. The
weather was rather chilly, but pleas
ant, throughout the three days, and
the attendance was fairly up to the
average of preceding years. There
was a very perceptible falling off in
the number of exhibits as compared
with last year, especially in the vege
table and grain departments. This
was largely due to the late date upon
which the fair was held. The exhibits
these departments were, however, of
splendid quality, some of the speci
mens surpassing in every respect any
that have ever been shown here. The
fruit display was exceptionally good
apples being largely in the ma
jority.
The total gate receipts were $327.50,
and the total receipts from all sources,
including $469.61 from the state,
amounted to $819.11. Last year's to
tal aggregated $1,290.78, including
gate receipts $505.25 and $498.51
from state appropriation. Something
like $600 will be paid out in pre
miums.
Besides agricultural and horticul
tural displaj s, home baking, preserves
and ladies' fancy work department
the main hall, and the live stock
and poultry exhibitions upon other
parts of the grounds, a very good
program of sports had been provided
consisting of horse races, ball games
and a foot race by small boys. An
aeronaut who had been engaged to
make a balloon ascension fell by the
wayside at the last moment, or rather
his balloon burned up and he was
therefore unable to fill his engage
ment. There were no sideshows this
year and but two booths of any de
scriptionone conducted by the Dor
cas society as a refreshment stand
and the other occupied by A. E. Grow
with an Omega separator display.
One spindle was operated upon the
grounds, but its manipulator did not
appear to do a very rushing business.
VEGETABLES, GRAINS, ETC.
As stated before, the exhibits in
these departments were comparatively
few, but the specimens were of most
excellent quality, and included fine
displays in potatoes, white turnips,
rutabagas, melons, squashes, pump
kins, celery, mangels, cabbages,
beans, oats, corn, clover, and other
products which demonstrated that a
diversity of crops can be successfully
raised upon the soil in this county.
A few of the displays, selected here
and there, are mentioned as being in
our opinion among the best. Robert
Clark had an excellent collective dis
play of vegetables and house plants
on exhibition Among the vegetables
were celerj, tomatoes, cabbage, table
beets, onions, parsnips, sweet corn,
kale, cauliflower and three new va
neties of early potatoesPresident
Roosevelt, Uncle Sam and Early Sen
sation. Chas. and David Beir,y's
collections were also fine and con
sisted of tomatoes, parsnips, cucum
bers, nine varieties of potatoes, etc.
Herman Thoma exhibited some excel
lent specimens of Triumphs and Bur
banks and F. W. Hatcher had a dis
play of fine Hubbard squashes. Chas.
Enckson and Herman Thoma showed
the largest field pumpkins while Henry
Hess' melons were of good size and
quality. Mrs. Beatrice Young exhib
ited samples of Burbanks, I. Mudgett
a collection of nine varieties of pota
toes, Louis Rocheford white and red
globe onions, Henry Hess a bundle
of soighum and George Orton five
varieties of potatoes.
In grains Henry Murphy had a nice
display of white cap and yellow dent
corn, wheat and oats, rye and an ex
cellent quality of timothy seed. F.
A. Lowell had on exhibition fine
grades of oats, beans, timothy and
clovei: David Berry white popcorn,
I. Mudgett yellow dent corn, Chas.
Berry white cap dent corn and blue
stem wheat and Wm. Arnett oats, rye,
yellow dent corn and clover. F. W.
Hatcher exhibited a specimen of fod
der corn 10 feet 6 inches in height.
LIVE STOCK.
In this department the animals were
fairly up to those shown in previous
years but the number exhibited was
small. Among the cattle were* a Red
Angus bull, 2 years old, the property
of E. P. Grow of Greenbush a grade
cow, Jersey and Shorthorn, and a
Jersey cow and calf owned by Arthur
Payette, and a Galloway cow and calf
owned by Samuel Clark.
The horses entered included five
Percherons, from one to three years
old, by John Thoma grade Perch
eron, four years old. F. W. Hatcher
grade Percheron stallion, four years
old, Henry Murphy registered stal
lion, nine years old, Nickerson Bros.
Hambletonian, three years old, Nels
Robideau: colt, two months' old,
Peter Brochman.
There was but one exhibit of sheep,
six Shropshires, the property of
Robert Ayers.
In swine a Poland China sow and
litter of ten pigs was entered by Ar
thur Payette, three Polandl China
hogs by F. W. Hatcher and two sows
by L. N Grow.
The poultry exhibit was a fairly
good one, but some of the birds were
inclosed in altogether too small
cages, causing the occupants much
discomfort. Among the exhibitors
were Henry Murphy, who had an im
mense pair of Toulouse geese at the
show Robert Ayers, a pair of large
Toulouse geese and topknot ducks
Chas. Judkins, three Toulouse geese
Mrs. Raiche, rose-comb Wyandottes
Henry Hess, single-comb brown Leg
horns Mrs. A. Bryson, white Brah
mas Chas. Erickson, barred Ply
mouth Rocks: L. N. Grow, Pekin
ducks Mascot, two white rabbits.
PRESERVES, ETC.
While the exhibits of preserves,
pickles, and other goods in glass
jars was not a large one it was
perhaps the best ever seen at
the county fair. Mrs. Morehead's
display was a particularly attractive
one and consisted of a collection of
chickens, squirrel, rabbit, mince meat,
vegetables, etc., in jars. Pickles,
fruits and vegetables were also dis
played by Mrs. Bai'nes, Mrs. Had
dow, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Raiche, Mrs.
Berg, Mrs. A. Mott, Mrs. Edimison'
Mrs. S. Winsor, Mrs. Brjson, Mrs.
C. Judkins, Mrs. Robt. Ayers and
others.
The honey and sugar display was
exceptionally good and included the
collection of Robert Shawwhite
clover honey, dandelion honey, gold
enrod honey, preserves in honey,
pickles in honey vinegar, chowchow
in honey vinegar, etc.: basswood
honey exhibited by August Gerth,
maple syrup by Mrs. Raiche, and
Mrs. Robert Ayers and maple sugar
by Mrs. Mott.
BUTTER.
There were six exhibitors in this de
partmentone of creamery butter and
five of dairy. The creamery repre
sented was the West Branch of Long
Siding, whose superintendent, Mr.
Fox, has the reputation of making
butter which cannot be excelled for its
fine quality anywhere in the country.
Mr. Fox's display consisted of tub,
jar and package butter and it was the
best creamery exhibit which has ever
been made at a Mille Lacs county fair.
The dairy exhibits were those of
Mrs. F. A. Lowell, print: Mrs. Bry
son, print and jar Mrs. G. A. John
son, ]ar Mrs. Robert Ayers, jar:
Miss Grace Payette, roll.
BREAD, PASTRY, ETC.
There were in this department some
very good specimens of home baking,
among the assortment of exhibits be
ing angel food, biscuits and bread by
Mrs. Berg molasses cookies and
cocoanut cake, Beatrice Young: angel
food, cookies, etc., Mrs. Bryson bis
cuits, Mrs. George Haddow: bread
Mrs. Wm. Arnett cookies, Mrs. W.
Hatch: jelly roll, cream cake, pie,
bread, etc., Mrs. Rocheford Boston
brown bread, Mrs. F. A. Lowell
chocolate cake, Mrs. G. A. Johnson:
apple pie, sugar cookies, etc., Miss
Grace Payette white bread, biscuits,
rolls, etc., Mrs. Daisy Mudgett.
FRUITS.
The collection of fruits was excep
tionally fine, apples of many varieties
entering into the display. Some of
these specimens were veritable beau
tiesas fine apples as can be pro
duced anywhere in the United States.
Chas. Judkins exhibited fifteen vari
eties of apples Robert Ayers, a col
lection of apples Chas. Peterson,
Northwestern Greenings and Duchess.
Val Sausser, collection of cultivated
huckleberries as large as cherries,
three plates of apples and three of
plums Mrs. F. A. Lowell, plums and
Transcendant crab apples Anton
Betzler, Concord grapes, Peerless and
Duchess apples Mrs. B. Raiche,
splendid specimens of cranberries
Mrs. E. Winsor, crab apples Nels
Christenson, three varieties apples.
WOMANS' EXHIBIT.
A variegated assortment of em
broideries, quilts, table covers, nap
kins and every conceivable form of
fancy work was on view in the ladies'
hall, among the exhibits being some
magnificent productions. Among the
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R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms $1.00 Per Tear, PRINCETON, MULE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER &, 1907.
exhibitors were Mrs. August Thoma,
Mrs. W. P. Chase, Miss LeMieux,
Mrs. Bouck, Mrs. Shields, Mrs. Robt.
Clark, Mrs. Daml, Mrs. Morehead,
Miss Lenertz, Mrs. Bryson, Miss Lou
Jesmer, Mrs. Leathers, Miss Nina
Winsor and Miss Maud Holm.
ART COLLECTION.
A very small display was exhibited
in this class. Mrs. F. L. Small had
a collection of oil paintings there and
the summer school pupils and primary
school classes a collection of draw
ings. Most of these drawings were
very creditably executed. Miss Ruby
Winsor exhibited some pretty collar
and cuff boxes in burnt wood work
and Mrs. Ellen Galbraith a magnifi
cent plate rack in like material.
In this hall Mrs. Guy Ewing had
on exhibition a Wesley piano and
an Estey organ and the New Home
and White sewing machines. These
musical instruments and sewing ma
machines are among the best in the
market.
HORSE RACES.
Farmers' and Mille .Lacs County Animals
Only Permitted to Enter.
This year the track events were
confined to contests between farmers'
horses and races of Mille Lacs county
animals. No entrance fee was re
quired for farmers' horses. Abe Orr,
L. N. Grow and F. A. Lowell were the
judges.
On Friday afternoon there were
three races. In the running race for
farmers' horses only, half-mile heats,
best 3 in 5, for a purse of $15, four
horses were entered, Chas. Coleman's
Dan, John Hull's Ole, Tom Grow's
Maud and John Thoma's Prince.
OlUe won, Dan was second and Maud
third.
The second event was a farmers'
race, trot or pace, half-mile heats,
best 3 in 5, purse $25. Horses were
entered by L. Hatch, H. Peterson, J.
Harvey and W. G. McVicar. Harvey's
horse won, Hatch's was second and
Peterson's third.
A driving race, trot or pace, for
Mille Lacs County horses only, half
mile hpats, best 3 in 5, was the next
event. Four horses were entered, viz,
Chas. King's Ensign, Fred Keith's
Billy M, W. Neely's Colonel and W.
H. Ferrell's Dewey. Colonel first,
Billy second, Ensign third.
Saturday's races were virtually a
repetition of Friday's. They started
with a running race for farmers'
horses only, half-mile heats, best 3 in
5, for a purse of $15. Three horses
were entered, Chas. Coleman's Dan,
John Hull's Ole and Jred Haas'John.
Dan won, Ole was second and John
third.
-In the next race, trot or pace, farm
ers' horses only, half-mile heats, best
3 in 5, for a purse of $25, horses
were entered by J. Harvey, Biair, T.
Grow, W. G. McVicar, Wm. Cole and
Davis. McVicar's horse won, Cole's
was second and Davis' third.
Following this came a driving race,
trot or pace, Mille Lacs county horses
only, half-mile heats, best 3 in 5, for
a purse of $25. Four horses were en
tered, Fred Keith's Billy M, W.
Neely's Colonel, Chas. King's Ensign
and W. H. Ferrell's Dewey. Billy
won, Colonel came in second and En
sign third.
A pony race for the youngsters fol
lowed but there were only two entries.
Glen Ferrell's Fanny and Bert Mark's
Daisy. Fanny won. The race was
for a purse of $5. This concluded the
horse racing.
A foot race for bo\ created some
amusement, every one of them claim
ing a share in the prize offered one
dollar. The dollar was thereupon
split into dimes and each contestant
given ten cents. This appeared to be
perfectly satisfactory to the boys.
Ball Games.
There were two baseball contests
on Friday and Saturday afternoons
respectively. The first game was be
tween the Isanti and Company
teams and resulted in the visitors
winning by a score of 4 to 1. It was
an interesting game, neither side scor
ing up to the eighth inning, when the
Isantis forged ahead and made four
scores while Company made but
one. The purse was $37.50.
Saturday's game was between Com
pany and the Princeton High
School teams for a purse of $25, the
winning team to receive $15 and the
loser $10. Company won, the score
being 12 to 0.
Men's Clothes.
It is a most popular assumption
that women care more about clothes
than men do. Fashion has given wo
men a much greater latitude in the
matter of dress, but men are often as
particular as women in this matter.
Men and women of particular tastes
agree that golden grain belt beer is a
beneficial tonic and unsurpassed as a
food tonic. Order of your nearest
dealer or be supplied by Sjoblom
Bros., wholesale dealers, Princeton.
OPEN FORJUSIIESS
Avery Clothing House, in the Brands'
Block, Now Fully Equipped to
Supply Public Wants.
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Fine Line of Stylish Hand-Tailored
Suits and Latest Productions
in Gent's Furnishings.
The Avery Clothing house, in the
Brands' block on Main street, is now
open for business and is stocked with
the very best hand-tailored garments
and gent's furnishing goods to be se
cured on the market. Henri Avery,
the proprietor, has taken great pains
in the selection of this stock and feels
assured that he can satisfactorily
cater to the wants of the general
public. There is a diversity of grades
in the emporium and of course the
prices vary in accord therewith, but
every garment is well finished and
tailored right up to date.
Mr. Avery thoroughly understands
the business in which he has engaged
he is familiar with every detail and
knows how and where, to buy to the
best advantage. He is also well
posted on the tastes and requirements
of the people in this part of the coun
try. He has for years made a study
of these points and his stock has been
selected accordingly.
There seems to be a good field for an
establishment such as Mr. Avery has
opened exclusive ready to wear
clothes and gent's furnishing goods
and we see no reason why he should
not make a success of the undertak
ing.
Those who patronize Henri Avery
will find that he is fair and square in
every particular, and the Union
takes pleasure in announcing his en
try into business
Metliodist Conference
The fourth conference of the Meth
odist churches, Princeton and Green
bush was held by Dr. Clemans on
Friday evening, September 20.
Following is a summary of the vai'i
ous reports given by the different
officers: Number of members and
probationers, 194 Sunday school
scholars, 190 officers and teachers,
20." Value ot cFurchT properties and
parsonage, $13,600. The total amount
of money raised on both charges was
$l,831,of which Greenbush contributed
$173.00 and Princeton $1,658.00. This
amount was applied as follows: Paid
account of pastor, $835 on old in
debtedness, $202 building and im
provements, $108 current expenses,
church and Sunday schools, $393
presiding elder, $60 Womans' For*
eign Missionary society, $56 benev
olent collections, $177 making a
total of $1,831.
The Ladies Aid society of Princeton
reported over $300 raised this year.
One of the most interesting reports
was given by the Little Wide Awakes
and is worthy of publication in full:
The Wide Awake club was organized
January 5, 1907, had one entertain
ment and made $5.00, had one social
and made $8.30. Made twenty-five
sick calls, gave thirty-four bouquets,
gave one doll and two picture books
to a sick girl in the hospital. Gave
$2 to help in the support of Miss
Eileen Lang, paid $2 for the washing
and ironing for a sick family.
Amount of money paid out, $7.85,
cash on hand, $6.05. The purpose of
the club is to lighten the burdens or
cheer any lonely hearts.
The Lyceum Stars.
The Lyceum Stars are under the ex
clusive management of the Columbian
Lyceum bureau. This is a strictly
high grade attraction consisting of
a reader, violinist and soprano.
Each one has won distinction in many
states. They will give an entertain
ment at the Methodist church on Oc
tober 10, at 8 o'clock. Single admis
sion tickets, 50 cents season tickets
to the four entertainments as hereto
fore outlined in the Union, $1.50.
About one hundred season tickets
have been sold for the full course.
They are for sale at Kopp & Barth
olomew's. The public is asked to
support this attempt to procure good
entertainment this winter for Prince
ton.
Developers Like C. N. Robinson Wanted.
In our notes of a trip to Mille Lacs
lake a couple of weeks ago we omitted
to refer to the good work being done
under the supervision of Mr. Ed
Cilley of this place on the property
owned by Mr. C. N. Robinson of
Minneapolis in sections 11 and 12, in
township 40, range 27. Already 150
acres have been cleared of brush and
stumps and seeded down. Next sea
son as much more will be cleared and
a large barn in which 300 tons of hay
can be stored will be erectedat least
($10,000 will be expended in improve-
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ments next year on the place. Mr.
Robinson owns 543 acres in the sec
tions above mentioned, located on
both sides of the main traveled road
between Milaca and the lake, and he
proposes to convert, the same into a
model sheep ranch. This winter Mr.
Cilley and his force will get out ma
terial for fencing. It is such men as
Mr. Robinson who will open up and
develop the north end of our county.
Mr. Cilley's services have been so sat
isfactory to Mr. Robinson that he has
engaged him for another year.
SECBETABI ALDRICH'S ADVICE.
He Urges Farmers to Market Produce In-
telligentlyCompliments tlie Union for
Its Fairness.
Mr. R. C. Dunn, Princeton. Minn.
Dear Sir: I have seen in your pa
per several times the past season gen
erous reports of meetings held by
organizers of the unions of the Amer
ican Society of Equity. Some expres
sion of our gratitude is due, that in
your paper we have a champion of
the plan of marketing of farm prod
ucts on business principles rather
than the old way of one farmer bid
ding against another for the chance
to sell his produce to a speculator
below cost!
A majority of our members regard
this as silly, and have concluded as
to potatoes that they cannot be raised
at a profit, commensurate with the
price of labor and other things the
farmer has to buy, for less than fifty
cents per bushel.
Since the above was written our
potato growers in convention decided
that sixty-two cents net must come
back to secure a fair average return
for labor and investment this year,
there being only about 60 per cent of
an average crop. Unitedly the farm
ers may say this shall be the mini
mum price for table stock, and what
they say will go for they have all the
spuds. They manufacture them by
their process and co-operation can
make prices as uniform as manufac
turers of the sacks make regular
prices by combination or agreement.
I submit to your judgment: Are not
these business principles to be applied
to farmers to enable labor to be hired,
other than wife and child labor, a
profit secured, farming made attract
ive because profitable, our sons and
daughters^kepfc back 4n the country
rather than to congest the cities?
Our plan of marketing gradually
during the year as the food is con
sumed and needed will prevent the
congested car service and shortage in
the autumn when most needed for
transportation of fuel.
Railway officials and stockholders
will favor our plan when they learn
what it is, for less cars and men will
be needed. The economy of it will
win friends.
Likewise our plan of distribution
will prevent gluts and famines that
now prevail. Our members, as pro
ducers, from Florida to Seattle,
through their official paper, which
each one receives, will know all crop
conditions, supplies and lacks, and
acting through appointed sales direc
tors produce will be put where most
needed, and uniformity of price main
tained to the great benefit of con
sumer as well as producer. Then
potatoes will not be sold in Princeton
for six cents a peck by the carload
when the St. Louis consumer paid
thirty cents per peck! And when our
President Morrell, looking on, asked
the grocer why they were so high the
answer was: "There is a short crop
this year." That was last autumn.
When our plan prevails the high
price of apples will not prohibit their
consumption in Minnesota when no
farther away than Missouri the price
would not pay for shipping, as was
the case last year. Good, healthful
food like peaches and apples wasted
in Georgia and Missouri! Boat loads
of bananas have been dumped into the
river, to hold up a local price, instead
of giving them to poor people! The
chilling of carloads of potatoes acci
dental! The wholesale and retail dis
tribution of foods needs a more intel
ligent and civilized system. The con
trolling factors in such a system must
inevitably be the producers of foods,
especially of such food as goes to the
consumer in its natural form.
An organization of producers is
the source of that less wasteful sys
tem. Such an organization is the
American Society of Equity and it
should receive the support of every
thoughtful economist.
Very truly yours,
R. H. Aldrieh, State Sec.
11 E. 25th St., Minneapolis.
A Mixup Among: Neighbors.
Ferdinand Flory of Brickton was
on Monday arraigned in Justice
Norton's court upon the charge of at
tacking Rose Boers, also of Brickton,
with a pitchfork, it being alleged
that his intent was to kill said Rose
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Boers, who was wounded in the left
arm.
Rose Boers was also arraigned at
the same time charged with attempting
to kill said Ferdinand Flory by dis
charging a revolver at him.
Both defendants waived examina
tion and furnished bail bonds of $100
each to appear in district court next
week.
The mixup appears to have been a
sort of neighborhood row in which
not only Ferd Flory and the Boers
girl was engaged, but the father of
the latter was also stabbed in the head
with the pitchfork by Flory.
Sheriff Shockley was called to the
scene of the trouble by 'phone on Sat
urday night and Boers' son, who was
dispatched from Brickton to report
the row to the authorities here, ar
rived before the sheriff started for
that place. The boy was much excited
and told the sheriff that his sister and
father had probably been murdered
The sheriff, upon arrival at Brickton,
discovered that Rose Boers had been
stabbed in the arm and that her father
had received injuries in the head from
some sharp instrument, alleged to be
a pitchfork, but Flory seemed to have
sustained no injury from the shot al
leged to have been fired by Rose
Boers.
The warrants were sworn out by
Rose Boers against Ferdinand Flory
and by Ferdinand Flory against Rose
Boers.
AT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL.
But one death has occurred at the
Northwestern hospital in a year and
a week. This is certainly a remark
able record considering the large
number of cases which are treated at
that institution.
Alfred Lungren, who was operated
upon by Dr. Cooney last week for ab
dominal obstruction, is on a fair way
to recoverv.
Martin, the 14-j ear-old son of Ole
Viste of Santiago, was operated upon
on Monday by Dr. Cooney for ap
pendicitis. The patient is convales
cing.
An operation was performed by Dr.
Cooney on Sunday morning upon
Sydney Northrop of Big Lake, who
was brought to the hospital by Dr.
Sherman. He was suffering from
strangulated hernia. Mr. Northrop
is fast approaching recovery.
Farm House Burns.
The dwelling house on L. S. Libby's
old home farm in Greenbush, with its
contents was totally destroyed by fire
on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.
The contents of the building belonged
to Mr. Libby's renter, who with his
wife were at the time in the field
digging potatoes. Upon observing
flames issuing from the house they
ran to the scene with all possible
speed and by their efforts succeeded
in saving the barn, which, among
other property, contained a large
quantity of grain. The fire is sup
posed to have started from some
cause unknown in the kitchen. The
house was valued in $1,200 and car
ried $600 insurance. The furniture
was uninsured.
Princeton Potato Market.
If anything, the local potato market
is weaker than last week and prices
rule somewhat lower. There are now
nine buyers in the field and some
twenty-five cars have been shipped
since our last issue. The quantity
brought in does not vary materially
from *hat of last week. Lambert
Hatch started on Tuesday to receive
potatoes from members of the Ameri
can Society of Equity. This stock is
being placed in the society's cellar
under the Caley Hardware company's
store, but so far the receipts have not
been heavy. A heavy movement was
not, however, expected at the start.
Death ot Mrs. Win. Frost.
Mrs. Ruth Ann Frost, widow of the
late William Frost, died at the home
of her son, Jordan C. Frost, in Bald
win, on September 30. Mrs. Frost
had for some years resided in Minne
apolis and recently arrived in Bald
win with the intention of permanently
residing with her son. The funeral
services were held yesterday afternoon
at Baldwin and the remains taken to
Minneapolis for interment in Lake
wood cemetery. Two sons and two
daughters survive Mrs. Frost.
Air. and Mfs. H. E. Jones Here on Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Jones and
Mrs. Jacob Hager of Clay Center,
Neb., are hjere on a visit to Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Jones and other relatives
and expect to remain about ten days.
Henry Jones, who is a brother of R.
E. Jones, formerly lived near Battle
brook in Sherburne county, and left
there thirty-one years ago, when a
mere boy, with his parents for Ne
braska. This is the first time he has
been back. The visitors are very
favorably impressed with this part of
the country.
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