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1 Tr5T v- i r' ' - - jv v f ?5 " 2 W I m . ,. ip393 -v " '-TE&110O1IROE 353' K S : . B "'sn5' SOOSWMOAj.ST. VdUrNo.ffi ChteagoFndayDfc. "1&1911- " bry,Cfnt KpfAMGE OF. f Bi fMEWSLlTTS; iH(W THEY ESTfirrEALTftFOMlTtffiWlLDERNESS y.v'T.J i ,4 . - - i . Trf F PwibiofDuluth Tell How Br otter sFoughtdnd' Labored 3. --jmnaottH tsi wu-in tjuriy uuw iu ft in inm'iicn98is.CKe M -tfelW Robbed Them Of. : A M -Sf $ Th .answerof TohaxD ' Rockefellerfrnd Ms preacher rT. GibMLW ,the-accusations betore tne J 1 hurled, mitte taof .X-w. itkm com- ,i!kTiritibro!h- r ' ? "" "! T" -.'?ff - - I3 T "TlielMentiil lie" f . . & pay'fcoqk sent its,- cu'lcorrespondeao I (J. fcsp, T.loc5JnrtoiJuiutiJMinn.j to tjEw , snnd oitiust Jwwmuch lying &$ &tfofedid, that the peo- ' v s Duluth, Muin, Dec. l. The first tfiinr f'iron ore. t where the Merritts K&ftntU?rfhu fr!rivufi& thtv Infcf in IVfc ... .. j. . " . -. , . '-KoeKefeiler, was -to nna out just Vttsare. how they madetheir .wrrjine, and " ho"w the people ? .me-rig whom they Jive think of rt R ,plehSbkrto judge for1 Ks- 2 sons &Cmessage: . F! "l. jr ... - j. .l J .- J-. JT j. j. j Dtiluth, Minn, Dec. ir I did"in this country m& ' rv y 4 , .-! cna fn flip kniwH1 fift.o TMof Was before 3DuldiK existep, -when Minnesota sWas & ildecn,es. The - father of therMerritts brought his family to Minnesota ftom New Yl? state. JJewasv one of the, nieri Who saw visions, who sw thfi wilderness produc tive, wlio'saaj'greit e&pire in the west. ' 'f- x Xhere was a lit tie colony where Dututh now1 stands in thoje days." Tfi coloSywaVaoke up and iown the lakesfThe pedple hyed on fish. ;fhat was the only food tljey could. . gfet. When a boat broaghtlUtle-pG'rle and dof Jee tocthe harborvthere yas'much. Rejoicing. . , , ."radition Savs the settlers chan&ed theTr shirts everv sormjr. and had Auc& difficulty in get- vting theshirts off "over the pro- tru.aingi.nsn Dones1. The'riame of MernttJstqnds for romance in 'Dulutfi There1 is. .story after story of how 4-lfred Merritt, "performed, miraculous icdis u ucnau uius mcmii. Metritis came to this 1 There aresimi!ar,stbfjes of "Lon" . H-CQCAtr- 'fllHWf-rHK " ' tteajL.Sl jt . rfb. . AimmlM&EkMk1U 2 W aSl.