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MONTANA'S BEST WEEKLY
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RED LODGE. CARBON COUNTY, MONT,, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1924,
*2.50 PER YEAR
VOL. i. NO. 20.
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BIG FIELD MEET AND
PICNIC CLOSES SEASON
Playground Work Season Closes Friday After
noon With Big Field Meet at Wye Park and Pic
nic At Lovers Lane. Twenty-one Events Each
Carrying Prizes.
Immediately after the field meet,
A big field meet at the Wye Park,
followed by a basket picnic at Lov- jf the weather permits, ths children
ers Lane will be held next Friday
will go to Lovers Lane for a big pic
nic where a watermellon contest will
take place and the prites for the
field meet will be awarded.
Everyone ia cordially Invited to
attend both the field meet and the
picnic and it 4» taped that many will
join with the children and help make
the day a success. Be sure and
bring your supper and come and
have a good time together.
August 1 as a fitting close of the
play ground work for the season.
The field meet will start at two
«'dock, there are twenty-one events
«I the schedule for which there have
been offered twenty-two prises do
nated by different business firms of
Red Lodge. The field meet is open
to all children between the ages of
five and sixteen years of age and
all are invited to take part.
1— Forty Yard Dash (Boys 8, and 10 years old).
2— Peanut Race (Girls, 7, 8 and 9 years old)).
3— Running Broad Jump (Boys, 14, 15 and 16)).
4— Fifty yard dash (Girls, 10, 11 and 12)).
6—Three-legged Race (Girls, 13, 14 and 16).
6— Seventy-five yard dash (Boys, 11, 12 and 13).
7— Running Hop (Girls, 7, 8 and 9).
8— Leap frog Relay (Boys, 11, 12 and 13 four in a team).
10— Hop-step and Jump (Boys, 14, 15 and 16).
11— Standing Hop (Girls, 10, 11 and 12).
12— Standing Broad Jump (Boys, 8, 9 and 10).
13— Potato Relay (Girls, 10 11 and 12, Three in team)).
14— Sack Race (Boys, 14, 16, 16).
16—Seventy-five yard dash (Girls, 13, 14 and 15).
16—Basketball Throw (Boys, 11, 12 and 13)
18—Basketball Toss (Girls, 13, 14 and 15).
18— Tweny five yard* backwards race (Boys, 11, 12 and 18),
19— Indoor Baseball Throw (Girls, 10, 11 wnd 12).
20— 225 Yard Relay (Boys, 14, 15 and 16).
21— Children's Contest (All children under seven).
The following prizes are offered:
Boy winning most points in races in one and twelve:
First Priza—Ingersoil Yankee Watch, donated by Beartooth Jewelcry Co.
Second Prize—Pocket Flash Light, donated by Red Lodge Electric Co.
Boy winning most points in races six, sixteen and eighteen:
First Prize—One Ansco Camera donated by Red Lodge Drug Company.
Second Prize—Signet stmk pin, donated by Rydberg, The Jeweler.
Boy winning most points in races three, ten and fourteen;
First Prize—Scout Knife, donated by G. W. Churchill.
Second Prize—One cap, donated by Downard's.
Girls winning most points in races two and seven;
First Prize—One Boy's blouse donated by Foltz & Grove.
Second Prize—one Pound Society Chocolates donated by Flashman
News Stand.
Girls winning most points in races four, eleven and nineteen;
First Prize—One Bottle Garden Court Perfume donated ty Economy
Drug Store.
Second Prize—One Pair silk Hose, donated by Thé United Store.
Girls winning most points in races nine, fifteen and seventeen:
First Prize—One pair Suede Gloves donated by Wold Solo Co.
Second Prize—One Puff Box, donated by Ball Furnitura Co.
Prize for relay race No. 6:
First Prize—One Chocolate pie donated by Union Cafe.
Prize for relay race No. 8:
First Prize—Banana Cake donated by Busy Bee Cafe.
Prize for Relay race No. 13:
First Pnze—Chocolate Cake, donated by Emerson Bakery.
Prize for relay Race No. 20:
First Prize—One Cocoanut cake, donated by Pollard Cafe.
Prizes for race No. 6;
First Prize—One pair tennis shoes, donated by Bloom & Co.
Second Prize—One neck-tie, donated by Hub Clothing Co.
Prize for race No, 14:
First Prize—One standard flashlight, donated by Motor Inn.
Second Prize—One pair overalls donated by Matille & Co.
Prize for race No. 4: %
First Prize—One Middy blouse, donated by Croonqnist Mercantile Co.
Second Prize—One pound Chocolate Smiles, donated by Gointoni Parlors.
Prize for race No. 16;
First Prize—One box Cora Nome Face powder, donated by Model Drug.
Second Prize—One dollar cash, donated by J. M, Sawyer Ce,
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First Prize—Box of Renown Chocolates, donated by Liberty Confection-1
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Prize for race No. 1:
First Prize—One baseball mitt, donated by Variety Store.
Second Prize—One Ever Sharp Pencil, donated by Jeffery Hardware.
Prize for race No. 21:
ary Store.
Second Prize—Seventy-five cents in cash, donated by Dimieh Bros.
COLONEL GODDAKD
VISITS RED LODGE
"Col." Goddard a* he is familiarly
known through the state, visited Red
Lodge last week in the interest of
his candidacy for District Judge of
the thirteenth judicial district.
The "Colonel," has been a resident
of Billings for over forty years, all
of which time he has been actively
engaged in the practice of tew, at the
sa me time tatou» « p r o mi n e nt part
in Republican politics and in public
affairs.
He was a member of ths State
Comstitutional Convention In 1889,
member of the state senate represent
ing Yellowstone county In 1891-93,
candidate for Congress in 1896, and
has been urged to be a gubernatorial
candidate several times. He is a
member of both State and National
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Bar Associations, served one year as
president of the former, is now presi
dent of the Yellowstone County Bari
Association and is admitted to prac
tice in all courts of the State, as well j
as Federal Courts and the Supreme
ly urged by fellow members of the bar
ind citizens of all political parties
throughout the three counties of the
district, who felt that for him to
serve the people upon the bench
would fittingly round out a long and
snceeseful career as a lawyer. If
nominated and elected he w4U bring to
the position n well earned reputation
The old-fashioned girl who was a
great trial to her parents now has a
daughter of 35 to whom she Is a great
Court of the United States.
Col. Goddard consented to become
a candidate aftef having been strong
for fearlessne&s, fairness and knowl
edge of law. i
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Sunset Mine Will
Close Down Friday
Orders were officially issued today
(Wednesday) to close the Sunset Mine
and while the closing of this mine had
been looked for for some time the an
nouncement caused considerable stir
locally. This will throw 160 men out
of employment and whether they will
be absorbed by the opening of addi
tional viens in the East Side mine, or
not is not known. The local officials
of the mines had no further state
ments to make regarding the closing,
the orders issued are as follows;
The Sunset Mine will be closed down
permanently August 1st, 1024.
working day will be July 31st.
Signed,
R. D. SCOTT, Supt.
Last
Scan LEAVITT AIDS
am WAR VETERAN
Great Palls, July 30.—Franklin
Great
amounts to nearly *4,000, the rate be
ing $6 a month from date of allow
to May 1, 1920, and *60 from
then until now. He will receive $50
a month for the remainder of his life.
Mr. Combs is a Civil war veteran, and
participated in the battle of Shiloh. .
Nearly a year ago Congressman
Leavitt's attention was called to the,
fact that Mr. Combs' application had!
been long pending in the pension b«
reau. Since then he has written to
various people in different paite of
the country to get affidavits and
statements from veterans who knew
Mr. Combs service, necessary to es
tablish the validity of his claim.
This is the second pension claim of
long standing allowed in this com
munity during the last few days,
through the efforts of Mr. Leavitt.
Mrs. Nettie Birkenbuel of Sun River,
widow of a veteran, has just received
Combs, pioneer resident of
Falls who made application for a pen
sion nearly a quarter of a century ago,
has just been advised by Congress
man Scott Lavitt that the bureau of
pensions has allowed his claim, dat
ing from January 15, 1900. The ac
crued pension that he is to receive
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Gov. Dixon is Candidate for Reelection
In submitting my candidacy for
renomination asGovernor in the re
publican primary, a respectful con-,
sidération for the opinions of the peo
ple who will partilipatc in the nomi-jshut
nation of the republican gubernator-
:al candidate demands a brief state
tient of the reasons that impel me to
such action.
Four years ago I was elected Gov
emor of the State, I then believed
that with my long acquaintance with
Montana and a somewhat intimate
knowledge of its people and condi
tions, I might be of real service to the
people of my State. Certainly no
ian was ever recalled to public ser
nce with a more Sincere purpose to
try and help solve the many acute and
perplexing social and economic prob
lems that then confront us.
We were then in the very midst of
the severe period of financial defla
tion that wrought such fearful havoc
in the lives and fortunes of thousands
of our men and women. The war and
its aftermath had piled high the cost
of government—federal, state, coun
ty. and municipal. The reduction of
the purchasing power of the tax dol
lar to a sixty cent basis had further
accentuated the difficulties of mak
ing buck , 0 and tonKue meet in pubIic
expenditures.
On taking the oath of office
Governor, I found a lamentable con
dition of the state's finances, which i
threatened an impending breakdown j
in the administration of the necessary I
state institutions and the necessary '
departments of administration. In
taking up the work, I found that dur
ing the year previous, the state gov
ernment expenditures had exceeded
its revenue by more than one million
dollars, and wltk unpaid deficiency,
claim* aga h uH the state ■ mounting t
to ate hundred Mrtmwriiil deHart add)
lion*) Surety an publie official ewer
the state institutions. Everyone
knew that we could not close the epn
and charitable institutions like the
as
I
took oer a more appalling task of
laying to adjust the state's revenues
meet the pressing demands from 1
Insane Asylum, the State Prison, the
CAR UNHURT AFTER
BATH DiRCCK CREEK
Plunged over an 18-foot embank
ment into Rock creek unscathed and
East Rosebud lake the following
day in the same machine was the un
usual week-end experience of A. W.
Pollan of this city.
Mr. anti Mrs. Pollari drove to Rob
erts Saturday night in the car owned
by Mrs. Pollari's father. James Flem
ing. wKile turning around just across
the Roberts bridge, Mr. Pollari kill
ed the engine and since the battery
was out of order, was forced to get
out and crank the machine. Luckily,
Mrs. Pollari got out, also. Apparent
ly the car motor started, the machine
lunged down the grade toward the
abrupt embankment.
Mr. Pollari jumped to the running
board in a vaw attempt to stop the i
motor and draw up the emergency !
brake, but the distance was short and
car and man went over the brink into
the roaring creek. By swimming and
wading Mr. Pollari was able to reach
shore, but the swift current washed
the machine, still upright, in close to
the bridge whore it lodged, submerged
except for the top.
After recovering from the first
shock, Mr. Pollari sought assistance
from other cars in an effort to re
up
,
™ve the submerged machine, but to
no avail. Finally a team was secured
and the process of recovery was com
pietod about 5 o clock Sunday morn
,n £- After a brief spell of drying out,
the machine was again in running or
<*«. apparently Uttia worse for the
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c ' r * n ' ov€ story w en t cy
c * n »«* on the screen A trip from
|Jer *® y C,ty , in I*" 1 trB1 "
e Amena» of MwO is history «nd
,h<? k ' d »^an see it in •
new Me ^ ro feature comedy,
P'L^ity.comlqjr, to yie Roman Thea
(*" on Tuesd * y *** Wednesday. It's
h,story and roUickin * fun combined,
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a check for *2,800, accrued money paid
on the establishment of legal widow
hood. Under existing law she will
now draw *30 a month.
Orphans' Home, Deaf and Blind As-1
ylumn, the Home for Feeble Minded,
the Reform School, Girls' Reform
School and the Soldiers' äbme. To
down or cripple the Agricultural
College, the Slate University, the
School of Mines and the State Normal
College, even in our hour of financial
distress seemed little short of criminal
to the boys and girls of the state,
Immediately on the conening of the
Legislature, I called to its attention
the desperate situation that confont
ed, and urged upon hat body thrree
immediate courses of remedial action:
First—The abolition of every un
necessary board, commission and of
fiee.
Second—The limiting of hppropria
lions to the revenues available, con
sistent with the actual carrying on
of the imperative needs of the slate
institutions.
Third—A more equtiabio dtstribu
tion of the cost of government, so
that all forms of wealth with:;» the
state should be«r their own propor
tionate part of the burden—no more
and no lees.
To my first recommendation for
abolishing unnecessary boards and
commissions, the Legislature respond
ed by actually eliminating eigh spe
cific boards as recommended in my
legislative message. The Legislature
failed, however, to abolish three dis
limiting^ appropriations, the Iiegisla
tupe m * f *« fair response, but the peo
Tie themselves had the November be
^ orf> voted a five million dollar bond
f° r the enlargement of the edu
rat'enal and eleemosynary institutions
a"** Legislatur» ..feit compelled
ttatr manda*» fut the sup
^ enlaréaAriptMMg at the
institutions at Wee City, Bote
RruMler. Twin Helena,
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A* to my th r l reoontegMdation for
a fairer distribution of the cost of
government among aD forms of
wealth, only a partial readjustment
trict judgeships that I also bad called
to its attention.
To the second recommendation for
Butte - Dillon and Missoula.
msn,
was brought about.
Do You Know That The!
Yellowstone Trail
Serves one-fifth the entire popula-1
tion of the United States.
Traverses 111 counties with a pop-1
olation of 13/600,354 people.
Serves 6,133,662 people in adjoin
ing counties.
Serves a total of 10,824, 106 people.
Passes through 18 states, three state
capitals, 81 county seats and 111 coun
ties.
Passes through—two cities of more
than 1,000,000 people; three cities of
more than 60,000 people; 12 cities
of more than 26,000 people; 48 cities
of more than 6,000 people; 100 cities
of more than 4,000 people; 202 towns
of more than 100 people; 102 towns of
more than 100 people.
GIANTS LEAD IN
CITY LEAGUE
The fastest game of the season was
played between the giants and the In
dians at the Wye Park last Sunday
when the big fellows shut out the red
skins, four to nothing. The winning
of Sundays game places the Giants in
first place in the city league.
Robertson who was on the mound
for the winners pitched a great game
„ triki out e , ht m „, u , one
and a „ owinR , )ut om . Wt hig team
mateg W()nder ful support and
^ an Indian wag a , lowed ^ crogg
The Indiang one of the begt
q{ ^ year and he]d the w , n .
nera to but four run* but their in
'ability to connect with Robertsons
curveg prohibited them from scoring.
The Kame between the Indian* and
the Midgets was a most one-sided af
fgir tbe fingl More being 16 to 6 in
favor of the Indians. The present
standing of the league ;
G . P. L
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Giants
Cubs
Indians
6 2
4
6
2
8
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6 2
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600
Midgets
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Who started the belief that 5
m. is the time to mow a lawn?
B.
Under the old constitutional provis
' ions, adopted at the time of the Stale's
: admission into the Union in 1889, it
was provided that land, livestock, mer
chandise, banks, homes and other
form* of property should bo taxed up
on their cash value, but that mines,
metalliferous, coal and oil, should be
taxed upon their "net return,'
This
was so evidently unfair that I urged
upon the Legislature the imposition of
a "gross production" license tax up
on this form of wealth In order to
avoid the inequitable dual system of
taxation under which the great min
ing interests had so long escaped their
part of the cost of government h.
This suggestion on in;,
part to the Legislature met with fierlt
great mining interests,
Montana.
and determined opposition by the
We did succeed in finally writing
into the law of the state a gross pro
duction license tax as to coal, oil peti
duction, and Pullman car companies,
as well as a modern form of a gradu
ated inheritance tax law, but
defeated in the State Seriate as to the
were
That law, how
ever, has just been initiated by he
metals mines tax.
petitions about 20,000 voters of the
stale and will be either ratifie) or|
rejected at the November election,
The initiated metals mines gross.
production one per cent tax was care-1
ully drafted by the Montana Tax |
Commission, and I believe its final
ed by the political agents (both demo
crats and republicans, and others) ofjOf
the big metnllifernu* mining cnmpnn
ies, 98 per cent of the stock of these
same companies being owned by non
residents of Montana.
My judgment isthat the payment of
this proposed one per cent tax will
cost these mining companies no great
er sums than they have heretofore
expended in the attempted political
adoption will not only largely solve
he heretofore unfair discriminationi
in the matter of levying the state's!
revenues, but will also bring peace
to a state long distracted by political
control through the machinations of
great concentrated wealth represent
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46 CANDIDATES FILE
IN CARBON COUNTY
Four Candidates File On Farmer-Labor Ticket
For Legislature. Complete Republican Ticket
With Twenty-Seven Candidates. Fifteen Dem
orats File.
The Republican kicket is complete
while the Democrats lack candidates
for the offices of assessor, surveyor,
curonor and public administrator.
The race f(if sheriff is the
most
hotly contested office on the Rcpub
ican ticket there being four candi
dates in the field. There are three
candidates for each of the offices of
State Senator, Representative, Coun
ty Commissioner and County Attor- ;
ney, Twp candidates each for Clerk 1
and Recorder and Treasured one can
dldate only for each of the other of
fices.
There will be a contest on the Dem
ocrat ticket only for the office of slate
reresenlative and county superintend
ent of schools.
The list of aspirants for county of
fices follows:
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Republican
State Senator—Dr. J. C. Seigfrledt,
Bearcreek; John G. Clark, Frombcrg;
John T, Spencer, Bridger.
State Representative—J. O. High
am, Belfry; Albert Budas, Roberts;
Alex Fuirgrave, Bearcreek.
Commissioner—D. W. Columbus, W.
W. Flashman, Red Lodge; Lee Gard,
Belfry.
Sheriff—John Albert, Wm. Dobson,
James Fleming, Red Lodge; Robt,
Huckleberry, Bridger.
Clerk of Court— H. P. Sandies, Red
Lodge.
Cierk and Recorder— C. E. Thomp
son, Red Ixidge; Henry Mclnujsh.
Roberts.
Treasurer — Charlotte Dilworth,
PUBLIC SHOULD
FIRE-CONSCIOUS
WHEN IN FOREST
Campers and smokers being by far
the biggest factor in number of for
est fires, the closing of all roads in
to the National Forests to campers
■ » being considered by the North Pa
cific District of the Forest Service, to
ccluoe the danger of u general
flagration.
From March 1 to June 1, of this
year, 124 forest fires were reported
ii ti;e 22 national situation. August
is usually the worst month for forest
fires.
Now is the time for greatest cau
tion and persons guilty of negligence
with fire in forests should be dealt
with severely.
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Poison Olives
Are Withdrawn
By Government
Botulism toxin, responsible for the
;enth of four persons recently at Al
lrich lodge, a resort near Cody, Wyo.,
uas been traced to a shipment of ripe
dives packed by the Ehmann Pack
ing company of Orville, C«l„ accord
ing to an announcement here Thurs
day by representatives of the feder
al bureau of chemistry.
As a result of the chemist's report,
all ripe olives in several shipments,
made by the Ehmann company into
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana have
been ordred withdrawn from the
ket.
mar
The findings of the federal
c emist* have been transmitted to the
Ehmann company at Orovillc, and the j
company is declared to be co-operat
| ing with the state and federal pure
food inspector* in indeuvoring to
which rciwained following the death:
ofjOf the four persons,
At the same time, some imported
ripe oliv** were purchased from the
same dealer, but these failed to show
any trace of botulism, according to
the federal inspectors.
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If former bad men could see them
selves In modern movies, they would
be surprised to see how well they
kept their nails manicured.
withdraw the shipments from the
market.
The olives in which the botulism
toxin was found were purchased from
a Denver fruit dealer, according to
the federal report. The botul sm tox
in was found in a portion of the cur
Miles L. ChambiuTain, Rod Lod,
Assessor—Wm. Gebo, Red Lodge.
County Attorney—John T. Hays, E.
P. Conwell, Red Lodge; G. H. Reimer,
Bridger.
Supt. of Schock
Minnie Downard,
^ed Lo^K 1 '.
Coroner R. G. Martin, Red Lodge.
cot '> ^ed Ixidge.
Justice of the Peace—E. B.
v * n,0 > Lodge,
Surveyor^ M. G. Swan, Red Lodge.
Public Administrator—Edward Ol
Pro
Demucratte
State Senator W. J, Criamas, Jul
iet.
State Representative—J. E. Mush
bach, Red Lodge; James S. Emmett,
W. B. Bourett, Bridger; J. E. Ricketts,
Bearcreek.
Commissioner — Hurry Mathews,
Roberts.
Sheriff John Dunn, Red Lodge.
Clerk of Court—Q. L. Finly, Rial
Lodge.
Clerk and Recorder— L. S. Newman,
Red Ixidge.
Treasurer—J, Edward Nordstrom,
Red Lodge.,
Attorney—Emily E. Sloan, Red
Lodge.
Supt. of Schools—Ellen. M. Peter
son, Joliet; Gull Boyd, Boyd;
Justice of the Peace—Chas. Wilson,
I. A. Newman, lied Lodge.
Farm-Labor
State Senator Joe Bosone, Bear
creek,
State Representative—Jerry Sulli
van. Joe McManus, Red Lodge. John
P. Kane, Bearcreek.
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BILLINGS BOY SHOT
BY PLAYMATE
Ralph Todd, 0-yenr-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Todd, 507 South thir
fifth street, died Sunday evening at
9:15 o'clock as the result of a rifle
wound received at the hands of Rob
ert Schank, 11-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ern< l Schank,
Schank home in the same neighbor
o'clock.
in the
hood, Saturday afternoon about 2
Death cam« to the lad after hours
of suffering from the wound, the bul
let passing through the abdomen,
puncturing the intestines in several
places.
The Tood boy bud only left hig
home n few minutes before. The
Schank residence is in the block north
of the Todd h tine on the opposite
side of the street.
Ralph, according to the story he
told his father and also Dr. Movius,
went to the Schank residence and, af
ter going to the back door and find
; ng it locked, entered at the'""front
door, where ho found Robert alone
with the baby. He said that he got
down on the fkor to look at ths
ics in a newspt r er.
While he wn i there, looking at the
paper, Robert laid him that he had
better go homo and that he didn't
own
cora
want him there. Ralph kept on look
ing at the paper, he related, and Rob
ert went liehind ; dresser and brought
out a 22-calibi rifle and pointed it
at him, at the same time Buying, "If
you don't get out, I'll shoot you,'
Robert, he raid, cocked the
gun,
while he was getting upon his feet and
he exclaimed to him "Don't do that
it might he 1 -«led.
According to
the boys' story he had no sooner spok
en than the Sc'nnk lad fired.
The bullet, n ,22 short cartridge,
entered the T< dd boy's body a few
inches below the heart Into (,he left
side of the abdomen.
The intestines
being punctured in several places and
large internal hemorrhages ensued.
The bullet lodged in the skin in the
back, near the kidney, and was later
extracted after it bad been discovered
by an Ex-ray examination.
The
course of the bullet was almost
straight through the body.
After he was shot, the boy started
for home. Neighbors at first did not
notice that anything was wrong, but
his tow moaning and white face while
he held his hand at his side, caused
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