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THE PRODUCERS NEWS
PAPE OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE. FÖfc THE PEOPLE
_ Continuing the OUTLOOK PROMOTER
_ PJ&PLES PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHER
Entered as Second Class Matter. October 18, 1912, at the Post
office p.t Plentywood. Montana. Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
. < HARLES E. TAYLOR. Editor and Manager.
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Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS Ai- SOCIATION
Quack, fraudulent and irresponsible firms are not knowingly
advertised, and we will take it as a favor if any reader will advise
a- promptly should thev have occasion to doubt or question the iv
ahility of any firm which patronizes our advertising columns.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1923
YOU TELL 'UM
You tell 'urn, Mr. Bessire!
Your'e the little Jackie boy that raised the bean stalk!
What you don't know about farming and the problems of
the farmer would fill a very tiny book.
\\ hat you do know about business would fill a nine foot
book shell and if perchance, there should be some little item that
you are not quite sure about, there is that little nut cracker of a
pardnei' ol yours. Mr. Scott. Between the two of you, there is
hardly a thing in the celestial realms or terrestial abyss, either
in the business or agricultural universe which either resists your
comprehension nor on which you cannot utter the last word!
You Super-Agriculturists, we salute you!
You wonder-working business men, we greet you !
Your advent upon the agricultural horizon, and the busi
ness landscape marks the birth of a new day in Plentywood and
Sheridan County.
Now that which was wrong shall be righted: that which
was unknown shall be divulged.
From now on there will be no more drouth, the rain shall
come with abundance, the grasshopper will crawl into a hole and
pull -the hole in after him, rust will work its havoc no more.
All this has waited the coming of "The Sheridan County
Farmer" and Mr. Bessire and Mr. Scott.
It is too bad that you tarried so long—it's a shame that so
many hopes were blasted, so many of the home's on the wide Mon
tana prairies were wrecked from "pity," before you and yoür little
journal arrived to save them from the dreadful scourge.
It's a shame your little posies were allowed to bloom
and blush and fade away and bloom again for so many years on
a ten dollar a week job. doing janitor work in a lumber yard, or
chasing type lice about the back rooms of a printing olfice. It is
remarkablé how marvelous men so carefully keep themselves hid
away for so many moons their dazzling light entirely absorbed by
number six hats. •
However, at last the star of hope has risen: the beaconing
astra now lights the way with "Pity the Poor Farmer."
For the quintessence of double distilled wisdom, as a solu
lion to all of your troubles, dear farmer, that having read, you
may know, we reprint the following leading editorial appearing
I ont ly in that infant newspaper protege, the Sheridan County
Farmer, with its motto: "For the Unity of Town and Country,"
edited and published by those twin agricultural and business au
thorities: Messrs. Bessire & Scott:
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"ITT Y THE POOR FARMER?
"Let's get over it.
''If there wasn't so much talk about
pitying the poor farmer, maybe he'd
get over the idea that he's to be piti
ed. Maybe he'd realize that his pros
jH-rity depends on himself and not on
the acts of politicians looking . for
votes,
"Would anyone pity the poor mer
chant if he ran his business the way
lh<> farmer who is asking for special
favors runs his?
"Would anyone pity the merchant;
If he stocked his store with goods
that were the easiest to handle re
gardless of what his triple wanted to
buy ?
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"(A lot of farmers sow an easy
crop regardless of supply and de
mand).
"Would anyone pity the merchant:
"If he filled his store with overalls,
for instance, to the exclusion of all
other merchandise, although he knows
there's no profit in them nowdays?
"(A lot of farmers try to get by
with 'one crop' farming instead of di
versifying their crop).
"Would anyone pity the merchant:
"If he didn't' plan his stock so
that he would have merchandise his
tradewants—merchandise he can sell
at a profit—rather than goods he must
sell at a loss because the supply ex
ceeds the demand?
I You cun bet your last dollar that
no one would pity the merchant wh6
ran his business like that. The ver
dict would be that he ought to fail, as
he undoubtedly would.
"And yet that's just the system—
or lack of system—on which many
farms are operated.
"To succeed, a merchant knows he
must 'diversify his stock.' H* may
carry goods that he must sell without
an adequate profit, hut h? has plenty
of goods that the public is willing to
buy at a good profit.
'The farmer must run his farm the
same way if he is to succeed. Diver
sified crops. Grains that command a
profitable price. Stock that always
nets a good profit. He's got to have
brains and use them if he wants to
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prosper.
"Farmers are swr-mped with debt!
"Why?
Yes, you tell urn. Mr. Bessire! You tell 'urn, Mr. Scott!
"For this purpose he sent you to us, to teach us to be
speakers of words and doers of deeds,"
The United States Department of Agriculture has spent a
lot of money finding out why farming does not pay, and they
have found that the reason is, because that farm products sell for
less than it costs to produce them: that wheat that costs $1.59
per bushel to raise can't be sold for a dollar successfully ; that a
farmer to succeed must receive a little above the cost of produc
tion—but the department according to the above editorial has)
made a mistake. The farmers are ruined by "pity.
Other patient investigators tell us that high rates of inter
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es!: high prices for what the farmer has to buy; high freight
rates, high everything but high prices for farm products, is caus
, !
If
ing some trouble.
But no, my friends, its "pity,
farmer" that has wrecked agriculture.
What a "scourge" is "pity.
It is worse than war, pestilence, famine* drought or grass
ff
only "pity" for the
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Of course, the.wonderful business man is making his sue
cess because nobody is "pitying him." Only 98 per cent of them ■
are "broker" than the farmers.
That is the reason Messrs. Bessire & Scott are so success
;
A few years hack when prices
were high and farmers made high
profits, what did the farmer who is
now bewailing his debts du?
could* borrow besides ink» more land,
more machinery, more motor cars—
all at peak prices and not a nickel in- !
to a reserve to tide over lean years.
"If a merchant followed the same
plan in his business how long would
he last, and who'd pity him when he
went broke?
Let's stop pitying the farmer!
What a lot of farmers need is to
he told the truth. As long us politi
cians—and the rest of us, for that
matter—keep telling him he's in a
had v/ay and ought to be pitied, he'll
be in a had way and demand pity.
Just as soon as the farmer learns that
his prosperity depends on himself—
running his farm just as any huiness
must he run to succeed—he'll get
down to brass tacks and put his house
in order.
Let's stop talking soft and talk
sense to the farmer. You »merchants
who-come into personal contact with
the farmer can do a lot.
When a farmer tells you the price
of wheat means ruination to the
farmers, tell him these facts;
"Only one-seventh of our farmers
grow wheat.
"Only 8 states out of the 18 grow
more than enough to feed their own
people.
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A difference of 10 cents a bushel
only $80.000,000.00 divided
means
among 1.000,00 fc-rmers; $80.00 each.
Is that amount the difference between
prosperity and bankruptcy?
If the total farm income this year
averages that of 1921-22, the loss of
$80,000,000.00 in wheat is only. 9-16
of one per cent of the total crop.
'To offset this loss the 20 cents' ad
vance in the price of corn alope over
a year ago means $600,000,000.00 in
crease in crop -wilue. And this is only
one of the farmer's big crops that is
higher in market price than a year
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Don't worry about the farmer. If
he is running his business in any
thing like a businesslike way, he*? all
right.
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Don't be afraid to tell him sol''
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ful and prosperous. They are "business men" (?) and use busi
ness methods, and nobody has been "pitying" them.
Wonderful !
You tell 'urn, Messrs. Bessire and Scott!
Your the little tellers that told the Sexton who toll'd
the bell.
STEINMETZ, SCIENTIST AND SOCIALIST
The Socialists of New York state, perhaps more than any
other group, feel a keen loss in the sudden death Qct. 26, of
Charles P. Steinmetz, greatest of electrical engineers and simplest
of men. Steinmetz was tin honored member of scientific organiza
tions and societies—president of the American Institute of Engi
neers, fellow of the American Assn, for the Advancement of Sci
ence, the American Mathematical society, etc._but it was the
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great world movement lor the emancipation of the masses thatj
was nearest to his heart, and to it he gave freelv of his learning
and ability and his personal devotion all his life
Leaders of the Socialist movement here have added their
tributes to those of scientists and thinkers the world over who
have expressed the loss sustained in the death of the electrical
wizard. Memorial meetings were held throughout the state by the
Socialist nartv ortranizatior. of which StoinmMv mi octivo
öOCiailßl pally o gam ... JOE, ol '«nicn. öten metz WAS an active
member tor over <5U years.
Herbert M. Merrill, state secretary of the party, who was
Socialist assemblyman from Schenectady at the time Steinmetz
was Socialist president of the board of education there, represent-1
ed the Socialist party at the funeral in New York City Oct. 29. A
statement issued from the state headquarters reads:
"In the death of Charles Proteus Steinmetz humanity suf-1
fers a great loss, as well as the cause of socialism and the Socialist
party. He knew that only in a profitless world, where industry is
carried on for use and not for profit, can mankind secure the bene
fits of science and organization to the fullest degree."
A memorial meeting was also held at the Rand School, New
York City, under the joint auspices of the school, the Socialist
party, the League for Industrial Democracy and the Young Peo
pie's Socialist league, in the activities of all of which Dr. Stein
métz was deeply interested. •
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from early manhood, as a student at Heidelberg university,
Dr. Steinmetz took a keen Interest in political and economic ques
tlons, and was chief writer for a socialist publication distributed
among the students. Early in life, too, he knew exile and want,
tor the paper was suppressed by the German government and the
voting genius was forced to take refuge in Austria and later in
h • u o v i
Zurich, Switzerland.
Steinmetz was much interested in the new Russia. In
April, 1922, he made public a letter to Nicolai Lenin, offering his
services for technical advice to the soviet government, and last
January he accepted a post on the advisory committee of the
V,, 7 Kno rAtrtflu in gihflpio
Kuzbas Colony in Siberia.
(From the United Farmers)
The American "Reds" are to be called before the Bar asso
dation and ordered to quit their agitation, printing of papers and
sending men to congress. These lawyers who have so Jong been
the whole cheese in Congress are resentful of the invasion of
even "pink" reformers, therefore their edict that the "Reds" must
go. •
They are taking.advantage of every holiday to stir up
hatred against all men and women who dare advocate a change,
Any adventurer can come along and spill any terrible tales about
DjcKmfito „«Jo,. «f 0 f,ri ue
the Bolsheviks undei the auspices of even governors ot states.
An orator at Bismarck said that all of those who would
destroy our constitution are not in the penitentiary—some of
them are in the Congress of the United States." He let it be
known that he meant all the senators and congressmen who are
REDS BEFORE THE BAR
demanding 1 a change for the betterment of the Workers.
The favorite theme is '''Soviet Russia" with this gentry.
They run the atrocity charges over and over. It is hard to con
ceive how they sleep at night. From what they peddle to their
audiences one would think that every other man you meet is a
Moscow agent" sent here to devour little children and the poor;
helpless lawyers.
They boldly assert that* the main body of the constitution
is the real thing while there is some doubts about the amend-j
meets. They seem to forget that in order to make the preamble
workable at all, the first ten amendments had to be adopted be
fore the people of ye olden days wouid accept the document. Read
the preamble then the first and second document.
On thing that they did advise we join them in, and that is
that the American people study the Constitution. We add both
PRO and CON. There are many excellent reference books in the
libraries. Professor Board of Columbia University has given an
excellent history of the making of the Constitution.
The Tories of the American revolutionary days, and thei
slave holders, of the days before the civil war, were ringing the
charges against the "reds" of those days (Lincoln included), and
if you don't believe it get the speeches and you will be astonished
at the similarity between them and the hog wash that is being
peddled now. Read what they did to Charles Sumner in congress,
to William Lloyd Garrison and his paper, and how they hounded
men and women by the thousands ever since the republic was
born and you will get the true light on the calibre of the modern
Tory.
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PICKING A NEW NAME
"The third party of South Dakota, which has campaigned)
the past few years under the name of the Nonpartisan League,
has officially changed its name to the Farmer-Labor party and will
l>e so designated on the ballots at the elections next year, says the
Park Region Echo, Alexandria, Minn. "The Nonpartisan League
never won a victory in the state of South Dakota. Owing to the
astuteness of the old gang politicians in that state who stole the
League's platform as soon as it succeeded in North Dakota, the
League never made the headway in South Dakota that it did in
North Dakota and Minnesota. Since the league has been defeated
in North Dakota and since the same movement has won all its
victories under the Farmer-Labor banner, the South Dakota pro-'
gressives decided that it was time to discard the old name and
make its future campaigns under the label of Farmer-Labor. The
same change will be made in North Dakota, too. no doubt, and the
name of Nonpartisan League will pass out of use.
Shakespeare said that theie is nothing in a name, but(
cold, hard fact is that there is everything ir«|%am€. The Non
partisan League was a good name to organize under, but has
never been a good name to win campaigns under in any state ex
cept North Dakota—and it has lost its charm even in that state.
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GEORGE A SCOTT
GOES
IINGTON
, D. C.
TO WASH
Helena, Nov. 7.—George A. Scott,
federal agricultural statistician for
Montana, will leave Sunday for Wash
ington, D. C., where he will serve on
the U. S. crop reporting board for
about 10 days. It is customary for
all the agricultural statisticians to
report in Washington each year,
usually in pairs, to serve with the
board for a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huff were host
and hostess to an elaborate 6:00
o'clock dinner given at their home
Thursday evening. The dinner was
given in complimet to Mrs. .Fishbeck
«tat*? 40 Spend ' he
NO PROTEST LODGED
AGAINST NEW COUNTRY
Lewistown, Nov. 5.—The hearing
upon the petition for the creation of
Petroleum country is to begin before
the commissioners Wednesday and
yet no protests have been filed nor is
it known that there will be any, but
the Winnett men in charge of the divi
sion plan report that an effort is being
made to secure withdrawals in the
country north of Winnett.
as
A. J. Ike was a Plentywood visitor
from the reservation last Monday.
Mr. Ike brought in some wheat to
have it ground into flour at the Plen
tywood flour mill.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS IN
REGULAR SESSION
ATTEND TO ROUTINE BUSINESS.
let COAL
ADJOURN
ALLOW
CONTRACT
(LAIMS,
AND
WEDNESDAY NOON.
The Board of County Commission
ers met in regular session at the
Commissioners chambers in the court
house Monday afternoon at two o
clock. All mcmbfM and Lin- clerk
0 f the board were present. Chairman
Tyler called the meeting to order and
the Board turned its attention to
ft Sin
Board with his last claim and a dis
pute immediately arose which was
shortly settled. The board then op
ened the bid for the furnishing deh\-.
ere( ] to the court house of coal for the
ensuing year. R. tree's hid was $8.50
for bottom coal, 83.00 for mine run
and $2.50 for steam coal. After dis-(
'VuSTthc' different Wdde?sl
m„ FiJhbeck insisting that the Fish
beck coal is a» good as the Lee coal
an< l even better, citing the fact that
pcî ton more'for the
foshheck coal than the Lee mine had
offered to deliver h for. the Board
called in the janitor, Frank Dionne,
the
janitor told the Board that the Lee
coal was not only as good but was
ver y muc h bette.- than the Fishbeck
f' J ?| in tha f Ti' M
better, and did not carry the loan ol.
v,. ter which ma ke S the Fishbeck coal
vt igh heavy and combust poorly. The
Board then laid the matter of the|
^iS^mïw atUn'VÆ
ti-cn recessed until that time. The
members of the Bo-ml Urm visited the
( »how.
vc ^ "nd immediately awarded the
coal contract to the Lee mine. Oner"
of the factors that decided the Board!*
to give the contract to Lee was the!
fact that Lee is indebted to the
county in the sum of a couple hund
red dollars for seed grain furnished
to him by the county in 1920 and Mr.
Leo agreed to pay the countv with
coal. The bill of Dolin's was laid ov
er till the special meeting and the
Board went to work on current
claims. Sam Nolan of Homestead
presented a claim for tax rebate for
on Indian allotment
■ was
shortly settled. The board then op
ened the bid for the furnishing deHv-.
ered to the court house of coal for the
ensuing year.
(taxes he paid
J aml ' vhich he said was exempt from;
l^eriy p'ald The Board Sf 'thé
(claim over. The printing contract!
j with the Producers News was signed
th ®. bo ÿ* a . Phonal bond, was
filed. The Board then recessed until
one 0 - clock .
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Great Northern
Urges Safety
BE CAREFUL AT GRADE CROSSINGS
Almost daily thee is reported a very large loss of life
through preventable accidents, and many people who
are not killed outright are maimed and crippled in such
accidents.
Carelessness in crossing railroad tracks was respon
sible for more of these accidents than any other one
cause. They are public as well
tunes. Your turn may come next if you too are not
careful. Recklessness on your part will menace those
on the train as well as yourself.
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There is always a train coming; it may be nearer
than you think. A track ahead always means great
danger.
About eighty per cent of all automobile drivers do
not stop or look in either direction before
crossing
railroad track; in about twenty per cent of automobile
crossing accidents the automobile is run into the side of
a train. No such accidents could happ
and other drivers were careful at every grade crossing.
en if automobile
The train cannot turn out for the automobile, and
in order to
the highways at its usual speed i
maintain the service that the people need and demand.
must cross
Railroad employees and railroad companies
showing praiseworthy zeal and making rapid progress
the adoption of safety precautions and the liberal
of safety appliances in shops and switching yards as well
as on the line. What is being done along this line will
be more fully developed in another talk.
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BE CAREFUL AT GRADE CROSSINGS
LOUIS W. HILL,
Talk No. 9.
Chairman of the Board.
National Apple Week, Oct. 31-Nov. 7.
Eat Wenatchee Appl es -
\t one o'clock the Board reconvened (
d . leave of absence was entered I
the record for Jens Ibsen who left ;
the state the latter part of October
The Board was then occupied with
.routine business the rest of the day
and recessed until Wednesday morn
ing at ten o'clock when they met and
aonroved the reports of the Clerk of
Court, Treasurer, Sheriff ana Clerk
and Recorder, when they adjourned o
meet at ;■ special meeting called to
convene Monday, November 19, when
thev will (orruletc unfinished busmos;;.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Stoner j
Entertain at Midnight Luncn
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at 12:00 midnight, Mr.
East Monday
an( | Mrs. Clair Stoner were hostesses
to several friends attending the dance
that evening. T . h ??? . n L r ' v '3
^"Äuebke! Ä Edw!
K. York. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Olson and Miss
Ellon Lundgren. A very delicious
i unc heon was served after which the
merry throng went back to the dance
^ ia u f 0 finish the evening's amusement.
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Mrs ' NelsonSt ° ry w ,
In Automobile Wreck
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* and çannot charge such boards ?
* fees for assisting in the prépara- *
* tinn transf . r ints in school (lis- *
* trict bond proceedings, according *
to an opinion given by Attorney *
General W. D. Rankin to L. A. *
; Brovvn county attorney of Roose
velt county.
* According to the opinion given •
* ou t Monday the law makes it the
* duty of the county attorney to *
* perform such services for the *
* school districts,
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Mr. and Mrs. Dan Olson and
Efion Lundgren.
] unc heon was
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Sunday school at lo a. m.
] Morning Worship at 11 o'clock,
! Sermon subject: "Courage Needed to
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pie is causing hjm much pain. '
In explaining that he Considered
the condition of his patient entirely
favorable, the physician declared Mr.
Story is quite rational at time.s and
easily recognizes friends and relatives,
although conversation with him is lim
ited.
» CANNOT TAX SC HOOLS *
FOR LEGAL SERVICES *
Helena, Nov. 7.—County attor- *
neys, under the statutes, are the *
* legal advisors of the various *
* school boards of their counties, *
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AT THE CHURCHES
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Max O. Siewert, Minister.
Services for November 11th are as
Today." Christian Fruu '
(>. M. Kvemn,- ■*
Armistice Day will 1,1 «V :45 o'dJ}
da , ^
Wednesday evening -,
Prayer Meeting and T* n v 15 «'cU
ing Class. €ac Ws T 3
r Ihis Chutch will
the other Churdic j n th 7 '
of the Father and S 0 X°W*
biggest business ( ,f todav • k TW
our chihlren aright u y 15 Hb»,
'The human race *3
little children's feet" vv forw arfl
Dad to bnn K his l, u \ p.^evj
«fj
building f*. if any* St K <
he must bring some one », "? ^
J. hat has nu bad. N'ovemhpl** N
fathers are to come ... »l r H
bring their sons with th er J Urth 2|
co
( 'Perat €
RAYMOND sfrvu i
|u^y scWl ; 2*
jr reach mg
,ie sen-. CO! I
NOV.
•W p. m.
,s
si rv,ce . at 3:00 p.
s held at the
m.
'^Pot
MARSH SCHOOL HOlic
Services for November
Sunday School at 2:00 l 8 h
Preaching service ~ ' m '
P'm.
The people of Raymond
the Evangelical
Church * .^oviujj
located seven mile iiortùA ,>]
mond into town this ° !
Wankel is doing the VoA Ÿ
church will be used for church
SC thopu,,lic ^l
congregational
Our Fall Communion
ed last Sunday with some fifty
the congregation taking I
ns a repi wiping of their lives S
service of Christ m love to God *
man. Two members were ^
into the Church at this service ^
This coming Sunday, November«
will be appropriately observed L
keeping of Amnistie Day. The ob
ance of the two minute sileno *
urged by the President will bp
part of the service. The Se.mon J
he along the line of "What We i.
Americans Can Do Now- to
World Peace." The true test 3 ?
tnotism is not whether w- e flock*!,
war but whether we can and
build up a Peace and Good Will ik
will make war forever impossible.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
On Sunday, Nov. u, 1923, Rev A j
M. Skindlov, President of the Roch
Mountain District of the Lutheran
church will visit the various con?*
gâtions of the Plentywood parish for
the purpose of installing Rev. A. J1
Egge, who recently accepted the cal!
as pastor of the local congregation
Services will be hold a: Plentvwood
on November 11 at 11 o'clock. The
afternoon services will be held g
Outlook at 3:00 o'clock. Sendees a
Antelope will be held in the evening
at 7:30 o'clock. The services of a
( nlRCH
was celebrjj
w
in tke
stalling Rev. Egge at Dooley ml
take place Monday, November 12th.
at 11 o'clock.