The Bozeman Courier
In The
Famous
Gallatin
Valley
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Published
Continous
Since
1871
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Bozeman, Montana, Wednesday August 29, 1923
Number 38
Volume LII.
HARADER HEADS
SECRETARIES
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J. A. Harader, secretary of the
Bozeman chamber of commerce, was
elected president of the Montana As
sociation of Commercial Organization!"
Secretaries last Saturday at the con-!
cludTng session of the eighth annua."
convention held at Glacier National
park. Other officers named were P.
Î Bernard, Kalispell, vice president; j
I F Jones, Great Falls, secretary
serrai ar.'Äis
gaaas.Vw.~gl;
Jones W- G Ferguson, Helena, and
I ihn WTiitnpv Miles citv '
^°A^nong the^measures^'favored in the
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Local Chamber of Commerce Man
Elected Head of State Secretaries
Association
resolutions were the proposed merger
of the Great Northern, Northen Pa
cific and Bmington railroads which ;
S e, Cem%rthe ar p^ 1 torthwest' I
the werk of the Intermediate Rate!
association in its efforts for fair and
non-discriminatory rates for • Jta
mountain temtory; co-operation with,
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caniaaîîo'n'moeram; the completion
the! Logan Pass highway nid a sur
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vey of the resources of Montana.
legislature " ° ' " * *
\ number of interesting talks were
give, b mUinent men^ toctaSng V.
.1 Smith of the American City Bu
. iim.il, ui me ."kiueiii-ciii uu
reau. of Chicago; J. R. Eakm. super
intendent of the Glacier National
nark- Chas D Greenfield develop
paiiY, v-xiaa. vrietiniciw
mem a gent for the Great Northern,
and Prof. M. J. Elrod, of the Untrer
sity of Montana.
The next convention city w ill be
selected by the board of directors.
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; • s ' low held ln connection with the |
I contest next season. j
The sweepstakes prize won by Mr. j
»x was a $50 electric range donated \
by the Montana Power company. Sec
nd p: :ze in the general improvement
of premises contest was awarded
W, Maxey, of 514 Sixth avenue south,
and amounted to $25 in cash.
Cliff Waite must be some gardener,
for he annexed the first in the veg
etable garden contest and won $15 in
cash. Second prize in this event was
awarded to D. F. Winningham, of 309
Seventh avenue south.
Mrs. James Fitzgeiald, of 404 West
Curtis, always has one pf the city's
most beautiful flower gardens, and
this year her efforts in this direction
were rewarded with first prize in
this contest. $15. Mrs. Fitzgerald
also won second pize $ 10 , in the con
test for the best sweet peas. Mrs.
William Flood, of 021 West Babcock,
won second for thc best flower gar
den.
WORK IS STARTED
ON HUEFINE LANE
Contractors Already at Work on Pro
ject That Means Much to Boze
man.
Work on the Huffine lane road pro
ject, the finish of which wrill give
Bozeman a good road to the boundary
of the Yellowstone park, started last
Friday when A. B. Mougey, a sub con
tractor who has the contract for the
culvert and cement work, started a
crew of men tearing out a culvert half
a rrile west of the power station.
On Monday the Standard Constru
ction company started their work of
grading and scarifying the Huffine
lane between the power house and the
Rea school, and for the purpose of
facilitating the work of the contract
ors, the road had been declared closed
between these tw T o points and detom* n ° sma H merit in a city where ev
tdgns to that effect have been placed eryone raises these beautiful flowers,
First prize on sweet peas, an honor
at the various road intersections.
According to Jack White of the
Standard Construction company the
toad will be finished as far as the
Rea school this fall, which will give
the contractors a good start and in
sure the completion of the project
by the fall of 1924.
BALTIMORE HOTEL MAKES IMPROVEMENTS
Enlarged Lobby and Greatly Improved Sample Rooms Make Hotel
One of Best Small Hotelries in State,
Has 70 Rooms
A marked improvement in^ the ap
pearance of one of Bozeman s hotels
has been brought about by the im
proyements made in the Baltimore,
While the hanges make little differ,
ence in the number of guests that can
be accommodated, the attractiveness
been greatly en
The lobby of the hotel, before the
of the hotel has
hanced and the accommodations for
salesmen much bettered
change cramped and altogether too
small for the amount of business done,
has been more than doubled in size,
and is now a place of comfort. Ex
tending half way across the entire
Baltimore block, fitted with new
leather furniture, deep, comfortable
chairs and attractive fulrnishings |
throughout, floored with a special
tnaible inlaid linoleum, it iS really a
meat attractive place.
Two new sample rooms have been
installed off the lobby, and these are
as modern as any sample rooms in
the larger hotels of the state. Well
lighted and commodious, they have
special features not often found. They
are called combination sample rooms,
in that there is a tiny bed and bath
rv>or.j attached, which allows the sal«*
a a a « a
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NO MAIL MONDAY
LEGAL HOLIDAY.
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Postmaster William J. Fran
sham calls attention to the fact a
MnnHnv^thp^fTav beine^Labor
'Î __ 1 Holirlav anrl the 8
«ay, a legal holiday, and the »
P °j ° W l ^oiivarv nf inî
it be
^^ p n ^ offi ^ e n o t later than
th e Postoince not later ina
"JX to that U
IT P°^ ,fflce later ^
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" JT*,sal custom
~ Jollowin. the usai custom,
2 the stores of B- zeman \1
2 closed on Monday, as well a.
stätsä
? ln lar J e industrjal centers.
* Tbe cbances ar? that every '
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C. Cox Captures First Money i„ |
Big Contest. Everyone Enthused
ft..pr î Q 90 rnntp« 5 t i
Over 19-3 C ontest.
The sweepstakes prize in the Make
Bozeman Beautiful contest was won
by S. C. Cox, of 115 Church avenue!
south, for in the opinion of the Judges
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the Cox property showed more
eral improvement of premises than
any others entered in the contest.;
The judges und the chamberofcom-i
merce committee in charge of the af-!
fmtr were so well pleasedI with the mit -
come oi the contest this year ;
they not only recommended Us con-|
tinuation, but suggested that a fEnvoi
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was captured by Mrs. T. F. Henegan,
422 East Babcock.
It was no small task the judges
faced in picking ^ut the winners in
these different contests. There were
so many places that showed improve
ment, so many beautiful flower gar
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man to sleep with his samples. In
caS g a traveling man has valuable
sam pi es> Uke furs, this is a tangent
benefit and greatly enhances the pop
ularity of the rooms. The shelves in
these two rooms are detachable, so
that in case of crowded accommoda
tions they can be taken out and beds
installed in their place.
The old writing room, often used
as a sample room for lack of other
facilities in the hotel, is to be made
a parlor, and the writing desk^
and materials will be moved to one
corner of the spacious lobby,
A further improvement in the block
has been brought about in the store
building at the east end. The front
ibis has been fitted up for offices
and |s occupied by the Gallatin Coun^
a grain exchange concern,
The back of it has been made intoîan
attractive apartment to be used in
connect i 0 n with the hotel,
Altogether
the
improvements
wrought in the Baltimore are a credit
to the hostelry and add greatly to the
impression made upon the traveiine
public- Manager Dunn has received
many compliments upon the new ap
pearance of the Baltimore by his old
guests.
LOWE PRESENTS PLAN FOR COOPERATION
BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY PEOPLE
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At a joint dinner of the Rotary,
' Kiwanis and chamber of commerce,
| held M evening at Kramer's, Gurney
R-Lowe of Neosho, Mo., presented his
i "Neosho" plan for community develop
ment ' The gist of the whole plan is
two things, service and friendly co
^»'ion. Beside» the different civic
(bodies a number of farmers attend
f «>• dinner and listened to Mo.
t»i Low * expound h,s ,deas.
| « «SF-VICE' is the nut to the en
tire problem of cooperation" said Mr.
■ Lowe> who s h 0 wed upon his chart the
fearÄRss:
Saaaas#
j ues , Integrity, Confidence and Energy.
** The firstletter of each of these words
g ! Service „
the Sa,d the
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with the willingness to
* ,ve , f nd , take ln *h ebroadest sense,
> * pr0Spenty '° any
""Sf Lowe ^eloped a naw sales
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theory several years asro along the
ines of community interest and friend
f hl P- The system was developed point
by point until the leading railroads
of country drafted h > into the
of harmonizing districts. The
;^"» 1 ^ Advertising Clubs of the
World made further demands upon h»
? erv >"- he ha ?
the doctrine of friendship in trade
^ thc count P -
Communitv sales bv the retail mer-'
. , T .. y ,
chants of the citv were argued as
busines3 The cooperation of all
the merchants was a factor in his
argument . Not only the man w ho
pushes, but the conservative and the
man wBo demands upon just getting
t ict'ed trade, benefited by the
is the main thing to be always borne in !
mind. After impressing the guests j
with this thought, he said that sincer- 1
COO p era ti V e sales. In this connection,
he suggested the establishing of 9
trade-drawing day, and made it clear
that Monday was the logical day for
The speaker told of the value of es
the beginning.
MANY THRESHERS IN,
VALLEY NOW BUSY
All over the winter wheat sections
of the valley the threshing rigs are
busy, taking advantage of every good
day and even every hour of daylight.
The winter grain is threshing out well
and most farmers report an extra fine
quality to their grain this year. Seas
onable rains helped the grains to fill
and the shrivelled kernals, so* often
found in wheat, are almost entirely
absent this season. This same applies
to spring wheat, though none of this
latter grain has yet been threshed
save in a few isolated spots.
The first winter wheat seeding in
the valley is now going on north of
Bozeman along the east Gallatin and
in a few other sections. In another
week or so winter wheat seeding will
begin in earnest. The soil is in un
usually good condition for the winter
wheat, there being ample moisture,
as a result of the late rains, to in
sure quick germination and steady
growth.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
SENDS OUT LETTER.
In order to keep in closer touch
with the eighth grade graduates of
the county and at the same time in
fluence them to continue with their
studies by taking the high school
course, Prof. J. A. Woodard principal
of the Gallatin high school, has writ
ten a letter to the eighth grade grad
uates of last spring. According to
Professor Woodard the eighth grade
is the stopping point of too many of
the pupils, especially those who grad
uate from rural schools, and it is
his intention to tiy and interest these
boys and girls in further schooling,
High school this year will open Sep
tember 17. Pupils ' can register be
fore that date of they so desire, and
all rural school graduates are espe
ard follows:
if
cially urged register early.
The letter sent by Professor Wood -1
We are writing this letter to
eighth grade graduates and others in
terested in high school. We hope
you have decided to enter high school
this fall. r ~
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There aré many reasons
for boys and)
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and broaden
why you should finish a high school
education. This is your best chance;
jrou do not now, the chances are
against you ever completing the
course. The demand
girl , with high school training is j
greater than ever before.
"The influence of the high school
will develop the best in you. It Will
sharpen your intellect, give yon a fund
of useful knowledge
your interests by coming in contact
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tablishing an auction day on the first
Monday of each month, where the
farmer» from all over the county or
the district from which Bozeman is
fed, could bring in anything they had
to dispose of and have it bid off. He
sa id this would not cost the farmers
anything. tat should be a means to
an en d. It would give them a chance
to see what the retail merchants had
to offer for sale, and if there were in
ducements, they would buy. If they
wanted nothing, there should be no
obligations— the main point being to
sas-ta
stress on was
what interests others." He said a com
munity like this it might he an ex
C<?llent ldea f the bUSmeSS men t0
Another thought Mr. Lowe laid
Interest yourselves in
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could congregate at a given spot and
nave a pleasant outing with a din
ner, and with the city people furmsh
ing the food and coo king it them
selves tor the rest of the people, who
should be considered always M guests.
He told them to take speakers along
who could talk upon matters of inter
est to the farmers, and not of things!
A -hich alone interested the city man.
He said this idea would soon become
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so popular that it would be a pleasure
for the people in the country to at
tand them> and the personal contact
would eventually result in establishing
a friendship that would mean prosper
ity for everyone.
At the conclusion of his talk, J. A.
visit the people in the country oftener.
The first visit might be only a little
affair in which the city man would
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meet with the members of a farmer's
family and exchange ideas on subjects j
of mutual interest, always leaving
personal business out of the question.
These visits could easily be arranged,
in which the families of many farmers
Harader, who was chairman of the
jneeting, called upon several of the
guests for their views of the "Neo
sho" plan as presented by Mr. Lowe.
All were willing and anxious to try j
out the suggestions offered.
MAGGARD PLEADS GUILTY
RELEASED ON PAROLE
Chester Maggard, brought back to
Bozeman from Utah several weeks
ago on the charge of selling property
that did not belong to him, pleaded
guilty in the district court to the
charge of larceny as bailee, and was
sentenced by Judge B. B. Law to two
and a half to five years in the peni-i
tentiary. The sentence was suspend
ed and Maggard was released on pa
iole.
an automobile
from a local concern on contract, but!
before he paid for the car in full he
drove it out of the state and sold it
in Idaho. After a search of several
weeks he was located in Utah and
was detained there on advice from
local authorities. He
Maggard bought
then
er of the car if shown clemency by
the court. As Maggard has a wife
and family the court decided to giVte
him another chance, so the sentence]
was suspended and the man released;
on parole. Maggard settled for thej
original car by selling a car he had
in Utah and has gone to work with a
threshing crew
brought back to Bozeman and ar
raigned pn the above charge.
In pleading guilty to the charge,
Maggard said he would settle the dif
ference between himself and the own
was
turned last
markable family reunion. Mr. Pen
well, one sister and three brothers
Springs, together
PEN WELLS RETURN
FROM BIG REUNION.
Mr. and Mrs M. B. Penwell re
_ week from Colorado,
where they have been attending a re
met at Colorado
with parts of their families, and spent
a month or more together in that
place. Mr. M. W- Penwell was the
eldest of the brothers at the gather
ing. The other brothers George
Jonothan and Charles Penwell, all
of Eureka, Kansas. The sister, Mrs.
Ward, was from McAllister, Okla
homa.
feature of the
Another unusual
gathering was that Mr. and Mrs. Jon
athan Penwell were married at the
same time as Mr. and Mrs. M W.
Penwell, a double wedding, and both
these couples attended the reunion.
The two couples
years ago last April.
Mr. M. W. Penwell ié one of the
oldest pioneers in the valley, coming
here in June of '63, just 60 years ago
last spring.
Seme interesting pictures were ta
ken in Colorado, and show all of the
Penwells to be strong and enjoying]
the best of health.
were married 56
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RURAL TEACHERS TO
HOLD BIG MEETING. »
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Miss Lucile Quaw. county U
superintendent of schools, has ti
announced that an ail-day 8
Ö meeting of the rural teachers
of Gallatin county will be held 8
in the assembly hall of the 8
tt Gallatin county high school on 8
8 Saturday, September 1. begin
8 ning at 9 o'clock. All rural
teachers are required to at
8 tend, and Miss Quaw has
8 asked that all new teachers
bring their certificates with
them at this time to be régis
8 tered in the county superin
8 tendent's office.
8 A general discussion, includ
ing the subjects of daily pro
8 gram, school housekeeping, hot
8 lunches, monthly reports, pri
mary methods, programs,
school law and ether subjects,
8 will occupy the day.
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That the promb , made by Presi
d H E By , o( the Mllwaukee
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Yellowstone if the
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r< ads is to be kept
evldenced by the recent P urchase of
the Kate Calvin cabin up West Galla
* m . b y Pr ; slde " t as " fesent
*» bla wlf e. The dea has been com
ploted and the deed to the property
Is recorded in the evun house in ta
vor of Lydla T - Byral "
The cabin is in "not
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MILWAUKEE PEOPLE
BUY GALLATIN HOME!
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Head of Milwaukee Road Purchases!
Attractive Cabin m West Gallatin,
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between Spanish creek and Hell Roar
i n g f i n one of the
p a rt s of the West Gallatin canyon.
most beautiful
It was a little over a year ago that
Mrs. Byram and Mrs. Rockefeller
were the guests of Harry W- Child
at his home on Spanish creek. Mr,
Child induced the ladies to go through
the canyon and they were greatly
struck with its beauties—also it.- bad
roads. With the assuiances that the
Bozeman to Saiesville roaa would be
completed next year, and the progress
on the last laps of the canyon road,
Mr. Byram bought ti._* kaivin pi o;)
erty.
Various stories are going thx.*
rounds about the proposed acquisi
tion of other desirable camping tracts
up the West Gallatin by other east
em parties, and it may be that no dis
There are a large number of local
people who have already built sum
mer homes in different parts of the
West Gallatin canyon, and this num
tant day will see a r.ubstantial eastern
colony along that scenic road.
ber is increasing every year. At
present time there are few desirable
sites that can be secured by purchase,
as most of the land is in the forest re- '
serve. The forest service has been!
than meeting people half way,
an d some beautiful camping sites may I
be leased at a very nominal rental. j
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MRS. IVA DANNER IS GRANTED DIVORCE*
After Considering Matter From Saturday to Tuesday Judge Law
Grants Plaintiff Absolute Divorce
From Husband
in which non -support, cruelty an con
viction for a felony were the allega
tions charged and substantiated.
Nothing was said about the child
ren of the couple in the decree, they
now being at the state orphan's home
in Twin Bridges both parents having
Mrs. Iva Danner was granted an
a bsolute divorce from Seth Orrin Dan
ner, by a decree of Judge B. B. Law,
on Saturday. The decree was grant
ed upon testimony heard in the trial
agreed to allow the court to have
them cared for. Florence Danner, the
11 -year-old daughter of Danner by
his first wife is in a relativste* home
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in Spokane.
The court room was crowded Sat
urday morning long beforé the" Dan
ner case was called, for many ex
pected that Mrs. Danner Would make
sensational disclosures on the stand,
and it was even expected that Danner
himself would appear on the stand.]
Mrs. Danner testified, but gave few
not already been
Justin M- Smith,
facts which have
thoroughly aired in the public press,
and Danner himself did not take the
stand, confining his remarks to whis
pered conversation with his attorney,
The plaintiff called five witnesses.
HIM HEADS LIST
IN CITY PRIMARY
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Station Chemist Gets High Run of
Votes. Hill, a Dark Horse, Noses
Out A1 Love.
In the primary election held yes
terday to determine which men
should have their names printed on
the ballots for city commissioner at
the November election, Edmund
BuTke, of the college, headed the list
with 173 votes. One of the surprises
of the election was that the friends of
j E. G. B. Hill, whose candidacy had
not been filed with the city clerk, and
1 hence whose name was absent from
the ticket, wrote in Mr. Hill's name
and gave him enough votes to displace
Al. Love as one of the candidates.
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Six names will go on the ballots al
: the November election, and from these
j* three men will be chosen to act as
cit commissioners.
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The primary election held in Boze
resulted as follows
showing the votes by
man yesterday
the columns
wards:
4 Tot.
Edmund Burke .2 C> 45 45 57—173
L. W. Watson .34 47 29 53—163
E. J. Parkin
W. H. Uo%*elace ...18 12 27 26—
e G B Hill 16 17 16 30_ 79
j ^ Holst
A * L ' Love
Fre'd Lay....
2 3
44 40 43—152
25
83
4 16 25 21— 66
7- 42
11 14 10
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2
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W. E. C. Stewart
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Total vote .
.764
Five of the six men who filed their
petitions Saturday, August 18, will
have their names on the election bal
lot in November. A. L. Love, the
sixth man who filed, was eliminated,
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CITY LICENSE LAW
DECLARED INVALID
Acting Police Magistrate Dismisses
Case Against Yellow Bus Line.
Acting Police Magistrate W. H. Ax
tell technically declared the city
license law null and void last Friday
when he dismissed the case against
the Yellow Bus line who were charged
with operating a taxicab and bus line
without a liter.se. 1
propinetors of the Yellow Bus line
were taken before the acting police
Frank Davis and Albert Erickson,
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J ud « e and arraigned for violating the
city ordinance by refusing to pay the
city license fees. The defendants in
the action filed a demurrer to the
complaint, setting forth that there
were not sufficient grounds to con
stitute a cause for action.
. After hearing the case Judge Ax
tell sustained the demurrer and dis
missed the defendants, thereby decid
ing that the license ordinance was in
valid and inoperative,
mediately gave notice that he would
ask for a writ of supervisory control
from the supreme court,
City Attorney Walter Aitken im
and at the conclusion of their testi
mony Mr. Smith announced that he
would submit the case to the court
without introducing any evidence on
Danner's behalf.
Mrs. Danner was the first witness
called by Attorney E. A. Peterson,
who conducted the examination. The
three causes for divorce alleged in the
complaint were taken up in order—.
non-support, cruelty and conviction
for a felony.
Mrs. Danner said she was married
Dillon, December 23,
to Danner in
1916, and that she had lived in Mon
tana for a period
Three children were born to the cou
ple—Della born December 24, 1916;
Marvin, bom October 27, 1919, and
Donald, bom December 19, 1921. She
said that Danner was always consid
ered a good mechanic, and when not
engaged in that work found employ
of seven years
ment in the threshing fields and at
other odd jobs- She said he told her
he made $ 1,100 in the threshing fields
One time he said
of South Dakota,
$1.000, and at another time $1,700, so
I don't know which it was," ahe
added
In answer to the question put to her
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