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I Historical Sod. Ran. Sinte THE MANHATTAN REPUBLIC NUMBER 2899 FORTY-SEVENTH MANHATTAN, THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1924. WEDDINGS Thornberg-Mueller The marriage of Miss Meryl Thornberg to Mr.

Wilbur Mueller of Moline, Illinois, took place Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Dora' Thornberg, 1645 Laramie street, the Rev. Mr. George Parkinson of the First Methodist church officiating. Preceding the ceremony, Miss Laura Russell sang "I Love Thee," by Grieg.

Miss Edith Hassinger violinist, played "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms," Mendelsohn's "Wedding March' was played by Mrs. A. W. Knott. Miss Jean Knott acted as flower girl.

The ceremony was performed before the fire place banked with ferns and baskets of yellow and white chrysanthemums. The couple was attended by Mildred Thornberg, sister of. the bride, and Mr. Eugene Waters of Wellsville. The bride was becomingly gowned in a dress of white canton crepe, trimmed with Irish lace, and carried a bouquet of Orphelia roses and lilies of the valley.

Following the ceremony light refreshments were served. The bride is a graduate of K. S. A. C.

with the class of 1922, and since her graduation has been teaching in Riley. Mr. Mueller has attended the Nebraska university and is now connected with the Moline (Ill.) Daily Dispatch. The couple left Thursday night for Moline where they will make their home. Marriage License Bradley Newton of Wichita and Miss Margaret English of Manhattan, were married here Tuesday afternoon by Prbate Judge John T.

Barr. The ceremony was performed. in Judge Barr's office at the court house. Ervin Kleiner and Trena Christensen of Riley were married Friday by Probate Judge J. T.

Barr. Wilber B. Mueller, of Moline, and Meryl Thornburg, of Manhattan, secured a marriage license Thursday from Probate Judge J. T. Barr.

HOUSE NUMBERS MUST SHOWN Police Dept. Gives Notice To Display Street Address Plates Co-operating with the postal authorities in the effort to increase the efficiency of the mail servicc, the police department Friday began notification of poperty owners and tenants that the city ordinance requiring number plates to be on houses would be enforced. The ordinance requires that every house be properly numbered and that the number be displayed in such a manner that it can plainly be seen from the street. Enforcement of the ordinance will be of considerable assistance to the postal carriers, especially during the Christmas mail rush. The fact that many mail carriers will be used during the holiday season brought a request from the officials of the post office that the house numbering ordinance be enforced, it was said.

The work of the department in notifying property owners and tenants to post the number plates will cover the entire city within the next few days. TAXI AND TRUCK COLLIDE Checker Line Motor Car Consider- ably Damaged by the Impact A Checker line taxicab was considerably damaged Saturday afternoon in a collision with a motor truck at the intersection of Sixth and Moro streets. The truck crashed into the taxi broadside, according to persons who saw the accident, smashing a fender, running board, breaking all the glass in the taxi windows and doing some damage to the side of the car. Only slight damage was suffered 1 by the motor truck which is said to be the property of C. W.

Watson. SENT TO DISTRICT COURT Bad Check Artist Will Have Trial On Check Charge Next Term Willie Holland, arrested last week on a bad check charge was bound over to district court on a charge of forgery following a preliminary hearing before Justice A. S. Porter. Holland was remanded to the county jail in default of $750 bond.

He is said to have written several checks: Warns Against Discharge Firearms Warnings against the discharge of fire arms within the city limits has been issued by Chief of Police Burton, Frost as a result of several reports reaching him within the last week or so. Chief Frost pointed out that a city ordinance provided a heavy fine for such a disturbance and he stated that violations would be immediately prosecuted. APPROVE KSAC 'RADIO STATION Program For First Full Week Has Been Completed Radio station KSAC has been approved by the federal inspector and has been recommended for a class license. Class is the highest class that a station the size of the college station can get in, The wave length of the, new outfit be 341 meters. Beginning next Thursday noon-day programs will be broadcasted every day except Saturday and Sunday from 12:30 to 1:00 o'clock.

These programs will be in addition to the regular "college of the air" between 7:30 and 8:00 o'clock at night. Approval of the license is expected by Thursday or Friday, Sam Pickard, of the extension division of the college, said" today. The first full program from the new station will be sent out Monday night, with the "college of the Air" at 7:30 and the allAggie program at 8:00 o'clock. Loud speakers will be installed In Nichols gymnasium and the people of Manhattan are invited to go there and hear the first program from KSAC. Local alumni of the college will meet in the gym at 8:00 o'clock it was said today.

The Weeks Program The program from KSAC for the first week is: Monday night, 7:30, Shorthorn Cattle, B. 1 M. Anderson; 7:45, Study of the dairy breeds, H. W. Cave; dedication of station KSAC, four hour 0 program.

Tuesday, 12:30, tuning in piano number; musical reading, Betty at the Baseball Game, Gertrude Doud Tetrick: Selecting the orchard sites, L. E. Williams; radio question box; T. B. Bradication, J.

W. Lum'b; market quotations; 7:30 Safeguarding the milling quality of wheat, C. 0. Swanson; 7:45, Spuds, planning, plowing and planting, Albert Dickens. Wednesday, 12:30, tuning in number; Capt.

Willie Brown and Who, What, and Where, Gertrude Doud. Tetrick; Plugging leaks with poisoned oats, A. E. Oman; radio question box; Picking profitable pullets, J. H.

McAdams: market quotations; 7:30, Increasing the lite of automobile storage batteries, J. L. Brenneman; 7:45, Helpful suggestions as what to make and how to make it; E. C. Graham.

Thursday, 12:30, tuning in number; You Can't Expect Kisses From Me, and The World Is All Wrong Again, Gertrude Doud Tetrick; Most profitable corn types, L. E. Willoughby; Winter control of the question box; cinch bug, E. G. Kelly; markets; 7:30, The characteristics of cotton and linen, Emma Fecht; 7:45, Prepartion for the baby, Jean Dobbs.

12:30, tuning in number; Friday, But Love, and You're a MilNothin' Miles From Nowhere When Just a Mile From Home, GerYou're trude Doud Tetrick; 7:30, Chemistry of Synthetic drugs, C. W. Colver; future of radio, E. R. Lyon.

FORD ROADSTER STOLEN Former Aggie Football Star Suffered Loss Saturday Afternoon The theft of a 1925 model Ford roadster during the Aggie-Nebraska football game Saturday afternoon Was the only criminal activity reported over the week end according to Chief of Police Burt Frost. The stolen car was the property of R. M. former Aggie football star and Sears, taken from its parking place in was front of 1641 Anderson avenue. Mr.

Sears was attending the football at the stadium and discovered game the theft -of the car after the game ended. To Attend Endeavor Convention (From Friday's Daily) The following young people, representatives of the Christian Endeavor societies from the Christian, Presbyterian and Congregational churches, left today for Atchison to attend a C. E. convention, that 1 bethere tonight, and lasts until gins Sunday. Those attending are MissJessie Jones, Bernice Souder and es Helen Batchelor, Lessie Combs, ClarHarder, James Griffes and ence Harold Stover.

Start Alley Paving has been started on the Paving alley between Moro and Bluemont; (Eleventh and Manhattan. The work will be completed by November 30. The new paving is to be of reinforced concrete and eight inches deep the out edge and six inches on on the center. The contract is handled by "Wally" Ford. Fined For Speeding was fined $10 in H.

H. Vehnekemp police court Wednesday, on a charge of speeding. C. OF C. NAMES NEW SECRETARY J.

E. Ames of Neodesha Chosen To Succeed Duer J. E. Ames of eodesha: has been elected secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce to succeed A. O.

Duer, who recently resigned, Mr. Ames who is now secretary of the Neodesha Chamber of Commerce will begin work here about Jan. I. it was announced following the meeting of the chamber directors at noon Tue day. All of the present officers of the chamber were unanimously re-elected for another year, at the meeting.

Successful At Neodesha Mr. Ames the newly elected secretary will come to Manhattan highly recommended as an efficient official in chamber activities. He has enjoyed unusual success at Neodesha and is leaving there to get into a larger field, it is said. He is at present the secretary of the Kansas Association of Chamber of' Commerce Secretaries: The new secretary has been with the Neodesha chamber for two and onehalf years. He is a married man and will move his family here at the time he is scheduled to assume his duties with the local organization.

He is 35 years of age. Re-Elect Other Officers Mr. Ames will be paid a salary of $2,800 a year with $200 additional as expenses to the National. Secretaries School sessions and conventions of the state and national secretaries associations. In addition to the new secretary, the officers re-elected today are: S.

A. Bardwell, president; M. F. Ahearn, first vice-president; Ray Pollum, second vice-president; W. D.

Womer, treasurer, 8 SCHOOLS IN DEBATE LEAGUE Pet Plank of the Politically Late Presidentiol Aspirant is Question Eight colleges and universities of seven states are represented in the newly organized Missouri Valley debating league. Kansas is the only one of the seven which has two members in the league- University of Kansas and the Kansas State Agricultural College. Other schools in the league are Oklahoma University, Colorado University, Texas University, Washington University of St. Louis, Drake University, DesMoines, and the University of South Dakota. One of the planks of Senator LaFollette's late campaign platform has been chosen for the first round of discussion: "Resolved: That Congress should not be empowered to veto decisions of the U.

S. Supreme Court, declaring them unconstitutional." The question, as presented, of course requires that sponsors of the LaFollette idea take the negative. Each school will have two teams with two debates for each team. The schedule will begin March 6, the negative team traveling. The schedule for the opening events follows: Colorado at Texas; Drake at Kansas Aggies; K.

U. at Oklahoma; Kansas Aggies at South Dakota; Oklahoma at Colorado; South Dakota at Washington; Texas at Drake and Washington at K. U. A second round, with the affirmative teams traveling, is set for March 20: Colorado at K. Drake at South Dakota; K.

U. at Kansas Aggies; Oklahoma at Texas; South Dakota at Colorado; Kansas Aggies at Oklahoma; Texas at Washington, and Washington at Drake. POULTRY SHOW NEXT WEEK Manhattan Poultry Club Completes List of Premiums To Be Awarded The premium list for the twelfth annual poultry show has been completed and entries for the show to be held a week from Tuesday are being arranged. Prof. L.

F. Payne of the poultry husbandry department of the college will judge the entries in the show it has been announced. The exhibition is to be held in the Community house and judging will start promptly at 9:30 o'clock. A feature of the show this year will be an egg exhibit which is attracting more than the usual interest, it is said. The premium list includes a number of prizes offered by Manhattan merchants and poultry raisers' in addition to a list of ribbons to be awarded in the various classes, by the poultry associations over the country.

Building Permit A building permit for the erection of a dwelling at a cost approximately $300 was issued Tuesday to Wilbur Pitts by City Clerk. C. H. Lantz. The building to be completed by Jan, 1..

BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Franklin, an-, nounce the birth Nov.

of their daughter. Georgia Lou. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Worster, form-' erly of 1015 Kearney, now of near Rocky Ford, announce the birth of a son November 19.

Announcement is made of the birth of a daughter recently to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wright of Shebogan, whom they have named Mary Low.

Mrs. Wright was Miss Gussie Amos before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. P.

E. Blodgett of Keats, announce the birth, Nov. 8, of a son. Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Padgett, 1508 Riley street announce the birth Nov. 13 of their son, Ralph Eugene, Mr. and Mrs.

Royal Berg, route 5, announce the birth November 22 of a daughter, whom they have given the name Dorothy Pauline, FIRST GRASS FIRE Burning Leaves Set Fire To Store House Saturday Afternoon The first grass fire of the season was extinguished Saturday afternoon by the fire department after it had threatened serious damage to property at 916 Pierre street. John Madden at. home the fire occurred was burning leaves, according to firemen, and during a short absence from the yard wind blew the burning leaves against a small outbuilding used for the storage of coal and wood and this was on fire when Mr. Madden returned. Prompt arrival of the department prevented destruction of the building.

The fire occurred shortly after 2 o'clock. MARKETS Chicago Grain Chicago, Nov. scored material advance in price this afternoon, owing largely to assertions that the United States at present has an unsold surplus of only. about 146 million bushels of wheat. The market closed firm 1.

1-4 to 2c net higher Dec. $1.54 3-8 to $1.54 1-2 and May $1.62 1-2 to $1.62 5-8. The corn market responded to wheat strength and closed firm 1-4 to 1-2c higher, May to $1.19 3-8. Kansas City Grain Close $1.47 1-8; May $1.53 1-2; July $1.34 7-8 Bid. $1.05 7-8 Split Bid; May $1.11 7-8 Split Bid; July $1.13 3-8 Split Bid.

Kansas City Cash Grain Kansas City, Nov. 26-Wheat receipts 103 cars; unchanged to 2c. higher; No. 2 dark hard $1.49 to No. 3 dark hard $1.48 to No.

2 hard $1.46 1-2 to $1.57 No. 3: hard $1.46 to No. 2. red $1.59 to No. 3 red.

$1.53 to $1,59. Corn-unchanged; No, 2 white $1.05 1-2; No. 3 white $1.04 1-2; No. 2 mixed No. 3 mixed $1.02 to $1.03 1-2.

Barley-83 to 84c. Oats -unchanged; No. 2 white 53c; No. 3 white 52c. Kansas City Produce Kansas City.

Nov. 26-Creamery butter 2c higher 48 to 50c; other duce unchanged. Kansas City Livestock Kansas City, Nov. 26-Cattle 000; calves desirable grades beef steers steady; heavy short feds dull; top yearlings bulk fed steers and yearlings $7.25 to she -stock and bulls steady; calves strong to 25c higher; choice veals upward to stockers and feeders dull, about steady. Hogs shipper market around 10c higher than Tuesday's Average; top bulk of sales $8.25 to bulk desirable 200 to 350 pound averages $8.35 to packers bidding steady with their market yesterday; light lights strong to 25c higher; bulk 140 to 160 pounders $7 to 37.85; packing sows $8 to stock pigs slow, steady, mostly $5.50 to $6.25.

Local Produce Eggs-52-34-24. Light Hens- -13. Heavy Hens- -18c Leghorns-14. Heavy Springers-18c. Leghorn Springs -14c.

Stags-14. Old Roosters-11e. TurkeysDucks- 14c. Local Grain Old Corn New Corn-90c. Old Oats-50c.

to $1.20. Alfalfa to, $17. Prairie to $10. EVERYTHING READY -FOR BOYS People Responded To Last Minute Requests (From Wednesday's Daily) Last minute requests for rooms for delegates to the Older Boys' Conference, which will be held in Manhattan Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, brought sufficient response from the people of the city so that all of the delegates can be taken care of all right, Harold Hughes, president of Manhattan Hi-Y, said this mornHughes is acting chairman of room committee while O. M.

Rhine out of town. The delegates will taken care of in private homes and fraternity houses. More than 500 boys have already registered for the conference and not of the registrations at the state office, in Topeka have been received here, it was said today. This number does not include the representatives Manhattan organizations. Aside from Manhattan, Topeka and JuneCity will have the largest numat the meeting, with more than delegates each.

All of the larger towns in Manhattan district will be represented. Opens Friday Afternoon The conference will open Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the college auditorium. The program, will include songs, led by Prof. Ira Pratt, head of the department or music at college; devotional service, led by Rev. J.

David Arnold, conference chaplain; and an address by Harry Bone of Dallas, Texas. At 4 o'clock the leaders' meeting will be held, with G. E. E. Lindquist of Lawrence charge.

A delegates' meeting under Clyde Hartford of Pittsburg will held at the same time. After these meetings a reunion of delegates who attended Camp Wood will be held. A banquet will be held in Nichols gymnasium at o'clock. Dr. H.

H. King, head of the department of chemistry, will act as toastmaster; Chester Guthrie will lead the singing; and Ralph Blackledge will lead the yells. Two minute talks will be glven by Coach C. W. Bachman: Jerry Wilson, president of the Rotary club; 1 V.

Williams, president of the K1- wanis club; Z. R. Hook, president of the Co-operative chub; Sol Bardwell, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Harold Hughes. President Jardine Will Welcome Following the banquet a meeting will be held in the auditroium. W.

M. Jardine, president of the college, will welcome the delegates, and representatives of the colored boys, Indian boys, and Hi-Y clubs will respond. G. E. E.

Lindquist will give an address on "World Brotherhood" Ted Schultz of Lawrence will 'and speak on "The Need of Europe Today." Group conferences and demonstra-. tions of Hi-Y work will be held Saturday morning, In the afternoon the delegates will be shown over the college, and will listen in on a radio lecture and demonstration by Prof. R. Dawley, of the department of applied mechanics. Big Banquet Saturday Night The big conference banquet will held in the gymnasium Saturday night, Chancellor E.

H. Lindley K. U. will be the principal speaker, Guerrant, student pastor of the Presbyterian church in charge. talking on "The New Frontiers of Youth." Prof.

H. A. Shinn of College the department. of public speaking will act as toastmaster. Services Sunday morning will be held in the First Presbyterian church, beginning at 8:15.

B. V. Edworthy, state secretary of Hi-Y work; Clyde Hartford, and Harry Bone will be in charge oft this meeting. The boys will attend church services at any church they wish following the general session. Between 2:30 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon a general aswill be held with Rev.

W. U. sembly ARREST CHICKEN THIEVES Trio of Boys Admit Taking Chickens Recently But Are Released The mystery recent thefts of chickens in various of the city was solved late Tuesday the police who rounded up three by boys, who, the police, say, confessed to several thefts of chickens in the last month. Victims of the activities of the boys, when assured that they would be paid for their losses refused to prosecute and the trio was released. Among those who have suffered the loss of chickens recently and who named by the boys in their conwere fessions as having been those from whom they stole were, Mrs.

Charles. Rehfield, 521 Osage street and Mrs. John Barr, 831 Leavenworth street. The boys, the police said, told 02 hiding the chickens near the city after each theft, Inter disposing of them to a local produce house, CO-OPS HAVE BIG ATTENDANCE Every Member of Te Club Out Tuesday Night One hundred per cent attendance was registered by the club at. its regular weekly meeting at The Pines Tuesday night and as a result the club may be awarded the attendance cup offered by the international organization for the next month.

The club has held the cup once this year and the club holding it during the greater (number of months between now and the time of the International convention of the organization at Tulsa, will retain it as its permanent property. Active co-operation in the entertainment of the Older Boys Conference this week was also voted and a majority of the members will attend the banquet Saturday night in a body. Sponsorship of the DowntownAggieville football game on stadium field. tomorrow was also accepted by the organization which will present the proceeds of the ticket sale to the game to the Boy Scout 01- ganization. Still Want Rooms Dr.

A. A. Holtz of the college Y. M. C.

urged the club to. rally to the aid of those sponsoring the boys' conference and open their homes to the delegates. Dr. J. E.

Kammeyer outlined the plans for the observance of Golden Rule Sunday for the benefit of the Near East Relief and the club decided to eat sparingly next Tuesday night and present the saving to the relief fund. Entertainment features of the meeting were vocal selections by Miss Bernice Elliot with Miss Lola Matter at the piano. New menbers introduced last night included Prof. C. W.

Matthews. Dr. J. D. Colt, was a guest.

C. M. Paddock, one of the three delegates, who represented the local organization at the district convention in Kansas City last week gave a report of the convention at the meeting Mr. Paddock told of the rapid growth of the Co-operative organization as a whole and predicted that within the next few months more than 100 clubs would be formed in different parts of the country. QUILL CLUB ELECTS 8 Two of Those Elected Are Members of College Faculty Eight new members have been elected to Ur Rune chapter of the American Colleg Quill club, it was 'announced Tuesday at the college.

Thitry-seven submitted manuscripts this fall. Two of those selected are members of the faculty. The new members are: Prof. R. W.

Conover and Prof. C. W. Mathews, both of the department. cf English; Mary Louis Clarke, Paola; Mary Marcene Kimball, Manhattan; Mrs.

R. L. Von Trebra, Oswego; J. E. Conklin, Hutchinson; Zaven, K.

Surmelian, Armenia; and Muriel Shaver. The Quill club is a national organization of writers of professional ability. Ur Rune chapter is limited to thirty The committee that judged the manuscripts was Prof. N. A.

Crawford, Miss Ada Rice, Prof. H. W. Davis, Josephine Hemphill, and Alice Paddleford, EUGENE FIELD WAS BUSY Record Made For Visitors During Nat'onal Education Week The Eugene Field chapter of the Parent-Teacher Association, 18 point'ng with pride to the record made by it during the annual observance of National Education Week 1n the schools. The Eugene Field school like the other school of the city held open house and those interested Ir the work of the school were invited to visit.

The visitors were met at the toor by one of the pupils, registered on the visitors book and then through the various rooms. Tach grade. had special displays hand work and drawing as well demonstrations in regular ciass weDuring the week the school registered 194 visitors in addition to the parents of the pupils, which combined gave the school a total of 319 calls for the week. The parents visited the school during the week almost 100 per cent Small Fire Damage The fire department was called to 311 Riley street shortly after 2 Fri. afternoon to extinguish a blaze apparently started by a passIng train.

The fire started in some dead grass just across the U. tracks, and was headed for the Field ling oil tanks when stopped by the fire department. Very littie damage was done to the house which is the property of Mrs. Louis Cravens. Building Permit A building permit has been issued to F.

I. Hall for the erection of a garage at 616 Laramie street, DEATHS Mrs. Martha reesman Dead Mrs. Martha Freesman, 86 died Saturday afterncon 'at the home of a son in Leonardville, following an illness of several years. Funeral services were.

held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Leonardville Methodist church and interment was made in the Leonardville cemetery. Mrs. Layton Is Dead Word of the death of Mrs. Layton, wife 'of Gorge Layton, prominent Blue Rapids resident, was received here by relatives Tuesday. Death was due to pneumonia, it was said.

Parker Funeral Saturday Funeral services for George R. Parker were held Saturday morning at 11, o'clock in the Congregational church. Dr. W. F.

Slade will officiated. Interment was made in Sunset cemetery. Mr. Parker died at the home of his son, Arthur R. Parker, on Deep Creek Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, after long illness.

EDUCATION WEEK A SUCCESS School Officials Report Much More Than Usual Interest National Education week, which was held last week, was successful in Manhattan, principals of several schools said today. Although complete figures Q71 the number of parents that attended the schools last week have not been checked in yet, the partial reports show that parents over the city tock an interest in the observance of the week. Bluemont school had more than a hundred people at the parent-teachers association meeting. The program, which was directed by Mrs. B.

Roper, was "Problems Concerning Grownups in the Home and School." The largest attendance this year was reported at the P. T. A. meeting of the Woodrow Wilson school. when more than 150 attended Mrs.

George IT. Ross, chairman of the meeting led the discussion on "Demonstrations in Teaching." Pupils in the sixth grade under the direction of Mrs. Sylvia Osborne, sang at the meeting. CATTLE WIN EIGHT PRIZES Juniata Stock Also Took a Championship at American Royal Eight prizes, including A championship and a silver trophy cup, were won by cattle exhibited by Dan D. Casement, owner of Juniata farms, at the American Royal Live Stock show held in Kansas City, last week.

The cup was won for the best bred car of Herefords in the entire show. The cup was awarded by the Institute of American Meat Packers. Two entries of two year old steers in the short fed class won the championship of the class and the first and fourth prizes. MOTOR CARS COLLIDE Laundry Truck and Studebaker Road ster Slightly Damaged Considerable damage was suffered by' two motor cars late Wednesday evening at the corner of Fourth and Humboldt streets, when an A. V.

Laundry truck collided with the Studebaker roadster belonging to Capt. C. Jones of the college. Captain Jones was going east 01 Humboldt street, and the truck turned off Humboldt into Fourth street, when they collided. Neither driver was going at an excessive speed, it was said.

Mrs. Porter Taken To Kirksville Mrs. A. S. Porter accompanied by her son, Dr.

R. C. Porter left Friday morning for Kirksville, where she will take Osteopathic treatment hoping to get relief from the effects of an injury, she suffered in an attomobile accident several years ago. In case Mrs. Porter is not benefitted at Kirksville they will go to Mayo's at Rochester, Minn.

In District Court Trial of the recovery of money of Ross Jones against George. Koe nig began in district court Monday beCore Judge Fred Smith. The suit the outgrowth of dispute relaFive to some corn grown on a farm owned by Jones and on which nig was a tenant. Trash Fire Wednesday The fire. department answered call to 1611 Riley street about 3 o'clocq Wednesday: The fire was in a dump back of the residence of Jess Campbell, it had started by tained Tuesday evening at seven no damage..

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