Neb. State Histories
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VOI LVIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937. No. 8
m DANGER OF HARM
TO POULTRY FROM
POISON BAIT SMALL
Tests Show That Direct Eating of
Poison Bran Is Not Likely
To Prove Fatal.
The possibility of poisoning poul
try by their eating poisoned grass
hoppers or poisoned mash has
again arisen in the minds of Holt
county farmers. Experimental
work indicates little danger to tur
keys or chickens from such when
the hopper poison has been spread
as recommended.
Chickens, turkeys, ducks and
quail were fed for 10 days upon a
diet of poisoned hoppers and water
in the experiment. Others were
fed on posoned grasshoppers and"
other feeds in addition for varying
periods of time up to 60 days. In
no instance did a fatal case of
poisoning occur, according to the
summary as reviewed by the Holt
county farm bureau.
Chickens without feed for 24
hours were placed in pens where
poisoned bait had been spread at
two and one-half times the recom
mended rate. No fatal cases of
poisoning arose. Both the amount
of poisoned bran that would be
^ eaten by an individual grasshopper
and the amount of arsenic that
would be necessary to kill a chicken
were determined by feeding tests.
A check-up was made of the num
ber of hoppers a chicken would eat.
A computation of these amounts
indicated there was no danger of
chickens getting a fatal dose of
arsenic from eating poisoned grass
f hoppers.
Turkeys like to chase live things
and hence like the grasshoppers
and have been used in some in
stances to help keep down the in
festation. However, poultrymeh
say they need some grain and green
feed in addition to grasshoppers
to thrive and get fat.
Expenses of Court
House Dedication
Foster May _$ 75.50
Meals for Bands _ 70.00
Comp. Dinner Tickets - 9.00
John Donohoe _ 1.00
Printing _1- 1.25
Bowens . 2.90
Reardons ___—.90
Hotel Room ...— 5.00
Roy Sauers _ 5.00
Loud Speaker - 7.50
D. McDermott _ _ 1.00
L. L. Sheets_ ~~ 1.00
Bill Wilkinson _ 1.00
L Misc. Expense —.-. 29.85
Bill Fallon — 0.50
Total $217.40
Total Amount Collected $425.00
Expenses _ 217.40
Balance - $207.00
The balance is deposited in the
O’Neill National Bank, known as
V “Court House Dedication Fund.”
GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB
The Grattan Project club met at
Joe Jareske’s grove July 4th for a
community picnic. There were 110
present including members of the
club and their families, friends and
relatives from various parts of the
state. A picnic dinner was served
at noon. The afternoon was spent
visiting and playing games. Ice
cream and cake were served about
4:20. The day was thoroughly en
joyed by everyone present.
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Nebraska Uni. Has Nine
Summer School Students
Listed From Holt County
Nine students of Holt county are
among the 2,000 students attending
i summer school at the University of
Nebraska. Two terms are again
being offered this year, a short ses
sion extending from June 8 to July
16, and a long term from June 8
to August 6.
L, Helen Marie Toy of O’Neill is
■ ' 'fn rolled as a junior in the teachers
I^Hllcgc for the long term, as is
™ Marie E-tel la Adair of Amelia,
* a nreshman. Marcelline Ilildred
jk Mil er and Jean Lamport are en- j
rolled from Ewing. Miss Miller is
a Senior in the teachers college, and
H is leg: -tered for the long term. Mr.
H Lamport, who is a sophomore in
Ht the college of agriculture is at
j ten ling the short session.
The following are enrolled from
^^^■unson: Lucy Victoria Zahrad
:k and Donald E. Tewell are do
graduate work in the short ses
sion, while Raymond Edward Col
lins is doing graduate work in the
long session. Susan Elizabeth
Ames, who is a freshman in the
teachers college, is registered for
the short session, while Christie
Loius Henkel, a junior in the col
lege of arts and sciences, is regis
tered for the long session.
The summer school enrollment
represents a cross section of Ne
braska life and is made of of school
teachers, school executives, stu
dents and persons interested in
special academic fields.
Holt County Doctors
To Have Material and
Child Health Courses
At a meeting of the Holt and
Northwest Nebraska Medical so
ciety held at the Golden hotel in
O’Neill last Tuesday evening a
formal request was made to have
one of the Maternal and Child
Health refresher courses placed in
this district, starting about the
middle of July.
These courses are instruction
courses in obstetrics and the care
of infants and will consist of a
course of instruction in the newest
methods known to medical science
in these two branches of medical
practice. Specialists in these two
types of medical service will visit
various towns in Boyd, Rock, Brown
and Holt counties where they will
meet with the physicians and pre
sent lectures one evening a week
for six weeks.
Plans are also being made for
afternoon meetings to be held at
the various towns, at which time
the public is invited to attend and
will have an opportunity to hear
these specialists discuss matters of
interest to mothers and the ex
pectant mother. These meetings
will be held at O’Neill, Atkinson,
Bassett, Spencer, Ainsworth and
Page.
The meetings are held under the
sponsorship of the local physicians
of these counties and are presented
by the Nebraska State Medical
association together with the Ne
braska State Health department.
Last 1936 Conservation
Checks Received Here
Checks totaling over $3000 were
received this week by Treasurer
Ed M. Murray of the Holt county
agricultural conservation associa
tion. Notices have been mailed to
all individuals having a check tell
ing them when and where to get
them. This is the final payment
amounty to approximately 6 per
cent of the total grant.
Mr. Murray will distribute the1
checks at the places listed below.
Anyone finding it impossible to call
for their check on these dates may |
receive them by calling at the
county office after July 13.
Page town hall, Wednesday, July
7, 1 to 5 p. m.
Chambers, Lill’s cafe, Thursday, i
July 8, 1 to 5 p. m.
Ewing, town hall, Friday, July
9, 1 to 5 p. m.
Stuart, Stuart creamery, Satur
day, July 10, 1 to 5 p. m.
O’Neill, Soil Conservation office
in old court house, Monday, July 12.
1 to 5 p. m.
Atkinson, Memorial Hall, Tues
day, July 13, 1 to 5 p. m.
4-H Club Camp Will Be
Held Next Week-End
4-H club members from Holt!
county and other counties in North |
Central Nebraska, will go to Long
Pine July 15, 1G and 17 for their
annual cany). Over 50 Holt county
members have signified their in
tention of making the trip whfch
will be under the supervision of
Agricultural Agent F. M. Reece,
and experienced leaders from the
agricultural college.
Miss Florence Emmett, home
demonstration agent of Ainsworth,
will be in charge of arrangements, I
food and accommodations. Any 4-H
club member, leader, assistant lead
er or former members or leaders
are eligible to make the trip. The
Holt county group will leave
O’Neill at 8:30 a. m., the morning
of the 15th., Reservations must be
made with the county agent’s of
fice as far in advance as possible,
Streamliner Headlamp
Catches A Trout
About once a month one or an
other of the Chicago & North t
Western-Union Paciflb streamlin
ers pulls into Chicago with a
busted headlight. Last month the
City of Denver came in twice with
its beacon bashed in.
And when they back the train
out in the California Avenue yards
of the “North Western” for over
hauling and cleaning, they find a
dead bird in the busted headlight.
A wren will do it.
Someone might ask, what would
happen if an eagle hit it? Well, a
streamliner spinning along at 80
miles an hour has no more regard
for an eagle than a wren, or a gnat.
So imagine the wrinkled brows
out in the yards the other morning
when the City of Denver rolled in
with a trout in its beak—or beacon.
There was a hurried consultation
on “}iow did that get there.” Even
tually, the pilot of the train emer
ged from the cab and explained.
Somewhere this side of the Mis
sissippi an eagle zoomed down the
track into the path of the City of
Denver. Ei’e it had time to duck
the train struck. The eagle dropped
lifeless. And out of its beak flew
the dead trout into the headlight.
And somewhere along the bluffs
of the Mississippi a couple of young
eaglets are pretty hungry and
wondering where mama is staying
so long.
itedDira iseats spencer
And lA»ses to Verdigre
The Redbird base ball team
crossed bats with the Butte team
at Spencer Saturday, July 3, and
emerged victorious in the contest
with a score of 8 to 2. Tomlinson
and Schollmeyer were the battery
for Redbird and Liewer and Sed
aleck were in the points for Butte.
Hits: Redbird 9; Butte 8.
Redbird was defeated by the
Verdigre team at Oakview on July
4, losing 12 to 4. Batteries: Red
bird, Conard, Carson and Scholl
meyer; Verdigre, Hildreth and Bar
teling. Hits: Verdigre 10; Red
bird, 11.
Next Sunday Redbird will play
the Spencer team at Spencer. This
promises to be an unusually good
game. N
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PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Miles
returned last week from a ten day
visit with their daughter in Colo
rado. Mr. Miles was taken sick
while away and since his return
has been confined to his home. His
friends are hoping that his illness
is but temporary.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhaney
entertained *a dozen couples with a
picnic dinner at a grove southwest
of town last Wednesday evening,
honoring Mr. and Mrs. Bowen of
Bemidji, Minn. Parties attending
' say they had a very nice time with
plenty to eat, which adds greatly
, to the pleasures of a picnic.
The divorce case of Mary Har
rington vs. T. M. Harrington came
up in district court this morning,
the suit having been filed by Mrs.
Harrington a few weeks ago alleg
ing cruel and inhuman treatment.
Mr. Harrington filed a cross pet
ition this morning in which he ask
ed for the decree, denying the al
legations in the other petition.
| He was granted the divorce on his
| cross petition.
Dr. Frank Gallagher and sister,
Miss Helen, arrived last Friday
' from St. Louis, Mo., where the
Doctor has been in the City Hos
1 pital for the past year. He visited
relatives here for a few days and
on Tuesday left for Nebraska City,
Nebr., where he enters the office of
a former O’Neill boy, Dr. John P.
Gilligan. Dr. Gilligan has a won
derful practice in Nebraska City
and Dr. Gallagher is fortunate in
getting into an office that is recog
nized as among the best in that
section of the state. •
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The Frontier received a letter
the first of the week from John
StofT, who with his brother form
erly operated a ranch a few miles
southwest of this city, but who left
here a little over a year ago. They
are now located at Baker, Oregon,
where they own and operate the
Central Hotel, a modern four-story
hotel in the prosperous mining
town of 8,000. He ordered The
Frontier sent to his address as he
said they wanted to keep track of
their friends in this section and he
desires this paper to extend the
best wishes of himself and brother
to their friends in this vicinity, and
said they would be pleased to see
any from this section should they
visit that section of the state.
“WPA Here We Come"
School is out. You can notice
that in Washington by the thous
ands of young men and boys who
arrive daily to look over the town
and also look for jobs. One group
of graduates copied humor from
some of the graduating classes
elsewhere. They carried a sign
reading “WPA Here we Come.”
Talk Didn't Seem to Take
The “boys” are back from Jef
ferson Island where for three days
the President had an opportunity
to talk to them in relays. The
leaders may have had some oppor
tunity for a real show-down, but
the rank and file of those who ac
cepted invitations, say they know
as much now about major legisla
tion and adjournment as they did
before. The real answer is that
adjournment is problematical. The
new farm bill known as the “ever
normal-granary” bill, may get some
consideration this session. So may
the new labor bill and it is certain
that a court bill must be acted
upon. AlP of that spells congress
I “must” stay on the job many more
weeks.
Eastern Corn Looks Good
Corn in these parts of Maryland,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vir
ginia is in good shape. Its being
plowed the second time and is over
waist high in some fields. The
wheat has been harvested and the
yield looks good.
“Three Killed Daily”
That sign is pretty prominently
displayed on a lot of the highways
in these parts. Notwithstanding
these warnings the automobile ac
cidents continue daily. The traffic
here is terrific. That is ti-ue es
pecially on Sundays. Four lane
highways are crowded with trucks
and cars. These highways are also
crowded with hard liquor and wine
establishments which are heavily
patronized.
Red Tape and Lack of Interest
Prevent Hopper Relief
The tornado at Pierce which did
over SI50,^00 worth of damage also
the grasshopper and cut worm
pleague over the third district have
been called to the attention of var
ious department* here. It is admit
ted that the million dollars ap
propriated by congress to kill
grasshoppers is “not a drop in the
bucket” and fears are expressed
by some farm experts here that
the grasshopper damage will be
serious. Reports indicate that
Boone county is the hardest hit to
date. Red tape and insufficient in
terest in the farm problems in
Washington can he blamed for lack
of poison bran and quick action.
Farm members have been working
on the jnsect control legislation
since last January.
Expensive Session
Notwithstanding all of the talk
about economy, ihis congress is
getting more expensive than the
previous one. Although fights have
been made against “waste” and
“useless” expenditures, this con
gress has alread voted to spend
about eight billion dollars, and
more appropriations are coming.
The longer congress is in session,
the more the ta.xp yors will have to
pay. It costs about forty thousand
dollars a day to keep the repre
sentatives and senators here. That
is exclusive of the salary total
which is enormous.
Ambitiou* Policemen
One hundred a id thirty-six po
licemen guard t ;e billion dollar
property which consists of the cap
itol building, the enate and house
office buildings. All of these po-l
licemen are seloced by patronage1
by senators at <1 congressmen, j
Nearly 75 per cent of them go to,
school learning to be lawyers or
doctors or studying along profes
sional lines. The other 25 per cent
are just glad to have a job as a
capitol hill policeman.
Nebraska Scout* In Washington
The Nebraska scout contingent
reached the nation’s capitol early
Tuesday morning, June 2!)th, and
worked all morning pitching their
tents. The group of scouts from
the third district arc in charge of
Scoutmaster Hepfinger of Tilden.
They will be here ten days taking
part in many programs in which
nearly 25,000 scouts will partici
pate. The camp is the largest
scout camp in history and thous
ands of scouts from foreign lands
are here.
Among the first Nebraska boys
to arrive are Jack Stinson, Robert
Montgomery and Ralph Barrett, of
Norfolk; Barton Baker of Lincoln,
formerly of Norfolk, William Reu
ter, Robert Carlson, George Town
send of Fremont; Frederick Kra
mer, George Hyatt, William Smith
of Columbus, and Jim Black of Ful
lerton. This group of Nebraska
boys are in a tent from which they
can see the Potomac river, the
Arlington cemetery, the Arlington
radio towers and the Washington
monument. These boys expect to
take time out from their busy pro
gram to take a pilgrimage to the
nation’s capitol as guests of the
third district office. Every one of
these boys are in good health and
good spirits. Their tent is next to
the camp hospital tent; the mess
hall, the showers and the camp
postoffice and telegraph office.
Atkinson Market Shows
Cows and Butcher Stuff
Steady; Feeders Lower
Atkinson, Nebr., July 6. Cows,
butcher cattle and heavy feeding
steers set the pace at Tuesday’s
auction at steady to firm prices
while the demand for light stockers
and feeders was less urgent than
recently and prices tendefl to sag,
showing a depreciation of 25 to 50
cents a hundred from a week ago.
With 840 cattle on sale selling con
tinued well into the evening hours.
Representative sales:
Good and choice heavy
grass steers at 8.00 to 8.65
Very good quality
yearling steers at 7.25 to 7.75
Fair to good yearling
steers at 6.00 to 7.00
Common and plain
yearling steers at 5.00 to 5.75
Fleshy feeding heifers 6.00 to 7.75
Lightweight stocker
heifers at 5.00 to 6.50
Common and plain
heifers at 4.00 to 5.00
Best grass cows at 6.50 to 7.50
Fair to Good beef cows 5.00 to <5.00
Canners and cutters 6.40 to 4.50
Bull at 5.00 to 5.75
Slightly over 200 hogs were sold
with the prices obtained generally
75 cent a hundred higher than a
week ago. Best fats at 11.50 to
11.70; fat sows at 10.25 to 10.90;
wet sows at 9.25 to 10.26; pigs all
weights from 10.50 to 14.00; stags
at 10.25 to 10.50.
Next auction, Tuesday, July 13,
starting at 12 o’clock.
Madison Expects Large
Crowds At Four Day
Race Meet Next Week
Madison, Nebr. — Scheduled to
j get underway Tuesday for four
days of racing, the Mpdison run
! ning races this year are expected
j to attract even large crowds than
i last year. A large number of
I tickets to the event have been sc^
cured by racing fans from every
I section of Madison county and other
! parts of northeast Nebraska.
Special days for various sections
| near Madison have been set aside
j by officials of the meet and the first
j day will be Norfolk Day. Tuesday
the city of Norfolk is expected to
! trek several hundred strong to
| Madison to see the races.
On that date, Gov. R. L. Cochran
will be present. Gov. Cochran, who
will head the long list of notables
who will attend the meet, has not
missed a Madison race meet since
the present series was started
three years ago.
Wednesday is to be Columbus
and Platte county day and large
j delegations are expected from'both
Columbus and Humphrey. Thurs
day is to be Omaha and Ak-Sar
Ben Day and a large delegation
from Omaha is expected to be
headed by William Schellberg, J. J.
! Isaacson, Bert Murphy and many
j others.
Friday will be Madison county
day and delegations from Newman
'Grove, Tilden, Meadow Grove and
Battle Creek are expected to take
! over the limelight.
Meanwhile, final touches were
' being put on plans for the local
meet, with indications that the
: number of horses will exceed 2(H'.
The races start at 4:00 p. m. next
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, July 13, 14, 15 and 16. The
Ak-Sar-Ben racing season is over
and a number of owners were
bringing animals here this week!
for the four days of racing.
While the races each year have
attracted larger crowds of race
fans, the crowds this year are ex
pected to far exceed any previous
records. One of the reasons for
this, race association leaders state,
is the extensive program of im
provement carried out on the track
and grounds.
The stand has been completely
rebuilt and a pari mutuel pavillion
second to none in the state outside
the large centers will handle the
betting. The pari mutuels are in
charge of George Ronin of Fre
mont, veteran race man.
There are six races each day.
One of the highlights of the rac
ing program will be the projected
short wave broadcasting of the
races from a transmission truck
on the field. The truck with two
engineers is to be provided by
radio station KFAB and was ar
ranged for thru Charles Stuart,
many years a Madison resident,
and now living in Lincoln. The
broadcast equipment also carries
a loudspeaker system for the con
venience of fans at the meet.
Poison Bran Bait For
Killing Grasshoppers
Is Still Available Here
Over three-foruths of the first car
of grasshopper bait received for
Holt county has been mixed and
spread. The county superivsora
are cooperating with the Federal
government in getting the bait
ready. The government furnishes
the bait materials and the county
is mixing it at a central mixing
station in O’Neill. The bait as
mixed does not have banana oil or
Amyl Acetate added but the Fed
eral officials state the bait as mixed
by the county is 90 per cent as ef
fective as when these materials are
added. These latter are not fur
, nished by the government but if
individuals cared to purchase them
to add to the bait, the expense
would probably be justified.
Farmers spreading poison bait
should not expect immediate re
sults as it takes from two to three
days or longer for the bulk of the
hoppers to die.
Anyone in Holt county wishing
poison may obtain it by contacting
their county supervisor of the ag
ricultural agent’s office in O’Neill. I
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Holt County 4-H Clubs
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The S. S. S. 4-H Club
Friday June 25, the S. S. S. 4-H
club met at the home of their lead
er, Henrietta Schreier. Meeting
was called to order by the president,
Elsie Peter. The club girls sang
“My Nebraska” and “4-H Will
Shine Tonight.” The secretary’s
report was read and all members
answered to roll call. Herbertta
Russ demonstrated a sewing box
and each girl made one during the
meeting. The leader demonstrated
button holes for laundry bags, also
instructions on how to cut the
pattern, and each member cut a
pattern for sume. Plans were
made for the next meeting. Light
rojjfoshments were served.
Friday forenoon the club met at
the home of Elsie Peter. Roll call
was answered by each girl giving
a j-iddle. The sewing boxes were
finished with shellac and the un
finished work on laundry bags was
taken care of. Aporns were plan
ned for the next meeting. The
meeting closed with refreshments
of cake, fig cookies and lemonade.
Emmet Elkhorn Valley
Feeder Calf Club
The Emmet Elkhorn Valley Feed
er Calf Club met June 30 at the
John McNally home. All were
present but two. Visitors were •
Lester Cadman, Larry Tenborg and
Irene Jurgensmeier. After the
business matters were talked over
a delicious lunch was served by the
hostess.
Southeastern Nebraska has one
of the biggest wheat crops they
have had for several years. We
spent Sunday, July 4th, at Nebras
ka City, and they have an enor
mous wheat crop in that county and
in theh counties adjacent, Nemaha I
and Johnson. Their corn is about
waist high and looks fine. They
were wishing for rain the first of
the week, so as to help their corn
along, as most of the small grain
will be harvested this week.
A PIONEER OF HOLT
COUNTY DIES AT A
HOSPITAL IN LYNCH
John Crandall, Extensive Land
Owner of Northern Holt Dies
After Six Weeks Illness.
John Crandall, one of the real
old pioneers of the northern part
of Holt county, died at the Lynch
hospital early this morning, after
an illness of about six weeks. Mr.
Crandall was about 70 years of
age at the time of his death.
John Crandall was one of the
real old pioneers. He was a bach
elor and during his life time accum
ulated two great bodies of Holt
county real estate, owning two
ranches, one on the Eagle Creek
and the other on the Niobrara
river. He was very well fixed fin
ancially. He leaves a sister, who
resides in California, several neph
ews and nieces.
John was a mighty fine citizen
and his passing will be felt by
many in the northern part of the
county, for John was very liberal
with his mdney, in assisting those
who needed help.
L. D. Putnam Joins
Benedicts at Spencer
A beautiful June wedding took
place Monday morning, June 28, at
St. Mary’s church in Spencer, when
Miss Wilma Nelson of Spencer was
united in marriage to Mr. Leon D.
Putnam of O’Neill.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by Rev. F. Gebauer who
used the single ring ceremony in
performing the nuptial rites. The
music of the mass was beautifully
rendered by St. Mary’s choir as
sisted by Mike and Susie Marx of
Gregory, S. D.
The bridal attendants were Miss
Audree Nelson, sisiter of the bride
and Horace Putnam, brother of
the bride-groom.
The bride was lovely in her beau
tiful blue chiffon dress with white
accessories. She carries an arm
bouquet of roses, delpheniums and
baby breath.
The bridesmaid wore elennor blue
with white hat and pumps and she
carried a bouquet of mixed flowers.
Following the church service the
wedding party was entertained at a
wedding breakfast at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Nelson,
Out of town gests were: Mr. and
Mrs. Hampden Nelson of Norfolk;
Mrs. Mary Putnam, Horace, Mar
ion and Mildred of Dallas, S. D.;
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Putnam and
family of Dallas, S. D.; Mr. and
Mrs. John McBride of O’Neill;
Elmer Stolte of O’Neill; Rev. F.
Gebauer and Marie Ilruza.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Nelson. She
graduated from the Butte, Nebr.,
high school and later attended the
Nebraska State Teachers’ college at
Wayne, and taught for several
years in the rural schools of Boyd
county and has been employed at
the Spencer postoffice for the past
year and a half.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mrs. Mary Putnam of Dallas, S. D.,
and graduated from Gregory, S. D.
high school, and was employed as
Ford salesman at Gregory for some
time before going to O’Neill where
he has been employed witfi the
John Deere Implement company
for the past year and a half.
The bridal couple left immediate
ly after the breakfast for a trip to
Yellowstone Park, Salt Lake City
and points west. Upon their re
turn they will make their home in
O’Neill.—Spencer Advocate.
The Weather
It has been very hot and dry here
during the past week. The only
moisture during the wreek was on
last Saturday when we had .12 of
an inch. The thermometer has
been above 90 all week, climbing
on Monday to 105, Tuesday to 107
and Wednesday to 102. It is not
quite as hot today as on former
days but beforeevening it will
climb close to the 100 mark. We
need a good heavy rain to cool the
air and benefit the corn and hay
crops. Following is the weather
for the week:
High Low Mois.
July 1 91 58
July 2 96 59
July 3 93 60 .12
July 4 ... 98 66
July 5 105 70
July 6 . 107 70
July 7 .-102 71