Show IT LEPROSY CANARD R A BOUNTIFUL YOUNG MAN false rumor that he had con traded the disease while a nor mor 1 mon missionary to samoa A rumor has been in circulation that duncan kippen of bountiful 1110 ro turned recently from a sojourn journ fio of three years in tile ui samoan islands as aa a missionary nat a M isted with inith leprosy kepros Y it was wai also stated that the friends a and nd neighbors of kippen were endeavoring to keep the matter from the attention of the authorities reporter melted bountiful to investigate the report and it soon that tile the story atory was a canard mr kippen resided it jn a little stone clone cottage VAL of oc the oregon short linn tracks in the northern part of bountiful settlement lie ile le te turned from samoa about two months ago and at that time uns os no auff TT owing erlna tr from M a peculiar form ot of rheumatism by malch 1 I aich nearly everone eve visits falls samoa 1 13 affected at one time or another kippen ams in bad condition physically ills his right side was waa almost completely paralyzed and ho fie nas aa in a iveane weakened tied condition from the length of tim time lie he had been suffering from tile the dia tase since returning to amerl america C a air kill kap pc ell n has much improved in health and ill a able b to to b be 0 alin about wit c constantly at pien to ont when the representative of the tribune called at ills hla home mr hippen was absent attending an excursion to lagoon ilia elie mothr espres ed mile nimeh indignation at the rumor v which had prone gone abroad as to her sons soils condition she said that he wat was now so BO nearly recovered e that h would mould be able in a short hort time to la reume resume accle work |