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Show Thieves Take Load of Wheat From L. E. Lett Farm Somotimo last Saturday ovonlng or Sunday morning thlovos loaded and hauled away sixty sacks of wheat from tho L. E. Lott farm west of Saratoga Springs, which hnd been throBhcd during tho day. As yot no doflnlto cluo as to who tho guilty party or partlos aro has been found, but, a roward of fifty dollars has boon offered for information that will load to tho approhenslon of thom and to-gothor to-gothor with othor means that aro availablo in chocking up It Is very llkoly that tho thlovos will ho caught nnd proporly dealt with. Threshing of tho grain nt tho farm had boon complotod Saturday ovonlng ovon-lng and a count mado of tho numbor of sacks so that enough tonms could bo sent out tho next morning. Tho wholo threshing was piled togothor on tho farm. Next morning 7 a. m. whon tho wagons wore loaded it was found that sixty sacks, or about 125 bushols of grain, had been taken during dur-ing tho night On leaving tho grain tho night bo-foro bo-foro ono of tho mon romarkod to Mr. Lott, "Aro you going to lcavo this grain without somcono watching it" Roy, Jokingly aid, "Well If somcono wants a bushol or two I guess thoy can got It." Ho now says ho had no, Idea that ho would furnish anyono tholr winters flour and chicken and pig feed, o |