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Show Paradise Accident. . i I'AItAl'IsK, ApiiKIO -A veryserl-' ous ni-cltl, ni happened to one of our i esteemed iiu.rtis, Mr. J I' .lames, today, wiirii nearly lesiilled In ihej loss of III- Iff While attempt lug to ford the riwr with a team and wagon, In which -mti- about ten huhels of wheat and i dlv, the current moved too strniu'. Mr. J nines was swept from tho seal, ic learn and wagon were carried d wn strram. The wagon turned ovli, both hor.scs weiu drowned drown-ed and lis yet not a piece of the disc or wagon has been foutiu. Mr. James managed tr keep his head above water but wa i .mied down the river a block before I"- uceceded In catching hold of some iltows and crawled out. This im-uiis a serious loss to Mr. James It Is not yet three months since he lost a line work horse, jet, he seems satlsllcd to have come out with his life The whooping cough and mumps arc still with us, causing the attendance In the public schools to be lower that It has been for a number of years The schools hero will run until tho lirst of June. The stork has been busy In the past two weeks, leaving sons with Mrs. Ned Hose and Mrs. Hosa Allen, this being the lirst son in Mr. Allen's family fami-ly of seven children. The stork also al-so left a daughter with Mrs. Ira Schow. Mrs. Win. II. Thomas and family will leave shortly to join her husband In Oregon, where they Intend to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. James II. Oldham left here today for Oregon. It. W. James Is visiting thcLaPlata mines today. |