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Show Young, Nan Drowned in Sntke River Sinks to His Death After Companions Exhaust Themselves In an Effort to Save Him Twin Falls, Idaho, July 27. While trying to, swim. across .thoiSnako rlv- k er at 3 o'clock this afternoon, John WQJ& T- Freed, 22 years of nge, was drown cd, despito desperate efforts of several sev-eral young men to save him. Treed started across the river in company with souio of the youni; men attending attend-ing the annual picnic of the local Vntverslty of Idaho students, held at I B. Pcrrlno's Blue Lakes ranch. When In the deopest part of the river, Freed was' heard to cry for help. Several boys swam hurriedly to hta rescue hut he was apparently unconscious when they reached him. None of the boya was an expert swimmer swim-mer and they were greatly handicapped handicap-ped byjthe'doep prater jond a strong undercurrent,1 as. well as itie helpless condlttea oi'ft4fft,lffy, worked desperately, des-perately, until jh1 nearly ' exhausted that further effort''' prere -hazardous and werjs compelled to see " Freed drawn' dainifrpw.-slght, .Tliefn'ewawaa telephoned , to this city anil 'the 'sheriffs force With a number of other men, worked all afternoon af-ternoon artd 'evening, diving, dragging drag-ging and ..dynamiting the rlur, without with-out recovering tho body. Younf Freed taught school tho past ear near Oakloy and had a contraqt to teacV near Holllstor tho coming school car. ' Hfs' 'parents' reside at Fort Scott; Kns. r .. |