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Show , : ; ; VOLUME FIFTY-FOU- R .'!-;V " v ' : - CANYON UTAH, JANUARY 9. 1925 '". ' 2 - 1 v- BIifCllfl WITHOUT BL01 Records at Police Station Show Great est Mining Camp to be Without Sit or White Mule. v Perhaps those in charge of our safe-ty with headquarters in Salt Lake City will be pleased to know that Bing-ham Canyon is one of the few model towns this side of the . Mississippi river, for according to police station records, not a single arrest was made New Year's eve, which on the face of everything is a record that the people of the" camp may well-b- e proud of. ' When it is taken into consideration that Bingham Canyon has the repu-tation of being one of the worst towns this side of k the record established by the teetotalers here is all the more significant. . As far as could be ascertained, but one arrest was made on Christmas, which is also a real record. ' It is to be hoped that other towns in the state will follow the example of Bingham Canyon, and rent the jail to some worthy cause in which it can be utilized. It is too bad that the town of Bing-ham Canyon has to have the reputa-tion of having a jail, as it seems but a waste of space, which might be us-ed to better advantage. " . This synopsis of the events in Bing-ham Canyon over the holidays should be printed in large bold type ' and placed in a conspicuous place so that all skeptical folks will know that the people of this camp are the best be-haved in the world, that there is about as much need here for a jail there is for feathers on a hog: APEX PLAYERS . BEATSOLDIERS i Fast Going Miners Establish Record by Scoring 103 Points Against Fort Douglaa Quintet Losers Make 19. i Playing the greatest passing game i ever witnessed in Bingham Canyon, ' the Utah Apex basketball team smashed all local records at the high school gym Friday evening of last week when they smothered the 38th Infantry five of Fort Douglas by a score of 103 to 19. - ' . Displaying a perfect defense as well as offense, the underground men had but little trouble piling up 50 field goals, easily shattering all Bingham Canyon records in this department. Never have the fans of the cany) witnessed such perfection in the art of passing. Never have they been treated to such perfect basket shoot-ing. The team work displayed by the Ransom clan showed every member playing for the betterment of the team, with long shots practically an unknown thing. The first quarter ended with Apex piling up 30 points, while the oppoji-tio- n was unable to register. In the second quarter the soldiers managed to cage 5 field goals, while the Min-ers continued their onslaught and end-ed their session with another 25 points bringing their total for the half to 55. In the third quarter, Manager Ran-som of the Apex, took out his first string men, and put in his second squad, and they ended the quarter with making 18 points. ' The Fort Douglas contingent gathered 4 in this canto. --; ' . . Shifting his first team back into the fray during the last five minutes of play, Ransom urged his men on to hit , the 100 mark, and that they did as they were told is shown by the to-tal marking of 103. The enemy scor-ed 5 points in the last quarter. To single out any one player. On the Apex team is an impossibility, as but one object! making baskets. Lolo Spencer led the assault with 14 field goals for a total of 28 points, while Sid Spencer netted 11 goals for a to-tal of 22 points. Chiara, running guard, had a great time in the third and fourth quarters when he snagged eight field goals, which added to his one made in the initial canto brought his total points to 18. ' ; ' Ken Anderson at guard played a great game, being everywhere at the same time, and caging- - three field goals. - ', ' Bill Larsen, the lanky center of the Miners was there like a duck, making the hoop rattle six times, besides playing a great floor game." Manager Ransom's second string squad also showed to advantage, doing sterling work on the floor, while Jim Householder dis-played unusual improvement. Gjbbs at forward proved to be an 'able sub-stitute for Lolo Spencer and caged five baskets while on the floor. ' Cressall, .forward of the Soldier's quintet played a great game, being the onlyplayer who seemed to .be able' to fathom ' the: Apex defense. Cressall is exceptionally fast, "and managed to cage four baskets against some of the greatest guarding ever seen in Bingham Canyon. .All in all it wag a great Jgajtie, and the large, crowd thaV witnessed the contest voted it the best ever played on the high school floor. .,. 'Following is what really happened according to the score keeper: ; ; ;" 38th Infantry, 19 Player Pos. FG FT FP F Total Mfllcn, rf 2 1 0 0 4 Paul, rf "; . 0 0 0 0 0 Cressall, If 4 2 0 0 8 Cook, If j0 0 0 0 0 Griffith, c 1 0 0 0 2 Schuylerjc -- 1 0 0 0 2" Featherland, rg 0 2 1 11 . Thomas, rg 0 0 0 0 0 Penta, Ig L. 0 . 10 1 0 Sevieno, Ig 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 9 6 1 2 19 Apex, 103 Player Pos. FG FT FP F Total L. Spencer, rf, If 14 0 - 0 1 28 Gibbs, rf 1.5 .0 0 1 10 S. Spencer, If U 0 0 0 22 Larsen, c 6 2 1 0 13 ' Siddoway, c 1 0 ' 0 ' 0 2 ' Chiara, rg 9 0 0 1 18 , Anderson, lg 3 0, 0 1.6, Householder, lg 1 2 2 0 - 4 Totals . .50 4 3 4 103 Score by quarters 1 2 3 4 Total 38th, Inf. 0 10 4 S, 19 Apex 1 2S 18 - 30 103 ., PROiLEta tfJE FATAL Question of Keeping Road Open tc Salt Lake City Ja Puzzling Motor ists of Bingham Canyon. Will the Road to Bingham Canyor from Salt Lake City be closed witli the coming of the next big snowi Will the road from ptngham Canyon to Salt Lake City be' closed with the coming of the next big snow? These two. questions are puzzling the tax payers of the world'f greatest mining camp at this time, aid to date no re-lief has been offered Strange as it may (seem, very little work has been doneOn the Bingham road this winter, although it has been said that the road leading south of Salt Lake "around ihe point of the mountain" was kept ipen. The road "around Ithe point of the mountain" is a statfl highway, state paraphernalia puld be used for keeping this road op in instead of us-ing the Salt Lake Ctunty machinery. It has been said that the work on the Bingham-Sa-lt Lake road this yrar has been a minus quantify. Why is the Bingham Canyofi road flighted? Perhaps there is a reason for the people of this caihpi having to fight their way through sfiow drifts. If there is, they should ibe notified as to the reason, and then! the chances are that they will not endeavor to try to get through. - t Some one once sa$l that promises arejike pie crust, andHhose who know how' much work, has ieen done on the Bingham Highway thjs winter heartily approve of the old adage. Have the road Workers of the road workers of the County Commis-sioners office been oit to assist dur-ing t ie last drift aong the Welby stretch? Let. us se. Monday eve-ning of last week (December 30 to be exact), when the snow drifted on the road side, did the county assist? Yes they did, and her? te'vhat they, really two and a half hours hear the big canal bridge, getting there at 9:30 in the morning and leaving at 12 noon, AND DID NOT RETURN THAT' BAY TO WORK ON THE BINC-- 1 HAM CANYON ROAD, r . The truth of the matter is that the! roadway at the Big Canal Bridge was not irt need of plows aS the road was passable at this' point without the aid of assistance.. The worst drifts were along the stretch one mile; east of Welby. On Friday, January 2, three men and two teams spent most of .the day smoothing off a little snow at the Midvale cemetery, near the Triangle; Service station, which as every one knows is closer to where there was but little drifting, along side of the amount perched on the Welby road. The day's work by the cemetery cost the county probably $30.00. Why not use the three men and two teams where they are needed? y : v ' ' QPENlim GAME raw Jordan District Basketball Season Gets Under ' Way This ' Evening With Jordan High and Locals in First Contest ' Jordan High School, the pride of the valley, will bring its hoop quintet here this evening to vie for honors with the Bingham High five in the first game of the Jordan District bas-ketball schedule. ' Local followers of the great indoor game are set for the contest this eve-ning, and according to advance re-ports standing room will be at a pre-mium. ' ' Coach Tommy McMullin of the Blue and White hoopsters has but lit-tle to say concerning the team's chances of winning the opening clash, although he did say that his lads would be out there to win, and would give their best to annex the first im-portant game of the season. The local mentor, at the time of going to press, claimed to be unable to give out as much as a possible line-up, although it is understood that Al- - lias and Brady will start at forward, Rodmer at center and Patten and Viette as guards. The team has been bard at work all week preparing for the Jordan mix-u- p, as there is not a team in existance that the locals wou'd rather- - defeat than Jordan. Jordan has been the traditional en-emy of Bingham High since the in-ception of the two schools, and al-though the bitter feeling that existed in years gone by is practically erased, never the less the feeling of enmity is still there, and each year finds these two schools in deadly combat. Coach Ballard of the Jordan school is again up to his old tricks, putting out alibis concerning his squad, and during the week just passed a Salt Lake paper issued a statement telling !!V?jrj.crjplejMii account of sickness. This is old stuff with local fans, and very little atten-tion is paid to the story. Coach Ballard is a foxy coach ,and as the story goes, he won a tough game from" the locals a few years ago as the result of the Bingham Canyon team being overconfident, and the same story has been put out each succeeding year in an effort to wallop the locals. Vincent of last year's team is the mainstay for the Valley lads this year, but what he will be able to do with-out the assistance of Pete Dow re-mains to be seen. There will be two games this eve-ning, the rookies of the two schools starting the entertainment at 8:00 sharp. It behooves those who wish to see the games to be on time as a monster crowd is slated. ' - LOCAL MERCHArJTS PLEftSEO WITH : ! ; r; : I!TK i . Bosiacsa Men" of Bingham Canyon Close Successful Year, With Indications ' . ,'; : - Pointing to Still Greater Things in IMS. Conditions in Camp Are In - - ' ' , t Hedthyhapt. l' ' s General business conditions in Bingham Canyon for 1924 were far bet- - , , - " " Wsi expectations,' according to most of the merchants of the camp, all U - ; , e( whvm are wont to remark that it showed considerable more in dollars 1 and tents than did the year 1923. v ,.i it ' Aa it the case in every small town; therev are those engaged in the mer-- - cantile business who refuse to be on the list of optimistic merchants, but for f the greater . part every merchant in the camp showed a radical increase over ''" the previous year. ,.' , , - ' After aisit over the business section, many optimistic remarks were ' ' garnered from1 the bnsroesa. jnen, Charles Adderley of the Bingham Merc. - said: "Yes, mt Iwva bad jreat year,1 much better than anticipate The , - ; year. N24 "will go dow in our fyxks f the best we have ever had f ; sine the founding of. the organization. Our Christtnaabusiness was better ' "than that of last year, and we are earrying very little stJck over. Although i ' w, have not finished our inventory, it is safe to say that 1924 was a most I " profitable one for ua I believe thst 1925 will.be even better, as the camp j t t U in healthy finai c al condition, the mines are goin? full bkW MH - ' " dications point to a great future for Bingham Canyon merchants.'- - ; , f" ; r R.?Jay Mitchell, in speaking of, the year's business said: "I had not - - , branched out much in 1923, so it Is hard for me to make comparisons, but we have'enjoyed a successful business throughout the past year, and our ' Christmas business surpassed our fondest hopes. 192S looks like a better A.one than the year just closed, as conditions here point to all mines being J operated throughout the coming year, which always means prosperity for L . Bingham Canyon. ' . - v" " ' ' - ' x Herman Weisberg ot the Outlet if' r; Clothing Store was quite enthusiastic , when asked about business during th f . - year 1924, He stated that he had en- - ' ' - joyed a good business throughout the year. and his Christmas business was I the best yet, j- - Mr. Kirkham, manager of the Gep. r hart Stores Company, was quite pro- - ' fuse with his remarks concerning the . business for the year 1924. .He said: U "Our business during the past twelve I months was far over our expectations . y . . and" our holiday business showed a j radical increase over the previous "!:'Sr" year.""..-- ' AT ,;' ? George W, Greathouse, manager of ' the J. C. Penny store said,;MThe Pen- - ' ny tore experienced a wbnderful - business throughout the year 1924, and V " onr holiday' basinesa was, enormous. ya-K-y Store in Bingham Canyon have we en- - - joyed such a holiday rush, and from ' what I can learn, the year 192S should , be even better thaa 1924. : i ; C. A. Eliades, Bingham Canyon r jeweler, in talking about his business 1 of 1924 said, "This year was far bet- - ' ' ter than 1923, "and although I did a . ' wonderful Christmas business in that ' year, my holiday business this year was even better. I am more than sat- - ' 1 isfied with the way 1924 treated me, ,,;.'s' ., and it looks as though 1925 will sur-- s- ' '"pass 1924. . . ; ; : Walter McCarty, manager of the Schramm-Johnso- n Drug Store said: i "Never have we had such a wonder-- - ful holiday business here. Odr spec-- l 7 ' "" ial merchandise for Christmas" busi- - f ness left the shelves long before the .j, great day:, and the entire year has been' one of steady growth. We an-r'-- 't ticipate a great 1925." k ., These are but a few of the mani-- ,t festations given out by the merchants Ttr " ci the town, but space forbids giving c each one in detail. . Suffice, to say - . ' v , that Bingham Canyon in 1924 was a ) 'i prosperous one, one ' that. will go '."t'' ' down in the annals. of Jh town as one " .of the best.: ?-f- 'V'.';;. ;r . ' y. With all thymines working full - shifts, and withimetals at their pres- - i - ( i.nt price, nothing can stop 1925 from j i ,t ' w- - .v being the greatest' year ever experi-- f u- - enced in BinghamjfCanyon. . - HABfGARVin . -- : ' -- FEEiPluEBIlSr : . Restaurant Man of Bingham Canyon i Has Flock of Birds-Wh- o Come to His Establishment Daily. Did you ever happen to be, neae the' Copper King Cafe about U in the . . morning, and see Harry Carvin, pro- - ' 1 prietor of the cafe, ceding his pig-- i eons?, ." ''','"'''.. If not, you snouid take tTie time to see how Harry has iameMi these birds with the aid of gentleness , and a . 4 handful of wheat. y ? .' ' ' -- Every morning at clos4b the noonj . hour, Harry "Je'ars a load cooing , noise, and upon investigation finds that no less than 12 pigeons are per- -. - ched on the top) of the building wait- - . ing for the geifial food dispenser to give them their daily rations. r ' , " r;jn Talking to them, nd kpilding to"elf- - "h along, as' it were,.; Harry ioon.JKai coaxed the birds to the gro and, many , of them flying to his hattds in an effort to get their lunch.' ' At the approach of a. tary they Or' , ' ' ' away to the roof, but Hairy falls" them back, and thus are the;' fed,. . f : It lias been laid that somii,of th younger boys of the camp hare been r trying lo shoot' the 'pigeons, ant' some-thing should be done to stop this ma licious The pigeons ait ab-solutely 1 armless, and althngh they may shy" you or roe, Xhey" ire Har-ry Garvin's' friends and as r such' " should not be moIestedL ' , Go to the Copper King corner some - morning at 11, and watch Harry Car ' vin's pcti get their mid-da- y meal. " LOCAL iUS BUY INSTRUMENTS Utah Copper Band Adds Three Horns and Much New Music With Pro-ceeds Received During the Summer Months. Many will remember the sterling concerts given last summer by the Utah Copper band in all sections of the Camp, and many donations of cash were received. Then a huge dance was given for the benefit of the band, and a goodly sum realized. Bert Thomas, secretary and treas-- . ise.,thje,.Uth4ppee ,baod has issued a statement wherein he tells of thi expenditures of the organization. Three horns, an absolute necessity to the success of the band, were purchas-ed, a BB Flat Bass, an E Flat Bass and a B Flat Baritone. These instruments, according to Mr. Thomas, are rather large for a man to take about the country and as a general rule musicians are easily captured if the instruments are at hand. Thus with the three new horns the property of the band, the local contingent of music lovers will not want for band music this coming sum-mer. In the advent of the band break-ing up, the three horns will be left in care of the town for, use by some future musical organization. . Mr. Thomas asked it be known that not one cent made during the summer months was given to any one indi-vidual, and that all receipts were used in the purchase 'of musical instru-ments, and more than $60.00 was used in the purchase "of new music. The members .oj the Utah Copper Bank ask that the people of Bingham Canyon be thanked for their assist-ance last summer, and trust that with the- - coming summer their efforts at assisting. the band will be amply re-paid with a repertoire of high class music. . ; ' ' ' ' '' illDEPEIIDEflTSr:: ; FiXSCHEOULE ; League Meeting of Mining Teams for , Coming Basketball Season Is, Held The Independent Basketball League ' " " composed of Utah Copper Mines, . Uuh Apex, Mines, both of Bingham, Magna and Arthur met at the West- - . v -- crn Arms Company offices 'Monday evening of this week and revised its ' playing schedule, in order that the . :--: dates would not Conflict with the;., . "Bingham High School schedule of, tle . Jordan district. ..''V'' ' SJLJ .The opening game here between A Apex and ArthurTwhich wa to have " . ' been played .Wednesday of this week, will be played at the high school gym . . Monday evening of next) week. Tatirs- - day evening the Utah Copper quintet '. journeyed to - Magna for - a - clash with (hat team.' ' Without a doubt, the Independent ' league will be the fastest in the state, - '. and the eyes of all interested In bas- - ketball will- - be focused in this direc- - ' tion. - It is a trifle too 'early to predict --v the winners,' as all teams' are about evenly matched, and some great games are in store for the fans of . this district. ' . ', :. ,. - , ' , Following is the" revised schedule for the first half of the season which ends February 12. , , January 8 Utah Copper vs. Magna at Magna.'.'' h ' January vs. Utah Apex '. at Bingham High SchooL" . '? January ,14 Magna vs. Arthur at ' - I Garfield. " ' , . January 15 Utah Apex vs. Utah Copper at Gemmell Memorial Club. ' , t January 21 Utah Apex vs. Magna . at Magna. ' ( i ". January 22 Arthiu .vs. Utah Cop-- , per at . Gemmell - Memorial ' " Club, r " January 28 Utah Apex vs. Arthur at Garfield. ' - : - ' January 29 Magna vs. Utah' Cop- -; per at the Gemmell Memorial . ; ciub, - February 4 Magna vs. Arthur at Magna. .. "v February S Uuh Apex vs. Utah " Copper at Bingham H. S. February 11 Arthur vs. Utah Cop- - , per at Garfield. February 12 Utah Apex vs. Magna, ' at Bingham High SchooL ' 4 NIGHT SCHOOL HEEDS PUPILS Local High School Equipped to Care for Many More Who Are in Search of an Education. With the holiday season over, night school is once more on at the new Bingham High School, but many of the pupils have forgotten to reappear, and a calf has been sent out from the school officials asking those seeking ah education to be at the high school each Monday and Wednesday eve-nings at 7:30. ' '"t t , That a rare opportunity is afforded the people of the camp is' manifested in the personnel of the faculty who are willing to give their evenings that others "may learn. Citizenship, under the personal supervision of Prof. H. R. Atkin, principal of the Bingham Central Schools, is one of the sub-jects taught, .and according to those who know, Prof Atkin is conceded to be. one Of the'(best posted men in the state bn this subject. With its many foreigners, Bingham Canyon should send a goodly .number to. the high school on Mondays and Wednesdays, if only io grasp the first rudiments of citizenship. - In the English - department, Mrs. Edna P. Wade is in charge, and a more suitable choice could not be made. Mrs. Wade is considered by many to be one of the best English teachers: in he--St- of Utah, and it behooves those fh search of mas-tery of the English language to at-tend Mrs. Wade's classes. English is taught in this department starting from the third grade to the second year of high school. jFor those in search of a business education," Mrs. Madeleine Waldis, of the high school faculty, is the one to see. Mrs. Waldis teaches bookkeep-ing and is consid-ered far over the average in this line of work. ' '. Thus it is seen that" the Bingham High School is ready, and now it is up to the people of the camp as to whether the night school should be continued. v v';' Surely there are enough - in- - the camp who. would profit by these les-sons, and ere it is too late, let them enroll in the Bingham ' High Night School, second to none. BRIDE AND GROOM ARE HOME AGAIN Lawrence (Tuffy) Stillman, and Mrs. Tuffy Stillman, nee Miss Maude Welch, returned home, late Sunday evening after a two weeks honey-moon in Southern California. V They are at present staying with Mr. Still-man- 's brother, Irvine Stillman on Lower Main street. - MRS. PARR WINS THE BOGAN LAMP Mrs. Sam Parr of 67'A Main street won the beautiful parlor, lamp given away during the holidays by the Bo-ga- n Hardware Co. The lucky num-ber was 00127. AUDITORS BUSY i ' ON TOWN BOOKS "' '.T '" f ,' 4 Lincoln G. Kelly ompany, Certi-fied Public Accountants of Salt Lake City, are busy at the Town Hall this week checking up the books of the Town of Bingham Canyon. This is the first audit the books have had for five' years, and it was at the urgent request of town clerk Francis W. Quinn that the present audit is be-ing made. Mr. Henry C. Nelson and S, Leland Shreeve are the two repre-sentatives of the auditing "company who are in charge of the-wor- here, which according to Mr., Shreeve will be completed during the latter part of ' ;; ;'a '.. j The Apex Team 1 . ; . . J Much has been heard of the Apex team since their wonderful exhibition against the 38th Infantry of Fort Douglas at the High School gym,. Friday evening of last week, when they piled up the amazing total of 103 points. Many fan are of the opinion that things broke in favor of the under-ground myyhat they played a weak team, etc, but the truth of the matter is that they' played stellar ball, that they uncorked a passing game, such as has never before been witnessed in this camp. .jul, WhfJdid Apx Wirt do to pile up such a total of points? What did they do to average better than one field goal per minute? Let us see: The following table shows what the entire Apex team did during the game, showmg every attempt made at scoring a point The first column is long throws tried, the second completed, the third medium trys, the fourth medium throws completed, the fifth short throws attempted and the sixth short throws completed. The seventh shows the total points scored by each player. . - , flayer , Long Comp. Med. Comp. Short Comp. Totals L. Spencer . 4 0 11 4 Ml 10 14 G'bbs - 2 0 1 1 7 4 5 S. Spencer Z 6 0 10 4 11 7 ,11 Larsen 1 .1-0- -. 0 2 1 9 ' 5 6 Siddowa' - 0 . ; l 0 3 11 Chiara 3 . -- 1 0.0 '9 8 9 Anderson .' 0 --a ',. . 0 ," 0 " 4 - ' ' 3 3 Householder L.--; U- -.l ' 0 v' 2 , 0 . 1 1 "1 Totals : 16 ,.r4 -- 27 - 10 S3 .' 39 . 50 The above table shows that the Apex team made 98 attempts at making field goals, completinf 50 of them, or better than half. Tha table also shows that bnf IS attempts were made at long distance, this showing the perfec-tion of their passing, game. '.u "';v:" "yC-;r- . ".::Js-- ' : - U. " . DOUBLE HEADER HERE ' . - ' MONDAY t , - Two games of basket ball is the ' ' dish that will be served at the j'j-- c ; Bingham High School Gynt on ' Monday evening of next week. T The opening contest Tof the Eve-ning will be staged "between the . ' Oogie Oogie Wah "Wah quintet ' - ... , . of Bingham Canyon and the De; . 4 Molay five of Salt Lake City. This i " , ame ahould prove tq be fast and . ' PP7 throughout, and will atart ' , at 7:30 sharp. ImmediaUly fol-- " lowia th o, the Utah Apex ' : will clash with the Arthtbu-fiv- a in I ' th first game Jhere-- of the Inde- -' - pendent League Schedule. v Thesa; r ; wo teams should put up'h. won; ' derful emertainment, as - both: f . : . ' lds boast of some of the best 1 4- iv" known men in the state. The Ar--. " : . ' thnf.team comes here unknown , ".v; although the work of the Apex V' ' lds has been the taatnre of the ' ''- - pre-seas- on games in this section. These two contests will afford ' the fans plenty of skill and plenty -- of action, and, a record breaking crowd U expected to be in attend-- " "' , ance. r , - . , , . , I LOCAL GARAGE.MEN ' ; , , INSTALL NEW SERVICE X Ren & Chick, the popular; propriet-ors- of the Bingham Garage " and Storage have "installed the' famous "dolpin" niiagneto recharger, and to show their faith in the new instrument aw 'giving the motorists of ihe camp frf tests which should prove a boon to owners of Ford Cars, of which this garage is the local agent. v ; - :,. TO TAKE VACATION Arthur M. Thomas, cashier of the Bingham State Bank, accompanied by " Mrs. Thomas and their twin children, Jack and Ted, will leave Sunday for San Francisco and Los. 4 ' Angeles. Mr. Thomas wilt .return about January 24, while Mrs.Thonu " .. and the children will remain in Pas-adena over the winter. . ""....-- - ' LEAVES FOR ELKO Mark Clays, for many years con-nected with the Copper King, .left Friday afternoon of last week for Elko,-Nevad- where he will be lo-cated in the future, having bought a billiard parlor in that city. Mrs. Clays will leave shortly-to- . join her husband. ' '.'" ' |