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Show WOMEN -TO Find It Necessary to Shoot to Protect Themselves I I j Kansas City, July 19. Tramps who j visit the suburb of Argentine, on the I I Kansas side of the state line, may Ik? j J confronted with a new and unexpected ; welcome. ' The women of Argentine, alarmed ! by the many trampswho have re-1 ' cently infested that place, it is said, i are learning to handle firearms effee- : tlvely and plans are now beln? made for the organization of a women's gun j club iu that place. J Several telephone messages weio received yesterday at the Argentine police station from women asking about the city ordinance pertaining to the discharging of firearms within the ) city limits. ' f j "A gun club will le a splendid thing for the women of. this town " said ' Sirs. G. W. Gully of Argentine, last' night. "There are many women whose husbands work at night or are away ( on railroad runs. It the tramps know J that w e can shoot, then" perhaps they will stop prowling around our homes." Argentine is a division point of the Santa Fe railroad - ' - I |