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niy, you continue or postpone the special election called for by the petitions, now • | on hie, any reasonable time which youirin, * may determine.aim* -par OKOIIOJIS SNOW SAVESame ( ANTON SKI TOURNAMENToi’-. ——-acreolitiDUX,)me-bojiin trod iFred Jones and WJ visor purp on filor 2 coun lion coun be a bond:for the great event drew near and the ithe cxut| The balmy weather of January lias lids, i created a “Rhapsody uf Blues” fur the i it. J members of the Sioux Valley Ski club I to'-awl their annual tournament to be held Lac,,. Canton, S. D., on Sunday, February .858,11 For weeks the weather men could not promise any snow and as the timeprospects for snow and cold weather far far in the distance, the anxiety ofthe club members became intense, berjjj Scout* covered the surrounding cwn tryside for snow hqt nrae cpjjW^**twnd in that state and it waiito go farther for snow must be had. Snow* was reported in the lake region*€h-wwtem.areWJstiff*w:the - and on Sunday a scouting party of the club visited the lake regions. Whiletnilyoxce a Mrs.wasmetfg to, ontheend* they ipir-rhen . D. they cep* ved• 27,vest . E. ime* mileidedage,thein:am*thethere had been plenty of snow along the shoro line a week before, none could be* found on Sunday, until they reached the Terrace Park and Pocahontas Point vicinity, where the sweep of the wind the entire lake had packed huge drifts which had been protected from the sun’s rays. The scouting party shouted for joy for the ski tournament could go on as planned.Arrangements were made for immediate transportation of the snow to Canton and by 8 o'clock Monday morning 15 huge trucks with shipping racks for boxes were on the ground and started loading the precious material. We understand the trucks were run continuously 24 hours a day as no time could be lost, and paid $30 per trip. One driver had made three trips up until Tuesday morning.Just how much snow was left at the other end with the thermometer standing at 46 on Monday is hard to determine.The officers of the tournament report the largest entry list of jumpers in the history of the event.Uoney gion * amer Mil lilt;tp:the tdateelectIowavote Mil lit even'the s475 he r c to twin stgenei in w] voter tion,the tD. W. GRIFFITH’S ‘ABRAHAM LINCOLN,” AT STRAND, MILFORD
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Spirit Lake Beacon
Spirit Lake, Iowa, US
Thu, Jan 29, 1931
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