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he admitted Broadland was open. But he said it had a mill and he didn't think I had enough experience to handle it. I though I could. He called Minneapolis and Mt Carlin (General manager) told Lytle to put me in. Said they needed every man they could get. Well, in almost a year I had leaned a lot about running elevator. I sure hated to leave Houghton but I just couldn't turn down the $125 I'd get at Broadland.
I'm going to back-track here for a ways. When moms folks sold out and moved into Houghton mom was at the sale and bought a team of horses. I don't remember how we got them to Okobojo but do remember how we got them back to Houghton. The horses (both mares) were being pastured at Earl Kennedy's and I wanted to get the horses sold. Got an offer from a man at Houghton so got a trucker by the name of Bill Fry to go get
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