INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS, F7 RICH ORE BEDS. WESTERN CANADA A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE ANYONE—THE SECOND HELEN KKLLER. Two N Grade .w Deposits of High 6REAT KIDNEY REMEDY COUNTING ITS GOLD St. Paul Blind and Deaf Girl Makes Iron Discovered on Wonderful Progress. Cuyuna. NEVER DISAPPOINTS THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WA8 A Faribault.—Vera Mabel Gammon of Brainerd.—Two important ore discoveries GOOD PAYING ONE. WINONA IS ENJOYING AN INTERESTING St. Paul, the deaf and blind child in have been made at Ironton A few years ago I was troubled with a MUNICIPAL the school for the deaf here, has been during the past week. Duluth people of complication kidney and stomach ail­ Crop conditions throughout the west ROW. making wonderful progress the last ANATOMY OF DOMESTIC HENS exploring the Shawnut company I or ments, and although tried two three of Canada were not ideal, but notwithstanding few months in her studies. Since she property in the southwest quarter of I different doctors, was unable to obtain there were excellent crops. has been in school from the three about the northeast quarter of section 10, a cure. Having heard a great deal Skeleton of Rhode Island Fowl Is IIlustrated—Bones Reports come from different parts to HAS ONLY SHORT TERM TO SERVE short words "ball," "doll" and "bear," I a Swamp-Root, decided to give it trial township 46, range 29, and the C. M. Hill Are Capable of the agents of the Canadian government, a taught her the first day, her vocabulary and purchased one dollar bottle of Mr. Lumber Company exploring the Thomas Carrying Much Flesh. whose literature tells a good Alexander, the druggist. From the beginning has increased to about three thousand Feigh land in the southwest I could notice a change for the better part of the story, that the crops in words. She writes good English, (By R. Q. quarter of the northeast quarter of WEATHERSTONE.) But is Making Things InterestingSays of and after taking eight bottles your most places were splendid. is fond of reading books in raised The illustration accompanying this section 9, township 46, range 29, have I medicine, felt entirely cured and have Bills Aggregating $8,643 At Castor, Alta., F. Galloway's oat type, writes on an ordinary typewriter paragraph is that of the skeleton of a encountered ore bodies of high grade. not had any trouble since. crop threshed 35 bushels to the acre, Have Been Allowed Contrary and braille writer, uses the "square Rhode Island Red hen. The bones The latter discovery possesses features I Had begun using Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot machine measure, and 44 bushels by hand" in writing with a pencil on a to Law. are large, strong and capable of carrying I of great interest to those exploring sooner "would have been a few hundred weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle, grooved board and does neat sewing. a large amount of flesh. It is dollars to the good and saved myself on the Cuyuna range. Samples Alta., had 20 bushels to the acre on She has also learned to speak. a lot of suffering. essential that a good judge of poultry from the drillings had every apearance Winona.—Mayor W. E. Hamilton, 875 acres. W. & H. Clark, 17 bushels Since entering the school, most of You may use my testimonial any time should be thoroughly familiar with of schist, in fact the men working whose term of office expires in April, is wish. you to the acre on 77 acres. Sheldon her work has been in language. However, the anatomy of domestic fowls. on the drills reported the material as A closing his administration at outs with Yours very truly, Ramsey, 20 bushels on 160 acres. she has also studied geography, judge who is thoroughly qualified schist, but analysis showed it to be 62 CHARLES E. HARRIS, l.he city council. At the meeting of J. Lane threshed 3,500 bushels off 200 biography, nature study and arithmetic ought to be able in most instances to per cent iron ore. This discovery 460 Sixth St., that body last evening he submitted acres J. Hamilton, 5,200 bushels off as far as fractions. One of the describe the breed of a fowl while he would seem to indicate a transformation Marion, la. another communication following up 264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an average most interesting features in her education is blindfolded by merely feeling the of schist into iron ore through the I certify that Charles E. Harris signed his previous one asking for an auditing of 25 bushels per acre on 160 is the reproduction of the daily bones, the flesh and its general contour. the above testimonial in my presence, being same mysterious agency by which the of the city books and the assistance of acres. Chambers Bros, got 13,270 chapel lectures which are delivered in He must always have an ac- first duly sworn to the truth thereof taconite of the Mesabi and the jaspelyte the council in investigating places bushels off 650 acres. signs by the male teachers of the this the 12th day of July, 1909. of the Vermillion have been where, it was alleged, liquor was being Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had school and are spelled into Vera's D. J. P. R. IIINLEY, converted into iron ore. It is not at Letter to sold in Winona, under government and an average of 25 bushels to the acre hand by her teacher, Miss Hansen. Br. Kilmer A all certain but that in more than one Blnghamtoo, N. Y. without state license contrary to law. on a total crop of 10,000 bushels. E. Miss Hansen's success in teaching instance similar material has been encountered In answer to the mayor's original Brown of Pincher Creek had a yield Vera has been remarkable. Her pupil Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You in other explorations classed communication the aldermen made formal of 33 bushels on his winter wheat has learned so aptly that she has often as ordinary schist instead of ore of Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, reply that the city books had been been termed the Helen Keller of W. Walker, Miss Walker and John N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will high grade, and drilling discontinued twice audited by expert accountants in St. Paul. Goberts all had an average yield of 'ft convince anyone. You will also receive in consequence. two years and found correct. As to 25 bushels Mr. Fitzpatrlck, 23, and a booklet of valuable information, telling This acidental discovery is but a the allegation that there were places in Mr. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson ANTI-SALOON ISTS AT WARREN. all about the kidneys and bladder. When step along the line of progress on the the city, where liquor was being sold writing, be sure and mention this paper. of Bon Accord, Alberta, had threshed Cuyuna. New methods of drilling and contrary to law the council maintained For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty* Temperance Orators Have Field Day his crop of 5,000 bushels of grain, more careful sampling have proven it was the duty of the mayor and not cents and one-dollar. wheat, oats and barley, from 210 in Northern Minnesota Towns. supposed low grade deposits to be of of the council to investigate law violation acres of old ground. excellent quality, while the discovery WAS JUST COPYING MAMMA and proceed for Its suppression. Warren.—Sunday was Anti-saloon Wm. Logan of Bon Accord is reported Mayor Hamilton' at last evening's of high grade ore bodies far away from league field day here. This morning to have threshed 400 bushels meeting came back in a communication the so-called line of magnetic attraction Child's Actions That at First Mystified of wheat from 9 acres of new break-' meetings were held at the Methodist he charged that bills amounting has proven to be a source of great in which Father Were Easily Ing. His oats it Is said yielding over church, W. A. Norton, an attorney of to $8,643.24 had been allowed by disappointment if not of displeasure to Explained. Minneapolis, being the speaker. Superintendent 100 bushels to the acre. Robert Martin the finance committee and the council more than one expert who relied upon of the Scandinavian department, of Belbeck, Sask., from 100 acres to three aldermen contrary to law. Referring a dip needle to mark the location The little six-year-old daughter of a Fred Nordquist, spoke at got 3,740 bushels of wheat. Geo. A. to liquor matters Mayor Hamilton well-known club woman was found in of ore deposits. Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 130 the Mission church, and district superintendent said the only place he knew where ^At Ironton two concrete shafts sunk her play room the other day doing all acres summer fallow got 40 bushels of the Anti-saloon league, liquor was sold under a government by the New York Foundation company kinds of acrobatic stunts and gesticulating C. Walden, spoke in the Norwegian per acre, and from 50 acres stubble license without the payment of the are now in ledge—the Armour wildly and wierdly. United Lutheran church. got 24 bushels per acre. One of the $1,000 state license which belongs to No. 1 on the southeast quarter of the "What are you doing?" asked the At 8 o'clock in the evening a big farmers of Colonsay threshed out 36 the city was a certain social club, child's father. northeast quarter of section 10 and Skeleton of Hen. mass meeting was held at the opera bushels of wheat per acre from 150 which he had been informed by a traveling "I'm playing I'm mamma," she answered. the Meacham on the northeast quarter house. W. O. Norton was in charge. acres summer fallow, and another 33 curate knowledge of the correct shape salesman for a whisky house had Then she made more unique of the northeast quarter of section 11 C. Walden addressed the citizens of bushels per acre. James Glen of of any particular breed, as to its head, been sold fifteen barrels of whisky by movements with her little arms and and work will soon be commenced in Argyle on the saloon question, while Drinkwater, Sask., had 36% bushels comb, neck, wings and all other parts, that house. The mayor said he had raid: "There, father, you accept them. opening up the deposits for shipment Fred Nordquist spoke at Alvarado. per acre 40 acres summer fallow, and of course must be thoroughly familiar talked with a member of the club who That's what they do when mamma of ore this season. In the meantime The temperance issue will figure in 81 bushels per acre 40 acres stubble, with color in every variety. He had said the information was incorrect, makes them." the Inland Steel Company is preparing theMarch election. 27 bushels per acre total, 6,680 must know whether or not a bird in that only five barrels of whisky had "What shall I accept?" asked the the surface ground to sink a concrete bushels off 200 acres. Abe Winters carries his head and tail correctly, been bought from this house. The father, still more mystified, "and what shaft on the northwest quarter of the DELAY IN HANGING IS APPROVED. of Fleming has 39 bushels of wheat whether the breast bone is too high mayor said farther that a member of does mamma make? Tell mo what northeast quarter of section 11. per acre. At Govan, Benjamin. Armstrong or too low, and whether the leg-bones the city council was on the purchasing you are doing?" •1 had 33 bushels to the acre. Governor's Failure to Doom Le Sueur are in the proper position and of the committee of this club and ought to "Why," she said, "I am playing that AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL, John Glumlln, 34 bushels. Charles Murderer Wins Praise of Many. right size. know something about this transaction. I am mamma at her club. Whenever Latta, 35 bushels. J. K. Taylor, 35 In scoring fowls, symmetry is the The council referred the mayor's mamma goes to her club she makes Henry Austin 70, Prominent St. Paul St. Paul, Feb. 27.—A large number bushels. W. Small, 2,060 bushels on first thing that catches the judge's communication to the finance committee motions, and the others accept them, Man Meets Death in Iowa. of letters justifying Governor Eberhart's 90 acres. J. F. Moore, 6,500 bushels to report upon later. eye. He at first takes in the style of heard her say so over the telephone St. Paul.—Henry Austin, millionaire action in not setting the date for on 215 acres. J. MacLean, 1,500 bushels As to the mayor's charges that the the birds, as a whole, typical of its to Mrs. Smith this morning."—Illustrated banker, lumber and real estate man, the hanging of Martin O'Malley of Le own breed, and then follows by judging on 63 acres. W. Hopwood, 1,750 council allowed bills to three aldermen Magazine. with large business interests in St. Sueur county has reached the governor's in excess of $8,000 for work performed its points one by one. In judging bushels on 60 acres. W. Gray, 950 Paul, died at his home in Waterloo, office. They came from lawyers, the head, close attention is given to for or articles furnished the city, the bushels on 30 acres. W. Curtin, 850 Denominational Puzzle. Iowa, as a result of injuries -received priests, ministers and business men. aldermen say they are an unjust reflection the length and curvature of skull and The wife of a prominent Unitarian busheld on 3 acres. John Meyers, in an automobile accident Wednesday. Governor Eberhart feels that he may on the present council for acts for beak. clergyman is still wondering what her -Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports 34% He was president of the Great Northern which a previous council was responsible. yet be spared the necessity of dooming cook meant. She was a new cook, and bushels to the acre. P. P. Epp of Land and Stock company, the O'Malley. The Mackenzie bill, there was every reason to believe she Langham, Sask., has 35 1-3 bushels per North American Timber company and PROPER HEAT FOR CHICKENS abolishing capital punishment, was was a good cook. At any rate, she acre. J. J. Thiessen, 31 bushels per the North American Land and Lumber G. O. P. CONVENTION SOUGHT. recommended for passage by the house bad unquestionably served in good acre. Chris Dear, 25 bushels per company, all St. Paul firms. as a committee of the whole by a vote Families, and she brought the best of Most Reliable Guide for Temperature acre from 90 acres. Wm. Thiessen, Mr. Austin was 70 years old, and his references. Nevertheless, her new Twin Cities to Go After Next National of 57 to 12. Is Action of Little Fellows— 18% bushels from 100 acres. P. P. estate is said to be worth $2,000,000, mistress did not hesitate to give her Meeting of the Party. Brooders Vary. Schultz, 18 bushels per acre from 100 chiefly in land and lumber holdings. a few instructions. MR. CLARKE TO ANNUL DIVORCE. acres. Robt. H. Wiggins of Manor, For many years he had been prominent "One thing I want you to remember, St. Paul. The next Republican (By W. H. KELLY.) Sask., had 39 bushels wheat and 75 in Iowa politics, having served Nellie," said she, "Is the way we national convention in 1912 will be The warmest part of the brooder Banker's Attorney Says He Will Have bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb, several terms in the Legislature. like our oatmeal. Don't leave It watery. held in the Twin Cities if the commercial should be in the center rather than Nevada Decree Set Aside. 30 bushels of wheat and 75 bushels of The accident which resulted in his But we don't like it hard and bodies of St. Paul and Minneapolis at the side or corner. If the heat Minneapolis, Minn. Andrew D. oats per acre. Jack Robinson, 39 death occurred as he attempted to dry, either." can land the attraction. The convention comes from above and a considerable Clarke, former president of the Minnesota bushels of wneat per acre. Wm. Kindel "Trust me, ma'am," responded the committeo of the St. Paul Commercial cross a railroad track near Waterloo, National bank, who got a divorce portion of the brooder be heated to of Milestone, Sask., had 38 bushels cook, confidently. "I'll get it right, driving his own machine. Club decided to instruct its from his wife in Carson City, the same temperature, no crowding of wheat per acre. R. J. Moore, never fear. I've worked in Unitarian publicity agent to communicate with Nev., and who was fined $250 for contempt will take place. 40 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin families before." GAME FISH "LID" TO GO ON. the members of the Republican committee of court in disposing of property The temperature given for running Roddy, 38 bushels of wheat per acre. in an effort to get the. convention brooders vary with the machine and despite a restraining order, while A Religious^fnnovation. J. D. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 37 for St. Paul. It was the general the position of the thermometer. The Season for Catching Certain Species his wife was fighting for her marital certain well-brought-up little girl A bushels wheat per acre oats, 50 bushels opinion among members of the convention one reliable guide for temperature is Closes Wednesday. rights, will take steps to have the divorce yawned at the breakfast table last. per acre flax, 11 bushels to the committee that in case St. Paul the action of the chicks. set aside, according to his counsel. St. Paul. The lid is to be Sunday morning and ventured a polite acre. John L. Smith of New Warren could not land it, Minneapolis might. If they are cold they will crowd He was advised by the judge, proposition to her mother."I placed on fishing for game fish, including had 35 bushels of wheat per acre. At They would do all in their power to toward the source of heat if too when his fine was imposed, to take really don't feel at all like going pike, muskalonge, crappies, Regina H. W. Laird had 35 bushels make the event an attractive one and warm they will wander uneasily steps at once to have the decree annulled. to church this morning," she remarked. perch, sunfish, sturgeon and all varieties to the acre W. H. Duncan, wheat, 22 extend all the hospitality possible to about but if the tempearture is right, "Can't we just send cards?" of bass on Wedhesday, March bushels to the acre, flax, 16 bushels the delegates and visitors. each chick will sleep stretched out 1. The only kind of fish that is not G. M. Bell, wheat, 35 bushels to the CHILDREN AFFECTED on the floor. WATCHMAN IS FOUND DEAD. protected by the game and fish laws in acre, oats, 70 bushels O. E. Roth well, By Mother's Food and Drink. The cold chicken does not sleep at CHILD IS SHOT BY PLAYMATE. this respect are pickerel, suckers, redhorse, 25 bushels to the acre J. McKinnis, all, but puts in its time fighting its carp and bullheads. Dealers in Defeated Candidate for Sheriff Killed wheat, 35 bushels summer fallow 20 Many babies have been launched way toward the source of heat. Accidental Discharge of Shotgun Fatal the marketable species will be given in Peculiar Accident. "bushels stubble oats, 80 bushels J. Into life with constitutions weakened In an improperly constructed or Moorehad.—In an effort to close a to Ely, Minn., Girl. until the end of the week to dispose S. Mooney, 31 bushels of wheat 80 by disease taken in with their mothers' improperly run brooder the chicks go of their stocks of crappie, pike or other heavy door opening on one o.f the runways Ely.—Bowia Lovak, 7 years old, was bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies, milk. Mothers cannot be too careful through a varying process of chilling, in the Dwight flour mill in this accidentally" shot through the heart fish handled. Wm. Nesbitt had 44 bushels wheat to as to the food they use while nursing sweating and struggling when they The open bass season does not begin city, Ed. N. Lundgren pulled the strap the acre. Sep. Latrace, 34 bushels when a shotgun in the hands of a their babes. should be sleeping, and the result is handle from its place and the rebound neighbor boy, Joseph Kernz, 7 years until May 29, the season for catching Thos. Miller, 31 bushels. These were The experience of a Kansas City puny chicks that dwindle and die. old, was accidentally discharged. pike and other varieties of fish caused him to trip turn a somersault «11 on summer fallow. Major Bros.' mother is a case in point: The arrangement of the brooder The boy took his father's shotgun that can be marketed remaining and fall to the ground five feet below, stubble went 14. At Tuxford, Sask., "I was a great coffee drinker from a for the sleeping accommodations of closed until May 1. Under the game where he was found this morning. down from above the bed, inserted a 3. B. Dunning had 37 bushels. James child, and thought I could not do without the chicks is important, but this is laws the spearing of pickerel, suckers, His neck was broken by the fall. Lundgren loaded shell, aimed at the little girl Bain, 41 bushels summer fallow. At it. But I found at last it was doing not the only thing to be considered in was night watchman at the mill, who was peeking at him through the redhorse, carp and bullheads is allowed Yellow Grass, Wm. Robson, off one me harm. For years I had been a brooder. the entire year, but during May and was a candidate for the office of door, which was opened slightly, and lialf section, had 45 bushels wheat to The brooder used in the early season troubled with dizziness, spots before and June the use of artificial lights sheriff at the last election. He leaves touched the trigger. The girl's death the acre, and 40 bushels off another and especially the outdoor brooder, my eyes and pain in my heart, to is prohibited. a wife and five children. was instantaneous. Two other children averaged 37 bushels to the acre. Geo. must have ample space provided which was added, two years later, a were present. Steer, off a twenty-acre field, threshed for the day time accommodation of chronic sour stomach. GOPHERS WANT CORN SHOW. The boy had received a target gun COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS MEET. lialf. M. A. Wilkinson, off 160 acres, "The baby was born 7 months ago, the chick. for Christmas of which he was very 52 bushels wheat to the acre. His This part of the brooder must be and almost from the beginning, it, too* fond. He often had watched his 'whole crop averaged over 40. Jas. Commercial Bodies Co-Operate to Largest Attendance on Record Gath« well lighted and somewhat cooler suffered from sour stomach. She was father load the gun. Bring National Exhibition to State. ers at Faribault. A. R. Cameron's half section averaged than the hover. As soon as conditions taking it from me! Faribault.—The Association of County •over 36 bushels to the acre. D. Mc- Minneapolis, Minn. Enthusiastic will permit, get the chickens out "In my distress I consulted a friend School Boards met here. This was LAMBERT IS HONORED. over the value of the national corn Nevan, who has two farms, averaged on a larger floor, or, better still, on of more experience and she told me the largest meeting of the organization show to Minnesota, Governor Eberhart about 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got to quit coffee, that coffee did not the ground. ever held, there being 350 mem' Comander of Field Artillery of Minnesota and his cohorts of state boosters met 47 bushels to the acre off 71 acres make good milk. I have since ascertained Keep t-ii chicks scratching In daylight bers in attendance. A number of addresses Unanimously re-elected. in the Commercial Club and agreed 1 Tiis whole crop went about 40. John and sleeping stretched out at that it really dries up the milk. by men prominent in school that Minnesota would welcome the St. Paul.—Major George C. Lambert, Murray, 35 per acre off 160 acres. night, and the most difficult problem "So, I quit coffee and tried tea and work of the state were heard. The whose term of office as commander of national show committee next month, Hockley Bros., 35 per acre off a half of poultry-raising has been solved. at last cocoa. But they did not ag^ee meeting unanimously indorsed the consolidated with open arms. the field artillery of Minnesota expired section. W. Ransom, 35 per acre of with me. Then I turned to Postum school movement. Advanced prices of farm lands, the last January, was re-elected by unanimous the Cathcert farm. N. Dunne, 39 to with the happiest results. It proved encouragement of corn growing in the vote at a meeting of the field the acre. S. C. Hart, 38 per acre. Provide a Dust Bath. to be the very thing I needed. It not state and the demonstration that Minnesota To Honor John A. Johnson. and line officers of the field artillery T. Murray, Jr., 36 to the acre. A. E. The setting hen should be provided only agreed perfectly with baby and St. Paul. Richard D. O'Brien, has is in reality the corn state of McEwan, 38 to the acre. Mayor Taylor, held in the Armory. with a dust bath, a place where she myself, but it increased the flow of completed a bill to be presented tc the Union, are some of the benefits There were twelve officers present, 32 to the acre. can dust herself each day when she my milk. the legislature making July 28, th that will accrue, say the boosters, if representing Batteries A and of St. comes off the nest. If provided with "My husband then quit coffee and birthday of the late Governor John A Rattlesnakes Appear Early. Minnesota is the favored state for the Paul and Battery of Minneapolis. a proper place and right material she used Postum and quickly got well of Johnson, a legal holiday in Minnesota. The unusually warm weathei next exhibition. The full staff of officers is sixteen. ,7ill generally keep herself free from the dyspepsia with which he had been throughout central Wyoming the lasl lice, but if she does not do so, she troubled. I no longer suffer from the few weeks has caused large numberi Will Dig Many Ditches. WILL IS CONTESTED. ought to be dusted at least once a dizziness, blind spells, pain in my MOORHEAD HOLDS ELECTION. of rattlesnakes to leave their dens and week with insect powder. After all heart or sour stomach. many have been killed by ranchmen Lancaster.!—Teams are busy haul Heirs of W. C. McElrath Are Not the chicks are out of the shells, the "Now we all drink Postum from my Youth of 23 Becomes City- Attorney and others. Not In the recollection ol ing coal and suplies for the two dredges Satisfied hen should be dusted again for fear husband to my seven months' old the oldest inhabitants have rattle by Big Majority. which will commence ditching operations of lice upon the chicks. The dust left baby. It has proved to be the best snakes appeared as early in the year. east of town early in the spring Litchfield.—Archibald McElrath, a on the hen's feathers will cause the hot drink we have ever used. We —Casper correspondence Denver Re About 7,000 tons of coal have been con Moorhead.—W. H. Davy was re-elected brother, and Elizabeth McElrath, widow, lice on the chicks to die or move would not give up Postum for the best ^publican. ST mayor by a majority of 78 votes. tracted for. Brown & Hersey of Litchfield, an inmate of the St. Paul asylum, away. coffee we ever drank." Name given who have contracts for ditch No. Lew A. Huntoon of the First National have filed objections to the probate of 0" by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Violation. bank was his opponent. Garfield Rustad, 18, commenced hauling last week with '3$- the will of W. C. McElrath, who died Get the little book, "The Road to "They have expelled my favorite a score of teams, and another contractor aged 23 years, and a graduate of at Kalispell, Mont., leaving an estate Best Breed for Eggs. Wellville," in pkgs. waiter from his brotherhood," said commences tomorrow. Two more the law department of the Minnestoa The best breed for egg production of $20,000 to Ethe Hare, daughter of "There's a Reason." one hotel patron. ditch contracts will be let in a few University, was elected city attorney. is one that has been bred especially •M I Mrs. Tenant in the town of Cedar Mills, "Yes," replied the other, "he accidentally Ever read the above letter? A He Is said to be the youngest city attorney days. Five dredges will be worked on for egg production and not a particuinrbmed this county, and Arthur Aylesworth, his one appears from time to ttme, They smiled and said 'Thank you,' as many different ditches this spring. nartner In Montana. In Minnesota. tr«e» are veaalae, aad full of dollars worth for a 50-cent tip." tatercstt v- few