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Insert p. 63

A part of the preparations for the expedition was that
Fred Maurer wanted to get married. The Chautauqua on which he had
been a lecturer had closed and he had then joined me for a few
dayws on my circuit, the regular itinerary of which was approach-
ing Missoula, Montana. If he wanted to he married, Missoula was
the place, for I had there several old friends, among them two
university classmates. I had just learned that Charles Clapp
had been elected to the presidency of the University of Montana
and I knew that Mr. and Mrs. Clapp would be glad to have the
wedding at their home. A telegram was accordingly sent and
Miss Delphine Jones of Niles, Ohio, took the next train for
Missoula, a two days’ journey away. They were married on august 11^th
Their bridal journey trip was another thousand miles west to Seattle
where Mrs. Maurer remained for a few days while the outfitting of
the party was being completed. When they sailed for Nome she took
the train alone back to Ohio.

Insert p. 63

A part of the preparations for the expedition was that
Fred Maurer wanted to get married. The Chautauqua on which he had
been a lecturer had closed and he had then joined me for a few
dayws on my circuit, the regular itinerary of which was approach-
ing Missoula, Montana. If he wanted to he married, Missoula was
the place, for I had there several old friends, among them two
university classmates. I had just learned that Charles Clapp
had been elected to the presidency of the University of Montana
and I knew that Mr. and Mrs. Clapp would be glad to have the
wedding at their home. A telegram was accordingly sent and
Miss Delphine Jones of Niles, Ohio, took the next train for
Missoula, a two days’ journey away. They were married on august 11^th
Their bridal journey trip was another thousand miles west to Seattle
where Mrs. Maurer remained for a few days while the outfitting of
the party was being completed. When they sailed for Nome she took
the train alone back to Ohio.