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1 story matching skip
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:ski, skipper, skid, skil, skim, skin
- Two Neighbors Decide to Build Their Own Road to Town
Farmers of the Calispel valley and two men along the route plan a new road that skips the Bobier hill grade and shaves two miles off the haul to Newport — if the town will chip in.