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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



November 



The Double-Walled Massle Bee-Hive 



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**Our Backdoor Neighbors** 



By FRANK C. PELLETT 



Author of Productive Beekeeping and Staff Correspondent 



of the American Bee Journal, will delight your boy or girl, 



or any nature-loving friend. 



This book is an intimate account of the personal studies of wild 

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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Hamilton, 111. 



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Statement of the Ownership, Man- 

 agement, Circulation, Etc. 



of AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, published 

 Monthly at Hamilton, 111., for October 1, 1917. 

 STATE OF ILLINOIS, | 



County of Hancock. J 



Before me, a Notary public in and for the 

 State and County aforesaid, personally ap- 

 peared M. G Dadant, who, having been duly 

 sworn according to law, deposes and says that 

 he is the Business Manager of the American 

 Bee Journal, and that the following is, to the 

 best of his knowledge and belief, a true state- 

 ment (and if a daily paper, the circulation), 

 etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date 

 shown above in the caption, required by the 

 Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 

 443, Postal Laws . nd Regulations,. 



1. That the names and addresses of the pub- 

 lisher, editor, managing editor and business 

 managers are: 



Publisher — American Bee Journal, Hamilton, 

 Illinois. 



Editor — C. P Dadant, Hamilton, Illinois. 



Managing Edito-- — None. 



Business Manager — M. G. Dadant, Hamilton, 

 Illinois. 



2. That the owners are; (Give names and 

 addresses of individual owners, or, if a cor- 

 poration, give the name and names and ad- 

 dresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 

 per cent or more of the total amount of stock). 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 L. C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 H. C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 M. G. Dadant. Hamilton, 111. 

 V. M. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 Jos. Saugier, Tr., Hamilton, 111. 

 Leon Saugier, Hamilton, 111. 



3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees 

 and other security holders owning or holding 

 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, 

 mortgages or other securities are (If there are 

 none, so state) : 



None. 



That the two paragraphs next above, giving 

 the names of the owners, stockholders, and se- 

 curity holders, if any, contain not only the list 

 of stockholders and security holders as they 

 appear upon the books of the company, but 

 also in cases where the stockholder or any se- 

 curity holder appears upon the books of the | 

 company as trustee or in any other fiduciary 

 relation, the names of the person or corpora- 

 tion for whom such trustee is acting is given; 

 also that the said two paragraphs contain state- 

 ments embracing affiant's full knowledge and 

 belief as to the circumstances and conditions 

 under which stockholders and security hold- 

 ers who do not appear upon the books of the 

 company as trustees, hold stock and securities 

 in a capacity other than that of a bona fide 

 owner; and this affiant has no reason to be- 

 lieve that any other person, association or cor- 

 poration has any interest, direct or indirect, in 

 the said stock, bonds, or other securities than 

 as so stated by him. 



(Signed) , M. G. DADANT, 



Business Manager. 

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 

 third day of October, 1917. 

 (Seal) T. R. KLAY. 



