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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1, 1 938.
Douglas County's Farm Industry
Greatly Benefited by Planning Of
Grange Agricultural Committee
Activities Placed on Systematic Bases After Projects of
County-Wide and Local Importance Are Discussed at
Conferences; Adopted Programs Embrace Crops,
Pests, Marketing, Transportation Rates.
By KR ED A GOFF
County Deputy and Chairman of
Douglas County I'omona Grange
Agricultural Committee.
liborora to promote the welfare
or the HKrlcultural InduHtry, Ihe
grange agricultural committee, or
ganized in the subordinate, Pomona,
Htnto and national departments 01 (
tlio grunge, are taKing u oowenui
part in Improvement of couditloiiH.
Agricultural committee work in
Douglas county has for many years
been particularly effective.
Conferences aro held annually,
at which time Htiggestions are mado
from each grange relative to pro
jects believed to be most important
ftir the Industry. The majority of,
tlieno projects affect tho county as
a whole. Others are of a purely
local contractor.
Programs Compiled.
From tho suggestions offered
there is compiled a county-wide pro
gram toward which each grango;
heiuJs Its efforts. In addition the !
grangeB select such local projects (
as may be most important within
tlio areas they servo.
During tho past year in Douglas
county, the general program lias
included a county-wido pest hunt,
weed control, marketing, coopera
tive buying and selling, and activi
ties lilrected toward lower trans
portation costs.
It Is impossible to calculato tho
great saving resulting to farmers
from the grange pest hunt, which
each year has hcoii eradication of
mi increasing number of birds and
unlnials which destroy a furmcr's
crops.
Wend control has been a project
for many years. Methods of wood
control by poison spray and clean
cultivation have given best results.
To HHHiHt in this work, a net of
weed mounts has been mado avail
ablo through tlio county agent's
office and has boon used boforo
most of the granges to inform mem
bers as to tho various types of
woods and their respective control
methods.
Marketing Gets Attention.
Proper markotlug of farm pro
ducts in ono of the most cssontial of
Evergreen, Grange Credited With
Many Activities in 27-Year-Lif e
Evergreen grange, No. 4iiO, which
iiif r': In tho hall pictured above,
vmh organized March 22, 1!)11, by
J JO. Joe of Lnoklngglass, with
!ii charter members. Tho only
tharler member who has belonged
continuously is Mih. Ueorgo Wlii
Hton. However, two other present
members, T. (1. Havens and J. 11.
(union, aro charter members.
The lirst master was J. U Hoggs,
and M. JI. Cooper was secretary.
The present membership Is 58.
Officers of lOvcrgreen grange are
George J. Thomas, master; II. II.
Spaceman,- overseer; Mrs, A. 11.
Idee, lecturer; William Austin,
chaplain; John Lander, steward;
Henry Lander, assistant steward;
Mrs. George Winston, treasurei ;
M rs. George Thomas, secretary ;
Mrs. John Lander, gatekeeper;
Mrs. Kdllh lloml, Ceres; Mrs. T.
G. Haven, Pomona; Mrs. Henry
Lander, Flora; Mrs. It. II. Space
man, lady assistant steward; A. H.
Hire, John louder, Henry Lander,
executive committee,
Tho first grange was held in the
old Green school house, but later
a hall was built in eomhluallnn
with the store at Kelley's Korner,
where meetings were held for many
years.
In 102!) the grange built the prer
en t hall. Incut ml nn the I'ncifie
highway about six miles south ol
Kom'burg.
School Lunches
"Mo.-d menus offered for school
lunches would starve my family
lo death. I tried a few of them
and I wish you could liavo heard
tho howl," Is an excerpt from one
popular home magazine editor
that may really have something
for consideration at this opening
of school.
Tho beginning or school activi
ties means that young appetites
are more of u problem thun ever,
and It Is then that mother's abil
ity as a filh-r-upper is put. to a
test. Her ample pneketbook does
not Insure the success a ml pro
tectlvetiess of this meal, for It Is
(piflo as possible for tho more
limited poi-kethook to plan wisely
to include essentials and protec
tive amounts of milk and fruits
and vegetables.
Ono homemaker Is delighted
that she Is now living suflclently
cIoho to school s that the chil
dren will not have to eat in the
school lunchroom, nor take
lunches; and putting a small tum
my fondly, comments, "if our
sandwiches had not agreed so
well, we might not have so much
of this."
Kuril' year tho lunches served In
tho atlraclivo school lunchrooms
nre showing progress In fitting
definitely into the school health
program. However, the habit of
preference for a sandwich, a gulp,
and a dash Is ono that will con
tinue to reign as long as sand
wiches are available. This is ob
ject fonnblo only because srhool
lunches wore started to improve
conditions of nutrition, and to
provldo tho school child with n
buhi need warm lunch. Children
do bring sandwiches from home.
the agricultural committee projects.
Through reporting at each meeting
on current prices, future o-itlook,
listing articles for sulo or needed,
farmers have been able to better
servo the needH of consumer? and
secure greater return for their
products. This project will be giv
en more consideration owing to
low prices now being -received for
most farm products.
Organization of cooperative mar
keting and buying associations ties
in closely with the farm marketing
project. The grange always has
been foremost In sponsorship of
farmer cooperation.
Low Freight Rates Asked,
Cost of transportation lias been a
severe handicap to Douglas couuty
fanners, who in a great many in
stances are prevented from obtain
ing a proper return for products bo
cause of this condition. The state
grange executive committee has
been authorized by a vote oC dele
gates to work for a minimum rate
on mixed car shipments of dried
fruits, canned goods and nuts. Pro
gress is being made in thiB endeav
or. Drlefs have been prepared and
filed and cooperative shipping as
sociations of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho aro uniting to help se
cure his privilege.
This project is particularly Im
portant in JJouglas county. At tho
present timo products must bo ship
ped in carload lots, with only the
largo market centers, therefore,
available as outlets. Smallor cities
and towns must securo their part of
thoHo Oregon products through ro
shlpmont, thorn by increasing tho
cost to consumers, tho dirferenco
often being enough to mako tho pro
duct prohibitive In price.
If, however, the desired mixed
car rtae can he established, it will
open a vast market throughout tho
mid-western and eastern states,
wliero tho smaller markets will ho
ablo to purchaso cars loaded with
mixed products, which in turn can
bo sold at u price atlnlcUvo to tlio
consumer.
Continued work on the part of tho
agricultural committees to con
stantly better tho Industry is ono
of tho principal aims of tho grange
Activities Numerous
Activities of lOvergreen grange
are many. The homo economics 1
committee, under tlio leadership of
Mrs. Henry Lander, Is In charge of
two bazaars held each year, ono at.
Kaster and tho other early in tho
cent her. The funds eleored at. these
bazaars aro used in maintaining the
hall and helping ay off the build-,
ing fund. This year tho eoinmltier
was in charge of the grange booth
at tho West Douglas fair in Jook
tugglass. Kuch year Ihe grange
maintains a booth at the fair, dis
playing representative products of
ttie community.
For tho last several years Hie
grunge lias sponsored a l-H club
scholarship. The winner this year
was Douglas IMnlr of Dlllard.
Plans have hern made to cele
brate Booster night September Hit.
All residents or the community will
be Invited and a program and gen
eral good time is promised to all
by the committee in cliurge com
posed of Mrs. A. II. Itleu. William
Austin and Mrs, .John Lander.
A number of interesting activi
ties are planned Tor Ihe near fu
ture, including a Harvest ball in
Ortoher and a Pioneer's picnic,
date for which has not yet been
set.
Several members have signified
thi'ir Intention to take the EUli and
Hlh degrees Oct. 1 in preparation
for the 7th degree in Portland.
They are many times supplement
ed with a hot creum soup, or hot
vegetable, and together with the
fruit and a glass of milk make a
protective lunch that causes no
mother worry. Today, in the
lunchroom the altracllvo plate
lunch has proven (he most worth
while answer to giving every
child an opportunity at a mini
mum cost to have a balanced
lunch. The Imlum-ed plate ttim-h
includes a main hot dish, a fruit
or vegetable and u glass of uiUU.
Wool-Like Fiber Can Be
Made From Skim Milk
A synthetic liber having the ap
pearance of wool can be manufac
tured from casein, a milk bypro
duct, by a process devised by
I Stephen P. Gould and Karl O.
Whtlltei of the Ituieau of Dairy In
dustry, 1. s. Department of Ag
riculture. Tho process Is similar
lo that used In making viscose
rayon from cellulose, and nubile
! service patents, applied for by the
; bureau, are pending,
j In Italy, 1iere n somewhat dil
j fere tit process for making casein
: fiber was announced three years
ago, production Is already on a
j commercial ba.sts. MoM of Ihe
1 fabrics, how over, are halt syn
j thetlc and half wool.
To make Ihe fiber, casein is soft
' ened in water and dissolved in a
, solution of caustic alkali. It be
j comes a thick, sticky mass and is
carefully worked into the proper
consistency by aging, addition of
'modifying agents, and dilution,
j The mass is then forced through
, multiple spinnerets of the kind
, used in making rayon. The fibers
i aro separated and hardened iu uu
acid bath containing formalde
hyde and modifiers.
Synthetic fiber produced in this
manner has a chemical composi
tion almost Identical with wool ex
cept for a lower sulphur content.
The fiber Is faintly yellow in color
and closely resembles best grade
thoroughly washed and carded
Merino wool, tho finest size innr-
. feted. The casein fiber has the
characteristic fine kink of natural
wool, and may bo blended with It
to mako a product that him the
resilience of. puro wool. Snythe
tlc fibers witii this kinky struc
ture have been made from plant
materials recently, but since they
do not take vool dyes, they are
not as desirable as fibers from
animal products for blending with
wool.
Casein Is mado from ski in milk
and the United States already pro
duces about 35 million pounds an
nually. It is used principally as
a paper coating and In the manu
facture of plastics, such as billiard
balls, riecause of tho almost un
limited supply of skim milk avail
able In this country it is possible
to produce as much as one billion
pounds of casein annually.
Skim mUk contains about 3 per
cent casein. Four thousand pounds
of milk, which is approximately
the amount produced by tho av
erage cow In tho United States,
will make about 100 pounds of ca
sein after tho cream is separated
or about 100 pounds of casein
fiber.
Most skim milk now remains on
the farm where it is used in feed
ing hogs and calves. Manufacture
o? casein fa definitely a factory
process which means that farm
ers would have to haul their whole
milk to market. Whether or not
the skim milk will ho more valu
able as feed or manufactured Into
fiber remains to bo determined.
The production of milk for casein
alone would not be profitable, the
bureau scientists declare.
Utilities Up to Old
Tricks to Discredit TVA
Testimony placed before the
congressional committee investi
gating tho Tennessee Valley Au
thority reveals that the privately
owned public utility 'agencies
have conducted a vigorous fight
to dlsuade farmers from signing
up for TVA power.
Tho chief argument In this
propaganda was, according to the
testimony, that there wero "a
bunch of Yankees behind Hie
I'VAV; mid 'consequently It "never
would bo built."
Hut this resort to carpet bag
politics was not the only trick
pulled out of the hat of experience
by tho privately owned public util
ities. Other steps included shifting ad
vertising accounts from newspa
pers champ toning public owner
ship of utilities In general and
tho TVA In particular to com
petitors on tho other side of the
fence. Oilier testimony showed
that the privately owned public
utilities bad sought to hamper
public power projects by propa
ganda and bad sought in divers
ways to influenco voters.
Put when spokesmen of tho
private power concern wore called
before tho comnilttee thoy bad
glib explanations. The switch In
newspaper advertising had been
made because a conduct with the
paper favoring public ownership
had expired and the rate was con
sidered too high for r newal, etc.,
etc. Yet the power concern paid a
higher rate, to another newspa
per that opposed the TVA and
without the formality of asking
for a contract rate to which It was
entitled on tho volume of busi
ness offered.
Thero ia nothing new about
these underhand attempts to con
trol public opinion. Thoy are
the common resort of the prlvalo-
ly owned public untilities iu cam
paigns wherever the Issue of pub-
lie, ownership is involved. Put
t hey reveal ono thing tho pri
vately owned utilities wholeheart
edly fear Ihe TVA; and they will
stop at nothing to discredit and
block its steady advance.
Movies Makes Bachelors
Movies nre the cause of making
young women "heartlesH mid flip.
pant' according to a liuehelor's
elub recently organized at Kral
jevo, Yugoslavia. The organiza
tion, known as Ihe "Club of Iis
lllusioued Lovers." has the fol
lowing among its by-laws: "lie
tough with women whenever pos
sible. Chivalry has no place in
modern lite. Women themselves
have forfeited their place of honor
by their own bean less attitude
and llippuiuy learned from the
films in love-making."
They must be showing some
Hollywood movie films over there.
Must Guess Indians' Age
Payment of old age pensions Is
presenting difficulties iu tho case
of elderly Indians as Karl M.
Kouns, state welfare director ot
Colorado, has discovered. Among
recent applicants for such a pen
sion was an aged l ie who. when
asked how old lit v as, said he
didn't know but that be was born
in tho "year of tlm big snow." An
other placed the date of hi birth
as in the "year of the big wind."
Several other wrinkled old Via
claimed they had served as scouts
for Kit Carson, the only duo to
determining their age. ldrector
Kouns has appealed to the Social
Security Hoard at Washington foi
inattucticne.
Well Known
V v '
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Peter Zimmerman
One of the best known grang
ers of Oregon Is Peter Zimmer
man of Yamhill, who has served
several terms as a member of the
state executive committee. Mr.
Zimmerman in late years also
has taken an active part in noli
tical affairs of the state.
TOPS PRIZE TAKERS
Juvenile Work Outstanding
Activity; Supporter of
Community Fairs.
Oik Creek grange. No. 458. of
Yoncalla, is a prize winning grange.
as a participant in tho state-wido
Grunge Mullet In contest it won
more prizes than any other contest-
itnt.in the state. Today its most
notable activity Is its juvenile
work, which promises lo grow into
major proportions.
Kill (-reek grange was organized
Kob. 2.r, 3!J1, at Urain, by State
Deputy Organizer Cyrus W. Walk
er. It had 27 charter members and
was known as Drain uraime. Its
first officers were T. ,1. Jtedford,
master:; A. K, Klocker. overseer:
W. U. Kdwards, lecturer; Lena Hert
ford, KS ward; 13. A. Piitmau, as
sistant steward; li. A. Do.ier, chap
lain; Win. Wise, treasurer; Ada
Kedford, secretary; Oscar Apple-
gate, gatekeeper; Vivian Iledrlek,
Ceres; Lottie Stocker, Pomona;
tiertinde iledrlek, Flora; Matilda
Applegato, lady assistant steward.
Meetings wero hold in Drain for
about H years, after which the
membership shifted lo Yoncalla
and tho grange was moved to that
add res. It has continued to hold
meetings in tho I.O.O.K. hall at
Yoncalla to tho present, date on
the fourth Saturday of each month.
Tito name was changed in lilUS to
Ml It Creek grange because of postal
confusion and geographical loca
tion. Fairs Supported
I'Mk Creek grange has been un
usually active in maintaining com
munity rairs iu northern Douglas
county, having conducted some of
the fairs without county assistance
With an increased interest by tho
community organizations it now
sees fruit of its labors in the de
velopment of a local community
fair at Drain.
The present officers aro Annie
Ki use, master; II. U'lxon, over
seer; Itlioda Ky chard, lecturer;
Hernice Mideke, steward ; Win.
Itising, assistant, steward; Zudie
Bishop, Chaplain ; Addie Castor, ;
treasurer; Jacob K. Vllson, socrc-;
tary ; J. M. Wilson, gatekeeper;
Kauny Wilson, Ceres ; Inez K"i-1
iogg, I'omona; Kay Weber, Flora; ,
Alice Itising, lady assistant stew-:
aid. 1
Iu l!i;i5, the year tho name of
the grange was changed. Klk
('reek Juvenile gvange. No. was
organized by Couuty Matron Alice'
Colt'. Today this organization is
possibly the largest active Juven
ile grange in the .state of Oregon,
with a membership of Ti7. Its of
ficers are: .Stanley Itising, master;
Ksl her lee, overseer; Norma
Hitchcock, lecturer; Zara Potter,
steward; Paul Itising. assistant
steward; Patricia Bent tel. chap
lain; ltuth Soute. treasurer; Kdith
.lobe, secretary; Hilly Kisiim, gate
keeper; I jiuru Jube, Ceres; Ora
inny Core, Pomona; Yvonne Wat
Hou, l'Moiii; Naomi Wilson, lady as
sistant steward; Mrs. Itlioda Hych
ai'd, matron; Jacob 10.. Wilson,
patron.
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Rural Hall Plans Now
Available Through OSC
If vonr (Iran co ts rontemplatinir
GREETINGS GRANGERS!
O. K. Rubber Welding is the latest modern, scientific
method of repairing bruised and fabric broken tires. The
work is strikingly superior, and real economy. When an
O. K. Man says that he is standing back of a welded re
pair, it's a statement.
O. K. Rubber WeSding Shop
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GRANGERS!
We Send You Our
BEST WISHES
Douglas Prune Growers
721 Winchester St.
building a new hall, better drop
a lino to F. L. Ballard, vice direc
tor of the Oregon State college ex
tension service, or visit your coun
ty agent and obtain samples of the
five different sets of plans avail
able. Any set mpy be obtained
from either Mr. Uallurd or your
county agent for a nominal charge
of from CO to 80 cents.
Five different sets of plans are
ivaJlable,' each emphasizing cer
tain features that organizations
have found desirable. Heating,
lighting, insulation, acoustics,
stage construction and other fac
tors have been considered. Each
set of plans contains a bill of ma
terials and other construction de
tails needed where organizations
do much of their own buildng
work. .
Cream Soups
In all fairness to the lunches of
mo early Autumn period, they
need to represent just a degree of
something substantial, and some
thing that will retain its heat a bit
longer than was desirablo or ac
ceptable a few weeks previous.
Just a small spinal chill can cause
all this havoc, and turn thoughts
to cream soups, either compara
tively thin or of a thicker chow
der variety.
The appeal of cream soups for
this time lays in an association
of ereamlness, smoothness, and a
delicate pulutability, that does not
leave ono with a too substantial
feeling after lunch. However, It
Is something lo try to understand
why a cream soup that possesses
all three of tho above requisites is
much more an exception than . a
rule. One look at many that aro
served confirms a suspicion of
carelessness In preparation and
often a poor selection of ma
terials. flood results in making cream
soups call for a skillful combina
tion of butter, Hour and a slow
stirring addition of milk to the
desired thickness of what Is
known as tho base, or a tream
sauce. Tho remaining half of tlio
preparation constat in the addi
tion of largo or small amounts of
freshly cooked or left-over butter
ed vegetable pulp or minced or
chopped pieces. With the addition
of bits of bacon, noodles, potatoes
or shell fish, a light vegetable
cream soup is transferred into a
substantial meal-in-oue dish.
For character in cream soup
then, it is hoped that every cream
soup ever served will have in it
the finest butler, milk and veget
ables, and that these will bo com
bined with fastidious caro to pro
duce another art in the culinary
world. Successful liomemakorH
will now want to duplicate this
art fur their school children's
lunches!
Split Pea Chowder
Two cups spilt peas.
One-quarter pound diced salt
pork or bacon.
Ono onion.
One cup diced raw potatoes.
Two teaspoons salt.
Two teaspoons celery salt.
One-quarter teaspoon pepper.
Six cups boiling water or soup
stock.
Ono quart scalded milk.
Soak split peas overnight, then
cook until barely lender before
adding to soup. Pry pork and
minced onion until golden brown,
add potatoes, peas and seasonings,1
then add water and simmer until
potatoes ami peas are done. Last
ly, add scalded milk. Kebeat and
season. Serve with toasted crack
ers or croutons.
Cream Soup Guest Furbelows
Muttered Croutons Mado by
buttering slices of bread, toasting
and cutting In fine cubes.
Crated American Cheese Used
in cream and cabbage soup.
Cream Cheese Cubes Used in
cream tomato soup.
-o-
Grecn Milk
Juices pressed from young
corn, barley and bluegrass may
soon bo competing with those
from oranges, grapefruit and to
matoes fur a place on the breakfast
table. The discovery of the sti
mulating effects of green-grass
Juice was recently made during
tho course of an experiment iu
which It was found that rats fed
milk from cows grazing on early
spring pasture grew twice as rap
Idly as those given milk from
barn-fed rows. Mat when juice
Roseburg, Oregon
Lecturer
Among national grange officers
scheduled to address the forth
coming convention at Portland is
the national lecturer, James C.
Farmer, a resident of South New
bury, N. H.
from fresh lawn clippings was
added to the milk from tho barn
fed cows, tho rats that drank it
doubled their rate of growth.
Grass-green milk may, therefore,
be the next market specialty. And
when special flavors are desired,
there's alfalfa, soybeans and su
gar cane to be considered.
Activities of H E. C.
The Oale H. K. c. under Sister
Clara Acllcr Is makiilK a meeting
place in their hall ami have help
ed in financing it.
The Note club with Sister Al
derman as fhairman has dedicat
ed a recreational Held which they
havo .improved in .many ways.
They havo earned, a substantial
sum.
I.OHK Tom It. K. C. with Sister
Mahoney as chairman visited
Junction City 11. K. C. ami put
on a program for them. That is
a fine way to Ret acquainted.
Many clubs aro planning booths
at tho fairs. .
It Is a real pleasuro to get ro
portH where thoy havo helped out
side of their own CtraUKC.
Hillsboro club earned a good
round Bum ana have i:ontrib'uted
to both tho Speuco fund and to
Headquarters.
Germans Out-Do Ford
A German motor car manufac
turer has gone Henry Ford ono
better ami is putting on the mar
ket what ho calls a "Volkswagen"
or "people's car" which sells for
lino marks, about SIISO. Tho car is
sold on the installment plan at tho
rate of 5 marks or about $2 week
ly which puts It within reach o
almost any wage earner. The new
car, which nun In I'lvo persons, and
will mako forty miles on a gallon
of gas, has a maximum speed of
about tl'JJ miles an hour on
smooth highways.
New Check for Scourge
If (hero Is tho usual outbreak
of iufanlilo paralysis next summer
physicians will use (lie pew pre
ventive treatment or zinc sulphide
more extensively than ever before.
Preventive treatment heretofore
has consisted of a spray of zinc
sulphate in the nose which has
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ARE BUILDING
FOR
Local
Butter and Ice Cream
DouglasCounty Creamery
JACKSON AND DOUGLAS
proved only partly effective, scien
tific experimenters at Stanford
University, California, declare be
cause this germ destroyer did not
reach the' olfactory -nerve-ending
area In the upper nose. It is at
this point that the deadly germ
is said to enter tlfe human body.
One drawback to this treatment
is that It destroys the sense of
smell temporarily. Further tests
are being made in the hope that
this may be avoided without re
ducing the potency of the treat
ment. It has been found that chil
dren will recover their sense of
smell more Quickly after treat
ment than will adults.
Missouri Flat Grange
Sent Boy to 4-H School
Nellie King, Secretary, Missouri
Flat Grange, Baker County.
Dear Brother Bailey: In look
ing over tho last copy of the Bul
letin I noticed tho list of Granges
who sponsored 4-H club scholar
ships, but did not see tho mime
of Missouri Flat, No. CI 2. We
sponsored a scholarship, also paid
the faro of our club member to
and from Corvallis.
Philip Fortner, Jr., son of our
county agent, won tho scholar
ship. A
GOOD
PLACE TO EAT
SULLIVAN!
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To the people of Roseburg and
Douglas County
OWEN'S
CASS AND
GRADE A DA
A MARKET
Dairy Products
We pay cash for your cream
right at your door. We have
been cash buyers of cream in
Douglas County for over thirty
six years. This long record is
your guarantee of perfect satis
faction and reliability.
"OREGON'S BEST"
Mel-O-Maid Grade A
STS.
The national grange advocated
the law providing for government
inspection of the products uf the
pacKing Idants and has supported
cery law- for the wholesome
handling of food products.
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OF
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and Beer
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GRANGERS
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