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Tragedy Ends
WHO DOES WHAT Wr
Angling Hear
Toketee Falls
V BILL BURGESS, farmer Ohio Slate
' on of hit many exhibition dives presented at the Southern
fa uregon invitational swim meer
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13 Saturday nights. Me teamed
former world's champion diver.
National Sales Tax In 1951
Among Possibilities Listed
For Study By Senate Group
WASHINGTON (API Congressional tax law writers to
day weighed the posibility of putting a super-tax in 1951 on war
inflated incomes of individuals as well as upon the excess profits
of corporations.
Moreover, in a search for
senate finance committee ordered its staff to explore the pot
sibilities of: '
I. A national wholesale or retail sales tax.
2. A national transactions
sion of the retail sales tax idea
Tragedy Again
Hits Nedra Clark;
Car Kills Child
LOS ANGELES (JP) With
the traffic accident death of her
daughter Penny Clark, tragedy
again has taken a brutal swing at
Nedra Clark, widow of Bud
Clark, the crooner.
Penny, a laughing seven-year-old,
dashed across a busy inter
section to join playmates yester
day, and ran directly in front of
; an oncoming car.
, The child's nurse, Ruth Shackel
1 ford, told police she called to
Penny, but the child apparently
' didn't hear her. The driver, Ed
ward Cheetham, 28, of Santa Mon
ica, was not held.
It was the third major tragedy
for the grief-torn Mrs. Clark, 31,
who once was selected as Amer
ica's most beautiful brunette.
Singer Clark, Penny's father,
only 37, was killed in an air
crash last Oct. 1.
But before that, Mrs. Clark had
seen her first husband, William
M. Evans, go berserk after she
divorced him in 1941 and stab
their two-year-old son and her
mother to death. A button which
deflected the blade saved her own
life. Evans is serving a life term
in Illinois state penitentiary.
Mrs. Clark, now left childless,
was recently awarded $450 a
month from Clark's shrinking es
tate, estimated at about $26,000.
However, she sold their former
Encino home for $19,000 net. she
told the court, and has a $2,000,
000 suit pending against the oper
ators of the plane which carried
the singer to ms aeain.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This disoatch from Tokyo leads
off the Korean war news as this
is written:
"The North Korean Reds massed
60,000 men at night for a drive
. against Taegu ... the big, IM
MINENTLY THREATENING
force rallied near Waegwan . . .
it is believed to be the most ef
fective mass drawn from 15 divi
sions (150,000 men) which the Reds
had shoved up to the long, curling
battle line.
' I suppose this is no time to do
sums in arithmetic, but it is dis
turbing to recall that our intelli
gence reported at the beginning of
the fighting that the TOTAL
STRENGTH of the North Koreans
was 75.000 men.
We're supposed to have been kill
ing the North Korean Commies off
like potato bugs. A couple of weeks
ago, or thereabouts, our comriu
niques estimated their total casual
ties at 37,000. We've been doing a
lot of Red-killing since then.
(Continued on Page Four)
Pear Picking Will Begin
Wednesday; Crop Short
Pear picking will start Wednes
day in the Roseburg vicinity, and
about 14 pickers will be needed, ac
cording to George T. Foster, Ore
gon State employment office man
ager Picking is expected to start in
several other yards soon. Persons
planning to pick should inqu.w -i
the employment office as to the lo
cation of the yards. They should be
old enough to handle a 14-foot lad
der and must provide their own
transportation.
The pear crop will be very light.
Estimates are that there will be
about 500 tons to harvest, com
pared with a usual 2000 tons Be
tween 200 and 3O0 acres of pear
orchards are located near Roseburg.
diving champion, levels off in
neia in Koseourg iasr rrioay ano
I n I I -a ff J - ' I
here with Al Patmk, of Seattle,
new revenue, the tax-framing
levy, which might be an expan
to put a tax on each trensac-
tion for goods or services.
Chairman George said the staff
also will study proposals that new
excise levies be put upon n o n
essential goods, to discourage buy
ing. The finance committee voted not
to make an excess profits tax on
corporations an addition to Pres
ident Truman's $5,000,000,000 "first
installment" tax boosting bill, but
told its staff to prepare proposals
for such a levy to be effective
January 1, 1951, with its possible
extension to individuals and part
nerships. Senator Hoey, a committee
member, said "I think the com
mittee action gives notice to all
corporations, that in - all 'probabil
ity an excess profits tax will be
enacted next year effective Jan
uary 1, 1951." There still remained
the possibility of a senate floor
fight to put an excess profits tax
on corporations into the present
bill.
George told reporters vhe idea
of extending the excess profits
levy to individuals is "an effort
to preserve people with fixed and
limited incomes who would b e
crushed by making regular in
come tax rates higher and higher.
"If we're to save our whole sys
tem, we've got to preserve the
middle income people," George
said. "We can't crush them."
The finance committee already
nas approved unanimously a boost
of about $3,000,000,000 a year in
individual income taxes, and $1,
500,000,000 additional for cor
porations. Congress may put it on M r.
Truman's desk by September 1.
Housing Needed
For Ten Teachers
Townspeople were asked today
by City School Supt. Paul S. El
liott for their cooperation in help
ing provide housing for additional
teachers added to the school sys
tem this year.
Of the 22 teachers who were
not serving the system last year.
19 are new to Roseburg schools
and three are returning after
leaves ot aDsence.
Housing is needed for approx
imately ten teachers. Elliott said
These include three former ser
vicemen and their families ot two
to three children, one mother with
two children, two man-and-wife
combinations and four single
young women teachers.
blliott asked local persons who
have houses, apartments or rooms
to provide to call his office, phone
434. He said such housing is es
sential to assure the public school
district of adequate teachers t o
serve this year's record enroll
ment, expected to total between
3,000-3,100 students. .
Light Rain Due Tonight,
Weather Bureau Says
Light intermittent rain Is ex
pected to hit Roseburg tonight
and continue through Wednesday.
The weather bureau explained
that a low pressure area is mov
ing directly eastward from the
Pacific and is expected to hit
most of the Northwest.
It will be the first rein for
Roseburg since the .01 Inch en
July 21. Until July 21 there had
been ne rain since June 24.
The Weather
Partly cloudy today, cloudy with
intermittent rain tonight and
Wednesday. Slightly cooler.
Highest temp, for any Aug. 106
Lowest temp, for eny Aug. .... 3t
Highest temp, yesterday 89
Lowest temp, yesterday 54
Precipitetien from Aug. 1 0
Precipitation last 24 hours ... 0
Precipitetion from Sept. 1 .. 14.14
Deficiency from Aug. 1 01
Sunset today 1:14 p. m. ,
Sunrise tomorrow 4:1 a. m.
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Established 1S73
Bitter Battle
Indecisive';
Losses Heavy
Communists Succeed In
Adding Bridgehead In
Naktong River Sector
By The AiocUted Prew
Communist forces smashed sav
agely today against the American
southern flank on the Naktong ri
ver bridgehead southwest o f
Taegu, main U. S. forward base
in South Korea. This Red drive
rilled ahead six or seven miles
east of the Changnyongarea, 23
miles southwest of maegu, in some
of the severest fighing of the war,
A break-through in the Changn
yong sector not only would i m
peril Taegu, but probably would
signal the beginning of what the
Communists hoped would be the
final push to Pusan to throw the
defenders into the sea. But a U. S.
officer expressed confidence the
Reds could be pushed hack. Head
quarters said the battle was "in
decisive.
Whi e the U. S. 24th division
battled the Red push on the south
ern flank under a Diistering sun
with both sides suffering heavy
casualties. United Nations forces
were holdine iust to the north in
the area where the Keas already
have swollen their bridgehead to
12.000 troops.
The Reds rammed anoiner
hririeehead across the river on the
northern end of the Naktong river
front near Waegwan, where the
kickoff of a Communist general
offensive has been awaited, but
severe Allied air punishment of
the Communist concentrations
may have thrown the Red time
table out of kilter.
Yankees Gain Near Pehang ' ,
But there was heavy fighting'on
the other fronts. On the northeast
rim of . the - 140-mile-long battle
front, Allied forces moved to with
in a half mile of Red-held Pohang,
formerly the No. 2 U. S. east
coast supply base.
On the southern end of the
curling front behind the advance
of marines and infantry U. S. Ne
gro troops with the 25th division
captured a rocky hill in fierce
fighting, freeing the remainder of
a force of 200 American artillery
men who had been encircled by
the Reds.
American pilots reported a Com
munist mechanized column of
more than 100 vehicles moving to
ward Chinju, Communist south
ern base being threatened by the
American leathernecks and dough
boys in their southern drive. Air
men attacked the column which
headquarters said contained n o
tanks. The battered Red sixth di
vision is holding Chinju against
the United Nations drive.'
U. S. jet fighters and light bomb
ers pummelled Red cdmmunica
tions lines and supply dumps
along the battlefront with reported
"excellent results." Other planes
smashed heavily at troop concen
trations all along the Naktong
front.
On the northeast rim of the 140
mile South Korean front, American
forces captured the town of Yuk
tong, nine miles west of the Po
hang air strip on the Sea of Japan
coast. At the same time South
Korean troops retook the nearby
town of Imam.
Long range bombers have so
damaged the Red's huge oil re
finery at Wonsan in North Korea
that it has been written off as
major target for B-29 superforts.
Wilford Goodmans Buy
Furniture Store Here
Purchase of the Bargain House
Furniture store from Abe Bean was
announced today by Mr. and Mrs.
Wilford Goodman, new owners of
tne concern.
Under the new management, the
name of the store will be changed
to ooodman s furniture store and
the phrase. "Bargain House," will
be retained as a slogan. The Good
mans said the store will feature
low price lines of new and used
furniture and hardware.
Formerly of Eugene, the Good
mans moved to Roseburg in June,
following the purchase of the store.
They have one daughter.
The couple has been appointed
to the advisory board of the Vet
erans hospital, representing B-nai
Britn.
Auto's Plunge Traps
Motorist In Umpqua
REEDSPORT, Ore. UP) An
automobile carrying two men
plunged over a 150-foot embank
ment in the Umpqua river near
here Sunday night, trapping one
and throwing the other clear.
Coast guradsmen were dragging
for the body of John C. Lind about
a half mile above this city.
Chester Kallog. 30, of Portland,
was thrown clear.
AUTO LARCENY CHARGED
Raymond Donald Jepson, 53, of
Sutherlin was released to Polk
county authorities on a Polk county
warrant charging larceny of an
auto, reported Sheriff O. T. Carter.
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North Roseburg
Homes Escape
Grass Fire Threat
Fire, breaking out in dry grass
near the rear of the Rosetta lodge
beyond the north city limits, swept
swiftly up the hillside and burned
over approximately 50 acres Mon
day afternoon.
The fire call came at about
5 o'clock, and within minutes
the flames, fanned by a strong
west wind, had climbed to the peak
of the hill, and began spreading
along the east side.
All available city firemen and
volunteers responded to the call.
Water and chemicals were used
where access could be made to
prevent the spread of flames Fi
nally a backfire was started after
the fire began spreading inside the
city limits in the vicinity of W
Second street and menacing sev
eral new homes.
The fire continued to burn
through the early evening, before
it finally burned itself out around
the hill top.
The firemen's report showed that
there was no damage other than
that caused to small trees along
the ridge.
Arrangements
For County Fair
Near Completion
The fairgrounds are being pre.
pared and arrangements are near
ing completion this week as the
county gets ready for the1 annual
Douglas County fair Thursday.
r rmay ana Saturday. -
Spectators have been promised
a total of some 20 separate events
and contests put on by the Future
Farmers of America, 4-H, Home
Economics and Grange organiza
tions. ... ... -.,
In' addition: there Wilt be a' car-'
nival, some 60 commercial exhib
its prepared by local merchants
and an ample supply of ice cream
and not dog stands.
' Nineteen Shetland ponies cared
for by County Sheriff O. T. Carter
are expected to cause consider
able interest among children.
Included in , the competitive
events are style review, bread and
cake baking, canning, crops and
forestry exhibits, livestock, show
manship and preparing dinners.
All events will be held at the
fairgrounds in Roseburg except
style review judging Thursday at
1:30 p.m. at the junior high school
and a style review at 4 p.m. Fri
day afternoon at Umpqua park
which adjoins tne grounds.
Dallen H. Jones, veterinarian of
the Roseburg Animal hospital, will
be at the fairgrounds Thursday
noon to check animals entered for
exhibition.
Paul Abeel is fair manager. Co-
directors are W. L. Anderson, Cor-
inne McTaggart, Wayne Moshcr
and J. Roland Parker.
Gl Finds His Helmet;
Bullet Killed Wearer
WITH U.S. FIRST CAVALRY
DIVISION IN KOREA (
Cpl. James Moore of Pleasant
City, Ohio, couldn't find his
helmet when ordered into bat
tle last night against the North
Korean Reds. '
He grabbed another. Its heed
gripping liner didn't fit well.
After a night of bitter fight
ing, Moore looked eround for a
replacement. He found one but
the helmet had holes in the
front and back where a bullet
had killed the G I weering it.
Moore looked inside. The
name read: "Corporal James
Moore." It was his.
IN CHARGE OF It 50 Douglas County fair to be held Thursday, Friday end Saturdey are (L. to
R.I Wayne Mother, assistant county agricultural agent; Homer Grow, Roseburg high school
director ef Future Farmers of America; Paul Abeel, fair manager; Mrs. Corinne McTaggart,
home extension agent, end W. L. Anderson, 4-H club agent. A co-director ef the County
fair but not pictured is J. Rolend Parker, county agent. (Picture by Paul Jenkins,)
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ROSEBURG. OREGON TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1950
6-iM
Hot Session
Staged Over
Rent Control
Expediter Stirs Up Fuss
At Los Angeles As Court
Blocks Proposal To Lift
LOS ANGELES WP Rent con
trol stays on in Los Angeles for
another 10 days despite a seeth
ing session which the city council,
bolstered by irate landlords, talked
down national housing expediter
Tighe Woods.
Ice water was thrown on hot tem
pers from 3000 miles away as Fed
eral Judge James Kirkland in
Washington, D. C, issued a tem
porary restraining order yesterday
preventing Woods from lifting con
trols. "This is the first time I have
been enjoined against approving a
decontrol resolution," said Woods,
declaring he would abide by any
court ruling. Woods told newsmen
that action on the matter now must
await the outcome of the Aug. 24
hearing set by the court.
The injunction was issued on the
complaint of the International As
sociation of Machinists, (IND.) with
the backing of the Los Angeles Ten
ants council representing AP L, ana
CIO unions. The Detition charce
the city council had acted hastily
without a proper public hearing
wnen it passed tne decontrol reso
lution last April 28.
Boot From Landlords
Los Angeles is the first large
city in the nation to ask for de
control and Woods' intervention
yesterday was greeted by loud
boos from some 500 landlords out
side council chambers. ,
They displayed signs advising
Woods t6-''go home" and "Jrou aru
not wanted here." But a few ten
ants showed up with signs reading:
"Government of, by and for the
landlords."
Woods was given police guard to
make his exit from the chamber
where the council flatly rejected
his proposal that it adopt the Chi
cago plan letting neighborhood
boards determine justifiable rent
increases.
Indignant councilmen called
Woods "a brash bureaucrat" and
a giver of "unsolicited and unwel
come advice."
Woods told reporters "this is my
first and last appearance before a
city council.
Injunction Delays Action
Woods said he came here be
cause "I felt in conscience bound
to first put something before you
that is working in another large
city so that you could reconsider
if you so desire," he said. He was
referring to the Chicago plan.
The council's April 23 resolution
in favor of decontrol must be ap
proved by Woods before it becomes
effective. Yesterday's federal court
injunction delays any action by
Woods until after the hearing in
Washington Aug. 24.
Fine, Jail Term Handed
To Drunken Driver
Theron Junior Harris, 52, of
Roseburg was sentenced to serve
30 days in the county jail and to
pay a fine of $200 upon pleading
guilty to a charge of drunken
driving, according to Justice of
Peace A. J. Geddes.
O. H. Hatch, 37, of Drain was
being held in the county iail on
a drunk driving char :e,' according
to Drain Justice of Peace Clarence
Leonard. Bail has been set at 150,
said Leonard.
Arresting officer was Drain Dep
uty Sheriff Vern Pouncey.
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ANTICIPATES VISION Mrs. Anna Van Hoof, 4 1 -year-old farm
wife, who says a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared
to her six times and will reappear today, touches the rosary of an
unidentified visitor at her home
buses and trains have been
visitors to her, .
Woman's Expected Seventh
Visitation Of Virgin Mary
Lures Throng To Farm Home
NECEDAH, Wis. (PI A gniint, prematurely aged mother of seven
children awaited patiently today for what she firmly believes will be
her seventh visitation from the Virgin Mary.. :
. She is Mrs. Mary Anna Van Hoof, 41-year-old farm wife who is con
vinced the mother of Jesus will come to her today as she contends
she has come on six previous occasions.
Joe Dunne Now
In Governor Race
SALEM m Former State Sen.
Joe E. Dunne, Portland, old age
Sension leader, filed his candidacy
londay as an independent candi
date for governor.
Dunne will run against Governor
Douglas McKay, Republican, and
State Sen. Austin Flegel,' Demo
crat, in the November general
election.
Dunne was nominated July 31 at
a convention in Portland of 250
voters.
Dunne explained he is running
because he doesn't think MeKay
or Flegel are liberal enough in
their views on old age pensions.
It will be Dunne's second try
for the governorship.
In 1934, he ran as a Republican,
finishing third. The winner was
former Gov. Charles H. Martin,
Democrat, while Peter Zimmer
man. Yamhill county farmer, an
independent, was second.
Dunne served in the state senate
from 1928 to 1933.
SHIPBURNS; 400 SAFE
TADOUSSAC, Quebec, (JP)
The 7,ouo-ton cruise snip yueuec
burned to the waterline last night
after racinr! aflame in the St. Law.
rence river to land safely some
600 persons aboard.
190-50
near Necedah, Wis. special
chartered to bring thousands of
IAP Wirephoto)
Thousands of people are here.
There is no way actually to esti
mate their number. Some believe
with Mrs. Van Hoof that the ap
parition of the Blessed Virgin
Mary will take place at noon
today. Others are merely curious,
while still others frankly acoff at
her claims but are present any
way. The visitors jammed every
available highway leading into this
little town of 1,000 on the Yellow
river through yesterday and last
night, despite admonitions from
the Catholic hierarchy to mem
bers of their faith to stay away.
They came by automobile, bus
and special trains from all parts
of the country to crowd every
inch of the farm where 57-year
old Fred Van Hoof, husband of
Mary Anna, tries to eke out a
living from barren, sandy soil.
Today is the feast of the assump
tion of the Blessed Virgin, a holy
day of obligation for Roman Cath
olics and they are required to at
tend mass.
A shrine has been erected of
rough planks in front of the tar
papered home of tne van hoois.
On it stands a white statue of Our
I.edv of Fatima. a gift of a Mil
waukee religious organization. It
is banked with flowers brought by
neighbors.
Voice Heerd, She Says
The shrine is painted white and
stands about 29 feet in front of
the home. In back of it are three
small ash trees. It is in this little
clump of trees that Mrs. Van Hoof
contends she first saw tne appar
ition last May 28 coming out of a
blue mist.
She also contends she heard the
voice of the Virgin Mary on one
previous occasion but did not see
her.
oiirrounding the shrine are long
rows of kneeling-1 enches erected
by a voluntary citizens committee
of residents who are handling de
tails. On two roads leading to t h e
120-acre farm are county and state
policemen directing traffic and
keeping order. On nearby land are
about ten stands at which soft
drinks, sandwiches and religious
goods are being sold at moderate
prices.
Hundreds slept in their cars.
Others pitched tents alongside the
highway. Still others jammed
every inch oi town to sleep o n
porches and lawns and wherever
people would laxe tnem in.
MISSING CHILD FOUND
ABERDEEN, Wash. UP)
Two year old Shirley Lonberg,
missing 16 hours in the rain
drenched woods near Montcsano,
was found alive and in "generally
good condition" at 8:20 today.
Taken to the Elma hospital, her
condition was reported good al
though she wai suffering from exposure.
E. E. Palmtr, ' Employ
Of Copco, Son U, Dit;
Both Bodits Recovered
Edgar Ervinc Palmer, in. and
his son, Erving Dale, age 18, were
orownea in tne turDulent upper
North Umpqua river below Tok
etee falls while fishing Sunday
night.
The body of the elder Palmer
was removed from the river Mon
day. Information that the body of
the boy had been located waa re
ceived here about 9:30 a.m. today
by telephone.
Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd, who
flew to Toketee by plana Monday
after the sheriff's office had re
ceived word of the tragedy, re
ported that Palmer and his son
had gone fishing about 7 p.m. Sun
day. When they did not return,
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Searching parties found Pal
mer's body lodged in a log jam
in a canyon 180 feet deep Monday
at about 10:30 .m. The body of
the youth was found at the same
location this morning, the tele
phone report stated.
The North Umpqua river is de
scribed as being about 25 feet
wide, very deep and swift, as it
cascades through the deep gorge
a quarter mile below the main
power plant of California Oregon
Power company's Toketee pro
ject. Norval Easton of the Roseburg
Funeral home drove to Toketee
Monday and recovered Palmer's
body from the gorge. He had to
let himself down the embankment
with a rope. He secured the body
by means of a rope and a winch
after hours effort.
He left again today for the scene
to recover the body of Erving
Dale.
Palmer, with his wife and son,
came to Toketee from California
about a month ago. He was em
ployed on the Copco project as
a shovel operator. He waa born
July 18, 1910, at Horsefly, Colo.
Complete obituaries and funeral
services will be announced later
oy me HoseDurg Funeral home.
Rail Dispute No ;
Nearer Accord
WASHINGTON UPl T ti .
White House continued efforts to
day to avert a possible nation
wide railroad strike but onion oi-
nciair said they are near "tho
end of our rope." .
Chiefs of two big unions repre
senting 300,000 trainmen and con
ductors agreed "reluctantly" to
go back for more peace talks with
John R. Steeiman, assistant, t o
President Truman.
W. P. Kennedy of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen a n d
R. O. Hughes of the Order of Rail
way Conductors said they could
see nothing accomplished at a
four-hour meeting with Steeiman
last night. They said Steeiman,
however, was optimistic something
could oe worked out today.
But, said Kennedy, "unless we
make some progress, it looks like
we will be at the end of our rope."
The unions are seeking a reduc
tion from the present 48-h our
week to a 40-hour week for work
ers in yard service without loss
in pay. A presidential board re
commended the shorter work week
but not as much pay as the unions
desired. .
Also, the unions want wage ad
justments for non-yard workers
they represent to give trainmen
and conductors on the trains the
same respective nay rates as those
now received by firemen and en
gineers manning tne locomotives.
The same presidential board
flatly turned down his last request,
saying engineers and firemen trad
itionally have received a higher
rate.
Assault Charge Sends
Reedsport Man To Jail
Sam Barrett, 50, of Ticknor,
Ark., was being held In the county
jail on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon, reported Retds
port Justice of the Peace Fred M.
Wright. Bail was set at J1000 pend
ing a grand jury hearing after
Barrett waived a preliminary hear
ing, said Wright.
A complaint was filed Saturday
the Reedsport Justice court by
t.illie Chorse against Barrett, ac
cording to Wright, after Chorse
had suffered a wound in the throat
which required 30 stitches to close.
The two men were fighting when
the wound was infected. Both are
section hands on the Southern Pa
cific railroad.
Arresting officer wns Reedsport
Deputy Sheriff Cecil Bever.
FOUR DIE IN CRASH
FORT WORTH, Tex. UP)
Four crewman were killed when
a crippled B-29 bomber crashed
in a field near lere yesterday,
then burst into fhmes only 200
feet rrom a cluster of small frame
houses. Eight crewmen escaped
with minor injuries.
Levity Fatf Rant
By L. F. Reizensteln
If aUStwity's in star
For winning the war
And no rther count appears
better,
Wo'il tighten our bolts
Without pretest or yelps,
Slut hew shall we live without
pepper?