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VOL. XL VI. NO. 14,433.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LOGGERS DECIDE
TO CLOSE
General Shut-down Is
Agreed Upon.
WAIT FOR MILLS TO RESUME
Association Formed at Meet
ing Held in Portland.
PLANTS STOP SATURDAY
Daily Output of 2,650,000 Feet to
Cease, and 1000 Men Thrown
Out of Work Mayor Lane '
to Call a ' Conference.
DEYKLOFMENTS IV STRIKE SIT
UATION. Seventy per ' cent of the logging
camps on ' the Columbia, and trtbu
.' tary RtreamB will close down Satur
day night. By this action 1000 men
wtll be thrown out of employment and
daily output of 2.865.000 feet of lum
ber loga will be cut off. Campn will
remain closed until lumber mills re
Mmf operations.
Forty-three logging camp con
tractors meet in Portland and organi
se Columbia River Loggers' Asso
ciation. Resolutions are adopted indorsing
tlie stand taken by the millowners in
the present difficulty.
Action' in closing down the mills
was taken -by management of logging
camps to prevent possible accumula
tion of surplus In lumber logs, to the
consequent- injury In the market value
; of that product.
Mayor to Call Conference.
A committee of strikers waited
on Mayor Lane yesterday, and he
' decided to issue a call for a confer
ence between the mlllhands and the
millowners. with a view of arriving
at a basis tor settlement of the
trouble. This call probably will be
lesued today.
Representatives of 90 per cent of the
lumber logging camps on the lower Co
lumbia and Its tributaries held a meet
ing at the Chamber of Commerce yester
day, afternoon and -organised the Colum
bia River Loggers-. Association. Seventy
per cent of-the firms represented decided
tp close their camps next Saturday night
and remain closed until the lumber mills
resume operations. The other 20 per cent
of the loggers represented at the meet
ing, consisted of contractors who are, get
ting out burned tumber, piling or logs for
paper mills. They were excused from par
ticipating in the shutdown, which in
volves the great majority of the lumber
logging camps In this locality.
The action taken by the association does
not affect the various smaller lumber
mills that operate their own camps. But
the action taken by the newly-formed as
sociation will throw about 1000 men out
of employment and decrease by 2.865,000
feet the dally output of lumber logs.
Officers Are Kleeted.
James Muckle. of Muckle Bros., was
elected president of the association, and
R. S. Farrell. of the Deep River Logging
Company, was chosen secretary. A. W.
Clark, of the O. K. Logging Co.; J. E.
Collins, of the Ostrander Railway & Lum
ber Co., and Secretary Farrell, were ap
pointed a committee to draft a constitu
tion and by-laws that is to be submitted
at an adjourned meeting of the associa
tion at the Chamber of Commerce next
"Wednesday afternoon.
Several addresses were made by promi
nent logging contractors who. as a rule,
were enthusiastic In their Indorsement of
the plan to suspend operations as a pro
tective measure in the interest of the in
dustry in which they are engaged. It
was reasoned that to continue the de
l'very of lumber logs for the market, when
that demand had terminated with the
closing of the mills, could but prove im
politic since the certain effect would be
to provide a surplus that would only tend
to depreciate the market. At the pres
ent time loggers receive $12 a thousand
for lumber logs.
The position that has been taken by
the millowners In the pending difficulty
with the strikers was indorsed by the log
gers In the unanimous adoption of the fol
lowing resolution:
Stand of Millowners Indorsed.
Ti'hereas. Professional labor agitators from
San Francisco. Idaho and other over-unionised
localities have succeeded -in closing for the time
being the mill, of Portland, and vloinlty, the
employes of which mill, are receiving the high
frt wage" for this class of work In the history
of this or any other county: therefore be it
Resolved. That we approve of the soancl
taken by the mlllownem add offer them our
hearty co-operation In their fight acalnsi the
attempted domination of eaid self-styled lead
ers in their attempt to errata trouble between
employers and employes, resulting in enormous
loea of wages to the latter and the demorallza
. tkm of logging and lumber Industries.
Practically every one of the principal
Independent logging camps, not only on
the Lower Columbia River, but Its tribu
taries as well, are included among those
that will close down their camps with the
end of the week.
Cannot Let Logs Accumulate.
"This action." said Secretary Farrell,
who is State Representative from Mult
nomah County, "hag been taken for the
protection of the Interest of loggers, who
cannot afford to permit an accumulation.
1
of lumber logs to the consequent injury
in the market price of that product. Wo
deplore the strike that has been initiated
in the Portland lumber mills and the
harm to Industrial conditions generally,
to say nothing of the loss in wages, that
Is the certain result. We believe that the
action we have taken well. If anything,
facilitate a settlement of the difficulty
between the mill hands and the mill
owners." Among the principal loggers represented
at yesterday's meeting were: Oregon
Rafting Company, Oregon Timber & Lum
ber Company, Chapman Timber Company,
Twin Falls Logging Company, Cowlitz
County Logging Company, L S. Frank
Logging Company, O. K. Logging Com
pany, Alger Logging Company, Silver
Lake Lumber Company, Ostrander Rail
way & Timber Company, Brix Logging
Company, Bremner Logging Company,
Benson Logging Company, Wisconsin Log
ging & Timber Company, Clark Creek
Logging Company, the Goodsell Logging
Company, Rosedale Logging Company,
Homes & McCoy, Jennings tc McRae,
Shevlin Timber Company, Erickson & Son,
Muckle Bros., Xeep River Logging Com
pany, Chinook Lumber Company, M. T.
O'Connell, A. G.' Barnes, C. L. England,
F. C. Little, and J. B. Miller.
MAYOR TO CALL CONFERENCE
Will Invite Millowners and Strikers
to Meet and Discuss Peace Terms..
Mayor I,ane expects. some time today to
issue a call for a conference between the
striking mlllhands and the millowners.
This decision was reached by the Mayor
yesterday afternoon at the close of an
interview with a delegation of strikers
that waited on him at his office in the
City Hall. The strikers explained that
from the beginning of the present diffi
culty they had been entirely peaceable in
contending for what they -considered was
due them. They assured the Mayor that '
they did not desire to do anything that
would bring about a chaotic condition in
dustrially or otherwise and pointed to the
fact that they had sought to effect a set
tlement with the millowners by inviting
a conference with them. But. they said,
all efforts on their part to bring about
such a conference had proved, futile. The
committee concluded the interview by re
questing that the Mayor make an effort
to get the employes and the employers
together. This Mayor Lane will' under
take to do.
Strikers Concentrate Forces. . .
Concentration of their forces is now
being proceeded with by the offloers of
the Industrial Workers of the World in
the lumber mill strike. This step, it is
explained, by the executive officers . in
charge, is only preliminary to perfecting
the organization of many of the other
labor industries of this section in sympa
thy with the pending strike. Much of
this organization has been golnr on
quietly for several months, reports Or
ganizer Yarrow, who asserts that the
Industrial Workers of the World are
stronger than suspected. He says that
when- the time arrives all the different
organizations that are Identified with the
head body will- join the strike, with the
result that many of the principal indus
tries of the Coast will be crippled. Just
when any general walkout is contem
plated cannot be learned, but the state
ment has been made repeatedly by the
leaders of the strike that such a move
will be undertaken should attempts to
effect a satisfactory settlement with the
millowners prove futile.
Officers of the Industrial Workers of
the World last night refused either to
affirm or deny the report that the West- j
ern Federation of Miners had forwarded
a fund of $20,000 for the support of the
Portland lumbermlll strike. The strike
leaders, - however, say they have ample
funds with which to conduct a protracted
strike and at the same time see that none
of the strikers suffer for lack of some
thing to eat and a place to sleep. . Thus
far there have not been distributed any
relief funds among the strikers, although
there are instances in which men, having
families, have been given some assist
ance. Strike Affects Building.
The real' effects of the shutdown of
the lumber mills is already being felt in
building circles. Owing to the inability to
get lumber, .work on a number of the
prominent business blocks and numerous
residences throughout the city and the
suburbs has necessarily been suspended.
It will be but a few days longer until
all building operations in this city and
vicinity will be at a standstill. This will
involve thousands of mechanics of all
classes and will to a startling "extent
reduce the wage earning capacity of the
city. Not only are pending improvements
retarded by the situa-tlon resulting from
the lnoperation of the sawmills, but
further building operations have received
a serious setback. There was every pros
pect that the year 1907 for Portland would
prove without a parallel in building cir
cles. But prospective builders are refrain
ing from entering Into any contracts for
further buildings and will not " do so
until normal conditions have been re
stored. "I have no doubt out that 50 per cent of
the carpenters and bricklayers of this
city are already out of employment owing
to the strike of the milihands," said J.
O. Hoyt, manager of the Warren Con
struction Company last night, "and with
a continuation of the strike it will be but
a few. days longer until all building
operations must cease because of a lack
of lumber. The disastrous effects of the
strike do not stop with an Interruption
of building already in progress. Intending
builders have been frightened and with
the unsettled condition will not let the
contract for further Buildings."
Three Mills Running.
Three lumber, mills are being operated
within a. few miles of Portland, -as fol
lows: Clark & Wilson Lumber Company,
at Linnton; Peninsula Lumber Company,
St. Johns, and Bast Side Mill & Lumber
Company. Sellwood- Of these, that of the
Linnton mill is the only plant that is be
ing operated both night and day. The
other mills run with day shifts only.
About 6:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
company of more than 200 strikers again
visited the Linnton lumber mill and tried
to perstfade the night shift to leave ; the
.Continued on Fag-a
BITTER AGAINST
IS
HARRYTHAW
Jerome Struggles to
Prove Her False.
WANTS AFFIDAVIT IN EVIDENCE
Says Thaw Stripped -arvj
Lashed Her in Paris.
FOR NOT ACCUSING WHITE
Prosecutor Attempts to Use Hummel
to Disprove Story Which Forms
Whole Basis of Insanity Plea,
but Delmas Resists.
NEW YORK, March 13. After a
forenoon session occupied almost en
tirely by District Attorney Jerome in
a bitter .denunciation of the defendant
and his wife, the -trial of Harry Ken
dall Thaw, for the murder of Stanford
White was adjourned shortly after 12
o'clock today until tomorrow morning.
The prosecuting attorney found his
opportunity to attack Thaw and Eve
lyn Nesbit-Thaw . In arguing on the
question of the admissibility of the. tes
timony which Abraham Hummel, the
lawyer who - is' under Indictment for
subornation of perjury in the Dodge
Morse divorce case, has to offer. It
was to enable Delphin M. Delmas, lead
ing counsel for the defense, to consult
authorities and frame a reply to Mr.
Jerome, and also to allow the latter an
opportunity of completing the hypo
thetical question which he is to put to
his experts, that the early adjournment
was ordered. Mr. Jerome said he hopes
to close the rebuttal for the people to
morrow, evening.
Thaw's Design Against White.
During his argument today the Dis
trict Attorney asserted that Hummel
would swear Evelyn Nesbit told him
three days after her return from Eu
rope In "lSOSthat Thaw had beaten her
cruelly because she would not sign pa
pers that he had prepared, falsely accusing-
Stanford White of having
drugged and betrayed her. Mr. Je
rome contended that she had told much
more: that Thaw seemed bent upon
putting Stanford White in the peniten
tiary; that the statement that White
had betrayed her was not true; that
THESE ARE THE
RACE SLICIDE.
It's shocking for the President
To talk on woman's matter;
If I were wed and he were min
I'd fix him lor his chatter.
-
COAL BARON.
This haloed, greedy baron was
Knocked off the perch by Teddy;
And now the Big Etick he would meet.
With knife, long, sharp and ready.
MtCK RARER.
The front rank muck - rake editor
Am I. with inky yellow.
But 'I, to get a public job.
Mast beat that Teddy fellow.
Stanford White had never harmed her,
and that Thaw was consumed with
rage when she refused to sign and
swear to the papers containing "lies
against Stanford White."
"These things were put in the form
of an affidavit," declared Mr. Jerome,
"and that affidavit" was subscribed to
by Evelyn Nesbit when she knew what
she was doing and what the paper con
tained. Stripped and Lashed by Thaw.
"We want to show that the girl who
told this remarkable story here on the
witness-stand swore at another time,
under the solemnity of an oath, that
naked stripped absolutely naked she
had endured the lashings and beatings
of his defendant rather than swear to
his false statements that . Stanford
White had drugged and ruined her.
Mr. Jerome argued that the material
point of the case is whether or not Evelyn
Nesbit told Thaw the story of her al
leged ruin by Stanford White. Without
the rstory in evidence, he declared, the
reason for the defendant's alleged insan
ity disappears. . The prosecutor plainly
admitted the importance of young Mrs.
Thaw's testimony.- and he said he wished
by Hummel's testimony to show her own
repudiation of the charges which, on the
witness-stand, she renewed against
White.
"Thus," he concluded, "the jury may
infer from her own statements after her
return from Europe in 1903 whether or not
she had within two months of that time
told this defendant the things she said
she did."
Mr. Delmas objected to Hummel as a
witness on the ground that his testimony
had to do with the truth or falsity of
Mrs. Thaw's narration and was not per
missible under the rules of evidence. He
will proceed with his argument.
Denies She Told Thaw Story.
Mr. Jerome's contention was that, while
lie may not attack the truth or falsity of
Mrs. Thaw's statement that she was be
trayed by White, he can attack the truth
of her assertion that she told the story
to Thaw at the time she says she did.
Mr. Delmas first sought today to inter
rupt Hummel's testimony ' by showing
that he was acting-as Evelyn Nesbit's
legal adviser and counsel when she; made
certain statements to him. Hummel
evaded this, however,' by saying he was
acting solely as White's counsel and ne
gotiations had not been, contemplated in
behalf of Miss Nesbit. He said he was
paid a yearly retainer by White and could
not say exactly what he charged the ar
chitect for drawing up the affidavit.
Asked if it was $1000, he said it was not.
He finally placed the charge at "a-bout
$100."
What She Said of Affidavit.
When Evelyn Thaw was on the witness
stand she said Stanford 'White came ' to
see her one evening in 1903 and asked her
what she had , told Hummel about him,
adding -.41m4 -11Abe Hummel has just
squeezed $1000 out of roe, and the Lord
only knows how soon he will squeeze an
other Jl(9."
Young Mrs. Thaw's testimony regard
ing the affidavit was that Stanford White
had taken her to Hummel's office after
telling her "lots of horrible things about
Harry Thaw," and that she had told
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MOST DISTINGUISHED OPPONENTS OF THIRD TERM
STANDARD OIL BARON.
Make peace with me Ted surely can.
And College gifts be doubled.
If oil he'll buy, at so much per.
To calm the waters troubled.
LAND THIEF.
When caught I pleaded Innocence
And wanted speedy trial ;
But t h at w a for a bl u ff . you see.
To lie must be our style.
MOXI.Y CODDLE.
A molly coddle ho called me;
Give . me a. cigarette.
Bah Jove! my Pa and Ma arc ri;h
And they will beat him yet. '
T
E
Railroad Presidents all
Voice Alarm.
THEIR TRUST IN ROOSEVELT
Hostile State Legislation
Causes Heavy Loss. '
RETALIATION NOT THE AIM
Must Stop Extensions and Reduce
Service Unless Roosevelt Joins
Them in Checking Wave
of Rate Legislation.
CHICAGO, March 13. (Special.)
Railroad presidents agree that the
general disposition all over the coun
try to attack' the roads by means of
hostile bills has reached a stage where
some decided action must be taken or
the country will suffer severely. As
a matter of fact, the roads already
have , suffered tremendous losses, but
eventually- the heaviest - burden will
fall , upon the public in diminished and
inferior service, general retrenchment,
cheaper equipment and the abandon
ment of extensions which would de
velop new country.
The greatest danger, according to all
authorities, lies in the great crop of
two-cent rate bills, regardless - of the
conditions in the states adopting the
bills. In" the East it is possible to
maintain good service at this rate. In
the West, it is not.
Trusts in Interstate Board.
Benjamin Winchell, president of the
Rock Island system, probably : best
epitomizes the sense of all the replies
received to messages sent all presi
dents asking for an opinion on pres
ent conditions and what was necessary
to reduce the danger of poorer service.
Mr. Winchell says: -- -n.
"If the Interstate Commission does
Its work wisely and sanely,, as I be
lieve it wlU- do, the railroads have
nothing to fear.. They will get even
Justice, which is all they ask. I am re
lying upon the sound sense of fair
ness of the American people to atop
before the situation becomes acute fi
nancially. It is a mistake to say the
railroads are retaliating by reducing
IJF INSURANCE GRAFTER.
Perhaps I look 'emotional,"
With "brain storm, quite insane;
It's all because Ted Roosevelt stopped
My "frenzied finance'- gain.
BEEF BARON.
In spite of the Big Stick, I buy
Beef cheap and sell it dear.
My profits will be bigger, when
i beat Roosevel t next year.
rOSTOFTTCE THIEF.
Not fair it was to nab me up
And spoil my little deal;
My predecessors all did graft,
Nor hurt the public weal. .
IS
RETRENCH
UNLESS WAR
IDS
their service and abandoning great en
terprises. It is simple prudence, a
bowing to the storm. We are forced
to stop building new lines, buying cars
and ' o.ther equipment until we know
where the money is coming from. It
is simple business sense, and not re
taliation. '
"I am iheartlly In accord with the
plan for railroad presidents to confer
with President Roosevelt. We must
take the public more into our confi
dence ' and break down the distrust.
Co-operation with the Government in
laudable reforms is a good thing."
. Predicts Serious Results,
president A. J. Earllng, of the St. Paul,
says:
"It seems to me a conflagration has
been started which will be difficult to
stop before It has burned itself out. I
am not an alarmist, but the unwise per
secution of the railroads foy all the Legis
latures will surely lead to serious re
sults. '
"Already millions of dollars in improve
ments have been abandoned. This tells
the story for the whole country. It ts the
first sign of retrogression. I am in hearty
sympathy with the plan for co-operation
with the Government."
' Can't Raise Money, Says Mohler.
Vice-President Mohler, of the Union Pa
cific, indorses the alarming statements
made by President Stlckney in his Wash
ington Interview. Mr. Mohler says the
roads are forced to retrench in every di
rection In order to meet obligations. It is
impossible to secure loans anywhere for
new work or .new equipment.
"We are like a big family," he said.
"With plenty of ready cash the family
rides , in an automobile, but, if short of
money, it rides In the streetcars. Just
now the railroads of the entire country
are using the streetcars." ,
All the railroad men interviewed fore
see an early crisis in the conflict between
state and Federal control of the railroads,
and all agree that, when the dust and
smoke clear away, it will be found that
the Federal courts will be found supreme.
STOPS CONSTRUCTION' WORK
Mohler Says Union Pacific Cannot
Raise Money and Predicts Panic.
OMAHA. Neb., March 13. (8pecial.) As
further evidence of Its determination to
retrench at every possible point, the
Union Pacific today suspended work on
two large construction Jobs, on which an
aggregate of about 900 men were em
ployed. The cut-off from Topeka to
Marysvllle, Kan., one-half of which is al
ready .being operated, is almost com
pleted. Vice-President Mohler says it is
.aslble to secure the money at the
present time to continue the work and is
taking aavaiag wi
mits the discontinuance of work on rea
sonable notice. The contractors were
notified' to call off their men. f he work
of double-tracking the main line will be
suspended for the present.
Mr. Mohler said this retrenchment policy
was not due in any way to a wish to re
taliate for adverse legislation, "We are
not in the retaliation business." he said,
referring to adverse legislation by some
of the Western states. "But we believe
in self-preservation and are preparirrg to
protect our stock and bondholders. The
work, on extensions . thus far has been
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FOR ROOSEVELT
SPELLER.
Because I knocked out Ted when young.
He wants another speller.
But his Big Stick don't work this time;
I am no grafter feller.
RAILROAD MAGNATE.
We thought that all his square deal talk
Lacked purpose fixity;
That was before his rebate club
Had made us all to flee.
CROOKED SENATOR.
An honest farmer, I appear.
And -full of honest look;
The reason is, with Roosevelt in,
One must : not seem a crook. -
si
PECULIAR . FACTS
To
Vague Boundaries of
Early Colonists.
SHIFT WITH RIVER CHANNELS
Nevada . and California Have
Unsettled Border.
MASON AND DIXON'S LINE
Famous Boundary Between North
and South Ghosts of Rivers and -:
Xakee in West Crater Lake)
Deepest In the World.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIK.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-(Special
Correspondence.) A little girl who was
taking her first lesson in geography, in
quired of her mother:
"What makes the lines between the
states so crooked; why are some states
shaped so oddly?"
No wonder that the mother had to get
help to explain. There are few grown
ups" who " could answer these questions
satisfactorily. Our forefathers used such
crude methods of defining many of the
state' divisions that some boundary lines
are as hard to decipher as a maze in a
king's garden.
Take the old Eastern boundary of New
York for an example. The line was de
scribed as starting at "a rock in the
ancient road or wading place .In Byram
River," following a direction that would
lead by a "bunch, of hornbeam saplings'
and a tree which was either. "& red -oak
or a white oak," touching another tree
on the "land occupied by Thomas Wilsey
in 1814" and finally falling In with a cer
tain farm fence. - Land was -so plentiful
in those old days that a few miles one
way or' another, did not make much dif
ference. The line separating Tennessee
from Georgia, which was surveyed in
1819. was deffn'ed'qulte,"as lucidly. This
was said to begin at "a rock due south of.
the old Indian town of Nlckajack," pass
ing due east In such a manner as to
leave old 1. Ross two miles and IS yaraa
in the State of Tennessee."
Refuge for Pugilists. " .
A tiny parcel of land in southwest Mas
sachusetts was given to New York in 1&&5.
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
' The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum ' temperature.
51 degrees; minimum, 38.
TODAY'S Showers. Southwesterly wlnJs.
Foreign. - . .
Iath total on the J ena will reach. 120-
Page 2.
British Cabinet promises bills for Irish lib
erty. Page 2,
National.
San Francisco School Board carries out Us
part of Japanese agreement and Roose
velt will act today. Page 3. - -
New light on Brownsville riot from whit
soldiers. Page 7.
Postal employes who benefit by advance In
salaries. Page 8.
Consolidation of navy on Pacific Ocean an
nounced. Page 3.
Domestic.
Jerome makes violent attack on Mrs. Thaw
and tries to prove her story false. Page 1.
H ask in' on peculiarities of geography.
Page 1.
Schneider claims immunity in Hermann
case. Page 3.
Holy Rollers investigate to buy Zion. Page 3.
Railroad presidents predict panic as result
of hostile state legislation and turn to
Roosevelt to quiet storm. Page 1.
Union Pacific stops work on extensions.
Page 1.
Stock market demoralized and almost lot
panic. Page 4.
Serious floods In Western Pennsylvania and
Ohio. Page 4.
Labor Federation tries to drive Industrial
Workers out of Goldfleld. Page 4.
Sport.
Light body breaks running record at Indoor
meet. Page 7-
Daniels breaks two world's swimming rec
ords. . Page 7.
Two Multnomah boxers unable to make Spo
kane trip. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Ruef trial is commencer. Page 2.
Washington Senate appropriates 1123,000 fo
Snake and Columbia, Page 5-
Orator Trill formally denies charges of
plagiarism. Page 5.
Hood River merchants form association.
Extensions of Astoria ft Columbia line will
not be made at present. Page 6.
Rich toot of Kendrfck robbers found. Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon mohair market opens. ; Page 17.
Green bug scare abates and wheat drops at
Chicago. Page 17.
Stock prices crumble under heavy selling.
Page 17.
E. W. Wright will attend meeting ot satl
. ins-ship owners In London. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity. .
Loggers decide to close camps pending set
tlement of strike. Page . 1. -Harrlman's
Columbia Valley Railroad gives
up -fight for right of way on north bank;
of Columbia. , Page II. , -Llndgren
murder case will reach jury to
day. Page 18. "'
Water Board authorises expenditure el
$50,000 for larger water mains.- Page 10.
Anton Orohs slowly dying at- hospital.
Garrets, his murderer, says he was In
. sane when he fired shots. Page 10.
American who returns from Korea says a
financial panic is nearly due in Japan.
Page lo.
Decision of United States Court , of Appeal!
removes cloud from title to local Elks?
Temple property. Page 10.
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