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SCORES OF LETTERS COMMEND THE OREGONIAN'S ENTERPRISE.
THE SUNDAY 1 OJtEGOSIAS, PORTLAND, JANUARY 29, 1SG5.
Representatives of Great
Railway Systems, Publi
cations and Other Cor
porations All Send Their
Congratulations.
AolIE (rm wau ad waimt m
Tho New Yr"a Orrftmm Sn the
rr tfce niiuy. imtm f jr-
mm Ms wiicynw, have peered the
im5 aM harts m! xte N'atfwi bj4
fraa tfcfr DmMm f Cat. Letters
f rem great raMsuay iMwm, irem imlitUa
Unm. rts aftrsmerwlal tmttof. fj-m every
rt f M7rat M KatssraMy-
NMwrrulM tiki iwotT j s-ptcit f
(If wwn' a-ad tte twwwys re;ala.
mvcfe rr the same. It is a very creditable
T. V. Lee. general pa!eiiger agent of
tlt Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Rattraad Company, writes as Mln:
Ort rntn PiiMtiM Compass. PartUnd.
Or. CfUmrn : Rr4ytec to J"ur persaaal
fvr f January X I tc l vW that I
-t with much tMcreM the New
Tw'i Or-sBUn fer 11K.
Yaw rr preLaUtr amsre mt the rrt Inter-
1 take la your wuntrr. havtac spent a
Usee pertlen ot ar Hfe there. and I hare
en heptor that fenuoe uM
mtte en me sufSolemlr to enable me te pui
at a portion f ny time w-Mh raw In
tsxt !Mwe.
1 rd jw paper wlih much latere!.
aa4 h- be doct but that the Pair wtM
W a crd suae, and The Orrre&ian hu
alwara keen a rrasd newspaper.
Et&eerety rour.
T. W. LBE.
J. R. Kathren. mt the Pabst Brewing
Company, mi Milwaukee, Wis., writes aa
I tu Id receipt f your eourtreu faww of
JaMtary . alo copy of The Qresenlsn.
wkjlafc 1 hare looked orer with much lnlrr-
Or. Dear Sir: I have received as librarian
of the Howard Memorial Library and the
New Orleans Public Library copy of your
lree of Monday, January 2. It Illustrates
very thoroughly the marvelous development
ot the country first described to the world
by Lewis and Clark. I feel sure that the
energy of your citizens will make a suc
cess of the Exposition. Tours very truly.
WILLIAM BEER. Librarian.
Frera Walter Baker & Co.. manufac
turers of chocolate and cocoa prepara
tions, Boston: '
Orscanlan Publishing Company. Portland.
Or. Gentlemen: We thank you for send
ing us a copy of the New Year's number of
The Oregonlan. with Illustrations and de
Mrlptlve matter of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition.
It Is a roagniaeent specimen of newspaper
enterprise, well up to the best that has
been dene by the big dallies In this coun
try. Truly yours,
WALTER BAKER & CO.
From the Natural Food Company, of
Niagara Falls. X. Y.:
The Orezenlan Publishing Company. Port
land. Or. Gentlemen: We thank you very
much for yours of the 10th and for your
kindness In sending to us the copy of your
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MSClure. Phillips &. Co.
44. Co CastTwcwtvThird Sthcct.
New Yobk.
t-OMDOM Orrict
MAST.,es Mouse
January 17, 1905
Vat (Orcgonian Publishing Co . ,
"Portland Ore. t " ' "'
iBaair Sirs:
Perait us to conplincnt you on your excellent, issue
of Kew Year's. 4 It is a wonderful paper to have got out.
and it is a great pleasure to us to be one of a great
jaessfecfr who are doubtless telling you the same thing.
Very truly yours,
tivr swiwum nr. ttmmt m44 tiw 4aMr
N. MimMt. h Owl r iiunm iali
' (Jw mmmurr ir OMs Itasliniad. wirRw
('-- M In rlm tm HaMma m
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I fcxr iwr tiaa r tw a, i-r
situ satst, me wr. a4 sjka.sk y4s vy
c T re eral- sasMssMag a nwJx-
Illuttrates Country's Development.
HWsaai tMr. Wmtrnttmn ( Uh Itowwl
Mamarlal Ltttrar. mi N- OrMusa. t
wMeh a cap' tf Tk Nw Yarn Ore.M
ta was nsWM, aekiMw4lp rucntftt la
t lsHMff matuer:
PaMsl- Mratag Oeegwasaa. ParUaaa.
Xw Vars lie Th tim.
eatved and ra with eoniMerahle Interest.
iur very truly.
TIIK NATt'RAI. FOOP COM PANT.
K P. Oinirfad. AdvrrtMag Manager
Prm the Hayiver DlstMMnK Company, of
UMytN. O-:
Oroinn PahMMtlng Cumpany. Partlaad.
Or. CtoatlenteR: The writer has received
XaTor af January 7. also copy of the
THE DENVEOEPUBL1GAN
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BY THE REPUBLIC Afil PUBLISHING CO.,
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The anhttd! sucter cf the Portland Oresonlan for
1SIC fjlt-M the firt real blat of the posdbltttiea of the
L'l an4 Clark Ccatcra&Ul czpoeltkiB. to b bcM in Porl
lisd next MBmnr.
. Tfcr Orecsuc thews the vast rraources of the North
west as4 jHMh a financial state in est of the Jls 4afl
Oltr: expertowa which nothinc &hrt of reaarkahte.
The expoaltwa i opea Jttae 1. osUrw free from iaW.
c wui teas muKiwod M ZOT IS Z ;.!., ef M'hfeh 3
the stile of OrrCa and the peopfe of Portlsad have eebj
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3n ftlftcr 52 Gdtrn fla;fth-9?eu
iaqitnumnter bttngt ber .SRoxnin Orc
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rttrrt -5tIufltottontn cine OFuIIc Wn in
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Grfotfdjarig bti fetntn KDtbtDtiitnS feit
btn Zatn tsortS.tni unb dlart unb ubtc
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hcib i ft 'outq bte im lenimenbm Gommer
flctifinbtrftT Internationale 2u5pnunB in
5orlIanb, retl jtigtn foil, a3 btr 3torb
jflcn in Uitn isi Glanbe it, naci icntn
bcibn SRannttn btncnnt unb bie 9ieu
iarinummet btS arcabnltn 3Iallt3 bienl
bi 3n?i f"t bo8 gro0e llhternemtn
rcpaganba gu mottn, in trDotraginber
SBrife- .
- . JB o lii 1 1 1 cm miff arr537c2Iboo
tcxTn a jo d inr.CT.ia northtsxst.
Pc&IUted Srrstsi: a&4 fioEday.
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Lewis and Clark.
The Orpaiaa. ( Portias. Ore
umJU ovt aa iostseas s.oA srtisde
Xrv Yoar mirsbex Ths la not sr
prfeiag. for it Im a pajwr aecsstoaed
t doinc largp thlags veil. Thcrt is
no re&sos why It ahoald cot- For
raaay far k has i3 the oae not
aWe raal oT the Northu-est. aad
has ta wHh as4 been aa Index
tm the )swrHy of that srtSon.
The ie possesses espedal laterest
lec& of the eeaplete prospectus
ft forth of the Issvns a&4 ClarV Bx
potluoa va4ch is to opea oext tum
awir. Work oa this cJcasUc eaterprlte
has fcooe oa QitietSy for there was ao
4esire tm atake It appear to compete
in toy aaaxr with the fair at St.
L&aste Now that the latter is over.
OrgM wsts all the world to kaow
wihoc has ifm. dose
it has aot boea ihn parpos of pro
metotK mi ibe Lewis and Ctark Bx
asuiuo to aU6spt the St Loota
u.tM mi saaaatt4e The Korthwets
sthow wH he naore o re part and yet
te Its way. as eoapiete. It wJM II
iHtdratr the szwwth of a mighty qu&r
n of this laa4. and he partkrslaily
Mkc(nnHe because the average dU
im Mvtar t or the Rocky Moos
taftaa kaows less about that c)earter
iihaa aboK Maacbwrta. There U ooa
noa k,ook1f4c? thai k is oa the map,
lot Ks rltataUr rharaeteristfo. re
MMsroos. tti &aaib saiesoor. ka ed
MaMocal statsje. ks eck an4 cxiil
IX atttgeace. Ms hroad and
hArtr aocftal kfe. Ms resUMe&s spirit
at oairnctaad iu fn ld Americai
tah hve yet to i revealed to him. lie
owes to bms4f that ho so to he
hoM as4 to learn.
Porttxsd is a fresh water port more
tJsaa eae btsored zslitsi tiosa the Pa
otnc it is a solid city, modern, crow-
las. the commercial heart of Oresoa.
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M'BUSHED EVERY DAT IN THE TCAItJ3
Ht THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, j U
.Times itfiux!. New Yorfc City. .j
TV- Paruaiwt Oregsnian. on of th bnt and ,
et eteprtlns newspapers ot I'm- Tacitlc
.Coast, fas ttturd a tty attractive 4nnul
rtuixmir under date of Jtn. 3. det-cted plainly
to tlUrg lenh th pFospectH attnLr-tlor of
the Lewis siwl (IsrV EsrcIUon to be-bH in
thst rtir trow Jwtte 1 ! 0t. 15 rny It I
and urltM?wn tn eW lntrrled In th fslr. snd.
In fact. t readers g.nrrsJIr The Or.cnnlan 1
ays tSst tfce nrcHln vtH hr rnr4 free'
frm tltto- Ti Tedetal CtvernD-! ha tp-'
rvtlt4 flT.VW r.r ie fnsln-e of tc
tulr. s)i Stte f Oregon .oyt. rHIt.n? and
rortrat4mk PortUn-l tl"XC. and t
Saate V.gtat4m arlu imnwiit. ,elllr
tb total ramrthtttlonf aad apprsprlsUon thus ,
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31 ON DAY, JAN 16, X905.
EXPOSITION NUMBER.
Morning Oregonlan Makes a Special
! Lewis and Clark Issue.
Is connection, with the Ltwls and
Clark exposition, w&lch U to open
n June 1 ot ttibt year at Portland. Or.
and run until Oct 15. the Morning Ore
gajiicri has shown Its enterprising spirit
by issuing & 51-psge descriptive edition
4 of the oorolriir exposition. Th edition
i contains ranoramie and birds-eye views
t of the fair grounds and buildings as
Itb- will appear at the opening of the
ex position Every page Is Cnely lllus
. trate1 wiih naif-tone cuts showing the
t varlaus buildings, details of the orni
t mrntal work upon them, laterlor view
HMmbers ot tha board ot directors and
general management, the fountains, tho
gfuad stairway, twulevarda. the lake.
I rcolpture, various exhibits, fanciful full
l page Ulustrauons of the vision of Lewis
I and Clark vhen they am aw the
; wcetern shores 100 years ago, and of
. tbo realization of their vision. The
l pfrnj)uvr miner very complete ana r
T covers every feature of the coming ex- !
-r4ition- so thai those lntertel cm
Aread all about the plans for the big
irair. the first -to be held -weft ot the .
sjfcockles.
i
New Year's Oregonlan for 1003. You are
certainly to be congratulated on the Issue
In question. Yours very truly.
THE HAYNEIt DISTILLING COMPANY.
T. TY Crosby. Manager Advertising Dept.
What One Firm Did.
The following letter from the Portland
branch of a great firm tells what one firm
did through the medium of the New
Year's Issue:
Editor Oregonlan, City. Dear Sir: In
common with other business firms In this
city we mailed many copies to persons In
the East, as the best means ot keeping them
advised of the -wonderful progress of the
"Oregon Country." as so fully set forth In
your valuable New Year edition.
We are In receipt o a letter from our
New York house under date January 9, In
which they say: "Copy of The Oregonlan
which you sent us was received Saturday, the
7th lnst. It certainly Is a very creditable Is
sue, and contains much valuable informa
tion regarding climate, business conditions
and resources. of the West.
The prospectus of the. Lewis and Clark
Exposition Is also Interesting. Would It be
possible for you to approximate the cost of
an exhibit." Again in a letter under date
the 16th lnst. the treasurer writes: "The
NeW Tear edition of The Oregonlan con
tained much detailed Information regarding
the Lewis and Clark Exposition. We note
that you will Investigate aa to cost of hav
ing a booth and will be glad to share
the expenso providing the cost Is reason
able." In view of the great work being done not
only In the Issue ot the great New Year
edition, but every day In the year, for the
upbuilding ot this section of our country,
we feel that the least we business men can
do is to express our appreciation of the
same and the splendid work It is constantly
doing for the Northwest. Very respectfully,
: RALSTON COX & CO.
From the Rock Island Skirt Company,
of Rock Island, 111., comes this tribute:
Oregonlan Publishing Company. Portland.
Or. Gentlemen: We acknowledge receipt of
your .favor ot the 9th lnst., and also cf several
copies of The Oregonlan received today. We
thank you for your courtesy In sending the
numbers, and will compliment you upon tl'e
appearance and character of your publication,
particularly that of January 2, which is a Jc
eidedly creditable piece of journalism. Youra.
very truly. ROCK ISLAND SKIRT CO..
J. W. Parker.
The Christian Woman's Board of Mis
sions sends this tribute from the head
quarters at Indianapolis:
The Oregonlan. Portland. Or. Gentlemen:
Your annual number for 19u5 has reached us.
and Is certainly a fine Illustration of newspaper
enterprise. With best wishes for the success
of The Oresonlan and the LewU Arid Clark
Centennial Exposition. I am. sincerely yours,
MRS. HELEN E. MOaES.
The Dry Sole Company, of New York,
has this to say concerning the New
Year's edition:
Portland Oregonlan Publishing Company.
'Portland. Or. Gentlemen: Permit us to thank
you for the complimentary copy of The New
Year's Orezenlan for 19M5. This Issue is of
special Interest on account ot the descriptions
at the Lewis and Clark Exposition and other
Information relative to tlx Northwest. We
shall take pleasure In reading the paper care,
fully. Your, very truly.
DRY-SOLE COMPANY,
John J. Corcoran. Jr., Treasurer.
Insurance Companies Join in Praise.
The Equitable Life Insurance Company
of the United States, writes as follows
from the New York headquarters:
Oregonlan Publishing Company.. Portland.
Or. Gentlemen: I beg to say. In reply to your
letter ot January 3, and aim that addrefned
t Mr. Jordan, our Comptroller, that we both
thank ou for vending us a copy of your New
Year's Oregonlan. and shall look forward with
pteaiatre to perusing the same. With the com
pHreents of the season. I remain, yours Very
turly. GERALD K. SHOWN. '
Superintendent.
From the People's Popular Monthly, of
Des Moines. Ia.. comes this tribute:
Morning Oregonlan, Portland, Or. Dear Sir:
Your favor of January together with a
copy of The Oregonlan. nu received In due
time. I was very much Interested In the ex
cellent issue of your publication. We shall be
pleased to hear furthtr from you and to rc
civc any information jou have to give regard
ing the eoming Expotlon. Yours, very truly,
THE PEOPLE'S MONTHLY COMPANY.
A. M. Piper.
From the office of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg:
Oregonlan. Portland. Or. Dear Sir: The copy
f The Oregonlan mentioned in your personal
letter of January 4 has been received. I have
found It a very Interesting publication, and
wlnn to thank you for placing it before me.
Very truly yours. K. VAN DUSEN.
Chief Arslstant G. P. A.
Mr. B. N. Austin, general passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, writes as follows:
1 beg to acknowledge receipt of yours of the
M lnst.. also copy of the New Year's edition
of your very excellent paper.
I wish to compliment you very highly on this
splendid edition, which is most creditable,
both In Illustrations and Its descriptive mat
ter. I believe that a liberal distribution of this
edition In the East will accrue very largely to
the bssent of tho Lewis and Clark Exposition.
From McClure's Magazine, New York:
We beg to thank you for your favor of the
4 th Inst., and for the copy of The New Year's
Orrgenlan. which we also received through
your courtesy.
The Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, of
Sl LouI., which employs 5000 people, and
has a capacity of 31.000 pairs of shoes
dally, writes as follows:
Oregonlan' Publishing Company. Portland.
Or. Gentlemen: We wish to thank you for
sending us a copy of the New Year's Ore
gonlan. which has not yet been received.
When we do receive It we will take great
pleasure In looking it over.
We are glad to have been able to place
an advertisement In your paper of our last
year's business, and trust to be able to do ro
next year, and believe wc will derive a
great deal of benefit from same. Our busi
ness In the Northwest has been steadily In
creasing, and wc feel very kindly toward
the people of that section.
Trusting the Exposition will be a big suc
cess, and wishing you a prosperous year, we
remain, yours very truly,
HAMILTON JBKOWN SHOE CO..
By W. C. Teasdale. Jr.
Other newspapers are wont to praise,
as this letter testifies:
Managing Editor Portland Oregonlan.
Portland. Or. Dear Sir: I beg to hand you
clipping from the editorial columns of the
Birmingham New of January H. with re
gard te your recent New Year's edition. It
was a very fine paper. With best wishes for
a prosperous year. I beg to remain, yours
very truly. ELI P. SMITH.
Vlce-Prea. and Associate Editor Birming
ham (Ala.) News.
P. W. Pummili. Philadelphia division
passenger agont Northern Pacific Rail
road, writes most interestingly:
Truthfully rpeaklng, mere. words are Inade
quate to convey the feeling of enthusiasm I
fafc upn beholding Portland. Or., and Its en
vironments for the first time. I had never
been West before, and hardly expected tbe
glad hand of hospitality which greeted me. I
arrived en what is known as a Winter's day
In the Bast, but found on every hand flowers
and sunshine.
Too much cannot be said of the good which
has been accomplished by the Oregon Devel
opment League and the Portland Commercial
Club. This great Lewln and Clark Exposi
tion, which will be held at Portland cum
menelng June 1. I'JCO. and tbe fulfillment of
which, I understand. Is only one of your
great undertakings. I Investigated thoroughly
on my visit to the grounds, and I freely say
no exposition ever held will be as Interesting
to the public at large as this.
N exposition given In America, aside from
the exhibits, such as agricultural, foreign,
liberal arts, forestry, mining, metallurgy, ma
chinery, electricity. etv. ever had such natural
attractions surrounding It. the Columbia River
and snow-capped ranges far exceeding In pano
ramic beauty any scenery of the far-famed
old country.
I made the trip over the Northern Pacific
Railway In company with Mr. A. M. Cleland.
G. P. A., and upon my return to Philadelphia
I wrote him a letter which contained my im
pressions, after I had left Eastern Washing
ton on my way to your city, from which I
extract the following:
iraa cast ot the Cascada, we rod oa to i
the climax ot wealth and beauty, the Puget
Sound country, through Impenetrable fore sis ot
almost Inexhaustible timber, fir. hemlock and
pine, all giants and the largest In the world,
arriving at the dream city of tho Pacific
Coast. Portland. Or., crossing the home ot
the salmon, the moot beautiful river in the
world, the Nile of America, the Columbia
River, the entire train being carried across on
a ponderous steam ferry, the largest of Its
kldn. the trip requiring 30 minutes."
"Portland, from ber heights, lies spread out
before you, with the river intertwining, a
picture too gorgeous to grasp, even if cne had
unlimited time, the city of eternal Summer,
where flowers bloom the whole year, and yet.
seemingly to complete the charm, those homes
of eternal snow surround It, rising like sil
vered clouds Mount Hood. Mount Rainier,
Mount Baker, and great ranges of whltecaps.
Here the ultimate object of our visit was
reached, a visit to the site of the Lewis and
Clark Exposition to be held during the Sum
mer of 1003.
"Tbe Exposition Is situated on flower-strewn
terraces, rising from a lake In the foreground
and extending back to their heights of Port
land, held as it were In a frame of Nature's
more artistic handiwork. Easy of access to
visitors, the buildings are on a massive seal,
particularly the Forestry Building, formed of
monarch of the forest. 25 and 30 feet In
circumference. This Exposition possesses more
natural advantages and beauty, and while built
on an extensive scale will not be too much so
to become tiresome, as has been the case
with the expositions ot America held hereto
fore, and the excellent hotel service of Portland
can take care of all who visit there next
Summer." '
Other letters by the hundred have
been received. The Chicago. Milwaukee &
SL Paul Railway praises The Oregonian's
New Year's edition and promises to do
great things In advertising the Lewis and
Clark Centennial.
The Southern Pacific compliments The
Oregonlan on its enterprise and states
that the road Is not getting out a piece
of literature but what mentions Portland
and' the coming Exposition.
Brown. Spear & Company-, of San Fran
cisco, acknowledge the superiority of The
Oregonlan as a newspaper and an adver
tising medium. "It Is a magnificent paper
and is to be congratulated on the wonder
ful showing it has made for the North
west," is the tribute of this company.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
acknowledges that it is glad to get the
information concerning Xhe Centennial
that Is in the New Year's edition, and
states that The Oregonlan rivals any
newspaper in the nation.
The Denver Post states that The Ore-
Marvelous Development
of Pacific Northwest and
Bright Outlook for Lewis
an d Clark Exposition
Command Respect
gonlan's annual stands equal to that of,
any newspaper in the Nation.
The editor of the Locomotive Firemen's
Magazine writes a letter full of praise and
says Illustrations of the Exposition in
Tho Oregonlan will be. reproduced In hl3
publication.
The Houston Dally Post writes that th
edition la creditable to a great and rep
resentative conservative newspaper like
The Oregonlan.
And numerous others, too numerous to
mention, write to say that the edition
that has come out of the West is equal
to any that ever came out of either East
or West. It is a prominent point of near
ly every letter that the New Year's Ore
gonlan preached to the world the- impor
tant and surprising fact that the Exposi
tion will open free from debt.
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KearM?Z4 Jan. 17, 1905
Oregonian Publishing Co. , " - ft'i y
Portland, Ore. ". : :'-v r .
Gentlemen: - - . .
Your personal letter of January ith and .the copy of the
New Year's Oregonian for 1905 reached me m due season, but I have
not unr.il now had an opportunity to congratulate ybu upon the com
prehensive manner' m which you have set forth the attractions or
the Lewis & Clark Exposition, -and Oriental Fair, in this issue.
T am much obliged to you for favoring me with a copy and
have turned it -over to Mr. J. K. LeBaron, Editor- of The Four-Track
News, who will be glad to have it for his reference library.
You will be pleased to know that in the February number
of The Four-Track News we will devote .two full pages, in the
advertising section, to the" Lewis & Clark Centennial, and we shall
from time to time have other items of interest on this subject in
the reading section of the magazine.
With best wishes, and assuring you that tne new York
Central Lines will be glad to aid you in making a. success of your
enterprise, I am f very truly yours,
Gen. Pas. Agt.
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'GtfXLA.? - HAr January 11, 1905.
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MORNING. OREGONIAN8
Portland, Ore.
Dear Sir:
I have your favor of the wtl lnst. advising
that you would mail copy of tht XNEW YEAR'S
OREGONIAN" to me and I want to -hank you for your
kindness .
I have enjoyed .looking oVer, the paper and
want to compliment, you on the splendid issue ycu
have gotten out, -it is certainly interesting and1"
full of meat.
From all accounts you are going to have a
splendid exposition and I believe one that will be
of great benefit to Portland and. that section, and
I hope that the f.ondest expectations of the
originators will be fully realized.'
. . Yoiirs Truly,
Ass't G. P. A.
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