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Tlfe OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, . SUNDAY . MORNING: APRIL 5, 1003.
8
EGATE
URGE AMOUNT
v Real, Estate Transactions
' Are Included in Corapara-
i tively; Small Deals.:-
PKIvSKNT MOVEMENT-
C REMARKABLY STEADY
Residence Site All Over the City
: Are Being Secured by People Who
Will' Put Up Home riacee
Penlc Did Not Hart Values. '
"Not within my 10 years' residence la
Portland has there bsen a mora wide
spread and steady movement In real es
tate than at the . present time." The
above remark ' wn made by one who, I
since the late 70a has been actively en
gaged In buying and selling real estate
in this city and eounty.
This opinion has been frequently ex
pressed In the past month by others
equally wall qualified to paas on the
Portland . realty market Of eourse
these men do not mean to say thst the
volume oftradlng In real property' la
SALES AGGR
larger man ai any previous lime in insi""" -
history of the city, but what Is meant nounced that a three-etory reenf orced
! thai n la ih4 hi.tni-v n .hi. .i I concrete warehouse will be erected on
were so many people seeking property
. i . ' r . " '
or purely investment purposes.
Last week about 4l(h oonveyancea
ha i.u ... .t 'i. .
record, and It la safe to say that fully
:ord. and It is safe to say that fully
jr fifths of them represented' invest-
nt rather than epecuUtlve transac-
na. Our own home people aeem to
rou
men
be Just waking up to a realisation ef
the fact that there Is no safer or better
possession than a piece of Portland real
estate.
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Kons Are Monster Deals.
The remarkable tning about thta ao -
tlvltv Is that the volume of transactions
is holding- ud fairly well without the
huge deals of 12 and 18 months ago-in
central property, which have proven the
mainstay of the market record In past
saaaons. in March ox laat year ait reaiiorooa v,ovw.
eatate aalea records were broken, the I Dan J. Moore has sold to Henry
record books In the county clerk's of-1 Jennlng his residence on Flanders
flee showing that transfers amounting street, between Twentieth and Twenty-
to nearly 16,000,000 were rued aunngiiirai sireeie; consideration t.vvu.
that month. While the total value of J N. P. Borenson haa purchased from
ealea recorded last month does not any- J. M. Broat a modern two-story frame
where near equal that or March, 1807,
It muat be borne In mind that there
were very few sales with considerations
above 110,000 cioaea test monin, ana
tnnuMlnni Invnlvlnr rnnalrleratlona of
leas than 15 000 each
Almoa? the wh". of the present.. c-
tivlty la made up of a city-wide deter-
mination to own a choice residence 101.
By this Is not meant that nearly every-
body la bent on acquiring a $10,000 lot
Kh um r vnrtunS u.i.hi. fn.
tha reason that a 1S00 lot on the oenln-
sular Is very apt to be considered a
handsome dwelling house site by the
man who Is satiafied with a $1,000 cot-
tage for a home.
Every so dy cheers Up.
The real estate situation, se far as
Portland and violnity la concerned, haa
changed frontcompletely since the first
of the year. . Then the pall of the Octo-
ber panlo hung over everything, and
everybody was more or leas gloomy and
despondent. It. looked very much as if
1901 would go mown in hlatory aa a lean
year. Pessimistic forecasts were made
on every hand that the prices of real
estate would aurely break and probably
result in wiping out all the Increase in
values thst had been made In the two
of three, years prior to tnat time.
But this waa -one lime when the fore
bodera of evil -were altogether Wrong.
So badly were they wrong, so 'far as
Portland Is concerned, that It Is ex
tremely doubtful if there are half a
hundred property owners In this fllty
who would part with their holdings for
lesser price than cost, while a greater
portion of the realty on the market has
actually advanced ' In price since Jan
uary 1.
During the week Just closed the realty
market haa been satisfactory from
very standpoint. While no very large
Inside parcels have changed hands, there
ban been a persistent Inquiry for such
holdings with several fair sized sales.
Besldenoe Property Bales.
' In the various residential centers and
suburban dlstriots, sales hava toeea nu
merous, mo-re so perhaps than any week
o far this year. Interest In the east
side warehouse district was -revived by
j nH t z. . -srs 1 - "i shir ?A N '7V l
fcj? A . &l a 4 K EL. 54 tk.clmorVr VT.
TO HAVE
Plans Arranged for Immedi
ate Construction of Sunny
.t side Congregational.
The membership, of ': the tsunnyslds
Congregational churob; at a recent busi
ness meeting unanimously Voted to pur
chase av new building site and to lay
plans for. nw building. f If hai been
evident for many, months paat that the
growth of the various departments , of
this church , would", speedily .;;, demand
larger 'and v'more commodious quarters.
Years of persistent and energetic work
are -yielding results-! which positively
demand a- modern ehureh plant 'The
sise. of the lot upon which the present
church stands as well as the building
Itself, have necessitated , a - complete
change. ) " ' '-
, .a'lie new -site has been eeoured In a
GIIURCll
NEW
EDIFICE
V
n
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Sir Kdderly -
the announcement of the sale ef a quar
block on the northwest corner of
Belmont and East First street to F. H.
Sons, the Front street coram Is-
th?"'L" th,i um,r' Th,wPf.rt2 WM
I mrA liAifh th. ll M Mall aV VAn
IT, . . . v,i , . " ' t, ,
gorstell by jitney U Boise and John
I P. Sharker for 120.000.
involving property of
An,1tn"''1 "vving property or
?0"LS.ablJi ,r,u V".."?' rchMK b.?
Kraft of an individual one haU
interoat In a 60-fct lot on k'ront street.
?lwn Jarson and Columbia streets,
Property formerly belonged to J.
?onn.,n,.51 asclate and was sold
ror t ! . -
i c u. Bimonton nas purcnaaeo rrora
E. g. Merrill an Improved 0-foot lot on
1 Sherman street, netween Front ana wi
I ter streets, consideration 112.000.
I Johnston P. Porter of Porter Bros..
I railroad contractors, haa concluded the
purchase or tnree waterrront lots in
I St. Johns. foY'whlch he paid M. I Hol-
1 aweiung on Lrfvejoy street, between
I Twenty-flrat and Twenty-second streets.
I ror li.too.
atany wfTW alee.
. Pf IUCh hSS purchased from W.
H- Ro" an "-foot lot-In the Williams
WV JVW
J" cf;"SL,A.br. mrn iwo,t'''
frame residence and was sold for
K(,r -a,.'. v. c,u
H. Wemme has sold to Philip
Richter an improved holding on Sixth
street, between Grant and Bherman
streets: consideration 14,260.
A modern two-story dwelling
on
and
'lnon street, between Union;
Orand avenues, has been purchased from
J. W. Trlber by Daniel Miller for $4,060.
Ellis O. Hushes, who owns a large
amount or irvingiqn property, poia
during the paat week four lots on
vvcldler street for 12,060 each, annuel
f, Owen and Sera B. Stewart were the
purchasers, each taking a quarter block,
a. J. Valuer has purchased from C.
t. La Tourneau a 6v-foot lot on East
Twenty-seventh street, between East
Washington and East Alder streets,
conalderatlon $2,400.
f A quarter block at the northwest cor-
ner of East Fourteenth street and Haw
thorne avenue has been sold by the
Hawthorne estate to T. W. Klrby for
$3,300.
rea uiarxe nas soio. to i. r. jrtosrora
a house and lot on Broadway, 60 feet
east of Bast Seventeenth street, con
sideration $3,600.
-The house and lot at the northeast
corner of East Irving ana East Twenty
second streets has been purchased by
William Keith from Horace F. Cut hill
for $3,600.
An unimproved 60-foot lot at the
southeast corner of East Alder and East
Sixteenth streets haa been purchased
by Charles O. Slglln from Lou P. Ken
die for $3,000.
-A. W. end I. L. West have purchased
from O. W. Priest' a house and lot on
Mississippi avenue, between Humboldt
and Brainard streets, for $2,600.
.John F, f hae has sold to Mary B.
latter a cottage and 60-foot lot on
Gantenbeln street, between Knott and
Sellwood streets, consideration $2,600.
quarter block on the southeast corner
of East Taylor and Cast Thirty-second
streets, location which tor the char
acter of its surroundings and the par
ticular purpose of church work could
no be excelled. While the plans of tbe
new building are not absolutely de
termined upon, enough of Its character
and general arrangement ' has been
adopted in the minds of tbe . building
committee to assure not only, a hand
same structure and as such a deolded
honor to Sunnyside, but a oulldlng..
which for utility and practical pur
poses should be satisfactory. -
hivery phase of church work Is to re
ceive due recognition in the new plan;
the commodious 'arrangement of audi
torium and Sunday sohool rooms on the
main floor will be geconaea ny e-weu
lighted and ventilated basement under
the entire building. - Here the social
features of the church will be carefully
looked after a flourishing. Men's
league,' .wide awake Ladles' Aid so
ciety, the : Christian ' Endeavorv junior
and senior, and Boys' clubs will be com
fortaoly housed and a work will be In
augurated which - cannot but prove a
great boon to this rapidly developing
dlBtricti of eur city. A worker's com
mittee 'has been out for two weeks en
listing the Interests of the : friends of
tne Institution and has already met with
the most encouraging results. ,,Tho en
thusiasm everywhere apparent will con
vert : the project Into an early realisation.
1401 E. Stirk 3fc
PLANT 10 HAVE
Corvallis Caniiery Will Turn
Out 50,000 Cans per
(Special Dltpetck to Tbe Joe rati.)
Corvkllls, Or April i. That the new
cannery In process or erection In this
city will within five years be turning
out 60,000 cans per day la the positive
prediction of those who are best In
formed. Southern Pacific officials have
also gone on record as saying that
within that period they will be ahlpplng
out 100 carloads of canned products per
year from the Willamette vauey.
So declares W. H. Mlllhollen of Port
land, who la looking after the cannery
interests here at present.
A UIIm haa haan rartlTM rrom near
tie parties inquiring what errect, if any,
the establishment of the Corvallis can
nery la having upon the adjacent coun
try, relative to the cutting up of large
tracts Into smaller ones to be used for
cardena and fruit orchards. The In
quiry brings to light Important facta
William Bogue,
a well-known ana
conservative business man of this city,
Is platting 163 acres Into 30 acre tracts
which he will put on the market This
land la two' and one half miles from
the new cannery on the Linn eounty side
of the Willamette
Virgil Wallers, who owns many
tracts about two miles west of this
since the cannery waa assured, in small
tracts which will be set to fruit and
used for growing vegetables.
Other parties residing between Cor
vallis and Philomath are alao planning
to throw on the ' market numerous
small tracts.
These are but the beginning of what
will doubtless become a general move to
turn this section over to Intensive farm
Ins. These small tracta will be taken
by -the small capitalist who cannot af
ford to purchase a large farm, and the
country will have In a few years hun
dreds of families making a good living
on these 10. 20 ana 40 -acre farms.
The blackberry in five years of cul
tlvatlon will yield a net profit of from
3100 to 3200 Der acre. Royal Ann
cherries in ten years yield from $300 to
1500 per acre, net, ana in me meantime
a profitable crop can be grown on the
ground between the trees each year, aa
a by-product.
Asparagus, at the end of four years,
gives s return of from $500-to $300 per
acre, M it always brings five cents per
pound, or $100 per ton, at the cannery.
It is stated that a man near Estacada
last year, by use of water on his land,
realised $2,600 from five acres of aa-
narasrus.
The common pumpkin can be grown
between fruit trees and brings at ths
cannery $60 per ton.
Contracts are being made for toma
toes in the vicinity of uorvains at siv
per ton. The eatimate Is 28.000 plants
. ' -7 IV I ,fMiimiM-Ti-a
trim
A r IW :
4 -msmm
(3? """I ''
pi --y
per aore and the farmers themselves
estimate at tne least one peca per vine.
Thla Is TOO bushels per acre, or 21 tons,
which at $10 per ton brings $210 per
acre.
OLD MAP OF PORTLAND.
Chart of 18T9 Curiosity Alongside X,ate
Map of City.
There is a map of Portland, drawn
by one E. 8. Glover, dated 1379, hanging
In W. M. Kllltngsworth's offlcs In the
Chamber of Commerce which vivifies
the city's rapid growth more than mere
statistics. It is said the artist even
drew on his Imagination and extended
the city buildings beyond Its boundar
ies Even thou ah nreaumlns the man
to be correct lor thai year, tne ouna-
lngs were few and far between oeyona
Barnes county road ( Washington street)
and Fifteenth street end north of Burn-
aide street, while forest land is shown
on the east aide oppoalte where steel
brldare now crosses the river. A few
cleared oatchea with scattered farm
houses are shown in the vicinity of
Alblna and to the north, also to the
south snd southeast beyond Madison
street. The eaat aide doesn t show favor
ably with the weat on this old map.
The river Is shown clear of bridges,
there being none in 1879, a ferryboat
owned by the Knott brothers serving
as a means of navigation. The popu
lation of 22,000 is shown, and there Is
a guide to art buildings, churches, eta
One gets a true Idea of Portland's Im
mense growth when comparing the old
map and the -most recent city map.. As
Mr. Killlngsworth, the pioneer of the
peninsula, has always cherished the
hoDe of seeing; the peninsula the seat
or great activity, nis nope rrows
stronger and stronger every day as he
watches the. city's encroachment to
wards the Columbia river. And the
city's expansion In that direction seems
to warrant his fond hopes.
Louis Saloman. the real estate man.
will leave for Washington, D. C, about
the 10th. He has been summoned aa a
wltneas for the sovernment In the
Hyde-Benson-Diamond land cases.
If convenience to streetcar, churches.
schools, neighbors; If sightliness, soil
and "'close In" count for anything, then
Evanston IS the most Ideal tract ever
ubdlvlded in Portland; 4Q a lot, iio a
monthi See It today (Sunday). Take
W-W car. The Spanton company are
sole agents. .
M m mnimr
SUii fifth ihiii
WAKE FIRE CLAY
IS
E
PacIfc?'Co4wiSay
to Manufacture Product.
. in Portland.
Among the new Industries promised
for Portland this year,- none is of more
local Importance than a plant for the
manufacture of terra ootta and , fire
clay products. ' The Paelflo Coast Billca
Clay company ' Is the name of the
company proposing to establish this
plant, which will require the expendi
ture of large capital and employ about
260 men from the va tart. Tha company
has acquired title to TOO acres of ex
cellent clays for this purpose, near Hood
River. The clays will be barred to
Portland. Expert examination ' of the
clay haa been made and out of It the
following artlcleg can be made: Fire
brick. , fire-clay, glased and enamel!
brick, calcimine, staff.
architectural
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j'm.,'ReLd ..4thaAi)i .5tA.ri
terraootta, buff and red granite brick,
tile and arches, flue linings, partition
and arch tile, annealed paving brick,
drain tile, sewer pipe, electrlo conduit
tile Snd hollow wall blocks.
George W. Kummer, general manager
of the company, states that the plant
will be In operation within nine months.
The exact location of the mill and
kilns has not been determined upon,
the company having several sites tinder
consideration.
LET CONTRACTS FOR
SELLWOOD CARBARNS
The Portland Railway. Light A Pow
er company's engineers are preparing
plans for an operating' barn and car
shed to be erected at Sellwood. Tlii
company recently purchased two and
one half blocks of land at Sellwood on
which the new shoos are to be built
Near the shops a concrete clubhouse for
the use or tne men wiu ne erectea mis
summer.
The contracts for both structures will
be let aa soon as the plans are complet
ed. It is estimated that both Improve
ments will cost between $40,000- and
$60,000.
NEW TRACT ON PENIN
SULA. Union Square eing Flatted by Colom
bia Trust Company.
The neninsula la the scene of con
alderabla activity Just now and the
realtv men are busy allowing: bulldlns
and factory sites to prospective Duyers.
Around the north bank road the In
quiries are numerous and the Columbia
Trust company nas nau many appli
cants for lots in Union Square, whioh
they are Just platting. It la within the
St. Johns carllne loop juat east of the
big railroad cut. From Indications that
locality will build ud rapidly with fac
torles and homes. A a lKram of Union
Square district near Maegly Junction
will be found on another page.
When You Eat Downtown
Drop In at the Baltimore Dairy lunch.
You'll be delighted. Bring your
friends. 287 Washington street. Dack
of lobby Rothchlld building.
Easter cards, finest in the city.
The
Postal Shop. 121 Fifth street.
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CLOSE UP LARGE
DEALS IH REALTY
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Acreage Tracts Included in
: Long List of Week's
Transfers." v
prices snow NO -
; VALUE DECREASES
OuUrtng Property Sella During Week
for Price of $1,000 pr Acre
Resldmce Lots on Both Sldrs of
River Change Hands.
Several large and Important sales'of
realty whioh have been banaina fire
for several weeks were wouna up in
M ,' iV " I
Street.
the closing days last week. Among
them wss the sale of 232 acres by
Louis Watts to John D. Clark and as
sociates for $80,000. This land is In
sections 2, 10 and 11, township 1 north,
range ' 1 west, and haa a frontage of
1,660 feet on the Willamette river.
Also the Irregular shaped tract at
Washington and Twenty-first streets,
which was purchased several weeks ago
by M. W. Hunt and associates from
John Matthlesen for $60,000.
A deed waa filed for record last
'luuraday oonveylng from J. W. Adams
to the Merchants Savings Trust com
pany, the esst half of block IS, East
Portland; consideration $36,000,
Two sales of small tracts of out
lying acreage were concluded last week
In both of which the property waa sold
at the rate of $1,000 an acre. One of
these was eight acres on the west bank
of Guild s lake, wmcn was purcnasea
bv Frank L. Smith from Arthur li.
Bevan for $8,000: and the other a three
acre holding, east of Mount Tabor reser
voir, purchased by Nicholas Bisson rrom
Ida M. Fortner for $3,000.
W. S. Bridges has purchased from
Robert Shaw a house and lot at the
southwest corner of Main and Nartllla
streets. The property consists or
40x64 lot snd a two-story dwelling.
and was sold for f,260. .
R. B. Lamson haa sold to Adolfn
Wolfe a 60xl00-foot lot . on the north
side of Wayne street, between King
and BL ciair streete, lor itt.ouu.
WORK ON OLD RACE
TRACK. Bvery Street In The Tract Will Be
raved. With Asphalt.
Diamond A Rountree are rushing
work on the old race track property In
Irvine-ton. About 100 men and teams are
at wora. - I ne wnoie tract win oe grad
ed and every street will be asphalted
and cement walks and curbs put down.
When this big work Is finished the wa
ter and gaa pipes will be laid to the
curb line, so that It will never be nee
essary to break up the roadbeds ot
disturb the pavements or curbs, ss
f roper connections can be made inside
ha r-nrh Kxoentins- the Ladd tract no
such big Improvement work was ever be-
gun In Jfortiana oerore. ine diocks. win
e 200 feet by 600 feet. Building re
strictions will prohibit buildings other
than residences to cost a. least $2,600
and no house can be built closer than
36 feet from the lot line, wnen -tne
hi a- Improvement work Is completed the
old race track will be laid out In one
of the most desirable resident localities
in Portland. It Is not the intention of
Diamond & Rountree to offer lots' for
aaia until all improvements are com
pleted, when the builders of homes will
have no improvement work whatever to
look after.
LOCAL CORPS AIMS
TO RAISE
Self-Denial t Week Begins
for Members of Salvation
Army.
Self-denial week for the Portland Sal
vatlon Army this year promises -to es
tabllsh a -new' record for the local corps.
This week, whlca. has now become an
established.- custom - throughout the
world,. will be celebrated from April 19
to 26. vThe army, with its 16,715 officers,
working in ' 64 different countries snd
preachln to the poor In 30 different
lanKuaaes. has 786 social institutions
under its banners. Self-denial week was
Instituted to help .raise money lor the
support-of these Institutions.
t ' The army will adopt some very self-
sacrlnoing measures m order to raise
the amount of money agreed upon. , The
target aimed at for the fio. 4 corps, 243
Maaison street, la $500, . That the ef
fort will meet with success seems cer
tain and "' there is no doubt that the
friends of , the movement recognislag
tha vast amount of rood atreadr aecom-
niiahed will not fall to afford praotlcal j
support Daintily printed appeals are
being Jeft at most ol the houses, in this J
city. - - . ..-'.-: -v.-V':...-'-. -.it!
- 4 t)iu mv. ti mm . 1 j . v 1. 1 ...... - - .
a large extent to reiy-upon inia enwrt ,
for the k mamtenanee ana oeveiupmem j
nt Hi many enterprises and local work,.
01 uie people 01 ruruauu. ...
Easter cards,-flneft In 'the 'city.
Postal Shop. 114 i mh street.'
The I
L01E FEAST
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Capital City Extends Royal
Welcome to ' Portland
Realty ?! Board; : Wliich
Makes . Trip to Capital
Over New Electric Line.- 5
Salem Is the city for the Portland
01 toe ooara, one oaii or tue namoer
accompanied by tbeir wives, went on
the special excursion to Salem yes- '
terday morning and the event prored
to be the gala day In the history of
tne uuiru. . ,. , ;;.-
In the words of Tom Richardson,'
"It helped to bring all Oregon near
to Portland 'and Portland near to
all Oregon." v -.'-.v
The trip was made orer the line
of the new Oregon Electric road, re-.
cently completed, tbe excirslonlsts ,
going in me nanasome new eoacnes .
being operated by the road and was
made In remarkably Quick time con
sidering the condition of the road;
bed. The way ran through the beau-;
tlful WUIametto valley, one ot the'
most remarkable agricultural dis
tricts in America and one whose 1
beauty and richness most of the ex-,
curslonists had failed to appreciate
until yesterday. The valley la ex-
f romnl v farf Ha an,1 tha nonnri m a rt
rolling agricultural lands and wood- '
ed hilltops was a revelation to the
Portland realty mefl. . '
Give Tell at Station. .
Salem was reached at 11:80, and
the excursionists formed In line at
the station aad gave the "United '
Oregon" yell. Several thousand res- ,
ldents of Salem and other neighbor-
lag cities and towns were present to ;
greet the Portland visitors and to
BUIO mat bUC wwiucv i
an enthusiastic welcome. The Port- ,
land contingent escortea tne mem-.
bers of the Salem bqard of trade to
the headquarters ot the board, where J
lunch was served. . t
The address of welcome waa de-'
llvered by Mayor Rogers of Salem,'
and was responded to by President
n. vv . fries ui.ius ui uauu uwij (
board, and Tom Richardson of the t
Commercial club. Mr. Richardson
spoke on "United Oregon" and' de
clared that the businesa men ot the
state needed to eee mora ot one an-1
other. It was just such, excursions (
as that and. such receptions as that ;
accorded the Portland realty. men
that would go a long way toward
bringing all Oregon near to Portland
and Portland near to all Oregon.
City Tamed Oyer to Guests. .
Mayor Rogers then turned the city
over to the Portland men, assuring
them that Salem had but one police-
man and that he had been put to
sleep just before the . Portland train '
arrived.":''.' ' -vV'
Salem Itself was already crowded ,
with vtsltors present to1 attend the i
annual horse show. - The majority !
of the Portland visitors attended the ,
show, which waa an excellent one. j
Others went to, the baseball game
provided for their entertainment I
while still others drove around the
city and the adjacent country, and
visited the state penitentiary nd In
sane asylum.; . '
When the excurslonlatg and . their
wives had finally been; gathered to
gether the special left Salem at 4;1S
and reached ' Portland at o'clock,
after an especially: fast trip. ; ; The
trip was V9ted a gratifying success'
In every way, ana tne iram ouiciais
were particularly courteous and
obliging. . M -
John P. , Sharkey Invited ; the
realty hoard to make a special trip
to Waverlelgh Heights next Satur
day and the board accepted the In
vitation for Its next- excursion..
big HcitEASB m ; : ;
: BUILDING PERMITS
: . Real estate .transfers . valued
at $685,84S were filed for record
last weak. This la a. gain of
more' than $200,600 ever any
week since the first of the yean
A substantial gain vwaa also
made ,in the -value of building "
permits Issued ' for f the week,
which : reached a total of $175,- :
390, of about $25,000 ebovs the
average of the past few weeks.
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Easter
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tnioa label on Every Garment
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