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THE WONDER AND LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
; ' The Statesman of a few days ago told of a Salem boy who
took a few pieces of old wire and some other articles of junk
and vmade a contraption with which he can listen to the words
and the music that are inMhe air; putting his parental home in
tunc .with the wide world !
And who can say we may not in time catch the harmonies
of the ages, from the time eoiis before Job was told of the period
"when themorning stars sang together' while the hanging
of the planets in their spheres was in process? j ,;
For who:can say that the "voices" whispered into the ears
of imagination of Joan of Arc are not still in the, currents of
Hspace; or the words of Abraham or Moses; of thejlowly Naza
rene, of Shakespeare or Washington or Lincoln; or Grant or
Roosevelt or Harding t 1 .: . , . i
We are living, we are moving . ,
In a eranri mid awful time:
r u;.ln an a8e.n ages telling J
' . To be living is sublime.
-Our own grandmothers, some
never saw an oil lamp ; never saw
fathers, some of them, never saw
saw an electric street car up to
. the typewriter, the flying machine, the radio, and a hundred
other wonders of a few short years ago are commonplace now.
" "Scientists tell us that in a
fireless and smokeless (the cinder nuisance will then be for
gotten), and that Salem streets
that every house will carry its antennae, and all power and
heat will come out of the air; that the caloric of the coal will
be ehanged to electricity at the mouth of the mine, and that
the work of the world will be performed by the power of the
streams fed from the mists from'the sea," and from the ocean
currents, and from the heat eaught from the rays of the sun
And now they are making
J The supply is exhaustless; it is from a possible annual crop
' bled from trees that will grow in any tropical clime. It is found
to make the longest wearing street, and that its use distributes
the impact of heavy traffic and makes the foundations endur
ing; and that it is clean and almost noiseless and the engineers
say that in time it will be the cheapest of all materials 4 for
the surface covering of streets; cheapest in the first place, and
in the long run. : . . ;.. 4- .
We live in a wonder age ; an
! iWe )ong since passed by the age
agftxrf the printing press with
sal knowledge, and many others,
The age of kings is about passed; the age of the common man
. is here. But "why should-the spirit of mortal be proud!" ;
" The verdict of the greatest living inventor are enough to
make us humble. Read the following from a recent statement
of Thomas A. Edison: ; . J -
5 - "We don't know one millionth part j of one
, percent about anything. We don't know what
water is. We don't know what light is. ; We don't
know what gravitation . is. We don't know what
, enabled ns to keep on our feet to stand tip.' f We -
r . 'don't know what electricity is. We don't know
what heat is. We don't know anything about
, " ; magnetism. ; We have a lot of hypotheses, but that
lis ilLvWe are just emerging from the chimpanzee
. state mentally." r t ;
iIIand that to the professor;
who have explanations for all
the earth and in the waters below and the air above. . :
GOOD BRAKES
; la this season of the year when
the pavement Is practically always
wet, the question of brakes on au
tomobiles la of high Importance.
, To , meet this some of the cities
are having regular tests ymade.
, Of course, owners of automobiles
should do this but they do not al
; ways do'it. ' " " --'
The, purpose of such tests Is to
prevent accidents. The driver of
an automobile who neglects the
. brakes and yet merges In the con
gested .traffic of city, streets is
Just as dangerous as a speed man
iac Even though a child, with
reckless abandon, rushes into the
street within a few feet from the
front' of an approaching automo
bile, an accident under these cir
cumstances could frequently be
prevented by prompt action on the
tart of the driver in bringing' his
machine to a atop. However, if
the brake lining Is worn and the
t rakes do not hold properly, the
car 'Can5 not be stopped -quickly
-enough. ' The fact tht a pedes
trian ' might be ' careless does not
excuse" an automobile driver .who
: also' is careless or reckless.
It is highly dangerous to the
driver to go about with defective
trakes. They may not only result
in - his car running , into; another
vehicle or injuring some one, but
they may cause an injury to h!m
self. Self-preservation, If nothing
.else, should cause every owner of
a motor car to Inspect his brakes
cf ten and keep them in good con
dition.1 "; ' : ,
?X MKMOItlAM
; It. would ordinarily seem that
the ; unstinted flood of publicity
following the death of President
Harding would cause . to be said
about everything that could, be
said about this great statesman,
. but we learned the man after his
C ca ti . Covernor Pierce v tells - a
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Ortfoa. aa aaeoa4 eaaa mattar.
of them, never saw a match;
a sewing machine. Our own
an electric light. None of us
35 years ago. The telephone
few years Salem mills, will be
will be wireless and noiseless;
streets and roads from rubber,
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age of a multitude of wonders.
of steam, the age of steel, the
the wide dissemination of univer
and are passing many more.
to all the cock-sure high brows
the things of the universe; on
I very pretty story. ; He said that
last summer he was riding In an
automobile with President Hard
ing through the streets of Port
4and and there was great cheering
on both sides 1 of the . street
President Harding turned to Gov
ernor Pierce and said, "Governor
Pierce, do not let this turn your
head. This cheering is not for
you or for me, it is for the offices
we hold. Let us consecrate our
selves to this public in such a way
that the people will not cheer the
offices less after we leave, because
we have occupied them." This is
the ' best Harding story we have
heard, because it is a good definl
tion of the heart of a good man
When : Harding was elected
president we loked 'upon him as a
politician, a man of mediocre abil
ity, who would take his' principles
from the party. ) ' He grew con
stantly In public esteem, but It
was not until after his death that
the public got the true facts of
the man which, showed '' him ; ar
dently devoted; to the public serv
ice and desirous of serving all the
people. The death of President
Harding revealed his splendid
manhood to the American people
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THE PENSION
' Tha number of pensioners de
creased the last year 7,260, but
because of increasing some rates
1 " -."'-' - . .
me pension roil; went up more
than nine million dollars j" There
were 539.378 pensions on June 30
of this year. Of this number 168,
623 were civil war veterans, and
264,580 were civil war widows
63,923 were ' Spanish war veter
ans, and 13.067 Spanish war wid
owi. It , has been a long time
since the Mexican war, yet sixty-
nine survivors are still on the pen
sion roll, and forty widows. The
government does not begrudge the
pension money, .but it does be
grudge the passing of those draw
tag the pension.'
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' W A A , A IUUWI . fAAAW - .
' PLANES
It was at KIttr Hawk. North
Carolina.' that Wilbur Wright,
now deceased, and Orvllle Wright,
his brother, flew the first success
ful heavier-than-atr machine. It
was on Dec. 17, 1903. ;
The anniversary will be an
event In which every progressive
American will be keenly, interest
ed. It marks a milestone In the
development of one of the world's
most potent Industries.
The advancement of civilization
la measured by the, progress of
transportation. ThWife two dec
ades have ; revolutionized man a
effort in promoting commerce and
travel. . - .
The World war demonstrated
that the airplane Is an absolute
necessity tor national defense, as
well aa a most effective , messen
ger of peace.
By conquering the air, all
nations soon will have been
brought Into a single neighbor
hood with a common economic
Interest. The world owes to the
Wright Brothers an everlasting
debt of gratitude.
In commemorating the birth of
the airplane, a fitting tribute will
be paid to its Inventors, a mark of
honor to which they aro so justly
entitled, but to which the people
of their own country have done
nothing in a material way. At
least 'one foreign country has
erected a magnificent monument
honoring them.
FAVORING THE PEOPLE
At election time everybody ad
mits that the people rule and all
the politicians are trying to court
the favor of the people, but after
election Is over, these' same peo
ple are mighty -apt to have a
lapse of memory that lasts for two
years. The people demand cer
tain things to -which they are en
titled and they do not get them
always. This Is why there Is so
much general unrest. The poll
ticlans play man against man, is
sue against issue and state against
state, with the result that there
is stagnation where there ought
to be progress . . I
Occasionally the people wake
up, hut the siren song of the poli
tician lulls them to sleep again.
If the people could Just stay
awake, they could take care of
their own Interests, but the
moment they shut their eyes
things begin to happen.
A GOOD PLAN
It was with a good deal of In
terest that we read Of the char
tering of a commission for labor
distribution. It seems to us that
this Is one of the greatest needs
of today. Labor suffers by being
flooded in one place and insuffi
cient in the other. If the com
mission functions well it will dis
tribute labor so the entire state
can have it when needed and la
borers will have employment, f
By the way,, that Is . precisely
what the best minds are trying to
do with production. We do not
have an over production in the
Willamette valley, we have an un-
derdistribution.:. . i .
A BIG FIGHT
For the last several months
Oregon City has been stirred to
its depths, that is If a city has
depths, and to its heights, if a city
has heights above the height of
its buildings, over the fight to va
cate the stub end of Third street.
The Enterprise has carried a num
ber of pages of advertising telling
the public just what the situation
is. An outsider would think
there 'were a million involved.
There does not seem to be any
real principle at stake. It is a
great pity that men fuss over such
Insignificant things. Town feuds
are mighty disagreeable and al
ways unfortunate.
HARD TO UNDERSTAND
The Oregon Statesman confess
es that, it : does not understand
why there is so many cuts in the
salaries of county agents and why
in so many instances so little
credit is given for the services of
these officials. The ' theory of it
is so fine that it" must be son-e
fault in the agents in getting
along with the public. Certainly
a county agent as an advisor is
worth several times bis cost and
-we are anxious to know just why
it is that they fail to make a hit
with the very people they serve. -
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MERGING RAILROADS "
Secretary Hoover's ' report
dwells at length upon what Presi
dent Coolidge touches .upon but
incidentally It is the regional
consolidation of railroads, j We
have never understood .- why so
many shippers oppose this. It Is
certainly in "the line of economy
and enables the railroads to give
better service. The interstate
commerce commission should be
relied upon to see that the rates
are fair. The rates being fair, the
convenience or the shipper is no
inconr' ierable item." ' ;
; BUTE LAWS V;
There has been a great deal of
complaint about blue laws. But it
has remained for Los Angeles to
enact the most drastic one so far
enacted, and its enforcement has
been violently opposed. Some of
the i most liberal citizens down
there are declaring that it is the
bluest vlue law ever enacted. :
The law is that men driving au
tomobiles must not shoot a rabbit
while the car is moving.
REVOLT AXD ESCAPE
A good many people revolt
against consequences, but are un
able to escape them, therefore the
revolt does not get them much.
In order to make a revolt success
ful ' you have to escape. A revo
lution may accomplish everything
and yet the man who made it (alls
to escape the consequences. We
have come to the conclusion .that
It is just as important to escape
as It is to revolt.
SOMETHING NEW
The Oregon Statesman has en
countered something new. The
paper is seventy-one years old and
for the first time it ran amuck a
new secret society in an entirely
new quarter.
The Floral Society of this
city Is a secret organization.
Hereafter it will have to go in
the society columns as a sorority.
The progressives did organize
congress, the progressives did per
form a remarkable public service,
the progressives did largely save
the political situation next year.
The Carvallis Gazette-Times to the
contrary nevertheless.
It is a matter ot a good deal of
satisfaction that Lady Astor has
been elected to parliament for the
third time. She possesses high
womanly qualities, a great
strength and is in line with ' the
moral uplift of the day.
Vancouver is planning to spend
considerable money on its auto
camp this year. Med ford has a
fine one south of us. When the
season opens, Salem will be found
equal to the best. This city is not
going back on them.
: France is continuing to defy
the world and we have an idea
that since the British election
France will have a great deal
more trouble than it has had be
fore.
; The British elections are such
hoodlum affairs that they disgrace
the country. In this country
where we have more liberty we
have more 'personal responsibility
and our elactioas are' 6r71ertf. ; "
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
t That is a good idea-- '.. j
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- The Idea of uniform street' tree
planting.
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' Anything Is good that will make
Salem more beautiful. ;
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; Arthur L. Peck, professor of
landscape gardening of the Ore
gon Agricultural college, will
speak on this subject at the noon
luncheon of the Salem- Chamber
of Commerce tomorrow. "He was
formerly engaged in landscape
work for the Metropolitan park
commission of Boston.' He has a
message worth a million to Salem.
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Some one wants to know why It
Is that the opening between the
Odd FellowsV cemetery and the
City View cemetery has been clos
ed up again. This inquirer says
there may be a good reason, and
If so he would like to hear it. One
thing he does know, the thing ex
asperates a great many people.
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A navy airman has gone 259
miles an hour. The cry. "last call
In the diner," would have no ter
rors lor him. ne'd be there on
time.
Edwin Markham, the poet, says
that Henry Ford is another Lin
coln. Possibly a poet cannot tell
the difference between a Ford and
a Lincoln, but any Salem garage
man can.
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More than 3500 plays and mu
4ical productions were copyrighted
at Washington last year, but how
many of them can now be remem
bered? It is not likely that one of
them will survive the generation.
That is as close as welcome to
Shakespeare in these times.
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It will require $350,000 to send
the American -contenders to the
next Olympic games In Paris.
There should be no trouble In
raising the money In a country
that contributes more than
$1,000,000 to a series of baseball
games. : - ' .
THE PARKING ORDIXAXCK
I - ' . : .. - ' By E. G., .
Cries here and there a Salem Son,
"The Parking Ordinance Is a pun;
O give two hours Instead of one
To (s)park, and (s)hop. and shine
s our shoes 8
in snort, to do anything- : we
I choose;' ;
The one-hour stunt gives blue-
H black blues, :
For well be jailed if we refuse
To pay for time we over-usel
O City Council, change your views.
Or we'll be driven to i drink
- home brews!-
FURTHER REFERENCE
(Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury)
TO most laymen the present controversy; between what are
known as Fundamentalists and Modernists means but little.
Unless oue has given the subjeet careful thought he does not
realize what far-reaching and important resnlts are likely to
follow this agitation and how profoundly religion belief and
attitude may be changed by it. In fact, the world is now passing
through an epochal religious change such as has been experi
enced at different times in its history. This furnishes the
reason for further reference to this subject in this column.
hut took tlaee when Moses
gave his laws tovthe Jews and these laws beeame the basis of
the Jewish religious faith marked one of the great revolutions
in religious belief.' The religious teach'ings of Jesus amounted
to a religious -revolution of the most' pronounced type. Jesus
not only placed -a new interpretation upon many of the laws of
Moses and repudiated others,
ligious principles and rules for the government of human con
duet that were startling in their nature.
It is important to realize:
that has taken place within the time of authentic historical
record is in effect a protest against the forms and what might
be termed the physical aspect of religious belief and is an at
tempt to substitute for these a more refined, ethical and spiritual
application of religious truth. For the relentless and cruel
application of the stern doctrines of His time as typified in the
rule of 4 4 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" Jesus
announced His principles of love, forgiveness and mercy set
forth in such injunctions as 4
that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for
them which despitefully use you and persecute you."
Jesus explained and spiritualized many of the doctrines ot
Moses and by precept and example brought forth the doctrine of
overcoming evil with good and of good works accompanying
spiritual faith. His life and works were an exposition of the
effect and power of the active presence of the Divine Spirit in
man. It was asserted of Him that He was but the first of
many who should possess this spirit and power, and He promised
that all who followed Him should possess the same spirit and do
the same works.
Leaving these statements of
we come now to the present religious controversy.
It is fair to sav that the Fundamentalists are right in their
contention that the so-called
true both of the Protestant and
upon the doctrine of the creation of man as contained in the
Book of Genesis; upon the story of Adam and Eve and the
Garden of Eden: that Adam and
the command of God; that God sent His only son, divinely
conceived and born of a virgin, into the world in the form of
man that His blood might be shed and He be crucified that
the wrath of God might be appeased and the sins of the world
1 1 A . A V A A A 1 A . " X
migni oe propmaieu ; inai mere is no saivauon ior man except
through the blood of Jesus shed On Calvary; that only through
the atonement of Jesus can God be reconciled to His children
and this reconciliation can only be accomplished as each indi
vidual accepts this sacrafice of Jesus as atonement for his sins.
The Modernists admit that the
doctrines enunciated many centuries ago, but assert that many
of these doctrines are not the teaching of Jesus, but are an inter
pretation of His teachings colored by the religious belief that
He repudiated; they contend that the church should eliminate
these ancient doctrines that have been engrafted onto the teach
ings of Jesus, and that the church supposed to be founded on
His life teachings and works should be made Christian in fact
and not in name only. They assert that paganism and even
many of the laws of Moses were superseded by the principles of
religion and life enunciated by Jesus in the four Gospels and
they wish the church to follow Jesus and His. teaching and re
pudiate the doctrines that had preceded him, as He repudiated
them. In short, they wish to see the Christian church promul
gate the teachings of Christ and none other and to cast out and
eliminate all the man-made dogmas and doctrines that have
been engrafted upon these teachings. These Modernists in effect
assert that they have no objection to anyone believing in and
following the beliefs and doctrines that existed prior to the
coming of Jesus if they find profit in doing so, but they object
to this being called Christianity and the teachings of Jesus
because they assert many of these do not harmonize with His
teachings.
In short, the Modernists assert that their aim is to return
to the teachings and life of Jesus as the basis of their religious
practice and belief rather than to follow longer the doctrines
and theories of those religionists who preceded Jesus, whose
teachings He repudiated. If the contention is correct the Mod
ernist movement would seem to be more in the nature of a
renewal of the revolution inaugurated by Jesus than a rebellion
against His teachings. If this is the significanceof this move
ment every lover of the truth, every true follower of Jesus,
every believer in the love and goodness of God, should give
reverent and prayerful thought to this subject that he may be
helped to understand God's will and go forward as God would
have him go.
The Boys
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THINGS
TO DO
The
Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors.
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HOW TO
AVOMEX
, When you draw women try to
make them pretty! You can't
put big noses and wide mouths on
them, which is permissible with
cartoons of men.
In Figure ' 1 you will notice
that the same oval was employed
that we used to draw men's faces.
Figure 1 is a profile view of a
pretty girl. Always draw a small
nose and small Hps. Two little
dots will do 1 for the nose. The
eyes can be either large or small.
In this connection I might say
that it is best not to use too vio
TO THE MODERNIST
but he also announced new re
"
that everv reliffious revolution
Love your enemies, bless them
.
some of the teachings of Jesus
Christian religion (and this is
Catholic faith) has been based
Eve sinned thereby disobeying
church was based upon these
and Girls Statesman
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uiggest LitUe 1'aper in tne World.
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CARTOON
lent -an action when drawing wom
en. For instance, if you draw a
man running you may go as far as
you like, but In the. case of a wo
man, have har take shorter step3
and. don't bend her arms at such
acute angles. Remember, the la
dies have a reputation for being
dainty. Show them that way in
your cartoons.
Many of the comic strip car
toonists, use pretty girls as char-,
acters. Study them carefully
notice their clothes, the way they
do their hair, and other details.
A special study of cartoons of
children wiir be taken up next.'
KOMI-
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T FUTURE DATES
ficem by thrris. - r .
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of offir tor th C l- ? CVr
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roooi.l at .Si,1.'r,0Jturday-Organiiattii
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Jones How Is , your young
cousin, the doctor, getting on with
Smith Very slowly. The whole
family Is trying to help him out.
but. of course, we can i ue ov
all the time. Boston Globe.
Gap'ri Zyb
! Just a couple more weeks" left
of old Mr. 1923. Have you
thought what a busy sort of
eontlemnn this chao has been
while he's lasted? More happen
ed in one month of his existence
than happened In the whole s
1 1 .
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'. ;ir Tmeujon SfvH
kmMMFT7 WCL1S
AT THE TOP
OF TWER
PROFEION
(SYBIL BAUER --. CAWZYH
years wbich .Methuselah Is re
ported to have lived in times gone
by. - .-;-.;.,;;.--.'
Now they send pictures by rad
lo several largs newspapers do it
reguiariy- Airplanes 'travel - so
fast and . break the speed records
so often that hardly any one
knows what the real record is from
day to day. Balloons so big that
they compare favorably -with the
largest ocean liners in size, have
been built and flown. .
Movies have been taken at the
rate of 5000 per. second so fast
that they can show just, how an
electric light bulb, looks when it
bur8tS. , '
The amount of electricity con
tained in an electron has. been
measurea. Tne electron Is . so
small that it is no use for me to
try and tell you how small it is
neither of us can understand its
tininess. : -'
Here is a list of -some of , the
folks you, ought to know, about
which are intimately ' connected
with 1923. Place them and iden
tify them If you can.
Mussolini, Firpo; - Mary Rob
erts RInehart, Charles Steinmeti
Andrew Mellon. Sibyl Bauer. H
G. Wells, the Mayo Brothers and
AV?i ZYB.
LOADS
OF FUN
u Edited by John M. MiUer.
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THE FUN BOX
PETER PUZZLE SAYS
"They hold a' reunion the first
August in every decade." In this
sentence Is hidden the name of the
oldest city in the United States.
P. S.
"Why do you call
Postscript?"
your gir
"For short. Her name Is Ade
line Moore.-
Answer to today's word puzzle
St. Augustine.
A Humble Besinninir
Aspiring Young Man (to Sena
tor: How did you become such
wonderful orator?
Senator: I began by address
mg envelopes.
Time to Beat It
Passerby:, "Let me ring that
Den ior you. . You are too short
Sonny: "Now, Mister, we must
ooin run away. ;
Not In This Weather " T-
English Teacher: "John, have
you done your outside reading?"
Johnnie: "No, ma'am, it's too
com. -
Chamber
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Chambers ,
Wish to congratuhtr .
old friends in the sams
line of trade on their
prosperity and expan
sion in business.
TKft H. L. Stiff Fur. 4
niture Co. have a biisi- e
ness that not cnlv,
that firm but Salem
can be proud of.
The Giese - Powers
Co. in making their
bow to the buying pub
lic of this community,
certainly deserve credit
for their up-to-dats
store.
Our good friend
Clarence Hamilton.
,
with his many years cf
experience in this city,
still stands right up to
the front , in fair and '
honorable dealing, and
will hold his own with
any of us.
Max O. Buren, a
fAWAAWV,a AAA WUAVili W A Mi .
niture trade, seems to
be just as willing: to pa- t
per your walls and f ur
nish the paint for your
house as he is to sell
you a dresser or daven
port, and he knows
merchandise values in
his line to a nicety.
As; for us; we feel
W are tiovat nn nf tfte
city's business institu- !
tions, and will continue .
on as Ave have started
handling good, depend- .
able ; ; merchandise- at
fair profits one price
to all and trv to nive
you a dollars worth fcr
every dollar spent with
us.
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There S rnrmt for US
all in this growing city,
and we are going to do
our best to use the
golden rule at least
enough to keep it from
rusting for us. -
Chambers
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