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Weather H GRE9ON f T vUlHCl Talf except "cloudy n .The modern way of .doing things, buying, selling", trading,; renting houses or rooms, finding lost articles or making loans In Salem is through the CLASSIFIED columns of The Statesman. Tele phone 23 or 5S3. ' ? near the roast i moderate tempeat mpeature; it II none; A'tn moderate wteterly; winds... Monday Mln. 4 4; Itiver 2,6 rising: Rainfall mosphere clear; Wind west. SEVENTY-FOUKTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS ft I Hi I I I TARIFF UPHELD POLICY LAUDEO r: Manufacturer's Association Addressed By cooiage Responsibility, Towards Employes urged NEW ERA OF PROSPERITY I DECLARED IN PROSrf ECT Tariff Justified as Being Basis for American Poliey of Free Trade WASHINGTON, April An assurance of increased bi? smess prosperity was voiced by. President Coolidge in an address tonight Ho the National Cotton Manufactur ers' association. In the present and prospective industrial situation, Mr. Coolidge .-paw "justification of the tariff and he again 'pledged an administra tion of justice by the government; In its relations with business. The noliev of conserving, to th4 AnW erican producer, "the right Of first opportunity in the home -market' he said, "has resulteu in a yery fair approximation of dempcrajey ' in industry." f In discussing the governments relations with business, thej.pres Idenf declared enforcement bf the t.iw waa essential, but that it'was necessary also for Industry Ito Ex ercise the same vigilance Ie lauded industry for its recognition of its responsibility towards Its employes. The agencies of the government wor nlared at the disDosal of In dustry by Sr. Coolidge, whA mn Uoned specifically tiat the federal trade board "has beien devised for the purpse of safeguarding your lights, protecting you froin un fair trade practices and admonish ing and correcting you if ylu are wrong. Justifying the tariff the presi dent declared "the towering st&t- ure of our industrial Btructjure we see it today is the best,! is as in- o; deed the complete this policy." vindication "There has been at some! times (Continued on pact 2) PRELATE Archbishop Christie, Senior Churchman in untteq States, Passes PORTLAND, Ore.. April 6. The moat Reverend Alexander Christie, Catholic archbisgoi Oregon City for the last quarter died here today, lie was 75 years old. ' I f The aged prelate had been ser iously ill since March 28. He had rallied several times and for a tew days his recovery was expected by pnysicians.. J Funeral arrangements hive jnot "been completed, though the date of the funeral has been tentative ly set for April 15. Archbishop Christie was senior archbishop in the United States and a short time ago was appoint ed assistant at the pontifical throne by Pope Pius XI, and honor accorded him in recognition of; his long and distinguished service. which placed him only a tftep be low the cardinalate. j . j Archbishop Christie's life was closely interwoven with the j ec clesiastical history of the state and it was under his direction that the great measure of jthe progress of his faith in this sec tion was made. . Archbishop Christie succeeded Archbishop W. H. Gross ih 199 about six months after the death of .the latter. Less than! a year previous he was consecrated bish- 4 op by Archbishop Ireland, (and! as- i signed to the see of Vancouver Island. He was born in 184$ at . Highgate, Vermont, and grew up in Wisconsin. He received j his classical education at St.! John's - university -at Collegevillei Minn., and carried on his ecclesiastical studies at the Grand Seminary, I Montreal, where he was ordained priest tor the St. Paul diocese by Consignor Fabre, archbishop of Montreal. December 22, 1877. Be fore his elevation as a bishop he held - pastorates In Waseca ;and Minneapolis,: Minnesota. $10,000 Damages Won by Mrs. Alice Bozell jj i I in Alienation Act ion deliberating less than twenty miijutes, the jufy in Judge Percy Kelly's court yesterday afternoon returned a verdict of $10,000 against Miss Celia Bollman, form er private secretary to dovernor Pierce, in 1 the alienation suit in stituted by Mr. Alice Bozell. Tthe case was defaulted by the defendant,: and neither Bhe nor a representing attorney was present at pie trial, j Miss Bollman has not j been In Salem for a number of weeks. I : Throughout The two days of the trial, the court room was crowded with an intensly interested audi ence, composed about equally: of meii and women. As the details of .;the case were thrashed out, the bailiff ; was oblidged to callfor order repeatedly as the audience burst into; laughter. i ; Yesterday's testimony was con fined merely to rorrobative wit nesses, testifying in support of the preceding events. The first wit ness called was Bert Smith, depu ty sheriff,! who testified as to the PT TO GO HIGHER At orneys for? Shepherd An nounce Intention to Go to Supreme Court CHICAGO, April 6. Attorneys for William D. Shepherd, foster father of j William N. McCIintock, mi lionaire J orphan, and accused of killing McCIintock by adminis terSng typhoid germs to gain pos session of his wealth, announced tor ight that jtheir attempt to gain bail for Shepher'd will this week be carried tp the supreme court. Three times they have failed to obtain bail for their client in the criminal courts here. Prescriptions written for Mrs. Emma Nelson McCIintock, mother of young j McCIintock, and for Dr. Os ;ar Olsoni' brother of Judge HaVry OlsonJ who instigated ; the investigation,; were unearthed to- day, following a preliminary re- port of a coroner's chemist that mercury had been found in the or gabs of both bodies. Their deaths also are under investigation. None the. prescriptions called for mercury, lit was announced. The significance of ' mercury in the : , i vital organs will not be known un til the amount is determined, it was' said; and the final reports of the coroner's chemist will not be ready; for submission before Wed nesday or Thursday. 1 petectives! today started a sehrch for W. S. Iloerger. said to have been employed at one time by the city health department af ter Dr. Herschel Heewitt of Ham mond, Ind., had brought his name into the case. Dr. Hewitt former ly was an instructor in a school of science conducted by C. C aiman, indicted for murder with Shepherd as a result of his con fession that Shepherd offered him $1:00,000 for typhoid germs and information about inoculation Fajinian alleged he had obtained th germs from the city health department but Shepherd's attor neys aeny tnis, as ao neaun ae partmenth authorities. Hoerger, ac cording to tie witt, naa visited ai man's school several times. Jarter-Block on Court Near Liberty May Be Home of Fine Theatre ! An unconfirmed rumor was cir culated Monday to the effect that Quarter block on Court street near Liberty is to be purchased by the Pantages theater Interests and Immediate construction started on large theater building In Saiem Just how true the rumar may be is not yet 'determined. However, business directors for- the amuse ment circuit have been In the city It is stated that several firms In .the vicinity of the proposed Bite are to secure new locations within the coming season and that the new theater building will he put up" within 90 days after con BAIL ATTE mm rumor HEi'JID INSAIEIV structlpn la started, r registration number of Miss1 Boll man's automobile. Charlie Far re!, an j employe of the Salem Street Railway, was next called to the stand .and gave detailed testimony of a trip to a nearby e ort with a party in which Fred Bozell and Celia Bollman were present, i . j -i ; V. Bj Jones, of the Burns' De tective agency, of Portland, tes tified as to a meeting of Bozell and Miss Bollman In Portland, and a subsequent trip to Centralia, Washington, where they register ed in a hotel as husband and wife. Photographed copies of the! hotel register were submitted as evi dence, iand were Identified j by Joies.; f j - s , J : I ! vthe trial proceeded in the same manner as it would have iflcpun- ! I - f sel for the defendant had been present. Testimony was offered, depositions taken, the arguments summed up before the jury. (At torneys Guy Smith and Walter Winslow represented the plaintiff. NiTecoont Salem Men Rounded Up on Serious Charges; Wild Orgies Are Staged .f With nine Salem men under ar rest, and police searcnmg tor an-, other, I authorities declare they ', ; . . - ...... I .. i. . have rounded up a gang respon-j sible for one of the most flagrant, series of vice escapades ; ever brought into Salem police court. The nine men arre3ted are Dick Shachalman, Walter Gilchrist, Clif-j ford Willard, Percy Ditmar ' Max! J. Cartthew, John ; Helton, uert Peary, Rudolph Harris, and WiH liam Cook. Ball was fixed at $j00 each. ri 1 p: ;':nf ! ihu i ! I h Charges of contributing to the delinquency of minor girls were in addition, more serious, charges were placed against look ana Carthew. . v. I E R I M A series of "parties" have been staged by this group, in which girls, in practically alt cases un der the age of 16, have been drug-; ged with liquor. A girl !of 14, living in Silverton, has testified as to the condition of affairs, and through her story, all the ; men preferred against all the men, and have been arrested. The warrants In all but two caes, bear her fath er's name as private prosecutor.1 Empty, buildings and groves have been the scenes of the drunk en revelreis, which have been go ing on for a number of months Only one girl is being heldjby the authorities. Two others hive run away. ; others will be subpoenaed to testify at the trials. 1 jj 1. j An interesting phase of the case is that Rudolph Harris is the "in nocent farmer lad" who was ar rested a short time ago by1 Salem police on a charge of violating the prohibition law. He declared he was "going fishing," nd pint of liquor was found In his possess ion. Police doubted his story, and he was sentenced to the j county jail for six months. ' Considerable unfavosable criticism was! voiced against the police department ! at the time for what was assumer to be severe treatment. In the light of the present circumstances, pub lic sentiment has changed. j LEGION ASKS Resolutions Covering Var ious Phases Are Adopted By Capitol Post No. .9 Upon recommendation ; of the law enforcement committee. Capi tal post No. American legion, last . night . adopted a resolution covering various phases of law en forcement, both in the city; state and nation. Newell Williams is chairman .of this committee. . By adopting the report of; the committee, the post takes! a clear stand upon upholding the const! tution of the United States and that city brdinancea should be made to conform to state laws. and those which do not apply to modern conditions should be re pealed. All laws should be ad- ENFORCE. UW, STATE OFFERS TEST10IIH liSllTJCASE Prosecution Calls Witness to Prove Dorothy Ellingson, Slayer of Mother, Is Not Insane DEFENSE RESTS CASE; ALIENISTS ARE CALLED Police Matron Declares "Jazz Cirl Is Sane; Nerve Returns SAN ! FRANCISCO, April 6. he prosecution in the murder case against 17 year ohl Dorothy Ellingson- I slayei; of her mother,, began today to present to the jury evidence jintended to show that the girl is sane. And the girl, calmer than on any day since her trial started, j listened closely to the testimony, smiling occasional ly and walking with a firm step whenshe entered or left the court room. j ' j Mrs. Katherine Sullivan, a pro tective officer in the police depart ment, quoted the former "Jazz Irl" as paying, with reference to the alienists who examined, her: Alienists Rappod "If the positions were reversed. I doubt jif they could have an swered hiy questions . as Intelli gently asj I have answered theirs." The defense closed its case for insanity shortly before noon, after Dr.Jau Don Ball, one of Its alien ists, had; teen cross examined for an hour ther he and a half. Asked whe- thought the girl under- tood what she was charged with and what! was going on in the ourt, Df.iBall held that she - ap- Drehends it. but does not compre- hend it in all its relations to her and she does not realize the grav ity of the situation.". - Girl Said Capable ' He. admitted that he had under stood she once was proficient as a stenographer and added that she was "perfectly capable of learn ing ' to write shorthand." On di rect examination he had testified that he'coftsidered her insane both from a legal and 1 medical view point, j j j . , . : ( Mrs. Sullivan, the first witness for the state, said she had known Dorothy Ellingson for four years, and after the girl's arrest last January jhad remained with her constantly for 15 -days. "I am of the firm Opinion that she is sane," said the witness, after Judge Lou derback had overruled an objec tion by the defense, which con tended that the witness had not established an intimate enough acquaintance with the girl to be allowed to express such a conclu sion. :. j ' ' Incidents Detailed j Mrs. Sullivan detailed many in cldents in the county jail repeat ing conversations with the girl She entered four statements writ ten by Miss Ellingson with pen and inkj and relating episodes in CostinnwJ ei pi(l 2) L00KI6 FOR 600D SFJSSOH Workout Held at Oxford Pdrk Sunday; Play Camas Here April 12th - ' : ' Salem Senators held a workout at Oxford Park" Sunday afternoon and from this every Indication Is made that there will be a good team in the field this year. All of the old memebrs are back in uniform and are performing ex ceptionally well for , the time of year. ; Every 'effort will be made' by the local; team this year to place in the first division and if possible at the top of the Inter-state league. which consists of six teams. The Senators open the season Sunday by meeting the . Camas, Wash., team at Oxford Park. , f i SENATORS LAST DAY, "THIEF OF BAGDAD ; j Just a reminder : This Is the last day to see the great est screen picture ever made, "The Thief of Bagdad," bing shown at the Oregon Theater in Salem. That is, it is the greatest picture ever made in doing the "impossible" things with the camera. It is selight of hand in j the photographic art a3 never seen before in the t Salem and her patronizing territory have for five days and nights given this great And some people will be the last; day for it in this city.' GOUIILGIVES A 8TSTI T Action Upon Head-in System Delayed for Another Two Weeks; Boundary Lines Are biignuy unangea CURFEW ORDINANCE WILL BE AMENDED Lateness of Parties Prevents Minors Getting Off Street Before 10 P. M. When Mayor Oiesy s,igns the or dinance introduced by Alderman Alderin, Salem residents will be given the privilege of . parking their cars for tVo hours: upon the downtown streets of Salem, ac the ordinance passed cordinr to without a dissenting vote in the city council lait night.j With the signing' of the new crdiiihnce ope of the most discus- sed city ordinances will be put on record and chives of the stored in the ar-j City. It jwil! also replace the present ordinance which limits parking to ojne hour ttius bringing about a change In the city ordinances that! has. been urged by many bf the civic organi zattons and opposed to f some exr tent. HpAfl.fn T)il;.wl ... , The head-in .parking ordinance, whlcli is closeljr akin to the two- hour 'parking plan, was kept' In the hands of the Committee for an additional two weeks. Due to the raanys bills and ordinances that hjave; been presented to the cor4 ttittee for action. It was not pos sible to reach tjhe head-in parkin'g Mil,- according I to Alderman Rosi braugh. The pill did hot escape attention, ' however, for business men and others were oh ' hand. J Fred Jobelman brought a round of applause from thej crowded council room when he declared the unsightly backs of the automo biles would bej a disgrace to the city, i ., . 1 I. : I "The flappinjg curtains, the bar rels and boxes upon the seni trucks, the roadsters with thir loads, would present too mueh Jot a bad appearance for j tourists," he said. ' - ' s District Are Listed j The new twej-hour parking ordi nance will allow-parking on down town streets. With the; exception of a strip on iligh near the Ore gon Electric depot. This is neces sary heca use of the railroad traf fic, i (Continnfcd on page 2 STATE PURCHASES SUGE PROPERTY Options on 1 7 Acres Adjo ing Prison Closed; Wei Contracts Let. n- Authority to close options held by the state on 47 acres of land adjoining thej penitentiary was given Mondayf to Col. ; Carle Ab rams by the board of control. The land is being purchased from George Savage for J400 an atre. money for the, purchase being ap propriated by the 1925 legislattjire. Storage and drying sheds needed in the state flax Industry are lo cated on the property; 1 Options held on approximately 60 acres of land adjoining the state hospital grounds on the east, valued at $800 an acre, were or dered relinquished. , The N. C. Jannsen Drilling com pany was awarded contracts j for wells at the state hosoital and the Cottage Farm! for 1.75 .per oo't with $350 for cuttiag. casing in serting screens and cleaning. The depth of the wells is estimated at 100 feet for that at the hospital and 250 feet at the Cottage Farm. Two other bids were received. world. ? - n picture a splendid welcome 'glad to be reminded that this i3 TO HOUR D PARK - ; V " ' Next Sunday Annual Blossom Day by Salem Cherrian Nobles j Following the advice of fruit growers In the Oak Grove district, 4nd also those living in the Lib erty, Rosedale and Sunayside fruit sections, the council of -nobles ojf the Cberrians in session last eve ning, designated next Sunday as the annual Blossom day. ' I In the Oak Grove fruit section, blossoms are almost out, and from all reports will be in full, bloom with a day or two of .warm wea ther. Thej Itosedale district is a few days late, but all indications are for fulr blossom by next Sun day. j j The route north of Salem will be in the Oak Grove district, or what is to be known by its new name of "Orchard Heights." Crossing the big bridge, the route leads north on the Wallace road, thence west on the. Oak Grove road two i and one half miles, thence south through the A. . B. Southwick farm to the Glen Creek road, j thence east to the Wallace road, and return to Salem. The trip south of Salem is south WIRETAPPING IS S Extensive System Declared Uncovered; Coercion of Jury Is Charged SEATTLE, April 6. Charges that Roy C. Lyle, Washington state prohibition director, and his assistants, William Whitney and Earl Corwin, had telephone wires of more than forty Seattle tele phone subscribers tapped last year were made by Roy Olmsted, Elsie Olmsted, his wife; and 25 Other defendants accused of violating the federal prohibition laws in pleas of abatement filed when, ar raigned here today. ' r I A In the pleas it was charged that persons other than officers lis tened in on the wires and made notes in longhand that were later translated and interpreted to suit the officers: that "illegal, incom petent, irrelevant hearsay and second hand evidence" -was ob tained from the telephone wires; that a grand jury which named ninety persons did not vote upon the names of the defendants but that Whitney furnished the list of. names to the incorporated; that: Whitney called Charles P. Bur nett, ' foreman of the jury, from; the jury room and told' him that; he "had the goods on him"; that Burnett had been ordering liquor; from the "Olmsted gang" and that Whitney Whitney wanted the in dictment returned; and tnat a member of the grand jury was; 'coerced by governmental agen cies into voting and returning the; indictment." and the constitution-i al rights of the defendants have been denied them. ' Referring to the charge that he threatened Burnett, Whitney termed the allegation "preposter ous" and "a lie." CORVAILIS GIRL KILLED If! WRECK Miss Dorothy Kyler Fatally Injured bunday in urash Near Nesm'rth Station DALLAST, Or., April 6. Man ia for speed is said to be respon sible for the death of Miss Dorothy! Kyler, 19, at the Dallas, hospital! Sunday, 1 shortly - after arriving there. Miss Kyler, whose home is in uorvaui3, and wno was a stuaem at OAC. was riding in an automon bile with : Austin Ma this, also of Corvallis, at Nesmith station, near Rickreall. on the West Side high way. Mathis' automobile crashed Into the side of a gasoline motor car on the Salem-Dallas branch of the Southern Pacific. ' . The dead girl was the daughter of W. E. Kyler, real estate dealer. of Corvallis. She had accompan fed her family to church Sunday morning and went with Mathis, a family friend, for a drive In thd afternoon. :- ( Mathis Is the on ef Dr. C. R Mathis. college physician at Ore gon Agricultural college. His nose; was broken in the crash and ha was otherwist ; braised, i but ;vras Me td accompany the dying girl in the ambulance tin the trip to Dallas. ' LAID TO AGENT Designated on Commercial street through thf Liberty district nd ) Rosedale, thence .east on the road past the Friends church to the Pacific highway, thence north tjo Salem. . Visitors will also be directed, while in Salem, to j visit the grounds of j the state hospital. Those traveling north of Salem on the Pacific highway will pass the tulip; beds. .The Franklin tulip beds are online Wallace, road a short distance north of the Oak Grovie road. Itwas alsrf decided at the meet ing last evening to issue 5,000 cardi of postal card size, with a picture bf a prune tract, with an invitation from the Cherrians to visit j Salem during Blossom day. These cards are to be distributed ih the business district Wednesday and Thursday. -They may be had from! any Cherrian or at the Cham ber 4f Commerce. I La'rge placard cards with the wording. "Blossom Route" and air i (Continued on page 2) ST; PAUL SAGE CALLED MONDAY John F. Theo B. IBrentano Was Oldest Justice of the Peace in State - John F. Theo B. Brentano. pio neer! Marion j county resident and justice of the pace of the St. Paul district for the last 40 years J, . . morning while in hiJ.7th.year.l as been! in ill-health for sev- months.! Brentano wa3 the oldest justice of the peace in the state in point of service. In respect to him thet office was continued because he was " its justice. Small- legal matters will now be taken to Woodburn..' i i Mr. Brentano was a life-long democrat but commanded the re spect; dt all who knew him, regard less of party affiliations'. He was M J ' m X proaa oi nia iun name ana insist ed upon using it continuously.' He wasjjin addition to being a lawyer, a civil engineer, author, farmer. first! postmaster at StL Paul, dis trict! politician and durings Cleve land's administration;, Indian agent at the Grande Ronde res ervation. ; Fluneral services will be held t SC. Paul Wednesday! morning at 9 o'clock. He is survived by a brother, who lives in Yamhill county. Vast Quantity of Minor Busi- ness I ransacted By Al- - hdermen Last Night Among the many matters con sidered by the city council last night was the granting of a license to Paul Gold to operate a junk shop and auto wrecking jilant.' and to jll others for rooming house permits,, soft drinks, etc. , Street Commissioner Walter Lowe asked advice on the elimin ation of aj dangerous curve at Fifh and D, where the city Is plafciDg rockjto build a sidewalk. The; operations have been brought to a halt, because the -city sold a portion of the land to a Mr. Knapp. As a result the city will hafe to rebuy the land or else continue with the j dangerous property. .. . . i ; . Sidewalk resolutions for. i20 sidewalks were introduced last night , in addition to the petition to i pave South Church from Le- felle to North Howard i the ehang ing of the sidewalk on .Winter and Jefferson, a pavement on John "be tween Lincoln and Superior, k pe tition to correct a petition pre sented for : a pavement on Lee The city engineer is to draw up plans and specifications. j C. E. Mason and 14 others ask for; s'dewafks on North Fifth: Mr.' and" Mrs. M. E. Dieffenbach and others ask' for the change in the sidewalk lines on N. Fourth, and the Standard Oil company pe titions for a permit to operate a filling station at Commercial and Mission." ' , I . 1 ! Remonstrance was filed against the: improving of Shipping, be- He h era! &ir. ROUTE 1TJERS occupy COIKIL ! ' ? i ! - i- : ' STATE TELLER GETS 2 YEARS; ISO PAROLED Clarence Thompson Appears Before Judge Kelly at Spe cial Session of Circuit Court Last Wight SYSTEM IS BLAMED FOR HIS DOWNFALL Practice of Advancing Salaries Held Responsible .for . Grand Jury Indictment Two years in the penitentiary a"hd a parole wtre handed to Clar ence W. Thompson, former teller in the state treasurer's depart ment, when he appeared before Circuit Judge Percy II. Kelly at a special session of the court last night, to be. sentenced for larceny of $930 of state funds. Thomp son will be taken- to the peniten tiary the latter part, of this week to be photographed and have his bertillon records taken, under the law enacted by the 1923 legisla ture. Practice of the treasury depart ment under the late O. P. Hoff and former State Treasurer Jef ferson Myers in advancing salaries to state officials and employes was blamed by Thompson as being re sponsible for his ari-est and indict ment by the grand jury. Others Drew Money, While Treasurer Myers was In office, Thompson said, Alexander Hamilton, another employe in the office, had drawn a full month's ,n advance and ave n a8 slgnment. The money was paid back.. ;At one time, according to Thompson, Governor Pierce was indebted to the department for approximately $1100, but that this was covered by the proper assign, ment and was repaid. Thompso said he expected to pay back the money through salary assignment1 but had lost his position before. he was able to make good the money. Nearly all of the pioney he took . went to pay for medical treatment for his wife, Thompson told the court, j' He said that a few i days before his indictment by the grand Jury he had returned approximate ly $1020, covering the amounts of his defalcations and Including $100 to' cover another shortage which could not be explained by present employes in the office. Witnesses Coiled Accusations that others has also transgressed have nothing to do with the case at issue. Judge Kelly told Thompson, impressing upon him that be would be expected to conduct himself In a lawful' man ner and refrain from further vio lations of any statute under the terms of the! parole. John Car son, district attorney, made" no recommendations regarding the parole; which was asked by John McNary, his attorney. Witnesses introduced by Mr, McNary included Thompson, Fred Lamport, vice president of tne' United States National bank, who testified that ; he had known Thompson for several years and (CBtlit put SI MONDAY INWASHINGTOII Federal reserve bank governors began their spring conference. The resignation of Edward E. Brodie, minister to Siam, was an nounced, i r President Coolidge addressed the national cotton ? manufactur ers .association. - ricoiucui nervier ui iue .na tional League presented' a gold passto President Coolidge. Commissioner Blair ordered in ternal revenue collectors to hohl March returns confidential until luriucr ouute. i ine posioruce department issu ed a fraud order againstnhe Na tional Disabled Soldiers, league and Its chief officials. The validity of the propose,! consolidation of the Morris ant Armour packing Interests was ar gued before Secretary Jardiae. TBe Baltimore & Ohio railroad asked the interstate commerce commission authoi'ty for reiinanc Ing ;$4S.oeft,00 south wr m vision bonds. r