Society. Churches, books, Bejtter
Homes
Part Two Pages One to Six
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I SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM,' OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING," JUNE 28, 1925
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LILLIE Ii. MAD SEN Statesman Corretpondenft I
SILVERTON. June 27. (Spe-1
cial to The Statesman.) Tickets I
Jar the concert to be given by the J
Xbther College band at Silverton
T I 1 o Yiain tw an 1 1 Kir a r nm.
ber of members of the Bible class
. 'fttfm oi me sl jouus auu inuii
"churches.-: The selling is compe-
tiVe, as four prizes are offered.
Prizes are free encampments at
the Lutheran Chautauqua, to be
held in Gladstone park the last
week in July. The girl and boy
from each church selling the most
tickets will be awarded prizes.- At
tie last report ' Einar Ormbreck
was heading-the 'list with1 most
ti
bets sold. The concert will ba
ven In the Eugene Field audi-
g
tdrium.
Att Overland car from Silverton
was reported as having gone
through a guard fence on a turn
west of - Howell school on the Sa-
lenHSilverton -- road. '.; Passers-by
reported seeing blood on ;tha
pavement and car, . but the car
was seemingly abandoned. No
ofce could' be found who seemed
ti know to whom the wrecked car
belonged or the cause of the ac
cjdent. : The accident had not
been reported to the police at Sil-
I verton at noon Saturday.
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In spite of the unusual heat the
st few days farmers have been
extremely busy, most of them
y.,Vnlng their attention to haying
rt.-ii'j present. ' Because of the eon-
i , tinued rain this spring most fields
are In good condition, yielding a
large amount of hay. Hauling
has been completed in some places
rhile in others cutting has just
begun.
JVetch, cheat and oats are the
main hay crops, as very few
itands of clover are reported. The
xtreme dryness of last summer
revented the spring sown clover
eed from getting "a good start,
nd as a result most farmers have
ad' to depend on other crops for
heir hay.
The old wooden bridge over SI1-
ter Creek on North, Water street
yas closed to traffic after it broke
when a- large track attempted to
rosg. it. The truck, owned, by
Albert Webb, who conducts the
'acific . Transfer business, was
riven by Arthur Dill and carried
four-ton load. As the truck
passed over- the bridge, worn
plankings gave way; and only a
eavy sill which caught 'and held
the rear end of the truck, nre-
rented Its falling Into the creek.
The- broken bridge was former-
of the covered type, having
sen built 33 years ago, in 1892.
Except for fords, it was for-many
rears the only means of crossing
Silver creek. About 12 or 1 5 years
11a McMunn Comes to
Senator C.
Tlie Country Ontleman" Devoted
Issue of May S3 to Senator
Showing Himself, by. His Attitude and Assertions,-to be a Man
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Editor Statesman: ;
The Country Gentleman In its
ssue of May 23, devotes Its en
tire editorial page to Senator
Charles McNary. Our Mr. Mc -
Nary, mind you. It is a great
lionor. The Country Oentleman
pas so many million subscribers
the number has gone 'out of my
pead They charge 25 : cents a
Word for advertising, so if "Mr. Mc
Js'ary had to pay for that entire
page of remarks it would make an
liwful hole in his vacation money.
I started to cottnt it up but I
1 wrencnea my xiacK mis morning
and I feel that the additional
if fe train would be too much.
( A i Hut tne tunny joie oi it ai
, that the Country Gentleman
Knot mean to do him honor.
I i neant to tell us that he had f
I ' 3nto bad ways at Waahin
"4 I But the fanny joke .of It all is
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They
fallen
,into bad ways at Washington.
fThat he was trying to have a re
volving fund of huge dimensions
created for the purpose of making
wet the dry land and making the
wet land so it could be used for
farms and homes of the count-'
Jess thousands who perish In the
'great cities . for lack of food, .of
lair, of space, of freedom.
This, argues, the Country: Gen
tleman; is very bad for the farm
er. That Is the ones who"are now
H
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We have- a- full stoek of -Black
Leaf 40 or Nicotine,
Sulphate and pure -Whale '
Oil Soap. . Special -cash,
prices are as follows:
1 10 lb. can Kicotine
Sulphate, $11.80
Whale Oil Soap, bbl. lots,
? $6.50 per 100 lbs.
Plenty of stock on hand and
can fill orders promptly
DA. White ci Sens
Phone 160 . 31 EtAte St.
ago when the streets of Silverton
were paved it was moved from Its
original location on Main street to
the present location. It has been
usea constantly since It was buut.
The question of repairs or re
placement will be brought up at
the city council : meeting Monday
night.
- Constance Ann Solum, only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Olal Solum,
died at the Salem hospital at noon
today. The little girl j broke an
arm. while playing last Sunday
and, though the injury was not
thought serious, - infection- set in
which caused her death.! She was
'4 years old May 19. Funeral ser
vices will be held from-the St.
John's church Sunday j afternoon
at 2 o'clock. " f i
A report of the 1924-1925 hild
welfare work of the Parent-Teacher
organization shows that a great
deal of beneficial work has been
accomplished during j the past
school year. Underweight children
have been given milk and graham
crackers free daily, some of the
milk used was donated by M. E.
DeGuire, : local dairyman, whilej
donations from parents, clubs, so--
cietles and" other' organizations
made possible the purchase of the
rest. Catherine M.-Woodard bas
been chairman, Mrs. H.j H. Simms
president, and Olga Johnson treas
urer the past year. ' ' j
Plans are under way for a com
petitive gun club shoot which will
be started in the near future. The
shoots are to be held at the club
grounds on alternate Sundays and
will terminate arter eight Sundays
of shooting? ; Classification of
shooting will' be on the first-200
birds shot ' at. Prizes i are ' being
offered. i ..
Thursday night, June 25, was
social night for the Pythian Sisters
of Silverton and a very good at
tendance was reported; there' be
ing between 60 and 70 persons
present. j
At the regular business" meet
ing Mrs. Frank' Carpenter was
chosen grand delegate to the con
vention to be held at Eugene in
October. Mrs. Josie -Stalker was
chosen as alternate, j
At 9 o'clock following the bu3
Iness meeting members were taken
in cars to Dull urn's bridge where
a : weiner roast was held over a
large bonfire. The social part of
the evening was a complete sur
prise, to all except , the committee
which had charge of j the enter
tainment. Members of the com
mittee were Mrs. E. R. Ekman,
chairman; Mrs. Ben Glfford, Mrs.
1,' O. Hadley. Mrs. C. ; A. Hartley
and'Mrs. J. F. Fishwood.
Defense of ' I
L. McNary of Oregon
Its Whole Editorial Page of Its
McNary, Uh Editor- of That Paper
farmers, because if other- land is
reclaimed and put to work pro
ducing food and 'raw material for
clothing and shoes and furniture,
why the present farmers will not
reap such vast rewards as they
now are doing. (Ohi Piffle). So
it Is our Christian duty, according
to the great agricultural paper, to
squelch the Senator, and help In
the slow murder of all the people
ia the congested cities who should
be out in the open spaces. And
we know haw high priced good
land is everywhere, so there Is lit
tle hope 'of the really poor ever
getting hold of any of it. . And we
know that to irrigate our vast' de
serts or drain our swamps is an
undertaking of such magnitude
that it is the work, or should be,
of the government. : I l - . r
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NEW JIORTUARY
ChemeLeta Street at Cottage
1 have always ' liked "Mr. Mc
Nary, but never,, until I read the
attack upon him by the Country
Gentleman, did I know what a
really great man he was. A' man
with his vision for the future
looks, to me like mighty good
presidential timber in the future.
It is possible - that Editor Loring
A. Schuyler means well, but one
rather doubts the correctness of
his conclusions when one notes
how far he is from being a close
observer; On the cover of his
magazine he allows his artist to
paint three tulips coming out of
one stem; makes a churn higher
than a woman's waist so that her
elbows must he above her head to
work the dasher; makes a flock
of hens without waUles; allows a
woman to set fire to the hen house
by striking her heel jn a nail; lets
a man raise wheat'for 30 hens on
one-thirdof an acre of land not
cleared of stumps.
lie can run a paper and amuse
farmers, but hardly, instruct them,
while1 Mr. McNary, whose .wisdom
he questions Is authority on farm
lore, from seed quality to seed
sowing and harvesting, to that
great problem which confronts
every man - who tills the Boil, that
of marketing. .
- Hurrah .r Senator .McNary.
Don't you say so? - J
- ELLA McMUNN.
Salem, Ore., Rt. 8, May 25, 1923.
(The above communication was
misplaced upon receipt and accid
entally overlooked: Yes, the
writer does agree with Miss Mc
Munn. The editor of the Country
Gentleman shows by his attack
upon Senator McNary that he is
not a man of vision; that he is-not
a fit person to advise the farmers
or other people of this country. If
the United States were self son
tained. as it ought to be, it would
not now have any exportable! food
surplus. And it would import an
nually increasing quantities of
food stuffs. Following is the edi
torial article referred . to by j Miss
McMunn:)
Once more . tne reclamation
Wolves are beginning to gather in
packs to plan their raid .upon the
corrals of the public treasury next
winter when the snow lies deep in
the canyons. When game is scarce
in the timberlands and when the
new congress asembles. i
- During the years of agricultural
depression they .hunted silently
and alone. There was little use
in asking the government' to ap
propriate huge sums of money to
open up new lands . when people
were leaving the farms by the
hundreds of thousands, - when
there was an . over production of
foodstuffs, and there was no sale
at any price for farm lands." ,
But now that coaditfons items
to have changed for the better in
agriculture the wolves (are again
gathering for the attack. Some of
the most ravenous have donned
sheep's clothing and are already
inside the corral fences. -.,
They bleat feelingly of the
time when the needs of a growing
population will: be greater, than
our food supply, of the universal
hunger there isr for homes; and
then they , warn the country that
now, in the midst of-plenty, is the
time to prepare. for the hard days
ahead: ,
Another Huge Revolving Fund,.
Their arguments sound so plausible-that
they have misled some
good and eminent men. Senator
Charles Linza McNary, from Ore
gon, is a notable example. He has
listened to the wolves who made
their voices soft by eating chalk
and has been prevailed upon to
sponsor a reclamation bill in the
next .congress.' -
He has already begun his cam
paign by issuing a statement to
the press advocating - a national
policy of reclamation to take care
of all the reclamation projects of
the -future by means of a revolv
ing fund of anywhere from $350,
000,000 to $500,000,000, appro
priated fronts the Federal Trea
sury. In. his argument for a national
policy the senator reviews some
of the reclamation work that has
been done thronghout the west.
The money for this work was not
taken from the treasury of the
United States, he says, "but was
created from a special fund ac
cruing from national resources
within these states, fcuch as royal
ties from oil and coal fields on the
public domain, pasture- fees and
charges, and a portion of .the sales
of public lands'
In the twenty-three years which
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have elapsed since the reclamation
act went iuto effect the total fufl
has amounted to more than $ 150,
000,000, all of which has been
spent. It was the intention , of
the act that this money should be
paid back to the United States
treasury and be used as a perpe
tual revolving fund. That, is, set
tiers would buy the land and pay
the government.
Unfortunately the framed of
the act could not forsee the. fu
ture. They never dreamed irri
gation .would cost so much, that
speculators would boost prices so
high or that the people who set
tled on- the lands would find farm
ing so unprofitable. They could
not see all the trouble and the
dissatisfaction that have arisen
since.
Hut Instead of a revolving fund
they find now they have, a- fund
that has been spent and no one
knows whether the government
has not , evf-a received the . water
rental for a number of years.
- And yet, despite all the uchap
pincss that has arisen, out of. the
original government venture into
reclamation, a clamor will arise
next - winter to put the govern
ment in deeper than ever. The
way has already been prepared
in. the shape of a little 'paragraph
hidden away in one of the bills
that was enacted by the last con
gress to straighten out some of
the difficulties on existing rojects.
This .innocent little paragraph
reads: :
"That there is hereby authoriz
ed to be appropriated from the
general treasury, the sum of
$100,000. annually for five years
for investigation to be made " by
the secretary of the Interior,
through the bureau of reclamation
to obtain the necessary Informa
tion - ? to determine - how arid,
swamp and cntJover lands may be
best developed in the future to
meet ? the growing, agricultural
needs of the nation." ,v
To understand just what was
meant by this little rider - we turn
again to the brief given by-Senator
McNary to the press. Here Is
his explanation: r
"As the "country becomes more
thickly settled and populated, and
as we exhause our available agri
cultural lands, there. will be an
ever-increasing demand for- the
development of additional recla
mation projects, many of " which
are vastly too large ever to be
built out of the present reclama
tion fund, which bas an annual in
crement of about $8,000,000. It is
my opinion that this sum should
npt be,, diverted from, the develop
ment xr small and feasible pro
jects in the states wherein there
la, a large area of . government
owned 'lands, and that the original
act should be preserved in its, full
integrity. However, as the coun
try increases in population, there
will come a demand' for the ex
pansion of our agricultural area,
and it Is foe that reason that I be
lieve the government should es
tablish- a national reclamation
policy."
All this is quite lofty, except
that the senator seems to sense an
impending emergency in wbleh
the nation will suffer 'from - a
shortage of food. This he desires
to guard against.
But the senator is not consist
ent. Only last winter' he was
fighting tooth and nail to have
the government set up a huge ex
port dumping corporation to sell
our vast surplus of agricultural
products abroad at any price they
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Her laming Everything in Sight
Now he sees this surplus melt
away in the twinkling of an eye,
and in its place famine raises its
baleful head. .
I Or does he -perhaps fear that if
his' dumping corporation is estab
lished it will soon find itself with
nothing to dump? In his huge re
clamation scheme merely a plan
t'o give the export corporation a
longer lease of life? -
n Whatever may be his motives,
he certainly does not believe in
making little plans. . In the next
paragraph of his brief he sets
forth the scope of what he con
ceives to, be a national . reclama
tion , policy. . Here is what be
says: r
"Thi3 plan should, include all
forms of reclamation applicable
to the conditions of the - various
states of the Union. It may. take
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By taking a bottle of
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235 North Commercial
Phone 197'
The PennUr Eiisre
the form of reclamation by the
removal of water from the wef
lands of the south, or conducting
water. to i the-dry lands -of the in
termountain and Pacific coast
states; the removal of stumps
from the cut-over lands ' in the
Great Lakes states; the flooding
of the lands of the Mississippi val
ley states to provide for subsoil
irrigation or the restoration of the
soil of the New England states;
indeed , every, state would experi
ence an, increase in taxable wealth
if some form of reclamation, was
practiced, provided ; there was a
demand for the enlargement of
farm ; production."
Thus the reclamation blanket is
being stretched to cover the en
tire country. If every section gets
its share of the pork, none will
have, a chance to : kick. It all
emells of politics.
More Land, More Surplus
But this is not all. In his final
paragraph Senator McNary hitches
the development of water power
and water- resources up with his
reclamation scheme until one won
ders if he seriously considers hav
ing the government , take over the
power industries of the nation.
For a long time Charles Linza
McNary has appeared in the Se
nate as the friend of the, farmer.
He sponsored the McNaryHaugen
bill and spoke feelingly of the sad
plight-of the agricultural popula
tion, i ';- . ;.. -
' Now, we find the senator spon
soring the very things farmers do
hot want the opening up of
more lands, for cultivation, to
swell an already burdensome
tarm surplus.
: The existing reclamation pro
jects, and those that are now un
der way must be carried on. They
represent, a huge investment and
the government must keep faith
with the settlers. But there is no
need for further projects now
nor will, there be for years to
come.
No one, of course, would question-Senator
McNary's sincerity,
but: it is possible to escape the
conclusion that - he has listened
toe much to the soft-voiced wolves
in sheep's clothing and has unwit
tingly -become their spokesman.
QUINABY SESSION ENDS
FOUR-DAY CAMP MEETING
PROVES BIG SUCCESS
The four day i camp-meeting
nd pastors convention of the Sa-
lem district, Oregon conference of
the Evangelical. church, will close
tonight with Rev. A. A. Winter, D.
D., of Lewlsbnrg, Penn., speaking
in the morning and Rev. C. P.
Gates, of Portland, at night. The
camp meeting has been in session
since Wednesday.-
Speakers for the opening day
were Rev. G. L. Lovell, Salem,
presiding elder; F, M. Fisher, G.
E. Erskine and A. R. Schmalle.
Thursday S. M. Wood, J. L.
Burns, L. H. Willard, V. A. Bal
lantyne, W. E. Simpson, C. C.
Poling and H. Schucknecht ap
peared on the morning and after
noon program, with F. B. Culver,
making the address at night.
At Friday's session those In
charge of -the -program were F. R.
Culver, F. H. Nef f, J, E. Lindley,
F. W. Launer, R. J. Phelps, Paul
Poling, M. J. Ballantyne and A. W.
Curry. The program yesterday
was in charge of E. C. sFarnhara,
A. P. Layton and P. L. Bubser.
R. G. Munday, of Chicago, will
lead the singing today.
MEAT PRICES LOWERED
HAVANA. A short time ago
Segundo Tellechea, of Campo,
Florida, was criticized! in the, same
manner as all butchers always
have been, for his. high, prices.
But suddenly he reduced prices
below any "other butcher for miles
around and people were loud, in
their praise of Sergundo, Friends
inquiring the reason? for the cut,"
were informed that he had won
$20,000 in the government lottery.
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Refreshment Headquarters
Old Geer Homestead at Silverton
J Mecca for Numerous Descendants
Home of Homer Davenport, Cartoonist, Is Scene of Re-telling of
Tales of 01denIuys; Gathering Is Annual Event
BY LILLIE MADSEN
SILVERTON, June 27 (Spe
cial) On the old Geer homestead
built in 1851 in the Waldo Hills
and where Homer Davenport grew
to manhood gathered 167 Geer de-
scendenta to . tell and to listen to
tales of the old days.
Out to the west of the house is
the view over Marion county and
on to Polk county hills some 15
miles distant, the view known a
"Homer's view." On the west
wall of the house is a tribute to
the view written in pencil by
Homer- Davenport himself, and
underneath this the great car
toonist drew a picture of himself
in a kneeling position with a
handkerchief to his eyes. Homer
Davenport's tribute is this, "I
want to say that from this back
porch I see my favorite view of
all that the earth affords. It was
the favorite of my dear mother
and her parents and of my father
and why shouldn't it be the same
to me. It's where .my happiest
hours have been spent. Homer
Davenport, April 11, 1904." Al
though the old home has received
many a coat of paint this little
piece 'of writing has been left un
disturbed and for many visitors
to view.
Immediately below the porch is
an old apple and pear orchard.
The seeds from which this grew
were brought across the plains by
Mrs. ,R. C. Geer. the grandmother
of Homer Davenport, in 184 7. To,
the south of tne House are tne re
mains of an old tree planted from
the Llewellyn traveling nursery. A
nurserx brought across the plains
-in a wagon box and kept growing
in this manner for months. And
to the north is the huge poplar
reaching fifty feet toward the sky
and once the riding whip 'of Mrs.
Timothy Davenport, the mother
of Homer. .
And at this old historic home
stead gathered, Sunday, 200 peo
ple, of whom 167 were' deseend
ents of Joseph Geer, the great
Grandfather of Homer Davenport.
The Geer - reunion originated
with T. T. Geer, Oregon's first
governor, and has been kept alive
since in memory of him. The re
union ts an annual affair and has
been kept alive since in memory
of him. : The reunion is an annual
affair and has been held at vari
ous places. "Sunday, however, it
was decided to bold it each year
at the old Geer homestead in the
Waldo HiUs. This . is ' now the
homevof Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Geer. V Mr. Geer ia the grandson
of R. C. Geer the original owner
of the place. .The following off I2
cers were elected for the coming
year: Mrs. T. T. Geer, honorary
president ; - Archie Geer, . active
president; Mrs. Mable Settlemeir
of: Woodburnviee president: Mrs.
C. C. Geer, secretary-treasurer.
Archie Geer was asked to give
a talk and tell some incidents of
the early days and the beginning
of. the Oregon Geers. He spoke of
the coming of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Geer, the father of Joseph Geer,
of, the former being in the party.
"R. C. my grandfather, landed
with "three shillings," said Mr.
Geer in his reminiscence, ''but he
had with him enough clothing and
sewing supplies to last the family
at ; least . five years. In order to
get food he took a portion of these
things and sold them, or rather he
traded them for food stuffs. In
this manner-he secured enough
food for a year. The things he
had were in great demand. So few
had them. The house was built in
1851. The timbers were band
hewn, the lumber is rip sawed,
and the ceiling boards were
match in the woods. The,, doors
were brought around the Cape,
and as you see, were not the size
expected." Mr. Geer indicated. inch
stripps around the door -casings.
The openings for the doors had
been cut months before the doors
arrived. ,- ..
Among, the: old -, pioneers ; were
Calvin Geer, his sister, Mrs.
Samentha Bowers, aged 83. Mrs.
L. B. Geer (Tina DeHart). aged
73, coming to Oregon from Cali
fornia in 1859 and now living at
r.nfldnoH Hills. Wash.: and Mrs.
John Hunt, aged - 83. a Waldo
Hills pioneer.
" The original copy of the poem,
"A Plea for Castle Rock." was
read by many during the day.
This was written by Bert Geer at
the time it was proposed that
Castle Rock should be destroyed
to make way for progress. It is
said that the public sentiment
raised by the. poem when it was
published saved the rock. The
poem first appeared in the Oregon
Journal and from there was copi
ed widely by western papers.
The Railroad Is a
, i Community Builder
Pacific System of Southern Pa
cific, operating 8,670 miles of
lite In Oregon. California; Neva-
dar Utah. Arizona. New Mexico
and Texas, spent 1 $163,000,000
for wages, materials, supplies and
taxes in 1923. The expenditures
for 1924 were substantially " the
same.
WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO START
IN BUSINESS IN SALEM
Interviewing Mr. Hofer, Secretary: of the Board of Trade,
just previous to our opening in 1909, he Bald there had
been about 700 new. homes erected the two years previous,
but advised us not to start, saying there was no room for us.
We thought we might get in touch with the newcomers,
but the majority of our calls have been in families where
others have preceded us. We have been in 1100 families
in this city and vicinity and have had over 1400 calls.'
Why? All on account of fair treatment, low prices, and
perfect service. "
The only Licensed Lady Assistant in Salem is at
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If machines wear oat what of mothers?
Machmes can be repiacedmbthers,
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Viiayourfamiljr washing and save mother's
strength for more important tniass?
We can obtain neW laundry equipment
when ours wears out ut yoa,ccn't fin
mother placed in, the pome: Save her
ttyl having us "takeN the washing of! her
shoulders. J v" :
By gently sorn'rg clothes up and down
in wann watCT?rsoft as new-fallen rain,
with suda or imild wliite soap we wash
your apparel ppotisqsly clean and preserve
the fabrics. " , .
Far better, than that, our washing pro
cess will addryearjs to mother's life.
Phone and ou? driver win ca!L
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Bicycle Needs
Repairing,
So it will he ready
for that .
PICNIC
the Fourth or Fifth
Accessor lea of All Kinds
for the Bicycle .
If you haven't a Bicycle
come in and let us tell you
how you can get one-on
easy, terms.
Lloyd E. Ramsden
387 COURT STREET
Turn to the Classified page.
There's a bargain there awaiting"
you. . '
FUNERAL HOME
St., Telephone 724.
Wear Out
Mothers?