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.SSNTYIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1926
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DISCUSS PUS
FOR HUGE SHIP
Grant Dirigible Would Be
f Vhree Times Size of III
Fated Shenandoah
AIR PROGRAM OUTLINED
President Coolid&e and Secretary
Wilbur Discus Matter
Relative to Forming
Naval Budget
PAUL. SMITH'S, N. Y.. July 24.
(By Associated Press.) The
naval aviation program under the
new five year building authoriza
tion was discussed by President
coolidge with Secretary Wilbur of
the navy department today, par
ticular attention being given to
he construction of a dirigible
three fold the size of the Shen
andoah -which crashed" In a storm
owr Ohio last year.
Mr. Wilbur came here for the
week-end on his way to the west
coast for an inspection of the
United States fleet and took up
with the chief executive questions
entering into the framing of the
naval budget for the fiscal year
1928.
No conclusions were .-reached.
however, concerning . beginning
construction next year of the huge
dirigible, two of which have -been
authorized by congress. The light
er than air craft would have a
capacity of 6,000,000 cubic feet
and be inflated wirti helium at a
cost between $3,000,000 and G,
000,000 or nearly .twice that ex
pended In constructing the Shen
andoah.,
Avjfqomber of, departmental
nuesTifos were gone over by the
secretary with the president and a
report made on the recent arsenal
Explosion at Lake Denmark, N. J.,"
details of which tb lYiatton pro-
fcram were withheld ' nnderTi the
policy ot vaecrecy which : Is thrown"
about all budget estimates until
they are submitted to congress. 1 .
Mr. Wilbur however, in receiv
ing newspaper correspondents said
that assistant Secretary Warner in
charge of naval aviation, was de
veloping a policy and considering
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FEWER FIRES REPORTED
- glTUATIOX MUCH MMPROVKD,
FORKST OPPICIALB SAY
PORTLAND July 2. (By As
sociated Press.) r-With general
imnrovement In 'the forest -fire sit
uation noted in ..the northwest
future developments depend en
tirely on- the weather, v Portland
forest service bfriclals declared to
day. a.".:l V.. .J-
Should 6. . .recurrence of dry
lightning storms take place the
Situation might become extremely
serious, it is believed.
Prom the crater forest comes a
belated report of 34 new light
ning flres started the night- of
July 20, which are being fought
by present men. Only four of
these are over ten acres.'the larg
est covering 50 acres. The num
ber of forest fires started by light
ning is without precedent In this
district, according to forest of
ficials. During the past ten days
in Oregon and Washington, out of
357 fires started. 81 per cent were
lightning fires. Of 814 fires start
ed during the present season, 4 84
were traced to lightning, and 3 3D
were man-causea. rsmoung was
tu'.xt to lightning in responsibility,
with 101 fires , listed. Campers
Were third with 98. The percent-,
age of man-caused fires is un
usually small this year, officials
report.
TAR PLANT DESTROYED
WORKMAN MAY 'DIE AS RK
RULT OP REVERB Bt'RXS
TACOMA, July 24. By Asso
datt Vs. Oae ; man badly
hv"rV nd the tar plant of the
jVh?r"BerkheImer manufacturing
company was destroyed 'tn a :fire
which followed an explosion this
afternoon. The injttred .man ik
John Adler, a workman t . the
plant, who was standing within a
few feet of the source of "the ex
plosion. .He Is not, expected to
live. , , ' f i
v It is, thought ,tr . Chief
f E. Carlson that the explosion was
y the result of spontaneous combus
tion in a room filled with tar sat
urated paper. Four gaoIIne stor
age tanks of the Shell company
located about 100 feet from the
fire wer-e saved , by : a favorable
wind. Estimates place Ihe loss at
50,000. - .
If You Were Behind Bars,
What Food Would You Get?
Reporter Is "Dressed In" as Prisoner, Dines With Oregon
Slate Convicts, Declares Food Is Simple but
Clean and Wholesome
William (Bill) Carver, former Salem newspaperman, re
turned, recently for a visit to this city. Interested in prison
management, he requested permission to eat one meal J with
the. convicts at the Oregon state penitentiary, his presence
being known only to Warden J. W. Lillie, and Deputy Warden
W. $2. Golden. No preparation was made for his coming. He
entered, 'dined, and returned with the following story of his
experience : j
By "Biir Carver
What about the food served to prisoners at the Oregon
State penitentiary?
Are the prisoners in a pitiable condition because of un
fit and insufficient food?
These two questions have, been pestering me since the
circulation of anonymous reports concerning the state of af
fairs at the Drison.
In an effort to get an answer to these questions I. did an
unusual thincr.
,
. COLU-MBrs, Ohio. William Halfi
Charch, young Ohio State T-niversity pro-
f e 8 r o r , announces
that he has disrorer
ed the hitherto un
explained reason for
the sweet effect of
tetraethyl load in
killing the "knock''
in motor. His find
ings have been &et
forth in a paper and
read before the
American Chemical
Society. If re
a
prove his
sound, the
"knock' '
routed for-
KM. H. CHAWCH ever.
LONDON Augustus John, ane f the
outstanding contemporary British artints,
has recently present
ed a one man
show'" of his works
and as it were, etean
fd up treme-ndonsly.
Hir iaroiBe from the
chow amounted to
S25.000. of- which
$7",50O was realized
from the sale of bis
noi-trait of the Prin-
$&3 fesa7 Btbeeco. Lord
lvAqnith'e- daughter.
This establiahea
eeord which has not
been bettered by
Bri'ish artUts with
U exception of John
tifm Sargent ' Yet for
every John and ev
ery Sargent there
are many thoasands
of artists who maintain the fine old tra
ditions f Sobo. Moatmarte and Green
wich Village by starving amiably to
dath in garrets. Or by going into com
mercial art. There's little choice.
PITTSBURGH. The first Catholic
nnn lits been graduated from the fame-
g i e Institute of
Tecnnology. Kue a
Sister Mary Sebas
tian Phelan, a Sister
of Mercy. She has
finished the Fine
Arts course and, on
graduation, received
the ileree of Bache
lor of Science in Un
til1. The increasing
demands of educa
tional institutions
everywhere
have
made it necessary
for workers in all
creed a I and sectarian
schools to undertake
q pQ'OW flMfLAW the most intensive
training.
SPOKANE, Wash. Once upon a time
when there was an Indian warrier who
stood oat. against the invading whites to
the Inst. Ami then.
when fighting
over, he learned
was
the
white man' ways
and his religion, lie
took to e,t ties ting
himself. Today
James Hayes is an
old man- bat one of
the most successful
Indian preacher in
4 tie nsrtbwest. To
oTtRtajL his career,
Whkworth College, a
Prt-sbyterian school
t . Mpokane, has
.granted him an hon
orary degree as Doe
for of Divinity. He
is helieved to be the
only Indian who has
rhicxd the d.ctoTte without a college
edurat ion.
INCOME TAX SUPPORTED
rtfONA RANGK URGlUS StTP
PORT OF MEASURE
MED FORD, Jufy 24. (By As
sociated Press. ) vAt a meeting of
tbe Pomona grange of Jackson
county At the fair frouiids.this af
ternoon, 'state grange master 'Pair
miter of SHood jRirer. nrged the
members to support the proposed
state -tdeome tax. to -reliere' ibe
tax burden, on farmers, and to -vote
fU&Uist tb Deaniki resolution. He
Ulso pleaded, for . tbe passage of
the hydro-electric bill. p ; J . f
H. Bailey of 'r EneiieeditOTet
the state grange paper, and the
Her. W. W. Del-of ;poi3e,' Idaho,
national chaplain, both In 'short
talks ; urged t stronger .cooperation
between the 'city and the country
man. . . ,
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Just prior to the evening dinner
hour (5:30) 1 presented myself
at the prison and as a citizen
a?ked permission to dine with the
prisoners in the main dining
room. This permission was
granted by Warden J. W. Lilli
and by Deputy Warden Golden.
What follows is a description
of what I found in the prison
dining room. While this was
only one meal of the three served
during the day I am confident
that the prison commissary could
not have been warned of ray ap
pearance as a self invited guest
and could not have changed the
menu had there been any rea
son for so changing it.
Joining the main line j of more
than 300 prisoners I was in a po
sition where I could select any
seat in the hall.
There was quite, a thrill when
an ordinary individual finds him
self grouped with men ;who -are
under armed control as j a result
of violation of the laws' of soci
ety. Here were hundreds of men
classed as criminals and law
breakers of every degree. Here
was a man who had taken the
life of another and was serving
the balance of his life within a
barricade of brick and steel and
wire with armed guards to en
force his life's routine.
Perhaps a table or so from me
was a youth, barely 26 years of
age.. Careless companions, a
stolen car, a looted store or ser-
(Contixtiad on Sag 14.)
MOODY IS LEADING RACE
MRS. FERGUSX RUNNING SEC
OND ix TEXAS PRIMARY
DALLAS, Texas, July 24. (By
Associated Press.) Dan Moody,
attorney general, bad a plurality
of about 2,000 votes over all cau-d-dates
in the Texas democratic
gubernatorial primary when 1H1
out or 2.'2 counties, five complete,
had been heard from at midnight.
Tlie totals tabulated by Ihe Texas
election bureau follow: Davidson
F'erguson, 7,887; Moody
120,312; Johnson 334 ; j Williams
USi), and Zimmerman 607.
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AGTIOFJ ASKED
i RAIL G1SE
Central Oregon Development
Program to Be Forced
by Commissions
GOOD FAITH QUESTIONED
Roads to be Forced to Show Cause
Why Construction Outlined
in May 3 Order Has
Been Delayed
The public service commission,
in a petition prepared here yes
terday, requested; the interstate
commerce commission to issue an
order requiring the several rail
roads involved in ihe proposed
central Oregon railway develop
ment program to appear and show
cause why the order of the inter
state commerce commission sent
to the carriers on May 3 of this
year has not been complied with.
The order of the 'interstate com
merce commission, among other
things, authorized extension of the
northern railroads j from Bend to
Klamath Falls, either by way of
the Natron cutoff, now under con
struction by the Southern Pacific
(Continued on : page 4.)
WALKER ARRESTED AGAIN
MOlXT ANGEL MAX TAKEN
ON PROHIBITION CHARGES
PORTLAND, July 24. (By As
sociated Press.) If the amount of
bail asked of five; men arrested
this week by the United States at
torneys office for violations of the
prohibition act is an indication of
their importance then they are
considered ringleaders In bootleg
ging operatttrnr-fn the- state by
government officers. jThe five ar
rested are : j
Joe Walker, taken near Mount
Angel, who pleaded not guilty
when arraigned today on a prohi
bition charge. Farmer neighbors
raised the $5000 bail bond neces
sary for his freedom. Walker
owns the farm near Mount Angel
on which state dry agents found
a still on April 28, 1925. t
Jim Kerr, hop ranch owner of
St. Paul who pleaded not guilty
and was released on $5000 ball.
Mike Kokk-h, brought from
Washington county i jail at Hills
boro where he was held on a state
charge and jailed here in default
of $500 bail bond.
John Andrews held in default
of $7500 bail bond.!
Hay Moore, who; obtained bis
freedom when $10,000 bail bond
was posted.
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
DRY iEADEH IS
TO BE QUERIED
Cofonel Ned Green, Ousted
Prohibition Director, May
Be Indicted
Grand jury takes hand
Misappropriation of Liquor Seized
By Government, and Mis
conduct In Office May
Be Charge
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.
(By Associated Press). A series
of .conferences called here today
by federal officials and Colonel
Ned M. Green, deposed prohibition
administrator for northern Call
fornia and Nevada, as the final
preliminaries to a federal grand
jury investigation which would be
invoked Monday into Colonel
Green's administration of office.
United States Attorney George
Hatfield has said be will seek to
indict Colonel Green for misap
propriating liquor seized by the
government and with misconduct
in office. Colonel Green has an
swered he will welcome an indict
ment and trial in the United
States district court because it
will establish be has not been in
possession of government con
trolled liquor, has not been guilty
of misconduct and that his trial
will "clarify a situation which has
(Oontinaad on paga 8.)
WATCH THIEF SENTENCED
YOUTH ARRESTED HERE GETS
YEAR IN COUNTY JAIL
PORTLAND, July 24. (By As
sociated Press.) George Malli,
.X8; "confessed theif of four valu
able wrist watches from a. down
town Jewelry store here yesterday
was sentenced today to serve 1 2
months' sentence in the county
jail, less than 24 hours after the
theft had tbeen committed. Im
migration officers said that Malli
had entered the country illegally
from Canada and would face de
portation charges at the comple
tion of his jail sentence.
Malli had entered the store to
look at wrist watches and when
shown a tray of them, grabbed
four and fled. It was thought by
those who pursued him that he
made his escape in an automobile
but he said today that the ma
chine served to screen him while
he ran down the street. He was
arrested yesterday afternoon in
Salem alter he had endeavored to
sell a valuable watch to a second
hand dealer for a small sum.
Chances for Title Fight
Fade as Promoters Rant
Tex Rickard's Well-known
tempts to Solve (Problems
Scale Than Gate
CHICAGO, July 28. (By Associated Press.) The math
ematical genius of Tex Rickard, New York promoter, ordin
arily exercised n such simple
gate receipts, guarantees and percentages, was focused today
upon the geometrical aspects of a Dempsey-Tunney-Wills
heavyweight triangle.
The trick was tp project x, equalling Dempsey, into the
squared circle opposite y, representing' Tunney, without bring
ing him into proximity with z, representing Harry Wills.
And while Mr. Rickard agitated his slate pencil into a
white heat without arriving at ab
solution, D. C. Clements, his rival
promoter and himself a mathe
matician of parts, I suppressed
what amounted to a) sly snicker
and remarked that lie had been
trying to tell Mr. Rickard all
week that it could not be done.
So saying, Clements set the
table for an extra guest, expecting
the arrival from New York to
morrow morning, of; Paddy Mul
lins, the manager of Harry Wills,
negro heavyweight, j Nor was he
chagrined by the statement of
Dempsey, - emanating from the
champion's training j quarters at
Colorado Springs, thdt the heavy
weight champion "Wouldn't light
for Clements now of ihe had S25,
000,000." Rickard's rival stood firm in
his position that hei held a con
tract calling for a piempsey-Wllls
match in Chicago-; a contract
made binding by the payment of
$10 spot cash for his signature.
and calling for $300,000 on Aug
ust 5, and $500,000 imore the day
Dempsey steps into the ring
against the negro. The negro
challenger's $300,000, said Clem
ents, will be proferred to Demp
sey on the specified date about a
fortnight hence. I
Meanwhile, Mulllns will be
asked, upon his arrival here, to
register Wills with tjhe lately cre
ated Illinois boxing commission,
to have the negro licensed as a
boxer, and to otherwise make ar
rangements for a projected Demp-sey-Wills
combat here at Soldiers'
field between September 16 and
20. 1
Dempsey. has beeo.notified, said
Clements, to take simUar steps,
and to appear here for training
not later than August 6. If he
fails to comply, the promoter de
clared, coercion will be brought
to bear in the nature of court ac
tion to prevent the champion from
appearing under the Rickard ban
ner until he has -fulfilled this obli
gations to Clements; and the Chi-
e Continued oa paga .)
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INDIANS ELECT LEADER
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FORMER SALEM MAN CHOSEN
CHIEFTAIN OF TRD3ES
SPOKANE, July !2r4. 4 By As
sociated Press.) iWhile smoke
from the calumet of peace still
hovered above tte i final session
of the secoud national Indian con
gress tonight, a committee of edu
cated red men .representing 118
tribes of the northwest drew up
a list of grievances to present to
the federal bureau for settlement
after the fashion of the white
man. j
This action followed the elec
tion of Paul G. Wapa to, i Chelan,
graduate of Willamette university
at Salem, Oregon, as president ot
next year's congress during an
enthusiastic demonstration; ap
proval of a permanent committee
to crystalize tribe issues for pre
sentation to the federal govern
ment; and the determination to
make the congress a medium of
Indian expression and a means
for the advancement of the race.
The resolutions, touch upon so
cial conditions, tribal claims and
treaty provisions of northwestern
Indians. v
STOP STREET CARS FINED
ENFORCEMENT OPORDINAXCE
NETS' SIX A1RE8TS
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Local police made a vigorous
campaign yesterday, jagainst driv-i
ers who -fall to heed . the signs
posted at stopl6treet. resulting In
five '$5 fines assessed 'for this. Of
fense and one arrest, the driver
being booked to appear in court
Monday.
Those who paid the $5 fine were
H. Savage, R. Sheltoh. C. W. For
rest. G. W. Ray and L. L. Keash.
C. F. Turner, arrested on a sim
ilar charge, -will appear Monday.
JUSTICE HAND IMPROVES
WTLIi HE OPERATED ON WITH
IN FEW DATS, REPORTED
PORTLAND, July 24. (By As
sociated Proas). John L. Rand,
supreme court Justice, who was
brought here from Salem last
Thursday saf ferlng from an inter-
nal : ailment, was. much Improved
today, said - hospital i attendants.
He WlH .probably' be loperated Ion
within a few-days If hla condition
continues to Improre,! thej'galdV 7
Canniness Foiled When He At
on Higher Mathematical
Receipt TJivision
arithmetic as computation of
CHERRIANS TO CONSIDER
FAIR PRIZE COMPETITION
MEMBERS WILL MEET AT THE
CHAMBER ROOMS MONDAY
Policy of "Playing Host" May Be
Altered, Invitations Are
Issued
The arrangements for the, Cher
rians' participation in the state
fair this fall will be the chief topic-
for discussion at a meeting of
the Council of Nobles and mem
bers of special committees to be
1 Monday night at 8 o'clork. The
meeting was called by II. O. White
King Bing.
A letter has been received from
Miss Ella S. Wilson, secretary of
the state fair board, in which she
asks the Cherrians to tell whether
they will participate. Similar let
ters were sent to all boosting
clubs in the state.
The letter asks how many of
these clubs will attend. If enough
come, prizes amounting to $1000
will be offered for competition.
The letter includes a questionnaire
asking the different clubs' opin
ions as to how the .prizes should
be divided. The ways suggested
in the questionnaire are for dis
tance traveled, attendance, attrac
tiveness, most original stunt, and
general appearances.
The custom in the past has been
for the Cherrians to refrain from
competition at the state fair, but
to act in the capacity of hosts to
the other clubs, according to Mr.
White. One of the objects of the
meeting Monday will be to decide
whether the club's policy will be
continued.
The booster organizations to
which invitations were sent are
the Cherrians, the Rosarians ot
Portland, Berrians of New berg
Pheasants of Albany. Dad la tors of
Eugene. Umpqua Chiefs of Rose
ourg. Cave Men of Grants Pass
Pirates of Coos Bay, Craters of
Medford, Lithians of Ashland, Pel
icans of Klamath Falls, Pruniar
ians of Vancouver, Lava. Bears of
Bend, Gobblers of Oakland, and
Beacbmen.of Ban don.
Plans for the Cherrians parti
a pat ion in the Trail to Rail cele
bration at Eugene August 20 will
also be discussed.
TRAFFIC PROPOSAL HIT
RUCK PASSED TO AUTO DRIV
ERS, 8PEAKER HAYS
PORTLAND, Jaly 24. By As
sociated Press.) An ordinance
that would permit pedestrians to
walk across intersections: not. man
ned by traffic, police or automatic
signal by? raising their handa-was
proposed here today hy the-traJrie
committee of the city council to
be presented at the council meet
ing next Wednesday, j '-.'.
The proposed ordinance . Imme
diately drew fire from the auto
mobile dealers association when
Ralph J. Staehll, secretary, aver
red that "the only results that
may be expected from . this regu
lation if It passes, is a.eerien of
accidents with consequent loss of
life. It will open the rway for
'wise guys' to raise .their . hands
and walk calmly across' the street
in the face of an oncoming car
They will attempt to make 'cars
ttop for them when it is impose
Bible for the car to stop. 'If the
driver hits a pedestrian under
such conditions he is still liable
for damages and responsible for
the accident under, the ordinance.".
G. 0. P. OUTLINE PROGRAM
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
OPEN IN PORTLAND SOON
PORTLAND, July 24. By As
sociated Press) -Republicans will
opeu ' their headquarters t for the
general elections August 1 accord
ing to party leaders who met to
day and decided that considerable
work can be done in August and
tbe campaign can be j well under
way by the time the vacation sea
son la over. .,?-,
Floyd J. Cook, , of -' Medford,
newly elected secretary will take
charge ot the republican head
quarters at , the . Imperial hotel
here next week. ' Nathan Strauss
had not notified the committee of
hia acceptance as treasurer and In
the event ofhls declination VWTC i
Clark may' be1 named, '
BORAH HITSAT :
FOREIGN GIBES
European Critics Advised to
Remernber Old Story About
I Glass Houses
DEBT CANCELLATION AIF.1
Senator Declares "Campaign c
Villlfication" Launched by
British Nation for a
I Purpose ' . J JJ";
WASHINGTON. Jnly 24. -(By. .
Associated Press) E uropein
Critics of the foreign policies of
the United States -were reminded
today by Chairman Borah of the
senate foreign relations committee
that people who live in , glass
houses should not throw stones.
I Directing his advice particulars
ly toward . London, the senator .
said that Winston Churchill's
"campaign of villlfication" de
signed to secure the cancellation
of war debts, should not be per
mitted to erase from the world's
memory the territorial acquis!- -tlons
accomplished by Great Brit
ain at the peace table,
j "The Earl of Denbigh deplores,
the lamentable ignorance of our
people." Mr. Borah continued,
fand wants to start a campaign
of education,- but the American
people have sufficient intelligence
without any extraordinary educa
tional exertion to understand how
a debtor acts when he does not .
want to pay what he owes.
"We understand perfectly that
the attack on the United States is
the peculiar -tray they hare of
asking for cancellation of their
debt." -
The declaration of the foreign
relations chairman made in a for-
mal statement was the first offi
cial notice to be taken here of the
recently anti-American agitation
which has expressed Itself in at
tacks on American sightseers in
Paris, vitriolic denunciations of
the American policies by a section
of the Italian, press, and other
scattered outcropping throughout
most of Europe. Mr. Churchill,
who is head of the British treas
ury was declared by Senator Bor
ah to have sought through hl3 re-
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CAR TURNS OVER, 2 HURT
COLLISION RESULTS AT STOP
STREET CROSSING
Emilie Mills of Ellensburg,
Wash., and Ada Skirls ot Seattle
were cut and bruised about the
face yesterday when the car in
which they were riding was struck
jby one driven by Warren "Shorty":
Edwards at Capitol and Center
streets and overturned. Two other
;women who were riding in. the
bar were uninjured. '
j According to Edwards, he was
driving on Capitol street toward
Center, and saw the car contain
ing the women approach on Cen
ter. He continued on his way, be
lieving that the women would
stop, since Capitol is a stop-street.
The women, however, believed
bey were on the highway and
continued, i .
Edwards', car struck theirs
broadside and overturned it.
smashing the top and windshield.
Ills car was not much damaged,
hr said. i
The two women were not in
jured badly enough to be taken to
a hospital. ! .
Ethel Skirls of Seattle was"
driver of the car in which the four
women were riding.
FIN LEYS MEET SUCCESS
NATURALISTS SHOOTINC! ANI-
3IALS WITH CAMERAS
PORTLAND, July 24. (By As
Related Press.) The Plhley ex
pedition, headed by William L.
iTinley, well known Oregon natur
alist, now cruising in the vicinity
Of the PrlbUoff . islands, Alaska,
ielth Mr. and : Mrs. Campbell
Church of Eugene, will not re
turn until September,' It was an
nounced here today by E. F. Aver
Ul, state game warden. . .. -,
The-' expedition is traveling on -
the yacht Westward, owned by
Campbell Church, and the work is
sponsored "by the American Na
ture assoclsttloa in conjunction
with the bureau of fisheries, the
forest service and the biological
survey of the United States gov
ernment. v Xk . Y i
"Shooting - whales and grizzly ;
bears with camera," said the re-
port recalred by Averlll, "and can-
utt ..return until September." . ,
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