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"ATo 'Favor Sways. I7a; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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A Professor With Feet on the Ground
ALBANY college is hot a large institution but it has one
rare distinction. It has a professor of. economics who
' doesn't wear his hair long and isn't a socialist. In these days
when theorists are in full flower and their theories most all
are pink-tinged, that is an unusual fact. The professor is
, Glenn Holmes and he told the members of the Salem Ad club
vrFriday that the system of profit in business" was not only the
most practical yet evolved, but was ethically sound. He did
not justify exploitation or the accumulation of speculative
profits. But he did state plainly that the lessons of history
showed the foolishness of socialism and demonstrated the
soundness of the economic system which offered a legitimate
reward to the person of enterprise who sought to render a
desired service to society.
Holmes stated that history offered scant comfort to
those who thought that sublimated motives of good of others
would offer sufficient stimulus to mankind to lift itself
above the level of mere subsistence. The charges levied
against the system of individual enterprise and reward are
more against its maladjustments than against the basis of the
system itself.
As we see it there is nothing sacred about any economic
system. If socialism would be a letter system, why let it
come. But in reflecting on the shortcomings of the system
now In vogue people overlook too easily the fact that it has
been a product of long evolution, that on the whole it has
done fairly well the job of serving to the material wants
of mankind, and that no matter how fine socialism may be
in theory where each shares nearly equally from the com
mon store, it just will not work out in practice. In seasons of
hard times the theorists urge a plunge into socialism and pro
fessors who are usually long on theory and short on reality
are often inclined to favor scrapping the old system to ex
periment with socialism. So it is refreshing to find cne in
tellectual who justifies the fundamental basis of the system
of individual enterprise not only on the basis of its historic
showing but on the basis of its social and ethical relation
ships. A Two-in-One Platform
DR. DANIEL A. POLING, who is retiring as president of
the Allied Forces for Prohibition, say3 that he sees no
reason why both the republican and democratic parties
should not adopt the same plank on prohibition. Since the
grjeat objective of both parties is to find some formula which
will hold both wet and dry votes it would not be surprising
if the prohibition planks are identical in meaning if not in
language.
Since Dr. Poling has brought the.matter up why cannot
both parties unite on an entire platform with the exception
of the opening paragraphs which would be the conventional
"point with pride" (fingers crossed) by the republicans, and
"view with alarm" by the democrats.
Both parties could agree on a tariff policy. With the
Portland Journal leading a fight for a lumber tariff and an
Oklahoma democrat leading a fight for an oil tariff and a
Pennsylvania democrat fighting for a coal tariff, the demo
, crats seem to be now most ardent in support of the historic
protection policy of the republicans.
Neither party has any power policy (except to get and
hold power). Both parties have united on measures to end the
depression. Both parties split on sales tax, surtax, and gift
Tax. Both parties split on doles, bonuses and bond issues.
Newton D. Baker has suggested that the democratic
platform be brief, very brief, so a man might learn it. The
advice might hold for the republican platform; and in the
further interest of intelluctual economy the platforms
might be identical; except one being labeled, "I'm in and
want to stay" and the other "I'm out and want in".
John McGraw quits as manager o the New York Giants after
a shift of 30 years in the job. McGraw'a career covers the most bril
liant period in American aport, and he himself contributed vastly to
the brilliance of the great American pastime baseball. His teams
have been the most consistently successful in th. country, winning
ten national league pennants and three world aeries. For years he has
been the moat prominent figure in the game, except for individual
players whose prominence is usually of rather short duration. Mc
Graw retires with the goodwill of the great host of Americans who
love baseball and follow the big leagues though they rarely get to
see them in action.
The University of Washington
the college dally, so now there will probably be another parade
and appeal for freedom xt the press and the liberty of every college
amateur to squirt ink Just as he feels like doing. Having been a
college editor once we know the egoism that accompanies the of
fice. There is rarely a college editor In the country but cotild run
the institution better than the prexy. Recently the Oregon Emerald
aid" solemn and approving mass over the remains of Cong. Hawley,
singing his requiem tempo aUegro. The, world shouldn't be too hard
on the college eds however. Sometimes tfiey get over it.
We may wonder what the town will do with 343 high school
seniors who have been tamed loose with their diplomas. The town
needn't worry. These young people will be absorbed some way or
other. Many will go oa to college. Others will find Jobs. With no
memories of fancy wages in the past, these young chapg will take
what they can get, and that without complaining. They enter life
without illusions In this year 1932; and In future years they may
count the experience a blessing. Starting from scratch they are sure
to move forward.
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Tows Talks from The States
maa of Earlier Days
Jane 4, 1007
. Tne : biggest potato contract
rer written by Louis Lachmund
Co., the greatest potato-buying
concern on the coast, was con
summated yesterday. The local
firm told to A San Francisco com
Vanjr 81,009 to 40,000 bushels of
we coming potato crop at 11.10
t per hundredweight, or IS cents
. , a ousnei.
, Faring of State street is held
op while officers of the Portland
General Electric comnanT confer
wlth-eh New' York offices reia
.CUra to the company's paying for
authorities fired the editor of
the pavement between the street
car tracks.
So successful did nranAjt for
the Y M r & t-i..
seem yesterday morning, that the
ueciuea to raise not only
the $1000 for operating expenses
m u fttv u pay on a note
? be building. They raised
tais.60 during the day.
Jane 4, 102a
Harry Rhoades of Salem was
badly hurt at the fairgrounds yes
terday when Ms jacihg car col
lided with the car at Jack Ross
in. front of thv grandstand. Lee
Eyerly failed in ctr the race in
his Larlee Spa:al because of a
broken bearing.
Mrs. John A. Carson was chos
en president of the Marion Health
association, orranized
ajt the commercial club. Mrs. Mar-
Hot
BITS for "BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Old days of Douglas:
S V
(Continuing from yesterday:)
The year 1851 saw marked
changes. Many families went from
the Willamette valley; numerous
Immigrants arrived directly from
across the plains. Every few miles
from the Calapoolas to Rogue riv
er, could be aeen the smoke from
the chimney of a pioneer'a lo
cabin.
S
A successful ' effort was made
that winter to secure a seDarate
county -government for the upper
garita Looney of Jefferson was
chosen vice-president; Miss Eliza
beth Putnam, Salem, secretary,
and George P. Griffith, Salem,
treasurer.
SEATTLE. The auxiliary pow
er achooner Maud, bearing the
Amundsen Polar basin scientific
expedition, sailed from Seattle
yesterday for Nome, Alaska, on.
the first leg of a five-year voyage
through the Arctic ice pack.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
FEW other things ao (repress
the level of health and disturb
the nervous system as the loss
of power to sleep welL Insomnia
is a real curse.
The average
person requires
about S hours
of sleep daily,
but children and
old people are
exceptions to
this rule. Chil
dren require at
least ten to
twelve hours of
sleep, while the
aged may find
seven hours re
quisite for'their
needs.
Dr. Copeland
Reauisites for
restful sleep are:
1. A well-ventilated room.
2. A comfortable bed.
8. Ho heavy meals, tea or cof
fee before retiring.
4. Freedom from worry.
"Dnrinar sleea th blood annnlv
to the brain normally is somewhat
t . i - .... . .
lassenea, ana any condition tena
ing to increase the supply will in
terfere with normal rToM
The causes of insomnia "may be
divided into groups. First there Is
insomnia due to pain. Any type of
Dain m indue wakefulness. Th
pain in some blood diseases is se
vere at nignt, wnue muscular ana
j Answers to Health Querica j
"A Worried Reader" Q. What
do you advise for superfluous
hair?
A Send self -addressed stamped
envelope for full particulars and
repeat your .question.
H. J. S. Q How
eesemat
can I curt
A. For full partfealars send a
stamped self addressed envelop
and restate your question.
K. W. Q. Please tell me how
bjrh the blood pressure will rant
What to your knowledge is the
lugbestt
A-- Over 209 is dangWoaat for
anyone. It naayr sometimes go Orer
350 but this rarely occurs.
Q Is the use of equal parts of
lemon juice and peroxide good for
frecklest - - -
AvYeij It should prove help
ful. ' .
ah Old Boot THI&Time!
Umpqua, Myrtle, Cow and Canyon
creek valleys. By an act of Jan.
. 1853, Lane county was deprived
of all the territory south of Its
present limits, by the creation of
Douglas county, and a concurrent
act, passed on the 12th, est b-
lished Jackson county, embracing
all south of Douglas and Umpqua
counties. Election precincts for
Douglas were designated at Res
in Reed's in Winchester, at
Knott's In the Canyon, and at
Roberta' In South Umpqua valley.
On the 17th an act was passed
making Winchester the county
seat of Douglas.
It is of interest to note that
the session of the territorial leg
islature which created Douglas
and Jackson counties was held In
basement rooms of the Oregon In
stitute in the newly named town
of Salem. It was the session of
1951-2. The next session, that of
1852-3, was also held In those
rooms, with a committee room
added, and better furniture pro
vided, and on January 10, 1853,
the act waa passed chartering th
Joint pains are common in gouty
subjects.
Pruritis. or itching, may banish
Bleep. Itching may be traced to
diabetes, auto-intoxication, consti
pation or indigestion.
General irritability of the nerves
may be at fault, and neurotle in
dividuals are much inclined te at
tacks of insomnia.
Over-fatigue, worry,, ox mental
anxiety frequently cause insomnia,
There Is a real relationship be
tween loss of sleep and the mental
state.
Certain disturbances of the cixs
cnlation of the blood drive away
sleep. Arterial changes or, heart
weakness may make nights rest
less for convalescents from acute
diseases.
An otherwise normal person
may go to sleep at the regular
hour, out waken sometime during
the night and not be able to return
to sleep. This is often due to indi
gestion or constipation.
To resort to drugs to indoot
sleep is decidedly dangerous. Man
a drug addict began ms down war)
career in this manner. If insomnia
threatens to become chronic, the
sensible thing to do is to consult
a physician to discover the cause,
Taking a hot drink before re?
tiring will sometimes induce sleep.
Insomnia should not be neglected,
for when it has become chronic n
will -break down the most rugged
system.
A Very Interested Reader. Q.
I have beard that a solution ef
fire parts of peroxide to two parts
of ammonia will bleach and tend
to discourage the growth of hair
on the face. Is this a fact and
is the solution harmful la any way
to the skint
A. Fresh peroxide of hydrogen,
frequently applied wQl bleach th
hair, making It less conspicu
ous and, it is contended by seme,
peroxide wifl retard th hair
growth. "r
". .... . .
C. H. Q. WI3 a child under
six months of age get the whoop
ing cough t
Aw It may. - .
.
- M. A. H. Q. What is the best
way to reduce weight J
A for full particulars restate
your question and send a stamped
self -Mdressed envelope.
Ctwrtcat. lm. Da
Institution and changing its name
to Willamette university. Is there
another university anywhere that
was chartered In its own build
ing? 'b
A clerk and a temporary board
of commissioners were annotated
to set in motion the machinery of
Douglas county. The first meeting
of the board of commissioners was
held at Winchester April 4, 1852.
J. E. Danford drew the shorter
term, hie time expiring after the
election to be held two months
later, Wm. P. Perry's the follow
ing year, and Thomas Smith's in
1854. The first day's business
consisted mainly In licensing four
"groceries," at 350 a year. (Po
lite name for saloons.) P. R. Hill
was appointed sheriff, to hold till
the next general election. Justices
of the peace were appointed: O.
Barrett, for Calapooi precinct:
Henry Evans Winchester, W. B.
Skinner, Deer Creek, H. D. Bry
ant Looklngglass, Mr. Burnett.
Myrtle Creek, and Messrs. Lock
hart and Johnson for Canyon
Tille. A. R. Flint, first clerk, sub
scribed to the minutes. The com
missloners met in a room over
William J. Martin's store in Win
chester, and the district court, at
its special terms, was held in a
room over J. E. Walton's store
In the same village. Rent in each
case, 3 a day while the room was
m use.
s w
At the June election (1853)
(Continued on Page 8)
The Safety
Valve - -
Letters from
State man Readers
May 31, 1932.
Editor Statesman:
Reference to your recent edi
torial entitled "after the bonus"
you ask "will there be demands
for more bonuses and more pen
sions?" I will now ask you a question
Mr. Editor: "If you had perform
ed a certain service and had part
of your pay retained until the
job was finished, would you bo
willing to wait 20 years for pay
ment in full for service render
ed?" The so-called Bonus bill
was enacted by congress recog
nizing the fact that the World
war veterans were a class of
workers receiving the lowest
wages during the war, part of
which was withheld in shape of
allotments, Insurance and etc.
which the veterans received no di
rect benefits.
Congress realizing this situa
tion awarded each veteran an ad
justed service certificate based on
days of service rendered duo In
1945. Fifteen years have elapsed
and the boys have been granted
the privilege of borrowing one
half of their own money paying
interest on this amount which will
eat up the balance due them by
IMS.
Veterans of the World war have
mad no demands for bonuses but
only ask for money due them for
service performed 15 years ago.
With approximately 750,000 un
employed vet eras a at the present
time it Is a most opportune time
for the government .to com to
their rescue, also by 1145 many
veterans- will have passed away
and this "tombstone bonus" will
have given ao relief to those com
rades. : '
Th veterans of the World War
reaiixa. Ilk yoa Mr. Editor, that
war Is aa expensive affair and tm
every ' w a y an "International
crime" ea civilization. . That their
Job la that war was not solicited
but forced 'on them by a "system
of "International Intrigue" oa th
people of th world- and "profit
eering. - -
' Th rank and file of World War
' veterans condemn "war as aa In-
"EMBERS of LOVE
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Raymond and-slay met hot at
SLxtaanth Street, m Oakland.
"Well, ws might as well go and
hM some braakfast," Raymond
said. WrV got plenty ef time.
Th funeral taut till two o'clock.1
Raymond did all the talking.
Tv rot the day off. of course," h
said. 1 figured it was only right.
Pa, be would have come, too, but
funerals break him all up. Ton
know now tt fa when they get
alonr. Hates to hear the word. AH
the tint thinking bell be th next
on. That s pa. He's cheerful, and
his health aint what you'd call
bad, but he's aU the time thinking
how many years he's got left. I
know him. Ton cant fool me, eh.
Mart
"Yes, you're pretty smart," May
agreed absently. "I hope yoa didnt
find it too difficult to come out,
Lily Loo. I hat to bare you spend
that much money, especially when
it turned out this' way. Did you
borrow from Madame NahlmanT'
"No. ah is stm abroad. I bor
rowed It from Dwight Gwin."
Raymond wrinkled his forehead.
"Yoa dont want to get under any
obligations to those fellows. If I was
you, Lily Lou, rd pay that fellow,
soon as you get back."
"With what, Raymond!"
"WelL with, the first money you
get. You're working, aren you?
"Yes, but I dont make a fortune,
and living is so high "
"That's just it," May cut la. "You
ought to come back to San Fran
cisco. New York isnt any better.
Irene's friend, Lefa, has a friend, a
Mrs. Glensor, who studied in New
York for two years. . Two years,
mind you. Well, when ah cam
back and went to study with
teacher, named . . . what WAS his
name? WelL anyway, he said they
had ruined her vote in New York.
She never did make anything of it,
after all she spent. She's selling
real estate now, but with business
what it is . . ."
"Yes, it's a long, uphill drag,1
LOy Lou agreed.
She thought -about tt, sitting
alone in the back seat of Raymond's
ear, as they drove out San Pablo
Avenue, on the way to Woodlake.
Maybe it would have been better
if she had never tried it. AU the
chances she'd had, Europe with
Nahlman, Dwight Gwin's lessons,
Metropolitan chorus, and dramatic
lessons there, Tony's patient help
with Italian and French . . . and
stni miles from the goaL Still every
chance in the world, that she'd be
just one more who tried . . .
It was a hot and tiresome drive,
over the mountains, that smelled of
sage and chaparral, giving up their
spicy, aromatic sweetness in the
hot, dusty wind that blew straight
from the sun.
How different, how terribly dif
ferent from the last time, thirteen
months ago, when she and Ken . . .
when she and Ken . . .
May leaned over from the front
seat. "Don't cry so, Lily Lou. You
cant help things by feeling so bad.
I'm sure we all feel bad to lose
mother. But after all, she was
fifty-eight. It isn't as though she
were younger "
Lily Lou wept heartbrokenly
then.
To think that she could have so
far forgotten her mother as to cry
over old memories, on the way to
her mother's funeral.
It was hot and crowded ia the
little house. There was Bess and
her husband, and the three chil
dren, the youngest aslsep on the
old feather bed that had been Lily
Lou's.
John was there with his wife,
Ena, and his two shy little boys
that looked like twins, and weren't.
Earl was there, and his wife and
their children, Rnby and Junior.
strument of settling laternational
difference. For th sake of jus
tice, wo ask that you reconsider
and help us to obtain the money
long past due and use your good
columns for the abolition of
"war" which is wholesale, scienti
fic suicide for the working class
under orders from their political
and Industrial masters who make
millions out of this game called
war."
S. B. DODGE.
295 No. 23rd
"Do you thing most students
graduating from high school this
year should go on to college or to
university? Why or why not?"
Dean Frank M. Erickson, Wil
lamette university: "Yes. Mostly
because they can't do anything
else right now. They can use their
time more profitably by going to
college, through lack of other oc
cupation, among other reasons. In
other words, more should go now
than at any other time."
H. E. White, tire service ma a:
"You're tight, they should go. I'm
43 years old didn't get through
high schooL On account of my
lack pf education, when I waa
foreman on a job, I missed the
superlatendoncy because I could
n't handle the technical end. Two
years of college would hare en
abled me to do that. The man who
took the job had less experience
than L but college training. I
know of at least three men tbe
same way."
Ii. IL Schnltx. retired: "I think
that should depend largely upon
two things. First, can the parents
atrord to tend tn boy or gin to
college; and second, whether th
graduate has any business going
to couege.
Ireae wnilaaa, hsekeeperi
"It will b a whol lot harder this
year.rd thing, for parents t send
children to sehooL"
sirs, tn aV McSherry.
: "I think that depends
upoa the particular child. Som
high school graduaUs should by
aU mean go on to college aad at
once; others are far bettor fitted
for vocations and should begin at
New Views
Bess had taken charge, of coarse.
She was so busy bustling around
making sure that there wera'chsirs
enough rbr reryoa, that every
one's children were out of mischief.
and would stay dean "untu it was
aU over" that she bad time for
nothing more than a hasty kiss and
a "How axe yoa, LOy Lout"
MM. Stokes, th old minister, was
there, and th minister's wife and
Mr. Fletcher, and Mrs. Burpee, and
half a dozen others from the
church.
"I doat know where well put
them sdl when they all get here. I
wish we'd planned to hav th fu
neral In the church like I wanted,"
Beas worried. "It was my idea from
th first, but dad would hav it
her. He said mother would hav
liked it here. H was th last on
in life to ever know what she liked,
and it worked out that way right to
th end. Weill If s all w can do
aow ... I wish be and Rufe Flet
cher would come. Dad's been off by
bimselz, or at Unci Eph's old place.
ever since mother died. It's awfully
hard on the family to have to put
off a funeral for somebody coming
from the East. Look at that child!
Regina, if yoa dirty your white
dress" .
"Yes, I know it has been hard
for you. Perhaps I shouldn't have
come, Lfiy Lou said.
When the family gathered in the
shed kitchen, and overflowed onto
the back and side porches, LOy Lou
went into the little front room to
say gooaoye to ner motner. tio on
had thought to take her in. Af U?
all, she preferred to go alone.
They had moved out everything
except th piano . . . th golden oak
piano that had set her feet on th
path from which there was no
turning now . . .
Th bier was near the piano.
Back of it two rows of chairs.
Camp chairs that th undertaker,
Mr. McRoberta, had brought
A little timidly ah cam closer
to her mother.
-
Th Lansings, as a family, were
forever afterward to date all events
as before or after mother died.
For years certain scenes were to
be written on Lily Lou's heart, to
flash on and off in her memory, like
isolated stills from a moving pic
ture. She had never realized that her
mother was beautifuL She had just
been mother, a little tired, a little
shabby, altogether beloved.
Now ahe was to remember her,
wrapped m the majesty of her iso
lation. Her hands serene on her
breast, her dark, aQver-streaked
hair brushed back from her beau
tiful white forehead in an unfa
miliar manner. Her lovely mouth,
too often tightened into a worried
line in life, younger and infinitely
more gentle now. All the tired
wrinkles gone. All the absorbed in
terest in her children gone. The
soul, the motherly soul of her, fled
away. Just the clay of her body,
the body that for years nobody had
noticed was beautifuL left.
Certain other things impressed
themselves almost aa poignantly in
Lily Lou's memory.
The round eyes of Bess' three
children, sitting in a row on the
table that somebody had pushed in
at th last moment, their fat legs
straight out before them.
The drone of the minister's voice.
The heavy fragrance of florists'
flowers, just a little past their
prime.
The little procession of cars, on
limousine, half a dozen flivvers,
winding down the unpaved road,
past willow trees and th dry creek
bed, to the cemetery.
Two workers who waited, blue
shirted, shovels at their feet, in the
shade of a magnolia tree near the
Lansings' family plot, for the last
words to be over, so they could pile
one to fill their particular voca
tional niche without going on to
college and unfitting themselves
for the kind of life by nature they
are fitted to fill."
Miss Nadine Smith, business
girl: "If it is at all possible I
think they should go to college.
It has made me very unhappy that
I cquld not have that back-round."
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back th earth. '
And when it was decently over.
and they were driving back to the
house, th women's yoke becom
ing more natural again, not a
whispery and solemn.
Th children, becoming less good.
Th soft fleshy smack of Bess
hand cuffing Regina, who was ask
ing if there would' be lo cream
and lemonade, both, "at th party.
And then everyon coming? in t
th house for "eoffee." Bess hos
pitably arging reryoa, even Rof
Fletcbor's wife wheta ah hated.
Th heat of th kitchen. Th
sweaty, shiny f ae f the Schults)
girl (so called besause sh had
never married, though she was
nearly a old as mother had been)
bending over th 11 v gallon 'coff e
pot Bess had borrowed from th
Ladies' Aid.
Bess bringing' in th baked ham
from th cooler, whispering to the
Schults girl to see that everybody
had potato aalad and a hot biscuit.
Th minister's wife crooking her
little finger elegantly, as sh lifted
her coffee cup, balancing her loaded
plate oa one bony knee.
After a while Lily Lou went and
slipped her hand inside dad's horny
one, the way sh used to when she
was a little girL He hastily looked
around, stretching his red, deeply
wrinkled neck inside the unaccus
tomed white collar. When he saw
that no on was looking their way
he patted her dark head awkwardly,
mussing her hair.
"The others," he said, "were Ek
her. I always said you were more
my side of the family, Dolly."
She said nothing, reflecting, be
cause he had called her "Dolly."
It was years since he had. He had
called her that often, when ahe was
little, and ahe could still remember
her mother's displeasure because
of Aunt Dolly, of course.
"Your mother was a good wom
an. She hadnt ought to have mar
ried me," he said. "It would have
been better if she'd took Sam Har
vey, like she set out to do."
Sam Kerrey! The town's boss -if
a town the size of Woodlake can
be said to have a boss Sam Her
vey, making the graduation
speeches at the school, being toast
master at church -suppers . . . and
mother . . . long ago, when ah was
young, thinking of marrying him.
Lfly Lou squeezed dad's hand
tighter.
And somehow that memory of
dad, calling her Dolly, stayed with
her, to comfort her, long after the
other memories were faded and
sweetened with time.
It had been dad that she had been
most afraid of. . . . Hii talk about
a shotgun, how he'd just as lief
take a shot at this one or that one
who had done some dastardly thing.
. . . For months ahe had dreamed
of dad finding out how the Sar
gent had treated her, and going
out to shoot somebody.
And now he was the only one who
asked no questions. Just held her
hand, said, "I always thought yoa
were more my side of the family,
Dolly p..
They Raymond, May and she
stayed at Bess that night. Dad
guessed he'd go on up to Unci
Eph's cabin for a spelL Soma
things he had to take ear of. Af
ter that, he might take up a fel
low's proposition, and go away.
"What proposition what fel
low?" May asked sharply.
"On, just a proposition a fellow
made me."
"Umphl" said May.
So dad limped out to the back
yard, where Undo Eph's mar was
tied to the picket fence. LOy Loa
wanted to run after him. . . .
Mother gone, Unci Eph, area
old Shep dead, and now dad oa his
way up to Loo Mountain. ...
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CaprncM by Suae Features Sradte
.la.
"But this one thing I do. for
getting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before. I
press toward the mark of th
prize of the high calling of Ood la
Christ Jesus. St. Paul
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