The Wealher
Unsettled Saturday aad
Sunday, cooler with scatter
ed light showers and higher
humidity. Max. Temp. Fri
day 87, Mia. 43. Hirer 2.4
feet. Southwest wind.
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presents balanced news
city, county, state, national
and foreign In their right
proportions.
psuNdoo 1651
EVf.HTY-NINTH YEAR
Salen, Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 22,1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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Severe
Awards Given
' m aTllTI -T1
At Convention
Gold Cross Pins . Go to
President D. Kliks,
Phil Barrett
Downtown Parade to Be
Held Today, 3 P. M.;
! Banquet Tonight
An earnest plea to Christian
Endeavor youths of Oregon not to
let the world set the pattern for
their life because that pattern Is
not good enough and not - big
enough, was made by Dr. Jesse
Baird, president of San Francisco
Theological seminary, last night
at the close of the second day of
the four-day Oregon Christian .in
deavor contention. The gathering
filled the new senior high school
auditorium, where also tonight's
assembly will be held. Actual reg
istration will hit the 1600 mark
today.
Governor Charles Sprague
brought greetings to the youths
as -opening feature of the night
gathering. .
Dr. Baird cautioned the Endea-
yorers to bare their own religion,
snd not to hare religion simply
because their mother or grandmo
ther wished it on them.
He arged physical growth, es
pecially good sportsmanlike ath
letics as one of the finest things In
letlcs as one ot the lineal mugs in
the world for "growing; up In
body.- one of the three delop-
ir.nta tnwit nit rlatlait life. The
jnents toward Christian Ufe., The
other two: : arowth of the mind
and of the soul, ,
. Paying tribute to the tremend
ons achievements ot secular edu
cation. Dr. Baird yet spurred the
Christian youth to go beyond that
to know of soul, of eternity, of
faith, hope and love which go be
yond the secular, education.
Religions Education '
Oregon Law Praised
1 find that Oregon has a law
allowing release time for religious
education, and In that uw is me
mented. adding his , hope that
"Oregon wiU go ahead and make
the most of that law."
At an Impressive ceremony,
hnnorirv cold cross Dins of the
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Angle Parking Is
Believed Remedy
Some relief for persona who'd
he clad to spend some money In
downtown stores if they could
Just find a place to leave their
car may come as result of investi
gations a chamber committee has
been making.
tThe committee has Its eye par
ttcnUrlT on ursine the city coun
cil tn order ancle narking Instead
of parallel parking on High street
and on the blocks ot Liberty street
north, and 0 u t h of State and
Court.
Quite 1
motorists
number ot additional
could find parking
places if these sections were
brought Into the ancle parking
tone, it Is figured.
Cat-Cote Combination :- f '
Causes Woman" In juries
THic nALLKS. Ore..": April 21 -
AV-Kltty .wanted some milk and
.h wanted it rlcht now. So sne
followed her mistress, Mrs. L. R
Roush, Dufur, to the barn where
hATa awlshlna tail enthralled
her. The eat made a leap for It
and landed on the cow's back; The
frightened cow kicked and tram
pled Mrs. Roush so severely she
Aad to be taken to a hospital.-
Sixty
High
In SemiFinah, State Meet
Sixty hlg school students wera,
chosen tor the semi-final rounds
to be held this morning In connec
tion with the fifth annual Oregon
high school speech contests spon
sored by the WUlamette univer
sity speech department and held
on the campus this weekend. - t -
Over a hundred students were
entered la the first rounds ot the
senior and Junior -divisions ot
humorous and serious interpreta
tions, extempore speaking and or
atory. The semi-finals will he held
this morning at 9- o'clock and the
finals will be this afternoon at 1
o'clock at Eaton ban. -.
Dallas hla school entered ten
speech students and nine are In
the semi-finals while Gresham en
tered 14 with ten remaining la the
1 contests. ' . ;' ' ' "
the Junior dlvlslda flnali la
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Large Well
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Water Board's Decision
Engineer Koon to Direct Work, Pump Company's
Offer Is Rejected; old River Channel Held
Most Promising Site; old Map Useful
The Salem water commission last night voted to develop
a large well on Stayton island
engineer, R. E. Koon, as a final, exacting test of the possi
bilities of securing the additional water supply it needs from
an underground source.
The decision was based on
a special committee consuming 010
Commissioners E. B. Grabenhorst, I
E. B. Gabriel and Van Wieder.
proposal of the Sterling Pump
company to develop a 4,000,000
gallon per day well water supply
on the island for a flat SI 8.9 50
fee be rejected and that the com-1
a ( Al J n 1 1 I
mission proceea wiin me uriiiiug
of one 12 or 14-inch well under
direction of Engineer Koon.
Location Based on
Old Federal Map
The new well will be located in
the course of the old North San-
tlam river channel as indicated
by a recently-unearthed federal
tap of the 1850s. The only one
of the eight small test drillings
made in recent months that was
located on the old river course
was the only one that Indicated
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iieartens
More Showers
Predicted;
Forest Fire
Danger
Much Decreased
PORTLAND, Ore., April 21-(P)
-Oregon's April drought continued
today but a drop In temperature
and a corresponding rise in hu
midity eased the forest fire situa
tion.
In the southern part ot the state
thunder storm In the mountains
set five spot tires last night near
Grants Pass. All the biases were
subdued. The electric storm ranged
from the Siskiyou mountains to
Sexton mountain and brought
light showers in some sections.
Government weather forecasters
predicted cooling showers in the
northwest section of Oregon to
night and Saturday with lower
temperatures in the grain, cattle
and forest country east of the Cas
cade range. Today was the S 7 th in
a row without rain In all but a few
sections.
A few brush fires still smoul
dered In the Willamette valley but
! the danger period was believed
past , ..
A sprinkle of rain late last
night and early this morning end
ed Salem many rainless days.
Cooler weather also came, the
J Thursday's maximum of 82 to yes-
terday's 17 ,; ' , ; -
Cecil Moore Soon
To Face Sentence
DALLAS, Ore"., AprU'tl.P-
Cecil Moore, who was convicted
1 of arson In connection with the
I destruction of the West Salem Box
factory, will appear before Circuit
Judge Artie G. Walker for sen
tencing next Monday District At
torney Bruce Spaulding said to
day. V .
f Moore was arrested at Portland,
January 31, 1938, with John New-
land and "Red" Carson, also
Valley
School Speakers
oratory were announced last night
with the following results: 1 Miles
Olsen. - Independence: L aura
Hayes; Franklin ot Portland; Yon
eho Usui. Gresham and D J. Wil
liams, Beaverton. . - t
Other semi-final results are as
follows: Senlori division,:: humor
ous lnterpretttlon-r-Vernon Strat
ton. Franklin ot TorQand; Neda
Moheng, Gresham; Harold Hamm.
Dallas; Patricia uooyns, Dearer
ton;MarJorie BaUey, Parkrose;
Bette Bush, Estacada; Helen John
son; Sheridan, and Robert Kruae,
West Linn.'-. , ,1 - . -V -
Oratory Charlotte VaaVolken
burgh. Franklin ot Portland; Tom
Rlggs, Dallas; Don January,
Marshfleld; Ada GlaconellL Chlo
quln; Jack Nyssen, Beaverton;
Christine Devaney, Corrallis, Ra
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on Stayton
,aTh i
under the direction of its own
a report, adopted in full, by
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I hfPP 4H KVPTltS
Will Close Today
County Entries for State
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Fair to Be Decided;
Awards Revealed
Three contests to select Marlon
county's representatives In as
many events at the state fair next
fall will be completed this after
noon In the closing hours of the
annual county 4H club spring
show at the state fairgrounds. The
home- economics Judging contest
will be held at 1 o'clock, the
county style revue at 3:36 and an
nouncement of the winners of the
healthiest boy and girl contest
probably made foUowing the re
vue, when major awards ot the
ahpjrill be presented,
The 4H: club exhibit building.
where the show, is being held, will
be opened at 8 o clock this morn
ing for the closing series of dem
onstrations. The morning schedule
is as follows :
8:30 a.m., Mission, dollar din
ner, out of bootn at li:30; 9, ad
vanced club home making; 2:20,
Sublimity, clothing; 10:30, Sun
nyside, camp cookery; 11, Liber
ty, cooking; 11:30, Mission, dollar
dinner, out of booth at 2:30.
Awards on Clothing IIIA exhib
its were announced late yesterday
showing Verle Saucy, Kelzer,
placing first; Linda Girod, Wa-
conda, second, and Dorothy Ruef,
Sublimity, third.
Enforcement
Officers Convene
DALLAS, April 21. Coopera
tion ot an law enforcement agen
cies was urged In addresses by
Ralph E. Moody, state police legal
coordinator, and MUler B. Hay-
den, Salem Justice of the peace.
in addresses before the quarterly
meeting ot the Northwest Oregon
Peace Officers association here to
night. '-. v
Ninety-five officers sheriffs.
Judges constables, district attor
neys, ana state policemen ana
their wives attended the meeting,
held In the new Dallas city hall.
Twenty-five Salem officers, in
eluding all state policemen of the
district, George Alexander, state
penitentiary warden, Sheriff A. C.
Burk and Constable Earl Adams
were present.
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The tncks find flood waters Mocking their pibgitsa la East Plttshargh'aa waters of Tartle creek arcr
Cwe4 lt psJuLtzzx t- fact3 Cm KoatgisWMl ftrer, fweeptas into)Uei. IX Choto.
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wistiict
Orchards Said
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Denuded; Fight
Drive Against Crickets
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at Warm Springs Will
Start on Monday '
spectacular battle now
av
on Against 'Hoppers
in Coalinga Area
(By The Associated Press)
Caterpillars Joined Mormon
crickets in pestering Oregon agri
culturallsts Friday.
While federal : entomologists
completed plans for a poison-dust
attack against the wingless grass
hoppers in the Warm Springs In
dian reservation. Linn county or
chardists in western Oregon op
ened a fight against an Infestation
ot caterpillars, termed by County
Agent Floyd C. Mullen of Albany
the worst ever experienced In the
district.
The caterpillar scourge brought
appeals from orcnardlsts for a
widespread lead-arsenic spraying
campaign. The insects were partic
ularly numerous In the Tennessee
district north of Lebanon. Two
prune orchards were reported de
nuded of leaves. ;
The drive against the crickets
will start Monday with more than
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Accord Reported
On Road Program
Silverton Group Concedes
Necessity of West End
Work, Announced
Silverton citizens conceded the
necessity of designating the west
end of the Salem-Silverton road
improvement this year under the
federal farm-to-market road grant
after conferring with the state
highway commission here yester
day afternoon, the commission an
nounced.
"The commission explained that
if any work was to be done on the
road this year with this money, It
would nave to be on the west
end," R, H. Baldock, state high
way engineer, explained. "Even If
the right-of-way had been ten
dered today and other appurten
ances to the project secured, the
east end of the road could not be
Improved this year because there
would . first hare to be surreys
and a WPA project arranged or
to clear the grade. Then It would
be too late to carry out the im
provement this season."
Silverton boosters for Improve
ment of the south road Into their
city were represented by John Por
ter, John Goplerud, T. T. Leonard
and Dr. P. A. Loar. They explain
ed to the commission that they had
understood they were to get the
improvement and had attempted
to secure the necessary right-of-
way for widening and realign
ment but had recently been ad
vised by the county court that
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Upon Pest Due
SUBURB - GETS TASTE OF FLOOD
if
Money
Powers
Of President
Are Extended
Republicans Fight Hard
but Administration's :
Support Is Solid '.'.'
Devaluation Is Principal
Bone of Contention
in House Debate
WASHINGTON, April tlHJP)-
Tbe administration won a victory
today when the house approved a
bill continuing the president's
broad monetary powers for two
years.
Specifically, the measure which
went to the senate would extend
from June 30, 1939, to June 30,
1941, the president's right to de
value the dollar an additional nine
per cent, the treasury's 12,000,-
000,000 stabilisation fund, and
the authority to buy newly mined
domestic silver above world prices.
From start to finish, the tight
over the bill was one ot party
against party. Republicans were
aligned solidly against the mea
sure, snapshooting at it from
every angle.
Opposition Focused
On Devaluation Clause
Bnt the heavy democratic ma
jority, once more under the con
trol of its leadership, supported
the bill almost to a man. It beat
down methodically every republi
can attempt to amend the mea
sure. The minority focused Its chief
opposition against the dollar de
valuation provision and twice
went down to defeat on amend
ments to strip it from the bill.
"The question is," said Repre
sentative Luce (R-Mass.), "will
you use at this moment the op
portunity to allay the fears of the
business world? This amendment
will appease them. The only prob
lem here is one ot psychology
it's hot -Of finance.
' "When business is stagnant, the
country suffers. Here's y o n r
chance to stifle fear and let busi
ness go ahead."
Democrats took the stand that
the mere existence of the devalua
tion power exerted a stabilising
effect on international trade and
reduced the threat of currency
depreciation wars. The adminis
tration must have the power to
adjust Its currency, they said, in
case foreign nations tamper with
their money.
Woman Confesses
To Three Murders
Action Takes Cases From
Jury; Insurance Fraud
Involved in Crimes
PHILADELPHIA, April 21-
-Mrs. Carina Favato, 44-year-old
boarding house keeper charged
with poisoning her stepson to col
lect his life insurance, interrupted
her trial today to plead guilty to
three murders.
- Mrs. Favato was faced with tes
timony by an insurance salesman
that she had Invited hint to Join
in a wide-spread poisoning scheme
to collect insurance; and by Mrs.
Susie Dl Martlno, a co-defendant
who turned state's witness, that
Mrs. Favato collected $1,979 in
surance after poisoning Giuseppe
Dl Martlno, her husband.
Mrs. Farato's decision to plead
guilty took the case from the Jury
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Hitler Doesn't Get Danzig but
Danzig Gets
-'A
Albert Foerster (left), nasi leader
witn cnanceuor Aaoir illtler m
suuer aa nonorary erase or tne
long time to give yon this recognition," said Foerster. Thle-pictare
was radioed from Berlin to New York AP Teletnat.
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Bridges Case Due
For Hearing Soon
Secretary Perkins Orders
Immigration Officers
to Assemble Data
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WASHINGTON, April 21.-iff)-A
new phase of the Harry Bridges
deportation case began today
when Secretary of Labor Perkins
prepared to give the west coast
CIO leader a hearing oa charges
that he is a communist. " V
Immigration officers in San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle,
Miss Perkins! said at a press con
ference, have been ordered to as
semble all affidavits and informa
tion in the case for a speedy hear
ing. She said the date of the hear
ing would depend on how quickly
this data could be assembled.
The deportation of the CIO
leader, who came to the United
States from Australia in 1920 and
figured in the 1934 west coast
longshoremen's strike would de
pend, Miss Perkins asserted, upom
whether the government was able
to prove that he was a member of
the communist party when served
with a deportation warrant a year
ago, and that the party advocated
the overthrow of the government
by force and violence. Bridges has
denied membership in the party.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-
(iiP)-Harry Bridges, CIO leader on
the Pacific coast, asserted tonight
he welcomed labor department
plans to proceed with his deporta
tion hearing. He promised he
would give the department "full
cooperation . - ;
Bridges said he would be glad
to get a bearing because it would
?foree a lot it stool pigeons and
racketeers to step out in the open
and expose themselves, thus en
abling labor and the public to rec
ognize them for what they are."
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Dorothy Lamour
And Kay to Part
CHICAGO. April 21.-UFV-The
harmony of ! band leader Herbie
Kay and songstress Dorothy La
mour ended On a blue note today
when he tiled a suit to' divorce
her oa grounds ot desertion. . :
' The couple, who teamed on the
dance orchestra circuit In the
days before she became a movie
star, Issued ! a Joint statement
through his attorney. ' " - '
"It is with deep regret on be
half ot both jot ns that we find it
Impossible to continue our 1 mar
riage. Dorothy, has her; career! la
Hollywood one, that makes It Im
possible for her to, leave there to
establish a home elsewhere. Herbie
has his career one which makes
it impossible for him to remain
la one place
; (Signed) Dorothy and Herbie.
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FOREST GROVE.' ORE.; April
21HT-Paclflc university track
men took first in all but two
events to "smother Willamette tn
a dual meet here today, 17 to
; The Bearcats' only firsts - were
recorded by Putman tn the pole
vault at 12 feet and Robertson la
the century dash In :10.4,. .
; MCMrNNVILLE, Ore April 21
-)-Linfield college's track squad
outscored three rivals la's tour-
way meet today and won, by. 21
points. The Wildcats got T4 points.
Oregon College of Education 45,
Southern Oregon College ot Edu-
cation; 32 Reed club of Portland,
Him as new Citizen
of the City of Danxlg, Is shown
Berlin, Jnst after he bad made
rree laty. . we nave waited m
Hitler to Reject
FR Offer, Stated
Birthday Celebration Has
'Struck Terror' Among
Foes, Says Press
BERLIN, . April 22.-P)-(Sat-urday)
-Chancellor Hitler was
said by e usually well-informed
source today to be , planning a
sharp rejection of President Roos
evelt as a possible Intermediary
between the democracies and the
authoritarian States. ,
This source was the thrice
weekly commentary, Dienst Aus
Deutschland, which has close con
nections with the foreign office.
While government spokesmen
have emphasized that no one
knew what the chancellor would
say in his reichstag speech next
Friday, which is to answer the
Roosevelt appeal for a ten-year
peace agreement by Hitler and
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No Neutrality, Is
Verdict of Borah
Economist Dennis Agrees
Nation Has Already
"Signed for War"
WASmNGTON, April 21.-JP)-Two
congressional committees
considering legislation heard al
most identical statements, one by
Senator Borah (R-Ida) and the
other by Laurence Dennis, econ
omist and former diplomat, today
to the effect that America already
has decided where its support
would lie In the eventof ;a Euro-,
pean war. , , '- ,
"We have' practically, made, up
our minds whose side we are on,"
Borah sald'tWe have practically
named the aggressor nations." .
"We are already signed up for
war," was Dennis' grim way of
putting It. .
Borah argued that the temper
of the public was such that the
present was an unpropltlous time
for enacting neutrality, legisla
tion. -'" ' ' " i-
' 7he world Is already at war,"
he saUL "Already things have tak
en place which make .other na
tions look on us as unneutral. Do
you think that we can write per
manent legislation at this time?'
The onettion was addrasaad to
Mrs. Helen Taft Manning.' the
daughter of the late President
Taft. She, testifying before the
senate foreign relations commit'
tee, replied that shs believed some
Tension of me present neutrality
law Should be undertaken. " t v
Sprague Visioned as Senate ;
Prospect Succeeding McNarv
By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR.
(Associated Press Correspondent)
political wars, Got.5 Charles A.
Sprague's intimates already: are
booming him for the United States
senate In 1142. v
- They will bet you good, money
that the' governor- never v will re
turn to his Salem newspaper, their
theory, being. that when a man
gets in politics, he cant get out
until the people throw him out.
-' There have been many reports
that Senator McNary, republican
minority leader .who has served
since 1217, will retire on Jan. t,
1142,; to - his beautiful country
home outside Salem. Those closest
to Sprague want him to fill Me
Narys shoes, ; ' v 45 ' v -
Of course' the governor, won!
Would Involve
Aid in Case of
Nippon Attack
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Accepted as "Basis for !
Negotiations" Though
Poland Still Cool
T -r
namania aaia no JLonger
Ohjcctingr Turkish ,
Angle Will Wait
(By the Associated Press) .
LONDON. April 21.-Great Brit
ain was reported reliably tonight
to have accepted as "a basis tor
negotiations" a proposal by soviet
Russia tor establishment of M
Anglo-French-Russian military al
liance. Despite Polish objections tm
such an alliance, tt was believed
Britain and France were prepared
to resurrect the triple entente at
the World war and even to meet
Russia's insistence that It be
aligned against Japan aa well as
Germany and Italy.
A high authority said Rumania,
had indicated to the two western
European powers she would net
stand in the way of the soviet pro
posal. Poland, Rumania and Greece
already hold British-French guar
antees of their independence aad
negotiations have been proceed
ing to enlist Turkey and Resale ta
the bloc.
Britain Reluctant ;
Acceptance Tentative
An authoritative source said tha -recommendation
of a flat, recip
rocal military alliance waa mad
by Soviet Foreign Commissar
Maxim Lltvlnoft to Sir Willis at
Seeds, British ambassador in Mos
cow.
Britain, though favoring a leas
binding agreement, instructed Sir
William to accept the recommen
dation as "a basis for negotia
tions." It was believed the British en
voys in Bucharest aad warsaw
were advised to discuss the propo
sal with Rumanian and Polish of
ficials., ?w ,(4.- ' " . 1 '
No announcement was expected
until after Chancellor Hitler baa
addressed the reichstag next Fri
day. It was believed an Angle
French agreement with Turkey ,
probably would be announced at
the same time.
The problem now is to get Po
land to agree to the soviet propos
al. It was said.
It was recalled that a few weeks
ago, after uermany aosoroea Bo
hemia and Moravia, Britain sug
gested a four-power anti-aggression
pact among Poland, Britain.
France and Russia.
Fear Russian Troops
Might Never Leave
This suggestion was 'accepted
by France and Russia, but was
turned down by Poland because
ot fears that Russian troops migDt'
never leave their soil once they
entered It. . ;
It was felt generally, however.
that Poland would have no objec
tion ' to receiving supplies from
Russia but any Polish-Raasiaa
alliance was said to be out of the
Question. .
It was believed in London diplo
matic circles that Russia had al
tered aa outright military alliance
basis because she feared she might
be caught by a Joint German-Jap-
anese urvnaioiu- -
Old Mafleav Post f
Office WUI Close
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I The Macleay postof flee, one ef
the older ones in Marion county,
will be discontinued April 29. ac
cording to an order from the post
office department received by H.
R. Crawford, Salem postmaster. t
v The Macleay district, one of few
rural -comm naities still retainias;
Its own office, will be served trans
the Salem postof f ice starting
Mayl.- - - : :
At one time the Macleay of flea
had a rural route ot its own, but
this was taken off a few years
ago and that territory served
through Salem.
V. L. Maatdn, "Macleay mer
chant, .has served as postmaster;
the office being established in his
store. 1 i - . ,. -f
say anything about this, because
that bridge Is a long way , off.
Thafaany thing aboat
Sprague's 'initiation - into polities -1
that It was an accident. He was
little known about the state wtaem
he announced a year ago he would
run so the republicans would not
let the office go by default.
Sprague was doubtful if he had
a chance because he was sure Gov- ,
ernor . Martin, a - democrat, would
be reelected. But Martin was de
feated ; by, Henry L. Hess aad
Sarague, getting as many votes as
the other seven republican eaadi
dates combined, saw his chances -,
boom sky high;
. -The rest of - the - story, how -Sprague.
led the republicans bac-
Into power after they had bees oa ....
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