OlifGON
'JfAl CO
aoita
MOSTLY CLOUDY
West portion tonight and Friday. Mild
temperature, gentle variable winds.
Local: Max., 79; mln., 55; rntn, none;
river, -1.4; atmos., cloudy; wind, north
west. Dally average net pala circulation' to
month ending June 30, 1925
24
unreal
li braky'
Average dnlly distribution 7089.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 174
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS stands INfived ceotI
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PIERCE SEEKS
I
Governor Tries To Minim
ize Fish Board Tangle
By Denying Garland
Ever Appointed.
By hiding behind a technicality,
Governor l'ierce is attempting to
evade responsibility for the mess
Into which ho pat the state fish
commission by appointing two
members who were not eligible to
Bervo. Those were Senators Deals
of Tillamook and Garland of
Lebanon, botli of whom were
selected for the commission by
the governor at a meeting in his
office on June 1.
The governor now says that he
never appointed Garland to the
office and angrily told newspaper
men today that the appointment
was all a newspaper yam.
The technicality under which,
ostrich-like, the governor Is hid
ing the smooth, bronze executive
dome is the fact that he never
actually signed his name to a
certificate of appointment for
Garland.
However, following the confer
ence of June 1 the governor and
others who attended the confer
ence, Including Senator Garland
himself, let it be known that both
Beals and Garland were the ap
pointees, Deals to succeed r. r.
Kendall and Garland to succeed
inh r Vcntoh as soon as Gar
land returned from a trip to Cali
fornia. Tho two appointments
wore announced broadcast in the
nowspapcr and the governor never
Continued on lage Seven )
PHILANTHROPIST
FLEES TO ESC
HELPFUL PUBLIC
New York, July 23 Leopold
Bchepp, 83 years old philanthropic
uid cocoanut magnate, sought sur
cease today In his country home in
New Canaan, Conn., from a deluge
of suggestions ns to how to spend
his money for benevolence.
On the heels of hl appeal to the
public to ndvise him how to do
good with his millions came an
avalanche of mail, telegrams ami
nnnumnl anneals.
Three thousand letters bulged his
correspondence. The most of the
letters wore frank touches for
funds and pleas for Jobs.
All but 50 of the letters failed to
hit upon Mr. Schepp's main pur
pose the most good to the great
tst number for the longest time.
The appeals for nid ranged from
the romantic request of a woman,
fat and forty, for $4000 to get a
husband, to the request of a man
for endowment of a "refuge for
poor souls about to suicide."
It was too much for the philan
thropist. Wearily, he packed his
things and departed. To answer
appeals, a printer wns ordered to
strike off 10,000 formal notices
acknowledging their requests and
stating all appeals would be refer
red to Philip Ritter, Intermediary
for Mr. Schepp.
ESCAPE THRU
1M
Resident of Salem
Seventy Six Years
Observes Birthday
"Joe" TUwcr, lunent time resi
dent of Sjilem of any living man.
la 8G years old today.
H:ile and hearty, wit.li many
years nhcad of him, eveiy Inch of
his six foot in statu i e being n
bo:t ol hcnl:h, he Is a pi endid ex
ample ol what the particular Sa
lem clhi!;,to can do for a man.
With a thrilling h'story, a n.n
who knw Jim I'ridger, th f.uiu.u
old lender of the covered wasna
das, hp has thrived on the ov?r
10!), 000 biscuits which he says his
wife ha made fr him during
their married life and is ready for
Dior?.
He came acrors the nla!n,fl' In
1847 when he v as eight years old
and d tiring bit residence in Salem
Negro Leper
To Face Trial
In Glass Cage
New Orleans, La., July 23. A
negro leper, who has been indicted
on a charge ot wife murder but
never placed on trial will face a
judge and Jury here confined in a
glass cage with speaking tubes, if
a request made by Dr. Os,car Dow
ling, president of the Louisiana
state hoard ot hualth, Is granted
by prosecuting officers.
The negro, George Beaurepalre,
alleged to have killed his wife
more than five years ago, is u:i
inmate ot a government leprosar
ium.
Efforts made by Dr. Dowhng to
bring the case to trial have met
with Mie objection that to do so
might spread the disease.
HUBBARD TODAY
Aurora. July 23 Frn-nk Honslt,
of Linton, Oregon, was killed at 2
o'clock this morning when the light
touring car which he was driving
went through the railing of n
bridge three quarters of a mile
west of Hubbard on the road be
tween Hubbard and Broadacre.s.
Hensit was on his wny to Broad-
acres whem the accident occurred.
He was to be employed picking
berries at Bfoadacres.
Tearing through the railing on
the right hand side of the bridge,
the car turned completely over,
crushing Hensit beneath it. He
was found dead a few minutes af
ter the accident occurred.
The only explanation that has
been advanced for the occurrence
is that the man may possibly have
become sleepy and dozed off while
crossing the bridge. So far as is
known lie was not passing another
car, but had the entire bridge to
himself.
The body was brought to Aurora
and Is in the keeping of a local un
dertaker. MINE EXPLOSION
TRAPS SEVEN MEN
Rock wood. Tenn:, July 23.
(A. 1) William J. Snow, super
intendent of Roane Iron company
coal mines and a party of six men,
who went Into Bryson dip on No.
7 entry to combat n mine fire la.-tt
night were trapped behind an ex
-ilosion early today and grave feara
are entertained for their eafety.
Bryson's dip Js the eceno of a
fire that broke out some time ago
and was walled up in an attempt
to extinguish It. The barricade
was removed this week In the
presence of state and federal mine
inspectors who pronounced its
condition satisfactory and left the
city last night. At 11 o'clock the
old blaze broke out again and Mr
Snow organized a party coneistinj;
of Hoy Limberg, John and lorn
Green, Jim Wilson, Mai K. King
and one or two others to. go
and fight the fires
Later the superintendent to'.d
King to make bis rounds in other
parts of the mine and aa he wns
returning to the Bcene of the flro
shortly before 2 o'clock he hcarJ
an explosion and Bin el led an on
rush of after-damp gns.
lies served as city marshal, sheriff
and legislator. For 7tf years tif
his life he has resided here.
He received his education at the
institute and learned the harness
making businc which he follow
ed for many years. In 1SS1 be
linked up with tho old pioneer
firm of R. il. Wade ft coaipiny.
being with that firm for 10 year-:
and filing out to heninc a gro
cery nah smaii.
He hns he-it itnrrlrd GO years
a daughter of Richard Lamm, Cal
ifornia pioneer, whn nls f spry
youngster regard! ms of her near
ly SO yfirs. ,
Among ether thinrs he 1 th
onlv survivor of Salem's finst bra
Land.
m nn
IIUNUrUN
wEW PARKING
PLAN HELD UP
Council Postpones Vote
On Final Passage To
Enable All Members
To Be Present.
Because Aldermeu Thomson.
Simeral and Alderin were not
present and a full attendance was
desired to vote on the head-in
parking ordinance, the city coun
cil last night refused to consider
the measure and deferred it until
the next meeting. The motion to
defer was, made by Alderman Pur
vine, one of the supporters of tho
measure. Mayor Giesy, who says
ne is willing lor the method to be
tried out if the people want it, but
who is inclined against It, said he
was glad Purvine made his mo
tion, "because it will make these
members who don't want to vote
en this measure come to the
front."
Other ordinances passed were:
Old Act Repealed.
Repealing an obsolele act re
quiring steamboats to pay an an
nual license ot $50.
Assessing the cost for the im
provement of Oak (street from Llb-
rty to High. $3382.14.
Assessing the cost of the 1
(Continued on Page Four)
PASSION OF OLD
WEST
OF ALLEGED DUEL
San Francisco, July 23. (A.
P.) The hair trigger hatreds of
the old west that flashed and died
in but an instant hut that usually
illumined some lurid tragedy for
all their brevity, supplied the
motive In the killing of Henry K.
Kirk in a supposed gun duel near
Brawley last Saturday and the
suicide' of John Truden. Kirk
slayer, in the opinion of members
of the Kirk family here.
David Kirk, brother of the dead
man Is sure that the double
tragedy wns not the result of six
years of differences as suggested
in a letter found on Truden but
was the outcome of quickly formed
and quick flaming passions that
were a throwback to the old
frontier days when men ''shot It
out on the spur of the moment,
"We never heard of Truden he
fore." other membbers of the
family said. " Henry must have
me him In Brawley and they
must have quarreled on the apot.
Then they decided to each shoot
It out or Henry was murdered hy
Truden and Truden wrote the
'duel' letter and then committed
suicide so that the world not know
htm as a murderer."
Portland, Ore., July 23. O. A.
Williams, past state department
commander of tho Grand Army of
the Republic, died at his home In
Gladstone last night. Ho was 80
years old.
Funeral services will bo held
from First Methodist church In
Oregon City some timo Saturday
under directions of tho O. A. It.
He Is survived by two sons.
William A. Williams of Alaska and
Clark H. Williams, a member of
the Oregoninn staff.
TRAiL BlfiZIKGTLAHES
HOPJHTFRO MRENO
lUno, Xev., July 23. fAP)
Six army planes flying over the
air fail route from Mount Clem
em. Mifii. to Sari Francltro, hop
ped off from Klko at 11:50 a. m.
today, according to word receiv
ed at the air mail field here by
radio. It is understood they will
not stop in li?no but will At
tempt to make the flight from
Klko to San Francisco without
further oto;.
AIR
an
KILLED ID
Morgan Palmer Is Shot To
Death By Chinese Ban
dits While Defending
Home Near Harbin.
Peking, China, July 23. (A.
P.) Morgan Pirlmcr, an Ameri
can, has been killed hy bandits at
his ranch on tho Sun Oar river
near Harbin. Dr. Howard, an 'eye
specialist attached to the Rocke
feller hospital, was captured at
the same time.
Consular advices from Kalgan
state that Palmer was .killed on
July 20 while defending his prop
erty against bandits.
Mr. Palmer and his mother, Dr.
Howard and his eon, James, and
an American trader named Bald
win of Kalgan, Chihli province.
together wllh his wife and child,
were - visiting Palmer s ranch
which is in the Manchuriaa
province of Kerln, when the at
tack was made.
Howard Stm Canfive.
The consular advices say that
Dr. Howard last night was still In
captivily, the other are "safe for
the present" but their where
abouts is not known. Tho Amer
ican consul, Samuel Sokobin, hns
gone to eee the military governor
of Kerin, in an effort to sccur?
tho release of Dr. Howard.
The Rockefeller hospital h:V3
been advised that Dr. Howard's
son. James, is safe on a customs
launch at Fuchochen.
Comment Withheld.
Washington, July 23. (A. V.)
-Officials here wero manifestly
distressed over the killing of one
American and the capture of an
other yesterday by Chineso ban
dits, hut there was no indication
that the deevlopment would inter
rupt negotiations In progress for
a friendly effort by the powers to
help China out of her domestic
troubles.
Formal comment on the raid on
the Palmer ranch was withhold
pending full official Investigation.
Meantime, however, American au
thorities In China are expected to
take prompt measures to secure
the release of Dr. Howard, the
American held captive and the
punishment of those responsible
for his abduction and for the
death of Morgan Palmer.
Heretofore Americans in China
hnvo been noticeably immune
from the attacks directed again:
the nationals of other countries,
nnd the first Impulse was to re
gard yesterday's incident as de
tached display of banditry and
not an indication of any wide
spread move against Americans,
FATAL 10 FOUR
New York, July 23. (AP)
Four poreons were killed hy llKlit
nliiB In mntropolitan New York
and eolth New Jersey yesterday.
Crops ot tob; ceo, hay and grain
wero flattened by a aevero rnln-
Htorm In New England and lip
Btate New York.
A 14 year old hoy wns killed
by llKhtnlnK In lirooklyn when
ho attempted to climb a tree to
dlBlodgo a kite. A woman was
killed at her aewins machine In
Somere Point. N. J., a laborer
was killed under a tree at the SI
wanoy golf club and a eoldlcr
struck dead while on duty at Fort
iSlocum.
There were no fatalities In New
England hut the utorm Into yes-
terdav ewent down barnfl. flooded
atrecta and cellnrs and washed
out railroad trnckn. Trolley ser
vice and wire communication
were Impeded.
Preeldent Coolldge and hl par
ty on tin Mayflower wero caiiK'it
In the fltnrm during their trip to
Pemberton, Mass., nnd experienc
ed riiugh golnp:.
COOLIDGE SELECTS GLOVER
fwamp.sri.U, MaM., July 21;
(A. P.) W. Irving Glover was
appointed second owls) ant po.it
nifi'.ter rbnernl today surcjfdin
Paul HndTf-:on, resfgtird. nnd
Robert H. linear wns nomed as
Mr, filovnr's successor third as
.tiiant uostmaster general.
CAPTURED
CITY
1
E
IS
Act Conferring Extended
1 Regulatory Powers On
Commission of Ten
Given Approval.
If the city zoning and planning
commission to be appointed by
Mayor Giesy at an early date
proves to be progressive, the ' en
actment of tho city zoning ordin
ance which passed tho city council
lajnt night will prove to bo the most
advanced step yet taken toward ac
tually making Salem "The City
BouuLlful," which for years has
been the boast ot loyal Salemites.
Only three aldermen. Galloway,
Purvine and Rosebraugh, voted
against the measure. Thompson,
Alderin and Simeral were absent.
Old Hoard Legalised
Several months ago Mayor Giesy
appointed a special zoning com
mittee, but It was fotind that this
committee could not operate legal
ly, and to comply with tho state
law it was nccenary for the ordin
ance parsed last night to tako its
place among the city statutes. Al
derman Uancy, who has had a lead
Ing part In tho movement, explain
ed that tho ordinance Is nn exact
copy of the stato law. The law Is
now on trial In the supreme court
on a question of constitutionality
because of litigation arising In
Porllond where Judge Robert G
Morrow held It unconstitutional.
The ordinance provides that the
commission shall consist of the
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Trinidad, Colo., July 23. Fair
akloH nnd a warm nun today greet
ed Inhabitants of Trinidad an
they relumed to their homes and
prepared to check up property
damage resulting from cloud
bursts late yetitcrday.
No casualties are reported fol
lowing tho heavy ralna that sent
the Purgatorie river out of its
hanks last night, hut property
damage may reach the 1400,000
mark.
Property loss Included wash
outs on bridges and highways and
flooded basements in business
houses and homes along the river
bottoms.
Train service on all railroads
entering the city Is practically
demora ized.
With six hundred feet of trnck
anil a steel bridge gone between
here and Raton, N. M the Atcll
Ison Topeka and Santa Fo rail
road today was unable to main
tain service over Its main lines
from Chlrnito to California. Small
er washouts have likewise Inter
fcred with the service on tho Col
orado and Soul hern nnd tbd Den
ver and llio Grande systems.
Scores of families, forced to
flee to the uplands last night, re
turned to their homes today after
a night spent In uptown noicis
and rooming houses.
GIRLSHOOTSTO
DE
fit. Louifl, Mo., July 23 (AP)
In di fense oC her inniher, lorolhy
tlniDM. 1fi. bnlilnd hiilrod hlu'h
Hebool (ud iit. I.T-.t night shot nnd
Hcriontdv woundrd h'T father Uur
ton Jlnhiir, r.o, a pharmacist, at
tlie St, Loom county r-nllr;
near hf re. Holmes, who
wuiimlod In tho h ft fli-mider, at
tributed the Khontlnr; to tlin rcail
Ing of "dime novels" by his da't-;h-tor.
When Hidmr retut ned fi in
work he a pp( 'i rt d to ha vo been
drinking, tho inuthT and laughter
mid.
''When father came In." Dorothy
told ft deputy sheriff, "and started
heat ing mother, I pt'-Id up a
short club and broke It on hi head
and then took the revolver from
a drotfscr drawer."
NAN
ENACTED
PROPERTY LOSS
IN CLOUDBURST
NEARLY $40010
Charge of
Based on Theft of
False Teeth Heard
Testimony In the trial of Jam as
Raker, charged by the stale with
assault with a dangerous weapon
on the person of John Anderson
opened In circuit court today, with
the prediction that the case would
go to the jury late tills afternoon.
Anderson himself was the first
witness today to toll the story of
the alleged brutal assault, which
occurred in Raker's home near
Woodbum on March 21 of this
year.
According to the story told by
Anderson he was employed by
Raker as a cook, after working
for him twico before. IIo staled he
had come into the house and was
peeling potatoes, linker evidently
F
LIGHT TESTING
FAKERS IN STATE
Secretary of State Koer says
ho is informed thai certain sales
men of automobile headlamp de
vices are attempting to advise ap
plicants for designation aa head
light adjusting stations, as to the
required equipment of these sta
tions as they will operate under
the new lighting law effective
September 1, Also they are re
ported to be trying to instruct
mechanics in the adjuring of the
lights with respect to tools urnl
other appliances.
'My office," eahl Kozer, "aclinR
under the authority vested In me
under the new law, has Issued of
ficial instructions for authorized
light adjusting stations and ad
justers, which must be followed
strictly In tho equipping of the
stations before they will be ap
proved. Likewise, any mechanic
lief ore being authorized to make
headlight adjiiatments will be re
quired through an examination hy
stale traffic officers to show his
qualifications and fitness for malu
ng such adjustments.
"I am giving this notice today
30 that any persons proposing to
establish adjusting stations ntny
not be Imposed upon by unauthor
ized persons, or mechanics desir
ing to fit themselves for light ad
justing may not be misguided with
regard to tho requirements, livery
light adjusting station In the
state must he approved hy the sec
retary of stnte and ail approved
stations will display certificates
of appointment. Klght adjusters
will have appointments from the
secretary of state, and the motor
ing public should demand the ex
hibition of such appointment
when requiring service at any au
thorized station."
IZZY EINSTEIN
New York, July 13. Izzy Kin
Mtaln has long been nn actor but
now he's gone and posed as on
much to the dislike of thirs'y
members of tlie profession it nil
the Kern club.
Representing himself ns Ktbel
bert Santerre, a legitimato actor
at liberty, Izzy got himself elected
a member of an establishment in
the roaring forties with a clicntel
confined to recognized members of
the theatrical profession.
Yesterday he Introduced Mo
Smith and two other federal
agents.
"They're netoro too," said I.zy
"Sat. 'em tip.
Came forth four whiskies at CO
eontu each, ns Istzy tells, and
Charles Hums, manager of the
club, and a waiter Wero arrested
Then In walked one of the
club's sourees of supply with n
half gallon jug. To too was ar
n tfd,
TWO SWIMMERS DfiOWNED
Illfl, France, July 23. Mw,
Williams, an American womnn
whose address Is not yet available
and Jamrfl llett, tin Knglmli nrt
Int. wire drowned whllp sea hath
Ing i ear hero today. Mr. Hrtt lost
hi Ufa attempting to rescue Mm,
William. A daughter of Mrs. WH
liani' t aa rebcuud.
rail,
Assault
sitting aaleop nearby. IIo declar
ed Rakor awoke and accused An
derson of having taken some of hte
money and his false teeth. Ho as
serted that Raker first assaulted
him by jumping on him and shak
ing him and then kicked him. He
declared Raker followed this up
by hitting him over the head and
shoulder with a heavy banjo, which
was Introduced in evidence.
Anderson said ho made his way
out of the house, and a workman
who was in a nearby cabin started
to the rescue, but Raker tangled
with him and tho two went to the
ground, the workman leaving hur
(Continued on Pago Eight)
E
Constable W. C. Miller brought
two prisoners from Woodbum thin
morning, one t( serve a term in
jail and the other to he held In
Jail awaiting grand jury action
under $:00 bonds.
Joe Chanette received a sen
tence of six months in jail and a
1100 fine for driving while Intoxi
cated.
Jomes llagen, who says Ills
home Is in Los Angeles, Is being
held to th o grand jury for burg
lary. It being alleged be was dis
covered in tho house of George
oko of wood hum yesterday nfl
ornoon In the process of looting
the home. Xeke came home and
illscovored Ilagcn in the house.
Justice of the Pence Overton of
Woodbum passed on both of th
rases.
AT
ALL LOWLANDS
Raker, July 25 A cloudburst
struck Durkeo nnd vicinity yester
dny and a sheet of water seven
feet deep and four miles wide
swept over the lowland, washing
out tho tracks of tho Oregon-
Washington Railroad and Naviga
tion company In several places to
the aggregate of nbout one nnd one
half miles, tho greatest damage
being done at Nelson and Weather
by. Tho flood riifhcd over tho high
way to n depth of from five to
eight feet nnd cars were swept
from the road.
No loss of life hns been report
ed, nor has there been reported
Ions of llvoHtnek, although crops In
the path of tho deluge have been
damaged over an area from one to
three miles.
Train No. 23 of tho O. W. R. &
S, company was delayed for three
and one half hours by the cloud
burst.
Tourists Say
System of Parking
Antiquated Method
That thf p iikliiK system as It ex-!
ists In Salem in "very unusual'' nnd
difficult, particularly tor the pars
ing tourist, was emphatically de
clared by Mr. and Mrn. I.yle Smith
of Eton Rn p I tin, M I c h I ga n , who
have bet'n In Salem for a period
of noniothlng over two weeks, nnd
nre stopping at tho Salem auto
camp.
"J it ft. look what they did to my
bumper tho first day 1 Was In Sa
lem, " sail) Mr. Smith tills morning,
pointing to n bend In tho right end
of hlfl front bumper, "I hadn't left
It parked downtown moro than
half an hour. When I came back
I found somebody had tried to
back Into tho curb nnd park be
side my car. They couldn't see
where they were going, nnd ram
med into my bumper."
POISON GAS
OF DYNAMITE
BLAST FATAL
Rescuers Seeking To Get
Body of Polk" Farmer
From Bottom of Well
Naerly Overcome.
Dallas, Or., July 23. (SneciaU
Overcome by dynamite gas ut tho
bottom of a well on the Abe Sie
mens' farm, five miles north or
here, Peter Reddekopp succumbed -
to the fumes, after two ineffectual
attempts were made to rescue him
in which two other men wero
overcome. Though the third ut
tempt was successful and a physi
cian was waiting at the top cf
the well and every effort waw
made to resucitate the man, they
proved unavailing.
Well Ga Filled.
Reddekopp was employed to
deepen the well and was being as
slated by Siemens, the owner. Last
night a dynamite blast was set off
at the bottom oi tne well, about
30 tuet deep. This morning Red
dekopp descended in a bucket
operated by Siemens from above.
The dynamite gas had failed to
rise and the bottom of the welt
was charged with it when Redds
Uopp reached bottom.
In a few moments Reddekopp
signalled to Siemens to bo pulled
up and Siemens complied. When
the bucket carrying Reddekopp
was about half way up Siemens
noticed that Kcddukopp was ap
parently unconscious with his head
hanging downward, and sud
denly his body pitched from the
bucket and fell to tho ground be
low. Rescuer Overcome.
Siemens immediately enlisted
the aid of n driver for tho Nestles
Kood Milk company from McMinq
ville, whose name was not learned,
and n neighbor, G. (Irons.
Tho milk wagon driver made
the first effort to bring out Red-'
dekopp, descending Into the well
with a rope, which he endeavored
to get around Reddckopp'g body
but he was overcome before he
could succeed and was brought up
in n fainting condition. Siemens
then made the attempt but also
was overcome and hauled out.
Cross succeeded In getting tho
rope about Reddekopp'e body and
the two men were hauled out.
Dr. A. li. Starbuck of Dallas,
who had arrived while the efforts
were being made to pull out Red
dekopp worked over the body for
over half an hour, but without
avail.
Reddekopp had been employe
about Dallas for a number ot
years as an odd job man, well dig
ger nnd general roustabout. He
is survived by a widow and sever
al children, a number of them
very small.
DRAGS WIFE TO LAWN
BEFORE KILLING HER
Whlttler. Cal., July 23. James
McCibhin, fG, a steam engineer,
druggy! bis wife, Delia, 40, to the
lawn of their home here early to
day, shot and killed her, then
turned the revolver on himself
and fired, but the bullet w:w de
flected from hie heart by a rib. He
wa taken to a hospital where
physicians said lie will recover.
Salem
Mr. Smith has charge of the
brick and tile works nt Jackson,
Michigan, which is operated In
connection with the Michigan state
penitentiary. Ho and his wlfo are
leaving for homo noxt Monday.
"We only paed two small towna
on our wny nut here," say Mrs.
Smith, where they have this ys
tem." 't once heard of a mnall town
in Michigan where they used to
have It," sny Mr. Smith, "but they
changed over to the hend-ln meth
od long npo."
Roth declare that they like the
west, particularly tho climate. They
like Hnlem with Its wide street,
but are completely baffled end
mvstlfied that the back-in system
of parking ehould bo luted.