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A 3HLAND clim ate, w ith o u t th e aid
* “■ of m edicine, c u res n in e cases
o u t of ten of asth m a. T his Is a
proven fact.
A shland D aily T idings
ALARIA germ s can n o t survive
1 * th re e m onths in th e rich ozone
a t A shland.
te r helps.
(International News Wire Service)
VOLUME 3
(Successor to the Sem i-W eekly Tidings, Voi. 43)
H all Now Stands; Calcio and
Drees Goods F avorite Christmas
Rem em brances of Form er Days.
No. 97
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Floods Threaten Ohio;
“Santa” Causes Riot
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Special Christmas
Program At The
Vining Theatre
Senate Refuses
Gasoline Tax By
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. B ergner, th e
p o p u lar m ovie people, a re p re p a rin g
a ra re C h ristm as tre a t fo r A shland
kiddies, in th e form of a free m a ti
nee for all ch ild ren M onday m o rn
ing a t 11 o’clock. The p ro g ram in
clu d es M arg u erite C lark in “ Mrs.
W iggs of th e C abbage P a tc h ,’’ and
c h a r lie ChapHn in “ S h o u ld er A rm s ”
^ be k ‘d d *es a re to be c o n g ra tu lated
on* th is chance to see free of ch arg e
tw o of th e m ost p o p u lar s ta rs in
film dom in such excellent plays.
“ T he S ilent C all” has been an -
pounced as th e fe a tu re a ttra c tio n a t
t ? ‘ V ining th e a te r for C h ristm as
iLiy and M onday.
'.•hroughout th e d ra m a tic lnci-
(lcr ts of th e plot th a t involve th e
h u m a n c h a ra c te rs of th e sto ry , ru n s NATIONA1,ISTS ATTACK
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
th e th re a d of th e life of Strong-
OFFICE AT CARIO, EGYPT
1 a it; th e cross pull betw een the
w olf a n d dog n a tu re s in him , his I
CARIO, E gypt, Dec.
-The
final m astery of th e fo rm er, an d his
M .dication in th e eyes of all b e - ! g o v ern n ien tal offices a t Gisa w ere
cause of his heroism in rescu in g th e a tta c k e d today by a mob of n a tio n
1 ro and hero in e from th e real dan- alists. B ritish tro o p s have been sent
j e - th a t c o n fro n ts them . It is th e to G isa to re sto re o rd er.
ri.i; who firs t realizes the love be
tw een M oran and B etty H ouston,
lla y c d respectively by Jo h n Bowers
tn.1 K a th ry n M cGuire, an d who
W.e ks vengeance on th e v illian ,
n:-.:,.. p o r t é e , ! hy W illiam D y er.|
. 1 , S tro n g h e a rt, too. who finally
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C h ristm a s in A shlaud fifty years
CINCINNATI, O„ Dec. 24.— As a
ago! W h at m em ories th e w ords
, re su lt of the recen t excessive rain s,
aw ak en in m any an aged h e a rt! V U J V I I l f C
I CI A U ¥ . C incinnati and th e nearby d istric ts
Most of th o se who lived here in th e - .
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a re th re a te n e d w ith flood which
CO s had b u t lately com e from th e
A T “J
TZ1 | Zi ( prom ises to b rin g m uch su ffe rin g
E a st, leav in g behind loved ones
and dam age to p ro p erty .
from whom «hey w ere sep a ra te d byj
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T he Ohio riv e r has risen eig h teen
th e w idth of a c o n tin en t. More th a n i
feet in th e la st tw e n ty -fo u r hours,
one h e a r t was sore over th e loss of SALEM,
Or., Dec. 24.— The s e n -1 Many persons have been forced ou t
frien d o r relativ e, killed by th e
a te earIy th is a fte rn o o n failed to of th e ir hom es in th e Mill C reek val-
sav ag e foe who still lu rk ed in th e pass th e gasoline tax fa ir fin an cin g iey.
su rro u n d in g hills w ith arro w s and bil1 by a vote of fifteen to f o u r te e n ,■
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cru el tom ahaw k.
th e sam e deadlock w hich existed ov-
SPR IN G F IE L D , III
Dec 2 4
B ut th e little com pany of pioneers er th e m easu re when th e sen a te ad- T eleg rap h
and
te le p h o n e
lines
w as b rave and ch eerfu l, d eterm in ed j ° u rn ed last night.
th ro u g h o u t c en tral’ Illinois a re down
to m ake th e best of th e h ard condi-
S e n a to r M oser raised th e point ,iue t o th e
heavy ra in , sleet and
tio n s in th e ir new home. And all
th a t due to th e dpa‘h of S en ato r wind sto rm s.
The w ires a re broken
co n ditions w ere not hard. A shland
H um e’ leaving only
tw en ty -n in e | n m any places by the heavy coats of
w e a th e r was ju s t as p leasan t th en as ‘« em b ers of th e sen ate,
fifteen was iCe.
now, th e tre e s and m o u n tain s as , an « n c o n stitu tio n a l m a jo rity , in c a s e ______________
b e a u tifu l, th e w ater as p u re and ’ ,b t* bil1 bad been adopted,
C h ristm a s P a rty M onday—
sp ark lin g . W ild gam e was p len tifu l.
P resid e n , t , v R ittn e r stated th a t th e
T he T rin ity church Sunday school
w hile clo th in g , groceries and o th e r issue w ould be decided by th e a tto r- will give a C h ristm as p arty on Mon-
th in g s needful w ere hau led
o r ney g en eral, to whom th e questio n day, a t 4 o ’clock, in the
parish
packed over th e m o u n tain s from bad a lre a d Y been su b fn itted and who house.
C rescent City and P o rtla n d .
bad be,d ‘b a ‘ ‘he necessary in n jo rp y
“ W ell do I recall th e C h ristm as called for sixteen votes. P resid e n t
of 1865, th e next y e ar a fte r th e H ittn e r ruled in accordance w ith th e
Civil w a r,” re la tes Mrs. A. H. Rus- a tto rn e y g e n e ra l’s decision.
By a
sell, e ig h ty -th re e y e ar old A shland vote of f‘fteen to fo u rtee n , th e
pioneer living a t 117 N orth Main sen a te o v erth rew R ittn e r’s decision, i
stre e t, to a T idings re p re se n ta tiv e . and tb e “ la tte r will probably be set-!
“ I was «w enty-seven y ears old and t,ed in tb e c o u r‘s.
t
living w ith my husband rig h t here!
w here I have resided ev er since. We
had a com m unity C h ristm as tre e in
th e tow n hall, which stood on the
site of th e p resen t Odd F ello w s’
building.
“ T h ere w ere sixteen b u sin ess and
1 rofessional men in A shland at th a t
tim e. T hey w ere: C harley K lum ,
school c le rk ; Bob H arg ad in e, sto re
k e ep e r; Jim T h o rn to n , woolen m an
w ii
u fa c tu re r; J a k e W agner, flo u r m ill;)
Jim R ussell, m a rb le w orks; M ik e'
.
'.ick leso n , b la ck sm ith : Bill K ent-
SH R E V E PO R T, L a., Dec. 24.__
n ?r, w agon m a k er; Ebe E m ery, tav- Five or six negroes and one w hite
» rn k eep er; Jo h n McCall, m e rc h a n t; w om an w ere killed n e a r F a rm e r’s
A. V G illette, saw m ill m an and ju s- F e rry d u rin g a sto rm which sw ept
i e of th e peace; Ed Depeal, law yer; over a portion ol' n o rth e a ste rn Louis-
Abe H elm an, c a rp e n te r. Abe Gid- iana today, acco rd in g to re p o rts re
dings, sta g e d riv e r; O liver Apple- ceived here.
G
¡ a te . te a c h e r: Ivan A pplegate, tele-
Many w ere in ju red .
Miss N ellie
t ta p h e r , A lb ert R okefeller, w hose Spain, who bail h er arm crushed to a
business I can n o t recall.
’ p „lp an d tw o rib s bro k en , was fat-
“ H ere Is a dim pho to g rap h show- ally h u rt. She and h er m o th er w ere
irtg th ese men sta n d in g in fro n t of blown a h u n d red feet w hen th e ir
the old A shland H ouse, which was hom e was dem olished by th e wind
located on th e p resen t site of «he w hich th re w th e girl a g a in st a tre e
F o rd g a ra g e. T h ere is Bill K e n t n e r __________________ _
w th a w^gon wheel, my h u sb an d VINING TO EN TERTA IN
0
w ith a block of g ra n ite , and all th e
KIDDIES AT F R E E SHOW
r£ st of them , each w ith so m eth in g
MONDAY AT 11 O’CLOCK
(C ontinued on P ag e 4)
JUDGES’ EXPENSE
FUND MADE
STATE HOUSE, Salem , Or., Dec.
24.— T he house has passed a bill a p
p ro p ria tin g m oney-w ith w hich to pay
¡h e expenses of c irc u it Judges who
a re re q u ire d to leave th e ir respective
d istric ts iu th e p e rfo rm an c e of th e ir
'Pba »
,
.
d u ties. A u th o rity fo r th e ju d g es to
> IIS sto ry Is based ou th e S a tu r- claim tra v e lin g expenses w as given
<i
•vvenln« P o st sto ry . “ T he C ross : by th e le g isla tu re a t Its la st session.
Pull.
but through an oversight the law
< t the sam e bill Is ’Buster” Kea-
m a k ers failed to m ak e th e n eces
t o j kt “The B oat.’*
l t sary ap p ro p ria tio n .
The p u re dom estic w a
ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1921
MONDAY IS OFFICIAL
HOLIDAY; STORE» CLOSE;
NO ISSUE OF TIDINGS
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A lthough C h ristm as falls on
' <•> Sunday th is y ear, M onday will
be observed as th e official holi-
• day. B anks and busin ess houses
will be closed all day. W ith th e
. <$> exception of e a tin g places and
! ♦ re fre sh m e n t p arlo rs, all busi-
j$> ness will be h alted . T he post
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office w indow s will be open
MRS. A. H. RUSSELL RECOUNTS ’ from 9 to 11 o ’clock in th e
HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES IN ASH- ’ n io rn in g and all m ail will be
LAND THE YEAR FOLLOWING *' throw n to th e ,t>ck boxes.
THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD.
’
In a cc o rd a «ce w ith th e p a st
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♦ custom , th e T idings will not be
Com m unity Tree W here Odd Fellow s <i> issued Monday.
H
JAIL BIRDS HURT
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MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI TO GIVE XMAS
COLLEGE STUDENT BALL
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ed by th e M edford high school 3>
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* stu d e n ts to a tte n d th e A lum ni <$>
C h ristm as ball, which will be <S>
* held a t th e M edford N at on the
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evening of M onday, D ecem ber <?»i
* 26. T he G re a te r O. A. C. asso- <•>!
■v elation has eo-operated w ith <£'
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<♦> dance, and all college stu d e n ts «>! I N F E R E N C E D ELEG A TES M EET
a re Invited. Several special in- <•>
GREATEST SNAG OF FARLEY;
r*‘ v lta tio n s have been sen t out,
FRENCH REFUSE LESS THAN
b u t in o rd e r to reach ail A sh- •$»
110,000 SURAMRINE TONNAGE.
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♦ eral in v itatio n is extended.
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France to Press Demands; British
Make »U ff F ight; U. 8. Propose
Compromise of 00,000 Tonnage
for America and Great Britain.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 24.—
R io tin g , as a re su lt of w hich one
m a n .w a s se n t to th e hosp ital and a
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—
second
given
m edical
a tte n tio n ,
The balking of F ran ce in accepting
broke o u t in th e county ja il to d a y ,1
th e naval ra tio plan as applied to
w hen tw o of th e p riso n ers engaged
su b m arin e c ra ft, gave evidence to
in a ho t d isp u te as to w h e th er o r not
day of th ro w in g th e d isarm am en t
ch ild ren should be told th e re is no
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conference into a n o th e r dilem m a
S” n a r ' h ? 8'
W ASHINGTON. D. C„ Dec. 24 — m ore serious th a n an y th a t have
Tlie fig h tin g w as stopped by arm ed (S p e c ia l)— The a rm a m e n t lim its, been encountered.
F ran c e is still
g u u id s cittGr Lew is P alsk i had suf-
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tion conference at W ashington has holding o u t for a su b m arin e fleet of
fered several deep scalp w ounds, and a rcn m n iu h o d
,
, , 90,000 tons, the m axim um fig u re set
™aa
, ,
accom plished m ore tow ard w orld
Lew is F itts received several lacera
for th e U nited S tates and G reat
progress and th e in te re sts of peace D
,
tions.
.a n d godd w ill th a n any o th e r e re n t
“ " J
" ed tOd‘ y '
The
F
rench
dem
ands adm itted ly
of m odern tim es, in th e opinion of •
SINN FEIN ARSENAL IS
n u m ero u s congressm en, w hose view ,
“ Chle< obs!acl<! ,o be » » « -
ng V'elded ° n ‘ he ™ 1" -
w ere sought by th e In te rn a tio n a l “ r ’ n,
RAIDED OF EXPLOSIVES
-
tai
ship
issue
AMPLE TO DESTROY CITY NeWS Service-
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.. ith th e plain w arn-
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J “ I th in k ,“ said S e n a to r McNary
g
“
" 1,lar concesalo° could
not
be
m
ade
in th e m a tte r of auxll-
GLASGOW, Scotland, Dea. 24.— L °L
.‘hat the activ ities of
¡th e L eague of N ations and th e ap- i3 *7 8hlP9’ th<? F rP " Ch * r<? prepared
E nough explosives to blow up th e '
to press th e ir dem ands to th e u t
e n tire city w ere discovered when a P a m it reSUltS ° f th e W ashington
most.
larg e foree of policem en raided - eon eIe,1<0 bave d««e m ore in 1921
A gainst th is am b itio u s French
tow ard e sta b lish in g world peace and
secret Sinn Fein a rse n a l today
program
, th e B ritish a re p repared
se ttlin g th e problem s a risin g be
tw een n atio n s than has ever been to fig h t w ith grim d e term in atio n .
accom plished In any o th e r period of The B ritish delegates co n sid er th e
tim e.
The tre a ty proposed by th e 90,00 ton fig u re for su b m arin es far
, a d m in istra tio n covering in su la r a f too g re a t, even for them selves and
fairs in th e Pacific will go a long the I nited S tates, th e chief naval
pow ers of th e w orld.
"way in p rev en tin g m isu n d êrstan d -
ing betw een th e signai'ory p arties
to th e p a c t.”
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 24 —
W ith o r w ith o u t re serv a tio n , th e
four-pow er Pacific tre a ty is now
c ertain of ra tific a tio n by a su b sta n
•::WO
tia l tw o -th ird s of a m a jo rity of the
senate, republican sen ato rs closely
associated with th e a d m in istra tio n
spited em phatically today.
The leaders a re not in th e least
p ertu rb ed by th e dem and for re se r
vations o th e r th an th e “ irreconcili-
fijÿï :
a b les,” for, they added, if th e ma*
jo rity of th e sen a te considered som e
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reserv atio n s necessary to dispel all
At th e high school yesterday af- d ° Ubt HS tO th e m ean l«K and P«r-
tern o o n th e follow ing stu d e n ts w ere P° 86 ° f th e tre a ty ’ tbey
do not b«"
honored as le tte r men of th e 1921 ll6Ve th a t th e re wiU *** any 9erioua
football team : A llan B row er. Ross objeeiions to them
Sen. McNary
Is Optimistic
Over Confab
i
’Tw as th e n ig h t before C h ristm as
And fa th e r had spent
The coin he had saved for the
G roceries an d re n t;
The rest o ’ th e fam ily
H ad gone to th e hay,
But paw, he stayed up
So’s to dopa out. a way
T o > se ttle h is b ills w h e n
The blam e th in g s cam e due,
But he soon gave jt up
And he w ent to bed, too!
T his is rh y m e tic fact. -
‘ HAZ KJK.
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T aj lor, H arry H ill, Dale Young,
H arlan d M cW illiam s, Allen A u t r y /
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 24.—
E lton R am sey, Leslie H eer (c a p ta in ) Tbe V nited S tates had adopted a
E arl Snyder. A lbert G u th rie, C harles com P‘‘omi8e ru le in to d ay ’s secret
R ush, H arry E vans, E rm ole C arlan, «‘e e tin K of ‘he delegates rep resen t-
Raym onil Bower, R aym ond R uger.
lb e w o rld ’s naval pow ers, and
H ow ard H obson, and M anager F ran - Pre sen ted to the conference a new
cis W inters.
proposal th a t the su b m arin e tonnage
The fin an cial re p o rt of stu d e n t for tb e U nlted S tates and G reat B rit-
body a ctiv ities showed th a t the re- a *n be tt*ed a ‘ 60,000 tons. Accord-
ceipts and expense’s so fa r this y e ar ing to tb e Pla n - ‘ he o th e r pow ers
were ab o u t $1400, of which ab o u t wil1 re ta ,n ‘h eir present su b m arin e
$250 was paid out for m a terial. 8‘re n B‘ h-
Prinrting bills alone w ere close to
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$100. The Lebanon gam e cost $425
and th e receipts w ere $500 in round
num bers.
Money tfas lest on th e
R oseburg gam e. The Rogue News, a
p a p e r issued by th e stu d e n ts this
week, ju s t about paid for itself, 200
copies being sold a t 20 cents each,!
and $40 w orth of a d v ertisin g space
being sold. The la tte r was su fficien t
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. M cNair a rriv ed
to pay to r th e p ictu re of th e football W ednesday from O akland, C alif., to
team , which can be used in fu tu re spend th e holidays w ith re la tiv e s
publications. The issuing of th e and frien d s in A shland.
Mr. Mc-
R ogue News every two w eeks d u rin g N air u n til recently ow ned and op-
th e re m a in d e r of the school y ear is e ra ted th e E a st Side P h arm acy , but
being considered. D uring tho n ext is now in te re ste d in th e c lo th in g
tw o or th re e m onths, in te re s t fin business in O akland, w here his
a th le tics is expected to c e n te r ab o u t bro th er-in -law , Clyde B riggs__son of
the
num erous
b ask etb all
gam es E. D. B riggs, th is city— has the Gof-
which aro being planned.
den G ate Cap com pany, which m an-
T he m eeting closed w ith a song, u fa c tu re s headw ear.
“ Joy to th e W o rld ,” sung by th e
Mrs. M cNair, whose a rtis tic and
stu d en ts, teach ers and visitors, and o rig in al m illinery and dress designs
led by Miss Leona M arsters, th e mu- have been m uch adm ired by her
sic su p erin ten d e n t.
Miss M arsters A shland friends, recenilv designed a
has been elected as a deleg ate to a t- c h ild ’s cap and cape which has since
lend th e Voming n a tio n al conven- had a very large sale. A single San
j tion of m usic s u p e rin te n d e n ts, (to F rancisco firm placed an o rd e r for
be held in th e sp rin g of next year. $592 w orth, and th e W hite H ouse
Many favorable com m ents on th e ex d e p a rtm e n t sto re is listin g th e g a r
cellent w ork of Miss M arsters are m ents in th e ir fo rthcom ing c a ta
heard from both p a re n ts and pupils. logue, which c irc u lates am ong 80.-
Former Ashland
Druggist Meets
Success In Venture
rrt V
By KENNETH SULLIVAN
Out oi the maze and tangle ol life’s existant well of fate, men have yearly sought to
set apart from grosser things the recurring sanctity of Christmas Day, not only in
humble tribute to One who came from finer stuff to feet of clay that man might under
stand, but as an effort at an idealism granting the joy of belief without treading too
tediously the paths of reasou, where doubts assail.
F o r a t least a day th e h e a rt
strin g s of all C hristendom a re
m ore closely en tw in ed , and th e
d ream s of m en com bine in com
bu t as a sym bol of trib u te .
Essen-
T he tim e-honored C h ristm as tre e .
tia lly th e sp irit of giving is th e
gaily deco rated by fond p a re n ta l
hands, w ill assum e a m o n u m en tal
place of im portance in th e m inds
of Y oung A m erica.
Y oung and
old, glad h e a rts will rin g tru e r
to th e Y u letide sp irit, and sad
h e a rts w ith m em ories yet u n d im
m ed, will becom e glad in th é pre-
v ad in g glow of frien d sh ip , a time*
w hen old q u a rre ls a re releg ated
to a n obsolete past, an d new
feuds rem ain unfo u g h t.
W here th e spoken w ord fails to
reach , th e m ails w ill span c o n ti
n en ts and bridge oceans in send
ing th e ch eer of a M erry C h rist
m as ro u n d th e globe* an d b earin g
> m essage of “ Peace on E a rth ,
Good W ill to Men-
sam e today, a lth o u g h th e scenes
have sh ifted , and in re su rre c te d
b rig h tn ess th e g u id in g E a ste rn
m e m o ra tin g th e b irth
of th e
C h rist-ch ild in B ethlehem , w here S ta r shines not only on a far-off
th e W ise Men of th e E a st bore c o rn e r of an age-old land, bu t on
g ifts to th e straw -filled m an g er new co n tin en ts, new people and
sh rin e, a th ro n e from which th e teem in g a ctiv ity a rre s te d fo r a,
K ing of K ings held co u rt for th e b rie f spell. A nd w hile men giye
firs t tim e and began a reign of to each o th e r they will liken th e ir
in creasin g goodness u n d e r H is g ifts to th e firs t trib u te paid to
guidance.
th e ir God, th e rn le r of m a n ’s
T om orrow men w ill stop in th e .destin y .
d aily ro u n d of m e re ex isten ce,
T ru ly , it w ill be a day of cheer.
com m une w ith th em selv es— and H appy c h ild ren w ill' w ake In th e
find it good. T he W ise Men bore early daw n of C h ristm as m orning,
th e ir g ifts of jew els a n d w ealth , h ard on th e heels of th e m uch-
not because of an intrinsic value, heralded visit of Santa Claus.
Happy H ello Girls—
A sh lan d ’s telephone g irls a re hap-
plly d e co ratin g th e ir C h ristin as tree,
w hich bears, am ong o th e r in te re s t
ing p resen ts, a big box of candy from
000 custom ers. T he goods a re m ade
by Mr, B riggs’ factory, w hich now
has m ore business th a n R can h a n
dle, and th e re fo re is n o t accepting
an y m ore o rd e rs fo r th e McNtalir
“ K iddie C ap” u n til a f te r th e