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A g r e a t m an y w ell m e a n in g and c o n sc ie n tio u s
em p loyees h a v e fo r a lo n g tim e la b o red to e lim in a te
h asard s nnd d a n g ers, an d it is g r a tif y in g t o see
the resu lts an d to k now th a t su ch e ffo r ts are g e n u
in ely a p p r e c ia te d b y e v e r y em p loyer. S a fe ty w ork
is la rg e ly a m a tte r o f b e in g on th e lo o k -o u t for
new w a y s to e lim in a te e x is t in g d a n g e r s and o ffe r in g
id ea s for im p ro v em en t th ru p r a c tic a l s a fe ty su g-
ebtions.
S om e em p lo y e e s h a v e f e lt fo r a lo n g tim e th a t
' it is not w orth t h e ir serio u s a tte n tio n to o b serv e,
or even try to r e c tify c e rta in c o n d itio n s th a t m ig h t
at som e tim e ta k e th e toll o f a h u m an lif e . T h is lack
o f ob servation h a s cau sed m a n y m en to p r a c tic a lly
ig n o re sa fe ty w o rk and ta r d ily p r a c tic e it in the
sam e m anner. M any w ill s a y th a t th e y h a v e notictid
. a d an ger (w h ic h could be corrected , y e t th e y do n o t
. offer a su g g e stio n for it s b e tte r m e n t or ev e n it s
— elim in ation , hen ce th e id e a d ie s w ith in th e m in d o f
th e observer.
T h e ch a n ces are tw o to one th a t w h en som e
«’ m en w ork th e y perform th e ir d u tie s b ecau se th ey
I feel th ey are p a id fo r th at a n d n o th in g else. T h e y
; labor m erely a s ‘ a m a tte r o f h a b it o r fo rm an d th e
resu lt is th a t th e y becom e m e c h a n ic a l laborer*, in
stead o f a c tiv e , a ler t h um an b e in g s w h o o b se r v e
— d e ta ils clo sely .
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E m p lo y ees w h o u se th e ir h e a d s in t e llig e n tly in
I all oth er m a tters th a t v ita lly con cern th e m , h a v e a
ten d en cy in m any c a ses lo th r o w th e ir o b se r v a tio n
" sa fety ^ b ra in s on a n id le p u lle y in s te a d so f p u ttin g
tliemTto w ork f\t th e sam e tim e th e y are p e r fo r m in g
• th eir r e sp e c tiv e d u tie s, r e g a r d le ss o f th e d e p a r t-
> m ea t w h erein th e y are e m p lo y e d . I t i s p o s s ib le to
k ill a hum an b e in g a s w e l l a s a g r e a t d e a l o f p r e
v io u s s a fe ty w o rk , w ith j u s t on e a c c id e n t, fo r m a n y
i tim e s an a c c id e n t d o e s n o t m e r e ly h a p p en —i t i s th e
\ u ltim a te r e s u lt-o f som e o n e ’s n e g lig e n c e . T h e f in e s t
. d a y th e sp r in g e v e r ,s e n t ca n be b la c k e n e d a n d
turned from h a p p ip e s s in to so rro w b y th e c a r e le s s - .
G t on^Tman
S a fe ty w o rk is th e m ea n s b y w h ic h e m p lo y e e s
can o vercom e o b sta c le s, red u c e th e n u m b e r
a c c i-
d e u ts, an d p r o t e e f th e m s e lv e s a n d o th e rs fro m in
ju r y , a u d it is th o on e m ea n s b y w h ic h e v e r y em -
.. p lo y e r oaR s o lv e h is^ a eo id ea t prob lem . T h e r e is n o th -
in g a b o u t S a f e ty W o r k to c a u se c r itic ism , fo r i t is
•“ p r a c tic a l a n d se n sib le in e v e r y r e sp e c t an d is d
- y e a r ly d a y a n d n ig h t b u sin e ss to a id so m e em p lo y ee
in hi* lin e o f w o r k — th e r e b y it h e lp s e v e r y o n e , fo r
one s a fe t y s u g g e s tio n c a lls fo r a n o th e r s a fe ty id e a
“ an d thu* e v e r y m a n r e c e iv e s th e b en efit, th o it
" d o e s n o t d ir e c tly a ffe c t h im p e r so n a lly in h is lin e
o f w ork .
E v e r y e m p lo y e e is p e r fo r m in g a p o r tio n o f h is
e m p lo y e r ’» b u s in e s s and s a fe ty w ork i s a p a r t o f
- - th a t b u sin e ss, a n d ~jt is a h ig h ly ta n g ib le a s s e t
w h en th e b a la n c e s h e e t is c o n sid er e d . S a f e ty w ork
e n d u r e s, f o r o n e h a s th e s a tis fa c tio n o f k n o w in g
th e y are d u iu g so m e th in g to h elp and p r o te c t the
. m an w h o w ill bo e m p lo y e d in th e n e a r fu tu r e . I t
ta k e s a m a n ’s si*e v is io n to n o tic e d a n g e r s b u t re-
~ w a r d com es from c lo s e o b se r v a tio n w h en i t is c e rta in
th a t a n a c c id e n t h a s b een p r e v e n te d .
L e t e v e r y e m p lo y e e p r o m ise h im se lf to liv e in tho
-- fa it h th a t th e w orld is o n h is sid e, so lo n g a s su fe ty
r u les a n d s a fe ty o b se r v a tio n s o c c u p y a fo re m o st
- p la c e in h is m in d a s h e jje r fo p n s h is d u ties. T h e
7 m an w h o r e a lly w in s fin a l r e su lts in s a fe t y w ork
Z is th e m an w h o is stim u la te d to a c tio n b y th in k in g
Z o f h ow an a c c id e n t can lie p r e v e n te d . B y e v e r re-
m a in in g lo y a l to th e s a fe t y f ir s t sta n d a r d it is
; e a sy to “ S E R V E W IT H S A F E T Y ,”
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Sophistication is Not Education
T h e w orld ig g r o w in g m ore s o p h is tiia te d , b u t
is it g e tt in g m ore ed u ca ted t B e c a u se w o a d v a n c e
7, in sc ie n c e and in v en tio n is n o t c o n c lu siv e e v id e n c e
■ th a t in d iv id u a l m in d s are d n y n e a rer p e r fe c tio n .
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W e m ay h a v e m ore k n o w le d g e o f e le c tr ic ity
" th an B ell, know m ore o f p h y sic « th a n F a r a d a y ,
u n d erstan d b io lo g y b ette r th a n D a r w in , be lie tte r
^ a d a p te d to art than M ich ela n g elo , o r p rop ou n d
eth ic* b etter than C o n fu ciu s; but w h e th e r w e h a v e
g r e a te r pow ers o f r e a so n in g o u t th in g s o r fin e r
7 se n ses o f v a lu e s w ill a lw u y s rem ain a m o o t q u e stio n .
N o tw ith sta n d in g the “ a d v a n c e ” o f m o d ern ism ,
.„ i t is d ou b tfu l w h eth e r the fla p p e r r e a lly ‘ ‘ k n o w s her
7 o n io n s ,” o r th e sh e ik his “ tu r n ip s.” T h e y know h o w
f to d r iv e a car b u t not a naij. S t ill th e re is hojie, tie-
cau se m a ch in ery h a s taken th e p la c e o f han d s. B u t
J. jt can “n e v e r ta k e th e place o f b rain s, to a d e g r e e
* w h ere w e w o n ’t need an y, b ecau se brains w ill
.a lw a y s lie n eed ed to m odel and build th e m a ch in ery .
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A good ad v ert ¡remplit is lik e a traffic sign* it
iirey s a v e y o u m o n ey if yo u rend it.
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Evening f e l f e e :
«‘H ie Modem Hoad
M atrim onial agencies never fa ll
ror i«ch of tomb customers.
I t takes more than tim e la the
contract of marriage to make It
successful.
I t doesn’t take a detective to
tell that a bottle la broken on both
sides.
M om sincerity and I » * « >
churches would cayse leas worry
•to»«‘ wings a«d boyas.
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at » p. m. they wouldn’t have so
much to ta lk about the neat day.
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BELLVIEW NOTES
M n . W . O. Tncksr
Phone « T U
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M r. and Mrs. C. Reid and fam
ily of Klam ath Falls, have moved
onto the Ryder place o n 'th e Pa
cific Highway South, which they
recently purchased. M r. Reid has
At received soma very fine rab
bits from Hood River, and plans
to make thia place into a firs t
class rabhltry.
M r*. Jesse Nell is asaln con
fined to her home and has been
ordered to take a complete rest.
The dance committee of the Up
per Valley Community Club
is
sponsoring another lass dance for
Friday night May 6.
Mrs. W .C. Elam, who under
went an operation at the com
munity Hospital in Ashland last
week has made such rapid gain
that she was removed to her home
on N ell Creek Thursday. There
ahe w ill convalesce until she re
gains her complete strength-
The Upper Valley Oo*nnunity
Club w ill hold its next regular
meeting In the club house
In
Bejlvlew Tuesday, May 1*.
Miss York w ill he w ith us a *4
a complete mapping out of a fu ll
year’s work from this time w ill be
planned. A large attendance Is
desired and a ll are to bring ideas.
Those who have expressed a wish
to Join t its club, are urged to be
with us on that day, M ar 1*.
Dick and Dens Joy. the victor
ious debating
twins of southern
and eastern Oregon le ft w ith Mr.
Allison, their coach Thursday
morning for W a rre n to * en the
coast north of Astoria, where they
w ill meet thia team In debate.
Mrs. A. C. Joy le ft F r id O *>om-
iqg fo r Corvallis In company w ith
Mrs J. W . McCoy.
Mrs. Carol P raR of Ashland and
Mrs. l i H. GaUatJn of Valley View
ere also going north to he w ith
their daughters over . M oth er’s
n»y-
•ww
of a farew ell party for her.
Mrs. Nydia Oatman has leased
her property in Talent to M r.
W right who is working in Ashland
for the B arrett Meat Market.
Mrs. Thecylore Malmgren of
Phoenix, who returned last week
from a year spent in Europe Is
very glad to be home again and
tp displaying many eddventrs of
Of Interest to Talent residents
was t(ie wedding recently of E. E.
Simmons and Mrs. M yrla D illon.
The groom Is proprietor of
Pumpkin Center, e fru it and v e*-
etabie stand on the highway at
Talent. T h eir friends wish them
much happiness
The delegates from here attend
ing the Southern Oregon Federa
tion o f Womep". Clubs held
to
Grants Pass last month were Mee-
lamen L. O. Penland. E. C. Gard-
ter. C. E. Borg. L . Llndly, R. R.
Foster and J. 8. Crawford.
The Rebekah club gave a sur
prise part for Mrs Nydia Oatman
M d a y at her home in Talent,
frs. Oatman Is moving to Med
fo rd soon and this was In the form
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
>8prig has cub
Ad really sub
ob us
HaV gad to
The said w h s » ■*
W e feel
bet* trip. .
g w L g f f . ifM y __
B r . i M k n . Kenneth Peilett
Bused ged rid
Who
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Rve
e on the Barron ranch
ob our
aoutKof Ashland spent Sunday at
May fever or
t.^e C. C. Mond home.
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Mr.' and Mrs. Shen Carver of
Spokane, Wash., ware callers at
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the Tom Hell reach this weak.
Mrs. Carver who is an electrician hud the privilege of having Mr.
w ill spend the summer at Pros W a iter of the Ashland .Y. M. C.
pect.
A. Introduce M r. Snyed of Yako-
Mr. and Mrs. H arry Cash of homa, Japan. M r. Bayed, a na
Y
Montagna called on Mrs. Ella tional representative o f the
M. C. A. has lived in Yokoho
Patterson one day last week.
C. E. Borg )s moving his house m * tor over 14 years.
hold goods this wepk end w ill
M r. Snyed said that when he
store them st D r. McFadden's. visited the U. 8. seven years ago
Mr- end Mrs. Borg sgpect to make hp Noticed one change in the
boy« end ( ir is of America; an in
en extended stay to Cel.
creasing spirit of international
ism * 9 4 • definite understanding
qj relations w ith foreign coun
0ETERJTE8
Chick Berry of Medford arrived
• t Peter Thursday. He w>U toll
timber for Marshall Horn this
sum mer
Johnny Cooley of Hornbrook Is
driving one of the large caterpil
lars at the W hite Point logging
camp-
M r. Chamberlain of San F ran
cisco Is shearing sheep on the
Deter ranch.
A rthur D o lla ire , made a busi
ness trip to Ashland Tuesday.
Theodore Deter motored to Ge
sella Saturday on busiqess. On
his return he visited with rela
tives In Montague.
Clarence and Vernon Dodge and
Miss Iris Peter attended the May
Pay Balloon Dance in Yreka Sat
urday n l*h t.
Mrs. Oraee Deter was subpeen
aed to Jacksonville as a witness
on the D ’Autremont case.
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TALENT NOTES
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C A M »S
On the evening of Saturday,
A pril SO, a small group of high
school Camp Fire girls enjoyed a
party at the cabin.
The girls
dressed as “ kids” and had a lively
evening together with Mias M ir
iam Calmenson as chaperon.
The Board of Sponsors were en
tertained at dinner by some of the
Junior High
and Senior High
camp fire girls at the cabin on tl}e
evening of Wednesday, May 4.
The meal was
delightfully
served by the girls under the sup
ervision of Miss Helen French.
A fter the meal a short program
was given whl<;h consisted of fire
making and first eld bandaging
demonstrations, the exhibit of
work done by the girls and several
Camp F ire 8ongs.
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tries- M« «*id that Yokohoma
had 1 41,000 seuare miles, small
e* then C alifornia, ra t it
had
06,000.000 people. Only 17 per
cpnt of Japan is fit for agricnl
tare. This fact presents a prob
lem tost the quickly increasing
population of Japan makes Im
minent.
’ M r. Snyed preeented surprising
statistics about education
in
Japan.
Me
said th a t school
in * wau made compulsory; that
»1,14 per cent o f a ll children
from • to 14
year» were
In
Rchool. Because o f the lack of
higher institutions there, it
is
d ifficu lt for the Japanese to se
cure more learning.
The ” Y ” man »aid that there
are. 10,000 foreign students in
the v . 8. end a great aum ber of
them are Jephneee.
Man?~ of
these student» return to Japan
and praise the “ brotherhood”
spirit of the American
youtba,
while others eome beck fu ll of
reproach -for their w hite neigh
bor». He urged that they be
treated w ith
an
E tern atio n al
spirit and the American lo o t to
the toner life oT the Japanese.
The camp fire ( ir is , held
a
meeting a fter school Thursday
to plan for their Saturday hike.
The Junior dees sold
ice
( ream at noon and a fte r school
Thursday to raise money
tor
their plcnfo
this »grip*. They
will continue to sell at noon un
til to« trade tolls off.
Member* of the typing team
who made the trip to the state
typing contest gave Interesting re
ports in assembly Tuesday.
Mias Pearl ,W ardlc 1» spending
t h f w eekend in Eugene.
The -fttogutf Annuel has fln-
nlly gone to press and the editor
nd h l/lo n g suffering staff have
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Tenor Solo by M r. Smith
Let Me SboV Y o „ The W ny.”
Take out your platea when the
D r. says to htfve your teeth re-
m o r^ l.
M itt
PRINTING CO.
Union
Always order a sharp k n it* W ith
a P iai» steak-
m r u » •*♦>••»* ornee» o» Anww«
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Fmm foe famoqs phptogtoy, “The M a *i* ttortf««.”
child
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before he started from.
• Uttle sister whom he seemed to
IdoUaa, and. she had asked him to
o iid o
W'A#* Z o A a
MM« fe
/«al* MM km Me boera to *
»»red /or foto,
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and so, whaa the report came, she
had not only Felar to mourn for,
hot she thought you had gone down,
too, and ehe thought ft was because
the had begged her brother to
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m d rtopraed. Fhe /otker «end« puke M eade with yon and to taka
AssoryllU o«f lo Ike pwrden, «*d
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I told Mei kow «ooe IIU drc«»« your going when I intended never
for a miauls to laave the house and
» lo come Irne.
tbs garden uatU you» return,
ryllis thought, la m a k lu A
h h a Mosveeter seld: «tXddo, go open her home tc you, that s
M erle end get a e e * « coffee sent yon to the bottom of
n 4Ua saoentag there has
thea emme lato «he Uvteg
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Indescribable
k« Aad ha tnrnad and M I thè
M ff.
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Dad.* cried John Guido.
“Dad, how do you know ell t h l s f
i l wm o ^ y » a d u lta natU «Ito
Once more John Forraste* took
wpa back wffh bis father.
dow’i knaw hQW to SS a i this hip boy tight 1* hl* arms. Great
tears were running down Ms
M h * «ha M m ì of • » anuo*.-
ahmsk.» earn
«alt cheeks « i he s ett: "My
art to
•My hr
heart
John Forrester. "Peri
» » * « • with a nn to h f w the falhew
phdu y&ngliMh and mothers oí those other boy&.
M
lu a v & ’S LS«
wWh Pater*» b a tl doni
gaa thè hamdltaé.
Bomathlng
* 4 r : ‘Thank God lor
ray luekl’ Thank God far the little
yellSw cur that saved yooi Fra ap
ing to give It a bptto and seeTf
1 bean runntng ho thè ea- you’ve bandaged it rig h t It to so
theiw arasi bave beeo aa las to ha my dog. my own partlca-
WWW
He was a big hearted Irishmen
la his own home. In other homes
he wa sa Laplander.
carried to the
There to nsoally one hand on
the wheel and two heads
la
heaven when the Collision occurs.
From Tiu Pan A venue: “If
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2 ceqtp there e r* some who could
not buy garters for a caqpry b ird ;
yet they ride around in automo
biles.
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I f you have ever called your
self a Fool what did you th in k af
ter you wore a Cap aud Gown for
the firs t time?
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TryTbhQne
"Mfo GMde, r»
fag to know
nod the handsome vouan
who sailed awaar go gaily to i t 1
John Guido covered hto face and
began to eob, too. Hto father went
i r i r t £ ^ r i s s ' s a . “ i 1s i
1. Who was the first President
elected whose home was west of
the Allegheny Mountains?
2 W ho was commanding offic
er of the “ Rugh £id ers’’ in toe ^ohn Guido. I l l tell you why I urged
Spanish-American war?
2. W h at public office did Wood- Into the garden to Tour absence.
row Wilson hold Immediately be
fore becoming president?
came after her to find oat Jam who
4 W ho was vice-president dur s r a i f c i never told
for them, and
ing the W ilson administration?
* t 1 knew her name. But I have
6. W hat prominent women rad th
known all these years, and I have
ical was accused of inspiring the le ft U up to her, because I warted
to hp aura whaf kind of flher w*a
assassin of President McKinley?
t 6. W h e re did President Cool to her. I did not like herYpther
over the ’phone. I did not UVe him
idge take the oath of office upon when he carte after her. trying to
. Z * * 1,1.”» » * * - ebouTthemto
snoceedin* President Herding?
7 W h at President since 1 > 1 | lions the child reprerem
every child u not worth a
made trips beyond the borders of
he has to any man thad to
the United States?
half way a fatbesi But Ama-
eeoms to adore him. I have
* . W hat great international
t«b on him a little, and he
in fe re n c e was held in this coun
to have changed. He seems
try during President H arding’s
s made her the right kind of
A IttffhS After fohrt TAI1 AWAIT to
Administration?
». Name two great American search for Love. I knew who he
wee, aad oh the boat when that
cities which wgre captured by the yeeag ehap showed himself friend
British in the W a r of 1212.
ly and t®W hto assne, It did a r t take
10. Name four states containing am long to connect things up. John
portions of territory claimed by Guido, the new friend you made,
Minton, was Amaryllis* only
Mexico prior to the Mexican W ar.
Yeetordey*« Answers
1. Mississippi River.
2. Governor Smith of New York.
8 Washington, D. G.
4. Foreign relations.
6. Captain Richard E. Byrd.
». Governor Alvan T . Fuller.
7. Nicholas M urray Bntlsr,, Sen
ator Borah, Darrow and Wayne
B. Wheeler.
6. P o rtrait of the Duke of F er
rara by Titian.
10. Sayder-Gray murder trial.
S V « Oto boy a Slight shove to-
ward 1 the back porch. John Guido
crossed it a t a
end took the
pack walk
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at another. He never
stopped to open the gate. He fe w
pver it and with a rush he same to
a halt at the white martde bench
parved with Onpide aad fawns and
flying doves and rose garlands. Igr-
fog on it to a Wtte beep, to a Uttle
Ftrlckan heap, to a spft drees a«
rhite as tbs marble, a drees that
t out the sunshine of the
the great Blue eyes, there
grief racked Uttle flgure. John
Went down on his knees and
took it to hto arms. He laid the
goM head np oh hto shoulder and
brought hto lipu fewm to the cheek
you really come hack to me? And.
Amaryllis, haws you cosne to stay?’’
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Iff STAGE SETTINGS
W illiam Hod*« f««lf singularly
gt home in the first and third act
«ettlQgs of his comedy, “The
sighed th« «fob of the relieved. fudge's Husband.”
coming to
There Is Just one more two- H u n t’s Craterian, Medford, Mop-
period exam left and everytime day, May j * . Although the pro
«he clock points to three, anxious gram under act 1 reads: “ Dining
ears w ill listen tor the hell to ring room of the K irby Home, Wave-
their <foam.
But then, it mdst erest, Connecticut,” the first act
come eventually— why not now?
to really a reproduction of the
The Seniors have Just twoJ »tar’s dining room at bis borne ip
envriefo - Conn. And likewise,
more weeks of school, but the rest Green
must “carry on” for four more
act 2, recorded as •Living room of
I 7
<
«fofo. I
said John Forrester.
.7 » ; s u * œ
’
'
the K irby home,” is actually Mr.
Hodge’s living roogf reproduced
on a smaller scale, ^ h ls TSoni,
With its huge oaken
beams,
braces apd trusses wps once an
ancient barn which was moyed
over to the side of the hquse and
now fortps ope of the most Uhtque
and delightful rooms among the
show places in the vicinity of
GreenwioU.
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f
Act 2 is the Superior Court,
Cc-upt House. Fairfield eppnty.
Here aga'ji there is po imaginary
setting, but an exact copy of the
room in question at the Court
House at Bridgeport, Conn.