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Forty Seventh Yw No. 14
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The Women’s Club met at the
■ home of Mrs. Schaeffer Feftruary
list. , At the business meeting the
(, possibility of buying a building for
¡tCluh and Library purposes was
r discussed- The building in ques
tion i« the one on Main street be-
A com-
longing to Mr»- El
mUtee was appointed to secure
term».
r The club voted upon and accept
ed a new member, Mra. Merle
Miller.
The buaine»» meeting closed and
a good program followed.
Mp. A> H. Barnum director, read
the poem “Fla^O' My Land.“ Mra
Z
Pre-session
new members
lature offer»
“third” bpt»<
assembly. At
lobbista,
house, will use
program
inf th.
T
Moro. Oregon, fl
DRAWS FEW «DS
WE
The crew of debaters who repre-
sent-1 ~
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toumamnt
_
last Friday and Saturday returned
Hirry Loderai On Hud To Aid
New Contraici Çoqm Much Simpler
j paper on Civics explaining the diff-
Than Old
: «rent steps in citizenship that ia
it dur. presented to the child through the
entire eight grades.
All present joined in singing
Apparently few farmers are in
On Februai» 12 qr about that •Yankee Doodle.
date which.
Ute Hme wes
Mias Helen Cowgill was intro terested in attending meetings
inexperienced in making laws de duced. She talked of the 4-H Club held by the bog allotment commit
clared the Legislature would ad- work and what it is doing toward tee for organization purposes. Any
teaching American Citizenship to
way few were at the court house
pleting ita busipegs in 30 days in
stead of from 40' on up to 60. the
The ‘‘Oregon Chib Woman” re Wednesday afternoon for either
Third House program will be held view was given by Mrs. Lena Sear the meeting of the county hog al
in the form of a Ivt nigùt meetr cy. The program closed with a lotment committee or the after-
ing. At this program ’ take-offs short review of the “Manuel of noon meeting
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for signing hog al-
of members and state officials will the United States.
I lotment applications.
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be given.
The next meeting of the club
will be held »t the Moro Hotel Feb-
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But speaking of completing the roary 20. The "Huaband.- win be ?°Ue*e w“ pre8ent ,nd ,,d€4 tha
business of ths session, few now entertained at a banquet. Club hog growers in making out their
can see any possibility of adjourn members planning to attend should applications where such help was
necessary. For those who signed
ment on February 22. the end of make reservations with the ban
paying time for members, and quet committee b/ February 16- the 1934 contract cooperation in
1935 is rn^de very easy. The base
the best guess now 1« March
Mrs. O L. Belshe is chairman of period is .1932-33, the same as it
f*r adjournment, and then with a the above committee. The hour of
session in the offing to pro the banquet will be announced next was last year and the work of ob
taining evidence is thus remov
v^de further tie-In with the federal week.
ed.
That is. unless a change has
»•rA'»ram of relief and social ser
been made in the^farm or number
vice.
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< of acres farmed. M
Adult Education
There is one qualification neces-
*T->— ’n its second half of the
Started
In
County
Mr
y {or 1985 »ig»«™: They must
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dewu th* first half
have raised 25 percent of the 19&2-
nteht. the Legis-
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33 base last year to be eligible to
its miitfitiest task
Two
more
classes
in
adult
edu-
sign
contracts. Ill case the grower
to fa"*— unemnloyment relief.
cation
have
been
or
soon
will
be
bas
been,
prevented from raising
N^hin'r ivas yet been presented on
this msior nroHem. not even a sign started in Sherman county- One this number of hogs through dis
of approach to the solution—and hes been organized for several ease or other good cause he may
weeks: the Rufus singing school still join* the allotment although
Legislators are getting worried.
Mrs.” Akers at Wasco will instruct permission of the board must be
Two chief difficulties ¡have be a group in singing and Mrs. Guy obtained
This year the government will
come paramount this session, and Hoskinson at Kent is teaching an
as a result the power of the assem adult class in Rural Social Prob pay $15.00 for each hog not raised
bly has diminished and virtually lems There is an attempt being on ten percent of the base num
has become subservient to the pub made by Wily Knighten to start ber. If a man raised fifty hogs
lic cry and the federal government classes in Moro and Grass Valley per year during the base period he
—different than in times gone by. and public speaking has been sug would now contract to reduce to
These two are the demands and re gested as a subject that mig^t be 46 hogs and would be paid $75.00
strictions under the new deal fed interesting to a good sized group, tgxr doing so. according to the con-
eral government, and the other
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dead line for signing the
the vote of the people which would
GRAMCW
contracts is set for February 25
defeat any attempt to gain revenue
An all day meeting will be b^dd and no application will be accep-
for relief through any system of
taxation. A hard task for an inex at the Klondike grange ball Sator- ted after that date.
perienced house where revenue day the 16th. The morning will
DANCE SCHEDULED
be given over to grange work and
measures must originate.
the afternoon will be used for an
Members of the Chris Schulte
Three groups named by the gov instruction period in farm account- post of the American Legion met
ernor during the past week of up ing. All of those who are inter- Wednesday night and in addition
sets and swift tnpyemen|s are al ested in this should take an m- to paying the bills voted to give a
ready, at work, the frame commis ventory of their farm before com- dance the night of February 22,
so that the Washington’s birthday.. The Dalles
sion. the revamped liquor control ing to the meeti
commission, and the permanent books can be start
drum corps will be Here on that
planning commission. And all of actual worth of the farm.
night to make lively music and
A pie social will be held the lend color with their new uniforms
them expected to have some mat
ters before the Legislature before night of the 9th by the Klondike A Dalles orchestra will play for
grange.
they can adjourn.
the dance.
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»SSEW WtlS
: SHOW M1NY GK
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Twuiy Five Year, Record Gives
school represented?* ended the tout
nament in the
r fourteen of
the forty five
presept gt the
meet.
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Morat uier
Official County Paper
February 8, 1935
Beaverton, Hillsboro and McMimy.
ville and lost to (Jr^sham and Hills
boro giving the teagi four wins and
two defeats in competition with
schools of mucH larger registra-
tion. Nine schools >on five out of
the six debates and were entered
in the semi-finals. Beaverton final
ly won witM
'
Jem
second.
Gresham was
ted winner of
the tournament by placing first in
declamation and ’ extemporaneous
speaking.
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The team was jiteompanied by
Cliffors Rowe, c
, and George
Wilco« Janet 4
cox, Mildred
Alley, Marjorie I
e and Elton
Eakin made up
teams, two of
whom are first year debaters and
two having, two ypars experience
in the art. They Will debate Red
mond for the privilege of repre
senting this district in the state
tournament/ -
Interesting Dai»
Value of Merchandise Fall* Since
War Y ar*
i.
A study of the assessment rolls
of Sherman county fqr the past
25 years gives a picture of the
development of the county in sev
eral matters that could hardly be
gotten in any other way; It shows
the rise in the valuation of all
lands from four and a half million
in 1909 to twelve and a half mil
lion in 1920 and the drop from
that peak to a little over six min-
lion this year.
In 1911 automobiles were num
erous to be assessed but they con
tinued on the rolls until 1917 when
they were taken off by state law.
In 1909 there were stocks of goods
valued at $140.130 in the county.
These increased up to nearly
$310,000 in the banner year in 1920
Farmers Spend . Day Learning and have dropped since then to
$47.550. Farming implements, start
About Deteel Motor
ing in 1909 at $97,930 have gone
Over three, hundred interested up to $450,670 and are now dewn
farmers gathered in Moro Tues to $127,270. All portraying a
day tof attend the tractor school part of the economic history of the
sponsored by McKean and Searcy. county.
International Harvester dealers in . Back in what some of the old
this county. The school began at sters are wont to call the good old
ten in the morning and continued days there we™ between 6 and 7
at full spoed until4ate'in the after- thounand horses in th« county, the
number' remaining almost con
noon
* A feature that attracted much stant until 1925 and 1936 when the
attention from tihie farmers, all of number began to decrease. Now
whom are familiar with the mech there are but 3853. > With cattle
anics of modern machinery to a the opposite is the casp The coun
marked extent, was the dismantled ty had less than 3OCQ cattle until
tractor display which showed the 1915 and less than 4000 until 1933.
working parts of the new Diesel whereas now there are 5289 in
from stem to stern so that it could the county. Sheep, also, have shown
an increase in the years since de
be clearly understood.
Verbal explanation of the trac pression settled over the land. Be
tor was made by Wade Goodman fore the war we had leas than 20.-
who told of the principles of Die 000 sheep often 10 or 12 thousand-
sel motors. The ordinary gas mo In table latter years of the war and
tor is rated as 23 percent efficient early, -twenties there was an in*-
at the crankshaft The remainder crease that brought the total up
of the fuel is used in the following above 20.000. In the middle twen
manner. Seven percent is friction, ties this number dropped to less
36 percent in heating the cooling than 10,000 and has Since risen to
system and 34 percent in waste. 17,384.
The value of town, lots has been
The Deisel motor is able to use
35 percent of the fuel as power, 13 as low as $62,000 back in 1915 and
percent in friction 27 percent for was as high, as $122.900 in 1927.
heating and only 25 percent out of shortly after the building boom
the exhaust as waste. He stated was ended. Improvements on town
that on the draw bar the Diesel on lots have varied in. value from
demonstration produced 29.6 per $175,000 to $332.000 with $989.000
cent of its potential power which being the present valuation. Mer
was greater by 10 percent than any chandise value» climbed from the
early days up to 1920 and since
other on the market??» < •
Frank Henderson explained the that date have dropped. The high
mechanics of the tractor, aided way was built in 1922.
Many iterpaenumerated in.
by slides shown on the screen and
by moving pictures of the machin the 25 year» that are not on the
tax rolls now. Money, notes and
es and its iqanufactura.
Tractor users and others were accounts, are off, automobiles, (pr-
here from Washington points nean eiously mentioned) house bold
by to see the show ^nd attend the goods, dogs, grain (one ynar
school. Stanton Hayes of the there was three-quarter» of a mil
motor truck department told of the lion dollars worth) all have been
new truck line and displayed the taxed at some time and are now
new long base pick-up that at
tracted the notice oft many farm all.
ers during the day. Ira» lunch was
served at noon.
CLUB, LEADERS MEET
TRIECTDB SCM DKWS
INTERESìEB (WO
PROPOSED UMS
EFE EOT COm
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James Tomlin, well known citi
zen of Sherman count* for fifty
years, died in Klamath Fall» Tues.
day morning after several years
of suffering with rheumatism. c
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Graveside service© will be held at “<1^ MF WOUid Aid
the Moro cemetery Saturday af-
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tempon at 3 o’clock under the di-
IllgllM'dy
rection of Zells.
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Mr- Tomlin was born in Missouri
February 17, 1848 and would have
attain»! the age of 87 years had
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SW Bill INTRCiOOCED
HORSES MIKE EMKE MOP
The planning commission, com
posed of tote old “brain trust” of
Martin's is working on a cabinet
form of govenmjenot for the ex
ecutive, which will require legis
lative action. The new liquor con
Churc^, Grass Valley— Q. A. Heath
trol commission will suggest new From the Observer Feb. 9, 1906.
Miss Jennie Williams who was Superintendent;' Wesley Chapel,
amendments to the existing law.
and the game commission ¡has its the guest of Portland friends last M. E. Church. Rutledge—Rev. D»
week, returned Monday after a H. ■ Leech; Friendship Baptist
revised budget to prepare.
Church, Mòro—Rev. C Hi Fred-
very pleasant visit.
enbqrg;
United Br. church in Christ
Neil McDonald and family re
It was no surprise that Frank
Rev.
J.
W.
Adams held services at
turned
last
week
from
a
longvisit
Spencer was name^ administrator
Most of the time the Jacks School house; Locust
of the liquor board. That has been in Montana-
About twenty 4-H Club leaders
known before Governor Martin they were with Mr. and Mrs. Over Grove Church. DeMoss Springs and Mrs. MettaPatjeo^Martin
Baptist
Obqrch
in
Moro-
met
Saturday afternoon for a pre
turf
in
Ravella
county.
took office, and although he declar
season
discussion of the problems
Quite
a
surprise
was
given
on
Constable
W.
'»A;
Kentner
of
ed he would give the members of
Dies At Age Of 70 Years before them
and organization.
the revamped commission free rein, Kent. was in town Monday On the evening of the 7th to Mr. and
New officers were elected fm
he selected the two new members official business in connection with Mrs. Ben Hailey. The party
Mrs. Mettq Patjens Martin the year, Henry Barnum being
because be knew they would name the burglary of the J. H. Bottemil- reaohled there about 8 o’clock and
Spencer. Such is the working of ler place of business January 28th. “tripped the light fantastic” until passed away at her home in Van made president Mrs. Tom Fraser
and the burglary of the E. O. T. Co. 2 a. m. All who were present ex couver. Washington February 1, vice president, and Mrs. Theodore
“free rein’’ politics.
pressed themselves greatly pleased at the agpe of 70 years, 2 months von Boritel. secretary for her sec
store January 29th-
...
ond year.
Messrs Brannon and Ball have From theGbserver Feb. 11. 1916. and 1 day.
His selection of the game com
J. W. Forbes and wife returned
A demonstration of table cour
She was born in Germany in
mission. however, was somewhat returned safely to Sherman coun-
deferent.* . Most of them he never ty.
Lloyd Leslie is looked for Wednesday from a six wp^ks vi«Hf 1866. and married to Deidrich Pati- tesies was given by Dorothy Fra-
seY. Louise Barzee and Helen
’ now. Tb^y were selected unon the soon.
with thteir married daughter at jens December 1886.
I They came to Sherman county Strong and a demonstration of club
-AAonim<mdatton ©f close advisers. prom
Observer Feb. 13, 1896. Mosier.
Mr. and Mrs. I* L. Peets enter- in 1891, and made their home near organization was given by a group
* nJ '»nr*mont is that he selected a • Rrilph C. Bennett and Fred
of girls. Miss ‘Helen Cowgill
tained
Saturday evening at the Bourbon,
very capable group. Defter Rice Krtisow were down from Grass
rn chairman, was fortunate selec Valley last week, consulting At farm south of Moro. Using two| In 1912 thley moved to Felido, talked about the club work thru-
out the state and the program for
tion. He will .move slowly and torney J. B. Hosford upon road bob sleds, one a six-horse and one Washington.
A^rpfully. The first general ses- matters. The question is whether a 4-horse about fifty people at- ’ Mr. Patjens died in 1919 and the year. In ordpr to hold the
ginn of the commission will be at one man. even Joe Shearer, has big tended from Moro. Five ¡Hundred Mrs Patpens was remarried to demonstrations before the state
A. F. Martin at Vancouver. Wash, fair this year they will be held at
State House next Saturday ger claims to certain realty than was the chief diversion.
Grass Valley on July 3rd. The
morning.
the man who iholds the patents I /Mir. and Mrs. S. H. Arbuthnot in 1923. Mrw Martin’s second club fair in the county will be held
came in Monday on the fist train, husband proceeded her In death
from Uncle Sam.
with the county fair which) is af
succumbing in 1982.
It was quite appropose for the
Ministers of Sherman CMpty to operate since the blockade. Mr.
Surviving nwr
her are Wve
children. ter the state fair.
Arbuthnot ’ has
in
executive to name D O. Hood as
h
•
«ogg Prsshirti_rian ArDUUimo1
nB" purchased
purcnaBw an in-1
«surviving
nve cnnurwi.
Already plans are being laid to
budget director during the *essiop.
Mnm
t M MnrrU
1» the Moro Hardware A One son, John Patjens sf Filido.
It follows exactly the same logic
y - .
. Moro Rev E Implement Co.
'Washington; four daughters, Mrs. hold achievement day meetings for I
C P- Coe
Grant and
county
I :n ruPT’nx Hfnry
Ai/nwi. Uninn qimHnv Sehool
Coe living
,ivin* between
between Moro
Moro Marie
Marie M.
M. Grant
and Mrt.
Mrt. Rosa
Rosa G.
G. clubs throughout the ot
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TIM »noli th.t food
»nd
Oro««
V.ljey,
«twpected
his
Webber
of
Vancouver,
Wwhinr-
Gro..
V.llev
hu
.nnouneed
theirs
' and Grass
M. Hszen.
.55------- .. Moro-R. J. Ginn. Snperi^«bnt,
rabie,
ki,led ton. Mrt L|ltie jj , Gront of P.r- for Febru.^ 18th with Mrs. C.
is perhaps t’
Chanel. H.v Canvon
Qther
Harper of Portland; and aevanUen L. Poley in char», of She entertain.
new
.,B.v. B. G. Alford. Fin» MfW» R
kj|fe4
'grand cMldron.
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'ment.
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(Contin
Items That Were News 39, 29
and 19 Years In The Past
James Tomlin Dies At
87, Services Saturday
Laura Ellen Thornton in Stockton
Missouri December 7, 1879 and six
years later came to Moro where
they hava lived since. Mrs. Tom-
lin died ip W19.
In Sherman county Mr. Tomlin
has been engaged in many enter-
prises. He drilled well» over a
large part of the county thirty,
years ago and later,. when oper-'
ating a blacksmith shop, he inyen-
ted the Tomlin ‘Y«0tfer that is still
manv field»
fields each year.
i
used on many
Surviving hiqi qre seven dhij-
dren. Mr». 1J. 0. Kunsman, of
Moro; Mrs. W- Y. Shearer, Shedd;j
Edward L. of Portiand, Carl A. of ।
Klamath Falls,
F. of San
Francisco. George D, Klamath
• Falls and Laqrel L. of Moro.
Portland Symphony
Orchestra Coming
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County May Be Added To
This Senatorial|Di*'rict
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Legislation that effects ShtortUMS
county is not
the fore to any
great extent in the present legiala-
ture but there are a few bills of
importance to residents of thia
county unefer discussion before ttite
house and senate. Senator Steiwer
has introduced bills to permit the
establishment of a ferry between
Maryhill and Biggs and also ¡has a
hill for such a ferry at Arlington.
There will be a hearing on the
MaryWl ferry bill Friday after
noon and members of the county
court and others interested are go
ing down to give the county’s side
of the case.
The usual county officer’s salary
bill is before thfe house having
passed the senate this week. It
provides for a treasurer's salary
of $600, a clerk’s salary of $1500,
a shleriff’s and assessor’s salary
of $1600. This adjustment is madq
to equalize the salaries of county
officers in this legislative district
However * Representative Fatland
has introduced a bill, House Bill
No. 238, which authorizes the board
of commissioners to set the sala
ries of all county officers except
themselves. An election would be
held in case a change was mqd».
This bill, if carried would stop once
Lovers of good music in the IMid-
Columbia area will have the op
portunity to hear the Portland
symphony orchestra the nighi-of
February 20, when the organisation
comes to The Dalles civic audited
turn for their only appearance ia
eastern Oregon before leaving for
.the . eastern states on a concert
tour.
The Portland symp^lony is direc
ted by William Von Hoogstraten
who is recognized of. one of the
beat of his field There are be
tween sixty and seventy pieces in
the orchestra and all will be heard
in The Dalles appearance.
Seats may be purchased at the
Service Drug Store in The Dalles portuni ng the legislature each ses-
sio# to remodel the salaries of
or mail orders sent to thqm-
county officers in many counties.
.It is purely a local matter and one
Fr eight Rate Raise
that few legislators know much
abqut
Not Intended By R R The county unit bill is having
hard sledding in the house and has
Since the wheat league meeting been changed to some extent as
last December there has been in- was expected. Whether it will
creased interest in rail freight weather the storm is still un
rates
There is fw that when known.
A bill has been introduced to
'the present lowered rates expire
permit
Crook. Jefferson and Wheel
April 1 that the normal interstate.
er
counties
to combine into one.
rate of 19 and a half cents from
Moro and Grass Valley would be This is for the benefit of Jefferson
reinstated. The following letter county which has decreased in
from H. E. Lounsberry to agents population and property valuation
in Sherman county is self-explana. within the past few years.
A bill has passed the house to
tort?
make
a senatorial district out of '
' “For ypur infprmatipq bpg to
Klamath
county alone. This same
gdvise that it is not intended at th«
present time to make any change bill puts Morrow county in the
in existing rates from points eighteenth district which is now.
Messner and west qn grain and composed of the counties of Gilliam
grain products to Portland, Van Sherman and Wheeler. It is likely
couver, Wash., and Longview, that the senate will pass the bill
as well as the committee on coun
Wash.’*,
ties has put a stamp of approval
on it
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Cwnty HùU>Ty, Contât
Now Starting Here Council Contemplated
Purchase of Siren
A set of rules regarding the
Sherman county history contest
has bpeq sent out by superintend
ent Knigh/ten this, week to each
school and pupils who desire to
learn and write of what must soem
to them Kkq real olden times may
begin their, work. The general
rules are tile same as last year
with 2000 words being tho maxi
mum length and the usual rules a-
bout writing and punctuation.
There will be a high school division
and a grade school division.
Fifteen suggested topics are in
cluded although there is no inten
tion to limit the writer to any of
them. .It is recommended that
students take a subject small
enough to be completely covered in
the space nlloted instead of choos
ing too large a subject
New Deisel Burner
Teets Now Running
Sounds of a fire siren were, the
major interest of the council Tues
day night at its February meeting
but the city fathers docided. that
probably the specimen o^ nqipe
maker was not loud enough for
windy days and asked that a larger
size be brought up for trial. There
fore it may be two weeks before a.
siren is installed in thq city fof
fire warning.
Discussion of the desirability of
foreclosing on some of the Hens
held by the ¿ity against property
abutting the improved streets re
sulted in an informal decision to
collect the liens or straighten out
this part of the city’s affairs la
some manner.
Improvement of the upper rooms
of the hotel was brought up and
apartments may be made out of
the third story rooms if the cost
is not too great An estimate is
being made.
HOR81 SAJ^ MEETING
Trial and experiment is being
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Those
who are interested in
made almost each day of the diesel
oil burner attachment for tractors, holding a sale of horses
now being sold in Sherman county in the county soon are
by Ira Barnett Mr. Barnett rep meet at the court Nsusa
resentative of the Slate Machinery day the 11th to diseuss plans for
that ■ possible
Company of Albany
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* test on steep lend • troctor used nour, well kneron .aetienror of
3.4 f.llon, of fuel oil per hour witW Sunnyside, WMda«s^hM kM
h1s adapter and 7.5 gallons of invited to come and givo adrice
gasoline.
1
i4* about sales and selling.