â>hvrmmt Œnmtiw journal
Seventy Fifth Year No. 11
These
Things
We
Note
Giles L. French
G randpa has less to w orry
about than grandson he w orries
about the past which is known
while grandson m ust w orry ab
out the future which isn’t.
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W hether taxes are ?ut or not
social security taxes are already
up and then th e re ’s th at 25 per
cent increase in postage.
You
can ’t win.
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The democratic theory of gov
ernm ent is, or was, th at the peo
ple would elect legislators to pro
tect them from governm ent, to
look after their interests. We
hope that all leg islatirs under
stand and believe th at theory.
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It seems the style to feel good
a t evidence that Russia and
China are in disagreement, but
we are sure we'd be better off
w ith them getting along China
will eventually become ‘he stro n
ger and Russia may be a better
ally inside th eir alliance than out
Moro. Oregon Friday
Ivan Kirkelie W7ns
Sherman Wins
Honor and Cash Bv
Two On League |
Chsmical Discovery
The NEWS, a paper published
at Richland, W ashing’ in by the
Hanford w orks had a front page
devoted almost exclusively on
December 28, to Ivan K irkelie
and the use of his method of
cleaning up the heavy w ater used
at tlie atomic plant. Ivan tried
a method he found in one of his
chem istry textbooks to a ttra c t
the oil that polluted »he w ater
so it could be removed, says the
story and for th a t he received
checks totaling $3000.
Ivan is a graduate of Moro
High school as his family lived
in Moro i7 years moving only
last sum m er to Richland w here
the elder Kirkelie is now employ
ed as a plum ber-fitter w ith Gen
eral Electric.
First National Reaches
Billion In Deposits
Road Trip
Rill Doolin fired a last second
shot through the hoop to give
Sherm an a 59 to 58 victory over
the G rant Union Prospectors on
Jan u ary 4.
The visiting Huskies sw ept in
to the lead in the opening m in
utes of the game. They kept up
their scoring attack until th e e a r
ly m inutes of the fourth period
when the Prospectors capaializ-
ed on Sherm an’s erro rs to drop
nine points into the basket and
tie tiie score 54-54. Sherm an re
gained the lead w ith a 3-point
m argin but G rant once more clo-
sed the gap G rant’s top scorer,
Andy Conforth, stepped to the
foul line and sank a free throw
to put the Prospectors a point
ahead w ith four seconds left to
play. Sherm an took the ball o u t
of bounds. The home team and
spectators stood dum bfounded as
Doolin caught the pass a t half
court and shot His attem pt sw ish
ed into the net and fell to the
floor a t the final buzzer sounded.
Ron Johnson took game scor
ing honors w ith 20 points. The
H uskies made only 5 out of 13
free throw s w hile the Prospec
tors sank 18 out of 21 attem pts.
Bish, 10; Blagg 6;
Scoring
Doolin 9; J uson 20; Kellogg 4;
Lane 10.
Sherman
20
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59
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County Official Paper
Jan u ary II. 1963
Right here will be the en 1 of I m built later th is year. And off
the John Day dam on th e (tie- to the left there will he a row of
gon wide.
C le w s are
p u sh in g p o u e r liouxes and th e w ater w ill
n ike a rise over tlieLs
ithan
gra v el in to th e river lo m
’ »pot - • higher
• -
huM* for th e coffer dam tli at will any building in the county,
You Gotta Have
Health Advisory
Teachers Now Get
County Agent’s
$ 6 2 0 0 Per Term
Report Sh .ws
Oregon public school tea? lers
will receive an average salarv of
$6250 in 1962-63, according io a
study Just released by the Ore
gon Education association re-
search departm ent This is an up-
proxlm ite increase of $180 over
the figure for teachers and ad-
nunistrators in 1901-62.
There are 19,712 public elenun-
tary, junior high school and sec-
ondary teachers in the Oregon
public schools according to the
report and 18,154 are teachers.
Teachers average salaries run
iron $5894 for elem entary to $6,
278 for senior high school teach-
r res.
ot T
h » Junior
Inrtuki- h high
iir h a school
c n n o l '.e
ach-
The
teach
er will receive an average of $6,
020. All figures are based on ac-
tual s a ia r^ s paid Oregon lull-
tim e certified school personnel,
p r H enry Oslbov, OSA research
director stated Salaries reported
in the study, according to Oa.lxw
include the following, teacher coa
tracts for ten, ten ami i halt ant
eleven m onths e x tia pay fo. ex-
tra duty; and pay for extended
contracts.
O ther salaries reported indlea-
ted the average salary of all leacn
era in Oregon to be $6019 and the
adm inistrator« average salary to
be $8938
Teachers Increase in average
salary waH Over $170 over 1961-
62. A dm inistrators salary average
was increased by $376 over 1961-
62
Income $9 trillion
If you would like to find out
hvw m any and w hat activities
are
|ng on in the county ag.
ricukurally get a copy of the
county agent’s report for i962
w h|ch the extension ^ rvice had
m lnw ographed this vear for dis-
tribution lo ^ .n e
com m dtee
Ineinbers
T.W .Thompson estim ates the
cash farm crop income for 1962
at
,062,000 of which wheat was
430 000. That Is a good income
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.
.
for 2500 people, but in addition
to that the livestock and poultry
income is placed at $879,700 and
the horticultural crops at $21,900
which make another $900000 to
add to
Bum '• ’°P Income
i n \ h T eath-
‘
th e 'e ro p
w ent and how much th ere is th e
lx?suk of experim ents on wheat,
feilUizers on insecticides and
som ething about grasses and ran-
and how effectlve i8 range
h An e8tlm ate Jn the live-
Jn th<? w u
dlffers ,rom
of th<i
by being hlgk.
er, but may have been taken at
a different tim e of year.
County Agent Thompon esti
m ates 650 horses, 11,500 cattle,
2000 sheep, 1700 hogs and but
5000 chicken. His figures show
th a t there are alm ost twice as
m any horses in the county a in
1954.
Oregon became the tenth state
Numbers Nowdays
to claim a banking institution
with deposits in excess of a bil
A.G.Erickson, district director
lion dollars w hen the F irst Nat
of Internal Revenue for Oregon
ional bank reported year end de
has issued the following s ate-
posits of $1,002,158,197.
m ent regarding tax account num
On January 2 the Sherm an co
Total deposite for the 90 oftice
bers.
unty
Health Advisory council
system were up 7.5 percent from
Public law No. 87-397 approved m et at lleefo’s for lunch and busl-
1961 figures of $932,499,010. The
October 5, 1961 requires „hut ness. Mr Don McDermid, pres
bank also reported loans of $568,
banks, savings and loan as-uxba- ided.
974,500 an increase of 16 percent.
tiens, credit unions, and ,ther
The m atter of “safety for cnild-
Total resources of $1,106,199 295
payers of interest and dividends , vn in honie and school” was
compared to $1,029,242,783 in last
obtain the tax account num oers Ui.scu.-sed. It was decided to dis-
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year.
Oi their shareholileis o, deix/tut- tribute literature on the subject Steelhead Tags Due At
The late Senator K ?rr was a
The Sherm an county branch
very strong man, resolute and reported year end deposits of $3,
o rs and use them on in t o i m a tio n t,, tiie kindergarten through the State Game Offices
Sherm an
24
10 17
33 documents submitud to the hi <
Wpen ,,r th t culin(v
determ ined to get all he coui 1 for 324,706 and loans totaling $776,
Cattlemen Meeting Next
k 11
27
43
58 nel Revenue service.
\ letter from the council will be
Salmon and steelhea 1 angleis
K err and Oklahoma and in th at 287 according to Doyn Price, the
F or those individuals h arin g sent w kh the literatu re
are rem inded by the game com- T u e s d a y in The Dalles
respect almost the perfect pat branch manager.
The Huskies took th eir lifth Social Security num bers the So
mission that the tim e is at hand
te rn for modern day politicians.
Judge
Vernon
Miller
informed
rH u rn th e lf 19€2 salm on and
The Oregon Cattlem an’s asso-
At the same tim e he released straig h t victory in a 53-50 win
And how the senate will miss comparable totals for December over the Burns H ighlanders on cial Security num ber is pres» rili
grotip
that
Janies
Bidgixxl,
wtet>lhead
punch
c
a
n
ls.
Ou<lets
elation
is holding regional meet-
ed as the account num ber to be
his telling members w hat to do. 31, 1961, when depasits were Ja n u a ry 5.
and hunting licenses mgs in eastern Oregon and th e
included on the tax and inf irma- W a -c o druggist, had b e m a p p o in - for fish
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$3,090,572 and loans $836,070.
Sherm an dropped behind the tion re tu rn s filed w ith the ser tea civil defense director for have lwen provUled ^ ilh boxes one for this area will be held in
We wonder how the w orld’s
placcd T he Dalles a t the court house
B urns boys early in the first vice If a person does not h a re a Sherm an county. Dr. E.E Berg |n whR.h card;J may
best dressed women are chosen. 1963 Fishing Regulations
period 8-18, and could not find Social Security number, a num announced plans to hald an in The expired punch cards may next Tuesday at 10.00 a.m. Mem-
Is it by the dressm akers who pick
th e ir m ark until the middle of ber will be assigned upon re eipt struction course in medical self- also be mailed directly to the hers of the Sherm an t ounty Cat-
the big spenders; by th e impor To Be Established
the second q u a rte r w hen they of an application. These applica- help at The Dalles. It will meet commission at 1634 S.W. Alder tlem ans asoclatlon and especially
tance of ‘heir husband’s position;
a week, 12 lessons to be in Portland
t (ed the score a t 25-25. The H us lions may be obtained from the once
th e officers are invited to c*ame
Oregon
sportsm
en
are
advised
,>vgin (h<>
q( Febr
because of their looks. None seem
, .
. ,
..
and taik about how the state and
kies increased th e ir lead in the taxpayer« naareet In tern al lU v e -
the
the
sport
fishing
regulations
,
e<vlving
t
,
c<>urge
w
fu
entirely appropriate
inform ation recorded on the
can worx to-
th ird q u a rte r but lost it in the nue office.
for
the
1963
season
will
lie
open
punch cards is used to estim ate
h<?; m .)re effectlveIy.
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I c i xpected to teach others.
for discussion at a p'mlic hear fourth as they had the night
The a rt and pleasure of lead ing Friday, Jan u ary 11, at the before by throw ing the ball away
Lynn Ham pton stated th a t he the total annual catch of 9 a T n o n ______________
ing poetry has been lost o r is in
was distributing to the prim ary and steelhead as well as th e catch Art Course Starting At
game commission’s Portland head eight times. Time ran out before
distribution by stream . The law
abeyance. If revived it would quarters, 1634 S.W. Alder. The the H ighlanders could close the Veterans Benefits Up
club en of the county Informa-
requires that the punch cards l>e Sherman High School
beat most TV programs.
The
V
eterans
A
dm
inistr
ition
ti
ai
from
the
F.B.I.
on
how
to
m
argin,
giving
Sherm
an
th
e
ir
m eeting is scheduled to convene
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second victory in league compe Regional office in Portland dis p i«ct them selves from inoles- returned w hether o r n >t the bold
at ten a.m.
A course in a rt (painting and
er caught salmon o r steelhead.
The final decision about the
bursed $39,700,00 in disability {ols
During the hearing winter and tition.
draw
ing) will be given as an
w elfare of Latin America may sum m er regulations for all game
Ron Johnson repeated hla top and death paym ents in Or gon
adult class at Sherm an High for
be th at there is too much restric fish will lie considered. Following scoring honors w ith 21.
during 1962, Manager R.J.Novot
the next few weeks. The class
tiv e law and too little economic a two week interval and oubli-
The H uskies play th e ir third ny announced. Of this total, $30,
will
meet next Tuesday, Ja n u a ry
law. But look w ho’s talking
cation of tentative rules, a sec league game against H eppner on 500,000 was paid to 34,302 1'vlng
15 at the school at 7.30 and last
veterans
and
$‘
3
,200,000
to
surviv
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ond hearing will be called on F ri Jan u ary 11, then travel to Mau
until 9:30. In stru cto r will be
Those who try to make a day, Jan u ary 25. At the second pin on January 12 for a non ors.
Doug
l>oash of The Dalles High
The paym ents are higher than
sporting event out of politics are hearing the game commission league rem atch
school. It will lie necessary for
a
year
ago
because
of
the
enac
-
building up the struggle over who will adopt the final angling regu
Scoring: Bish 12; Blagg 5; Doo
eight pesrons to join before the
is to be who and labelling men as lations for the 1963 season.
lin 6; Fields 2; Johnson 21; Kel m ent of a law that increa c I
class can lie given.
com pensation paym ents from $1
liberals and conservatives in ev
All persons are invited to at logg 6; Rayon 1.
a
month
for
those
w
ith
only
10
ery paragraph. Kennedy is said tend the regulations hearing.
Sherm an
8
28
44
53
Traffic Deaths Not So
to be on the side of the “liberals”
B urns
18
25
37
50 percent service connected disal>
ility to $25 a m onth for tno.-c
and well he might for they are Telephone Almanacs Out
Junior Varsity:
Many Last Year
with 100 percent disabilities
th e easiest pushed around, but
Sherman
11
17
22
33
Compensation
paym
ents
are
Oregon’s traffic death toll for
The telephone almanac for ’63 B um s
we don’t think he is either one.
12
16
28
45
1962 was just short of ‘he figure
paid to veteran of the Spanish-
is now available free of charge in
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for the preceding year. T entative
American was, World W ar 1 and
Did you note that story about Pacific N orthw est Bell's office
figures released
today by the
II, Korean
conflict and peace
Mexican women who put their ir. The Dalles according to Man March of Dimes
tim e service connected disability.
Oregon D epartm ent of Motor Ve
children first in their affections, ager C.P.Hom,
hicles listed 480 |>ersons as 1962
Pension are paid by the VA to
Theme for the 41st edition of
th e ir parents second and th eir
veterans whose disabilities are
traffic fatalities.
the publication is a series of tr i Campaign Starting
husbands third. Well.
This figure, the departm ent ?aid
not service connected and woo: e
bute and disertations on twelve
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may 1* revised upw ards if any
income does not exceed certain
The chief of Oregon’s prim ate basic types of telephone users
Top
quality
medical care statu to ry limits. Pens! m s a.--» al
deaths occur during the next 12
center has resigned. So, we'll whose occupations are vital to though often capable of chang
m onths due to Injuries received
have to wait a while to fin ! out the life we lead in America today. ing the whole life prospect of In so paid dependants >f decease 1
last year or If person« tentatively
Usual features of the almanac fants and children w ltn crippdng veterans whose deaths wes ■ not
how to g i/e monkeys cancer.
listed as traffic deaths are Judg
include the calendars listing hol disorders, is unavailable to the due to service connected disabili
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ed “non traffic motor vehicle
ties and whose incomes are w ith
Maybe if w eatherm an Krick idays and historical events, astro m ajority of these paitients
deaths” (cases w here the accident
in lim its fixed by law.
can m ake his theory stand up nomical data and recent happen
Dorotha Moore, chairm an of
occurs on private property).
th at atomic explosions make the ings in the telephone business.
Sherm an chapter of the National
For com parative purposed state
w eather bad the big nations will
foundation- March of Dimes poin Speaker Obtained
agencies throughout the country
Federal
Rules
Adopted
have to stop them. Fear of bad
ted to the fact th a t the national
ue the Uniform Manual on T raf
w eather may lie w’orse than fear
Carl H. Nleberg, senior vice-
Federal regulations governing health organization, through n a t
fic Accidents for determ ining of
of war.
pesticide residues on law agri ional headquarters and some 500 president of the Fede al In ter
ficial traffic death tolls. Oregon
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cultural products will become of its chapters, is financing a net mediate Credit bank of Spokane
had 492 deaths In 1959.
Next Monday the legisla'ure Oregon's tegulaUone also on Ja n work of more than 50 treatm ent will be a featured speaker it the
will convene and liegin the age u ary 25..
centers across the nation for annual joint m eeting «if the .did-
old contest to see who is the liest
Production
Credit
Director J.F.Short of the state birth defects, a rth ritis and polio. Columbia
L’.S.National Bank
K cpie-enting Sherm an county
men. And may he lie public spir departm ent of agriculture signed The centers are affiliated with association and the Federal Land
at
the
national
m
eeting
of
the
t
“
nated
statistic«
w
ere
i.iven
»hat
ited.
an order to this effect January 4. more than half th e nation’s med Bank asoclatlon of The Dalle
m s subject will lx*
F.n . H ial d c.l. in Cancer society held at
P is o n s in Sherm an county Makes Gains in 1962
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His
The ord er followed a hearing on ical schools.
Management” and
Mr N idierg the Multnomah hotel In Portland
saved from cancer in
S National bank c o n tin u e to
Well, we got rid of the holidays December 28 in which adoption
In this county the local chapter
and -that th e re would be excw d the $1 billion m ark In
again and after a cold sped or of the federal tolerances as Ore has Joined with o th e r chapters has had long experience In Uiat Jan u ary 5 and 6 were Mrs IIll-
two perhaps people will go hack gon’s requirem ents wras at *.ssue in Oregon by contributing to the field Also in attendan e will be • 1 I Zell, <1 trlct direct ,r and Mr e |kl‘t new caaes diagnexsed for totai resources according to y ear
iirsf Bine as cancer. Tw enty end figures released this week,
to work.
— except no issue developel, as center established at the U niver A W Behrens, ass’t vice president nd Mi F rank vonBorstel. They
year« ago one in seven was
Deposits w ere u p m ore ih an
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no one offered testim ony e ih e r sity of Oregon Medical school. o* the Fedeial I^and bank of po r<- art i gofMl attendance from 11
kane who will have
inform.i ion wa tein n ates Including one iep- !»ave^- Now a lo u t one in three jyg million and now ‘otal *983,
Probably five years of hard for o r against at the hearing.
Since 1938 the local chapter has
*' '«-n'aiive from Alaska and one an'* one morv of the t.iree could 473 352 compared w ith
$906,711,
work In youth is worth tw enty
Federal pesticide residue toler spent $2000 in treatm en t of polio to share
William Hulse, Dufur, m ed - Loin Hawaii.
sav**<l lf early diagnosis and 7 jfi recorded on Dec. 30, 1961.
years of nt in middle age, but ances prevail on raw agricultural cases in the county and also pur
Ralph Edw ards of radio
and B M tm ent w ere given.
Ix»ans Increased nearly $77 mil-
we have to tie middle aged to products th a t move in interstate chased a Pneolator’, a completely rknt of the Federal L ind rank
1 wo tilings individuals
and lion and now stand at $501017,
kr.ow that.
commerce For this reason, fed- autom atic oxygen dipensor, for association will serve . gei .Tal t'lev i-io n fame conducted the
chairm
the meeting,
me- mu', Aith m. d in g
national chairm an, ianiilles can do to ward off the 359 compared with 3427,071.452
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chairm an
an at
at the
eial tolerances are i ith e r uni the county ambulance.
Gordon
Hat|»er, vi< - pre - > nt, Denr.i Day, state chairm an for th r«at of canoe r a n d to lie p the a year ago.
The fish, when he bites at the formly u=ed by the various dates.
Gordon
Mrs Vada DeMoss Is Sherman E l d i n g at the m< in ti o, -h a t < .1 f ..nia a , - In attendance and
,he dan«“ r
The Dalles branch of the U.S.
worm on the hook, is in search
presiding K
Moreover, J.I> Patterson, SOA’s county March of Dimes ch air P
v... ,„.»• of the M a k e r s at the »‘KnalN w h‘ch ®PP*ar •" <?very National recor»led as of Decem
o* security
chief chem ist, points out th at man and has announced her assi- association. Riddell Lage, Hood
American ( a icer ber 31, 1962 total deposits o(
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the financial outlay for investi ta n ts as: Kent: Mrs H arry luste- River, preident of the Mid-Colum 1 .n< I ■ n Sati rday. Also speaking I iece
William Gar'gan, form er ra »ociely« literM ure and n m e a $18.263.331.98 acconilng to Jam es
W hatever may h ap n ei in the gations and studies at the state sen; G rass Valley: Helen Olds; bia I*CA, will chairm an the busi w,
, and TV star, now -ervlng as hab‘l of visiting th e ir awn phy- L Johnson, manager. I/ia n s and
federal congress you can be su ie level would be extrem ely costly Wasco: Gwen Gosscn and Vera ness meeting of his issociaDon.
at ‘* af
a
a discounts
________ for th e local branch to
it is done with an eye on the and tim e consum ing This M m - V anG lder; Rufu: Ina Byrd. A
Stein said the m eeting will lx* Day’ »«.chairman. Gov. Mark
1964 election, probably lw>th eyes e unneces ary In view of the special addition th is year Is a held at the Ju n io r High sch<x>l H , f , . | wit» has served as a c<jniPleU‘ health exam ination. For ta]«wl $7,944,973.50. This compares
V
, ...
V
and
a county
these exam inations will
$17,174 567 59 and $7,725,567.
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fact that Oregon Investlgaiions high school chairm an. Kay More evmnasium with regi it at io n to
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51> respectively on Dec 30, 1961.
We read that th e United Sta presum ably would come up w ith house has volunteered to do thl» i n CmJerwav at 11 . m One < f c h a i...» a n an d 1« now on th e state
tes spends $2*3 per year per cap the same results the federal special collection task I me to the the im portant functl n s of ‘ id < <ei b ird gave a talk. Nan vterlne cancer and all adults will The D ufur branch sh«,wed depo-
a ’ rectal-colon
.
f ,, pr r .dlo, movie and aI»
recUl-colon exannna-
examina-
,n the amount of $2.506.326
ita on m ilitary expenses and E u found and uses In establishing splendid organization of the Mar annual meeting will be u
70
with
loans and dlscoun’s to
n
'er,
who
has
.»een
cured
Boll.
ropeans $55. Maybe Europeans Its telerances.
directors
to
fill
the
00
Ition-
of
ch of Dinmes effort In this coun
mg »»eautliully dur-
And all may help by iieir ton- taling $577.034.09.
are sm arter.
Because change- occur ’’it her ty and the dedication of the wo the following retiring dire-tor-: ,,i
.
| , i » sion.
tn b u tlo n s to the Amarican Can-
Total resources of fhe U.S. Nat
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rapidly in this field, the depart- men who give th e ir tim e to the Carroll Sayrs, Moro; and Lari
,»•
1 e egat« 1 w•'.«-» divided cer society to be used for cancer ional system ’s 85 offices was $1,
The Cuban ransom case ihows merv* anticipates it will need to task of collecting funds, th is co Meeker, The Dalles; of the * \’A;
three group» and discussions leaeartdi, education a n J service 079.346,587 com pared w ith $1,
th at on«1 way
*et ,n ^as*ni<‘nt hold periodic hearings to review unty is one of the top ¡* r capita William Hulse, Dufur; of the
e • held and films snown Ee- to end th'.s dread disease
002,086,875 last year.
of taxes Is to have something the the tolerances
land
bank.
contributors in the na'ion.
adm inistration wants.
Committee To Put
Out Instructions
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