T W IC E
W EEK
VOL. 8,
G resham O utlook
NO. 101
PLEASANT HOME
FIGHTER EVADES
BOCHE GUNNERS
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH
COUNTY,
OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1319
First Camera Click in the Great Paris Peace Conference
$1.60 PER YEAR
LOCAL W. C. T. U.
OUTLINE PLANS
FOR THE YEAR
Following art* parts of letters re
im p o rta n t am ong the w eek’s events
cently received by Mrs. L. C. A rm
was th e m eeting of th e W. C. T. U.
strong from her son, F rank, who is
Held in th e public lib rary on T h u rs
with Co. H , 322nd In fantry In France.
day aftern o o n .
T his was th e first m eeting of the
We are located in a sm all village
by the name of Blsse La Pierre, some
society since th e election of officers
where about the center of France.
in D ecem ber, au d a full o u tlin e of the
Have been here since the first of the
y e a r's u n d e rta k in g s w as discussed
m onth; dont know how long we will
and decided upon by th e m any m em
be here yet but hope It won’t be long.
When I was in the states, I was anx
bers present.
ious to see F rance; now I am just
T he able p resid en t. Mrs. G eorge F
as anxious to see the good old U. S.
Honey, who is serving h er second
More. I have seen a good share of this
y ear in the office sta rte d th in g s mov
country and wouldn’t give five acres
in the United States for all of it.
ing in a sp rig h tly fashion by con d u ct
You wanted to know if I have seen
ing a quiz on the ratificatio n of the
any German prisoners yet. Yes, I
n atio n al
p ro h ib itio n
am endm ent,
have have seen so many that I never
b rin g in g o u t th e facts of th e forty-
pay any attention to them at all any
T his scene pictu res one of th e most im p o rtan t g ath erin g s In the
tlie ch airm an 's place u nder th e clock P resident Wilson (indicated by
more. T hat was the first thing we saw
fo u r s ta te s ’ action in its favor, and
w hite arro w ) is on th e right heading the A m erican com mission. Lloyd
history of th e world
It is the first p ictu re received In th e United
when we landed in England, and you
George and the British com mission are on th e left. In th e cen ter,
file Oregon vote of fifty-three for and
S tates of th e opening session of th e g reat peace conference in France.
will find them anyw here you go, here
standing is an
English officer— In terp reter— reading IPoincare’s
th ree ag a in st th e m easu re; also the
In France.
This meet wras held in the fam ous clock room in the P alais d ’Orsay,
spt i-rh in English. The black arrow indicates P rem ier Clem enceau at
Well, 1 guess H erbert was too late
fact th a t th e G resham women are
Paris. P resid en t P oincare of F rance has Just finished speaking from
tin* head of the F rench com mission
to see the big show before It ended,
well inform ed oil iegislaive m a tte rs
but at that he was lucky for, take It
pending a t Salem. T he Christian cit
from me. It was no fun. If nobody
izenship co m m ittee of th e local club
likes it any b etter than I do, there
will never be any more war.
bus alw ays k ep t tlie m em bership up
As you have asked me so many tim es
on th e ir toes in ull legislative affaira
to tell you w hat I have seen, I w ill try
th a t they m ight vote on them in te l
to tell you p a rt of it.
ligently.
We first landed a t Southam pton,
E ngland.; was there only two or three
At th e re g u la r business m eeing a
days when we sailed for F rance; we
T he D epartm en t of A g ricu ltu re at
1. Elf teen h u n d red b u lletin s on
it is tlie plan of th e D epartm ent to . tarm ers may m eet occasionally for new office was created y esterday,
then 1 auded in Cherbourg, stayed
use this g ro u n d th is year for the fol I discussion of a g ric u ltu ra l and eco Mrs. E. A. L eonard ta k in g th e posi
th ere about a week. T hat is a very Union H igh school is th e new est de various su b jects.
p retty co u n try ;it is north of P aris p a rtm e n t of th e school. Classes in
lowing
purposes:
noniic su b jects u n d er th e d irectio n of tion of financial se cretary , to lighten
2. T w enty books on special a g ri
and is in Normandy. W hile I was
1. Ideal home g ard e n fu rn ish in g i ‘he In stru cto r of vocational agrlcul- th e lubors of th e reco rd in g and co r
c
u
ltu
ra
l
topics.
T
he
school
library
there I saw an old castle th a t was vocational a g ric u ltu re , u n d er the
T he tre a t-
tu re and o th e r In stru cto rs connected responding se creta ries.
built in the year 892. It covered over S m ith-H ughes Act, w ere sta rte d fu rn ish es m any ad d itio n al books for vegetables the e n itre year.
u rer, Mrs. IL L. W ostell was a u th o r
with
th
e
F
ed
eral
governm
ent
o
r
O
re
th is d ep a rtm en t.
an acre of ground and was all built of
2. Showing a good crop ro tatio n .
ized to pay th e local u n io n 's county
stone ¡there was even stone chipped in about th ree m onths ago and, a l
gon A g ricu ltu ral College.
3. Bgloptican w ith electrical and
3. M aking v ariety te sts on p o ta
th in pieces.
though th e re have been many in te r
mid s ta te ap p o rtio n m en t from funds
T
he
school
hopes
soon
to
own
its
When we left there, we went south ru p tio n s on account of th e closing acetylene atta c h m e n ts for visual in toes.
cw’ti p rin tin g p lan t when It will issu in th e treasu ry .
stru ctio n at th e high school and o th e r
We then stoped at La Gace, near
In th is D ep artm en t of th e school p la n t and anim al p ro ject bulletins
An innovation in th e form of a
Bourges; stayed there a little over ban ag a in st S panish Influenza, the schools in th e vicinity.
as in th e otliVr d ep a rtm en ts of Home and o th e r a g ric u ltu ra l new s of vital F ran ces W illard M em orial evening is
a month. T hat p art of France is a w ork Is now progressing nicely ami
4. A g ricu ltu ral tools necessary for Econom ics and M anual T rain in g , s tu
level country and quite swampy, and prom ises to become an im p o rta n t fac
im portance in th e colum ns of its planned for th e n ea r fu tu re , instead
seems to be populated w ith a poor class to r in th e school. A bout tw enty-five tillag e of the soil on o u r own plots.
dents are ta u g h t to “ count th e co st.” m onthly m agazine. T he A rgus.
of th e usual aftern o o n exercises. In
of people. Many of the villages are
5. H ot beds and cold fram es for Profit and loss accounts are kept in
All of o u r boys have hom e project th is way it is hoped to bring to g eth er
alm ost deserted.
The one we stayed boys are ta k in g work in P la n t H us
all p roject an d o th e r w ork, since th e work u n d er direction of th is d e p a rt a rep rese n tativ e g ath erin g of G resh
In was filed up w ith refugees, and bandry and A nim al H u sbandry, the o u td o o r lab o rato ry .
many of them did n ’t have anything tw o divisions of th e subject.
6. Many free ex h ib its from differ Euccess of farm life is m easu red to a m ent. The In stru cto r visits th e ir am 's citizens to honor tills noble
only w hat was given them.
Two double periods of ninety m in en t p a rts of th e co u n try show ing In a g re a t ex ten t in d o llars and cents hom es occasionally and m akes su g woman and to ac q u ain t them selves
From there I was tran sferred into a
gestions. Tlie work is n ot confined to m ore fully with th e work of th e
different division. On th a t trip we utes each a re given to class w ork in p ractical way a v ariety of com m odi show n as profit.
travelled as far south as Lyons and th e forenoon of each school day and ties of in te re st to th e boys.
C h ristian
T em perance
The work of th is D epartm ent and the Union d istric t, since m any of th e W om en’s
then traveled north to Tout, and as d u rin g th e aftern o o n of each school
7. Seeds of d ifferen t v arieties to M anual T rain in g a re closely related . boys live In F airview , B oring, P lea s Union. N otice of till« m eeting will
far as Nancy. At Toul there was a
large Red Cross camp where they could day th e in stru c to r advises w ith th e be fu rn ish ed by seed com panies of At th is tim e boys in te reste d in both ant Valley, Rockwood, L usted and a p p e ar sh o rtly in th e O utlook.
At a recen t executive board m e et
feed a thousand men in th irty m inutes boys concerning hom e p ro jects of P o rtlan d a t w holesale prices for ed u d ep arem en ts a re m aking dry feed o th e r o u tsid e d istricts.
Toul is a fortified town and has seen which m ention will be m ade la te r In catio n al purposes. C om m ercial fe r hoppers fo r p o u ltry , cem ent tro u g h s
T he pro jects vary w ith th e in c lin a ing held a t th e hom e of Mrs. J. N.
many battles in the past, but the Ger th is article. S tu d en ts ta k in g voca tilizers will be fu rn ish ed free by seed to r hogs and dairy m ilk record sheet tion of th e stu d e n ts
T hey Include: C iauahuu th e follow ing d ep a rtm en t
m ans never got th a t far
Nancy is
su p e rin ten d e n ts w ere elected fo r th e
boards. It is th e purpose of these
1. P oultry.
quite a large place and was pretty tional a g ric u ltu re m ust carry at least 'co m p an ies for field tests,
y ear:
Mrs. J. H. M etzger, official
8. In c u b a to r loaned fo r tn stru c- d ep arem en ts to loan th e hog tro u g h
2. Pigs.
badly torn up. When we first reached two sub jects in th e re g u la r courses
there, things d id n 't look very pleasant; of study, w hich is in accordance w ith ; tional purposes.
p ap ers;
Mrs.
Mary
S hoem aker,
3. Sheep.
form s to farm ers d esirin g the sam e.
but it soon got to be a common thing to th e Act u nder which in stru ctio n is
evangelism and lite ra tu re d e p a r'-
9. Milk te ste r and full eq uipm ent Many o th e r p ractical devices for farm
4. D airying.
see buildings blown to the ground
luents; Mrs. E. Duvidsou, flow er m b -
5. Crops, principally potatoes.
From there, we went to St. Die. T hat given in high schools. It is g ratify - ' for te stin g w hole m ilk, skim milk p ro jects are being w orked out in the
sio n ; Mrs. R ichard Beadle, m edical
6. Rabbits, etc.
was the first I saw of the war. T hat ing to see the co n stan tly increasin g ! and cream .
in te re st of com m unity life on the
front has seen some hard times.
in te re st of th e boys in th is subject.
10. Many m aps, c h a rts, etc.
ranch, in th is way th e school hopes
T his D epartm ent desires to work tem p eran ce; Mrs. B. W. Em ery, chris-
When we left there, we went to Verdun We believe th e “ Back to th e F arm
11. A rtificial gas. oil b u rn ers, to become m ore closely connected In cooperation as far as possible with tiaii citizenship uud red le tte r days;
and was there at the wind-up.
Things were pretty in teresting there M ovem ent” will find a solution in the chem icals, etc., for m aking ex p eri w ith th e hom e life of its p atro n s. A the County A gent and County Club Mrs. E. A. L eonard, cooperation with
little la te r classes for a d u lts will be L eader, since all w orking for a com m issionary w ork; Mrs. H. L. W ostell,
but we had the Dutchm en on the run vocational a g ric u ltu ra l schools of the m ents and tests.
ju st the same.
in stru c tio n ;
country.
12. O ne-half acre of gro u n d ad- form ed, and n ig h t classes If desired. mon o b ject,— b e tte r farm in g — th " scientific tem p eran ce
Co. H. had one village to our credit
O ur equipm ent at p resen t Is as f o l- ! jo in in g school buildings for an ideal It Is th e purpose of th e school to be- best resu lts will be o b tain ed for the Mrs. Mux S chneider, soldiers and sa il
at the end.
o rs; Mrs. J. N. C lan a h an , m o th e rs’
¡hom e g arden.
come a real com m unity cen ter w here people of th e com m unity.
Before we left there, we visited the low s:
m eetings; and Mrs. E lm er F. Good
city of Verdun. T hat is a very strongly
fortified place. I think you rem em ber AGRICULTURAL AGENT
win, sy stem atic giving. These wom
COUNCIL PROVIDES
LIEUT. E. P. THOM SAYS
MASONIC
JE
W
E
L
the hard battle ¿ h a t took place in 1916,
PLANS BUSY YEAR WORK
ADDITIONAL LIGHTS
NO NEED TO FEAR
FOR J. C. SCHULTZ en a re p lan n in g a series of in te re s t
if I rem em ber right. It is built in
ing events d u rin g th e year.
the side of a m ountain and a good p art
S. H. H all, M ultnom ah county a g ri
T he city council m et in special ses-
F irs t L ieu ten an t E. P. Thom, son of
At a well atten d e d m eeting of th«
Tlie officers of th e local union ure
of it is under ground. The whole town
is enclosed with a high wall, with a c u ltu ra l agent, has re tu rn e d from th sion on T h u rsd ay m orning to c o n s id -’ Wm. Thom and son-in-law of Mr. and G resham Masonic lodge T uesday ev Mrs. G eorge F. Iloney, p re sid e n t;
an n u a l conference of county ag en is
high entrance.
Mrs. W. B. E m ery, vice p resid e n t;
From there we travelled on foot to a t C orvallis full of en th u siasm for e r th e m a tte r of stre e t lighting. They Mrs W. C. Burch, of Gresham , recent- • ning tlie officers elected III Decem-
our present location. Were ftfteen days th e y e a r’s w ork to be in a u g u ra ted en tered into a new five-year co n tract ly discharged, Is quoted In the Portland ’ her were in stalled by P ast M aster Mrs. J. N. C lan ah an , recording se c re
on the road. T hat w asn’t a very pleas
w ith th e P. R. L. & P. com pany on Telegram as saying th a t there need be I W. H. Congdon, of Oregon City, who ta ry ; Mrs. W. F. H oney, co rresp o n d
ant trip, but nevertheless we got here. th ro u g h his office.
ing se c re ta ry ; Mrs. E. A. Leonard
T he w ork th is year will be co n d u ct th e name term s as th e one now in ef- no fear of radicalism on the p art of cam e over with a d eleg atio n from
financial secreta ry , and Mrs. II. L.
fect-
those
soldiers
who
got
as
far
as
the
I
W hat home will be to one who has ed on a p re-w ar basis, th e need of
Several new lig h ts will be Installed, fjerm an boundaries, or Inside of Ger-1 th a t section to atten d th e g ath erin g . W ostell, tre a su re r.
been over here for awhile. Any tim e em ergency w ork in speeding up pr >
A p leasan t fe a tu re of th e evening
In connection w ith th e action of
duction
being
of
course
less
u
rg
en
t
¡one
on F’irst stre e t h alf way betw een many. L ieutenant Thom fu rth er says; L .
I can plant my feet on the soil in old
I was the p resen tin g of a handsom e th e O regon le g isla tu re in ratify in g
U. 8., I will consider myself at home. now. T here will be m ore d em o n stra Main s tre e t an d th e C atholic ch u rch , "*
“ of * those
•
"I ' know " the sp * irit
boys over
i past m a ste r’s Jewel to J. C. Hchult? th e n atio n al pro h ib itio n am en d m en t
I would ra th e r spend the rest of my
two on R oberts avenue betw een F ifth there, and I know when a few ’red’
tion
work
on
b
e
tte
r
practices
in
fa
rm
days In the arm y In U. 8. than as a
by Maxwell Schneider, In behalf oi w ithout a unanim ous vote th e fol
civilian in France.
W here I first ing. Of p a rtic u la r im portance will stre e t and th e Mt. Hood depot, while radicals in th is country say th a t they the lodge m em bers. Mr. S ch n eid er’s
low ing reso lu tio n s w ere adopted:
th
e
sm
all
light
on
South
R
oberts
ave
landed was in England. Then I said. be the te sts of new varieties of g rain ,
can depend on the retu rn ed soldiers
W hereas, The sta te of Oregon
“The front lines can be no worse than potatoes and corn, and tria ls of d if nue and Pow ell stre e t will be changed to put th eir stu ff over on the Amer p resen tatio n speech was in happy
i vein ami bespoke the regurd and h o n adopted p ro hibition by a vote of over
this,” but the next was still worse,
to
M
etzger
av
en
u
e
and
R
oberts
ave
ican people, they are lying.
and every one was worse than the feren t fertilize rs on corn and p o ta
o r in which Mr. Schultz was held or 36,000, and, one y ear la te r defeated
“No man can pass though tin* section
a proposed wet am en d m en t by m ore
last one, until the war was over, and to crops. T he farm ers o[ th e com nue.
Ills b ro th ers in th e o rder.
th an 54,000; and,
A tten d in g th e m eeting w ere M ayor of Belgium th a t the 346th artillery
it was then I found a man never knew m unity have been pooling th e ir o r
T he newly Installed officers a re
W hereas, S tatistic s from all p a rts
w hat he could stand, and I don’t know
K enney, Councllm en C harles Cleve went through, and see the evidences
W. R. Burke, w orshipful m a ste r; V,’. of Hie sta te , show a decided Im prove
yet, for I have traveled until I thought ders fo r lim e, with the resu lt th a t lan d , D. G. Geddes, J. G. M etzger, W
of German atro cities w ithout feeling
I was ready to fall many tim es, but Mr. H all lias alread y forw arded an
K. H am ilton, sen io r w ard en ; II. J. m ent financially uud m orally, as a re
after ten m inutes rest, was ready to o rd er for a carload to th e s ta te lime C. M etzger and K arl A. M iller, r e hound to give America every bit hi! i I’ulfer, Junior w ard en ; Ja m es E lklug- su lt of th e dry law, and,
W hereas, As show n by th e recent
corder.
go again, and am still well and fat. p lant at Gold Hill.
has.”
ton, tre a su re r; Wm. M etzger, secre leg islativ e vote, ” R atificatio n ” was
Those front lines aint so nice as they
In the n ear fu tu re com m unity
ta ry ; W. R. Johnson, sen io r deacon; opposed by th re e rep rese n tativ es:
m ight be either.
Those Dutchmen
PARENT TEACHER CIRCLE
MESSENGER SERVICE
D. C. Lewis, Kubll and M cFarland, of
were out for meat. They would ju st m eetings will be held ab o u t th e coun
MAY REORGANIZE
BY OREGONIAN CARRIER A. H am m ar, ju n io r d eacon; J. B. M ultnom ah county, th u s d ep riving
play a tune with th eir m achine guns ty. C om m unity lead ers will b§ elec t
R obertson, m a rsh a l; L. L. K idder, o u r fa ir sta le of being listed on th<*
and use artillery for bass, and they had ed, who will In tu rn , o rganize ¡»'farm
i ■ F. M urdock, of P o rtlan d , has ch a p la in ; Jo h n C annon, sen io r stew ho n o r roll of “all w hite" states. Be
At th e close of th e p ro g ram at th
lots of bass too. W hat I mean, is th a t
the whole thing sounded like the devil bureau for the exchange of sugges g rad e school on W ednesday P rin cip al tak en th e O regonian ro u te from a rd ; E. W. A ylsw orth, ju n io r stew It
R esolved, T h at w hile we are g r a ti
•was there, but I guess they heard tions fo r b e tte r ag ric u ltu re. All th is S kirvin called a m eeting of all m em
He
will a rd ; J. C. Schultz, tyler.
fied tiia t the wet s tre n g th Is reduced
music th a t d idn't sound good either, is In conjunctio n w ith th e n ational bers and p atro n s of th e G resham G resham east to Sandy.
F ollow ing th e re g u la r session a so from seven m em bers In the last legia-
for they had to do the hollering.
farm bureau.
P aren t-T ea ch e r association. T he ob m ake th e trip by a u to tru ck , leaving cial h o u r was enjoyed, sev eral m em la tu re , to th ree m em bers in the p res
Hope you had a good tim e Xmas.
Some in te re stin g experim ents in ject of th is m eetin g was to discuss P o rtlan d
a t one in the m orning, bers and g u ests responding to calls e n t le g islatu re, we th e m others and
We had a good tim e here; the only
th in g m issing was the women. It alfa lfa along th e n o rth ern slope of th e recent child w elfare driv e In P o rt dropping off p apers along th e main from W. II. B u rk e, with sh o rt speech sisters of th e d efen d ers of o u r coun
try feel th a t the confidence of the
has been so long since I heard a woman the county will also be u n d erta k en land and to ta k e steps tow ard reo r-I road and a t cross roads,
es and snappy stories. Among those M ultnom ah county electo rs has been
speak English, th a t 1 am afratd it will i
year
g
anizing
th
e
local
circle.
'
As
an
ad
d
itio
n
al
accom
m
odatlo
i
who
co
n
trib
u
ted
to
the
fun
were
W
m isplaced, an d th a t It Is the d uty of
scare me out when I get back. All the ]
1 lie sm all a tte n d a n c e and absenc | io th e farm ers he will in a u g u ra te a H. Congdou, Maxwell S chneider, B every loyal citizen, in th e fu tu re , to
can say is
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“non compre." Nevertheless, they are METHODISTS TO HOLD
ol officers left th e m a tte r undecided. i m essenger tervice to and from 8 a r- F. C am eron, J. C. Schultz, P rincipal select only rep rese n tativ es who are
all rig h t In th eir way b u t th e ir i
PUBLIC RECEPTION A notice of a m eeting for th e form u- <ly and w estern points, whereby one Q uicksall of O rien t school, C, V. know n to favor th e en fo rcem en t o '
th e pro h ib itio n law.
way do n 't su it me.
P lans a re now In full sw ing to hold Iatlon of plans fo r th e work w ill ap-1 may for a nom inal ch arg e, have a Cogswell, and L. C rasw ell.
So far, we have had a very mild the reception which was announced li ', a r Hh o rtly In th is paper. T he In- pack**« w eighing up to 30 pounds
E d u catin g F u tu re V oters,
w inter here. Have had no snow yet for | aiit o ct„ber, but w blch was in-1 ,erPI” of al1 Pa r ' ' n' 8 *» g reatly rie- delivered In record tim e.
The following announcem ents are
“ We hope to receive much valuable
except Just enough to w hiten the ro o fs , , „ , ,
sired.
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made concerning services a t the Bap- inform ation In fu tu re issues for our
of the buildings a few hours, but it definitely postponed on account of th e
Many of o u r disch arg ed so ld ier I t,at ch u rrh «>««* Sunday: The Bible class in Civics," says Elmer F Good
never stops raining for m ore than a influenza epidem ic.
T he reception
Mr and Mrs. George Honey, Dr and
few hours at a tim e
will be held a t th e church on th e ev-
boys are finding em ploym ent with school will m eet a t 10 o’clock, the win, P rin cip al of th e Union High
•Mrs.
H arry Ott and Fred Todd were hg , treM r a „ way (.om pany
N()l pastor, Rev. A. J. W are, will preach School of Gresham , Oregon.
. in T the United
J , a States
. 1? before
°r a at great enlng " of , F riday • . ’ F eb ru ary , 21. All
among the Gresham people who en « m p t we gU d we d id n ’t o ppon. . six- b‘,th «"'’••ning and evening.
T his statem ent comes as no su r
while, but don’t have any Idea yet m em bers and frien d s of th e church
1 joyed the Irvin 8. Cobb lecture in (,en( f a r e ?
prise to us for from the class of
when we will s ta rt th a t way. Guess are Invited. 'T h is reception, w hich Is
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L ieutenant In lan d Moore, who Is practical, well balanced and up-to-date
I will ju st have to be satisfied with planned by th e L adies’ Aid society, ! j P ortland Tuesday evening. They did '
not resent the classification “soft and
It Is tim e G resham was sta rtin g a home on a pass from Camp Lewis and th in k in g graduates which th a t Union
T hings are going on very well, and and " esp«,cla" y
honor of teach ers rip*- as an oyster, and w ithout a shell,” ; move to secure from G eneral P ersh -i
Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs High School is each year tu rn in g out.
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I have nothing to com plain of. T here ° f 'h e school and new com ers
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arc a gn at many boys over here who ----------------------------------------- ------ ------- Mr. Cobbs classification of the Amerl- ing o r M arshal Foch one o r two W. U Moore of Pleasant Valley, vls- It is evident th a t the study of “dead
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need to go home before 1 do, for If I tria ls that
had as long aa they d id , an nation at
we declared sm all ca p tu red G erm an cannon to j Ited In Gresham yesterday with Her languages” does not constitute the
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had gone through with some of the 1 think I would want to be first myself ; war on Germany.
place on th e city hail plaza.
1 gcant Floyd Metzger.
en tire curriculum . Oregon Voter.
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