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THE MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, JANUARY -1, 1910.
Medford MailTribune
PUBLISHED DAILY BKCMPT SACWttDAY.
A consolidation of the MnUort.MeJl, UkUk4 lllli Um Southern Orriron
Un, caUbliahoil 190: tho DmMrallc Wmmt, Ubltaha 1ST!: tho Ashland Trib
une, vatabllBlicd IMS. and Uw MKor Tihw. muIUW 1S.
.fficinl Paper of
QKORGE PUTNAM, Kdttor and Manager.
n- .PP.T" inW mMlcr'Novr C lA. l p.itotilco at Mw.rora.
Oregon, under Ui
SUBCCniPTI
.....$S.OO
ina year, by mall.
DANGER OF
Oregon is threatened with an era of wild-cat orchards,
the use of the name and fame" won by Oregon fruit by un
scrupulous speculators and exploiters to get rich quick at
tho unsuspecting public's expense.
Every successful legitimate proposition carries in its
waive a train of speculative sharks who hope to profit by
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fleecing the investor. A producing nunc is cucoverca ana
countless worthless prospects
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A successful invention appears, and the public is asked to
buv innumerable- worthless imitations.
A glance at Portland papers shows countless oppor
tunities to buy Spitssenbcrg and other orchards in some
hitherto unheard of "famous belt," at ail absurdly low fig
ure. Worn out farms and even worthless lands are planted
to fruit and sold out at fancy profit.
There is no way ' ' wild-catting" in the orchards or oth
er business can be prevented. The only protection the
purchaser has is to investigate
tion himself.
Wild-cats, in the long run, injure the community. Wit
ness the conditions in Nevada where a meritorious mining
proposition cannot even secure serious attention on ac
count of the bogus ones that deluged the state.
PLANT SHADE TREES.
Ladies of the Greater Medford Club have received or
ders for 1100 shade trees to be planted .along Medford
streets. The number should be 11,000, and it is hoped ev
eryone owning property will at once signify his intention
to co-operate in the plans for a city beautifid by sending
in to the club an order for
premises.
The advantages to the property owner is so self-evi
dent that it seems a waste of time to again set forth rea
sons why trees should be planted. It ought to be sufficient
argument to know that' property along a shaded avenue
commands a higber price and is regraded as choicer for,
residence purposes.
The expense attached to tree planting and care is trifling
in comparison with the results.
McMINNVILLE CLAIMS.
The McMinnville commercial club is advertising
broadcast that Yamhill county boasts the largest apple
orchard in the state and that its apples bring the highest
prices in the world's markets.
The Rogue river district has an orchard of 1160 acres,
and was under the impression that this was the largest or
chard in the northwest. As a matter of information, we
should like to know something of the Yamhill orchard, as
the Rogue river does not want to sail under false colors..
We would like to know also in what markets and at
what date Yamhill apples brought the highest prices.
Rogue river and Hood River fruit bring a pretty fancy fig
ure, and if their records have been beaten, the McMinn
ville commercial club should
The residents of the west
en a step in the right direction by the organization of a
good roads club. Their field of usefulness is a large one.
May their example be followed by residents of .the other
sections of the valley, for good
ity welfare. . '
Mine owners of Cherry,
cued from its depths for time
are not contributing to the sustenance of the destitute ant
are fighting every case in court. Charity is called on from
the public but in this case charity is a fraud for it is justice
that is wanted.
A YEAR'S PROGRESS
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In order thit tho pooplo of itfedford may know wins has bcon ac
complished by tho city administration during tho past year in tho wny of
municipal improvements, tho Mad Tribuno asked Mayor Cnnon to tub
init a paper, which ho has dono. This article is to tho peoplj of Medford,
while ono to tho world at largo was published in tho Homoscekors' Edi-tmrn-Editor.
L1 ft $GMti8tm2Bm
I have boon asked to toll tlu road
ors of tho Daily Mail Tribune some
thing of tho work that has been ac
complished during tho past yoar in
the matter of city building from tho
standpoint of pliblio improvements.
It takes more than 'peoplo and
store buildings and residences to
make a city. Without good ,. .side
walks, good streets and adequate
tho Cky uf Modt'onl.
ot C .UmcIi S, 1ST8.
OX RATH9:
0 mnth by mnil or carrier.... .50
WILD CATS.
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are placed upon the market. ,
the merits of the proposi
shade trees along his or her I
furnish the proof.
side of the valley have tak
roads are. vital to commun
Bis., have docked the few res
lost while entombed. They
water and sower facilitioa no aggre
gation of pooplo is entitled to be do
scribed as anything moro than n vil
lage. These things are necessary
to the vory oxistenco of a city. For
this reason tho work which has been
accomplished by tho eity of Medford
in tho way of pifblio improvements is
properly and peculiarly "city building."
Street Pnvlng.
During tho year Central nvonuo
mul d'AnJou street from Sixth to
fiighth streets, nnd Oakdalo nvenuo
from tho south city limits to North
Fourth street, wore curbed and paved
wtth hard surfaeo paving. A cou-
i tract was also lot for paving West
Sovcnth streot from Laurel street
west to tho city limits, hut owing to
tho delay of tho contractors in get
ting started with tho work, and the
unusual heavy rains which set in
early in November, this latter work
was not completed. It will, however,
bo pushed to completion as early in
tho spring as tho weather will per
mit. Tho city succeeded in getting the
paving work done this year at prices
which were from 10 to 20 per cent
lower than that paid for paving tho
business section of West Main street.
But an earnest effort is to bo made
during tho coming year to seeuro
substantially lower prices still.
street paving is nn absolute ncce
fity. Within the next the years at
leusv u uiiies ol .sirooi imviuir snuiiai
bo ,llitlt At w bc3t it wH1 cost
n grent ileal of money, ami no effort
should ho spared to got tho price to
tho vory lowest point possible with
out sacrificing quality.
Wo hope to inako tho year 1910 a
banner year for Medford in tho mat
tor of streot paving. Our plan is to
lay out a fult season's work, which
wo hopo will be uot less than five
miles of paving, and by letting all
tho work in one contract, to get a
substantially lower price on tho
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send a comtuittco to cxnmino the
pavements which have been secured
by California cities, to learn some
thing of their oxporienco with their
pavements, nud to interview tho com
panies which have been doing the
work down there, with a view to get
ting them to mako bids on our work
here. Every .member of tho city
government. is nnnons for all of tho,
information and nssistauco that he
can get, and wo invito suggestions
from" every ono who knows anything
about this matter.
Sidewalk.
In tho matter of sidewalks Mod-
ford certainly has occasion to bo
proud ot tho record of tho past
year, jsveryone in iweuioru wnu
knows how to lay a good cement
walk, and wo fear that some who
do not know tho secrets of this trade,
has been busy laying walks during!
thn nast vear. That more walks were
not laid was duo only to tllO fact ,
that thero were not more contractors ,
bore to lay them. SInc0 Fobruary
when tho present administration
took charge of this matter, grades
havo been established for no less than
soren miles of cement sidewalk and
two of plank sidewalk. This means
moro than 50 feet of ftvo foot walk
for every man of voting ago In the
whole city. Tho work of transform
ing a village Into a city Is not tho
woik of a day, but another year or
two llk0 tho past year will eeo Med-,
ford, with respect to sidewalks at
least, In as good shape as any cltj of
similar size In tho wholo country.
Water Mains.
In tho matter of water mains also,
Medford ha& made a great record
during tho past year. Tho prcsont
administration found tho work un
dor way of tho construction of a grav
ity water system which will suuuly
tho city with not leas than four mil
lion gallons of puro, mountain water
every twenty-four hours. But what
to do with this water when It reached
the city was a problem which bad to
bo met. A largo part of tbo city
was without water mains, and henco,
In no position to take advantag0 ot
tho city's water supply. Wo woro
in a good deal tho same position as
tho merchant whoso shelves aro full
of merchandise but has uo clerks or
dollvcry wagons to soil or deliver to
his prospecttvo customors. More
over, tho city treasury wna empty, and
tho credit of tho city had been heav
ily taxed to meet tho expense of con
structing tho gravity water Bystem.
At this Juncture tho following plan
was devised: The charter was
amended so as to permit tho assess
ing of property for tho cost of laying
water maliiB In tho streets on which
It fronted. In order to mako tho bur
don as light as possible It was ar
ranged to havo tho aBsosmonts pay
ablo In ton annual Installments, and
finally it was decided to glvo each
person paying an Installment of an
assessment for a water main a cer
tificate, which tho city will rccolvo
at any llrao In paymont for water at
Us regular rates. This places, as
nearly as possible, tho proporty In
front of which now water mains aro
laid on an oquallty with tho proporty
in front of which mains woro origin
ally laid and paid for out of tho city
treasury, and means that ultimately
all tho cost of theso mains will bo
paid by tbo surplus water of tho city.
In laying thoso mains In ordor to
glvo tho city a circulating system,
It has bcon necessary to placo mains
on some etreots on wlWch thoy would
not otherwise havo bocn laid at this
tlmo, and doubtless som0 proporty
owners fool that unnecessary bur
dens have been placed upon thorn In
thts respect. But It Una boon th0 oar-1
nest nl in tout otuletvvor ot thoso lu
charge of tills matter to confer the
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mum ueneiu wiiu wiu lensi (iimaiuiu
burdens, ami' It In earnestly hoped
! " ry property owner will ehoor-
fully ro-operato with those In charge
of this work, especially when It In
remembered that In tho end tho mon
ey paid out will all como back In
water at tho samo prices that every
other property owner pays.
Tho city succodod lu getting these
mains laid nt a very moderate price,
ami tho cost on tho average to tho
man owning a hundred foot lot wilt
uot exceed $7.50 per year, and It
ho bo a wntvr liner the cent In reality
will be nothing, tor ho will bo able
to apply this $7,50 towards tho pay
ment of his water rentals.
During the year more than fifteen
miles of those water mains wore
ordered In. Tho early rains prevent
ed the completion of all this work but
It will nil be finished In tho early
spring. Wuat this moans In a city
the size of Medford will bo apparent
when wo remomber that this amounts
to seventy-flvo feet of water main
for every man of voting ago lu tho
city, and all in ono year,
Sewer.
Another thing that Is vital to tho
health and convenience of n modem
city ts a good sewerage system. Dur
ing th0 year between six and sovon
miles of lateral sowers were ordered
laid, the city's soptlc tank was com
pleted, nud a now trunk sewer wns
laid out and ordered laid to accom
niodato that portion of tho city lying
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r for this trunk sower to cross
near creoh. unci u ns oeon inougiii ,
advisable to make tho cons ruct on I
necessary for this crossing o auc . a
character that It can bo used as tho
foundation and beginning of a new
brldgo across Hear creek, which will
bo sorely needed In tho near future
It has boon found possible to do this
without greatly increasing tho cost
ot th0 work, and it will mean a largo
i saving when tho city comes to build
tho now brldgo.
In General.
Much moro might bo told ot tho
work that's been accomplished dur
ing tho past year, but I feol that I
havo already tried tho patience of tho
rcador. I cannot closo, however,
wlthouUcalling nttontlon to tho fact
that a complete system ot houso
uumborlng has bcon laid out and car
ried Into effect during tho past year,
and that as a result Medford now has
ireo man uenvurj.
a it 1 1 1
This wont Into
ouinwiuur x, uuu
1b a
milestone on tho journey of Medford
from tho position ot a vlllago to that
of a city.
I ought not to leave off too with
out mentioning tho miles ot stroot
grading, for which grades and Inspec
tion havo been furnished. Altogeth-
er It bns been a busy year, and thoso;
entrusted with tho city's affairs have '
given to tho work a very largo part
of their time and energy.
Of course, the greater part of the
coat of all this work ha8 boon borno
by tho porperty owners benefitted, but i
il muni uu ruiuuuiuuiuu mui iuu uir
Ing of work of this kind always in
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volves a great deal of oxponso In tho
way ot engineering, Inspecting, print
ing of notices and clerical work,
which must bo paid out of tho pub
lic funds, and thoao.who havo man
aged tbo city's affairs feel that they
can point with somo prldo to tho fact
that tho work has boon carlcd on so
economically that tho tax Iovy for (be
ousulng yoar Is actually lowor than
It was for tho year 1908, and this too
In tho faco of tbo fact that tbero was
a reduction made by tho county as
sessor in tho assessed values ot tbo
ctly upon which taxes must bo lovlcd.
For sovoral years past a dispute has
existed with tho Electric Light com
pany. Tho company's franchls0 ro
qulrcs It to pay tho city five por cent
of Its gross receipts. Theso havo
been hold back by tbo company un
der a claim that It was entitled trf a
much higher rata for eloctrlclty fur
nished tho city for pumping thnn tho
city was willing to concodo. This
matter was taken up by tbo present
administration In a qulot but business
llko manner, and tho result bus bcon
that tho company has acceded tp the
claims of tho city In ovory particular,
has receipted In full for all tho city's i
bill for electricity and bus paid Into
tho treasury of tho city almost a
thousand dollars. It will also mean
a rovonuo to tho city hereafter, of
from flftcon hundred to two thousand
dollars por year and as tho city grows
an oven larger amount,
In speaking of the prcsont admin
istration, I do not mean to' claim nny
crodlt for tho prosont mayor, which
Is not equally shared by ovory mom
bor of tho council. All havo worked
together In porfect harmony and with
out dissension, and as I bellovo, with
a slnglo eyo to tho best Intorosts of.
tho city,
W. II. CANON, Mayor.
FAMOUS AVIATOR IS
KILLED IN PARIS
BORDEAUX, Frunco, Jan. 4.
Leon DeLaGrundo, tho famous
aviator, was killod lioro today when
his noroplnno collapsed whilo mo wbb
.making a flight.
MORE THAN ONE
BATTLE PROMISED
Estrada Will Not Risk Fato of Revo
lution on Ono Onttlo
With Government
- Troops.
lthUKPIHIiDS, Nioaruga, Jan.
(By Wireless to Colon.) General
Kstrada has determined uot to Htnko
tho fato of his revolution upon one
battle with the government troops tit
Aeoynpa, if the manner of tho ad
vance he has begun upon Managua
may ho taken to indicate his plans.
The insurgents are moving toward
tho capital by different routes. Their
troops have been divided, evidently
displaying Kstrada's determination
not to risk his entire command in a
decisive engagement.
Ono division is sailing up the San
Juan river. It is believed that in
surgent eommniidor plans to send
this detaohmont upon tho capital by
way of Lake Managua.
A second rebol force is marching
bv way of Aeoyapa. To avoid a
l clash with tho government troops lu
j thnt vicinity, if such in Estrada's
intention, it will ho necessary for
I this body to make u detour either to
i tho north or to tho south of the city.
I Kslrada now has undor his oom-
maud about 5,000 moil. Although
man)' ol tlicso are rcenuts, tliu en
Uro folco j BaU , ,u) we cqulpl
, fr fi iop , c (
, nnKnt tn)op9.
.
20.000 MEN MAY
L0SEJTHE1R JOBS
Miners May Decltlo to Continue to
Aid Switchmen If They Do, They
Will All Be Turned Out.
BUTTE, Mont., Jan. Uj)on the
decision tonight of the Butto minors
'its to whether they will eontinuu to
supKrt the stinking switchmen, de
pends the employment of 20,000 men.
Tho Amalgamated Coppor Com
pany announced todny thnt if tho
miners veto to continue to lend their
I aid to the striking switchmen, it will
stop down all of its plants in Mon
tana and Wyoming, throwing minors,
.smcltcrmcn, lumbermen and quarry
men out of work.
TC..,.eTc.no Ujait unoc
TEAMSTERS WANT MUHt
OF WHAT THEY PRODUCE
To tho Kdilor: After reading
your valuable paper for some timo, I
haven't seen anything in it in regard
to wnuos paid for team work and
manual labor. Whilo Medford and
tho surrounding country is prosper
ous ns tho enstoni part of this stat,
Mi 'heur, Union, Ilnrncy and otlrjr
court :i'8, also Idaho and Washing
ton jwiy for team work from $f.00 to
iSfi.fiO per day and $2.50 to $4.00 for
men on the county' work of 8 hours
por day, and tho cost of feeding n
team is only one-half of what it is
here. Tho teamstor wants moro of
what his own Inbnr produces.
TEAMSTER.
CONGRESS AGAIN AT
WORK AFTER A REST
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 4.
Congress convcued today nftor its
two weoks' of holiday recess, both
houses going into sesuion exactly ut
noon.
Only brief sessions woro held in
each houso on account of tho death
of Sonator Mcl.nurin, of Mississippi,
during tho holidays.
Tho scnato adjourned nt 12:40
o'clock.
CALIFORNIA
The Mecca for Winter Tourists
. .
Its attraotivo seaside resorts, famous modical springs, magnificent tourist hotels, pioturoHquo
scenery, delightful olirnnto, and opportunity for nil kinds of outdoor paHiime, such as hundreds of
miles of auto drivoa through orango groves nnd along ocean beach boulevards, mako this' fuvorod
region Tlio World's Groatcsl Vfnter Resort, reacliod via tho
5HA5TA ROUTE.
and "Road of a Thousand Wonders"
SOUTHEN PACIFIC CO.
Low round trip rates uro in effoal from all points in the Northwest, with long limit, stop-ovor
privileges nnd first-class accommodations.
Medford to Los Angeles and Return '$47. 50
With a final return limit of six months, nnd stop-ovors in oithor direction.
First class, up-to-date train with tho Intont equipmout, un Jicollod aining car sorvico, nnd every
thing thut goos to mako tho trip pleasant.
Attractivo, interesting nnd instructive litorntiiro telling of ho famous wltitor roBorts of California
can bo had on application to any 0, It. & N. or S. P. Agont, or by writing to
WM. McMURRAY, Gcmral Passcnrjcr Agent, PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE OnEGONIAN:S BANEFUL
INFLUENCE.
ttttttt t
(Yroku Journal,)
Up lu the northern part of Oregon
anil near tho confluence of tho Co
lumbia and WHIniuolto rivers Is sit
uated a city called Portland. Ton
abort yearn ago l'ortland wan an
overgrown vlllago, but oven then, as
now, tho largest center of population
In Oregon. And travolui-H piiMlng
tbrough l'ortland on routo from Se
attle to San Kninclitco would mar
vel that a town so ndv.utoKnunly lo
cated should bo no devoid of tho In
fluences that make for clvle groat
uoms. As they camo on down through
tho rich Willamette, t'mpiiua and
lloKiio river valleys and ronlUed tho
potentiality of thou dint riots, their
wonder grow. The lino fstmvel was
dotted with sleepy llttlo towim inln-
aturoH of tho stato'u mntropolln. It
was thou that It heuomo evident that
tho progress-retarding causa of l'ort
Innd'n backwardness was exerting, the
sumo luiiiience over nil or western
Oregon. At that time tho hook-worm
luid not boon discovered, or tho no
tural conclusion would imvo boon that
the entire coast side of tho state had
been In fee toil by tho panudto. Tho
sltuntlon prevented no Interesting a
problem that many out of pure curi
osity Investigated and what they
learned demount rat oil In a startling
manner tho power ot tho press.
It noonis that back In the early
eighties an embodied human grouch
by the name of Harvey Scott secured
control of n newspaper known as tho
Oregoulan nnd published In Portland.,
Scott was the product of a sectarian '
college stlimted In the very heart of
Oregon's mowdmck section, and, wo
believe, the only product of that In
stitution whose nnmo Is known out
sldo of his home town. However, ho
emerged from tho colleco equipped
with an nbundauco ot gray matter, a
thorough knowledge of tho classics
and "tho king's Kugllnh," which had
ho employed nloiiK right lines, would
havo rnndo him a national yea, a
world character.
Ilut like thoso of "Jim, tho Pen-
man," his Ood-glvon talents woro P"wenl duposltlon with him when ho
turned In the wrong direction. Con-! ctosboh tho great dlvldo rents will
scions of bis superior nntalnments, itjotther drop In tho New Jerusalem or
was not strnngo that political atubl-, ''"iiblo lu the other place.
tlons filled hla bosoln; but somohow
probably becauso of bin growing j
pusillanimity ho was repeatedly,
doomed to disappointment. For
years ho gaiod with lon ;ltig oyos uixj
on the senatorial togn. but It was not ,
for him. As tho years rolloO on. op-'
portunlty to exploit tho advantage of
roruanu a:m tno grent undeveloped
wealth of his state weor Ignored en
tirely. As his grouch grow upon him
ht Indlfferonco to the growth of his
city nud ntato took n turn for the
worse, and tho editorial columns of
tho Oregonlnn were filled with crit
icism of almost overy forward move-
I mont, with abuse of ovory offort to
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luuiuuiu vivir rirniunuHnosH, wiiii iio-
Savoy Theatre
TONIGHT
A MILLION DOLLAR MIXUP (A Million Laughs.)
INDIAN WIFE DEVOTION (Animated Wostorn Drama)
THROUGH THE BREAKERS (Brograph Drama)
ONE DIME DOORS OPEN 7 P. M.
R. of P.'s NOTICE
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
TONIGHT
LARGE ATTENDANCE IS DESIRED TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET GRAND OFFI
CERS JANUARY 12, 1910.
nuiiclatloini uf tho nutl-llquor move
ment, with mltireprenuiitatloun re
garding tho ututo'n normal school
iiyntem, nnd with vnrloiiii fnliiilnu
tlnjiH nimhiHt Institutions of higher
education.
It must bo romomborcd thnt until
hIkIiL short years ago tho Oregoulan
nnd Uu echo, the lOveiilng Tulogram,
woro Portlaiid'n only dnllloM a fact
that gave tliotn peculiar poworn In tho
shaping of public opinion, for there
was no paper lo Pay thorn nay. It
becuino uecoHsary for tho people of
tho entlro stole In'rimd tho Orogouliui
to get tho world 'n nowii and what wan
for years a noiuiHslly grow an they
took their calomul, nud iiometlmoH, no
doubt, with much tliu (mine effect.
Hut, as uupletuiaut as tho domi wan
at tlmoM, there was no alternative.
lu the nature of things thin could
uot continue always, an.l eventually
Portland hogim to feel tho Influence
of nowt'oincm men who miw at a
glance what Scott had not noon lu A
llfotlmw nnd for tho past ton years
Portland nud ovury other town lu
Orogon havo been allvu to their pomd
Million, and aro now on a par with
thn cities In sttitH whlnh have never
been cursed by newspapers of the Or
oxonlan's elnnii.
The Oregoulan coiintliioii to grind
out Its grist of "knocks," but tho
various communities throughout tho
state no longer fear It, Hoot I'm out
bursts are looked upon ns manifes
tations of peevishness Incident to a
dUappoluted life. Indeed, many feel
a genuine sympathy for him and read
ily fondve tho damngo he hns done to
the state. This much by way of ex-
phinntlon of Oregon's position In tho
procession states.
The Oregoulan Is still a burnnclo on
Oregon's ship of state, but tho good
old hulk ban now machinery lu her
now nnd Is ploughing abend at grati
fying speed. Mennwlillo Scott Is
growing old. Ho hns n ached tho
"bead and prayer book ago" but still
prefers to piny with a tin nun or, and
oven his friends aro beginning to des
pair of bin reformation.
Wo rnnnoi help hut feel thnt llar
vey's caso must bo eagerly watched
by those who havo "gono boforo," for
It Is a cinch thnt should l a tnko his
MRS.
EDDY PLEADS TO
NEW YEAR FOR TRUTH
BOSTON, Jan. -I Mri. Mary
Baker 0. Kddy, discoverer and htuil
of Cliristin;i Science, today wrote tliu
following xem. which is publishod hi
tho "Cliristinn Science .Monitor":
Blessings infinite,
O, glud Now Year.
Sweet siun nud Miihstniico
Of Ood'n presence hero.
Give U" not only Angels' sounds,
But Science vnst to which belongs
The tongue of angels
And the fconu of kiiiiu'm.