The Weather
Forecast Fair tonbrlit and Sun
....day; rising temperature buiuluy.
Highest, yesterday S3
Jjowest tills morning , 29
Mebfqrb Mml Trie
Weather Year Ao
Highest year ago today..;... W
Lowest year, ago today.... 41
Daily-tr-Twenty-fourth Year. ,
Weekly Flfly-tmntb Year.
MEDFOBD, OREGON, SATURDAY, -MARCH 30, 1929,
oX; . ' , : ' x. ' . .; No. 8.'
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
No Frills, Says Hoover.
Strange Old Chinese.'
Lamb Heels Up Again.
Billionaire Farmers. :
' ; (Copyright by King Feature
Syndicate, ' Ino.)
' run like an engineer's office,
seems to bo the Hoover plan.
The President 'will not Tinve
military aides to go with him
wherever lie goes to prove that
lie , is head of the army and
' navy. V', ,; V
'.. ' :
, j He is going to abolish much
of the hand shaking. , He might
well abolish it all. , .
. There is no reason why con
gressmen should have the right
q bring their little droves of
Constituents to the . White
. House, exhibiting the President
to them, and compelling lain to
' shake hands when he ought to
'be attending to business; for
winch he was elected. ';
This promises to be strictly a
business administration. ,''
:A very old Chinese statesman
i named Vu T.e-Hiii was only
one of three that, on their word
of hbnoiy guaranteed the life
and safety of Li Chai-Sun, gov
ernor of Canton. ..' , .
Thursday . Li Chai-Sun was
executed by the nationalists, in
.spite of 'the guarantee. -The
aged Wu T.e-IIui considered
himself disgraced and killed ;
himself, although he. had notb-
y -ing to do with the execution of
the' man gnaranteed; VM?iy-
westerners win itnu it niiucmt,
to understand that suicide.' ',i
Wall Street is many things,
but NOT dull.
Spectators that had been
paying 20 per cent for borrowed
money on Wednesday, could
borrow Thursday' Morning for
15 per cent, and were quite
happy. They almost thought
"cheap money'.' had, come back.
Later in the dayhey borrowed
it at 10, and then at 8, per cent,
and their ohildishjo'y knew no
, bounds.
' Little lamb heels went up in
. the air and so did stock prices
Much .talk filled the air, or mer
gers, distribution of stock, all
the trimmings that go with the
Wall Street "table d'hote."
.' Plus signs all up and down
' the line. '
The Federal Reserve, which
' hasn't quite succeeded in creating-the
panic that it seems to
desire," tells banksttay mustn't
make: brokers' loans because
their Smoney is. needed for "le
gitimate commercial custom
ers."; That is plain nonsense.
- " t "
If hankers could, lend only
on good commercial paper, they
couldn't lend much. .
: Great corporations, once
heavy borrowers, havo made so
much money that they are now
heavy lenders,. competing with
banks in the call money mar
. kct, i' ;...-.- ; ;. (
Vv. Commercial borrowing is not
what it used to be. : Ask any
banker. ' -. - '' "
Other corporations that 'need
money get it by gelling stock,
financing- themselves in the
open market, iijstcad of borrowing.
"Class A" commercial paper la as
rare as white blackbirds'.
If -the Federal Reserve should
drive the public out of Wall Street
It would be a bad thing tor banks
and worse for Industries, now able
, to finance themselves, If they have
good reputations and. records, by
stock sales.
Senator McNary, head of theJ
committee on farm renei, asks jodb
' u. nocaeiener, jr., enry rora,
Charles - M. Schwab, J. P. Morgan,
, Paul M. Warburg and Owen D.
Young to give advice.
XCepUsucd on Pa rour).
1 050 STORE
MERGER IS
REPORTEO
MacMarr. Mutual Stores,
Inc.. Forms New Food
Combine': $25,000,000 j
Involved Marr Chain of i
; 400 in: Northwest. Ab
sorbed Business Volume
$50,000,000 Annually. ,
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30.
(P) The Bulletin says today that
a 425,000,000 merger of 1050 Pa
cific coast chain food stores is un
der way and should be consummat
ed on May 1.
The companies involved, the re
port states, are the Mutual Stores,
inc., operators or 360 chain stores
In San Francisco and the bay dis
trict; the Marr company, owners
of a string of 400 food stores in
the' Pacific northwest cities; the
Morrison Stores, Inc., and the Bon
Chain, both operating in southern
California, The later two compa
nies, with several smaller concerns
located In that area and included
in the negotiations, operate 300
stores.
The new company will be known
as the MacMarr Mutual Stores, Inc.
; It is expected tliat MacMarr Mu
tual Stores will have an initial vol
ume of business annually of $60,
000,000. V- ... .. .'- .. ..-
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NfcW YORK, . March 30. (P) A
circUB will leave tomorrow on a
four-months journey across ,the
country, led by the master barker
and promoter, Charles U. Pyle, with
his own tent, seven trucxioaus oi
paraphernalia, side shows, mde
vllle performers, hot dog men
and 100 runners. ,
It's the second annul edition of
Pyle's bunion derby, blister and
nche debauch. Last year he con
ducted a cross-country footrace
with 65 finishers, hey came from
California acroBS the Rocky moun
tains, searing deserts, through 350
towns and cities, over sand, mud,
concrete and pavements into New
York. This time they will reverse
the process because Pyle believes
he has found a more profitable
route. The first contest, with Its
$48,600 in prize money, cost Pyle
$100,000 and no end of troubled
moments. - '
Andy Payne, Oklahoma farm boy,
winner of last year's grind, has
"turned thesplan" and will ride as
a performer in the vaudeville side
show. , , 1 ;
SHOT BECAUSE OF
ALMA .CITY, Minn., March 30.
(JP) Mrs. Joseph Lust, 31, mother
of five children today admitted
that uhe killed her crippled hus
band with 'a shotgun last night as
he sat In a chair with his back
toward her.
Cruelty to her nnd the children,
who ranged In age from 8 to . J 2
years, promoted .her act, Mrs. Lust
said in a statement given County
Attorney Sturner. Immediately
after the shooting Mrs. Lust told
neighbors that a prowler had bro
ken into the house and killed her
husband.
"Friday afternoon," Mrs. Lust's
statement said, "my husband beat
one of the children so severely
that I couldn't staffa It. He had
been cruel to me and to all the
children '.hat 2 made up my mind
to kill him last night, after the
children went to bed." '
MT. OILBAD, Ohio. March 30.
(A) Four girls, all' believed to be
from Middletown, Ohio,' were
drowned laat night when their au
tomobile plunged into a small creek
near here.' Their bodies were dis
covered after a truck driver no-
ticed an automobile lj the stream.
BUNlONEERS TO
CROSSCOUNTRY
COURTMARTIAL
, . "-m? )r iTifinn.ni ml "a.
fm;!S.5;.;.K3ej,T 'F v.
Gen. Jesus Palomera Lopez," former chief of military police of Mexico City, 'facing courtmartlal which
ordered him to be executed for participation in the revolt. Only a few hours after this tsene Lopez
faced a firing squad at daybreak. '
EASTER FINERY
TO FACE MM
ON EASTCOAST
Flowery Frocks to Bloom
. Indoors, Is Weather Pre-
, diction Showers and
' Snow Flurries Prospect
1 Along Atlantic Coast.
WASHINGTON. March 30. JP)
Unless ' the : weather man ' is
forced to change his mind, this
year's crop of light, flowery Eas
ter frocks, like many of , its pre
decessors, will have to burst into
bloom Indoors, or at least beneath
the protecting folds of spring coats
during the annual parades in many.
eastern cities. - , t
For colder weather, with show
ers and even snow flurries in
some states, is all the weather
forecasters can sec in prospect for
Easter Sunday along the Atlantic
coast as far south as Georgia and
as far west as Ohio. All because
a low nreatmro area had moved
down from the Arctic to northern!
Minnesota last night, and was still
moving in this direction. . . -"The
eastward advance of the
western disturbance," as the wea
ther bureau puts it, "will be at
tended by showers over the greater
part of the Washington forecast
district Saturday and Saturday
night,- probably continuing into
Sunday. Mild temperature Satur
day will be followed by a change
to colder weather In the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and the . lower
lake region Saturday night and
Sunday, and In the Atlantic states
Sunday,- The weather will become
much colder Sunday'
T
Will RICH BOOTY
TOPEKA; Kans., Mar. 30. ()
Diamonds valued at $150,000, re
ported to have been stolen from a
San Francisco salesman, were seiz
ed by officers here today and two
men arrested as they left an cast
Tjqund Union Pacific passenger
train. - -
The diamond, loosn and con-
Gained in four leather cases, were
found In the luggage of the al
leged diamond thieves, who gave
their names as George Gross, alias
Frank - Peterson, about 40 ; years
old, and John Hchopen, alias John
Sch'jppce, about 31, both of Kan
sas City, Mo. The men were ar-,
rested at the request of San Fran
cisco authorities. .
Two women who wore watting In
an automobile at the station, were
arrested as accomplices. They gave
their names as Mrs. George Gross,
alias Ella Amshurg, 40, and Mrs.
John Srhopen, alios Mrs. J, A.
Henshaw, ' alias May Miller, both
of Kansas City,
WATERTOWN, S. D.. Mar. 30.
() R. W. Wiseman of Watertown,
was arrested today, charged with
slaying G. B. Ellis and wounding
Tim Ellis, his step-sons. Officers
said the shooting resulted from a
quarrel which started when G. E.
Etlis persisted In turning on a radio
after his step-father had ordered
him to keep it silent,
DECREES DEATH FOR REBEL CHIEF
if
11111 mill Mi i I E
Mil Mmxit -Miiv, l3$i
Poor and Jnsane
Recruited From
Ranks of Unwed
CHICAGO, March 30. (A1).
t Heads full of figures were
put together last night, and, 4
4 as, might be expected in the 4
4 spring o$ the year, turned to 4
4 statistics of love and marriage. $
. . Dr. William F. Ogburn,
4 University of Chicago soclolo- fc
! gist, was the speaker before (
4 the American Statistical sect- f
ety and these were some of
the facts and figures he pro-
' mulgated: y.
Fifty-seven' , peY cent, of
city residents over ,16 years
4 old will marry.' ' , -i '
4 -Sixty-four , Vper, .cent-' of
rural dwellers will marry. ;
.There's a spinster .for, every
woman over 45 years old In
.the land. ; . .
One in every ten r women
over 15 years is a widow.
The death rate for single
and widowed men is twice t
that for married men. . -
Most of the Inmates of in-
sane asy.ums and almshouses
are unmarried. '
.. In one largo city .one in 4
every 'seventeen' married wo- 4
4 men is divorced or separated
from her husband.'.'1; ,;-' i 4
BAD WEATHER HALTS
IN VIRGINIA RETREAT
WASHINGTON. March 30. UP)
A raw, sleety rain early today up
set the Easter holiday plans ' of
President Hoover. , - .
With Mrs; Hoover, and -their old
schoolmates, Secretary and Mrs.
Wilbur, the president's secretary,
Lawrence Hichey, the president
had planned to spend a large part
of today on an automobile trip 90
miles into the mountains of Vir
ginia to inspect his new trout fish
ing preserve on the Rapidan river
in Madison county.
This was to have been his first
outing since he entered the White
House March 4, and he gave in
structions last ntoht to be called
early so as to get a good early
start on the excursion. ' When he
arose, however, and saw the con
dition of the weather, -which was
most unpromising for an outing,
and particularly so for an auto
mobile trip into the mountains, he
called It off. H
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IN CRASH OF PLANE
ST. LOUIS, Anrch 80. W) Okeh
Bcvins. Nevlr York aviator, re
mained In a serious condition in a
hospital here today as a result of
hl Lockheed-Vega monoplane
crashing into, a tree near Bland.
Mo., yeHterday' In an attempt to
take off .after having been forced
down In a field. Both of his legs
were fractured.
Bevlnit was on his. way to New
York after an nnsuccoHsful at
tempt to break the west-to-east
cross continent non-stop record. ,
Itnbln Heller Dies.
NEW ORLEANS, March 31). JP)
Kabm Max Heller. 69, for 40
years head of Temple Slnal of
New Orleans and one of the best:
known rabbis In the United States,
died today.
At one time he was editor of
I the B'nnl D'rith magazine.
ii-n'l' "
AIRPORT: PLANS
EXPLAINED ON
Prominent ;,Citi2ens ; Broad
i, cast Sentiment for '.New
;! Project-Questions Tele-
phoned jn Are Answered
Over Air.
A .twoVhour ' program covering
every- phase of 'the proposed now
airport issue, which will be voted
upon next Tuesday, was broadcast
over KM ED, the Mall TribuneiVir
gin statiqmfrom 8 ttr-10 last night.
Nine prominent business men, rep
resenting the heaviest taxpayers In
the city, voiced their sentiment' in
favor of 'the'tjond issue which will
make Medford one of the leading
airports in :the country, i , r .
The program was conducted by
W. A., GatcR, under the auspices
of the ali-port- committee tor' the
Chamber of Commerce. After pre
senting his'ihtroduction, Mr. Gates
announced the various speakers of
the evening. ; 1 -; .
J. c: Barnes spoke for the Really
Board of Medford, stressing their
unanlrqous endorsement of the pro
posed new airport; Jack. Thomp
son o the Calif tumia Oregon. Power
company spoke for the public serv
ice corporations; C. Mann, presi
dent of the Chamber-iof Commerce,
spoke for that organization, and
presented the Issue as a civic proj
ect: Clarence JVIoeker represented
the Merchants' association, of
which he is president;' Mark Jar
min spoke In behalf, of the Lions
club; C, CB. Lemmon,, the Kiwanis
club; W, SBolger, the Rotary club,
and Floyd F.ush, .after, playing .a
selection - , on the, miniature; organ
at the studio; spoke from, the, stand
point of the small home owner of
Medford,
Following the talks, questions
concerning the various phases of
the Issue were phoned in by listen
ing residents throughout, the val
ley, and answered ove the air by
W. A. Gates. Y -,
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
SALEM, .Ore,, March 30. (JPy-
Fineral services for Chorion R,
Stetter, 39; Gladys Stetler, 7, and
Charllne Stetter, 4, will be held
from Woodburn Sunday afternoon
at ' o'clock, .-stetter,- a farmer near
Monitor, took his own life and
those of Ills two little girls Thurs
day morning by placing nine sticks
of dynamite beneath a chair on
which he snt with the children- on
his knees. '
TOPPLE FRENCHMAN
BAKEIl, Ore.,; March SO. MP)
Billy Edwards, Kansas City butcher
boy, dofeated Frenchle I-eavltL Ba
ker wrestler, In a rough match her-)
last night. Edwards took
straight fafis with headlocks.'-
two
The
first he won In 20 minutes, and the
second In one minute.. Leavltt was
I so weakened liy the first headlock
. that. Kdwards had tt'Me trouble In
Jinking tho second fall. i j. f
RADIO PROGRAM
FUNERALSUNDAY
FIGHT NEAR liWILOOIZ
EXPECTED; rffiABOUMID
Heavy Rebel Force Creep
ing Toward Naco Fede
ral Troops Prepare Trench
Defense Civilians May
Evacuate B acih i m b a
Pass Battle in Few Days
May Be Decisive. ;
(By the Associated Press.) f
Fighting along the Mexican bor
der at 'Naco seemed imminent to-
u """" imminent 10-
day as 8,800 rebel troops crept Kansas and.-prominent .figure,-In if
closer and closer to the town WIth ! national politics and journalism todBTfW oSmUoIm ' '
outposts only eight miles away, ' for many years, will succeed Char- Ha w. t0UBd at o'deli; ill, yes
The 1,200 .federal defenders oC 'es CurtU In the senate, filllnB rte te,.,,a d hidden outside of Kano1
,'seat rellnituished : by - the . latter i mlln,v : at,.ta Atnna.,
Naco wore hWlly entrenched and , when ei0vated to the vice- I n"K'' ?0?lL,??OIl
ready for battle. '.- .y '' ' , t-
Civillans in the American town
of Naco probably will be requested
to evacuate If a battle should do
velop. . ' - -. : , . i
- The main federal army In central
Mexico was. concentrated at Esca
Ion vhlle rebel forces were report
ed on the. march- southward with:
the likelihood of a clash in that
region shortly. .- '. ' , ',
A decisive battle at Bachlmba
pass, south- of Ohihnahua City,
rather than irk the nelghbordhodd
of .Escalon; was generally expected!
In Mexico City, the probability bei
ing that it would develop: Within
a few days.1 i-,-.' :! - '
- In Mazatlan the. federals -were
on the. offensive,-heavy reinforce
ments for Mazatlan being en route
toward Cullacan, rebel stronghold
in Sinalpa.. ; ,:. , .
In Bnja Californln,' federal- ac
tivity was : reported, ' a' large force
of iyai troops preparing to ha.
rasa the rebels. In Sonora.
who failed -lii efforts to capture
Mnzatiun, was reported wounded In
the arm. : . .. . -
Mexico City di&patchesald that
dissension among the rehel leaderB
had 'developed. .
- The "lest battalion" of 800 fed
eral soldiers In Chihuahua has beon
lost to the government. The men
unaware that Chihuahua City was
In the hands of the rebels, marched
unsuspectingly to that place where
presumably tney have been made
prisoners. . . : . i-
FATAL TO FOUR
CALIFORNIA
,
LOS ANGELES, March 30. W)
Four men were- kilted In tho
craoh of a standard Air line mon
oplane this morning In the treach
erous San Oorgonlo pass. They
were:
Delbert R, Everitt, pilot, Los
Angoles. ;
H. L. Balko, Los , Angeles busi
ness man. ,.' . . . .
- George Nico, Los Angeles con
tractor. T. J. Kelly, Los Angeles.
MEXICO CITY, March 80. VP)
Pilot H. t). McLean and H. A.
Peterson, paymaster of the Trans
continental Petroleum ', company,
both Americans, were ' killed In
tho crash of a Mexican aviation
company - airplane near Tamplco.
A third unidentified mnn was in
jured," ,
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ON MINES BOARD
SALEM, Ore., Marclt 30. (If)
W. A. Hutton of Grants Vans and
Frank C. McColloch of Halter were
today appointed by Governor Pat
terson as members of the state
mining board created bv the 1929
legislature. Hutton Is a graduate
of the Colorado School of Mines
and has been engaged In mining
in Oregon since 1903. McColloch
was recommended by the Eastern
Mining association. State Corpora
tion Commissioner Mark D. McCal
lister will serve as an ex-officlo
member. . . -
One of the duties Imposed upon
the new hoard Is to conduct a min
ing survey of the state. .
SALEM, Ore., March 30. (ZD
Governor Patterson today reap
pointed H. B. Van Duzer of Port
land as a member of the state high
way commission. Van Duzer Is at
present chairman of the commis
sion. He was first appointed by
Governor Tierce. ,
PLANE CRASH IS
Henry J. Allen " !
WASHINGTON, Mar 30 -W-'
Hnr J. Allen.- farmer nmnnr of
presidency. - . him, refused to tell where he had:
Decision , to appoint Allen to fill ; been taken, saying violence wan
the vacancy . was announced by feared. He also refused to Boy
Governor Clyde M. Reed of Kan- whether the man was being held
sas, after a-conference, yesterday under protest.
with President Hoover, which also Fairchild, who waB known' in his
was attended by Secretary Good of j home town, Odell, as Eugene, Jitlll'
the -war department and James insisted when found yesterday that -.Francis
Burlte, counsel for the Re-l-he had bought a pint of moonshine '
publican national committee. The; in the DekinR home. It m hia
appointment will be made, he said, previous statement to this effect
as soon as' he : returns to the state:that brought about the Issuance of
ycnpitnl.iat ,Topeka.
Many Applications for Job,
. Says Superintendent Hed
rick No Overtures Made
to Jenne, Or Other Men-,
tors, Is Report.
The . Medford school board, ac-l
cording to School Superintendent
K. H. Hedrlck, "has .a number -of I
applicants for the position . of '
g
coaoh," but no action will be public accountant In the employ of
taken "until Prlnoa Calllson'B-the state department. , This total)
name Is definitely on the dotted covers only Items . that can be
line some place else." ! . " -, proved, and Kitbln believes the mis
, The statement of 'the , aoiioot!PWftt.Jn would reach a, larger
head was made following the re
port from Eugene yesterday that
Couch Calllson hifd been offered
thn nnsltlnn of chief eoneh of the 1
i.-.i, ,. ni,.)t., I uccember B, iszb. He was dls-
J " mZ,li uL " Lehtt'-ged when he admitted to Dr.
final decision, and will not for at
leant a month, It is understood.
There are about a dozen candi
dates for the positlon ''in the
event that Callison leaves.".
"There are no grounds for tho
statement that the position of high
school athletic coach will be of
fered to Eldon Jenne of Portland,
any more than there is for the
statement that Knute Rockne will
bo employed," the utatement reads.
"In fairness to these Kentlemen,
It should he said that so far nei
ther has become a candidate, and
neither has been approached ,by
the school board.' Personally,'!
regard Kldon Jenne as one of the
outstanding: hlph school coaches
of the state, and we should be
very glad to have him on the
list for consideration,- should ,H,
develop thnt he cares to be con
sidered. Wo have a : number of
candidates for the position, ' and
when , the time comes the board
will elect a man, but It will not
bo until Prince Callison's name Is
definitely on the dotted line some
where else.''" ,
' A number of local business men
during tho state .basketball tour
ney "felt out"' Jenne. relative to
his acceptance of the Medford
coachshlp If Callison quit, and reported-
that he regarded It favor
ably, without being definite.
LIFE OF EXPIATION
BALEM. Ore., March 30. OP) j
Robert Green, once sentenced to
hang, but on second trial convicted ,
of second degree -murder and sen- j
tenced to life imprisonment, was j
received- At the state penitentiary
Friday to begin his long pull. He
was convicted of the murder of (
Caleb CIreon, a neighbor, tn Coos
county In November, 1027. Ten
days before Robert Oreen was. to
he hanged the state supreme court
ordered a new trial on grounds
that a detective posing as a prison
er had extrnctcd a confession from
Oreen In Jull,
Boyd Fairchild, County In
vestigator,' Held in Dek
ing Slaying Remains jn
Hiding " Claims Moon
shine Bought From Wo
man, Before RaidFu--neral
Is Held Today. '
AURORA. 111.. March 30.-f) ,
""""V .te'-
'" " u": urougni
a searoh warrant and the raid Mon
day, night In which Mrs. DekinK .
was shot to death", her 'husband,
Joseph, clubbed, and : Hoy Smith,
one of 'the county raiders, shot 'hv
Hne . Deltlng boy, Gerald, 12 years
old. ,;:-f- -i ,
, ralrchlld was reported willing to .
Identify Mrs. Oeklng's body as that
of. the woman who sold him the
liquor, but It was-doubtful if this
would be arranged, since Mrs. Dek
ing's ime,al was to be today." Art-'
thorlties have frequently-expressed
a tear-' of violence and-It was not
considered JtkoIJr-aiwy, would bring i:
Fftlrohlld 'li.ere Iddf.y ;when Mrs;
Deklng's friends were gathered -to
attend her funeral. . -: . .-.n- L
REACH LARGE FIGURE
SALEM, Ore., March 80.--(p)
Pecnlatltvs - tota,llng $1386.54 are
alleged to have been committed
by R. D. Pnri tali, former bookkeen- '
er and accountant at the state tu-
berculosls
hospital, In a . report ;
made to the state board of control
today, by Otto F. Kubln, certified
figure If it were possible to trace
tnem. ; -. ,. ,, .... ,
Parrlsli vas employed by the hos-
''' . l''"Uor 1, lo
G. C. Bellinger, superintendent of
llio hospital, that he was short
about t600 In his accounts. Parrlsh
disappeared. .
Will Rogers Says t
NEW YORK. March 30.
An. old' 1ioy started a system
here ill New York Monday
that looks mighty original
and fills a lifetime's need.
He come home one nighty
protty ' well incorporated.
After the usual, argument
with' I do,'! ho started -bacK
out a g s i n.
She- started
to, follow. lie
just got ' a
saw a n d
started to re.
move oije of
her legs, fig-
living that would slow her
up some so "that even- in his
condition he ; could V. keep
ahead of her. -' .If she still in
sisted on foU'owing, ho still
had the :stiw, ,lmd she still
had another leg! This looks
like a sure-fire remedy, the
old -wnyy of ' knocking 'ein
down or locking 'em up was
only temporary relief. This
depends on the type of .wife.
One sawing will cure some,
two sawingg will euro any..
; , - Yours, -" "".''.
' 1 WIIL ROGERS. ,
P. S. : You stock market
buyersy
cd."
saws incorporate