O o MEDFOTID MATT, TRTTtTTNT!, MTCDFOTJP, OKF.OOX. MONDAY. JANUARY .", 1031. VKUT, FTVT3 that mny rtft In improvim?! Unity conditions, anil through the i riL-rcnspil ui Qf j rn i n a ml f . il benefit ull umicultui." Tht I tri no ronjlutiun called upon nil other farm oikh nitrations of the j - ft .. nation to Join In the present flRtit and likewise to nppeal to its own members for conmant action in HiipnlyinB their own triples with nothing but Kenuino dairy pro- . I Grange Wages Long Fight Against Use Of Oleo And Other Butter Substitutes SO. ORE. RABBIT Lead County Granges In Ensuing Year INDUSTRY SEES; sBPft - o Mutual Association Work- ing For Tariff Protection Would Make Area Famous For Product. In rove wine events of the past year in southern Oregon's rabbit 1 meat and fur industry, we olN?rv that they were, In common with other Industries, mostly of a retro gressive n n t n r e. Houvver, we breeders have much to he thank ful for. The price of fryer rabbits has dropped from 30 to 25 cents, about equal to the drop in cost of rabbit feedrf. 'Demand dropped also to a considerable extent, especially in out-of-state markets. Those, breeders not in the South ern Oregon Mutual Rabbit Ilreed era association have not fared so well, as 20 cents per pound Is the price they receive for fryers. This association has a labol for their rabbits and all who buy S. O. M. rabbits are assured thai the inent is as good an proper feed and tare can make it.. I-'iit Industry Hit. In the fur ile of the industry, -the fall in prices was indeed seri ous. -Hatter's or uuprime skins from fryers fell almost to nothing, ibut now the prices heve stiffened and halter's bring about 7 5 per cent of what they did a year ago. AVith prime or furrier's skins Bkins taken from matured rabbits in their prim?- the situation was quite as bad as with the hatter'a pelts. Chinchilla pelts that for merly brought $1 to 11.75 dropped to 15 cents.- They now bring about CO cents, with quotations as high as 91. The task that the above associa tion has set out to accomplish, to make southern Oregon as famous for Us rabbits as it is for its Crater Lake has received a severe check due to the economic situation, but a transitory one it is believed, ltulse Flue Habbits. Southern Oregon can and does raise as fine rabbits as are grown anywhere. The idea that It takes a cold -country to raise the best fur i a mistaken one. Kabbits can -be made comfortable here the year round. Feed i cheap and with proper attention heredity can be trusted to make a good fur ani mal reproduce its like. iWere -It, possible to make Polar boars .'comfortable here the year round, na good Polar beam could c.prtrude Hnhk nnd Worthy Mas be raised in southern Oregon as ter I. R. Kline of Kaglc Point; with at the poles, ' The rabbit fur Industry Is still in Its swaddling clothes. America raises about 3 per cent of what she, for each county fair since organi consumes. The balance is import- station, each. bringing 1 the grange ed, mostly from Australia. For the neat sums of money hesides sev- jcood of the Industry a tantr is needed nnd the Southern Oregon Mutual is working in that direc tion. By-Pioduct Valuable. In regard to rabbit manure, noth- ing has been done to stimulate a demand for It. In southern Cali fornia there is a good demand at eight cents per cubic foot at thej hutches. It is the strongest ot an, grange at much cheaper rales, organic fertilizers over twice as j Poison barley was purchased strong n.- chicken manure. Kven-j through the grange at very low tually there will he a good demand cost. for this by-product. Salt purchased nt reduction World economics, or O e employ-1 through Grange salt pool, ment of labor-saving machines to Obtained oil from Union Oil Co. throw men out of work. Is affect-, at exceptionally low figure thru ing everything a a general rule, Grajnge pool. but there are exceptions. One ofj Hall fund started which has them Is the quality of southern . been added to from time to time. Oregon breeding stock. As evl- Several plays and dances have deneed by the animals shown nt been sponsored by the grange for the local fairs, quality has not suf-the purpose of raising money, fored, but on the contrary, it has! Most recent achievement along materially increased. this line was carnival held Dec. 13. New breeds were exhibited for. Lake Creek Grange has support the first time in our local fairs, the fed road improvement In its coin most outstanding of which nre the munlty, has been a valuable social Angora woolers and the different und educational asset, has brought varieties of the beaver-tike furred the community mure closely in rabbits called Rex. touch with Its Jackson county Angwa Wool Kxpensive. I neighbors ns welt as with promi- From the Angora is obtained a nent members throughout the very fine quality of wool which Is ntato. v valued upward to IS per pound, t Lake Creek Grange has many From the Rex we get a fur sim-1 members active in Pomona Grange ilar to plucked beaver. The Rex and several state grange members: has the merit of easily being bred has always sent a delegate to State Into any variety of rabbit, thus Grange and has provided for nt making It possible to develop nl- tendance of Its lecturers at lectur most any color by natural means. ers' conferences, and thus overcoming the necessity j The Grange has sponsored the of dyeing, which lessens the dura- organization of a Juvenile Grange liility of fur about one-half. which Is progressing nicely. -Great claims are advanced by It has been active in legislative enthusiastic breeders for this new work and has been generous In mutation, some of which in time holding open meetings that all In may prove to be extravagant. The the community might share In belief that the Rex will not only messages brought by outside revolutionize the rabbit fur indus- speakers. try. but the entire fur industry as - well. i most likely one of them. " tiiijoy Keinituthm. I The Sams Valley Grange unci m Southern Oregon breeding stock the leadership ol Master Jw iv - .. i- remit itilnn Sh'n- wn mode from this na .nunt eniintries as t Japan, nnd Importation" of new blood have been obtained from ns far away places as Kurope, Locally grown animals . n ri -h.. i awarder? highest premium wnyi : rn """" - won first premiums this year tj tne I'HCHIC iiiierniiiiouiu xpostltlon. State fair nrSnlcm. State far of California, Pacific ft.ihhlt phow, Oakland. Cab, State fair at 'Dallas. Tex., nnd at other fairs. Their motto is "Flreed besl to -th ed nnd pelt th ret " Now You Can Wear FALSE TEETH With Real Comfort Vn.teplh. ft new. pleasant pow ( dr. kv-pi twth firmely nut. I"1- odor:K?. No (tiimmj-. gooey, panty or filing. To -at and IbukU I" J""',h"rt .-"nHie. Vol" It M-rurlliB tlie next slate irai.M; &T$lJwA" - -""' , drug slori-s. Uurlng the year Jnt closed glp JL sWv ii aSi'fc ...... Lamt'f t -ir- J KcotMitly instnll4 nt a ceremonial held In the MtMlfotil Armory, tho largest (.range gathrrlng- in the history of the county, ten proiitiucnt farmers tMik over leadership of their resiiectivc GruiifiO i -hap tors as musters for (he coiiiiutr year. Those installed included: ,. 1, Uershel M. llariier. nmhih Valley; No. 3. Win. Perry, Knglc Point; No. It, (J. A. Andrews, llellvicw: No. 4, Perry I,. Wait, Rogue River; No. 5, A. M. Tj-rrell, tint nil Point; No. , O. M. (Joddard. Talent, and K. 10. IHmick. Knter prise; Heetl Charley, liiike Creek; II. h' Conger, Jacksonville, mid Aubrey l-lwnrds, Applegule. Grange Chapters Review Accomplishments During Past Year of Activities Ijike Creek Grange i Lake Creek ('.range was organ- ized Anril 11. 192H. bv State Jen-r'njw uty W. R. Ookeler; County Deputy forty-four charter members. I The most outstanding achieve-1 ments are; A creditable exhibit era! special awards A degree team was organized which exemplified third and fourth I degrees. j Creameries were successfully 1 petitioned to send trucks to Lake creek on regular schedule so that cream from said community might, reach Medford fresh and sweet. insurance secured through the eaion eariy in j:.hj auuiueu PrKram Including many worthy projects. Among tho! of interest and value to the community were a road program, a marketing pro gram, a community exhibit at the, COUIUJ HI II , I IV U u r vn . lot nl cemetery, sponsoring of a - . - . " . . . i hoo basket bull team. " At the close of a busy- year HI Is gratifying to know that prar! tically all of these and tunny others have been cuinpleted. I Sams Valley irange first In the Mete to nenrt In Kr quota to 0ip Ineo'je tax ram pal fund I and worked efficiently Tor lh"l I lia!-aKe of all lirange meain es ' The i.rank'e seeured a eliatme In method of nxse-nlnu In the district and hroi t aliout a! 'downward revision in lik'ht andj The t'.ram.e imitnal file insur l power rnt"i for nianv of ili mem- r.nre eompanieR in New York . . roiterntffl with th trhiM ,oni.l In making nppli-(i iminiv. fo u. riiKtrtt t n c h o o 1 . . . BnA hnlnnil mat. rinllv i w . li l$ i 'jw xc:y awv Sams Valley c; range held twenty- f'11" regular, and six special meet- ' with average attendance enso 'with average attendance of . about forty." It's drill team put on the work for new members a ; half dozen times and ' several times for other Granges in the valley The drill team is being i kept in trim and promises to be a likely contender for first money in the competitive drills at Mcd ford next June during the annual meeting of the State (Iran go. I The year just closed has wit-1 nessed a steady growth In nu m-' bership and in ability to take up nnd handle problems, good fcl-1 lowshlp and harmony among; Grangers and others of the vlcln- Ml"'n f V nitule b ine panis aney n .inge uui uik llt.10 was due to the efficient com mittees appointed early In the year. Among heads of committees outstanding in their work were L. M. Sweet, of the h gislatlve committee: Max Schultz, of the road committee; Ada Fast, of the II. K. C. committee: O. T. Wilson, of the marketing committee and Mrs. Sadie Frlnk who did special committee work, lr125G!VENDEGREE When the National Grange at Rochester, New York, a few weeks ago Initiated In one day In it; highest degree, a. ojuss of ll.lLTt piisons. it broke nil re- cords in fraternal history. Fur- thermore, over 10.000 of the can-j didates came from the Km pirn yt.,t,. The National Grange confers Its Mipremc degree but once a1 year and altogether lias given It to 74,oao members. The first eht Initialed in that degree was at Nashville, Tennessee, in 14, and the initiates that bored eight! num- Ml GRANGE CLAIMS JJl Eureka Grange In Maine believes u I lie ) Oil MK'Ml i i U NVVI f tj,ry jn tne United State and Is challenging any subordinate In tho laud to produce a younger one. She was 14 years old August 14, 1 !:". nnd Joined the Grange three weeks later. Shortly after she was elcwied cretary and has seri'l I two years. As she is now Melon ,, noA for her third year In of- fl,. p), ,n ,.r,.ely more than )C yPnrn. old. Furthermore, the 1t ,i,'.,.rr,i ,,, ,o one of the m-wl ef f Ic'enl feci tiries the ine Tree state. 4 stal hIoih r.-irry furrn ri"W l' coTim-fiiH-nrf thtniMimlf ih nmnunt "f morp thnn 1225.-: trt i.aio tirnnui-n will ftoo.oon nnd In thl iii. i l NMV.MMIn.anl hiIiJim t upon Votk nil tin- rsraimn ntatr.: though many of th.m are .arry- "'' ""- lr - - ,.. i i Grange Grist i ! 1IOX HKIJ G RANG 13 CRIST .... More Grange halls were dedi cated in the United States during 1113 0 than in any previous year, and tho total of Grange owned hullM in the United Stales has now reached :U00 and tho number of homes is Increasing nt the rate of at least three" every week. .Most of these homes are. modern, up-to-date structures, costing from six to eight thousand dollars up ward to as high as $L'0.OOo and $2."., 000. Th o Na t lonu l ( 1 range is ma k -Ing an energetic effort to aid the ben n gnnvng of "Michigan and adjoining states, who have bee'i hard hit by the depression of the past two years, nn effort being made in their behalf to have them included In the government aid dispensed by the Federal Fai in Hoard. t ..f tUn r..-. tin nrtrn II 1 1 1 1 111 slogans of the present year l"! "One Hundred new Granges In the Corn Belt during RCll." To accomplish this end energetic or ga n Ize rs will be set to work I n tle half dozen states making up the Corn Relt district. The Kansas Slate Grange has Just added a life insurance project for the benefit of its members, supplementing the extensive pro tection fealuro from fire, hall and tornado damage that has long been one of the outstanding fea tures of Grange benefits in the Sunllower Stale. The Grniitfo in Missouri Is tak ing fteps to establish a stale-wide mutual fire insurance company and already ban the problem l financing same well In hand. Although the Grange hat- beenj 'functioning In North Carolina' scarcely more than one year, j nearly ll!0 active subordinates are now doing business in that state, with rapid accessions to their j membership and with the outlook for many new local units to be j oruanlzed early In 1JKU. Rhode In'and Is the latest State Grange to establish a Students Loan Minn, mnKing nearly dozen different states where the Grange is aiding young people gel a higher education. Massachu setts Iiuh a record in this respect of having assoted 10-jo midi young people educationally. . The Grange In Maryland has aided In organizing the Agricul tural Corporation of Maryland, n $ 1 .noO.uOO worth of business the post year, 1 hlefly in selling grain Tor th farmers, greatly to the advantage of the latter. GRANGERS BATTLE The notion of the National tlraniie In utartlni; an nerKetlc fllihl ayaillHt ohteetionalile I1III-1 j 1'O.irdM han heen lmek'-il up heart ily ly me vole o numeroiiH MJt" CraiiKeH, reprefrentloK n a r I y I evcrv ectlon of ?iii' country. whii have pledged themiielviK to exert all pontile Imhienee lo rid hoth hlKhwayn and fii Mi of Mllt'int'd". which nre nl once nn eyesore on the lnndoc urd a inemtf e to hljfhway safely. In of suo pilt ttip their dls- ruxw'on nnwram for l.'ll 11 nd a tr inendn,,!. in.nl sentiment, !lnl U,;. Ml rd I. c r.aln to, I created. The action of the ' National j 'For many years the t! range of many state and federal I list It u the country has conducted a vig-j tious of using butter substitutes,' oruus fight against the sale of and tit the session of the ua oleimiarnariue nnd other butter' tinnal luuly in Rochester the Issue; substitutes in competition with j was thus tdiurply defined; j the genuine article, ami H was! Resolved, hv the National. j this energetic fanners' organla- iuu wnu'ii Huerreueu ui i'imi, i esiiiltive laws upon the statute ! bimks wliieh require that all such j ! butter substitutes be plainly in-1 illruied when so lil, so that the j public may not be deceived into i thinking they are purchasing the! real article. Mure recent ly the 1 1 range ha started a lively criiMide against c e r t a i n "cooking compounds," whose nature and form of manu facture was found to be such not to be covered by the oleomar-i find extensive ush even In farm gurine laws in force. Hence these home whose owners do ju-t hnp prtiducts were finding an exten-jpen to be dairymen. Consequent -wive sale throughout the country ly the C range recommended to from a lack of realization by the j its membership universal, "That public nf what they were getting. j our members use no substitute The latest (iiaiige move is to attack SV.Viir-ss: faiiiiu Frosl't liciu vincx with Iter huHhintil. llulltl. 15 itiret .rd hu tl,e liatrrit nl htr vutther-itl'ln if. Tifl to'esiire of tliift hnxillitv nt Ittxt crlli.se, her In run awnit. iu a mmiieiil of tollu. with tlob Damel. ftttsltumi nt ltli'iit'5 ioii.soi .rilo. ttehr mil trreilo hit tirvn tlnnt t'ttnnti r lielitt mill rtturiia. lint II 1.. fuo Into. Hit iHutlier-in-liito heHeir.a her QUiIti fool 11lrne.1t couelinrct Dariit. .'mint one. to A'eie Vnrk anil ttrtit uoifc 0.1 a ilrcufiinaker's moilel A ilii:o"c, I, arriiHitnl. tiH iHU Dm til ciiloiiv nt liciiit. their ttnunhtrr. tlarrett tt'CHl vnrth. n tiutilishcr witlt nil (nvofirf II I' j. nil. in lor, v-irh Fafinu lull dor, not vre.c hit altertiottw upon htr. t-'ijunn ones Mecretlxi ouvk homt nit .sieini', ojrflolnu. anil meets htr lianoAler nutti 10 nil her lean fo schuut. -'uiiitl oll'rj Kheilii n Inrkrt. She uroiiiue.. to tnmt attain on Sheila'M ueat birth" ii iv. Chapter 33 SHEILA WEAVES A PLOT A YEAH later, three days before her eloventh birthday, Sheila cauulit a heavy cold and wa put to lied." She kept Inqulrlug anxiously niiulhcr she would be well on her birthday. "But you .can have your party later," Mm. Frost soothed. "I'd Just as leave have the party next week." she sniffed, "but got 'to go to school. I'm getting way .behind . "ij,i Interest In school is some- liilue new," smiled her grand mother. The ttoctor said positively that Sheila must stay In bed as long as she had a temperature: Sheila knew further argument was useless. When her birthday arrived she was quiet, unresponsive, listless, paid only perfunctory attention to the ticw riding habit her father hud bought for her. She had yearned for ft for mouths, and David had expected an outburst of pleasurable excitement, but now ahe wus only Diildl interested. And It did not seem that her cold was severe enough lo accouut altogether for this change of attitude. "Do you suppose she could by any ilianco he coming down with ty phoid?" David asked his mother In a worried tone, later. "I never saw Iter act an strangely." Mrs. Krost shook her head, "I don't think ao. The doctor Is coining again this morning, and I'll talk with lil 111. but In my opinion it's JiibI tlie change that comes over children when they get to be about Sheila's age. "I leiuumher when you and Amelia were, little 1 used to he worried about the same thing, but it turned out all right." After Do v id hud gone on Sheila's birthday morning. Mrs. Frost went upstairs. Hhella apparently was sleeping. Mrs. Frost tiptoed out of I lie room. Tired from a restless night she lingered longer thau usual over her morning paper, and bait ust risen lo go to the kitchen, to give her dally orders, when she heard a slight noise In the hall Hhella, shoes In hand, was creeping duwn the slalrs. "Hhella," aald her grandmother sternly, "what does this mean?' A tantrum followed. Sheila rough I and resisted, clung to the banisters, kicked viciously, screamed that she would not, would not go back lo bed; she was going 10 school. Mrs. Frost was thor ninthly frightened: such an out hurst was unheard of. Leaving Le- 011a oo guard at the foot of the stairs, she flew to the telephone lo summon help. "Ain't you 'shamed to act so had?' Iieoun, reproached. "If you was mine, I'd try a good whipping. Sheila suddenly threw her arms around her, lifting a tragic tear- stulned face, "f.eona, please, please let mo go. It's torrlhly. Important. Just for half nn hour." "Honey, you know If you was to catch more ci.d you might get pneumonia. Uuml Look at that nrelljr locket I bet your papa sent clear to New ork for that' Mrs. Frost had dnlshcd her lel' phoning; Sheila could Oioar nor heavy step coming from the back hll. BAHa'i hand went iwlfllr lier throat, rrlosod over imall tuff uold locket, tuiled with piVibi and lurqualset. With a quick Jerk slit liruke the chain. "I.enna dorlliiR, 'Wifi Uil quick, hide It for mc," SlnHKi whlipercd frantically. Leona icolded but ha alwaya could bf djjded 'ipon In a crlais. the custom prevailing in ;Wi"ldH (J range, that wo voice our op- jjumuou to ine .use in (ih-imii.h - gurine as a Hiibstltute for butter in all government Institutions, and that our representatives do all in their power to secure discon- tinuance t jtnt ,m, than this ; tliis practice. Craugo went further and brought the mat ter very i lose home to its own membership and to farmers1 lu general, by bringing out tho fact, also at its Rochester session, that butter substitutes of all kinds for butter on their tables; thus setting the example to others , BEAUTY by MATEEL HOWE FARNHAM The doctor conllraed Mrs. Frost's suggestion lliat Sheila's approach-. ing adolescence probably was 10 blame for her hysterical oulbural. In the monlhs following her birth day this nrconnled iu her grand mother's mind for Sheila's aloof ness, her sudden and extraordinary passion for saving money. She bought herself a bank. In which she deposited every penny ot her mod est allowance and wheedled David out of Innumerable nickels and dimes, once a dollar hill. "She's saving for something w don't know about; something's hap- pened wo don't know about." i.eona told herself. If Leona bad a shrewd suspicion who that "something" might concern she kept it lo herself.. Leona had never mentioned the locket to anyone, returning It to Sheila without questioning. Late that November Clnugbharro was shaken by a scarlet fever epi demic and the schools extended the Thanksgiving vacation over the fol lowing week. Ouo ot the hoarders at the private school Sheila attend ed Invited her to spend this heaven sent week on the family homestead 40 miles cast of Cloughbarre. Sheila was on tire to accept the 1 11 -vllntlon. "I'll drlvo you over," David anld,, "but we'll have to make ao early start' Sheila's faco foil. "You nover let me ride In a train," she walled. "The modern child," laughed her father. "Oo In the train If you heart's set on It. You'll be perfectly safe In Mr. Durgan's charge." Both hor father and grandmother went to the station with Sheila. Mr. Durgau, the conductor, promised to look after her. David had brought dowers and several magazines. But as ho kissed Sheila good-by It sud denly struck him that she was ap pallingly little to travel alone. "How would you like me to go with you as far ns tho Junction?" he suggested tenderly. ".Vow, Daddy! I do wish you and Grandmother would get It through your lieoda that I am out ot swad dling clothes! You're really too ab surd." "Very well," said David meekly. David accepted reluctantly every suggestion that Sheila wns growlug up. But even tactful Mary Mor ton had told him that it was a mis takn to center his life so entirely In his child. Children have lo go forwnrd, sho had said gently, and were certain to he resentful of an ovarhoundlug tenderness which threatened to hold them hack. How ever, Mary was perhaps right to stir him up. She usually was right. Ills mother wanted him to marry Mary have other children, a son. I'orhaps he should. Sheila soon would he n young woman and turn ing awny irom litrn to a younger man. He could not center his life upon his daughter forever. Once, he tor he met Fanny, ho had heen en gaged to Mary Morton. Ills mother would have approved If be had mar ried hor. It was natural his mother should hate Fanny, when It was she whom he had run awny to marry after breaking his engagement to Mary. Mary, It seemed, had forgiven him. She was willing to forget tlie past. It would be pleasant to live the remaining years In Mary's company. When David got home that eve ning, his mother handed htm tho telegram Sheila had tent from the Junction. ' "All well homo next Saturday plenso don't worry love Sheila." Threo days passed, lour, no let ter from Sheila. Her hosts, the Honors, had no tolephone, but Da vid, to quiet his mother's anxiety, had a messenger sent from th Junction. At 9 that nlghMhe tole phone rang shrilly. "It's Mr. Rogers tclhonlng from the Junction," said Loons. "II wants lo speak to Davey." "It's a sham that Rogers took that long rldo Ibis time of night." said David uneasily. He luM,ed tr,r ... ,,,, ,h.,..HVnH . . . 0,... u.j .......1 shaking. Sheila hntUoot arrived at the Itogera'. She hatrwrltten Marr llogera not to expect her, that ahe cnuld Dot come. (Copyright, I9S0. hi ttnttl llomt Farnhaml Whcrt It Shtlla? Hut tun vvsyf Tomorrow's chapter ro- ' vtalt. HEAD HURT? WORK won't wait for a headache' to wear off. Don't look for sympathy at such times, but get some Haver Aspirin. It never fails. Don't be a chronic sufferer from headaches, or any other pain. See a doctor and get at the cause. Meantime, don't play martyr. There's always quick comfort in Bayer Aspirin. It never does any harm. Isn't it foolish to suffer any needless pain? It may be only a simple headache, or it may be neu ralgia or neuritis. Rheumatism. Lumbago. Bayer Aspirin is still the sensible thing to take. There is hardly any ache or pain these tablets can't relieve; they are a great comfort to women who suffer periodically; DAVLU L W 1 1 1 lssurs Stncter protection for thos-c who skp cither for permanent rest in niches in our own beautiful mausoleums or for other disposition. Ask your local funeral director about it, or write directly fo us. il ortiana .'R'EMATOllIUM CASTLE GATE, UTAH COAL 15 .50 Direct From Car to You SAVES YOU MONEY For a few days only while we have a car on track ORDER NOW WE GUARANTEE OUR COAL WEIGHTS ' 630 Phone 631 MEDFORD FUEL CO. CONGER Funeral Parlor West Main at Newtown Office County Coroner tney are always to be relied on for breaking up colds. Buy the box that says Bayer, and has Genuine printed in red. Genuine Bayer Aspirin doesn't depress the heart. All druggists. ASPIRIN Cremulion, $45 Vtiuli Entombment from $225 U is available to families IN THIS CITY. THE incomparably bet' ' ter way is available to families in every town "" and hamlet of the Pacific Northwest. Your funeral director can make all arrangements- 1 J and cms oleum East 14th and Bybee Avenue PORTLAND per ton t mi 4. n ' i " ts