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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry,
An assistant professor of home
economics at the university ot
California, after scienlinc re.
search, reports the height of the
kitchen-sink makes housewives
cranky. The height 01 me
kitchen sink also wrecks the dis
position of the daughter of the
house, when she beholds it full
of dishes, and no way to get out
of washing them.
A brief review of the life of
Alphonse Capone, ex-gangster
czar, due for early liberation
from a federal prison, shows that
outside of a few murders,' and
committing most of the major
felonies, was not a bad sort of
fellow.
Many of the Older Girls have
started mincing matters for the
Thanksgiving mince-meat.
PHI, PHI. PHI GIRLS
(Eugene Regiiiar-Guard)
'One big "ahame. on you" to
some of the feminine rootere
years beyond student age who
were such aporta as to tear from
their coats the big yellow mums
and trample them beneath their
feet at the flnlat of the game."
...
Throughout the state amateur
theatricals are raging in many
rural areas, so much country
correcpondence lists the names
of the country thespians assigned
to roles, rne legislative com
mittee of the State Grunge
should do something about liis,
and sponsor a law to compel the
printing of the names in an ad
Joining column of all neighbors
who are plowing.
A "polite No!" was.IIcrr Hit
ler of Germany's reply to the
mediation offers of Belgium and
Holland. Even Belgium and Hol
land did not expect Der Runtz
fuehrer to snarl a discourteous
Yes. If ever lured into the par
lor for a peace parley, the
chances are better than even
he'd break the leg off the best
chair.
There is some talk about
merging Ham & Eggs, and all
other Utopian pension plans
Into a drive to end all pension
drives, and bring laziness for all.
THE SOFT ANSWER
(Astoria Astorlan-Budgat)
"While there Is considerable
achool of thought In this country
at this time that leans to the
Idea that what happens to the
people of other countries Is no
concern of ours, this brother-ln-Isw,
la all for going out and do
ing what he can in foreign fields.
While we might think, that there
Is some little religious work he
could find to do in this country,
he doesn't see It thst way. And
no doubt hs Is right." (Harold
Haynea Writings).
The high school football mud
dle over the mythical state title,
according to rumor, will be fur
ther muddled after the Inst Tur
key Day, by the discovery one
team sported a tackle who voted
for Roosevelt three years ago.
MILITARY EXPERTS
"The same is true of some
military experts who hopped out
of the cabbage patch following
Hitler's invasion of Poland. Not
many of them have a working
knowledge of strategy and tac
tics and wouldn't know a tor
pedo warhead from a cross bow.
But they, too, have been given
the grand build-up in the Holly
wood manner and are in great
demand by the public even
though they would be hard
pressed to understand the Boy
Scout Manual. Yet they write
and talk, talk and write. They
are as prolific as rabbits. But
they are as superficial as a bar
bershop gun tan." (Ncwsdom.)
Kindly Read "All" of This!
THE Mail Tribune rejoices at the everlasting walloping that the
State College at Corvallis gave the State University at Eugene
in football recently. This is as it should be. The college maintains
universal military training for boys. It specializes in the stratos
pheres of manual training which enrich mankind. Corvallis is
the place where you should expect to find students who coordinate
between eye and hand young men who are husky and skillful,
youths who are practical. There go boys who are highly Intelligent
in their various trades, callings and such avocations as cluster
around high mechanical ability.
The University is, on the other hand, primarily t school of lib
eral arts around which are gathered the professions of music, law,
medicine, pharmacy, engineering in its theoretical branches, Jour
nalism, literature and the other fine arts. That such a school ot
modern magii should even compete in a football game against one
of the best agricultural and mechanical colleges in the United
States Is preposterous.
THE University deserved a licking and got it. What business has
a lawyer, a doctor, a fiddler, or a sandwich cutter going up
against another youngster from a school whose business is to train
his muscles and channel his mind into the stark problems of a
hard, practical life? Of course, the University got walloped. We
hope it will always get walloped until the academicians of Eugene
learn that the football championship should naturally belong to
the State College at Corvallis, which trains farmers, artisans, cow
doctors, highway engineers, super-electricians, major-generals and
tree experts.
YOU cannot go against nature. And no school that teaches its
pupils much about the higher and better things of life, no
school devoted largely to noble ideals and the higher branches of
sublimated fiddlesticks should tangle up with harsh, callous-
handed, bull-voiced he men with Neolithic Jaws and who carry pile
drivers in their pants.
The stuffing which was pounded out of U. of O. should teach
the Webfoots the truth: Don't monkey with the buzz saw. This
noble truth should hereafter be placed well up toward the begin
ning of their curricular requirements.
In the meantime for the poetic justice of O. S. C.'s glorious vic
tory, The Tribune thanks all the Oregon gods! (End quote!)
NOW, before all the wild-eyed grads of U. of O. storm this
sanctum, break the quarter-sawed oak table over ye editor's
bald pate and smash the presses, let it be stated the above was
NOT WRITTEN IN THIS OFFICE, but was written In Emporia,
Kansas, for a paper called the Gazette by a pretty well-known
editor, named William Allen White! So if there are any complaints
they can be addressed to the greatest sountry editor in the United
States. Address, Emporia, Kansas!
The only alterations made in this office were to change "State
College at Manhattan" to "State College at Corvallis," and "Uni
versity at Lawrence", to "University at Eugene." Otherwise the
editorial is precisely as Mr. White wrote it.
Like Oregon, Kansas has an annual football contest between
the state university and the state college, and also like Oregon, this
year's battle was won by the College, although Judging by the
above, it wasn't as close or as exciting a contest, and also Judging
by the above, certain editors in Kansas can commit murder and
get away with it.
INCIDENTALLY this department doesn't agree with the thesis ot
Mr. White's offering in the slightest, In fact, it's the sheerest
balderdash but feeling in a slightly facetious mood we thought it
would be amusing to reprint the Gazette's blast at its university
footballers and then when the pressure reached the bursting point,
pull an "April Fool" at the finish.
Now we shall see whether or not that "thought" was correct, or
even as a joke you can't do In Oregon what you can do In Kansas.
Vote er Straight Hokum
N
EEDLESS to say this column
Borah when he says:
"The Independent vot la the real salvation of politics in
this country."
He is.
Yet, strange to say, how few political leaders agree with that
truism! And how prone they are when another presidential elec
tion comes around, to revive that moth-eaten old wheeze, "vote
the party ticket straight!"
THEY don't seem to realize what would happen If that advice
were ever really followed.
The majority party in power would, of course, remain In power,
the only possibility of change being through the slow process of
death. And unless the members of one party died off faster than
the other, there would be no change then.
Imagine the situation today if the Democrats of 1938 could be
depended upon "to vote 'cr straight" a year hence. Why worry
over a platform, a candidate, or anything else? Democratic victory,
with a popular vote of 27,000,000 to only 16,000,000 lor the opposi
tion four years ago would be assured, so the boys who really run
conventions, and after election the party machinery, would be
able to do anything they might wish, and be certain of getting
away with it.
THE same with the Republican party, !f the practice so consist
ently advised were followed after a G. O. P. triumph.
In 1928, for example, over 21,000,000 people voted the Repub
lican ticket (Hoover) and only 13,000,000 the Democratic ticket
(Smith). Could anyone have depended upon subsequent loyalty to
party, then a Republican victory in 1932 would have been certain.
Instead of that the popular vote In that year was nearly 23,000,000
for the Democratic candidate (Roosevelt) and less than 18.000.00U
for the Republican (Hoover). The partisan situation exactly re
versed. "VBVIOUSLY, the Independent voter did that. He not only
keeps the two parties guessing, thus spurring each to outdo
the other In promising betterments which the rank and file desire
But he and his associates hold the balance of power, determine
every four years, In whose hands the political control of the
country shall rest. In short, the Independent voters really run the
country, although few people realize It.
And yet every four years the partisan ballyhooeri, like John
entirely agrees with Senator
D. M. Hamilton now, arise on their metacarpals, and urge all the
boys and girls to stand by their ticket and vote 'er straight.
It is difficult to understand why they do this, for it is so obvious
to anyone that NOT since this American democracy was founded
has any considerable number followed such advice. And as time
goes on fewer and fewer pay the slightest attention to any such
snake-oil hocus pocus.
Probably it's merely habit, just as boosting favorite sons and
getting out campaign buttons is habit.
IF SO, then it's a habit that, for both major parties, might better
be marked by the breach rather than the observance. For that
vote-er-straight philosophy is deader than Rameses the II, and any
party that harks back to it immediately comes under the suspicion
of being pretty dead from the collar band up.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to persuual health and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If a stamped self
addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large number or letters received only a few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address
Or. William Brady, 265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. .
VITE FOR THE GOOD
The tongue is red, shiny, more
pointed than the tongue of a
healthy individual, and feels
sore or burn-
ing the sensi
tiveness of the
tongue is often
ascribed to
"acid fruits"
to other items
of diet. Tongue
c o n d i tion is
called glossitis.
All m u s cle
t i s sue (volun
tary or skele
tal muscle such
as the muscu
lar wall of stomach and intes
tine, the heart muscle and the
muscular layer in the artery
wall) is lacking in tone, func
tionally weak, easily fatigued.
Blood test usually fails to con
firm idea of "anemia."
There is a constant feeling of
general malaise, that wretched,
uneasy feeling which is so pro
nounced when one is coming
down with grip or similar ill
ness. These are some of the com
mon complaints of people who
have nothing in particular the
matter but want of vite. As a
rule they are not conscious of
many of these manifestations, or
if they are not much concerned,
probably because so many peo
ple are in the same condition
that they consider it normal. For
that matter they belong In the
third level of health where most
of the 75 percenters are content
to drift along, assuming fhet
such health as they happen to
have is a matter of chance , or
fortune and hence there is no
reason for striving to attain the
higher grade, the top level,
where the DO percenters are.
The 90 percenters are people
who, sometimes through chance
or fortune, more often through
steady and consistent effort of
their own, have vite.
Vite is a word coined by our
renders to express the following:
Preservation of the character
istics of youth, better-than-ave-rage
nutritional condition as
manifested in lower death-rates,
better growth and development,
extension of the prime of life In
Doth directions, material im
provement of the life expecta
tion of adults, higher average
level of positive health through
out the life cycle, greater pep.
more vitality, the highest degree
of natural immunity, an ade
quate fund of reserve power to
tide over emergencies and
strains, the resiliency of the un
tamed animal or the primitive
savage.
Familiar terms the 75 per
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Released by The North
American Newspaper
Alliance, Ino.
Washington, Nov. 16. In a
quietly simmering controversy
over national defense power
needs, there is a chance for an
other new deal vs. power busi
ness battle on a TVA scale. At
the controversy's heart Is a dis
agreement over whether cast
ing power facilities are ade
quate to meet possible wartime
requirements.
Power pifllcy Is the chief rrinslnlng
preoccupation of the new deal group
In the administration. Through the
National Power Poiu-y committee, of
which Secretary of the Interior Har
old L. I,-ke la chairman, the new
dealers are urging the utilities com
panies to accept government aid In
i building new equipment. The utlll
j ties companies, fearful of a Trojan
horse, are nervously arguing that
their equipment is quite ,cood emMinh
alresdy. thank vou.
I The curious thing is thst the new
dealers, whose greatest pleasure used
P5 --
Brady, M.D.
OLD WINTER TIME
centers apply to their condition
are run down," "weak nerves,"
"poor assimilation," "low resist
ance, "tired feeling," "poor cir
culation and "no ambition."
QUESTIONS Si ANSWERS
A Blooming Menace
I have a good reason to feel grate
ful to you 22 pounds of It, In fact.
I was a veritable spectre a year ago.
weighing 98 pounds, height five feet
six lnches( I will be 24 years old this
month). The suggestion I found In
your column was that Insulin treat
ment helps sklnnles to put on needed
flesh. It Is wonderful to meet friends
you haven't seen for some time and
hear them exclaim that you have
changed from a holy fright to a
positive menace to the community.
My doctor gave me about forty shots
of Insulin the first month, three a
week after that, and I put on twenty,
two pounds weight In three months.
I expect to be' right up to normal In
another month. (Miss M. B.)
Answer For holy frights who can't
have Insulin treatment I would sug
gest at least an optimal dally ration
of vitamin B complex as a supple
ment to any diet they follow, vita
min B complex has an effect on car
bohydrate assimilation similar to
that of Insulin. I have a monograph
on "Gaining Weight" which any
reader may have on request Inclose
a stamped envelope bearing your
address.
Tinnitus
Last June I wrote for advice about
head noises. In the psmphlet on
deafness and headnolsea you recom
mended vitamin B-complex tablets
Have been taking them every day for
nearly four months, also your Iodln
Ration.
I find I am cured of these head-
noises. My blood pressure, formerly
very slow. Is now up to normal, my
doctor says. I am greatly Improved
physically and I feci grateful to you.
Knowing your collection I am send
ing you a pipe which I hope you
will enjoy. (L. A. E.)
Answer Thank you. If the pipe
gets to me you never can tell. Once
a fruit Importer sent me a bunch
of bananas, and montha afterward
the boys In the orrice assured me
they were the best bananas they' had
over et. Once a reader drove forty
miles to bring me somi fresh goat's
milk that, too, seemed all right to
the boys who so willingly expose
themselves to such hazards In my de
fense. I am glad to send the mono
graph on Deafness and Head Noises
(tinnitus) to any reader on request
(no clipping, please). Inclose a
stamped envelope bearing your ad
dress. Save Your Teeth
Have you any literature on care
of the teeth? (Miss H. W.)
Answer Send twenty-five cents coin
and s. a a. for booklet "Save Your
Teeth."
(Protected by John P. Dille Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
IVIIIIam Brady. M. D J6S El
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
to be a good rough-and-tumble scrap
with a few utilities executives, an
extremely anxious to settle the con
troversy amicably. They say that,
having signed and sealed a peace
with the utilities aftr the capture
of the Tennessee valley, they do not
wish to go to war again. The utili
ties executives, on the other hsnd.
prlvstely accuse the new dealers of
attempting to Infringe the TV A peace
terms, which called for no further
encroachments In the power business.
The controversy's history Is lsugh
ably typical of the course of government-business
relations. Last fall,
when national defense became a
I pressing problem, the president
nsmed a nstlonal defense power com
mittee under Assistant Secretary of
War Louis Johnson. Johnson cslled
In Wendell U Wlllkle. Edward Drees,
beck. Floyd Carlisle and several oth
er great men In the power business
Several Inspirational rallies were
held, but tangible results were In
conspicuous. Then, a few weeks ago,
the national defense power commit
tee's duties were transferred to the
national power policy committee,
which has always been the spesrhesd
of the new deal's aggressive power
program.
The national defense power com
mittee's chief labor was a survey
rinding national power facilities
"woefully Iscklng." On looking Into
the problem, the national power pol
icy committee confirmed Its predeces
sor's conclusions.
Worst bottle-necks, according to
the committee, were the lack of pro
duction capacity In certain strategic
localities, and the almoat complete
absence of high tension transmission
lines hooking the great existing sys
tems togetlier. The committee de
cided there was room for additional
expenditures bv the utilities of
stvut S300.ooo.POO shove normsl.
The government. It suggested, ought
to nut over a3000.000.000 Into the
high tension hook-up Unes (which
bring no profit to the private sys
tems) and Into expansion of TVA.
utilisation of the St. Lawrence and
other apeclal projects. Tha question
Immediately arose aa to who was to
have the management of the government-financed
llnea and production
plants.
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Charlea Edison, urged on by conser
vative advisers, complicated matters
by auggeatlng that all government
Investment ought to Mke the form
of subsidies to the utilities compan
ies. To the members of the nstlonal
power policy committee, this was
sheer heresy. They voted down Edi
son, and arranged to attempt a deal
with the utilities companies.
Meanwhile the leaders of the pow
er business, suspicious of their an
cient enemies, had three unpleasant
thoughta: (1) that another govern
ment power program like TVA waa
being disguised as national defense;
12) that the new dealers were also
trying to cloak a new apendlng
lendlng program In a handsome gar
ment; and (3) that the new high
tension lines would give the govern
ment a grip on auch great Intra
state utilities companies aa Public
Service of New Jersey. Consolidated
Edison and Niagara-Hudson.
For all these reasons, the utilities
leaders are thinking of digging their
toea In, and telling the new dealers
they are Oreeka bearing gifts, They
have already declared that the aup
posed lack of power facilities Is
strictly Imaginary.
The controversy would certainly
end In a grand public row. If It were
not for Its most striking feature
the new dealer's desire for a friendly
settlement. They have adopted a
principle which seems wise, that
peacetime needs should be met by
the utilities, wartime needs by the
government. They may deal on this
oasis, pending the outcome, their
good Intentions are another sign of
the new spirit Invading the government-business
relationship.
At the
National Capitol
With
JohnW. Kelly
(Continued from Pae One.)
denunciation. And, despite the
state department had given its
blessing, Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull charged the proposed
transfer as a breach of faith
with the people.
HERE were high officials of the
government at loggerhead!, one
accusing the other of violating the
spirit of a neutrality law sponsored
by the administration. This unex
pected boomerang of public senti
ment caused Mr. Roosevelt, at Hyde
Park, to delay the transfer to the
Panama flag until the storm blew
over.
Mr. Roosevelt did not agree with
his secretary of state that the shift
in registry was breaking faith; the
president Insisted It was quite legal.
The change would prevent the ship
operators from losing money, not
withstanding that thousands of sea
men would lose their Jobs.
IT IS reported that when the U. S.
Lines attain Panama r'glstry they
will operate out of New York, as
usual, and British warships will con
voy these boats across the Atlantic.
The British are supposed to begin
the convoy shortly after these once
American ships leave the United
States. There Is nothing, perhaps, to
prevent German submarines to lay
In wait off the coast to sink the
convoy and the ships of the U. S.
Lines.
TAKEN by and large, as with the
court fight, the president's ap
proval Is receiving heartiest condem
nation from democratic sources.
THOSE Indefatigable government
workers who study crops predict
that the Pacific Northwest will t3
an outstanding section for fruits and
tree nuts for the next five years. The
forecast may not please the growers,
for increased production does not
mean Increased prices. Oregon and
Washington are the only filbert areas
in the United States. Production of
these nuts will go up until 1945.
Same with English walnuts. Little,
if any. Increase in prices Is expected
and foreign demand is curtailed.
Oregon-Washington will have 4 mil
lion bushels of peaches this year and
In these states production is In
creasing. An upward trend In production of
pears tn the Pacific Northwest Is
noted, with export situation unfavor
able. The winter varieties (mostly
exported) will show Increased pro
duction. There will be more cherries
and an Increased froeen pack: larger
acreage of strawberries. Of the var
ious fruits, the only decrease tn pro
duction is looked for in dried prunes,
which will slowly decrease until 1946.
Export of prunes Is also uncertain
because of the war.
ON THE other hand, the weather
bureau (section of the depart
ment of agriculture), says a drouth
is In the Pacific Northwest, the
Washington wheat belt being much
too dry and the outlook for the
drier areas the poorest in years.
In eastern Oregon there is some
needing in dust, but much wheat Is
still unsown. The drouth has spread
practically across the continent.
Destroyers To Duly
Washington, Nov. 17. iP)
The navy ordered two more
World war destroyers into act
ive service today to reinforce
the neutrality patrol. They were
the Branch, tied up at Philadel
phia, and the Laub. at San
Diego. Officials said 71 of the
110 ships in the destroyer re
serve fleet had now been
ordered recommis$ioned.
Dm uall robust want USA.
In The
Day's
News
By Frank Jenkins.
INTERESTING question: Is lit
tle Finland set to call big
Russia's bluff? It rather looks
like it.
If Stalin fights Finland, he'll
have to drop his peace mask.
SIDELIGHT in today's news:
A German soldier, fully
equipped with rifle and pack,
goes to sleep on a train headed
for Switzerland. The Swiss
awaken him on their side of
the border and inform him he
will be interned for the duration
of the war.
If you were in his place.
would you be chagrined or
PLEASED?
A THOUGHT, inspired by the
news of the day:
If war between nations is bad
(as we know it is) how about
INDUSTRIAL WAR? The cure
for industrial war is the same
as the cure for war between
nations more common sense on
the part of EVERYBODY.
'THE U. S. Antarctic expedi-
tion, under the command of
Byrd, gets off from Boston, ill-
starred snow cruiser and all.
If it was YOUR OWN
MONEY you were spending,
would you send a land-claiming
expedition to the frozen wastes
of the Antarctic?
Probably not. But if somebody
else furnished the money, you'd
go along for the excitement.
A BONANZA gold strike has
been made in GEORGIA
of all places. The state geologist
says the ore assays $60,000 to
the ton.
He describes the find as a
"vein of quartz, two inches of
thickness and of unknown
depth, so thoroughly impreg
nated with gold over approxi
mately 10 inches that it appears
as one continuous ribbon of yel
low metal. Its apparent richness
is comparable with that of the
Comstock lodge (in Nevada),
which yielded $340,000,000 in
gold between 1859 and 1890.'
Gold, as all miners agree, is
where you find it.
pORONADO, t h e Spaniard,
who crossed the continent
from Florida nearly four cen
turies ago, seeking gold and
FINDING NONE, may turn over
in his grave when his spirit
hears of this strike practically
at the point from which he
started.
CUESS WHO ?vith .
pocket comb Patricia Honey
chile" 'Wilder, actress from
Macon, Ga mimicked a rerlain
dictator she met while abroad.
She's now on way to Hollywood.
p n- -.i r
I GREAT hTyTzij f
Flight 0' Time
Medfnrd and Jackson County
History trom the file ol tha
Mall Tribune 10 tnd !0 rears
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
November 16, 1929.
(It was Saturday.)
xt nnn,. fWonts Troians.
iiuuc iaiit.
13 to 12. before crowd of 123,000
in Chicago.
i ni.a Pnhorl Ham-
IV1I. UI1M inif, i.vj""-
mond among local people at
tendee football came at Eugene
today with O.A C.
Detroit sales of Boscs tops
market.
Tentative county budget calls
for the raising of 5315,768 by
county tax levy next year.
Medford Chest fund goes over
top.
Survey made for Williams
creek road cut-off shows dis
tance to coast lessened.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November 16. 1919.
(It was Sunday.)
Civil war is threatened In
Washington, as I W.W.'s reported
to be arming.
President Wilson announces
fight against the Lodge reser
vation to the peace treaty.
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, Anti-Saloon
league organizer, may lose
his eye.
Work on the Prospect-Crater
Lake road is stopped for the
winter.
Revival meeting starts at
Methodist church.
Eamon D'Valera, president of
Ireland, passes through city on
southbound train.
Coal strike situation In east
near crisis.
Communications
The Audubon Warbler.
To the Editor:
Our winter tourists among the
birds are commencing to arrive.
Some of the first Audubon warb
lers are now to be seen in the
gardens, in the orchards. They
are busy at work cleaning up
the insect pests These warb
lers come from the forests of
the Canadian zone, where they
have spent the summer raising
their young.
By the untrained observer,
this warbler is sometimes con
fused with the sparrow. The
former can be distinguished
trom a sparrow necause of the
yellow on the back, which shows
in flight. The bill of the warb
ler, too, is the pointed bill of
the insect eater. That of the
sparrow is the broad, seed-cracking
bill of the finch family.
Every growing child should
early learn the difference be
tween the hiore sober-coloied
warblers, such as the Audubon,
which are helping win the war
by being busy daily eliminating
the food-destroying insects, and
the common pest, the English
sparrow.
C. M. Goethe.
7th and J Sts.,
Sacramento, Cal. a
WOULD CLEAR UP
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II
Salem, Nov. 15. r.-F) Clari
fication of a 1939 law adooting
a new code relative to fore
closure of delinquent taxes was
sought today in a suit filed in
Marion county circuit court ask
ing for a declaratory judgment.
The suit, filed bv Leon N.
Childs against Sheriff A C.
Burk. District Attorney Lyle J.
Page and the county court, asks
the circuit court to rule when
foreclosure proceedings shall be
instituted and whether a de
scription of all real property
on the foreclosure list shall be
included in the ioreclosure pro
ceedings. The new law provides that
property on which there are
three years' delinquent taxes
shall be put on the foreclosure
list.
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