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MAIL TRIBUNE, MaeW, Or.
Friday, June 5, 1959
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History from tha files ot ir
Mail Tribune D, o, ou, u
and 50 years
10 YEARS AGO
June 5, 194$ (Sunday)
Eugene Bennett Medford
artist, wins a place in the
Portland Art museum's first
annual Oregon exhibition.
Sen. "Wayne Morse is ex
pected in Medford tomorrow
for two speaking appear
ances. H
20 YEARS AGO
June5, 1939 (Monday)'
A leisure arts class for Med
ford children in the fourth to
ninth grades is to start to
morrow. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column:
"Cherries are ripening fast,
and growers hope they will
be able to beat the bluejays
to them."
30 YEARS AGO
June 5, 1929 (Wednesday)
Jacksonville will vote June
20 on a bond election for pro
curing Medford water.
The city council passes an
ordinance to control the sale
of milk in Medford.
40 YEARS AGO
June 5. 1919 (Thursday)
Four Medford banks are
named depositories of state
funds. ;
The mercury creeps up to
C3 degrees here.
50 YEARS AGO
June 5. 1909 (Saturday)
The Medford city council
passes a resolution providing
for water m'ins on many city
streets.
A lack of mon-y dims hopes
for city park concerts this
summer. '
What's Your I.Q.?
wi: MtMa la MMfltfi
rvinej '
seven or eight is esesltaiit; five
six is good.
1 In the latest Gallup Poll
more persons interviewed dia,
m AiA nnt oblect to Kennedy
as a Presidential candidate
because he is a Catnoiici
: Tn the administration of
which President was diplo
matic recognition extended to
Soviet Russia?
s Ror-ause sand does not
absorb .water it weighs as
much when dry as wnen wei,
tros or false?
4. What is ther name for a
triangle with two sides of
omial length?
5. What does an ill wind
blow?
6. The sum of the angles of
a square is how many de
grees? 7. In which two gospels is
the birth of Jesus recorded?
8. The American flag flies
day and night over the United
States carjitol: true or false?
9. May a bank refuse to re
ceive your deposits?
10. Generally, may a per
son injured in a football game
obtain ' a damage Judgment
against the player who hurt
him?
Answsrsr 1. Did not- 2. F.
D. Roosevelt. 3. False. 4. Isos
celes. 5.- No good, f . 360. 7.
Matthew and Luke. True.
9. Yes. 10. No. (He assumes
the risk when he enters the
game.)
YIDDISH WRITER DIES
Vork - (CPU - Samysl
Lewin, writer of Yiddish nov
els plays ana snort siorws,
died at the age of 69 here
Wednesday.
G High Desert
Vrr wars nnw wp have been readme" Bill
Jenkins' columns in the
. ,1 x .iii..
praising trie virtues 01 me xugn uvaci u
To be honest, we didn't much know what he
was talking: about, and cared less. We learned
better earlier this weeK, when a cnance presented
itself to see at first hand what it is.
As many Jackson county people know, the
High Desert is just that a tremendously large
arpa nf srmth-ceMral Oreeron. much of it ranging
upward from one mile
nmrOCKS, umimneu. CApduaca ui oagc ouu louuiv
brush, most of it barren and desolate and lonely
and yet with an almost inexplicable attraction.
THE High Desert is virtually indescribable in
words, but it's worth a try.
At some spots for as far as the eye can see
there is nothing but mile after mile of rolling
hills, gray-green . with brush stretching to the
horizon, and the narrow, rutted and dusty road
in front and behind to mark man's existence.
At another Spot, two curious antelope watch
warily as the car bounces by. At a fork in the
road one finds a battered, slightly tilted sign, al
most totally illegible.
At still another spot, near a Lake county road
construction camp, a sign informs the viewer
County Cork is 600214 miles away, by way of
the Winnemucca-Lakeview cutoff.
,
ONCE every mile or so a cow nudges under the
brush, seeking the scarce, sparse grass. At
this time of year, many of them are accompanied
by wobbly-kneed calves. We were told that it
takes 40 acres of this empty land to produce
enough forage for one beef animal. f .
Occasionally one will see a rim rock sur
rounded by a few junipers, and in a few spots,
aspen. The knowledgeable members of the party
tell you that this is the kind of spot to look for
tnat Dig duck in seasun. .
The thousands and thousands of acres of
nothingness are occasionally, dotted with dry
lakes, either flat and smooth and bare and
brown, or lightly overgrown with brush. Beyond
one of these is Daugherty's Slide r a massive
escarpment more than 1,000 feet high, diagonally
scarred with the beginnings of a new road to the
Nevada line.
T OTHER places on
see the stow -capped range of the bteens
mountains, or high, flat-topped Hart mountain.
Elsewhere there are peaks and hills and summits
which, while they may have names, blend anony
mously into the ever-changing but ever -similar
landscape.
The only visible difference between Oregon
and Nevada at one point is that one is on one side
of a weatherbeaten, four -strand, barbed -wire
fence, and the other is on the other side. At anoth
er point the only difference is that the road is
relatively smooth and wide (two cars could pass,
if their outer wheels edged into the brush) on the
Oregon side; narrow and rocky. on the Nevada
side. -
Everywhere the overriding impression is one
of space illimitable space. .
THERE are a. few oases.
Trio Wamoi vnllpv is nnA TTpta flip rnifffl
Kittridee ranch spreads
was once a lake, and which gets enough water in
winter and spring to bnng up lush crops of hay.
At this time of year, each roadside ditcn is water
filled to the brim. It is
area in season.
At a few points, tall poplar trees and patches
of green indicate ranches, most of them dona
tion land claims, where house and barn are lo
cated next to the only water available for mile
after dusty mile.
Near the "town" of Wagoritire (it consists of
a service station, cafe, and a few shacks) is a
ranch below the rimrock where gunfire once de
cided rights to a valuable spring. . ... , .
A MONG the most impressive sights of the High
" Desert are Abert lake and Abert rim.
The former is a brackish body of water some
20 miles long and perhaps half as wide. If it were
a couple of hundred miles from, say, Los Angeles,
it would be surrounded with marinas, bars, mo
tels and campsites. It is, in fact, somewhat, remi
niscent of the Salton sea. (
But, located as it is "miles from nowhere,"
there is nothing to indicate any human interest
in it at-all not even a boat-launching ramp.
Abert rim, parallel to the lake, is said to be
the highest geological fault in the United States,
a huge escarpment 25 miles long and a couple of
thousand feet high.
P RIVING through this desolation, hour after
, hour, with only an occasional respite in the
form of a creek or grove of trees, one wonders if
it couldn't be made more useful and more pro
ductive. . - ,
One member of the party declared that what
is now sage land once was grass land, and that
overgrazing destroyed it. Several experimental
stations are now at work trying to find a way to
eliminate the brush and bring back the grass, to
support double or more the number of livestock
which now graze there.
Another suggested that if sagebrush and
banana' trees could be crossed, "Lake county
would have bananas running out its ears.'
For the foreseeable future, the High Desert
will remain high desert, hot in summer, cold in
winter; dry and dusty, or buried in snow; an at
traction only to those who like to hunt, or watch
the protected antelope, or to the few ranchers
and stockmen who find loneliness a way of life.
,.. ... . . ... -A. --:. ' "-E.A.
Klamath Falls paper
tt i. ti i- j
in elevation, marked by
the High Desert one can
over the floor of what
a popular goose hunting
Dennis the
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Gommunicacions
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On Dog Control
To the Editor: According
to an item in the Mail Tribune
concerning Medford's dog
problem, it appears that Coun
cilman Hansen is unaware
that Medford even has a dog
problem. In view of the fact
that recent issues of the Mail
Tribune have publicized the
danger from dogs at the Med
ford airport, and the numbers
hanging around school play
grounds, plus the numerous
items of dog : bite cases, it
would appear that not only is
he lacking in knowledge of
Medford's affairs, but he does
not even bother to read the
newspaper, and I would there
fore suggest that his resigna
tion would be in order in
favor of a person sufficiently
interested in Medford and its
doings to at least keep up
with those things which war
rant newspaper mention.
Councilman Hall's attitude
seems to be one of dollars and
cents. The safety of children
and elderly people, who are
usually more afraid of dogs,
does not seem to rate , very
highly in his considered duty
to the city and the people
thereof.
Council President Dunlevy,
along with others is to be con
gratulated on having the guts
in coming out in favor of an
enforced ordinance.
Any city which considers
itself to be progressive must
eventually take measures to
prevent public nuisance, even
though those measures may
not) be popular with a large
number of people. Taxation is
hardly popular, but no one
would deny its necessity.
Medford is plagued by dog
owners who are indifferent to
the nuisance of their dogs to
neighbors by persistent bark
ing, chasing and snarling at
children who ride bicycles
through the streets, or elderly
people walking, not to men
tion their filth on lawns, and
pathways, and to imagine that
voluntary Sboperation will
achieve anything is simply
wishful thinking. I can cite
theexample of my own case
where two personal visits to
secure cooperation achieved
nothing, and results were fin
ally obtained with the assist
ance of the city police, who
do a jolly good job under
difficult circumstances.
The old saying, "It's an ill
wind that blows no good,"
can be aptly used in this case.
An increase in dog licenses
to $20 would either provide
welcome revenue to the Med
ford treasury, or overload the
dog pound with requests to
eliminate many "best friends."
Whichever way it went the
city ' would benefit.
George F. Wilson,
418 Lynnwood, .
Medford.
An Experience
To the Editor: Dr. Loren's
appearance at Medford high
several weeks ago has appar
ently stirred up quite an in
terest on both sides. His re
marks were quite thought
provoking. At least I over
heard one individual state aft
er the session, "There is a fel
low someone would like to
take to the chopping block."
Several years ago a certain
young preacher talked a bit
on the same controversial is
sue and let his remarks be
broadcast over a local radio
station. Through the deluge of
phone calls and letters that
followed the station was led
to give a leader of the opposi
tion free time in this minis
ters place on three successive
Monday nights to state -his
views. The minister was
forced off the air. He was
called by phone at late hours
and branded Communist, etc.
Along about the same time
a certain minister of the gos
pel who wife is cousin of
Menace
TO MKB T
mine was holding public meet
ings on the island of Guam. A
large group of individuals led
by their spiritual leader tried
to drive him out. When this
failed they sought the arm of
the law. A large burly Irish
man walked up to my cousin's
husband and with surprise in
his voice said, "I never saw
this happen in America." The
spiritual leader of the stone
throwing mob was at hand
along with the police. My
friend spoke out at this point
and said, "If you had the
power, you'd do it in Ameri
ca." "Yes," replied the lead
er, "and what's more, we are
going, to do it some day." This
experience did not happen in
Wycliff's or Huss' or Jerome's
day, but since World War II.
Dr. Loren's remarks were
strong. The complacent indi
diduals who failed to hear him
missed something. However
what he stated and much more
is. available to any freedom
loving American. I do not
write these lines in a spirit of
malice or hate. I only feel
sorry that we Americans are
not more awake to' the facts.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2400Hwjr.66
Ashland, Ore.
Sees Freedom Loss '
To the Editor: I see in the
newspapers where bills were
drawn up to stop people in
stores if they think something
is stolen, bills to do away with
the jury and go by what the
district attorney thinks, bills
to interfere with citizens' fire
arms, statutes to override the
bill of rights. t
I take it statutes have al
ready been drawn up for state
police to stop cars, search, and
seize and arrest, before any
crime has been openly com
mitted and without a warrant,
or because they think some
thing has been done. The bill
of rights calls for a legitimate
warrant.
Then there are exorbitant
fines, when any fool knows
screwballs will cause wrecks
and accidents will happen,
large fines or fines within rea
son. And as for juveniles, kids
are like little monkeys., If the
big monkeys are seen stealing,
and corruption and greed runs
wild, expect the little mon
keys to do what the dignified
monkeys do.
People that get into the leg
islature and override the bill
of rights (and I refer to the
first ten amendments) even
if born here, are not Ameri
cans. They must have a pipe
line to Moscow. Find out who
they are and throw them out,
or just be a nice little kow
towing serf.
G.S.Reilly,
, , Asliland, Ore.
Ask Equality for D.O.'s .
To the Editor: Last year
Medford built a beautiful new
hospital from donations. Re
cently I found that many of
us who have donated to this
fund and have Osteopaths for
doctors, cannot use this hospi
tal. These doctors, who also
contributed, are not allowed
to practice there. What is the
reason? Ignorance and preju
dice. I find it hard to believe
that such reasons still exist.
There are even a few medi
cal doctors who will not ac
cept the fact that a D.O. is
equal to him in training. A
D.O. takes the same oath as an
M.D., it also takes from eight
to fifteen years to become an
osteopath. The fact that they
must pass the stte medical
board examinations to practice
shows that they are just as
qualified as any other medical
doctor. "
. The dictionary says, "Osteo
pathy is a system of healing
which emphasizes the struc
tural and functional coordina
tion of the body, and whose
therapy consists in manipula-
Sukarno Fails in AfrtempO for Greater
Power, But Survives as National Head
By PHIL KEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Man-of-the-week: President
Sukarno of Indonesia. The
place: Hollywood. The
quote: (From a
spokesman for
Sukarno) "If
it were a criti
c a 1 situation
the president
would have,
stayed home."
Observers in
Jakarta, Indo
nesia's capital,
were saying
Phil Newiom
this week that Sukarno had
suffered his greatest political
defeat. The army had banned
all political activity, and Su
karno's bid for near-dictatori
al powers had come a cropper
in the face of stonewall Mos
lem opposition.
Jakarta reports said t the
army moved to prevent the
nation plunging into chaos.
So, if the situation were
not critical, it could do as
one until a better and more
critical situation came along.
But of all this Sukarno him
self gave no sign.
Visits Hollywood
In the midst of a globe-circling
tour, Sukarno was in
Hollywood exploring the mys
teries of movie-making and
having his picture taken with
no less a film luminary than
Miss Joan Crawford. He show
ed no indications of hurrying
home.
At the core of the difficulty
was Sukarno's demand for
creation of a five-year cabinet,
with himself at the head,
which would rule Indonesia
"without interference of oppo
sition as conceived by the sys
tem of liberal democracy."
It would be the first step
in his concept of "guided
democracy" for Indonesia, a
socialistic concept eliminating
capitalism.
It received strong support
from Indonesian Communists
who would participate in the
new government on a basis
of equality and who could
hope from this stepping stone
eventually to take over the
government.
Moslem opposition , arose
not so much from a dislike
of the "guided democracy"
plan as from Sukarno's refus
al to assure them in advance
of a prominent place in the
new government.
Admires Russia
Sukarno has declared Western-style
democracy unsuit
able for Indonesia and ' his
present actions indicate he
considers his defeat to be tem
porary only.
During a visit to New York
in 1956, Sukarno declared that
"neither rubles nor dollars can
buy a scrap of our freedom."
But as a successful revolu
tionary in his own right, Su
karno has expressed open ad
miration for the accomplish
ments of Soviet Russia and
has paid tribute to Soviet
leaders for helping to shape
his ideas for a "working cabi
net" which would "guide the
people and channel ' their
ideas to achieve their needs
and desires."
Sukarno, 58 years old on
June 7, spent 12 of those years
tion of the parts affected or
involved."
There are some medical
doctors who acknowledge
osteopaths and work with
them. They many send a pa
tient to an osteopath for
treatment.
Many osteopaths will speci
alize in a certain field, such as
heart, surgery, obstetrics, and
other fields that are needed.
This means added years to
kheir already eight years of
training.
My family has been treated
by both M.D.s and D.O.s. We
are firm patients of a D.O.
The four older girls were de
livered by a country medical
doctor, the last one by a D.O.
Never had we experienced
such conscientious care. It has
been my privilege to watch
the different osteopathic doc
tors at work and they have al
ways been considerate and
thoughtful. You need never
worry that they won't try to
help you anytime of the day or
night. I might also add that
although money Is important
to them, they do- not make an
issue of it. If you are in need
they first make you well. We
have never encountered large
fees! You will find most osteo
paths very reasonable.
I sincerely hope that my let
ter has enlightened some of
its readers, and will take with
me the stand that the Osteopaths-
should be allowed to
practice in all hospitals, as
well as our community hospi
tall. We are no longer in the
dark ages that did not recog
nize new methods of treat
ment. They are trying to build
a new Osteopathic hospital,
but like most things in life, it
takes time, money, and pa
tience. .
If you doubt -this letter
please talk to a D.O. and find
the facts out, I'm aura you'll
find what I've found.
Joan Catherine Sheppard
2660 Crater Lake ave.
Mediord,
either in jail or exile.
He is the son of a Javanese
father and a Balinese mother.
The father saw to it he got
an education, culminating in
a doctorate in engineering.
Collaborated With Japanese
But even before he obtained
his degree, he already was an
experienced and. eloquent rev
olutionary against the Dutch
who had held the East Indies
for 100 years.
Embattled
Committee Trial by
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington -(DPD Some sen
ators, as you may have read,
just can't see Lewis L. Strauss,
President
E i senhower's
em b a 1 1 1 ed
nominee for
secretary . of
commerce.
For the mo
ment anyway.
Sen. Spessard
L. Holland (D
Fla.) had to be
c o u n ted
V
Frank Eleazer
among them.
Holland, presiding at an ap
propriations ! s u bcommittee
hearing Thursday on House
cuts in the Commerce Depart
ment budget, surveyed the
long witness table at which
eight top commerce officials
awaited his pleasure.
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More Parliamentary
Type Responsibility
Seen Need in U.S.
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington -(DPI) President
Eisenhower backed away fast
from his own suggestion that,
maybe, our
machinery for
national gov-
m e n t is so
creaky as to
require big
emergency re
pairs. He
shouldn't have
run so fast,
E i s e n hower
Lvla C. Wilson Was Ul gOOO.
a
company but didn't know it.
What the President said at
this week's news conference
was in response toa question
about how government shaU
function if the voters persist
in giving to one party the
White House and to another
the Congress. He answered
like this:
"I detect .' . . support for
some change, even, . . . basic
constitutional change, so that
we could incorporate into our
system some of the features of
the parliamentary system."
Some minutes later he re
vealed that he and John
Foster Dulles often had" dis
cussed the problem - finally
deciding it would be better
"to stick with what we have,
but try to make it work a
little better."
No Party Responsibility
. The facts are, of course,
that the functioning of gov
ernment and the prosecution
of government policies are
dangerously hampered by
lack of real party responsi
bility in either the Demo
cratic . or the ' Republican
parties.
This- lack of responsibility
is due largely to the fact that
there is neither party disci
pline nor means of enforcing
it. The truth is, neither the
Democratic nor the Republi
can party is really a political
entity. You might say there
is no such thing as a Republi
can or a Democratic party at
the national level. In Con
gress, for years past, there
have been members of the
same political party who rare
ly if ever voted together .on
any major piece of legisla
tion. Such a situation is danger
ous to a party in power and
dangerous for the nation over
which' that, party attempts to.
exercise power. Perhaps no
proper discipline ever will
come or be desirable in the
Chaplain Assigned
To Sfcrfe Institutions
Salem -TOPfl- P. J. Squier,
superintendent of the new
state correctional institution,
said today that the Mount
Angel abbey had assigned The
Rev. Edward Spear to be
Catholic chaplain at the insti
tution. The Rev. Spear also will
attend , to ' religious ,needs of
the Oregon State Tuberculo
sis hospital, Fairview home
and Hillcrest School for Girls.
Youngster Drowns
In Klamath Canal
Klamath Falls -DPD- Tom
my Tucker, 6, drowned in the
Klamath Irrigation District
canal late Wednesday.
The body was recovered, ,
He coUaBtorataa with the
Japanese during WoAd War
II but at the same time kept
in touch with the Indonesian
underground. In f949 he took
over as head of an independ
ent Indonesian government
with way over 80 million peo
ple on 3.C00 islands.
As a revolutionary he was
phenomenal. As an adminis
trator he has not been so ef
fective. Indonesia's economy
Strauss Faces New
Since Secretary Strauss
wasn't here, Holland began,
somebody else had better
proceed. o
' Strauss, who no doubt
thought he already had ex
perienced every misfortune
likely at the hands of a Sen
ate committee, rose in mani
fest anguish at this latest af
fliction, and corrected the
oversight. '
Arrires Late
Possibly Holland's trouble
was that Strauss arrived late,
and took his seat amidst his
assistants while the chairman
was reading a few opening
remarks. If Holland didn't
see Strauss at once, every
body else did. -
TV lights bore down on his
forehead and bounced off his
rimmed glasses. Movie cam
eras rattled and clicked re-
United States.
But a'means of obtaining a
better coordination between
the executive and legislative
branches and of exerting
greater pressure for agree
ment on overall policy has
been suggested from time to
time. It would require amend
ment of the Constitution, but
it probably would be worth
it. It would give cabinet mem
bers seats and speaking rights
in Congress.
Proposed by Wilson
The idea is not new. Wood
row Wilson suggested it many
years ago. -
"What is the change pro
posed?" he wrote. "Simply to
give to the heads of the ex
ecutive departments seats, in
Congress, .with the privilege
of initiative in legislation and
some part of the unbounded
privileges now commanded by
the standing ' committees. It
almost surely would lead to
a smoother functioning of gov
ernment." '
Newton D. Baker had the
same idea. He wrote: ; ' y
"It is far more loyal to
the memory of te founders
of our government to' try to
be wise in our day as they
were wise in theirs than it is
blindly to try to perpetuate
the , mere . machinery they
found adequate for their needs
into a time when that mach
inery is plainly inadequate."
Wilson and Baker possess
ed two of the great modern
political minds. Dulles was in
their league as a student of
government. The President
would 'rave been in good com
pany if he just had stayed put
in his news conference.
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ASHLAND MORTUARY '
Member National Selected
is in bad shape. The fanatics
Darul Islam sect raids with'
impunity on the island of
Java, and the smouldering
civil war continues on other
Indonesian islands.
But Sukarno remains the
undisputed personal leader
and hero of Indonesia. Even
the anti - Communist . army,
which is the real force in In
donesia, hesitates to challenge .
him.
Senators
cording his presence. Still
pictures were being shot from
all angles. Reporters jostled '
each other, elbow to elbow.
ax tne press table.
Strauss, unbowed veteran
of 16 recent bouts with the
Senate's Commerce Commit-1
tee, . smiled, pulled out hia
statement, and read, while a '
movie man stretched a yeK -low
tape from his lens to the
top of Strauss' head, affirm
ing the focus.
Another cameraman ranged
up and down the arched com
mittee table, recording the
welcoming smile of Sen. Mar
garet Chase Smith (R-Maine)
and the absence of same in
the faces of Sens. ' Warren
Magnuson (D-Wash.), Mike
Monroney (D-Okla.), and Gale .
McGee (D-Wyo.).
Attack Fails To Develop
This trio of Strauss' ad
versaries, fresh from the
Commerce Committee battle-
ground, were here as mem
bers also of the appropria
tions subcommittee, and worfl
had been passed that one of
them',' anyway, had. come
equipped with a new plan of
attack. u
' If so, it didn't develop at
once. Holland asked Strauss,
as he read, if he preferred
questions now, or when he
had finished his statement.
Strauss said politely he would
bow to the chairman's wish
in this matter but that he pre
ferred the latter arrangement.
The fact Was, he said with
a smile, his assistants would
probably have to answer the r
questions. He himself, he re
ported, " had been too busy
lately to keep up with his
homework. '
. Sens. Magnuson, Monroney,
and McGee didn't see this as
notably f unny.; Except for
several reporters, in fact, no
body laughed. r
Deplores Budget Cuts ZZ
Strauss completed his state
ment, deploring the House
budget cuts. Mrs. Smith asked'
about Commerce Department ;
morale. An asisstant secretary
said it was bad. Too many
rolks faced with losing their
jobs, he reported, straight'
faced. ' '
Monroney had a question''
on roads. Ah undersecretary;
promised an answer next
week. Magnuson asked who
picked the model home f or
the U.S. exhibit in Moscow.'
An assistant secretary said!
he'd get the answer.
"Sen. McGee, any ques-
tions?" asked Holland.
"No questions, Mr. Chair-
man," said McGee.
A sigh "went up from the:
press table. The reporters:
began to get up and leave.
The cameramen started pack
ing their gear. Strauss asked,
"May I be excused?" Holland
said ves. and thanks verv.
jmuch.
SIXTH
C Streets Ashland
Morticians by Invitation
Joe Hosick O JMi
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