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Something to think about:
"Tho prices o( brnilo foods In thai
uinicu nuiKiiom luin uniir-ti King
iIiiiii tndny In made up of England,
Northern Ireland. Bcollund, Wales,
I ho Channel Islands unci the Isle of
Mini) hnvo Mint up 16 to 125 pur
cent III the punt six years, tho Lon-
uon looa ministry Hum today.
"IiioreanFit cited In report to
the houne o( commons Included po
ntine 71 per cent, meat 64 per cent,
onron ii per ccni, Duller do per
cent, eggs 136 per cent, brend 62
per cent, cliecno 86 per cent, cook
iiiK lut 67 per cent mid cabbage
In those nix yearn, noclnlltl Brit-
tin Dim been under null! pilot con
Inn. Yot lood price huvo none
aleudlly up.
Panto IIiIh In vour hat:
It Isn't politics nml politicians
. mat keep priced down,
It'll PRODUCTION.
Ill New York liut night, General
MacArlliur inld In a statement Is
sued by his ulile, OenerHl Courtney
Whitney, inni mere is no iiicoiihu
lencv whatever between hln alule-
niriil In 1948 thnt he would not
shrink from any public call to duty
and III" present unwillingness to
allow Ills name to be uiied in party
primaries
Ho added:
"I neither dlreotly nor indirectly
approved any move to put my
mime (orward lor tho Rciiubllcan
presidential nomlnutlon In the April
1 Wisconsin primary.
Oenernl Whitney was Immediate
ly aked by newmcn II MnrAr
thur's reference to Ilia 1048 principle
could be Interpreted an an an
nouncement that he now would be
willing to acaept a cull from the
pcoplo to be President.
He renllcd:
'U won't Interpret the stntement.
but anyone ele In free to inter
pret u lor himself."
That recall a bit of luncheon
and cockluil gossip thut has been
current In Washington recently
and which I'm told. Is rather WIDE
LY BELIEVED there.
The tale toes like this:
IF a deadlock develops In the
Republican convention between Els
enhower and the Taft forces and
IP It appears that the deadlock can
not be broken In favor of either
Tnfl or Elsenhower, then
At Uie psychological moment,
band will strike up "An Old Sol
dier Never Dies" and MneArthur's
friends In the convention will begin
to maroli and chnnt.
Emotional excitement, strung as
tensely as a banjo string, will be
depended on to do the rent. .
Well, It might work. And worse
tfcings could happen,
I'm lor Elsenhower lor two rea
sons: 1. I have FAITH In him.
2. I think he can be elected.
But
Douglas MocArlhur as President
of the United Slates would be no
calamity.
Personally, as a citizen I'm a'
much Interested In the Republican
party's platform as In Its candidate
In times like these, we need PRIN
CIPLES as well as men. I keep
commie back to the thought that
the Republican party's platform In
this year of decision should con
tain a statement something like
this:
"We can promise you only blood,
sweat and tears for the Immediate
future, with national solvency ana
perpetuation of the American way
of life as the ultimate reward tor
the sacrifices wo shall call upon
you to make."
A Dolltlcal nartv's Dlntform Is Its
DECLARATION OF FAITH. With
a declaration of faith such as that
the Republican party could ap
proach the task of restoring the
nation's solvency and rehabilitating
Us moral character In the same
spirit of ngnting laun in wnicn n
approached In 1800 the problem of
abolishing numan slavery ana suv
lng the union.
Birds Heading
For North
Northwnrd migrations of water
fowl have become Increasingly evi
dent In the basin the past two
weeks, with heavy waves of snow
and other geeso easily spotted
every day.
Tho birds are a part of the
annual northward march of the
birds of the Pacific flywny, and
the Klamath Basin gets the major
portion of that Ilyway.
According to Federal Game Of
ficer Jim Savage 60 to 65 per cent
of the flyway comes through this
pnrt of the country. The birds
rnnge southward Into California,
Mexico and other warmer areas
for the wlntsr, and come spring
move northWBrd once more to as
Inr north as the Arctic.
Savage says the distance north
and south the birds travel varies
from flyway to flyway and from
specie to specie.
Savage says the Pacific Flyway
Is considered the best In tho coun
try as far as the number of birds
per hunter Is concerned. He noted
thnt Eastorn flywnys, though num
erically larger In number of birds,
have far heavier hunter pressure.
Weather Control
To Be Discussed
ARLINGTON, Ore. Ml A pub
lic hearing will be held here Satur
day In an attempt to get recom
mendations lor weather control
legislation.
r The hearing will be conducted
by Sen. Ben Day of Gold Hill,
head ol the Oregon Legislature's
Interim Committee on Wcathor
Control. I
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WONDEROUS WINTER SCENERY at Crater Lake National Park is-one reason why the
lake is a leading Oregon attraction. Top picture shows the lodge at the Rim Village. A
three-story structure, only the top story is. entirely out of the snow. Snow was about 20
feet deep when picture was taken. (Bottom) Park personnel live comfortably amid
house-deep drifts. Mrs. Doris Hallock, wife of the Park's chief Ranger, stands in the door
way to a wooden tininel leading to the house. The residence roofs carry tremendous
loads of snow. ' Lou Hallock Photo
flood Control on lost
River Should Open Up
More Tule Homesteads
By HALE 8CARBROCGII
When work scheduled by Uie Bu
reau of Reclamation In Lnngell
Valley Is completed, Lost River
should no longer be lost.
Tho name Is derived Irom the
fact that the river, after emerging
from a canyon below Malone dam,
fans out- over the upper end of
Langcll Valley and for a distance
of about six and a half miles has
no definite channol. Then it (fun
nels back into a channel to con
tinue Its way to finally empty into
Uie Tule Lako sump.
The Bureau of Reclamation has
palled for construction bids on the
Job of dredging out a channel for
that six and n . half milo ,"lost'.'
portion of tho stream.
Bids on the work will, be opened
at the local USBR office at 2 p. m.-
April 9. . . .
Tills nnrllctilnr lob Is but part
of a nlim for Improvement and
channelization of Lost River to pro
tect tho Tulo LaKC Dasin innns
from posslblo flooding. Additional
flood protection works, tho Bureau
says, were mndo necessary on the
river becauso of tho settlement of
about 9.150 acres of Tule Lake
sump lanil In what Is known as
the Coppock Bay area.. That land,
when It was leased Instead ,'oi
homcstcaded, was held in reserve
for flood water storage.
Tu o Lake s a nnturnl sump ana
the lower portion of It lies approx
imately 50 feet below tho level of
the Klamath River. Development
of lands In the old lake bed was
made possible by storage of water
in Clear Lako reservoir on the up-
Eor reaches of Lost River, In Ger
er reservoir on Miller Creek, and
also by the construction of the di
version dnm and channel from Lost
River from Just below Olcno across
to the Klamath River.
( In Uio past 30 years approxi
:
KLAMATH FAIXH, OltKGON,
; Mil -
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mately 44,300 acres of Tule Lake
bed land has been homestcsded,
and 3,400 acres of cultivated land
Is under Jurisdiction of the Fish
and Wildlife Service. . .
' About 15,300 acres of Bureau ot
Reclamation lease land Is reserved
State Mags
Face Slash
SALEM Un State Finance Di
rector Harry Dorman said Friday
he Is going to crack down on fancy
publications Issued by state de
partments. Dorman said too many depart
ments are getting out elaborate
puoiications printea on costiy pa
per. t
Ho already has ordered the For
estry Deportment to reduce the
size oi ills mommy newspapers,
and Is going to talk, to the Depart
ment of Agriculture about Its mag
azine. '"The current Issue of the agri
culture magazine Is devoted almost
entirely to pictures and articles
regarding members of the depart
ment staff from the director down
to tho secretaries. .
"Tills may be nice for the em
ployees but I have serious doubts
If the running ot these articles Is
of any general Interest to the agri
culture people of the state," Dor
man said.
The Board of Higher Education
also will be asked to reduce the
number and size of Its . publica
tions,
HIIIMV, MARCH Zl, IDS?
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for possible, flooding. Present water
area of Uie Tule Lake sump Is
13,300 acres.
Additional land can be settled
within the sump If sufficient flood
protection Is obtained on Lost Riv
er. So far since the end of World
War II channel work has been
completed In Poe Valley, on Mil
ler Creek and the five miles on
Lost River below Miller Creek In
Lost River. Work dredging the riv
er channel from Just above the
California line down to Tule Lake
sump Is now proceeding, contracted
by George R- Stacy of Tulelake. :
The work In the upper part of
Lnagell Vallev above Miller Creek
wns delayed by water .rights com
plications, but Uie Bureau has an
nounced that contracts have been
established with landowners-, for
new water rights and rights-of-way
secured, allowing Uie work there to
proceed. .
The six and a half mllo channel
is to be of 45-foot bottom widUl at
the Junction with Miller Creek, and
taper down to 20 feet In the upper
and steeper portions of the valley.
It is designed to handle 'within
the banks a maximum flow of 4,000
cubic feet per second of water.
The channelization also will re
quire construction of about two
and three-quarter miles of Irriga
tion laterals to serve about 700
acres of land receiving new water
rights and which are to be brought
into the Lnngell Valley Irrigation
District.
The work will Include about three
quarters of a million cubic yards
of excavation: laying about five
eighths of a mile of corrugated
metal pipe for culverts and drain
inlets: erecting several bridges
an.1 placing about 110 yards of con
crete in irrigation structures.
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No. 2771
Committee
Will Study
Hospital
TULELAKE The greatest orob-
lem ot the rich Tulelake Basin Is
that a county line runs right
through Its middle.
Yesterday the Boards of SuDcr-
visors of Modoc and Siskiyou coun
ties met In the Legion Hall to try
to solve the need for a hospital
here: they apparently solved the
problem of a separate Farm Ad
visor's office for the Basin Instead.
In an unofficial poll of the mem
bers of the two boards taken af
ter the morning hearing on the
farm office was closed showed
unanimous okay for the continua
tion of the office with both coun
ties splitting the bill. Approval
should become official with the
next sessions of the two boards.
After hearing nerhans a score
of witnesses speak for the hos
pital from the floor not one Tule
laker objected to the idea the
joint board selected a committee
from each side of the county line.
Modoc's committee Included Alex
Jctt, manager of the Modoc coun
ty hospital at Alturas: Garvin Klr
by, Paul Rogers and Supervisor
Jim Stearns, an ex officio member.
Siskiyou's committee Is Dr. I
Spomer, Rev. Marvls Keyser, Tule
lake Mayor Dick Moore and Bill
Shepard.
PLAN PUSHED
The proposal for the hospital
was pushed by the Modoc super
visors all the way. It laid the way
open for Joint agreement with Sis
kiyou county board members to es
tablish a hospital on a cooperative
basis. tSlskiyou. apparently webbed
In legal entanglements, wouldn't
or couldn't say yes to any agree
ment. Both counties presently operate
under a central hospital system.
Modoc county, however, has be
gun Uie establishment of a string
of small hospitals in Uie county's
imputation centers, and eventually
under present plans hopes to estab
lish hospital districts for each one.
Speaking from the floor, Tule
lake businessman Floyd Boyd said
Modoc county has come un with
something new, . while Siskiyou
county is .pushing an- antiquated
system;' s n .
Another witness a woman-
pointed to Uie fact that few. If
any. Tulelake hospital cases go to
Yreka, yet Tulelake residents pay
for the hospital.
'That sounds to me," she said,
"like taxation without representa
tion." In testimony it was brought out
that Tulelake's supervisorial dis
trict contributes $87,000 to the Sis
kiyou hospital fund annually. Of
that amount about $25,000 comes
from the Immediate Tulelake area.
Almost all hospital cases . go to
Klamath Falls. -
DIFFICULT TRIP
20-30 Club Member Charles Bo-
lesta, who has driven the volun
teer Tulelake ambulance, told the
joint boards that It is often dif
ficult to get emergency cases into
Klamath's hospitals.
"Tney require lorms oe imea oui
before they'll take patients, and
sometimes demand a written guar
antee," he said.
Asked whv money from Tule
lfllrr's contribution to the Siskiyou
couldn't be pro rated and returned
U TUieiaxe ior, use in a uospiuu
there. Chairman Gordon Jacobs of
the Siskiyou board who was pre
siding over the meeting said the
law would not permit it.
Modoc Supervisor Pete Laxague,
a member of the hospital commit
tee, explained the proposed hos
pital would suprjort itself If. prop
erly operated. He figures It would
cost 4000 monthly for operational
expense.
The building plan calls for 50,
000 from each county, to be
matched bv $100,000 eacn irom me
wt of California and the United
States government. The hospital
would have about 16 neas.
Modoc Hosnltal Mgr. Alex Jett
said a hospital can be run on a
pay basis, thougn sisxiyou super
visor Clinton Jackson said county
Day hospitals have not, been pay
ing. Government Of
Finland Falls
.T PIMVT Vlnlonri IJW The
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coalition government of Premier
Urho Kekkonen- fell apart Friday
over the price of butter and the
premier submitted his resignation
to President Joho Paaslklvl.
Inflation has been plaguing this
next door neighbor of the Soviet
Union.
VAirirnnan fonder nf the Agrarian
party, has been premier since
Marcn. laou. ine present, cuuimi,
tuiwl imrlai. ffalrlrnnen tnnlr of
fice in September, 1061, pledged to
fight rising prices.
KesKonen saia ne was iea up
with discontent and repeated at
tacks from his own 'group.
CI In til enlir-Hc cOirl ha Wnlllft
not consent to head a fourth cabi
net and had recommended to the
nHaslAnl l,ol TaovM VAlhula t.hft
party's parliamentary leader, be
uh 1T1CQ ureuiiei .
me spin came wnen neaionen
Anil lh cmi.ti rahinat mimhn nf
his party voted against a - slash
in the price of butter, but failed
to obtain a majority.
Butter is selling In Finland at 446
Finnish marks per kilogram,' or
about $1 a pound. The Socialists
wanted to cut the price 15 marks.
With the Agrarians In opposition,
a cut of eight marks was agreed
upon.
Telcpho
Living Cost
Drops; First
Since June
WASHINGTON W) The cost of
living as measured by the govern
ment, dropped 0.6 per cent in Feb
ruary, In the first decline since
last June, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported Friday.
Borne downward by a 2.1 per
cent sag in retail food prices, the
retail price Index showed the larg
est decline for any month since
December, 1949.
A one-cent hourly wage cut will
be suffered on Anrll 1 bv 1.150.000
trainmen and non-operating rail-
roaa workers oecause of the slid
ing cost-of-living scale In their
wage contracts.
The Index, as recorded on Feb.
15, stood at 187.9. comDared with
the 1035-39 yardstick which Is fig-
The Index, which seeks to earn?
the retail prices paid by moderate-
income city lamines, still was J0.4
per cent higher than it was when
Korea was invaded in June, 1950.
It was 2.2 per cent above a year
ago.
Economists with the Office of
Price Stabilization have estimated
the Index for March also will show
a cost-of-living decline.
Sen. Moody (D.-Mich.V was all
ready with a statement, calling the
February decline "good news."
"Price controls, enacted by Con-
bic idt uie mooiiization emer
gency have worked and are wm-lr.
lng. despite a price control law
With certain built-in Inflations
features," Moody said.
Moody declared many will base
me sngnt arop as an argument
for suSDendlncr nrirr control r
dropping them entirely. '
inis would be dangerous to our
free system." he said. "Susnendinir
controls prematurely would be pre-
inciy iwusn as senaing a lire
department home Just because the
names were a little lower and
could no longer be seen above the
rooiiop."
Steel To Ask
Price Relief
NEW YORK 11 Steel Inriiiclr
leaders are determined tn seek
price relief which they contend is
necessary u increased wages are
gruiiea, economic btaoiuzer Rog
er L. Putnam indicated Frldav.
Putnam told newsmen after an
hour, and one-half session with 12
steel officials that the industry
leaders had "asked for another
meeting with the. Office of Price
Stabilization." -
The meeting of the industry lead
ers : and Putnam followed Thurs
day night's recommendations by
the Wage Stabilisation Board that
me industry grant a pacKage set
tlement to end a contract dispute
with the CIO Steelworkers Union.
Public members of the WSB have
estimated the .settlement at J8.8
cents an hour.
The recommendation was ap
proved by the executive board of
Uie union and a national steel
steel strike set for midnight next
Sunday was postponed until Apru
Thk mMlIni with Putnam an
parently was heated at times.
"We used words we regretted
promptly and pulled them back,"
he said. But he added:
int. Mrialnln rficni,ecil t Vl clt.
rjatlon on the basis that we were
all Americans."
Putnam was reticent to explain
on .nnotOTlt AittVnn htWpn tlLl
and the industry leaders' view on
the situation.
The 12 . leaders, described by
Putnam as "12 top execuUves of
ih i i ton' steel manufacturing
companies," remained in confer
ence. Putnam saia ne was iuusnca
for. the day
Rescuers Near
Stranded Dogs
DARRINOTON. Wash. W
Friendly help was slated today to
replace the triple enemies of cold,
hunger and angry eagles that have
beset three cougar Bounds trapped
two weeks on a 4,000 foot mountain
ledge.
Six skilled mountaineers made
plans 'to- scale precipitous, snow-
covered Mt. Push, 60 miles north
west of Seattle, at daybreak to
rescue the stiu-yelpmg clogs.
They became stranded on the
ledge while chasing a cougar 15
days ago. A fourth dog- escaped
by leaping 100 feet to safety and
landing in a tree or brush.
- Numerous attempts have been
made to reach the dogs but would-
be rescuers have been turned back
by an 800 or 900-foot ice-sheathed
cliff which it Is necessary to de
scend.
Meanwhile, Cleo' RWdle. owner
of the hapless hounds, has report
ed the dogs are still alive and
fighting off attacks by angry
eagles. The climbers who have vol
unteered to attempt to effect a
Tescue today are carrying long
ropes and mountain climbing
equipment to help tnem in tneir
hazardous tasK.
LOAN OKAY
SALEM Mt The Portland Gas
and Coke Co. was granted permis
sion Friday to borrow $2,500,000 to
finance improvements.
The permission was given by
P u b 1 1 o Utilities Commissioner
Charles H. Heltzel. The money will
be borrowed from the Mellon
National Bank and Trust Company
of Pittsburgh, renn.
Tourney
Results
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The Dalles 43
Tax Collector
Faces Dilemma
BUFFALO N.Y. Wl Collector
George T. McGowan Is puzzled
over what to do about a corporate
tax payment that is one mill short.
McGowan said Thursday the firm
which he declined to name
had filed a return showing a tax
liability of six cents and had at
tached a check for two cents.
"They outsmarted themselves on
that one,"he said. "Cornoratlons
are supposed to pay 35 per cent
of the total tax due on the first in
stallment. This check covers only
0 i- per cent.
ne said the payment should have
been at least 2.1 cents.
Ten Die In
Plane Crash
CORPUS CHRISTT. Toy 11
A four-engine Navy patrol bomber
with ten men aboard crashed into
Corpus Christl Bay Friday shortly
after takeoff from the Naval Air
Station.
Navy helicopters and air-sea res
cue launches found no survivors.
Two bodies had been miller) mil.
of the wreckage by mid-morning.
uivers saio recovery ot the re
maining bodies would be a long,
teaious process.
Identification of the dead was
withheld pending notification of the
next of kin.
Like a huge thumb, the giant
rudder of tbe P4Y-2 stuck out of
the bay.
Personal effects of the fliers
floated to the surface. A winter
flying suit, a baseball cap, a
navigator's brief case and a fuel
cell washed ashore.
The crew of ten included four
officers, two cadets and four en
listed men.
A Navy spokesman said the
plane "apparently disintegrated"
when It struck the water In a roarr
lng crash.
Spring Comes
To The Campus
ANN ARBOR, Mich. W Spring
came bustin' out all over the usu
ally staid University of Michigan
campus Thursday night.
it toot a near-riotous lorm.
Bands of youths raided women's
dormitories and the women raided
back.
Assessing the damages Friday,
university authorities found some
broken windows and smashed
doorsThev blamed a spontaneous
outbreak of spring fever. At its
peak an estimated 2,500 students
oprp involved, t . '
The fun started with bands ot
men students Invading the women's
dorms, scattering unaercioining
about. The women formed counter
raids and city nollce were called.
A force of 10 officers responded
but by that time the mob bad split
up into smaller groups which
climbed' on dormitory roofs, threw
mud. at fraternity and sorority
houses and rocked the cars of po
lice who tried to restore order.
The seven hours of revelry sim
mered down around 1:30 a.m. when
spirits were dampened by a light
drizzle and a fire hose was turned
on' the last band of marauders by
residents of one of tbe women's
dormitories.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California,
fair through Saturday and prob
ably fair Sunday, somewhat warm
er. Low tonight 15, high Saturday
48.
High Thursday - 29
Low last night 7
Precln Thursday .01
Precip since Oct. 1 14.09
Normal for period 8.93
Period last year ..12.58
(Additional Weather on Page 41
BEING SPOONFED A SIP of
Hugh Killmeyer, salesman at
Harvey at the bus depot tafe.
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Army Teams
Buck Snow
In Rescue
SAN FRANCISCO Wl Army
bulldozers Friday went : to the
rescue of 600,000 head of starving;
livestock In North and Central
Nevada. Twenty dozers were sent
from Ogden, Utah, to attack ranch
roads clogged bv snow and clew
the way for rushing in feed.
Other bulldozers from the naval
base at Hawthorne, Nev., opened
a 35-mile long lnne through snow
to 2.000 marooned residents In
Mono County, East-Central Call-i
fornia. Residents were low on fuel'
but had food.
In Northern California, highway'
plows bit Into snowdrifts which!
closed the two major highways
over the mountains to Nevada
U. 8. 40 and 60 Tuesday. Their
reopening was expected shortly, -:
SNOW STORM !
In the Rockies two snowstorms'
disrupted ground and air travel'
and left Denver streets almost lm-
passaoie. The storm belt extended
some loo mues irom Cheyenne,
Wyo., to Colorado Springs.
The biggest crisis was in Nevada ,
where Gov. Charles Russell de
clared a state of emerirertr.tf tn
qualify for federal assistance.
i-romptiy 20 Army bulldozers were
ordered sent to help save an esti
mated $18,000,000 worth of lmnerlu
ed cattle and sheep.
me nrsi success was scored
Thursday by an Idaho State De
partment plow. It opened a road,
for the feeding of 4,000 head of
cattle In the Owyhee Indian Reser
vation in Nevada's northern Elko
County. Behind the plow came 100
tons or hay in six trucks.
t-LA.NfcS wait ,
While the bulldozers from Osrlen
went to work, the Fourth Air
Force at Hamilton Field, north' of
San Francisco, put its nlanes on a
stHndby basis. They are prepared
to drop feed, emulating the "hay-
mt" of 1949, if need be. . -
Most of the menaced cattle are
in Elko County, where ranch roads
have been snow-blocked more than.
two months.
Most of the 2.000 oersons who
hed been isolated In California's
Mono County were north and south
of the town of Leevining.
Thursday Navy bulldozers cut a
road from Hawthorne to a nolnt
just north of Leevining, a distance
of 53 miles. The road connects
with Highway 95, open north and
south in Nevada.
The ' Seabees expected to: get
through Friday to June Lake where
126 persons were - stranded at a
lodge with fuel scanty but food
plentiful. The afflicted area Is
about lso miles east oi Ban Fran
cisco. ! t;'
Access Roads
Fund Chilled
WASHINGTON Wl For the sec
ond successive year, -the House
approoriations committee . has cut
out a $700,000 budget item for the
construction of access roads in the
Oregon and California grant lands.
Explaining its action, the com
mittee reported that "legislation
relating to the aistrioution ot re
ceipts from the sale of timber
made accessible by the proposed
access roads has not been modi
fied and it is still the committee's
opinion that the federal govern
ment should not share in further
capital improvements without de
riving a larger share of the finan
cial proceeds of harvesting the tim
ber than is now provided for in the
controlling legislation." !
By law, the Western Oregon
counties in -which the timber 'is
located receive 50 per cent of the
timber sale revenues. The division
is soon to go 75 per cent to the
counties and but 25 per cent to
the government.
early morning coffee was
Sears, by Waitress Evelyn
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