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EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL
OIi. 5.
"THE PEOPLE'S PAPEB."
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAT, FEBRUARY 19, 1892.
urn.
TO-DAY'S .NEWS TO-DAY."
Nd. 42.
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-A NEW DEPiLRTUREI-
" heeeeSOMFTHING FOR Pu I HING !eee-
$100.00 In Cash, to be Given Away,
NO LOTTERY SCHEME. NO RAFFLE,
But a Straightforward Donation of $100.00 in Cash to our Customers.
With each Dollar's worth of goods purchased for Cash at our store, we will give a Cash Coupon, good for
Have Cents in Cash, and when One Dollar's worth, or twenty of these Coupons are presented to our store by any one
urson, we will cash them, paying One Dollar m bilver ior same. We want evervbody to take advantage ot this
rrand donation. We are headquarters for all goods in our line, and our prices are "rock bottom." Come and see us
Kid bring your friends and neighbors. Ask for a "Cash Coupon with your purchase.
T.
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PATTON, 98 State Street, Salem, Orcp.
THE RACKET STORE
Is the Place for Bargains in Underwear and Hosiery for Ladies, Gents
and Children.
IBB CAPITAL J0I1MAL
HOFER BROTHERS, - - - Editors.
DBL18UKD DA1LY.KXCEIT8UJJDAY,
BY TUB
, Caoital Journal Publishing Company.
(Incorporated.)
Ofllcc, Commercial Street, in P. O. Uulldluj!
UnUred ot the postoflleo nt Salem, Or., iu
eecoLd-clnfP ictkr.
LadinV scarlet underwear 85 ot.
" Natural wool 85 cts,
" Unlou Ribbed suits $1 75 "
Children's " " " 125to?lG0"
Ladies' black wool hose 25c and 80c "
Children black wool hose 20c " ic "
" Knickerbocker hose. 20c "
former price $1
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" $ 1 60 and
" 30 "
' 25 "
" 25
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2 00
1 75
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30
CORSETS.
H & S Black Corsets $1 40 usual
H&H iJiali Corsets sr.- 1 15
Olmsted waists, black 1 40
" " drab 1 10
Good. Btaek CorseJsiUi. .'...... 70 aud $1
prlcol
Drab r " 50
Supcrior,guaranleodKidGloves 1 40
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lttt
261 Commercial Street.
E. F. OSBURN,
THAT ELECTRIC LIKE
Will soon bo completed near-
Pleasant Home Addition.
If you want a LOT or a HOME and LOT, this is
lyour opportunity.
Prices are low and terms will be made to suit you.
(Either installments or cash. Keep in mind the fact that
Ithis property is less than one mile from any public build
ing in the city, and that it is high and dry and that each
Hot will make a home. Call on -
GRAY BROTHERS,
COR. STATE AND LIBERTY STB., SALEM, OREGON.
Hardware -and Agricultural liniments.
CULTIVATORS, HOP PLOWS, GARDEN
PLOWS, GARDEN DEILLS AND CULTIVA
TORS, SPRING TOOLS, HARRO WS, ETC.
I BURKS, Proprietor,-
One-half block uouth of Bush's bank, up stairs.
clntire,
Mr. Qeer Answors Mr. Luce.
Macleay, Or., Feb. 15, '02.
Emtoh Jeurnal: Like a thun
derbolt from a clear sky comes the
indlctmeut by Mr. A. B. Luce, ol
Hlllsboro, of my review of Oregou
ugrlculture, in your Now Year's edi
tion, nud though just uow extremely
busy, pruning my youug orchard of
1500 trees, preparatory to plowing
tho same, I feel that Mr. Luce's
mental strain Is oue that dematds
immediate atteutiou. I will there
fore devote this day's dluner hour to
a consideration ot tho burdens,
which are pressing upon him by the
present laws of our beloved country.
Mr. Luea writes with a vim and
earnestness that is calculated to
uwaKon u seuso or pity iu our
adversary, whose bosom, like mlue.
(throbs coutlnually with human sym
pathy, and r closed reading his ar
tide with a feeling that he has been
personally hurt by some legislation
3hf somebody, somewhere. I have
I'Vlimlnpf Into ilin atttmtlnn .!. oalt.
(Sud cannot find anybody around
uero who has lost any privilege by
act of congress, which ho possessed
thirty years ago, whilo wo do enjoy
many favors that are particularly
tuuiatterlstic of this decade. Iu
lced, Ihree years ago thad the
jhonor to deliver an address, by invl
tauon, In Mr. Luce's own town of
Hilisboro, and a better dressed, hap
pier appearing aud more Intelligent
ipilleuco never assembled in this
rlarntt
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-SUCCESSORS TO-
WELLER BROS.
-HEAD QUAKTEHS FOR RED 8TAR-
!
STAPLK Ii MM GROCERIES
At the old Stand, next door to Post Office.
for Infants and Children.
" Cm tori a Is so well adapted to children tht
I recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me?' H. A. ABcmcu, M. D
HI So. Oxford Bt, Brooklyn, K. Y.
"The nse of Castoria' is eo universal and
IU merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorso It. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
Guilds Harttx, D.D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Bel ormed Church.
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Bour Stomach, Dlarrhcaa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d
Kestion.
Without Injurious medication.
For several years I have recommendec
your ' Castoria. ' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. PjIiidsb. M. D.,
"The Wlnthrop," lS6th Street and Tth Ave.,
New York City
Tmt CiirrAun Compakt, 77 Mcniur Brntxr, New York.
You can get the lafest
MUSI
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Finest Line of Pianos, Organs, Banjos, Violins, Guitars
and Mandolins.
LOWEST PRICES
BLUNDELL'S MARKET.
I have a full stock of the choicest fresh meats, all
choice cuts, at ray new market, the rear of State Insur
ance buildincr. Best poultry furnished natrons. "Frp.c
delivery.
T. 13. BLUNDELL.
Churchill Sash, Door & Manufacturing Co
Sash, Doors, Blinds & Mouldings, Turning & Scroll Sawing.
Houso Finishing mado to order.
New DIW KlUf. by which we can alwoy keep a full fcupply of seasoned stock of all
kiuili. Agricultural Works, Corner of Trado and Hlfu streets, Balem, Oregon.
EASTON'S,
-AT
3IO Commercial Street.
Sond for Cutalogue KEEE
Salem Truck A Dray Co. IHf
V lice H'-iteHt., opposite Sa
lem Iron works. Drays aud trnofc may be fnund:througbout tLo dav at
BRAYS AND TKUCK8
for ordere.
er wood.
lumber. Of-
the wirniT f Htat wnl Comriirclui street.
B. F. DRAKE, Preprlebr. T. G- PERKINS, General Superintendent
SALEM IRON WORKS,
SALEM, -------- OREGON.
MaDutoctun-x KTKAM KNQINKS. Mill OutllU, Water Wbeel Governor. Fruit
Drylns Outilts, Traction Engines, CresUns. etc. Karra mucblnery mde and repaired.
General atftntu and tnanufactareis of the celebrated WabUtrom latent MlddllDss
Purifier and Reels. Farm jtiacntncry made and repaired.
GIVEN is GIVING
Boots and Shoes
To the people at prlcta that are hound to eult. 289 Commercial Street.
BREWSTER & WHITE.
Flourr Feed, Hay, Straw and Barley Chop.
LOWEST PEIOES
jESIE&SS
Sash and Door Factory
Front Street, Salem, Oregon,
The best class of work in our line at prices to compete
with tho lowest. Only tho best material used. -
BaiT 4 Petzel , Plumbers and Tinners.
247 Commercial street, Balem. Q.irdon Iloao and Laws Sprinkler.
A complete lin of Stoves aud Tinware, Tin roofing and plumbing a
specialty. Estimates forTiunlng aud Plumhlng Furnished.
ity
AND FKEE
91 CfrURT STKEKT.
DELIVERY
1 Jnst the place for you to go to school.
FEBRUARY 1, 1892,
Is tiro time to enter Kltli the beginning of
me iiiiru icriu,
New rooms for youns men will begrtndy.
Ktrstlass Instruction in all tirsooues.
Rates Ckeap.
Geo. WliMer, D. I),
president.
DUGAN BROS'
Plumbing and IlcatingCo.,
Wholesale and retail dealers in
STEAM AND PLUMBING GOODS
V9 CSommercUl street, 1'elepbone h'o..TJ
sfate, uor In any other. I saw noth
ing whatever to Indicate a condition
of things In Washington county, to
Justify tho howl of Impending desti
tution, which Issues, figuratively
speaking, from Mr. Luce's wander
lDgpen. Of course no man could write with
tho caustlo asperity of Mr. Luce,
who was not in daily anticipation of
some threatening calamity, hut
whether ho dreads hunger most or
enforced uudity I have no tneuus of
knowing. I can only hazard the
geups mat jaro. ltorK nas ueeu over
tollillsboro uud he has been to hear
him lecture. That gifted aud pro,
fessloual "organizer" has a couple of
uonvertB In thiscouuty.also, whosee
nothing in tho future hut calamity
and ruin.
llut let mo get at Bio. Luce n
I Ittto more closely. In his evident
unintentional viudlctlvcness ho so
far foigets himself as to say that I
"both Ignore and prevert the factB"
aud as proof refeis to my atatemeut
that wheat, oats and hops, our three
staplo crops, have Bold during six
months of tho last year for 80 to IK)
cents, 65 to GO cents per bushel and
85 to 40 cents per pound, respectively.
This statement he says, is a perver
sion of the facts because "oats aud
hops liavo been selling for double
their usual price."
Why, goodness gracious, man, this
admission of yours Is just what I
wus rejoicing about. You admit my
statement, and then come all the
way over to Salem to get Into print
with u arowl because prices were
bad tho year before 1 Your family
Is well this winter but you refuse to
rejoice uuout it becauee they were
sick last summer 1
Mr. Luce's next paragraph Is
actually devoted to trying to prove
that Oregon farmers cannot compete
with Iowa farmers In producing
eggs, butter, lard, ohesso aud hacou
for our own markets uud ho goes
elaborately into climate considera
tions to show that oue cannot raise
them at any time savo ut a loss. Jly
inference, then, we should Import
what wo use on the farm, for It costs
a-i much to produce them for home
onsumptiou as for market uud It
never pays, of couiso to ralso a com
modity ut a loss, eveu for home
use.
Prices for the three staple articles
of Oregon farm produco have been
double during tho past year what
they had heeu befoie, so you admit,
but public writers must not refer to
the fact; the dark side only must be
presented. To be sure, this doub
ling up of prlas on staple farm pro
ducts within ouo year totally aud
forever disproves your claim that
preceding low prices were caused by
evil Republican legislation, for the
law Iu tho meantime had been
changed only for tho worse, from
your standpoint, but when coin
pletily knocked out, as you are, by
the facts uud the markets, it is de
cidedly more manly to confess your
error nud Join the Republican patty
than deliberately "prove the facts"
aud get ciuyht ut It as you have
beeu iu this case.
Mow, take this pleasant picture
of his In connection with his other
statement that "wheat has been
raided at a loss to tho farmer for tho
lnt ulneytara,"andt pretty nearly
leaves tho Ort-aon farmer, like
OtheJlo, without un occupation,
doesn't It?
Blnce wo cannot rahse fcggf, nor
chlvkena, nor hog, nor lard, nor
cheese as cheap as we can buy them
In Iowa and pay the freight 8000
miles, nor ralso wheat except at n
loss, there seems to bo nothing re
maining in our line but to, go to
raising moss.
Under this new agricultural dis
pensation to which Mr. Luce's
philosophy will lead us, the State
Agricultural college will, or course,
abandon Its present efforts at scien
tific farming, and thocutlre energy
.f the faculty, with Mr. Luco at Us
head will be directed towards rein
stating the ahuobt lost art of moss-backlsm.
I am at present feeding a lot of
hogs for the Salem spring market
for which lam promised seven cents
diesed. I sold two hogs a few
years ago at this figure for which I
reoelvod fCO in gold. 1 thought it a
good prlco and that I mado money
on the transaction and could do so
again now, but slnco reading Mr.
Luce's plea for tho Iowa farmer, I
will turn my hogs out and see If I
eau trade some Oregou moss for an
Iowa ham.
I like a progressive man like Mr.
Luce; such men help In many ways
to build up a state especially the
state of Iowa. There can now bo
no doubt that we have made a mis
take Iu trying to make anything
of Oregou with her lack of "monthly
ralus, hot suns, rich soil and succu
lent aud luxuriant vegetation," such
as Iowa has. (Sea Mr, Luce's let
ter.) I am grieved beyond expres
sion to
Ilowovef, my hour la up and I
must defer tho pleasure of answer
ing Mr. Luce's questions till an
other day. This I would uot for
tho world miss doing, for ho has no
idea how nbsurd his questions are
until he sees them properly ana
lyzed. I Bhall not prune trees this alter
noon,hovever. Tho rnoro limbs the
greater the crop of moss aud conse
quent prosperity to Iowa farmers.
T. T. Gkek.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S, Gov't Food Report.
Baking-Powder
S&B
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Discussing
in tho
tho Viaduct
Country.
jud. jeuunal: i notlco in your
Issue of Feb. 4th of a contemplated
improvement on ono of tho princi
pal streetB of the city of Balem, to
wit: Ou South Commercial street.
Bald Improvement being a viaduot
or roadway extending across Mill
creek, iu fact I notlco Unit tho city
council of Balem, have passed cer
tain measures which have in view
tho cousumatiou of this proposed
Improvement, and In so far as this
Is coneorued the writer bus nothing
to say further than as au outsider
who is interested in tho general
progress and Improvement of tho
capital city, tliut such Improvements
when tho apparent necessity de
mands It are truly commenduble.
That such matters as the necessity
for such improvements havo re
ceived the careful aud earnest con
sideration of the houorublo members
of the city couucil tho writer has no
reason to doubt.
But it is Iu rcccard to tho assump
tion convoyed In tho article referred
to that tho writer wishes to make a
vigorous protest, and that Is that
Marlon county should bo mado to
contribute toward said street im
provement. Iu summarizing tho proposed re
sources of revenue by which it is
proposed to pay for said street Im
provement, you say "for Marlon
county $0000" (six thousand dollars);
then In your reported Interviews of
prominent citizens you quote Judgo
Davidson as paying that tho county
could properly help in tho enterprise
glviug in said interview the follow
ing reasons why Mariou county
should assist, to-wit: "Tho two-mill
road tax Is a general tax, aud as
Salem pays nearly one-third of the
taxes of tho couuty, part of tho
eighteen thousand dollar road fund
for 1802 could bo used on tho South
Balem improvement." In another
iutervlew Hon. A. Jlush Is quoted
as saying tho county can properly
assist, us It is ou a county road, etc.
I wish to say It is not a county
road whon tho proposed Improve
ment Is being made, but a public
street Inside the corporate limits of
tho city of Balem; that Marion
county cannot lawfully ex
pend ono cent of tho $16,000
road fund inside tho corjwrate
limits of tho city of Salem on any
street dedicated to tho public use by
said city of Halem; that it makes no
difference how much or how little
the city of Balem pays toward this
$18,000 road fuud; that this is a tux
levied ou tho taxable property of
Marlon county for a specific purpose,
to wit: to Improve the couuty roads
In said couuty, aud cannot bo used
for any other purpose; that tho
county roads terminate and end
whenever they reach tho bound
ary Hues of said city of Ba
lem; and that whenever these
thoroughfares aro continued into
tho corporate limlta of tho
city of Balem they aro continued tut
publlu streets uuder control of said
city of Sulem, and of which the
county (ts a dlstluct and separato or
ganized municipality, has no liabil
ity or concern,
Whenever a oommuulty of citi
zens deslfo to iiiveit tuermstilvod
with certain political uud legal priv
ileges enjoyed by corjorate organ
Izallons known aa a city. They sur-
rouuded themselves by certain
boundaries which encloso the terri
tory In which they wish to exercise
those political and legal privileges,
and in seeking this right to a cor
porate existence, tho state to
whom this privilege Is provided for
and who alone can graut It, does
not relinquish tho right to theso
municipalities for any purpose that
they might bo taxed for before they
enjoyed such corporato existence,
but these same municipalities do re
linquish certain rights or prlvlllges
which they enjoyed beforo such cor
porato existence. Ono of theao is
that said corporate territory as
sumes tho caro and coutrol of all
public highways wlthlu tho boun
dary lino of tho proposed incorpor
ated territory, In fact this is oue of
tho considerations upon which a
charter Is grauted by the state. To
do othorwlso would only oorapro
miss tho embarrassments of tho
state, without authority In tho
promisee to reguluto or prevent, but
tho city undertake to nrovldo for
all tho necessary requirements of
matters pertaining to streets and
roads lnsldo her corporato limits
and in dolutr so must still assist
In maintaining aud paying her reg
ular share of all taxes lawfully lev
ied for tho purpose of making and
Improvlug roads outsldo of said
corporato limits. It Is not my pur
pose to discuss other matters than
what Is law, so 1 arrive at tho con
clusion that the county court of
Marion county can not invest road
money In the streets of Salem.
Balem, Feb. 18. Counthy,
THE WnALEBACK.
Tho Petition of tho Anti-Free
Silver Blen.
UKNEKAL NEWS NOTES.
Work ou tho govornmont Im
provement to tho ontranco of tho Ya
quhm bay will bo suspended acouplo
of months, In about ton days. The
tides aro so largo that tho work of
driving piles cannot bo prosecuted
wlih any dispatch.
Tho past winter has proved that
an abuudauco of water can bo
obtained iu sections of the Big Bend
hitherto supposed to bo totally
without It. Water Iu somo wells re
coutly dug has been reached at a
reasonable depth, while tho deepest
well Is ninety feet. This discovery
will add greatly to tho dovelopo
mout of these hitherto nogleotod sec
tions. William O. Russell, an cuterpris
ing young granger living west of
Athena, reports splondld success
with his experiments of last year
at raising sugar bcetM. Ho would bo
ouly too willing to havo tho con
tract or furnishing sugar boots at $Q
per ton tho prlco paid by tho sugar
mon of California to tho farmer.
Somo of theso beets grow over two
feet long and as large around as a
fltovoplpo.
A Priuovlllo man named A, Sioll
makes this propesition: "Boys,
gentlemen, and you who participate
sometimes freely In lntoxlcutlng
drinks and revelry, In talking with
ouo of your number tho othor day,
he aald that you aud your crowd
had thought of hiring a preacher
of your own one that proabhod tho
Bible. Now boys, If that Is your
feeling, and you will organize your
selves Into an association ou a goodt
lualthy basis, I will go In with you,
if you will tako rao, assist you all I
can, and contribute $100,"
Tho Union Paclllo ralload offlcoln
tho Adams depot, Umatilla county,
was bifrglurlzed Baturday night by
unknown parties. Tho burulars
gained ontranco by opening tho
door with chisels, and drilled sev
eral holes In tho safe which they
blow opon with powdor, Tho dopot
Is about u quaiter of a inllo from
town, aud the cracksmen wore ablo
to work without Interruption. They
harvested about $250 in cash, nearly
all of which was tho prlyuto proper
ty of tho dopot agent, Mr, Woods,
only $70 belonging to tho railroad
and express companies.
Deputy Bhorlll Johnsou, of Oil-
Ham county, Is In Pendleton look
BIO SALVAGE SUIT.
The Whaleback Steamer Oaso to
Bo Tried.
Poutland, Feb. 10. Yesterday
Captain Hastings, of the largo Whale
back steamer Charles W. Wetmore,
arrived from the Sound, and his
testimony is being taken In the big
salvago suit, which has been brought
by Frank Upton, the owner of tho
Zambesi, and head of tho trans
oceanic line bearing his namo.
This is doubtless tho heaviest suit
for tho recovery of salvage ever
brought in the courts of Oregon, and
tho trial will attract much atteutlon
among tho owners of vessels, and in
shipping clicks throughout the
laud, by rcaaou of tho Important
points Involved Iu tho issue, and also
tho amount of tho sum Bought to be
recovered. This case will very soon
como up for trial in the United States
court.
Judgo Dcady has mado au order
allowing tho defendants fifteen days
moro time In whioh to fllo an an
swer. This answer has been pre
pared and forwarded to the East in
order to allow tho owners, or tho
representative head of the company,
to swear to tho document. This
done, tho paper will ho returned to
Portland aud tiled in tho office of
tho olerk of tho United States court.
It Is oxpeoted that this will bo dono
within tho fifteen days allowed by
tho court.
Originally, the suit was brought
to recover $250,000 salvago frois the
Bteamer Charles W. Wetmore, but
this sum was subsequently reduced
to $200,000. Tho claim is based on
tho services rendered tho steamer by
tho Zambesi, while tho former was
in a disabled condition at the mouth
of tho Columbia. The Wetmore
had unshipped her rudder during a
heavy aud protracted galo, and it ia
asserted would havo drafted ashore
had not tho other steamer have come
to tho rescue. After muoh difficulty
and danger, tho Zambesi succeeded
In towtug tho disabled steamer into
tho mouth of tho rlvor, and Anally
up to Astoria.
Tho defouso, It Is claimed, will be
that tho amount duo the Zambesi is
simply for a towago bill, and not
salvage. At the trial an cflort will
bo mado to show that the Wetmore,
though disabled through tho lose of
her rudder, could nevertheless have
managed to get out to sea, or else
havo como in safely. Tho case will
bo tried without tho Intervention of
a Jury. Tho point of contest will be
to show tho degree of danger or
liability of tho loss of the vessel and
cargo had not tho Zambesi have
como to tho assistance of tho dis
abled steamer during tho contin
uance of tho galo. Just as noon m
tho parties are ready tho dato of the
trial will ho fixed by tho court.
Tho legal contest will be a mas
terly ouo on both sides, as the
amount Involved is largo.
ANTI-FREE SH.VER MEN.
Want tho Question Put off Till
After Eloctios.
Washington, Feb. lv.ThoantU
free coinage mon haye again come
forward with a demand for a cau
cus to relogato tho silver question
to tho rear until after tho presi
dential election. A petition woe
circulated today asking that a cau
cus bo called February 25 for con
sideration of tho following resolu reselu resolu
teons: Itesolvcd, That wo aro In favor
of a continued use of both gold and
sliver as money, and wo are un
alterably opposed to any legislation
which will drive either metal out
of general circulation.
Itosolved, That, In Justice to the
iinni iiiiimi v. in in i-Tiii iisrriii iruiv. i -
In. around that neighborhood for a "ILJ T
very smooth youug man named
George West, who recently escaped
from tho Ullllam county Jail,
George was confined fur the un ro
mantic crime of robbing a sheepherd
er's cabin; yet while In Jail man
aged to capture the hearts of several
fair ones, who visited him and sent
him lova letters, After breaking
Jail ho made for tho railroad and
boarded au east-bound train. A tele
gram intercepted him at Umatilla,
where he was taken In custody, but
bo glib was his tongue that his ca
tors relewed him on the sUtemout
that the man they wanted had left
tho train at The Willows. It l
thought that West stayed on the
train,, aud la farther east than Pendleton,
sldorotlon for tho gonoral buelMM
and Industrial and financial In
terests of the nation we deem It
the duty of tho Democratic mem
bers of the flfty-aecoad coagnee to
defer any definite action on the
subject of free-coinage until th
question of Ita wisdom and JimMm
Is distinctly made la the
We ak you further to Invito
Democratic members of the
to Ihi conference.
The promoter of tbe call exfmm
full confidence ia Mcurlaf Mm
requisite number ot uJuturi m
force a caucue,
Axol4 ike-i D.
Ban Jodk, Feb, 19.Jetui Maria
Murpby, one of the okkst yioaniw r
California, died Wdn4ay vtttff
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