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ROAD INFORMATION FOR
MOTORISTS AND CAMPERS
Portland, Or-, Juno 19 This bulletin
contains general information concern
ing road conditions in or near the Na
tional Forests of Oregon and Washing
ton, based on data furnished by tlie
field men of the Forest service.
TAKE NO CHANCES WITH FIRE.
Drop no btirning matches or tobacco.
If you have a camp fire, build it away
from logs, trees, or rotten wood. Scrape
a clean strip around it" digging down
t0 dirt. When you leave PUT IT OUT.
IF NO WATEB IS AVAILABLE USE
DIRT.
OKECJON ROADS.
Western Oregon.
Willamette Valley-Cascade Mountain
Wagon Road Open and in fair condi
tion between Foster and Upper Soda.
Closed between Upper Soda and summit
of the Cascade mountains. A few wag
ons have made this road between Upper
8oda and the summit, but it is unsafe
for travel because of poor bridges. The
river must be crossed by two fords,
which are not very safe.
Hebo-Neskowin Open and in fair
condition entire length with sonie
rough places.
Tillamook-Willamina Open and in
fair condition between Tillamook and
WUlamina. The road is now in perman
ent summer condition.
Dead Indian, Open between Pelican
Bay and Ashland; passable for auto bj
making short detours around fallen
Klamath Falls-Crater Lake Open be
tween Klamath Falls and Headquarters
camp; in poor condition.
Crater Lake Road Open and in good
condition from Medford to Headquar
ters camp at Crater Lake. Closed Head
quarters camp to rim of Lake on ac
count of snow. This read is open for
wagons at present and will probably
be open for autos in three or four days,
from Medford to Fort Klamath.
Willamette Road Open between Eu
pone and a point a few mile beyond
Heal Skin Diseases
It is unnecessary for you to suffer with
eczema, blotches, ringworm, rashes and
similar skin troubles. A little femo,
ebtained at any drug store for 35c, or
$1.00 for extra large bottle, and promptly
applied will usually give Instant relief
from Itching torture. It cleanses and
soothes the skin and heals quickly and
effectively most skin diseases.
i Zemo la a wonderful, penetrating, dis
appearing liquid and is soothing to the
most delicate skin. It is not greasy, is
easily applied and costs little, tet It
today and saveell further distress.
roe E. W.Rom Co, Cleveland. a
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June 28th
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS
Contributed for the Winning of
Oak Ridge. Closed to all vehicles bey
ond this point.
Columbia Hive Highway Open and
in good condition, Portland to Cascade
Locks. Closed for construction be
tween Cascade Locks and Hood River.
Auto travelers may ship cars between
ascade Locks and Hood River either by
rail or boat on week days. At Eagle
Creek, 43 miles east of Portland on this
road the Forest Service maintains a froo
picnic and camp ground for the benefit
of the public. Tables, benches, fire
places and running water are available
at this camp ground.
MeKenzie Pass Road This road i
open and in good condition from Eugene
to the west boundary of the Cascade
National Forest. Poor condition but
passable from west boundary of the
Forest to Sisters.
Drain-Scottsburg Open and in good
condition entire route.
Klamath Falls-Bend (via Fort Klam
ath) Open and in fair condition.
Crescent City Bandon Coast Road
Open and in fair condition entire route
with some rough places.
Grants Pass- Crescent City Open
entire length and in good condition ex
cept for a few rough places.
Pacific Highway Open and in fair
condition Roseburg to Grants Pass and
Medford. In good condition Grants
Pass to Wolf Creek.
Barlow-Oak Grove Road, Open and
in good condition Portland to Rhododen
dron. Passable Rhododendron to Gov
ernment camp, uiosea Dy snow anu
wind falls between Government camp
and forks of road near Clear Lake.Open
but rough Clear Lake to Cedar Burn.
Good condition Cedar Burn to Wapini-
tia.
EASTERN OREGON.
Sparta- East Eagle Park Open and
in cood condition entire route.
Baker-Cornucopia Open and in good
condition.
Baker-Prairie City Open and passa
ble for all vehicles but in poor condi
tion. Milton-Tolleate Open and in good
condition between Milton and Swing
Hill. Closed by enow beyond Swing
Hill. No detour possible.
Hardman-Sprayr-Open and passable
for machines, entire route.
Prineville Mitchell Passable be
tween Ochoco Station and Wheeler-
Crook county line. Open snd excellent
condition between county line and Bea
ver Ranger station. Closed through
Rridir Creek canvon. but passage may
be made by detour through Meyers
eanvon. Should be open now.
WASHINGTON EOADS.
Western Washington.
Cascade Scenic Highway Open
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irom coast towns to ouuan; ciosea uo-
twecn buitan and Tye for construction
work; detour impossible.
Sunset jlighway Open and in good
condition f.om Seattle to Snuqualmio
Pass to Lake Kescheius. Good condi
tion Lak Koechelus to Easton and Cle
Elum. Mud holes near the rass arc
drv.ug rapidlv and road should be in
good condition entire distance soon. 60
miles out of Seattle on this highway is
tho Denny Creek camp grounds whero
the lorcst Service maintains a free
camp and picnic grounds equipped for
the use of the public.
Arlineton-Dernngton Road Road is
cpen and 'n good condition Arlington to
iortson. Fair condition Fortson to
Darrington.
Olympic Highway Open and in good
condition between Olympia and Qpini-
a-ilt Lane. Open and in fair condition
Discoveryn Bay to 01 mpia. Good con-
ition Fairholnuto Mora and Forks.
EASTERN WASHINGTON.
State Road No. 4 Qpen and in fair
condition between Republlo and Ton-
asket. "
Blewctt Pass Highway Open and in
poor condition Cle Elum to Wenatchce.
State Road r.o. 10 Open and in good
condition Entint to Pateros.
Cle Eium and Eastern County Road
Oven and in good condition.
State Road Jo. 8 Open and in iair
condition between Crescent and West
em Boundary of Skamania county. This
is an earth road, surfaced a portion of
the way with gravel.
OBITUARY NOTICE"
Mrs. Catherine Steinbach died of par
alysis, June 11, 1918, at th,, family resi
dence north of Aurora. The deceased
was born in Columbia county, Ohio, in
1834. She, with her-family, came to Ore
gon as a member of the Aurora colony
1875, Mrs. Steinbach had many friends
and was respected and honored by all
who knew her.
She leaves to mourn her death five
children: J. A. Steinbach of Hillsdale,
Wm. Steinbach, Mrs. Kate Bccke, Mary
Ann Steinbach and Mrs. Sophia Kei all
of Aurora; one sister, Mrs. kmma Tirlch
of Bethel, Mo., four brothers, John
Milcy of Navinger, Mo., Wm. Miloy of
Aurora, Henry Miley ol Portland and
Frederick Miley of Greencastle, Mo.;
three grandchildren, Mrs. Nunda Brown,
of Bcaverton, Ernest Becke and Paloma
Keil of Aurora; two great grandchildren
Marvel and Harold Brown of Beaverton.
Aurora Observer.
Trouserettes may soon become quite
fashionable not only for golf but
the more substantial things of life
such as berry picking, outings and even
houseeleauing. Just at present they are
to be seen mostly in the store display
windows made of khaki and or ging
hams, but as events ar moving along
fprctty fast, an authority on tne situa
tion nredicts that trouserettes, arter tne
berry and outing season, may creep into
town and soon become quit, "au rait"
for tennis and golfing and also for reai
work.
(The author of these series, a "De
serter," . Second lieutenant in me
German Navy has escaped from Heligo
land and now Is in Holland, sua from
Amesterdam sends his thrilling accounts
of what is going on behind the curtain
at naval bases on the North Sea, In
this instalment he states how the Ger
mans combined sea ..forces will soon
make desperate dash with a view of
landing an army on the English Coast
and attempting to get through the Al
lied naval cordon a fleet of swift crui
sers. On reaching the Atlantic these
would raise havoc with the Allied mer
chant ships. In the next instalment he
will tell how he, himself, was sent to a
punishment camp at William sham and
how later he was transferred to Heligo
land.)
By the Second-Lieut. Herman Hadler.
(Until rocently an officer in the Ger
man Naval Station who HAS DESERT
ED and is now in Holland.)
Before many months the German
High Sea Fleet will come out. Ger
many's combined aea power will eomo
out with a fury, beside which the fury
with which her armies are now fighting
in the western front- will pale. When
that day comes every available vessel
from the mine-laying submarine to the
dreadnaiights, will make one gigantic
dash. The fleet that sallies forth to
sea will be composed of every availablo
vessel that can float. The object of
this desperatp dash which every Ger
man naval officer admits is a torclorn
hope is to reach, first the Atlantic
Ocean, and then to spread all over tho
world in a last .desperate, rutnless cam
paign, that, should thoy succeed, will
make the submarine ruthlcssness hither
to practiced by our high command look
like a child's play.
Since the Jutland battle every dock
and shipbuilding plant at Wilhelmshav-
on, Cuxhaven, Bremenshaven and Kiel
have been intensly busy building, re
pairing and overhauling vessels of war
for the purpose of making this coming
supreme dash to the open sea a great
success and a victoi.
Kiel Canal Guarded.
During the last three months before
I left Heligoland the Kiel Canal was
being guarded, and no civilian was per
mitted within two miles of the entire
length of the famous water-way. Every
available war vesse(-and naval trans
port has been transferred, through thfe
Kiel Canal to the three great naval bas-
pa Wilkilmahaven. Cuxhaven and Bre-
menshavcn. For six weeks our combiu-
, fl t. wen throueh rcneatcd series
of maneuvres.
It is not a secret from even the low
est grade of our naval officers that the
attempt to gain the open ocoan has
two principal objects in view. While
the first object is to reach the Atlantic
Ocean, tho other, and more sinster oo
ject, is to land an army on an Jinglisn
coast. Where the landing will he is
only known to the highost naval officers
but the fact that there will Do a serious
attempt to land a huge army in Eng
land is no secret trom the rest or us,
During the early days of the month
of March two maneuvres were made in
which hundreds of war vessel took part
in addition to 200 naval transports.
To Invade London.
On board the 200 naval transports an
army of 400,000 picked troops with their
lighj equipment and 6,000 machine guns
were to be risked to make a dash to tho
English coast while the naval battle
raged in the North Sea. It was reckon-
d that even it hair or these navai
transports reached their objective aS
successfully landed an army of 200,000
picked men at a certain English coast it
would quickly invade great tracks of
land and within five days reach London.
Behind thea-3 200 naval transports more
than thirty other ships, loaded with
munitions and heavy artillery, were sta
tioned. As I have already stated, the
maneuvers were repeated and in each
became evident that although it was
possible to rush a certain number of
swift cruisers through the North Sea
nnd round th0 Scottish coast, even with
the most favorable turn of the battle
no more than five per cent of the troops
and munition-landen naval transports
could reach the vicinity of tho English
coast.
How the Plan Fell Through.
It was then decided that tho 200,000
men reaching the English Coast would
not be a match against the defense
bodies that could bo brought by the
English to any threatened point. 1 or
that reason it was decided that the
troop-ships as well as the munition
ships will be loaded and will await the
turn of the coming North Sea battle
These will not be risked until in tho
judgment of tho higher command during
a certain period of the coming battle it
would be profitable or wise to order tne
westward march of the awaiting trans
ports.
The joy of feeling fit and
fresh -Tewards those who
heed the laws of health
and keep the habits regu
lar with
PHIS
Sold Ewlr. la bex. 10c, ZSe.
America's Entrance Changes Hun
Invasion Plan.
Before the entrance of America inte
the war it was calculated that powerful
as the combined Allied fleets might b
in the North Sea ares, such dash
wqtild permit a( least a dozen of out
swift cruisers getting out into the At
lantic. ' Once in the Atlantie these
would not 01ly raise havoc with the
allied merchant marine, but could
easily capture naval stations in the
West Indies and within two months hit
up hundreds of our enemies' merchant
vessels as raiders. It was common talk
among the naval officers at Heligoland
that ten swift cruisers reaching the At
lantic would bring Mexico and man)
other South American countries onto
our side.
But America's entrance into the war
disarranged our original plan. It was
reasoned that during the anticipated sea
battle even should ten of our powerful
and swift cruisers be sbl to rush thru
the double or triple cordon of the Ang
lo-French fleets, and gain the North-
esrern coast of Scotland, since Ameri
ca's entrance into the war, another cor
don of American war ships would be en
countered in the vicinity of the North
of Ireland. After having engaged in a
heavy battle in the North Sea against
England's great armada, and after hav
ing traversed great areas our escaped
swift cruiser fleet would not be in a po
sition to give battle to the fresh Ameri
can fleet so near the Irish base.
German Fleet Will Come Out Just
the Same.
But nevertheless, the attempts will be
made. They plan to carry on the battle
towards the coast of Scotland and after
having crippled the British fleet then
to turn to the west in full force and give
battle to the Americans and during this
last stage of the struggle to make the
dash for the Atlantic. I have been told
by several Dutch officers that such an
attempt on the part of the German
High command would be equal to sheer
suicide. But to the average officer of
our navy the adveuture is fraught with
possibilities of winning a stupendous
victory over the British sea might.
Whenever I discussed this subject
with the naval officers of Holland and
several times with interned British of
ficers, they agreed with me that Ger
many might muke a last, desperate dash
to the Atlantic, but could not see what
the German High command could ex
pect in the shape of compensation out
of such a risky proposition.
AStill Greater Reason.
Few people outside our naval eirclcs
understand that there is still a greater
reason than the two reasons I have al
ready mentioned for the coming dash
of our armada tho reaching tho Atlan
tic and the landing of a largo force on
the English soil. The other, which is
more important is political.
Tho rcul reason that forced our com
mand to cause the Jutland battlo was
the same. The moral of our naval forces
stationed at our five great bnses Wil
helmahaven, Cuxhaven, Bremenshaven
and Kiel is the sure process of deter
ioration. It is no secret to our circles
that our Admiralty is distrustful of our
navnl personel.
During the last two years and a half
it was found necessary at intervals to
shift the crews manning onr war ves
sels for the purpose of making them
strangers to each other. But do not
misunderstand mo. The discontent is
not Bhared by large numbers of the
crew and there are very few among tho
officers who oro inclined to find fault
with the government. If, is among the
common seamen that Jfolshovikism pre
vails, and even thenTlicy are not ag
gressive. With few exceptions the dis
contentent8 are cowardly and at the
most the danger from them is their pas
siveness. "Germs" in German Rankfl.
About a year ago, and especially after
the Jutland battle, large numbers of raw
recruits were brought into the ranks to
take the place of tho heavy casualties
suffered by us during that sea struggle.
Those were the real men who. brought
the germ of insubordination. In a short
time and before the authorities had time
to make provisions against their pro
paganda, many Becret societies were
formed, but the constant withdrawing
of numbers from one base or war vessel
to another rendered any anticipated
danger from their activities futile. La
ter, for a short time, our Admiralty
grew so suspicious of the small dis
contented element that most of the
crews that manned cr war vessels were
kept a great part of the time in bar
racks on shore. For a long time it was
the rule of the Admiralty to make land
soldiers of marines or ship crews when
ever they fell under suspicion. Even at
this date the numbers of the discontent
ed are comparatively small, but every
day of Inaction is rapidly adding to
their numberuT
And Still Another Season.
There is stil another 'reason why our
fleet will come out and give battle in
tht North Sea in the very near future.
Until Russia s collapse we had with
drawn men and heavy and light guns
from our fleet in order that we could
collect enough land armament to use
against the. Anglo-French forces in the
west. Since the collapse of Russia, in
addition to what we have taken from
the Russians we were enabled to trans
fer our men and munitions from that
front to the west. Naturally wo can
now afford to spare these in attempting
the mightiest sea battle that our higher
command has ever waged against tne
Allies in the North. Sea in the near fu
ture. A Peep Behind the Curtain.
Now that I have stated that our navy
will come out and why she will come
out 'or battle, let me take my readers
behind the scenes at Kiev, Brcmcnshav
en, Cnxhaven, Wilhelmshaven snd above - notwithstanding the fact that fifty per
all Heligoland. Since the first day of sons had taken part in the mutiny. Aod
the war I have been at these places on
many occasions snd it would take sev
eral volumes if I should attempt to
write about all my experiences and ob
servations. .
During our recent Russian naval cam
paign I was attached at Holtenau. I
had just ended a tour months submar
ine service in the Baltic Earlier in the
war I saw submarine service in the
North Sea, aud compared with that ser
vice iu the Baltic it is like a pleasure
trip. Yet St the end of that period I
became such a physical wreek that
along with nearly a hundred other men,
officers and crew, I was landed at Holt
au and after three weeks of hospital
treatment, not having sufficiently re
cuperated, I was coniissioned to trhin
ne recruits for our submarines.
Early in the war the recruits to this
service were more than we could take
care of, but as the months passed the
volunteers no longer came forward and
on the tenth month of tlte war it was
decided to conscript men from our fleet.
Submarine Service Unpopular.
During my commission to train crews
for our submarine service I found every
conseript of the fifty men under my
command was' an unwilling candidate
From the beginning I realized thut my
task was a hopeless one. I found my
men so disinclined to serve in the sub
marines that unless they were constant
ly watched the were purposely making
themselves unfit for the service. They
stopped at nothing. Causing blood-poisoning
in the fingers of their right
hands, feigning insanity, damaging their
eyesight by secreting tobacco under the
lids and stuffing their ears with gum
my substances for tho purpose of af
fecting their hearing senses primarily
ossential for every undersea crow are
among the many methods by which
candidates were rendering themselves
unfit for the service.
Reprimanded for Being ' 'Soft
Hearted." At Hultcnan I was serving in the rank
of a second-lieutenant and at ihe end of
the fourth week of my commission
was removed as punishment for having
been lax in my duty. - My superior of
ficer unburdened himself of a stern re
primand and told me that I was too
soft hearted and unfit to further serve
the Fatherland iu that capacity. I ad
mintted that I could not be as harsh as
he with my men as my other brother-of
ficers were and I welcomed the change.
1 agreed with linn that I waB soft-heart
t aud in the mean time I called his
attention to the fact that both in land
and sea battles I had received injuries
as well as medals. My superior officer,
whereupon, informed me in a sarcastic
tone that I was hotter obeying their
commanding.
it was then that the great transfer
of our navy vessels from the Baltic Sea
to Heligoland, through the Kiev canal
had begun and on board the new Kais-
crin I received my now commission ns
a second-lieutenant.
Game of Changing the Name of
War Vessels.
Incidentally let me remark hero that
dining the last three years or so our
higher command has repeatedly re
named onr war vessels, and have also
giv.-n the same name sometimes to no
less than five different crafts of en
tirely different types and displace
ments. The object is not only to con
fiiBO our enemies but it is also to con
fuse our own personel. It is intended
that with the exception of tho very
highest naval officers no ono Bhould
have a definite idea about our naval
groups. This method of changing the
name of the war vessels so frequently
has, of course, been fraught with diffi
culties. Ever insignia, designating the
littine of each f hip hno been carefully
removed, In tho interior of each ship
mime plates on various armuments and
pieces of furnltur,, which Wfc of cuurse
mado of either copper or brass were ta
ken and had become recognized war
necessity.
Hun's Disgust of Hun.
As to the linen and otlier furnish
ings of each ship it is a chaotic state.
For instance, on board the ICoiserin I
had napkins that had served on board
different ships, my blanket was marked
"Markgraff," my bed linen "Loth
ringen" whiln my pillows bore the let
tering of the "Nassau."
At Friedru-hsort tho Kaiserin stood to
the Northeast In order to receive a high
admiralty official who had been on a
visit to the Fort Herwarth, fort 1 and
2, which command the narrow passage
of the canal below Kiel. Naturally a
group of officers stood in salute to re
ceive the high admiralty officer and no
sooner was this ceremony over than I
suddenly noticed that a group of per
haps ten or twelve men,' one of whim I
distinctly saw in a naval uniform, were
being marched out of the vessel to the
landing facing fort 2. I was naturally
curious as to the meaning of this pro
ees?iou. A fow hours later I learnt that
theae men had taken part in a mutiny
that took place at Kiev ten days before.
The ringleaders, nearly fifty of the crow
wero court-martialled and ten of them,
including an officer were condemned to
death. They wero brought over to
t'ricdrichsort there to bo shot. Strange
as it may seem to my readers, what
amazed me the most was that only ten
of them had been condemned to death
what angered me tho most was that
while the eourtmartial had condenmued
fifty participants to death a certain
ten were selected to be made an examp
le of .
Attempt to Block Kiev Canal
A few miles further while passing
Fort Vnter-Jagersburg we received
signal to again stop where we took on
board other naval officers who wens
assigned to other vessels at western bas
es. From one of these officers I learned
that two weeks earlier a serious attempt
had been made to block the canal be
tween the Battery Corner on the right
and Fort Rudendorph which protects the
narrow path on the. left. A Danish
steamer which ostensibly carried flout
for us had bee mado to sink under
suspicious circumstances. Although it
is a fact that s vessel had sunk in the
narrow path, it can not be true that it
was a Danish steamer. More nrobablv
it was one of our naval transports that
was either sunk through an scident or
was unk treacherously by its crew.
Nevertheless our authorities were ut
ilizing this incident to create keen feel
ing of animosity followed with anger
against Denmark. The admiralty, es
pecially since the last three or four
months is making every attempt to jus
tify their acts against our little north
ern neighbor. Such accumulated ani
mosity would be available in suddenly
attacking her, should the admiralty in
tho future find it necessary to do so for
any military advantage.
Assigned to Punishment Camp.
At Brunfbuttcl where the Kiel canal
joins the River Elbe, my commanding
officer informed me that I was assigned
to shore duty at Cuxhaven. On the
following day, in company with about
twenty other officers I boarded tho des
troyer No. 61, and reached Fort Kug
elbnke which stands about five miles
to the west of Cuxhaven. On landing
I met an old comrade who In a very
few words gave me an idea of what sort
of a place I was about to reach and to
what a horribl0 commission I was as
signed, Three hours Inter I learnt that
commission was to take charge of tho
punishment barracks in which there
were more than 80 offenders against
discipline. Immediately I sought an in
terview with the commandant and in
formed him in terms unmistakable that
I was unfit for such a task. "Not
withstanding your own opinion of your
fitjicss or unfitness you shall obey or
ders," shouted tho commandaut heart
lessly, Fur two weeks I was the nominal of
ficor of rank of tho punishment bar
racks. In those two weeks I convinced
myself that we Germans Imd become in
curable barbarians. I reasoned that a
system that could make me treat Ger
mans, our own people, ao brutally was
also capable - of making us do what
our enemies and teutrnls had accused
us of doing at Belgium and other in
vaded territories.
Victims Went Insane.
With tho exception of fifteen or
twenty offenders at this barracks th
rest were being punished for having
taken part in spreading propaganda
against tho government. Tho regula
tion treatment schodulo was too harsh
for me to follow or acquiesce in. After
many attempts I tried to harden myself
to administer punishment but at bight
of the unspeakable misery of the vic
tims I nearly fainted. I learned that
my four precedessors had gono mad
whllo at that post. At the days passed
I begun to doubt my own sanity. And
again I learned that throe otlier officers
in charge of tho barracks had been mys
teriously shot in tho back.
Somo of these victims wero condemn
ed to from five to thirty lashes on the
bare back at the Intervals of .three or
four days each. But iu every case the
victims either went insauo or died af
ter the first two or three punishments.
There are othor methods of punishments
which I dare not print for fear of of
fending tho soul of my readers.
But the German is Different.
What brutalized us Germans still
moro and embittered every heart that
beheld these inhuman punishments was
that whilo a group of unfortunates re
ceived their punishments d company of
men, sometimes numbering from 200 '
to 600, were always lined up to witness "
the horrible scene. When I mentioned
this to several Dutch officers they won
dered why the German admiralty was so
devoid of sense not to know that such
scenes would embitter loyal soldiers and
make them enemies of tho authorities.
My Dutch friends are speaking from
their knowledge ot their own people. It
is not truo with our men. They have
learned to live from day to day ia con
stant terror of their superiors and tha
spirit of resentment has been crushed
long ago.
(To be continued..)
A letter from Lieutenant Rauch re
ceived in Salem a few days ago said
four companies of his regiment, his
among them, would leave Camp Lewis
Wednesday night for the east. Whilo
thcro has been a number sent east from
the camp recently those four compan
ies were selected for special service,
going over the Canadian Pacific and
giving exhibition drills at points along
the route. The idea is to awake enthus
iasm and encourage enlistments among
the Canadians. That Lieutenant Raueh
has been selected for this service is a
high compliment, and indicates that his
and the other four companies excel in
drill. As many stops will be mado the
trip may require a couple of weeks.
In these days of high prices it seems
hardly possible that at one time the free
lunch was an actuality. Happy days.
I!