Dakota County Herald
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Established August 22, 1891
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919.
VOL.27. NO. 25
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ITEMS OF lNTKHKST
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OUR EXCIIAXCKS
Ponca Advocate: Miss Arlcnu Fish
er, of South Sioux City, spent Sunday
visiting Miss Evelyn Bolton.
Pierce Call: W. I). Shepardson
went to Norfolk Saturday to attend
the hog sale of J. 13. Roberts.
Riverside items in Sioux City Trl
bune, 8th: Mr. Cobleigh and family
of Hubbard, Nebr., will occupy the
residence recently purchased at 1913
Nash street.
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Leeds items in Sioux City Tribune,
8th: Mrs. Ed Bakke, of Homer, Neb.,
and Miss Agnes Bakke of Sloan, la,,
have departed after a brief visit in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Prank
Caulum.
Obert Tribune: Fred Brown visi
ted his mother over Sunday at South
Sioux City Mrs. Baugous, who had
b-pn visiting at the home of her 'son,
north of Obert, returned to her home
at Dakota City yesterday.
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Pullerton News-Journal: Rev. John
Grant Shich, formerly pastor of the
Pullerton M. E. church was in the
city last week to assist with the
series of revival meetings in pro
gress at the M. E. church.
Sioux City Tribune, Sth: A rough
game of basketball was played in
South Sioux City last night between
the South Sioux City and Walthill
teams. The score was 13 to 11 in
favor of the Walthill team.
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Wynot Tribune: P. R. Beyschau
and Dan McGraw were business visi
tors at Jackson Tuesday Mrs.
Ralph Goodwin of Dakota City, has
been here during the past week visi
ting at the E. J. Morin home and
with other relatives and friends.
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Waterbury items in Allen News:
Earl .McAfee has . moved onto his
farm west of town. .. .Miss Baker vis
ited in South Sioux City Saturday
and Sunday. .. .Mr. and Mrs. 0. B.
Metz, from South Sioux City, visited
over Sunday in the E. E. DeLaney
home. .
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Wakefield items in Wayne Herald:
Mrs. Brown Palmer of Hubbard, spent
Wednesday with friends in Wayne.. .
..Miss Gladys Barto, who -underwent
two operations on one of her feet,
at a hospital in Sioux City, has been
obliged to undergo the third opera
tion. o
Ponca Journal: Mr. and Mrs.
James Sutherland spent a few days
last week with their son in Jackson.
....Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Hedges entertained the Pres
byterian Adult Bible Class at their
home. A delightful evening was
passed by thdse present.
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Walthill Citizen: Miss Sylvie
La'mson was a Lyons visitor Saturday.
. ...M. Mason and wife of Homer,
were in town yesterday visiting with
their son, W. H. Mason:. ...Mrs. W.
II. Mason and daughter, Lena, were
Sioux City passengers Tuesday even
ing Mrs. Amos Lamson and two
daughters, of near Rosalie, were visi
tors at the G. L. Rogers home Sat
urday. o
Hartington Herald: Mrs. J. A.
Ireland and son Will, arrived Satur
day evening from Emerson for a vis
it with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ireland.
Mr. Ireland's return from the hospit
al, where he had undergone a severe
operation, was the occasion of the
visit. His brother Will, has recent
ly returned from Franco, where he
had been serving in the army with
the 127th Military band. The moth
er and son returned home Monday.
Emerson Enterprise: Mrs. M. S.
Mansfield of Winnebago, was here
visiting Mrs. Sol Smith Friday and
Saturday Grace and Melroy Nixon
of Morningside, visited with Hazel
Ford
Reliable service lor Ford owners can only be had
where experienced Ford workmen using genuine Ford
parts, or materials, have charge of the work.
This is why we urge you to bring
f,1,j H your Ford car to us when it needs
SKKVK'K "going over" and fixing up. Care-
THAT PAYS ful attention giv&n to your car will
lengthen the period of its useful
ness prove to be money well invested. We have
every facility to meet your wants and we give you the
benefit of standard Ford prices.
Homer Motor Company
Distributors for
Ford Cars, Ford Tractors, Ford Trucks
Cadallac Delco Products
Telephone CI). HoiHDr Nobrmku.
Smith the latter part of the week.
....Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Drain came
from South Sioiix City Tuesday morn
ing to attend the Leonard Werz sale.
..Misses Graco and Margaret Powell
3pent the week end visiting in Da
kota Citv with their aunt, Mrs. W.
M. Powell Mrs. W. M. Powoll and
Mr. Walter Snyder of Dakota City
ipent Friday in Emerson visiting
with their sister, Mrs. W. R. Matte
son. Sioux City Journal, 11th: Died
'i South Sioux City, Nebr., Monday,
Jiruary 10, 1911), Mrs. Amelia
("), 72 years old, of pneumonia.
Shx. Jlassl was the mother of Post
master Frank Blassl, of South Sioux
City; The body will be taken to
Salem, S. D., for interment The
journey of an automobile truck thru
Dakota county, Nebr., yesterday
afternoon brought smiles "and winks
from wiseacres who had been tipped
that the driver would pass out liquid
refreshments with lots of "kick" to
anyone who could furnish the high
sigtrof the brotherhood. The truck
progressed slowly, due to a rush of
the thirsty one's, among whom were
a plentiful supply of farmers. The
lack of speed proved unprofitable,
however for Sheriff George Cain and
Deputy J. P. Rockwell, of Dakota
county, took charge of the traveling
saloon at Hubbard, Nebr., at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon before it had
traversed more than a few miles.
The chauffeur-bartender, Ed Oxford,
who says ho lives in Sioux City, was
taken to Dakota City and placed in
the county jail. Fifty pints of liq
uor were confiscated. Whether Ox
ford succeeded in disrio'sing of any
considerable amount of liquor before
his arrest has not yet been determin
ed. Sioux City Journal, Gth: The city
council of South Sioux City passed a
resolution at a meeting Tuesday
night protesting against the rates
imposed by the owners of the com
bination bridge. A copy of the reso
lution has been forwarded to govern
ment officials at Washington, D., C.
The protest alleges that the rates
charged for vehicular traffic are ex
cessive, setting out -that a farmer
bringing produce to Sioux City must
pay CO cents for the privilege of
crossing the structure twice and
asl3 that means bo taken to lower
the toll charges on automobiles, 20
cents for car and driver and 5 cents
for every additional passenger. The
company's commutation books for
pedestrians, the petition also states'
while sold at hall rates, are in reali
ty oppressive.'" The books, contain
ing fifty tickets, are sold at $1.25.
The company, however, provides that
these books may be used by only one
person, and that the tickets are ac
cepted only for the current month in
which purchased. The city council
asks the government to order the
company to remove the time limit on
commutation books and also prays for
the removal of the non-transferable
clause, so that different members of
the same family may use the same
book. Any action to build a free
bridge across the Missouri will meet
with the hearty co-operation of the
South Sioux City residents, members
of the city council said Tuesday
night, alleging that the majority of
the suburb's people place the combi
nation bridge company on a plane
similar to that given highway rob
bers. Allen News: Frank Hill, who has
been with the army in France, was
recently mustered out of the service
and returned hninn llin lnt.f-nn mnvf
or last week Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Atkins and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mor
gan, of South Sioux City attended
the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Benstead
Sunday afternoon Sarah Moles
was born August 8, 1837, Cambridge
shire. England, anil in flm mnntli nC
September, 185G, was united in mar
riatro to Shndrneh Bpnsfnrwl Im.
mediately after marriage they em-
migraicu xo America, living lor a
time at Mill Point, Mich., later mov
ing to Evansville, Ind. In the fall
of 187G, they moved to Nebraska,
where thov both livorl until tlmi..
death. Shadrach Benstead nrecod-
ed his wife in dpath on June 19, 1901.
Sarah Moles Benstead passed 'to rest
in the Great Beyond Friday after
noon, January 30, 1919. Although
she has not been in the best of
health for years, Grandma Benstead
hud not seemed to be unusually ill
lately, Friday noon ate a hearty din
ner and seemed In good spirits, when
her son, James, with whom alio has
been living, went out to his work.
About the middle of the afternoon
he went into the house fur something
and there found his mother dead in
her arm chair. The- children who
are left to mourn the lois of a devot
ed and loving mother, are four ?ons,
J nines, John W, Fred P., and Albert;
two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Ellis, of
Allen, Nebr., and Mrs. W. A. Morgan,
of South Sioux City, Nebr. All the
children were present at the funeral.
The last services of honor were con
ducted Sunday nfternoon by Rev.
Kilburn, from the Friends Church
east of Mien, and the body layed to
rest by the side of her husband
in the East View cemetery.
BEGIN TO RENEW FORESTS
England and Scotland Have Already
Started to Replace Trees :t
Down During the War.
England and Scotland are preparing
to replant forests which have been cut
to provide war supplies. Tlioy nre not
waiting until peace Is concluded, but
are doing It now. Never before have
those countries been so bare of timber.
Hunting ranges and sporting grounds
have been sacrificed to supply muni
tion factories at homo and armies
abroad. The old forests wore pri
marily ornamental and lncldentnlly
useful, but those which nro now be
ing provided for will be primarily use
ful nnd Incidentally ornamental, says
Robert II. Moulton In Popular Mechan
ics Magazine.
In the United States we are not In
so much need of tree planting as they
nre In the British Isles. But there arc
two kinds of timber which the war
demand has greatly depleted, nnd
they arc kinds of much importance
locust nnd black walnut.
There Is nnother point to be consid
ered In the planting of these trees:
They can bo grown on sandy tracts of
land which are now considered of no
value, and thus reclaim the land.
An excellent Illustration of what can
ho accomplished In the way of reclaim
ing useless land through the planting
of tree:
es has been carried out thfrlnfeJ
st six or eight years bynres'T
the last
Ident of Whiteside county, Illinois; In
these years be has accomplished the
seemingly Impossible task of turning
some 70 acres of sand, formerly as bar
ren as the desert of Sahara, Into n
nourishing forest. Nor Is that nil ;
for this forest, acting as a sand bind
er, has been the means of saving other
fertile acres from the Inroads of the
drifting sand, nnd the tolul result be
ing that the farm has Increased sev
eral times In vnlue. The sandy tracts,
which, before being plnntcd to trees,
were practically worthless, arc now
worth anywhere from $50 to .$100 an
acre. ,
H0LY0KE HAS L'OST HONOR
Town Officially Declared Not to Have
Been the Birthplace cf Junius
Spencer Morgan.
Ilolyoke, Mass., which Jins long
claimed the honor of boing tho birth
place of Junius Spencer Morgan, grand
father of the present X. P. Morgan,.lms
been shorn of this fame by the town
of West Springfield. This decision has
been rendered by the Connecticut Val
ley Historical society.
The explanation lies In tho fat that
tho present city' of Holyoku was for
merly a part of the town of West
Springfield and that, contrary to Holy
oko's contention, and the assumption
of the Morgan family, tho site of sthe
ancestral home of Junius Spencer Mor
gan Is still Included within the boun
daries of West .Springfield, though by
it narrow margin.
The present J. 1. Morgan received an
opportunity to perpetuate family lus:
lory In West Springfield through the In
strumentality of any public gift which
appealed to his fancy. Though Mr.
Morgan was unresponsive, the contest
between Ilolyoke and West Springfield
for birthplace honors progressed mer
rily nnd was settled only recently.
Aviators' Ailments.
Rnrofled air affects the aviator as
well as his engine, and those who plan
to make flying a regular vocation or
to make frequent Mights to a consider
able height are liable to find dlllleul
ties In adjusting themselves to the
new conditions. Etlenno nnd Lnmy re
ported to tho French Academy of Med
icine thnt enlargement of tho heart
develops In all aviators. In ascending
to nn altltudo where the atmospheilc
pressure Is half that normal to the
body or less, extra work Is suddenly
thrown upon the heart, and if this Is
repeated often or long continued some
adjustment Is tho natural course. Tho
hypertrophy seems to vary In degree
with tho height frequented. Chasing
nnd bombing airplanes usually fly
abovo 35,000 feet, and tho heart on
Iargcmont Induced Is greater than
among tho groups of filers who keep
In tho zone from 3,000 to 10,000 feot
abovo sea lovol.
CHANCE FOR COAL EXCHANGE
Britain Haa Too Much Anthracite nnd
New York Has a Surplus of
Bitumlnouo.
In England the coal controller
Is trying to Induce the people to hum
f anthracite In place of bituminous coal.
He offers to exchnngo two tons of
large anthracite for every ton of bi
tuminous coal that consumers havo on
hand. In the eastern United States
the fuel administration has been try
ing to get consumers to use bituminous
coal In place of nnthrnclte. Welsh
anthracite mines nro operating on part
llnie, while English and Welsh bitu
minous coal ililnes are working over
time, says the New York Commercial.
This would be a lino chance for ex
change of products If shipping wcro
available, and it soon will be. New
York city needs anthracite nnd can get
n surplus of bituminous coal. Eng
land needs the latter and can spare
the former. Ii England most of the
people do not know how to burn an
thracite. New Yorkers aro Ignorant
of the way to use bituminous coal. Tho
English persist In using open grates
for beating rooms, find find It hard
to make anthracite b-irn In them. In
New York the open guile Is found only
In the homes of the wealthy. Eng
land fchivers with plenty of anthracite
In sight, while New York Is threat
ened with a fnuilit! of domestic sizes
of anthracite. Each regards tho
other as pig-headed becauso neither
knows how to use the fuel available.
It's an odd world.
WELCOME DEATH'S COLD HAND
Little Wonder That Men Who Realize
Their Appalling Loneliness Should
End It All.
Alone. Not a living soul near to
whom to speak. Forsaken it seems al
most by God, whose presence scarce
can penetrate the confused jangle of
the city slums. Alone nnd penniless,
with none to know of care. It Is n
harder lot by far than death. What
wonder that men die?
Alone with bitter thoughts of fail
ure crowding through the interstices
of a sluggish brain. Alone with not
even two coins to rub in warming
friction, clnmmy hands thrust into
emptypockcts. .Jt Is hard tq Uvo nnd
doublv hnrd to die. Wliat woiuicr uiai
men kill that breathing, pulsing thing
within we call life? What wonder
that men pass by their own hand
from living death to deathless living?
They eonio and stay with us a while
ami pass, defying God nnd man,
themselves defied. And only they
whose hearts beat with a richer, warm
er, redder blood will understand.-
Milwaukee Journal.
Pattl's Beauty Vanishes.
According to a writer In Everybody's
Magazine, "Pattl lives, not only In our
hearts, but really, In tho flesh, at tho
ago of seventy-six, In her magnificent
castle of Craig-y-Nos, ten miles north
of Swansea, In South Wales, on which
sho has spent qulto half a million
She lives there with her third husband,
Baron Ccdorstrom, and sometimes,
when they feci Inclined, they throw
open their theater, a replica of the
Balrcuth theater, to tho countrysldo
nnd glvo ono of tho operas In which
Pattl oiico thrilled tho world. Until
recently Pattl was even sometimes
prevailed upon to appear at Albert linll
In London for tho benefit of somo char
ity, but her beauty Is qulto gone It
vanished far earlier than her voice
and so for tho most pnrt sho Is hap
piest In her Welsh fnstnesses among
tho neighbors, who will always call her
the 'Queen of AValcs.' "
Dutch Select Wireless Site.
The site for tho wireless station In
tended for communication between tho
Netherlands and the Dutch East In
dies has filially been decided on. Tho
ICoeiberg hill, which is 80 meters high
and locnted In Hoog-Buurlo, near Apel
doom, was selected, according to the
Scientific American.
A new railway lino will bo con
structed from Knnlwyk. Tho station is
to havo four towers, each 1210 meters
high, u largo power houso nnd build
ing for housing tho operatives. Tho
communicating station In India Is to
bo built near Bandoeng In tho Prcnn
ger, so thnt tho dlstanco between tho
'two stntlons will bo somo 11,000 kilo
meters. Ancient Rock Engravings.
Tho prehistoric art museum lately
revealed In Montesqul-Avnntcs, Arloge,
southern France, contains rock en
gravings estimated to bo IIO.OOO years
old. Continuing tho exploration in.
terruptcd by tho war, Count Bcgoucn
nnd his thrco sons discovered on tho
Inner walls of tho cavern a has relief
of n real Hon, with numerous figures
of reindeers, Wsons, horses, bears, ele
phants, rhinoceroses, nnd such birds
ns ducks nnd swans. Strangest of all
Is a silhouette of a powerful man, with
thick neck, distinctly human limbs, feet
nnd hands, nnd a tall, and represented
walking on nil fours.
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By Rev C. R. Lowe.
Will the United States become n
mandatory power? Will tho pcoplo
of the country stand for it? A man
datory power as tho term is used is
a nation into whoso keeping is placed
tho protection nuvl direction of come
small country that is not able to pro
tect itself and which is not capable
of self government according to tho
modern notion of tho idea. it can
not be said that all people aro fit for
this task. Thero aro a lot of things
a boy is not allowed to do becauso
he is a boy, when he gets to bo a
man he can do tho samo things with
impunity. So it is with nations.
A father takes tho son to tho circus
because ho is too little to go nlono,
and the smallei nations hnve to havo
some ono to take them into tho game
of world politics because they aro
unsophisticated in tho arts of tho
game and nro weak.
Thoru aro tho German colonics
which nre never to go back to tho
control of tho German. Glory bo
for th.-f. Mr. Wilson has led tho
allie : .: itlons to conceed that theso
colonic- aro not to bo nnncxed to
any country, but that they shall bo
held in trust by some "mandatory
power" that can ho fired off tho job
as mandator in ten yenrs or multiplo
thereof, if their conduct docs not
suit tho league of nations. Thero
are other districts which aro to bo
taken from the Turks, for instnnce,
and they will havo to bo taken caro
of. It will not be possible to set
these districts off by themselves and
told to govern nnd direct themselves,
first becauso they have boon under
tho heel of oppressors so long they
are not governors, it is crushed out
of thorn. When I was a boy I got
a whipping for trading oil' an atomi
zer nnd I couldn't trade dollars now
and break oven. Thoy could not bo
left alone secondly becauso the, old
powers would not havo any compun
ction against taking them back
again, and thero would bo no ono
responsible to hinder it, and then
somo other nation might take poss
ession. If a man finds a gold picco
ho will pick it up, and so will a
nntion pick up a colony. Suro it
would bo a ffloj not to do so.
But tho question is what wo aro
going to do in this matter. Wo
are not a coloninl country, and wo
do not want to be. Wo havo always
stood aloof from tho world's politics
till we were in danger, nnd nro wo
ready to got into the world gnmo
and piny a part that is fitting our
enorgjy push, and powor? -. That is
a thing for us to decide, nnd tho ar
gument is not on ono side. Wo
iiavo taken upon ourselves a long
timo ago mnttors of tho Western
Hemisphere, nnd wo did not think
anything nbout that, and it is not
our idea to give over our leadership
to any other so far as tho two Amer
jcas aro concerned. Wo aro not
going to bo crowded out of tho posi
tion of tho Monroo I)octrinc.v Will
participation in tho European and
Asintic affairs compel us to foro go
this? At tho risk of somo inconsis
tnncy wo better hold to what wc havo
and let tho coming events tnko caro
of themselves.
,Wo aro all aware of the placo our
Army and Navy havo made for this
country of ours, nnd wo know tho
leadership of President Wilson is
accorded at Versailles and our people
seem to be willing to stnnd for this
leadership. But it will cntnil re
sponsibilities. While Mr. Wilson is
talking mandatory leadership for
somo district. and the nations hnvo
in part at lpast agreed to it, tho
representatives of our nntion nro try
ing to got out of tho game by should
ering tho responsibilities onto somo
other powor, just pnssing tho "buck".
Just tho other dny Salvatoro Bnrzi
lai, a former member of tho Italian
Cabinet, said, and not without ron
son, "By participating in tho war
and by taking a loading part in tho
Peace Conference, Tho United States
has undertnkeij such moral obliga
tions ns almost conslituto interna
tional duti' . tho fulfillment of which
becomes n point of honor to nny
member of 'ho society of nations,"
Those wishing Buiclcs this year will please get
their orders in early, as we will have only
a limited number of cars, both in
Roadster and Touring
Models
Buick
IShe
The Powerful Overhead
Valve
C. B. Martin
Suloa Agent for
South Sioux City Dakota City Jackson Hubbard
, Homerand Surrounding Territory
SIou.v Uilv Address, Hu 70.
And thero is not tho slightest
question of tho truth of it. It is
not ns tho wo had n Jot of lobylsts
at the peaco conference who nro
trying to got hold of tho mandatory
business for oursolvcs ngainst tho
competition of tho other countries.
It is a responsibility that has como to
us unsolicited. Thero aro nono of
tho nations that want this, tho col
oninl nations would rather have tho
colonies outright. And now what
is our duty in tho matter? Is it
right, and to us that means American
to got tho other nations to piny our
game and then leave them to hold
the sack? When a man has n bonl
fide business ho is promoting, wo look
to see how much of his money ho is
investing. And when tho Pcnco
policy for theso nations has become
but mandatory governing power in
stoad of possession, nnd that nt tho
Insistnnco of tho representatives of
our country, wo cannot with good
grace run away from tho responsibil
ity. I know a mail upon whom tho
death of a brother hns roaped labor
and responsibilities that ho did not
want nt all, but liko n man ho got
under tho load and is doing what ho
ought under tho circumstances.
At Versailles there nro several of
tho near eastern peoples nnd probab
ly somo others thnt aro inviting tho
United States Government to take
their affairs in hand. Tho Armen
ians for ono definite examples. Wo
havo lots of famine money thero
nnd may have a lot more, wo havo
a sentimental interest In them. And
when they desire our influenco in
tlielr countries, nnd for tho U. S. A.
to bo tho mandatory powor over them
our representatives at tho peace ta
ble aro trying to get out from under,
the lond. Of course wo do not havo
to tako it. Wo can, liko a weakling
refuse it, but that is not American.
If wo aro in tho world's game, wo
havo to play tho game according to
tho rules. Wo may not havo want
ed tho war, but wo got it, and saw
tho finish, and now whether wo want
ed it or not wo havo tho leading rolo
at tho Conference. Now what aro
wo going to do with it. Wo ought
to stand by tho position wo havo won
or get clean out. Wo cannot main
tain tho placo nnd not shnro tho
responsibilities incumbent upon it.
Others will take thorn if wo will not,
but wo will havo to get out. Our
pcoplo did not want tho Philipines
but took chnrgo because thero was
nothing ol8o to do with them. Wo
do not want tho Eastern peoples
either, but what aro wo to do with
them. Wo cannot shirk. Wo will
hnvo to tako up tho burdons and re
sponsibilities tho wo do not want
thcin and mako tho best of it. We
haVo grown since Washington's time
nnd with ago and growth comes In
bors incident to manhood, and wo
cannot shirk them.
It mny not bo domocrntic in Mr.
Wilson's mind to bo a mandator, but
it is moro so than to glvo them an
other country, or cast thorn adrift.
Wo hnvo got into a position where
wo havo to fish or cut bait. Let us
fish. Tako up tho whito man's bur
den of government of tho world, bo
truo to tho duty, magnify tho Amer
ican Idealism, show tho world that
it will work, and wo will not Ioso n
dollar by it. Wo aro right nt n
groat placo in our history as n peo
ple, a great opportunity is knocking,
at our door, if wo aro greater than
it is, and nro strong onough wo will
mnko it turn to our account. Wo
havo no ronsou to think tho President
is not strong enough or that ho does
not havo tho good namo of tho nation
at heart. Wc will have to tnko up
our shnro of directing theso Httlo
peoples, or olso wo will hnvo to lot
thoso who will tako tho burden say
what thoy will as to tho disposal of
them.
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