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MAIL POUCH RECOVERED.
Was Lost Last February in the
Eel River.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-A mail
pouch filled with letter mail that was
lost last February in Eel River was re-
celVed to-day by the railway mail serv-
Ace department 1t had originally con-
tanned about 1900 letters, and though
they were thoroughly water-soaked, all
hut about sixty of them still bore legi-
BILE addresses, and were sent on to their
destinations.
The pouch left this city over the San
Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
January 31st and Ukiah by stage the
same day, to be delivered to the rail-
road at Scotia for the region tributary
to Eureka At Harris it was trans
ferred to pack horse, and at IL o'clock
at night, February I'd, horse and pouch
both fell into the river at Sniveley's
bluff. The river was high at the time,
and the pouch could not be recovered. 1t
was not found until June 10th, at point
about five miles east of Ferndale
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LAWN TENNIS.
The WOman's Championship Tourna-
ment at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-Miss
Maud Banks of Philadelphia was the
heroine of the second days play in the
womans championship lawn tennis
tournament this afternoon. The score
was as follows:
Champion singles, first round-Mfss
Juliette Atkinson of Brooklyn beat
Miss Maud Banks, 81, 4-6, 81.
Miss Edith Kenderline of Philadel-
phia beat Miss Ellen Kitchen.
Woman's doubles, preliminary bout
Miss Juliette Atkinson and Miss Kath-
leen Atkinson beat Mrs. E. B. Beau
mont and Miss Edith Slevin.
Mixed doubles, preliminary round
Miss Maud Banks and Mr.. Griffith beat
Miss Carrie Medley and J. P Paret.
Miss Laura Benson and D. L. Ma
gruder beat Miss K. G.. Atkinson and
f. M. Thompson by default.
First round-Miss Laura Henson and
ID. l.. Magruder beat Miss Alice Combs
and Fordham Morgan.
Mems doubles, semi final ROUNDUP
ID. Smith and c. T. Tete, Jr., beat Mr..
Fielding and 0. B. Judson
Robert Steele and DIR. Magruder beat
j. t. Paret and c. c. Schell.
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WINDsTORM IN COLORADO.
Great Damage Done to Fruit and
Shade Trees.

DENVER, June 16.-A special to the
News from Laveta, Col, says:
Commencing at o'clock this morn
ing, this town was visited by wind
storm that citizens who have lived here
twenty years say never was equalled
for the terrific force with which 1t
blew, and the damage done to shade
and fruit trees. Trees over twelve
inches in thickness were split and the
limbs torn off in a few minutes after
the storm began. The previous out
look for fruit was the best for years,
the trees being loaded with apples and
cherries, but after the storm very little
remains on the trees, and it is bruised
and damaged. Very little damage was
done to buildings and no accidents are
reported to individuals
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AMERICAN MECHANICS.
Inc Junior Order Elects Officers
Louisville Next rleetinp Place

PlTTSBURG, June 16--At to-day,s
session of the Junior Order of United
american Mechanics, Louisville was Sc
lected as the place for the next annual
meeting. The following officers were
chosen: National Councillor. joseph
Powell, Denver; National Vice. oun-
cllor, Frank W. Pierson, Wilmington.
Del; National Secretary, Edward S.
Deemer, Philadelphia; National Treas
urer, j. A. Adamsohn, Baltimore: Ma
tlonal Conductor, E. A. Eskey, Sister
vile, W. Va; National Warden, Amos
l.. Gray, Jonesboro, Ind; National In
side Sentinel, G.. w. Hobson, Philadel-
phia; National Outside Sentinel, A. d.
Lordy, San Francisco.
This afternoon there was a parade of
over 200 councils and 5000 men in line.
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BOLD ROBBERY.
committed by Three Masked lien
at Fort Bridge, Wyo.

EVANSTON CWyo.), June 16.-At 9
o'clock last night three masked man
entered the store of Charles Child e,
sons at Fort Bridge, overpowered JOS
eph Gulld, MS wife and clerk, and stole
aooo, including the Postoffice money.
Ihey marched the Guilds over to the
village saloon at the point of their re-
volvers, and compelled them all to take
drink. The robbers then mounted
horses and rode rapidly away toward
carter Station. Sheriff Ward and
posse are in hot pursuit. The robbers
are believed to be members of the fam
Gus Cassidy gang.
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DUTY ON FRUITS.
Rates as Agreed Upon in the Sen.
ate Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-The Sen
ate to-day agreed to the rates on agri-
cultural products as fixed by the Re-
publican members of the Finance Com
mittee, notwithstanding the efforts by
the Democrats to have them reduced.
The rates on fish, also, were adopted.
On fruits the Senate rejected an
amendment by Jones of Arkansas max
ing the duty on Zante currants 20 per
cent. ad valorem, and agreed to the
committee rates as follows.
Figs, plums, prunes, prune1les, 2 cents
per pound; raisins and other dried
grapes ~ cents; dates, u cent; Zante
and other currants. cents, olives, %
cents per gallon; olives in casks, ID
cents per gallon.
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BRADBURY MUST GO TO JAIL.
Will Have 10 Serve Sentence for
Splitting i'm Street Cars.

SAN FRANCISCO, June lev. B.
Bradbury, the millionaire, who con-
tends that he has a constitutional right
to spit when and wherever he pleases,
will have to serve the sentence of TWEEN
ty-four hours Of Imprisonment in the
County Jail imposed upon him by Po-
lice Judge Low recently on his convlc-
ton for the second time for splitting in
street cars. Bradbury appealed from
this judgment TO the Superior Court,
but Judge Wallace to-day decided that
his application for a writ of habeas
corpus was without merit and affirmed
the judgment.
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BASEBALL.
Results of the National League
Games.

NEW YORK, June 16.-The Indians
easily defeated the Giants this after
noon. Russ was an easy mark. At
tendance 1850. Score: New York z,
hits 6. errors 4; Cleveland Z, hits u,
errors 2. Batteries-Russ and Warner;
Wilson and OConnor. Umpire-O'Day.
PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-The
Phillies defeated ST. Louis this after
noon by S to Z. Attendance 3.OOO.
Score: st. Louis Z, hits 8, errors 4;
Philadelphia s, hits II, errors 4. Bat
teries-Carsey and Douglass; Fifield,
Wheeler and Boyle. Umpires-McDon
aid and McDermott.
BOSTON, June 16.-The Chicagos
proved easy victims for the Bostons
to-day. Attendance 300. Score: Bos-
hits s, errors Z. Batteries-Nichols and
Bergen; Callahan and Kittredge. UNI
pire-Lynch.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-The Sena-
tors punched hits on Cunningham and
won the game. Attendance 1000.
Score: Washington 4. hits 9, errors 2;
Louisville 2, hits 6, errors 2. Batteries
king and Farrell, Cunningham and
Butler. Umpire-Emslie.
BALTIMORE, June 16.-The cham
pions defeated the Pirates to-day in a
one-sided game. Score: Baltimore 10,
hits IL, errors 2; Pittsburg 3, hits 6,
errors ). Batteries-Nops and Bower
man; Killen, Hastings and Leahy.
Umpire-Hurst.
BROOKLYN, June 16.-The first
game of the present series between the
Cincinnatis and Brooklyns was easily
won by the Reds. Score: Brooklyn 6,
hits u, errors I; Cincinnati 10, hits
13, errors =. Batteries-Payne, Fisher
and Grim; Breitenstein and Pietz UNI
pire-Sheridan.
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The important Qualifications

"And you say he was the art critic
and dramatic critic for a Berlin publi-
cation?" said the young woman.
Yes"
''But he doesn't know much about
pictures or the drama"
Not a great deal. But he was the
best posted lawyer in the empire as to
what constitutes leze majesty. WASH
ington Star.
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URGED TO RESPECT THE LAWS.
The New Chinese ConsuI-General Is
sues a Proclamation.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-The new
Chinese Consul General has issued a
proclamation, which he is sending to his
countrymen throughout the United
States, urging them to cease their feuds,
and TO respect the laws of this country.
He warns them against becoming en-
tangled with white lawyers, who, he
says, will do his people no good. If an
era of peace and uprightness is finally
established by the Chinese in this coun-
try, the Consul General says he be-
lieves he can obtain a modification of
some of the restrictions now in force
against immigration.
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STOCKMEN AT WAR.
Trouble Brewing Between Cattlemen
and Sheepmen in Colorado.

DENVER, June ia special to the
Rocky Mountain News" from Evans
ton, Wyo., says:
Trouble is brewing between the cat
tlemen and sheepmen in the neighbor-
hood of Smiths Fork and Henry'S Fork
This territory has usually been reserved
for cattle but lately Dave Crawford
has ranged his sheep on the Cotton
wood, a small tributary stream, tc
which privilege the cattlemen object
Three days ago unknown parties went
to Crawford's camp, took his rifle out
of his wagon, and amused themselves
by killing sheep. Crawford protested
but was assured that if he became inn
pudent they would take shot at him.
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Bridget Wilson Will Contest.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 16.-The su-
preme Court to-day granted a new trial
in the Bridget Wilson will contest. Mrs.
Wilson. who died in Los Angeles in
1893, left Will bequeathing the bulk
OF her estate, valued at $500 600. to
John McConnachie. Her heirs con-
tested and the will was broken, but an
appeal was taken upon the ground that
the evidence did not justify the verdict
of the trial jury. This contention is
upheld
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Davis Will Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-During
the trial of the Davis will contest to-
day a sensation was created by G. R.
E. Maxwell, Paying Teller of the First
National Bank of this city, who was
called as an expert to pass upon the
signature of the alleged will, by his de-
claring the signature to be a forgery
and expressing the conviction that the
forgery was committed by Alexander
Boyd, the partner of the decedent, who
holds the same relation to the legatees
as did Davis.
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A Water Company's Assessment.

LOS ANGELES, June 16-The City
Assessor to-day completed the assess
ment of the City Water Company for
the coming fiscal year. The total city
assessment is 81, 424, $40. The heavi-
est increase is in the value of the fran
chise, which has been jumped from
$4,000 to 100000, the Assessor justi-
flying his action by a recent decision of
the Superior Court, which declares that
such franchises are of great value.
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The Santa FEES Pay-RoIIs.

TOPEKA, June 16.-GeneraI Manager
J. ]. Frey of the Santa Fe declined to
say to-day whether or not there was
any truth in the rumOrs that the Com
pany had been swindled by padded
pay rolls. 1t is positively known, how
ever that an examination of the time
books all over the system is in progress
for the purpose of determining whether
the company has been paying for men
who have not worked for it,
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His Wife Fired the Shot.

SANTA CRUZ, June 16.-Charles I.
Johnson. the cyclist who was shot last
Monday night while out riding, to-day
told his story. He says it was his wife,
from whom he separated some time
ago, that did the shooting, and that a
book in his pocket caused the bullet to
glance off. He says that his wife had
threatened his life, and for the sake
of their child he refused to divulge the
name Of his assailant until to-day,
when compelled to do so by the stories
being circulated.
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No Conflict With This Country.

PARIS, June 16.-The "Matin'' pub
fishes an interview with Count Ito of
Japan, who is now in this city on his
way to attend Queen Victorias jubilee
celebration, in which he says Japan
never had any idea of entering into a
conflict with the United States as an
outcome of the troubles between Japan
and Hawaii, which, he added, have
been greatly exaggerated
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Army Office to be Transferred.

DENVER, June 16.-A special to the
News" from Santa Fe, n. NJ, says:
Orders from the War Department were
received here to-day transferring the
office of Inspector General. United
States Army, for the Southern District
consisting of New Mexico, Arizona.
Texas and Oklahoma, in charge of Col
onel HI. w. Lawton, from Santa Fe 70
Los Angeles
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A Brakeman Badly Injured.

HOLLISTER, June 16.-George Fish
er, aged about fifty years, a brakeman
on the local train, was caught under
the train this evening while making a
switch, and had his left foot cut off at
the instep, also the last three fingers
of his left hand. Amputations will be
performed tonight. The cause of the
accident was not explained.
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Graves Ravaged by a Hyena.

Graceland Cemetery last night, Jim, the
big hyena which escaped from Lincoln
Park by gnawing a hole through the
door of his cage, ravaged a number of
graves To-day Headkeeper Sweeney
Of Lincoln Park, reinforced by small
army of men and boys, spent the whole
day in trying to capture him. The po-
lice refused to assist. Jim has not vet
been captIlred
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Storm i'm Great Britain.

LONDON, June 16.-Northern Eng
land and Scotland have been swept by
heavy gales. The suburbs of Glasgow
and the country around the city are
flooded, and the railroads are sub
merged. A terrible storm has swept
over Liverpool. Nelson's flagship, the
Foudroyant, which is now touring the
coast as a show ship, has been driven
ashore, and is expected to be lost
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Heavens.
YES" she answered.

1es, she answered.
THAT little word" he exclaimed.
raises me to the seventh heaven Of
blissi'
She looked into his rapture-lit eyes.
only the SEVENTH" she unused. And
it is already the middle of June? Does
he deceive me?"
She shivered and the ocean sobbed at
her feet-Detroit Journal.
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ShipwreCkS VIII be Picked Tn.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-Captain
McMurty and the twelve sailors of the
British ship Kinkora who are wrecked
on Clipperton Island will be picked up
by the British gunboat Comus. The
Walla Walla, which came in from the
north to-day, spoke the Comus on its
way from Esquimault.
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The Time is Here.

What is that strange, peculiar noise,
1t hath been going on since dawn?
It is the mower and a man
A-shaving of the long haired lawn.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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house, when it suddenly fell, crushing
beneath its weight Henry F. Derby
His skull is fractured, right arm brok-
en- between shoulder and elbow, and
the left leg fractured in two places be-
tween the knee and hip.
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Severe Cold Wave.

SALT LAKE, June ia special to
the Tribune" from Pocatello, Idaho,
says: A severe cold wave swept over
Southeastern Idaho to-day Three
inches of snow fell at Soda Springs this
morning
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Fatal Accident Near Napa.

NAPA, June 16.-An accident, which
will probably prove fatal, occurred this
afternoon at Turner Brownrigg's place.
one mile east of town. Workmen We're
employed in the erection of a tank
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury: Available cash balance, 1921 $780,
254, gold reserve, $144, 394,17S
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for the boys school out of the Hirsch
fund, and for the girls home by Nine.
de HirSch herself
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toes. A new style this season.
Never sold less than SO. Our
rrecial sale price is 50 20-un-
paralleled value.
The herald., 1897-10-10
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS

Labor conventions recently held in
Chicago and Duluth resolved to take
steps to influence congress to estab-
lish postal savings banks, and the farm
es in the northwest are moving in the
same direction.
The success Of similar banks in some
Of the European countries has given
impetus to these efforts. They have
been found to be great convenience
to the people, and useful to those gov
ernments.
AS competition has disappeared in
many business channels, and trusts and
monopolies have become aarmingly
dominant, earnest inquiry is aroused as
to the necessary means to protect
against their exactions The trend
Of public sentiment is towards larger
government control Of public util-
tiles. This is manifest in frequent
declarations by political conventions
in favor Of municipal ownership
to supply water and light to
the public, and even to that Of street
transportation. The sentiment is rap
Idly growing in favor of relieving the
masses Of burdens in every practicable
way. Taxation to supply revenue to
meet legitimate expenditures is oner-
Gus, and the profits to corporations and
individuals in doing what government
may properly do, added to taxation.
make the burden greater than the people
ought to bear.
The fear of consolidation, which had
so much influence at the beginning of
the government, has gradually disap-
peared. The possible evils that may re-
in a measure been lost to sight In the
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CHAMPAGNIZED MILK

new process for the sterilization OF
milk has been discovered by which it is
claimed that this wholesome LIQUID car
be kept fresh Indefinitely. There are al
present several ways by which the pres
ervation Of pure milk is attempted bu.
none Of them has satisfactorily solved
the problem. The new method has been
patented by NJ. Cassins, a Partisan n. and
is said to have beer tested with success
In any event, "champagnized" milk Is
prepared, making healthful and agree
able drink. The process requires that
the milk be first SKINNED to prevent the
formation of clots. The sweetening and
the desired flavor are then added and
the whole placed in closed vessel. The
sterilization is then accomplished by
means of a current of oxygen gas and
then the champagnization by the intro
duction into the vessel Of the necessary
amount Of carbonic acid gas The drink
thus prepared is of exquisite flavor and
remains fresh indefinitely. The process
can be applied to other liquids such as
wine, beer, etc.
If this method should, in its results,
be in all particulars as represented by
the inventor, valuable addition will
have been made to the comforts of
domestic life, to the resources Of the
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presence Of those which have resulted
from practices that have extensively
prevailed. Conducting certain kinds Of
business by corporations or individuals
which may properly be managed by
government has imposed upon the peo-
to bear. The old theory that private
parties can do things cheaper and better
than government is fallacy that has
been demonstrated by experience. Cor
business for profit and the government
does not, or should not Its mission is
to save to the whole population all it
can. AS the people can dictate what
kind Of government they will have,
there seems to be little danger from a
larger exercise Of powers. Paternalism
Of government is simply paternalism by
the people. 1t will not be unwise to
experiment cautiously in the direction
of saving cost to the public.
Postal savings banks are urged on
the government that they will be con-
venience to the public and not to pro-
vide revenue for the government be-
yond what will pay the increased ex-
penses. AS the government already
has the machinery for conducting the
business the increa sed cost will be COM
paratively trifling at most, and these
savings banks can be established more
widely than is practicable under private
enterprise, because the establishment of
savings banks by corporations or indi-
viduals is undertaken solely for gain.
Depositors in government savings banks
would be safe beyond question.
In our progress new conditions are
being constantly developed. which re-
quire the adoption of new and adaptable
methods. Wise and just governments
will seek to afford the largest practi-
cable facilities to the people and pro-
lection gainst undue exactions. Several
Of the European governments have re-
sorted to measures to prevent banks
from imposing inordinate rates of in
terest. The establishment. Of postal
savings banks would be no greater in
reference with private business than
the establishment and operation Of the
postal order department. That has
worked 90 we'll that there are none to
urge its abandonment
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the enactment Of some needed state law,
and when they get It Of letting 1t sleep
the sleep OF the Capulets on the statute
book. They act as il the law had some
inherent power Of self-enforcement.
This is simply playing into the hands"
Of the rascally vendors of impure food,
adulterated liquors and other bogus
Cheap-John articles of commerce. In
this way the honest masses" become
particeps crimirAs to an offerse against
society, for the man who Injuries the
public health aims blow not only at
the stability but at the very existence Of
society Such a one is a stealthy outlaw
whom it were simply mock philanthropy
not to prosecute.
The salicylic acid fiend or other srrlil-
ing dealer in deleterious compounds,
should be watched with argus eyes and
hanGsd over 10 justice without pity.
These fellows recall Hamlet's brief but
pointed moral diagnosis of his smooth,
dissimulatiUg uncle:
Meet it is l set it down,
That one may smile, and smile, and be
villain"
The herald., 1897-10-10

THE REFUSAL TO SWAP

To what we said yesterday may be
added that the shortage in silver dollars
may be obviated by the coinage of the
silver bullion now possessed by the gov
ernment 1t amounts to large sum
in which the government has a consider
able seigniorage.
This bullion was purchased under the
Sherman act Of 1890, and provision OF
that act authorizes and requires the Sec
retary of the treasury to have enough
Of the bullion coined to meet the demand
for redemption of the certificates issued
on it. This has not been done; on th=
contrary the treasury has been taking up
the certificates with gold coin, and under
the rulings of Secretaries Foster, Car
Isle and Gage it must continue to do So
This relieves the bullion in the vaults
Of the treasury of all specific liability
for redemption of certificates, and there
is no better use to which it can be put
than 10 coin it to meet the demands of
trade. Silver dollars, as is known are
now in greater demand than any other
class of money. The government has
no power under the law as it stands to
increase the issue of paper, and without
coinage of silver there is no way to in
crease the circulation of small denomi-
nations except by the national banks
Gold coins are not intended for gener-
al circulation in any country, for they
are not adapted to it. The coins are too
large in denomination to accommodate.
the great bulk of domestic transactions,
which are small. Able statsticians
claim that the retail trade Of the United
States requires $500, 100000 and every
body knows that much the great
er number Of retail transactions
is under five dollars, and that they
require small bills or coins of one
dollar and under. The demand for
silver dollars, which Is in excess Of what
the government is able to supply, shows
that there is not that prejudice against
that kind Of coin which it is often assert
ed exists, and that the government has
been derelict in not providing every pos
Sible convenience that our home COM
merce requires. If the demand for silver
dollars continues, and they cannot be
obtained by swapping gold for them,
they are liable to go to a premium, which
would indeed, be huge joke on those
who have been stigma tizing them as
50-cent dollars. The silver bullion in the
possession Of the government, it has
often been charged, is burden, occupy
ing great space, and giving trouble in
its custody and care. Let the govern
same time accommodate the people.
The herald., 1897-10-10
Swiss Socialism

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 9.-Minis-
ter Leishman, in a dispatch to the State
Department, gives an account Of the
attempt that is being made to secure
government ownership of railways in
Switzerland. The general plan Of the
government is to purchase the railways
at twenty-five times the average net
earnings for the past ten years, provid-
ing this is not less than the actual cost.
The companies have the privilege of de-
Quoting surplus capital but must turn
over the roads in first-class condition. 1t
is on this point that the trouble will arise.
the government claiming that first-class
means practically new, while the roads
claim it means in good condition for
operating. The minister thinks the bill
will pass.