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SENTENCED TO DEATH

In the Court of Oyer and Terminer
Saturday, Judge Arnold sentenced Henry
Ivory and Charles Perry, two negroes, to
death, they having been convicted OF
murder in the first degree in connection
with the killing of Prof. Roy White, OF
the University of Pennsylvania. Prof.
White was murdered and robbed on the
night of May 27. Ivory, Perry and Amos
Stirling were arrested charged with the
crime. Ivory and Perry made confess.
ions, charging Stirling with the murder,
Stirling is under arrest, but has moi
yet been tried. Ivory was at one time an
inmate of the Ferris Industrial school at
Wilmington.
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VALUE OF A SMILE

Who can tell? Like the sunshine it is
hard to estimate the value, for though ii
costs the giver nothing, it very likely
means all the difference to the recipient
between black despair and cheerfulness
and hope. A kind smile is beyond price
to the erring but relenting, and cheers
them to struggle back to the path OF
right and duty, from which they have
diverged in pursuit of pleasure and folly,
while to the sorrowful, the desolate and
the forsaken it has the happiest effect,
,dissipating the thick clouds and fog
which sometimes entirely obscures fair
landscape. A smile is token Of warmth
within; it shows the kind heart OF a
friend, the affectionate brother, the low
ing child or the happy husband. 1t adds
charm to the plainest face, it enhances
the beauty of the most well-fayored, and
it makes the gentle, gracious woman ap-
pear veritable angel in the eyes Of him
who loves her.
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Cultivation A Substitute For Water

Cultivation A Substitute For Water
The hot, dry spring of this year has
shown the capacity of plants and their
needs in remarkable way. Last fall 1
planted some raspberries in the garden,
all in single rows across it to keep them
from running into mat. Most of them
were in part of the large inclosure that
had been sown to wheat and seeded, but
few were set in the carefully cultivated
part.
July 4, when the big shower raised the
drouth for the time being, the berry
bushes in the wheat, more than half a
dozen varieties of red, black and long
blackberries, were about ready to die
The leaves were curling up and the fruit
was mostly gone. The rows in the cult
waited part were all doing quite well, and
would have stood the drouth some time
yet. The plants had been mostly too
small to bear, so that not much observa-
ton could be made as to fruit. Hoeing
is the best substitute for water.-John
Chamberlain in NeW England Homestead.
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A Wonderful Cure.

Howard, Pa, June II, 1900.
To U. S. Army and Navy Tablet Co.,
No. II East 18th St, N. Y.
Sirs-I again write to you and you
can make any use of this letter that you
choose. 1 wrote you some time ago that
my wife was a great sufferer from her
stomach and that your Tablets were
doing her very much good. ! want to
tell you now that my wife appears to
be entirely cured after taking your Tab
lets less than months at an expense
to me of not over $500 whereas l have
in the last IS years spent several hun
dred dollars for doctors and medicines
which did not do her any good. en-
close you 81. 90 for which kindly send
me Tablets. They are not for myself,
my wife not requiring any more; they
are for friends of mine.
WILLIAM r. HOPKINS.
For sale at all Druggists or sent post
paid for 25 cts.
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While There Is Life rhsrs 7. H..

1 was afflicted with catarrh; could
neither taste nor smell and could bea,
but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it.
Marcus G. shantz, Railway, N. J.
The Balm reached me safely and the
effect is surprising. My son saws the frs,
application gave decided relief. Respect.
fully, Mrs. Franklin Freeman, Dover,
N. H.
The Balm does not irritate or ea,se
sneezing. Sold by druggists at so cts q
mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren q
New York.
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:. Avenger of Seven. =.
BY MABEL II. ROBINS.

umph it would be for her to wing such
GOV old boy as you, Curtis. By Jove, 'he
added, kindling with new idea, ''why
don't YOU couch lance for your devas-
tated sex? Go in, make the widow love
you, and then be so sorry that you could
have done anything to have aroused such
hopes. Be the Avenger Of the Seven
Return from that rock where the hearts
of your brethren have been mangled to
make widows holiday, victor. Who
knows? This is leap year, and she may
lead you to the rock to propose to you
Oh, what heavenly poetic justice lies
here unrolled. 1t is too good ever to be
true. But you can easily get her to lead
YOU there with the idea that you are ripe
for proposing, and then, think Of us others,
and-don't!
sIt sounds like an extension of Punch's
advice to young people about to marry"
said Curtis. "But you don't seem to
consider the awful danger 1 would be
exposed to by embarking on this lauda-
tory scheme of brotherly vengeance.
What if my life's happiness is wrecked
forever on that fatal rock y
"Oh, you can shy of, if you think you
are really getting hit" flung back Ken
nedy impatiently, "Besides-we recover,
There have been no corpses found on the
beach this season, and there have been
only two sudden masculine departures.
have almost rallied to the point of being
grateful to her. Of course, Pm not quite
there, or l shouldn't be urging you to
avenge us. But think what fine lesson
It will be for the widow lady, even look
ng at the matter from the standpoint of
pure philanthropy. Go in and try it
nyhow :"
Chow forgetful of your past, or how
Indifferent to my futureW laughed Curtis
II may fall madly in love, and be more
romptly rejected than any Of you. But
ne thing is sure. am eager to meet
bis Lady of the Rock. Lead me to her,
I'D promise you that if she does fall
love with me, I'll not try to break the
ii one little Bit
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last, he said hotly: "Clarice, 1 love you.
You shall marry me-"

last, he said hotly: "Clarice, love you.
You shall marry me-"
"Dear Kennedy:
"You are asleep, SO I leave this on
your table where you will get it early in
the morning. As an 'avenger' / am a
ghastly fizzle. have been to the rock
When we left it, we were headed for the
alter, which we hope to reach early this
autumn, as we both hate long engage
ment. Don't be sore with me, old man,
I am loaded with gratitude to you. If
you hadn't got me up here I might never
have met her! Of course, want you to
be best man. There is one thing the
seven can be proud of, and that is, un-
questionable taste. Poor Clarice She
did not realize what it meant to you, for
then she had never been in -. But
l mustn't talk about Mrs Gilbert Curtis
that is to be, or I.would write too much.
"Yours, Curtis"
"P. s.-She says I did it worse than
any of you !"
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Farm and Dairy.
VIII n Erecting Fences

The smaller field the more material
for fencing ' Ill be required, and the
nearer the 50 are form the cheaper the
cost of enclos ng the field. Fences are
heavy taxes 0 the farmer and should be
avoided if p ssible; but if fences are
made it will be cheaper to have them OF
the best materials.
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A Good Practice

The practice of turning COWS on young
rye late in the fall is a good one, but
when the ground is very wet damage
may result. Grazing the rye causes 1t to
stool and the young rye provides late
green food, but while the rye field may
be used for cows in the fall they should
not be turned on too early in spring. 1t
does not do so much harm for COWS to
change from grass to rye as it does from
dry food in the spring to the young rye,
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ALORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets ise Drss -
day night OF each month in Hose HOUSE,
THE CHURCHE

THE CHURCHES.
Bethesda M. e. Church.-ReV. \; " vi OoI at
well, Pastor. Preaching every sapDaSSnh Sahoo
1850 q. M, and T.30 p. m. SaDpaIn. SomG; ar;n
every Sabbath at p. m. NIB Burrls T,,
tendent. Prayer meeting, every 1Enwortf
League and Epworth Cadets every Mi!
Friday night at 7o'clock- Young Laules a.. .ora ae
sion Circle, Monday nights at FaIsoiaas 9 =,
Women's Foreign Missionary Socletyt yn,,e. m,o
Friday night of each month. women 80 Lh1irN ~
Missionary Society, first THURSDAY nigmsd ~ n 7
night Of each month. Official Board meet5Ha > y
1rst Friday afternoon of each month a' A'''
o'clock.
Forest Presbyterian Church.-Rev. r. hoth u
Moore Pastor. Services held every SappatiL
morning at 1880 O'Clock, and every SaDpaIIdd M paId
evening at 7.30. Sabbath School VIII ,inoS pe IL
every Sabbath morning at 30 oGIooH l'aat
II. @. Ellison, Superintendent. Prayer nIeeS peo
ing every Wednesday evening. Young 1, I 20
pel's Society Christian Endeavor meets W. s;9 ,
hunday evening at 645 O'CLOCK. IunloL ~ ~
ciety Christian Endeavor every SUNDAY ai'e'
noon at s O'Clock.
ct. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Churcn.n
Rev. VIM. J. Wilkie, Rector. Holy CONN ~ u y,
Ion on the first Sunday in the month az iI-S' ri
q. m. On all other Sundays at 73O a. III ~ -
vine services every Sunday at 10Y a. m, IAN. an.
eo A[ks=aixse Prayer and LitanY every
Wednesday and Friday at $50 a. m ESem oIii
ing Prayer on Wednesdays at 7;SO p. III AN an.
on Friday at $3.50 p. m. On all hoy Day' I
service at $50 q. m, Sunday Schoo az 7aT Tad q
m. Adult Bible Glass at 7.45 p. m on Weu
nesdays. The Guild meets every THURSDAY d d
2p.m., the Junior Auxiliary On SATURDAY ~ a, q
8p. m. and the Woman's AUXILIARY on w
second Friday of each month at 2.So P. III.
Services at Armstrong; Chapel the mrs
Sabbath Of each month at 3 p m.
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IDaily. sDaily except caniay.

Daily. Daily except G1niay. *Leaves
Tuesdays and saturdays only.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or tNke passengers for
points south OF Delmar.
''f' Stops only on notice to ccaductor or ageI t.,
''i'' Stops to leave passengers from Mid le-
town and points south.
"p" Stops to leave passer gers from poiJ ts
south of Delmar, or Ia ke phssengeIa for y il
m ing and points north.
NEW CAsTLE ACCOMMODATIONS TRAINS Lesve
Wilmington l3 a. m, BOB, 80 fsad 65S pm
week days. Leave New Caste S. u, 9.53, lI.0l
q. m, 6.38 p. m. week DAYS.
Express trains leaving Harrington BIO a. IN.
and arriving at 6.46 p. M, week days, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
ELAwARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. r.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations l0Se "a III $50 p m week days. Return
ing train leaves Franklin City s 10 a. N. and
Leave franklin City for ChiEcoteague (via
steamer) i.3S p. m. week days Returning,
| leave Chincoteague 4.52 a. m, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, Lewes
and Rehoboth at lO3S m, s. o pm, week.,
| days Returning, leave Rehobuth 623 an.
| and 2.5l p. m, weekdays; - q IA ~5fondays
only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 10 SS a. M and
| $50 p. m. week days. Returning, leave Berlin
556 a m and 25S p. m. week days
QUEEN ANNE & KENT p. R-Leave Townsend
| for Centreville and way stations q a. M and
| sol p. m, week days Returning leave Centre
vile Isl g. M. and 2.45 p. M, weekdays.
DELAWARE CHESAPEAKE K. R.-Leave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations 3.3s a.. M, and
| SIS p. M, week days Returning, leave Oxford
100 a. M. and 81 p. M, week-days
CAMBRIDGE & SEAEORp r. k.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations H. II a.
| m. and 7.2S p. M weekdays Returning, leave
Cambridge 200 m. and 23O p. m. weekdays
CoENECTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
| Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At Clayton
with Delaware Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore Delaware Bay railroad At Har :
| rington, with Delaware Maryland Il Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge 4 Seaford
| Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, PhiIa-
delphis & Norfolk. Wicomico & PocomOke. and
Peninsula Railroads.
]. B. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
]. X. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
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= EeysSs ORDER.
sIsTER's OFFICE,
NRw CASTLE COUNTY, DEL;


AIsTER's OFFICE,
fNRw Castle COUNTY, DEL.
April 25th, 1900. :
Upon the application of ChnstoPher ID =,
VapdeQrift, Executor OF Lydia Smith, late
Of al. Georges Hundred, in said county,
deceased. it is ordered and directed Dy
the Register that the Executor atore-
said give notice of granting OF LetIers
Testamentary upon the estate q tLle
deceased with the date OF fgrantng Ihefeol :eSo
by causing advertisements to be posted Will ~
in forty days from the date OF such Letters N N
six Of the most public places OF the County Oh
New Castle. recurring all persons having de-
mands against the estate to present the sau
or abide by an act of Assembly in such case
made and provided; and also cause the same
to be inserted within the same period IN the
Middletown TRANSCRIPT, newspaper pun
Iished in Middletown, DEL, and to be con-
SAA-AS- Given under the hand and
seal of Office of the Register
aforesaid, at Wilmington N
SEAL New Castle County aforesaid,
the day and IS SGyTs ysarS3oRRe ReSistsr %FlsTeh
NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given that Let
ters Testamentary were in due form OF
law granted unto the undersigned, on the
twenty-1ifth day of April A. D. 1900. and
that all persons having claims against the
estate Of the deceased must present the same,
duIy attested. to the said Executor, on
or before the tWenty-ffth day of April,
1901. or abide the Act of Assembly in Slch
case made and provided.
CHRISTOPHER ]. VANDEGRIFT,
Address Executor.
Port Penn, Delaware.
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4 Perfect Newspaper.

To publish ALL THE NEWS promptly
and succinctly and in the most readable
form, without elision or partisan bias; TO
discuss its significance with frankness. to
keep AN OPEN EYE FOR PUBLIC
ABUSES. to give besides complete record
of current thought, faneies and discoveries
in all departments ofhumane activity In
its DAILY EDITIONS of from 10 10 "A
PAGES, and to provide the whole for its
patrons at the nominal price Of ONECEN
that was from the outset, and will con-
tinue to be the aim of "THE RECORD"
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sECRET sOCIETIEs.

Mlddletown Council, No. 2 Jr. Q. y; A. oa;ep,s ~:
Meets every Monday night in Mc"h :
Hall at s O'clock.
Union Lodge, No. s, A. r. & A. NJ. Meets
nrst Tuesday OF each month in Town nAll
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 9, 1; =. =, ctar,: : :
Meets every Thursday night In NC" hoi 70 :
Hail at 8 O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. Il, <. Of P. Meets every y y
wednesday night in McWhorUers N"'- -
So'clock.
Welcome ConcIaye Heptasophs, MeetS
every second and fourth Friday nlgn' LII -
Of P, Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. o: w meets eyer eIjs
2d and 4th Tuesday night In McW
Hall
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THE USE OF GREEN-cUT BONE

l have used green bone for six or seven
years and believe that there is nothing
that will take the place of it. If fed too
heavily to young chicks that are to be
used for breeders it will produce an extra
growth of comb. For brooder work it has
property that makes it a peculiar factor
j. e. as an exerciser. All who raise chicks
in a brooder house or in confinement
know that care is necessary to give them
the exercise they must have to keep them
on their legs. A little finely ground bone
thrown among them produces race that
lasts for Is minutes and as a result they
have their green bone and good bit of
exercise besides.
Ground bone tones up laying hens as
cannot be done by grain and sustains the
egg yield through cold spells Certainly
it is not absolutely necessary to feed
green bone to obtain good results, but
the quickest possible growth and largest
amount of eggs are obtained through its
use. For laying hens feed sparingly three
times week only what they will clean
up quickly. Feed daily to growing chicks
about one-half what they would eat if
allowed to have all they wanted
Arthur G. Duston, in American Agricm-
turist.
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Peoples National Bank. II, y; "
w. G.. lockwood. Bank Building on Eass
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-Presiden JoseRFn p
Biggs; Cashier, John 8. Crouch; Ielier, S r,o =
Davis. Bank Building on Soutn Dl'~O
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.The~
Philadelphia
Record

after career Of over twenty years OF unin-
terrupted growth is justified in claiming
that the standard first established by It's
founders is the one true test OF
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The Pioneer

one-cent morning newspaper In the
limited States, 1.-The Record" still LEADS
WHERE OTHERS FOLLOW.
Witness its unrivaled average daily cir
culation, exceeding ls5,000 copies, End an
average exceeding l45, 900 copies for its SUM-
day editions, while limitations of its plan
of publication in every important city OF
the country testify to the truth OF the
assertion that in the quantity and quality
of its contents, and III the price az which 1t
is sold s.The Record" has established the
standard by which excellence in journ.
alism must be measured.
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Iardanier Stands.
Hall Stands, Hanging Hat
IL Racks.
Easles in Bamboo, Oak and
IL White.
M irrors for MantelS and
Iva Parlors.
Ebony and Oak Book
- Racks.
Dugs in all sizes Of Smyrna
N and goat skin.
tands-Card, Umbrella and
~ Parlo1.
nttomans and small articles
~ for ornamentation.
New Novelties in Furniture.
Window Shades. Carpets by
sample. sam
The above articles, and many
more at
j. III. EMERSON'S.
Middletown, Delaware.
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rliddletown Directory.
MUNICTPAL oFFICERs.
BANKS.

NJ 4 4S7Hz II =. = a. -
President, q. w. w. Naudain; Secretary
George g. Rowe; Charles H. Howell, VIM. N
Cochran, David I. Allen.
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The best time to transplant blackberry
and raspberry bushes is in early Spring,
although it can be successfully done in
the Fall if set deep and we'll banked or
mulched.
Stock of all kinds needs outdoor exer-
else, especially in winter, when the
blood becomes thickened. The animals
should be turned out every pleasant day.
The change does them good. The lungs
are inflated and the circulation kept brisk
and healthy. The card and brush, with
plenty of fresh air, good, wholesome food
and proper attention, will insure against
tuberculosis or any other disease.
The question of the spontaneous COM
bustion of hay has recently been inves-
tigated by one of the officials of the
Weather Bureau, who states that fermen-
tation within moist hay may raise the
temperature to 3z4o F., at which tenn
perature clover hay will ignite. The best
preventive to spontaneous combustion is
rapid and complete ventilation bv
which the oxidization and fermenting
substances are kept cooled down below
the point of ignition.
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CingIe
otandard

only is possible, whether as a test OF ex-
cellence in journalism, or for the measure
ment Of quantities, time or values; and
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The Sunday Edition

at &c. per copy or SIyOO per year, together
with the Daily, will give its readers the
best and freshest information of all that is
going on in the world every day in the
year, including holidays, will be sent for
$4O0a year or 35 cents per month.
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Dime Gable.
PlIa., Win. and Baltimore R. R.
DELAWARE DIVISION
SOUTHWARK.

On and after October l, 1900, train
will leave as follows:
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SPECIAL Inducements 20 RAISFRS
OF LARGER CLUBS.
AEWrite for Particulars on This Point.
Club Agents Want Everwhere.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-04-06
The Band at Sheridan.

The brass band from the Indian
school arrived Sunday, and although
it was very windy, the attendance was
quite large. The fences were lined
with teams.
After lunch very interesting game
of ball was played between a picked
nine of whites and the Indians, which
resulted in the defeat of the Indians.
The score was 16 to 10.
After the ball game there was a foot
race, free for all. Walter Monroe of
Markleeville won first prize and one of
the band boys got away with the
second money.
Then there was some horse racing,
but we have not heard the result.
Markleeville was well represented
and the California boys promised to
come down in the near future and play
the Sheridan boys.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-04-06
County Commissioners.

The Board of Commissioners met III
regular session last Monday, Chairman
Rodenbah and Commissioners Fettic
and Johnson, District Attorney Turner
and Clerk Blossom, present.
Claims against the county were ex.
amined and allowed.
Dick Bartels was appointed road
overseer for the Mountain House road.
A petition presented by citizens OF
Gardnerville, to open a direct road
from Thos. Brownies residence to the
school house, was laid over until next
meeting.
A reward of $500 was offered for the
capture of Joe Pete, dead or alive.
The county advertising for the re.
mainder of this year was given to the
Record at 20 cents a square. The
COURIER put in bid to do the adver.
Using for one dollar square. The
Record will have to give bond in the
sum of $500 for the faithful and correct
fultillmeut of the contract.
@. w. Dake was appointed Public
Administrator and Coroner and imme-
diately filed his bond in the sum of $500
with J. r. Johnson and T. N. Hansen
as sureties.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-04-06
School Reports.

Honor Roll of East Fork district for
the month of March:
We're Robishaw, Ralph Springmeyer,
Carl Springmeyer, Frank Settelmeir,
Willie Jacobson, Clarence Hussman,
George Dangberg, Clara Frantzen,
Esther Frantzen, Freddie Frantzen,
Harry Groth.
HARRIET CUSHING, Teacher.
Roll of Honor of the Diamond Valley
school for the month ending March 80:
May Ellis, Laura Chalmers, Aggie
Harvey, Mabel Monroe, Henry Mon
roe, Nettie Spiegel, Nora Sullivan,
George Small, Joe Small, John Max
well, Ivy Trimmer, Ora Maxwell, Earl
Hawkins, Arnot Hawkins, Terrence
Fields, Alta Fields, Harry Hilderbrant,
Grant Merrill, Bernice Merrill.
MRS. B. H. SCOTT, Teacher.
Roll of Honor of Central district for
March:
Chris Christensen, Arthur Nelson,
Louisa Christensen, Ernest Schroeder,
Henry Schroeder.
MARY E. LLOYD, Teacher.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-04-06

The ACCESSIBILITY and public necessity
for the building of storage reservoirs
to save the millions of dollars, now an
nually going to waste in the form of
water, should be impressed upon the
attention of Congress by all the infiu-
ence and argument that can be brought
to bear now, and constantly until some
thing is accomplished along this line.
No representative should be sent to
the House or the Senate from a west
ern State who is not pledged to sup
port this measure for boundless west
ern development.