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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
ESSEX CASE DISMISSED.
$4,000 Damage Case Is Thrown Out
of Court.

Abba, Jan. 19.-(SpeciaD-Th case
OF Charles !. Essex against the Bur-
lington railroad company was dismiss
ed yesterday on motion of the plain.
tiff at the close of his testimony, and
after the defendant had moved the
court to direct verdict for it. Essex
sued the company, J. M. Harrison and
Eli Manning, of Charlton, for $4,000
for alleged false arrest, charging him
with placing distractions on the rail.
way track of the Burlington Essex
was acquitted of the charge and then
brought the suit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
WOULD NOT ACCEPT.
Citizens of Eldon Make Proposition to
Railroad Which Is Refused.

SitiLenS OF EiQon wake proposition to
Railroad Which Is Refused.
Eldon, Jan. 19.-(Special.)- AT the
meeting of the citizens committee and
officials of the St.Louis, Iowa & North
ern railroad Thursday evening the cit
izens' proposition was not accepted
by the railroad company, altho it is
said on good authority that at the
next meeting the proposition will be
changed and accepted. The PROPOSE
tion as made was that the township
would give a 5 per cent tax for the
division. The officials refused this
but wanted a 5 per cent tax, ten acres
of land and right of way thru Wash
ington township. This was refused
but the different parties to the con-
tract have made an agreement where
by the railroad company gets a per
cent tax and ten acres of land and FL
don gets the division point of the st.
Louis, Iowa & Northern railroad or
course there has to be joint meet
ing of the officials and committee be-
fore this is done in an official manner
but the above is the way the case
stands at present.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
STUDENTS CONFESS.
Ten Men Tell President MacLean How
1t Happened.

Iowa City, Jan. 19.-The following
ten members of the sophomore class
have confessed to President MacLean
that they had forcibly taken the fresh
man president from the city Monday
afternoon and detained him until after
the freshman banquet:
E. K. Brown, of Scion; J. s. Bulger,
of Des Moines; R.W. Cassidy, of Viii
ting; G. G. Foster, of Iowa City; D..
H. Fitzpatrick, of Fort Dodge; G. E..
Greene, of Greene; Henry McClain, of
Iowa City; S. H. McCrary, of Ireton;
Chas. Norman, of Van Meter; II. B.
Waters, of West Liberty.
The men confessed in order to save
their innocent classmates from con-
nection with the trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
REMLEY FILES DEMURRER.
Declares Examiners Cannot Be Com
PEELED to Recognize Osteopaths.

tSS''SN ~ 'hSSS5it6S SotSORdlIISs
Des Moines, Jan. 19.-Yesterday af-
ternoon in the case of C. L. Carson
versus the State Board of Medical
Examiners, an action to mandamus
the board to issue certificates of prac-
tice to the osteopaths of the state,
ex-State Attorney General Remley fl
ed a demurrer to plaintiffs petition.
The ground upon which Mr.. Remley
filed demurrer to plaintiffs petit
ton is that of Chapter 60 of the laws
of the Twenty-seventh general assem-
bly, is unconstitutional and void in
contravention of Section 6, Article l.,
of the state constitution He also de-
clares it to be class legislation, giving
privileges and immunities to certain
parties which are denied to others.
He also asserts that if even the board
was granted the authority to issue
certificates to the osteopaths, it could
not be required to issue authority 20
practice in violation of the criminal
laws of the state.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
WAS 1T PAT GROWER
Stranger Acts oueerIy at Agency
ottumwa Boy Fined.

Agency, Jan. PA few days ago
a man giving the name of Deerdock
came to Agency and repaired to the
livery stable of G. G. Cremer. He de.
sired to borrow So of Mr.. Dreamer and
said he would leave as security pony,
buggy and harness Mr.. Dreamer let
the man have the money and took the
outfit as security. A few days after
Mr.. Dreamer was in Ottumwa and saw
the man who repaid the loan, but did
not come after his buggy and harness
until Saturday. Agency people are
now wondering whether or not the
man was Pat Grove.
A crowd of young fellows from Of
tumwa came to Agency yesterday.
One of them, a young man named AL
let, rang the curfew bell, which is al
so used as a fire bell. Allet was plac-
ed under arrest and after depositing
81 with the mayor, was turned loose.
Rev. ]. w. Lambert, of Mt. Pleas
ant, has bought the Mrs. Mary Allen
property and expects to move here in
the spring.
Frank Monroe visited his aunt, Mrs.
VIM. Page, last week.
James Burbage has been confined
to his home during the past week on
account of sickness.
Prof r. e. Callister and the, Misses
g. Davies, Mamie Foster, Fannie Nye,
Hulda Cremer, Ida Kneen, Bertha
Larwood AMI Myrtle Reynolds attend
ed the teachers meeting at Batavia
Saturday.
The meeting closed at the Methodist
church Sunday night. Rev. A. E.
Thornley, was sick last week and was
not able to preach. Revs. J. B. Hill
and d. M. Lower carried on the work
for him.
Mrs. A. Verdow, who has been sick
for some time, is very low.
The grip is still raging in this COM
munity.
Peter Nelson was married Wednes-
day at Chillicothe. Mr.. and Mrs. Nell
son arrived mere on Thursday and ex-
pect to make this their future home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers furnished by
.owenberg & Co., real estate agents.
Ill South MARKET street.
NJ. M. Summers, ct al, to Mrs. w. H.
Heating. lot 29, Summers third addi,
ton to Ottumwa, s15S.
Nicholas Schwartz and wife to J. p.
Schwartz, 20. G. D. southwest quar-
ter northwest quarter section IS, 81,
IA, and part northwest quarter north.
west quarter section IS, II, IA, 81.
The National Starch Manufacturing
Co. to National Starch Co., lots 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6 and Z, Daggett e Harper's sub
outlot Is, and part outlot 16, City of
Ottumwa, (subject to mortgage), SIS.
900.
G. L. Bissell and wife to w. HI. Bis
sell, lots 10, IA, Is. 16, 81 and %, G.. L.
Bissell's addition Kirkville; also part
lot 8, fifth addition Kirkville, $1,000.
Daniel Bowen and wife to D. w.
Kirkendall, east half northeast quar-
ter section 80, and southeast quarter
southeast quarter section 30, II, 13.
$4,000.
John B. Sedore to T. J. Pitcher, east
IA acres south half southeast quarter
southeast quarter section "a, II, 10.
$500.
Edwin Manning and wife to Joseph
Dain Jr., lot 20, Manning's sublot "a.
block s, Blake's addition Ottumwa,
$500.
Jonathan Parks and F. II. Whitney
(by sheriff. to Jonathan Parks lot is,
original town of Kirkville, and lot 81,
|G. L. Bissell's addition KirkviIle,
$241.73.
G. c. Warden to E. Brown, part lot
$50, block 20, city of Ottumwa, $1,EOO.
A. E. Hammond and husband, J. A.,
to Vim. Byrum, lot 81, A. e. Ham
mond's second addition Ottumwa SITS.
VIM. Houston to d. J. Eshelman 10.
c. d., lot IL and part lot 16, all in block
g. Eldon, correction deed) 81.
d. j. Eshelman to Mary Eshelman,
lots z, 8 and 9, block 5, original town
of Eldon, also lot "a, NJ ]. Williams.
Glenwood park add, Ottumwa, 81, and
love and affection.
Harvey A. Shahan to AIDA M. Sha.
han, part of lot 6, Pickwick add. OF
tumwa, 81, and love and affection.
63aod fha To,,,aar Sno NJaxyr
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
out, and the flags will be sent forward
within a few days. The flags of the
Ninth and Fifteenth Iowa were select
cd
THREATENS TO MURDER WOMEN.
Letter Demands $4,000 on Penalty Of
Death to Two in Ohio.

Mount Gilead, O., Jan. 19.-Mary
Eccles, a widow who lives on
a farm two miles from
town, has notified the police that she
has received an anonymous letter, in
which she and her daughter are
threatened with death unless she give
the sender of the letter $4,000. The
letter was postmarked Mount Gilead.
Mrs. Eccles says she will not give a
cent. The letter says if the demand
was refused her stock would be pois-
oned and her residence burned. If
she still remained obdurate the MUIR
ders threatened would be committed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
IOWA FLAGS FOR GRANT TOMB.
Regimental Flags of the Ninth and
Fifteenth Regiments Selected.

Des Moines, Jan. 19.-AH the pre-
liminaries have been carried out
looking to the discharge of the law
passed by the last legislature author
izing the removal of two Iowa war
flags from the state capitol to the
tomb of General u. S. Grant, on tho
Hudson. The act provided for the Sc
lection of these flags in proper man
ner and that they should be forward
ed to General G. M. Dodge, and placed
by him at the commanders tomb. All
Of the preliminaries have been carried
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
PATCROW WAS HERE.
Seen on Market Street by a Col
ored Man january !.
NEGRO's STORY WAS CONFIRMED.
Slipped Thru Fingers of the ottumwa
officers-Thoueht He Spent Only
Short Time Here-PoIice Did Some
Hustling.

Pat Grove was in Ottumwa, there
is no doubt of it. Two weeks ago last
Tuesday evening, at about IL o'clock,
a colored man came running into the
police station and told Captain John
Gray he had seen Pat Grove down on
South Market street. By the time the
negro had gotten thru his story Mike
Morrissey, the dest sergeant, had turn
ed white, but Captain Gray, buckling
on another revolver, started down the
line and searched every place, but
found no trace of the noted fugitive.
CoIored Mans Story.
After he had made thoro examina-
ton of all the resorts in town Captain
Gray returned to the station and had
the colored man relate his story in
full. He said he had been in Jail at
st. Joseph, Mo-, with Pat Grove from
September until August, two years
ago, and that he escaped from the Jail
with Grove. He said he arrived in
Ottumwa on New Years day, riding
in here on freight train, and making
his way up town hung around several
places on Market street until about II
o'clock that night when he saw a man
come out of a certain saloon whom he
recognized as Pat Grove.
Chief Williams Investigates.
He Immediately gave the alarm, but
Of course the officers failed to find
their man, and Chief Williams, wish
ing to see if the negro's story was
true, wrote the officials of st. Joseph,
telling them of the occurrence, and
asking if the negro was in Jail at the
time he claimed, with Grove. The
answer came back that the story was
correct, and that Grove and the negro
had been in Jail ten months together,
both escaping at the same time, and
that the negro would be fully compe-
tent to identify Grove.
Police Make Close Search.
Chief Williams, on the receipt of
this information, called the attention
of all the officers to the facts, and
since that time they have been keep
ing a close watch on every person of
a suspicious character, but it is
thought now that Grove has left the
city. The officers are of the opinion
that the negro's story was correct and
that Grove was actually here, at the
time he claimed, and that he only
stopped here short time.
Courier Knew 1t.
A Courier representative learned of
the circumstances OF the negro telling
the occurrence the following day, but
after conference with Chief Will
liams and upon his request the matter
was withheld from the public for the
time being in order that the police Of
ficials could thoroly determine if
Grove was still in the city or not and
in case he was, that they should have
the proper opportunity to capture
him. Since it has been proven that
he has left the city, and the police
have stopped watching for him, it was
decided that the story should be told.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
GIRL SHOOTS AT PROFESSOR.
Self Sacrificing Companion Intervenss
and Receives Bullet in Breast.

Paris, Jan. 19.--At the College of
France this afternoon, young Rus
sian student, Vera Cello, tried to as
sassinate Professor Emile DeschaneI,
father Of the president of the cham
Der of deputies. The professor had
just concluded a lecture when the girl
fired revolved at him. Her friend,
another Russian student, noticing the
movement, interviewed, and received
the bullet in his chest. Vera was ar
rested and appears to be mentally de-
ranged. She said Deschanel slaun-
dered her.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
Go UP in smoe.

Washington, Jan. 19.-More than
$4,000 pension claims in the Office of
Milo B. Stevens & Co. were destroy
ed by fire last night. Many papers
were to be used in evidence in at
tempting to secure favorable action by
the pension Office on claims, and cam
not be replaced. In addition there
were destroyed thousands of claims
pending before the treasury depart
ment and the patent Office.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Opinions in Five Cases Handed Down
Down Yesterday.

Des Moines, Jan. 1S.-The state SUI
preme court handed down number
of opinions yesterday. They follow:
Evans, appellant, VS.. Hughes; Mar.
shall district. Affirmed.
Beverly, appellant, VS.. Northern Life
Association; Marshall district. At
firmed.
Holman, appellant, VS.. Hodges,
Woodbury. district. Affirmed.
Schoening VS.. Schwenk, Scott dis
trict. Affirmed.
Robertson & Stetson Co. VS.. Angelo
California Bank, appellant, Woodbury.
district. Reversed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
BOARDED LINCOLN.
Deceased Fairfield Woman Stayed at
Hotel With Emancipator.

Colorado Springs, Col, Jan. 10. - A
private telegram to daughter,
Mrs. A. M. Reynolds, an.
nounces the death at her home in
Fairfield, Iowa, Of Mrs. Nancy C..
Prewitt, at "A years of age. Mrs.
Prewitt was a daughter of James Rut-
ledge, the postmaster and tavernkeep-
er, of Salem, Ill, with whom Abraham
Lincoln boarded from 1881 to 1885. An
older sister, Ann Rutledge, was engag-
ed to marry Lincoln at her death in
August, 1885. Mrs. Prewitt was the
mother of the Rev. A. M. Prewitt OF
the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
Stomach Troubles Cured.

Tabers Pepsin Compound makes
weak stomachs strong, enriches the
blood, builds up nerve tissues, gives
one new appetite and makes one take
a healthy, wholesome interest in life's
pleasures. You will be surprised and
delighted after taking one bottle. All
druggists sell it or sample bottle will
be mailed free. Write DR.. Taber Mfg.
Co., Peoria, Ill.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
Weekly Bank Statement.

New York, Jan. 19.-The bank state
ment is as follows: Loans increased,
$22,S41 900; deposits increased, $780,
351 900; total reserved increased, 3d.
971 300; surplus reserve increase, $4,-
.S5S,550.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22

was also captured. and it is this which
was sent to Mr.. Schaffer.
Mr.. Snyder stated in his letter that
his troop expected to start for the
United States in q few weeks after
writing the letter, November I'D
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HAS A FILIPINO FLAG.
Unique Relic Sent to J. M. schaffer
by Former Ottumwan,

" EVIHICI 0IIUITWdIIs
J. M. Schaffer, of South Ottumwa,
is the possessor of a Filipino flag,
sent him from the seat of war by
John Snyder, formerly a South OF
tumwa boy and now member of
Troop M, Eleventh United States
cavalry. Mr.. Snyder wrote a short
note at the time he sent the flag,
telling in part the history of the piece
OF cloth. He says that ten of the
members of the troop, himself among
the number, defeated a band Of TWEEN
ty natives, headed by their colonel,
and drove them out of their quarters
ii; the mountains. Two of the Fill
pinos were killed, and their mausers
and ammunition takan- THEM flag
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
MAKE cHURNs.
Abba People Organize Company for
That Purpose.

Abba, Jan. 19.-(special)-A com.
pany of citizens of this place has been
and will engage in the man
ufacture of churns. The patent of A.
G. Kramer has been purchased and
the company will commence opera.
tons as soon as the plant can be built.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
ESCAPE IN NIGHT CLOTHES.
Guests in Burning Hotel Have a Close
Shave.

Little Falls, Mimi, Jan. 19.-The
Hotel Buchanan burned this morning.
The loss is $4,000. The guests escap.
ed in their night clothes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22

Read the Courier for News.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22

Sioux City.
There now seems to be little doubt
that Frank H. Peyton, who has been
three months, told a fairy story when
he confessed to having been implicat-
Ell in the murder of John E. Robson
in this city on the night of Dec. 30,
1899. Y. M. G. A. officials at Mobile,
Ala, have just identified photographs
of Peyton as the man who worked
for them as janitor for several days
after Christmas in 1899. including
Zee. 20. Peyton emphatically denies
knowing anything about the murder.
altho he does not explain the confess
sions he made. 1t is expected he want
ed to get out of the clutches of the
ST. Louis officers, figuring it would be
easier to secure his liberty in Sioux
City, where he would be under DUR
ance on false charge. Few people
/ ere believe he had anything to do
with the killing of Robson.
clarinda.
The K. G w. depot at this place was
totally destroyed by fire at O'CLOCK
Saturday morning. 1t was fully in
cured. The cause of the fire is un.
known.
Dubuque.
The following letter is self-explana-
tory:
Dubuque, Ia, Jan. IS, 1901.
Hon. G. Fl. Berg, Mayor of Dubuque.
Dear Sir: Having notified Hon.
Andrew Carnegie, the generous donor
Of $4,000 for our library building, Of
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-22
ottumwa Firm Notified.

The lodging house keeper, R. E.
Hopper, under date of January 16,
1901, wrote postal card to SHERMAN
Bros, in which he said the following:
"a stranger here dead and embalm-
ed; supposed to be named Cook. A
low, heavy set man; left eye seemed
to be out or blind; heavy dark mus
tache, thick, dark hair. Any instruc-
lions as to what to do? Will wait to
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Cedar Rapids.
1t is rumored in railroad circles that
negotiations are now in progress,
which if carried to successful issue,
will mean great deal to Cedar Rap
ids. And what is more it is reported
on good authority that the negotia-
lions will be carried to a successful
termination, and that large territory
will be opened up to Cedar Rapids
wholesalers and jobbers, adding great
ly to the Importance of the city. The
rumor has it that negotiations are in
progress looking toward the operation
of the Clinton branch of the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern rail-
way in connection with the Indiana,
Illinois & Iowa railroad.
Fl. Madison.
What came near being very Sc
rious accident and which resulted in
injuries to several people, occurred at
the penitentiary Friday afternoon.
]. A. Flanagan, the superintendent of
the workings of the chair factory, was
going to the second floor of the shops
on an elevator. He had with him
several convicts who were taking a
barrel of white paint to the second
floor also. When the second floor
was reached an attempt was made to
catch the elevator, as usual, but the
rope which held it to the pulleys broke
and the men all fell with the elevator
to the basement, or down two stories.
The paint barrel was broken and the
men were covered with the DUST. Mr..
Flanagan had bad fracture to his
arm and one of the convicts was some
what injured, having had an arm
broken so that it will always be use
less, and also having several bones
broken in his foot. Warden Jones re-
fused to state the mans injuries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
POSITIVE NEWS
OF MISS STONE
She Is on the Bulgarian
Frontier in Custody
of Brigands.
Authorities at Washington
Expect That She Will
Soon Be Free.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CALL BUREAU, 14o6 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON, Nov 1.-THE liber-
alton of Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the captive
American missionary, seems at last on
the verge of accomplishment The report
this morning Of the death of Miss Stone
aroused the most painful apprehension on
the part of the officials of the State De-
partment This has been dissipated and
distinct feeling Of optimism is expressed
tonight as the result of authoritative in
formation establishing conclusively that
the report is absolutely without founda-
ton. Consul General Dickinson cabled to
Secretary Hay that Miss Stone is not only
living and well but he has positively To-
Gated her. She is on Bulgarian territory
and is still held by her abductors. The
energetic protests made by Dickinson TO
the authorities at Sofia have resulted in
the abandonment of their intention to
dispatch force of troops TO destroy the
brigands and rescue Miss Stone. They
now propose to take no action until after
the woman has been released The de-
partment officials declined to state their
reasons for encouraging the differences
they draw from Dickinson's message in
relation to Miss Stones early release, but
one went so far as to intimate that by
tomorrow morning definite news would
De received. 1t is admitted, however, that
the brigands have not yet modified their
original demand for $110 900. 1t has been
represented to them that it is impossible
Depart
ment does not propose to permit its agents
TO dicker with the outlaws. While nat
urally anxious to secure the release of
Miss Stone for the smallest sum possible,
the department recognizes the fact that
the charitable people of the country con-
tributed 900 for the definite purpose Of
efecting the liberation Of the American
missionary and they are prepared to hand
over this sum If it be demanded.
The authorities decline to divulge the
exact location of Miss Stone 1t is near
the frontier, so that in case the Bulgarian
troops should march in the direction of
their present refuge the outlaws can cas-
lily retire into Turkish territory. Officials
Of the department say the fact that the
outlaws have permitted the American
Consul General to learn their exact
whereabouts shows they place confidence
in him, and this in itself is a point gained.
1t is possible that the transfer of Miss
Stone to the agents of the missionaries
and Consul General Dickinson may take
place at the point where she now is.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-15
t'MOBILES To RUN
TO THE YOSEMITE
Line Of Passenger Vehi-
cles to Replace Old
Stages.
San Franciscans Can Make
the Trip in Twenty
Four Hours.
Special Dispatch to The cau.

YOSEMITE, Nov. 14-Automobiles are
10 invade the Yosemite. c. w. Anderson
and John B. Walker, representing the
American Mobile Company of New York
and Chicago, arrived here yesterday.
They say that there is no reason why the
automobile cannot be put into practical
use upon the easy grade of the wawona
route leading into the valley In a few
days Anderson will illustrate this bv run
ming an eight-passenger automobile into
the valley. 1t is TO be shipped to Raw
mond. and he expects to make the Jour
ney IN ten hours-a distance of sixty-eisht
mountain miles
ms demonstration, if successful will
mean that twelve eight-passenger auto
noolIes VIII be put on the WawOna route
ana run over the road, touching at the
harlpoSa Grove Of big trees and arriving
IN the yosemite in about ten hours
passengers leaving San Francisco at 3
p m VIII reach the Yosemite at o. m
tne 1oloWc-g day, and leaving Yosemite
~ a m, VIII arrive in San Francisco
az 90 a m. the following morning This
Wal De the quickest time that has ever
Deeh mace IN and out of the valley.
A II. Washburn. superintendent of the
yosemite stage and turnpike line. will
leaNe IN three weeks for New York to
purchase the automobile, and by April
Ohey viii be in running order and ready
10 take tourists into the valley.