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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-17

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-17

A new kind of cruelty has been
found in Nebraska. A farmer
hitched his wife to plow and when
she Jagged behind the horses, fogged
her with rope. She escaped to a
neighbor's with her six-months old
baby. She was persuaded to return
when her husband promised not to
mistreat her again, but when she
reached home her husband knocked
her down and choked her baby. He
has been arrested and deserves to
spend the remainder of his life In the
pen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-17

On last Friday afternoon a small
stable in the rear of r Noes resi-
dence just across the street from
Geo. Thatcher,s, was burned down,
presumably set on fire by some boys
who were seen playing about the
stable inst hefOrf the fire
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-17

Edward Crocker, of the Great
Bend Furniture Co., has returned
from attending a meeting of the
Kansas Funeral Directors Associa-
ton, at Leavenworth. He took the
final examination and passed success
fully as licensed funeral director.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-17

Charley Armstrong of Anthony,
spent few days in this city visiting
old friends and,-friends. He atten-
ded the national editorial association
meeting at Omaha last week. His
cousin, Miss Hazel Marsh, will ac-
company him to Anthony this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-21

taxation the homesteads of Union SOL
diers and sailors and their wives.
By Miller-An act to protect the lives
Of coal miners by daily examination Of
mining shafts.
By WulfekuhIer-An act requiring a
stamp upon all articles made in the
state penitentiary. Industrial schools and
reformatory.
BY Senator CALDWELL Sunday the
alter bill, prohibiting Sunday perform
ances. It provides for a fine Of SO to
$4,000 and imprisonment for not over
60 days. Under this bill, if passed, Sun
day theater ordinances win be valid.
BY Coddington-A bill providing fol
county boards of examiners to examine
school teachers.
By Coddington-A bill requiring hotels
equipped with knotted rope fire
ESCAPE.
By Allen-An act making nonresident
Insurance companies liable TO suit in
this state on contested policies.
BY Allen-An act prohibiting the
maintaining of quarantine yards within
one mile of stockyards where native
cattle are kept.
By Vincent-An act creating a board
to examine auctfoneers and fixing rates
BY Allen-An act setting the time in
which actions in civil procedure may bs
commenced
By Allen-An act for the appointment
Of an attorney for the defendant in de-
fault divorce cases.
By Tapp-An act providing for the
appointment Of stenographers for coun-
ty attorneys.
By Carpenter-An act recurring ex.
press companies to make free deliveries
10 all points within one and One-hal If
miles of any office.
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EFFORT AT COMPROMISE
Continued from First Page.l


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gan to arrive in the city this morning
and some of them stated that they mad
come in response to kilograms from
Speaker Sanford The suppOSitiOn is
that they have been called to be in
readiness to take seats should the house
decide on general unseatlng OF the
Democratic members Unless the con-
ference arranged by the governor to
bring about a settlement between the
Republicans and Democrats in the
senate agrees, the joint legislative con-
VentlOn 10 elect a United States senator
viii have two bodies claiming recog-
milton and how it will end no one can
tell.
Three Republican senator's. Drake
ComfOrth and Wood, have deserted the
body over which Lieutenant Governor
Haggott presides, leaving only six reg
ularly elected Republican senators in
that organization. Comforth and Wood
1t is said, have signed a pledge not to
vote for Wolcott for senator. Governor
Peabody has not yet recognized the
Eaggott senate When asked to do so
he replied:
There is nothing before me at this
time TO consider; when the proper time
comes L viii consult constitutional at
toraeys and then determine which SEN
ate body 1 shall recognize under the
law"
The Democratic senator's held possess
sion of the senate chamber all night,
sleeping on cots. They have held prac-
tically a continuous session since 10
o'clock Monday morning.
Ladders and ropes were found this
morning in ante-rooms Of the house
gallery Who placed them there is not
known, but it is presumed the purpose
was TO afford means for the Demo-
cratic senator's to enter the house
chamber if an effort should be made to
exclude them from the j2int session.
The ropes and ladders werS removed.
The Democratic senators adjourned
Tuesdays session at 10 O'Clock and to-
days session Immediately convened.
No Republican senators were present.
/ The emergency appropriation bill carry
ing 5000 for salaries was passed I'M
animously on third reading and sent
to the house for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether the latter will recOg-
4 nize the Democratic senate. The house
/ secretary declined to receive the APP
preparation bill. thus refusing recog-
milton to the Democratic senate.
! The house transacted no business
/ but on motion of Dolph of Colorado
i Springs, adjourned until . O'Clock on
Friday.
All members except one Democrat
voted for the motion to adjourn.
No joint session to vote for senator
/ will be held today.
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STOP SUNDAY TBEATERs.
Bill to That Effect introduced in the
Senate.

Lieutenant Governor Hanna is get
ting work done in the senate About
eighty bills which had been presented
at various sessions were placed on see
ond reading this morning and were re-
ferred to proper committees AS re-
lief from the strenuous two cours passed
this morning the members voted TO ad-
journ until tomorrow at 10 a. m.
Besides finishing up the coal famine
Investigation resolution this morning,
the senate adopted house concurrent
resolution No. 4, addressed to congress
and asking the passage of the interstate
commerce commission bill now pending.
1t also passed the Oklahoma prisoner
bill slightly amending the form adopt
ed in the house. Tt viii have to go back
to the house for final action rms Dill
is to confirm the contract made by War
den Jewett of the Kansas penitentiary
with the territorial government of Okla
hOma for the care of over zoo prisoners,
who may be given their liberty as the
outcome of q habeas corpus proceeding
brought by Convict Terrell The senate
amendment limits the time of the re-
newal of the contract to two years
The new tax bill, prepared by the state
tax commission since the last legislative
session was introduced this morning by
Senator Hurrel This IS going to make
trouble 1t is big BILL covering 100
pages of printed form and there are lot
Of sections in it which viii bring out
protests The Republican state conven-
ton refused to endorse 1t last spring
and Chairman Albaugh of the state
committee refused to allow it to be
mode a party issue In the last cam
paign.
Wulfekuhler of Leavenworth intro
duced a measure 1egalizing the home
/ cooperative companies over which there
/ has been such 4 row in Kansas City,
4 Nc. The home cooperative companies
/ have an endless chain scheme by which
every member Is furnished with house
and lot Pank Commissioners Breiden-
/ thai and Albaugh have made Intellectual
attempts to drive them out of the state
| and the Kansas city Star. in an effort
1 to break the Kansas City companies Ut
in business. has become involved in q
million dollar libel suit. The new bill
is an act authorizing private corpora
tions to hold real estate in cities OF tbs
I FIRST class and to act as agents for the
/ purchase. rent or sale of real estate fol-
/ other persons or corporations
Here are some more Of the measures
/ introduced todays
By CaldWell-An act TO exempt from
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MARKETS TODAY.
Wheat Is Marching Straight to
Front.
The 80 Mark Is Passed on the
Chicago Board.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle at Last Checked in Down
ward Course.
Hogs Also Partake of Firm
Feeling and Advance.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-WHEAT-The wheat
market continued to advance strongly to
day, May opening 5sQssc higher at 1890
S05kc. Firm cables, light receipts and the
reported strength of the cash situation
were the supporting factors and the mar
ket advanced early to Sole. There was,
in the face of heavy liquidation, led by
St. Louis interests. reaction of &c fol-
lowed but the strength of the market
seemed undated The leading long, 50
far as could be learned. did but little trad
ing. Local receipts were 45 cars, none OF
contract grade; Minneapolis and Duluth
reported "a cars. making a total for the
three points of 329 cars against 2SS cars
last week, and 316 cars year ago.
Later May touched S05sQ S0S4c, but react
ed to S05sc on heavy liquidation. A fur-
ther rally to eelac resulted from a strength
enine of the cash situation. and the close
was strong, May 9sqS4c over yesterday, at
C0RNEcorn was quiet but firm on the
small proportion of contract grade IN fresh
arrivals steady cables and in sympathy
with wheat May opened UNCHANGED TO
1sc higher. at 441sd4414c, ana prices early
were confined to this range Local re-
ceipts We're 341 cars.
The close was firm, May a shade up, at
OAT&Oats were in fair demand, chiefly
because Of the wheat strength. May open
ed ibf71lc higher. at s6Il a36isc. sold to SC,
and then recovered to 3614c- Local receipts
were 1873 cars.
T ~ y Af9AO-N "a SlAdl y attF e14tOe ~ +iof7
made holders tighten their grasp on pro
visions and small demand was sufficient lie =,
1715c higher. at SIG 75d169o later selling
to SIS 77i9; May lard opened 21aa71zc- up, al
| SO. 65a9-70, and May ribs with like ad-
vance, at So 121kG9.3G
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red. 7707sc; No.
8 red 72d7715c; No. hard winter, 74Q75c'
No 8 hard winter. 72Q74c; No northern
spring. S0d82c; No. 2 northern spring, 7Sd
/ sic: No 3 spring, 72dS1c.
| CORNING. 2. 4715d4Sc; No. 3. 4134642Hc
OATS-No 2, 341zc; No. 3. 34d341zc.
FLAx-Cash: NV, S124; S.-VT., Sl.19'
Nav, S1.23-
RYE-May, SIC
BARLEY-Cash 42d60c
/ CLOVER-Jan., S11-35.
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Colonel Arthur Lynch, Member
of Parliament for Galway,
Arraigned on Charge of Aiding
the Kings Enemies.
MOVED BY THE DEVIL.
His Satanic Majesty Charged
Jointly " it'll the Crime
But Does Not Appear in Person
or by Attorney.

London, Jan. 21-The trial of Colonel
Arthur Lynch, member of parliament
for Galway, on the charge of treason
by aiding and abetting the kings and
the late queens enemies during the war
in South Africa, according to one unique
sentence of the arraignment, being
moved and seduced thereto by the in
stigation of the devil" commenced to-
day before the lord chief justice, Lord
Alverstone and two other justices. The
prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Upwards of sixty years have elapsed
since treason trial has been held in
London. The last was that of John
Francis, a youth who fired a pistol at
the late Queen Victoria as she was rid
ing down Constitution hill. Francis was
condemned to death. but the sentence
was commuted to imprisonment for life,
He was released in 1867. Unusual in
terest. therefore, is taken in the present
case. The court room was crowded
many ladies. including Mrs. Lynch, be-
ing among those present.
Colonel Lynch was pale and careworn
but he stood in the dock compOsedly
listening TO the lengthy indictment
which occupied nearly an hour in read
ing.
Drawing, quartering and beheadina
accompanied the death penalty for trea-
son until 1870, when this was abolished
The death penalty, however, remains
The attorney general, Sir Robert Fin
lay, opened the case, reeiting the alleged
reasonable acts as fully reported a the
preliminary hearing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-21
PECK is PRESIDENT.
Ottawa Man at Head of GrOcers
- Go to Leavenworth.

At the afternoon session of the state
convention Of the Kansas Grocers' as
ISOLATION Tuesday the invitation of
Leavenworth to hold the 1904 annual
convention in that city was accepted.
The following officers for the ensuing
year We're elected: F. B. Peek, of OtS
tawa, president; D. A. WEIGH, of Bur-
hngame, vice president; H. A. Rose. of
LeaVenWorth, secretary; ThOs. Nc
Gannan, of Humboldt. treasurer.
The closing session of the convention
was held this morning, beginning at 10
o'clock, and the convention adjourned
sine die at noon. This morning the re-
ports of the secretary and treasuI er
and of the legislative. committee We're
read.
The big event of the convention was
the banquet Tuesday night at Metro
Dolitan hall. A. w. Dana was toast
master, and he presided over an enthu~
siastic gathering of 400 Kansas grocery
merchants. Music was furnished by ali
orchestra and the Nye sisters.
The published programme of the gro
GERS convention was considerably mod.
ihed as to arrangement. Il was found
necessary to postpone till Tuesday after.
noon the paper by Fred Mason. of St
Paul, Mimi, on What the Grocers and
Merchants of Minnesota Have AccOmp~
lished Through their State Association, -
and the paper by Senator F. Dumont
Smith, Of kinSley, Kas. on The New
Tax Law; Will it Increase the Taxes OF.
Mercantile Stocks ?" These two papers
are counted as among the most i'm
portant read at this years meeting.
Mr.. Mason is secretary Of the Mime
sofa State GrOcers' association, and also
of the st. Paul city association He is
one of the foremost grocery store men
in the country. Senator Smith is the
president Of the Kansas state tax COM
mission.
The principal address at Tuesday
mornings session was one by Senator
j. w. Tapp of Wichita on the subject
/ The Merchant as a World Power" c.
/ NJ. Millisack, who was on the program
! for Tuesday afternoon, read his paper
/ Tuesday morning on Premium Civ
! ing by the Manufacturers of Food;
! How 1t Affects the Merchant" Mr.
I Millisack IS a prominent merchant oil
GOodland. Kansas.
! J. G. Slonecker of Topeka read a pa
per on The United States Bank.
ruptcy Law Explained" Judge Sion
ecker is the referee in bankruptcy fol
the state of Kansas.
The last paper read Tuesday after
noon was one by J. II. Curran of To
pslza on THE United States OIeomar
garine Law; Does 1t Help or Hurt the
\ Retail Dealer2' Mr.. Curran's paper i:
the result of a thorough investigation
I of the subject. and was greatly ap
preciated by the convention delegates
Mr. Curran is the secretary of the Pop
ulist state central committee.
The report of the committee on stat
work was read yesterday afternoon
The plan is to organize the grocers o
Kansas on the Minnesota plan. anC
try to perfect the credit system of han
ding the grocery business.
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REACHES 200 MARK.
House Has Varied Assortment
of New Measures.

The list of bills introduced into the
house today was as follows:
1870. By King, making railroad COM
missioners elected by the people
1871. By Watkins, providing for sure
ty bonds for public officials.
1872 BY Barnd, authorizing Ness
county to leFy~a tax to build a court
house.
1873. BY Adams Of sedgwick, requir-
ing express companies to make deIiv-
cries within certain limits.
1874 BY Roughton, local.
1S5 By Tucker relating to common
school laW-y 80 ~ rz.
1856 BY Francis -aut horizing private
corporations to decrease capital stock.
1877 By StaveIy, relating to the trans
fer of real estate.
1873. BY Campbell of Meade, relating
to assistant county attorneys.
189. BY Francis. relating to first and
second class cities. seq.
100. By Farriss local.
1911. BY Robbins, to protect birds.
1872 BY Robbins, to protect antelope.
1873. BY StaveIy, local
1874. BY Hu1ey, relating to stenog-
raphers for county attorneys.
1876. BY Husey, local.
1856 BY Huseys local
1877 By Fisher by request, relating to
exemptions from taxation
1873. By Francis, to limit taxes for
current expenses and bonds.
1879 By Einsel. creating the office of
chaplain at the Dodge City soldiers
home.
POO BY Waggener. to protect trade
marks.
POI. BY Griffin. the state fair bill
2O2. By Ballard by request, to protect
trade marks.
2oS. BY Perkins, to protect mechanics
in the construction of railway equip
ment.
204. BY Perkins. local
EOS to POS. BY Perkins. appropriation
bills for Leavenworth charitable in
stitutiOns
At noon the house adjourned till L
a. m. Thursday.
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New York Stock

Wall Street. New York Jan 21.-STOCKS
The opening dealings in the stock mar
ket were very dull and irregular. A rise
of * point in Canadian Pacific was the
largest change in the active list. There
was sale of Brooklyn Union Gas at a
decline of points, compared with an old
sale
Prices turned downward after the open
ing but met support at slight declines and
rallied to above last night. Reading. st.
Paul and Canadian Pacific gained large
fractions. Among the specialties Sloss-
Sheffield rose 2i2 points and Kansas City
Southern ! point and Minneapolis. St
Paul and Sau1t Ste Marie preferred lost
IA points and United States Express. Cot
ton Oil. Colorado and Southern and Chi
cago Terminal preferred IL to rs points.
The demand for stocks fell to practically
nothing at the rally but the tone was firm
The hardening process reached a point in
Rock Island. Baltimore and Ohio and st
Louis and San Francisco. Canada South
ern sold 3 points higher than the preceding
sale. Chicago Union Traction fell Ia
points on rather active selling
Bonds were duh and steady at noon.
The slow advance continued. causing =
gain Of 1ss points in Rock Island and Of
/ to IL points in St. Paul. Reading. Eric
second preferred. Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville. Southern Pacific. Atchison, ca
madam Pacific and Consolidated Gas st
Louis and San Francisco gained "a points
and Chicago and Eastern Illinois jumped
points on one sale. The loss in Chicago
Union Traction reached "a points
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JULIAN RALPH DEAD.
Fatal Illness Dates From Period
of the Boer War.

New York. Jan. 21-Julian Ralph the
author and war correspondent. died last
night at his residence here aged SO
years DR.. Calvin S. May who attend
ed Mr.. Ralph, gave the cause of death
as dropsy complicated with ulcer of
the stomach and enlargement of the liv-
er Mr.. Ralph was stricken with a
hemorrhage while he was acting as cor
respondent with the British army dur
ing the Boer war A second hemorrhage
occurred at St. Louis immediately after
he had received his appointment as
western representative OF the Louisiana
Purchase ex osition Mr.. Ralph leaves
a widow and Eve children.
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FORECLOSE ON BELVOIR
Eugene F. Ware Brings Suit to
Secure Famous Homestead.

Eugene T. Ware brought foreclosure
proceedings in the district court this
morning to satisfy a mortgage he holds
on the Knox homestead north Of Pot
win.
The suit is filed against John D. and
Mary D. Knox on a note for $12,50o
given by them October 1. 1901, payable
in ore year and secured by the home
stead Judgement IS asked for Sl2,-
76f17. the amount of the principal and
the interest The court IS asked to have
the property sold under foreclosure pro-
ceedings
The Knox home. known as "Belvoir, ="
is one of the most pretentous homes in
or about the city It was built by John
D. Knox some fifteen years ago while
he was in the barking business. The
house, with its own gas and heating
plant cost about $4,000. and with the
furnishing at the time was supposed to
represent an outlay of 100000 The
property on which it IS located and
which comprises the homestead contains
about % acres.
1t is understood that if Mr.. Ware has
to bid in the property that it will be
placed on the market
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HEAR FROM HOME.
Delaware Legislators Receive
Letters and kilograms.

Dover. Del. Jan. 2I-The Democratic
caucus members who made the offer to
deal with the regular Republicans in elect
ing one senator each in an effort to de-
feat Addiclzs, today submitted their efusal
to extend the time limit of the offer Rep
resentative Flynn, one of the members Of
the regular conference committee, who re-
ceived the answer, said:
They are rushing us. We have not had
time to consult the wishes of our constit-
uents and this we must do before making
such a move
The ten regular Republicans received
scores of letters and kilograms today from
all parts Of the country. Many favored
coalition, others a continuance OF the va
cancies while others the giving away to
the majority, thus electing Addicks.
The two houses assembled in joint ses-
sion at noon to ballot for senator. The
first ballot for the long terms resulted:
Addicks, union Republican. q; Kenney,
Democrat. u; Dupont, regular Republican,
10. Necessary to elect, q.
Short terIn-Addicks, 19; Salisbury, Dem
ocrat. q: HIGGINS. REGULAR. 10.
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Chicaoo Livestock Market.

Chicago. Jan. N.-CATTLE-R Receipts to-
day, 1900 head. Market 10c higher. Good
to prime steers. $4S0d6.00: poor to medium,
cows. 81 40d460 heifers, $2O0Q4.75; Gamers,
81 40d2.50: bulls. S200d425: calves, $500
$50: Texas fed steers. $3.5O645O
HOGSEReceipts today. 30 900 head; esti-
mated Thursday. 80. 600 head;le over from
Tuesday, 5000 head. Market 10al5c higher.
Mixed and butchers. S630d6. 70; good to
choice heavy. Sc. 75a7.o0: rough heavy $6.4{
n67G; light, IS. 95d6-40 bulk of sales, S.. 40sI
sHEEP-Receipts today. 5000 head
Sheep steady to strong, lambs steady
Good to choice wethers. $4.25G475. fair &c
choice mixed. So 25n4.25: western sheep
So 50d4 50. native lambs 81 25d6.25; western
lambs S4.25d6.o0.
OFFICIAL receipts and shipments Tuesday
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep
Receipts $3.50 --..--.- 4.19l 2964l 49,
Shipments $3.50. ...-.- 3,Zn 4,&O liz
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Kanaaa oitv Produce Market.

Kansas City. Jan. 21.-Close--v7E'AT-
Receipts today, los cars. Quotations:
May. 70lsc: July. $3.50. Cash: No. hard,
661a06 S5kc: No. 8 hard, 65d66c; No. hard,
59064c. rejected hard, 56G60c;< No red,
69d70c. No. 3 red, e7@68c.
CORN-Jan.. 375sc May. Ss7zc. cash:
No. ? mixed. $3.50; No white, 4O7ze; no.
white, 40dy4QAc-
OATs-No. white. S5l4d3ec; No. mix
ed, 35Izc.
RYFENo 2, ACC.
HAY-Choice timothy, $500: choice prai-
BGTTER-Creamery 22a24c; dairy. fan
c.. DC
EGGs-Fresh. NC.
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PATCH TEXT BOOK LAW.
That Is What Senator Codding Would
Like to Do.

The Kansas uniform text book law is
to be subjected to an investigation. Sen
ator Codding of Pottawatomie this
morning presented a resolution that the
judiciary committee of the senate be in
structed to inquire into the validity of
the law and report in order that amend
ments to it might be made if advisable
Senator Codding says the supposedly
Objectionable feature of the existing law
is that in 1898 it was extended by re-
enacting one section instead of the re-
passage OF the entire law. It is to the
extension of the law in 1898 that the
objection has arisen.
Mr.. Codding was one of those who
supported the bill when it was passed
and he saws that if there is anything
wrong with it he wants to find out and
have correction made so it will be all
right
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head of Texans. Market strong to JOG
higher. Native steers, S3.50d550: Texas
and Indian steers, 50. 40Q3.90; Texas COWS,
S. 00d300. native cows and heifers, $3.50
4.25. stockers and feeders, 50 25d4 IS: bulls,
g 2515.l5; calves, $z5V1t-25: western steers
s.. 00al500; western cows, 81. 75d3.00.
HOGS-Reeeipts today, 5000 head Mar
ket 10c higher. Bulk of sales, se.5066 70:
heavy, Sc 60d6.S0; packers Sc. 40d6.60; medi-
un, S6.59d6.70; light. Sc. 25Q6.523z. workers,
Sc. 4566521s pigs. S595Q6.l5-
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 head.
Market strong. MuttOns, S3.50Q4.7O; lambs.
IS. 68Q600; range Wetherss $3.OtQ4l5: ewes
s.. eO1f4 so