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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
MEDAL CONTEST
win Be Given by the woman's Christian
Temperance Union al Bridgeport
Friday Night.

A silver medal contest under the aus
pices OF the Womar's Christian Tenn,
peranee Onion Of the Methodist Episco
pal Church at Bridgeport will be held
in that town on the night Of june p.
The following program has been ar
ranged:
frayer-By Rev NJ. Steele,
AIasic-By the choir.
RUNS Tragedies-By Beuna Lang.
Our Battle Cry-cleon Fitzhugh.
Poorhouse Nam by Villa Steele.
Old soapy-By Panzy Graves.
Duet Miss Hazel sandusky and G. W
Robinson.
The Cow and Che Bishop-By De,
Ross.
Decision Of judges.
The contestants viii be Beuna Lang
Villa Steele; cleon Fitzalgh and Pansy
Graves, the jndges D. e. Barnett, c. w
Robinson and c. a. Sutton. and the ush.
rs D. i. Graves and Cecil Golden.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22

GAS RATES


The following prices for cook stoves
lights and gas sold by meter for DOMESTIC
use win be charged by the clarksburg
Light s Heat Company beginning July
!. 1909.
Gross Rates.
Cook stoves, per month .......... sllC
Jets, per month, -..............,. II
Gas by meter lfor domestic use),
per 1000 feet .... le
If paid on or before the 10th day OF
each month there will be allowed a dis
count from above prices Of lOc on each
stove, lc on each light and 2 cents on
each 1000 feet of gas used through me
ter for domestic purposes, making the
net prices:
Cook stoves, per month. 49,. .sl.00
Jets. per month ....... 10
Gas by meter for domestic usel,
per 1000 feet ................... 10
Meter readings for June will be
charged for at rate heretofore charged
oy the old companies.
In fixing the above rates the new com.
pany has made use of the original prices
adopted by the West Fork Oil and Nat.
aral Gas Company at its organization !
II is not the desire of the new com
pany to benefit by the forfeit of ans
cash discount by its customers. the OBJ
ieet being to encourage the prompt pay.
ment of gas accounts, so the company
can promptly close its books.
After July /, 1904, the Office of the
West Fork Oil and Natural Gas Com
pany will be discontinued. and all ac-
counts due them will be collectedsat the
office of clarksburg Light & Heat Com.
pany, in Oak Hall building, on Main
street. present Office of Mountain State
Gas Company.
cLARKSBURG LIGHT 4 HEAT co,
BY John Koblcgard, president
June2O.lo'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
NEW COAL COMPANY
Is CHARTRRED

The Penn Production Company, o.
clarksbnrg, " Va, has been chartered
Capital stock $4,000, Of which si,Oot
has been subscribed and 500 paid in
The iueorporatnrs are L. D. Lewis. W. Z
Morris. 7. Fl. Yost and f. "A. Yost, o
clorksblirs, and E. D. Yost, Of Amos
w. Va.
The object Of the companyis to tax,
up 5000 acres Of coal land in Taylor
county, which these gentlemen have un
der option, and 10 sell II or possibly OPP.
crate il to some extcnts
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
wedding at Golf Chapel.

Mr., REM Hamrick, son of j. w. Ham
rick, of Adamston, and Miss May Shana
bargar, daughter Of Rev. S. A. Shana
bargar, United Brethren preacher a
Adamston, were married at 8 o'clocl
Tuesday night at Coli chapel parsonage
Rev. $. X. Arbutlinot ofTiciated in III,
presence Of several friends.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22

$. S. FARIS. prfsiaeat.
CHARLES r HOLDEN, Clerk.
iunc22.7
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22

As last resort for those headaches
see DIR. R. \. Hayes, expert optician, al
Dr. Luther Haymond's Office, Jacobs
building, July Z, s and .. junea2td
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
Wilson 8 Dsanlsoa,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Rooms 2oo-2o1
OAK HALL Bid, cLARkS6URG
CALL ON Us FIRST.

If you desire to make safe invest,
nent in real estate that will bring you
from twenty-five to. fifty per cent. in
:he next two or hree years come and see
IS.
There is shelter opportunities in clarks.
,nrg for good paying investments than
my other city in West Virginia. whyf
Because We have the cheapest natural
as in the world; we are in the ceuterses
one of the GREATEST coal belts in the
United States. Clarksburg is the freight
center OF the State of West Virginia.
Pitisburg freight rates win sooner or
later be effective from this point. This
is the reason large manufacturing plants
IRE locating here ana more to come.
II you nave properties you desire to
sell, list them With as, we win find you
buyers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
A Coming wedding

It is announced that Mr. Howard
Douglass, butcher for Burton White, and
Miss Lizzie Kessler win be married
June 81
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
Death of Child.

Tie infant child of tscwart Fowler, Of
Wilscrburg, died Tuesday night. The
burial occurred Wednesday afternoon in
tlle Fittro cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
Chicago Grain Market.

BY Associated Press.
chicago, June 22.-Wheat, soc; July
corn, 4se; oats, 4lc.
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lnne2O.lO.
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on the sOtf
day Of June, 1904, the county court Of
Harrison cordity viii award the contract
ion medical services to be rendered L
Inc inmates Of the Harrison county Jail
including all drugs, to the lowest responl
sible bidder.
/ On the same date the contract for
medical services to be rendered to tn,
poor at the Harrison County InRrmary
win be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder.
The bid for this work il 10 be based
on stated price per visit, the county
to furnish all drugs. Sealed separate
bids will be received by the county CLERK
until Thursday evening, june 20, at +
O'clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
BEAUFORD'S BUDGET.

Eddie Griffin of st. James is visiting
relatives for a few days.
Mrs. Hugo knott of Mankato and her
daughter, Mrs. Curtin Cooper of South
Dakota, were the guests of Mesdames L.
G. and d. p. Pierce for few days.
Caroline Curtis of Mapleton spent
Sunday with Miss Anna Haslop.
There will be quarterly meeting Sat-
urday and Sunday. Rev. Pease, pre-
siding elder, will be present.
George Howley has returned home
after few weeks in Easton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Prange have re-
turned from their visit at Winona.
Louis Runke writes home from the
dairy school at Minneapolis that he is
much pleased with the school.
Oscar Tillman of Walnut Grove was
visiting with his folks here last week
Mrs. Nettie Artman and son, of Min
nesota Lake, arrived Saturday for a
visit with her uncle, J. N. Waddell.
Hank and John Laffey, who have
been visiting here for a few days with
their parents, have returned to Iowa
They were accompanied by their sister,
Miss Mary Laffey.
The buttermaker and his wife drove
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
KERNS AND HEBRON.

There is good opening at this time for
a farmers exchange at Judson, if the
people will only wake up. 1t is a good
stock market and the people are dis
satisfied with the present arrangement.
The road south of the Judson bridge
is being gravelled. Will Johnson has
the contract.
Reuben Purifiers family have been
quite ill with tonsilitis for more than a
week past and many of the children in
the neighborhood are afflicted with the
same disease.
r. Swartout and family of Beauford
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Burrill a
week ago last Sunday.
The many friends of the late Mrs.
Henry Hodson, formerly of Hebron, are
sorry to learn of her death at Aberdeen.
S. d., as chronicled in last nights Free
Press.
Misses Grace and Blanche Door, Las
ter Door and Herbert Hodson were home
from the normal last Saturday and Sun
day.
George Peterson made visit to st.
Peter last Wednesday and called upon
Governor elect johnson. 1t is not yet
learned what job, if any, George is after.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
GARDEN CITY GOSSIP.
Plan to Establish a Reading Room
Local News.

Plan to Establish a Reading Room
Local News.
Last Friday evening a supper was
given in the basement of the Christian
church. The money will be used to es-
tablish reading room in the base
ment of the church.
A very quiet wedding was held We'd
nesday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
roy Terry, when their daughter, Miss
Stella, was married to Harry Wolverton
of this village.
S. M. Dickinson has returned from a
visit with relatives at Bemidji
Ray Miller of Madelia is visiting in
the city at the home of Miss Clara
Boynton.
Mrs Rob Norton is very sick.
Will Over of Clear Lake, S. D., is
here to attend his fathers funeral.
Ralph Davidson, who has been visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Bert Richardson,
went home Sunday.
Misses Hertha Hopkins and Mary Blk
by, and the latter's brother, We're, went
to Lake Crystal Saturday.
Mrs. A. l.. Miller and daughter, Mar
tina, went to Mankato Saturday.
Rev. Critchett spoke in the Baptist
church Thursday evening.
Walter Over and wife attended the
funeral of the formers uncle, James
Over.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Boynton were
Mankato callers on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crane are the proud
parents of baby boy.
Fern Miller and Callie Bixby visited at
Lawyer Thompson's home at Amboy
last Saturday.
Mrs. Hattie. Miller and Miss Melissa
Norton called in Mankato Friday.
Miss Maud La Favor is in town Wis
iting. Is,
frankie Norton is able to be about a
little.
Roy Sherman was in Lake Crystal
Saturday. nos 4e
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
OLD MAPLETON NEWS.

There was a pleasant surprise from
town at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Joe
Stevens last Friday evening.
The box social, which was held in the
Old Mapleton school house last Saturday
evening, was success. They made
$43.55.
1t looks as if the winter is coming
when it gets below zero.
The boys from Old Mapleton eurled
with the Sterling boys Sunday.
Al Grieg sold team last week to
a Winnebago party for $225.
Mrs. Pratt of Mapleton was visiting
at the home of George Phelps last Sun
day.
Mark Heickert and Ralph Cornell
came down from Mankato Saturday
and spent Saturday and Sun
day at their homes.
Charley Mclaughlin is helping his
brother, John, for couple of weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Taylor were Ster-
ling visitors last Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
500 REWARD, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages. and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitution
al disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in it's
curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by all druggists. Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
MAJOR WOOD MADE ADJUTANT
Austin Man Appointed at Head Of
State Militia.

From Thursdays Daily.
Major Fred B. Wood of Austin will be
adiutant general of Minnesota. His APP
pointment was announced last evening
at st. Peter by Frank A. Day, private
secretary to Governor elect John A.
Johnson
Major Wood, it was stated, had the
practically unanimous Endorsement of
the companies of the Second regiment of
the Minnesota national guard, and was
the second choice of the First and Third
regiments, and of the artillery.
Major George G.. Lambert of St.
Paul, who made such an enviable record
as adjutant general under Former Gov
ernor Lind, was Major Woods principal
opponent, and his friends believed that
he had unusually strong Endorsements
that would land him the place.
The appointment of an assistant ad-
jutant general was not announced, but
it is rumored that Major Oscar See
bach of Red Wing will be retained
Ma ior Wood enlisted in the national
guard as private in 1884, and was pro-
NOTED through the various grades of
non commissioned officers until he be-
came sergeant ma jor of the Second in
fantry. He became first lieutenant of
Company G, Second infantry, located at
Austin, in 1891, and captain in 1898. He
was captain of the Twelfth Minnesota
volunteers, at Chickamauga during the
Spanish American war, and became ma
ior of the Second infantry in 1899.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
ENTER A DENIAL.
St. Clair Girls Will Not Give Leap
Year Ball.

In last Fridays Free Press, there APP
peared an item to the effect that there
was to be leap year ball in the town
hall on Friday, Dec. 10. This is not
true and the local correspondent is just
sorry he did not forsee the interpreta-
ton that was naturally given to the
matter. He begs leave to retract. 1t
should be understood by all the world
that the ST. Clair girls have no need of
resorting to such methods in order to re-
main on the high tide of popularity.
Anyone who is acquainted with this
historic spot knows full well that from
the time that the daughter of White
Faced Buffalo was the agency belle and
finally chose Man That Drinks Like Sin
for her husband, turning down other
suitors right and left, to the present
day-but the correspondent is not go
ing to get into trouble again by men,
tioning names-beauty and grace have
blessed st. Clair Suffice it to say that
the coming event is simply an affair un-
der the auspices of the ladies. The gen.
tlemen are to do the rest as is their
old-established and very proper Gus
tom.
Verify the country correspondent hath
a hard lot. Now, there is our esteemed
contemporary, the "Kream KID, author
of that interesting column in the James
vile Argus, entitled Scream Chronicles"
A short time ago he fell down stairs
and hurt his head. When he began
joshing himself in his familiar, genial
way, he didn't think his neighbors would
join in and suggest there was something
the matter before to which the accident
was merely an aggregation. Then to
cap the climax of which this was an in
cident, they are installing his latest
poems intent and threatening to stay
home, so he won't get any news
1t is to be hoped that the Cream
muse will overlook the rebuff and amuse
the public some more. So does Ralph
Wheelock
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
RAPIOAN RiPPLES.
Poverty Ball a Sueeess--The New
Telephone Lines.


From Thursdays Daily.
Rapidan's literary society meetings are
becoming very popular and are at
tended invariably by good crowds.
The receipts at the Poverty Mas
querade Ball." held Friday evening, were
$20.sO and will be applied on the pay
ment of a new piano.
The ball of the ninth of this month
was voted the biggest success of the
season and the Swedish Twins" Mrs.
Davis and Miss Annie Weller, were de-
clared the bellies of the ball. To Mrs.
Davis due credit must be given for her
untiring efforts for the success of this
entertainment.
Miss Edith McDuffee, who has been
teaching school near Bottineau, n D.,
for some time, has returned and will
resume her school work in the Manka-
to normal.
Miss Blanche Mahoney of Pipestone
spent Saturday and Sunday with the
Misses Weller and attended the "Pov-
erty Ball. on Friday evening,
New telephone lines, established by the
Citizens company, now reach the Rapi-
dan Creamery company, Bosin & Son,
Charles Schwan, Paul Kunkel, Fred
Bosin, Jr., j. McAllen, o. NJ. Reynolds,
just Brothers, c. A. Chimney, G. Matzke,
Jess Skow, Herman Meiske, William
Eberhart, c. Matzke, Charles Ulrich,
William Ulrich, A. L. Wingen, Amiel
Just, w. l.. Stevens and A. Stratton.
The Rapidan Milling company is in
the field for all the good milling wheat
it can get and is paying Mankato
prices.
w. A. Just has gone to Dickinson, N.
d., on business trip.
Will and Burt Shores have returned
from Kenmare, n. ID.
r. Axtell and wife, who have been Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. AxtelPs
mother, have gone back to their home at
Kenmare, n. ID.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
HORSE HIDE FOR OvERCOAT
Good Thunder Man Realizes Some
thing From Dead Horse.


thing From Dead Horse.
Recently a farmer living Hear Good
Thunder having lost valuable horse of
which he thought great deal and wish
ing some relic whereby to remember
the animal, caused the hide to be re-
moved, tanned ard made into an over
coat by Carlson Brothers, the Mlnkato
furriers. Su;h rro..cl;ag is not so
rare as is commonly supposed. This firm
has had quite a num)er of jobs at max
ing overcoats for vuious parties from
horse hides. Such ovarcoats are Yer;
durable but can scarcely be sail 20 be
worth the twelve o, fifteen dollars they
cost. They are heavy and not very
warm. The same thing is true of a cow
hide overcoat.
Sheep skins make very warm over
coats, and convenient ones, if the real
Russian sheep hide is used. The wool
of an American oheap, while it is very
warm, stands out so thicNy over the
hide as to render such IN overcoat clum-
sy and awkward TO handle. The wool of
the Russian sheep is curly and lies down
more closely to the skin, thus making
the overcoat easily handled, and just as
good protection from tie cold as that
made from the hide of an American
sheep. These Russian sheep hide over
coats are usually dyed black or brown.
When died brown they have somewhat
the appearance o. buffalo coats. The
sheep hides are imported already IAN
ned from Russia. Su:n overcoats cost
from twenty dollars upwards. There
is large sale for them in the country.
Still more common among the farm
ers than the sheepskin overcoats are
those made from the skins of dogs.
These skins are imported from China. 1t
is indeed much cheaper to buy these
dog skins from the Chinese and bring
them to this country than to produce
the SkliiS TlgSnI aJ HOifle. III SniIid uOSS,
are slaughtered for food much the same
as cattle are here. The Chinese do not
purpose to waste either the flesh or the
hides and the latter are carefully tan
ned for export trade. Were it not for
the Chinese dogs it is hard to say how
the American farmer could breast the
northern winter. He certainly would
have to pay out more money for cloth
ing. The dog skin overcoats can be
produced for sale at nine to fifteen dol
lars. Though the thought of the material
out of which the coats are made is not
at all inviting, the coats are very COM
Portable and serviceable, and are very
much warmer than those made from the
hides of horsese or cattle.
Coonskin overcoats can be produced
for sale at thirty five dollars or there
about and make good, useful garments.
Mink, otter and muskrat overcoats run
up into the hundreds in price. 1t takes
about fifty minks to make an overcoat
and about sixty muskrats.'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
Big Fire at Red Wing.

Red Wing, Mimi, Dec. lO.-The fac,
tory belonging to the Red Wing Furni-
ture company was destroyed by fire yes
terday morning. The office building and
warehouse We're saved The loss has
not yet been determined, but probably is
from $4,000 to $4,000, partly insured
The origin of the fire is not known. 1t
was one of the most spectacular fires
seen in Red Wing in years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
Found Stolen Coat.

From Mondays Daily.
Saturday night coat was stolen
from one of the girls employed at the
City Hotel. Another girl employed there
was suspected and search of her room
was made by Chief Donahue, who found
the missing garment concealed under the
mattress of her bed. The owner of the
coat did not desire to cause an arrest,
so the matter ended with the return of
the article.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
INHUMANITY TO HORSES.
Complaints Against People Who Allow
Them to Suffer in the Cold.

Them to Suffer in the Cold.
From Thursdays Daily.
Last evening five complaints We're
made to the police In regard to team of
horses that was allowed to stand hitch
ed in front of saloon. 1t was said
to have been there from four o'clock in
the afternoon until well along in the
evening without covering of any kind.
Officer Bienapf spoke to the owner of
the team twice about the matter and
he agreed to take care of the horses,
but he failed to do so, and the officer
finally placed the team in barn, as pro-
vided by law in such cases. The own
er then got wrathy and refused to pay
the bill. Under the law the bill is
lien upon the team.
1t is strange that some people will not
exercise humanity for their horses. 1t
is mostly the class of men who spend
their time in saloons that complaints
are made of, for these men allow their
horses to stand out for hours while they
are guzzling beer in warm saloon. The
price of two drinks would secure the
horses place in barn, and part of the
money spent in the saloon would buy
warm blankets for the horses.
The law to protect horses was passed
by the last legislature and is wise
one. If team is allowed to stand out
uncovered in inclement weather for
more than two hours, any officer has the
right to place it in a barn and the
charges are made lien on the team.
This law should be enforced strictly,
and it will be money in the pockets of
the owners as well as prevent needless
suffering. A team that is abused will
not be able to do the work or last as
long as a team that is well housed or
blanketed and cared for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16

Nature demands that your bowels
move at least once day. If they do
not, something is wrong. Constipation is
the chief cause of appendicitis. Take a
dose of DR.. Adler's Treatment and assist
nature. No pain but an easy and thor
ough movement of the bowels will fol-
low. No chance for appendicitis then.
Large dollar bottles at Seidle Drug Co.'S.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
BouteII Bros Furniture Store,
Peck Supply House,
BintIiff Manufacturing Company
- Plant Are Ruined.
Two Members of Insurance Pa.
troll Are Killed.
Especial to The Free Press.l

Minneapolis, Dee. l4.-The total by
the fire this morning which destroyed
Boutell Bros furniture store, Peck's
photograph supply house, the Bintliif
Manufacturing company plant is esti-
mated at $250,000.
Two members of the fire insurance pa
troll were killed They are Jacob Miller
and John Fellows.
The body of Fireman Buckley was
found in the ruins today, making three
dead
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16
Notice to Stockholders.

The annual meeting of stockholders
of The Mankato State bank of Alankato
Minnesota, for the election of eleven di-
rectors of said bank, to serve for the en-
suing year, will be held at their bank
ing rooms Tuesday, January 10th, 1905.
Polls open from 2 o'clock to o'clock p.
m. JOHN r. THOMAS,
Cashier.
Mankato, Mimi, Dec. eth, 1904.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16

Greatest tonic and strength producing
remedy ever offered suffering humanity.
Cures indigestion; constipation, head
ache, stomach disorders. That's what
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will do.
John C. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16

Bright eyes are an infallible index to
youth, windows from which Cupid shoots
his arrows. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea makes bright eyes, rosy cheeks. IS
cents, tea or tablets. j. C. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16

The suit of j. w. Davies VS.. Charles
w. johnson was tried in the district
court today. The action is over the own
ership of five acres of land in Jud-
son, which both parties claim to own.