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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

Mark Twain thinks the United
States viii eventually become a mon
archy. Well. humorlst who Is II
years old has the right to think queer
thoughts
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

That Adamless Eden that is being
established in Texas VIII do well TO
nall up a mo hunting" sign IL II is ex-
pected TO keep Cupid Off the premises.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04
AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS.

F@T will not do TO exaggerate the weight and
! !. !: : ;: !: !: !: !: ).
HNHI / Importance OF the so-caed Ethiopian move
IVI i l ment, the keynote of which is expressed by
kS2k- the cry of africa for the Africans' and
IfMEMAl yet underlying II is Of the grayest prob
t-S0WcxAl lens awaiting the solution of the civilized
world. That problem has to do with the
future relations of the white and black in Africa
Shall the latter be permanently relegated to position
OF servitude and subJecon the inevitable fate of
Inferior associated with highly developed,
shall the attempt be made to treat both terms of
itans OF the country bearing proportion of not less
than twelve to of the whites In Natal for instance
be deprived of political rights by the white who
have come into the land to till Its fields and develop It's
mineral resources? In word shall this great continent
with Its eemng millions of black natives turned into
white mans country" regardless of the interests and
wishes of the blacks?
is shown by the among the Zulu and KafHr
populations of South Africa and by the repeated uprs
ngs of the Mohammedan negroes of the Niger region
long the country is governed from above Nigeria
and in the undeveloped portions of South Africa the
problem has not risen to the white rulers but where
the attempt to Introduce democratic self government
made-as In the Cape Colonies-t Is acute. The
whom rests the real burden of the problem the
coonsts, have small for the humanitarians the
theorists. They frankly declare that cherished
trine of equal rights for all is Them and
that the occupation of the country
which ethics have nothing to do.-PhIladepha Ledger.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

A thin woman can MI out certain
hollow places and look pretty VOL
but when man is very thin he looks
Ike a buggy whip, and nothing car
help him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

The Japanese do not like to be called
Jnps but II is not likely they will care
e. go TO war about Il.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

When the Chinese authorities cap
ture pirate they separate him into
two parts. and he goes out OF bus-
ness
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04
WISH Man

"Why do you refuse to have anv
business relations with Rlggles?p
81 always steer clear of man sharn.
err than myself"
"In what way is he sharperY
"lie once had chance to marry NV
wife and Observation-Disclosures Senti,
mel
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

Or. osler's mother is still alive at
the age OF 100, and seems destined to
outlive her sons foolish talk.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

Young Thaw had the satisfaction nor the expert
ence of earning an honest dollar He never knew the
keen Joy of work. The eXultation of the youth who
turns from wood box filled or lawn mowed-a JOB
well competed-never to him. He was denied the
opportunity of labor with his hands or the working out
of an ideal with his head The curse Of idleness was
upon him For idleness is curse The dctum that
must his bread by the sweat of his brow is bless
ing Work is the universal law of nature 1t is the
normal business of man.
What could be expected of young man who had
more money than he knew how to spend and who made
diversion his only purpose? There's limit to having
good time. When get far natural pleasures pail
If the human has occupation the craving for
emotions begins to pull the appetite Self restraint
is overborne. Life is warped. Tastes vtated. Ex-
lstence Is artificial and false.
There is cure for thousand ills-useful labor
No man can live existence without healthy
occupation. We built that way.-St Louis Star
Chronicle.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04
A "BLAcK LIST, OF FOODS.

student of political history and progress is
the way In which federal statutes often
stimulate State legislation and encourage
the enforcement of State laws. The Lacey
act for the protection of game by the ma
tional government has done more than any
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04

other thing to secure the and enforcement
of State game laws and already the pure food and
meat inspection acts passed at the session of
gress have borne fruit in several States
In Massachusetts and In New Hampshire particularly
the State Boards of Health have made public the results
of chemical analysis of many articles of food in daily
These articles bought In the open market of local
grocers just any householder buys them for his
When they found aduerated or other than
as represented on the labels the State Boards of Health
have published the fact naming the packer giving de-
scrpton of the label and telling just what much
adulteration found.
The State Boards have long been carrying on this work.
but what Is new is the fact that the newspapers have
taken much more interest In it, and print the re-
In full The Boards of Health In other States
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04
CHICAGo's FREIGHT TUNNEL.

SO other American city is in the happy po-
sition of Chicago in having large system
of freight tunnels, by which business houses
can load goods from their cellars right into
IETSK1I The tunnel company connects its trunk
eSAMNGSI tunnels with the larger houses in the down.
town district that drays, teams and
strikes of draymen at end There are forty-fve
miles of TUNNEL equipped with rails and trolley
in the district bounded by Chicago avenue lake Hal
sted and Sixteenth streets in the last five
years at cost of $3OOOOOOO The railroads are TO re-
ceive freight from the tunnel company minimum of
expense The system Of underground freight tunnels is
not municipal enterprise, but was begun 1t is alleged
by subterfuge and carried against the wish of the
city fathers.-Baltimore American
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-04
TO CURE THE HARRY THAws.

~nr.a AIRY TTIAWS mother ruined her son when
4 she changed the will of the boys father
! The latter left the spendthrift $500 a year.
Mrs Thaw changed 1t to $4,000 year. 1t
SSuES1H was case of too much mothering. She put
SESSTI1B handicap on the sons life, cheated him
out of his chance
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
The Mother n-Law
From a New Point Of View.

The motherin-lsv has 90 long oc-
cupied fireplace OF q mere stage prop
srty In fiction that 1t is q pleasure TO
fnd her peculiar problem taken up
80 delicatsly, skiliully and humanity
as In Mrs. Cuttings story OF Mrs.
Tremley," In the September Nc
lures. This is the study Of q wo-
man whose husband is dead and
whose only daughter IL newly and
happily married, and who finds her
sel. still young and eagerly alive, no
longer needed" In the general scheme
oithings. Mrs. Cutting shows q half
ironic, hall tender comprehension Of
the tragedies which we make for our
selves In the living Of our every day
existence, and brings TO the untang.
ling OF them a deep and wholesome
optimism.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
"A 9T ORIA.
B..n tn. Hhs Kind You Have Always Bought
''', q ZnzZzM(
A Nature Fake.

"The late Senator Morgan, said
q resident Of Selma, twas a keen ma
ture student, and nature taking was
as abhorrent to him as to the great
est personages In the land.
81 once saw Senator Morgan throw
down q magazine with sneer.
"'Another nature fakel' he ex-
claimed. why, these things are as
absurd as-as absurd as
"And then he laughed and said
that It reminded him OF an address
that an absent.minded missionary
once made.
I'm China, dear friends, said the
missionary, human life is regarded
as but OF slight value. Indeed il q
wealthy Chinaman is condemned &c
death, he can easily hire another to
die for him; and l believe many poor
fellows get their living by acting al
substitutes. '"-Ex.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Tried to Lynch a Car Crew.

Omaha, Aug. 26 -Angered at the
sight Of the mangled body Of Nina
Kaiser, 8 years old, who was run
down by q street car on South Tenth
street, 200 citizens tried to lynch the
cars crew. Two policemen arrived
soonaiter the accident and barricad.
cd the doors Of the car. The crowd
was being augmented every minute
and loud yells Of Lynch them" were
heard on every side, when an extra
squad Of policemen arrived and took
the men away.
Many who saw the accident say the
car Was running at high speed down
a steep hill. The child's father saw
the accident from bis own doorway
and tainted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
GA = II q E r "a.
Bear, III. hIhs Kind You Have Always Boz
''': !; ZN1zzM
The Pinkham Humbug.

give women have been made In
valids to where one has been benefit
ted by using Lydia Pinkham's CON-
pouno' In the past fifteen years"
said q woman physician In Omaha in
reply to an inquiry.
elbow absurd" continued the ply
sician, "that this fad continues. Sick
women are invited, through adver-
tisements, to write Lydia Pinkham
at Lynn, Massachusetts,, for advice,
yet this Pinkham woman has been
dead for over ten years. The stuff ID
made up Of some narcotics, syrup
and alcohol. Every dose Of II In.
lures the human body"
Women, a. we'll a. men, will learn
In time that all such preparations
are humbugs. Dope Of every sort
veaksns the human system.-Ex.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Guard President Closely.

New York, Aug. 24.-Those chsrg.
cd with the responsibility OF Mr..
Roosevelt's personal safety never
have been more anxious at any time
since be became president than they
are at the present moment. An i'm
portant official Of the government,
whose business brought him TO New
York several days ago, said:
II am mot an alarmistin any sense
but the condition Of things in New
York at Ills timeis ugly. Ominous
muttsrings are TO be heard among
all classes. The man who loses
money in the stock market blames
The president. he isthe man We have
70 bar. he perhaps has lot his al
and dossn't care What happens. Th'a
i ths man against whom the presi.
dent must Be- guarded. Itis the hops
oi the country that at. such = tims q
this the president may not expose
himself In any unnecsasary manner. :
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
A Wave Of the "BIoody Shirt. "

Colorado Springs, Col, Aug 90
When Mrs. Margaret HcY Il J fer
son Davis Hayes, daughter Of tie
president Of the Coniederscy heard
that @ member OF 18th Pennsylya.
MIA cavalry, attendingthe reunion In
Colorado Springs, and hung upon
the walls OF a hotel here a copy OF
the old proclamation Offering re-
ward for the arrest OF her father and
other Confederate leaders for alleged
completely in the assassination Of
President Lincoln, she Immediately
protested to General William j.
Palmer, the host OF the reunion.
Before her protests had been re-
ceived however, General Palmer had
heard Of the proclamation, ordered
Il taken down out OF Difference to
Mrs. Hayes, who Is the wife Of j. A.
Hayes, q banker Of this city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
SHOT At BY QuANTRELL MAN
"Ilm" Cummings Attacked by
Dave" Edwards at the
Reunion.
as good, and better |

K. o. Star.
David Edwards, who was q mem.
Der Of Quantrell's band OF guerillas,
and "Jim" Cummings, q follower Of
the James and Younger boys In the
days Of their marauding, quarreled
early this afternoon at the Qusntrell
reunion in q grove near st Clair
station, which is short distance
from Beaumont station on the Inde-
pendence electric line. Both live at
the Confederate homein Higginsville,
Mo-, and had come here to attend
the reunion.
The men were only q few feet apart
when the ex-guerills drew a revolver
and fred at Cummings. The bullet
missed Cummings and struck the
foot Of DR.. Shelley Of Independence,
inflcting a slight wound. DR.. Shelley
was sitting at q table few yards
away.
Edwards was arrested by AL Hes
lip, county marshal, and bis deputy
Joseph Stewart. The officers took
him to the county jail. Edwards ID
70 years old and Cummings 60.
Edwards says the trouble arose
, about a year and a hall ago wher
Cummings defeated a man In fight
at the home and boasted OF Il. HI
says that he and Cummings hai
words then and that the follower o
the James boys threatened to Kill
him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29

There is more Catarrh In this Sec
ton OF the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed TO bein-
durable. For q great many years
doctors pronounced It q local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced itincur-
able. Science has proven catarrh
to be q constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured BY F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, il the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is tax
on internally In doses from 10 drops
| to q teaspooniul. II act directly on
| the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. They oder one hundred dol.
| lars for any case itfails tocure. Send
| for circulars and testimonials. Ad
dress; =. 80
F. J. CLANCY & Co, Toledo, O.
Sold By all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Harriman's 20. Pound Trout.

San Francisco, Aug. 26-E. d.
Hartman caught a 20-pound trout
at Pelican bay lake In Southern
Oregon. He Is on an outing with his
two sons and their tutor and his
physicians. He Is as proud Of the
fish as a boy. It took him an hour
to land the fish. He was fishing from
his naphtha launch ay the tine.
The duck season opens in Oregon
next week and Hartman has sent
for q shooting outfit for the members
Of his party. The klamath county,
where he is outing,is one Of the largest
nesting places for ducks In the coun'
try. There are thousands OF the
birds there and at this time Of the
year the young are three-quarteri
grown.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29

Ahght between tworepresertativss
Of reptile species which took plscs on
the sidewalk on lower Elizabeth
street furnished considerable smuse-
mentor @ small crowd ofspectators.
The contestants we're q small water
snake and q lizard. When first no
ticsd, they were locked in what wss
apparently g death grip. gripping
ssch other By the mouth, with jaws
firmly interlocked. Every once In Q
while the snake would culver appar-
emily with pain, and then again be
would turn the lizard entirely over,
but the latter would right himself
Immediately. Several stiff bets on
the fight we're offered, but they were
all on the side Of the lizard, the snake
having no champions, and no takers
we're found. The result, however,
was q victory for the snake. who
finally BY q mighty effort succeeded
In shaking OF the lizard, which turn
cd tail and ran. The snake did not
enjoy his victory for long, however,
as one Of the spectators put an end
to bis earthly career with q stick
Brownsville Texas Herald.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Little Pigs as Barometers.

From the philadelphia inquirer.
Wilmington, Del William Fear
ing, better known as Uncle Billy,"a
well.known resident OF Milton, claims
that he has two animal barometers
which are iniallible. They are a cou-
pie Of small pigs, whose tails change
with the weather.
In dry weather the tails Of the pigs
have one curl, In wet weather they
havetwo curls, and just before arain
their tails hang limp.
William h. Wright, Of Townsend,
has a pig which goes beyond these,
however, although It is not q baro-
meter. This pig has six feet, and a
number OF visitors have called to see
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Peru Itsms.


Too LATE for last weak.
Mr.. Everett Dewese and bis sister,
Miss Ada, were the guests Of Mr..
Marion Thomas and sister, Mise
Visa, last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Booth visited
their SON., II. J. Booth Monday d
this week.
Mrs. A. N. Rogers he's returned
IRON her trip TO Arkansas, where she
has been for some time. She leaves
her son able TO 60 back 70 his work.
Rev. W. W. Hendrickson Jailed his
regular appointment at this place
last Sunday, The meeting ct Dou'
BILE Branch is making good progress.
The township board is doing some
good work on the road by A. N.
Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Bottoms gave
an Ice cream supper Monday night,
and on account Of the rain the guests
were compelled to stay all night.
Everybody was reioiced over the
fine rain Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Il. Ison and Mr..
and Mrs. N. NJ. Brown were the guests
Of g. W. Cheney and family, Of near
Summit, last Sunday.
8. W. Ison is the owner OF a new
carriage. UNCLE ABE,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
A FATAL Fight
in LUMBER CAMP.
Two Brothers Killed Two Riot.
ere Fatally Injured Lynch
lno Averted.

iPikeville. KY, Aug. &C. "A tragedy
that snuiied out two lives and result.
edin the probably fatal injury oitwo
other men occurred at the Hatcher
Davis lumber camps at point whore
Pikecounty, KY, and Buchanan and
Dickinson counties, Va, Join. The
timbermen, as is their custom on
Sunday, had gathered In camp, and
were enjoying their usual pastimes
when Mid Tackett, q desperate man
Of the vicinity, and q number Of his
, followers, appeared on the scene.
Soon Q rough house was started,
guns and knives were put to work,
and within ten minutes Dick and
Harry Wilson, aged 81 and ~ years,
sons Of William Wilson, OF Pikeville,
were dead and two OF the Tackett
followers almost cut to pieces. There
is little or no hope for their recovery.
The double and what may prove
quadruple tragedy occurred just a
few yards across the Virginia border
In Buchanan county. The sheriff Of
that county was at once notified Of
the affair, and dispatched an armed
posse to the scene. With the excep'
ton Of two Of Tackett's gang every
one connected with the killing was
arrested, handcufed and chained In
the camp, when Virginia justice oil
the peace was summoned from
Grundy and conducted the prelimi.
nary hearing.
Tackett and his followers were held
without bond and taken to Grundy,
where they were placed in the Buch
anan county jail. Feeling drumming
high In the community, and had the
men charged with the murders beer
jailed In Pike county they would I'M
doubleday have been lynched.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss.ss ss: Of IM4ZsNx
Real Estate Transfers.
WARRANTY DEEDS.

WARRANTY DEEDS.
SD Wilson to Elizabeth Bentfeld
pt blk 1913 l Add Rich Hill 81.
Jesse E Smith to 0 K Davis tract
sec % Mt Pleasant $1,000.
Ira Culver to Jas Culver 60 A sec
10 Hudson $500.
Ira Culver to Chss Culver 50 A sec
10 Hudson $500.
Chas Brachear ct al to G F Gotten
lot 8 blk "a Rockville $500.
Chas Brachear ct al to Mary Mid.
kiff lots / 2 & 8 blk 33 Rockville
500.
JKP Burch to Chas A Burch 1876
A sec 10 Pleasant Gap $4,000.
Rosebrock. Warren Com.Ca to D F
Blake trustee lots 1 2 8. 6& Z
Titles Add Hume 81.
JE Owen to Hudson I.lBallard
tract sec 81 Grand River $lOOO.
Alice Nj Moles to 7 G Greer 40 A
sec II Shawnee $1,000.
Sanderson Wilson Fur Co to VIM
CHAIRMAN pit lot S blk 70 Rich Hill
$50.
Efie ] Kennedy to Margaret Gala
way lots Z & 8 blk 5 RichIHill $500.
QUIT CLAIM DEEDS.
CT Boxley to G W Daniel.sec %
Mt Pleasant 81.
WI Butler Receiver to B JlGrovea
| < int tract sec % Mound $1750.
Olivia Tyson TO Thos E::Rowe 125
A sec 20 Homer 4625.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Rice at Weddings Barred.

Racine, Wis, Aug. 26.-Rice at
weddings has been put under the ban
Of 81. Mary's Roman Catholic church
here. Bridal couples henceiorth will
not be annoyed by the custom until
they get out Of sight Of the edifce.
Father Meyer, pastor Of 81. Mary's,
made the order.
''It is q relic Of barbarism," the
priest explains, land / will not have
IL practiced at my church. II Is an
noying and dangerous, too"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Train Kills Two Little Girls.

St. Joseph, No., Aug. 26.-The
two little daughters Of Charles Speck,
of Spickards, No., aged 8 and 8,
years, were killed BY the Rock Island
Golden State Limited train at Spick-
ards, today. The children had wand
cred to the railroad track whore the
older girl lay down and went to
sleep. The younger child was play
inn about her sister when the train
came along at Q speed Of seventy
miles an hour. Both were run over.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
Where?

Where Is chat conservatism Of the
SOUTH" OF which Wall street has
boosted? With Governor Glenn OF
North Carolina forcing the railroads
to respect railroad regulations.
Governor Swanson Of Virginia,
compelling the railroads Of his state
to reduce rates and Governor Conner
Of Alabama, revoking railroad char
tiers It looks as II "radicalism" were
rampant and the "demsgogues" In
control.
Is there no place where the preda.
tory wealth can find a sanctuary?
Must the big corporations at last
obey the law?-Commoner.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
A $4,000 Rebate Fine.

Minneapolis, MIMI, Aug. 26.-A
ilne Of %, 900 IVES imposed upon the
81 Paul, Minneapolis 4 Omaha rail-
road company and IL ex-gensrsl
freight agent, Hiram N. Nsrcs, was
ordered to pay . $4,000 hns By
Judge Page Morris In the United
States district court today. The
Omaha road, CONFORMITY WITH The =.
eensral frsieht eG1pt, Va oonyl6)ed
a the,sGnns oouES 1pl1 III q eient'
~ isbstss - 6psne ssllp
company. -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29

DeWitt's Little Early Risefs don't
sicken or grip. Small Pills, easy 10
take. Sold By Gays Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29

Dswitt's Kidney aud Bladder Pills
are best for backache and weak lid.
nsys. Sold by Clsy's Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-08-29
GA. - II . RIA.
s..n Ii. nIhs Kind You Have l!xaEs Bought
''', \ &zhzZZM

The Missouri Pacific Time Table at
Butler Station.
CORRECTED TINE TABLE.
sourn BOUND.
40 aoa Joplin a Southwest mail a Xxx 8 o5 Q m
No 907K.C a Joplin mail a Express IL ;s6 y N
10. eo5 X C a Joplin mail a Express $50 m
10. 2el Local freight Has IN
NORTH BOUND.
No. e06 Kansas City and st. Louis Ex. b:s5 m
No. 20s Kansas City mail and Express ! rs p m
No. 2l0 Kansas City limited mail 1890 pm
LOCAL WRIGHT
No. 292 Local Freight ll;1Am
10. 252 Kansas City stock s;S pm
INTERSTATE DIVISION.
WEST BOUND.
10. sil Local freight and Pas mixed s:oosm
KAsT ROUND.
20. 242 Local freight and Pas mixed or $500 pm
M. CURRY. Agent
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-24

Alfred Wick and William Mont
gomery, two sophomores in Dallas
College, returned to this city from
Falls City today to resume theiI
school work.
s. A. Davis will sell his livestock
implements and furniture at auction
at his farm at Antioch, a miles we8i
of Monmouth, on Tuesday, October l,
Free lunch at noon.
Scores Of hop pickers passed through
Dallas on every train yesterday and
today, returning to their homes after
the hop picking season in the big
yards about Independence.
F. Chapman is closing out his
stock of furniture, and will retire from
business in this city to goto California,
since his poor health makes change
Of climate imperative.
Although the supply of school books
at Cherrington's Drug Store has been
temporarily exhausted, they have
ordered new shipment, which will be
here in a few days and they will then
be able ofill all orders that may come