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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Not tlo To His Marie,

George Peabody, the philantnropiss,
and John Bright often went to Ireland
together to fish. One day they went
couple Of miles up the Shannon be-
tween Castleconnell and Killaloe,
They had engaged the services of two
boatmen, and as Bright and Peabody
we're keen anglers they made long
day of It. On returning in the evening
Bright, noticing policeman on the
river bank, asked what sum the boat.
men were entitled to for their time
The constable said anything from,
seven and sixpence to 10 shillings.
Bright turned to his companion, say
ing: 81 have no change, Peabody
Have you three half crowns" The
millionaire produced the coins and
rave them to ore of the boatmen, who
said, "And Is that all ye're givin' mc?'
THAT Is ALL" replied Peabody. "Well.
that bates all l liver heard" observed
the boatman, adding. as he scratched
his head: AN they call We Paybody,
Faith. l should call ye Paynobody"-
London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Chon Suey Best Of All.

~ have tried them all In their ma.
tive haunts, and like them,' said the
traveller, according to the Baltimore
Sun.
'"Tried what?' asked the bystander
"Railroads?"
mo; national Dishes" answered the
traveller. "The hot tamale Of the Mex
lean, the goulash Of the Hungarian, the
chop suey of the Chink, are all known
to me and many others.
"The best Of them all Is chop suey.
The hot tamale is too hot and has very
little nourishment to 1t, and goulash Is
too heavy. 1t tastes pretty good. but 1t
Is not a food to recommend to a man
with weak stomach. Chop suey, how
ever, is Appealing, easily digested and
very nourshlng. 1t Is the great contrl
button Of the orient to the occident In
my opinion. It is made of rice. sprout
ed beans, celery and chickens blood
all mixed together in the form Of sour
and nicely seasoned"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Limit of Human Strength.

Experiments upon number Of men
have shown that a man five feet high
and weighing 126 pounds will lift. on
an average. 1856 pounds through YER
teal distance Of eight inches, or PIT
pounds through height Of IL inches
Others G.1 feet high and weighing 1S3
pounds could lift the 1856 pounds to
height Of thirteen inches, or PIT pounds
to a height Of six inches. Other men
six feet three inches high and weighing
1e8 pounds could lift 1856 pounds to
height Of sixteen inches, or PIT pounds
TO a height Of nine inches. By great
variety of experiments it was shown
that the average human strength is
equivalent to raising thirty pounds
through a distance Of two and one-half
feet In one second.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Workinq In Steel Masks.

The workman wore a steel mask
With glazed e.eholes, rubber suit,
rubber gloves and rubber boots, and he
carried a pair of tongs Of silvery alu
ninium.
I'm certain departments Of the
plant" said the dynamite manufac-
turer, "all our workmen are dressed
Like that. They must be. Otherwise
they would be smeared with chemicals
and splashed with acids that would eat
fneir flesh like liquid fire"
''But the aluminium tongsY
"They are for lifting the gun cotton
ont of It's nitric acid bath. Aluminium
~ the only metal upon which the nitric
acid has no effect"
He turned to the workman.
'Everything all right. George" hs
said.
$50, So" came a sepulchral answer
from behind the mask Of steel.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Hyperhole.

A Rochester clergyman was accus-
Nomed to use scientific terms, which the
people did not understand. A deputa
don waited on him with the request
that In the future whenever he used
such terms he would explain them. On
Che following Sunday he used the term
hyperbole and added: "As agreed on,
I beg to explain this word. Were to
say that at this moment the whole of
my congregation are sound asleep 1t
would be hyperbole, but If I say that
me-half are asleep that Is no hyper
Nole, but the truth" The next day the
Reputation again called to say that the
minister need not explain technical
serms. The people would learn their
meaning from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Ducks and brakes,

The momentous day had arrived, and
the Inspector was putting his usual
series Of inquisitive questions to a
class of small boys.
Nov. tell me- he said. why it Is
that duck can swim and hen can't"
Because duck has webbed feet"
p.ped one Of the miniature philoso'
piers.
Yes" said the inspector. "Now. can
sHy of you swiin?"
STONY SILENCE, during which the In
mector and the teacher whispered to.
gether.
"Come, come" said the inspector
you should al. know how to swim.
Your teacher tells me he can swim.
Why is it you can't If he can:"
please, sir said the same little
boy, 1.-The teacher has very big feet. =
London Answers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
A Plant Of All Work.

The fields as we'll as the broad roads
of Ecuador are inclosed by adobe walls
surmounted by the broad leaved Amer
lean aloe. The aloe, sometimes called
the century plant, is one Of the most
useful and important plants in the
country. The Indians thatch their nuts
with its leaves. The leaves when tap.
ped yield strip. They can also be used
al soap and the spines as pins. Inc
fiber is woven into sacks, and from II
are made the coarse sandals worn by
the common people. The tall flower
stalks are used for beans and ladders
The flowers boiled and soaked in vine
gar, make an agreeable pickie'-Nauon'
a Geographic Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Slang Of Other Days.

Slang has always been fruitful
source fort expansion Of language,
and instances may be multiplied OF
words now respectable which were
once tabooed as vulgarisms. But, on
Ahe other hand. there have been many
slang phrases in use for centuries
which have never become acceptable
70 the purists. AS long ago us 1850 the
celebrated letter writer Horace Wal
pole used to speak of "sitting guzzling'
and getting drunk as an OWL Then
again In the diary Of one Of the most
prominent woman writers Of the eight
senth century, Frances Burney. ars
found good slang phrases Of the Amer
lean college girl Of today, as, for IN
stance, Il sneaked out" Did yor
ever know such toad?" and II hac
q vile cold."-St. Louis Republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
surprised the Ghost.

A ghost, vague white form which
Gifted about small neglected grave
yard in Galway, much to the alarm OF
those who lived near by, one Of the
gentlemen Of our party undertook tt
lay. Going out not far from midnight,
he did indeed soon become aware OF a
white figure looming toward him
through the darkness. Our friend,
however, held on his way undeterred.
Ghost" be said in sepulchral tones
when he came near, could you drink a
glass Of whisky?"
II could so, your honor" blithely re-
sponded the ghost, taken off his bal
ance by the unexpected offer and
standing revealed as the principal
poacher of the neighborhood, who had
avaied himself Of this spectral guise
to set his night lines and carry on his
other depret;ations undisturbed.-Black
woods Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
At His Word.

Many postoffice names are queer
enough to make one desire an explana'
ton Of them. Sometimes the explana"
hon is queerer than the name itself. A
minister in CasS county wrote to
Washington In behalf Of the residents
Of growing hamlet, asking that a
postof1ice be added to It's Institutions.
The request was favorably received,
and he was asked to suggest name
chat would be acceptable to his neigh
Sors. He replied that they We're not
aard to please so long as the name was
peculiar. The postotfice department
took him at his word, and peculiar"
s the name of the Office to this day
Kansas City Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST AMERIC CA

Pittsburg, March Silt is UNDER
stood that for some years the manu-
facturers of aluminium in Eruope and
this country have been operating under
an agreement whereby the PittsDurg
Reduction Company, which controls
the sole rights in this country and IN
Canada for the manufacture of alumni
mum, has had the exclusive market Oh
this Side of the Atlantic, but now the
agreement is believed to be imperative
and both English and German manu-
facturers are offering their output IN
this country at lower price than that
of the American company, although
the latter has the advantage of a duty
of s cents per pound.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
How to Make Oil of Swallows.

Among the valued specifics of a by
gone age was oil Of swallows. IN the
"Countess of Kcnt's Choice ManuaT'
n670 there are the following curious
directions for making it; Take one
handful of mother thyme, Of lavender
cotton and strawberry leaves Of each
alike. four swallows. feathers and all
together we'll bruised, three ounces OF
sallet oil, beat the herbs and the swat
lows, feathers and all altogether. until
they be so small that you can see no
feathers, then put in the oil and stir
them well together, and seeth them In
posnet and strain them through q
canvas cloth and so keep It for your
one,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
NO CHANGE IN
OFFICERS UNIFORMS

Washington, March Sit has been
decided by the Navy Department to
postpone any consideration of the
changes which were contemplated IN
the uniform of officers and enlisted
men. There has been a preliminary
discussion of this important subject
by board which met about a year ago
and the report of which has been put
in printed form for circulation among
officers whose opinions on the subject
are now sought in letter Of instruc-
ton which has been sent to the COM
handing officer of the Pacific fleet. BY
this means in the course of the next
few months the Bureau of Navigation
will be in possession of the views en-
tertained by officers
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Easy R.,yming.

William Mal,epeace Thackeray IN his
nnes peg Of Limavady" acknowledges
himself cockney. It was hardly nee
essary for him to do this, as not only
In that poem. t at in others, he makes
the syllable "ilg" rhyme with sylla-
bles like "in" and "en," falling to sound
the concluding "g." Richard Harris
Barham Of Ingc|dsby legends. most
facile rhymer, has done the same thing
over and over again. thus tightening
his labors greatly In the pursuit OF
rhymes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
The Case of Emergency.

While on the march il. India the pic
neer corporal Of famous Irish regt
ment went to the quartermaster for a
3oan of a camel to carry a spare tent,
nut the quartermaster refused, saying;
" have only the cart, and this spare
camel am keeping FOR case Of emer
yency."
The corporal said. cat you put the
case of emergency on the cart. sir, and
Mt me have the camelY'-Red Letter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
A..,,.;,o tho Proverb.

A professional humorlst was having
hia boots blacked. "And Is your ia.
ther 4 bootblack, too!" ne asked the
boy.
father Is a farmer.
"Ah" said the professional humor'
,st reaching for his notebook. me be-
Ieves in making nay while he son
ahineA"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Sha Smacked of Books.

They tell me you kissed Miss Son
oct, the poetcss, on yesterdays auto
mobile excun sion"
Eyes. That is true"
Indeed! And how did you-an-nn"
herr"
Miss Sonnet has q marked nteraf:
t.ste."-New Orleans Times-Democra'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
h...ina tho Limit.

.M, Henpeck seems to have her
h,shaad an we'll trained that he'd jump
through a hoop If she held it up and
ave him the word"
.rrs worse than that. She even
u.t.. him help her celebrate the ami
$500 NJ her marriage to her first
Hs, "-Chicaso Record Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Would Like It Very Much.

by the way" asked the waiter,
now would you like to have your
5teakT'.
ssVery much, indeed" replied the
mild man, who had been patiently
waiting for twenty minutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Best Slaap of Az

II see that an eminent physician oe
elares that two hours of sleep befor'
midnight are wo.th more than SIX arte
that hour"
"Nonsense! Two hours OF sleep aftei
you're called in the morning are worti'
more than anything else.'-Pniiaae'
phla Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Wasteful Iqncrarc CO,

The ordinary waste food In an
English middle class FL lily would be
sufficient wholly to mai in French
family of similar St. n, and the
waste Of food is a. hast 'argely due
10 the ignorance G., ryt'.t>tf which pre-.
walls among the cas- Us ION which
English domestic ae.N ants are derived
London Lancet
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
T. ROBERTS & son.

*Roberts Abstracter OF Titles
* 113 Main Street.
complete set of abstract
. of jefferson County, Ark,
oh are the only ones Of their =
sin existence) have furnished
racts of title to a majority or '
land owners of this City
County since 1884. All alb >
cts are given our personal at :
ion, we have no apprentices.
.osts no more to have your alb
lcts made from this OLD RE-
ABLE set Of books and by Abb
acters who have something to
* their certificates. Having
n books as ours in the office
abstract can be drawn up in
very short while, hence saving
, delay OF search Of the many
cords o. this County.
2-29-1W
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
r.kino Thorn Down.

~. Risk did not satisfy the Calvin.
lection Of his flock. why" said
49, "vou dinna tell us enough ABBOTT
rcing our ain Righteousness"
sSseSrorncing your ain righteousness?
.houted the doctor II never saw any
- had to renounce. "-Driftwopd-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30

Uneeda biscuit made from Sue
cess flour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
GOD FOR SALE.

4 Of wood for sale. Prompt
?. Old phone 1920. E. l. Al
oe !ienty-second and Main.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30

p-,ctlv thistles have their uses with.
ant doubt but that doesn't Justify 20"
~ eomse -loaeH- Sparta AindAaler
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30

,essful cook cooks Win
~, 3-15-tf
sFlour'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Conflicting.

"Hayen't told you." asked the
father. always to tell the truthT
Eyes, you told me that" the young
man admitted, "but at another time
yeu told No nsvsr 20 become TIE slave
u 4 habit"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Exaspcratina.

7 TIE word knows no,.sible I'd - be ne,
greatest nsn.-yhn ar,~vsid> ~ s3 D.. r.. -
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30

K y X X Y Y 4 x X
, 1908-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Yagner.-Rawlins
Republican.
Austin Beaumier, who several months
ago enlisted in the navy, has returned
home. ! Austin says the navy is no
place for him. He was on the United
=, States cruiser South Dakota.
- Earl Christensen of Sank Center,
Mimi, is in the city the guest of the
families OF his aunts, Mrs. Ed Gilman
and Mrs. Frank Corey, and will spend
a PARTON of the summer here.
Mrs. v. e. McCarty and children left
today for Ogden, where they will
make their home. Mr.. McCarty is con-
nected with the railroad there as tray
cling engineer for the Utah division.
Joseph Loyett Of Kansas City, the
handsome and enthusiastic representa-
tive Of Quaker Maid whisky and an
ardent sportsman, Is among the bust.
nest visitors to the metropolis OF the
Laramie valley today.
Miss Flora Muir of Rock Springs
passed through the city today, going
from Nebraska to her home. Miss
Muir was formerly a student at the
university here and was met at the
train by a number of old college
chums. 9
Mrs. Mcintosh and her two daugh-
ters, Misses Mildred and Margaret,
| who have been attending school in the
east, are expected to return to their
, 1908-07-16
SPECIAL NOTICE
By the. Northern Pacific Railway
~ Company

For the information Of persons In
terested in the purchase Of land scrip
in the State of Wyoming, l am author
lied by Thomas Cooper, land COM
missioner of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way company, to give notice that the
commissioner of the general land Of
flee at Washington, D. G., 10 now ap-
proving scrip selections of land under
the act Of July 1,l1s9s, in the State
Of wyoming.
This is a new opportunity to buy
government land in Wyoming in lagal
subdivisions of forty acres and up,
at 1925 per acre, being a saving OF
about 50 per acre compared with any
other script
Make all applications to c. B. Tow
ers, Miles City, Montana, who Is au-
thorized by Thomas Cooper, land COM
missioner of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way company, under contract to sell
Address C. 3. TOWERS,
Miles City, Montana.
, 1908-07-16
Deafness cannot be Cured

OedrneSS SdHHot DC NN'Cu
by local application, as they canno'
reach the diseased portion OF the ear
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness. and that is by constitutions
remedies. Deafness is caused by ar
infiamed condition Of the mucous. lin
ing Of the Eustachian Tube. When TILL
tube is infiamed you have a rumblini
sound or imperfect hearing, and wher
it is entirely closed, Deafness Is the re
suit, and unless the inflammation car
be token out and this tube restored te
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out Of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but an infiamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
: We will give One Hundred Dollars
for n case of Deafness (caused by
.catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.r Send for circulars, free,
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
, 1908-07-16
WILL GO REPUBLICAN,.
No Show for Bryan in any Of the Rocky
Mountain States. To-

Denver, Colo, July 16.-"W. H. H."
a special correspondent Of the Omaha
Bee, wired the following to his paper
a few days ago:
Il lived In Colorado in 1896, when
the Rocky mountain region was Bryan
mad. The change in the political con-
dition has been little short of marvel
GUS. / have talked with nearly a score
Of business men, most Of them demo.
Gratis, and they have no h~esitance In
declaring that the republicans will
carry Colorado this year by 20. 900. The
socialist vote here has grown In the
last few years, but it Is evident that
It will go to Debs rather than to Bryan,
while all of the old silver republicans.
who7controlled the balance of power
In the state during the days OF the sill
yer craze, have returned to the re-
publican party. There is nothing IN
existing political conditions tc give
Bryan any hope Of carrying Colorado.
Montana, Idaho or any other of. the
Rocky mountain states.
, 1908-07-16
oArLtNo Foa seEEoEas.
Judge says u Maximum Fine 10 No
gmouoh, Then. Use Gun.

Chicago. Ill, July 16.-Suggestine
that the village Of Kenilworth buy q
Calling gun to stop speeding eutomo.
hles, C. A. Allen, police magistrate OF
the north shore suburb. took measures
to enforce thu speed laws.
Every sc9rcher should get the limit
Of the law; said Justice Allen. END
I think thnt . me of $500 u not too
large. II fine lks that doesn't stop
Them, then the only thing to do Is to
get q Gatling gun. ThAt'll put a stop
to It"
Justice Allsa had just fined Walter
Laukkau, chauffeur for John Borden.
81 Randolph street, SEQ and costs for
r:.~scorcAing." Al
, 1908-07-16
CHARGED WiTHsFRAuD psi
Euo1N o6TA5hiNGtMoNEY

Word comes from Buffet that "Windy
Hteg1nsps ,hass been arrested on charge
Of obtaining money under false pre-.
tsncesj1says the Cody Enterprise. IN
IL alsofreported that he is wanted al
various points In Montana and other
states where he has operated his clever
game The people OF Cody will learn
with pleasurelthat "windy' has been
unprecedented for he also favored this
town with a. can about a year ago and
succeeded In getting away with a
bunch Of money for which he omitted
to give value received.
, 1908-07-16

My little boy. four years old, had a
severe attack Of dysentery. We had
two physicians; both Of them gave him
up. We then gave him Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy
which cured him and believe that
saved his life.-William H. Stroling,
Carbon Hill. Ala. There is no doubt
but this remedy saves the lives of
many children each year. Give it with
castor oil according to the plain print
ed directions and a cure is certain. For
! ale by all druggists.
, 1908-07-16
BITTEN BYaRATTtEsNxkE N
BUT SOON RECEIVERS,

One day lest week AnguiABeat0n,
while putting up hay on his ranch
ear Bonanza, was bitten by a rattle
snake on the third anger OF his left
hand. says the Basin Republican. Mr..
Beaton at once went to his house and
applied antidotes to the wound, drank
what whisbey he could hold and then
came to Basin to have his finger treat
ed by Dr., Carter. He informed the
writer that, strange to say, he only
suffered about ~ hours from the Of
fects Of the bite, which " something
very unusual for snake bite. The
prompt measures adopted by Mr.. Bea
ton are what saved him fromsa great
deal Of agony.
, 1908-07-16
SENSIBLE HORSES
~ FORecAvALRY ARM

Major Henry t. Allen, Eighth cav
airy, on duty at Fort Yellowstone,
Wyo., has been purchasing for the
Quartermaster general some 200 horses
for the remount depot at Fort Reno.
These horses are of known breeding
and pedigree. raised on the ranches in
Montana and Wyoming, audsare Of the
tyre which Major Allen regards as
.siitable for the cavalry arm. An eff
for was made by the quartermasters
department to obtain satisfactory bids
for Furnishing 100 colts from the central
west and the Pacific coast; but the
figures were considered high. for that
class of animal and no contract is like.
ly to be awarded.
, 1908-07-16
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WILL HOl n MEETING

The executive committee of the Wyo-
ming Wool Growers association, Of
which e. j. Bell Of this city is the AL
bany county member, will hold a spe-
cial meeting at Cheyenne on the 23d,
when the question of providing stor-
age warehouses in the state for the
benefit of the members OF the associa-
ton will be discussed. Many Of the
members are of the opinion that Wyo-
ming wool can be stored at home to
better advantage than in eastern ware
houses, the owners being able to real
ize a part of the value through local
banks. The committee will have
other matters to consider at this meet
ing, and some lively discussion will
follow. Mr.. Bell will be there two or
three days.
, 1908-07-16
FINE OF OIL

~ aMytAkoxatMELt.
The drilling outfit q GwhicAp Jack
Perrin 10 superintendent, struck arhnc
aow of oil last Tuesday ~ their'bsaass
On the reservation iustnosth Of Wind
river, at a depth OF AbOvA 800 feet,
says thepLander Republican. r The oil
il said to be Of the Aneatsauality ana
the flow srestimated to b consider
ably above' the AVERAGE The company
Is a strong on and veil hacked: fnans
ciafly and will At eence tproeeed ito
develop the felds-fully. It goes with.
out saying that In q short time Wyo-
ming will be ranking the first in her
output Of oil.
, 1908-07-16
TWENTY MEN HELPED
r. nv ONE xnnAaAA Al

AT Cincinnati. President Hill Of Leban
on University asserted that the free in
termingling Of the exc during the
fifty=two years of that institutions ex
istence had caused 1000 matches. His
conclusion is: We find that rough
and immodest ieportment can be sue.
cessfully excluded in no other way
than by the mutual influence of the
sexes. We believe that FIVE women will
humanize at least a hundred men,"
, 1908-07-16
GONE WITH PARTY
OF EASTERN MEN,

Will Goodale and George Pointing
left for the country il their automobiles
this morning with several eastern gen.
tlemen who desire to look owe the
Laramie valley with a view to invest
ment. They were shown about the
holdings of the Tallmadge- Buntin Land
company and will see the land at its
very best.