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and practice for few miles anyway
before | tackle Oldfield again. We
nope to meet the champion and his big
January II. Previous to the last races
! did not have two fast miles of prac-
tiee In the car and intend to grad
ually drive the steamer down to a
record at which Oldfield will not have
a chance TO beat me-
Southern California motorists are
much interested In another meeting be-
tween the White and Oldfeld and If the
battle between steam versus gasoline
does not come off at San Diego 1T is
very probable that a special match
race will be arranged for Los Angeles
Interesting figures regarding the
new Studebaker EMF 80" car. which
= --.s i,doe into the l'S local JuFeh9 t7spd
Little Expense December 10 have
!. Of sIudeoaker beer ; E c0@RilsS RdsS. !, By y.
Brothers company of California and
these are some of the most forceful
arguments in favor. of the new 1909
of the facts and figures that speak for
the new recent arrival from its De-
troit factory:
Since the car was first put on the
ing Monday, January 4, had been dem
onstrated TO. Out of these 27S con-
firmed conditional orders placed before
the arrival of the car, 1876 were friends
Of prospective customers and SO are
persons who placed new orders.
Sixteen hundred miles have been COW
cred; 106 gallons of gasoline have been
used on a rough average of Is miles
per gallon, and II gallons of oil have
been used on a rough average of 290
miles per gallon. The same air is in
the tires now that was pumped into
them just before being shipped to this
city. One pair of tire chains have been
worn out.
The cost of the gasoline so far has
been $21.20; the cost of oil $3.50 and
the cost of the tire chains $40, making
a total cost of S34.50 for 1900 miles,
or about 2.15 cents per mile.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
Norman Devaux of the Auburn
agency reports the sale and delivery of
"a horsepower four cylinder Auburn
touring cars to l.. A. Kirkpatrick of
Alameda, George C. Fuller of Sausa-
Ito and R. A. Hammond of Sacramento
A c. Leonard, manager OF the W.
d. Newerf rubber company reports the
change over to heavy tourist detachable
tires on f. l. Hansens touring car
S. G. Chapman, agent for the Oak
land cars, reports that the, first of the
four cylinder vehicles will arrive not
later than January 20.
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TO CELEBRATE WATER SERVICE

SAN DIEGO, Jan. S.-San Diego Is
planning a giant celebration to be held
January %, on the occa sion of the
opening OF two immense water con-
duits, Just completed. which will give
this city a daily supply OF $4,000 900
gallons. The conduits, which cost
S450, 900. connect reserv jirs holding A.
600, 900, 900 gallons of water.
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DO You Want S5.OOR
Read THE CALLS weekly orsr on
page Is.
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By K. K. FHOmmedieu
Purchasers of
Overland Cars

Overland cars is DR.. J. B. Frank
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More than 5000 miles, most of which
was at racing speed on one set Of tires,
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at 2:12Il Tipster 81 place. 80 show:
Winner br. c. BY Garry Hermann Run of
Won easily. Second cleverly. Third driv-
Eks s. Silver Grain 10 Tipster ran away
He broke nicely. went to the front at once
Miss Picnic ran good. game race. Contra
made up world of ground. Others showed
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w. NJ Gibson. San Francisco manager
OF the Fisk rubber company. in dis
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fme-.25 %. :3s Is. At post 2ls minutes on
Picnic. 3 place. 80 show: Costa, IS show.
Luck Trained by NJ. Hirsch- Start good.
ing Bigh prfce-Vondel 70. Fire Z. Eddie
half g mile before the start ct slow gait
and ran away from his field In final quarter.
costa closed fairly we'll Yondel, OF poorly.
very little.
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prise, the sales amounted to more thar
during the same period for the previous
six months. In fact il was the largest
December the company has experienced
since establishing an agency here.
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The Regal car, one of the new ones
TO be represented on the coast, has met
Il
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Long Trip of
Diamond Tires

Following the well established Gus
tom of the largest motor car houses IL
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Iime-.25 10. :4e as. I:I5 Is. l:z2 Is.
place, out show: kennedy. 7-1O place. o
ting Winner b. z. by Odd Fellow-Coi
Neugent Aks-Ar-Ben. Star. good. W.
nrice-Private 3. Kennedy 3. Arasee 5.
pace maker in Fanatic 10 XII OF the
10 the front and he romped home
race Arasee made a good showing for
and be was all in al half q mile. Fa
nothing
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Big Shipment
of REQ Autos |
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Regal Sold
by Carload
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ports the sale of three carloads since
the arrival of the 1909 roadster
]. w. Leavitt & Co. report the arrival
of another carload of 1909 Reos. This
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40 Atpet5k ona a
by
By l Haey
never a n with a s tunan
through the stretch. Foul
well beFnni
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Large Sales /
of Fisk Tires
:.
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post ] minute. on at 2:36h. Fulletta. 7-10
show; Alicia. show Winner ch. b. by Mirthful
good Won easily. Second driving. Third easily.
IA 40, Colonel White 90. Winner bid up from
FuIletta block the best horse He breezed all
,r a fmlong Paladini his Lady
Grisren nor Colonel White could raise a gallop.
is q. very uncertain proposition any time.
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DAINTY BELLE-NEBU
TWILIGHT QUEEN-LITTLE

BEST BETS-GILBERT ROSE. BoTANIsT
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The Calls Form Chart Of Races at Emeryyille

rs. 81. 1:Io At post : minute. OF
less. place. 10 show; Highland. show.
by o. F. johnson. Seratched-Micaeia, Be Br
driving. Second cleverly- Third easily High
Serenade 10 Sir John 40 Traffic got OF nicely
sustained stretch drive outgsmed Blameless at Z
hanging well. Miss Highland came from b
after showing speed. Erbet stopped early. Ham
f0sition any.
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The latest to purchase one of tn,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
ON OUTSKIRTS OF DENVER
Robbers Hold Up Train and Loot Reg
istered Mail.

Denver, Feb. 13.-Almost within the
city limits of Denver, at what is
known as Military Junction, two
masked robbers stopped eastbound
Denver and Rio Grande passenger
train No. 4. Amid fusillade of re-
volver shots from one of the robbers
the other forced the mail clerk to
open the doors of his car. The second
robber then coolly searched every
piece of registered mail in the car,
threw the packages he desired into a
sack and jumped off, At the points of
revolvers the engineer, fireman, bag
gageman and mail clerk were marched
up the track a distance, then told to
got back to their train. The robbers
then disappeared with their booty.
How much they secured is not
known, but it is believed to amount
to several thousand dollars. That
they were thoroughly familiar with
the railway postoffice business seems
evident, as the robber In the mail car
threw aside package after package
after examining them carefully.
Armed forces of deputies and squads
of regular soldiers from Fort Logan
and police are searching the country
around Fort Logan and the foothills
for the two bandits, but no trace Of
them has been found.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
Thursday. February IS. 1909.


Official communication from the
Office of the grand chancellor of grand
lodge knights Of Pythias at Belle
Fourche, South Dakota:
Friday, the 10Th day of February, A.
d., 1909, will be forty. fifth anniversary
of the foundation of the order of
knights of Pythias.
1t is my ernest desire that every
knight throughout the domain in some
manner observe this memorable day.
Let every brother, as he pa uses the
five and fortieth milestone, lay aside his
private affairs and devote the day to
worship at the shrine of Damon and
Pythias, erected by them so long ago
when they enacted that tragic scene
exemplified the true principles of friend.
ship
On this great day let every Pythian,
by some act of his to be recorded in the
pages of our history, reveal 10 future
generations, that he had not lived for
eeAt hlOne, huu tnhJ tnb mtdus UV WHICH
he did ascend unto has knight'y fame
10 cherished in his memory still; that
the ravages of time and tide cannot
afface the beautiful recollections and
the thought: 81 wear, and ever will,
my armor in the cause of right
On February 10Th, 1854, when the
stars and stripes, our emblem, the ban-
ner OF justice, unity and freedom. waved
Ger the battle field, and all was turmoil
strife and war, our illustrious father,
Justus III. Rathbone, conceived the
thought that friendship still warmed
the hearts Of men. and laid the corner
stone upon which is builded the order
OF Knights OF Pythias. So let us COM
memorate this eventful day, re affirm
and swear allegiance to our colors aud
the friendship of those heroes whom
our father loved so we'll
L. w LaFleiche,
Grand Chancellor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
FIVE DEAD AND TEN INJURED
Milwaukee Firemen Caught on Col
lapslng Roof.

Milwaukee, Feb. 13.-Five firemen
are dead and ten are known to have
been injured while fighting a fire
which broke out in the warehouse of
the Johns Manville Manufacturing
company and burned fiercely for sew
eral hours, the warehouse, together
with the piano and organ plant of the
Netzow Manufacturing company near
by, being practically destroyed, entail
ing loss of 100000
The firemen were killed while fight
ing the blaze from the roof of the
building when the roof collapsed
The names of the dead firemen are:
Assistant Chief James G. Cunning,
Lieutenant Nathaniel j. Whaley, Leon
ard s. Curtis, John Kraft and Joseph
Bilinski.
A Slavonian named Tom Pitcks, an
employee of the Johns-Manville Manu-
featuring company, was fatally
burned, dying after he was taken to
the hospital.
The fire is said to have started from
an explosion of oil in the basement.
A panic followed among the employees,
but all are said to have escaped un-
injured with the exception Of Pitchs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
ADR0ITLY TURNED.
u Was q Small Hole, but the English
man Crawied Out.


II was watching a number OF young
Englishmen shooting at "A target re-
Gently while | was on the other side"
remarked an American army officer,
''and at my elbow was a pompous Brit
Usher of the old school. who, after
shaking his head impatiently at the
frequent misses that were made, at
length said to me: THAT only goes to
show how the young men of England
are degcnerating. All this sort Of thing
reflects on the British nation
"Tt certainly Is mighty poor shoot.
ing l agreed
"At that the old gentleman fiared up
and exclaimed: 4 say! Perhaps you
can do better, STRIP
[" II couldn't shoot better than that,
I'd be ashamed to eat breakfast I an.
sYered.
"Thereupon was handed rife and
told to show what l could do. / shot.
and the first time l missed the target
completely. so the laugh was on me,
but before they could laugh twice
plugged the bullseye six times In rapid
succession. At this the old gentleman
was trlfie disconnected, but he com
plimented me by saying: Really, now.
you can shoot bit. can't you? I ga. (.
there's nothing like Yankee marks.
man with an English gun. Is there. old
chapr LOS Angeles Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
A Natural Result.

Willowby had a good shoemaker,
Hiram Pool by name. Nobody knew
the trade Of making, mending and
tapping, residing and patching shoes
better than he. His conversation took
on local color from his shop, no matter
what the subject might be. One even
Ing an astronomer, sojourning in vii
lowby, gave talk" at the town hall,
and Hiram went to hear him.
What did you make of all he said
about the cause o. wet weather when
he'd spoken so light Of the moon hav'
ing all to do with it?" somebody asked
Hiram the next day.
Mr. Pool held up the boot he was
mending and squinted at the sole of it
His talk needed waxing" said the
shoemaker dryly when his inspection
Of the boot was finished. But what
made out of 1t was that he considered
the wet weather usu'lly comes wher
the clouds are so old and rotten they
won't hold the patches. youths Com
panion
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
PR o FIT IN
"GOLDEN HOOF."

Writing Of his experience In raising
sheep, Ii. E. Tweed. successful ONO
breeder, Gays: For more than loo years
not golden hoof' had trodden this
farm. But | concluded to take a few
On trial At the end OF the first year
we had lost few ewes by natural
death. one by dogs, and very rev
lambs had persisted. Yet with all THIS
together with our general lack OF ex-
perience, the profit was satisfactory
| had demonstrated to my own salts
faction that / could keep sheep pront-
ably and so decided to permanently
include them in my live stock opera
tons.
The first lesson | learned was the
Importance and economy OF good
rams To have blooded ewes was not
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
A GREAT COMBINATION.
When Husband, Wife and Mother In
law Cooperate.

law Cooperate.
Shortly after his marriage, which
took place in 1880, John Burns, the
British labor leader. settled down as a
Journeyman engineer In Battersea and
twenty years after confessed that he
was the first engineer to make with
his own hands an electric tram
car In Great Britain. In those days,
however. people did not believe that
electric traction was possible, and
Burns had to take the dynamo and
tram to the Crystal palace and run the
latter round the grounds for six months
before people could be induced to be-
lieve In the novelty.
But the people were so nervous that,
although the charge was only slxpence,
mono Of them would venture In the
nswfangled invention. Then Burns was
struck with q brilliant idea. He said
70 his wife. You have got to come
down to the palace three times Z week
and get into the frst electric tram cal
- = decoy duck for the others>" This
wns only temporarily successful. 81
Busns brought along bis mother-in
NV, "and," said the energetic labor
leoder when relating the incident
~when husband. q wife and mother
ln-Iaw cooperate success II ASSURED
London Tit-BitB.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
ENCOURAGED to Hope.

When the Empress Frederick. eldest
daughter Of Queen Victoria. was a lit
tie girl. her disposition, TO the great
grief Of the queen, was naughty and
arrogant Once. when about to embark
on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert,
she was lifted across to the deck Of the
boat by one OF the sailors. who. as be
was putting her down gently. said,
There you are. my little lady"
II am not a little lady; l am a
princessw was the prompt and indig-
nant reply. The queen. who had over
heard the conversation. detained the
man with gesture and. turning to her
spoiled little daughter. said:
Tell the kind sailor that you are
much indebted to him for his civility
and that although you are not little
lady yet, you confidently hope to meri,
the title before long"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
An Air With Real Air.

During one Of the political tours Of
Mr.. Cleveland, In which he was accom-.
panied by Secretary Olney, he arrived
during a severe storm at a town IN
which he was to speak. AS he en-
tered the carriage with his friends and
was driven from the station the rain
changed to hail. and immense stones
battered and ratified against the We
hicle. A brass band. rather demoraliz-
ed by the storm. stuck bravely to Its
post and played.
THAT Is the most realistic music !
have ever heard" remarked the presi-
dent.
what are they playingY' asked the
secretary Of state.
"'Hail to the Chief with real hailf'
rejoined Mr.. Cleveland.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
PROTOCOL FINALLY SIGNED
United States and Venezuela to Settle
Differences

Washington, Feb. 13.-Special Com
missioner Buchanan has telegraphed
the state department that he has
signed protocol with the Venezuelan
government for the settlement of the
disputes between that country and the
United States. He will leave Caracas
for home Tuesday.
Three claims go to The Hague trib-
unal for arbitration; the fourth is set
tied by small cash payment and the
fifth has been settled directly between
the Venezuelan government and the
claimant. The protocol is equally
satisfactory to the United States and
to Venezuela. 1t saves the dignity
and honor OF Venezuela, while as for
America the troublesome claims that
have led to so much negotiation are
disposed OF.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
HUNDREDS PERISH
Theater at Acapulco, Mex, De-
stroyed by Fire.
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY
Structure Was Of Wood and Had
but Three Exits.

Mexico City, Feb. 16.-Between $50
and 800 people were burned to death
any many were injured in fire which
destroyed the Flores theater in the
city OF Acapulco.
The Flores theater was a wooden
structure and over 1000 people
crowded into IT to witness a special
Performance given in honor of Gov
ernor Damian Flores of the state OF
Guerrero, who was visiting the host
II the time. One of the numbers of
the programme consisted Of series
Of moving pictures. While the opera
tor was exhibiting these, film caught
fire and blaze was quickly communi-
Gated to some bunting used for deco
rativc purposes.
In an incredibly short time the
flames spread to all parts of the struc-
ture. There were but three narrow
exits and the panic-stricken audience
rushed to them, many persons falling
to be crushed to death, their bodies
choking the way of escape.
The screams of those imprisoned
were terrifying. Owing to the rapid
ity with which the fire spread and its
intense heat, 1t was impossible to at
tempt rescue work and those impris-
oned were literally roasted alive, as
the fire burned with little smoke and
few were suffocated. The efforts Of
the fire department were confined to
attempting to save the adjoining
buildings and the firemen succeeded
so well that the property loss was
small. The telegraph office, post
office and custom house were dam
aged, but all Of the governments rec
ords aud registered mail we're saved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18

The age Of sheep Is very easily
shown by an examination of the teeth.
A lamb has the frst pair of perma-
nent front teeth when about ten
months old; the second pair appears at
about eighteen months; the third pair
at twenty eight months. and the fourth
at about thirty-three to forty months.
When the whole Of the permanent
front teeth have appeared the sheep Is
In its fourth year. The Merino ma
lures its teeth later than the other
breeds; the Cotswold and Southdowns
and other highly improved mutton
sheep are some months ahead Of Me-
rino, but at four years every sheep has
its full mouth Of teeth. Later the age
is known by the appearance Of the
teeth, which gradually lose their sharp
edges and become worn down smooth.
A healthy sheep will keep its teeth
good until ten or twelve years old. II
| the pasture Is not unusually bare and
the soil sandy. 80 as to wear the teeth
excessively.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18

sat there in the silence and the dars
No wagons came along, though oncs
an automobile shot past at speed
that rendered his cry unavailing.
The passing Of the car only Served
TO make the loneliness the more pro.
nounced. and when two more great
yellow eyes shone far down the road
Bobby gently lowered the golden head
from his shoulder to the grassy bank
and sprang to his feet. Perhaps IL he
waved his arms they would see and
stop.
Nearer and nearer came the lights
and he stood directly in the yellow
patch the lamps made in the white
dust of the road. To his great relic,
the car slowed down, and from be.
hind the curtain Of light that half
blinded the tired eyes came the wei.
come sound of a familiar voice. Bobby
sprang forward to throw himself into
the strong arms Of his big brother.
you're a fine pair Of runaways."
cried Howard. 1--WE have been search.
ing the roads for nearly two hours"
ais Nancy with your" demanded an
anxious voice from the car, and Bobby
knew that Nancy's sister was there
too.
She gave little cry when Howard
brought the girl to her and covered
the tear stained face with kisses.
Howard made up bed in the tonneau
for the children and ran on to where
the road permitted a turn toward
home. Bobby was not sleepy now.
and he stood leaning over the back OF
the front seat watching the car eat
up the road.
1--WE was clipping lovely" he said
plaintively, until Nancy got tired
Now s'pose this spells it all"
81 guess 1t does, old man." was the
laughing comment. Suppose that you
give me your proxy"
whats proxy% demanded Bobby
curiously.
'Tt's this way" explained Howard
as he let the car slow down. 'If you
want to do something, but don't have
time or for some other reason you
can't, you appoint proxy to act for
you. appreciate highly your endeavoB
to unite the Hartman and Seaton fam.
lilies, but, since your scholastic duties
prevent the consummation Of your
laudable intentions, propose that you
constitute me your proxy in the prem.
ises. might add that In consideration
Of this demonstration Of your conf.
dence in my integrity / am prepared
to reciprocate with the donation Of
one bright silver half dollar In the coin
Of the realm"
Bobby regarded his brother suspi
ciously. He never could tell Just wha
Howard was up to when he used tn,
big words, but the proffer of hal
dollar was business proposition, ant
he stretched out his hand.
The exchange was made and How
ard turned to the girl.
Eta" he said gently, sit would b.
shame to Illustrate the plans Of thes
two innocents. Don't you think, dear
that you might act for Nancy ant
make this marriage by proxy an as
sured factT'
For moment the girl hesitated
then she half turned in the seat.
at would be a shame-to spoil thei
plans" she said gently. 81 think
should like-to act as Nancy's proxy
dear"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
SIxTY-SEvEN PERISH IN SEA
Steamer Sinks and Few of Crew and
Passengers Are Saved.

Wellington, N. T., Feb. 15.-The
Union Steamship company of yelling
toms steamship Penguin was wrecked
off Cape Terawhiti. Some of the
passengers and number of the
members of the crew were saved, but
the remainder of the ships company,
numbering sixty-seven, are missing
and are supposed to have persisted.
The Penguin is a total loss.
The steamer Penguin was an iron
vessel of S24 tons and was built at
Glasgow In 1884.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
70 PROTECT FOREIGNERS
United States May Send warshIp ts
Liberia.

Washington. Feb. ls.--The state de-
partment Is considering the question
Of dispatching an American war yes.
sci to Liberia. where alarm is felt
fo- the safety Of British and French
citizens employed In the customs
service Of the republic. The present
situation, according to ofaGIal advicos,
may result in the passing Of its 10000
miles Of territory into allen hands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
Monday, Feb. IS.

House-Bill granting separate state
hood to Arizona and New Mexico
passed under suspension of the rules.
senate-Most of the day devoted to
the consideration Of the naval appro-
priation bill and there was much dis
cussion concerning the growth of gov
eminent expenditures for military
PURPOSES
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-02-18
Friday, Feb. IL.

House-Sensation created when Mr..
Lowering of Massachusetts, charged
that Mr.. Rainey's allegatic|H regard
ing the Panama canal sale were based
upon New York World information.
derived from ex-convicts and black
matters. Mr.. Lowering was called to
order