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The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

Mir. Llggett has prepared for hif bride
 Miss Ask is the charming and ac compllshed daughter of Mir c. w. Ask and has lived in skagway since little girl, and has by her amiable aud happy manners won hosts of friends.
 Walter W. Llggett has been editor of the skagway Daily Alaskan for nearly year and is correspondent for several papers In the East Mir Liggett is a writer of marked ability.
 The many friends of this popular couple join the Daily Alaskan in best wishes.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

a story book, and Marion Wurzbacher received a box of Teddy bear writ ing paper as one of the successful ones in the same game.
 A huge birthday cake was chief among the many good eatables prepar ed for the small guests and the whole affair was one to leave pleasant mem orles. The guests present were: Cert rude Liddicoat, Marion Wurzbacher, Bessie Blanchard, Verne Miller, Ruth Jenkins, Marion Jenkins, Carl Hahn, Will Clayson Harold Mulyihin, Victor Grimm. Cecil Huhu, Charles Hook ett, Emerson Rogers and Earl Lath- rop.
 On Wednesday December lst, Mir. Walter W. Llggett and Miss Norma Ask will be quietly married in Juneau Judge Cushman will perform the cer- emony
 Mir. Liggett yeft Thursday on the Cottage City for Juneau where he will meet Miss Ask, who has been in Seattle for some weeks visiting with friends and relatives and is coming north on the Jefferson. After the wedding the young couple will come to Skagway on the Jefferson and be- gin housekeeping in the pretty home
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27
FRA1ERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

Regular meetings of skagway Aerie No. 25, Fraternal Order of Eagles tlrst and third Wednesdays in each month, in their hall on Fifth Avenue, at 8:3O ?. m. sharp.
 All members are requested to be present and visiting brothers are in- vited to attend.
 HENRY A. RHODE, Worthy Pres.
 J. M. Keller, Worthy Secy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE
 ORDER OF ELKs.

skagway Lodge No. 4S1, B. P. O. Glks, holds it's regular sessions at S:OO D. m. every Thursday evening at its hall on Sixth avenue.
 A cordial invitation is extended |" lll visiting brothers.
 FRED. CALLARMAN, secy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

Go to the Pack Train restaurant for your Sunday French Dinner. The very best of everything the market affords. Ice cream served free with our Sunday dinner. s. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27
FREE AND ACCEPTED MAsoNs

Regular meetings of White Pass Lodge, No. 11S, Free and Accepted Masons, second and fourth Fridays of each month, at p. n. sharp, at Ma sonic hall, 225 Fourth avenue.
 Sojourning and visiting members are requested to meet with us.
 A. P. DRAPEs secy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

AGENTS wanted for high class beautifully printed and Illustrated dol
 lar-ayear woman's magazine Com mission fifty cents on each dollar subscription. Write for agents Free outfit American Home Monthly, 27 Spruce Street. New York cos lSt.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27
LAUIEs OF THE MAccAeEEs.

Regular reviews of Hive No. 2, La lies of the Maccabees will be held !he first and third Tuesdays in the month at D. m. sharp, in their hall on Sixth avenue.
 All visiting members are cordially Invited.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90, Baggage, coal and wood delivered upon shortest notice day and night.
 H. FREIDENTHAL, General Expressing Bonded Cur rier.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

Guests are given every attention at the Caribou hotel at Carcross. Clean comfortable rooms, good service, fine fishing and hunting close tc Car cross. E. w. Gideon, prop.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27

You can spend pleasant half hour In a game of Pool or English Bill lIards. The Board of Trade has the best tables in Skagway. Drop in,- we'u be glad to SC you.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27
DIRECTORY OF FRlTERNAL SOCIETIES
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD.

Regular meetings of Camp skag. way, No. 1, every Tuesday at S:SO o'clock sharp, in A. B. hall, Broad way.
 Visiting brothers are cordially In. yIted.
 J. W. Grashel, A. c. F. J. Rosenberg, A. R.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27
LOOK ouTI

Beginning 18th Inst, shall have some A.-Y.-P, special at the Pack Train. Finest in the Land. Yours as ever. Herman Grimm tf.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-27


 expected in Skagway from Atlin. Miss Margaret Whalen is engaged professionally at the W. P. hospital Postal Inspector Wetzler returned on the Humboldt from trip to se- atue.
 Mr. Joseph Mason is comfortably settled at the Pullen house for the winter.
 Isn't it almost time for the Arctic Brotherhood to begin talking Christ mas tree?
 The school directors granted the schools a Thanksgiving vacation of two days.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. l.. Speer will soon occupy the rooms vacated by Emil KO rach and family.
 
 Mr. and Mrs E. l.. Miller and baby Margaret are making their home at the Puuen house.
 Mrs. G. G. Miller and Verne were dinner quests of Mrs. J. F. Van de Wall on Thursday.
 Mr aud Mrs. W. W, Boughtou were dinner guests of NIr. and Mrs H. F.. Taylor Thanksgiving.
 Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Black are making there home at the Pullen house for the winter
 
 Mrs. G. G. Miller, after an illness of several days at the w. P hospital is able to be out again.
 0Ir. and Mrs. George Howard were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Father and Mrs Thomas Jenkins.
 Mir. James Kenuejy's family will oc' cupy the handsome rooms recently vacated by the CIaysous.
 The Rev. Thomas Jenkins and his little daughter Ruth returned from Juneau on the Humboldt
 Prof. and Mrs. John Gavin were . Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mir. and Mrs. George Rosenberg. ! Nr. Norman McCaulay of Vancou- Yer was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Qmnlan Thursday.
 W. II. Henson, well known in Skag. way and Juneau, is now enjoying life in New York and Philadelphia.
 
 Herman Daniel is the name of the little son Mir. and Mrs. II. D. Kirmse brought back with them from Seattle. Taking advantage of the reduced rates, the residents of Alaska are making quite an exodus for the south AIr and Mrs. A. s. Smith and Mir. and Mrs. F. l.. Miller were dinner ! guests of Mir. and Mrs. N F. Black l Thursday
 Little Prosper Ganty, who was con. fined to the W. p. hospital for a week with tonsilitis is so far recOy. cred as to be at home
 Mir. and Mrs. w. II. CIayson and little Will CIayson left on the Cottage City for Juneau where they will take the first boat for Cordova.
 The Pack Train restaurant served an excellent dinner Thanksgiving day and many patros of this tavorite cafe ate with mine host Tony"
 Complimentary to Mesdames Ham . berger. Cheney and Mcclellan of Jun eau, Mrs. A. W. Reed entertained al cards last Saturday afternoon . Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hiuery, Miss Laura Doerrer and Mir. c. B. GuptiI were dinner guests of Mir. and Mrs F. J. Doherty on Thanksgiving day, Many townspeople took advantage of the excellent dinner served at the Punen house and ate their Thanksgiy ing turkey at that popular hostelry.
 
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres byterian church had a very successful sale of cooked foods and domestic art icles at the W. c. T. U. rest rooms
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
Thirty thousand Autographs.

The most enthusiastic autograph
collector In the world lives in Cam
bridge. Mass. RE has devoted TWEEN.
ty-six years to collecting the sigma
lures OF persons prominent in every
walk OF life, and his collection, which
he entities the bay State Autograph
Library" comprises 10000 names. of
which 1T are American poets. 1t
embraces Army and Navy officers.
merchant captains that have for any
reason jumped into notoriety or fame.
aeronauts. Industrial kings, political
leaders. actors. singers. ministers.
medical men OF worldwide reputa.
tion. noyelists. distinguished editors
leading Suffragettes, eminent jurists.
teachers. diplomatists. astronomers.
inventors. and. In fact. representa-.
tiyes from every profession or calling
in the world In which fame may be
achieved. The autographs are care
fully indexed and classified and are
elegantly bound In gilded calf. The
collector intends to will them TO the
Etate.---New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
Alfalfa Meal For Poultry.

We Ind that, as a rule. our hens
fed on alfalfa meal lay very fertile
eggs, which produce strong, vigorous
and healthy chicks. We also find
that they will moult quicker in the
fall and commence to lay earlier In
the season. For laying hens we put
several quarts of alfalfa meal into a
closed vessel. then pour boiling water
over the meal until 1t is thoroughly
moistened; place a cover over the
vessel and let the mixture steep for
while.
Just before the feeding dash little
cold water over the feed. This brings
out the green color, and the whole
presents very pleasing appearance
and is as near grass as any feed can
be. Some prefer to mix the meal
with table scraps or grain, both of
which add palatability and variety
to the mash. Bone meal and meat
scraps make excellent additions to
alfalfa or clover meal. both of which
are concentrated feeds and great egg
producers.-A. l.. c., Iowa Agricul-
tural College.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORN NOTES
AUGUST FIRST
Topic-Llfe Lessons for Me From the
Book Of Acts-Acts 27: 18-44-
(Consecration Meetina.)

The need of the Spirit. Acts /: Is
Turning to God. acts .: 37-42.
God Is not mocked. Acts s. Ill.
Spread OF the seed. Acts 8: l.3,
34-4O.
a chosen vessel Acts 8: 1919.
An epoch-making speech. Acts II:
22-3l.
This passage Is typical OF the book
story OF the peris OF the church.
Transformed intu tIcumphs by It's trus,
in God
Owned and serying-those are the
two halves OF the Christian life ".
23J.
Il am Of good cheer for-I believe"
that Is the Christian argument for
happiness ". 25).
Gods man Is ever in command In
time Of peril, though a slave. Ike 10.
seph, or a prisoner, like Paul ". 81.
Little Sermons from Acts.
The reason why so many Christians
are poweIless is because they seek
for power in themselves and not in
the Holy Ghost q: 81.
Love for Christ makes all things
common still wherever that love real.
ly exists e; 44).
Silver and gold are often the least
gift that can be given, and sympathy
Is always the greatest gift G.: O..
Christianity is not a great religion
or the greatest religion; 1t Is the re
ligion q: 12).
II our lives are of God. so that we
cannot be nverthTown. we dishonOI
God by seeking auotner fortress Is:
39).
God wants us TO use for Him the
highest powers He has given US. and
not be turned aside TO lower uses C.:
~.
Stephen had thought so much about
Christ's prayer for His enemies that II
had become his; thus we may incor
porate Christ in us G.: COZ.
Bible reading Is not profitable. but
Bible understanding Is: 800.
Every impulse OF good in our lives
Is Christ, and He IS prosecuted when
we scout those impulses O.: ~.
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Tempcrance Notes.

The United Presbyterian General
Assembly has denounced all persons
who use their political influence IN
favor of having licenses granted as
involved In the guilt of the crime of
the liquor trafflc.
Five hundred and twenty-five sa-
looms have been voted out of Massa.
chusetts since May /, 1905, but the
breweries of Boston, Worcester and
other cities are happy In their immu-
nifty from danger under the present
local Prohibition statute.
Harper's Weekly and Harper's
Monthly have announced that they
will take no more liquor advertise
ments.
DR.. Charles Dana in an address in
Philadelphia declared that alcohol
was one OF the chief direct causes OF
insanity.
illinois spent 81 for rum for every
dollar for bread and bakery products;
IL spent more than twice for rum
what It did for clothing; Il spsut for
liquor 100000 day or $16,00O,-
900 =, month, ,"-Prohibition Year
Book
And Illinois Is thrss-foarsh wn,ss
ION the map.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
The Man without a Friend.

BY AMOS X. WELLS
To my mind one of the cheriest
bits in all that CHEEKY book. the Bible,
is the story of the sick man borne of
four friends, who tore up a roof to
get him laid at Jesus feet. And per
contra, one Of the saddest glimpses
in the Bible, that record of sadness
and sin, Is the little picture of the
sick man lying by the pool of Beth
esda, who had no friend to get him
into the pool when the waters were
stirred with the mysterious healing
spirit. Bethesda, House of Mer-
cy, to that sick man it had become
very House of Human Selfishness,
as, time after time, another had
stepped down into the pool before
him.
And, as l ponder his case, he seems
to me perfect type of a large part
of this worlds wretchedness. He was
the incarnation of unfriended need.
AS he lay there, unheeded or spurned,
he was the symbol of all the sick and
sinful. the lonely and wretched, the
outcast and forlorn, the despairing
and desperate, that have groaned and
cursed upon this selfish earth from
Gains day to our own, He had
been thirty and eight years IN his
infirmity." Yes, and thirty-eight
centuries! And as our Lord ap.
preached this man, and accosted him
in those loving tones that thrill over
the whole earth to-day, the scene ap.
pears to be a concentration of the
entire beautiful story of salvation,
from the Bethlehem cave to Calvary's
cross.
Why did Jesus ask him that ques.
ton. do you want to be healed?"
Was ever a question more superfu.
GUS?
No; for the man had doubtless
fallen into the listless abandonment
of despair. There had been time
when he had begged and implored a
friendly hand. There had been
time when he had cursed the selfish.
ness around him, and shaken an i'm,
potent fist at the lucky ones carried
to the pool before him. All that was
over. He had dropped into the last
pit of misery. How much of the
worlds suffering is there to-day!
question, "Wouldst thou be made
whole?"
1t Is the sufferers fault, too, very
ioi SCiJs nat W nat lut SClHon OncS
say, when they step down before
them into the shining, tossing pool OF
health and wealth and happiness,
Sickness is sin. Poverty is sin That
is what the selfish say, and often they
are right.
And that Is what our Lord said
"Sin no more, lest worse thing be-
fall thee" All, but He said 1t after
He had healed the man, and we say
It while we are crowding past him
into the Pool of Privilege! 1t is easy
to see which saying will work refor
nation.
He was found in the temple. the
sick man who had been healed. That
Is where the whole world of sick men
will go. II we temple-men do bu'
stretch out our hands of healing ir
the power of the Christ. But while
we press before them into the Pool
who can blame them II the temple
remains empty?-Sabbath Reading
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
A..-......M
POULTRY q s.
&;SA,-W
CC1UjETQlGRsE :!!',!!l
Poultry Notes.

Protect your poultry from spring
rains.
Sour table scraps are not good for
poultry.
Whole corn is good for laying hens
during cold weather.
Hens do better IL kept in separate
lots of twenty-five each.
Give the laying hens fresh water
slightly warmed three times a day
during cold weather
Large breeds should never be kept
in the same flock with small breeds.
Table scraps should be cooked and
given to the laying hens.
When hens acquire the feather
pulling habit they should be sent to
market at once.
Feed the laying hens at daybreak
and sundown, and keep them work.
ing the entire time between.
Roosts for poultry should be placed
on level, so that there can be no
preferred positions.
Lice always attack poultry more
when they are In an unthrifty condi.
tion than when they are we'll fed and
properly cared for.
If hens are confined to the poultry
house on cold days, see to 1t that they
do not have to stand on the bare
floor. Use straw, cornstalks, corn
husks or other dry material for a
floor covering. Hens with cold feet
Will not lay very many eggs.
Although turkeys will eat snow
they should not be permitted to do
SO, but should be given plenty of
fresh, clean water.
When raising turkeys for market
medium sized ones will be found bet.
ter than extra large ones.
Save few of the old turkey hens,
as the two-year-old is better breeder
than the young hen.
Turkeys should not be housed with
chickens, as they require different
nditions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST I.
The Nearness Of Extremity to oppor.
tunitY. (John 5. 1.16A

The Nearness Of Extremity to Oppor.
tunity. John 5. 1.16.)
Our Lord must have performed
many miracles Of healing not record
ed, but it is evident that every case
preserved to us in the Gospel has
some special lesson. Is there any
other Instance of Christ's power so
completely suggestive of the state
ment that mans extremity is Gods
opportunity" For 1t must be remem.
Dered that the Saviour was ever look
ing for opportunity to bless suffering
humanity 1t is not difficult to be.
lieve that in all that sorrowful, af.
iiicted assemblage about the porches
Of Bethesda, this poor, impotent man
might have been the most needy.
Think of the long life of weakness and
helplessness! Thirty.eight years OF
prolonged misery! Surely, his was
an extreme case. For many years
he had been brought to these porches
in the hope that when the angel
troubled" the waters of the pool he
might have at least a chance, poor
as 1t was, of getting healing. Season
after season passed and hope deferred
must have made his heart sick as he
lay on his mat the morning that the
Great Physician chanced that way.
Was there a more hopeless creature
In all Jerusalem at the moment when
salvation was so near? The darkest
moments are just before the dawn,
and his darkest hour of the direst ex.
tremity was upon him to be illumin.
ated by the coming of Jesus with most
gracious opportunity. Opportunity
had indeed come into touch with his
extremity. II Is wonderful how Christ
awakened the man to a realization of
his opportunity. Standing before the
paralytic, the Great Healer asks the
strange question, wilt thou be made
whole?" Jesus is doubtless unknown
to the poor sufferer, and such a ques.
ton might have seemed only a gratu.
itous wounding of his senslbilities.
But the strangers commanding and
benign appearance belied any such in
depreciation and he sorrowfully and
perhaps Alphabetically replied. "Sir,
have no man, when the water is trou.
bled, to put me into the pool" This
broken-hearted utterance spoke vol
umes of the mans extremity. Even
the little human hope in his case had
gone to drag himself TO the healing
waters when the blessed stirring oc
cured; he was in the very depths OF
hopelessness, yet salvation was bless
edly near. There was stealing into
his benumbed heart the warmth of a
new hope, and when the royal com
mand came, Take up thy bed and
walk" this new hope became a splen
did faith; he was enabled to put aside
all doubt and questionings and he
took up his bed and walked"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
Wholesale Markets.

New York-Wheat- irregu.
lar; No. red, old, 145c. nominal in
elevator and (. o. b. afloat; No.
red, new, 1.21A, end August (. 0.
b. afioat; No. 1 Northern Duluth,
LAP Y nominal (. o. b. afloat; No
2 hard winter, 1.40% nominal f. o.
b. afloat.
Corn-Spot easy; No. old, Sic,
in elevator and 1914 f. o. b. afloat;
No. 2 new, "a ", winter shipment.
Option market was without transac.
tions, closing u a T net lower.
July closed so Nc; September closed
"a y; December closed 67.
Oats-Receipts, 1850 bu. Spot
dull; mixed, 26@32 lbs, SIC. nomi.
nal; natural white, 26@32 lbs,
54h @5S; clipped white, 34@42
lbs, 5S@63.
Eggs-Flrm receipts, 12,494 cases;
state, Pennsylvania and nearby fancy
selected white 29@31c.; brown and
mixed, fair to choice, 23 a 26; West.
ern extra first, 23@24.
Poultry-Alive steady; Western
spring chickens. 24c.; fowls, 17k;
turkeys, 13. Dressed steady; West
ern chickens, broilers, 18@22;
fowls, 1906; turkeys, 11@20.
Philadelphia-Whe Firm;
contract grade, July, 11S@120c.;
August, 1.17@ 1.1S.
Oats.-1c. lower; No. white nat.
ural, 5Sh @ soc.
Butter = Firm; extra Western
creamery, 28 Nc; do. nearby prints
80.
Eggs-Firm, good demand; Penn.
II to okh rtn 70 frn
cases, 23hc. at mark; do, current
receipts, in returnable cases, Fl 1s
at mark; Western firsts, free cases
" at mark; do, current receipts
free cases, 20@22h at mark.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was
in active demand and sales were
made of cargoes on grade at 1.2Oh
for No. red; 1.18 for No. 8 red
III for special bin steamer No.
red; 1.16h for stock steamer No
2 red; 1.12h for special bin reject.
ed; 1.10h for stock rejected. and
LOS " for regular rejected for the
drier. Steamer No. red sold al
1.12k per bushel. the same price as
special bin rejected. Irregular re
jected for drier sold at 100 ". Small
bag lots, by sample, as to quality and
condition, sold at 100 to 1.20 pei
bu.
Corn-small bags of Southerr
white sold at sic. and sac. per bu
Cob Corn-Quotable at $4.10@
4.15 per brl. for carloads prime vel
low on spot.
Oats--We quote, per bu.: wnite
NO. 2, ssh @59Ac.; No. 8, 57@
5sh. Mixed-No. Q. 56@56kc.;
No. 8, 55@55h.
Hay-We quote, per ton: Timothy
No. 1 large bales, $17@17.50; do,
small blocks, S17@17.50; No. 2, as
to location, $15.50@16; No. 8,
$3.50 a 1880. Glover Mixed
Choice. $3.50; No. 1. SIS; No. 2
s13@14.
Butter-We quote, per lb.: Cream.
cry fancy. 27; creamery choice, 25
@26; creamery good, 22@23;
creamery imitation, 29@24.
Cheese-We n"Dte. jobbing lots
per lb., Is " a 16c.
Eggs-Prices steady and demand
fairly good. We quote, per dozen.
loss of: Maryland, Pennsylvania
and nearby firsts. 1hc.; Western
firsts. 211s; West Virginia firsts.
21h; Southern firsts, 2O1s; guinea
eggs, 10@11c.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
Spiritual Life,

Righteousness is the sure and nee.
essary form of every life in which re-
ligion is really established as its cen.
trail principle.-Joseph May.
Remember, above all things, that
duty and life are no.great overwhelm.
ing task, but daily strife and toll and
hope and cheer and love, building
within us a home fit for the indwell.
ing of God.-John M. Wilson.
Learn to comprehend and appre.
ciate the relations amid which you
live, the duties. affections and prob.
lens of daily life, and you will find
yourself. by that very process, COM
ing into the knowledge of the divine
Edward H. Hall.
The conscience call to the individ-
ual Is again the call of the simple
life-the life of plain food; of beau.
tiful, and on that account necessarily
plain, dress; of forceful, and on that
account loving, disinterested work;
OF lasting. and on that account CO.
operative, life. Only as we work to.
getIer can we enlarge the individual
life.-Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade ant
Market Reports.

r. G.. Dun C Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says:
Each succeeding week has now
become a record of advancing activi.
ty in industry and commerce. The
extraordinary expansion in the iron
and steel trade continues and where
IS, a short time ago, the problem
was how to find business, now the
problem is becoming that of meeting
orders with adequate dispatch. The
general business situation is improy-
ed by the progress made in the work
Of tariff revision. In view of the
widening area of industrial activity.
the better employment of labor and
the higher prices for commodities
the fact that the supply of banking
credits in the leading financial CEN
loans generally low, is significant Of
the reserve power for further ex.
"ansion.
Bradstreet's says:
Despite irregularities in crop and
weather conditions, midsummer in.
fuences in trade and industry and
conservatism in placing orders
ahead, business is of fairly good
volume for the season of the year
and shows perceptibly steady ad-
vance toward normal proportions.
The retail trade clearance sales are
universal, but there are numerous re.
ports that reduced purchasing power
Offsets the stimulus offered by this
means of inducing buying. Whole.
sale trade for immediate delivery
and jobbing business in summer
goods is of light volume. Fall
trade reports are still relatively the
best OF any branch.