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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-25
In D | A N A
SENA TOR
TALKS
Maintains That Repub-
lican Party Pledges for
Downward Tariff

Washington. May 25-Defning ais
view that the pledges of the Republi"
can party were for a revision of the
tariff downward, Senator Beveridge
today quoted extensively from re-
marks by MI Taft at Bath. Maine,
prior to his nomination for the presi.
dency
He insisted that this speech was
accepted by the people of the country
as declaration on the part of the
conservative forces OF the party. that
there would be a revision of duties in
order that they might be lowered.
Mr.. Beveridge quoted from various
utterances by Mr. Taft, to show that.
on numerous occasions, the President
mad called attention to the need OF
revising the duties downward. He
said that to place the views of the
President correctly before the coun-
try, he would introduce into the Rec
ord all of the public statements of the
President. relating to the tariff
Mr.. Beveridge did not profess to
appear as the authorized mouthpiece
of the President, but, on the contrary,
was especially careful to say such
WIS. uOl lue cdee' ne otdteu 'nstV iio
representation of the Presidents
views consisted entirely In the quo
tatlon OF public utterances OF the chief
executive, wnicn were available to
all One of the speeches of Mr. Taft,
quoted by Mr.. Beyeridge. was that
made in Milwaukee. September "a,
in which the then presidential candl-
date was quoted as saying:
1T Is my judgment that a revision
of the tariff in connection with the
pledges of the Republican platform
will be on the whole a substantial re.
vision downward. though there prob
ably will be q few exceptions in this
regard"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-25
MACHINE E
CATCHES
FIRE
Officer Rescues Hanan
and Wife From Flam-
ing Auto

New York, May 25.-John Hanan, a
wealthy shoe manufactures, and his
wife were rescued in thrilling man
ner from their burning automobile, in
front of the Metropolitan opera house.
where the Lambs club was giving its
gambol last night Their car mad just
stopped at the entrance, being one In a
long train of automobiles, when the
car behind them suddenly plunged
forward and shattered the gasoline
tank of the Hanan machine. The gas
oline caught fire. spreading flames
throughout the street. enveloplng the
automobile and attracting crowd of
several thousand persons. The police
reserves and the fire department were
called out
While the fire was shooting up all
about the Hanan car, a policeman
opened the door and first took Mr.
Hanan out. Then with Mr.. Hanals
assistance they lifted Mrs. Hanan
across the lake OF fire. The automo-
Bile was almost consumed before the
flames were eXtinguished.
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MAKE THE
Ma T ~ IS
WONDER
Accuracy of Rifle Fire of
Roosevelt and Kermit
Is Marvellous

Nairobi. British East Africa. May
25.-A stafT correspondent of the AS.
sociated Press, returned 10 Nairobl
this morning after a two.day visit al
the Roosevelt camp as the guest OF
Mr.. Roosevelt
The camp was located on the Heat
ley ranch, on the banks OF the Nairo-
bi river. Mr.. Roosevelt and his son
Kermit arc in remarkably good health,
and they are delighted with the sue
cess of their expedition.
The accuracy of the rifle fire of Mr.
Roosevelt and his son. has astonisheJ,
not only the settlers, but the members
OF the party. Kermit killed recently
at close range hyena that had at
tackled him. and he has also come near
making record bag of female wart
hogs in given space OF time.
Today the party Is staying at the
Heatley ranch, but tomorrow Mr.
Roosevelt. his son and Edmund Heller
are coming into Nairobi.
Major Mearns and j. Alden LorinG
will remain at the Juja ranch until
Wednesday collecting birds and NAM
mails.
Mr.. Roosevelt is annoyed at GER
tain special dispatches which. ii Is re-
ported here. are appearing in Ameri-
can or English newspapers. He re-
quests the Associated Press to send
out the following statement:
mo newspaper has representative
with the party nor any other means OF
gaining information of the party's do
ings beyond what is generally known.
Any special dispatches appearing are,
In all human probability, sheer inyen-
tions Moreover, the details which
purport TO be thus obtained, can only
be due to bribery. and 1t Is safe TO
state that a di5honorable man giving a
bribe and a dishonorable man accept
Ing the same, would be willing to In
vent untruths for money or traffic In
other forms OF dishonor-"
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BEGIN I @
HARVEST
" HEA' [
Yields in Texas Will
Average Fourteen Bu-
shells an Acre

Chicago. May 25.-Private advices
received here today stated that har-
vesting of wheat had begun in three
counties of Texas and that the yield
would be fourteen or fifteen bush.
els to the acre on an average. H. u
Roycroft. Chicago exporter, declared
that this estimate was fifty per cent
too high as the prolonged drought in
the Lone Star state precluded such a
yield.
The announcement did not affect
prices in Chicago materially. as May
wheat on the board OF trade early
sold at a new high price, S1.35 IL,
The first garncring of wheat each
year, begins In Texas at about this
season. and is of Importance chiefly az
marking the beginning OF the general
harvest, sweeping in a gradually
broadening path north with the adj
vance of the season through the great
winter wheat belt. From now on, the
hum of harvesting machinery Will
gradually swell, week by week, into
the great midsummer chorus OF the
Ohio and Missouri valleys. The win
ter sown crop gathered to the gran
aries. the spring wheat OF the im-
mensely productive northern states
follows, until the last shcaf has been
gathered from the broad acres of Man
itoba in the latter part of August.
This great forest of grain. when hnr-
vested. will leave great road OF stub
BILE approximately of i5,000,000 acres.
The latest completed statistics made
the yield 4.0S7,00 bushels in the
United States in 1907. A similar yield
this year was net, roughly about that
number of dollars. However, In many
quarters 1t is asserted this years har-
vest will be under 600,000,000 bush
els
Even though the Texas returns new
er equal in importance those of the
purely wheat states. ana may be
around normal This year. the fact that
harvesting having been begun as us
ual, bears on the great point at issue
between the bulls and bears OF the
Chicago wheat pit-will July be an old
or a new crop month
"In July. Chicago Will be buying tho
wheat from the previous year is a
statement made by James A P&tten
at the height OF his bull campaign In
May wheat.
On this point, Secretary of Agrlcul-
ture Wilson took issue with the big
speculator, and both finally LETT the
controversy for "time 70 tell"
The news from Texas, therefore, is
the first word of what the umpire
time" has to say on the subject.
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7 EST | M @ N Y
AVORABLE
TO ERNST
CHARLES STAPLES SEEN WITH
A KNIFE IN HIS HAND.
Man Killed by Ernst Had Displayed a
Weapon Just Before the Shooting
Hearing Continues. 4

The preliminary hearing OF Clar-
ence Ernst. charged with the murder
OF Charles Staples. was continued
again today, number of additional
Witnesses being examined. There was
little of startling nature brought
out in the session which has not been
published in reports of the coroner's
inquest. with the exception OF tho
testimony of Henry Page. colored.
Page told OF having seen a knife
in the hands OF Staples upon two diff
ferent occasions previous to the
shooting. He stated that he saw
Staples have a knife concealed In his
hand while the latter was drinking In
the corner saloon, shortly after the
trouble over a Black Jack game at
Ernsts place, and again noticed the
same after Staples had come out on
the sidewalk and started in the direc-
tion of the pool room, where Ernst
met and shot him.
This Is the first testimony in re-
gard to a weapon III the hands OF
Staples at any time that has been In
troduced by the defense. although sew
eraI had testified To the fact that
Staples had his hands folded In front
OF him In a suspicious manner as he
walked toward the pool room door.
after being warned away by Ernst
who stood on the outer edge the
walk
Drs. w. ]. Browning and H. II.
Forbes, Robert Giles, who was dealer
in the card game. and Mrs. Burgess
OF the city hospital. were also exam
ined in connection with the case.
The hearing was adjourned at noon
to be continued either Wednesday or
Thursday next
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| YN CREI
B \ Big
MOB
Negro Is Forcibly Taken
From Jail and Hanged
to Telegraph Pole


Pine Bluff. Ark, May 25.-Lovett
Davis. a negro, charged with attempt
ed criminal assault on a siXteen-year-
old girl mere Friday night. was taken
from the jail at midnight by an un-
masked mob of 300 men and hanged
to a telephone pole on one of the prin-
cipal streets. Just as he was being
raised high above the street. the rope
broke and the body fell to the ground,
but was Immediately raised again and
left hanging.
Early in the night, fearing violence.
the sheriff secreted number of heav-
lly-armed deputies in the jail. but
these were soon overpowered. Several
prominent men made speeches endeav-
orlng to disSuade the mob. but with
out effect.
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SCRAP IRON TO BE USED IN
BUILDING A DREAONAUGHT.

Oakland Cal, May 25.-By the
French bark Bretagne, now being load
cd here, forty carloads OF scrap iron
will be taken to Genoa, Italy, TO help
building a new "Dreadnaught" for the
Italian navy. The scrap Is iron that
went through the roasting of the fire
Of 1906. Two years ago a smaller
consignment was sent TO Italy and.
mixed with steel, was found 10 make
much improved high resistance arm
or plate.
Italian engineers assign as a cause
for this peculiar toughness that the
iron had passed through unusually In
tense heat and have urged the govern
ment to acquire as much OF the mater
ial left from the San Francisco fire
as possible.
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FIVE CHILDREN FATALLY
BURNED, At SCHOOL
ENTERTAINMENT
Little Girls Are Taking Part in Drill When One of Them Drop Electric
Candle Setting Fire to Muslin Desses-Panic Follows in which
Parents Try to Reach Little Sufferers-AppIaudng
Group Changed Into Fighting Mob

Central City. Ky. MAY 25-Five
children who took part In the com
mencement exercises OF Mrs. B. G..
Boyd's school in this city last night
were burned. it is believed, fataIoy :
the audience was changed from an ap-
plauding group. into n fighting mob,
and several other children were
slightly injured. Panic was averted
by the coolness of the men in the. aud
ience. who covered the flaming chill
drcn with their coats.
The fatally burned:
Dorthy Clay. aged years.
Zelma Clay, aged 10.
Louise Marshall, aged II.
Nellie McGeary, aged s.
Rena May Miller. aged years.
Little Dorothy Clay was the unwit-
ting cause OF the catastrophe The
little girls had formed In circle and
had drilled back and forth IN their
white muslin dresses, the audience
gathering enthusiasm as the enter
tainment progressed Then the lights
were extinguished and an electric can
die In the hand of each child flashed
out brilliantly. The aunts, mothers,
fathers and playmates in the crowd
cheered and applauded SO enthusias-
tically that Dorothy grew frightened
and dropped her candle. The flames
leaped to the white muslin and in a
tSinkling five dresses were afire.
Mothers fought TO reach their chill
drcn. veritable small bontires on the
platform.
The children. freDzieJ with the
pain, made efforts to Chamber over
the footlights to their relatives. Lit
lie Louise Marshall. screaming
rocket. leaped over the footlights and
into the lap of her aunt In the aud
ience.
Men in the audience smothered the
clothing, but in the cases of
those named above. 1t is believed TO
have been too late.
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MASONS OF INDIANA
DEDICATE NEW TEMPLE

Indianapolis, May 2l.-Masons OF
Indiana today dedicated the new
s750.00O Masonic temple in this city.
which they declare is the finest build
Ing devoted to Masonry In the world.
The temple is built of steel and stone.
four stories high. The interior fix
lures are OF beaten brass and bronze
and the furniture. carpets and tapes
tries were especially made for the pur-
pose. The temple contains two res
taurants and many private dining
rooms and Is topped by roof garden.
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NEW YORK STOCKS.

Amalgamated Copper, "a 1-s.
American Car and Foundry. So 3-4.
American Locomotive. 81 Il.
American Smelling, SO 1-2
American Smelling. pfd., 100 ga.
American Sugar Refining, 1872 1-2.
Anaconda Mining Co. so rs.
Atchison Railway, 100 IL. >
Atchison Railway, pfd.. 10i 7-s.
Baltimore and Ohio. III Ia
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. rs 3-4.
Canadian Pacific, $50. }
Chesapeake and Ohio, rs is.
Chicago Northwestern, 1S2.
Chicago, Mil and st. Paul, $50 S-8.
Colorado Fuel and Iron, Al LIZ.
Colorado and Southern. CT LIZ.
Delaware and Hudson, 1875.
Denver and Rio Grande, 81.
Denver and Rio Grande, pfd.. ST 1-2
Erie Railway. "a Ia.
Great Northern, pfd., lat 1-S.
Great Northern Ore Cts. II IL.
Illinois Central, LAG IA.
New York Central, 100 Ii.
Reading Railway, 156 1-2.
Rock Island Co, 81 rs.
Rock Island Co, pfd-, 10 Ia.
Southern Pacific, 122 7~3.
Southern Railway. 81 IA.
Union Pacific, 1sS 5-S.
United States Steel. GO rs.
United States Steer, pfd., 119 1~2.
Wabash Railway. 20 IL.
Western Union, 76.
Standard Oil company, go.
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BURGLA R
FELLS
BOY
Then Sets Fire to House
---but Lad Is Saved
by Passer by

Chicago. May 25.-Insensible from a
blow delivered by burglar. John Ad-
ans, Is years old. lay helpless while
flames cracked about him last night,
the burglar. according TO the police,
having set fire to the house before he
fled.
The boy was alone In his brothers
home, having been left to guard the
house. Hearing a noise In the kitch-
en-, he found there negro at the
table, the carving knife with which
he had sliced loaf OF bread lying on
tho table. Adams snatched the knife,
but was felleI the next moment.
The flames from the kitchen were
seen by a passerby, who sounded an
alarm. Firemen found the boy still
lying iasensible on the floor and drag
ged him out About fifty dollars dam
age resulted from the fire.
The police reason that the burglar,
believing that he had killed his vic
tim, set fire 10 the house. hoping the
body would be cremated.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS MUST
POWDER AND PAINT NO MORE

New York. May 25.-Miss Rachel
Benjamins. principal OF branch OF
the Washington Irving high school in
West End avenue, mas served notice
on all her girl pupils, that those who
come to school hereafter with powder
and "beanty spots" on their faces will
be stood up before their classes and
the embellishments publicly washed
of The principal said that the Gus
tom OF painting and powderlng had in
creased among the young women pu-
pils to an alarming degree. The school
is attended mostly by the children of
wealthy and prominent families.
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OLD SOLDIER AND GRAND.
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH

Ottumwa, Iowa. May 25.-John Car
ter, an old soldier. aged 10, and the
three children OF his daughter, Mrs.
Leila Shaw, were burned to death in
n fire which destroyed the Shaw
house at Eldon, twelve miles east of
here, early today Mrs. Shaw is en-
ployed during the night. and left the
children with their grandfather. The
fire was caused by the overturning of
a lighted lamp during storm.
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MURDERER OF OFFICER
is BROUGHT TO TRIAL

Omaha, May 24.-John Masauredis,
charged with the murder OF Police
man Edward Lowery at South Omaha.
was brought to trial mere today. The
killing OF Lowery caused the riots i'll
South omaha in February last, during
which much property was destroyed,
several persons were wounded and all
the Greek residents of the town driven
away.
Lowery had arrested Masauredis on
vagrancy charge and while being
taken to the station the Greek shot
the officer.
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ing the game of his life against cruel
odds, His physicians tell Sheedy he
is suffering from fatty degeneration
Of the heart and have ordered him to
the country for q rest in hope that
the present crisis may be safely pass
ed. AS soon as the weather is warm
er he will go TO some quiet place,
News of Sheedy's illness got abroad
during the day and his home was be
sieged with friends and many inquin
les came by telephone and mail.
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SECRETARY OF WAR
KILLS AN ALLIGATOR

Washington, May 25.-Secretary OF
War Dickinson proved himself the
best marksman of the party. which
recently accompanied him to Panama.
by killing a ten-foot alligator with
jaws big enough to bite man In two
An alligator hunt was arranged for
the secretary OF war few days aft
er he reached Panama. The party
journeyed twenty-five miles by tug
down the coast to the mouth of Ghetto
river and eight miles UP that stream
in small boats TO the lair of alligators
and crocodiles. Several OF the party
fired at the alligator. which eventual
ly became the booty Of Secretary
Dickinson, but their bullets seemed to
lnfllct little harm. Taking careful
aim. the secretary made a thfrty-five-
yard shot and bagged his game. II
was the only alligator taken.
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AMBASSADOR JUSSERANT
EN- ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO

Washington, May 25.-Ambassador
Jusserand OF France left here today
for San Francisco. via Chicago and
Los Angeles, where he is to present to
the city on behalf of the French gov
eminent, a handsome gold medal COM
memoratiye OF restoration of the city
from the earthquake and fire of sever
al years ago. Several entertainments
In his honor have been planned at the
coast cities. The ambassador was ac
companied by Nine. Jusserand.
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PROF. HOKE OF PURDUE is
LYING AT POINT OF DEATH

Lafayette. Ind, May 25.-ProfeSsor
Benjamin Hoke of Purdue university.
who was struck in the abdomen by a
sixteen-pound hammer thrown by Guy
Conwell, a member of the Van Buren,
Ind, high school track team, in tho
state inter-scholastic meet on Stuart
field Saturday afternoon. Is lying at
the point of death, 1t Is thought he
was not seriously hurt, but his con-
dition has become critical He was
one OF the judges at the meet
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SCHOOLS CLOSE THURSDAY.

Provo. May 24-The Provo public
schools close Thursday In the fore.
noon promotions will be made in the
respective schools. In the afternoon
the graduates will give exercises In
the opera house for the children. and
in the evening for the parents and
adults Friday afternoon athletic
sports will be given on the B. Y u.
campus. In the afternoon the child
ren will have a dance in the Mozart
pavilion and graduates ball will be
given in the evening.
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EXPLOSION OF GAS IN
AN APARTMENT HOUSE

Portland. May 24.-An explosion OF
gas in an apartment house at 1853
Marshall street early today resulted
in the injury of three of the occu'
pants of the apartment house and of
three persons who lived In an ada
cent house. Both houses were badly
wrecked.
George w. Stockder was badly
burned and suffered contusions. None
of the others was seriously injured.
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PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
COLLIDE IN BLINDING RAIN

For tSmith. Ark, May 24,-At Wis
ter Junction, Ok, across the line from
here, today, passenger and freight
train on the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco railway collided In binding
rain storm that prevented the crew
of either train seeing the approach
of the other. Nine persons were In
jured none seriously
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FIRE IN MINE OF PENN
SYLVANIA GAS COAL CO

Pittsburg, May 25.-A fire started
early today in Mine No, 3, of the
Pennsylvania Gas Coal Company, near
Irwin, Pa. The alarm sent 400 miners
scurrying for the shaft, and all reach
ed the surface in safety. Tne fire ap-
pears to be walled in, and the loss, II Is
believed. will be heavy. The origin Is
not known.
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which Weston left behind him at
Z: 10 this morning but so bad is the
walking. as result of yesterdays
hard rainstorm, that the veteran does
not expect TO reach the Colorado cap
ital until tomorrow morning, it being
his plan TO spend tonight at Watkins,
22 miles cas- Of Denver II the roads
improve. he may push along with the
Idea OF reaching Denver tonight.
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SU RV E Y @ R S
RU N N IN G
LINES
WORKING NORTH FROM MONU-
MENT TO TWIN FALLS.
Railroad Officials Reticent as to the
Object of the Survey From the
North End of the Lake.

A party of Southern Pacific survey
orS are working north from Monument,
on the old Kelton-Corinne line, and,
while local officials profess ignorance
as tn the nature or purpose OF the
engineers, they admit they are at pres
ent engaged in running line from the
vicinity of Monument TO some point
In Idaho, the objective point being
presumably Twin Falls.
Aside from this admission Southern
Pacific officials are reticent on the
subject.
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VETERAN PEDESTRIAN
APPROACHING DENVER

Agate, Colo, MAY Plastered
with mud from head to heels. Edward
Payson Weston, the pedestrian, rs
this morning ploddiEg along the tracks
OF the Union Pacific railway on the
long slope that leads 10 the foothills
of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is
oaly ilfty-six miles distant from Agate,
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country have been on the lookout for,
for more than year and q half, Is
held prisoner here awaiting the ar
rival of officers from San Quentin TO
take him back.
Harrington is said to have figured
In several highway robberics since his
parole He admits being wopted
badly, the police declare.
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NOTED NTERNATlONAL
CANISTER FIGHTS FOR LIFE

New York. May 25.-"Pat" Sheedy.
international gamester OF the old
school. art connoisseur, and man OF
the world, Is playing the hardest game
IN all his Wide experience AMI Is play
ing with his usual pluck. He Is fight
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Chicago, May 24--Wheat prices ad-
vanced rapidly on the Board OF Trade
today. gains ranging from 5-S@ l 81
cents in July to 2 rs cents In Septom-
her.
May wheat, the medium of the PAT
tcn operations, established new hlSh
prices, which were well held at the
close
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HEAVY SENTENCE GIVEN FOR
ROB8lNG MAN OF 65 CENTS

New York, May 25.-Convicted of
robbing a drunken man of 65 cents.
David Anderson and Michael Condor
were yesterday sentenced to not more
than fifteen years. nor less than seven
and half years in Sing Sing prison.
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Kansas CITY Livestock.

Kansas city, May 25.-Cattle-Ite'
ceipts 5000: market strong; native
steers So 25a7 90; native COWS and
heifers sS .o0ae so: stockers and feed
ers s. OOa5. so, bulls IS Eoao- 20;
calves 81 .ooa6 20. western steers $S.-
Aoo6 IA: western cows So I5a5 80.
Receipts $4,000; market sc
higher: bulk of sales So. .soa' 81
heavy 81. 3Oa7 40; packers and butch
ers s7. o0a7 .35; light So toa7 .lS' pigs
s5 5oa6.75. -
sheep-Rcceipts 1000; market l5c
In Or cents higher. Muttons S5.OOa
G 20. lambs Sc. 50a9 90, wethers and
yearlings 81 75a7 so; ewes s4.95a6-
60.