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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
HEIR TO HALF MILLION
SENTENCED TO WORKHOUSE

Lost Angeles. Dec. 2S.-Heir to
half a million dollars and entitled to
a position in Baltimore society, w.
]. Powell has been sentenced to serve
$50 days in the workhouse in this
city on vagrancy charge. He says
he will come into possession of his
fortune at the age of 25 years. three
months after he is released from the
workhouse.
He ran away from his guardian in
1903 and enlisted in the 18th Bat
toned, Field Artillery, and was sta
toned in the Philippines. After his
discharge he enlisted in the navy and
was stationed at Bremerton. His love
for girl at San Diego caused him to
desert and go there, later coming to
Los Angeles, where he fell in with
a tough element.
81 am going 10 come out of that
place a new man." he said tonight.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Negro Is Champion Pugilist.

Sydney, n. S. w, Dec. 27.-Jack
Johnson, the big negro from Gal
weston, Texas, is the worlds heavy
weight champion. He won the title
Christmas day in the big arena at
Rushcutters Bay from Tommy Burns,
the French Canadian, who had held
it since James J. Jeffries relinquished
it, and after a chase of Burns that
led half way around the world. The
end came in the 14th round, when
the police, seeing Burns tottering and
unable to defend himself from the
savage blows of his opponent, merci-
fully stopped the fight.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
VIRGINIA CITY, MONT, HIT
AGAIN BY SEVERE SHOCK

Virginia City, Mont, Dec. Is
This city was shaken by the seyerest
of the series of seismic disturbances
that have been going on for more
than a week, at 400 o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
The electric power and light plant
was put out of commission. This
plant is located 10 miles distant from
Virginia City, and as telephone COM
municatiOn with it has been inter-
rupted, II is impossible at this time
to ascertain the extent of the dam
age done. During the past week this
city has experienced more than 80
earthquakes, in which the earth
movements have been very pro-
nouneed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Hurry Indian Land Cases.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator
Owen, of Oklahoma, who is one of
several defendants in suits brought
by the government to clear up titles
to Indian land in that state, is urg-
ing President Roosevelt to have these
cases settled at the earliest possible
moment and to take them straight to
the United States supreme court if
possible. Governor Haskell and
many other prominent men in Okla
bona are defendants. Mr.. owen says
that the slow dragging of the cases,
of which there are $4,000, is dam
aging to business and development
generally.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
MINISTER OVERPOWERS BURG
LAR IN EMPTY CHURCH

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-Rev. c..
N. Lathrop, rector of the Church of
the Advent, after a desperate strug-
gle, captured Albert ]. White in the
act of ransacking the church.
Mr.. Lathrop went to the church at
8 o'clock, as is his custom on Satur-
days and, upon turning on the lights
discovered a side window broken.
Rushing around to the rear door he
found White. A struggle ensued, in
which the minister proved victor.
White pleaded with the minister to
be released and promised never to
try burglary again, but his pleadings
were in vain.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
AFTER BEEF PACKERS
GENERAL ASSAULT ON BEEF
COMBINF-GlNES NO I'M.
MUNITE BATH.
None Of Principals Called Before
Grand Jury-Subpcnas by
Wholesale.

Chicago. Dec. 2S-Search for evil
dence TO establish the existence of a
beef trust clearing house. by which
evidence certain packing interests
could be involved in charges of vio-
lating both the anti-rebate and anti
trust laws, is being made here by
secret service men and agents of
various departments of the United
States government. The Department
of Justice at Washington has issued
orders to District Attorney Sims and
his associates in this city to proceed
against all the large packers sus-
pected of being in a combination
with reference to prices, control O.
territory and demands upon rail-
roads.
Batches of subpenas were sent to
Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis and
other places for railroad and packers
employees, which Federal officials i.
those places will serve and TO which
all witnesses called must respond.
The railroad rebates are the most
effective weapons used by the pack
ers to crowd out the little fellows
and to maintain prices and a trust, )"
said a leading representative of the
Department of Justice in an inter-
view. Thus the railroad rebate
problem and the antitrust problem
are closely linked. You will notice
in the investigation none of the men
higher up in the packing companies
l. i
as a witness. OF course. for obvious
reasons-well known from the form
er prosecutions-we are not eXamin-
ing men before the grand jury whom
we have orders to prosecute"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
CONSERVATION WORK TO BE
EXTENDED BY GOVERNMENTS

Washington, Dec est was an
nounced at the White House that a
conference looking toward the con-
seryation OF the natural resources
Of North America will be held at the
White House, February 8 next.
Letters suggesting the plans have
been addressed by President Roose-
Welt to the Goyernor-General and to
the Premier Of Canada, and to Presi
dent Diaz of Mexico. They will be
delivered TO the officials in person
by clifford Pinchot, chairman Of the
National Conservation Commission
and Forester OF the United States.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Echo of Chicago Mystery.

Chicago, Dec. 2S-George w. Fitz-
gerald, former assistant teller OF the
United States Subtreasury at Chi
cago, has filed suit for 10000
against William Boldenweck, who is
in charge of the Subtreasury, and
H. f. Young, a private detective.
The suit is the outgrowth of the SEN
sational arrest of Fitzgerald last
spring, charged with stealing S173,-
900 from the subtreasury. Fitzger-
AIDS acquittal promptly followed Mr..
Boldenweck's refusal, under orders
from Washington, to testify in the
case.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Diamond Necklace in Laundry,

Boston, Dec 29-In a sheet which
was about to be placed in a mangle
that was about to be operated in a
hotel laundry here, has been found
$4,000 diamond necklace of Mrs.
John De Coste, wife of a well-known
English artist, who is at present in
New York.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
HENEY MAY ASSIST
Rumored He VIII Go TO Pittsburg at
Roosevelt's Request.

Pittsburg, Dec. 2S.-There is a
rumor afloat that F. ]. Heney is COM
ing here shortly at the request of
President Roosevelt to investigate
the alleged bribery so far as it is
connected with Federal institutions.
According to Washington reports,
Mr.. Heney was in conference with
the President Saturday on the Pitts
burg situation. He will be in the
capacity of special examiner, it is
said, to investigate the alleged use
of money by officers of National
banks to have their institutions made
repositories of the city. At the pre-
liminary hearings it was said that
$176,000 had been thus expended.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
OFF TO LOOK At CANAL
Congressional investigators Sail for
Colon From Charleston, 5. c.

Charleston. S. c., Dec. ZS.-The
Il members of the house committee
on interstate and foreign commerce,
who are going to Panama to inyesti-
gate the canal work, sailed from here
today on the Panama line steamer
Alliance.
They will reach Colon on Jan. l
and will spend four or five days on
the isthmus The arrangements for
their return have not been made, but
they will leave in time to be back in
Washington on Jan. IA.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
MASSACHUSETTS GIRL TO GO
TO SALEM, Or, FOR WEDDING

Middleboro, Mass, Dec. 2S.-Al-
though the entire continent separates
her from her fiancee, Miss Florence
McDermid is undaunted, for she will
start alone for Salem, Oregon, where
she will meet her sweetheart, Way
land Chace. There she will become
the bride of her schoolday sweetheart
and they will make their home in
Salem, where the groom-elect is a
landscape engineer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Burglars Take Fine SILK.

San Francisco, Dec. While
the proprietors were enjoying Christ
mas festivities burglars broke into
the establishment OF Koenig & Col
Inns and hauled away in a wagon
silks, satins. suits and valuable cos-
tunes and fnery estimated at 5000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
SUGAR MAGNATE DEAD
Claus Spreckles. Aged so, Succumbs
to Attack of Pneumonia.

San Francisco. Dec. 27.-After an
illness of less than a weeks dura-
tom, Claus Spreckles, widely known
as the Sugar King of the Pacific
Coast" died at his home in this city
at the age of so years. Mr.. Spreck-
els was taken with a severe cold
about a week ago. This developed
into pneumonia, and during the last
two days the veteran sugar refiner
sank rapidly.
1t is said that all of the dead cap
italist's children are mentioned in the
will and each given a share of the
estate, the value of which is various
ly estimated at from s40,000,000 to
100000. 1t was stated in court
that the income from the estate ex-
ceeded a quarter of a million dollars
year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Used 100000 Christmas Trees.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-The native
forests this year supplied 100000
Christmas trees, the Forestry Ser
vice estimating that one out of every
four families observed the tree Gus
tom at Yuletide. Clifford Pinchot,
United States Forester, upholds the
Christmas tree custom and believes
that it should be maintained.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
Shorthand Record Made.

San Francisco, Dec. 2S.-Ruth Oh
son, a 14-year-old San Francisco girl,
has established a new world record
for her age for rapid shorthand writ
ing. In a test the girl wrote $50
words in five minutes and read the
same correctly.
Miss Olson's record is considered
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Eight thousand
poor people in Chicago ate their
Christmas dinners as guestc of the
Volunteers of America today. Men,
women and children crowded into
Tattersals Hall and were given the
seasons delicacles.
''o~- yes were sent to the
old and infirm.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
SEATTLE MARKETS.

Wheat-Bluestem, $1.01.
Oats-$30Q "a.
Barley-$26.50 27.5O.
Hay-Eastern Washington timo-
thy, SIC per ton; Puget Sound hay,
$IO@11 per ton; wheat hay, STA
per ton; alfalfa, s9.50Q1O per ton.
Butter - Washington creamery,
27c per ~; ranch, 23c per 10.
Eggs--Selected local. APO 4ac.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01

Korean found guilty of murder in
the second degree at San Francisco,
last week. for the killing of D. W.
Stevens, the American who was ia
pans adviser in Korea.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26

Dear. Dear Jack-It shall be just as you
say. will marry you whenever, and
wherever you wish. / have been worried
to death all day Aunt Drusilla has been
limiting about some sort of matrimonial
arrangement for me and saying Just
dreadful things all around. OF course
love you. Jack and AM willing to trust
you to the ends of all creation. Your
own PENELOPE.
At breakfast the following morning
Miss Drusilla opened Aabby yellow
envelope and read:
We were married last night at my cous-
in's. A message of forgiveness and your
blessing will reach us at the Guests, New
York city. - j. W.
5 similar dispatch found Colonel
Weyman over his coffee and chops.
He chuckled as he thrust the envelope
into his pocket, and his thoughts bark
ed back to Lovers leap. : ;. i,
That afternoone another telegram
flashed over the: wires between Plain.
field and New York city: ,;,.,.-~.,
You are forgiven since people Ecust be
fools. = krew two more who are soon to
:arn one Accept our oiess1Es. r..
- ..:, -. AUNT DRUsILLA.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26

However, prefer to have my niece q
little more circumspect and digniaed.
II is not always well to allow oneself
too much intimacy with any-stranger.
Remember. girls of your station are ex-S
pected to submit with all grace and du-i
tifulness to the arrangements which
have been made for them By their
guardians matrimonial particularly.
Let there be 10 foolishness. Penelope"
$aa3 s{$$si<
But. father. am ! not twenty -one
years of age" - -
81 Twenty two. to-. be more exact.
young fellow But remember also that
am forty-four and you are still IN col
.lege.l Penelope is mere baby. She
ought to be in school herself In short
frocks, Recollect that you have a repu-
tation to make in your profession; that
you cannot afford to throw away your
opportunities in any such absurd fash
ion, so don't fritter away your time
over sentimental nonsense" Y z
Young Weyman was silent a moment
trying to down the vehement words
that struggled to his lips. His face
was flushed. and his eyes belied the
calmness of the tone in which he re
| Piled: .....m.~
81 have always respected your opin-
ion. father. in everything. but in this
case l fear that l cannot abide by it.
There is one thing which is every
mans privilege-the choice of his wife;
consequently mean to offer myself
to Penelope this very evening"
""And if she refuses-if she Is already
betrothed to some one else?'
impossible! That Isl
The colonel smiled broadly. But bis
head was turned away. When he look.
ed back again his face was decidedly
stern. ut isn't always safe to be too
sure. of anything. my boy, especially
anything Of the feminine gender. Give
her half a chance-say couple of
| years-to change her mind In. and I'm
certain you'll not regret It,"
Jack bridled. "Obviously we need
| not discuss the question further. sir
| Good morning.. With an angry jerk
| of his head he staIked out of the room
| and a second later Colonel Weymar
was edited by hearing the front gate
| slam to with considerable force. He
laughed heartily for a minute or two
then his face re1apsed into sudden Sc
robustness Upon my word" be unused
"a fellow ought to be proud to call {
| woman like Drusilla his wife. By
Jore. I'll write note: and ask her K
| walk with me to Lovers leap thi
afternoon I've. been a blind man fo1
twenty years. but I'm blamed If. dom
believe see lightv'
- =
Dearest Penelope You must marry m
Immediately. ana we can take the
| o'clock train for New York. It is onl.
/ rushing things. about twelve months. bu
certain events have occurred which max
1 It essential for us Ito taket this step a
once. II Won love me enough and thin
| you can trust me to this extent writ
back by messenger and don,e fail to sa
res" Devo,edly. JACK.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
MORNING CHORES.
The Early Job That Farmer Jede4iah
~ Had on Hand.

The Early Job That Farmer Jede5iah
u Had on Hand.
Although lie WAS pretty glad to take
In summer boarders and thus make
rcapital IF his small garden produce
.and hisxwifes excellent cooking. Jede-
tdiah Huhbard always made great
point of5@never letting his guests get
lin ahead Of him in any way.
i City folks that have been around a
Emfte think they know 1t all fun to
fIzzaltl." he used to say. They need
4 soi:,.lo,.y to t:!:s EN- down a peg or
xxs,two ,,,lct. in awhile"
4 Ore nl,rliing while he was chewing
Ia long spear of grass near the Wocd
yard be was surprised to see newly
arrived loarder. fully dressed. coming
Steward hun. This propensity Of ''city
::felIers' to rise at sunup was quite
irregular.
H Good morning" exclaimed the new
A conner in Ii lusty tone.
q. Z.. s Morning." responded the old man
81 as &c uncertain Just what to expect.
81 well, i SUPPOSE you have to. get vi
8: early&=to see that the haycocks crow
properly. cont you?" said the city
man, witt. an airy, jGcular familiarity
which Jfledi;a!, was not slow; to re
4 sent. ....
ss ...lS-ell. no. he ,draWled, mot exact!
II that. / was. just out untying some o
a the knots in: the cord wood. = 81 ~ -
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
LOVERS LEAP
A Lesson In Matchmaking That
Brought Double Results. s<=
By NELLIE CRAvEY GILMORE
copyright. 1905 by Associated Literary
oroc I

BY NELLIE cRAvEx GILMORE
Copyright. 1905 by Associated Literary
Press.I ,.,.,,. !;
Miss DruSilia looked shrewdly across
the reading table at Colonel Weymah.
He gave no outward indication of havs
Ing foolishly lost his passage. and the
ominous Gathering of scissors on the
bare mahogany opposite caused him;to
glance up with an ostentatious display
Of surprise. r., -
: Miss Drusilla proceeded to divest
herself of needle, thimble and yarn be-
fore framing her opening words with
cool elaboration. 1T appears to me.
John, that the. time for, clinching mat.
tiers between these young people is
just about ripe"
Colonel Weyman received this an.
nouncement with beaming face. Eek.
actly, Drusilla. I was thinking about
putting bug in the young scamp's
ear no later than this very morning
You do the same In regard to Pencil
ope. Wen just drop them hint Of
t"o CouSeiHiuS our WISHES LII lue udt'
ter; give them to understand that their
union is a thing that was planned in
their cradles; point out the various ad
vantages that will accrue
Miss Drusilla broke in with dis.
dainful sniff and a quick toss of her
silvering curls. Good gracious. John
Weyman! Do you want to ruin every.
thing? Listen to me- There's but one
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
'*DAsH 1T, I'VE LosTg"

caught his eye: "Special-Roast Beet
IL to l."
t'Not bad Odds" he thought.
Entering the shop, he said:
4. 'That roast beef, is it's it on to-
day"
The girl behind the counter replied:
Eyes, SIR -.
''Weu, I'll put a bob on it and loot
In again.
He put down the shilling and disap
peared. Later. on he came back. As
he walked in he heard one of the wait
ers: shout:
aMutton one, roast beef twop'
"Dash it. I've lostw muttered thu
disappointed booky as he turned away
'Just my luck. I should have backed
1t for place.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26

course to pursue If we expect to sue
coed In our pet scheme" ..,.,3 I'd
"Well?' The Colonel glanced up BE-
wilderingly and with a sort of meek
Difference into the animated face Of
his companion. q
Miss -Drusilla lifted her dainty
porcelain-like fingers and marked Of
her sentences upon them .inHa clear.
Huty voice Just this. you stupid,
man: They must be- warned against
each other. Every obstacle we can
think of must be placed in their way,
Sentiment must be tabooed. Cool
down all their advances with cold wa
ter and plenty Of it. There's nothing
like it at this stage. mark my word
And failure after all these years
| would be horrible disappointment to
us both, john" .,. ~ II
! The colonel listened to his old,
friends admonitions with unconcealed.
| admiration. What diplomat was
Miss Drusilla! What an excellent life
partner she would have made for
man! he heaved an involuntary sigh
of regret for his squandered youth and
reached across the table to press the
porcelain fingers. There was tact,
smile. hand pressure. and the colonel
took his departure. : ,t.&s,
Half an hour later fresh. sparkling
face was framedsin the doorway. and
a musical voice addressed Miss Dru-
1 silla in .tremulous accents. May
: come in. aunty, dear?" The question
was finished upon n hassock at Miss
Drusilla's little slippered feet.
Where in the world have you been,
Peneiope?" she questioned very stern.
~, with deprecatory glance at the
young girls Z. vivid, cheeks land the
tumbled straw gold hair above them. III
Where haven't been, rather? Oh;
aunty. it was just, the dearest, jolliest
! time In the world! We, Jack and /,
:, rode yes, actually rode-up that steep
'crag to Lovers leap!'. <s 5%::s =. e
!. Lovers leap.' echoed Miss Dru..
&, silla. with very grave brows. And
a You not vet eighteen, Penelope =, NJ
M Penelope's blue eyes flashed swift
challengeSto Miss DrusiIla. III 81 Ia e
I.
!, And you went alone with young Mr..
a Weyman to the very top OF q noun
tain. my child p She paused III her
d stitching and looked seriously into the
young face at her knee. ''It was most
tndiscreet Don't think OF repeating it.
And. by the way Penelope. don't you
" think You are rather too familiar with
) this young man calling him by his
given name on a fortnights acquaint.
y ance and n scamp l'ing through the
IA woods with him on II Il oecasionsa
81, hat do you know Of :--
h Know.: Why, why. i know that he's
just splendid 81 that he hat i that NE
d oh. aunty. you can never guess what
h d dear he is that. all ~
Miss DrusilIa,s lips settled pereepti,
Very vel. my little one: de may
DO ali that You Say and think Natu.
rally ana 10 40 position 10 Judge.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26

AT the University Of Missouri is the
! first working school Of journalism In
the world. AS practical laboratory
work daily. paper with telegraph
reports is issued. Walter Williams,
Ills dean. tells of the vicissitudes he
encounters in turning iaymen into
journalists A student was sent in
/ haste to cover railroad wreck at q
y town a few miles away. II was almost
time for the daily to go to press, and nd
still no word had been received from
the young man on the assignment. In
despera lion Dean Williams telegraph
asking why the story as.not forth.
coming. The repl IL was:
loo much excitement Wait til
things quiet d ppincot it's.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
Sidney Smiths Answer.

Sidney Smiths Answer.
A male Malaprop is said to have
asked Sidney Smith this question at Il
dinner table:
cav, Mr. Smith. do you know in
which of his journeys around the
world Captain Cook was killed-E;:
first or bis last?"
Sidney Smith looked up quickly. Il
believe if Was on his first voyage,
said lie. 'Eut lie doesn't seem to have
minded ie much. for he immediately
set out on his second IT,.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
Behind the Screen.


A negro preacher III Il Georgia town.
was edited on one occasion by the re-
cital of dream had by member of
his church IT zs,.H slid
Twas a-dreamin' all dis time," said
the, narrator, '.dat / was in ole Satan's
dominions. I tell you, pahson, dat was
shore a bad dream - - 4. IS 3 #:sa;
! WAS dere any white men dereT
4 asked the dusky divine. ri ;s Ne 81 4
! j. ashore dere was-plenty OF 'em" the
other hastened to assure his. minister.
"a what was dey a-doin' r. $:5:
4 Ebery one Of EN- was the answer,
twas a-heIdin' a cullud pusson be.
tween him an de- fire. Harper's
Weekly 5.5s. Il
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! Y 2
Success.

Success Isl only for those who are
willing fo tand by theirs standards,
who are ready I'd endure the siege Of
s1lisjKdg merlf who are prepared tn
Slace the ore or critieisr and 10 accept
defeat until they become Vaccinated5
against it AI ostt men tsio gave M
svogId have arrived rs they had kept.
Eauf na
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
Just His Luck.

A London bookmaker who was down
on his luck was walking along the
street feeling very disconsolate. he
had solitary shilling in his pocket. A
notice in the window Of q restaurant
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26
Appreciatiye Audience.

Appreciative Audience.
55# 81 have some tickets for grand opera
that j cannot. use. Do you know any
body who would appreciate them n n:
Sure $baEe a friend who Is deaf
and dumb Y
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-26

555ss tfeip 70 Eyesisbf.
When little May has money n:
And city lots and farms, s 3s
Though she ii plain and Sh0meiy,
IA count can see her charms. HI Ri
I4fEg
certainly
4 hare i little charity. r Il
hat for 7.'
81 81 mar fsorg nor GOO nesss gales!s,