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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
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(the northeastern terminaD and the
Kemble Floral Co.
Is it any wonder that | say we are
proud to welcome you into our midst?
Again | say on behalf of the dentists
of Oskaloosa, on behalf of the bust
ness men of Oskaloosa on behalf OF all
its citizens, we bid you welcome. We
bid you hearty welcome"
DR.. Fleener's welcome was was re-
piled to by DR.. Frank Fourt of Mt.
Pleasant, who was equally cordial in
the acceptance of the hospitality ex-
tended. He remarked that the mem
beers OF the society would partake of
the good things offered and they were
particularly happy to be in Oskaloosa
at this time.
DIR. J. B. Montfort, of Fairfield,
presented the subject of "Inlays," in
comprehensive paper that was close,
ly listened to. Some questioning and
discussion followed.
"Prophlaxis and What 1t is Doing
was the subject of an able paper by
DIR. j. p. Root, of Kansas City. The
Doctor was one of the features of the
convention program. His subject is
attracting widest attention in den
tistry of the day and It's limitations
are unknown. The term ''proph.axis
reduced to terms OF the laity means
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
IMMENSE FRAUDS IN LANDS
GARFIELD LEARNS OF WHOLE.
SALE SWiNDLING.
Government Cheated Out of $4,000,
~ 600 in Two Years-Money Asked
us, for Prosecutions. sa

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a.. Washington, sJan,t 19.--Information
of startling character of alleged
wholesale and astounding frauds upon
the public lands has come into the
possession of Secretary of the Interior
Garfield through special agents in the
field. The serious allegation is made
that approximately $110,000,0 900 worth
of lands. in states principally west of
the Mississippi river, have been fraud
ulently acquired within the past two
years by corporations and individuals
With view to recovering these
lands, Secretary Garfield sent letters
yesterday to Chairmen Hale and
Tawney of the senate and house ap-
preparations committees respectively
asking for an additional appropriation
of 100000, which if granted, with
that already asked for, will give the
department 100000 for that pur-
pose. The specific purpose of the APP
preparation requested is for prevent
ing "depredations upon public timber,
protecting public lands, examining
swamp lands, etc" t 20.
1t is stated that there is reasonable
prospect of recovering much of this
alleged fraudulently acquired land II
the appropriation Is promptly made.
1t also Is pointed out that while a
million dollars may seem large, it is
not one per cent. Of the commercial
value of the land which the govern
ment may hope to recover. Secretary
Garfield also submits a statement of
H. H. Swartz, chief of the field serv-
ice, showing over $4,000 distinct cases
of alleged land frauds demanding fur
Their investigation. The number of
such cases awaiting investigation by
states now pending Is as follows:
Oregon, 1852: California and Nevada.
1,409; Washington and North Idaho,
1925; Montana, 3.605; Colorado,
1921; Arizona, 1876; Wyoming, q, 155:
Minnesota. Michigan, Wisconsin, North
and South Dakota, 1894; Missouri,
Louisiana and Arkansas, 1893; Utah,
1882; Oklahoma and Kansas, 1.012:
New Mexico. 1905; and Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi, 1880.
A summary of most of the larger
cases affected by charges of fraud or
Illegally. now pending, are submitted,
but the details of Identification and
names of parties are omitted, because
1t is stated this would embarrass fur.
Their inquiry into such cases.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21


Mrs. r. b. j. Ryan, A. A. Briggs. Grace
Thompson, Homer Dye. A. Williamson,
-drs. j. r, McMurray, Dell Holder,
Mrs. Dell Holder Mrs VIM. Randall,
Mrs. Dillon Stalker. Mrs. J !. Wake
Mrs. Robt Kirk. Robt. Kirk. Mrs w.
C. DeKraai, Mrs. ]. G. Butler, Howard
Briggs, T. s. Terrence, Manley Smith,
Mrs. G. l.. Bryson, Mrs. S. A. McCor-
mick, John Mccormick, Mrs. Laura
IStephenson. Noah r. Mccormick, u D..
IBoyer, Mrs. /. E. Thomas, Mrs. M w.
lCadwallader, Mrs j. Peters, Mrs. J.
w. Wilson, Mrs C. II. Adams, Mrs y.
f. Mckinney, Mrs. Kathrine Davis, j..
A. Stephenson, J. c.. Beach, Mrs. w M.
Holmes, Mrs. Susie Jones, w. I. Hites,
Mrs. w. r. Hites. j. H. Coleman, Il. b.
Bridges, Mrs. w. A. Bennett, Mrs. w.
D. Taylor, G. e. Hull. Mrs. L. j. stey-
lens, Albert Natter, A. T. Deck
institute Notes.
Among the many interesting exhib-
its OF Mahaska county products en-.
tered In the several classes are some
potatoes grown by r. f. Everett. One
|of these potatoes measured % Inches
in longitudinal circumference and liz
inches in circumference at the thick.
lest point. 1t weighs 2 lbs. and 10
ounces.
Clark Terrell, superintendent OF the
butter exhibits, makes the visitors in
his department interested, especially
city folks" unfamiliar with farming
and agricultural products, with little
hints and suggestions regarding the
Exhibits, which are well received He
explains the difficulties some ladies'
have in using southern -four when
they are accustomed to northern Hour,
the cause of air holes in bread, etc.
Mr. Terrell is an old hand at the bus.
mess and speaks with authority.
This afternoon the last two classes
in the declamatofy contest are being
held in the Grand opera house before
an audience of over one thousand PEG.
pie. Class A in the ehildrens declam.
atory contest is first on the program
prizes aggregating $50, which Is do!
mated by the Oskaloosa banks The
Penn college scholarship class will
coDclude the program In this class
there are four tuition prizes valued at
$32, sic aud $12 respectively, aggre-
eating a total OF $50, which are donat-
led by Penn college. This is the last
program OF the Institute which will
be held in the Grand opera house.
All other speaking and music may be
heard in the court room where prepar-
alton has been grade to accommodate
large crowds.
Program For Thursday.
. a. m.--Paper, "our Rural School
Libraries, !" Mrs. Kate Caldwell, Miss
Stella Taylor
Paper; Child Labor" Miss Amanda
Rodgers.
Music.
Discussion, Us 1t Advisable to Con
Isolidate Our Rural Schools?" Affirm.
|ative, Mrs. James Mateer; Negative,
Miss Winnie Lockwood
General discussion opened by Coun-
lty superintendent Young.
Music.
1880 p. m.-Paper, The Improve.
ment of the Social Conditions in our
Rural Neghborhood," Mrs. w. Fl.
frederick
Paper, In What Way Can We Best
Advance the Temperance Cause?"Mr
Edrls @ f ".& E
Music.
Reading-Miss Perkins of Penn col
legc. @''
Address, Home Nursing" Miss Eliz-
abeth Trotter, of the Ottumwa Hos.
pital.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
well-known steel Man Dead.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 2o.-William G..
Park, chairman of the executive COM
mlttee OF the Crucible Steel Company
of America, died suddenly at his home
here yesterday of apoplexy. He was
60 years old and founded the Black
Diamond Steel works and Park Broth.
ers & Co, which were absorbed by the
Crucible Steel Company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
Cash Quotations.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Firm.
Wheat--No. spring, $1.OS01.O9;
No. 3, $1.O2@1.OS; No. 2 red, $1.O69
LOTS.
Con-No. 2, 59@59Ac; No. 2 vel,
low, 59A Q59kc.
Oats-No, 8 white, 49A@51Ac.
Rye--No. 2, 75Rc.
Barley-Good feeding, 59Q6ORc;
fair to choice mailing, 61@64c.
FlaXseed-No. northwestern, $1.58.
Timothy Seed-Prime, $390@3.95.
Clover-Contract grades, 1921.
Short Ribs-Sides (loose), $500
$50.
Mess Pork-Per bbl.,$17O0@I7l2h.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, $685. .....
q Short Clear-Sides boxed, $S75@
800. t.,.s.- st., .,r4[s.. p. ....s i,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
anrt - head Great Mestern.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 19.LBefore the
state railroad commission yesterday l..
8. Cass Of st. Paul, second vice-presi.
dent OF the Chicago Great Western,
announced that the road would be re-
organized shortly and that Horace c.
Burt would be president.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

The declamatory contests of the
Farmers Institute are held at the
open house with TWO big theatrical
attfacticns On the sasas dates. the
stage hands must hustle " s1i np the
big sceAy Siter me f4l.itSss as
closed
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
killed BY Gasoline Explosion.

Abilene, Tex, Jan, I'm. H.
Str, am and his three-year,old son, liy-
ing rye miles west OF Roby. burned
10 death and five other members OF
the family were probably fatally
burned by a gasoline explosion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
Ihree Perish In RrookIYn Eirs.

New York, Jan 20.-Three persons,
woman and her two children. were
burned to death late yesterday in a
fire In a one,story and basement house
on Bergen street, Brooklyn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

KNOX-TARR. Married, at the of.
fee of the officiating justice, over 109
High avenue West, Monday, Jan. IL,
1909, at 2:30 p. M, Mr.. William Knox
to Mrs. Elsie Pearl 1arr, both of Us
kaloosa, Esquire L. M. Bacon, officiat-
ing. &s4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
BIRTHS, DEATHs, MARRIAGES
Marriage Licenses.

Following IL the list OF marriage IL.
censes issued BY the Clerk since our
last report:
No. Name. Residence. Age.
David Patterson, Blyth.. 1855. l9
3l4 and
Eva Mason, Blyth. ..... ........ IS
Frank E. Jessup. sigourney.. ~. "a
BIS and
Florence e. wilcox, sigourney %
william ] Knox, oskaioosa ,'!'s "
Elsie Pearl TAR. oataloosa ..,... IS
willard Hale, Garfield Twp. 20
317 and
Julia Meadows, Colfax -. 49,. Is
Henry s. George, Pella. 49,. ;. ~
31S and
silva Maudlin, PeTla. .......,.. ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Triplett was
born in Frederick county, Virginia,
April II, 1913. and the same year was
brought, with his family, to Belmont
county, Ohio. Later the family lived
in Guernsey and Noble counties,
Ohio. On September 25, 1885. in No
Bile county, Ohio, he was married to
Nancy Montgomery and to this union
were born twelve children, seven OF
whom, with the faithful wife and
mother, have preceded him to the 9TH
er shore. Three sons and three daugh-
tiers are left to mourn: Mrs. Esther
Foster of Oskaloosa, Malcolm F.,
Carey j. and Charles H.. Of Fremont,
who were present at the last sad rites.
and Mrs. Cecilia A. Culley OF Wash
ington state, and Mrs. w. T. Martin
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

PRINE.---Th body of A. B. Prime,
who died at Los angeles, Cal, ar
rived in the city this Wednesday
morning at 500 o'clock and was TAX
en- to the home of William Bartlett.
Funeral from the Christian church at
ten o'clock a. m. Friday, Jan. 2z. In
terment in Forest cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

HARNEY--We desire to express
our appreciation of the kindness and
assistance of many friends, the Ciga
Makers Union and the ladies of the
w. R. C. upon the occasion of the
death of Mrs. William Harney.--Will
lam Harvey, w. J. Harvey and wife
Miss Alice Harvey and Mrs. John
Tilton. 81. .A.i ,...-f.f, .,. ..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

HULL-Ora Hull died at her home
in Richland township Saturday, Jan
Is, 1909, at 300 a. M, aged Is years.
Death resulted after an illness OF one
week. Deceased was born in Iowa and
is survived by father, mother, and five
brothers. Funeral services were held
at Taintor at 200 o'clock p. m, with
interment in Baldwin cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

STURSMA.-Mrs. Koenraad Stursf
ma died at her home in Richland
township, Thursday, January IA, 1909,
at o'clock p. M, aged thirty-eight
years. Death resulted from neuralgia
and infiammatory rheumatism, after
an illness of one year. The deceased
is survived by a husband and eight
children. Funeral services at the
home at 10 o'clock and at the Peoria
church at IL a. m, with interment
in Peoria cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

HAWKINS.-W. p. Hawkins re-
ceived a telegram today informing
him of the death Tuesday night, Jan.
10, of his sister. Miss Lou Hawkins,
who has been with her sister Anna
in Illinois. The body will be brought
to Oskaloosa for funeral interment.
Funeral announcement will be made
later. The deceased has been with
her sister, Mrs. Johnson, on College
avenue, until recently.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

JAS. j. Hill, in an address before
the Canadian club at Winnipeg,
warned the members against trying to
get immigrants who have to be re-
civilized. Mr.. Hill knows full we'll
that the veriest scum of the earth in
the form of human beings has no
difficulty whatsoever in gaining ad-
mission to Canada. From Canada
these foreign undesirables-or many
Of them-lose no time in sneaking
across the border, where the wages
are higher, and thus does this country
become polluted by the riffraff of all
nations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

-s ZEE -- -sr..,-
Ballinger, Pierce and bennett may
not, after all, emerge from that Alaska
coal lands scrape as easily: as they
expected. President Taft has ordered
a searching investigation to be made
into the charges that private corpora
tions have illegally secured valuable
coal land holdings in Alaska through
the instrumentality of the government
officials named. If these officials have
entered into collision with cor
porate interests to defraud the govern
ment the people of this icountry should
be informed the crime should not be
hushed up-and, furthermore, the
grafters should not only be ousted
from Office but sent to the penitentiary.
If the truth were known, many cases
similar to that at issue have hereto
fore been smothered they we're never
given publicity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02
Farmers Hold For High Prices

A railway official is authority for
the statement that many farmers are
so prosperous that.they are, stacking
their small grain, and will not send
it to market until prices are at the top
notch. That means that the north
western farmer has reached the point
when he is able to get all the profit
there is in his business.
This will not only make a great
difference to him but to the transport
tation companies, and to. the con-
sumer-poor consumer! Hitherto a
large percentage of the farmers have
rushed their crops to market as soon
as the grain was threshed. The result
was glut of the market, low prices
and traffic congestion during..the fall.
AS the growers become financially
able to hold their produce the market
should become more stable. The
grain of the country will be sold as
needed. The farmer will get what his
property is worth instead of rushing
it onto the market for the benefit of
the speculator, and taking what he
can get. The railway companies will
have their crop-moving operations
extended over a longer period and
consequently can give better service.
Better methods of disposing of their
wares we're bound to come with the
Increased prosperity of the agricul-
turists, and this means source of
profit that heretofore has not been
open to them.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

81 will be a candidate for district
attorney, and will do my utmost to
be elected, to the end that, the good
name of San Francisco may be
indicated by the enforcement of the
law against the rich and influential
criminals who have debauched her. y
Francis j. Heney.
If the people Of San Francisco elect
Mr.. Heney they can rest assured that
he will fulfill every promise-tha he
will pursue the grafters to the last
ditch. But the fear is entertained by
some of Mr.. Heney's supporters that
"the rich and influential criminals''-
who are numerous-may, by corrupt
practices: succeed in defeating him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

How many people are there, who
are dissatisfied with the Payne bill,
who can actually tell what it's pro-
visions are?-Little Falls Transcript.
Not one in a thousand. More than
that, if each and every satisfied and
dissatisfied person were supplied with
a copy Of the law not one in ten could
interpret It's provisions correctly.
The schedules with their per centums
and ad valorems, their provisos and
exceptions, are fearfully and wonder.
fully made, and we freely confess many
of them are Greek to us. Subdivision
265 of section one, however, plainly
provides for duty on potatoes Of Is
cents per bushel of 60 pounds.
Farmers in the potato belt have no
kick to make against that item Of
schedule G.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02
Secretary of War Dickinson dc

Secretary of War Dickinson de.
clares that the aeroplanes which have
so far been constructed Including the
Wright model-are of no practical
value to the army. Neither are they,
in their present imperfect form, practi-
cal for any purpose whatever. The
time will doubtless come, though,
when. these imperfections will be- re-
moved when it will be as safe, if not
safer, to scorch through the air in a
monoplane or biplane as it is to
whiz over terra 6rma in an automo.
bile. There are many defects which
will, however, have to be removed be.
fore this becomes possible. The
greatest difficulty to overcome ap.
pears to be the elements airshit
constructed up to this time can be re-
lied upon to withstand gale or ever
half gale. Every type is in thi!
respect weakling. A passenger OF
freight airship compelled to wait upor
the elements-which could not ventur,
upon it's flight in stormy weather.
would be practically useless. How
ever, the great problem Of propelline
through space heavier than-ai
machine has been solved.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02
"A Safe Crime.

The administration of the criminal
laws of this country is a travestv.
On the thoroughfare the life of the
victim is paltry in value, in the court
room the life or liberty of the culprit
is precious, and, even as Richelieu, in
the play, put his ward within the
sacred zone of Rome, so the bench
throws the mantle of the laws pro-
lection upon the malefactor who has
wantonly, in drunken frenzy or in
cool contemplation of revenge. de-
prlved fellow human being of h is
life. In many cases the felon is made
into hero, and maudlin men and
hysteric women crown him with the
garlands due martyrdom.
They order it better in England.
There the judge on the bench picks the
jury from the panel to try the murder
er. Here the counsel for the defense
chooses the jury from an improvised
venire to pass on the case. Two post
ponements are equal to one hung
jury. and two hung juries are tanta-
mount to one acquittal; and if, in spite
OF all, the crime is so reeking with
enormity as to force a conviction.
there is appeal to higher court,
which seems to deliberate with but
the single end in view to find way
to give the miscreant new trial.
Washington Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

The milling interests of the country
have lnaugurated plan to fight the
United States government in defense
of the millers prosecuted for selling
bleached flour. For this purpose
several million dollars will be raised
by levying tax of twenty-five cents
a barrel on all flour turned out by
members of the Millers' National as
ISOLATION. Litigation extending over
a long period of time is likely to re-
suit, as the millers are determined to
fight Secretary Wilson's ruling to the
bitter end.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

The board of regents of the state
university fully realize that man
competent to fill the DEANS chair at
the agricultural college may be diff
cult to obtain. Hon. John Lind says,
"We want the best obtainable man for
the deanship. No effort will be
spared to find the man for the place,
and we are in a position to pay what
ever is necessary to. obtain his SER
vices" It is not man versed in the
classics they are looking for,-O}sen
was such a person and he proved
highly incompetent,-bu practical
man who will give an impetus to the
science of agriculture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

Chief Chemist Wiley appears to
have been entirely ignored in the
benzoate discussion before the con-
vention of the Associated State and
National Food and Dairy depart
ments-the Remsen referee board of
experts and Secretary Wilson had
things all their own way. They con-
tended-and gave proofs sufficient to
convince the delegates-that benzoate
of soda, when used in moderate
quantities, is harmless. The course
which DR.. Wiley-who contends that
the substance is poisonous-will pur.
sue remains to be seen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02
RARE FRANK EDDY.

+ 81 j y
Frank NJ. Eddy has been writing
some good stuff interesting reading
for the Minneapolis Tribune and,
of course, he has trod upon some
toes. Here is the way he gets back at
his critics:
II am pleased to note that my
articles in the Tribune have met with
considerable criticism, both personal
and by letter. When our addresses
and articles cease to provoke criticism
| will retire from the platform and
stop writing, when everyone is per-
fectly satisfied with what one says or
writes there remains no reason for
speaking or writing and existence
would be so monotonous that life
would v !. not be worth the living.
zone critic declares [ do not state
facts and that conditions do not war
rant my statements. I do not pretend
to state facts, all political articles are
merely the opinions or surmises of
the writer. If a newspaper we're to
confne itself to the publication of
absolutely demonstrated facts it could
be gummed on the back and used as
souvenir postage stamp.
IF you see anything under my
signature it does not signify that it
is so,' but merely that I think it is
so. Infallibility is not an attribute OF
humanity
Mr.. Eddy's articles in the Tribune
are pithy and pointed but devoid of
malice. In plain matter-of-fact
manner he has sized up men and
measures pretty accurately. Frank
is not infallible and makes no pre-
tensions in that direction, but he man
ages to compress great deal of truth
into his readable contributions to
the Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

Arvilla township in North Dakota
has built ten miles of good hard
graveled roads at cost of $3.50 per
mile. This was accomplished by an
intelligent board of supervisors with
in the space of three years. Formerly
the roads were impossible in the
rainy season, now the heaviest rains
have no effect on these ten miles OF
remade highways.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02
"For governor in 1910. J. F. Jaco

For governor in 1910, J. F. Jacob
son, /" no longer adorns the head of
the editorial columns of the Martin
County Independent. Editor Ward
takes exceptions to Mr.. Jacobson's
letter declining to act on the committee
that is to provide for the wining,
dining and eulogizing of Minnesota IS
immortal ten who voted against the
Payne-Aldrich tumble of per centums
and ad valorems. We will venture
the assertion that Mr.. jacobson is as
ardent tariff-reformer as Bro. Ward
or Moses q. Clapp, but he is not a
free-trader. Furthermore, Mr.. Jacob
son never has and never will worship
at the feet of Mammon, and in his
heart of hearts he detests bosses and
bossism. Because Mr.. jacobson can
see no necessity for a glorifcation
meeting in st. Paul next week it does
not necessarily follow that he is in
sympathy with the Cannon Alrdich-
Payne wing of the republican party.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-02

One of the greatest pleasures which
President Taft looks forward to upon
his visit to Minneapolis is the meeting
with that grizzled, stained
old warrior, that hero of hundred
battles whose name is familiar to
every man, woman and child through
out the length and breadth of the land
-Commander-in-Chie Samuel r,
San Want. ~