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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-05-13
EUREKA COUNTY
BANK MATTERS

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NlS"r''"E '"e AFFAIRS OF the de-
.""'' Eur'Na county Bank, but
-" IT," ae'e''pm'nts have occurred
uurihg inc week. Angelo FlOrio. a
'spoS'to'' "''ndre" from the bond
VIZ "'''''''' spencer Reynolds.
"'" surety covering tn" amount
i'o''' inc Don" was later
~ '"r outl'
|'s''"S MI lotto appeared
'7','0' 1"uI' with ms at
"0' anu state" 'ha' the bond
'." ~ VIC N'cc''er Toe not con-
,''' .''' C'''''''o"S required by the
,'"' """ mat the surotios
''' '''' JON" are not equivalent to
d. required by the
p'''' laws Alter argument
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anu "' r''F'o' by consent. the
,o"'' "''" u "ou'n take the matter
o,,,, "O'' '%D'n'', an" instructed
'"uIi'ei 10 IurhisR the court with
a'',!o'''S Oh 'nc'r respective con-
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=. i"rrl'''h and a. +. kim
, Dl,,' ."o 81 inc board Of trustees
~" ".'y lave Dec" gwen a trus' decd
S,o W. ronl%. 81 inc Eureka Live
paoa..o D',,p','y ~ connection with
%p'''''t Neyholos Tor the
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OMNIBUS BREAKERS AHEAD

For twenty years Mr.. Dalzcll has
had his certificate passed up to him
by the railroads and tariff bene-
~ficiarics of Western Pennsylvania
on a silver s~alvCr. and it was only
necessary for him to return a card
of thanks, but now things look
black ahead and he finds it neces-
sary to go hone and be introduced
to the voters who have been elect
ing him to represent interests other
than their own. 1t is a sorry day,
indeed, when Dalzell must look to
his laurels least they be rudely
snatched from his brow.
Purser Tawney, too, a recon-
structed rebel now honored with a
high post, with all the goodies in
his appropriation barrel, is unable
to still the tempest either from
without or from within, and his
effort TO keep down the cost of
maintenance has met with such
lamentabIc failure that it looks
like a Republican revision of the
tariff downward, which means an
increase all along the line. Repub-
lican economy and Republican
tariff legislation are very much
alike, in that both add burdens up.
on the public. Even a presidential
speech has not served to calm the
storm out in Winona, and the pur-
sur of the House of Representatives
finds his troubles multiplying with
evcsy aeeting moment.
Lookout Mann is constantly Civ.
ing warning of the danger ahead.
but the rudder of the ship does not
seem to be working well and. cry
out as he will, the curse of the
bark is directed tosyaid the rocks.
Bo'en Smith makes gallant eTor.
to keep the ships p1perty inta,t.
but IL is BABY disarrangeG and
then. too, there IS the Min n Iowa
District, gohich loves him 20 well
that u viii "ant, hereafter, to keep
M7' n nome, where he will be- nearer
to tns D.Oplc than he IS in Washing
ton. Frank r. Lord on "The Be.
publican Stu ion." in Norman T..
Mack's Natl Il Weekly.
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Nevada. no estimate.

Nevada, no estimate.
New Hampshire. 446,646, in
crease 34.O5S.
New Jersey. 2.4O4.617, increase
$50. 94s.
New Mexico. $50, 1898. increase
80, O2s.
New YORK, 1855. 1872. increase
1896 SIS.
North Carolina 2.l69.67l in
crease 275.S6l.
North Dakota, $50, 2lO. increase
24I.O64.
Ohio. 4,462. 76l. increase 4s5, PIG.
Oklahoma, l.6Sl,5I4, increase l.
2S1.lS3.
Oregon, $3.50, increasee 1922
OO4.
Pennsylvania, 1861, increase
l,044, OO2.
Rhode Island, 5S1.6OS, increase
lO3, O52.
South Carolina. l.529.4S3. in
crease 1S9, 1867.
South Dakota, sos. 500. increase
lO7, $50.
Tennessee. 2,273, ia. increase
253, O9S.
Texas S.S6l.S 1913, increase SI3, lS3.
Utah, 343. 7l9 increase ., $50.
Vermont 354.S6O increase H..
2l9.
Virginia 2,O52, 3Ss increase 1885,
2O4.
Washington 67s.954 increase
l3O.I7l.
West Virginia, l.l54.SO6. in.
crease 1856 O6.
Wisconsin, 2,3SS, S56. increase
3l9.SI4.
Wyoming, lIl,IOI. increase
1870.
Alaska, 90, 1872 increase 81 $40.
Hawaii. 2ls.O l2 increase 4.Oll.
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UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATE
OF POPULATION

Unofficial estimates of the poDu-
lation of the various states as com
puted by the United States census
Office for 1910 show that New
York leads the LIST, Pennsylvania
ranks second, Illinois third. Ohio
fourth and Texas fifth. Following
are figures showing the estimated
population of each state and the
increase since 1900:
Alabama 2,143,993, increase
315, 1896.
Arizona, 1888 increase 3D.
688.
Arkansas, l,494'917, increase 1884,
857.
California, 1856, 7O8. increase
27l,655.
Colorado, 666, Isl, increase, 26,-
Ash.
Connecticut, 1,O7O,58 increase
1862, l62.
Delaware O,977 increase &c..
242.
Florida, 696,541, increase 1917,
999.
Georgia, 1855, 3O9, increase
37S, 97s.
Idaho, 1896, increase 49,,
22s.
Illinois, 5,S16, 745, increase $685.
1913.
Indiana, 2,S4O,5 500, increase
324, O5S.
Iowa, PISS PAT decrease AZ, sos.
Kansas, 1,7O7,49O increase 1885,.
900,
Kentucky, 2,4a7,7la, increase
2SS, 539.
Louisiana. 1,644,662 increase
263, O37.
Maine, 727,736, increase 49,.
$50.
Maryland. l,333.69s. increase
1864.
Massachusetts,, 3.32O.Ol4. in.
crease 396, 66S.
Michigan. 2,693,567, increase
212,595,
Mississippi, 1912, $40. increase
261,670.
Minnesota, 2,20S.4 AGO. increase
457,O36.
Missouri, 3,53i,l45, increase
472,470.
Montana, 343, 734, increase 100.
405.
Nebraska, 1,O69, 94d, increase
3 ,G44.
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FALSE BELIEFS

Secretary Knox has gone on re
cord with the statement that all
nations will presently disarm.
Utterly impossible, SECRETARY
Knox has plenty of other ways OF
attracting attention. and so We must
credit him with sincerity in the
present instance, but he manifests
a remarkable lack OF knowledge
of human nature when he conceives
a picture in which there shall be no
more physical opposing.
There is scarcely a figure in all
mythology which is not inseparably
associated with a weapon. And
there has never been q man in the
history of the world who, without
weapons, has added a cubit 10 the
Stature of his nation. Christ whip
ped the money-changers in the
temple; Cupid must have his
arrow; Jove his thunder: David
must have his staff and his sling,
and Medusa her serpent locks.
The cave man had his clubs: the
Saxon kings their arrows: the red
man his tomahawk. The thug has
his slungshot. and the aristocrat his
gatling gun.
Nor ? all the arms, ancient and
modern, displayed in museum or
armory. The walls Of Jericho fell
at the sound of a trumpet, and the
walls of Troy were razed because a
man smiled upon a woman. The
Medicis had their poisons and
Cleopatra her asp. Caesar felt the
bite of a dirk, and Francesca and
Paola were sundered by the broad
sword. Old age would have is
mortars belch upon the world, and
the child furtively fondles his
"nigger-shooter."
Everywhere nature has its weap-
the clouds is lightning, the
air its whirlwind, the land its
earthquake, the mountain its
avalanche, the valley its flood, the
sea its tidal wave.
Sometime we hope that the arm
aments may lie in abeynace, as the
mans muscles are hid be-
meath the habit of peace, but none
the less ready to strike a blow at
the moment of need.
But the implements that kill and
pacify-shall never disappear until
all the nations have joined the cities
of the plain, and man, with his pride
and ambition, is returned to dust.
Louis Star.
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where ave in Washington. Her
r more illustrations of a Repub
lican business" administration:
Marble baths for Senators,
Autos to carry them 100 rods be
tween their offices and the capital
Touring airs for the president
vice president and Uncle joe,
White House receptions which riv
al the glory of Napoleon's court" al
one of which according. to the Wash.
ington Post, "a dazzling ravine OF
gold blazed before their vision"
Another group of "cut-to-the-
quick economies include:
More than $500 for Appolinaris
water for senator's.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
to keep the United States Senators
in vaseline, castor oil, olive oil.
bromo quinine, hair tonic, costly
perfumes, glycerine, bergamot. nail
brushes. clothe brushes, travelling
expenses in attending funerals, etc.
Then we come TO this item which
stands by it self:
The addition in the last eight
years of 90, 225 federal Office holders
to the payrolls of the Republic, at
an increase Of expense to the people
of more than seventy million dollars.
This item helps to explain why it
is costing the Taft administration
more than twice as much to run the
government than it did Cleveland.
How does this riotous extrav-
agance effect the treasury? is asked.
These figures tell US:
Since June 80, 1907, the total bal
ance in the general fund has dropped
1912, O61 ,445.47 to $685. 38,-
With an average daily
deficit eating its way into the remain
ing eighty-two million dollars. but
a short time car elapse before the
government will have to sell short
time bonds to secure the money to
meet extravagances. Out.
standing bond issues are national
How does this concern the average
citizen? This is how:
The per capita appropriation by
Congress jumped from So in 1890
to Sl2.4O in 1909. Snce the govern
ment raises the bulk Of its revenue
the custom houses and internal
revenue Offices, you, Mr. Reader, are
paying for republican extravaganza
in increased prices.
On April 25.19lO, Vice President
made a speech at St. Louis
in which he intimated that the new
tariff law was bringing in so much
money that it might possibly be
necessary to revise the Payne Aldrich
tariff law upward. On that day,
according TO the report of the United
Treasurer the expenses of the
government exceeded the receipts
from all sources by 1924, 553.23!
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County Commissioner Wells, The
story in brief is as follows:
An old Indian medicine man,
locally known as Harry York. had
the misfortune to lose lately several
of the Indian patients. Among the
ones whom he doctored with the
wrong results were four daughters
Of an Indian named Bismark, and a
brother Indian Of the same tribe.
Bismark brooded over the death OF
his daughters and decided that the
medicine man should be removed.
He went to Indian Mike, Vegas Joe
Eschirp, Jack and Workey, and
frankly stated that he wanted help
to kill the medicine man. They said
all right. York, perhaps fearful Of
what was 10 come, had started on
foot to Moapa. but was Overtaken
by his eXscut:oners about eight
miles northeast of Vegas. Bismack
asked York to come to one side Of
the road saying You have killed
my children" York left the road
and went about two hundred yards,
the others following. At this point
Bismark raised his gun and fired.
York did not fall. Jack then shot
with the rifle. and still the old
medicine man would not fall. Bis
mark then carefully fired the final
shot with the shotgun, and laid the
old man dead. The body was then
carried a short distance and left, all
the Indians returning to town.
Next morning, Bismark and Indian
Mike took a pick and shovel and
went ont and buried the dead In
dian.
Only Bismark and Jack were di,
rcctly concerned in the killing,
the rest being merely spectators.
The killing might never have been
known if Vegas Jack had not
volunteered the information which
led to the discovery Of the body.
A jury was impancled by Coroner
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GREAT DAYS ON
THE MISSISSIPPI

Reviewing the golden age of river
traffic when Mark Twain was a
pilot on the Mississippi, a write
in the Travel Magazine says that
some steamboats,, like the John Sim
onds, the Robert f. Lee or the
Natchez did $40, 900 business every
round trip. This, however. was ex-
ceptional.
As a general rule, stcamboating
was not a paying industy, the most
fortunate owners making but six
per cent on the money invested.
Many a hungry mouth did the
steamboat business fill in those
days. In 1882 the number Of men
earning their living in the various
departments of the trade has been
estimated at 80, 900; ten years
later, counting only the laborcrs.
engineers, pilots, rcpairers and
others of actual crews. there were
about $50, 900 men empoyed. Dur
ing the year 1880. there was So
600, 600 invested in steamboats,.
with yearly expense of S1,67l,SiO
for wages, 81, 1898, 200 for wood,
SS35,S2 for provisions, and S743.-
OiO for other expenses In 1899
almost 5000, 900 was spent for
wood alone along the shores of
western rivers.
The steamboat age began about
1921, and fiourished for so years.
AS early as 1884 the number of
steamboats, on the Mississippi and
its tributaries is estimated at $50,
and in 1912 there were $50 vessels,
with a value of $25, 900. But the
golden era was from l84S till the
war. Never did the valley and
steamboating prosper more thar
then. Thousands of bales of cotton
were annually shipped to southern
markets: and the wharvcs of St.
Louis and Memphis and Vicksburg
and other large ports we're stacked
with piles of merchandise and lined
with scores Of steamers. But the
war came on, cutting off communi-
cation between the north and south.
and swept the trade away. Iron
clads, built from former packets,
patrolled the mighty river. When
peace was finally declared the sur.
vivors of the old steamboat DAYS
were dead, or engaged in other
industries. The business picked W
a bit then, but fell off again before
the cheaper and faster transporta-
ton of railroads. Today the occu.
patton of the woodcuttcrs has
vanished. A few packet lines con-
troll the Mississippi and Ohio river
trade, and along the lcyccs Of the
big cities only a half dozen or so
steamboats, can be seen at anchor.
the last survivors of that gala
period when the river was the
great highway
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If the trustees can secur what
they consider a fair price, the early
sale Of the Live Stock C%ompany's
holdings would seem TO be u good
stroke of business for its credit,
ors, and would materially assist in
the Strengthening out Of some OF
the badly tangled financial affairs OF
the Eureka County Bank
Sentinel.
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RHAI TAFrS PRESIDENCY
IS COSTING TAXPAYERS

A deficit of four million dollars
for the first twenty.six days of April.
A deficit of more than nineteen
million dollars so far this fiscal year
A deficit of 800, 5 ,ss7.s6 sinca
June 30, 1907! These are features
Of Taft "cut-to-the-quick" economy.
about which so much is heard - =.
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a large shipment of the very
latest novelties in Panama and
Straw Hats has arrived IT Seymour
Jacobs Cos store and the prices
are yery reasonable too.
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TARIFF IS A TAX

Import duties are no more than ;
tax. The people are paying tht
tax in the form of increased prices
of food stuffs, clothing and rents
The tax thus paid does not all q
to the government, but principal!
to the Golfers of the Tariff. Trust.
In a notable address at Columbis
University to the Academy of Polit,
ical Science, A. B. Farquhar, a
prominent manufacturer, gave the
above clear cut definition of the
word protection"
Whether for good or for III"
declared this economic student,
the tariff tax is actually a tax. and
il is treating the people unfairly to
deny. disguise or conceal its actual
effect in increasing the living ex-
penses of the great mass of our
citizens-the consumers of pro-
tected goods.
1T is estimated that in 1903
the cost of living was nearly Il
per cent higher than it would have
been without a tariff. Hence cal
culating that the average family
consumed s94l worth of supplies
ger annum its increased payment
on account of the the tariff was
Sill. OF this Sill, $3.50 went
TO the government in collections
and $3.50 went to the trusts in
higher prices. OF this S94.5O
1925 was on woolens, more than
SIT On other clothing, S6.25 on furn-
iture, S4.25 on beef and mutton and
pork, $1,000 on building material,
and so on.
I'm 1910 the cost of living being
Is per cent higher, the average
family pays slOSO of which 10 per
cent, or s1O8, is attributed to the
trusts and other protected in
terests.
Since the scale of average prices
rose 81 per cent between 1896 and
1910, while the rise in free-trade
England was about 81 or 20 per
cent, it is significant that our pro-
tective tariff must have played an
important part in making the
difference.
THE true fight for US is not
against the existence of corpora.
tons. but against their abuses.
Let them keep their legitimate
profits, but take away the exor-
bitant profits we pour into their
laps by a tariff tax for their bene-
fit; in a word, remove, or greatly
reduce the import duties on trust
made articles.
IF eggs are unduy dear, or
butter, because a cold storage
trust controls them, bring the price
here and in Canada to a level by
a%bolishing the tariff at the frontier.
If the Beef trusts make meat costly,
admit in competition the products
of other countries. In this country
the number of people is fewer than
double hal of cattle, while in
Argentine there are six cattle for
every human inhabitant; but our
laws tell us that every advantage
of that food wealth must go else.
where, and our own people be left
at the mercy Of the Beef Trusts.
But the most fragrant robbery
of u people by the Custom'house
for the benefit of favored interests,
is in the operation of Schedule X,
wool and woolens, which Presiden,
Taft declared to be indefensive.
II is full of jokes and other in.
Equities and has much to do with
the high cost of living, to all who
wear woolens, or who would wear
them If not forced to use inferior
substitutes"
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Forfeiture Notice
Tnscnrnrn- Nernhn -

assigns: ana
You are hereby notified that
pended during the year. 1903. ON. /,
dred ilOOl Dollars IN iabOT ana inn--
ments upon each and every one -
following named " e mining cl,;,
situate m Gold Circle Mining Di,t,r,
County OF Eiko, State OF Nevada. t,v-i,
"ESPEkANLA FRACTION .pnb
ITUNAS FRACTION. and .GnII IN m
FRACTION" lode mining claims
The Location Certificate Of snij .ps
pEi.a'1. iE-CII.N. .
claim - udIy recorded IN tine otsc.
the County Recorder Of Elko Conr,r "a
Book II Of Mining Locations. AZ ~
lij; tNse
The Location Certificate or ,,,
"FORTUNAS FRACTION" lode n%I
ing claim II duly recorded in the Ca,
Of the County Recorder of Elko Gu.
Nevada. IN Book - Of Mining -
tiuns. AZ page liG:
The Location Certificate Of .J
GOLDEN FRACTION" lDd, ,r;ni,.
claim j., duly ~rucu..L1I in the or7rs ?
lGn County Recorder of Elko C1nr,r
Nevada. ln i=-k - 81 Mining -
,i'u- at page l4-.
All ut stIu expenditure Of Three Hum.
drDt Dollars for Labor ami Improvement.
WAS made ON the ab,yr named NE
mining claims Iu order To- hold Nh
claims under the Provisions Of S.,ti.n
25gi of th" Revised Statute, of H.
United states and the -mrndmen
thereto. approved january -. 1850 con.
nrruiug annual IaIg.r UIDu mimi,
claims, being tir amount REQUIRED ~
sH|u I.rae mining claims for tb.
.HTIral ending uU the .l,i ..Hy az n.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-04

Parts of the county was visited by
hail last Saturday night, and in some
places much damage was done to the
growing grain.
The residence of Joe Schaefer, up by
the Catholic church, is much improved
since the foundation was raised cou-
pie feet.
The merry-go-round wanted to locate
On the Madden lot north of the mill,
and had their tent up. but the neighbor-
hood filed remonstrance on account of
the noise it would make with its whist
ling, and it was set up on South Chest
nut street.
A bad accident on the Railroad be-
tween Ogallah and Wakeenev occurred
Tuesday when the 1:3O west bound
train from here jumped the track,
caused by spreading rails, when run
ming forty miles an hour and several
cars turned over in the ditch. About a
dozen were wounded, none seriously,
and fortunately no one was killed.
Several who were on the train were
scratched up pretty badly. Two of
them were brought here for treatment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-04

Miss Agrelius spent the fore part of
the week visiting with home folks at
Lindsborg.
Sunday was a most beautiful day and
everyone who could was out walking
or riding
Now we are in the beautiful month
Of June and our city and county could
not look finer.
Dave Taylor of Kansas City was
transacting business in our city this
week.
Andy Steiner and wife left Thursday
morning on their eastern visit and ex-
pect to be gone a month.
Mrs. Frank Stout came up from Sa-
lima Saturday evening to spend few
days visiting her relatives here.
The many friends of Jim Nolan will
be glad to hear that he is home again
from his eastern trip and feeling fine.
A splendid rain, over half an inch Of
water, fell here Saturday night, prov
ing another bonanza for the wheat
growers.
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Memorial Services.

Last Sunday the annual memorial
services were held in the G. A. R.
Hall and it was crowded to overfiowing.
Rev. Alexander, the new Presbyterian
minister, preached one OF the most
elegant sermons ever heard in our city.
Monday morning crowds went out to
the cemetery to decorate the graves
and there seemed to be more flowers
than usual. At 9:30 the band played
some fine pieces and then leading the
procession, marched to the cemetery
where appropriate military services
were held and everv old soldiers grave
marked with a flag and flowers. At
1:S0 the hall was again crowded to
overaowing. The band played after
which the post held their regular SER
vices. A gentlemen's double quartet
sang appropriate songs and Hays B.
White, an old soldier from Jewell
county, delivered a grand address.
The Students Tribute" by Grover
c. Moore, Normal student, was ex-
cellent and brought forth hearty ap-
lause. He has fine delivery.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-04
HubbeH-Bartholic.

The residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Hubbell out north of town was the
scene Of a most interesting event last
Tuesday noon when the marriage of
the youngest daughter, Stella, to Mr..
Edward Bartholic took place. A num-
Der of the most intimate friends and
relatives Of the contracting parties
witnessed the ceremony, which was
conducted by Rev. Smith. After con-
gratuIations the company partook Of a
splendid wedding dinner. The Young
couple left for various points in the
east on the Wednesday morning train.
They will be at home in a short time
at Dwight, Illinois, where the groom
has home ready for the coming of the
bride.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-04
hs HGys Band.

On Monday the Band again showed
that they could play good music and
that their playing draw the crowd.
Now II our Band boys would go at it in
earnest and practice up, there would
be no trouble to get uniforms and with
little push they could get to make
the trip with the G. A. r. boys to
the National encampment at Atlantic
City, on the New Jersey sea coast,
next August, which would be one Of
the grandest trips possible. Those who
went to Washington remember that
trip as one of the most pleasant things
In their lives. but the trip to Atlantic
City would be finer. They could go
by the way of Kansas City, st. Louis
and Philadelphia to the sea shore and
back by the way of New York, Niagara
Falls and Chicago. Let US go to work
at once and get the Commercial Club
to back it as it would be splendid
advertisement for our city. Let US
get up chair car load Of old soldiers
and band boys and take that car
through the whole trip and it will be
the grandest trip the boys ever made
Let them get into correspondence at
once with the State G. A. R. officers.
find what can be done, then get ND the
crowd and go. By laying away a little
each week in treasury it would be no
trouble to save up the amount needed
and never miss it and it is a trip all
will remember as long as they live.
We surely can get enough old soldiers
to join in filing tAe car 10 it will be
their car for the Trip. a.,d with big
Kansas banae- on Oot-l siJ4s. the peo-
would know it was Kansas crowd.
Remember the Denver trip and the
Washington trip, now let's do better.