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The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
REASONED IT OUT
And Found q Change In Food Put
Him Right.

A man does not count as wasted the
time he spends in thinking over his
business, but he seems 10th to give
the same sort Of careful attention to
himself and to his health And yet
his business would be worth little
without good health to caro- for It A
business man tells how he did him
self good by carefully thinking over
his physical condition. investigating to
ind out what was needed. and then
changing to the right food.
For some years had been bother
ed a grea. deal after meals. My food
seemed to lay like lead in my stomach.
producing heaviness and dullness and
sometimes positive pain OF course
this rendered me more or less unit
for business. and I made up my mind
that something would have to be done
Reflection led me to the conclusion
that over-eating. filling the stomach
with indigestible food. was responsible
for many OF the ills that human flesh
endures, and that I was Furnishing
myself in that way-that was what
was making me SO dull. heavy and I'M
comfortable, and unfit for business
after meals. concluded to try Grape
Nuts food to see what it could do for
me.
'T have been using 1t for some
months now, and am glad to say that
I do not suffer any longer after meals;
my food seems to assimilate easily
and perfectly. and to do the work for
which 1t was intended.
'T have regained my normal weight,
and find that business is pleasure
once moroccan take more interest in
II. and my mind is clearer and moro
alert"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read THE Road to MELVILLE" N
pkgs. There's q Reason"
Ever read the above lettsrf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
To Market colorado sandstone.

Fort Collins.-A company has been
organized by a Denver broker to
quarry and put on the market a sand
stone which abounds in the foothills
west OF this city and is declared to
be the best of its kind in the world.
Some time ago company was formed
to quarry stone from the same ledge.
but has done nothing. The new COM
pany is to take over the Hale & Brun-
ton quarries. having purchased forty
acres for s65.O0O and contracted for
purchase of eighty acres of other
land. The company is to be capital
lied at 100000 and 100000 is to be
spent on machinery within three years.
The company proposes to spend $780,
900 on machinery at once and get the
plant in operation within ninety days.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Denver.-Judge Allen of the District
Court has signed an order restraining
the State Board in the matter Of pass
ing on old state warrents and issuing
bonds in exchange for them. The re-
strainlng order is issued against the
board, composed Of the governor. sec
rotary of state. attorney general. treas
urer and auditor. to prevent them
from passing on the warrants and de-
termining which Of the many outstand-
ing are valid. The order also re-
strains the governor. secretary OF
state. and treasurer from issuing the
8 per cent bonds authorized under the
constitutional amendment passed last
November.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

The door of adversely of never
locked.
No man becomes a jailbird Just for
a lark.
It is the doing. not the saying. that
makes the hero.
It is not necessarily true that the
worst Is yet to come.
The man who lives twice as fast az
he should is apt to see double.
II is good policy to look ahead II you
are headed In the wrong direction.
A woman never considers a man q
bore as long as he talks to her about
herself.
It's all right to get out your little
hammer-when you have occasion to
drive nails.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

When the International Congress on
Tuberculosis meets at Rome next Sep
TENDER, representatives OF over thirty
national and provincial associations
organized to fight tuberculosis will be
present. Among the associations which
will be represented are the United
States. Canada. Cuba. Trinidad. Eng
land, Wales. Ireland. Norway. Sweden.
Denmark, Russia. Germany. Belgium.
Holland. France. Switzerland, Portu-
gal. Italy, Greece. Bulgaria. Hungary.
Austria. New Zealand. Japan. Cape
Colony. Argentina. Brazil. Chill. New
foundland. Roumania. Uruguay and
Venezuela.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Denver.-A reduction of s1.50 hun
dred pounds on express from New
York to Denver is expected to be or
dered by the Interstate Commerce
Commission within ten days. That a
general reduction in express rates is
imminent is the belief Of F. d. De
Berard, secretary of the New York
Merchants Association and Of the Ma
tional Express Rate conference. A
letter to this effect was received from
De Berard by the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce, which Is one Of 140 promi-
nent commercial organizations of the
country that are petitioners to the In
terstate Commerce Commission in ex-
press rate cases. The Pueblo Com
mercial Club is the only other petit
toner in Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Claim Improper Methods.

Fort Collins.-To restrain ID. A. Cam
field of Greeley. F. II. Shields of Den
yer and their associates from forming
a syndicate to take over the Laramie
Poudre reservoir and irrigation pro-
ject, and to compel them to show how
$500, 900 in bonds has been disposed
of, suit has been filed in District
Court here by NJ. II. and A. I. Akin.
representing stockholders in the COM
pany.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

The little son Of the family hap
pened to be idiing his time in the
kitchen when the colored porter came
up out OF the cellar. where he had
been shoveling coal into the heater.
grasped the white towel hanging on
the door and passed into the hall. For
an instant the youth gazed awe-struck
at the coal dust Impressions left on
the towel. then yelled after the re-
treating negro:
"Oh, Sam, your color's coming Off"
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

A wonderful cat is that owned BY
Mr.. A. J. Gorringe. a tradesman Of
Ditching. England. Mr.. Gorringe has
n bantam which lays her eggs in DIFF
ferent parts of tho yard. but his cat
never fails to find them. She takes
the egg between her teeth. places It
on the step. and rattles the door han
die with her paws until her mistress
arrives to take in the egg Not one
Of the eggs has yet been broken
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Lamar.-Despite about 400 citizens
of Prowers county turned out one day
recently and gave the public highways
of the county such a smoothing and
leveling that a traveller passing over a
strip of road would hardly believe 1t
the same tract. In fact, the roads Of
Prowers county have been made new
and she claims some of the best roads
in the section.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Miss Millions-George. you'll have
to ask father.
George don't like to. Your fathes
always reminds me OF eating lob
sters.
Miss Millions-What do you mean
by that?
George-He's too rich and bound to
disagree with me.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Track Laying Starts Soon.

Wellington.-Steel is being dis
tributed along the line of the Colorado
& Southern between here and Fort Col
Inns and track laying on the line be-
tween Wellington and Cheyenne is ex-
pected to start soon.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
A Builder All Right.

Church-He Is a prominent builder.
Gotham-What are you talking
about? He's clerk in grocery
store.
81 know IT,"
How can he be builder. them"
why, he's been building the hitch
en- fire for his wife for years,"-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Safe Blowers at oIIerest.

Gilcrest.-Securing $1,000 in cash.
expert yeggmen wrecked the vault and
safe of the Gilcrest State bank. the
explosion tearing great holes in the
building and driving pieces Of the iron
vault and safe through walls and cell
ing. doing hundreds of dollars dam
age.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Mrs. Quackenness-"Amy o' dough-
tab happily married. Sistah Sagg?"
Mrs. Saggs-"She sho' is! Bless
goodness. she's done got a husband
OATS skeered to death Of her."-Su-
burban Life.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

81 cannot understand" wrote the
college boy. why you call yourself
kind father. For three weeks I've
had no check from you. Pray. what
sort OF kindness do you call that?"
And the father wrote back: I'm
remitting kindness. "-Lippincott's.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Patience-'I read in this paper that
Milan, Mich, has a town orchestra OF
girls
ties are offered to hear them play. I
suppose the men always embrace
them."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

For mastery retreats" explained
British officer to an American, I'VE
have had few generals equal to Butler.
On several occasions he has made .
retreat without losing an officer. .
man, a gun. or a flag
"Or a minute" added the American.
-Everybody's.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Who Wouldn't.

what makes the new baby at your
house cry so much, johnny"
Johnny Indignantly said: "It don't
cry SO very much. and. anyway, IL all
your teeth was out. and your hair off.
and your legs SO weak you couldn't
stand on them. I bet you would feoa
like crying yourself"
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Cripple Creek Miner Gets Fortune.

Cripple Creek.-Paul Primeau, a
well known Cripple Creek miner. will
get $295.O0O by the decree of New
York court. Primeau obtained a
judgment against Horace A. Granfield.
q New York millionaire. who was his
mining partner in the early days Of
Cripple Creek.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Think They ,tisys Horse Thieves.

Trinidad.-Joe Mackey. who runs q
ranch two miles east of here, and
Fred and Manuel Chavez. ranchman,
of near Ell Moro. have been arrested.
charged with being members Of a
horse-stealing gang. tina. has been op-
Grating in this section.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

"Ah, John" said the wife to her
recreant spouse. when you remain
away from me / miss you"
"But-hlc-when I'm here7"
Then I don't miss you. tBangO
Take that"
The rolling pin landed unerringly.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Mollie-Dont you think a month II
q long time to put off our wedding?
Chollie-Why. your sister put hers
Off a month.
Mollie-Yes, but that was last fall.
The days are getting longer now, you
know.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
No Trace.

Redd-And couldn't you get any
trace of the man who stole your auto
mobile?
Greene-No; l had such a cold I
couldn't smell a thing.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
sunnysIde Has Many Bachelors

Greeley.-Sunnyside. the flourishing
farming district about twenty miles
west of here, lays claim to being the
home of more wealthy bachelors than
any other district In the state. having
ten single. husky. rich farmers. all un-
der 40, living on adjoining ranches.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

1.-THE peacock may be n very proud
bird" remarked the Observer Of
Events and Things. but 1t has ono
trait which I like. It is fond of show
ing its colors.'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

'Biiggins isn't very lucky in driving
bargains"
mo. He says he can't even change
his own mind without getting the
worst OF the deal"
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Hay.

prices paid by Denver Jobbers F. o.
d. track Denver.
Colorado upland. per ton. .16.OO117O0
Nebraska upland, per ton 1900
Second bottom. Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. 10000 14.Oo
Timothy. per ton =. go. 1850 q 15.5o
Alfalfa, per ton .1O.5OMl l.5O
South Park choice. per ton 16.00417.O0
San Luis Valley. per ton 1850 l4.50
Gunpison Valley. per ton 1i.00d 1900
Middle Park. per ton $4,000 15.OO
straw. per ton ......... 1000 5.OO
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Live Stock.

Chicago-Cattle - Market steady.
Beeves, s5.25G6.s0: Texas steers.
S4.5OG5.75; Western steers, $4,000
$50: stockers and feeders. $4,000 5.75;
cows and heifers. s2.i0q6.00; calves.
}5.00G7.00.
Hogs-Market steady to strong.
Light, s6.45d6.90 mixed. s6.25d6.s0;
heavy. s6.05@ $50: rough, s6.054 $50;
good to choice heavy s6.30G6.60; pigs,
Ss.3O6s.sO; bulk of sales. s6.35G6.s0.
65.O0: Western, s3.25d5.0O; year
lings, $500 $50; lambs. native. $500
a6.50: Western. s5.00G6.50.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Eastern Produce.

Kansas City-Poultry-Firm; hens,
lac; springs, 15c; turkeys, 14hc;
ducks, 15c: geese. SIC.
Butter-Creamery. zoe; firsts. 17c;
seconds. 15c; packing stock, 12kc.
Eggs-Extras, 16Ac; firsts, 141sc.
-Butter-Steady; creamer'
les, 14G21c; diaries. boise.
Eggs-Steady; at mark. cases In
Guided, 13h@14c; firsts. 1oc; prime
firsts. 151zc.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 14614Ac;
twins. 13G13Ac; young Americas,
13%G14c; long horns, 13A @14c.
Potatoes-Strong: choice to fancy,
63665c; fair to good. 6od62c.
Poultry-Firm; turkeys, dressed,
1sc: fowls. live. lie: springs. live. 17c.
veal-Steady; 6 OTTO so lbs. WITS. 6g
7c; so to s. lb. WITS. 7Qsc; IS to ITO
lb.. WITS, shq1oc.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

What do you think Of anti-toxin?"
4 don't know much about the cru
SADIE, bull I'll join."-Exchange.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED TO
HEALTH BY GREAT KID

I feel IL my duty to furnish you with
my testimonial As to what your remedy,
Swamp Root, did for me when was q
physical wreck from kidney and bladder
trouble.
Some Year, ago was not able to do any
work and could only just creep around
and am satisfied that had II not been for
DR.. Kilmers SwampRoot I would not
have lived. After using the preparation
for one month was able to work some
and when I had used $500 worth Of
Swamp-Root could do a good days work.
/ used about 1900 worth altogether and
would not take 10000 for the good that IL
did me. / consider it God-send to suffer
ing humanity for the disease for which you
recommend it, and have recommended ID
to many sufferers.
H. L. HUGGINS,
WEIGH, Ark
Personally appeared before me this 2oth
of September, 1909, II. L. Higgins. who
subscribed the above statement and made
oath that the same il true in substance
and in fact.
w. A PAGE. Up
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W. A. PAGE, j. p.
Letter -
Dr. Kilasr . -
Di.sAa.ts., y. Z.

Prove What Swanp-Root WIN Do For You
Send to DR.. Kilmer q Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for . sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also receive
. booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores- Price City
cents and one-dollar.
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Tho better you behave the better
you'll get along. Now, try It
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Grain.

Of. o. B. Denver, carload price)
Wheat. choice milling. 100 lbs SIZE
Rye. Colo. bulk. 100 Id. 11o
Nebraska oats. sacked -. .l.2OG LIS
Corn in sack ... LOO
Corn chop. sacked 1.03
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs. go. 1.25
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
His Future.

Knicker-Is he n has been?
Bocker-No, q going to was
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

Garfield Tea will win your approval. u
is pleasant to take. mild in action and very
giving. 1t overcomes constipation
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Hogs.
Sheep.

Good hogs -. ...-........ 6.25 q 6.35
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12

and Copper. $50.
and bought. Write
Ogden Assay Co..
The Lamar register., 1911-04-12
Butter.
Eggs.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Eggs. case count. case ..........si.so
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
The Thundersr's Looouraphs.

Some Of the most serious riots re.
corded in the printing trades occurred
In 1874. when the London Times was
first printed by steam. and Il number
Of wOrkmen discharged through this
innovation sought to wreck the office
i'm Printing House square. Long be
fore this the Times had been printed
Observation-Disclosures is to say. the pro
pr!etor conceived the happy idea Ot
having words cast entire to save the
compositors the trouble Of collecting
type. The logographs most in demand
were: Dreadful. robbery. atroclo,ls out.
rage. fearful calamity. alarming ex.
plosion. loud cheers. interesting fe-
mnle. One h,lndredweight Of each Of
these was always kept lib stock. In
teresting fe1naies no longer figure In
newspaper reports. tut otherwise the
cicles of journalism seem to have al.
tered but little. -I.ondon Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
CSierS WARM and Geld.

One ciear. cold wtiiier's day f3en5As
thin ffahkiln sprpld u lumber q
handkefclliefs carefully ON lsvol
stretch of snow. Une Of the handhoe.
chiefs was biack. another white an0
the others OF various colors. Sons
time afterward, he returned and -.
moved the hankerchiefs carefully ono
by one. measuring the depth OF snow
under each. Under the liack handker-
chief he found that the snow had melt
ed considerably: under red handker-
chief. almost asl much: under q blue
handkerchief. very little. and under the
white one scarcely any. by this simple
experiment he learned thut color has a
grtut deal to 4" with the warmth Of
clothing. White Studs the SUMS heat
almost us we'll as an Oi!skin sheds
water: blue IL neariy as hent proof;
green IL less 80: ycllOw IL IL warm color.
red still warmer color while black
soaks UP almost all the SUMS heat that
strikes 1t. MIKE the experiment some
time and you will see why black
clothes are out of place In the summer
time and white ducks In winter
Christian Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
nhans.x 49, $1,000

~ ',aesffa ffaxa1ss, Afnpworfh apa
IL; Ess.sNftS' TN ,t.,t3loK 9. NJ. EBie
tetts .. .rrr4<a s+4xy 81 Ainswostb and
hi. friend 4utn, t'osster. Ainsworth
had discovered Tine set Of Hogarthss
esEnvlngs wt,ict, was held at f5. q
sum which. he said. II could not Just
then spare or at least did not think
ought to sIMre. ! took John Forster
down to see the HOgnrths. whereupOn
he actually snid that he would and
must have them himself and as he had
not f5 Of loose money ut that moment
I should lend TINT sum to him. I
pointed out tho absurdity of the POSI-
tion-that ! wanted the engravings for
myself ind could not afford to lny out
the money; how. then. could lend IT.
to him? II was Of no use. He over
ruled me. had the f5 OF me and bought
the HOgarths I was longing fOr.s
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
china,s Floating lslanda,

On all the great lakes of China are
found fioating islands. which are enor-
nous RATS of lmmboo overlaid with
earth and herring on the surface of
the water pretty houses and gardens.
They are. in fact. aquatic farms. l..ar-
ing crops Of rice and vegetables. The
rich bottom mud. utilized as an artitI-
cial sell. is extremely fertile and yields
bountiful ilnrvcsts. though on Il small
sc,lla. In IL country where there Is a
lack Of available land the floating
plantations arc most servicelble. large
sails klein. attached to the dwelling
house as well as To each corner Of the
islnnd whenever u IL desired to move
ntnui After gathering u crop Of
grain "r garden produce. from his farm
the floating farnlcr casts his nets Into
the Wates and fsom their depths brings
", y s.s,l4s rs tisds tE bio family
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
Wrecked bv q Knife Blade.

A ship was once wrecked on tho
Irish coast. The captain was. care
full one. Nor had the weather been OF
SO severe II kind as to explain: the
wide distaRcc which the vessel had
swcrvcd from her proper course. The
ship went down. hut SO much interest
attached to the disaster that a diving
bell was sunk. Among other portions
of the vessel that we're examined was
the compass that was swung on the
deck. and inside the compass box was
detected n bit Of. steel. which appeared
to he the small point Of a pocket
knife blade. II. was learned that the
day before the wreck sailor who
had been set cleaning the compass
had used his pocket knife In the proc
ess and Ind unceremohiously broken
Off the point aud left 1t remaining In
the box. That bit Of knife blade ex-
erted its influence on the compass and
to n degree TINT DETECTED the needle
from its proper bent and vitiatcd 1t rs
M index OF the ships direction. That
bit Of knife blade wrecked the vessel.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
Tho Moves In Chess.

In the number OF possible moves
chess stands alone among games. and
not only Is 1t perfectly safe to shy that
no living man has ever made even
once every possible move. but 1t Is
highly improbable that In all the cen.
turtles Of the history Of the game has
every possible move been made. The
different ways Of playing the first four
moves OH each side are so numerous
that II every nun. woman and child
in n city Of half million population
We're to set to work plnying them at
the rate Of four moves II minute night
and dny 1t would he more than q year
t'cfore any one would be able to leave
the chessbonrd.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
AFSN fhouoi6l, oh MONEY,

Money. otherwise known as IL
dough. cus:l. Aelt. racks. etc.
The corpuscles Of national circula-
ton which indicate the strength Of our
constitution.
1t II often calhsl a curse Some
.swear by 1t. .otl,rs swear for It. and
still others swear 4 Il.
1t often causes |, snwi 49, mental
arrangement or delirium called money
mania. Many are willing to be thus
inoculated.
It4s the feature Of social distinction.
It IL the measure Of Intelligence
those who have 1t are wise. those who
have Il not are foolish. Possession Of
Il entities one to the use Of a money
gram.
Though medium Of exchange. Il
has III" connection with. souls or astral
bodies.
1t is the religion Of today. often
called moneytheism. Preachers pray
for IL: lnymen lay for II.
1t Is the he MI and the end all. Chill
dren cry for II. women sigh for It. men
die for 1t. aud all lie for it.-Smart Set.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
Sizes Of tho Planets.

An Inscniolssway of comparing the
Sizes Of plnnpts with the sun Is sug-
gested by IL French scientific writer.
Let the earth. he says. be represented
by Il twenty franc piece: then Venus Is
Is francs; Mars. 2: Mercury. .; Uranus,
$50: Neptune. $40; Saturn. l.S4O: Ju-
piter. G.SOO. and the sun G.7SO.OOQ
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
Manhattan ecaIlop,

A delicious breakfast or luncheon
dish is Manhattan scallop. Shred suf-
licicnt cold cooked fish to measure a
good half pint 1t must be free from
skin and bone Add to It one cupful
OF fine stale breadcrumbs. good sen
soning of salt aud pepper. two we'll
beaten eggs mixed with half cupful
Of stewed tomatoes. Turn all into q
buttercd dish. sprinkle the top with
buttered brradcrumbs. dot with bits Of
butter and brown In a. hot oven.-S Sub
urbnnite.c
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
a Time, For Blindness.

There is sometimes ii greater charity
in seeming not 10 see our neighbours
trouble than in crying 10 relieve. 1t.
Let fne ,llOne.:' IL the prayer Of many
Il tortured heart when the curious. tho
officious and the tactlsss force the door
Of Its place Of desolntion, albeit they
bring wine and oil.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
A Eraak ror4ni.a.

"Imtrlck. Patrick" ndmonishcd q
lady "Be careful where sou are walk
ing: You nenrly trod upon my darling
tOrtoisc!w
"Och. be aisy, me lady" rejoined her
Irish gardener. :'Shure an wouldn't
hurt IL hair of his head. the sweet era.
tur:"-l.ondon. Telegraph.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18
Looked Like . Bio Dose.

The mnn in bed had never been sick
before The doctor. wishing to ascer-
tain his temperature. pointed the ther-
mometer nj him and commanded:
"Open your mouth. Jim"
"Wait minute. doc" objected the
patient. II don't b'iieve can swaller
'hat" Judge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-05-18

]. M. Howell, q popular drug
gist Of Greensburg, KY, says,
1--WE use Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in our own household
and know It is excellent. For
sale by all dealers. m3l