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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
Taking His Measure.

Shortly after he came to conRress
Representative Lenroot. Wisconsin in
surget, was introduced to Speaker Cam
non at a reception. Lenroot had AL
ready lined up as one of. the most radi-
cal insurgents thereabouts, and Can
knew who he was. even before the
introduction. ~
The speaker looked him squarely in
the eye as he shook hands. sizing him
up scruttnizingly, as IL he were a pros-
pective soninlaw or a new chauffenr,
i've heard Of you," observed Can.
non. He repeated this remark onco
or twice to let 1t sort Of sink into Len-
roots consciousness.
Then. after .Learoot had passed on.
the q said. in a tone loud enough
AS mild mannered q man as ever
cut a throat o. scuttled a shin"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
AN OPEN LETTER ON
HOW TO PRESERVE ROADS
Editor of the Indianapolis News:

Editor of the Indianapolis News:
Sir-There is no material waste, no
loss of public funds so useless, no inn
pairment that could be so easily avoid
ed, AS the destruction of our public
highways. We have our good road or
CARNATIONS that meet and deliberate,
u enthusiasts that write and speak
on plans for construction and better
ment. but you rarely see or hear any
thing on the preservation of public
roads. Very few taxpayers stop to
examine the expense of the repairs of
our highways.
This tax is becoming the largest of
our ever increasing tax evies. For
illustration. take Decatur county, In
diana. The expenditure for the repairs
on roads exclusive of bridges is above
$5o,OOO yearly n that. too, when there
is more than $50 miles of turnpik
more than one-half of which is prac-
tically new. When the roads of the
county are all improved it will re-
Quire $4,000 annually to keep them in
good repair. At this rate the 80 coun-
ties Of the state would on the present
basis, have an annual expenditure Of
5000, 600. Seventy-five per cent of his
can be saved to the taxpayers by put
ting into practice regulations that OBJ
tain In other countries that have what
might be termed "imperishable roads"
France OF all the countries has the
best constructed n the best main
tained highways. If her traffic were
as untramelled as ours, her DAD would
soon be in no better condition that the
roads we hav
The one thing needed to prevent his
useless. Unnecessary waste is to regu-
late the width OF the tires on each class
of vehicles according to the weight of
the load that 1t carries. This regula-
ton France enforces strictly. Her
heavier wagons have tires six inches or
even broader for some OF the loads.
The rear Wheel of the wagon must not
of destruction WE have with our heavy
traffic, every heavy load drawn over
the roads of France rolls from "a to
80 inches of surface.
The average county in Indiana has
about 1000 heavy OF farm wogon
FIFTY thousand dollars would equip
them with six-inch tires. If this were
done each county would save in money
expended on u roads that amount am
nually. If any county in the state
We're owned and operated by a corpo-
ration as 1t is by the public, present
conditions would be changed at once.
If conditions are once as they ara
in England, France and Germany we
should not only have the perfect high
ways that would be a delight to travel
over. but we should have double the ca
pacity of our heavy wagons using the
am draWlng w Inc farmer would
draw to market twice the mount Of
grain using the same team that he now
uses and could go at any season of the
year.
AS to the manner of controlling the
situation, a vehicle tax would likely
and most easily and effectively reach
all kinds Of conveyances. Make the
tax on the wider tire nominal and on
the heavier wagons with narrow tires
so great that the burden of il would
learn something Of other countries?
Why can W. not use business methods
and exercise a little COMMON sense in
the preservation of our roads?
H. G. Hodges.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
VETERAN SILK HAT
AT ITS LAST Post

Gone indeed are those days when
knighthood was In flower and the silk
hat vas laid carefully away on March
IS last year. to be recalled OF March
the Rialto or Fifth avenue the crowning
glory Of the carefully attired men
seems to have disappeared in Man
haitian.
But stay. The silk hat in the Bow
cry: yes. even unto the utmost recesses
Of the old Seventh ward, is not yet
extinct. A tolerably complete speci-
men is to be seen not far from the
corner of Spring and Lafayette streets.
But how the mighty are fallen! The
silken enclosure within which once
might have been the head of a genius,
or he %alpitating brain of a master Of
thought, is used as a capacious match
box in a small barroom whose free
lunch trade is discussed in many
tongues.
Humbled. much of it's proud beauty
faded and the graceful contour of it's
rim made hideous where a piece Of
s%andpaper has been gummed, the old
hat still glistens in the reflected light
from the dusty mirrors behind.
What tales this relic of other scenes
would tell If it could! Somewhere in
the dim past the old hat may have
shone with dignity beneath the whitest
OF Broadway's glare and rubbed
shoulders, as 1t were. with the fellows
on the hatracks in Fifth avenue clubs
and we'll known hotels. Like stable
hands caring for the f1eetest race
horses. hat boys undoubtedly handled
the delicate hat with care and received
from their service almost as much as
the expert groom.
But that was in the days Of it's <
IRENE youth. Then came the time when
q celluloid cockade probably sur
mounted its proud top and it decorated
h head of its owners coachman.
Then a cabman may nave become its
proprietor and its fair weather days
were at an end.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
Why English Are Great Walker
(From q Recent T.ef

- 81 11SCtST.V
But after all it il the neda.tr,o, ,.
meet most Of all On the highway. I he-
iieve the English are such Rreat waiker.
for the following reasons:
I. Because their forefathers r,.,k.a
and that alone IL reason enough FOR an
Englishman. ~ ="
2 Because their houses are 20 cold even
IN. { that they q stay indoors
3. Because they would die Of indiee..
ton AFTER eating their dtngbatty coofinr
= because dayiirht iasts m Inn. 4, -.
nigh latitude Of England and they don't
Know what else to do With their time.
Because walking IL good md chean
Also. and they like e. ~
Their z stu Q large body Of travelera
very young ones mOstly, asleep in fhcir
peraMoulatoF With paeaaeFs stIokins out
toech these young hnoconfs 8 eeriv - 7.
~ g cS1pec@ise 90 for succsr to foeS
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
DENEF,r OF MrERvRsAN LINES.
Indianapolis Is An Example Of What
Trolley Traffic Can Do.

GIOAAA LIZ 1llOldAdHOlIS 6IdI
What single influence has contributed
ing of Indianapolis and to the general
prosperity of its citizens and the many
thriving business interests? This ques-
ton formed the topic for an interesting
discussion recently between two promi-
inent business men. There was just one
me two words cover the subject completes
~. 1t is little appreciated that I%ndianapo-
lis and. In fact, the entire state of Indi-
ana. are highly favored in the matter OF
interurban railroad construction. Indiana
has the greatest group of electric railway
largest interurban railway center IN the
United States. This is a distinction of
which every Hoosier should Justly be
proud.
The nnumerable advantages of interur-
ban lines running throughout the country
are given but little consideration by the
average person who is content with the
mere fact In view that the community is
well supplied with transportation facili-
ties.
There is one class of people in Indian
interurban ~lines-that Is the business man,
the merchant or manufacturer. That
6.2S.S0 persons were carried In and out Of
the indianapolis Traction Terminal sta
ton in 1911 Is of vast importance to the
merchant. It means that his sales have
advent OF the interurban railways The
citizens Of Indianapolis are Indebted in
many ways to the electric railway lines
Likewise. the systems owe
much to the public for the friendship. co..
operation and general helpfuiness. This
pronounced. for the benefits derived are
mutual.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
s &:?EES ?${ ENzt7
AW by Roy .Moul+on. q

William Tibbitts. our postmaster,
says he hates to think of 1-cent pos
tage. for then everybody will write
letters and there won't be any more
postcards to read.
There amt no felier that kin act
more mysterious than the telegraph
operator i'm d small town.
Constable Ezra Hand requests that
the c%,,lpret who stole his star while
he was asleep in front of the Golden
Nugget saloon the other afternoon
will. please return the same and no
questions will be asked.
The season has arrived when the
public kin save Il lot of money that
they have hitherto been spending for
punk watermelons.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

A well known but broken down De-
troft newspaper man. who had been a
power in his day. approached an old
friend the other day in the Pontchar-
train hotel and said:
What do you think? / have Just
received the prize insult of my life.
A paper down in Municie, Ind, offered
me a job"
d. you call thai an INSULT"
offered me SIP a week.
Well" said the friend. "Twelve a
week is better than nothing"
Twelve a week-thunder?" exclain-
ed the old scribe. II can borrow more
thar that right here in Detroit"
A western Michigan travelling mar
stopped at a little country hotel in a
northern village for dinner. He looked
about for a napkin but couldn't lind
one. Finally he requested one Of the
serving maid. The girl stared at him
In blank amazement for q minute and
then running to the kitchen yelled to
her mother. who was the chef Of the
establishment:
Say. nav. what do o think Of
h nerve OF this swell boob in here?
He wants a napkin and he's only goin'
to be here for one. meal"
PERSONAL.
oSseS a OAeS OF lennon juice VIII
reduce your weight. Live entirely ON
lemon juice for one year. II this does
not make you thinner, cut out the ltm-
On juice.
Lucy NJ: You can make a stylish
coat this fall out Of a horse blanket
and q Few tin buttons u out OF an
Householder: II the moths have
eaten the tails OF your dress coat. do
not repine. You will have q Tuxedo.
To exterminate moths. hit each moth
on the head with a hammer.
MUSINGS OF A PEss1M1sr.
Money makes the mare go. but the
automobile makes the money go.
Prosperity IL the sort Of thing that
makes a ntckels worth of prunes cost
10 cents.
The wealth per capita in this coun-
try would be much larger IL we didn't
have to support so many politicians.
King David said all men are liars.
but how did he ind 1t OF when there
was never q presidential election In
Israel?
The mar who doesn't have to work
gets all of h vacations and the one
who needs the vacations has to work.
Three fellers in our midst has de-
cleared that they amt goin' to git shaved
until Oscar Underwood II elected pres
ident.
THE THIRTEEN" FALLACY.
There are - letters in woodrow VIII
sons name. but then. 80 there were In
the following:
Thos. jefferson.
Ulysses 8. Grant.
Andrew jackson.
Thoo. Roosevelt.
Zachary Taylor.
Jamoo Bucha1an.
AndHoW johnson. :.
Jamoo. sOaE1So1A.
Chaotoe Arthur.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
Copyright. 1911. ny North American Press
Syndicate.)

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
Ultimate consuming remains about
Inc most expensive of the national
pastilleS at the present men
The Chinese women, with the inaug-
usaaior OF the republic, have begun 10
wear shoes, but the men will not re-
greet the republic fully until their wives
begin to wear w that hook up the
back.
there are Other things in his
Try this ycar besides politics. For in
stance. there is IL corn crop that needs
looking after two or three days if the
gentlemen can lind time.
Every man should. make his wife a
regular allowance every week. She has
10 make about 500 allowances for him
IN that length of time.
THE SCIENTISTS.
h scientists. those good old souls.
are worrying once more.
They're making new discoveries Of
microbes by the score.
Ihey We lately been examining the
thousand-dollar bills.
"h'ch move around from hand to
hand and rest in many tills.
They say that all the bills OF that de-
nomination reek
with deadly germs of which they are
almost afraid to speak.
They claim the mar who handles one
Is mostly apt to die,
AND many millions may be killed. they
tell US with a sigh.
The scientists have scared us stiff
quite frequently of late.
isut this time they have got in wrong:
we canno help but state
That most of us will never have the
slightest fear or qualm.
In spite of his discovery, we'll nearly
all stay calm.
They've started some weird theories
and pulled some funny stunts.
Gut on this thousand dollar stuff,
they've fallen down for once.
vi course. the bills may have the mikes
exactly as they say,
but they will never kill off any of our
friends that way.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21

IN company from away. The name OF
1t is The Milkmaid's Revenge" direct
from one night in New York two
weeks at Benton Harbor, Mich.
Somebody kicked a hole in the base
drum of the Silver Cornet band and
let all the wind out. Hank Purdy has
been at. work with a bicycle pump all
week trying to fill her up again.
Uncle Ezra Harkins has recommends
ed Peruna three times. Swamp Root
nine times and Hostetter's Tonic twice,
but amt got his picture in the paper
is some n disappointments
Is hair on an Angora goat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prof. Jimkey's new
Dapy was born with a full set of teeth.
Prof. says he don't know whether the
kld Is going to grow up to be a bull
moose or an lron-Jawed man in some
circus or other.
Grandma Perkins sent down to the
city for a set Of false teeth. but they
was too high In the instep n she
couldn't get her mouth shet with them
In. Jed Frink. u gentlemanly and
congenial blacksmith. says it is a Won
der some folks will never learn to pat
ronize home industry.
Old Uncle Abner Jones says he
wouldn't trade his corn for all the
weather bureaus this side Of Tophet.
When his corn aches it is surely goin'
to rain. maybe. apd when 1T don't ache
he don't know what Is goin' to happen.
away forget to settle for the Clarion
before doing so. Squire Haskins, our
justice OF the peace. has been settlin'
on two cases ever since last fall, the
aforesaid cases being. to-wit: two cases
OF red herrin' at Hilliker's grocery.
TO A SPINSTER.
Tho lao Hotc <,,~n
From green to gold.
The northern breeze
Is growing cold.
lis late we know
But do not fret;
Be brave n you
May n him vet.
Do not give up.
Keep on. m dear.
Remember this
Is still Leap p% Year.
DO YOU KNOW THESE MEN,
1 know a man who't always got
A quick and certain cure
For every i'll or ailment that
A mortal can endure.
He always wants to try it out
Wiener his friends are sick,
But when he's feeling punk himself.
He calls a doctor quick.
1 Know a man who knows just how
To fix our touring car.
He stands upon the curb n tells
You what a chump you are.
But e his lawnmower starts to
squeak
He knows just where to drop
The oil to make it run again,
And sends it to the shop.
1 know a man who tells you how
You should invest your dough:
How o should place your bankro!l SO
That 1t will thrive and grow.
But still this frenzied financier
Has eve got a cent;
His wife takes in plain sewing SO
That they can pay their rent.
Whenever I encounter one
Who blows and blows and blows.
1 have my opinion on
How he really knows.
The conversational gazabo
Has got the head of wood.
The quiet party is the one
Who's certain to make good
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
BY THE WAY.

a New York man has invented an
umbrella that retains the finger
prints OF the party stealing it. New
Workers. will Immediately begin to
Wear gloves.
Fashion page for men says the silk
hat is doomed. 1t always has been n
anybody can get hold OF q brick in
time.
ACCORDING TO UNCLE ABNER.
A fsller will wallow in baby talk be-
fore he gets married. but afterward he
starts to break up the furniture II his
Elre calls him by q pet name.
inere amt nothing that will last
slo.Eei than q love letter that q Teller
Iasint crtcr written In the first place.
E.s a queer world. Before marriage
8 srslev always wants to go buggy
rie..:' and the gal don't, and after they
are married she always wants to 20
q he ain't got no time. ~
WIN q Teller goes along the street
looking at himself in the plate elasa
winders he is either in love or he has
got q new hat. M most likely iCs
a sl.,gle woman kin get herself up
after she is married.
Fence rail advertiser pays-the
Mr.. Amry Tibbs, who has alvavs
wanted the postOfice In this mans
wi but has never got it, Is now q
fullnedGed bull moose. Nj. Amor
Purdy. who was defeated for road
commissfoner when he ran on the re-
publican ticket last spring, has ioined
the bull moose party. Mr.. Ham
Tumnns. who has in his time been ~
unsuccessful candidate for the nomi-
nation for register Of deeds. sherif,
county treasurer, county clerk, judes
OF probate and coroner Is now one
Of " most prominent bull moosers.
Miss Amy Pringle.s our petite and
courteous milliner, has gone to West
Hickcyville to- get the latest Paris
shapes for the fall season.
Mr.. Elihu Bibbins. our popular drug
8fBt. made mistake and put gas0-
line instead OF Tin In the slemon'
department. . his soda fountain and
several It Y prominent citixens have
GopeaScfasyse and think they are auto
c.ns SIS Iswouldn.t want u that al
Men4hee 5aqExeyorsA Nedlcino Hat
sIfsS~MQ4Qonsk Mattor much Whist go
pm boz you DON'T have tt more 9ha1
y minutes before 4 = two years y.
Mind the style.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
ANSWERS.

Lutte: You can keep your husband
at home by putting his trousers in the
furnace.
Householder: You say chickens are
scare. Tut! Tut! Wait until the next
musical comedy strikes town and you
Will see plenty of them.
Anxious: You can avoid buying SO
much coal by spending your winters
III Florida. You're perfectly welcome.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
A SNAP.

a SNAP.
I'd sit around the billiard hall
And loaf the whole day long.
ANA life to me I'm sure would be
Just n long grand sweet song.
! Wouldn't hustle to the mill
Like any common lob;
I would be some aristocrat
II my wife had a lob.
you'd not grab the dinner pail
ANA start to work at s.;
I'd stick aroun the corner
And argue politics.
I'm sure I could become a boss.
In fact. Il real nobob.
II l could spend the time at It.
And my wife had a job.
I would become an autocrat.
! q lust pass out advice.
10 solve all knotty problems
without money, without price.
AG pose as n great financier
With Morgan Id raise hob.
l could do all of that and more
II my wife had u job.
l guess that I can never Join
That gang down at the store
Who ave been runnin' of this world
FOR 70 a or more.
I've got TO work and carr my wav
I'm just a common slob.
with no to look out for me.
Jay wife amt got no job.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

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l!un su lou OF lqSno 9m pue pelIod
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slQl u! snoLomnu ool GIeLluo 5un1sS
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-s!5sI lxou oql 81 ,! sV 'olels qua
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plnoo 5M .uo sdmeIo,, oql ld9Y pup
polosIo-oI uooq AuH LouIoAoD peH
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

"There could be no better medicine
than Chambe rlain'sCough Remedy.
MY children were all sick with
whooping cough One of them was
in bed, had a high fever and was
coughing up blood. Our doctor gave
them Chamber lain's Cough Remedy
and the first dose eased them, and
three bottles cured them" says Mrs.
R. A. Donaldson, of Lexington, Miss.
For sale by Model Pharmacy. Q. w.
Ball. proprietor.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Mesdames J.A Patchett, ME. Ran
Merryman, AL. Reynolds and O.W.
Ball went up to Gle Elum TO Orpha
Chapter, Tuesday evening.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

0. Carlson, a Seattle luborcr, who
was on his way TO Glcngary. Mont.
was killed Monday, about midnight
near the CM&P.S. depot. DR.. Was
son held an inquest Tuesday after
noon.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Bury the croakcr out in The woods
in a beautiful hole in the ground.
where the woodpeckcr pecks and the
humble bee buns and the straddlc
bug straddles around. He's no good
in the city push; he's Impractical.
stingy and dead, but he wants the
earth and all of its crust, Then
hustle him off to the humble bees
plot and bury him deep in the
ground; he's of no use here. get him
out of the way, and make room for
the man that's sound.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

LADIES ATTENTION You can earn
50 to $l4 week easily AZ home
making hand bags. Send dime in
coin for pattern and plan. True
son Co., Dept. c.. Red Bank. Nj.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

TO EXCHANGE ESTATE
100 acres in Famous White salmon
Valley. Finest red shot fruit soil,
40 acres meadows. Good house and
barn. At $55 per acre. To trade
for good irrigated alfalfa land, i'm
proved or unimprovcd. Address l..
b. 1913, White Salmon, Wash
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21
FRENCH PROVERBS.

The man Is best served who
has no occasion TO put the hands
Of others at the ends of nis arms
He who devours the substance
Of the poor will find AT length n
bone to choke him.
He must needs swim that's
held up by the chin.
What makes many persons dis
contented with their own condi-
ton Is the absurd idea which
they form Of the happiness of
others.
What orators want In depth
they give you in ieBgih.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Nothing like a nice Photo for
Christmas Present. Come and see
the nobby New Styles we can make
for you. We know we can please
you, Pautzke's Studio.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Send grandma the baby's picture
for Christmas. Pautzke's Studio
makes them just right.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

The socialists polled in the recent
state election about 80 900 votes.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Judge Ralph Kaufman is holding
court in Prosser Holding court
for Judge Halcomb.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Mrs. Matilda Post is reported very
seriously i'll at the house of Ernest
Anderson, her brother
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

VIM. Freyburger has been made
chief of police by Mayor Mahan. A
most excellent appointment.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

The municipal water system is be-
ing pushed forward with a vim.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Mrs. C. L. Collins is convalescing
very nicely from her recent opera
ton.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

The Farmers Hardware Company H.
doing driving business
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Burch are in
Ballard to visit a few days with Mrs.
VIM. ID. Kilmour.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

The Ellensburg Creamery has NOV
ed from it's former location on lower
Third street to Ala North Pine St.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs w. Steinman went up
to Gle Elum Monday afternoon. Mrs
e. A. Emerson accompanied them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

Mr. and Mrs. +. 4. Home entertain
ed friends, sunday.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-21

E. Il. WATSON is reported AZ being
quite poorly this week.