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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Bremen. Ind.

Dear Santa:
j am a little boy five years old.
Please bring me "a mouth harp
and a watch and chain and some
nuts and candy and bring my brother
Homer something. too. From your
friend,
cEnPCTF ANTnp avs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus:
L am a little girl ! want a Xmas
tree, rocking chair, piano. bracelet
and doll. candy and nuts. Don't forget
KILLER and Luetta Good bye
Charlotte Richmond.
49, Carlisle ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

New Carlisle. Ind, Dec. 10, 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am a little girl five years old and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dear Santa Claus

Deaf santa tIduS--
Well. Santa Claus. are you coming
TO see me this year,. / live four
miles south and a little To the west
of South Bend. our chimney IS not
very big. and | don't want you 10 get
the TOYS dirty. so I'll leave the door
unlocked. 7 am i'm the second grade
and / am six years old. Please bring
me an Indian suit. pair of overalls.
two pencils, a pair Of rubber boots.
some handkerchiefs and some nuts
and candy Now be sure to come.
Santa Your little friend.
ElsOn Weller.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus
I am a little boy five years old.
and would like for Christmas a cow
boy suit, a blackboard, a train that
runs on tracks, a drawing slate a
horn and whip. and some nuts and
candy. and don't forget to bring my
little sister Marion a doll Your lit
tie friend Clyde Remino,
32S N Notre Dame St
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

South Bend. Ind. Dec. Il. 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:
For Christmas I want a set %
dishes. a game. set OF furs. a baby
doll. a chair a writing desk. a new
dress. some hair ribbons. a pair OF
mittens and little grocery store, nuts.
candy fruits and a Christmas store.
remain, your dear friend.
EstheE Archambeault
eI3 y. 81. Peter It.
fCONTINUED OK PAGE FTvE.l
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus:
/ want big dolly. Q willow cab
lie johns. baby doll. a tub and
wTimger. a white and blue hair bow
AM q black hair bow. a bracelet. and
Some pink thread 10 sew with. / VIII
leave the back door open and leave a
dolly on the kitchen table for you To
come in and get and put a new head
on with curly hair and bring back my
other things: and a white dolly cradle.
Bring cousin John as much as yop do
me, and don't forget daddy and moth
er. Your little friend.
Helen Williams.
1915 :. Carroll 81.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

iinO-. in St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
1 go 30 school every day. Am in the
first grade ana like ny teacher good.
For Xmas 1 want an organ rs high
as a chair and a COW. little bunny.
nuts and candy This is all. Good
bye.
Wishing you "a merry Xmas.
Your little friend.
FRANCES BARKOWSKI.
New Carlisle, Ind. Dec. Is. 1915.
Dear Santa Claus:
/ am a little BOY seven years old
and go 10 school every day, like my
teacher good. For Xmas L want a
train and cars that run on tracks and
Il horse. nuts and candy. Don't forget
my sisters and mama and papa
Wishing you a merry Xmas.
Your little friend.
STEPHEN BARKOWSKI
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Sanity
! tink you are 2 good boy. SANITY
/ pray every nig ut. / say oh ''Lordy'
send me a big Dolly what winks and
candy / want a tree with lots of
pretty things on it that shines.
want YOU to seed my papa pair of
stockings and mama some handker-
chiefs / am four years old and /
will shut my eyes Xmas eve. So don't
be afraid to come. / want candy and
nuts to and a dress. / am
Little Evelyn MeiXeli,
125 East Joseph St,
don't forget. Mishawaka
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dtdr santa CIauS.-
] wish If you be so kind and bring
me for Christmas pair of gloves.
and pair of skates ;lld a horn, and
q tie pin. and that's all l want for
this time. Yours try.
Adalbert HacZmarek
1524-1526 ListOn ST
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dear Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus
will YOU write. flexible flyer
and a majik lantern. clock, doll,
dishes and scissors and 2 drum and
some candy and nuts.
Mary. 1901 Rudolph st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa
1 am writing you letter to tell You
what I want for Christmas. I want
a big dolly a leather gocart and
wooden bed. a washstand. a bureau
and a swing My little brother wants
a frewagon. a drum. a toolboX. a
sailboat. a little rockinghorse. big
automobile. Do not forget big
Christmas tree. nuts, candy, oranges
and apples. And nv big brother likes
a pair of skates Boodby. From your
friend Marie Tschida,
s. Kendall St. 1901 South Bend. Ind.
Dear Mistur Santie Claus
am leetle boy thirtean yeers old
and four Christmes / want salty
racer and a pear Of silk socks so that
7 won't have too borrow my fathers.
T live at sos So. Rush st. Now pleese
dear Santie don't forget me. Your
little friend ellison MiltOnberger.
Dear Santa Claus
Will you please bring me a Christ
mas tree with a lot OF playthings,
and a book Of little Black Sambo,
and a writing desk2 That is all.
From your friend.
Andrew Kerestury
3O7 y. Birdsell st.
want a book of Little Black
Sambo. and a sewing machine. and
pair OF shoes. and a pretty doll
cab. From your friend.
Lizzie Szabo. 1897 W. Baker st.
Dear Santa Claus
j 49, n aAxl s.AAs ssaEs old
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

l want a baby doll with real hair
and real eyelashes. and a box OF
candy for Christmas. l am seven
years old, and ! wish you a merry
Christmas. I will leave the door
open for you TO get in. as the Chin
ney is small With love.
Helen Melrose Howey.
205 y. Sadie ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
This Is my first letter I am going
10. white to you. Please bring me a
ring, sewing apron, a blue dress, a
pair of white ribbons. doll, set of
dishes, ten pins, and a little table,
and box of good candy, some nuts
and candy. Please do not forget my
mamma and papa. From your little
IF:ssSd. Helen Walkowiak.
431 $. Warren st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
] am a boy eight years old. | go
TO school every day. / want a foot
ball, and fiddle winks, and a gun,
and a signet ring, and tool chest,
and a wagon. And don't forget NIX
mamma and papa, brothers and sis
tiers. Stanley HOleurnski
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus:--
We are two little girls. / am five
years old and my sitter is two years
old Santa. please bring us each a
big doll and a doll cab, and a set of
dishes, and don't forget to bring us
some candy and nuts. From your
little girls.
80 Bessie and Martha Pauvels,
4 401 s. Warren St
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus:-
l am a little girl five years old and
| want a doll and a doll trunk, desk.
Christmas tree, some handker-
chiefs and some candy. Dear Santa
Claus, | hope you will bring every
thing and please don't forget my
baby brother. He is one year old
From your little friend
Thekla DetZler..
324 N Cushing St
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

/ am a boy ten years old, and | go
To the Assumption school. / want to
spend a happy Christmas. Would
you please bring me a model builder.
a story book. a penny bank, a boys
game, handkerchief, candy and
nuts. Do not forget my parents, sis
ters and brothers and all my relatives
and also the poor. / remain your
friend. Louis Beckerich,
1922 f. Madison ST
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
Please bring me a drum. and
new suit. and a kagon. I am boy
ten years old Your friend.
William Earl,
637 Sancome av.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

anges. Well. Santa. that is all
want for this Christmas.
Good bye Santa. My name is
MILDRED PAGE.
73S Cleveland av.. South Bend. Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
] 49, n Alxl slAAs sssTs old.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
Please bring me a sewing machine.
and a writing desk and lots OF candy
and nuts ] am q good girl. eight
years old. From your friend.
Bertha Peltz. 1710 Florence av.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
South Bend. Ind.

Dear Santa Claus:
| am little boy 10 years old.
want a sled; / want a drum; 1 want
popgun and some nuts and candy and
orange.
Stephen Abraham.
2203 w. Merry av.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

want a piano and a pair OF new
shoes. Your friend.
Mary Baumgartner.
2119 w. Washington
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
/ am a good girl and / am nine
years old, and in the fourth grade. I
want a big doll. and a go-cart n
Teddy bear. set of little play dishes.
Bring Jessie a big doll and a doll
cab Marie.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

SUuIH btIIN5 Hun ~. t. > . 4 .
Dear Santa Claus
I am a good boy IS years old.
want g pair of skates. q book, Il
christmas tree, nuts and candy; Ny
Sister wants a doll and baby cab.
please bring my brother a sled and
father a big pipe. Good bye from
your loving friend
Michael Prajner. ". Tut St.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
1 am a girl IL years OF age. / am
in the fifth grade. For Christmas 1
want a set OF dishes. Ny sister Ruth
wants a doll. a go-cart. and brother
Marion wants a train and a track,
nuts, candy. Ny sister Leona wants
a doll baby. Bring the rest some
thing. too. Don't forget the poor.
Grace wants table. too. Bring
mamma. papa, Orlo and Lottie
something. too.
Eunice Murdick.
i442 Hildreth ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
] am going to write you 2 letter.
90 10 schoo! and am IN the
fourth grade. and L em eight years
old. : would like 10 have 2 tool
chest. and pop gun, and a boy
scout suit. drum, and some cars. ssld
a magic lantern. You must rot try
TO climb in the chimney because II
is too small for you. Father viii
leave the door open. Your loving
friend. Joseph Koeppen,
211 6 West ST.
Nishawaka. Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

DtdI santa CIauS.-
l want a muff and fur. j want a
trunk. / want little bed. My baby
brother wants a wagon and a horn
and a drum. / want some nuts and
oranges too. Your little friend.
Vera Clemens.
p. S. / will send you some kisses
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Hello Santa Claus. l want a bass
drum. tools, a horn, umbrella.
sword. l am six years old.
Victor Collmer.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
Why a Hen Cannot
Lay a Thousand Eggs

It ms Hrosa5iy been The dream of
every poultry breeder to breed a
sHeeies of hen that will lay indefn-
itely My hens lay splenddly up
TO hundred and fifty and even
two hundred eggs. then they stop"
explains the poultry keeper why
cannot yet M hens to lay I've
hundred or thousand eges?"
The answer is simple as Ma
.nre itself; for nature portions a de-
finite measured quantity of germ
Hlasm to each of her children, and
allows a handsome margin for acct
Tents But when that supply is ex-
hausted 10 more is to be had.
When the oh OK steps forth from
IL shell it is already endowed with
al the eggs ii can ever lay. nor
an an device OF the human mind
add SO much as one yolk to that
number
Farmers watch their hens, and fin
ally they VII say, We had better
kill this hen-s she has stopped lay
ing" OF course, there is good judg-
ment in that, for the hen brings no
more profit as an egg-laying fowl.
On the other hand. she is SO much
added expense for she must be fed,
Naturally the profit then is in max
ng the hens lay their eggs as ra-
nidly as possihle-then killing them
for market
BY means of selecting good stock
and feeding properly, expert poultry
breeders can make their hens lay
all their eggs in two yers. Some
times a hen WI lay all her eggs in
a wear, Leghorns law about lao
eggs. Brahmas lay about 200. As
far as known, no breed of hens
will do much better than 200 eggs
Now, Nature did not intend the
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
FAST BASEBALL CAUSES
INCREASE INJURIES

Why are more baseball players in
jured and incapaci1ated for duty
now than twenty or even ten years
ago? Academically the answer N ght
be because there are more players.
But the point is that a greater per
centage OF players are hurt than
formerly The answer. from an an,
alysis OF conditions. would seem 70
be because OF a faster game and
more scientific play.
First and primarily, there are more
close plays on the diamond That
necessitates greater speed. players IN
their des re to win take more chances
and pitchers employ more speed and
sharper curves which they often are
unable to control All this tends 70
more danger.
Because of the development OF
team PLAY. and systematic defense
including the shifting of infield and
outfield to the supposed wcakneS s. OF
some batter. there are more close
plays at first base. Because o.
tr,ing to kill off hunts there ara
more close plays at the other bases
Because of the pitch-out and waste
ball. the catcher has better chance
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28

resistance in your muscles and lis
sues and you could do the impossible
nd snap a kodak the instant ven
link that you see a horse gallon
man fall, or car stop. why YOU
'uld really have photograph OF
what seemed to have happened
moment before
In other words your eyes alwa}s
anticipate movements, and the SID
Nosedly instantaneous camera real
IS a has-been and takes the picture
Of an event that your eyes see ahead
of time, only after it has actually
occurred.
Our eyes are never late in seeing
That went on. They are always too
early The more excited We are. III
more overweight and highPitairt
our nerves are. the greater the inter
val VII there be between what you
see and what truly takes place.
Persons who are highly emotional
musicians, mystics, poets and othe.e
hose temperament keeps their opt e
nerves stretched like an + strtH"
bus not only see things long before
they happen but usually see man
hings that were about 10 happen
1T which are switched off and Hevg'
o happen.
This is the explanation of what
the superstitious call "preVision >
There is nothing strange or unusual
about this faculty. It is due only
TO the tendency of very highstrun"
Persons to recognize familiar move
ments a fraction of a second sooner
han other people do
The .anticipations of such persons
are usually correct only in the case
of the most unusual occurrences.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
PACkEY EARNS FIFTH
OF MILLION IN RING.

Men attend college until they a..
jWenty.four and after thu d,err
are distributed il takes tho fcsrl:#.
2es until they are ior,y-fiye To ua--.
themselves 4 wholesome pile d; f1H
worlds goods When they gel i. ii.
ed UP in stocks. bonds. rra1 cs'4.,
.nd cash, you can usually count he
hairs in their heads Oftimes tsa
thaE have to fiaht Indigestion ou-
rheumatism or some OTTER hote.
ailment.
When rackey Mcfarland. The I'll.
cago boxer. celebrated hi fNeHts
fourth birthday, he estimated thai
his pugjlistic earnings in eight years
amounted 20 nearly $2oo.ooa.
What will the advocates Of sHr
higher education say to this
Here's a man Of 81. who probably
never met the requirements Of hish
school having become boxer m II.
able to call eff all activities and ijFt
comfortably the rest OF his life. With
ont worrying about the tariff or thu
high cost OF food
Il may be argued McFarland's easr
is unusual as il surely is probably
there has not been another JUS Ike
it-but it will occur to some that fists
struction of the pen is mightier thar
the sword"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28

zen TO lay 200 eggs in year. She
Intended these eggs to be produced
in about fifteen years. Our hens
come from the wild jungle fowl o;
'ndia. In their native state they
live fifteen or sixteen years and
lay their eggs throughout all these
years. But they do not lay any more
eggs than the hen in the poultry
breeders yards who produces all
her eggs within year and half
Consequently, the domestic hen Of
the poultry fancier is dead at two
wears, or thirteen years ahead OF
her time as far as the reproduction
Of her KIND is concerned.
Because the wild jungle fowl of
India lives fifteen years and lays
eggs every year, the belief long pre-
vailed that these fowls laid from a
thousand to fourteen hundred eggs
during lifetime Later it was learn
ed, however, that the hen in It's Wild
state lays its clutch" or nestful Of
a dozen or about that number OF
eggs every season, and no more.
If these same wild fowl We're put
in the yard and their eggs taken from
them every day, they would continue
to lay right along instead of dozen
or so a year at the Matching sea
son. until their supply was exhaust
ed and that would be the end of it.
They might live fifteen or twenty
years-there would be no more eggs.
Until man can induce Nature to pro
vide the hen with a thousand germ
plasms, instead of with less than two
hundred, he cannot make the hen
lay more than the two hundred eggs
Thus far he has succeeded only in
making the poor. overworked hen
deliver her fifteen years supply OF
IS in about one year.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
j. s. WOMEN
ARE LIKE THE
VIRGINIA FOX

| NEW YORK - The baroness Won
Pallandt of Holland. sailing in the
George Washington for Europe after
I visit of some extent in the Tn ted
States, took a parting filing at Amcri
can women and their daughters.
The former she compared to Nir-
Ginia red fox. always hopping arouH4
running nervously up and down Il
room and unable to sit still ugr
minutes" while as to the YOUNG
American girls-there are none. chill
dren being permitted to wear long
skirts and monopolize the converse
ton which the parents think VERY
smart"
The American woman sad the
baroness, lis very charming and cIeg-
er. but if you sit down and pin her
10 one subject it doesn't take Ion4
to find out that her knowledge IS
superficial She is intelligent. but
not intellectual.
Il am taking this Virginia fox home
with me as symholical of the Amer
can woman. As the eyes of this
little fox are always travelling from
one object to another. and as the anf-
NAL is always hopping nervously all
over the room, so 1t Is With the
American woman. She Is always
up and about She must always be
doing someth 'ng;' she cannot sit
still five m'nutes. She is alto
gether too restless"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To J. Sturtevant, H. MCCroria
II. l.. Stoves and T.. Gallagaer.
their heirs. executors. ddmitfsJra-
tors and assigns:
You and each OF >eu are her.s.-
gifted that dHrin@ ca=4 ii H.
- as 40, 1atl and fai2 ~ ext.yIfa-
ID three hundred doI.aas in Labor ami
Improvements upon iasl Channel
Association placer minina claim.
situate above No creek claim. and
adjoining No. > creek claim. on w
low creek. tributary OF Ester cr,oe.
II above Ester creek, in the Fair
7dHNs Recording District. tft-54
III order 10 hold yoar Interests -
said association under 3he provisions
81 section - Of thu revised s,#-
H'es oI=the United States. sand -.
frHztttures beius Tor Your share n
ne annual ass asmcut Wark Ior sa=f
'"ars; and if within riucrv do
liter the last publication OF his fe
ace you fail Gr refuse To pay 10 tfsa
Undersigned as co-oWncrs yoi.r sai4
proportion Of the expenditures a,o4a
72lj your interests in said asS0tf.-
on viii become the property al
II" UNDERSIGNED. as eo-0wHers. undo,
si.d section 2&2f Il. :
~. !. FITZPATRICK.
Z, ". GRIFFIN.
II. StKBER
FIRST Publication February l4ta.t.
last ubilcatiou MAY Il. 1919.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
NOTICE OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given. that, upon
an order issuing out Of the probate
court for the precinct of Chandlar
Four'h division. Territory OF Alaska
aa' ea MAJ hfsl' IL VIII cause
% be soie. Pa2il' auction 10 the
a'Hhes' D ddtf Tor cash, the follow
ihE described property OF the es-
ta'e O! James A1sstih3, deceased.
lZHi2 BOARD caolh, situate on
Dig creek III me Niilhdiaf precinct
l cache, at same place
2 interest IN a log building, at
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
m'GRAW,s SALARY INCREASED.
IRON MEN ARE SCARCE
IN GAME Of BASEBALL

INA, nDolIilr II-I0 N NI--TI11 ~
fairs which i filled 4e What ar
known as ron mon is one rhar h4-
had few occoaautz The ron man
Of note real iron men have Hc.a
taw and far hri,raf. ibe f.rss ;i..
cher 10 whom m. f,rrt na- asa1..
wa Ioe NcGfntg and Ec came inn
il rot So YllaL because of tin erc-
ouency With WHICH he pIt.la4 a.
his canarify far daaalah.ai,rz To
This day he Goes mo the ta\ oitea
and few pitchers have worn 50 Wei
The Alaska citizen., 1913-04-28
The Land Where Strikes Are Unknown

carr ed then directly to the reaalp
at the polls.
IL The constant use OF the rezeg-
endum in municipal affairs
T. The laws are made for tae
benefit OF the majority Of thc
people and not for any particular
interest or class.
t3. Appointments to evils srryieo
are based on merit acertaiHed
through competitive examinations
Employees are secured against u"jus'
dismissal Or oppressive treatment
through right Of appeal. Promoter
depends on length and eff ciency
Of service
II In place of the old PROPERTY
tax. progressive land and incom"
axes are generally established, With
improvements. small estates an'
hari-pressed citizers exempted AND
the burden placed on wealthy Gsr-
RS and monopolists.
l.. The government now owns
nearly all the railroads and aims
. give the public the srcatpst pos
9 BILE service at low cost II o@us
and operates the rOstofiicc and
.arries letters parcels, etc. At very
reasonable cost. II owns and oper-
atcs the tleeraphs and telephone
rs part of the public system II o.
'ablishes and conducts SAVINGS banks
% encourage the peploe 10 save, gun
antees deposits and gives fair in
crest. 1t owns and operates soie}y
in the public interest the central
bank of issue-the heart of the
banking system
16 It maintains a public loan of
lice and controls the machinery Of
eredit and rate of interest by loan.
ing money to farmers. merchants
manufacturers. and the working PEG
pie on easy terms and at low inter
est. The postal banks, public trust
office government insurance offiC"
and land department also make loans
at low rates.
Il. Ii prohibits panics, alleyiatos
depression and has declared it would
allow no decent bank to fail.
IS. 1t has established a gevrn-
ment insurance office for life. enaoW-
ment, annuity and accident insurance
with the guarantee of the govern
ment behind it; and the office does
a far larger business than any pri.
vate company in the country
10 1t conducts a public trust of
flee for the management of estates.
investment of money under the guar,
antee of the government. the making
of deeds. mortgages, wills and other
ninstruments for the people correctly
ant at very low cost.
30 1t has established experimental
and model farms, one for each 100.
600 population, and depots for dress
ing and packing poultry at the chief
centers; also, a state farm, where
the unemployed may find remunera
tive work and where inefficient labor
ers may be turned into effective
workers.
21 1t provides village and farm
settlements. where the poor MAY
make homes for themselves and have
cooperative employment if they wish
% 1t limits the amount of lane
one man may hold, provides now fol
the compulsory purchase and divi
sion of large estates disposes o
land by perpetual lease gives pre-
ference to the landless. aims 10 TAX
1.-THE unearned increment in rents an.
graded taxes and moves toward
the naturalization of the soil,
%. 1t has simplified the method,
of dealing with interests in land b.
providing for the registration of title
!, land the government guarantee behinf