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The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
QUAKE ROCKS
FOUR STATES
SPREADS TERROR IN EAST, AND
PEOPLE IN NEAR PANIC AS
BUILDINGS SHAKE.
new YORK MAN KILLED
SkYSCRAPERS SWAY AND PANIC
CAUSED BY DISTURBANCE FELT
WEST TO ST. LOUIS.
estern Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York, Feb 11.--SkyscraperS
in New York city swayed in an earth.
quake shock Tuesday, which shook all
the state, New England and eastern
Canada and parts of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
The shock was strongest in central
as far south as Washington, and as
far west as St. Louis.
At Albany, n. T., the shock was Sc
we're enough to shake pictures from
the walls of the capitol, while at
Binghamton a laborer was killed by
the caving in Of a trench in which he
was working. At Fort Plain the
heavy doors of a bank vault shook
under the influence of the quake, and
from other parts of the state the fall
ing of chimneys, swaying of houses
and destruction of fragile objects was
reported
In New York city the preliminary
tremor was felt at 1:35:15. At 1:35: 45,
the shock had reached its maximum
intensity, and at 1890 the move
ment subsided altogether.
Points in central Massachusetts,
among them Springfield and Worces-
ter, report the disturbance to have
occurred shortly before the time given
by the seismograph of the Museum
of Natural History of New York
At Philadelphia the shock was felt
at 1:32, and Georgetown University at
Washington, d. c., reports that its
seismograph marked the first tremor
at Hal, recording the actual shock
at 1:34
The seismograph of the Harvard
geological observatory, Cambridge,
Mass, recorded the first tremor of
1:33: :25 and marked total subsistence
of the disturbance at 1:40:34, over
tapping both in initial movement and
end of quake the records taken in
New York city.
According to DR.. Edmund o. Hovey,
curator of geology of the American
Museum Of Natural History, the char
acter of the record left by the seis-
mograph in his institution shows that
the movement of the quake was not
attended by great lateral oscillations.
slight tremors were registered on his
instruments Monday at intervals,
and throughout the last twenty-four
hours slight disturbances of the earth
crest were recorded by it, their gen
eral character, indicating that the
movement was slight and entirely
local.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
BATTLE TO HALT RADlUM BILL.
Senator Shafroth Seeks to Prevent
"Railroadne" of Withdrawal
Measure

shington-Vigorous objection to
any attempt to railroad" through
committee the pending bill for regula.
ton of radium mining was made by
Senator Shafroth of Colorado when
the Senate mines committee took up
the bill virtually the same as that
drafted by the house committee.
1T is perfectly obvious" said Chair
man Walsh, that there is race on
for these radium claims. If Congress
is to do anything it should do it now"
Senator Shafroth insisted that
Thomas F. V. Curran of Colorado, who
desires to be heard, be given time to
get to Washington.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
FOREIGN.

The Canadian parcel post system
went into operation on the 9th.
The charred bones of Mrs. Lee Car
ruth and her five children were found
Jim the Cumbrc tunnel and the bodies
OF eight other Americans and sixty
| MeNiCans are still in the ruins at
| Cumbrc, Chihuahua
Emphatic denial that Sir James
Barrie, playwright, furnished $4,000
to finance Sir Ernest Shackleton's pro.
posed antarctic expedition was made
in London by f. w. White. secretary
OF the Shackleton organization
Fire on board the ship Bordeaux Of
the French transatlantic line did dam
age to the extent of about 100000, The
vessel was lying in the harbor and all
OF her cargo had been discharged. She
arrived at Havrc Jan. 81 from New
York
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, speaking in
London on divorce reform. urged freer
divorce and called the British divorce
laws a shame to the nation. Compul-
sorry cclibacy, in his opinion, was not
the method to be adopted to encourage
morality He had been told by maEis-
trates that the lower classes were rot
ted through aud through by that law,
Menaced 10y rebels without and con
spirators within, General Huerta faced
perhaps the crucial week Of his career
as Mexican dictator, with Gen. Fran.
cisco villa mcnacing Torreon with sew.
eral thousand Constitutionalists and
General Aguilar massing his rebel
forces for a renewed attack on Tampi-
co, the capital was directly threatened
on both the north and east The fall
OF either Torreon or Tampico would
give the revolutionists easy approach
| 10 Mexico City.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
SLASH EXPRESS RATES
TO COMPETE WITH U. S. PARCELS
POST.
Express Companies Announce Reduc-
tions Of From 20 to 27 Per Cent
in Tariffs.
Western Newspaper Union New, Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Denver. - To offset the inroads
which the parcel post has made into
the privately owned express service.
the American, Wells Fargo, Globe,
Adams and subsidiary concerns in the
same business OF package Transports
tion have put into effect new sched-
ule of rates with which they hope
to compete with the government.
Reduction all along the line of from
20 to q per cent on long haths' to
lesser amounts on the short hauls
are announced. and in pamphlet ad'
dressed to patrons general informa-
tion on the subject is given. The
pamphlet issued from the Denver Of
flee of the American Express Company
gives a list of representative cities in
every section in the United States
showing the present or old rates on
merchandise matter per 100 pounds
between Denver and the cities named.
and the new first.class express rates
effective Feb !. In addition a ma
terial reduction is also made In the
graduated charge on packages weigh
ing from one to 100 pounds.
Under the new order OF things the
United States is divided into five
zones which are as follows:
Zone No. An of the eastern sec
tion of the United States north of the
Ohio river.
Zone No. Southwestern part of
the United States south Of the Ohio
and east of the Mississippi river.
Zone No. 3-Central states west OF
the Mississippito the eastern boundary
of Colorado.
Zone No. i-Intermountaln section
which includes New Mexico, Arizona,
Utah, Colorado, Wyoming. Idaho, Mon
tana and Nevada
{ Zone No. Pacific coast states Ore
gon, California and Washington.
The United States is then divided
into blocks beginning at the extreme
northwestern corner, which will be
known as block No. 10l, and running
to the extreme northeastern corner.
The next set of blocks begins at the
47th parallel and the 125th meridian
and extends east.
In some sections 1t was decided that
the rates should be regulated on ac-
feasibility to the region, population,
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Minor Mention.
DATES For COMING EVENTS.

Feb, Estate Mining Convention at
Denver.
Feb. q Washington Day banquet at
March IO-1I-EIeventh annual CON
ferehGe, Colorado Daughters of Amer
July 13-14-Grand Lodge Session, b
=. o. Elks at Denver.
Sept, 1-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
lel5.-Last Grand Council OF North
American Indians at Denver
A cutting affray west of La Junta
took place at a Mexican camp and re
suited in the death of Gabno ftibera.
Mrs. Ruby l.. McQuate received the
appointment as postmistress of the
Aurora postoffice. She succeeds George
Means.
l.. +. Atchison, one of the oldest pio-
neers of Colorado, died at Steamboat
Springs He had suffered for years
from locomotor ataxia.
a convict-built highway from Colo.
RADIO to the Gulf Of Mexico is advocat-
ed by Warden Thomas lyman of the
Colorado state pententiary.
Charles Rhodes, fifty years old. was
ground to bits in Denver in the sight
of fellow workmen at the plant OF the
Western Chemical Company, where he
was foreman.
Mrs 3. Amdurky. former owner of
a millinery store at Trinidad. was
seriously burned while using gasoline
in cleaning furs. Little hope is held
out for ner recovery.
jeremiah Baer, sixty-siX, well known
among Denvers pioneers, was dan
Serously injured when he fell thirty
feet through an open elevator shaft
in the German-American Trust build
ing.
Charles Bender. alias Charles Hen
dersCn, alias Black Tony arrested
at Pueblo on a charge OF theft, las
been identified as the slayer of Henry
Nickel in Omaha, bank teller, ac-
cording to the police
Tho Rev. Mrs Hattie Handiside, pas
tor of the Free Methodist Episcopal
church and well known in Denver, was
seriously injured at Loveland when
she slipped on an icy sidewalk. Her
arm was fractured in three places and
she suffered a dislocated wrist.
Two hundred non-union coal miners
from Sopris and Starkville made up a
procession that accompanied TO a
grave in the Catholic cemetery the
body of John Sebbin, coal miner,
who was killed by being run over by
a motor car in the Sopris mine.
A triangle of forces. representing
many human and industrial interests,
each pressing in an opposite direction
and out of the flinty contact OF these
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
COLORADO STATE NEWS

etc. For instance: Zone is the high
est because OF the mountainous sec
ton. railroad facilities and long hauls
Under the old system rates were
fixed on the class of merchandise and
there were many classes. Under the
new rule there are but three classes
first second and third.
Class No. l takes in merchandise of
the higher quality, including luxuries
Glass No. is for food and drink
(save candy and liquor, these being
considered luxuries). These are in
most instances rs per cent of the new
first-class rates.
Class No. 3 is for printed matter,
seeds, bulbs, etc. and these 80 at
ounce rates ranging from one-haIf cent
minimum to Is cents maximum.
Following are few of the rates
from Denver for comparison with the
old rates and the new, per 100 pounds:
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12

Representative Rsker of California
announced that he would fight any at
tempt to choke off his Japanese exclu-
sion bill
The board of food and drug inspec-
tion in the Department of Agriculture,
which was often the center of attack
by DR. Harvey w. Wiley, former chief
chemist. has been abolished by Secre-
tdry Houston.
A threatened loss OF s2OO,OO0,OO0 in
hogs during the present year from hog
cholera led the Senate to agree unani-
mously to bill appropriating $500 600
for the Department of Agriculture to
fight the disease.
The volume of parcel post mail in
the mountainous country of the West
has become so great that mailcarriers
are abandoning their contracts. Sen
atCr Brady of Idaho urged the post
office committee to take steps to give
them relief
A proposal by Senator Jones OF
Washington to amend the agricultural
extension bill to distribute portion Of
the proposed appropriation for farm
demonstration work to negro aEricul-
tural colleges in the South was de
ieatcd In the Senate. 81 to 90.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
announced that appraisal Of 10000
acres OF oil lands belonging to the
Choctaw and Chicasaw tribes in Okla
homa had been completed and the
lands would be listed for sale as soon
as due notice had been given
Four hundred thousand prairie dogs
in the 1ochetopa and Pike National
forests in Colorado and the Tusayan
and Coccnino forests in Arizona have
been killed by the Department of Agrt-
culture since its campaign of dcstruc.
tion was declared on the rodents.
Investigation by the Department Of
Commerce Of beet sugar factories in
Colorado and elsewhere, to determine
whether they are justified in their
scale OF prices paid to beet sugar
raiser, was urged ON President Wilson
by Representative Kcating OF Colo
RADIO.
Speaker Champ Clark told Chris
tian Endeayor mass meeting that the
world was growing better every day
He said the reason many people took
a gloomy view Of the times was be
cause the telepragh enabled news.
papers nowadays to chronicle the
crimes and disasters OF all the world
within a few hours.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12

coal strike expected to come-met in
the Senate chamber of the state capi-
tol
Prominent farmers in the Vine
land district, east of Pueblo, declar-
ing that they were in fear Of being
commissioners to increase the reward
offered for the murderers Of Floyd
Reed, one Of their neighbors, who was
killed over a week ago.
to devise new financial plans for slim
ulating the growth of new irrigation
projects and effecting solidity of eX-
listing irrigation securities in the West
is proposed by Secretary of the In
terror Franklin X. Lane in a letter re-
ceived by Governor Ammons.
John Roy Dew, the ladies' man,
heart breaker and impersonator Of
Adolphus Busch III. of St Louis, is a
married man and has been for two
years. This came out in the West
Side Criminal Court in. Denver, where
he was sentenced by Judge Charles c..
Butler to serve one to two years in the
penitentiary.
Marrying her stepson within a few
days after divorcing his father, Mrs.
Lenora Otto now lives in Denver as
the wife of John S. Otto, whom she,
eight years ago, established mothers
ttsa,,
Otto. wealthy sheepman of New Mexi-
co and widower of cousin of the sec
ond wife.
The Longmont Farmers Protective
Association has adopted resolution
rejecting the offer of the Great West
ern Sugar Company of $i.75 a ton for
beets for the coming year. The mem
bers of the association are willing to
twelve per cent sugar content as a
basis, but demand a sliding scale in
crease for all beets containing more
than twelve per cent sugar content.
Delightful hosts have provided us
with a delightful time in delightful
city. We are delighted" In these two
sentences, Lord and Lady Decies, rep
resentatives of British nobility and
the Gould millions, expressed their
appreciation of their entertainment by
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Hill and with
Denver and Denver people in general,
before leaving the union depot in their
private car Omaha" bound for the
West.
The town of Debeque filed with the
county recorder an oil claim on its
basis proves out as expected the city
plans to establish a municipal oil
well, and furnish free gas to its citi.
Zens.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
HEAVIEST HORSE ON RECORD
Fiqures Show Cydesdale Weighed
More Than Any Animal OF HIS
Kind Known to History

The weight of the heaviest horse
ever known was 5000 pounds. This
horse, a Clydesdale, was exhibited IN
New York in 1889. 1t was 21E hands
high and although only five years Old
measured 80 inches round the arm,
10 inches round the stife or knee
Joint, 95 inches girth, 34h round the
hip and II feet four inches in length
1t was of perfect proportions, with
head So inches in length. A French
authority gives the weight of horses
as follows: Excluding ponies, which
have an average weight of 440 pounds,
the weight of horses varies from 900
10 1,54O pounds. The weight of cart
horses varies between LOO and 1,54O
pounds. The weight of car and
coupe horses, which is about the same
as that of cavalry horses, varies be-
tween $50 and 1,056 pounds. These
weights are for adult animals.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
House Passes s25,oooooo Road BIZ

Washington.-By vote Of 2S2 to AZ
the House passed the Shackelford
good roads bill, authorizing the socre.
tary Of agriculture to spend s25. .OOO,.
600 annually in maintaining rural post
roads. to be distributed among the
states according to the ratio OF their
population and road mileage to that of
the entire country The Senate has
not yet considered the bill the origi.
nal Of which was passed without ma.
terial amendment.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Tree Strangely Marked.

A curious tree which though sound
was never known to blossom has just
been cut down by Mr.. James Hay
den Carriglen, on his lands at Pands-
town, County Kildare, Ireland. On
the freshly sawn butt of the tree there
was found a blood-red imprint of what
closely resembled a hand and part of
an arm
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Mines Drained by Increased Flow.

Cripple Creek. THE flow from tho
Roosevelt tunnel, just measured by T
h. Countryman, mining engineor i2
1850 gallons minute, an increase OF
994 gallons over the January measure
ment. The increase in the flow,
which is steadily draining the water
blocked mines of the district, is attri-
buted to deep development in the Ell
Paso at the tunnel level
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Easy to Tint Candles.

Candles can be tinted in any color
or painted in any design by using
fuchsin, methyl violet or any others
of this class of colors, dissolved in
wood alcohol. They may be dipped
into bath of the dye, or this may be
applied with paint brush.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
WASHINGTON.

The House concluded general de.
bate on the good roads bill, which
would appropriate $4,000 900 for fed.
eral aid to the states in road construc.
tion. Its passage is believed to be
virtually certain.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Coal Strike Probe Started.

Denver. - Federal investigation OF
the cCal strike in southern Colorado
was commenced Monday morning by
the congressional subcommittee of
five in the Senate chamber of the state
cnnltol
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Miner Freezes Both Ears ana Nose

Boulder.-John Jacobs, "a, an old
time miner living near hummer
gulch. had his nose and both ears
frozen while walking from his noun
tain abode, four miles west OF Boul-
der, to this city, Friday.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Veteran Ranchman Dies at IT..

Colorado Springs. William f. New
man, II years old, who has lived in
Colorado since 1878, is dead. He has
been ranchman near Falcon since
1884.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12

The latest military Zeppelin airship
an average speed of sixty
five miles an hour on her eight hours
trial trip from Friedrichshaven.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Low Suspicion.

''Twobble is young man OF ingra-
tiating manners"
so he is. III bet he never pays
his board bill promptly"
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Tame.

What do you think of football?"
"Oh, it's rather tame" replied the
militant suffragette
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
Imoortant to Mothers
The Attempt.

did the new actress in the party
try to do the swoon well?"
She made faint effort"
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
a Failure,

WAS your joy ride a success
Not bit of it. Everybody we
met got out of the way"
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12
SPORT.

The new date set for the Packey
McFarland.Mike Gibbons bout Is
March Q.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
AUCTION SALE.
PUBLIC AUCTION.

The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction on his premises, one mile south
o. Great Northern round house, begin
n'"s AZ i2 TTu : 4 s.: e. OCT. %
the following personal property, to-wit:
One sorrel horse. IL years, VT. 1900:
one hay horse. Z years, vt. 1900; one bay
horse, 10 years. VT. 1900; one bay horse,
~ years. VT. 1900: one black horse, II
years. VT. 400: one gray horse. 5 years,
Vt; 1900: one sorrel horse. 3A years, VT.
1900; one sorrel horse, s years, VT: 1900:
one black horse, 5 years, vt. 1900; one
mare, IL years, VT. 1900; one colt. ~
years. on colt, ~ years: one COW; Ave
Tow wagons with racks; two wagons 4
inch tire; one wagon with box. 4-incl
ARE: one buggy: one disc harrow; ono
Sep:ke harrow; one shoe drill; n broad
with trucks; one SIT. I%ndepend't binder
With trucks; one I)eering corn binder:
plow; one mower; one hay rake; q
row corn ~cultivator; two bob sleighs,
one light bob sleigh; two cutters; one
TANK pump; one cream separator one
dies; two stacks Inillet; twenty acres Of
corn IN shock; 100 chickens. household
goods and other articles too numerous
to mention.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
Terms Of Sale--All sums under $40,
cash; over that amount 20 will be al
I w rsS for cash, with pankrble paper,
DANIEL PERKINS. Owner,
4 Auctioneer. Clerk.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
AGENTS.

p TAILORING AdENrs-
Establish yourself firmly in the tailor.
the big merchant. but to mon Of am
bition. Here is an opportunity 20
a large and expensive tailoring equip
ment by prepaid express. Including
Autographed fashion plates, order
free. We have started thousands 81
men in q small way, They are today
the leading merchants. OF their cities.
q small salary, write us Immediately,
as we have a few more sample lines
left for this season and will ship you
~ overlook this opportunity to get In
wwithout a penny Investment. Address
sales Manager. Desk Is, Lock Box No.
az. Chicago, Ill.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
HELP-GENERAL.

HAVE A CONTRACTED DISTRI-
butte q Million free pkgs. Borax Soap
en- to help: $500 weekly. Waverly
Brown. 730 N. Franklin. Chicago.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26

For Rent.
Seven-room, all modern house
ON Belmont Avenue ....... $4,000
Seven-room house on North
Fourth Street; modern en-
University Avenue: free wat
er: in good condition ......$30.00
Eight-rOOm house on Chest
nut Street; entirely modern;
has barn OH ear OF TOGO. $4,000
I1ight-room house on Fourth
Ave; entirely modern; has
full basement, steam heat
and plenty Of ground. ..... $4,000
Seven-room house on Walnut
Street; modern except heat:
with barn OF premises. $4,000
Six-room house on Oak Street.
has city water: good cellar;
free water ................$15.00
Seven-room house on Bulge
Avenue: in good condition.;
has electric lights, city wat
er, good cellar; also has
barn IN premises ...$22.00
Seven-room house OH Dell Ave-,
free water: corner lot; has
barn on premises $1,000
Five-room house on North
Sixth Street; has city water
II gas $500
Two-room cottage on Oak
Street: free water :.........$ 900
T.. j. LANDER g. co.
Rental Dept. Ala DE Mers
q. =. . h. = = . = . . = . . . = = .
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
HOMEOPATHY.
HOTELS
HOUSES FOR RENT

WATCH GRAND FORKS GROW.
For Rent.
nave a party who wants to rent a
good all modern furnished I or 8 room
house in south end OF city; Will pay
good rent. '
s 25.00--5-room house: all modern but
heat on South 9TH st.
5 30.0O--7-room cottage; all modern but
heat. on Cottonwood st.
81. 0H--S-room all modern house OH No.
4th st.
5 ~o.00--6.room house: modern but heat
on 4tll avenue.
5.00--b-room house; city water free
on Cheyenne ave.
! 7.0O--2.room house on Dell ave-; city
water.
s 2o.o0-4 steam heated rooms; city
steam n water free.
$11o.00-An modern store on 3rd st.
: Af6:00-Ohice room on No. 9th St.
Fol Sale.
$1,000. 06-4-room house on lone ave.
$1.00o.00-7-room house on University
s s5o.00-s-room house on Bulge ave.
$4,000. OO--6-room all modern. house on
University v E $1,000 down
and $4,000 per month.
W. H. KELSEY.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
FARM @


FOR sALE-CHEAP, A FINE 30 ACRE
farm ~ miles from good live little
town. La Porte. Mimi. rs miles from
Bemidti; good frame house, barn and
other buildings: 20 acres under culti-
walton; 20 acres natural timber, bal
ance easily cleared; near neighbours:
SCHOOL, one mile to beautiful Kaba-
kona Lake; $50 per acre. part cash.
balance terms to suit at SO. Address
Martin L~ongballa, Bemidji, MINI.
OUR 4o-AcRE TRACTS IN CLEAR
payment Of $1,000 down. Ss. Balance "a $500
per month; write for prices: also 240
eSses ~ miles from town; will sx;
Real Estate Loan Co. Grand Forks.
FOR SALE. RENT OR TRADE Il
have a $50 acre improved farm at
Hamar, Eddy Co. n. D.; will sell on
l12ns time or on the crop payment
B.. Branch, Round Prairie, Mimi. also
have bargains in Minnesota lands.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
KODAK FINISHING

HAVE YOUR FINISHING DONE AT
1.-THE Acme Studio. 116 North Third.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
Rent-Mis%ce

FOR RENT = STORE OR oFFIcR
in Metropolitan theatre block! now oc.
cupied by H.. Bendeke & Co. Call on
Gus Myers. theatre.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
BUSINESS CHANCES

HOTEL FOR SALE IN MANITOBA.
At qretna. Bargain licensed ho-
tel, Building, contents and good
WILL: Five thousand cash wifi
handle this money.maker: easy
Terms TOR balance. Wine q Spirit
Vaults. Ltd. Winnipeg.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
LOTS FOR SALE

FOR SALE-5O FOOT LOT WITH 3
houses; rents for s25. Barnes & Nuss
Z, Co.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
FURRIER

HATTERS
HATS REBLOCKED - SEND YOUR
City Hat Works. Grand Forks.
HATS, MEMS & LADIES, CLEANED &
blocked like new. Wilson. Hotel Dacotah