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Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10
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The Idtarod town council met at the fire hell on Monday evening last for the con s!Ge-aion of general business The meeting "as cslIed to order at 8 :I5 by Mayor Baker, and roll call disclosed the presence of Coun- c;Imen Holmes Porter Maltby and Smith. Councilman Currin was out of the city.
 The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, and bills aggregating S1063.73 were read and approved, and war rants ordered drawn in payment thereof. A general discussion of the finances of the town revealed the fact that there was a deficiency of considerable sum, but that money due the city from license receipts, and which is expected to be forwarded from Fairbanks shortly. would more than cover it. It Is expected that the receipts for Inc current fiscal year will balance with the expenditures
 An appropriation of 55O9 Was made fer the current expenses of the school board
 1t being brought to the attention of the council that the November election would he conducted under the auspices of the U,y government, the following election board vas named to ctficiate on that occasion. Judges, Ray Clark, Earl Byers and John C. Currln; clerks. NJ. Mitchell and Earl Hunt.
 Prior to the meeting of the council test of the pumping plant was made under the direction of the fire committee for the bene- fit of the councilmen, and it was stated that the test revealed the fact that water could be turned on in the remarkably fast time of a minute and a half The plant, under the direction of Fire Chief Byers, is said 10 be in perfect working condition 1
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

E TEIEOPE Ftoos-o- s'E-IN1 Vs O1HF& 1H-'ET'F<o'
 "A The ldItarnd Pioneer has just Iln!Shrd and placed with dealers throughout the dis trCt a new blank form for the proper re- 2prGing of annual assessment work on placer mining claims in Alaska. The blank ing law, and contains ample cautiOnary and explanatory notes. which will greatly aid in the filling out of the same For sale al
 u>ey's !ditarod: the PoStOttic". Flat City, and Harry DonnelIeY's. Dis. Otter.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

no ice will interfere with navigation and where steam from it's own boilers will be as cooling zephyrs to its blackened, shriv- ei2d, aVaricious soul
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10
A gNuaL AssEssMEMr WoRK sLANKs.

Harry Donnelley, the Otter creek mer chant, was in the city Sunday and Monday
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

FOR sALE-One secondhand Yukon stove. good condition. Apply Idtarod Pioneer office
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Take your Ph0toS now, While the IIght is gocd, end send Us your films to develop A fuLl line of Photo Supplies always in stock
 We are not going out--just need the money; that's 4lL
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Abe AuGertc k now resident If Flat City, having moved his family to that place tie early part eff the week.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

the past few days giving the floor of his popular emporium its annual leveling On account of the many very weighty subjects discussed and disposed of each winter around Uncle BilIy's" hospitable Gresidc, the Aoor invariably shows the effects thereof
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

VlSITING CARDS >t"N,, tyrr; r1t,5r@T n~%
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

ACApnG big and small printed on LH~F2Sto papor cardboard or cloth, on short nntIcc al Iditarud Pioneer office.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Mir and Mrs George Nclmeyer of Otter creek were visitors in the city last Thurs day.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Black Cod, 35c pound
 Idltarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

c. R. Peck the Flat City merchant, ha: recently completed large addition to hi residence property on Gold street, which | now occupied by MT, and Mrs. Jacobs. MT Peck has also converted his large warehouse on the same street into a roomy warn storage structure.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Word has reached Fairbanks from Free Chapman that he was at Rochester, Minn. under the care of Mayo Bros, the famou. surgeons, and will undergo an abdomina operation fer relief from a complaint llnowI as "the Murphy's button" Chapman wa. a resident of this precinct for about two years, leaving here in the fall of 1912.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Miss Rose Murray has recently moved her stock of dry goods and ladies furnish ings into large ard cheerful store room on Gold street, Flat City, where she has her goods displayed to good advantage,
 Dr. H. E. Aurngcr has had workmen engaged during tEe past wce}, making re pairs and decorating the office on Geld street, Flat City, and the premises POW present most pleasing appearance.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Cilue Bates and Jack Folsom left for Moore creek Thars4ay Shortly after the frcazc-up MT. Bates Hill leave over the Sew arl trail for the Outside.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

"Unclc Bill" AnsIey with the assistance of several artisans, has Leea busy during
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

William GiIcher, formerly in the sheet metal business in this city, and now a resident of Fairbanks, was married in that city on September 1E to Miss Annette Me Peak The bride is Seattle girl who came to Alaska last July.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

E. C.. Raine, internal revenue collector for Alaska, announces that he is going to re sign from the service about Januery l, and will devote his energies to organizing an Alaska travel bureau making his first trip North in June Headquarters will be in Se- attl2- Fairbanks News Miner
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Arthur MI'ctte, Chris Uhr~how and Sam Sequin will shortly leave Flat City for the Outside. They will mush over the Seward trail
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Later the commissioner decided to bind the prisoner over to await the action of the grand jury and his bond was fixed at $500.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10

Sidney Schioeman, the popular miner and sporting man of Black creek, came in from Otter creek la-t Wednesday, and has been renewing old acouaintancesh hiu&.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10
FRESH CIA|h!)Y

We have just received fresh shipment of Candy which we are selling for almost nothing. Call and see how it is done.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-10
We 2Te soIINg 0Ut our LlOTaTy DO )ur choice for 53c and 75c each
 COPENHAGEN SNUFF
NUTS, lO-LB. LOTS

6-oz. tins 3 for r..........................S SIC oz tins, ........................ z
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
Oldest welshman.

The Oldest Welshman in the world
IL Mr. Thomas Morris. who lives at
Westernville. Neb. Although he 10
now an American citizen. he was born
a subject OF George Ill. at the little
village of Berriew, Montgomeryshire.
on January Is, 1894. He is therefore
one hundred and twenty years old.
His father was an agricultural la
borer and died when the boy was three
years old. Morris was apprenticed to
a cobbler and followed his trade In
this country until 1871. when. at the
age of seventy-nine. he emigrated to
America.
The old man Is very proud of '1le
fact that he has lived in three cen
turtles. He remembers the union OF
Great Britain and Ireland. the assassi-
nation OF President Lincoln and the
laying OF the first Atlantic cable.
Morris can still walk with the aid
of stick and see with the aid OF
spectacles. which he first purchased
after passing his hundredth birthday.
His hearing is good. and he enjoys .
cup Of tea or coffee with each meal
Daily Express.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

pher, Ethel Clara Leneve, took pas
sage July 20. 1910, on the steamship
Montrose of the Antwerp service,
which Captain Kendall commanded at
the time. Five days later police off,
cials at Quebec received wireless
message from Captain Kendall which
said that Doctor Crippen and Miss
Leneve were aboard. They had taken
passage as Rev. John Robinson and
John Robinson, Jr." Miss Leneve was
disguised as a boy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

to assistance. When daylight broke
saw on the gray horizon with the
aid of telescope a collier, the two
government steamers and nine life
boats all around the same spot.
Shortly after the Eureka came by
with 80 survivors and several bodies,
later the Lady Evelyn with Captain
Kendall and Moore, and still later the
Storstad with few more and some
bodies. All were lined At the Rimouski
wharf, to which place the SCENE hss
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

Ether Point. Que, May 30.-The
Empress of Ireland sank in ten min
utes after the collision and after she
had called by wireless: Save the
ship" Mr.. White. the Marconi oper-
ator here, instantly notified all the
government steamers in view and the
Eureka, Captain Belanger. was the
frst to get away. She must have
reached the scene within As minutes
after the disaster. The Lady Evelyn
haA tc get - steam and also rushed
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
For Real Speeding.

Pop" said Inquisitive Ignatz. how
fast can a horse go?"
Well" replied father. "a mile in
two minutes and four seconds is con-
sidered good speed. Why do you
ask?'
"Oh, was Just thinking" replied
Ignatz, what a shame 1t was that Paul
Revere, Tam O'Shanter. and John Gil
pin didn't have motorcycles"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
Swims to Safety and Dies.

Quebec, May 29.-To pluckily leap
from the deck Of the sinking liner EN-
press of Ireland and swim around for
nearly an hour in the st. Lawrence
only to fall dead from exhaustion on
the deck of the pilot boat Eureka,
which rescued her. was the fate of an
unidentified woman. She had on little
clothing and has not beer Identified.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
Well Known In London,

London, May 29.-Among the pas
sengers on the Empress of Ireland, A:
b. Anderson was chairman of the Brit
ish Electrical Manufacturers associa-
ton and managing director of Fer
rantf. Limited. of London. He was a
resident of Marrow. A. ]. Burrows, a
Canadian well known in the lace
trade. was traveller for T. l. Birkin
& Co. of Nottingham.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
Seeing Is Believing.

Miss Brown-Do you think that
Sally Collins believes in this "uplift'
movement?
Miss Jones-From the way In which
she mounts street car l have no
doubt OF it.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

now been shifted. About three hun.
dred and thirty-seven were saved in
ALL ]. MWILLIAMS, Operator.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

Female clerks in the British postal
service receive only half as much as
the male clerks.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06

It's much easier to borrow trouble
than to get rid Of it.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
Commander Of Empress Of ireland De-
tected Disguise Of Murderer

New York, May 30.-Capt. H. G.
Kendall, commander of the Empress
of Ireland, brought about the capture
of DR.. Hawley H. Crippen, American
dentist, who was accused of murder
ing his wife, Belle Elmore Crippen, in
London.
Doctor Crippen, with his stenogra-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One smaller after using Aliens ot-hase. the
Antiseptic powder to be shaken Into tho shoes. 10
makes tight shoes feel easy. Just the thing
for dancing. Refuse substttutes. For FREh trial
package. address Allen Olm sted LeHoy. MY. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-06
Another Tells of Explosion.

story that there was a tremendous
explosion on the Empress of Ireland
after it was hit by the Stcrstad was
told by Philip Lawler, a steeraee pas
senger from Brantford, Ont He was
on the way to England with his wife
and son Herbert, aged fifteen.
When the collision came the En-
press listed under the severe shock
and water rushed into the steerage
quarters. A few seconds later there
came an explosion that shook the yes
sci. This probably was when the wa
ter reached the boilers, Mr. Lawler
said
People were simply shot out of the
ship into the sea by the explosion -
Mr.. Lawler added. Il was pushed over
board with my wife and boy. The boy
could SWIM so tried TO take care of
my wife, but somehow she slipped
from my grasp and sank"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27
Rural. CREDITS

While ID may h. trulhfullv said that
the taiiff law. the banking and currency
law. thc antitrust laws. etc. NAV III be-
for the benefit of our farmers. aud thcy
unqucstionahlv are. vet in my npinion
there il something more needed for him
than these. | ~lclicvc that Congress
should establish 4 comprehensive. work
able Rural Credit system. whereby the
farmers Of or country can obtain money
1T 4 low rate e interest Ia aid them in
tho making, holding and marketing their
products. and for the payment " land.
The Democratic party at Texas has re-
pcatcdly declared III it, platform that 4
mans vote upon this question is not the
test of his Democracy. However. upon
this question ! now stand where | have
regard the saloon a. the ono great enemy
Of the home. the church. the : hnoiS and
the state: and IN my opinion il has ~
proper place Ia our civilization. yet
hope to sec The adoption of an amend.
mcnt 10 tho constitution ~ Texas put
ting IN end to the sale and traffic Of
intoxicating liquors. And will say
here. that a. your servant. | have oh
served nothing "a the national capital
that has changed my conviction On this
question. While these are my views on
the liquor question. aS | made The people
of Texas To- understand durin. the cam
pai.nS far submission and constitutional
prohibition. vet I 10 not pat this fact
forward a. my qualification for this Of
flee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

brownsville. Texas. April -. Below
viii ~ found i list ~ unclaimed letters
remaining I'm hand IA this office and III
not called ior within two weeks from
date viii IT. sent the Division MI Dead
LETTER. I'd Washington. ID. III.
Ladies lsomana :. d. Alaniz. Rosa
f tariULia. .Au-rlita Davila. ~itvIlna
Gou>llcS .Ie>cia a. lam tomato. Aui
tl df lEun. MHtiihr rHnfH lungufin.
II frriI NnrIirz. Cl~itnr.ra l'l,l. Illl
phikaT.>. inauan Ccrla RAMIREZ. firIi
ANA Rodriguez. H.riHnn =. Nj. dr Rt-rn.
.Hcz. George I,odrieucz. Fcliciana Iamu
Il .iHiuHia Torres.
Grniirm,n Bernardo Elancn. Mart
Boikwril. Pablo Huren>. James Carrie
tom. F~iUniu CHIi>lir>. Jose Cuntrrrn>
Dr Il. H. Davis 20 Dclrado. peilro. u.
Nj. Ills Ernigin Flores. Frlihrrln Fiprr.
>ryrrinu ~ Frigu~a. Garcia Rafael Glr
cil. Cruz g.. \. H. Ilatchel. William Nal
ilrr 'andrllrin Perez. N~lhtl N. Hiva~
iua~ip Rodriguez. Bird NJ. Robinson An
eri i.urnr. Charlie RYAN. Nicolas san
rigz. VIII %clmau Fcrnnuln Sofas .iusr
Samariipa>. ls'ian silva. Franri~cn !
Trr' ino. MItillaSr Trcvinu. llrpry Iire
Ter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27
100000 People Live
In u. S. According TO The
Census Bureau Estimate

Washington. H. g.. April The
United States IL now a country Of ln,..
OOOO.OUO people. according To the bullc.
tin containing the estimates Of popula-
ton for the years subsequent To the
Thirteenth census. soon 10 b. published
by Director William j. Harris ~ the
Bureau Of the Census. department ~
Commerce. IL was prepared under the
supervision Of {. :. Sloane. Gcegraph-
er.
As stated, the estimated population Of
the United States for July |. 1911. will
be- 1G?,0 OIL .9,2. The population of the
United States aud its possessions in 1910
was 10l 1lS.2G9: 81 there will have been
an estimated gain of over 10000 u per.
o "a i'm u little more than four wears.
The corresponding estimated population
Of Continental United States for July
j. 1911. Is ~. 1>l .i2i. as compared with
the population Of 9~l.9.2.aGG. AZ return
ed by enumerators. April IL. 1910. 1911.
1872, 1919. and 1911 far the States ana
territories. and for cities which had :.
COON or more inhabitants in l9i0.
Estimates ri population are required
primarily for use in the Census i;nIcau
in calculating death rates and per capi
Ia averages fp wears other thaa The
Census year. The so-callcd arithr ctical
method was adop,cd for compu;;rg these
estimates. Ii is<thc simplest And H. has
been shown Nv experience IL c,hl, near
or in the accuracy in the majority of
eases than any ether fnri1nia. l; rests on
the assumption that the incrcas' ~ ln";-
ulaiion each year since he enumeration
il equal "a the annual increase n,n
19N Ia 1914.
Tie bulletin presents ia ns several
States and its outlying possessions in
1910 and 1900. with estimates If the pop-
ulation July l. 1871. 1919. 1872. 1911 and
1910. Similar data j. also presented for
the different States in the Union. There
is also presented u statement of the
white and colorcd population on April
IL. 1910. together with ESTIMATES of The
white and colorssl population nc Of July
| for each of the years 1911. 1919. 1872.
1911, and 1910. These estimates. howcv.
err. have been confined 10 the States bay.
ing u considerable proportion If colstel
population. no estimate being presented
for any State that did not have .J0.sM
or none colored inhabitants on April Is.
1910 or AT least ten per cent of It's pop,
ulation colorctd.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27
MONDAY. R q. 1919.

mcn1rrS ~ Congress shall and will ~
judged according 10 the deeds dune. and
the service rendered the people. ! have
.SsradiaStiy sioed hy President Wilson ia
carving out his legislative program and
.resiccnifpc our platform pledges. | for
one. stand ready - H. judged ~ he
r,c,s,l We have ma,ir.
In conclusion ! wish to >a- that what
ever else may COME ~ me- IN this life |
shall always feel most .Iatefal a. the
Democracy "a Tcxas in ignoring me with
i seat IN the SiXtvih bird Congress. there
hy permitting me a. have q humhlr p1ri
~ the enactment ~ these great Demo
cratic treasures. for the l~astisg good Of
all oar people
w The discharge Of Ill my public Ia
lies ] have tried a. lr faithful aud ira.
v" the interest Of All the pcopls. Upon
my record thus made | submit my can
Iit;ay for denomination lnr \ see Hd
term. a. Your careful md just conSilcra
ton. With prnfo ind gratitude TAR past
nunors. ! is. 90 remain. Nuur ohcsiirni
servant. DANIEL II. GARRETT.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

We have passed a new banking and
currency Law whieh. in my opinion. will
be- regarded In the future a. one nf the
greatest and most far reaching pieces ~
.r0msiru tive legislation enacted upon
this subject III the last thrcr-quartcrS ~
"A century. This law takes The ~cuatrni
Of thr MONEY and credits Of the country
out II the hands 80 Wall Street mone,
lenders aud spectators. and places III III
the hands If the peoples government
where il Justly and properly belongs.
Under this new system onr peoples
money will be- kept among them in lhci-
own regional reserve banks. and moi sent
Ia The banks If New York city rs hcrrtu>
fore. II will no! bc forgotten w our
people that when the panic of l9u1 came
and our own banks were compelled ~
put the lid on" ~ 10 their ~ ,lcno,i.
tors. that this peculiar condition was
not brnih.t about because of the in>o.y-
cncy If our banks AZ home q ~ any
mcanS-but MAS due a. the fact that our
money had been sent IT, New York. and
when We needed il he New York bank
erS refused to LEI u have our own money.
Does any one wonder that New York
WAS so much opposed 10 the passage 81
the new banking aud currency law
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27
TARIFF REFORM.

Our first duty was hat Of revising the
tariff. This We have done hy placing
upon the statute books the lowest. most
just and equitable tariff that has been
law Of 1916. This tariff bill is not only
a rcycnuc measure. but ii will lc found
To cod,tain the longest free list. including
farm implements. that any tariff bill
has ever carried in The history Of the r..
public. So The Democratic party, after
more than fifty wears of hard fighting
has su'cccdel in breaking down the
high. protective tariff wall. 80 long
maintained and defended by the l.cpub.
lican party.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

To the Democracy Of Texas
IL now appearing improbable that the
legislature will be- convened ia cNtraor,l
mary session for the purpose If rsois
t~ricting the State into new Congressional
gress again will have Ia lr elected from
the State al large a November. | am
taking this meth. of making %forIaal
announcement Il my candidacy for &c
nomination * Congressman nj large
from Texas. in the july primary for a
second term.
Two years ago | entered the race for
the Democratic nomination for Congress
man at large rs an ayowed Woodrow
Wilson progressive Democrat. publish
ing Ia the people the platform of prin-
ciplcs uPon which | stood. and ia behalf
Of which ! solicited their saffragc: and
was by them nominated by a very com
plimentary and gratifying vote in the
July primary 1917. for which | shall ever
feel profoundly grateful
In submitting my candidacy for Il sec
ond term ] beg 10 submit for your con
sideration some of the things lin which
have had an humble part that have
been accomplished by the Democratic
party thus far in the Sixty-third "an
grcss. ln obedience Ia the call Of Pr ii
dent Woodrow Wilson. the ~Sixty-thil l
Congress conveHcd in extraordinary SEES
sion ON April Z. 1919. aud Immediately
took ~ the work 81 rcdccming the plat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27
PUBLIC ROADS AND AGEIcULTrEE

The House ~ Representatives has
adopted = system If government aid o.
the various states and political Stlnli
visions thereof. for the building aud CON
>trEctinn &c nmhIic roads. anl with
which To begin .hi> work has appropri
atcd -. nNn. trn. cf this amount Texas
would receive about one and 4 quarter
million 81 dollars. II j. sincerely hoped
and believed IN The friends 90 his lcg
~iSlatinn that when this work shall have
begun. AMI the people realize lhr -rfat
benefits and blessings coming "a .acm
through the construction III good roads
they will rise az IL The power II their
might and demand. "a the hands If the
Congress ~ the United States. that II
shall no longer appropriate hundreds of
million dollars Of the ncnplr'S money
every wear for - Maintenance 81 "A large
standing army. a great navy. the con
struciion of huge hattleshins, and every
kind AMI character Of Instruments Of
blon,ly destruction for The taking Ut hu-
life: but shall convcrt this vast
anh+nt of money into the construction
of public highways. which will he a
blessing - all mankind.
We have appropriated 500 .Uu0 Ia a..
>iI the farmer in aSc-rtaining The
w%orla'S demand and supply If his pro
dR'ts. ~ he may know with SONS lie
gree of crFfainiv the value of the pro
ducts of his toll.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

My fellow Democrats. the Democratic
party. the administration Of President
Woodrow Wilson and the S%ixty-thirl
Congress ~ the United Staic. are now
on trial before the bar of pnhlt opinion.
This administration aud The Democratic
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27
I\COME TN LAW.

The Democratic party for MANY wears
past has been u fearless champion Of
an income Ia. law. aud in compliance
with u platform pledge. the Sixty.
third Congress has placed upon The
statutes an income tax law. whereby the
immense wealth Of the country will be
compelled. in the future. IA hear 4 more
government than heretofore.
vA\kI\G AND CURRENCY LAW.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

Newspaper advertising is the greatest
I rec IN The business world tp,nv.
To cnndIci business without advertis
ing ~ like trying to rat without food.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

ADVERTISING i> thc advance agent of
>alcmaH~hip.
AdNrrtiu-iu- dun pay unless lhr ad
t%rrti~eri pEIduct has merit.
Men have accumulated fortunes wv thr
persistent u.r nf printers lux
The recollection 81 quality remains
long after Ihr price WV forgotten.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-27

Another rr.V>un why u gn."l wifr
ticks to her husband when they are fic
in- thr world together i~ hrrlH~c per
powder ra- II 20 III pockci.