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places Admiral Fletcher in command.
Admiral Badgers two-starred nag
will be lowered from the mainmast
and Admiral Fletcher's nag will be
noisted in it's stead. Owing to the fact
that guns are never fred while bat
tleship is in dock, the ceremony will
not be accompanied by the customary
salute.
Admiral Badger Joins Naval Board.
Admiral Badger. who has completed
his term of sea service. will Join the
general naval board at Washington.
Capt. Charles +. Hughes. Admiral
Badgers chief of staff, has been placed
on waiting orders.
Lieut. Commander Halligan is to re-
place Lieut. Commander +. C. kabfus
as fleet engineer. Lieut.. Frank J..
Fletcher and Lieut.. Porte will be menu
bers of the new commanders staff
The Wyoming left Vera Cruz last
Monday making the run to New York
in i've and one-haf days. She will sail
from New York September % for tar
get practice off Hampton roads She
is then to go into dry dock at Norfolk.
and will return to Vera Cruz early in
October.
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why would not ggs patroniza tine
fortune teller? Was he afraid to have
his futu g told2' ''Oh no: he sa ho
didn't care wnat she id about hS
future but she thre ten also to toll
his past Buffalo Express.
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A total of 294 boats left Puerto
Cortes for the United States In a single
year, carrying 3.573,500 punches of ba-
nanaS.
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-FOUR PEACE TREATIES
READY FOR SIGNATURES
United States Completes Pacts With
Great Britain, France, Spain
and China.

Arrangements were made today for
the signing at l o'clock tomorrow
afternoon of peace treaties between the
United States and Great Britain.
France, Spain and China. respectively.
These pacts, similar in principle to
the nineteen already negotiated by
Secretary Bryan and ratified by the
Senate. would submit all disputes to
permanent commission for investi-
CATION during a period of one year.
One Of the effects of the signing Of
the treaties will be that the United
States may be safeguarded against
being drawn into war with any of
these countries over any questions
arising out of the present European
conflict.
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Admiral Badger Joins Naval Board.
Unselfshness.

!, From the Atlanta Journal. ."
The average mans idea of being I'M
sc lfish is to let some other fellow have
something he doesn't want.
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Raising Standards.

Questions of raising the standard of
examinations fer public accountant
vii be discussed by the delegates.
The sessions of the convention are
being held IN the small baliI Dom of the
New Willard ana the offices of the
convention adjoin the ballI DOM. III,
foi.o..In- compose the official board:
presiaent, Robert II. Montgomery. New
YORK CI,N. secretary, \. L. nICnafuSon,
New Aork city. treasurer. Iarl IL. .>au
CteN e-and, onlo; wee pes .uehts, u. L.
Ie.iiun, Birmingham, Ala, Norman NC
La en-. san rfan,lSLo. FIeueriuk W.
De aesheimer, Dcnsei; FREDERICK Z. Man
w. ~.Io>..n Ia, s-JIsi ,
" iimlnston. Del: Joel Hunter, Atlanta
Ga. Arthur Young. chicago; Thomas l..
Turner. LouisN lille, Ky, 6. Y. w. Ly-
man. New Dreams: Liner L. Ha, .er
Baltimore; Wa:drCn II. Rand, Bosom;
Fl eueiic A. Triton. Detroit; Ralph d.
" cob. Minneapolis; Stanley Young, KAN
sas city; ". r. Battin. Butte, Mont;
liam F. Weiss, New York city: II. A.
Keller, Columbus. Ohio: E. H. Coils.
Portland. Ore; Edward p. Moxey. Phila-
delphia: Charles S. Jenckes. Providence,
E. Gordon, Dallas, Tex: Thomas Y.
Hare Norfolk. Va: E. G. Shorrock,
Seattle: H nrv Seine. der, Milwaukee,, :, IS:
Trustees-Hamilton S. Corwin. New
W. Sells, New York; John a. Cooper.
Illinois, V. Sanders Davies, New Jer-
sey. f. L. Suffren, New York; James
whitaker Fernley. Pennsylvania: J.
:. NJ Good'oe, ohio, and John B. Cells
beck, Colorado.
Corwin, NV York; W. Sanders Davies.
New Je'sev: Z. W. Sells. New York:
Z. L. Suffren. New York, and W. F.
Weiss, New York.
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New York's forest preserve contains
1,s25.e00 acres, and Is valued at $780,
Oo0,O00.
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Rated as Important Addition.

The Washington government has ne
gotiated hitherto most of its treaties
of this kind with Central and South
American countries and few Euro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-14
Beautiful Trimmed Hats
At SIS, $3.50 and $40
Values Actually Worth $500 to $500

featur of of Trimmed
valuegiving
are
Washington the low prices
machless values
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also kindly remember that I am
Mr.. Berners. here for a rest-curs.
BY the by, how are you going to
explain that elderly domestic OF
yours?"
He IL your servant. of course. .
Andrew answered. He under
stands. I have spoken to him al
ready. Yes, they are coming
here right enough! Suppose you
help me pull in the boat for
them"
The two men sauntered down
to the beach. The boat was close
TO them now, and Cecil was stand
ing up In the bows.
We want to land for q few
minutes" he called out.
Throw a rope. then" Andrew
answered briefly.
The rope was thrown, and the
boat dragged high and dry upon
the pebbly beach. The Princess
after a single glance at him, sur
rendered herself willingly TO An
drew's outstretched hands.
You must be the wonderful
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after a slight pause. that can
not claim the honor OF having
met you" He turned and walk
ed away toward the cottage.
Presently Andrew returned
with the tea tray. His lodeer.
however, did not return and the
guests did not linger long.
The little party sailed away.
Andrew turned slowly round and
met his friend issuing from the
cottage door.
DO you know--anything def
nitef" he asked.
Berners nodded
About one of them" he said.
Il certainly do. I wonder what
on earth has become of Ronald.
He was with them yesterday"
Had enough perhaps." An
drew suggested.
Berners shook his head. II am
afraid not" he answered slowly.
Il wish | could think that he had
so much sense"
Continued Tomorrow
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person whom my daughter has
told me about" she said. lis
this queer little place really your
home2'
II live here" Andrew de Ia
Borne said. as Jeanne leaned over
toward him.
Won't you please help me, Mr..
Andrew" she said.
He held out his arms, and she
sprang lightly to the ground.
We are sorry to trouble you. !"
Cecil said. q little uneasily, but
would Il be possible to give these
ladies some tear"
Certainly" Andrew answered.
Il will go and get IL ready"
They moved across the grass
grown little stretch of sand. The
Princess peered curiously at Ber-
ners.
Your face" she remarked,
seems quite familiar TO me-"
Berners did not for the moment
answer her. lie was looking to-
ward Forrest.
II am afraid, madam" he said.
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CHAPTER VIII
Tea on the Island.

The man who stood with a tele-
scope glued to his eye watching
the coming boat, shut Il up at
last with a little snap. He walk
ed round to the other side of
the cottage. where Andrew was
mending a fishing net.
Andrew" he said. there are
some people coming here"
Andrew rose to his feet ana
strolled round to the little stretch
of beach.
by Jove, it's Cecil" he ex-
claimed, "and his friends!"
His companion nodded. 80 I
imagined" he said, but I don't
see Ronald there"
Andred shaded his eyes with
his hand.
"No!" he said. There is the
Princess and Cecil, and Major
Forrest and Miss lie Mesurfer.
No one else. And, Berners, II
they land here. don't forget l am
Mr.. Andrew, fisherman, and that
you are my lodger."
The man named Berners looked
up at his host with twinkling
eyes.
Right" he said. "wfiI you
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CHAPTER VII.
Where Is Lord Ronald?

EVERY one down for lunch
eonl" Jeanne declared. what
energy! Where is Lord Ronald,
by the by?" she added, looking
around the room. HE promised
to take me out sailing this
morning"
The Princess yawned.
by this time" she remarked,
Lord Ronald is probably in Lon
don. He had a telegram or some
thing in the middle of the night,
and went away early this morn
ing"
Jeanne looked at them in sur
prise.
How queeri" she remarked
81 was down before nine O'Clock. /"
Long before them, 1 believe .
Forrest answered HE is very
likely coming back in a day or
two"
Jeanne nodded indifferent1y.
HAS the luncheon gong gomez"
she asked. II have been out since
ten O'Clock, and I am starving"
Cecil led the way across the
hall into the dining room.
Come along" he said. 81
wish we all had such healthy APP
petites."
She glanced at him, and then
at the others.
WELL" she said, ''you certain
ly look as though you had been
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would be interesting to watch. .
A few seconds intense silence
followed Engleton's words. 1t
was the Princess who spoke first.
Are we to take this, Lord
Ronald" she asked, "as a serious
accusation"
You can take it for what 1t is,
madam" Engleton answered
the truth"
Cecil de la Borne rose to his
feet and leaned across the table.
His voice was shaking.
Il am your host, Engleton," he
said, land I demand an explana-
ton of what you have said. You
must be out of your senses"
81 am not out of my senses, 4"
Engleton answered, nor am l
such an utter fool as to be 50
easily deceived. The fact that
you, as my partner, played like an
idiot, made rotten declarations,
and revoked when one rubber
was nearly won, pass over.
Apart from that, however, l re-
greet to have discovered that you,
Forrest, and you, madam" he
added, addressing the Princess,
have made use throughout the
last seven rubbers of a code with
your fingers, both for the declar-
ations and for the leads. My sus-
picions were aroused, I must con-
fess, by accident. 1t was remark
ably easy, however, to verify
them. Look here!"
Engleton touched his forehead.
Hearts," he said.
He touched his lip. "Dia-
monds!" he added.
He passed his fingers across
his eyebrows. Clubs" he re-
marked.
He beat with his fourth finger
softly upon the table. "Spades!"
Major Forrest rose to his feet.
Lord Ronald" he said, II
deny your ridiculous accusation. ("
And l." the Princess muir
INJURED.
Naturally" Engleton answer
ed smoothly. II am going to my
room now to change my clothes,
and / will trespass upon your hos
pitality, Mr.. De la Borne, only so
far as to beg you to let me have a
cart to drive me into Wells, as
soon as your people come on the
scene"
Engleton rose to his feet, and
with a still little bow, walked
toward the door. For a moment
they watched him go. Then For
rest, obeying ightning-like
glance from the Princess, crossed
the room swiftly and stood with
his back to the door.
"Engleton," he said, before
you leave this room we must
come to an understanding"
Lord Ronald stood with his
hands behind his back.
81 had imagined" he said,
that an understanding was ex-
actly what we had come to. MY
words were plain enough, were
thew not?"
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LONDON, June "a bril-
liant and unique pageant. the
Anglo-American peace centenary
ball. will be held in Albert hall
June 10, at which the beauty
queens of two nations will ap-
pear.
The plan Is that the most beau
tiful woman in England and the
most beautiful woman from the
United States shall represent, re-
speetively, Britannia and Column
bia.
There are sixty-eight titled
women nominally in charge of the
affair. Among the Americans on
this committee are the duchess
of Roxburghe tnee Goelet), the
duchess of Marlborough (nee
VanderbilD, Lady Randolph
Churchill daughter of Leonard
Jerome of New York;, and the
countess of Granard nee Mflls)
The duchess of Teck Is the
chairman.
All the 1000 dancers to attend
the ball Will be in costume, the
most modern of which must ante
date 1914. For the first two
hours, from 10 to IL O'Clock, the
dances will be confined to those
I'm vogue I'm the eighteenth cen
fury.
On the stroke of midnight the
floor will be cleared and there
Will be a series of professions
pfcturtng the early stages of the
development of North America.
The climax of the procession
viii be the entrance of Britannia
and Columbia at the head of a
bevy of debutentes representing,
respectively, the English posses
sions and the American states and
Possessions
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Forests eyes narrowed. you
are going to carry away a story
like this?" he said hoarsely.
Il shall tell my friends" En-
gleton answered, Just as much
or as little as l choose of my visit
here. Since, however, you are
curious. I may say that should /
find you at any future time in
any respectable house. IL will be
my duty to inform any one of
my friends who are present of
the character of their fellow
guest. VIII you be so good as
to stand away from that door,"
mol" Forrest answered.
Engleton turned toward Cecil.
MIR. De la Borne" he said, may
| appeal to you, as Il is your
it?" -
Cecil came hesitatingly up TO
the two. The Princess, with a
sweep of her skirts, followed him.
Major Forrest is right" she
declared. I'VE cannot have this
mailman go back to London to
spread about slanderous tales.
Major Forrest will stand away
from that door, Lord Ronald, as
soon as you pass your word that
what has happened tonight will
remain a secret"
Engleton laughed contemptu-
ously. Not l." he answered.
Forrest locked the door, and
put the key in his pocket.
I'VE shall hope, Lord Ronald"
he said quietly, Ito induce you to
change your mind"
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Yesterday Was
His Anniversary

Sentenced exactly 10 years ago
to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 8,
1904-Seth Bonney, an ex-eon-
Wet. was yesterday sent to waIIa
Wafla for year by Judge Cliff
ford for having passed q bogus
check for $I16.67.
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~.BY Z. PHILLIPS oPPENHEIM

mp very late last night. What Il
the matter with you ALL"
We were very foolish" Major
Forrest said softly. We sat up
a great deal too lste.A You see Il
was our last night. for without
Engleton our bridge Is over"
We must try" Cecil said,
land find some other form of en-
tertainment for you. Would you
like to sail this afternoon, Prin-
cess?"
Il believe" she answered,
that I should like it."
Il shall like IT," Jeanne de-
eiared. When is Lord Ronald
coming back"
1T depends upon the urgency
of his business which summoned
him away" the Princess re-
marked.
How odd" Jeanne said. Ito
think of Lord Ronald as having
any business at all. / cannot un-
derstand even now why I did not
hear the car go. My room Is Just
over the entrance to the court
yard"
1T is proof" Major Forrest re-
marked. that you sleep as
soundly as ouadeserve.
Il am not 50 sure about that. 4"
Jeanne said. Last night, for In
stance. IL seemed to me that
heard all manner of strange
sounds"
Cecil de la Bourne looked up
quickly. "Sounds?" he repeated.
DO you mean noises in the
house?"
She nodded. "Yes, and voices
Once | thought that you must be
all quarreling. and then / thought
that | heard some one fall down.
After that there was nothing but
the opening and shutting of
| doors"
The Princess and Jeanne left
the table together a few minutes
before the other two, and Jeanne
asked her stepmother a question.
How long are we going to stop
here?" she inquired. Il thought
tat our visit was for two or three
DAYS only"
The Princess hesitated. Cecil
is such a nice boy" she said, land
he is SO anxious to have us stay a
little longer. What do you say?
| You are not bored2"
Il am not bored" Jeanne an
swered. "On the contrary. ! like
II better than any place have
been in since l left school,"
The Princess looked at her a
little curiously.
As she watched Jeanne ascend
the stairs, Forrest and Cecil came
out into the hall. Major Forrest
looked cautiously around before
he opened his lips.
| "Well?" he asked.
The Princess smiled scornfully
at their white, anxious faces.
What are you afraid Off" she
asked contemptuously. Jeanne
suspects nothing"
Cecil drew a little breath of re-
lief.
Il wish to heaven" he NUT
tered, I'VE were out of this!"
The Princess turned her head
and looked at him coldly.
my young friend" she said,
you have no philosophy. What
we have done we did deliberately.
And II you have a grain of cour-
/ age in you, keep a stouter heart
and wear a smile upon your
face"
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Mail Contracts
For Tacoma Let

Contracts for carrying mail be-
tween Tacoma and nearby points
have been let to the following.
Ed Lorenz, to Henderson Bag
points; John e. Manson, to Quar-
termaster Harbor points; II. Y.
Johnson, to North Bay points:
Nels @. Christensen, to Lfsabeu1a;
Tacoma-Burton Navigation com
pany, to Gig Harbor.
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CHAPTER vi.
An Interrupted Game,

81 don't think" Eng1eton said
slowly, that l care about playing
any more-just now"
The Princes yawned as he
leaned back in her chair. Both
stealthily at the speaker.
81 am not keen about IL my
SELF" Forrest said smoothly.
After all, though, it's only 3
o'clock"
Ceeil's fingers shook. The
Princess was breathing softly but
quickly.
well. what is it to be?" For
rest asked. "One more rubber
or bed?"
I've lost a good deal more
than | care to-" Cecil remarked
in a somewhat unnatural tone,
but / say one more rubber"
The Princess took up a fresh
pack of cards, and let them fall
idly through her fingers.
"One more rubber. then" she
said. After that we will go to
bed"
The Princess threw down the
cards. She, Forrest and Cecil
cut. Engleton, however, did not
move.
Il think" he said, that you
did not quite understand me. /
said that / did not care to play
any more.b
Three against one," the Prin-
cess remarked lightly.
why not play cut-throat.
them" Enaleton remarked. cit
would be an excellent arrange
ment."
why so?" Forrest asked.
Because you could rob one
another" Engleton said. ut
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Convicts Escape

SALEM, Ore, June 9.-Busily
working on the state penitentiary
farm, three convicts, w. f.. Clark
Frank Miller and Harry Baker,
leaped into a ravine yesterday
afternoon and made a desperate
break for liberty. Posses have
failed To catch them
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CHAPTER v.
The Underground Passage.


mot another step!" the Prin-
cess declared. ''I am going back
at once" 1t was the next after
noon and Cecil was keeping good
his word of showing his guests
the smugglers' passage. Only
Engleton had excused himself on
the plea of letters to write.
II, too, am going back" For
rest declared.
''I am going on" Jeanne de-
clared. 81 want to see where We
come out on the beach,"
This way, them" Cecil said.
The Princess and Forrest dis
appeared. Jeanne, with her skirts
held high in one hand, and an
electric torch in the other, fol-
lowed Cecil slowly along the
gloomy way. The walls were ooz-
ing with damp, glistenins patches
and queer fungi started out from
unexpected places. Sometimes
their footsteps fell on the rock
Sometimes they sank deep into
the sand.
At last Cecil paused, and jean
ne heard him struggling to turn
a key in a great worm-eaten door
on their right.
This is the ROOM" he ex-
planned, where they held their
meetings, and where the stuff
was hidden.
He pushed the door open with
difficulty. They found them
selves in a gloomy chamber, with
vaulted roof and stone floor. A
faint streak of daylight from an
opening somewhere in the roof
partially lit the place. Jeanne
looked round and shivered.
Let us go on to the end" she
said
Cecil nodded. and they made
their way on down the passage.
THE roof is getting lower
now" he said. you had better
stoop a little"
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ESQ Conventions
During Exposition

San FRANCISCO, June .. -
The International Association OF
Marble Workers will hold it's
1915 convention in San Franchises.
making the 256th convention to
be scheduled here during the ex-
position.
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Held UP a Sheriff

NORTH BEND, June e.-Of-
ficers and posses are today seek
ing a bold holdup man who yes
terday held up Deputy Sheriff
Willard and August Pym IN the
latter's butcher shop. The man
is a burglary suspect. ard r.
committed the holdup in order
to escape arrest.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

Continued From Yesterday
Cecil de La Borne was stand
ing at the end of the drive when
she appeared, a telescope in his
hand.
My dear Miss Jeanne" he ex-
claimed, 81 have only Just heard
that you were out. Do you gem
orally get up in the middle of the
night?"
TO- meet with an adventure
such as 1 have had" she an
swered, 81 would never go to bed
at all. 1 have been nearly
dEpwned, and rescued by a most
Marvellous person."
Are you in earnestt" Cecil
asked doubtfully.
Absolutely" she answered. "I
was walking there among the
marshes, and l suddenly found
myself surrounded by the sea. A
most mysterious person came to
my rescue. He said that his
name was Mr.. Andrew"
Cecil opened the gate and they
walked up toward the house.
Z do you know him?" she
asked.
II know who he u.s." he an
swered. He is a queer sort of
fellow, lives all alone, and is a
bit cranky, they say"
As they entered the house, and
Jeanne mounted the stairs, Cecil
turned away, and his face grew
darker as he crossed the hall.
IF Andrew interferes this
time" he muttered. there will
be troubled"
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Starts Today and
Ends Saturday
@.Jeanne of the Marshes"

They erept on until at last they
saw a faint glimmering of light
A few more yards and they came
to a standstill.
The entrance is boarded up,
you ses," Cecil said, ssbut YOU can
see through the chinks. There is
the sea Just below, and the rope
ladder used to hang from these
staples"
I'VE can't get out this way,
them" she asked.
He shook his head.
mo. we should want a rope
ladder" he said. land a boat.
Have you seen enough?"
More than enough" Jeanne
answered. Let us get back. l
am dying for some tea"
Tea was set out in the hall, but
only Engleton was there. For
rest and the Princess were walk
ing slowly up and down the ave-
nue..
II imagine" the latter was
saying drily, that we are fairly
free from eavesdroppers here.
Now tell me what It is that you
have to say, Nigel"
81 am bothered about Engle-
ton," Forrest said. 81 didn't like
his insisting upon cutting last
night. What Is to become of our
little scheme IL we cut as we did
last night all the timer"
The Princess smiled.
You ought to be able to man
age that" she said carelessly.
cyan ara an oaod 81 card trfoizS -
That's all very WE'LL" For
rest answered, "but we cant go
on cutting two aces all the time.
There is only one way, Ena, in
which we could improve matters.
And what is that?" she asked
quickly.
Don't you think we could get
our host in?"
The Princess was silent for sew
eral moments.
ut is a Little dangerous, l am
afraid" sh8 said.
II don't see why" Forrest
he'd have to hold his tongue"
81 will drop him a hint IL you
like" the Princess said thought
fully, land see how he takes it. :"
See what you can do with him,
them" Forrest said, as they re-
traced their steps.
The Princess nodded. They en-
tered the hall, and Cecil at once
drew an easy chair to the tea
table.
MY good people," the Princes
declared, II am famished. Hot
cakes, please! And, Jeanne, please
make my tea. Jeanne knows just
how l like it. Tell us about the
smuggler's cave, Jeanne. Was 1t
really so wonderful"
Jeanne laughed.
ut was very. very weird ana
very smelly" she said. 81 think
that you we're wise to turn back. +"
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Steel Trust Is
Going Into Canada

MONTREAL. June a--Rerre-
sentatives of the United States
Steel Corporation ara eee<|nr .
site for $40. 900. 0o8 plant % -
built immediately in Canada