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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-12-10
AND PERSONAL

]. ). Brown was here from Lo-
gan yesterday.
Modern Eve! See her at the
high school Dec. II.
Editor White was here from
San Jon this week on business.
James Doughtry is here from
Roswell visiting and selling life
insurance.
Supt. Morris went to Dawson
Tuesday in his special cara Cloud
croft, on an inspection tour.
Rev. +: 5. Paddock will fill the
pulpit at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and evening.
a big box of bon bons will be
given away at the high school on
Thursday evening, Dec. Il. Get
il.
Postmaster Wharton reports
the arrival of a big baby girl at
his home. Mother and babe do
ing well.
II. Il. Jones returned Wednes-
day from Santa Rosa where he
had been looking after his bank
ing interests.
Farr Herring came in Monday
with another new Maxwell auto.
He drove il over from Amarillo
and reports the roads in fair con-
dition.
c. &. Davidson, wife and son
returned the first of the week
from a three weeks visit with
Mr.. Davidson's parents in Ar
kansas.
Miss Price came in from ri
laSo the 1rSt OF the week and
spent a few days with friends.
She was on her way east to visit
home folks.
We stay with our customers
who stay with US. If your bust
ness is right, bring it to us we
will handle it. First National
bank of Tucumcari.
1t is worth a dollar yet cost,
but fifteen cents. What Why,
the program at the high school
Thursday, Dec. II.
The city basket ball team met
last night and selected a manager
and captain, and are now read ,
to begin practice with the hope
of matching another game with
the high school boys who defeat,
ed them last week.
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Amarillo on Thursday.

The two public schools of the
district will combine with the
local Sunday school in the
Christmas program. Prepare
tons are already nicely under
Roadway. The two teachers of
the respective schools have
charge of the work for their pu-
pills, and Mrs. G.. r. Rice for the
Sunday school, of which she is
organist and ex-oficio member
of the standing musical commit
tee.
J. b. Brown is engaged at farm
work at the Lewis Mitchell place.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-12-10
HUDSON

Mrs. Geo. NJ. Bell and little
son and daughter, Luther and
Flora, returned the first of last
week from Lake View, Tex,
where they had spent a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H.. Bell
and Miss Clara S. Rice left on
Thursday for an overland trip to
Roswell and Carlsbad. Miss
Rice will remain throughout the
winter.
J. n. Gamble of Tucumcari
was here on last Friday looking
at the Larrabee claim with a view
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Brakeman w. O. Meredith CON.

tinues to improve. He expects
to be able to sit up soon.
Ladies free-if YOU take a box
to the box supper at the high
school on the evening of Dec. IL.
Mrs. NJ. r. Stalliard. who has
been a patient at the Tucumcari
Hospital for four weeks, left for
her home Saturday afternoon.
DR.. f. w. Noble will make a
trip to FL Paso Friday, where he
will read a paper before the
Southwest Medical and Surgical
Society.
Tuesday afternoon George
Ref, Southwestern section fore
man at lndiola, was successfully
operated upon for rupture at the
Tucumcari Hospital.
Shop early and get your choice
while stocks r complete. Mer-
chants who advertise are most IL
able to carry up-to-date stocks.
Watch the News for bargains.
For SALE-Lots ;. 4, 5, Block
u Barnes Add. and Lot ! Block 10
Russell Add. to Tucumcari.
These lots will be sold Reason
able.-O. b, Erwin, Jackson. Ohio.
Don't miss the big show at the
opera house all week. Admis-
sion is half that usually charged
for the same class of perform
anceS. Pictures and comic OPP
era for 25c.
Mrs. Pring and son, George,
left this morning for Mount Dora
Union county, y. NJ They will
visit relatives there some time
before leaving for California TO
spend the winter.
a meeting of the Eastern Di-
"ision Safety First committee is
scheduled to meet at the Elks
home in this city next Saturday,
December u. The usual routine
of business will he attended to.
The city dads have installed a
new system of accounting which
is said to be much simpler and
better than the old way. c. r..
Nicholson has been employed to
assist the city clerk in making an
audit of the books.
Mrs. c. NJ. Parsons and sister,
Mrs. Maggie TilSon arrived Sum
day from Brooktield, Mo-, where
Mrs. Parsons has been visiting
relatives and friends since the
funeral of her husband who was
Inferred in the family cemetery
there.
See Mutt and Jeff at the high
school auditorium on Thursday
evening, Dec. II.
County Treasurer Lee G.. Pear
son reports "A busy month during
November. More than $40, 600. 90
were collected and some 1000 re-
ceipts written. Several hundred
letters still remain to be opened
but the work is being pushed as
rapidly as possible and all money
paid in will be accounted for.
Father has his troubles at the
high school auditorium on Thurs
day evening, Dec. II. See him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
A WAY OUT
A Resident of Mexico Shows the
Way.

There's one effective way to re-
lieve kidney backache.
Liniment and p~lasters may relieve
it;
But they seldom reach the cause.
Backache is cause to suspect the
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for disor-
dered kidneys.
Mexico people back them up.
: Read a case of it.
William C. Payne, painter, ll22 E.
Liberty St., Mexico, Mo-, says: ut
was several years ago that | suffer-
ed from rheumatic twinges and kid
ney complaint. The pains and aches
were so bad at times that even hypo-
dermic injections brought no bene-
fit. | couldn't bend or stoop and ]
couldn't bear any weight against me
at all, | doctored and used remedies
but it was Doan's Kidney Pills that
cured me. Since then, | have rec
commended this remedy to many pee
| pie. who have been bothered witt
| kidney complaint. We are neve
without Doan's Kidney Pills in thu
house, and cannot say too much TO
them"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don
simply ask fol-. a kidney remedy-ge
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tina
Mr.. Payne had. Foster-Milburn Go
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
FOR A E A STOMACH

There are people right in this vi
cinity who find it necessary to be
very careful about what they eat as
they have weak stomachs. Many Of
them would be very much benefited
by the same treatment that cured
Mrs. Ernest Pharo, of Beaver Dam,
Ohio, who writes, II had a weak
stomach and for years certain food
disagreed with me. / would feel I'M
comfortable for hours after eating.
| lost. weight and became %debilitated.
Then l began taking Chamberlain's
Tablets and the promptness with
which they benefited me surprised
both myself and my family They
strengthened my digestion and in a
short time | was sound and well. For
sale by all dealers. adv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24


The wife of the Rev. ]. S. Conner
died at her home in Springfield, Mo-,
Sept. 2. She had been afflicted for
80 years and for the last 10 years
was wholly helpless. Rev. Conner
once lived in this city and is well
known to many of our citizens.
Austin Calhoun, 70 years old, died
at the Hospital in this city, Friday
night after an extended illness. At
his request, there was no funeral
but short services were held at the
grave, the Rev. ]. o. Edmonston Of
ficiating. The body was buried
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr.. Calhoun had lived in this city
about 81 years. He was married to
Miss Martha Craig in 1860. His wife
has been dead about 6 years. One
son, Robert, Of Denver, Colo, and
six grandchildren, Mrs. Worth Al
len, Myrtle, Ray and Dellno Calhoun
of Mexico and Carroll and Gladys
Calhoun, Of Denver, survive. Mr.
Calhoun was a faithful member Of
the Methodist church and an excel
lent gentleman. The Ledger joins
other friends in extending s%incerest
sympathy to the bereayed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
w E N G S

The wedding of a Mexico girl to a
st. Louis man has been kept a sec
ret in the family since August IL,
The wedding is that of Miss Flavel
McLoney, daughter of MI. and Mrs
w. ]. McLoney, of East Monroe St.,
to Richard Sayers, of st. Louis. Mr..
and Mrs. Sayers have been touring
the west since their marriage in st.
Louis. and are now at home in San
Francisco, Calf.
Mrs. Sayers vas born and reared
in Mexico, where she has many
friends. For the last year or so, she
has been employed in st. Louis as a
model for a large millinery establish
ment, where she met her husband
Mr.. Sayers is president of the Tenn
pie of Childhood at the Panama-Pa-
cifc Exposition in San Francisco anc
will reside there until after the ex-
position. The Ledger joins other
friends in wishing them a long anc
happy married life.
]. S, Wilson, of Warsaw, Mo-, anC
Mrs. Maggie Wilkins, of Mexico
were united in marriage Sept. II a
the residence of the officiating minis
ter, the Rev. ]. d. Watson. Int
Ledger joins friends in extending
best wishes to this couple.
Miss Fay Rowena Rusk, of Colum
bia and William E. Sullivan, OF Wind
sor. were married this week. Mis-
Rusk is a sister of Farmer Rus.
and a graduate of the University @
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
SAM COOK is CON-
NOISSEUR OF HAMS

NUISSEUk Uf HAMo
The St. Louis Republic refers to
Sam B. Cook of this city, formerly
of Mexico, as the champion smoked
ham consumer of Missouri. Now Mr..
Cook knows a good country ham
when he sees one, but he is not the
prize ham famine-breeder of the
state by any mean Although a
younger man, Lawson Price can give
Mr.. Cook all kinds of points and beat
him at the close of a seaso so bad
that Mr.. Cook will fall back on beef
steak and spare ribs for a year to
come. And when it comes to con-
suming smoked and well cured coun-
try hams, no man south of the North
Pole has any business in the game
with James M. Seibert, formerly
state auditor, but now a resident OF
st. Louis.
Judge ]. G. Slate of this city, is no
| novice when it comes to knowing a
good country ham, and putting the
same out of sight when fried and
served with red gravy, o is Mr.
Cook himself a new beginner in this
line of consumption, But all of them
take off their hats in the presence Of
Mr.. Seibert, who has held the recorc
for the last thirty years as being thu
champion ham consumer Of Missouri
Arkansas and Texas.-Jefferson Cit!
Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
MAJ. h. ". SALMON
BY THUGS

Mai. Harvey W. Salmon, former
banker Of Clinton, Mo-, and former
Democratic politician, was receiving
the congratulations of friends Sun
day on his narrow escape at the
hands of highwaymen Saturday night
in st. Louis. He is the father of Mrs.
Louise Salmon Bailey, well known
in Mexico.
Mai. Salmon boarded an 18th
street car at 0 o'clock Saturday ev-
ening, intending to take a Laclede
car and go to his home at the Ken
dali Hotel, 1890 Lindell boulevard. He
discovered his mistake at Fourteenth
street and Clark avenue and alighted.
Two men seized him and n
struck him on the head with what the
police believe was a sandbag. Col.
| Salmon was knocked unconscious
and his watch and some small change
taken. He was found on the sidewalk
by the police and taken to the City
Dispensary and afterward to the
City Hospital.
1t was ascertained his injury consist
ed of a slight scalp wound. Maj.
Salmon was able to walk about his
room at the hotel Sunday after
noon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
why WEAK LUNGS?

The toll of tuberculosis is claiming
o than $50 victims every day in the
United States, yet few realize their grave
condition until the critical period arrives.
Overwork, worry, weakness after sick
ness, catarrh, bronchitis, tender throats-
all exert the weakening influence that
invites consumption.
To guard against consumption, thou
sands Of people take Scott S Emulsion after
meals because its rich medicinal nourish-
ment strengthens the lungs, puts vigor in
the blood, and upbuilds strength to resist
tuberculosis. Scott $ Emulsion is natures
strength-builder. Refuse substitutes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
METHODIST DISTRICT
MEETING IN MEXICO.

nEEIIINu IN NhI1NANOs
The preachers and laymen of the
Mexico District of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, met at
the Methodist church in this city,
Thursday to arrange plans for the
coming years work. The Rev. A. B.
Culbertson, presiding elder of the
district, presided at the meeting.
Best plans for evangelism were dis
cussed and an effort to secure in
creased lay activity in church work
will be made. The financial plan was
projected. Mr.. Culbertson says the
outlook for the year is very promis-
ing. The Mexico District is composed
of Audrain, Galloway, Montgomery
and parts of Boone and Rails coun-
ties.
Those present at the meeting
were: the Rev. ]. C. Handy, Spar
rell Mccall and the Rev. ODE Black
burn, Fulton; the Rev. w. H. Filing
ton and Henry Carl, New Bloomfield;
Haley Miller, Fulton circuit; the Rev
]. N. Boyd and M. 7. Tedford, Mo
berly; the Rev. E. c. Swan and c. B,
Meffert, Centralia; the Rev. F. T.
Hanes and Leslie Faucet, Hallsvillei
the Rev. C. L. Uht and j. p. Mccall
Wellsville; the Rev.0. H. Phillips anc
Charles w. Dudley, Auxvasse; the
Rev. S. w. Hayne and s. P. Emmons
Mexico; the Rev. Henry Neighbor'
and ]. R. Shook, Mexico circuit; }
H. Winscott, Sturgeon. Mr.. Win
scott is lay leader of the district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
BYRON BLACK HAD
SUCCESSFUL SALE


Byron L. Blacks sale of live stock,
farm implements and household
goods totalled about $4,000. The sale
was held at Mr.. Blacks farm, north
west of this city, Wednesday.
Among the sales made were the
following: J.. M. Force, 6 shoats at
$6.75 each; Wheeler Cant, 8 at $4.10
and 6 and 81; M. Crum, 6 at $40
and 6 at $685.; A. Collins, IL ewes at
1885 each and A at $4.10; Charles
Dickey, 6-year-old mare, $120; Lu-
Their Davidson, 4-year-old mare, $142;
Charles Dickey, pair 9~-year-old mules
$21O; Charles schopp, yearling bull.
$58; Earl Cunningham, COW and
calf, $92; yearling heifer to each of
the following, Wheeler Cant $40,
Mord Fox $51, Earl Cunningham $50.
B. B. Barr $50. James Ford was the
a~uctioneer and Walker Pollock, clerk.
A good crowd was present and the
stuff brought good prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
MISSOURI BOOTS
: AND SHOE STATE
CITY, Sept. 81

JEFFERSON CII1s sept. u.
The strides Missouri is making as
a boot and shoe manufacturing state
and that it is closely crowding New
York and Massachusetts for first
honors for quantity, quality and
value Of annual output, is shown by
facts and figures gathered in 1914
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
from sixty factories in the State,
which reveal that the 1918 output
was worth $71,4l5,711 !, as compared
to a 1912 value of 52,300,245. The
gain in value of output was 49,
1896, or nearly 81 per cent.
According to the statistics the val
ue Of the output of the Mexico fac
tory in 1918 was almost $545,0O0.
The output of the Moberly factory
reached the value of $1,550,000, Co
lumbia nearly $1,25O,00O, Kinks
vile nearly $93O,OOO, Louisiana about
$4,000, 900, Marshall nearly $45O,OOO.
The factory in this city turned
out between 100000 and 100000
pairs of shoes. The Marshall factory
had about the same output, Moberly,
about 1,OOO,O 900 pairs; Kirksville, be-
tween 100000 and 100000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
S O GET
By Miss Marie Rose.
Phone GIL.

noon' a box of candy. Mrs. McKin-
ley served a palatable two course
lunch.
Mrs Norton Nelson was hostess
for the Young Married Ladies Club
thursday afternoon in honor of her
sister, Mrs. Truck, of st. Louis.
After a pleasant hour spent in sew
ing, the hostess served ices and cakes.
Guests other than the club members
were: Mesdames Ivan Ashworth, W.
W. johnson, All Elliott and VIM.
Stuck; Misses Edith Ethridge, Maude
Wallace, Anna Lewis and Anna
0ckrassa.
Mrs. Richard Moore had a birth
day recently and her neighbors sur
prised her by coming and spending
the day with her at her home, south
of town. The company numbered
thirty-six and as each one brought a
basket of "eats" the dinner was
something of a spread, The day was
very pleasantly spent by both the
honoree and guests. Some one, bold
er than the rest, asked Mrs. Moore
how old she was and she replied, 81
am old enough to VOTE" Here's hop
ing Mrs. Moore will have the priv.
lege.
Mrs. Cortez Edmonston delighted
the hearts of her two small sons BY
taking them and several of theii
friends to the Orpheum Monday
afternoon. Those in the party were
little Misses Thelma Dozier, Virgins
Horton, Mary Virginia Nelson, Emily
Williams, Media Streif, Rebecca Strobe
Virginia Ellen Wilkins, Mary Louise
Hawthorne, Helen Frances Brown
Margaretha Clark, Wilmouth Clark
Freda and Carleton Larsen, Landor
Mclntire, Bradford Brett, A. c. White
and Robert Tucker. After the movies
Mrs. Edmonston took the children II
the "Gem" where ices and cake weri
| served.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24

table Compound, and now / feel like a
different person. | believe there Is
nothing like Lydia E. Pinkham's v re-
table Compound for weak women and
young girls, and | would be glad If 1
could influence anyone to try the medi-
cine, for know it will do all and much
o than it is claimed to do.'- Mrs.
CLARA FRANKS, R. F. D. No. l, Maple
crest Farm, Kasota, MINI.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
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If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
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CONFIDENTIAL Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
MRS. FITZGERALD LOST HER
BAGGAGE WHILE IN EuROPF

O4AOOSAh6 NAAALA1 AN hOhCA
Mrs. B. K. Fitzgerald, head of the
Art Department at Hardin College,
who arrived in this city, Wednesday
night lost almost all of her clothes
in Europe this summer. She had sent
her trunks with some other things to
Paris, as was her custom and failed
to reach the city before the war
broke out. She returned to this u
try without recovering them owing
in the fight around Paris. She came
to this city from Virginia where she
had been resting up after her trip
abroad.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was in Italy when
the war broke out and escaped with
out much difficulty. She was in
charge Of a party Of young ladies in
Europe and they we're just ready to
leave Italy when hostilities opened.
Mrs. Fitzgerald travels and studies
abroad every summer. She is n of
the best art teachers in this country
and her many friends in this city are
glad to see her again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
R. R. EXTENSION DISCUSSED

ON FhlDA
That the extension Of the
electric line to Santa Fe
would be the greatest benefit
possible to the business men of
Mexico and the farmers along the
line is the opinion of Robert Kerr,
one Of the leading farmers in the Mo-
limo community. Mr.. Kerr spoke at
the Commercial Club luncheon Friday
loon. He says the road would secure
a great deal of trade from South
Monroe and Northern Audrain coun-
ty that is now going to Perry and
Paris. These towns are getting most
of that trade now.
Sam Morris, of the committee Sc
curing subscriptions, reported g.
$50 had been subscribed and much
more was promised. L. R. Ferris,
also Of the committee, said these men
were going ahead regardless of the
discouragements they meet with. He
asked that those in favor of the pro-
ject help along with a good word as
well as money.
L. A. Beech, manager of the Gra-
ham-Latimer Store, said he vas in
favor of extending the road and
wanted to aid the committee in what
ever way he could.
Walker Pollock, the real booster
for the Audrain Farm Bureau, pre-
sented the idea of a county roundup
for Audrain to be put on by the
business men and the bureau. This
plan has been tried all over this state
with great success and Mr.. Pollock
thinks it's a splendid plan to boost
the town. He made a strong talk
urging the merchants to liven things
up in Mexico and go after the trade,
He said the farmers should buy
what they have to in Mexico and to
secure this business the mer-
chants must offer some at
fractions. His plan was hear
tily approved by all present and
a committee is to be appointed to in
vestigate the proposition and draw
up a tentative program for the en-
tertainment. If held the roundup
will be some time in November, al
other dates being taken by othel
counties.
Those present at the meeting
were: ]. B. Evans, Fred Pitcher, c
A. Barnes, VIM. Pollock, L. M. Lake
W. L. Fowles, Walker Pollock, H. E
C. Tucker, S. D. Byrns, B. I. Will
liams, Louis Barth, R. E. Race, L. r
Ferris, Sam Morris, R. d. Worrell, l
A. Beech, Sid Houston, Robert Kerr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
WALNUT HOUSES

Moberly has a house built many
years ago, of black walnut. 1t is the
old Mckenzie home and still stands.
There is also a home standing at
Hopewell, Warren county, which was
built entirely of black walnut, about
forty years ago. At that time there
was a great abundance of fine black
walnut in the southern part of War
rem county, The house stands only a
few miles from the burial place of
Daniel Boone, that onee famous plo-
e e and Indian fighter in border
days. At the present value of wal
nut, each of the houses would be
worth something like 98 cents g
single.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
PAY TAXES THIS YEAR
LONDON, Sept. 10.

ACANDoANJ DNf
The Women's Tax Resistance
League, composed mainly of suffra-
gettes, whose motto is mo vote, no
tax" has decided to pay taxes this
year on account of the war. 1t has
notified the government to this eff
feet.
In the past members Of the league
frequently have sacrificed their
property rather than pay taxes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
LITTLE GIRL CURED

OF A COLD
"Two years ago my little girl
caught a hard cold which went to her
lungs and she coughed almost con-
stantly. / got her a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. The bene-
fetal effect of this remedy was
nromptly demonstrated and this one
bottle cured her." writes Mrs. Lena
Kennedy, Huntington, Ind. For sale
by all dealers. adv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
CAN'T O PRICES

LONDON, Sept. 10.
A proclamation has been issued
authorizing the board of trade to
take possession of any articles OF
commerce which are being unreason-
ably held from the market, paying
the owners fair prices for them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
THANKS FOR FINE PEARS

Tom Garrett, formerly of Mexico,
now of Lakeport, Calf, has u
thanks for some of the largest and
finest pears we ever saw. While Tom
likes California, he has a soft
SPOT in his heart for good
old Mexico, Missouri, and his many
friends here, while they wish him
much prosperity on the Pacific Coast
predict he will "come back"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
I. c. COVE WILL REOPEN

L. C. Cove, whose store was de-
stroyed by fire at Laddonia Tuesday
night, says he will open up a new
store in that town as soon as posi-
ble. Whether or not the building
which he formerly occupied will be
rebuilt, he doesn't know. Mr.. Cove
had S5, 800 insurance which covered
his loss only partially.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
WHITNEY REPORTS
TO AID COMMITTEE

A. H. Whitney, Recorder of Au-
drain county, reported at the State
Democratic headquarters in the Boat
mems Bank building, St.Louis, Thurs
day and will be on the Reception Com
mittee during the campaign. He was
appointed chairman of the committee
several days ago, but was unable to
leave Mexico until this time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
collie AND DIARRHoEA CURED

collie AND DIARRHOEA CURED
No one who has used the prepare
ton will doubt the statement of Mrs.
Jennie Brown, Logansport, Ind, who
writes, "Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has been used
by members Of my family and myself
for the past twenty years. For
cramps and summer complaint it
cannot be beat" For sale by all
dealers. adv