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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
DIR. John ii. Kemp

DR.. John II. Kemp. a physician well
known in South Philadelphia, died last
night at the home of his sister Mrs.
William j. Morrow. at PIG South Mel
Vile street. Doctor Kemp had offices
at 5447 Christian street. He is survived
by his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp, and
two sisters, Mrs. Harry h. Haines. of
Washington, and Mrs. Morrow. A
brother, Alexander Kemp, died several
years ago from injuries received in a
wrestling bout.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
William Wentz

LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. 15,-William
Wentz, school director, tax collector and
a prominent farmer of Martic township,
died here last night after a paralytic
stroke. He was 10 years old. His ca
reer was virtually the duplication of his
fathers, the late William Wentz, who
also was tax collector and school direc-
tor of the township.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
Beacon church InstaIIs Passion

The Rev. William B. Pugh was or
dained 10 the ministry and installed as
pastor Of the Beacon Presbyterian
Church. Cumberland and Cedar streets,
last night The Rev. Mr. Pugh Is q
nephew Of the Rev Dr.. William II. Rob
erts. stated clerk OF the Presbyterian
General Assembly, and L the youngest
Presbyterian pastor IN Philadelphia. lie
lz zg years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
Cahle to Japan Interrupted

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company has announced
that the cable between Sasebo and
Darien has been interrupted, cutting OH
communication between Japan and Tsins-
Tao.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
Live stoek Die in Fire Near York

YORK. Pa. Dec. l5.-Eighteen cattle
uerlshed Ia a IRE Of unknown origin
which destroyed the large barn and other
buildings on the farm of Frank stevens
rear here early TO-DAY. The dwelling was
saved b ehange IN The wind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15

WATERBURY, Conn. Dee. y. Five
dzeHfnes HeHe huFnea win less q
assa5f Ha.saa sazI today Flrsnen carried
81 several easaeH zsashl = the sN1ep
= 4HA Hanzz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15

McCONNELL.-on Decenber 10 ,o,.
CHEL, widow Of Robert McConnsIio IA.
stives and friends are invited to sti.r. Rsl
late residence, 2s32 Lee st fnssr' a. Iron BET
Somerset sts.). 1nterment at eresnO.. sgn. .iai aai
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15

lam j.. husband OF the late cssbbso.., cgsbbo. Will
frends fGH aso eo emptoSessh atSshe5 TEfais' ~; "a
Company. are invited to atteng az q uhfshtns
SATURDAY az $50 a. m, from his y ls,a t,eanstal
Mass at Church of Nativity AZ II heqrisn
Interment at Holy Cios CemeteSy oelock
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15

RAMBO.-On December IL, 1915. Atrcus
TuS s., husband OF the late Hannah Ramh.
and son of the late John A. and Eliza RamSes
Relatives and friends, also Matoaca T,iS.
No. 37G, |. o. Il. NJ, are invited 10 attssl
the funeral on Thursday, at . p. M, firm
his late residence, 2iiO South bancroft q
1Gth and Porter). Interment at Fernwoof
Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday IN,
ming. -
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05

weak lecturing, threatening, entreaty,
warning ETC., upon the part Of Mr..
Wilson in this Mexican matter, and Of
his incompetent private ehvoys des-
patched thither, unable to speak or
understand word of Spanish; and of
that silly Vera Cruz performance, SO
costly in money and lives-all for moth
ing
And now a new folly-armed inter-
vention, if this impractical, theorizing,
professor president can have his way!
Quixotism rules the hour at Wash
ington where one folly quickly treads
upon the heels of it's predecessor, and
here is the presidents latest-send our
army and navy down to Mexico and
compel brigand Villa, or brigand Car
rama or brigand Orozco, or some other
low-browed military freebooter to give
the populace of Mexico City their din
ner!
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
CERMANY'S MADNESS

GERMANY in her stark madness is
detiantly shaking her fist in the
face of all the world, and of the Omni-
potent One who made it'll Mans laws,
Gods laws-alI considerations of
right, justice and humanity Ito hell
with them all when they stand in the
way of Germany!
So she laughs to scOrn all such petty
trash as the centuries-kept claws of
nations, those old fool ideas of right
and wrong''-even Gods moral code is
but another scrap of paper" to her!
Says their militaristic mouthpiece
Count Reventlow "Let the United
States do her worst-we fear neither
her words nor her actions. We SHALL
continue our submarine warfare. IT,
stop now would be to commit harikari
in the face of a jeering world"
Germany's reply to President Will
sons note of protestIs quibbling, insult
ing, ,contemptuous-so plainly ,purposely
so that Mr.. Wilson is left but one of
two alternatives-eithef oravenly to eat
his words or make his just, and bold
def good, and be very sure the Ameri-
can people, regardless of party views,
to man will Loyalty support him to
their uttermost in doing thatl
Germany condescendingly suggests
that she might be willing to arbitrate
the question of her right to assassinate
our citizens with her submarines! Our
Nations patience with her has reached
the breaking point as she may soon dis
cover.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Of
BlaCkbird Hundred! /!

The taxable residents OF BIackbird
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred, are hereby notified
that the Taxes for the year 1914 are now
due, and the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred, will be
S. A. DAvID's RESIDENCE, FOREST. DEL.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Both, 1915
From to P. M.
AT, BLACKBIRD,
SATURDAY. JUNE 26th, 1915
From to p. M.
Tax bills can be obtained bv making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE.
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid be-
fore the fret day of October there shall
be an abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day of Decem-
Der there shall be an abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during
the month of December there shall be no
abatement whateves. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day OF Jannarv there
1hail he added one per centum per month
until the same shall be paid
HARRY s WOODkEEPER.
Collector Of Taxes for Blackbird Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
EXECUTORS SALE
Or
Real, Personal Estate

The undersigned will sell at public
vendue, on the premises, in Townsend,
New Castle County, Delaware,
ON SATURDAY. JUNE 5TH 1915
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
A. M. E. APPOINTMENTS

Pastoral appointments for Whining
ton district of the Philadelphia A. M.
E. Church were announced at the close
of the annual Conference session as
follows:
Rev. G. E. Bivens presiding elder.
Concord-E. L. Bell.
Laurel-R. L. Cummings.
Seaford-J. j. Moore.
Greenwood-W William C. Witcher.
Milton circuit-R. w. Wright.
Lewes-S. A. Myery.
Frankford-William Steward.
Georgetown-D. ]. Blackston.
MilfOrd-G. R. Coverdale.
Harrington-E. D. Brown.
Frederica-W. D. Mckenzie.
East Frederica-J. H. lee.
Frederick Chapel-W. N. Brown.
Camden circuit-W. H. Daniels.
Star Station-J. T. Mitchell.
West Dover-E. j. Young.
Dover-T. ]. Oliver.
Clayton-M. P. Jackson.
Mount Friendship. NJ. Holland.
Smyrna-H. D. Lowber.
Petersburg-J. M. G. Pinder.
Mount Zion-W. V. Trader.
Middletown-G. E. Dickson.
Moore's-C. A. Greene,
Grants and New Castle-L. j. Spen-
ser, J. A. Porter.
Shorter's-J. C. Moore.
Bethel, Wilmington-W. H. Hoxten.
Allen, Philadelphia-W. S. Carpen-
ter.
KentOn-W. W. Cooper.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
sIDDLErOwN, DEL, JUNE 5, 1915
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

NNE of the chief glories of America,
~ aside from its distinction as the
land where, in the language of its i'm
mortal Declaration Of Independence,
call men are created equal, is, that
more than any other it is the Land of
Opportunity, the finest, freest spot
under Gods shimmering stars for any
young man or young woman to find a
career susceptible of the loftiest, mob
lest exploitation, untrammeled by any
circumstance of grinding poverty or
lowly birth.
Our nations history, past and pres
ent, honorably abounds in illustrations
of this superb cosmopOlitanism, where
the sons and daughters Of almost every
alien race, breathing our why atmos-
phere of Freedom, have been inspirited
to endeavors that have won for them
the highest stations in the commercial,
and political life Of our country.
But right here in our very midst we
have an example of this in the credita-
BILE career of Midshipman Rupert M.
Burstan, the youngest son of our worthy
tOwnsfolk Mr.. and Mrs. S. Burstan,
who on Friday graduated after four
years study at the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
Had Midshipman Burstan been born
in the land of his fathers, in the war
scourged Balkans, where seldom any
avenue save that of drudgery and pow
erty is open to the masses, doomed in
times of peace to crack their backs
with taxes to support in idle grandeur
king and mobiles, and in times of war,
ignObly to perish as mere ''cannon fod-
der" his career would, no doubt, have
shrunk to this pitiful measure.
Contrast all this with the honorable,
ever expanding career which opens be-
fore him here in free America The
Land of Opportunity!
Mr.. Burstan is a very worthy young
man who has honestly earned his sue
cess by hard work and native talent,
unaided by any boost or favor whatso-
ever, and bears right modestly "his
blushing honors."
The Transcript understands he stood
high in the large class of 1873 which
graduated this year, and it does not
doubt that if in the coming days,
thanks to foreign outrages unbearable,
peaceful America shall be forced to de-
fend its rights upon the sea, Midship.
man Burstan will give a good account
of himself as an officer in his country s
navy.
AhO AHduSCElpI CdnHoL clOSe CnlS eul'
torial without paying its warm respects
to the firmness and justice of our late
Republican Representative, Hon. Viii.
liam H. Head, who, though Emporium
ed, refused to allow personal or politi
cal ''pull' to wrest from young Bur
stan the appointment to the Naval Aca
denny which he had fairly won in al
open competition.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
MEXICAN BLUNDERS

KTOW after two and a half years of
~ "watchful waiting" for all the
horses to be stolen from the Mexican
stable, the president is going to ask
Congress to put high priced Ameri-
can lock on it-one that will cost a
mint of money and thousands of valu-
able Iivesl
If when hundreds of American citi-
zens were, month after month being
murdered in Mexico, and many millions
of American property being destroyed,
Mr.. Wilson could see no reason for in
tertering in Mexican affairs, in Hea-
ven's name how can he now
Mr.. Wilson has not seen fit these
twenty-seven months gone to call upon
our Army and Navy to save those
Amerian lives, and all that American
property, sacrificed to Mexican brutal
ity. Why then should he do so now
because a few Mexican citizens are
suffering the results of six years Of
their own anarchy?
Villa is right, that is "none of oui
business" certainly at this late day.
If Mr.. Wilson's sympathies are touch.
ed because of Mexican poverty and
hunger, it would be far cheaper il
money and in the more precious lives
of our soldiers, to pass the national hal
as we did for poor Belgium, and hav,
done scores of times for various need,
nations.
But it is only one more proof of tn,
utter inability of this whole Admins
tration from the president down, t,
deal in practical way with the various
foreign and domestic problems befOr,
the country.
Think Of the dreary succession o
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
NOTICET0 TAXPAYERS
OF
APPOOUINIMINK HUNDRED

The taxable residents of Appouuini-
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1914
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be
AT THE OFFICE OF GEORGE NJ. D. HART,
IN TOWNSEND. DEL,
EVERY MONDAY.
During JUNE, 1915,
From 2 to O'Clock, P. M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE.
GOVERNING THR COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 5, CHAPTER
80, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS
AMENDED
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
the first day of October there shall be an
abatement Of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day of Decem-
ber there shall be an abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January there
shall be added one per centnm per month
Until the same shall be paid.
N. w. VANHORN,
Collector OfTaHes for AppOquinimink Hundre d
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05

New Castle County, Delaware,
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 1915
At 80 O'clock, P. M,
the following described Real and Per-
sonal Property, late of Mrs. Jeanette
Wilson, of Townsend aforesaid, de-
ceased, to-wit:
REAL ESTATE.-All that certain
lot or parcel of land, situate at the cor
ner of Rail Road Ave, and Chestnut
street, in Townsend aforesaid, having
thereon erected two and one-half story
frame dwelling and a frame stable.
These buildings are all in first class
condition. The dwelling has seven
rooms and attic. The grounds are at.
tractive, with ancient shade and shrub
berry, together with large and fertile
garden, and concrete walks.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Consist.
ing of household and kitchen furniture
including piano with concealed player
a parlor set, sitting room and dining
room, bedroom sets, beds and bedding
carpets, kitchen utensils, ETC.,
Attendance will be given and term,
made known on the day of sale by tn,
undersigned.
SERICK S. WILSON
VIM. P. WILSON,
Executors of Jeanette Wilson, deceased
Or by their Attorney,
Martin B. Burris.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Of
st. Georges Hundred

The taxable residents of st. Georges
Hundred, and all persons liable to nav
tax in said Hundred, are herebv notified
that the Taxes for the year 1914 are now
due, and the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred, will be at h
AT R. 8. CARPENTERS STORE, IN PORT PENN,
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1916
From 8 to II A. NJ.
A. G. cox's OFFICE. MIDDLErowN
SATURDAY, JUNE 26th, 1916
From 2 to O'Clock r. M.
AT AsPRIL'S SHOPS IN ODESSA
EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY
During JUNE, 1915,
From to IL A. NJ.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NAV CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 3, CHAPTER
30, VOLUME 81, Avs OF DELAWARE, AS
AMlsNDED:
Section 3-ThA } all taxes paid before
The first day of October there shall be an
abatement OF five per centum. On ali
axes paid before the first day OF Decem-
her there shall be an Abatement of three
per centuln. On ell taxes paid during the
month OF December there shaIl be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January there
shall be added one per centum per
month untiltbe came shall be paid.
GEORGE (. RHODES,
Collector of Taxes for 81. Georges Hundred
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME
Display of Light Easily Made With
Equipments That Are Always
at Command.

The ordinary person either does
not understand or is afraid of cleo
tricity, and could scarcely be per-
suaded to manufacture it himself,
and yet, after all, little electrical
experiment at home is both amusing
and instructive. All that you have
to do is TO take glass, expose it to
the fire so that it shall be perfectly
dry, and place it upside down upon
the table.
Afterward take a tray, also per-
fectly dry, and place it upon the
glass in such a way that it shall pre-
serve its equilibrium. Finally, take
a sheet Of paper slightly smaller than
the tray, heat it, and rub it rapidly
with brush, and it will become
quickly electrified. Then place it
upon the tray.
An electrical machine will thus
have been constructed without any
expense. If the finger be brought
near the tray a spark will appear.
This. spark will be so much the
brighter and the series of sparks will
be so much the longer in proportion
as the glass and tray are drier.
If when the sparks are being
drawn from the tray the room in
which the experiment is performed
be darkened these sparks will appear
extremely brilliant.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
IVORY OF THE HIPPoP0TAMUs
Article Has a Distinct Value That Is
Recognized in the Commerce
Of the World.

One of the curiosities of African
trade is the ivory of the hippopota-
mus The animals teeth are of a
greater hardness than those of the
elephant, and for a long time were
employed in the manufacture of false
teeth, which were skillfully carved
from that material. In his AFRICAN
Travels" lie Valiant quantity re-
marked, more than century ago:
at is not surprising that Europeans
especially Frenchmen, should make
an article Of commerce out of the
teeth of the hippopotamus, for with
the help of science they are made to
replace our own, and we may see
them flashing delightfully."- in the
month Of pretty woman"
Science has, however, found bet
ter substitute in this relation, and
the trade in hippopotamus teeth for
this purpose has fallen off. The
making of ''sjamboks," or whips,
from the hide is still fourishing
industry, and during the Boer war
an enterprising genius sold many
strips of the thick hide at a shilling
apiece to a trainload of Canadian re-
cruits by calling the stuff 'biltong,"
or sun-dried beef. The teeth of the
walrus more nearly resemble ele-
plant ivory and are in good demand
in Japan for small carvings, and fos-
sill ivory has long been used in China.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
WHY OBJECTION TO UNIFORM?
Hard to See Reason for Distaste
Which Has Been Made Subject
of Much Discussion.

In discussing the suggestion that
saleswomen, female clerks and ste
nographers shall adopt uniform at
tire one young woman protests that
this would be humiliation. That
is doubtful, unless it is claimed that
to be distinguished as one who works
for living is humiiating. And
certainly this cannot be, for to do
that is about the most commonplace
thing there is. This is a world of
working people.
Is the uniform of a policeman hui
initiating? Or that of soldier, or
of navy officer or man, or of a pas
senger conductor or brakeman. or of
a station agent, or of a trained nurse,
or of a fire department man. or of a
nurse girl, or of an office building at
tache, or Of a bank messenger?
Isn't it a fact that the young wom-
ans fancy turns graciously toward
the man in uniform, and that. his
station in life corresponding with
hers, the uniformed man has an ad-
vantage in his siege of a futtering
heart over his less fortunate rival in
citizens garb? Consider the uni
formed woman, too, and is there any
of the sisterhood comparable in nifty
appearance with the professional
nurse in her distinctive dress? Per-
ish the thought of humiliation or
servility! Even conceding that at
first the innovation might be embar-
RAISING, as soon as there was general
adaptation to the new arrangement
it would cease to convey any such
feeling as humiliation.-Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
FACTS ON FARM ACREAGE.

The total land area of the United
States is ,2S9,60O acres, of
which S7S,7S9,325 acres is now
farmed. Ten years ago there were
S38,591,144 acres in farms, the in
crease in number of farms being 1913
per cent. The average number of
acres in each farm is 1873, against
146 acres ten years ago, The per-
sentage of total land area improved
is now ISL, against 21.S per cent
ten years ago.
The value of farm land has in
creased in ten years from $40, 49,
100000 to $40,991, 449, 900 at the
present valuation. This is an increase
of over 100 per cent. The average
value Of all property per farm is
$6,444 compared with $3,563 ten
years ago, an increase of 800 per
cent. The average land value is now
$32.40 per acre. 1t was $15.57 in
1900, which shows an increase of
1851 per cent in the last decade
Home.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
Attorney for Plaintiff.


FIRST Published September 10, 1915
THE STATE OF KANSAS, to The Interior
investment Company corporation, d. +. Rob
erts, Jr., Maggie Roberts and the unknown
heirs and devisees, and the unknown admins
traitors, executors and trustees of Il. F. Roberts
JT.. and Maggie Roberts:
You and each OF you will take notice that you
have been sued by George Ferguson i'm the Dis
trict Court OF Meade County, Kansas, and that
unless yon answer the petition filed by the said
plaintiff in the said action on or before the 9th
day OF October. 1915, said petition will be taken
as true and judgment rendered against YOU
ana each OF you accordingly, of the following ma
ture, TOWN.: adjudging that the said plaintiff
is the absolute owner in fee simple, and is in the
quiet, peaceable, open, notorious. undisturbed,
exclusive and adverse possession of, Ill of the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated in Meade
County, Kansas, tO-wit:
The southeast quarter Of Section thirty 1901.
Township thirty. (S0l, Range Twenty-Five (29l,
ana that neither you nor any or either of YOU
nave any right, title estate. interest, claim lien
or encumbrance, in, to or upon the said real es-
tate or any part thereof; that all title or claim
which you or any or either of you may have had
or claim to have in or 20 said real estate or any
part thereof be forever barred foreclosed and ex-
tlngHlSned: and that you and each and every one
OF you be forever barred, estopped and foreclosed
from ever setting up or asserting any right title
or claim in or to the said real estate or any part
thereof
Judgment will also be rendered in said action
in the alternative as though each and every one
oil said defendants were alive at the commence
ment OF the saih action; and against the unknown
administrators, executors, and trustees of each
OF them, as though each and every one of said de-
PENDANTS were deceased at the commencement of
the said action, and for costs of this action
Witness my hand and official seal this 18th day
OF September, 1915.
John Elliott,
Seal. Clerk Of the District Court.
F. S. Sullivan. Reed Reed,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN.

Owing to the scarcity of men, Lon
don street railway companies are
considering employing women as car
conductors.
For the first time in the history of
Vassar college the ban will be lifted
on male visitors on Sunday.
The University of Washington has
a fat girls sorority in which girls
must weigh 14O pounds to be eligible
to join.
Leaders Of women's organizations
throughout the world will shortly
call an international women's con-
gress to meet in a neutral country
for the purpose of discussing just
what role women should assume in
preventing future wars.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30

have not heard what effect the
high water had on it.
Flies are just awful every
where these days, especially in
the pastures. Stock get nearly
crazy at times.
The Rev. Overton and family
of Cimarron twp. visited at Har-
ry Padens the 10Th.
Henry Gruempkin, Jr. was a
caller at the Paden ranch Mon
day.
A. c. Cochran had the misfor-
tune to run a nail in his hand
Saturday. 1t is quite sore but
getting along o. K, so far.
Mrs. Henry Wurdeman and
daughter called on Mrs. Paden
Monday.
Rev. Perkins delivered a fine
sermon at the Tneda church Sun
day night, so we are informed.
Two of our oldest settlers on
Crooked Creek tell us that thew
never saw the creek so high as it
was Saturday.
Ike Ross got his riding horse
in the quick sand on Crooked
Creek Sunday evening and had
to get team of mules to pull it
out.
A. ]. Paden has completed a
granary and workshop 2Sx34 on
his ranch.
Dick Wurdeman, Geo. Buck
and Ormond Buck are at the
Worlds Fair at San Francisco.