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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-16

Miss Virginia H.. Baker of this city
has: been elected vice president Of her,
class at Wheaton college. She will
take part in the play which the dra-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-16

Band dance, Grange hall, Lebanon,
Friday eye., Dec. Is. Gents SOC, ladies
25c.-adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
CARELESS USE OF
SOAP SPOIIlS THE HAIR

Soap should be used very care
fully, il you want to keep your
hair looking its best. Most soaps
and prepared shampoos contain
too much alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle. and
ruins Il.
The best thing for steady use
10 just ordinary mulsified cocoa
nut oil (Which is pure and grease
less), and is better than the most
expensive soap or anything else
you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thor
oughly. Simply moisten the hair
with water and rub IL in. II
makes an abundance OF rich,
creamy lather. which rinses out
easily, removing every particle OF
dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil. The hair dies quickly and
evenly, and 1t leaves the scalp
soft, and the hair fine and silky.
bright. lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut
oil at any pharmacy. it's very
cheap. and a few ounces will sup
ply every member of the family
for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

MY heart sank as l entered
signaled me out at one of our
amateur performances with the
remark. That girl has got it in
her. Ii she did not have money
she might make a great actress
"sHere you'se - w h n { a
wantT the boy at the door shout
Cd rs l, not knowing his import
ancc, pushed past him. At his
toae I forgot I was only a poor
girl seeking a job, and drew my
self away with the breeding re-
mark:
AZ want a little politeness.'
"I want to see Mr.. -, l
said, more humbly.
He isn't in, was the curt in
formation, as a door marked 'Pri-
vate' opened and the very man
stuck his head out and shouted
angrily, Didn't you hear my
bell2'
Before the boy could reply
the mans eyes rested on me. At
once a different look came into
them.
Ibid you want to see me?' he
asked.
81 followed him into his room
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES

ment. Out of said fund shall be
paid the bonds, interest thereon
and the entire cost of said i'm
ment. and no part of said fund shall
become the property OF the City of
Tacoma, but shall be treated as a
special trust fund for the purpose
Section 5. The Commissioner of
Light and Water is hereby directed
to proceed with said Improvement
according to the plans and speciii-
cations for the same on file in his
office. by the method of day Nabor,
and by the purchase of supplies in
the manner provided in the city
Charter; the total cost of said i'm
provement to be not exceeding So
652.17, which sum is estimated to be
the cost of said Improvement; and
said Commissioner shall make out
and certify to the Council of said
City an assessment roll charging
the cost and expense of said i'm
provement against said lots, tracts
and parcels of land in the manner
provided by law.
Section 6. Under the provisions
of Chapter % of the Laws of the
state of Washington of 1911, and
this ordinance, there shall be issued
five year annual installment local
Improvement bonds against said
district amounting in the aggre-
gate to a sum equal to the amount
of said assessment remaining un-
paid at the time of their issu-
ance, but not in excess of the cost
and expense of said Improvement.
which bonds shall bear interest at
the rate OF six per cent per annum
from the date of their issuance,
shall be numbered consecutively
and be in denominations of s100.0
each. except the first numbered
bond, which may be for a less sum
IL necessary.
Said bonds shall be issued and
dated not less than thirty days aft
err the expiration of the time when
said assessment may be paid with
out interest. penalty or cost, as
fixed by the City Treasurer's no.
tice of the assessment roll being
in his hands for collection.
Section 7. The Commissioners of
Light and Water shall cause a sepa-
rate account of his expenditures for
the construction of said improve
ment to be kept, to the end that the
exact cost thereof may be known:
and whenever said Commissioner
shall certify that any sum is due to
any person for labor or materials
for said Improvement, the proper
officers shall issue warrant there
for drawn upon the said Local I'M
pfoVement fund. District NO. 55OS.
Section 5. The City of Tacoma
will. from time to time. advance,
transfer and loan to said Local I'm
provement Fund, District No. 55OS,
from any moneys in its possession
available thereby. such sums as
may be necessary to pay the cur
rent expense of prosecuting said i'm
provement until such time as said
bonds can be sold And wheneve r
said bonds shall be sold the pro-
ceeds thereof shall be placed In said
Local Improvement Fund, District
No. 550S, and the moneys advanced,
loaned and transferred to said Fund
by said City shall be forthwith re-
paid therefrom by the proper off,
GERS without further ordinance or
resolution.
Section Q. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately after publication.
Passed July 26, 1916.
A. v. FAwCETT,
-. Mayor.
Attest. w. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
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and he placed a chair for me.
Now, my dear, what is it you
want?'
You remember me, do you
not?'
Never saw you before in my
life.' he calculated.
I'm the girl you commended
in the Vassar college theatrical.
You are a rich society girl
who wants to go on the STAGE?
No. / am a poor girl who
wants to earn her living on the
stage
THE man came around, put
one hand on my shoulder and the
other under my chin, and tilted
my face to his.
"'YOu have come to the right
party, little girl he said. as he
moistened his lips with his tongue
I'm a most unpleasant manner. If
you stick to me, YOU can write
your own ticket
II jerked away from him.
when does your first company
begin rehearsals.' I asked.
Next September 1t was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
TIMES EDITORIALS
The Greatest Navy

The by the senate of the bill providing for the build
by this country of 7 naval vessels in the next three years
distinct victory The Times its sister newspapers For
by the enactment of this Uncle Sam really Of
fcia declares for he greatest the world policy to
which these columns have been dedicated for 10 mnths
Soon after the European had operated to lift the scales
from the Of America regard to the maintenance of proper
state of preparedness the editor of this newspaper to the
conclusion that should lie first and mightest line
defense With the greatest coasne in the world to defend he
concluded that this country must naturally have the greatest
in the world to defend it with.
In the weer of following discussion many argument against
the plan forwarded but he stood by his guns BE-
CAUSE COMMON SENSE TOLD HIM THAT ONLY THE BIG
GEST NAVY IN THE WORLD CAN DEFEND BOTH THE
ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC SHORES AT ONE AND
THE SAME TIMEwhich process might conceivab be
Sary.
And Uncle SAM by the Inauguration of this great naval
vessel building has fortified the LOGIC and PATRIOT
ISM of this policy for the passage this bill nothing
else than the FIRST STEP IN THE CREATION BY THE UNIT
ED STATES OF THE GREATEST NAVY IN THE WORLD.
in of Of
head
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
Why 1t Is a Peanut
Congress

The present congress- which has gained by its undertaking
dedication to political por in the face of national needs
the peanut congress- exactly this because
gess full of politicians and not true of the
American people.
poll what these congressman work at when they work
ing congressng exhibits the fact that well half
of MISUNDERSTANDING congress is composed of law
yers there being few farmers and other folk in the list
other words nearly 60 per cent of congress made
of LAWYERS that life of the United States,
less than onhaf of per of the male voters OF
the counthe body congress is supposed to represent
Only three per of the membership of congress farmers
although 30 per cent of the male working voters of the United
States almerswhich that the chances lawyer
getting into congress 1900 times greater than the farmers
llanato sound to u.s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
Searchlight at Concert
Motif for Vers Libre

A Times reader who heard the
great Stadium concert Tuesday
night was impressed by the flash
Ing OF the searchlight from the
Milwaukee dock. This is used as
a defensive precaution for the
strfke-breakers housed there.
The following piece of vers
libre resulted:
Red. white and blue, billowing /;
Faces everywhere. in droves, like
bees:
A maze of white, blur of tune
Mistily fighting for freedom.
Calm. peace, happiness. Lovers
all,
How can such strife
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

Live, midst beauty?
Worship their god. Sweet music
Silences the drone.
All men forget.
A sea, dark, peaceful. Flashes
OF fireflies. fitting forever.
Beautiful tone rolls out, dies,
Pierced with a white shaft. un-
holy.
Lords of commerce, laboring all;
Fight with sinister, nightly weap-
ons;
Cleans of light dart, flicker.
Spelling war, bloody and tense.
Women sing. their Maker honor;
Outside, death stalks, grimly;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
NOTICE OF EXAMINATION
July 81. 1915


IN accordance with Article XIV OF
the CITY CHARTER and Ordi.
nance No. 1912, the Tacoma Civil
Service Board announces an exam
ination to be held for the purpose
OF securing eligibles from which to
make certificatlon for the follow
ing positions I'm the Classified Serv-
Ice of the city of Tacoma:
SerGeants and Captains of Police
Thursday, August 10, 1916.
Detectives and Captains of De-
tectives-Frlday, August H. 1915.
The examinations will be held on
the days above set forth at 100 p.
m. Notice of place of holding the
examination will be sent to appli-
cants. Application blanks and fur
Their Information can be secured at
the Civil Service office of the City
Hall.
The receipt of applications. which
must be filed with the Clerk. win
close FIVE days prior to the ex-
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD,
Frank II. Cole. President.
J. s. Ellsworth. Clerk and Chief
Examiner.
July 81. 1916.
J. S. Ellsworth, Clerk and Chief
Examiner. July %. 1918.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

al am girl Is years
of age and am at a loss to
know what to do. | have
some boy friends, but do not
go with any of them often
because there is a certain
boy in our neighborhood
who | like SO much better
than all of the rest. But
I've never had the chance
to go with him. | am not
the only girl that likes him
either. One girl | know
is trying to go with him now.
He is keeping company with
a girl at the present time,
but they do not get along.
Do you think there is any
thing ! could do to make him
care for me a little He al
WAYS dances with me when
we both happen to be at
dance. ANNA.
Ali you are living up to tn
best there is i'm you. I am afrai,
there is nothing else You can do
A girl who deliberatel
tries to seek out the company o
a young man, invariably become
very common and uninterestin
to him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
Paula Is Insulted by Theatrical Manager

Again he came forward as If
to touch me, but | was close to
his bell, as If inadvertently. The
boy rushed in, and while he was
swearing at him, | got out"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

Q.-What is the differ
ence between a patriot and
a traitor? Does not this diff
ference depend in many no.
table instances upon the
point of view of the person
rendering the definition?
From 1776 to 1888 Wash
ington and his men were pa
triots from the American
standpoint, but traitors from
the British and tory stand
point. Benedict Arnold was
q traitor from our point of
view, but as loyalist he was
a patriot, viewing his case
through the eyes of those
who believed that the rulers
of Great Britain were the
legitimate rulers of this
country. So in our day the
Irish rebels are considered
traitors by the English and
the tory element in Ireland
and by the Anglo-hyphenates
In this country. G.. n.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
July 81, 1916.

ORDINANCE NO. 6I0s.-An ordi.
nance providing for the con-
struction OF sanitary sewer of 3
inch pipe, together with all neces-
sary tees, wyes, risers and man
holes and connections with the pres
ent sewers; creating Local Improve
ment District No. 1870: providing
for a special fund for the payment
of the cost of said improvement by
special assessment upon property
within said district benefited there
by; providing for the issuance OF
local improvement bonds; and de-
claring an emergency.
WHEREAS, ar initial resolution
adopted by the Council of the Citt
of Tacoma, June 81. 1916, declat-
Ing the intention of said Council
to make the improvement herein
after described and fixing Wednes
day, July IL. 1915, as the time for
hearing objections 10 the maxim K
OF said Improvement. was duly pub
lished as provided by law; and
WHEREAS. prior to said 18th day
of July, 1916, the Commissioner
of Public Works of said City submit
ted to said Council the estimated
cost of said Improvement In the
sum of s1.2ss.i0 and a statement
OF the proportionate amount there
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

e to play the game until long afterward.
and then I came to the conclusion that
when a girl was thrown out on the world
with her own way to make she had either
to win or lose-there as no middle course
II determined. however, to play the
game honestly, as if one had told me, but
to take advantage of any possible mistakes
in judgment on the part of those who OPP
posed me. My little friend had said:
Don't cultivate your heart or your
emotions. Your head is what you need
most in this game, where every woman
who is outside the home is thought to
be legitimate prey
entered the office of the manager who had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

q Miss Grey answers all letters
q inquiry by mail when postage
ID enclosed.
q Letters Of general interest are
answered through this column un.
less the correspondent requests
that they not be.
q Miss Grey receives callers at
the office from IL o'clock TO Q
O'Clock on Wednesdays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

I did not say | could not
give You work. Comes around
tomorrow and I'll see if l can't
get a vaudeville engagement for
you.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
True Preparedness

Our idea of true disciple of preparedness is the who
spends his vacation in cleaning out the furnace seeing
that the winter supply coal put in the right place. and split
ting kindling and piling em in the cellar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

then June.
Good morning.
But-eome back here
81 have to have work before
then
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
Oh, No, of Course Not

Congress has authorized $11OOO000 government
plate factory and private manufacturers of plate have sub
med price that $50 lower than before Yet there
people who pretend to believe that private interests never
never, try to bleed your Uncle Samuel.
al men i'm his warming.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
Personal
land ~~~,-
Social

The Danish Young Peoples So
ciety of the Danish Lutheran
church will hold it's annual picnic
and excursion to Blanchard next
Sunday. The steamer Magnolia
has been chartered for the day.
There will be music aboard, in
Guiding singing by the Danish Luz
theran Singing society. At Blanch-
ard there will be races for old and
young folks, with special races for
fat men and fat women. The
steamer will leave Municipal dock
at $3.50 a. m. Sunday. Everybody
invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
A Lost Chance

That Psburg Pa who, dying at the of 1O7
attributed his longevity to going to bed early getting up early
and SMOKING CIGARETS got only few lines in the newspa
whereas he had had the foresight tell his story the
advertising manager for cgare manufacturer he would
have had his picture and at least display all the usa
ed weeklies.
a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27
Observation-Disclosures
j A MS WEIR |:
BY CYNTHIA GREY
Observation-Disclosures IUsH|u|l I'll |n|I

A.-YOu might multiply your
instances indefinitely. Are you
not, however, mixing up rebel
and traitor?
A rebel is a person who openly
throws off his old allegiance and
openly takes arms against that
allegiance.
A traitor is one who while pre-
tending to remain loyal to his al.
legiance. is really secretly work.
ing against it and seeking to In.
jure it. Hence Washington was
a rebel and Benedict Arnold a
traitor from the ethical stand.
point. though legally both were
guilty of high treason against
their allegiance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

o. have read for two
years about the cause of the
European war, that after the
killing of the Crown Prince
Frederick, Austria made GER
tain demands that Servia
could not honorably comply
with. What did Austria de-
mand of Servia? d. c. r.
A.-Austria demanded that
Servia put to death those who
were responsible for the assas
sination of the crown prince ant
princess.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

Mrs. George A. Libbey enter
tanned rs OF her friends at her
homo on North | street last night
to meet her sister, Miss Anne
Shannon Monroe, novelist and
magazine writer.
Mrs. George Keep will enter
tain at bridge next Wednesday
afternoon in honor of Mrs. John
Gardner of Springfield, Ill.
Tacoma musicians are cOmpii-
menting Mrs. Thomas Van Dyke
Tyler, Tacoma pianist who accom-
panied Evan Williams in the
group of songs he sang at the fes-
tival concert in the Stadium. The
tenor said her work was great
stuff.
The Progressive Psychic So
ciety, 223 Tacoma ave-, has post
poned its musical entertainment
scheduled for Friday night to
some future date.
The Ladies' Relief Corps, Phil
Sheridan post, No. 80, will give
card party in the armory Fri
day afternoon. All G.. A. RS in
vited. Refreshments.
Mrs. l.. w. Owen, president OF
the Fathers Day National asso-
citation, will speak in the First
Presbyterian church tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

my heart sank as entered manager
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

telling
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

stripes" urges a tailor We should include
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

ORDINANCE NO. 6410.-An ordi-
nance providing for the installa
ton OF a~system of street lighting
consisting of metal standards with
tungsten lamps thereon; creatlns
Local Improvement District NO;
550S; providing for a special luh9
for the payment of the cost of said
improv ement by special assessment
upon property within said district
benefited thereby; providing for the
issuance of local Improvement
bonds and declaring an emergency.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-27

And the shark plague blamed the gulf stream
sx plantations. sound fishy to
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-02-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SANS Charge
By HAROLD CARTER.


Wien Sam was a pickanniny On
what was left Of his old masters es-
tate in Virginia, his fatkcy told him
stories of the war, that matchiess
war, fought with devotion, gallantry
and humanity on both sides, in which
the strange spectacle was seen of
dependent and enslaved race guard
ing the wOmankind of it's masters
While those masters went out to
fight against those who wished to set
them free.
sah absorbed all the spirit of those
times; but when he was thirty, and
the butler of the financier Ammt, in
a large northern city, only the spirit
remained-the details were forgotten.
Sam knew about the quarrels be-
tween Ammt and his pretty young
wife. Lily Ammt had been a beauty
before her marriage. but three years
Of sorrow had effaced the outward
aid visible" signs that had held mems
hearts iii stib3eetion, though they had,
II anything. added to the spirituality
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-02-04
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. 8. Land
Office, Fort Sumner, New Mexico,
Dec. 81, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that the State
of New Mexico, by virtue OF the Acts
of Congress approved June 21, 1898,
and June 20, 1910, and acts supple
mentary and amendatory thereto has
filed in this office selection lists for
the following described lands, to wit;
List 6477, Serial Oi2s6s
N l-2NEl4, SWANE14, WIZ, SEl4,
Sec. 27, T. SIS R. % E., N. NJ. P. NJ,
containing 500 acres.
List 647S, Serial 0l2s66.
NE4, NE4NW1z, SI-2NWl-4, S1-2
Sec. %, T. S., R. % T., N. NJ. P. NJ,
containing 600 acres.
Protests or contests against any or
all Of such selections may be filed in
this office during the period OF publ
cation or at any time thereafter before
final approval and eertification.
A. ]. EVANS,
Register.
Jan elijah II
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-02-04
NOTICE FOR PuBLICATION.

O26242
Department Of the Interior, u. S. Land
Office at Roswell, n. NJ. Jan. 6. 1915.
Notice Is hereby given that William T. Car
dell. OF Allie, N, NJ who "n July To- 1912, made
ND. E. Serial No. O2624s. for Sh. Sec. "a, Twp.
6 s.. r. 80 &C., N. NJ. p. Meridian. has filed
notice OF intention to make Final three-year
proof. to establish claim to the land above
described, before c. E. TOombs, U, $. Com
missioner. in his oDice at Richland. n. NJ. on
Feb 10. 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George w. Thrower, Charles e. Massey
Joseph A. stirman. John W. Peacock all OF
Alie, n. NJ.
Emmett Patton. Register
Ian. Il Feb. IL.
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NbTiCt ron FtBttCAff0t.

Department OF the Interior. u S. Land
ONCE at Roswell, N. NJ Jan. %. 1919.
Notice is hereby given that SilasT. Beeman.
OF Richland, N. NJ. who on Jan. 10. 1913. made
HE Serial No O2es49, for 81, Section 80, Twp.
s.. r. 80 e., N. NJ, p. Meridian. has filed
notice OF fintentlon to make Final Three Year
proof, to establish claim toithc land above de-
scribed, before G. e. Toombs, U. s. Commits
sioner. in his office. at Riehland N. NJ. on
March. 4, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John w. stiRau. James W. Jewell. James H.
Henderson, Charles H. Peek uil Of Hlchland,
Nm.
iimnett Patton. Register.
Jan. 2s-Feb. a5
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Noties for ruBilsation.

W-|TTI
Department OF the Interior u. S. Land
once at Roswell. N. NJ, Jiih. 10. 1915.
Notice is hereby given that John a. stobb,
OF Valley View. N. NJ, who. on Dec. ge 1912.
made He. ~, Serial No. O267l5. for SwA.
Section 81 and Nwi4 see. 10. II. Z s., II. 81 E..
N. NJ. P. Meridian. has hled notice OF intention
to make Final three-year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described. before Dan
G. Savage. U. s. Commissioner, in his ONCE at
Renna, n NJ, on Feb. IS, 1915.
Claimant names as Witnesses:
William W. Bracken, Willie H. Cryer, Ed.
ward c. Mccown. Thomas s. Nichols. all OF
Valley View, N NJ.
Emmett Patton, Register.
Jab. 14Feb. II.
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Notice for Publication.

019930
department Of the Interior. u s. Land
ONCE at Roswell, N. M. Jan. g. 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Frank Leslie,
EllSlns N. NJ, who on Sept. 4. 1900. made
Addl HID. e. Serial No. Ol9o2O. for EKSE.l,
Sec. 10; swHNW5(; NwHsw1(, lsection 80,
IT'S, R. 27E. N. NJ p. Meridian. has filed
notice Of intention to malsel Final Five year
proof, to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before }. r. Car oil. U. s. Commis.
sioher, IA lis ohieei at fsllilas. N. NJ. on Feb.
10. 1915
Claimant names as witnesses:
Other c. Stephens, Charlotte NJ. Allen.
Reubcn Faircloth. John W. Myers. all of ElldnS,
N. M.
Emmett Patton, Register
Ian iA-Feh IL