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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

OUR MOTTO is TO LIVE AND
let live; our prices and fair treatment
will win your confidence and patron
age. We are firm believers in Home
Trading. Our interests are mutual.
See us. Belding Hardware Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

BELDING SAVINGS BANK;
apital, $50,000.00; surplus and prv-
Its, $26,000.00. Your business solicit
ed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

DO YOUR MEAT SHOPPING
where you know you will get right
treatment and the best in fresh and
salt meats, fish etc., sausage and poul-
try. We are boosters for Belding.
Model Market, Fish & Young.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01
roof with triple wear.

You cannot fail to appreciate the of CERTAINTEED Shingles
when their crushed slate surface coor
but realize that they also da weatherproof
economical than wood shingles
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

JUST INSIST ON HAVING YOUR
bread order come from home bakeries.
It keeps your money at home and
helps your town. Our grocery line
Will suit you. Frank H. Hudson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

REMEMBER OUR STORE WILL
will be headquarters for school sup
plies, new and secondhand school
books. School books for the country
schools. II. ]. Connell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

YES, DO MERCHANT TAILOR
ing and French dry cleaning, repair
ing and pressing. You can be sure
of the right kind of work and guar
antee to please you. III. A. Loewe,
The Tailor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

DON'T BE A RAINBOW CHAs-
or; you will find . pot Of gold at our
store II you select your watches and
jewelry here. Fine watch and clock
repairing . speciality. M. L. Willough-
by, Jewelsr.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

GIVE US A CHANCE FIRST.
Our prices on groceries will keep your
money, in Bedding, besides you are
not taking chances. We are boosters
for Belding. Z. E. Hudson, Grocer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

A FIRST-CLASS GARAGE rs A
boon to any community. We can re-
pair any make of car and handle
Goodrich tires. Large line of acces-
series carried. Kiskey Garage, Beld-
ing Michigan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

NOW GET READY FOR SUM-
mer with your electric supplies. We
have q large line Of all kinds-electric
irons, coasters. We install electric
plants. Don't live in darkness, have
your home wired. Spencer Electric
Light and Power Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

JUST STOP AND THINK WHEN
il is hardware, stoves, paints and
sporting goods, plumbing, heating,
our store is in Bedding and every
dollar you spend at home helps the
town. T. Frank Ireland Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

WHY BUY JEwELRY FROM A
picture book, they all look alike. Bet
ter deal with your home jeweler; see
what you buy; see US first. r. II.
Waldo, Jeweler.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

WAGONS! JUST UNLOADED A
car, Pekin Wagonsl Come in and
look them over. Bedding Implement
20.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01
BUY AT HOME DEPARTMENT

ALWAYS DEAL WITH YOUR
responsible merchants for dry goods.
We can compete with anyone any
where, and we stand back of all our
goods every time. See US first. E.
c. Lloyd.
WHEN 1T COMES TO SHOES
our line will suit you as we carry only
|, the best grades and our prices are
right. We are boosters for Bedding
and Home Trade. Orlo Morse, Shoe
Store.
LOOK UP YOUR PANAMA HAT
have it cleaned--will save you
money. You will soon need it. Don't
forget we doctor up your sick clothes,
too, and make suits to order. Burt
Curtis, Ill w. Main st.
IF YOU NEED LADDERS OF
any kind, extension and plain, any
length, see US before you buy. We
have an excellent assortment Beld-
ing Lumber Co.
HAVE YOUR SHOES REPAIRED
the electric way, while you wait. We
DO all our work right and can please
you. Ladies and gents Shoe Shining
Parlors in connection. 120 So. Bridge
street, Arnold Schmidt.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED
have you bank account? What
q difference it will make to say yes.
pay interest on savings accounts.
Coo DanxIocS CaxsnUo porL
OUR MOTTO is TO LIVE AND
let live; our prices and fair treatment
will win your confidence and patron
age. We are firm believers in Home
Trading. Our interests are mutual.
See US. Bedding Hardware Co.
NOW GET READY FOR SUM-
mer with your electric supplies. We
have large line of all kinds--electric
irons, coasters. We install electric
plants. Don't live in darkness, have
your home wired. Spencer Electric
Light and Power Co.
JUST STOP AND THINK WHEN
it is hardware, stoves, paints and
sporting goods, plumbing, heating,
our store is in Bedding and every
dollar you spend at home helps the
town. T. Frank Ireland Co.
DO YOU COOK BY CAST 1T Is
cleaner and cheaper. See our large
line Of gas stoves and ranges, watsr
heaters, Welsbach gas lights, reading
lamps, arc lamps, etc. Belding Gas
Works.
MAKE UP YOUR ORDER FOR
groceries but don't send It to o mail
order house. We can beat their prices
every time. We stand back Of our
goods. w. L. Covert, 902 So. Bridge
street
REMEMBER OUR STORE WILL
will be headquarters for school sup
plies, new and secondhand school
books. School books for the country
schools. H. J. Connell.
BELDING SAVINGS BANK;
apital, $50,000.00; surplus and pro-
Its, $26,000.00. Your business solicit !,
ed.
DON'T BE A RAINBOW CHAS.
ar. Won will And \ not If cold at our
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

ALWAYS SEE THE BEST IN
moving pictures. See our daily pro-
gram on curtain; changes every dav.
Our theatre is well-ventilated. Keen
posted; we show the best. Empress
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

DO YOU. COOK BY CAST 1T IL
cleaner and cheaper. See our large
line of gas stoves and ranges, watsr
heaters, Welsbach gas lights, reading
lamps, arc lamps, etc. Bedding Gas
Works.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

MAKE UP. YOUR ORDER FOR
groceries but don't send 1t to q mail
order house. We can beat their prices
every time. We stand back Of our
goods. w. L. Covert, COZ So. Bridge
street
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

Apply Lime in the Fall or Spring
The results of ten-year experiments
on about twenty-five fields scattered
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

WE CAN COMPETE WITH ANY
- one anywhere and carry q large line
81 o;. everything In Clothing, Cent? Fur
nstrnps, esc VIII appreciate youz
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

WE DO A REGULAR BANKING
business; besides pay s Der cent -,
time deposits. Our large cap;tsi "a "a
resources are at your commsrS
SAFETY first, Is our motto: So ~
Sandeli's Bank, Bedding, Mich. - ~
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-01

DO YOU KNOW THAT FVFpv
PAIR OF shoes you buy out of town
h hurts your community. You can do
oetter at home with your local deal
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centre Of islam Kebala, the greatest

centre Of islam {; Kebala. the greatest
pilgrimage place OF the Shiite Mos
lens, and many other holy places are
not far away. The Turks in repelling
the invaders have fought n life and
death conflict. and they are likely TO
abandon Bagdnd only after n stub
born. desperate defence.
But Bagdnd captured would be only
II step in the Russian military plan (;
it would aid the advance into Ana
iolia and to the Mediterranean coast
but would not assure 1t. General Ill
MAN vON SANDERS. ccess tn Mar
shall u DER GoLTz. is assembling nm
ottoman force ut Sivas and the Turks
are weakening their dcfcnccs AT Con-
stnntinoplc tn oppose the Russians
westward progress. Grand Duke
NICHOLAS has yet hard fighting before
he finishes his military task but lin
securing the hold he has upon east
crn .Asintic Turkey he has accom-
plishcd much in preparing Russia for
the day Of reckoning that must come
In the middle East.
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TERRORS OF THE ROOST.
Further Details Of the Scientific Study
of Emancipated Hens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE IT, Sir: The
letter writer who is worried by your
! eadline Shoots Chicken stealing
Wildcat is clearly unaware that the
modern hen is the very incarnation of
u,tra-frmlnism There Is nothing re-
Wavkable III this attayI on TIE wildcat
especially II, as | suspect. the hen was
a Young L.eghorn morgrcl and the cat
a mere Thomas He was lucky # he
escaped being eaten alive before the
cnancipated bird was shot.
Since | reported 10 THE SyE last
year some OF the data secured az my
Laboratory and Research Farm for the
study Of Hen Psychology | haN" moved
In" whole plant from New dorsey to a
r,mot" corner OF Essen county. New
Work.. high M among the mountains,
fearing that the proximity +" broadway
l'rharS NItiatod the experiments I'm a
mere suburban district too wu.h at
muspl"Tc,' Sew Hon ThnUsI '~, sc,
'Wantting from tho great city Tut the
results so far confirm previous research
str.k,ucly.
| gathered new norhs ~ native stock.
Plymouth Rocks. Rhol" Island Reds
and n few mongrcls "u' also took
settings Of eggs from the Now Jersey
station. The same fcm'uj>tir tendencies
aie now rapidly dcvolopirG. II was in
~, egg. From these eggs were Matched
Ethel and Rosalie, I.eghoru mongrels,
thoroughly up to date young aides with
all the vote desiring tendencies before
noted. Eut their records are not yet
complete enough to report
Note, however. their influence upon
the Older hens. as shown IN the case ~
MARY Ann. an elderly. hitherto seda,e.
perfectly hen minded plymouth Rock
watrou Last fan Mary Ann sat, a.
usual. Matched out twelve chicks from
Twelve eggs, reared 'hcm nohly and care
fully until they left her ~ THEW own
accord, She then resume laying, one
,gg q day all winter, never stopping
for sundays or holidays Up a. Feb
ruarN 20
ON March I she sat AGAIN on eleven
eggs, attended strictly 30 duty and
Matched eleven chicks on March 20. So
far absolutely normal "A model hen.
But in tho meantime Ethel ana Resale
had grown they talked with her. and
Lctor" her chicks were two weeks old
she spanked them away from her and
refused to have anything more 10 do
with them, She was emancIpatcd at
last. Not only that, but she insisted
ON turning the chicks over tn her half
grown son Clarence and demanded that
he care for them,
Poor Clarence did the hest he could
~" hrooded those orphan chicks ~ night
ard let them roOst on his hacN and tried
nj best to dry nurse them, while old
Mary \nn went g~allivautiug about with
Ethel discussing cuhist art and modern
ism Clarence Is very yuuu@ iahuut
eight months ODD. hut although he Is
patient he seems to feel there Is some
thing wrong somewhere.
To return, neither Ethel nor Iosalic
would hesitate n moment to attack a
I wildcat II tiny were hungry, II, w.
Jay, May 81.
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O'd Jinks Is quite delighted at that army
bill Of Hayes.
lie huis that it, provisions. are entitled
10 his praises.
IT'S jest tho kind q thing he saws, TO
max" the war talk cease.
our army should he fashioned fer the
gentle ways o peace,
~ big appropriation is a thing that l can
II is way ~ distribution is inscniou.ly
planned.
II were goin' n spend our money n the
way | think l. right
There ought To be good pickin's from an
army that can't light.
And what Hay has done fer Carson
seems s~tatrslUaulik" TO mo,
4 sinccure's a s~lnecure and what 1t ought
to be.
To care fer ones constituents IN such a
-~picndid hin
Shows Hay can make a KILN though his
army cannot Kill.
I'm CAD I've got n chance to vote fer
pork IN such n Euise;
To make an army 1T to hght would rcelly
been uuwiso
what We now need and what wen GO. =
an army Win IT, fleece
To keep Ms All In pork and beans and
Al,us keep the peace"
=. JoSgs.
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The Sin Of sticks. or Hull Guil.

There +. probably NO other imI"r-
tant hill annually PASSED 10y CON
grcsS into which there enters 50 much
hugg"rmucgery rs smirchcS the In
dian appropriation hill. Senator lNNt.
speaking Of some of ia" delightful
details Of the bill, recently said
This bill! provides ample salaries FOR
sending men around over the country to
catNh Indians who are playing 's,icks'-
hull gull II you plcase-and others who
II is alleged induce Indians 20 take nNlf
a dollar or a dollar. give It to u white
man to buy whiskev in order To- obtain
p~refermcnt for the one and witness fees
for the other. Such work Is frtidu,,ut. DO
"Sticks." or hull gull III" Soma.
tor explained, ''ls n game which the
aired aceptS Of the Indian bureau
sneak around the reservations getting
evidence against Indians for playing
the game for which. upon conviction.
they are jailed for n term of thirty or
forty days.
The beauty of this means Of i'm.
posing civilization upon them does not
appeal to all red nor one, in Jail,
said to Senator LANE:
'IIow do you ever expect to civilizc
the Indians When YOU send them in
here for thirty or forty days for playing
sticks at five cents a game ! have had
TO leave my family, who are over on the
farm, with nobody to care for them or
my cattle. NY hay crop needs 10 he
put atsy at his time. II has not been
put under the barn n here | ain.
confined for forty days, Tor having
played a game Of sticks"
Never mind the hay n white man
has earned n salary from Uncle SAM
by catching a party of bucks playing
"sticks.' In the cause Of civilization
what il n barn full Of hay to an In
dian jailed for playing sticks?
II have n thousand years in Jail
coming To me- admitted Senator
LANE, "for when ] was II boy | played
II many n time"
But when Senator LANE was n boy
Congress did not have conference
committees hlithesomcly agreeing Ia
Indian appropriation mnti hull gully
bills carrying SlO,y96, 1854,
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total in the Presidential primary will
he no more than 200. II Is true that
he did not want II test made, and his
wish that he should not he officially
u candidate was respected.
The Oregon Presidential primary
presents three problems. How did the
- 900 supporters of Colonel RoosE-
VET in 1912 vote last Friday? why
was the wish VI Mr.. Justice HuGHEs,
who was n candidate against his will
ns all men knew. not respected? How
did the women vote? The Roosevelt
supporters of 1912 either remained
away from the polls lexcluding the
300, some of whom may have been
women, or they voted for senator
CuMMINs. ex-senator BURTON. or even
Mr.. Justice HUGHEs. As TO the sec-
ond question. 5O.25T voters, ONE as
well rs men (almost one.third Of the
state still to he heard FROM, cast
their ballots for the Supreme Court
Justice as their choice either because
they believed he could not refuse u
nomination by the Republican party
or because they regarded him as II
receptive candidate. AS To the third
question. It may hc concluded that
most Of the womcn who voted pre-
fcrrcd Mr.. Justice HuGnrs-obviously
few of the women were enthusiastic
enough in the cause Of the Colonel Ia
write his name In.
Perhaps the most astonishing thing
about the Oregon primary Is that III"
Justice should have received such n
large vote when 1t was well known
TINT the Progressive leaders were nnx-
ious 10 SEQ him run ne lnmcly ms Sen
ator BuRroS did. Oregon * rather
celebrated for doing queer things when
II goes TO the polls. But in this case
there * no installing It's preference
for CuAMrs EVANS HrGHEs. or it,
Indifference to Colonel ROOSEVELT. the
women going To the polls and voting
n well us the men
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To THE EDITOR OF TIVE SUS-Sir. Mr..
Gallatin's on the practice OF
"very clcrgyman's PRAYING for his ONr
choice Of weather led me tn look uu
Nj. Emerson's sketch OF the life Of tho
Rev Ezra Ripley ,'iaryard. 1870. who
was n prominent figure in Concord FOR
nearly n century. Dr. Ripley himself
used tn pray for ain or lair weather.
according 10 his idea OF the immediate
needs Of Concord. and he used to tell
the story of his friend. tho minister Of
sudbury, who was NJ the Thursday Ice
ture in Boston when the officiating clcr-
gyman prayed for rain. ~ the close
Of the service the sudbury man weul To-
the man who had made the PRAYER and
SAID YOU Rostor minister's. as soon
as n tulip willis under your window. go
20 church and pray for rain until all
cor prl and sudbury are under water d"
Mr.. Emerson records that Mr.. Ripley
was the NTH of IN" nineteen children
Of Noah and Lydia tkoun Ripley. Sow
enteen ~ these nineteen children mar
RED, and il is stated that the mother
died leaving nineteen children, one hun
drcd and two grandchildren and ninety
sin grcat-graudChildrcu.' \.
BospN. May ~
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
Extracts From the Polite Convcrsa-
tion Of the Rising Generation.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sr: In
a store ON rark Row near city Hal
Park yesterday | heard n Young chap
say 10 a fellow clerk
say. Jack. lay bones for me. will
yen ! want to get a pun
This sounded rather odd. so | men
toned IL later 10 a friend.
Lay bones said he. "Is an old ex-
preston meaning to watch out or
cover post | suppose you know the
man wanted 10 get a cigarette n not
a cream puff he added. perhaps sur
rIisei at my dulnoss. In course n
time ! asked a brooklyn lad II ne knew
the meaning OF the expression. He
didn't But when | explained he re
marked
An! YOU mean lay chickee' That's
what us ~fellcrs say"
This was enlightening In the course
Of a later talk with a policeman !
brought The subject M.
ooh. mo boy. sad he, "Nc don't hear
much of lay homes these DAYS. Many
The time ! dd 81. and ! tell YOU we must
be right on the job. 80 that II the main
squeeze blows along o can tip off the
hloke in the shack to lay low Till the
boss beats it J. Moo.
BRooKLyS. MAY 90.
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The Grass Widow Of the Skies

To THE EDITOR NJ THE SuN-Sir, As
i1"ugu All 10y herself, the planet Venus
Is shining IN the evening sky, bright
and beautiful, serene and spectacular
Nlcu IN" moon appears Venus loses
much 81 her ornamental splcndor but
aft." Queen Luna has gone then Venus
again re- -us unr!Nalled amid tho star
lighted heavens. Among the sidereal
Jewels that adorn the ddrkencd dome
Venus Is truly prominent, and when
Sol has set and twilight is over this
beautiful planet is indeed
star I'm IN" west. moon mirror NJ III. sun
q scm of gems which stud tn. skies NJ
night.
- silent, silver. solar satellite
THAT r,lgus supcrnal beautiful and white.
When fields ~" green and flower. bios.
som bright.
When Sol hiss so' ana garish dav IL dooe
AMI slowly fades he s,oamlngs tnaI
NEu'.
queen Venus shines resp,cnicn, in mon 3
..gu'
~ spar king suns are waking one by one.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NFwrnS, Mass MAY 80.
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Preparedness in the sixteenth Cen
fury.

To THE EDiToR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
modern propaganda for universal mill
tary service is not a recent idea. 4 whole
nation under arms was upheld by
MacChiavelli, "Libro dell Arte della
Guerra" IN 1921. n work done into Eng
lish as early as 1860 by Peter White
horn. who also indebted himself to
italians IN his Certain Wales for the
Ordering Of Sould.ers In Battery a
composition Of 1855. Loniuu.
Only eight wears later. in 1895. thanks
20 the defeat Of the Spanish Armada
less h a n decade previously. Sir Henry
knyvett drew the attention OF his CO.
nationals to the woful incficiency Of Eng
lands land forces. For the defence Of
the realm'' he invokes military training
for youths between the ages of lS on To
the period when they have come TO mans
estate, together with manhood service
in arms up TO the fftieth year. Eng
.iShmen never needed the admonitions.
trusting always in the might Of naval
equipment.
Let those who are unwilling 20
believe that modern GERMANY has
been preparing for the present dchaCle
consult n. V. Observation-Disclosures
Tegenreformation' in Pfugk-Harttung's
'Weltgeschichte, 1907. PIP. 42s ct seq.
A. W BRANDT.
MARIETTA, Pa. May %.
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The Russian Advance TO Ragdad,

The developments in the military
situation in A>iatic Turkey have dis
closed the extern, Of tho Russians OPP
crations aud their evident intention
of u complete conquest Of Asia Minor
and the Me>opotumiun Valley. Here
against the weaker of the allied forces
opposing them Is 10 bc the field of
their great offensive operation their
western front in Europe Is to he left
to Its defenders.
From the capture Of f.rZcrum and
Trebizond their victorious army nd
vanced their lines into the upper
Euphrates to Erzingan, perhaps ever
as far south as Diarbekr. But apart
from this army. upon which most at
tentiOn vas centred. there have been
developing within the Russian zone
OF Persia other large forces. The
nucleus was, no doubt, the troops sent
into Persia to countcract the efforts
Of the German and Turkish agencies
along the Ottoman border.
The first intimation of the advance
of this force was in n recent official
report from Petrograd. Its objective
was Mosul. on the survey of the Bag
dad railway; it was last reported to
have reached Roanduz, nifty miles
from the Persian frontier. Since then
two more armies have been reported
advancing across the mountains. both
evidently directed toward Ragtad 4;
one at Ban, the other mt Chnnikan.
But Il still more interesting
ment, contained In the official commu-
nication from London Sunday night.
is that n Russian cavalry force has
Joined General GoRRrNGL's British
army on the Tigris "af'or n bold and
adventurous ride
The British army referred TO is the
force sent to relieve General lows.
sHEND at kut-el-Amara but held III
by floods. This establishment of rom
munication does not necessarily i'm.
ply that the " armies have Joined.
Russian cavalry, familiar with the
rough land OF the Caucasus, could
cross the pathless mountains Of south.
western Persia, but the passage of an
army with artillery and supplies
would be an almost impossible task.
The capture Of Bagdad after break.
ing the Turkish line Of communicn-
lion ut Mosul is the evident design Of
tho armies operating from Persia.
Bagdad from its position in tn" val,
ley Is difficult Of defence. But the
city and the surrounding country are
sacre1 ground to the Mohammcdnn
world; Bagdad was once the religious
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4 Jury Properly Chosen.

No recent criminal case has been
more discussed than that Of WAITE,
Who was put on trial accused of muir
der Yesterday. The audacity of the
alleged crime. the large sums of money
M stake. the circumstances of TN"
young mans life aroused the greatest
interest. Vet n jury was obtained in
n single session of the court, and the
prosecution was able to open in the
afternoon. The twelve satisfactory
jury men were found among III" first
fifiN-siX talcsmen called. and four
fifths "f those summoned were re-
leased AT the luncheon hour.
These facts speak well for the Jury
system rs II j. now administered in
this jurisdiction. In the past there
have been notorious delays in the
selection "f iurics. ~discrcditing III"
methods followed and exposing the
courts 20 ridicule and adverse criti-
ci>m. Such delays are unnecessary.
~ has been demonstrated in Justice
~Snt,g>'> ,",i,i, AMI If tirs "'jii
hereafter the public will know They
are due not 10 faults of the system hut
to mismanaCemcnt in its application.