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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-27

HOUSE BILL NO. 40
AN ACT limiting the levy Of taxes for
certain purposes in cities. of the second
fbrss n man an donrs or ss a1d to
amend and repeal section 1874 of the
General Statutes of Kansas of 1915.
Section / That section 1874 of the
General Statutes of Kansas of 1913 be
amended so as to read as follows: Section
1874. That the mayor and council or
commissioners of any, city of the second
class, the assessed valuation of which as
shown by the returns of the last assess
ment for any year Is three million dollars
or less, may make In any year, ievles on
all the taxable property of said city, for
taxes for that year as follows, viz. For
general revenue fund three and one-half
of street lighting, two mills on the dollar:
for opening and widening and bringing
to grade. all streets, avenues anc alleys;
and for building of bridges. eulverts and
sewers and for foot walks across streets,
avenues and alleys, two mills on the dol
of one mill on the dollar: for library fund,
four fifths of one mill on the dollar; pro,
class, for which special acts have been
passed. the limitations of this section shall
not apply SO as TO prevent the raising Of
an amount for general revenue fund of
such cities which by virtue of such special
acts could have been raised in the tax year
of 1907 upon the assessed valuation of that
| year.
Sec . That original section 1874
of the General Statutes of Kansas for 1919
be and the same is hereby repealed.
| Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
| in the official state paper.
| hereby certify that the above Bill origi-
mated in the House, and passed that body
February Z, 1917.
A. NJ. KEENE,
| Speaker of the House.
CLARENCE W. MILLER.
| Chief Clerk of the House
| Passed the Senate March s, 1917,
! w. Y. MORGAN,
President of the Senate.
| E. D. GEORGE.
Secretary of the Senate.
Approved March IL, 1917.
ARTHUR CAPPER. Governor.
| State of Kansas.
| Office of Secretary of State.
| l. j. T. BOTKIN, Secretary of State of
the State of Kansas. do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a correct copy
of the original enrolled bill now on file in
my office
| in TESTIMONY WHEREOF have here
unto subscribed my name
ISeall and affixed my official seal
| this 18th day OF March, 1917.
J. T. BOTEIN, Secretary of State.
! By L. A. CORNELL,
Asst Secretary of State.
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NEW PREACHER HERE
Rev. H. w. Wallace of Salina In
Charge of Third Christian Church.

Rev. H. w. Wallace. of Salina, has
been rendered the passionate of the
Third Christian church of Topeka. He
has announced his acceptance and will
preach his first sermon as the reg
ular pastor next Sunday. Rev. Wal
lace preached two trial sermons last
Sunday at the church before large
audiences and was then given the call.
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Rev. Wallace has been living in Sa-
lima for some time. He has been en-
gagged in the insurance business for
the last year after retiring from active
ministry on account of i'll health. His
family will not come to Topeka until
the close of the school term in Salina.
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Published in The Topeka State journal,
March "a, 1911

HOUSE BILL NO. $50.
AN ACT making appropriations to the
State School Book Commission for the
revolving. copyright and royalty. build
ing and equipment funds; the payment of
authors. compilers, critics, artists, editors.
stenographers, ETC.: the salary of the
secretary and the expenses of his office !;
the per diem and expenses of members
of .the commission; under the provisions
of chapter 2SS, Laws Of 1913, for the
fiscal years ending June 3D. 1918, and
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. There is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the state treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, to the State
School Book Commission for revolving
fund for the making of school books; for
the purchase of copyrights. the payments
of royalties. payment of authors; com
stenographers. etc: for repair and addi-
ton to building and equipment: for the
salary of the secretary. the expenses of
help In the secretary's office; for the per
diem and expenses of the members of the
commission pursuant of chapter 2Ss, Laws
of 1913 for the fiscal years ending June
! 30 1918, and June 90 1919: Revolving fund
shall be credited by the state treasurer
and made available on and Immediately
after the date on which this act shall go
into effect, and the remaining $4,000 shall
be credited ty the state treasurer and
made available July LIST. 1917: and the
state treasurer shall notify the auditor of
state of such credit and the auditor of state
shall make proper entries on his records
showing such transfer: provided. that
whenever the amount accumulated in the
revolving fund hereinbefore provided
shall exceed the sum of 100000 IL shall
be the duty of the treasurer, and he is
hereby directed and required to transfer
all of the excess Of said revolving fund over
and above said sum of $4,000 to the gen
eral revenue fund of the state.
1918 1919
Purchase of copyrights. pay
ment of royalties pay
ment of authors. compilers,
critics artists editors. adj
visors. stenographers. etc. 800 $7.5Ot
! For the salary Of secretary.
the expenses of his office,
! and the payment Of elerI-
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FOR sALE-LIVESTOCK

FOR SALE=Black Percheron stallion.
coming years old, registered and pedi-
gree. weight 1850 pounds sure colt getter
reason for selling account of own colts.
FOR SALE, delivery team. servicea BILE,
sound and in good condition Weight
about 1000 lbs.-Peoples Market. 200 Kan
FOR SALE-A good pair of work horses.
Inquire at the seed store. d. o. Coe,
1i9 Z. 9Th st.
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FOR lighthouses
FOR RENT


1921 Buchanan, s r. modern. garage.
1906 Clay, cottage T., toilet, ell. 1t.
1915 E. 9th, cottage, r, well, cistern.
615 buchanan, r. bath, barn.
1900 Van Buren,. T., gas, ell. It,
1924 Jackson, D r, gas, city water.
J. L. TORRINGTON, 100 W. 9th. Tel. DIS.
MADISON ST., $50 near 4th avenue. 3
room house, gas and electric lights. Call
at 601 East 4th avenue or phone 60 or
1901.
JACKSON ST, 1885 room house, bath.
electric lights, in nice repair, $3.50 per
month Call and see it or phone 914.
SIN room modern except furnace house
and barn, AGO Clay. Telephone 2299
Blue.
FIVE room strictly modern house. large
sleeping porch Inquire sol Taylor
FOR RENTED West 5th.-4room house
Phone 415S Blue
MODERN room house, gas, electric lights,
bath. 1903 Kansas ave. Phone 1900 Red.
FOR RENT-Good house, rooms, SIS.
2039 Van Buren, st.
FOR RENT room house, by owner, AS
East Sth. Phone 5197 J.
MODERN room house, 205 Western ave.
Phone 2417 Blue. $50
FOR RENT-House near shops. Phone
1928 Red.
100 HARRISON, 4 rooms, electricity, wa
ter, gas, SIC 1898 White.
FOR RENT-Cottage, rooms and bath,
631 West ST Phone 1884 Black.
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MONEY

FARM LOANS WANTED
This company has an unlimited
amount of funds to lend on Eastern
and Central Kansas Farms at $50
with a reasonable commission. Our
representative is at your service IL
YOU want information.
THE FARM MORTGAGE COMPANY
Crawford Building. Topeka, Kansas.
Phone 1888.
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FOR RENT-sToRE ROOMS

STORE ROOM. 404 East 4th avenue, suit
able for living in rear half; good location
for small hardware. notion store or shoe
shop. Call at COL East 4th avenue or phone
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MISCELLANEOUS

GENERAL house cleaning aud window.
washing experienced men. call phone
1897 between 6 80 and, evenings.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HEMSTITCHING. PINKING,
Plaitings of all kinds Buttons made.
Mail orders receive prompt. careful atten-
ton. Mrs. Mercer. 500 Topeka
WANTED-Watch repairing. Main springs,
Toe cleaned, Toe. All work guaranteed.
Armstrong Jewelry Co., 429 Kansas ave.
WANTED-TO give away pretty spaniel
to suburbanite-Dr. Hyatt
GOOD milk cows, fat cattle and veal calves
w c. A Leitzow. Tel. 257.
CARPET and rug weaving. 1880 Garfield.
Phone 25SS Blue.
1852 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS.
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LEGAL.


First published in The Topeka tate
Journal, Wednesday, Feb. IS, 1911
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FOR SALE-PIANOS
FOR sALE-MoToRCYCLEs.

FOR SALE-Motorcycle Harley Davidson
1915, Twin, electric equipment, good
shape. Cali 110T Van Buren,. Phone 1866.
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WANTED-AGENTS


WANTED-Agents by THE BELT, the
largest automobile insurance association
in tie world. Now offering an accident
policy, annual dues $500 pays $500 a
week, no assessments. Resources nearly
81 100000. Territory now available. State
experience and reference. Address The
Belt Accident Department, Ell Paso, I'LL
nOi9
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WANTED-TO BUY


SECOND HAND furniture bought and
sold: best grade of furniture; prices
reasonable. Kent B.. Logan, 800 Kansas
ave- Phone 1882.
HAVE BUYER second hand, 3-piece bath
room fixtures. What have you? C. B.,
care Journal
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LEGAL.
SENATE BILL NO. rs.

Published in The Topeka State Journal
March 81, 1911
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LEGAL.


Published in The Topeka State Journal,
March %. 1911
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FOR Observation-Disclosures

- - ~ ~-->r--->
DIRT WAGON, wide tires, good condition :;
also delivery wagon; great bargains if
sold at once. Call at 316 East 9TH st.
FOR SALE-Fence5 posts. Toe each Hugh
Lawlor, 206 Jackson st. Phone 1921.
TWO covered wagons for sale cheap. SIS
n. Kansas ave.
FOR SALE-Confectionery. L. s. T.,
care Journal.
1852 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS
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farm LOANS

FARM ToxEs. 8 and per cent. q
Nichol Realty Co., SO Kan. Ave Tel 80.
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Attest: H. A. LEPPED. City Clerk.
HOUSE BILL NO. 445.

Published in The Topeka State Journal,
March 81, 1871
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-27

FLORISTS
POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES

FOR SALE-Billiar tables. new, carrom
and pocket. with complete outfit $50 90
ing alley supplies; easy payments. Cigar
store fixtures. 2 specially, send for eata-
LENDER CO.. 1920 1881 Main st, Kansas
City. Mo. s.
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PICTuRE FRAMING
TYPEwRITERs

FRAMING. regilding. mat making, mount-
ing done ~ j. d. Sullivan. 122-12f W. Sth.
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UPHoLsTERING

r. PFTRIcK & SONS. upbolstering ans
manufacturers Of parior furniture 1oo
kansas avenue Phone So
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ALL MAKES for sale or rent Best me-
chancal department IN the eouutry-
CRANE 4 co.
Topeka Kan. ~ Years IN Rusiness.l
200 NEW and second hand fypewrtferV.
$500 up. Sale or rent Topeka Types
writer Exchange. 507 Kansas ave.
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KANSAS, AVE. SOUTH. 1515 good house
and barn, newly painted, fine condition,
close in. great bargain if sold at once :
small cash payment, balance monthly like
rent. Call at Col East 4th avenue or phone
FOR SALE@Ox203t garden, building lot,
facing on Elmwood ayeuue. adjoining
Potwin school. $50. Rhooes. Tel 3213.
FOR SAILS lots. southwest corner 3rd
and Quincy Fine business location or
/, for flat Bargain if taken at once. L O.,
care Journal.
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FOR RENT-FCRNIsR.D ROOM:

FOR RENT-FCRNISRE ROOMS
Sc.-S-~c~-~-@--~~-~~---~-
Bldg. Gordon Bros. 1919.
MODERN furnishe front room, 314 Hun
toou. 1874 evenings.
FURNISHED ROOMS $500 a week, and
low unfinished; also house. Phone 3l3s.
1134 Harrison, strictly modern; nicely fur
nished room.-Phone 1T45.
LARGE furnished modern room only s.
per week. PIT w. 5th St
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UNDERTAKING

L. NJ PEN-vELL. funeral director aaA
embalmer. First class service 50s-a19
Quincy st. Telephone 1872
u f HAwLEY L Co, uDdertakers. ea-
balming lis r 9Th Ave. Phone 2s5-
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MOVING

FENIMORE MOVING AND STORAGE
Your furniture wrapped for atoraRs
FREE. expert packers Phone 4341- =.
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FOR RENT-APARTMENTs.
FOR RENT-ROoMs

FOR RENT-ROOMS
HOUSEKEEPING rooms, furnished or IN
furnished, two en- suite modern. down
stairs. electricity. bath.-1217 West Fifth.
GOOD rooms and board very reasonable
= lois Topeka ave; also light housekeeping
rooms.
TWO or three modern unfinished rooms
for rent at ZIG Topeka ave.
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CLOSE I'm
MODERN HOME. $4,000

Close to Central Park, nearly new rm.
house, strictly modern, fine location, paved
ST.. cut to 81, 400 if sold this week. $500
down.
CoTTRELL co. Phone SOC, 340s.
YOUR CHANCE is IN CANADA-RICH
lands and business opportunities offer
you independence. Farm lands, $11 to $50
acre: irrigated lands $35 to $50; twenty
years to pay; $1,000 loan In Improvements,
or ready made farms. Loan of live stock
Taxes average under twenty cents an
acre: no taxes on improvements personal
property or live stock Good markets.
churches, schools roads, telephones; ex-
cellent climate-crops and live stock prove
it. Special homeseekers fare certificates.
Write for free booklets. Allan Cameron,
General Superintendent Land Branch,
Canadian Pacific Ry. $50 Ninth ave-, Call
rary Alberta
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09
ROAD SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK
Total Designated Mileage Placed at
1898 MiIes-Work Hindered by
Scarcity Of Labor.

The total designated mileage Of
state and county highway systems In
New York state at the present time is
1883, of which 1929 miles had been
completed and accepted on January 1.
while contracts in force at that time
covered 1,1S5 miles. This with the
contracts awarded during the year
1915, leaves a balance Of designated
mileage not yet cared for of 4,21O.
Highway construction during the past
two years has been gravely hindered
because of the fact that surplus labor
has been largely absorbed in munition
making and other abnormal industrial
activities. In New York state during
1916 1t was impossible to secure even
Mt largely increased cost, more than a
quarter Of the labor actually required
for highway work.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09
Mechanical Horse In War.

Recently a mechanical horse" was
driven through the streets of Chicago
to attract fighting men" to the army
recruiting stations. The powerful trac-
tor, to which a field gun and caisson
were hitched, was controlled entirely
by two relns in the hands of a driver.
1t was taken through the congested
loop district" thOroughfares with per.
feet ease. The plan was employed
daily for a fortnight and apparently
netted good results, for during the Pc
riOd large numbers of volunteers flied
into the recruiting places. Although
still little known, the machine is not
a new type. Primarily it is intended
for agricultural purposes. 1t is sufi-
GENTLY striking in appearance and op-
GRAFTON, however, to prick the curiosity
of the street crowds, and in this capac-
ity it performed valuable work for the
army.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09
CHAPTER XXI.

Before the wide-fiung window of her
attic h~edchamber, Sophy Gerard was
crouching with her face turned west
ward. She had abandoned all effort
to sleep. The n thought that was
beating in h"r brain was too insistent,
too clamOrous. Somewhere beyond
that tangled mass of chimneys and
telegraph poles, somewhere on the 9TH
er side Of the gray haze which hung
about the myriad roofs. John and
Louise were working out their destiny,
speaking at last the naked truth to
each other.
She started suddenly back into the
room. There was n knocking at the
door. something quite different from
her landlady's summons. She wrapped
her dressing-gown around her. pulled
the curtains around the little bed on
which she had striven to rest, and
moved toward the door. She turned
the handle softly.
"WhO is that?" she asked.
John almost pushed his way past
her. She closed the door with nerve
less fingers. Her eyes sought his face,
her lips were parted. She chung to the
back of the chair.
"You have seen LOuise?" she ex-
claimed breathlessly.
Il have seen Louise" he answered.
at Is all Over!"
She looked a little helplessly around
her. Then she selected the one chair
in the tiny apartment that was likely
to hold him. and led him to 1t.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09

know YOU, John. There isn't anything
left of the John | loved. Let me look
again."
She swung around.
"You speak of love" she went on
suddenly. "Do you know what it Is?
Do you know that love reaches to the
heavens, and can also touch the Meth
rrmost depths of hell? If l throw
myself on your knees before you now.
If | link my fingers around your neck,
If | whisper to you that In the days
that were past before you came I had
done things ! would fain forget, If I
told you that from hcnceforth every
second of my life was yours, that my
heart heat with yours by day and by
night. that | had no other thought, no
other dream. than to stay by your side.
to see YOU happy, to give all there was
Of myself into your keeping, to keep
1t holy and sacred for you-John,
what them"
Never n line in his face softcned. He
looked at her II moment as he had
looked at the woman in Piccadilly. into
whose hand he had dropped gold.
Are YOU going TO tell me that it is
the truth?" he asked hoarSely.
"Think for II single moment of that
feeling which you call love. John. :"
she pleaded. Listen. | love YOU. 1t
has come to me at last, after I'll these
years. 1t lives in my heart, II greater
thing than my ambition, n greater
thing than my success, IL greater thing
than life itself. l love you, John! Can't
you feel, don't you know, that moth
ing else in life can matter?"
Not II line in his face softened. His
teeth had come together. He vas like
a man upon the rack.
at is true? 1t Is true, then?" he
demanded.
She looked at him without any reply.
The seconds seemed drawn out to an
interninable period. He heard the
rolling of the m~Otorbuses in the street.
Once more the perfume Of the lilac
seemed to choke him. Then she leaned
back and touched the bell.
"The prince spoke the truth she
said. 81 think you had better gO!"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09

and New Jersey. There the congestion
Of railway traffic makes the highways
Of great value in delivering manufac-
tured materials from one city to an
other; the motor truck has suddenly
become a real necessity in meeting the
urgent requirements for transporting
the products of the cities. In short,
the rational improvement Of roads Is
an essential element Of the grave eco
nomlc problems Of the day, to make the
valuable products Of the farm and shop
available to the user at the lowest pos
sible cost.
This subject should be studied at
once as an economic problem, the same
as the provision of railway and water
way transportation, the increase In cul-
tivated acreage and the improvement
of manufacturing facilities.
Crops that cannot be moved from
the farms except at enormous expense
and manufactured products that must
lie in s%torehouses because Of congestion
of railways are of little value to a ma
ton which needs such things nOw
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09
SCIENCE OF WAR is CHANGED
Developments Of the Past Three Years
Have Rendered Obsolete Most Of
the Old Methods.

During the last three years the sci
ence Of wal has undergone radical
changes, rendering obsolete much
which past effort and study had es-
tabllshed as standard. II. II. Wind
sOr writes in Popular Mechanics. Cav
airy has largely given way to infantry,
which 10Y move farther 0nd faster
In motor cars than was ever possible
with animals. Machine guns have
changed with conditions of infantry
attacks. Heavy artillery at long range
now accomplishes much of what for
merly Wds assigned to an infantry
charge. The difficult and always peril.
Gus work of the field spy and scout
has been left behind by the airman,
who goes forth openly and noisily,
sweeping over enemy lines at a mile
u minute. On sea, it Is no longer the
ship which can shoot the farthest, or
the fast cruiser which cannot be over.
taken, that sinks the most enemy ships,
but the submarine whose underwater
missiles are often unseen and never
heard.
Trench warfare as practiced today
Is an evolution Of the old earthwork
idea, but so changed and expanded Is
to have little resemblance. 1t was a
German invention, worked out to In.
clude streets and alleys with main
arteries of communication from the
rear, and complete underground habi.
tations capable Of housing men by
thousands. These underground rooms
are not only m but often two stories
deep, the lower level being reached by
concealed trapdoors. In the Japanese
Russian war the japanese made use of
zigzag open trenches as q means of
approach to a fortress, but to nothing
like the extent employed now.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-09

I'm that little church, John, and
quickly-so quickly, please !" she whis-
pered.
Jennings fastened In to where Ste
phen was sitting alone.
"Mr. Stephen" he cried, "what's
coming to us2 There's that French
hussy outside. and a motorcar In the
drive. and the chauffeur's asking
where he's to sleep. The woman wants
to know whether she can have the
same bedroom for her mistress as last
time! !"
"Then why don't you 60 and see
about 1t. you old foOl?" Stephen re-
piled. "Pick up those pieces of glass
there, lay the cloth, and get some sup.
per ready"
Through the open doorway they
heard Aline's voice In the hall.
"Meester Jennings, will you please
come and help me with the luggage?"
Get along with you'll" Stephen Or
dered. you'd better hurry up with
the supper, too. The boy Tom can see
to the luggage"
The old man recovered himself
slowly.
you're taking 'em In, sir-taking
EN- into the house7" he gasped. "What
about that toastT
Stephen refilled two glasses.
WED better alter 1t a %little," he
declared. 'Here's confusion to most
women, but luck to John and his
wife"
Mr.. John and his wife!" Jennings
repeated, as he set his glass down
empty. "Ill just see that them sheets
Is aired upstairs, sir, or that hussy
will be making eyes at Tom!
He departed, and Stephen was left
alone. He sat and listened to the
sound Of luggage being taken upstairs,
to Aline's little torrent of directions,
good-humored but prOfuse, to the
sound of preparations In the kitchen.
In the room the tall clock licked SOL
emily; a fragment of the log every
nov and then fell upon the hearth.
Presently he rose to his feet. He
heard the click of the garden gate,
the sound Of John and Louise return
ing. He o S and stood ready to wei
come them.
THE END.