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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
FOOD ANXIETY PASSED.

Air. Hooyers address in London
will be read with keen interest in
America II is good news for US as
well as our Allies that We have all
turned the corner in the food crisis.
Our loaf. Mr.. Hoover says, VII i'm
prove and we will be freed from re-
strictions except that OF economy.
Our meat and fat supply viii be am
pie. The American farmers and sro-
aucers have responded TO the needs
If the hour just SIS the American con-
sumers responded TO the appeals for
self denial TO succor our Allies.
There viii still be necessity for build
ing np reserves against a possible. al
,houg improbable. decrease next
year, but Mr. Hoover says authori-
lively that the period of anxiety over
food has passed The shipping prob
lem will have been solved by next
year adding to that assurance.
The grateful reception accorded
Mr.. Hoover in London may be taken
IS intended by our British associates
for the American people as a whole.
Mr. Hoover makes II plain that his
success was made possibls by his
trust in his fewwow- -countrymen and
ileir readiness to do voluntarily what
Germanys Ssasied bureaucratic ef-
failed TO achieve by edict.
How the American people came TO the
rescue OF their Allies in the food cris-
is. not by compulsion but by sympa-
.hetic cooperation. viii song remain
rs one of the finest examples Of the
self discipline and self-sacrifice of
democracy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

charge" and a larger stock Of rental
batteries so that customer can be
supplied with rental battery for his
car any time, regardless OF the make
of the car. A large stock of new bat
teries and battery supplies will be ear
ried In stock The wholesale end OF
the battery business win be looked
after by Mr.. Collins from the garages
and dealers in the territory that the
Guthrie Battery Storage Co. which in
sludes Logan. Payne, Nobe. kingfisher
and Creek counties.
The station vii be conducted on >
cash basis poicy. as battery stations
in all parts OF the country are con-
Quoted.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
WAR IS PURELY KAISER
FAMILY AFFAIR SAYS HUN

London. July 27-"The whole war
has been purely family affair Of the
Hohenzollerns." declares Socialist
Cohn, in an interview in Berlin news
papers.
The so-called new states.' which
we have created in Russia are fertil-
lied by the bones OF their best sons,
murdered by German soldiers who
were misused for the PURPOSE, he
says.
Should the allies TALL under the pres
sure of the Hohenzollerns. Cohn de-
clares, "the consequences will be that
Europe will be continent OF beg
gars"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

lronworkers IN brooklyn shlpyards
make from $50 to 800 a week.
In 1918 Hamburg. Germany. had
l43. 900 union workmen. 1t now has
A.. 900.
over $4,000 coal miners have been
called TO the United States colors.
There are now $4,000 men engaged
n sipbuilding in this country.
Women in England have entered al
most every trade except carpentry.
The aid OF the movies has been in
voked in the farm labor campaign.
Two war savings socities have been
formed by Providence. r l, municipal
employees.
A C Babcock, aged 81. has returned
to his old trade. shipbuilding. at Ia
coma. Wash.
Texas is TO import Mexican labor
until the end Of the war to overcome
the existing shortage.
NG Scott OF New York has been
reelected president Of the Interna-
tional typographical Union.
Oregon State Industrial Welfare
Commission has increased the mini
mum wage OF women employed in in
dustry.
Warren S Stone has been reelected
chief OF the Brotherhood OF Engineers
in trienniai conference at Cleveland.
Craftsmen in the various shipbuild-
ing and manufacturing plants in San
Francisco have formed an crEsniza-
ion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

nc uO<cA "Sht ~,
Speculation consists in putting tive
and two together and making five
The extra one come out OF some one
who wasn't looking.
II man knows how 10 run things
sooner or later, he's going TO
What has become OF those old
fashioned persons who thought they
had TO stay in the house all day on
a rainy Sunday
Probably nothing is more offensive
to look at than a fight between two
men. yet usually only one of them is
TO blame
II is hard TO avoid an argument
with a woman If the woman Is clever
a. argument.
When spring fever lasts ON into
the summer, maybe it's malaria.
Seclusion may not bring distinc-l
ton. but il secures rest.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
WAYNE JENKINS Is
FOR LOWER TiNES

To the Voters and Taxpayers Of Lo-
gan county.
am a Republican candidate foi
county treasurer. and a. to NY nt-
ness for the office will say that an
farmer and business man. believe
ir and practice economy in my rer-
sonal sffairs. and ] believe that in
these war times We should prs -tice
economy in our cOunty affairs
IL you think your taxes are not
high enough. vose for my opponent
II ~ think they are too high. vote
for me. for uii.. Il elected. IS =
member of the sxcise board. fight for
lower taxes.
Yours for economy and lower taxa
ton.
Urr~o fU m r~-<--~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

Banker Cobb of Boston is trying to
force the war finance board 10 a
square issue as between the rights
Of New England holders OF interur-
han securities and the rights and COM
forts Of the public But the board
declares that bond holders aso no,
entitled TO first consideration.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

| tcld OF comet only say. oh. Is that
so?" and so on fighting.
A comet is like long tailed fire.
fly. travelling regular journey inside
Q. a big room-Shat room being our
solar system. We know all about
comets; they have lost our respect
But they ere interesting travelling
rore than q million miles day. some
Of them with tails two hundred mil
l'on miles long-some IKE Halley's
comet, coming back to visit us once
in seventy years
This one discovered by the Ger
man astronomer Wolf. OF Heidelberg.
goes on a long journey that lasts
sixty thousand years
Whai did the earth hook like when
that cU.aet MSS here last iimee What
viii tbs earth be when the Wolf
comet returns sixty thousand years
from noNe
II the kaiser had asked himself
that question four or five years ago
be might also have asked himself
this one What's the use OF my
starting retail murder campaign in
such wholesale universe as this"
A comet travels a million miles a
day for sixty thousand years, and
stays in one little corner of creation
al the time.
That thought should make even
Hohenzollern mistrust his oosmic
Importance. Aasl4Ra
II any spirit lives in that comet,
sent by Divine viii on a journey OF
Inspection to the outer edge of our
system and back. like a policeman on
his beat the spirit probably says as
il passes near us-only a hundred and I
S sx,y-four million miles awsy--poor !
little brutes. Still fighting down
there. ! see. No use making any re-
rcr' about them. They are not worth !
IT,"
War news from Europe is good as
usual Education is always slow. but /
Iutocratic brutality is learning what
rs relations. the saber tooth tiger
end the mammoth learned. that brute |
force is a passing thing-not strong
enough to fight intelligence.
Plague news from Europe is as i'm
portant as war news
Five hundred day are dying OF |
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

The Cologne Gazette speaks OF the
High Commands anxiety to avoid un-
necessary sacrifices OF life in with
drawing from the Marne No such
anxiety was shown in advance.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
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home for all departments Of the Red
Cross. The Indian capital is a huge
stone structure, built In 1873. but the
tribe has no further use for IL except
an occasional meeting of the leaders
OF the tribe.
The Red Cross OF Italy will have to
have $1,000 blankets for next winter.
which viii cost s22e.5eo
The coan Republic has sent sac.-
900 TO the American Red Cross to be
specially used fos the relief OF famil-
les OF American soldiers killed in the
war and for the benefit Of those
wounded who may need assistance.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
GOVERNMENT WIRE CONTROL

The President by proclamation hay
ing declared the necessity Of Govern
mental control OF the telegraph and
telephone systems during the war.
the country. although without knowl-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

No party in Germany has any SYM
pathy with Nicholas. II is said. despite
the Willy -Nicky" letters which ap-
pearently were merely some more
scraps Of paper
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

The Turk -ave promised resara-
ton If they are responsible for the
American outrages at Tabriz Pro-
missing was always one of the Turks
hest fricks
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
MIILION AND QUARTER
YANkS .OVER THERE

Paris. Juy IA French bsts-sr
that vas cut of in the heavy fizh.ins
around Toarey (bet~een the xsrns
and Rheims, on July II. vas supplied
for three days with food and snna-
milton BY French air-nen- A tho7s-
and losves Of bread and 500 tins Of
beef. a. well a. cartridges. vere drop
ped fro m<he machines
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

The Coionels decision to remain
strictly neutral in New York State
policies shows how parhous the stu
alton there must be-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

We have always maintained that
the American citizen soldier was not
a beatable proposition; YOU are now
enthusiastically Of the same opinion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
DRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited TO II
or not otherwise credited In this paper
and also the local news published
herein
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

New York Democrats may rrevent
Hearst from getting the nomination,
but they fear he can prevent them
from getting the election
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

The French and Americans take
the Marseiliaise literally. They con-
tinue 10 march on"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

In the sense In which we have
been wont TO think OF armies.
thyre are no armies In this struo-
ole: there are entire nations
armed. Thus the men who remain
20 tilI the soil and man the fac
tories are no less part Of the
army that Is In France than the
this end the people must draw
men beneath the battleslsss. To
this end the people must draw
close to one compact front against
q common foe. This nation needs
all men. but II needs each man.
not In the field that will most
pleasure him, but In the endeavor
that will best serve the common
eood.-Woodrow Wilson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

Men have loss their faar Of comeu
and many have lost the fear OF Go d
But fear OF the plague will stiIl bri ng
them TO their senses.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

Vegetables and fruits are reported
plentiful. Do the prices show IL,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
WANT WEALTH PSYCHOLOGY.
a COMET COMES RUSHING.
PLAGUE COMES CREEPING.
WAR NEWS AGREEABLE.

Know thyself," said the ancient
Know wha. il is that governs you
and controls you" says the modern
wise man.
VIII some new Professor James
kindly direct the PSYCHOLOGY of wealth
ruling power cf this twentieth cen
nry9
Tell US, please, psychologist OF
wealth. why dead hero is so much
less interesting 10 wealth than live
politician?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

laave you been fooled by the po-
tfo pm myth? Widespread atten-
6sn hAs been attracted by the state
MIN. that as high as 1900 bushels
81 potatoes per acre may be grown
ky planting them in crater or pens.
as shown in the picture. The plan
has been tried by many individuals
with discouraging results. No less
authority than to Potato Magazine
declares that the pens tried at the
Arlington. Va, farm OF the United
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

The historic Greek Council House
st oknulgee. has been turned over 70
the lccal chaprsr OF the RED cross
and II yin make an ideal vurk1ng
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

WTolfs comet is seen by Greenwich
Observatory. Soon well all see IL
once such an announcement would
have created excitement.
Armies. fearing the comet. mlgh;
have stopped figh;ing-as two great
armies stopped and went home be-
c..use of an eclipse
In this skertical day OF submarine
flying machine. poison gas. fighters
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

States Department Of AgrieuElme
produced results 90 small - TO bo
almost negligible. The same author.
ity cites experiments BY the Can
adam Government. with . planting
Of ~ pounds Of seed and . yield a
81 pounds four ounces OF markst-
able potatoes. The National War
Garden Commission OF Washington,
d. C., urges war gardeners not to
waste time and money on this sx-
pertinent
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
RED CROSS HELPS
the lEPERs ALSO

Washington. ID c. July s7-The Am
ericsn Rel Cross has SHIPPED twenty
pounds os quinine to the Sisters Of 81
Vincent de Paul. Who have charge Of
the ieper colony at Farzfansana. south
Madagascar The Sisters recently
cent an appeal 10 the French minis
ter for the colonies in Paris. but he
was unable to send the quinine be-
cause Of the enactment Of Lac which
fcrhids the exporting Of II during the
present war The matter was turned
over to the American Red Cross and
ss result the auinine was on q ves-
sci which set sail from an American
port several dz7s ago The quinfne
Is wanted becsues Of the preval>sce
Of fevers
The yzccsbee Red Cross unit me-
AZ the home os Mrs. r Avery yes-
'rrdsy afternoon and accomr ,ished .
l-res amount q Red cross wcrk
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

Home Service means courage and
ocnfidence to the fighting men. cheer
ard comfort 70 ais family While be
fights for our homes ne must safe
guard his home and family
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

When John Purroy Mitchell was
alive. running for office. wealth with
out urging raised a fund Of two mil
lions TO make certain his election as
mayor Of New York. The two millions
rIDN'T do the work. but there was no
difficulty getting the money.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

cholera in Hetrograd And the dis
ease is Spreading Nature does not
like wars and murders 100 long con-
llnued.
When Europe Was alwaws at war,
the plague was always in Eur e.
from smallpox that killed its tens OF
thousands every year to the black
death that Travelled eastward. from
Tartary TO Genoa. as this plague in
Pussia is travelling eastward. and
killed more than half Of all the peo-
ple OF Europe--three-q quarters OF all
the people In England.
That black death which old Rus
SIAN chronicles say started in China.
came creeping slowly, irresistibly
ecross Europe in the fourteenth CEN
tury.
All the bloody kaisers rolled into
one are feeble mGrderers compared
With Asia's plague when II gets going.
one single epidemic killed more than
twenty-five millions OF human be-
ings
When this hideous, unavoidable
death that follows war and famine as
the ferret follows a rat, begins Its
travels in Germany you may hear a
real peace suggestion. before the
American flying machines arrive to
force H.
Man have insl their fAar OF comel
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
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One won't believe half he hears
he doesn't want to-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

How can We explain the psychology
CT the wealth mentally that volun-
tarily gives millions 10 make the right
r-sn mayor and can't be goadei into
giving a few thousands to make a
hero's memory immortal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

Where to do Red Gross Work
Red Cross headquarters st Fedora
building.
Surgical dressing room at Masonic
temple.
Coitsral unit ct Cotteral school.
Work rooms a. West Side W c 7 Q
headquarters.
Methodist unit at Methodist church
Altar society at X Of C han.
Monday
W. r. C. unit. Altar Society. Ladies'
OF Trinity church
Tuesday
U c T unit. Baptist Circle. @ A r
LIit. South Division unit
Wednesday.
Telephone operators. Welfare anti
Freker- Burton unit. Dread unit. Fsrt
,sstional bank init, Methodist unit
Altar Society. Lady Lifts. willing
Workers.
A warning has been sent GU. by
the Red Cross that the ordinary sew
ing needles are becoming very scarce.
and that workers must he very saw
ing Of them.
Peking has a working Red Cross
chapter. and Is sending large zmoanfs
OF varicns Supplies to the American
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
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6Y ARTHUR BRISBANE. ?
7 ARTHUR BRISBANE. ?

tcld OF comet only say. oh, Is that
so?" and so on fighting
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

PekinE has a working Red Cross
chapter. and Is sending large zmoanis
OF sarioas supplies to the American
hesdquzrters
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27
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Ironworkers in Brooklyn shipyards
make from $50 to 800 a week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-27

John furroy Mitchell, anxious &
serve his country. died heroic death
Cne newspaper, he World. says. ~let':
build a grand monument TO this hero.
another newspaper, the New Yori
Times says, "by all means let us dc
st."
After urging and struggling foi
many days. a few paltry thousands
are with difficulty scraped together
Il becomes necessary to reach as fsI
as Chicago and persuade julius Ros-
enwah. who gives to everything. tc
come across one thousand miles with
one thousand dollars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17

alienation of his wife's affections.
The ad damnum named is $4,000.
Jacob H. Berman is attorney for the
plaintiff and the suit was entered
Oct. s, the opening of the October
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the LEADING Stocks

New York, Oct LION an enormous
volume of business today's stock mar
ket witnessed another series OF up
ward movements in numerous Issues
mostly of the peace" group, while rec
osnized war" shares remained heavy
or at least backward.
Soine of the buying, which was UNI
usually diffuse in that II compromised
stocks Of obscure origin, was attributed
to revival of public interest predicateu
upon latest phases of the war situation:
In the main, however, trading derived
it stimulus from pools and kindred In
terests. some of which evidently foun /
it expedient to finance commitments on
the long side by extending their opera
tons for the short account.
In addition to the resumption of actiy-
ity in oils and marines at higher levels.
motors and their accessories developed
unwonted promisence and strength, and
metals ana gas shares were in process
Of further accumulation.
Wilson Packing, Virginia Carolina
Chemical, General Electric, American
Ice. American tobacco, Sears-Roebuck
and Woolworth embraced the stronger
specialties.
Rails started belated advance with
Union Pacific's two-point gain and Ca
madam Pacific's sharp rally of "a points,
grangers, coalers and the southern di-
vision rising one to u points.
AHohS me Striking features were
Mexican Petroleum, Royal Dutch and
Pan-American Petroleum preferred, at
gross advances of six to nine points, Ma
rine preferred A. Studebaker 5. U. b.
Rubber 81, Goodrich S. American Ice D,
and Ohio Gas A.. These were reduced by
one to three points at the end. u. ..
Steel lost small fraction, related is
sues forfeiting one to two points. Total
sales amounted to coo shares.
Bonds, notably Liberty issues, were
irregular, French government SIS max
ing a new high record at 102 is. Total
sales. par value. aggregated $9,S25,t,
Old U. s. bonds were unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17
Now York Produce Market

New York, Oct. Is.
FLOUR-Easier; springs and Kansas
10601110o
WHEAT-spot steady; No. 2 red 234s
track New York.
CORN-Spot firm: No.2 yellow III S-4
and No. 3 yellow 167 3-4 cost and freight
New York.
OATS-Spot easier; standard 7s.
LARD-Weak; middle west 2625Q 1855.
Other articles unchanged.
BUTTER-Firm; receipts $3.50. cream
cry higher than extras 604MS1; extras.
90 score, 90; firsts 57s0tb9l; packing stock
current make No. 2 34a.
EGGS-Firm; receipts 1852 cases; fresh
gathered extras 57Q5S; fresh gathered
regular packed extra f1rsts 546I56: do.
first 52d53; state, Pa. and nearby west
err hennery white fine and fancy S21S5;
state, Pa. and nearby hennery brown 90
ace; do. gathered brown and mixed coli
oEs 50Q57
Steady; Virginia late
crop Dbl. 300G350; sweets North Caro-
lima and Virginia No. biol. 3Oom250.
CABBAGES-Steady and unchanged.
SUGAR-Raw steady; centrifugal
72S; fine graduated 800.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17
FOOTBALL NOTES

By the biggest score ever regis
tered on the Hebron academy grid
iron, the home team Saturday after
noon defeated Deering High schools
eleven 100 to 7. Deering scored on
the first play Of the game when Quar-
terback Sprague fumbled the kickoff
and Sweetser pounced on the ball and
raced across the goal line. Prince
kicked the subsequent goal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17
Chicago Produce Market

Chicago, Oct. To-
Corn prices underwent another col
lapse today under renewal of liquidation
and short selling in a market almost
bare of support. The extreme weakness
shown was ascribed largely to efforts at
discounting developments in Germany
and Austria simultaneously with and
following the arrival there of President
Wilson'S note. Closing quotations were
heavy at the bottom level of the day.
3-S to IA down, with November III 81
to lis and December 114a to ia rs. Oats
fell l SIS to IA net. The outcome in
provisions ranged from 80 cents decline
to 81 advance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17
Boston Produce Market

Boston Produce Market
Boston, Oct. 16.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 25@B.
BUTTER-Northern 6l461s; western
5SA@6l.
CHEESE-New York twins 2SaG33.
CORNING. 2 yellow l65dlO.
EGGS-Choice hennery and nearby 70
ar; western 5iG71.
HAY-No. l grade timothy 33eoat340d
I4AMB-Spring 2eM2.
PORK-Medium backs v4le.
SUGAR-Granulated. 20 bbi lots. $50.
VEAI-12@1S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-17
'uN for $4,000, Death Liability

So. .. Conant and Franklin
,or INV. of Portland as receivers
HI. 'ne Atlantic Shore railroad have
yo" asnt suit for $4,000 against the
coma county Power Co. to recover for
Wssation awarded under the
nv 'singmen's Compensation Act for
to., u.a'h OF Robert B. Martin, a mo-
com" n employed by the plaintiff
in rpany who was killed May s, 1916.
at,..s eoank while using a telephone
an NJ, 10 the building of the Good
A-A~orsted Co. 1t is claimed that