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Ohio trade only by paying the nns and
eating crow" -Al
Blame Federal system.
The federal system which prevailed
during the war IS blamed for the pres
ent state Of affairs. 10 facilitate tne
governments war purchaslng The war
industries board got pledges OF CO.
operation from the various industries
which produced needed materials
Trade associations were invited TO draw
up and submit price schedules. II tocse
were brought IN question the war trade
board reviewed them and nyed The
prices to be paid after getting various
manufacturers TO produce cost schcd-
ules.
The charge Is made that costs rs sub
mltted TO the government often were
grossly padded. As an example of the
strangely high estimates given admins
tratiye approval. builders site the si6.A
per thousand price for brick. announced
az time when bricks were actually
obtainable on contract IN Trenton at
$3.50 per thousand.
In The lumber business governmental
prices MfIt WAfu lN NuIla NNH-n Nf
officials who were themselves old lum-
bermen There were three big lumber
men on as many federal boards which
had 60 do With the purchase OF mil
lions OF feet OF lumber.
All barriers were let down during the
war in the matter OF buying lumber.
Before the war lumber was bourht-cn
standard classification, according TO
grade During the war this practice
was abandoned largely slz3 ciossiflca-
tion taking It's place.
Appalling quantities Of lumber were
wasted The southern forests we, so
cut into that the couHtiy's supply Of
lumber may be lmpairsd appreciably
FOR years 10 come. T'ne wooden ships
required a million and a quarter feet
OF lumber apiece.
Contracts 10 supply lumber for an
entire ship, or for several ships. wero
let out 90 combinations OF lumber deal
ers. II is a matter OF not0ficty among
men who followed the situation closely
government officials among them -
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PHILADELPHIA. July ii.-Prices Tor
all building materials, said to be ex-
tortionate and far I'm excess even OF
those charged during the war are
standing in the way Of needed housing
development in Philadelphia and IN
every city in the East.
This charge is made by builders en-
gagged in both private and governmental
work.
The further charge is made that the
skyrocketing prices OF lumber Drich'
plumbing supplies, and in fact all ma
ierials that go into the construction
OF a house, are made and maintained
illegally by combinations Of many pro
ducers and dealers, operating IN de-
fance Of the trust laws.
These combinations, Il is charged. are
either survivals or adaptations Of in
dustry formed by the government dur
ing the war to facilitate direct dealing
between producers aud federal purchas-
ing agents
With the war over government su-
pervlsion and control Of these COM
binations has ceased. They remain in
operation for the purpose, as one build
er said, "of grabbing all they cam
An official who was in charge OF
much wartime construction work sums
up the situation thus:
The government got these men to
gether as though the war were going
10 last forever. IL has-so far as they
are concerned
Cites ExtOrtiOnaie Prices.
To back the charge that extortionate
prices are being exacted for building
material J. Franklin Moss, who built
the largest group OF Emergency Fleet
Corporation houses, gave the following
figures:
Lumber-Rough ioists were $40 a
thousand feet in 1916 the last year OF
normal pre-war conditions.
Theye were s32 a thousand feet dur
Ing the war.
The lowest current price for ioists Is
si3 a thousand in Philadelphia. This
Is the quotation OF firms not in the So
called combination" Other firms are
getting S52 a thousand feet for this
same lumber.
Brick-In 1916 salmon brick cost $3.50
and 81 a thousand; hard brick, S. and
$3.50 q thousand. Present prices In
Philadelphia are ssi7 a thousand for
salmon brick and $40 a thousand for
hard brick.
Prices elsewhere are higher. In New
York brick that sold before the war for
81 a thousand are bringing s2j a thou
sand. Philadelphia is at an advantage
in brick prices because there are indie
pendent brick kilns here. In New York
brick is controlled largely by a COM
bination OF dealers.
Brick prices during the war were fix
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ed by the government. Brick for war
construction work here IN Philadelphia.
OF ordinary srade, was obtained as low
as $3.50 a thousand. The government
trade commission, however. fxed the
wartime price OF this same grade OF
brick at Si650 a thousand at the kiln.
cement-For years the standard price.
which obtained up until 1915. was %
cents barrel at the mill. During the
war The price at the mill was Si.32
barrel The present price IS seOe
barrel, at the mill.
Lime-The old standard price FOR
lime was Is to IS cents bushel. A
few years before the war it advanced
to 20 cents and them % cents. The
last named figure was the 1916 price.
During the war lime cost ~ cents Il
bushel Now 70 costs co cents.
Similar figures. an showing an adj
vance over wartime prices, might be
quoted on many other commodities en-
terlng INTO the construction OF homes.
Labor costs have advanced even since
The war in some Of the building trades,
but not commensurately with the adj
Nanclng costs Of materials. Builders
have little complaint TO make concern
ing wages paid 10 labor, In fact, ad-
milling that higher wages are a neccs-
sliy, with living costs al their present
level
Complain Bitterly.
But iliey do complain bitterly about
the exorbiiant prices charged for build
Ing materials.
Secretary OF Labor Wilson's adj
monltion 10 the patriotic 10 build
houses" said Mr. Moss, "is futile IN
view OF the prices asked-and perforce
paid-for building materials.
Because OF these prices 70 costs 50
per cent. more 10 build a dwelling house
at present than it did IN 1916. Cost
sheets kept by me in 1916 and this year
prove this assertion"
officials of the Emergency Fleet Cor
porati0n, which built the houses for
shipw0rkers on Elmwood avenue. soon
10 be sold 10 private owners. saw that
even though these dwellings were put
up during The war. and with a speed
tAah Nldi fu 10 ItEItNOldle expense sNeN
could not be duplicated now at less
than 20 per cent. over their wartime
cost
Building material dealers arc so
closely intcrlocked that purchases may
not be made direct from producers"
Mr.. Moss sald but only through local
organizations Of dealers handling prac-
tlcally an commodities. And the builder
must buy all materials, or none. from
a given dealer
Plumbing supplies are among the
hardest to set Throughout the coun-
try The plumbing material manufac-
turers operate with a unity OF purpose
which to the builders suggests hard
and fast combination. Plumbing wares
are not sold direct no matter how big
the Job or how extensive the order.
but through plumbing supply dealers.
An Instance Is related Of a Chicago
manufacturer OF plumbing material
who sold direct for a job in Ohio. lie
was flned and blacklisted in that state.
W got back into the good graces of the
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HIGH PRICES HALT
BUILDING PROJECTS
Materials Selling Higher
Than During War,
Dealers Declare
ASSERT COMBINATIONS
OVERRIDE TRUST LAWS

Builders offer these comparative
prices OF materials TO support their
belief that combinations OF pro
ducers are forcing up building
costs:
During
1916. war. Now.
Jolsis, $40 per 1000. s32OO SAB TO s0S
Brick, $3.50 TO $3.50
per 1000 .......-. slouO III 10 81
Cement. 9Oc a bbl. Si.32 S2.V2
Lime pc a bush. 4j cents GO cents
Government price.
II is estimated that il costs 50 per
cent. more 10 build a house now
than IL did before the war.
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TOURIST CLUB WILL
HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM AT MEETING


The regular weekly meeting OF the
Tourist Clun VIII hc held at . 80 o'rlocb
ibis anornoon In the sun rarlor OF the
Nueccs Hotel An educational proc
eum has hccn arranged by the com
mifteo ana 90 o. expected that large
number of tourists win attend Az
engagements have been nude Tor extra
acHte W. ~ Notp, superintendent ol
SCHOOLS. win speak and The pupils "a
thc ward schools viii give special
program
The program follows.
Invocation ReV. Henry Austin
imcrienT audience
Piano solo Anuo pNtman.
Voice solo Robert Willis Freeman
address "a. - Motley Supeilutend
ent of Public schools.
Trio sam Rankin Eleanor Hon
Rims. Louise Bernard; accompaniment
ht Frances filossman
Plano solo Jean Hifsch
Round Table Talks Mrs A D. Cor.
niah leader
Taik on TeSns W. y ifelscher.
The following part of the program
is under the direction of Miss Nauuic
caldwell first grade topohor in the
pUblic schools.
Game' "Hinderpoiba Bose and
firla.
story Epowi Nondas" Francis
CLARK
SONG. "Slumu.r Hoar- Girls
Came chimes ~ pmrirR"- BOYS
Hnd girls
Reading "Dlf Wntcimullonr ny
Franklin fiato.
solo. "Go to sleep DON, Nntnda
IlechuthOrn
Game; crested Hen" Rows and
Firls
Reading "Aloo COW. Afoo~-Ienov
lininey
Wee Songs Boys md ghls
fendlng' "My shadow Mary Mar
irct Gussett
Game. "Tantoli Girls.
Headings Mnr,'s Little famh"
Dorothy bonner
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MUCH ACTIVITY OF
LATE Is REPORTED
FROM NEGRO SCHOOL

Much activity ls reported cm thD
Hc.ro school of ate The rNrtni
IrHchcrs Association of thf negro
school met for THE urst umo durns
fha present school year. Fohnap iG
30 whlch Time 900 election of OFFICERS
waH held Officers far thn onu'nr
fcaf afe as follows
Mrs Nyuis Ayers president Mrs
SOM beverly Vice. president Mra
Arlfna q Trrohs. secrDMrt Miss Nud-
dio A N.rts assistant secretary. ways
Hnd means committee Mrs % SOL le6-
thrfs Mrs Efuo Callahan NIfs Judge
Slndcrs Mrs M1n WaiNer Nfs HUf-
np' Mrs frHnk notus treasrfor
fne regular monthly meeting vaa
t"ld irdnv-uieht March
The school Harvester ciub. ,n or.
tinistt'on 90 tho pupils which han tor
~ objects sanitation ln tho home.
sthooi and community. formation of
o. tionic hnhIfs the development 0f "a
flNeiieM knowledge 90 gardening. the
iillne of respect tor lass and order.
RNn othrr civic ldpais entertained fhr
iHtpcintIun Wlth selections Utn.lne ur.
'n ihr ioioNuInH mentioned objects
The -,heoi rlrdcn cnih noN ns4
OWNS upon fhD school grounds about
Two Thousand cabbage which win
soon Do road, f0f thc mnrhct Th,re
f also ono .ghth Of 900 acre in onions
Grace Noli who was toach-
ns ben ionrfh tear n fls Corpus
Christi schools hHs reeirnod htr n.-
-ii'on fo Accept d better PAYNE ono In
la'inH Mn Bessie Jof1eop oi nous
'on was elected fo u tho hiacs mado
fH'1nt hf Goo resignation Me- fnhn
son innsht 'orDfli wears Boo fhs uans-
l1f hIeh school
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Caller Will Hold
Reception atNew
Home Friday Night

one ~ 'hc biggest receptions
over siueel m Corpus christi viii
COS, place from to 30 O'Clock nest
Friday evening when rhc Caller
VIII fomait Open Its new plant
for inspection SEP the puhhc The
rnllor 4. nov on th, lirst ana sec
oni FLOORS oi thU Dodfi're hulid
lng iO- i0i Chapnmai street ana
wnrkmon VIII have thc huidlng
renovated Psi ihc umo of tno reUcp
ton
rhne win hc souvenirs given
to tnc visitors and an orchestra
viii furnish music a neat uuip
invitation bias Just boom issued and
mailed iu hundreds of lu,M pm.
SONS 8n1 business firms The FIRST
page is fat similc of u recent
iFsuo ul Tho caller ora tho see.
ond uage arc The names og the
officers and directors who ars as
iellowa
President Robert } Klcbcrr
Vice President John g Kennedy
Secretary. Treasurer goA Miller
Directors Robert J kichtrg john
% ken as s. , fi,ht,nsteiu "
~ Ncnman and Rol M.licr AZ
iofnet Edward q kleberg
The .Hlfl nlre contains the ou
eruved invitation io attend the
opcninr Tha final paee gives tho
personnel uf tho staff ihO l'at hc.
lnR hcaiel hf Ffhnr D. Harrison.
mHuDgu- editor Thn ,ne nantes
~ fhc ufrmtrr NJ thr advertising.
circulation business editorial and
mechanic l departments orc eiven
u tho foregoing mentioned order
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Backman-TinSch Wild
Animal Circus Is An
Entirely New Show

Amusement roera viii have an on
poriunlty on March % ans 10 of 500.
iug Che newest style OF tented exhibit.
ton whom thU Backman. Tinnoh wild
Animal Circus comes a. Corpus Chrlatl
Tho startling program offered hy th,
Organization has been received in ni
The largest cities with ihr highest oi
praise ana tho greatest commentator
For highly Skilled men ana women
trainers 90 give q long prnlseWortht
wogrnm in tho two regulation clr-
Gus rugs uHlng forty foot steel cages
H protective measure, principally
q" inNutD safety io the timid nhsefv.
eiN offering and producing all tho
Wild animal actors ln the most dnnger-
uus und thrilling acts. iH such an as b
upuo novelty thHt uo ono should miss
Thus opportunity 90 attending This
exhibition particularly interests and
ploases the ladies and children md
for whose care and attention the man
ngemcni be- particularly noted
So exhibition OF ilEs nature or
style has cVer hrcn seen in ihn violn.
%, Tor the reason the late war outrc
w excluded the importation ~ wild
animals. ana This enterprise has a.
WAYS had large supply on hand. there
was no untasiness m the part az
Bnckman TlnHch in not being able t0
rive their fun ana complete enter.
tainment
a special pleasing feature will be-
the daily rides on the ponloH and litte
horses given 10 AN the children attend
ius this woll conducted enterprise
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DERSONAL
L MENTION

Ma Leuns kuoN is u tho aus from
Austin Whore sho lH Student 40 the
state University huNus come here to
attend llr uu,rl of Mia , a. Boyd
Miss NuoN was Formerly teacher Dee
iho Corpus Christi hish school
Mr llruiN Redmond Is guest oi
Airs. 3d. N <ing ANA Alrs. a j. klc-
berg ut santa Gertrudis ranch
MI ana Mrs George Russell OF Dies
Molups iowa. and Me D. D. Anderson
uf slpuN Fails Iowa afc guests OF Mis-.
icprp ruunun
Ars William Mslonp of Houston d
here on visit to her daughter Mrs
" J. phaAton IlN fuumu Avenue
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Realty Transfers

,. D. Candors Go %. R Carver. con
sidertlon fi.o0. section 3. tnurcls
Farm Tracts
Pete Chattcrion 40 w. a. Fondron;
confederation, $4,000. Enst half OF
Let's 3 and 4, Section lN Flour Bun
and hnclnal Farm ANA Garden Tracts:
containing 20 acres.
D.. H. Coleman 90 Iohr u, Edt w.
consideration $3.50 I.~ NJ. section
~, port Arnnsas
George 49, Allison to q Z, Allison.
confederation, si.oo Triangular locA
lying south of Mann Ay,0p" and -
tWeo 9TH S'ret aud Rpiicnno Ay.r Ne
and east r'ook a.. Hohalown.
,. 3. Mcclain 90 ~ z. Naxsc p; 49,
sidoraiion sil,400. i.ota iS. IA \.
Block 9. joncs Addition to City, and
Los ~, 1lock 81, Robs,own.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS

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Nu... hafI XXX.
tso.t...., 3D.
r1 Ioao r,,..u r,.,i..,',..,'''
$3.50 IT, 81 Mut.h4u NM,
YrmIir SAN Ani.n.., s,t,,,r.
uall. Ah and AI. "a ,,nml,.
h4ui. SAN Antonio. 81 N stb,s,,. A,,r
Athnr Anon. p Ht,.. r4.,n,
rrrr. n 81 u.Il. lt,,.t.,. M
and Airs a. l.nDI.,. ni.n...
na,ni.erh nl.no. M h INK. o1.,,
r d. STARR ttlr...,..l.
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nond III Inn CIaaaIfI1A..
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Local Business Men
Are Invited to Take
Trip to Mexico Soon

Z Thn Chamber ol r0mmorce ~ san
NnuuIn hit .eut telegram to gd-
wHd ~ AIlt Nocfetiy uf fho Cofn
menoiW NH0,iuNnu asking " three
"I ipur locn business men would caro-
to faln ihr fnp nn tho special train
to AleNlcO Tho cNcuHlun win itatn
SON Antonio March .I
Mr Allie said thu reservations
should Hr made today boo ordu that be-
mas he nhic go wire lne san Antonio
commercial body tonight
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Mother and Daughter
Both Get Licenses to
Wed Within Two Days

hcfuHlo lirrn0ndez iS years old and
MirH petra Hernandez. la years old
wetc sruntod a marriage license yes
tcrdaN W the court house They live
BOP thr Baldwin nrch community. u ia
BHid tonAgnt 10 thc marriage was
given hN the moihu of the bride
Om iaat SATURDAY,. ihe mother who
Was Mls hsfueio le Leon nnd An
dtca 'aI1a were gunted q hecus" Co.
we'd
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JUNGLE JOKE
Tarzan Changes Himself From a
Man to a Lion and Saves Nur1a

meat-eating beasts and birds of the
jungle. He was hungry. Had he
been all beast he would have eaten;
but his man-mind could entertain
urges even more potent than those
of the belly, and now he was con-
cerned with an idea which kept a
smile upon his lips and his eyes
sparkling in anticipation. An idea,
it was, which permitted him to. for
get that he was hungry.
The meat safely cached, Tarzan
trotted along the elephant trail after
the Gomangani. Two or three miles
from the cage he overlook them
and then he swung into the trees
and followed above and behind them
waiting his chance.
Among the blacks was Rabba
Kega, the witch-doctor. Tarzan
hated them all; but Rabba Kega he
especially hated. AS the blacks
filed along the winding path, Rabba
kega, being lazy, dropped behind.
This TarzM noted, and it filled him
with satisfaction-his being radiat-
ed grim and terrible content. Like
an angel of death he lowered above
the unsuspecting black.
Rabba Kega, knowing that the
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village was but a short distance
ahead, sat down to rest. Rest we'll,
o Rabba kega! 1t is thy last op-
portunity.
Tarzan crept stealthily among the
branches of the tree above the we'll
fed, self-satisfied witch-doctor. He
made no noise that the dull ears of
man could hear above the soughing
of the gentle jungle breeze among
the undulating foliage of the upper
terraces, and when he came close
above the black man he halted, we'll
concealed by leafy branch and heavy
creeper.
And as Rabba Keka turned, 1.-THE
figure shot outward and downward
from the tree above upon his broad
shoulders. The impact of the
springing creature carried Rabba
Kega to the ground. He felt strong
jaws close upon his neck, and when
he tried to scream, steel fingers
throttled his throat. The powerful
black warrior struggled to- free
himself; but he was as child in the
grip of his adversary.
Presently Tarzan released his grip
upon the others throat; but each
time that Rabba Kega essayed a
scream, the cruel fingers choked him
painfully. At last the warrior de-
sisted. Then Tarzan half rose and
kneeled upon the victims back, and
when Rabba Kega struggled to
arise, the ape-man pushed his face
down into the dirt of the trail. With
| a bit of the rope that had secured
the kid, Tarzan made Rabba Kega's
wrists secure behind his back, then
he rose and jerked his prisoner to
his feet, faced him back along the
trail and pushed him on ahead.
Not until he came to his feet did
Rabba Kega obtain square look at
his assailant. When he saw that it
was the white devil-god his heart
sank within him and his knees
trembled; but as he walked along the
trail ahead of his cartor and was
neither injured nor molested his
spirits slowly rose, so that he took
heart again. Possibly the devil
god did not intend to kill him after
all. Had he not had little Tibo in
his power for days without harming
him, and had he not spared Momaya,
Tibo's mother, when he easily might
have slain her?
And then they came upon the cage
which Rabba Kega, with the other
black warriors of the village of
Mbonga, the chief, had placed and
baited for Numa. Rabba Kega saw
that the bait was gone, though there
was no lion within the cage, nor
was the door dropped. He saw and
he was filled with wonder not un-
mixed with apprehension. 1t enter
ed his dull brain that in some way
this combination of circumstances
had connection with his presence
there as the prisoner of the white
devil-god.
Nor was he wrong. Tarzan push
ed him roughly into the cage, and in
another moment Raba Kega under
stood. Cold sweat broke from every
pore of his body-he trembled as
with ague--for the ape-man was
binding him securely in the very
spot the kid had previously occupied.
The witch-doctor pleaded, first for
his life, and then for a death less
cruel; but he might as well have
saved his pleas for Nunha, since al
ready they were directed toward a
wild beast who understood no word
ofwhaths said.
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But his constant jabbering not
only annoyed Tarzan, who worked
in silence, but suggested that later
the black might raise his voice in
cries for succor, so he stepped out
of the cage, gathered a handful of
grass and a small stick and return
ines jammed the grass into Rabba
Kega's mouth, laid the stick cross
wise between his teeth and fastened
it there with the thong from Rabba
Kega's loin cloth. Now could the
witch-doctor but roll his eyes and
sweat. Thus Tarzan left him.
The ape-man went first to the
spot where he had cached the body
of the kid. Digging it up, he as
cended into tree and proceeded to
satisfy his hunger. What remained
he again buried; then he swung
away through the trees to the water
hole, and going to the spot where
fresh, cold water bubbled from be-
tween two rocks, he drank deeply.
The other beasts might wade in and
drink stagnant water; but not Tar
zan of the Apes. In such matters
he was fastidious. From his hands
he washed every trace of the repug-
nant scent of the Gomangani, and
from his face the blood of the kid
Rising, he stretched himself not un-
like. some huge, lazy cat, climbed
into a nearby tree and fell asleep.
When he awoke it was dark,
though faint luminosity still ting
ed the western heavens. A lion
moaned and coughed as it strobe
through the jungle toward water. 1t
was approaching the drinking hole.
Tarzan grinned sleepily, changed his
position and fell asleep again.
When the blacks of Mbonga, the
chief, reached their village they dis
covered that Rabba Kega was not
among them. When several hours
had elapsed they decided that some
thing had happened to him, and it
was the hope of the majority of the
tribe that whatever had happened to
him might prove fatal. They did not
love the witch-doctor. Love and
fear seldom are playmates; hut a
warrior is warrior, and so Mbonga
organized a searching party. That
his own grief was not unassuageable
might have been gathered from the
fact that he remained at home and
went to sleep. The young warriors
whom he sent out remained stead
fast to their purpose for fully half
an hour, when, unfortunately for
Rabba Kega-uron so slight thing
may the fate of a man rest-a honey
bird attracted the attention of the
searchers and led them off for the
delicious store it previously had
marked down for betrayal, and
Rabba Kega's doom was sealed.
When the searchers returned
empty handed, Mbonga was wroth;
but when he saw the great store
of honey they brought with them his
rage subsidized. Already Tubuto,
|. young, agile and evil-minded, with
face hideously painted, was practic-
ing the black art upon sick infant
in the fond hope of succeeding to
the Office and perquisities of Rabba
Kega. Tonight the women of the
old witch-doctor would moan and
howl. Tomorrow he would be for
gotten. Such is life, such is fame,
such is power-in the center of the
worlds highest civilization, or in the
depths of the black, primeyal jungle.
Always, everywhere, man is man,
nor has he altered greatly beneath
his veneer since he scurried into q
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The Anal complete jungle tn win
appear Saturday, August 10. p