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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-30
SHORT TERN NOTES.
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW York, Sept. 23.-Sentimcnt on the
cause Of the Strike on the British ra!srays
and tho cancellation by the shipping board
Of sailinss of it's vessels to United Kingdom
norts and the market weaker. The
movement downward also was helped by a
decline in rates for sterling exchange; There
Was no apparent change In the hullish aver
age OF crop and spot advices. but con-
tinuation Of the tie-up OF the English rail-
roads Undoubtedly would decrease consump-
zion by the mills in the Lancashire district
The labor situation in England outwcished
eyory other influence and Manchester re-
nortcd cloths and yarns disorGanizcd. Flu
luz at Liverpool receded sharply and fur
.her losses were expected,
Strength In the stock gave INCREASING CON
6denco to cotton huils in the last hour, and
increasing support sent prices up to al
most the closing levels OF Saturday Near
the close selling In expectation OF fresh
break al liverpool tomorrow carried prtces
OF moderately. leaving the markell finally
ba rely steady at n net decline of 81 to 40
points. -. ,,, :. -
poiIlts at 1926 for middling; there were 20
spot at New Orleans was firm. with mid
ding unchanged at 32hc. The sales were
nsi bales. Port receipts totalcd LASS bales
while exports aggregated 1880 bales.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-30
Official Range and Sale of Stocks in New York
Sales.

1900 Advancc-Rumlcy .......
100 Advance Rumley. pfd. ..
l.40o Allis-Chalmers ........
Aliis-Chalmers. pfd. -.
loo Alaska Gold ..........
1900 Am. Beet Sugar, com. -.
10000 american Can
american Can. pfd. -.
800 Amer. CaC- and Fdry.
100 American Cotton Oil -.
.ioo Amer. Hide and Lea, com
$500 Amer. Hide and Lea. pr.
100 Amer ican Linsced OIL :.
9,l0o.Ainerican Locomotive -.
2.l0 American Smelling
lO0 Amer. Drug Syndicate.
$4,000 American Sugar ........
loo Am. Tel. and Tel. Co.
Amer: Tobacco, pfd. -.
600 Am. Writing Paper, pfd.
1 a'i,So Aam nn Woolen ......
Atlantic Coast Line -. !.
\. c. l.. OF CT tRaIto.
l.6Oo Baltimore and Ohio
Sc, 400 Bet hlehem steel, y
900 Bethlehem steel. SEQ pfd.
3i'5oo baldwin locomotive -.
.'oOc '.auuO vi
1000 Canadian Pacific
%. 100 California Petroleum =.
2o.s0o Central Leather. com. ..
300 ChcSapcak and Ohio
1000 chLicago Great Western
ooo ca. Great West. pfd. :.
200 chi. Mil. and ST. Paul.
200 chi. X, ]. r.. com.
1000 chi. r. l. and =. SO pfd
200 CHI. X. ] ana p. 70 pfd
c0.2OO Crrcible Steel Cor. com :.
800 Colorado Fuel and Iron.
81. i90 cuba Cane Sugar.
100 Corn Products. com
900 rrceDort Texas
zoo Dome Mines ............
zoo Eric $500. ...........
900 Erie. LIST pfd -.
l3.lep General Motors
5.l00 Goodrich, com.
2,2eo Great Northern. pfd.
Zoo Great. North. Ore CTS. :.
100 lii:roiS Central
1900 Inter. Nickie
500 Inspiration Copper
1920 Int Mcr. Mar. com
9.l00 Int. Mcr. Mar, pfd. -. :.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
Why Credit Is Necessary.

ACTIONS not only speak louder than
words-they take the place of words.
A mans actions not only reveal his
character-they are his character"
writes William McClintock. giving ad-
vice to retailers in Everybody's. He
says "Well, if you are really a new
fashioned retailer, if (the credit people
say and are really a bright young
fellow with an eye to long life and
happy one, you will not wait to be
asked but you will go and tell all
your secret to good and sympathetic
credit house. You will tell them Just
where you stand and ask them what
to do. They will probably tell you to
send them a monthly statement of
your sales and expenses, the names
of the houses you have dealt with for
the last six months, the houses to
whom you owe money, your past due
accounts, II any, the names Of your
bank or banks. They put the facts on
file. They wire you to go ahead and
place your new orders. Then when
their customers inquire about this new
fellow (meaning you) from Whitney,
Okla, they tell them to go ahead and
ship the order, and it's all plain sailing
for you"
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
Mauritius.

Mauritius, the home of the dodo, is
in the political limelight, or so 1t
would appear from the announcement
that the Bordeaux chamber Of COM
merce has requested the French gov
eminent to enter into parleyings with
Britain with view to restoring for
mer French supremacy. Since the
dodo is extinct, it will be more accu-
rate to speak of Mauritius as once
the home of that now almost fabulous
creature. Mauritius was once known
rs Cerne, a name which 1t is said to
have derived from cienas-the dodo,
or, more automatically, the ground
pigeon. Portuguese, French, Dutch,
and British have all been connected
with the history of Mauritius. 1t was
discovered by the Portuguese. 1t was
French for 100 years and then British.
Il became British in 1914 but during
the French Revolution it had served
az a refuge for many emigres to whom
the Emerald isle of the Indian ocean
w"S.enown as the scene of Bernadin
de st. Pierre's paul ct Virginie." In
size II equals about the eighteenth part
of the area of England and Wales. -
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
COULD FEEL FOR AFFLIcTION
Man Had Not Forgotten How IL Felt
to Be Deprived Of the Blessing
Of Sight.

He looked as if he owned a bank.
And he was talking to a man who
looked as II he owned two.
And while they confabbed in front
Of hotel wrinkled woman came up
to them leading wrinkled man. She
was selling matches-5 cents a box,
three for
The one-bank man waved aside the
matches, but<put some money in the
woman's hands, and asked her I'M
lucky companion how he came to lose
his sight.
The blind man said that he had
never had any sight to lose. He was
born that way.
The man Of the two banks Clipped
In with donation, then the couple
moved on, the blind man, philosoph-
ically serene and the woman shrilling
her slogan-"Matches! Five cents a
box, three for"
And the one-bank man said to the
one who owned two:
81 had my eyes bandaged for a week
once. Blindness is a tragic thing"
Which showed that, in his case any
how, little knowledge was not dan
gerous thing.-Washingto Star.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
WAR TAUGHT HIM SOMETHING
Returned Doughboy Convinced, Among
Other Things, That There Is Little
Gained in Kicking.

'There are thousands of returned
soldiers to whom the war was spir-
itual university" says Maude Rad
ford Warren, in Everybody's. "They
have won an understanding and a
tolerance beyond their years. The best
example know is my friend Sidney.
aged Twenty-Five and endowed through
the hard means of shot and shell with
maturity beyond his years.
"'At home Sid said, 4 used to kick
if things didn't go right. Well, sitting
around in the mud over here I have
begun to think a lot about some of
the older people I know. They take
things just as they come, l notice;
don't kick much. Life seems to teach
them that. Well. the war strike4 me
as just lot of concentrated life. It's
been that to me, anyhow. If ever
Kick, it's sort of from force of habit.
l honestly don't want to very much.
let the bad luck go with grin, and
n not, with set teeth, and l try not
to count 1t at all. The good luck
count as clear velvet. 1t may not
be logical way of looking at life, but
it's a practical way. Sitting here In
the mud and getting old myself, fig
ure that is about the way the nice
middle-aged people I know at home
look at things. Being a good sport is
about as good a thing as anyone can
contribute to the world"
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
NEEDS MORE CHURCHES
How the Practice Of Foot Binding in
China Interferes With Work
Of Missionaries.

One foot, linear measurement. may
be II inches, but one foot, pedal, may
be no more than four or five inches
when that foot belongs to a Chinese
woman.
For centuries Chinese women have
bound their feet. 1t was only a few
short years ago that, through the in
fiuence Of Christian missionaries In
the celestial republic, law was passed
prohibiting the practice of foot bind
ing.
Future generations Of China's wom-
en- will be free from the curse but the
present generation still suffers from IT,
The binding began in infancy and con-
t'nued through the years to maturity.
The result was perhaps gratifying to
the Oriental, but II had its vexations
for the missionary and still has.
1t may seem strange that mission
aries have any great concern over the
feet Of Chinese women, but they have
indeed, for unless church can be
pldceu conveniently IN any CnlneSe
city 1t is impossible to get the women
of that country to go to church. Their
feet won't let them, for walk four or
five miles to church on feet only four
or five inches long is harder under
taking than 1t may seem at a glance.
The church is trying to find a way
to meet the problem of tiny feet. Man.
ifestly the church cannot enlarge the
feet Of the feminine Chinese converts
but it can build more churches, so that
little feet will not have so far to walk,
and through its nationwide campaign
1t is seeking to show the need of more
churches in China just as it proposes
to enlarge its work at home.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
SISCO, NEWS NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon of
Pomona were visiting Mrs. Ring and
daughter, Friday.
Friends of Mrs. Head will regret to
hear that while she was visiting in
Palatka recently she had a bad fall
but all wish her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. G. A. Godfrey and mother,
Mrs. Cardell, of Hobe-Sound were
guests at "The Way-Side Inn," Sun
day.
Mrs. T. C. Douglass and daughter,
Pauline were spending a few days
with mother, Mrs. Wells, recently.
The many friends of Mr.. L. J. Noey
enc of our farmer winter residents,
were saddened to learn of his death
which occurred at Milton, Wisconsin,
Nov. 1st.
Mr. Harper, of Welaka, has been
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
Was Variety the Spice Of Her LKe7

1t is commonly thought that very
long series of names is reserved for
kings and the sons and daughters Of
kings. We have frequently exclaimed
over the seven names with which King
Georges eldest son is afflicted, or the
former crown prince. for that matter.
But probably the longest name in the
world Is attached to mere laundry
mans daughter. She was born in 1888,
and her parents, surely from sense
of the ludicrous, gave her name for
every letter in the alphabet, to-wit:
Anna Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily
Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane
katherine Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia
Patience Ounce Rebeeca Sarah Ter
esa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon
Yetty Zeus Pepper. What will Miss
Pepper do when it comes to finding
new names for her own future fam
ily?-Boston Post.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13

spending few days with Mr.. Wells
recently.
Miss Mildred Head has as her
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Head,
formerly of Palatka, but now of Po-
mona.
H. A. Ring, of Jacksonville, spent
Tuesday with his family at their for
mer home.
j. c. Perry has just returned from
motor trip to the southern part of
the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Orr and son,
Frank, have been guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. C Alvers during the past
week.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
TAXASSESSOR BULLARD
EXPLAINS TAX RAISE.
INCREASE is DUE TO INCREASE
~ IN THE MILEAGE.
Collector Explains How Each Tax
Payer Can Compute His Own
Taxes.

Tax Collector George F. Billiard
has been besieged recently by tax-pay-
ers who wish to know why their taxes
have been increasd. In order 10 sat-
isfy all, Collector Billiard has made
the following statement, indicating
just where the difference comes:
81 wish to state, in the way of ex-
planning that your taxes will be more
for this year 1919 than they were for
the previous year even though the
valuation is the same. The increase
Of millage is six co. mills over 1918
all over the county, and here in the
Falatka School District No. Q) one,
the increase will be 11) eleven mills
over 1918, for the reason that (5) five
extra mills was put on for school pur-
poses Now, when you have paid for
1919, just compare the valuation with
that you have on your last years re-
ceipt and nearly always you will find
them alike or the same, then figure
out the difference between what you
paid last year and what you will pay
this year by multiplying the value by
this years millage, which is go cts)
sixty cents more for State and Coun-
ty on each 500 of value. If in this
School District No. % one then fig
ure by II mills or S1.10 on each
hundred dollars of value, for State
County and School, subtract one from
the other, the amount for 1918 from
the amount for 1919 and you will find
that the increase is caused by an in
crease of mills and not by change
in your valuation. Of course there
are some exceptions where it was nee
essary to change value to suit the i'm
,rrovements made.
There are so many, who without |
stopping to figure and find out, are
ready to blame the assessor, and ma
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
Why Stature Varies.

On higher ground the people are u.s.
ually shorter, so the Swiss and central
Europeans generally are stocky rather
than tall. Sometimes stature varies
with the class of men. Early emigrants
to America before things were made
easy by the steamship companies were
always taller than the races from
which they had sprung. They were
picked men, full of physical vigor and
courage. Stature varies also accord
ing to profession. About half the pro-
fessional and ecclesiastical classes are
tall men, but only about one in ten of
the cobblers, weavers and tailors reach
the height of feet Z inches.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13

ny come for me to explain, and while
l am perfectly willing to do this and
will do it, at the same time I am
writing this hoping to save a whole
lot of figuring.
Of course, when you vote for more
roads, more schools and better paid
teachers it requires more tax money
to meet these things, and the money
we think is we'll spent for such.
G.. F. BULLARD.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
HOW SOUTH DAKOTA is
liz w PLANNING TO CON-

HOW SOUTH DAKOTA is
liz w PLANNING TO CON-
TROL RIVERS OVERFLOW.
The possibility Of restoring a
beautiful lake region in the east
ern central part Of South Da-
kota is brought out in connec-
ton with the efforts of the state
game department and property
owners, to control floods In the
valley Of the Blk Sioux river,
which crosses the eastern end
Of the state. For several years
there has been more or less
crop loss in the valley from
floods.
There are several swampy
lakes in the region, which were
much larger at the time of the
early surveys of the country,
when the prairie shed water like
matched roof, and all the sur
plus water ran into these lakes,
instead Of soaking into the soil,
as 1t does since cultivation.
Just west of the valley of the
Blk Sioux there are at least five.
good-sized lakes, and number
of smaller ones, all on a fairly
level plain, with general drain
age to the south. The state
game department has made
start by its present work on a
ditch to carry food waters of
the Big Sioux into Lake Poin-
sett, the most nOrthernly Of this
chain of lakes, and the one
nearest the river, which has at
times taken a part of the flood
waters of the stream, but which
will take more through the
work Of the state game depart
ment In its efforts to increase
the hunting and fishing opportu-
mites Of the state. Less than
q mile south of Lake Poinsett
is Lake Albert and a little far
Their south of them Lakes Badg-
er, Thisted, Preston, White
wood and Thompson, all good
sized reservoirs, in a close
group. These lakes would hold
a large part of the flood waters
Of the Big Standardization Sci
ence Monitor.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-13
Tho Fly and the Flea.

A fiy and flea in a fiue were i'm
prisoned. Said the fly: "Let us fee"
Said the flea; "Let us fly" So they
few through a flaw in the fiue.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29

Frank Ryant and family from Fort
Atkinson were guests 1t the Joseph
Rihs, ST., home Sunday.
Matt Novak went to North Dakota
last week.
Frances Kinkor returned from Cedar
Rapids Tuesday.
Zsphie Zahssky visited ct the Frank
Koshatks home Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Lewis Prsska 10 visiting at F. W.
Koudelka home.
Mayme Skoda went to Calmar Sat
urday. y
Mr.. and Mrs. Heven Lukesh were
callers at the Frank Swestka home at
jackson Junction. Monday.
Joe Riha, ST., was business caller
1T Fl. Atkinson Tuesday.
Fu Frank Fisher and Joseph Feucl mo.
tored east Monday on business.
|ss Charles Bousks was q Ridgeway bus
mess caller Tuesday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29

John Griebel and family of DEBORAH,
spent Sunday 1T the, heme Of Bert
Daniels. XII" - = T." e $@v] / i'@
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lsdwig: and
children, of Sumner, Iowa, sutoed here
Sunday and spent the day with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Aegerter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Wentworth of
DEBORAH were in town Thursday.
Mrs. Rush returned to Fergus Falls
Friday noon after isit here with her
sister, Mrs Iven Hovden.
The next meeting of the Standard
Bearers society of the German M. E.
church will meet at the Ernest Vatt'
haver home. -&.
MIR. and Mrs. G.. w. Brinkmkn: and
Ethel left Tuesday for Waterloo, where
they go to make their future home:
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29

Mr.. Bispiel. of Chicago. come to join
bis wife at the James Ondresek home
last week. They will remain for few
days before returning to their home in
Chicago.
Angelina Barnes assisted Mrs. Behj.
Bousks with household duties Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Malek with son
Willie and daughter Nora accompanied
by Miss Hyke went to Mason City
Tuesday. They will visit other towns
before returning home.
Frank Barnes and son Lenfred at
teeded the ball game at Lawler Sum-
day.
Lille and Carrie Vrba went to Ridge
way Wednesday Carrie will remain
with her sister Mary while Lille stays
in Cedar Rapids with her sister Anna
and husband. ~y..,
Frank Milota. who was employed at
the M. Lydon farm, returned home
last week.
The party at the Polsnsky home was
we'll attended.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29
PROTIVIN TATTLE TALE

William Riha accompanied by his els
ter Rose. motored to Cresco Tuesday.
Mrs. Konope and daughter Mary, Of
Lacrosse. Wis.,, are visiting at the
Frank Fencl home. w.
John Klemish and Lewis Pecinovsky
was business callers at Ridgewsy Mon
day.
Mayme Smith from Spillville visited
1T the Henen Lukesh home few days.
Mrs. Frank Kinkor and children
from Chippewa Falls. Wis.,, are visit
ing at the NJ. v. Kinkor home.
]. D. Bouska was . New Hampton
business caller Friday. .e.
Regina Zahasky returned from her
visit 1T Austin, MIMI. and Cresco.
frankie Klemish and Thos. Holub,
Jr., were business callers 1t Ridgeway
Saturday. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kovarik and son
Lewis and wife. who we're visiting at
the Joseph Kovarik, ST., home, left
last Sunday via auto for their home in
Chicago.
Frank Kryson of Calmar was bust
ness caller here one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chss. Bouska and fam
lily motored to Alta Vista Sunday.
Jerome Phillips from Calmar called
on friends here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Prssks and child
rem from Ionia were calling on relatives
here Sunday. ~
Fred Lukesh, Jr., was business
caller in Ridgeway Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Bousks. &C.
companied by Wayne Lukesh and her
brothers, Arthur and Ray. motored to
DEBORAH one evening last week to see
Mary Pickford in Daddy Long Legs"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29
? : y - s1HS ..-t, =
co'uKTsafNs
SCHLEY.

Don't forget the dance in this old
town Monday night. for the new SOL
diers' home at Jerico. Good music en-
gagged: Come and bring your lady.
Joe Citek, Ed Malek and Willie Nor.
avetz attended the dance at Protivin
Tuesday evening.
, Floyd Wilson and pony were out
searching to buy dog Monday.
Lillian Swestka returned from La
Porte Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. L. V. Swestks, son
Rube and daughter Lsverne, autoed to
La Porte City and spent the day with
C. A. Fosse and L. H. Derr families,
returning in the evening, accompanied
by their daughter Lillian and Evelyn
Derr.
Mrs. Joe Nebauer and son Claude
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Beaver to Cresco Monday. =
Harriet Doherty spent a few days
this week with her cousin, Miss Leona
=
Barnes. r..
Mike Barnes. son Harry and daugh-
tiers Inez and Winnefred, attended the
ball game at Lawler Sunday.
+ Clarence Barnes went with Ruben
Swestka Monday to work on the road
over near Elms. 81
Emma Hyke returned to her home at
CARRIER Tuesday.
Will Jolliffe went to Plover Saturday
to attend to certain business.
Clarence DeWalle and family called
At the VIM. Wilson home Sunday.
Joe Nebauer has been blowing on his
home farm near Lourdes this week.
Gladys McCarville enjoyed q visit
with. relatives and friends in Cresco
last week.
Cyril Bouska spent Q few days last
week with his grandparents in Protivin.
Bernice Barnes has been visiting her
friend, Marguerite Rivers, the past
week.
Frank Barnes and family were en-.
tertained at dinner at the James Conry
home Sunday. -
Edward Pecinovsky of Cresco is work
ing at the creamery these days.
Mrs. Sophia Svoboda and Con Ed
ward were callers in this burg Monday.
Edward Ondrasek resigned bis job at
the creamery Tuesday.
John Nohale attended mass in
Lourdes Sunday. =
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29

and Mrs. S. D. Towne. of Cresco, vis.
tied Sunday 1t the George Easier home
near Harmony.
Remember the annual Howard Co.
Sunday School convention to be held ct
the Albion church Friday. Sept 5th.
Work will be put on by delegates from
the various schools Of the county, also
two State workers will be present.
The people of the Albion church plan
N1a~y pleasant surprise for Rev.
and Mrs.. Turner Ut the C. A. Holcomb
home, Friday evening Of last week, it
being their 10th wedding anniversary, .
large company being present. The
evening VS. delightfully."- spent in social
conversation, music and stunts" At
the appropriate time bountiful lunch
con vas sGlod from well filled baskets
brought BY the ladies. when Rev. and
Mrs. Turner were presented with .
purse with which to purchase some
thing for their home that will ever be q
memento Of the happy event.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-08-29
RIDGEWAY.


Spenser Baker, Allen Butz and Or
vile Allen were at Cresco Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Carrothers and
son Keith left the latter part of the
week for their new home ct Ottumws,
Iowa. -.
Mrs. Olaf Guttormson and baby re-
turned from Red Wing, MIMI, Sstur.
day, ~
Mrs. Ellington and Anna visited REL
atives at Cslmar Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Fjelstul was At Cslmar
last week having dental work done.
Anita johnson is spending this week
visiting relatives at Bonair.
R.. G. Baker and family spent Sun
day with relatives at Saude.
Walter Whitney. of Algons, Ia, was
in town Sunday calling on old scquaint-
ances.
Ruth and Mae Noblett, of Bonair,
visited from Thursday until Saturday
with their cousin, Anita johnson.
Orrie Libbey left Saturday morning
for Laramie, Wyoming. where he goes
to teach.
Mabel Magnus Henrietta and Gloria
Baker were Cresco callers Saturday.
Fred Kafer and family, of Littleport,
autoed here Saturday and spent the
day with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hopperstad and
Anna and Marjorie Sundsyed at the
Demo Kratz home.