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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-02
The Engineers.

When the convoy craWls on long
white road,
Straight to the blazing line,
While the drivers nod as they guide
On where the star shells shine,
If ''two-ten" drops with a roaring
The big trucks cease to roll
And the c., O. growls as he views the
And, swears at the ten-foot hole!
Job for the Engineers
Bring up the Wrecking crew,
Shovel and pick will do the trick,
Then we can go one through.
They're on the spot, you bet;
Soon with a clash of gears,
We're on. the way, for the roads o. K.
Fixed by the Engineers!
When the storm troops wait at the
And, each stone bridge is blown,
And the streams too deep for the fat
old tanks,
And pontoons must be thrown
Where the water boils with the shell
shot,
They will lose one half Of the men
But build that bridge, complete.
Job for the Engineers
Never you mind the loss.
Fritz has a hate. but the troops can't
Walt.
See that they get across.
You won't get no rewards,
Hear any shouts or cheers,
Bring up your mob, for here's a job
Job for the Engineers"
Oh. they mend the wire where it guards
the front;
They dig the dugouts deep,
And to tunnel mines is their steady
stunt
Like moles that get no sleep.
They take their chance where the gas
clouds Turk,
And I'll say it appears
That darn small glory and beaucoup
work
. Comes to the Engineers.
"Job for the Engineers
Something that Cant be done,'"
Nevertheless they'll do it, yes;
That's how they get their fun.
Armed with kit of tools,
Careless of hopes or fears,
Big jobs or small, you simply call
Call for the Engineers.
Written at Camp St. sulpice, France,
March 9, 1919.
Pvt. Geo. B. Gunderson,
Co. A. 32nd Engineers,
American Elk. Forces, France.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-02
MOTHERS.

. Z; MOTHERS.
Should: see: that the whole family
take at least 3 or 4 doses of a. thoro,
purifying, system cleaning medicine
this spring. Now is the time. The
family will be healthier, happier, and
get along better if the blood is given
q thoro purifying, the stomach and
bowels cleaned out, and the germs of
Winter, accumulated In the system,
driven away. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea is one Of the very best and
surest Spring medicines to take. Get
1t and see, the difference in the whole
family. Their color will be better,
they'll feel fine, and be well and hap
BY. Carlson. Bros, Druggists.-Adv
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-02
NoTIcE-DUMPiNc.

NOTlcE-DUMPiNG.
In the future no dumping of paper
or rubbish on Second Street will be
permitted. All such rubbish must be
taken across to the dump" on the
north side of the Lake.
"A. P. Bergeson,
Adv. t. Chief Of Police.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
sEcEDARs MOVE FORWARD.

Last Sunday was the day appoint
ed among the Associate Reformed
churches to begin their subscriptions to
the church's $25O,O0O Forward Move
ment." An approximate apportionGent
had been made by the committee in
charge for each church with the under
standing that this apportiOnment was
only to serve as a guide as to what
was the churchS proper share. 1t was
understood of course that while none
of the churches were bound to sub
scribe anything, there was no objection
to any of them subscribing as much
as they are disposed to subscribe. Many
of the churches of the synod have
anticipated the appointed opening day
by raising their appointments in ad-
vance. That was the case with num-
Der of churchheS in this county. includ-
ing Yorkville, Glover and Crowder's
Creek. The large ovevsubscriptionS r"-
sulting have already BEEN reported.
Among the churches that moved last
Sunday were the following, with the
initial results as stated below.
tDDDrtiOnmcnt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
MERE MENTION

A dispatch from Helsingfors says
that the famine in Petrograd has
reached such huge proportions that
forty thousand persons have died from
starvation within the past month. -.
A fierce north gale in New YORK
Sunday tore twenty lighters and scows
from their docks in Brooklyn and blew
them down the barbor. Merchandise
valued at $4,000 was blown from the
docks. go. There are siXty-eig va
cant cadetships to West Point, the
army military college available from
southern states. There are vacancies
in the Second, Fourth and Seventh con-
congressional districts. Thirteen
youne men Of the Barnardsville section
of Runcombe county, n. c., of which
Asheviile is the county seat were ar
rested Sunday by sheriff's deputies on
charges of forming an organization
which, the officers say, has caused a
reign of terror in the community Tor
several weeks. The use Of dynamite TO
break up religious gatherings Is the
most serious charge against the men.
The motives for the reign of terror ap-
pear to be that two or three or the al
legged gang had been ordered 10 leave
the community by respectable citizens
or seek work. Two of the number are
said to be eX- soldiers. Effort is be-
iny made to organize the American Cot
ton Association in North Carolina.
Lieut.. Belvin w. Maynard, Lying par
son" preached in the Baptist Taber-
nable at Raleigh, n. c., Sunday night
to the largest congregation that ever
attended a church service in that city:
INV. S.'COX, n machinist employed
in the Wicassett mills at Albermarle,
n. C. was set free by a jury at Aiher-
marie last Saturday for the killing OF
his wife. Cox killed the woman after
she had refused to live with him but
claimed that he was not in his right
mind at the time of the killing.
Major w. A. Graham, commissioner Oh
agriculture Of North Carolina must pay
his wife Mrs Sallie Clark Graham, all =
mony in the sum Of $3.50 month until
a Jury trial of her suit for divorce Is
held according to a ruling issued Dy
Judge Gion of Raleigh, n. c., last sat
urday. The California general as
sembly ratified the federal woman s
suffrage amendment last Saturday
California is the seventh state to ratity
the amendment. Lieut.. BelVln w.
MAYNARD the flying parson,' is lying
this week at the Sampson county lalr
at Raleigh, y. C......lt is claimed that
ninety per cent of the mine workers OF
Alabama are out on strike.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following transfers of real es,
tate have been indeXed in the Office o.
the county auditor since the last pub.
lication of the record:
ecthei-G. Il. Turner to J. G. a.
Turner, Executor of Will James, Mary
F.. and Alice =. Turner, 1O2 acres;
consideration. 81.
Rethesda-Yorkvillc Real Estate Co.
to Cicily Giles, 43 Gc-1OO acres; con-
sidcration. $656.35.
= a. NJ. Titman to CiCily Giles, "a
acres: consideration. $500.
Messic Ashc Harshaw to William
f. AShe, 1O5 acres; consideration,
$1.12O.
Broad River-Mrs. NJ. T.. Ramsey
Cobb to j. NJ. Cobb, 81 Gi-1OO acres;
consideration, $1.400.
J. G. Byers to 5. B. Pratt, l lot;
consideration, $G5.
!. NJ. Cobb TO J. II. WcstmOrCland,
20 acres: consideration, $l.3S5
W. 7. Slaughter TO |. B. McGill, 3
lots: consideration, $1.100.
BuIock's Creek-Wm. Y. White,
ct al to Walter 4. Blair and Mary r..
Blair, 16i acres: consideration, 81.
NcSta T.. Mitchell to Walter \. Blair
and NJ. Elizabeth Blair, 1G4 acres;
VI. Elizabeth Blair. Walter O. Blair
and DR.. J. l.. Blair TO Mrs. Nc#ta f.
Mitchell. 152 acres; consideration, 81.
John II. William. to Sam Youth
Young. lot: consideration. $40.
Catawba-C. \. I'mChcr. Trustee to
Roach * and Bertha McManus, l lot:
consideration. $7S7.5O.
=. W. Plylcr TO G.. IS. DiCkert, / lot;
consideration, $6,50O.
G. r. Sullivan to Jno. Il. Williams
and Jno. G.. KCll, ! lot; consideration,
$40.
Ebenezer-J. Edgar Poag to
Stewart Jones Co., 4 lots; cOnsidcra-
tiOn. S25.
Harry Fricdhcim to w. j. fIinson,
Il 3-4 acres: consideration. 1,56562.
Fort Mill--BCnniC and Lee Arm
strong to Lester and Ella Barber, 90
acres: consideration. $3.50.
Jas. W. +. steele ct al To Elizabeth
". Ocumpaugh, ct al, lot: consider
alton. 81.
Jno. r. Logan. c. c. c. Pls.. to Ed
win :. Reid. l lot; consideration,
$500.
York;. B Pegram to c. W. and y.
NJ. Dickson, l lot: consideration. ST.,
500.
J. W. Dobson to J. s. Grier 13 acres;
conSidcra ion. $l7O0.
\. &. and j. t.. liutChinG"n 10 =. y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
An aggregate of 81 new subscribers

An aggregate of 81 new suoscrlDerS
beginning with today's issue tells the
story of the activities of the cluo-
makers in connection with our offer 10
send the paper to January l, 1871 Tor
the price of a years subscription. by
all the precedent of the past that Is
very satisfactory showing.
We have not seen any statement as
to why John C. Barnwell gave up HIS
lob as city manager for Rock Hili' pu'
wc assume it is because he has been
offered n better paying and more
agreeable lob with the AraSon mill.
Mr.. Rarnwell is n man OF line aDillt!'
q gentleman, and as city manager ne
has given great service in ROCK Hill.
There has been much local interest
in the sale of the J. A. Ratchford ola
nIace and quite a number of people
who wanted it provided they could puy
il at what they thought was cheap. AS
a matter of fact it did go at a low price.
Mr.. Deyinney's las IL acres at $1S,-
1880 included a house that could not
be built these days for less than eight
or ten thousand dollars. Mr. McFar-
land who paid sS3 an acre admitted
that he had come prepared to pay $lOo
an acre and would have probably gone
a little beyond that. DR.. Shieder could
sell his purchase at a profit today "A
gratifying incident Of the transaction Is
that it keeps Mr.. Devinney in the
Ineighborhood in which he was born and
raised. Some time ago when lands
were cheaper, he gave his farm to Mr..
Wilborn to sell at what he thought was
an impossible price; but Mr.. Wilborn
sold it, and it looked like Mr.. Devinney
would be compelled to move to some
other neighborhood. He paid more per
acre for che Ratchford place than he
got for,his new place; but ds to wheth-
er he is t,really out anything on the
transaction is doubtful On the con-
trary, some good judges Of values think
he has rather been a gamer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
TEACHERS FORM ASSOCIATION

Some forty to fifty teachers, employ
ed in the various schools Of York cOun-
ey attended the first meeting of the
York county teachers association for
the current school year in the court
house in Y0rkville Saturday and per-
feCted organization of the association
for the current year. OFFICERS to serve
the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows: President. Prof. John +. Thom-
ason. Winthrop College; vice president,
Prof w. D. McGinnis. Winthrop Train
ing school; secretary treasurer, Miss
Bclva Saunders YOrkville. These three
officers were elected with the under
standing that they will comprise the
association executive committee who
shall have in charge the matter of pro-
gramm2 arrangement for future meet
inES.
a feature of the meeting Saturday
was an explanation Of the compulsory
school attendance law for the benefit
of the teachers spoken by Miss Belva
Saunders, York county school atten-
dance officer.
1t is proposed later to divide the as
Sociation into divisions as has been
customary heretOfOre-One to be known
ms the Eastern Teachers association
Hud tie other ~ the Western TeIChcr3'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
AUCTION SALES.

Bidding on property sold before the
courthouse door in Yorkville yestcr-
day morning under legal procedure
was apparently lively and competitive.
There was an unusually large crowd
present on account of the bidding and
the lands offered for sale brought good
prices:
Pursuant to a judicial order in the
case of l.. \. padgett and others
against s. l.. Burgess and others, 1876
acres in Kings Mountain township
bounded by lands now or formerly be-
lons;ing to Margaret Ann McElwee,
Emmett Pursley. Marshall Falls, NeG
McGill, Van Whisonant and others
were sold to f. y. McMurray for
total of $1,000.
BY virtue of court decree in thu
case of Mary Margaret Foster and
others against Julia Pauline Foster
and others, two tracts known as the
G.. w. Foster lands were sold. one
tract of ia J acres was bought by X.
Z. and f.. G.. Foster for SIT an acre.
The other tract consisting Of $50 acres
was also purchased BY r. l.. and T..
| G.. Foster for SO an acre. The lands
are bounded by lands of J. Z. Brandon,
| \. A. Burris, r. +. Lee and others.
Three tracts consisting of about 3Oo
acres lying east of Yorkville we're sold
| by virtue of court decree in the case
of Nell Jackson against Marion Jack
son, Nancy Jackson and others. Inc
land which is bounded by lands OF X
e. Mcfarland, ID. L. Shieder ano
others is known as the J. A. Ratchford
home place and was divided into threS
tracts. One tract consisting OF 145
acres was purchased by r. l.. Devin-
ney for SIPS an acre. A second trac,
consisting of 57I acres was purchased
by r. e. Mcfarland for $S3 an acre
and N third tract including 1929 acre
was bought by d. l.. Shieder for SlOs
an acre.
In the matter of Broadus NJ. Love
administrator of the estate OF L
Walter McElwee against Mrs. Lizzie
IT. McElwee and others, 268 acres o.
land in Bullock's Creek township were
offered for sale. The land was bid II
by Mrs. Lizzie I. McElYee for sS2 al
acre. A house and lot in the town o
Glover was also purchased by Mrs
Lizzie McElwee for $4,000.
The Mary i. Boyd plantation II
Ebenezer township consisting Of 19
acres was sold to w. NJ. Campbell TO
s99.75 an acre The land was sold b!
w. Francis Pressly, executor of tn
estate of Mary l.. Boyd, deceased, tn
land sold yesterday being bounded b!
LANDS of the estate Of j. Ed Roddey
deceased: estate lands of ID. A. A
Watson, deceased; and lands OF kell'
Oats and William Oates.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Simmons Of York
VILE spent Sunday with relatives in
Lincolnton, n. c.
Mrs. w. Green Steele of Rock Hill,
visited Mrs. n. J. n. Bowen in York
willie last week.
DR.. ]. NJ. Nichols, Of Atlanta, Is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Nj. II.
Nichols, in Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Dickson OF
Yorkville were business visitors in
Gastouia last Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. w. C. Whitesides of
McConnellsville attended the Caldwell
Hollifield wedding at Kings Creek last
week.
Mrs. M. L.. Carroll Of Yorkville, presi-
dent of Bethel presbyterial, is in Harris :
VILE this week attending the annual
meeting of the Woman's synodical OF
the Presbyterian church.
G.. w. Cansler, of Lincolnton, n. c..
suffered Il stroke of apoplexy last week
and is in critical condition. He is
a brother Of James Cansler of Tir-
Zah.
Rev. L. T. PRESLEY of Woodruff,
preached in the Associate Reformed
church at Smyrna last Sunday. Rev.
Mr.. PRESLEY is soon to take charge
of the Associate Reformed church at
Mccormick
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitesldes and
children of Filbert No. l and Mr.. j.
c. Dickson and daughter, Miss Agnes
Dickson of York No. !, spent several
days in Columbia, last week.
Messrs. Jack and James Smarr, Mr.
II
Sherer and Master Neil and little Miss
Mamie of the Hopewell section spent
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +.
Faris, of Glover No. 4.
Among the people Of Sharon and vi
cinity who attended the state fair in
Columbia last week were the following:
Messrs. Sam Feemster, Ralph Cain,
James Shannon, J. c. Hope, Tom Bank
head, Jim Youngblood, J. Nj. PlaNco,
w. c. Robinson.
Friends of Miss Annie j. Ashe, for
merly a teacher in the Yorkville Graded
schools and for some time past a work.
er in the hostess house at Camp Cor
don. Ga, will be interested to learn that
she is now engaged in Y. w. {. A.
work with headquarters in New York
city.
Inc IOllOWlnS 10TH COuitS IiIo'!
terians are in attendance on the South
Carolina Synod in session in Ander-
son: Rev. A. +. Spencer, Bowling
Green. Elder j. w. Thomson, Rock
Hill: Elder w. ]. Witherspoon, York
willie; Elder B. J. White, Rock Hill;
Rev. j.. II. Wardlaw, Guthriesville;
Rev. j. l.. Yandell, Ramah; Rev. j. 4.
Berryhill, Glover; Elder Walter NJ.
Bigger, Allison Greek: Elder J. f.
Brandon. Bethel; Elder w. Berry
Burns. Beersheba; Elder Marcus Dick
son. Filbert; Elder W. b. Flanagan.
Bowling Green; Rev. f. w. Gregg,
Rock Hill; Rev. f. f. Gillespie, York
Vile: Elder w. J. Gordon, Jr., Beth
Shiloh: Rev. j. NJ. McClain. Glover;
Elder r l.. McLeave, Bullocks Creek;
Rev. G. w. Nichol, Bethel; Elder }.
\. Page, Glover.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Sanitary Observation-Disclosures the SAN
itary feature of its business and in
vites you come and see for yourself.
Star Theatre-Will on November IA
l. present THE Rise and Fall of the
Confederacy" Today's programme.
Kirkpatrik- Belk Co.'s showing fine
assortment of ladies' suits, coats ana
dresses, all rightly priced.
Merchants Association of Rock Hill
Invites you to do your shopping In
that town, noting some of the many
things its merchants have on sale.
O. l., Jones, Co. OrganiZer-Gives no.
tice of big rally for "75 Million Cam
Daign" at Hickory Grove Baptist
church next Sunday night.
Feinstein Bargain Iiouse-Calls special
attention to the splendid values 1t Is
offering i'm mems and boys suits. The
Emerson shoe-honest al! through.
r II. Hartness, York No. 5-Warns all
hunters against trespassing on MS
premises under penalty or the law.
J. c. Wilborn-Offers small tract ol
land near Filbert and lot in the
town of Glover. ,,
PEOPLES Bank & Trust Gown re,
ceiye membership fees for the Red
Cross. Thanks it's farmer patrons. :,
Ida Barnett, York No. warns al
parties against hiring or harporlhs
her runaway son. o,,
w. J. Beamguard, Glover No. 4-GiVes
notice to hunters not to trespass OH
his lands for any purpose whatever.
pyramid Paint Shop, Rock Hill-Re
builds and re-covers auto tops ana
also does other things to make cars
look better and more comfortable.
York Furniture &c Hdw. Co.-GlVe you
POINTERS on superior qualities OIL the
Fisk tires. ..N
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04

policy an overwhelming vote Of con-
fidencc. 1t appears that large part
of the country is very much concerned
over the national debt of $40,OOO,OOO,-
600, and there was a strong element
that wanted to levy Il heavy tax on
capital to help extinguish this debt.
The government took the position that
while it is all right to tax property
as such and to get all the revenue
possible from incomes and inheri-
tances to undertake to levy direct
tax on capital as such would he
ruinous. The arrangement of the gov
ernment was that since the country's
debts can only be paid through pro-
ductive industry and since capital is
the essential element in the further
ance of productive industry, to weaken
capital would have the effect Of di-
minishing industry and therefore
capital. as such, should not be subject
to any direct tax. OF course there
arc two sides to the question Whether
in the American idea that every in
dividual should be taxed as nearly as
possible alike, and the owner oi
capital always looked on as individual
who is blessed with good fortune fol
enjoyment OF which he ought TO be
willing to pay his part. The idea OF
n man having hundreds of thousands
of dollars invested in such a. shapE
that it can contribute only to lis owr
pleasure and satisfaction, without
even having to pay taxes on 1T is alb
horent to the American who believes
in the doctrine of the free and equal
But still there is no denial of th'
soundness of the position Of the Brit
ish government that n systematic
diminution of industrious capital b!
means of taxation or otherwise cur
tails productiveness and detracts from
the nations ability to pay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04

If every man who is being helped by
the American Cotton Association will
give his membership and pay the
small assessment that is being asked
of him, he will he helped that mucn
more. If there is southern farmer
or business man who is not being
helped by the association, then his
business is not one that is deserving
of southern sympathy or support
There is no way of estimating the
benefit that me American Cotton AS
sociation has already conferred on
the cotton growers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04

General Pershing wants promotion
in the army by merit instead Of by
seniority. We agree with him that the
seniority plan is absurd. If a mar
is lacking in native ability and has
no Willingness TO work, length of ser
vice can hardly be depended upon to
make him the equal of the younger
man who is possessed of these quail
fiCationS. Take the case Of Col.
James B. Allison, formerly of York
vile, for instance. He is a man OF
character, ability and energy, who
would never be content to allow any
other man Of the same opportunities
TO excel him in anything. In his
line, the signal service, he has not a
superior in the United States army,
and that probably means that he has
not a superior in the world. When
the war broke out, they gave Captain
Allison cOlonclcy and put him to
doing the work of Il general over the
heads of hundreds of NUTS who were
Outranking him on the seniority basis.
Then as soon as the war was over in
stead of their giving this officer the
rank for which he had established his
fitness, he had to go back down to Il
captaincy, and those NUTS who had
been stood aside 'tO let man do it,"
were restored to their seniority. OF
course the selection rule gives play
to a lot of wire pulling and politics
pcrshing himself is Il beneficiary Of
the selection idea. AS 70 whether he
was really the best man we do not
know. We have an idea that Gen.
Wood would have done as well and
maybe better; but the point is that
there are hundreds of others who,
under tn" seniority rulc, would have
outrankCd either of them and who
would have been worse than ridiCu-
lous in the place. But anyhow it
should be selection, promotion on a
basis of fitness rather than on a basis
of length of service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
While glad to favor any and a

While glad to favor any and all
who really desire flower and vegetable
seeds. Congressman Stevenson does
not believe in sending out seeds
broadcast to those who may want
them and those who may not want
them. so he is extending an in
vitation to all who would like to have
seeds to let him know. This, as we
see it is n mos st sensible way to
handle the matter, and we suggest
that those who want seeds should let
Mr.. Stevenson know at once.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04

- Demand that women he represent
cd equally with men i'm all future in
ternatiOnal labor conferences called
under the treaty of Versailles has
been made at Tia" international con-
grcSs of working women, in Washing
ton. I'm the first formal motion to he
presented TO the congress, Mile. Jeanne
BOuviCr. Il French delegate and also
Il technical adviser tu the present in
ternatiOnal labor conference. asked
that in the next world labor meeting.
under the treaty six delegates be sent
by each nation, two to represent en-
plOycs, two to act for employers and
two from the government and that one
of the TWO delegates in each group he
a woman. The cXeCutiN" committee Oi
the congress meeting to act on Mile.
Bouvier'S motion referred il to Il com
mittc".
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
THE MARRIAGE RECORD

Marriage licenses have been issued
by Probate Judge Houston rs follows
Nov. 1-Katon Reid, Gastonia to
Willie May Lewis, York.
Nov. 1-Addie L. Justice to Nernic
Adladc Helms, Gastonia.
Nov. Robbie Chism to Matte
Small, Bethesda township, (cOlOred).
Nov. 1-Sladc Burgess to Cora Will
liamS, GastOnia.
Nov. 81. l.. Williams to Floree
Griffin. Pineville. n. c.
Nov. 3-NIarion SCism to Irene
Armstrong, Mountain View, n. {.
Nov. 3-RoSs Gregory to Barbry
Martin, Mountain View. y. c.