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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26

the spur of great necessity. At the
same time, Europe having practically
stopped production, other nations
turned to US for supplies. Thus the
eXtremeties of Europe threw upon us
the tremendous task of minstering to
the worlds needs, which we did, at
commensurate profit. The war ended,
and Europe, spent, impoverished, with
such money as it had. greatly depre-
ciated, and its credit seriously i'm
paired, had to reduce its purchases,
although in extreme need of food and
of the materials with which to rebuild
it's shattered industries. Its low finan-
cial and productive state is the cause
of the still growing decrease in our
exports, to the continent, the chief
cause of the severe check to American
business, and it remains the princi-
pal impeachment to the establishment
of healthful business conditions in thi
country. .l x
Take, for example, the cotton stu
alton. We have great surplus of
cotton. A large proportion Of the
crop has always gone to Europe, but
she is now unable to buy in anything
like the quantities she needs. In CON-
sequence, the price of cotton has gone
down so per cent or more. The cot
ton planter must either hold his cot
ton or sell at loss. In either case
the local merchant suffers, for he is
as dependent upon cotton. as is the
planter. The jobber with whom he
| deals loses trade, the manufacturer
who supplies the jobber loses orders,
the laborer in the mills loses work and
pay, the shopkeepers who supply the
laborers lose, and in turn set up ano-
ther circle of losses, all because Eu-
rope is unable.to buy cotton. So it is
with wheat and copper, and in less de-
gree with other products. The disa-
bility of Europe, directly or Indirect
ly, affect the prosperity Of every one
of us. 1t is necessary to realize all
this in order to understand how i'm
portant it is to ourselves to aid in
finding solution for the financial
problem of Europe, to help put it on
its feet and in a renewed buying con
dition. 1t is not primarily matter
of altruism, though indeed Europe
should have our help as well as our
sympathy on that ground alone, but
more impellingly it is a matter of su-
preme self-interest. We have to real
ize this, also, in order to understand
how intimate and close our relations
are with Europe at all times, rela-
tionship it is impossible to withdraw
from without disaster to ourselves.
The currents of commerce must flow
freely between America and Europe
if business is to be sound here or
there. How to restore this circulation
is now our greatest problem.-Globe-
Democrat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26

ment where necessary with third Pow
ers. in order to carry the above stipu-
lation into effect"
The disposition of the colonies was
made more specific by Article 1l9,
which says:
Germany renounces in favor of the
Principal Allied and Associated Pow
ers all her rights and titles over her
oversee possessions"
Having abolutely and unqualifedly
renowned all her rights, titles and
privileges in her former colonies, Ger
many has no mOse legitimate, interest
in the way the manufactures are sexer-
cised than the United States has, or.
Brazil, or Norwawy. Germany cannot
legitimately plead that there has been
bad faith in deprivng her of a voice
in the distribution of the mandates,
by keeping her out of the League of
Nations. ITO make that plea is to
claim special position with reference
to the colonies. The colonies them
selves might charge bad faith, but
for Germany to do so-is to ignore the
fact that shesever renowned her in
terest in Them
We have the old result, then, that
Germany denounces the colony claus
es of the Treaty of Versailles, virtu-
ally on tn ground that she never adj
mitted their validity in the first place.
If this can be done with one section
of the treaty it can be done with the
whole document-provided the Allies
permit it. There was some German
cleverness in choosing the colonies as
point of attack, because the colonies
have been surrendered, and at the
present time nothing is involved but
an academic question. If the Allies
undertake reprisal, they will find
themselves concerned merely with
German words, not German action
cor a refusal to act. So nothing really
effective can be done, unless the AL
| lies take this occasion to enforce COM
pliance with other important sections
of the treaty. r.
The German note was bad blunder
if Germany expects to gain through it
a place in the League of Nations
The advantage gained by showing
that implied promises to Germany
! have not been carried out was lost by
| the manifest maneuver for the de.
struction Of the treaty. The League
of Nations, OH its part, might profta-
bly, conclude that the less it has to dc
with the enforcement of the treaty
the better. And until the question OF
Germany's admission is settled one
way or the other, the leagues reply tc
the charge of bad faith should be the
assertion of real sovereignty ovel
the former German colonies. The
mandate system should not be allowed
to become cloak for exploitation
| St. Louis Star.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26
BRYAN'S SUGGESTION

Bryan's suggestion that Wilson re-
sign, that : Vice President Marshall
appoint Harding Secretary Of State
and then that Marshall resign also,
automatically making Harding Pres
ident at once, is not only remarkable
suggestion, but sound, constructive,
wholesome .he.
At one stroke, Bryan's idea, If fol-
lowed out, would get rid of the harm
full rigidity of the American presiden-
tial election system, without any ne
cessity of making troublesome chang
es in the constitution.
AS Mr.. Bryan says, the people have
turned the administration down fiat
and cold, so why shouldn't the admin
istration fold its tents and get out of
the way as soon as possible? In Eng
land, if mere majority of parliament
wills it, the executive steps down and
out. Well we've had an anti-admin-
istration congress for two years now;
and now, at last, we've got a thump-
ing big verdict from the people them
selves, directly on the issue of the
presidency.
And yet, unless Wilson and Mar
shall follow Bryan's suggestion--and
the chances are hundred to one they
won't follow-we'll drag along for
four months with an administration
that has no popular support back of it..
President Wilson could achieve a
great stroke of craftsmanship, could
set splendid and long-needed prece-
dent, if he were to step out now. His
party could then even demand, if the
congressional elections go Democrat
ic two years from now, that Hard
ing step out and let Democrat step
in. We would then be rid of the ano-
malous and absurd situation with
which we are so often confronted,
that of an executive and a Legislative
department deadlocked, and doing
nothing but vituperating one another
and wasting time and money.
Bryan has made a mighty sound
proposal, and no one should think of
it as just piece of freakishness. And
coming as it does from a Democrat,
it has added force, ever though Bryan
is not exactly Wilson Democratic
San Jose, Calf, News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26

position. At Republican conference
in St. Louis Saturday, Nov. w, II was
decided to allow him to name all SEN
atorial committees.
Howard Gray of Carthage, hold
over Senator from the Twenty -eighth
Senatorial District, will be opposed to
William c. Irwin of Jefferson City, the
Twentyseventhdistrict for president
pro.tem. A suggested compromise is
TO make Gray President protein and
Irwin, republican floor leader.
The leading candidates for Speaker
OF the, House of representatives are
former Sam F. O'Fallon of Holt coun-
Nv, and Walter Z. Bailey, speaker pro
tenn during the last session ana a
three-time member from the Carthage
district of Jasper county. Other as
pirants for the speakers chair are:
John C. Dyott, Howell county; u. B.
Whitaker. Hickory county, and W. r..
Caulfeld, second termer from 81
Louis.
Governor-elect Arthur M. Hyde, and
members of both houses of the incom-
ing general assembly and non-partlsan
political organizations such as the
League Of Women Voters, will INSIST
that the primary system of selecting
State tickets for all parties be MAIN
tanned but are expected to ask tnat the
state law be amended to correct all eX-
listing defects. The purpose Of this
will be "to strip" primary elections OF
Missouri of boss control and turn the
privilege of naming all party nom'-
nees solely over to the voters.
Hyde For Statewide Primaries
1t is pointed out that Governor-elect
Hyde was not the choice of the "gop
bosses for that big republican nomina-
ton last August, these powers and the
st. Louis interests being for the
Springfield newspaper editor, E. E. E.
McJimsey. The republican voters OF
rural Missouri wanted Hyde as their
candidate and put him over with the
aid of the present Statewide primary
| law.
Measures advocating changes in the
franchise and income tax laws to elm
mate some of the features against
which objections have been raised will
be introduced early in the next session
of the Legislature. -.
The next State Senate will consist
of nineteen republican senators and
fifteen democrats, With State. Sena'
tor Conway Elder, elected Supreme
Court Judge. resigning to accept his
new position, it will leave for thirty
days, until this St. Louis Senatorial
vacancy can be filed, but eighteen re,
tpublicans senators, just one over one
half of the total membership. If one
or these eighteen dies or become seri'
ously i'll, it will sadly hamper the pro-
ceedings of the Senate, for at least
half of the session unless combina
ton is made with the democratic pha
lanx of fifteen and substantial recogni
ton given this faction Of the Senate.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26
GET DEFLATION ON STRAIGHT

Any lowering of prices in the gen.
eral defiation that is generally de-
manded should have come and should
come in all commodities proportion
ately. That's fundamental common
sense. 1t is necessary to prevent dis
aster.
But it's not working out that way.
Farm products have been slashed to
the bone in almost all lines. In prac-
tically everything else the cuts, il
any, have been moderate. ,s
Wheat is off. far below the cost of
production. But. the loaf in town is
the same old price and only an ounce
heavier. Livestock. is SO low that
many men are quitting the business.
Meat in town is very little lower.
Potatoes and apples are cheap, wool
is bid at next to nothing and hay is
half or less than half Of last years
price.
In return for these lower prices on
the farmers products the town is pay
ing back in low-priced automobile
tires and automobiles, but for the
staples, such as clothing, shoes. med
icines, money to lend and many other
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26
THE MATTER WITH BUSINESS

When a dam is thrown across a
stream the current is checked, and
gradually the accommodating water
spreads out to the sides and to the
rear, forming a still lake, without
movement. This, in a very large de-
gree, is the matter with business in
America. Motion is essential to bus
mess. When movement stops, bust
ness stops. Any impeachment to the
free flow of commerce is check to
business, and the greater the imped-
iment the more extended is business
stagnation. The current has been too
swift for safety for several years,
and it has been necessary to put re-
straining hand upon it in the interest
of economic security. But that which
prudence has advised in one direction
haas abeen injuriously applied by
circumstances in another. Business
has many channels, but across its
main Stream has been erected a great
dam that checks the main flow and
spreads it's impeding influence into
every artery of trade. That dam is
not in America, but in Europe. There
are, of course, many things the mat
ter with business in this trying period
of readjustment, but by far the most
important thing is to be stated in one
word--Europe. We quoted the other
day the statement of Herbert Hoover
that greater prosperity should begin
to develop by spring, provided the
United States can get its exports
moving" We are in the course of
;,,tn al
our financial and productive situation
is such that we can face the future
with confidence, but we cannot reason
ably expect the establishment of SOL
id and really prosperous business con-
ditions, speaking generally, in st.
Louis or Jefferson City or anywhere
else in America, until the European
dam is removed and our exports are
again moving freely.
For why? Because Europe is our
chief customer, the chief consumer of
our surplus products. Europe takes,
all the time, when the. way is open, an
average of IS per cent of our exports.
Our shipments to Europe had grown
from a little over $1,000,000,000 in
1910 to over $4,000, 100000 in 1919.
That tremendous outflow has been
checked by conditions across the At
lantic. We have the products, we
have the goods, that Europe sorely
needs and sadly wants. yet our ports
are crowded with empty ships await
ing cargoes. The Shipping Board has
withdrawn a large number of ships
from service and tied them up in gov.
eminent yards for want of freight
| That means loss to the farmer ir
Missouri, to the planter in Texas, and
directly or indirectly. to business ev.
erywhere in the United States. Most
business men recall the great slGmp in
business Immediately following !, tn.
outbreak. Of he,war. Commerce with
Europe virtually ceased and the eff
feet upon American business was in
Simultaneous. Then Europe began Il
draw upon us for our products in rap
idly increasing quantities, impelled b,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26
REPUBLICANS CAN'T
AGREE ON LEADERS

Warm contests which threaten to
split the "gop" legislative majority
into two hostile factions, are on for
leadership in the two branches of the
Fifty-first General Assembly which
convenes January 5, next. With Re.
publicans in control of both houses
the public interest lies chiefly in their
plans. The question of minority lead
ership for the fifteen Democrats who
will represent the "Only Reliable
Party" in the Senate, and, the thirty
five, or forty partyrlen who will be in
the House, will be easily and quickly
settled. without discord in early Jan
uary just before the next Legislature
gets together.
Hiram Lloyd, Lieutenant Governor
elect, will preside over the Senate by
virtue of his election to that exalted
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26


the Il made andp the smew with
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-26

Henry Ford the automobile
wizard John Burroughs the
great Feone. the great rubber king
splendid hotels and large
city together Not however with
This they all reported Yama Farms nn at Napa
aside all formales forgot
that they great
woodspng contests telling by the
plain hovs
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-31

Carrie A. Williamson to o. V. Bry-
son, tracts part 2S-17-44, 81.
Affidavits
j. p. Kleweno to the public, well
acquainted with Phillip Ochs.
Notice
County Auditor to Phillip Aschen-
brenner, vacation quarry site in the
neg 2S-17-41.
Articles of Incorporation
Inland Telephone Company.
Increase Capital Stock
Pullman Savings & Loan Assn.
Bills of Sale
Fred. H. CASTOR to Stephen H.
CASTOR, steam engine, separator,
tank, cook house and equipment,
etc, $40.
Central Yakima Ranches Co. to
Fred H. CASTOR, steam engine, sep
arator, water tank, cook house with
equipment, etc. $40.
Conditional Bills of Sale
Floyd L. Hamilton to Roy H.
Campbell Jr., electric vacuum clean
err. $3.50.
Linville Bros. to Ernest Roberts,
household furniture, S1S7.
Linville Bros. to Mrs. r. II. Glen
denim. household furniture, $3.50.
John Deere Pillow Co. to w. w.
LCOmis & Co., farm implements, etc,
1871.
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DECEMBFR20, 1920
AffidayitS


Geo. w. Case Jr to the public
we'll acquainted with Clifford S.
West.
Deeds
Matte Bradrick to D. r. Atherton
IL interest neg nwq 20-16-46, right
of way, 81.
Frank Burnett to VIM. E. Burnett,
w 60 it. lot -, blk SO, Pullman, 81
Louisa Shawgo to Abbie Shawgo
lots Is, 16, blk 5, st. John, $3.50.
Thornton I. O. o. F. Cemetery to
E. A. Stone, lots 1, A, blk 8, Thorn
ton, $40.
Myrtle L. Gano, Ward E. Gano to
Frank w. Gano, lot 3, 17-14-46,
500.
Frank w. Gano to Ward F. Gano
lot 4, part swq, neg swq 17-14-46,
800.
Mrs. Delphia E. Alkire to o. V.
Bryson, tracts 2S-17-44, 1915.
Dolph Coolidge, gdn., to o. v
Bryson, VIII neg, nh nwq part seq 28-
17-44, personal property, SAP.
Mrs. Alice F. Glover to o. V. Bry-
son, tracts part 2S-17-44, 1915.
Benz. F. Mason to o. v. Bryson,
tracts part 2s-17-44. 1915.
Ebert A. Mason to o. V. Bryson,
tracts part 28-17-44, 1915.
Russell w Mason to o. v. Bryson
tracts part 2S-17-44, 1915.
Serena Mason to o. V. Bryson
tracts part 28-17-44, 1890.
Mrs. Cora B. Mott to o. v. Bryson,
tracts part 28-17-44, 1915.
Mrs. Alma D. Shirver to o. v. Bry-
son, tracts part 28-17-44, 1915.
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DECEMBER Is, 1920

Deeds
John n. YadOn to Arthur A. NORM
and Clara NORM, lot II, blk 8, Huff
mans I'd add, Tekoa, $1,000.
Mortgages
Stephen S. Shugart to w. C. Ba-
ker, tract nh of neg 20-19-43; tracts
in seq neg 20-19-43, $4,000.
Geo w. Case Jr. to Fidelity Saw
jngs & Loan Assn, seq 29-19-41,
(eX), also tracts 29-19-41, $4,000.
Bennett Bros. to Inland Finance
Co., autos, batteries, lights, etc,
$6183.
R. w. Lathe to Comegys, Han
ford & Miller bank. livestock, $25OO.
r. w. Lathen to Comegys, Han
ford & Miller bank, % crop part
%, neg "a, 1913, $25O0.
A. o. Hampton to Citizens State
bank, Tekoa, live stock, implements,
% crop 1921, part IL, 10, 6, in A
6, $45S5.
Bennett Bros. to Ace Motor Co,
auto, $1575.
Releases
R. E. Gulick to May Williams and
Lew and Mabel Williams, real mtge.,
$500.
w. c. Baker to Stephen S. shu-
CART, real mtge., $4,000
Garfield National bank 30 Ben
nett Bros, chattel, $500.
Citizens State bank to A. O. Hamp-
ton, chattel, $270O.
Ridgeway Motor Co. to J. A. Carey.
bill of sale, S978.
Bills of Sale
c. NJ. Hamilton to F. NJ. Hamil-
ton, l Case separator, engine, tools,
equipment, header, wagons, boxes
$1,000.
j. H. Campbell to C. L. MacKen-
zie, rock crushers, engines, trucks.
autos, boilers, drills, hammers, ma
chtnery shovels, etc, used by High
way Construction Co., Barr-MacKen-
zie Con. Co., ETC., $4,000.
Soren S. Peterson and p. C. Smith
to Glenn Morrow, 220 acres summer
fallow, wheat, work horses, harness,
implements, etc, $1,000.
Assignments
G.. L. Heglar to Linville Bros.
chattel, separator with attachments
engine, cook house outfit, etc.,
$1119.
Conditional Bills of Sale
Wash. Water Power Co. to Horace
Kincaid, water heater, line, trans
former, fuse blocks, switches, ETC.,
$346.
Wash. Water Power Co. to r. A.
Morton, range, water heater, lights.
transformer, S464.
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DECEMBER II, 1920

DECEMBER II, 1920
Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of
William B. Curtis, deceased, setting
aside property to surviving widow
Affidavits
Thos. Neill to The Public, person
ally acquainted with Chas. H. Pierce.
j. r. Ruply to The Public, well
acquainted with G. w. Smith.
Deeds
Cynthia Luden to Hiram II. Luz
den, lot s, blk 8, Andersons add, Ro-
salia, lots 10. Il, blk 4, Rosalia, lots
6, sh lot Z, blk 13, Rosalia, 81.
Hanna Investment Co. to Ira Scott,
VIII 15-16-4O, 100000.
7. S, Ryan to G. e. Ryan, tract
5-13-44, 81.
Mortgages
T. L. Fink to Mary NJ. Smith, part
VIII of nwQ 14-15-44, $4,000.
George Edward Ryan to First Ma
tional Bank, Pullman, swq 5-13-44,
$4,000
Inez Hood to Mrs. Genevieve
Rowell lots 4, ), blk 10, Garfield,
$4,000.
Geo. NJ Schmick to Union Trust
Co., swQ 36-17-4O, $4,000.
A f. Black to Luke Best, live
stock, farm implements, auto, two
thirds crop Ell 13-20-40, neq 1920
40, $4,000.
Richard D. Rupp to c. A. Hart,
auto, S94S0.
R. L. Capps to Citizens State
w. B. NJ. all crop swq S-44-5. $475.
bank, TekOa, live stock, farm i'm
Elements, part crop nwq 7-44-5,
o. A. Westerman to Commercial
State bank, Oakesdale, 5000 bush
els wheat, $4,000.
D. NJ. Davis to H. D. Sain, two
horses wagon binder, $147.
Lee Trimble to Garfield Trading
Co, live stock, implements, % crop
1921, sh sh, neg swq %, nh nh and
nh sh nwq 26-17-44, $1640.
/ r. A. Jones to First State bank
/ Garfield, live stock, implements,
/ household furniture. hay grain, feed
and 2-3 crop 1921, sh 22-1S-44,
/ $4,000.
r. NJ. Byrne to First State bank
Garfield, live stock. implements, 2-3
crop nwq So, part neg 34-1S-45,
/ $4,000.
/ R. C. Roth to Colfax National
/ bank, 2-3 interest crop 1920, 1921,
nwq g. swq g. nwq 16, nh 7, in IA
| 40, II horses, COWS, machinery
equipment, harness, etc, $500.
Releases
Farmers State bank, st. John. to
/ Geo. w. Case Jr, real mtge., $1,000.
/ Citizens State bank, Tekoa, to R
L. Capps, chattel, SIPS.
/ Spokane Eilers Music House to
Gertrude Cox, piano, 5000.
Assignments
Colfax National bank to New York
Life Insurance Co, real mtge., J. NJ.
Smith, $4,000.
Articles of Incorporation
Sigma Chi Club of Pullman.
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COUNTY RECORDS
instruments Filed with the
County Auditor
DECEMBER %, 1920
Mortgages


Ward F. Gano to Frank w Gano
lot Apart swq and neq of swo II,
part 20 in 14-46, $4,000.
W. A. Hall to Bank of Rosalia
part eh 81, part VIII 22-19-44, $4,000.
Jesse G. Harwood to Farmers State
bank, st. John, swq 26-19-41. $4,000.
Clifford S. West to Union Trust
Co, nh 2S-19-41, $4,000.
Hickman b. Taylor to N. w. Mu-
tual Life ms. Co., sh 20-1S-41, (ex)
$4,000. va
Chas. ], Feenan to Murphey.
Favre & Co., seq nwq lots 3, 4. 5,
in 6-17-43. $4,000.
Fayre q Co., seq nwq, lots 8, 4, 5,
al bank, neg 1-17-42, $4,000.
Peter L. Nelson to Fidelity Saw
lngs & Loan Assn, part section s.
1912, $4,000.
John Massengale and Geo. Mas
sengale to H. w. Terhune, trustee
live stock, implements, 2-3 crop part
10-19-42, $6363.
VIM. Montgomery to ]. N. Card
well and Son, live stock, implements.
% interest crop, $1040.
Harry E. Davis to Linville Bros,
live stock, implements, part crop on
seq 10-19-39, swq 11-19-39, $2255.
VIM. Keehner to Linville Bros,
live stock, farm implements, crop
part II, IL in 1899, 1898.
M. G. Lisenbee to National Bank
of Oakesdale, live stock, summer
fallow, 1921, VIII 29-19-45, $2740.
Releases
Linville Bros. to Thos. Griffin,
chattel lien
c. w. Jacobs to Jesse G. Harwood
real mtge., $4,000.
Assignments
Henry H. Alderman to J. l.
Creighton real mtge., Logan G.. Kim
zey, $4,000.
Farmers State bank, st. John, tc
n. L. Larson, real mtge., Jesse G
HARDWOOD, $4,000.
Articles of Agreement
Thos. F. Kelly to Ralph Comegys
sh seq, part seq swq in 28-19-44
$4,000.
Arvel Griffin VS.. o. Swift auto
$28.75.
Lis Pendens
Michael Schultheis Sr VS.. Michael
Schultheis Jr., Frances Bauer, The.
resa Bauer, unknown heirs of The.
resa Schultheis, deceased, to quiet
title in eh neq, Ell seq, swq seq, and
sea swo 2-45, lots Z, s, blk 6
lots ;. 6, blk -. Cotton.
r. J. Crowley to Samuel Brown
and unknown heirs of Samuel Brown
and Mary A. Brown, Washington
Farmers Alliance Co. Albert I
Drake, Robert S. Brown and un.
known heirs of Robert s. Brown
Arthur L. Kingsbury and his un.
known heirs, Charles T. Robinson
and his unknown heirs, VIM. O'Brier
ct VT Ida and their unknown heirs
John Lloyd and unknown heirs, ]
K. Webster and unknown heirs. per.
son unknown who was wife of J. K
Webster on or before Nov. 4, 1901
and unknown heirs, Mrs Ida Pence
and unknown heirs, and unknown
person who was husband of Mrs Ida
Pence on or before Sept. 20, 1902
blks. l, 2, 3, 4, Browns add, Cakes
dale.