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Middletown transcript., 1921-02-19
NUT TREES ALONG HIGHWAYS
Michigan Is First State to Offer Re.
ward for 8eautifying Its I'M
proved Roadways.

Michigan is the first state to offer
a reward for planting nut trees beside
highways. In Europe the profit from
roadside nut trees assists in main
tanning roads. Roadside nut trees
abroad are protected from vandalism
by public sentiment. and this is true
of the nut orchards in the principal
centers of production in this coun-
fry
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Il has been said that not one woman in
athousand passes this perfectly natural
saange without experiencing a train OF
very annoying and sometimes painful
symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes,
sinking SPELLS, spots before the eyes,
dizzy spells, nervousness, are only few
sf the symptoms. Every woman at this
age should prefitby Mrs. Block expert
ence and try Lydia E. pinkham's Vege-
tabae Compound. ~.
If you have the slightest doubt that
LYDIA E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com.
psund will help you, write to Lydia E.
tfnkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
shout your health. Your letter will be
4pened, read and answered by a woman,
md held in strict confidence.
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FAULT IN CREAM SEPARATOR
Often Happens That Foreign Matter
Lodges in Screw Causing De-
crease in the Flow.

If the flow from the cream spout
of the separator seems smaller than
ordfaarily. it usually pays to investl-
gate. In spite of all precautions. it
often happens that foreign matter
lodges in the cream screw thus caus-
ing part of the cream to be retained
with the skim milk. A test Of the
skimmilk will tell.
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Much Money for Roads.
Great Britain is expending S14O,-
100000 year on highways.
Improve by Draooinu,

Frequent dragging Of dirt road,
with the King machine, not only main
tains the proper curvature necessary
for drainage, but develops a hard,
weli-packed wearing surface and
firm base. with the result that the
road constantly improves instead of
deteriorating.
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IN LATEST WRAPS
Picturesque Garments for After
noon and Evening.
VOGUE for Dance-Teas and Restaurant
Parties Creates Demand for
Attractive Apparel.

Picturesque wraps-fOr afternoon as
well as evening-are immensely pop
ular this year. The ever increasing
vogue Of dance-teas and restaurant
parties may be answerable for this.
Certain it is that the fashions OF the
present hour are extremely decora-
tive-and becoming.
Some of the latest designs for eve
ming wraps are so intricate that oroi-
nary women feel a little afraid OF
them, but much of the elaboration Is
centered in the design ,itself-and In
the Innings chosen, for it is truly the
day of Innings.
Several different materials may be
mingled in these mantles-those IN
tended for afternoon wear as well as
evening eloaks. This is specially
practical fashion. Old garments, made
of good materials, may be taken to
pieces, freshened up and then COM
bined. In this way very rich ,and
beautiful effects may be obtained with
out a great outlay Of money.
Take for example an exquisite eve
ming wrap recently launched at Monte
Carlo by Cecil Sorel. It was long,
almost ankle-length, and it was made
of several different materials-black
chantilly lace, silver tissue and rust
red satin-the latter used for the lin
ing.
In addition to all this there was 4
shoulder cape, attached to the mantle
all round the border, Of seal mus
quaslH, and this cape was cut in van
dykes, It seemed as though the lower
part of the cape depended from long
shoulder yoke, but in reality the cape
had been a separate garment. There
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again this winter, but the fabric and
fur combination, or the fabric hat
with a. mere touch of fur in its trim
ming is made popular.
Artistic Rugs From Scraps.

Very pretty, really artistic rugs can
be made from odds and ends out of
that would perhaps 60 into
the rag bag or furnace, says Thrift.
The braided rugs are the easier to
make. Stocking tops, knit underwear
dyed, cloth, cut not too coarse, or old
neckties-made in strips like carpet
rags-braided, then sewed into round
or oblong rugs or they may be cro-
cheted. with large wooden needle.
make excellent rugs.
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TWO years. l saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound advertised in
The paper and got
good results from
taking it. I recon-
mend your medicine
to my friends and
you may publ sh
this fact as q testi-
nnonial. "-Mrs.ROB-
ERT Lock, Box 542,
HorL;ro Msrv
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Importance Of Water Supply for Cows
Is Realized by Many Dairymen.

replies stated that there was saving
of labor ranging from one-half hour
to five hours per day. An approximate
average of these would be about IL
hours, depending upon the size of the
herd
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Observation-Disclosures
. 49, a-Nn s'T--
! The Kitchen !
Cabinet ~ :
Observation-Disclosures

e. 1921. westcrn Newspaper Union.)
1t is not work that kills men, it IL
worry. Work Is healthful; you can
hardly put on man more than ne can
bear Worry is the rust on the blade.
1t is not the revolution that destroys
the machinery, but the friction.-H. w.
Beecher
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Fines for Overlooking.

Fines ranging from $25 to $1O0' are
imposed on offenders who drive over
loaded motortrucks on highways in
Pennsylvania. 4.
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Returns From purebred.

Purebred or grade dairy cows fire.
quently earn for their owners Is to
100 per cent more than the returns
received from scrubA
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Leather Decorations.

Leather Decorations.
Disks Of black patent leather ap-
piled with royal blue silk on black
crepe de chine dress are striking
trimming.
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woodlot Deserves Care.

A woodlot is just as deserving of
care and good treatment as is the gar
den, the orchard or the pet horse.
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Difference In Eeedino.

There's difference between feed.
ing cows SO they can exist and feed
ing them so they can produce milk
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The sweetest music is not in orato-
rios but in the human voice when it
speaks from its instant life tones of
tenderness. truth and courage. Elmer
son.
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Spring Dresses for Riddles.

Spring Dresses for Riddles.
Some goOd-l0oking spring dresses
for little girls Of two to six or seven
years are of black taffeta embroidered.
in heavy colored wool In simple de-
signs.
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trucks as Public carriers.

TrUcks as PUBIC carriers.
E,htortrucks moved 1,20O,OOO,OOO
top4 Of freight in the United States
last year. They were second only to
the railroads as public carriers.
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Most Fashionable Rings.
The most fashionable rings are
those that consist of a single large
stone in platinum setting.
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HuIty we nave
only to serve a
common Irish po-
tatO.
Bean Pot Hash.
Grind the rem
nantS of the soup
meat or roast
rather coarse. Cut
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Index to Dairyman

The kind of bull man keeps is
a pretty fair index to the. kind of
dairyman he is.
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now WOMEN
OF MIDDLE AGE
Nay Escape, the Dreaded Suf.
ferings Of that Period by
Taking Mrs. Blocks Advice

hopkins, Minn. During Change of
Iffa had hot flashes and suffered for
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them up in varl-
GUS ways to use
when hey are
out Of S e a S Q n.
The folio W ing
will be worth try
ing:
Spiced cra =.
ber~,es Take
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Fashion experts are evidently ex-
pecting cold spring, for the fash
ions they have designed for that sea-
son have fur trimmings. This coat,
trimmed with marmot, is worn over a
dress Of black and gray stripes.
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FOOD FOR THE DAY.

When we need nOurishment, bulk,
mineral salts and corrective aka
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sEASONAeLE GOOD THINGS.

While cranberries are in the market
those who are fond of them may put
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See Hole In pouohnut

See Hole In Dou0hnut.
Leaving the farm machinery out in
the field all winter helps the farmer to
see only the hole in the doughnut,
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1De tiie prompt relief Of Asthma and
Is ossts and one dollar. Write for
FREE SAMPLE.
alsrthrop & Lyman Co., Inc. Buffalo, NY,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
PREPARING TURF FOR FUEL
New Method, Said to Have Originated
in Russia, May Result in EeieV-
ing Shortage.

A new method of drying turf to re-
lieve the serious fuel shortage in Fin
land has been put in operation in varl-
GUS Scandinavian countries. The new
method was invented by engineers
working under orders from the Rus
sian soviet government, to find a more
labOr-saving method of preparing turf
as fuel for the great central power sta
ton near Moscow, the process being
made known in Finland through an es-
Gaping engineer. The fundamental
principle of the process is quite sim
pie. The raw turf in the swamp, by
powerful jet of water under pressure
of 20 atmospheres, is freed from all
old roots and changed to thin mud.
This is pumped out Oh a drying field
and spread in layers. When sufficient
ly dry it is cut into bricks Of uniform
size by means of a tractor. The turf
pump is constructed like an ordinary
water turbine, is reversible with aid Of
electric motor, is equipped with cut
ting apparatus which completes the
work of the water jet, and can be
raised or lowered as the surface Of the
mud varies. The entire equipment is
mounted on a car which can be pushed
forward or backward on rails along the
line of work.-Scientific American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
SUCCESS SLOW IN COMING
Discoverer of VuIcanized Rubber Wa
at One Time Compelled to Beg
Money for Bread.

Charles Goodyear, who became
millionaire and was the inventor of vul"
canized rubber as well as many other
forms of the tree sap products, at one
time was forced to beg for So to keep
him from starving. In 1884 he discov-
cred that rubber could be vulcanized.
1t was an accident. He attempted to
remove some bronze dust from bit OF
rubber cloth, end after trying several
chemicals tried aqua FORTS, chem
zeal largely composed of sulphuric acid.
1t failed also, and he threw the cloth
away. A few days later he picked 1t
up by chance, and noted the spot
rubbed by the aqua fortis had hard
ened and would stand q degree of heat
that would have melted it in its former
state.
He applied his discovery, and soon
was wearing rubber shoes, coats, hats
and other garments, and had a small
fortune by the right of his discovery.
But a year passed. and his goods were
discredited and returned, rOtting and
broken. He was ruined. He started
in again to discover method that
would vuleaniZe the rubber, and for
ten years he kept at it, his life q Ions
misery of hunger and cold and crush
ing poverty. His success came sudden
ly and soon he was rich beyond his
widest dreams.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15

Law founded on the Bible is good
enough for Mayor Gilmore of Morgan
town, w. Va.
A local man charged with not hay-
ing the tail light burning Oh his auto
mobile was arraigned before the may
or, who assessed a fine of SO.
The accused protested said it was
a poor law under which he was fined
and that he did not think it would hold
water in court.
The mayor declared any law found
ed on the Bible was good enough for
him. The defendant said he couldn't
see where a, tail light had anything to
do with the Bible. The mayor looked
pityingIy at the accused, and said:
do you remember the tale about
the ten virgins, five OF. whom had lights
and five of whom didn't? Well, if you
do, you will remember that the Lord
wouldn't have anything to dc with me
five without lights, and neithersAEill
this court"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
HAD TOUCH or COMIC OPERA NECRTE HALTED A RO'TArE
Lovers Who Had Been Az Fsf
Eortv Years Made Up When man
Wore Woman's Present.

Forty years ago John Emmons and
Charity Timmons Of Bishopvllle' DEL
were twenty years old ana SWEEP
begrts With her own hands Miss
TImmons made a necktle as sift for
her voung gallant. The evening OF
the day he received it Emmol Ut II
on He didn't like the colorsh J re-
placed 1t. II
AS usual, he visited Miss " mons
that evening, according to a ffelby-
Vile, (Del.) dispatch to the Philade'-
phIa Ledger. 1t was a nice summer
night. The moon revealed that he
was not wearing loves token and Miss
Tlmmons demanded the reaso3 ~
"It's too loud" replied the
"Do you mean you will neverfEear
II? Then you don't love me-" sPoed
the girl. and she went into the house.
That apparently was the end OF the
romance. Emmons went to Portland,
Ore and prospered. AS the owner OF
q big department store in Tie far
Northwestern city, he returneu TO
Bishopville last Christmas for visit.
1t was inevitable that he should
meet his former sweetheart in the vii
lage. Soon each learned that the old
love would not die; that each had con-
sIdered the other the only mate and
| that neither had married
OF course Emmons proposed. Miss
Timmons did not refuse him, but she
bought tie as nearly like the one
that started all the trouble as she
could find. Then, when he wore 1t
without finching, she coyly murmured
"yes." And so they were married the
other evening.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
CHAPTER VI
what Every Man Knows--

What Every Man knoWs----
wasn't gone very long on this Sec
ond excursion into the woozy-w0Ozies,
though it was nighttime, and the
shaded electric light was turned on
when I opened my eyes and found
Mrs. Sheila sitting by the bedside.
The change In Mrs., Sheila sort OF
made me gasp. She wasn't any less
pretty as she sat there with her hands
clasped in her lap, hut she was d.f-
ferent; sober. and with the laugh all
gone out of the big gray eyes, and a
look in them as IL she had suddenly
become so wise that nobody could
ever fool her.
'You are feeling better now2 she
asked, when she found me staring at
her.
told her / guessed I was, but that
my hand hurt me some.
"You have had great shock. of some
kind-besides the burn, Jimmie" she
reiolned, folding up the bed covers so
that the bandaged hand would rest
easier. 1.-THE doctors are all puzzled.
Does your head feel quite clear now
so that you can thinkT
ut feels as If had a crazy clock
in it," said. "But the thinking part
is all right. Have you heard any
thing from Mr.. Norcross yetH'
"Not a word. We have been hop
ing that you could tell us something
when YOU should recover sufficiently
to talk. Can't you, Jimmie?"
Remembering what Msisie Ann had
told rue just before went off the
hooks, thought 1 might tell her a
lot If / dared to. But that wouldn't
do. So just said;
~ told Maisie Ann all knew about
Mr.. Norcross. He left the Office some
little time before l did--with Mr.. Rip
ley. didn't know where they were
going"
"They went to the hotel,'' she helped
out. "Mr. Ripley says they sat In the
lobby until after ten o'clock, and then
Mr.. Norcross went UP to his rooms. "
OF course, I knew that Mr.. Ripley
knew all about the Hatch ructlon
but If he hadn't told her, / wasn't go
ing to tell her.
.'There was some trouble in con-
nection with Mr.. Hatch that evening,
wasn't there2" she asked.
Hatch had some trouble-yes But
guess the boss didn't have any,"
replied.
Tell me about it," she commanded
and / told her just as little as ! could
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Chinese Armies Stopped Fighting 70
Let United States Vessel Pass
Down the River.

Ensign william II. Galbraith, navi'
eating officer Of the United States &c.
stroyer Hart, attached to the Unitea
States AsIatlc squadron In Chinese wa.
tiers, In letter tells Of the intensified
work placed on the hands OF the YES
sells of the squadron in the Far East
by the operations OF the Chinese clVh
war now In progress between the re
kingese and the Cantonese sections OF
the nation. When armies representing
these hostile sections approach cities
in which American citizens are in busi-
ness there Is much excitement on inc
part Of the Americans and they call
urgently for the protection of the feet.
says the Columbus Dispatch.
Recently the Hart received a radio
gram call from an officer Of URited
States merchant vessel, stating that his
vessel so miles up one of the Chinese
rivers was being detained. The captain
was anxious to put to sea. ~and would
the Hart see that 1t was permitted to
depart? The Hart got on the job at
once and found when the scene was
reached that there was no govern
mental authority holding the United
States ship up, but the Cantonese
army was drawn up on one side Of the
river and the Pekingese on the other
and a battle was in progress, with the
river, through which the United States
ship must pass, between them. Natu-
rally the captain did not fancy risking
the shots that were passing across the
channel. The respective commanders
kindly suspended the fighting until the
merchant vessel had passed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15

cholied a little over a big scare
that seemed TO rush up out OF the
bed-clothes to smother me. But ]
made out to answer her question, tell
ing her how Mr.. Norcross had left the
office maybe half an hour or so before
] did, that night, going uptown with
Mr.. Ripley. Then / asked her why
she wanted to know.
Because nobody has seen him since
a little later that same night" she
said, saying It very softly and with
out turning her head. And then: "Mr.
Van Britt found letter from Mr..
NorcrOss on his desk the next morning.
1t was just a little tyhewritten note,
on a Hotel Bullard letter sheet. say
ing that he had made up his mind
that the Pioneer Short Line wasn't
worth fighting for, and that he was
resigning and taking the midnight
train for the East"
] sat straight up in bed; should
have had to do 1t II both arms had
been burnt to a crisp clear to the
shoulders.
"Resigned?-gave up and ran away?
| don't believe that for a single min
ute, Maisle Ann !" burst out.
She was shaking her head again,
still without turning her face so that
! could see 1t.
Tim afraid It's all true, Jimmie.
There were two kilograms that came
to Mr.. Norcross the night he went
away one from Mr.. Chadwick and the
other from Mr.. DuntOn. l heard Mr..
Van Britt telling Cousin Sheila what
the messages were. He'd seen the
copies of them that they keep in the
telegraph Office"
II was on my tongues end to say
that Mr.. Norcross never had seen those
two kilograms, because had them III
my pocket and was on my way to de-
liver them when got shot; but didn't.
Instead, l said: "And you think that
was why Mr.. NOrcross threw up his
hands and ran awnyr
mo; don't think anything OF the
sort. know what 1t was, and you
know what 1t was" and at that she
turned around and pushed me gently
down among the pillows.
"What was IT." / whispered, more
than half afraid that l was going to
hear confirmation of my own breath
taking conviction. And heard 1t, all
right.
1T was what / was telling you
about, that same evening, you remem-
ber-down in the hall when you
brought the flowers for Cousin Sheila.
You told him what I told you, didn't
your"
NO; didn't have a chance-not
any real chance"
"Then somebody else told him, jim
mic; and that is the reason he has
resigned and gone away. Mr.. van
Britt thinks it was on account Of the
two messages from Mr.. Chadwick
and Mr.. Dunton, and that is why he
wants to talk to you about 1t. But
you know, and / know, Jimmie, dear;
and for Cousin Sheila's sake and Mr..
Norcross, we must never lisp 1t to
human soul. A new general manager
has been appointed, and he is on his
way out here from New York. Every
thing has gone to pieces on the rail-
road, and all Of Mr., NOrcross' friends
are getting ready to resign. Isn't 1t
perfectly heart-breaking?"
1t was; it was so heart-breaking
that just gasped once or twice and
went off the hooks again, with Maisie
AIMS frightened little shrek ringing
in my ears as she tried to hold me
back from slipping over the edge.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Wonderful Poison Gases.

Canned, solidified, poison gas, which
is claimed to be absolutely foolproof
and mobile, has been perfected for use
by the American soldier, according to
Popular Mechanics Magazine. That
two studies-defensiVe and offensive
gas research-go hand in hand al
ready has been demonstrated, for, in
addition to the development of new
forms of gas, army experts at the
Edgewood (Md) arsenal, have had to
improve the gas masks to make them
effective against some Of the new
gases brought into existence there. In
technical military progress, every new
weapon means a call upon the armorer
for new defense. AS result, this
country today has not only gases
which surpass anything used during
the World war, but mask which, In
recent tests was worn "a hours day
for week, except at mealtime, with
out any discomfort whatever. Breath
ing was normal, speaking was simple,
and it kept out all the gases thus far
known.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Not Much Of a Party.

Seven-year-old Jean and her mother
were invited to an informal party.
They went. There the guests talked
and talked, and finally the hostess
passed for refreshments some wonder
full fruit and candy. Little Jean ate
with the others but looked expectant-
~ for something else. But nothing
came.
On the way home she voiced her
disappointment to mother: II don't
see why they call thing like that a
party" she complained. Il don't think
much of a party you don't have a
drop to drink. indianapolis News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Cotton Stalks VIII Furnish

The possibilities of cotton staISs "a
a source of paper have long bG& sus
pected and experiments in this%Nrec
ton have been made, but for one rea
son or another it has never proved
quite practical.
The nearest approach to success has
been made recently, and it is an
nOunced that there is plant ht
Greenwood, Mass, where 80 tons I'd
paper are made every day from three
times that amount of stalk.
Certain thin tubular fiberA in
plant will make excellent cell mf;se
durable papers. 1t is strongA #
.ible. If quarter of the arM VI
ply of the cotton stalks of III
were put to this use each Teaa =
would be no need Of paper sAe. a..
In this country. e
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15

how Hatca had had an Interview with
the boss earlier in the evening, while
/ was away.
ut wasn't quarrel?' she suggested.
"Why should they quarelT ]
asked.
She shook her head. "You are spar
ring with me, Jimmie, In some mis-
taken idea Of being loyal TO Mr.. Nor
cross. You needn't, you know. MFR.
NOrcrOss has told me all about his
plans; he has even been generous
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Women Smokers "Undsr Cover"

The mystery of where women Gig
arctic smokers obtain their supply is
solved, in part at least, by IN up
town druggist, who was asked why
nearly all such stores keep their to-
bacco stands in inconspicuous places,
says the New York Sun. He said the
reason for doing so is because the
druggists cater to women smokers, and
this class is rather timid about pur-
chasing in the open. The women, it
seems prefer to glide back to some out
Of the-way corner, where nobody will
see them. Of course. there are ex-
ceptions.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
In PUNK Center.

why do you doubt that my sH ii
will pack your Insignificant town ha
1t ran 300 times in New York" &
mo offense, mister, and mebbe s0.e
But she's got to be a purity good show
to run one time yere. LOUISVILLE Cou-
rierNJournal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Reservation for AboriG

The commonwealth of Ausfe.
taken steps for the preservatin
aborigines of that country al
signed a tract of public lant Z"
northern territories as reselsF
the tribes. 1t includes the Na
Peterson ranges and practicW
whole Of Lake Amadeus. Th&
ments of South and Western ~
have set aside adjoining arae n
purpose of this reservation. NJ