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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

been such an exquisite wedding
pareant as preceded the beautiful
bride up the aisle Of 81 Johns
church,
Mrs. walter Burke. who was
natron Of honor. was in orchid ehif'
ron. crowned with = great picture
hat covered with orchids. Her jew
els we're amethysts and diamonds
and rsgally abe headed the process.
sion Of the fair.st and Emnrtest
girls in the city.
Miss Bernico Oliver, In pale rose
chiffon: Miss Sally Hartman. in
blue; Miss Irene sAn,ley. IN pastel
green. and Miss Edith Wharton. in
light yellow. followed the radiant
ma,ron Of honor. All wore picture
hats and flowers 10 match.
THE bride. in magnificent
white brocaded satin with rose.
point wedding veil. WIS escorted 20
the ohancel by Mr. John Alden
Prescott. where she was met by
Mr. Breed and his best man, Mr.
Walter Burke.
THE union OF these two people
contaminated boy and girl love
affair. and brought into one two OF
the Oldest names in the society an,
nails OF the city.
Attic tho parents OF Miss Hart.
ley arc dead. her father having
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
MAY TURN FORT
into HOSPICE
Legion Men Want Simcoe
for Sick Vets Refuge

wAPATo. May S-Russsll Bar
rstt post. No. is5. OF tho American
legion here. has started a campaign
20 have tho government utilize tho
buildings and equipment a. Fort
simeoc. formerly occupied b. tho
administration officers OF tho wnpa.
20 Indian agency for a veterans
hospital
Tho administration buildings
school. church and other structures
arc In good condition. and could east
ly DO converted into hospital. local
veterans point out. The fort II
Ideally situated from climatic
standpoint. for a hospital. and also
Ia prettlly located. being about 20
miles from wapato and five miles
from White swan. the terminal OF
the Northern Pacific railroad branch.
'srhe buildings are vacant now.
and drtcrioraiinE. Charles LAsiey.
commander % the legion post, said
''rhe local post hopes 20 convince
the government that the site n
ideal for hospital. and there II n
great need for additional bed space
Tor veterans. as we are informed
present institutions a the kind are
badly overcrowded
The wapato post expects 20 oh.
tain cooperation from other legion
posts Of the state to put the project
over.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
The angle
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES.
COLT TO THE LITTLE MAR
QIISE, CARE or THE
SECRET DRAWER,
CONTINUED

! am enclosing, little Marauiss. a
clipping from the society columns
OF Tho Albany Express about Alice
Harilsy'z wedding
Il may interest you 10 know just
how NC OF today conduct there AZ
fairs expect this Is very differ
emit from the way they wsre con-
Quoted when you possibly hoped
that you might b. the wifs OF a
king instead OF his secret Sweet-
heart
You will SEQ that the reporter
rAvsd little AS shn said
To-day AZ high noon. Miss Alice
Hartley and Mr.. Porter Breed were
married At r. Johns Episcopal
church.
The wedding was perhaps tho
most impressive and eitKan, that
has ever been soiemnlred IN this
city. Altho the invitations were
quite informal az the wedding was
rather a hurried one. every society
matron and maid seemed 20 have
purchased a new gown for the oc.
CASTOR.
Tho whole interior Of tho church
WAS bower Of spring blossoms.
The chancoi was completely GOV.
cred with lilies OF tho valley and
orchids. Its beauty was no over
powerinE that Il almost oveawed
the guests There was little OF the
usual ray whispering while waiting
the arrival Of the bride,
IT Is probable tina; never In the
history Of Albany society has there
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
Who's President?
Ask Eskim0S

who 10 our country's PRESIDENT
We don't know
] II Wagner. chief Of the bureau
Of education, Alaska division. was
asked tina; question in letter
Thursday Tho letter csmo from
slr. and Mrs y. X Hatch. Umnak.
Alaska. They haven't heard The re
suit OF the November election yet
and won't for some time
Umnak IL government station
away out on the tip Of the Aleu-
tan chain OF islands. nearly half
way 70 tho Orient Ths Matches
ara natives. educated in America.
now teaching native children FOR
the bureau
Their letter. dated March ~.
starts. signs OF spring. 4 ship
But she Ia westward and brings no
news. Then Il asks who was elect.
ed president.
The tiny settlement has wlntered
well. tho letter shys. there having
been no deaths or serious illness.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

by next fail the model town will
be complete The 5oo-foot pier from
which the paper will be shipped and
q 800 foot steel warehouse connected
with it are nearing completion. aud
work will begin soon on 400 houses
for the permanent employees Of the
paper mills.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
BUREAU OF
MISSING
RELATIVES

The Star iHfHss lie readers To use thI.
aspartHa~nt =. an aid Ia ftndinx missing
relatives sf friends. The department Ia
TO hsip Ia resulting these who have ben
separated. These whose relatives OF
friends arr missing are invited 10 report
the disspp~arRses directly to The star.
Issadsrs who mas know the whrrsa beat.
81 persons mentioned In this column a.
missing as requested also 70 report 10
The star Other newspapers arr invited
10 reproduce such Items - viii Interest
their readers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

passed away about a year ago. the
older families can remember when
tho Hartley homie on the hill was the
center Of attraction for all the young
people In the city. Five generations
OF Hartloys have lived in the old
mansion. which unfortunately passed
out Of tho family during the life Of
the brides father
THAT the bridegroom had many
romantic and sentimental remain.
brances Of the old home IS evidenced
By the fact that il was one OF his
magnificent presents 70 his bride on
her wedding day
'The happy couple, upon whom
fortune has seemed 10 smile. viii 60
abroad for leisurely summer among
the Swiss and Italian lakes. where
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

NEW YORK. May SAT a cost
OF 81. the New York Advertising
club has saved such a portion OF
American honor "a was threatened
with being tarnlahed by the United
States customs ofneialE
Tho British delegation 20 tho
huge Houston convention Of tho
Associated Advertising clubs Of tho
world. brought with il large Brit
lsh flag 20 be presented 20 tho city
OF Houston Tho Eift viii be pre-
scented in tho Same spirit as were
tho flags presented 10 the British
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
cENsuRE CAUSES SUICIDE

HoRNsEY. Eng - Because his
wife told him that he was unkind
for striking their son when the latter
did not move quickly enough, Robert
Rassii went into tho bedroom and
shot himself His vito said his mind
had been affected By war service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

10 inches tall. clean shaver,
brown hair and eyes,
Il. T.. CORBINE, Sc. disappeared
from Aberdeen. Wash, year ago.
Anyone knowing his whereabouts
write his son. William \. Corbine.
or daughter. Ethel DeCicco, 5s4
Hood st.. Portland. Ore.
Corbine Is about feet tall.
weight 2i5 pounds. Has CRAVING
hair. Il stenmtitter and engineer.
LUCILLE M'DONALD, write your
mother. Mrs. Fannie Buttlor, 26I.W
w, Front St, Missoula, Mont.
EMIL MAGNUSS0N, Is, run.
away boy. is sought by tho Seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
ANOTHER FOR DAUGHTER

Another coming out party for
Agnssr Why, this il the second
Yes. she came out last year. but
IL dldnt take Dartmouth Iaek,o.
Lantern.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

Iey BROOK, 9t.
Tcy. kelvcdon
tSscK. England
Last heard from
October I. 1924.
Alps hotel King
ST. Seattle.
Seattle per.
SONS knowing
this young man =
whereabouts are
also asked TO
g o m m u n ! cato
with the Seattle
police missing
persons bureau
or the father di
rect. He "a 90
years old, s feet,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
SURELY NOT THAT LONG

LoSDoN.-In a thousand years.
DR.. Fournler D'AIbc says there vii
be no domestic servants. and that a
wornan's frock will so into a vest
pocket
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
Model Paper Mill
Town Growing Fast

SYDNEY. \. s., May Sooner
Brook. headquarters OF the huge new
pulp and paper business OF western
Newfoundland. Is growing fast and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

LONDON" Children nro not born
bad; they arc simply made that why
by their parents" snys DR. Marion
Mackenzie, famous child physician
Of Great Britain, Insanity often
dntcB from childhood and Ia duo TO
nervousness"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

they will be Joined a little la,s \
Mrs. Joseph Graves Hanilton n
her son-in.lsw. Mr.. Karl wh.nsl
Copyright. 1913. y. x. A. sersie., NJ
TOMORROW: This letters
iinued.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

nOllCe anu hH
mother. Mrs.
John Il. Mag
nusson. d13 l
10th ave. S. He
disapp care d
April 20. while
attending a ball
game.
Has fair com.
plexlon. light
brown hair, blue
eyes, scar on
left arm. from
a burn. Is 3
feet, . inches
tall. Weighs lO5
pounds. was
dressed in blue
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
PARENTS MAKE KIDS BAD

ovoralls gray coat and green.
checked wool shirt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08

Can anyone prove that DAVID
CROCKETT SMITH, Civil war vet
sran. r. deads He was last heard
from when member OF the Seattle
q. A. II. contingent TO the Gc;iys'
burg reunion IN 1914 Ills wife or
widow. Mary r. smith. Fcnnimore,
Wis. - claiming his pension but
canno, prose hts death Write NJ.
NJ Brewer. Inspector Bureau OF
Pensions. 400 Federal Bldg, Seattle
smith was veteran Of tho Seventh
wisconsin infantry nron hrFhdsl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
CHARLES W. JOHNSTON. your

CHARLES W. JOHNSTON. your
mother wants 10 know II you got well
or are IN need,
sho thanks Police chief ssvcryns
and The Seattle Star for locating
you two winters ago around Abor'
deem and Cosmopolls whiic you were
in a hospital md ways sho and your
sister are afraid you are ~ as they
haven't heard for 80 long.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-08
JOHN STANLEY CLARKE, sail.

or. write YOUR father. ). Il. clarke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
| N DIAN SCHOOL
ATTEN D ANCE IS
SHOWING GROWTH
Commissioner Wagner Pleas
ed with Trip to S. E. AL
aska Indian Villages.

SEATTLE, Dec. 9.-After tour
of II Indian villages in Southeast
ern Alaska with Charles Hawkes.
worth, Jonathan Wagner, Commits
sioner of Bureau of Education for
Indians, reported the school attend
anee of indians was 81 per cent
where formerly it ranged between
so and 10 per cent. Mr. Wagner
said that the three-fold government
service. education medicinal relief
and industrial supervision, was be-
ing well carried out. He said many
Indians lived in houses that would
do credit to Seattle's best residen-
tial section.
AT Hydaburg, Commissioner Wag-
ner addressed the annual convention
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood
and Sisterhool, attended by 125 del
egates from every Alaska Indian
tribe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09

art of getting your household and
office work done with a minimum
of human drudgery," he said, but
they do not know how you man
age this. The French housewife who
still does hei washing, ironing. cook
ing, sewing scrubbing, and cleaning
with her own hands has much to
learn from the American woman
who uses little electric servants for
such work"
The interior of the moLel home,
which in fact will be an ambassador
from the American hearthside. Is
designed along the lines of mod
est, early American home 1t is a
two-story, shingle, frame house with
ten rooms and four baths. The
kitchen and laundry are likely to
prove wonder spots for the French
housewife.
After the Paris exhibition, the
model home will be awarded to the
French citizen who has made the
Igreatest contribution to humanity
in recent years as a gift from the
American people. 1t will then be
ldismantled a second time and err
ected on a site selected by the
winner.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
american WOmen's Means
Of Home Sauing to France

NEW YORK, Dec. 9. French
housewives who still do most of
their household drudgery by hand
will soon have chance to study
methods of American housewives
who accomplish the same results
with little electrical and mechanical
servants.
A "model American home" now
being exhibited here will be dis
mantled and shipped to France to
take it's part in the International
Exhibition of Household AppliaI ces
at the Grand Palais of Paris in
December.
Electricity, although used exten-
sively in France and available in
almost any quantity. is confined
almost entirely to lighting purposes.
The American exhibition, spon-
sored by 80 prominent manufact-
urers, is the result OF plea made
last spring by Albert Broisat, who
was sent to the United States by the
French Department of Public In.
struction, under whose auspices ths
International Exhibition is to b,
held
"The French people know tha
you Americans have mastered thu
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
Over Thousand Measures
Flood Senate in One Day

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. One
thousand and fory-fve bills were in
troduced III the Senate yesterday
Included in the measures were pro-
posal3 to abolish the Shipping
Board, curtail powers Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, inyes-
tigation Of the Navy Department
and Shenandoah wreck.
The New Jersey Senators, Ed
wards and Edge, offered chief lib
eralizing measures, Senator Edwards
asking repeal of the Volstead law
and offered a measure to legalize
the sale OF per cent beer in
package by weight. Senator Edge
proposed 2.73 per cent beer and the
removal of restrictions for pint
of liquor every ten days for the
sick
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
MAYOR BROWN
CARRIES FIGHT
TO HIGH COURT
Wants Grand Jury Recon-
mendation Case Before
Another Judge.

SEATTLE, Dec 8. Mayor
Brown is going to the Supreme
Court to compel Superior Ju sc
Everett Smith to send another Judge
into the case on Mayor Prown's mo-
tion to erase from the Grand Jury
record the demand for a recall or
impeachment. Mayor Brown asked
transfer of the case from Judge
Smith on the ground that Judge
Smith, when the Grand Jury re-
ported, said: this is just the kind
of report the right-miEded people
wanted
Prosecutor Colvin an wered the
motion to erase and stat.d d the jIry
would never have mentioned Mayor
Brown but for his tvo unsolicited
appearances as a witness.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
Gov. HARTLEY'S
MESSAGE GIVEN
SPLIT OPINION
Courageous Restatement Say
Some : Add Nothing
New State Others.

OLYMPIA. Wash, Dec. 9.--Some
of the State Legislators considered
Gov. Hartley's message, given yes
terday at joint session of the
House and Senate on higher edit
ca-joh institutions" and "imbeY
business as adding nothing to the
situation
Others considered the Governors s
message as courageous restate-
ment of his original stand.
State Lard Commissioner Savidgo
said the Governor had been chair
man of the Capital Timber Commit
tee a year but had not said a word
on ideas about publicity for cruises
of timber.
Without a dissenting vote, the
Senate passed the compromise re-
clamation DILL and it is expected to
be sent to Gov. Hartley sometime
today State Senator NortEland, of
Yakima, said: There is al under
standing that this bill Will meet
the approval Of Gov. Hartley"
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
ALASKA PROGRAM |
GIVEN APPROVAL
BY co n NT|0N
Western Division of u. S.
Chamber of Commerce
Passes Resolutions.

SEATTLE. Dec. 9.-Of the six.
teen resolutions passed by the
Western Division of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States
two were presented by the Alaska
delegation and covered the Alaska
program. The two resolutions en-
dOrsed the maintenance and opera
liberal development policy, inclusive
of the retention of the present mail
service with essential improvements.
the continuance of the present tar
if on fresh fish, the DEVELOPMENT
of the wood pulp and paper pro-
duction IN the National Forests and
he Improvement of harbors through
the extension of jeties and other
wise
Schofield Attacks Free.
George ID. Schofeld, delegate
from Nome to the meeting, de-
nounced Congressman A. NJ. Free
Of California, saying:
Congressman Free, when ne
travelled over orr railroad, had a
six-shooter strapped to his hips a
la codboy. He seemed to he afraid
of the Alaskans. 1t was preposter-
GUS yet amusing. Why woman
would be safer in the streets Of any
Alaska town at midnight than she
is in any Of the cities of the States
at that aour
Spend $1,000 COG for Tourists
The represents tives Of the eleven
Western States in the convention
agreed to cooperate on National
advertising camnai9n 1T a total
cost of $1.000,000 urging tourists
to visit all Pacific Coast sections
To Meet in Colorado.
Colorado Springs. Colorado. was
chosen as the place for holding the
convention next year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
COAL
M|NE,ALASKA,
IS SHIPPING

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Dec. O.
Nineteen carloads OF coal from the
Alaska -Matanuska Coal Company
the first shipment from the mine
and the first shipment over the new
Moose Creek Spur, of the Alaska
Railroad, has been received here
Regular production is promised
making the third producing mine On
the Alaska Railroad.
The Healy River mines d lilly out
put Is 200 tons and is operating
an electric locomotive. The Evan
Jones bituminous mine at Jonesv lie
also recently installed electric
haulage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
ATTACK MADE
ON MILITARY
TRAINING, U. S.
Statement Issued, Assails In
struction in Educa-
tional Institutions.

WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-The pres.
ent tendency toward military train
ing in educational institutions was
assailed here in a joint statement
bearing the signatures of a distin-
guished group of churchmen, educa-
tors. public officials and laymen.
Military training should not be
permitted in any high school," the
statement said, and "it never should
be made compulsory in colleges and
universities 1t was declared the
American people were unaware to
what extent the War Department is
fostering the military spirit in the
schools, in contravention to Ameri-
can in American ideals"
Prominent Men Sign.
The signers included
Senators Borah of Idaho, Norris
Of Nebraska, LaFollette of Wiscon-
sin and Shipstead of Minnesota;
Rabbi Stephen d. Wise of New
York; Bishop Francis ]. Mcconnell
of the Methodist Episcopal Church;
Presidents MacCracken of Vassar,
Holyoke; Representatives Huddles-
ton of Alabama and Nelson of Wis
consin; Jane Adams; Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait; John Brophy, the
Pennsylvania labor leader; Samuel
McCrea Calvert, general secretary Of
the Federal Council of Churches;
= es Weldon Johnson, secretary of
- association for the advancement
u aolored people and Oswald Garri-
ga Willard, the editor.
lie military statement appeared
IN he form of a foreword to the
pan phlet on Militarism written by
p nthrop d. Lane, of New York.
Tn full foreword is as follows:
1r Lanes account of the extent
s. military training in the United
jtates will, we think, come as a
lrprise to many Americans. His
saaclusions are SO we'll founded on
.acts that they do not need recon-
rdation from anyone. They carry
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
President asks
Investigation
Of Alaska
Expenditures

Alaska was mentioned by
President Coolidge, in his mes
sage To Congress yesterday.
under the head of "outlying
possessions, and relative to ex-
pen iituros. The President said
The time has come for care
full inv estigatio of the expen-
ditures and success of the laws
by which we have undertaken
to administer our outlying pos
sessions. A very large amount
of money is being expended for
administration in Alaska. 1t
appears SO far out of proper
tion to the number of inhabi-
tants and the amount of pro-
duction as to indicate cause for
thorough investigation"
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
TAX REDUCTION
PLAN APPROVED
BY PRESIDENT
Many Subjects Discussed and
Recommended by Cool
idge in Message.
AVIATION COMES UP
FOR MORE STRENGTH
Prohibition Enforcement by
All Is Vigorous
Action on Violators.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Re-
newing a number of recommen-
Idations he already has made to
Congress, President Coolidge,
in his annual message trans
mitted yesterday to the House
and Senate, outlined a compre-
hensive legislative program
dealing with pressing domestic
and international problems. His
suggestions included:
Tax reduction along lines
mapped out by the House Ways
and Means Committee.
Adherence to the World
Court.
Continued effort to strength
en- aviation, without radical
change in the organization of
the army and navy air services.
Curtailment of the Shipping
Boards powers, with the Gov
ernment fleet under the control
of single executive.
Increased authority for the
President and Departments of
Commerce and Labor to deal
with labor disputes in the coal
industry.
Encouragement of cOOpera-
tive marketing as an aid to
agriculture. l-@~
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
Body Found in Lake
Union Is Identified

SEATTLE, Dec. 9. - A body
found in Lake Union yesterday has
been identified as Harry Gilmore,
a waiter of Seattle, Los Angeles
and San Diego. Gilmore, who was
known as Charles O'Hearn, left on
he had been employed He left
alone in a roadster with 500 in
his pocket Lake Union is eight
miles from the roadhouse. The
roadster is missing from the garage
where it was kept by Gilmore.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
TALK
BY PRESIDENT
DISAPPOINTING
ricultural Official Declares
Breach Between East
and West Complete

+. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. -. w.
ply, Chairman of the Executive
mitee of the Minnesota Council
Agriculture, said President Cool
IS address before the American
m Bureau Federation, at Chi
g. 20, given on Monday, was dis
appointing and disheartening and
a complete reputation of the Re-
publican Party's pledges in the
Cleveland platform. The effect Oh
the Republican Party in the West
would be profound. The breach
between the industrial East and
agricultural west seems complete. ,
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
Pribilof Island Fund
Proposed by Oregonian

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. - Rep
resentative Wills C. Hawley, of
Oregon, has introduced a bill in
Congress creating in the Pribilcf
Islands funds a fund from the reye
nues of fur seals and fox skins,
to be administered by the Depart
ment of Commerce to protect and
develop the fur seal fisheries and
fox raising A portion Of the funu
is to be used to provide necessities
for natives.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
Crazed Man Sought for
Setting Engine Loose

SEATTLE. Dec. 8. A crazed
man, dismissed from the railroad S
employ recently, is being sought for
setting loose Monday night the loco
motive which ran wild for a mile
and caused smashup near the
local Great Northern Union Sta
ton. 1t struck switch engine,
shuntlng it into the rear of a pas
seEger train standing near the de-
pot, killing one man and iniuring
four others.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM PLACED
BEFORE CONGRESS BY COOLIDGE
Oldest White Village
In Yakima Valley
Controlled by Family

YAKIMA, Wash, Dec. o
Mckee City, the oldest white
settlement in Yakima Valley
has one family, the Regimhals.
in control of it's municipal gov
ernment as the result of an
election Yesterday. Ed Regim
bal and sister-in-law, Mrs.
Zavier Regimtal, were elected
to. the City Council in which
Zayier Regimbal and Albert
Perrault, a brother-in-law are
already members. Ed. Regimbal
is also Town Treasurer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-09
Ciues Formula by
Which to Liue
Nnety-nine Years

EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 9.-"Eat
lots of pie and sweet potatoes;
take plenty of baths and stay
outside in the fresh air, If you
want to live SO years" is the
admonition to youth, given by
James POLL on his 99th birth
day. He is former Texas
Ranger and said that when one
slacks off on food, it is time to
make arrangements for the un-
dertaker."