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Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
Young Hancock
Awarded Medal

Awards were presented IN the SD
yer Medal Contest At the Method
lst church last night, in which W.
+. Hancock Jr. received the silver
medal, presented 10y the W. {. 7. I.
These contests are given in order
10 interest th' Young people in
the work of the Union. The rcci
tations were Judged acrordjng to
tone, delivery, enuhciation. and
various points Of elocution. The de-
ciSion was reached only after some
debate. as all contestants we've c>-
Iocially effective.
Those competing besides the win
ucr were: Chester Young, Nclma
Lee Phillips, Alma Freeman and
John King, The winner is barred
from entering any more Silver Med
al contests, though he is eligible FIR
tic Gold Medal award. which Viii
be given rs soon as five children
have won the silver medals.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
MONTREAL, MAN CLAIMS
LABRADOR BY OLD GRANT
Hy United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Jan. S.-Rcv. Isaac de
lie Pcnho of the Scphardi congrcga-
ton Of Spanish and Portuguese
Jews ut Montreal has just submit
ted to Privy Council of the British
empire Il modest claim to ownership
of the whole of Labrador. The land
claimed comprises $1,000 square
miles-about ten times the area of
England.
Penho bases his claim according
to the ."Jcwish World' upon II
charter granted to one Joseph dc Ia
Pcnho by King William III, a
wealthy merchant and shipper of
Rotterdam. According to Rev Pen
no his ancestor on one occasion saw
ed King William and several mem
bers from drowning when shipwrcck-
ed. and the King in appreciation
bestowed upon ''Joscph de Ia Penho
and his heirs possession of l4abra-
dor
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

trading moderate. Market steady.
prices unchanged.
Portland &c degrees clear. Two
California arrived. ears on track
unbroken. Supplies light, demand
good, trading slower account Of
wide range in quotations. Market
strong, prices slightly higher, Cali.
tornia mostly As, 2.70-2.75.
Total shipments %ere Arizona
64, Central California /, Southern
California l, Imperial l2l, Florida
IS, total 20j.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
No. 1l2SS Dept. .
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
FOR HEARING OF APPLICA-
TION FOR DISSOIJJTIoN

TlON FOX DISSOLUTION.
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Application
for Dissolution of the FL Centre
Home Builders, . Corporation.
Notice is hereby given that the
Fl Centre Home Builders, corpora
tion, and q majority of the directors
thereof, have presented to the Sup
erior Court of Imperial County,
State of California, petition pray
ing for the dissolution of said cor
poration. and that Friday, the 21st
day of January, A. d., 1927, at the
opening Of court or as soon there
after ~ counsel can be heard, at
the court room of Department No.
=. of this court, have been appoint
ed ~ the time and place for the
hearing of said application.
Given under my hand and seal of
this court this 18th day of October,
\. D., 1926.
e. G.. MOUSSEAU, Clerk.
BY +. NJ. Simpson. Deputy Clerk.
(SEAL) Dee II y % II
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

particular weakness is the burning
of the immaculatclvtrimmcd hcdg-
cs of suburban houscholdcrs, and in
less than three months he has de-
stroycd over 80 hedges without he
ing apprchcndcd. Newspapers have
dubbed the unknown lunatic "Thc
Hedge Hog
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
PAINTS AMERICAN FLEET

SYDNEY, Jan. S.-Charlcs Bry
ant, Australia foremost marin,
artist, has just completed paint
ing of the United States battlcshiI
squadron, depicted lying in Sydney
harbor last year, for presentation
t oPrcsidcnt Coolidge and for hang
ing in the Washington Capitol. The
picture viii be the gift of the New
South Wales government and promi
ncnt citizens of this citv.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
PERSONALS

Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Mayficld #
Santa Clara have been the guests
Of Judge /. Mayficld and Mrs May
field for several days Mayfield is
. nephew of the judge. The visit
has been particularly interesting as
uncle and nephew have not seen
cneia other for 35 wears.
I. Mr.. and Mrs. 0. G. Horne left
Yesterday for san Diego, where
they viii spend tho Weekend Mrs
Howard +. Meyer accompanied them
and will 20 to Los Angeles for Il
brief visit. Mrs. Meyer is expect.
Cd TO return the middle of next
week
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

During November. San Bcnito'
county, tested 96l cows of which
l20 produced more than - pounds
OF buttcrfat per month.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

The Mcrccd Stanislaus sweet po
tato association has received S26j,
600 to date for its 1926 crop ant
still has 600 carloads.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
Scout Leaders to Meet.

Scout Leaders to Meet,-On Mon
cay the Imperial Valley Scout Lead
crs Association will meet in Braw-
ley. According to s. l.. McCrory.
scout executive. the meeting will
b" held al TIA" Wcstsidc school ~
1:3e p. m. Scoutcraft" will be
the subjcct Of study.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

During the scaso. just closed
Garden Grovc, Orange county, ship
ped 4l3 ears OF Valencia oranges.
which trH9ght. in round nnmh,.s.
500. 600.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
Two Local Boxers
Are Reinstated

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. g.
Five California pugiists started the
New Year wrong and are under sus.
pensions, while 12 others who hAd
their licenses temporarily revoked
have had their suspensions lifted,
according TO an announcement To-
day by Walter a. Yarwood, seere-
tary Of the State Athletic Comniis-
sion. &.
Those who comprise the ''in badf'
quintet are:
Joseph Noto of the L. S. s. Mis-
sissippi, suspended indefinitely for
non appearance at Culver City; Sal
FiOrito (Sal Firto) San Francisco,
two months for non appearance;
Ray Soils, Sacramento, two months
, for non appearance; Jimmy Eddy.
San Francisco. one month for foul
ing; Jimmy Moore, San Francisco,
two months for non appearance.
Tn" dozen who may resume acti-
yities are: Anthony Ayerta Charles
Sartino,) Oakland: Sam Rothstein,
Los Angeles; Patsy o Hara, Berk-
eley; John Grunde, Los Angeles;
Teddy de Silva, Los Angeles; Earl
Lundgrcn, EUREKA, Richard Randle,
FL Centre: John Sullivan, San
Francisco; George Tittington. Los
Angeles; Willie Tucker. Los Ange.
les; Sam Price, Salinas; Ray Hcrn-
nandez, III Centre.
Randle, who fought under the
name Of Steve Brodie,' was sus.
pended for a year for "stalling'
in a fight at the local arena in the
early part of the summer. Herman
dcH, who hailed from Plaster City,
also received a similar suspension
I White House this year, says a dis
patch. Maybe it was because no.
body has been put in Jail lately.
A firm at Glendale, Los Angeles
county, has received an order for
5000 tons of terra Gotta for the
new Los Angeles city hall.
Elsinore, Riverside county, re-
ports 1886 inches Of rain December
9 and that the San Jacinto river
is pouring large stream into the
| lake.
Orange county harbor bonds Of
$650,000 were defeated December
IA by ll,062 yes and 9,6ls no,
two'thirds majority being needed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
HEDGES ARE BURNED
BY AUSTRALIAN MADMAN

SiRNEY, Jan. S.-Thr world $
maddest madman is claimed by Mel
bourne, capital city of Victoria. His
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

Girls in a Boston college wrote
Christmas cards with their toes as
part of treatment to correct fallen
arches. Chicken tracks7
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

Youth turns 10 lawlcSsncsS for
money. says a newspaper headline.
Thus does The day OF professional
i'm grow arace.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
President

MoEey to Loan on Automobiles.
Sterling Securities Co. Inc, Fred r.
Cross. Mgr. eco Main ST. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08
DIVIDEND NOTICE
BANK OF ITALY
Head office, San Francisco
And Branches

For the half-year ending December
81. 1926, a dividend has been de-
cared at the rate Of four a. per
cent per annum on all savings de-
posits, payable on and after Mon
day, January 3, 1927. Dividends
not called for are added to and
bear the same rate of interest as
the principal from January l, 1927.
JAMES A. BACIGALUPI
President
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-08

Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania,
former u. S. ambassador to Japan.
is center Of the latest political
storm in Washington. Appointed
TO the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. he is meeting the oppo-
sition of large group of western
and southern senator's. He was
campaign manager for Senator
Pepper in Pennsylvania s "slush
fund" primary,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
CAPITAL TRACTION VALUE IS S25, 756, $50
S5,150,000 CUT
BY COURT

The District Public Utilities Com
mission today won its appeal for
rejection of a goodwill and fran
chise valuation of $780, 900 in the
case of the Capital Traction Com.
pany. The Court of Appeals re-
fused to include that amount in it's
revaluation of the traction COM
pany which it set at $25,756,SS0
The decision was on an appeal
by the Utilities Commission after
the District Supreme Court had set
aside a rate-base valuation Of the
Capital Traction Company's prop
erty made by the commission.
In throwing out the goodwill
and franchise" allowance, Justices
Robb and Van Orsdell, in their de-
cision held that the action Of the
Supreme Court in allowing that sum
was erroneous and that "the claim
that the sum of $780, 900 was paid
for the franchise and goodwill Of
the Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company is not substan-
tial."
The valuation of the Public Util.
tiles Commission was made in 1919
after a five.year study. This fig.
ure, announced as S14 ,270 ,495. 81, was
set aside by the Supreme Court of
the District, which set figure at
$50, 1906 $50. 1t was from this decis-
ion that the commission appealed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
TREE CLIPPING
QUIZ BEGUN

Three branches of the District
Government-the Public Utilities
Commission. the Police Department
and the Office Of Trees and Park.
ings-are today investigating the
mysterious tree clipping expeditions
said to have been made by employees
Of the Washington Rapid Transit
Company.
Twenty-three more of the hacked
and broken shade trees were found
by investigators today along streets
on which the company's double
deck buses operate. They were
on Harvard Street Northwest, he.
tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth
Streets and Allison Street, between
Ninth Street and Iowa Avenue
Northwest.
These are believed to have been
cut and broken at about the same
time as those previously discov.
cred on Thirteenth Street between
Harvard Street and Park Road.
District authorities are openly
attempting to place the blame for
the depredations on the officials
of the company. A conference will
be held this afternoon between Z.
D. Merrill, president of the COM
pany and officials of the Public
Utilities Commission, at which Mer-
rill is expected to name the EN-
ployes of the company who did the
work
II the Investigations reveal that
company. officials were cogniza Mt
of the trimmings. the commission
may refuse to let the company
operate double-deck buses over the
streets on which the Outrage" was
committed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
F IRE vICT| ms
BROUGHT HERE

While formal board Of inquiry
was endeavoring to establish the
origin of the fire at the Marine Bar
racks. Quantico, Va, on S ,rday
in which three lost their lives, the
body of Eleanor Griffin, 21-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Griffin, 5000 Thirty-third st. N. W.,
was brought to the home of her
parents for burial.
The body of Lieut.. Andrew r.
Holderby will be brought to Airing
ton Cemetery and inferred there
tomorrow morning to '10:45 o'clock.
The entire aviation unit at the post
will accompany the body to the train
and a squadron OF planes will escort
the funeral train to this city.
Clotilde, Lieutenant Holderby' s
six-year-oId laughter, also fire
victim will be buried in Richmond.
While the board of inquiry is de-
termining whether or not Holderby
died in line of duty, it is said for.
NAL complaint will be made of the
necessity of using the finder box
buildings for living quarters.
Miss Griffin will be. buried We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock. A
requiem high mass will be sung in
the Shrine Of the Blessed Sacrament
at Chevy Chase. Interment will be
made in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
At Quantico today It was said
that Miss Caroline Griffin will live.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

A new Windshield wiper for an
automobile is operated by a flexi-
BILE shaft, the lower end of which
Is attached to a pulley revolved by
the fan belt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
PLEADS GUILTY
IN Staying

Indicted for first degree murder
in connection with the death June
2. 1926. of Miss Frances v. Voegele,
Thomas B. Brown, as, real estate
salesman. today entered a plea of
guilty of murder in the second de.
gree before Justice Hoehling in
Criminal Court, No. 1.
The shooting occurred on Four.
teenth St., between Euclid and Fair
mont SITS. N. W., where Brown
sent five bullets into the PROSTATE
form of the woman.
1t was said at the time that
Brown intended to shoot himself
but that his pistol was empty when
he finally turned it on himself,
Walter H. Sconyers, a motor.
cycle park police officer, heard the
shots and rushed up to the ac-
ccsed, wrestling the gun from him.
Miss Voegele had been living at the
Olympia apartment, 1868 Euclid st.
N. W.. when Brown, who had been
paying attention to her, is said to
have dragged her to his automo.
bile and shot her. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James J. O'Leary ap.
peared for the Government and At
torney Raymond Dickey repre-
scented Brown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
LAW FOES
TESTIFY

Vigorous opposition to the pro-
posed Sunday closing law for the
District was voiced today when hear
ings were reopened before the Judici.
airy subcommittee of the House Dis
trict Committee.
The hearing was attended by more
than 1000 spectators. John B. Col
poys. of the American Federation of
Labor, and Benjamin s. Minor,
former president of the Washington
American League baseball club, were
among those who opposed the bill.
Mr.. Colpoys declared that such
legislation would lead to the opening
of Sunday gambling clubs and other
Illicit diversions.
mo law ever changed the morals
of man." he said. eff the church
wants to improve the morals of
people of the District it should
make the effort through educa-
ton.
1T is the duty of members of
this committee not to vote their
own sentiments on this bill but to
follow the wishes of the people of
the District, a majority of whom
are opposed to the BILL"
Mr.. Minor declared that there
is less crime on Sunday in the
District since Sunday baseball was
inaugurated during the World War.
He declared that Sunday games
were provided by the club at the
request of the District Commits
sioners as means of keeping SOL
diers in training camps "out of
mischief"
Other opponents included A. j.
Driscoll. president of the Mid-City
Citizens Association; Francis DeSales
Ryan, president of the Central Citi-
Gems Association. and DIR. Joseph A.
Themper, national president Of the
Association Opposed to Blue Laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
SENATE PROBES
DISTRICT BILL

The District appropriation bill
was under the probe of the Senate
Appropriations subcommittee today,
with Senator Phipps, leading the in.
quiry into its salient provisions.
The District Commissioners, Dis
trict Auditor Daniel Donovan Traf.
fic Director NJ. Q. Eldridge, Assist
ant Superintendent of Schools
Kramer and Haycock, were all
called before the subcommittee to
explain their sections of the bill.
Considerable progress was made
in the first reading. the street
Improvement and repaving items
being the only appropriations which
were given more than the "once.
over"
The subcommittee will continue
with its hearings tomorrow. It is
not expected that there will be
any real controversy over the
House bill, with the possible ex-
ception of the school provisions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
THAT ALIMONY INSURANCE
Ali Times Staff Photos
REG. US. Pan OFFICE

THAT ALIMONY INSURANCE
Dear Bill: NO1V comes Justice
Smith, of the District Supreme
Court, 1vith q denunciGtiom of
the "gold diggers" aOko are fill
ing the courts Nth suits for
GlimOny. He seems inclined IL
cut Glimony to the limit if
Uon.Gn is able to earn money
for herself, as many of them
Who are getting Glimony are
doing.
This opinion of the learned
justice seems to giUe backing
to your column proposition for
an Atinony Insurance Company
which wilI issue GLimony poll
cies protecting the holders Just
as auto insurance protects the
gunner of a flivver.
Hoq0 are the subscriptions to
the stock getting on anyhow?
JUMBO JAKE.
("Silicus," Joe Holman, "Old
Socks" and others have APP
piled for stock, but what we
need is large subscriptions by
the Daddy" Brownings, Charlie
Chaplins, and big butter and
egg men who have been victims
or may become victims).
Greece boasts of her great men,
But she had only one Homer;
II Babe Ruth doesn't get over forty
He feels he has pulled n bOner.
MACARONI MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

Autographed sEckers for smart
boys and girls. They are FREE.
See Mondays Washington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
D. c. Heads to Be Told
State Building Plans

The committee in charge Of plans
for erecting permanent State build
ings in the National Capital Of which
Col. Robert N. Harper is chairman,
will call on the District Commits
sioners tomorrow morning.
The committee hopes to interest
the Commissioners enough to get
them to definitely back the proposal
which provides for the erection of
permanent buildings here by States,
in which their products and re-
sources would be advertised.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

PHILOSOPHICAL PROVERBS
en- = ~ bsld that titters-By a
EaEusF-
-gsa1t 81 TIE PIES Il Insufficient
~ q snail beg.
w. thsrs are toe many bills
@ewR b sftsR no pay-By q credit
$780,
49, {. hettsr has . smIIe-By
q zas rtrata JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
Mrs. Fannie V. Hall,
Asks Limited Divorce

Alleging nonsupport, Fannie V.
Hall, 627 Eleventh st. N. E.. today
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court against Robert J. Hall, I'll
D St. N. E., for limited divorce
and alimony. Represented by At,
torneys WEIGH and Daily, Mrs
Hall says that her husband also
deserted her March Is, 1925.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

Ths fsllosv rho thinks he
kl0Ws q oil - almost impOs-
sibls 70 convince that he
6sesEt. c. H. D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
A SAD STORY MATES

R-s ehiak I've gene clean daffy
B~<4ma@ I break into laughter
W1xhsus appareut rhyme or reason
~ thsawht af a hereafter;
- I've ST something 20 tickle me,
@~@~ehiaE that makes me guffaw-
Fss - heaFd of = barber
Whs wa~ stricken with IOckjaw.
~ r~ad - uIid womeR In Africa
49, are tsawusieas and can't talk I:
49, ~~-sEb 20 make any woman
wmd
A. - further existence balk,
~ - an sd stsFiea ever told,
FsE ~ szsotisas with awe,
q go thszEht - q Eabby barber
WRra.H . sase 81 real loekjaw.
STEAMBOAT STEVE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
TALES OF WOE

a Has4ffs VITA teasllitis
q 60 aaiulal I'D hate TO be;
~ s4lu I knsW of one who
RaR . tauxher time than he.
49, plrsur~ the peer eentipede
49, - Eeta ianbaGo:
60, - hss TERRIBLE time;
- ysau aay lt's -.
~ thsy'rs 18Th probably happy,
49, tsa@kful they amt q snake,
sCaaae. Es~h. BOT dealt he suffer,
Wh~m BEE set the stomach ache
G. DIXON.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

50 the tCoHeR members of
Congress thiHk there should
bs g law to prevent the June
%Peaehss" Of life marrying
Dscsmbsr PWmpkiHs or tur-
nips. AUNT DEDA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
For Better Plays
MISS ESTELLE ALLEN

LEADING A NEW Little The
alter movement in Washington is
Miss EstelIe Allen, who plans es-
Enlistment of a new-type play
house at Wardman Park Hotel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08
RURAL CREDITS
HAVE CO. LOANS
DEPARTMENT RECORDS SHOW %
LOANS IN REDWOOD COUN-
TY AGGREGATING S237,5

The extent to which farmers of
Redwood County are taking advan-
tage of the long time loans of the
State of Minnesota is disclosed in
the report of the Department of Rur-
al Credits.
The report covers the year ending
December 81, 1926, and shows that
there are % loans in effect in this
county, totaling the sum of $237 500.
The loans average slightly over $1O,-
600 each.
In Brown county there are 80
loans aggregating 322,500.
The Department has received 33
applications from Redwood county in
the amount of $369,40O. The total
applications in Brown county num-
bered 80, involving $4,000.
Up to December 31st, no loans
had been foreclosed in either Red
wood or Brown counties and conse-
quently the Department is in the
possession of no real estate here.
There were only three small delin-
quent installments in Redwood county
at the time of the report, and none
in Brown.
Loans cannot exceed $4,000. The
average for the state is about $4,000.
Loans are made to provide for the
purchase of equipment and livestock;
to provide for buildings and improve
ments, and to clear land; fencing and
drainage; to pay existing mortgages
and other debts; for part payment of
purchase price of improved farm land.
Loans are made on the amortiza-
tion plan, running for a period of
3512 years.-Morgan Messenger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08
WANTED, A GAME

Baseball, despite the fact that
thousands of amateurs play it, is
chiefly a spectators game. Tennis
involves more strenuous exercise
than many adult men wish to take
Golf is ideal in many respects, but it
is rather expensive. There are never
enough courses available for all who
would like to play.
There is clearly opportunity for de-
velopment of some new game which
would furnish men (and possibly wo-
mem way to obtain outdoor exer-
else and play at practically no ex-
pense-a game which one individual
could play alone, or which two or
more could play together, according
to circumstances; a game which, like
golf, could be played in fairly lei
surely manner, but which would not
require several pieces of equipment
and which would not require large
stretch of territory for the playing
field. Some sort of ball would be
necessary. AS to what kind of ball
or as to what would be done with it,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08
WASECA WALTON PICNIC

Waseca Journal; Sunday June &c,
is the date of the annual picnic of
the Izaak Walton League according
to the announcement made today by
Harry Myers, chairman of the picnic
committee appointed at the chapter
meeting Wednesday evening. The pic
mic this year will be held at beautiful
Maplewood Park, Waseca, on the
shores of Clear Lake. Like the pic
mics of the past it will be an all day
affair with program of addresses and
sports in the afternoon. j. F. Gould,
commissioner of game and fish of the
State of Minnesota, has written Pres
ident Brandon that he will be here
for the picnic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-06-08

Federal revenue agents, said to be
working out of Redwood Falls. raided
the Joseph ]. vogel farm in Stately
township, Sunday, but failed to find
any moonshine. They did, however
discover an old still of considerable
proportions, under hog barn, and
placed Mr.. Vogel under arrest. The
later has retained the local law firm
of Pfoender & Glotzbach, and with
his counsel appeared before Federal
Court Commissioner Hughes at Man
kato, Monday. He pleaded not guilty
and was released under $4,000 bonds
until the next term of federal court.
Mr.. vogel claims the confiscated still
has not been in use by him over a
year.-Brown County journal