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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07
NEW ECONOMY
BYDEPRESSION
TO BE EVOLVED
Society Must Share Profits of
Machinery Says Speaker to
Business Men; Tells Young
Citizens Same at School

Concentration Of wealth thru
robbery by big business was the
primary cause of and the reason
for the continuance of the depres-
sion was the statement made Tues
day noon by o. ID. Strong, publish
er of the New West Trade Of Spo-
kane. Mr.. Strong, whose paper is
a trade publication, has been speak,
ing before mercantile groups thru
out the Pacific Northwest for
years. He stopped off in Kenne-
wick on his way to address a con-
vention of hardware dealers in
Portland. All businessmen of
town were invited to be guests of
the Kiwanis club, under which aus
pices the lecture was given. The
meeting was well attended, nearly
every business institution in town
being represented.
The subject of Mr.. Strong's adj
dress was "The Law Of Supply and
Demand" He stated that the law
was one which could not, under
any circumstance be repealed and
would be and was effective no mat
ter how many cartwheels and sum-
mersaults Were performed in the
effort to suspend it. .-. a. ..
Recovery and prosperity itself
were dependent upon the opera
tion of its four parts, Mr.. Strong
said, sand no amount of manouv-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

ner guests Sunday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Jones were
Sunday evening dinner guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
Carnahan in Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dickerson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Dickerson
of Walla Walla spent Wednesday
visiting at the Chas. Dickersor
home.
Charles Morse from Grandview
spent Sunday evening visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan
Burger.
The Saturday Evening club met
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney Relton. Mrs. Sam Mcmahon
of Pasco was high and Mr.. Harlan
Muncey low.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton were
dinner guests Sunday evening at
the R. r. Mcintosh home.
A Purschwitz and sons of Ken
newick were visitors at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. p.
Mowery Sunday.
Miss Vivian Frazier Of Yakima
is spending a couple of weeks at
the home of her mother.
Misses Bertha Sutton and Mad
cline Serdar were dinner guests OF
Adele Scott Sunday.
Misses Juanita Miller and Alice
Forrest and Glenn Forrest roller
skated to Kennewick Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Terry OF
Yakima visited at the Grisby home
Sunday.
Mrs. Krone and children visited
at the j. R. Smith home Sunday.
Vale met February 2 with SO
members present. Five applications
for membership were received. A
resolution in regard to grange
handling cement was read and
adopted. The Insurance agent re-
ported three new policies written
since last meeting. One candidate
x = = !
was obligated and three were ini-
tiated into the order. Out of COM
munity visitors were from Ken
newick Highlands. Mr.. Story and
John Dam talked on cannery pros
poets. Lunch, visiting and some
dancing took the remainder Of the
evening.
The program put on by the dra-
matte club at the high school on
Monday evening drew a large
crawd. The proceeds was about
$32.35 and will be used to help pay
the expenses of the girls basket
ball team, who left for Spokane to
play in the tournament.
The Vale grange basketball team
play Burbank on the local high
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

ering could escape them. n.
that it was his thought tha. aat
country would evolve a new - %
of economies; that excess r s.sop
resulting from the use ~ fi I'm
saving machinery should belos SDOA
society rather than TO the ovnIg y
the machine; that the rsa. =
should be made in the forn, 'ura
higher wages to the workmen :. 4 \
lowered prices to the consnrSs .
He said that it was more inn.
ant to establish maximum prics w I,
good times rather than minis
prices in poor times. Such eau
would prevent depressions. A.,
that the type of government = ~ 49,
pies was receiving was tina 80 -
they were entitled TO. ~
Mr.. Strong said that this so..
try had figured in three major ~.
ties; the first a political ons ~ !.
which we established our freeSo.a'.
the second under President M
coin when the slaves were frees =,
thus a human battle; the third ~.
being waged was the most Sew
but would result in economic tr.'
dom and that the country vorI,
emerge from its struggles bets
in every way.
Mr.. Strong also gave his addre.
before the assembly in the hiOl
school in the afternoon.
A clever little skit was stapR
for the club members and yIsito,.
before Mr.. Strong's address. i
was a take-off on any CONT
agent anywhere, in which the 4,
PLANTATION that the governm@s
checks had not yet arrived.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

school, floor next Tuesday evening,
February IL.
A prize waltz will be held FRI
day night at the Vale grange hall
with the usual low rate Of 25c adj
mission and the same orchestra as
of last week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Simmelink
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy E. Larkin.
Don't forget the dance at Lo-
Gust Grove grange hal Saturday,
February 18th. Music by Shorty
Losse and his orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Larkin en-
tertained Lyle Simmelink and Dor
othy Larkin at Sunday dinner.
The Ais entertained the MS
Saturday evening with six o.
clock supper and a program after
grange. There were almost eighty
present. A good time was had by
all. Three new candidates were
voted on and given the obligation.
Dancing completed the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Meeker and
Carroll Meeker Of Cold Creek and
Mr.. and Mrs. M. v. Hcberlein,
Irene, Lynette and Lucille, spent
Friday visiting at the M. Simme-
link home.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Simmalink and
Leona Beth and Mrs. E. E. Meeker
Of Cold Creek and Mrs. M. v. Heb
erlein spent Thursday afternoon
visiting at the Roy e. Larkin
home.
Mrs. j. C. Dennis is on the sick
lis. this week.
A rumber of Locust Grove peo-
pie drove to Walla Walla Thurs
day.
AIr. and Mrs. E. E. Meeker of Cold
Creek and Carroll Meeker, who
Just returned from school at w.
S. c., spent the weekend at the
NJ. v. Iieberlein home. Mrs. Nee
ker and Hrs. Heberlein are sis
tiers.
Roy r. Larkin drove to Benton
City Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Simmelink enter
tanned Ellen Puderba1gh, Evelyn
Edwards, Grace and Betty Ann
Dickinson, John Dickinson, Gil
bert and Cecil Edwards with Sun
day dinner.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07
Army Engineers Taking
River Soundings For
Dams and Navigation
HOVER

For the past week, group OF
men from the army engineering
corp have been surveying n d
sounding the Columbia river for
dams and future navigation along
this district.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07
Miss Ruth Mueller Gives
Party for David Wooden
LOCUST GROVE

The Locust Grove school with
Miss Ruth Mueller as teacher had
a party in honor of David Wooden's
birthday Friday. Games and fav-
ors furnished the entertainment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

The Kennewick Needle club Win
meet with Mrs. w. H. Withers n
the Highlands Friday, February
Is for a one o'clock luncheon. M.
meeting will be the clubs annml
mid-winter picnic.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Filbert and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Car
rol Harding and daughter and Miss
Carol Sloan were entertained at
dinner at the Sherman Muncey
home Sunday.
Kew. Moede of Connell arrived
here Sunday and is holding reviv-
al servi :es at the NJ. E. church each
evening except Saturday at 7:45.
Miss Garnet Meredith who has
been employed at Seattle for some
time arrived home Sunday to visit
her mother, Mrs. T. A. Mere 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Woods are
the proud parents of q daughter
horn to them at the Pasco hospital
Morday. The young lady weighed
2 pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. M. Quacken5ush
and daughter visited at the home
OF Mrs. j. D. Sutton Sunday.
David Bennett visited friends in
WaIla Walla over the Weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hartung
visited at the A. F. K0ehler home
Sunday aftern BON
mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Hackney and
Gertrude and Melva Har-lng were
s:.,.t ay dinner guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cheya,.
The TO- o. ing pupil. have be.n
absent from school tn, week on
account # their recent vaccination
of smallpox. Merle aad Warren
Supplee, June Wilton, Ar:ette Du-
plus, Austin Murray, Albert Abb
ramson, Hs len Bohlina. RIB IT
F!e' her, Lille Allen and Lore,,
Clark.
Mrs. Gray left on Monday for
Portland to visit with her sister
and also to consult specialist for
her health.
The Ray Reader family have
moved in with Mr.. and Mrs. Happy
Hickey. Mr.. Hickey has not been
SO well again lately.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hansen
and Miss Rosalia Smith were din
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

Miss Jean Smith left Monday
afternoon for Walla Walla. where
she is student at Whitman col
lege, after spending the mid-winter
vacation with her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Smith.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07
Richland News Items

Residents Rhland and vicinity invited to give their district
greater publicity by Informing the correspondent in the neghbo
hood of the happenings in the community.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07
Draper Family Given
House Warming

A number of friends gathered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Draper on Thursday evening for q
surprise party or rather a house
warming for them. The Diapers
have just recently moved into
their new home, which they have
built. There were about thirty-four
present and the evening was spent
in playing games after which de-
icious refreshments were served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-02-07

Read Courier Reporter ads.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12

days, although he didn't know that
then, stood between him and vast
wealth. A man named Clark took over
his lease. Ten days later one Of the
richest veins OF gold ore ia the west
was struck and CLARK sold the mine
Dick lands had located 10 the Ana
conda Copper Mining company for
SIC. 1000. 600.
Dick was broke but he was not dis
Outraged. He drifted out to Norris.
Mont, and lived six months on so.
He never went hungry though. In those
days, he reminds us, the streams were
fun Of big trout and the hills alive
with antelope and black-tail deer. He
tells an amusing story OF his fishing
adventures 1t seems that he was hay
ing better luck than any other Of the
prospector- fishermen, pulling out big
trout and filling hearts with envy. p.
v. jackson, another Of the eariy-day
prospecors, was curious as to the magic
that brought about Dicks success. The
triumphant fisherman guarded his sec
ret jealously, but jackson was so de-
termined to find It out that he resorted
to vile. He tracked Dick lands, pa
tiently, cautiously, day after day, along
mountain streams, until, managing to
sneak close to him, behind cover Of
underground, his persistence was re-
warded. For, wriggling at the end Of
Dicks line, was a mouse. Field mice,
Dick assures you, makes the best Of bait
for big trout.
During that first winter while Dick
was trudging hills and gulches about
Norris he got chummy with William
Parkinson. The two men fished to-
gether, hunted, prospected and talked
~ k,TF - Do avafra
camp one day with news. He was al
ready working promising placer dig
gings and he told Dick he believed he
had found some good placer gravel
higher up the gulch. And so Dick fl-
ed on the Hot Springs Placer mine, lat
er to be known as the Lands and
Jackson Placer Diggings." That was in
1894. It was virtually necessary that
Dick make money soon for, back In
Pennsylvania, there was a girl waiting
for him, with utmost faith that he
would keep his promise to send for
her. And so, true to his creed that
man can do whatever he makes up his
mind TO do, Dick began panning that
gravel for gold. Handicapped by lack
Of capital he met and overcame one
obstacle after another. He built dam
for hydraulic water power and built |
q fIume. One night he was wakened |
by a sudden, loud roaring. He got up to |
and found that his dam was |
destroyed, letting flood Of water down
through the gulch. He had, it ap- :
peared intruded upon the rightful do
main Of beaver, interfering with its
labors, and the reSentful animal had, in |
turn, undone about all 1t had taken
Dick weeks to accomplish.
There came q day, however, when he |
struck small piece Of gravel, not more |
than nine by Is feet, that was rich In
gold dust. It was fate, Dick feels. He /
found that small, isolated rich piece
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12

A collection of the wOrk OF Ir-
vim s'Shorty'' Shope, of MissOuIa, and
considered one OF the foremost con-
temporary cowboy artists I'm the state,
is on display at the Helena Office
Supply, Helena, with q display Of
animal wood carvings by James l..
Clark, Indian sculptor.
ShOpe's exhibit consists of three oil
paintings, four water cOlOrs and II
pen and ink drawings. Some Of the
paintings are the originals Of maya
zine Illustrations which have won the
Montana artist a wide reputation.
MIR. Clark has q couple OF One-piece
wood carvings of bears and Rocky
mountain goats all true to life and
carefully done.
MIR. ShOpe recently completed
mural paintings at the University Of
Montana In haiss0uIa. At the present
time he Is employed by the Montana
highway commission ia making dec
Orati0ns and drawings I'm the com
missions highway advertising pro-
gram.
He is also illustrating a Montana
history being compiled by Bob Fiet-
cher of the highway department and
Is creating a cover design for the
states new official road map.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12

just because he had to. It yielded him
$l.700 and he, of course, sent at once
for the girl back in Pennsylvania.
He says today, with a CLINT Of pride
"A girl who would come from the east
out to the wilds Of Montana, and trust
her life to q young, unsuccessful pros
pector had to be real CIR"
And she was, without doubt, q real
girl. He built q cabin for her, their
first home, high up in Hot Springs
gulch, near his mine. No trail led to
the little cabin. They had no neigh
borS Norris, now short half hours
drive BY auto, was so far away she
didn't go much. But, Mrs. Lands as
sures you, she was happy never lone
some. A son was born to them tn the
solitude Of that lonely gulch, and a
daughter, and Mrs. lands was SO busy,
SO content, so confident of her huS-
bands ultimate success that she could
waste no time ON self pity.
Although Dick had already made a
small fortune in the Magma Charta and
lost 1t, and had seen q vast fortune
slip through his fingers he was not
discouraged. For prospectOTs are, at
heart, gamblers and therefore optimis-
tic. What he had done once he could
do again. That 81, 700 which Dick Lam
dis PANIED from gravel simply because
he had to have money at once was his
one and only experience In gravel. From
thence on he was q hard-rock man. The
hills all about the Gaiena mine are
still full of holes he dug. For nine years
he worked, never making the fortune
he was so confident he would make,
but always finding enough ore IN
month or two to keep him and his fam
lily In comfort the remainder Of the
year, and to save q little capital Tor
speculation. He bought the Josephine
mine from Jake May. tt ored, he says,
about SIS per ton. Later he sold the
Josephine and bought the Keystone
which he still owns. The keystone 10
so high up on the mountain side and so
difficult of approach with teams or
trucks that the problem OF mining 1t at
a profit has not yet been solved.
Moreover, MIR. lands Is no longer
an active miner. The adventurous
days Of uuesting for gold ore are over
for him. He and Mrs. lands are nv-
ing on a 3OO-acre ranch about three
miles from Norris Cold spring water
is piped from the mountain to their
house and to the fine garden which Is
bringing Dick renewed fame. Below the
house runs q willow-fringed trout
stream. They have chickens, two cows
and a pampered cat. They are living
out their years in the beautiful serenity
fruit of long, hard days well spent
we have all we need to make us hap
Dy," says the man who gave the most
81 his life to the search for gold, "and
what more could any one want?"
Once q prospector, though, always
4 prospector, Dick to whom the west
owes so much, is watching, with alert
interest, the renewed activities all about
MIN, the re-opening and working Of old,
long-idle mines with modern equip
nert. He is convinced that the easy
lays Of mining are over forever, that
1nly by scientific methods can there
De q profit. However, the mining in
iustry, he says, is better In Montana
low than ever before because the men
Who are coming in now are of much I
higher class, men who will help TO
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12
WAR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES
FORT PECK LAND PURCHASES

The war department announced land
purchases totaling SIS. $40 in connection
with Fort Peck dam in Montana. All
the former landowners, the department
said, would be permitted TO continue
occIIpancv of the property until May
1. 1887, with the government reserving
the right to enter upon the lands for
any purpose connected with the dam
construction.
The purchases, approved by the act
ing secretary of war, were:
ROY Axtell and Anna Axten, 2Ol1
acres, $7,022; Jess A. Burke, 1O8.34 acres,
So 1872; Frank Cichon, 134.5 acres, 81 OIL;
Gorg Mcguire. 255.7 acres, $50; Jean
NJ 0xarart. 224.5 acres, $2.351; Henry
peitz 2O4.4 acres. $2,O98; Stanley Potts,
g7g.7 acres. $21 ,026; Isaac Simon, 49,
acres, "a ,325; w. j. Sutherland. lib
acres, $5.494; James Wilson. 1915
acres, $279.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12
SIGN FOR WATER

Ranchers and farmers in the valley
below Cooney dam site in Carbon eoun-
ty have already subscribed for 10000
acre-feet of water from the reservoir,
although construction Of the project
has Just been started, according to an
nouncement by r. r. Purcell OF Hell
conservation board. When completed
the Cooney dam viii supply 81 500 acre
feet Of water. Mr. Purcell and other
board members recently attended q
meeting at Red Lodge at which were
present more than 200 prospective
water users.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12
By GLENDoLIN DAMON wAGnsE !

CBy GLENDOLIN DAMON WAGRgERl
Co-author Of Blankets and M0ccasins."
Author Of ''oid Neutriment."
The history Of southwestern Nom
tana and the story Of Dick Lands
life are inseparably intertwined. Dick
b famous for many things. He is one
Of the oldest Of the eariy-day pros
poctOrs He Is reputed TO make the
best, Iightest, whitest sourdOugh
bread any man ever ate. High mp In
Hot Springs gulch where, As years
ago, he built cabin for his bride, he
had q strawberry patch that would
make yOur mouth water. And he was
the locator and first owner Of the
famous Stuart mine which later sold
for the fabulous sum Of 1O,009 600.
Born In Pennsylvania, Dick came
west when he was Is years old. with
no capital except youth and courage
and high hopes. He boasts with Just
pride that In all his long. eventful life.
with all its ups and downs he worked
only seven months for wages. That
was when he first arrived in the big.
unsettled west and CHANGED to land at
Hyram Kelly's cattle ranch near Chey-
enne, Wyo. He says, with twinkle:
I'm those days there wasn't any dole.
A man couldn't beg and he couldn't go
Dick applied for a job-just any job
The ranch foreman inquired whether
the boy could cook. And Dick, who had
never fried pan of potatoes In his life,
promptly replied: Eyes, I'm a good
cook"
For, he says, knew could make Of
myself good cook because there isn't
a thing q man can't do II he just makes
up his mind to do it. And so the In
experienced lad Of 10 took the job as
cook for a big ranch. He put his en-
tire mind and heart into the work and
built I'D a reputation as one of the best
cooks in the west. He goes into detail
over the three-decker pie he invented.
"A layer Of crust in deep pan" he
explains, then a layer Of berries, then
another layer Of crust. and so on until
you get to the top And did the Hyram
Kelly cowboys go for that pie when
took 1t out Of the ovenl"
But Dicks ambitions scared higher
than the art Of pie making. He had
ventured into the west because he
wanted to be a prospect0r. And so,
with a capital of $3.50 he had saved in
wages he struck out for himself. He
came up into Montana territory, where
already big gold strikes were exciting
attention and leased the Magma Charta
mine. He was lucky In short time
he had made a big pile Of money. all
Of which he sunk into the Stuart mine.
Dick had staunch faith in that mine.
He felt that he was close on the trail Of
a rich vein. But it took capital and
time to operate the diggings. He Dor
rowed money when the ore from the
Magma Charta was exhausted, put all
he had and all he could raise, 10 the
extent of about $4,000 into the Stuart.
And It wasn't enough. There came a
panichy day when his lease ran out
and he couldn't renew it. And just 10
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12
Widow of Victim
Asks Compensation

Mrs. Catherine Hoehn Of Billings has
filed claim for compensation wifh the
state industrial accident board for tl1e
death Of her husband, Peter wv. Hoehn.
employed b the Northwest Fixtures %.
Of Billings 2s years.
Hoehn's death June "a was attrfbut-
ed TO spotted fever, allegedIy contract
ed through the bite OF q tick In the
lumber warehouse OF his employer.
a legal question raised in the claim
is whether death from spotted fever
under any circumstances is an acct
dent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12
CHTNEsE wHEAT IMPORTS

Chinese import requirements OF
wheat during the 1885 season (June-
july are expected to be about TO-
100000 bushels, but may be much less
should world wheat prices continue TO
advance, according to word received
by the Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
les from Acting Agricultural Commits
sioner F. j. Rossiter of Shanghai. I'M
ports during 1934-35 were 17,444, 900
bushels compared with 19,9l1.000 bush
els in 1933-34.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12

stabilize and build up the communities
Dick has seen the towns Of Norris and
Ennis grow from wild adolescence to
mature. sober, prosperous villages He
knew Red Bluff ia the days OF its
bOorn. when 1t flourished, for a time,
out-r1vaIing all other towns about. And
then he saw its decay and ultimate
death until It is now but ghost town.
ne has seen men come and men 60.
re has seen the stage coaches being
sransplanked by the automobile and
aaato truck. And now, In the placidity
~ 4 fuI life, he Is rejoicing IN signs
klaak point 20 the rich frllitatfon Of q
region 10 which he contributed his
yosbh.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12

A cash income of $6,7O0.0O0 for 1885
is the estimate Of the American farm
ers' income made recently by the Unit
ed States bureau of agricultural &C.
onomics. 1t is still long way from the
income Of 1929 which was SIC, 500, 900 600
but good SO percent above the income
for 1882.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-12
DROUGHT RESISTANCE GRASSES

DROUGHT MESASIAIFOE OE1EA15I511
A two-year search FOR grasses ana
other plants that viii resist urought
In the Great Plains has ended, ana tne
york Of testing hardy varieties from
Asia is now under way, the United
states department Of agriculture an
nounces. On September 81 the depart
r1ent terminated the plant-hunu
expedition In North China headed by
prof. Nicholas Roerich. The 1884 col
lecting season yielded total OF 2,24z
lost Of seed and planting stock, inciud-
ing 1893 grasses. 555 legumes, and S89
miscellaneous items.