davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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zled look. But pray sit down
again. Mr.. GrassI There are one
or two more questions | should ike
TO ask you"
The other resumed his seat reluc-
tanily.
If you were with Miss Lake al the
Country club late last night" Vance
proceeded. how did II happen that
you and she returned 10 the house
al different hours? presume. OF
course. that yon accompanied her
back TO the city"
Grassi appeared embarrassed.
~lt was Miss Lakes suggestion. "
be said. that we should not be
heard entering the house at the
same time. So waited in Central
park for a quarter OF an hour after
she had gone"
Vance nodded
Il thought as much. II was the
proximity OF your two returns that
made me conclude that possibly
you had been together last night ?.
But what reason did Miss Lake give
for the deception?"
NO particular reason. Miss Lake
merely said she thought 1t would
be better II Mr. Brisbane Coe did
not hear Us coming In together"
"She specifically mentioned Mr.
Brisbane CoeT"
Yes"
And she did not mention SIR,
Archer CoeT
Not that | remember"
THAT Is quite understandable, >
Vance remarked. Uncle Brisbane
was her ally In her engagement &c
Mr.. Wrede; and she may have
feared that be would not have ap
proved Of her being out so late
with another man. BY the by. Mr.
Grassi. when you came In last night
or rather, this morning-where
did you hang your hat and coatf
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lowed two of a kind to come into
the city at time, In order to keep
down prices through competition, al
ways a sound plan in the era of ex-
President Hoover, for whom the dam
is sometimes called. The number
Of business concerns are held down
to what is necessary to supply the
needs of the community.
Visitors cannot merely come ami
go to Boulder City like In other
towns. United States marshals keep
out all but those who have passes.
This reduces crime, for undesirable
persons never get a chance to COM
nit crimes-they don't get in.
There has been only one crime in
all Boulder City's history, & hold
up. It's perpetrators were under
sentence inside of two weeks.
Transient visitors who appear to
be law-abiding citizens are given
24-hour passes which may be re-
newed.
e. Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-01

up from craters in prehistoric days.
Entrance 70 the tunnels is effected
through a cave-opening OF heroic
proportions. Here is the first Of the
30-foot piping that will feed water
to the turbines. From this the wa
ter, rushing with all the force of
it's long fall, enters the power house
through secondary pipes 13 feet in
diameter
Never has a construction job been
speeded so swiftly. More than
100000 cubic yards Of concrete
have been poured from the huge 16-
ton buckets in strips feet high. 1t
is nearly year and a half ahead
Of schedule, the contractor says.
Gone now is the terror Of the
food periods of the Colorado. Each
Of the two spillways of Boulder
dam could accommodate rush of
water of volume greater than the
ordinary flow over Niagara falls.
This is necessary, for when the
river reached its peak fcod flow of
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Huge Artificial Lake.

So huge IL the reservoir that VIII
form one OF the worlds largest arti-
fetal lakes. II viii take three years
to fll II VIII be 125 miles long.
with shore line OF more than 500
miles. and win cover DOT square
miles. At present the canyon above
the dam Is being cleaned out in
preparation for the creation Of the
lake. Leaving the canyon forever
are a railroad. an old concrete mix
ing plant and a large camp.
The Colorado Is one OF the most
temperamental and inconsistent riy-
ers in the United States. II drains
approximately one-thirteenth of the
country, yet its flow varies from less
than 1000 cubic feet a second at
the lowest period TO an all-time high
OF 210,0OO cubic feet a second. The
flow now Is about 400. II will not
be until the spring floods that the
reservoir In back OF the dam begins
to fill up.
While the dam has been built, en-
gineers have diverted the flow of
the Colorado around the project by
means OF artificial river beds cleft
through the mountains. One of
these tunnels carries the whole flow
now, but at times four are need
ed They cannot all be shut down at
once to begin building up the reser-
voir, because much of the water is
needed for the irrigation of the
Yuma and Imperial valleys.
When the needs of irrigation have
been met. gates being built in the
Nevada diversion tunnel will re-
turn the surplus to the reservoir.
The three diversion tunnels are 80
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SYNOPSIS
-14-~a !, 4 : sflg. /.

f'hF5 Vance. expert Ga saivinE
erlrr rgtryr.rr. !nFfst Eates fhc
suppasrd suicide q Archer Gee niss
tr.et Attorney MARKHAM and vance
Eo g1 Goes hagsc. They ana Hreas.
= sr.r-d 90 Goes. ther*. alec gnnT
Grass. Furrt The tuor q the
deash chamber ls bpltrd ffam The
Inside they force o. C97 is clothed
Ir ars-s.rE Eaua. bgt wears street
sharr. tarrr says it ls murder. The
medical rrar. liner artH evidences ot
q rr.a-r iic saya rue had been dead
fer hegra -hrr e. tuifet eafere3 hia
hfad 10 10 proved iha; Gee uas folly
dressed whrn 30 uzs stabbed They
Grf ~oBrfrd Scotch terrier vance
takes the dos to veterisar ar.aa. De-
rlarirE fhe a1lmal ahou5d prove an
Irgarfart raHrrctinE luk Gamble
-ayn HrIrharr coc. Arrhef.a brother.
Irft far Ch.eEo thc previous after
aann. bat h.a dead body ls d.scuv-
srr8 t1 coat closet ta the Cao huns.
Vance lHterfarafrs fhe Chiuefe cook.
rEanr Hr8 afterwards Hnds e Dir 81
porcelain fram a Chlneae vase. with
Blood On o.
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70 the Crestyicw Country club. .
your appointment, with Miss
Lake was az what tlmet"
-Nlne O'Clock The man looked
nppeaiinEly az Vance. There was
90 be a dance but ! took the
wrong traln-Tn not familiar"
"Qulie-qulte~ Vance spoke en-
couraslnEiy. And what time was
Il when you arrived az the club
1T vas after eleven" Grassi fcll
back into the chair as n exhausted.
Il had 20 make several trBuspor,a-
ton changes" he continued In a
forced tone 1t Was most un,ortu-
nate.
Yes. very" Vance studied the
other icIly ~pid tbe lady forgive
your tardinessT
Yes Miss Lake accepted ms ex-
planntion. the man returned. with
a Show of heat. The fact Is. she
did not arrive until several minutes
after did She bad notored TO the
Arrowhead Inn with friends FOR din.
ner. and had an accident %, some
kind on her return TO the club
Very dlsircssin'." murmured
Vance Were her friends with her
al the time % The accident7"
Il do not believe they were -
Grasa answered. Miss Lake told
me she bad mo;ored back alone"
AT this polni Detective Burke
stepped into The room.
THAT Chink dowas,aIrs wants 90
speak TO Mr. Vance" he said. Hes
all hot and bothered
Vance nodded 20 Heath.
send him up Burke. the ser
geHnl ordered
LANG appeared az the door and
waited til Vance came % hlm
he said something IN a iow voice
which the rest Of the room could
no, distinguish. and held out a
crudely twisted paper parcel.
Thank you. AR Llang" said
vance: and the Ch.uaman. with n
low bow. returned downstairs
Vance took the parcel to the desk
and began opening e.
The cook be said. speaking d.
rccily 90 the italian. has just
found this package tucked away in
the garbage pall on the rear porch
II may interest you. Mr Grassi"
A. be spoke be smooihed out the
corners ~ the paper: aud there
were rc, ealcd 20 all o. Us many
fragments OF beautiful. delicate
porcelain with a pure white luster
Here. he went on. stlll address
Ing the italian. are the remains
% Mr tne's Ting yao vase.
And. II you will notice. several Of
these E<eces Of fragile sung porce-
lain are stained with blood
There was a long silence. Finally
Grassi looked up.
Its an outrage r. be exclaimed
Il don't understand 81 in the
least And the blood Do you
think. sir. that this vase had any
thing TO DO with the death OF Mr
Coe1-
"Nlthou, doubt" Vance vas
watching the Italian with a pun
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BOULDER DAM PROJECT BECOMES REALITY

feet In diameter. Two OF them have
been filed with plugs OF concrete
go TO 800 feet long When the
river has risen 10 height OF 2GO
feet, the third channel, which CON
tains gates 10 regulate the flow. VIII
follow the permanent structures.
huge pipelines 80 feet In diameter
Il will be June or July before
there Is sufficient water for the op-
Grafton Of the power house, which
will be finished about July /, with
five of the seventeen generating
units Installed. the rest To be put
In over a period Of few years.
The greatest of these units. TO be
the largest Of It's kind in use any.
whore. viii generate 1l5,OOO horse
power.
Built In the shape of horse
shoe. with wings 62j feet long and
the side against the dam 300 feet
wide. the lJ-story power house will
be the seat Of one more Of the fed
eral governments numerous ven.
lures into the electric light and
power business OF late Unlike the
IVA and other projects. business
outlook Is particularly good here,
for all Of the power has been con
tracted for In advance. Income
from the sale OF electrical energy
Is expected to exceed S7.0O0.OOO a
year.
The water In the reservoir win
be ready long before the machinery.
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G. Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-01

The four intake towers through
which the water enters the power
plant, checkered In design. are the
principal contrast 10 the broad
white expanse OF the dam Itself,
which rises In a great triangle from
the bottom Of the canyon. To as
sure obtaining OF clear water. they
begin go feet above the Colorado's
bed, and win extend $50 feet above.
World OF caverns.
With no water running over the
top. the face of the dam on the
downstream side slopes In a steep
and graceful curve. bracing itself
against the weight of the tremen-
dous wall OF water on the other
side
Internally. the dam is magic
subterranean world OF caverns. bor-
ing their way into the rugged
mountalnsides OF volcanic rock cast
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cy WILLIAM c. UTLEY

HUULDER dam Is ready 10 be-
* gin operations within about
Da months time.
The gigantic project one OF the
mlehilest engineering Jobs ever uu-
dertakeu by man. once the subject
of thousands OF columns OF news
paper comment throughout the land
has been all bat forgotten with
the new Interests that have attract
ed public Htteution-th depression
the New Deal and others. but for
I've years since tho undertaking was
begun ln 1890. 5000 workers have
toiled night and day until now the
great dam Is reality.
The project Is costing America
SlG5.oO0O00 and other projects d..
rectly associated with Il account for
another S230oo0oOo with the Job
50 little removed from completion.
engineers OF the bureau ot reclama-
ton pronounce Il ready 20 eliminate
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CHAPTER v-Con,lnued

him comc in az midnight I imagine
he alaays comes iu silently a
ChIucse characteristic un general
principles. the Chinese never want
their movements however innocent.
% o. krown 90 foreigners bur last
night Lang VAS heard returning
and Gamble had already retired 10
the fourth fnor A bli significant
eh. uhat1 Lang probably saw Cam.
bIes boudo.r light ablazr and Jet II
D. known. 10 a subtle way. that be
vas arriving from his afternoon AID
evening o1."
\ see what you meau.~ Markham
nodded dubiously. "But. after all.
your reasoning Is purely specula.
dive
~Oh. quite Vance admitted 'Bu,
the entire case IL 80 a speculative
stage Jus, uow. what1 Any.
way. I hAvc even more deanlte eyl.
dence that Lang was here early
last nlght and 10 present him wi,h
II later What do you say 10
our having polite intercourse with
wreie and the Signor Grassif-
Markham waved hls hand in as
seat.
And we'd better 20 upsialrs."
Vance suggested. Brisbane Is not
= pretty sight"
Heath gave orders 10 Burke tc
remain AZ the library door and see
that 90 one entered the room. Gam.
Die was told to stay in the front
ball end answer the d0orbell
Which one of the babies do you
want srstT- the Sergeant asked
The Italian. by all means.
said Vance Hes frIghtfully up
set and therefore In an admirable
state % mind FOR questioning. Wen
keep wrede till iaier-he's teemlng
With possibilities"
Grassl and the sergeant Joined
Us a few seconds later.
Mr.. Grassi." Vance began with.
cut prellminaries. we should Ike
% know exactly what your social
and professional status is 10 this
house We understand you have
been a house guest OF Mr. Goes for
a week"
The Italian had himself well 10
hand. lie sai down In leisurely fash
Ion.
~Yes-that Is right" he returned.
looking at Vance with calm dis
daln. 4 came here nj Mr.. Goes
Invitation n week ago yesterday.
IL was 10 have been fortnlght's
visit"
Had you any business with Mr..
Coey-
oh. yes. | am connected In an
official capacity. with museum
OF antiquities IN Milan" he ex-
plalned: "and | had hoped to be
able to purchase from Mr. Coe GER
tain specimens OF Chinese ceramic
art from his remarkable collection"
His Ting yao vase. for exam
plei"
GraSsis dark eyes became sud
denly brilliant with establishment:
but almost at once a wary look
came lsto them and he smiled with
cold pollteness.
Il must admit | was interested
In the vase" he said. 1T is a mag
nincent specimen. OF the amphora
shape. Have vou examined
IT."
No" Vance told him. i've never
seen II but l think I've had
a fragment OF II in my hand"
Grassi stared.
a fragment
Yes; a small triangular piece, :"
Vance nodded Then be added: 'T
have grave fears. Mr.. Grassi. that
the Ting yao vase has been broken. {"
The Italian stiYened and his eyes
elouded with suspicious anger.
Its lmpossiblel was inspect
Ing the vase only yesterday after
noon. II was on the circular table
In the library"
There's only Tao Kuang vase
there now" Vance Informed him.
And where. may | be permitted
20 ask, did ysu fnd this fragment
sf Ting yaof
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2l0.000 cubic feet a second 50 years
ago. laying waste vast areas In the
wild antics OF its most wunt0n
spree. Il was more destructive Ga IS
rage than even n Niagara turned
loose 10 batter the countryside az
random. Now Californla's rich I'm
perial valley. lying below the level
OF the river and further protected
by levees, may rest In relief from
its age-old fear.
Floods are caused by the melting
SHOWS on the many mountains OF
the region. After the record break
of 1906. Il took IS months Of labor
on n vast scale and the expenditure
OF $2.OO0.O00 TO return the river 10
It's rightful bed.
There will still be floods on the
Colorado. but now they can b.. held
In check to n size that will nor get
beyond control. Probably no flow now
will ever be more than $1,000 cubic
feet a second below the dam and
$4,000 cubic feet a second farther
down the river. In the irrigated sec
tions.
Irrigation Most important
or all the operations OF the dam,
irrigation was perhaps held the
most important by the lawmakers
who appropriated the money for it's
construction. Although the average
flow Of the Colorado Is 22,000 cubic
feet a second, this dropped Off to
mere trlckle OF LOO cubic feet this
year. Such a failure of water sup
ply was the cause OF almost ire
parable losses in the fertile fields
Of the Imperial valley. The pity of
II is that when the water Of the
river fails, that is just the time II
Is most needed for irrigation.
Now the flood-tlme waters viii
be arrested and held until the
parched months OF July and Augus'.
During the summer months the dam
win permit the passage OF about
10000 cubic feet OF water per see
end into the valleys below, holding
the winter time flow to about 1000
cubic feet
Another constant threat to agri-
culture has been the large amounts
OF mud and silt carried down from
the mountains by the Colorado.
Much of this silt was deposited in
irrigation bitches where water TO
revive thirsty vegetation was sore
ly needed.
Twenty-four hours a day, seven
days a week, the crews are at work
TO bring all these benefits to the
area served by the. dam.
At the finish OF their days labors.
the workers return to spotless,
CHEEKY homes in a city that sprang
like a mirage In the desert. II is
Boulder City. six miles from the
dam. The federal government. be
cause 1t owns all the land. makes
oil the rules for the inhabitants.
These rules are interpreted largely
by the governments efficient city
manager. Sims Ely.
Efficiently Managed.
The city manager issues all the
business permits in the city. and
no one can enter business without
a permit. There are neither too
few business houses for prosper
ity nor too many. Mr.. Ely has al
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-01

the two great dangers confronting
the territory which II serves. They
are the mad. deadly floods OF the
giant Colorado river and the parch-
Ing drouths caused By lack OF irri-
CATION. when entirely completed
the dam viii also furnish power
10 generate more electrical energy
than any other water power de
yeloped IN this country. l,T35.000
horse power. II will become the
source ~ water supply for several
large cities. notably Los Angeles.
Even more interested than Los
Angeles 10 the nearing OF the end
Is the third largest city Of Nevada.
Boulder City. Built In the desert.
six miles from the dam itself. for
the homes of the employees and
their families. IT, population of up
proxlmntely 500 souls will begin
20 dwlndle until probably only the
ghos, of this comparative metrop-
oils viii remain when all the con
strnctlon work Is over.
Rising like gargantuan monu.
ment from the bed OF the Colorado
Up the steep mountain sides Boul-
der dam IS already the highest dam
In the world. By FAR. although work
men viii sfill be busy completing
the top o. Il when Il begins opera
ton Taller than any skyscraper
west Of Manhattan. with the posi-
bic exception of one or two In Chi
cago. II towers 5Si feet above the
bottom OF Black canyon. When the
reservoir Is filled a J0.story build.
Ing would merely poke the tip Of It's
tower above the surface OF the wa
ter Seen In the perspective OF the
lofty peaks that cleaye the clouds
above the dam. II would seem ms
the tip OF a reed that grazes the
bottom OF your boat In a fishing
pond.
La opinión., 1935-09-11
MEXICO LIE PIDE SUS
SERVICIOS

Una peticion del gobierno de Ne
xico fue estudiada aver por al Jun
ia de Supervisors de la ciudad, re-
firi6ndose a los servicios del Inge
Micro c. II. Howell, jefe del depar-
tamento de control de aguas en- ell
distrito metropolitan de Los An
geles.
El gobierno de nuestro pals Sc
dirigi6 a las autoridades angelinas
pidiendo prestado al citado experto
para que dirija la construction dc
una nueva presa en- las ~inmediacio
nes de Camargo, Estado de Tamauli
pas. comprometiendose a pagarle
su sueldo urdinario, gastos de viaje
y los viaticos correspondence mien
tras Sc encuentre ocupado en- la
construction.
Sc sabe que ell mismo gobierno
mexicano sc dirigio tambien a la
Universidad de Iowa, pidiendo los
servicios del DIR. Arthur Trowbridge
experto en- geologic, para Que diri-
ia otros importantes trabajos que
Sc tienen en- cartera.
La opinión., 1935-09-11
F0ND0S PARA AYUDAR
A PEDRO J. GONZALEZ

Ell Comit6 de ayuda para la de-
fensa de Pedro j. Gonzalez ha re-
cibido del senior Ramon B. Annals
1922 colectados por la senora. Pau
Ia Flores de Claremont, California
entire las siguientes personals:
Ruth Gomez 81; Luz Garcia Sc;
NihO Tomas Gomez &c; Petra G.
Ortiz soc; Vicente Razo 15c; Jua-
nita c. Castro 15c; Milo Polo Co
mez &c; Bernardino Flores 25c; e.
C. de Flores SC; A. Ramirez soc;
Maria Centeno Csc; Santana Alca-
Ia Ice; Josefa Alvarez 1Oc: Claudi
ma Ortiz Toe; Jesus Aguilera sc;
Paula Flores 25c; /. Perez SC; S.
SIM 25c; Catalina Alcala Sc: c.
Garcia Toe; Chonita Garcia Zoe: r.
Martinez zoe; Maria Garcia SC; J.
Soto 25e; A. Soto Csc; Manuel Are
mas 15c; Nicolas Mel6ndez 25c: L.
r. Gomez 25c; Aurorita Aguayo
Zoe; Jesds Carrasco 15c; Refugio
Rodriguez 20 y Julio Carrasco 2Oc.
cantidad que entregamos al Citi-
zen National Bank Y que esta a dis
posici6n de la sonora Maria S. de
| Gonzalez
La opinión., 1935-09-11
DECLARAN LA GUERRA
LOS I~NDESEABLES
SACRAMENTO, Calf, S

NJ Nv W So''AV Up -
Una en6rgica batida contra los
extranjero perniciosos fue recomen
dada por ell gobernador Frank l..
Merriam, al hablar durante un ban
uuete ante centenares de hombres
de ~negocios, banquercs, publicis-
tas, industriales, etc, que vinieron
de todas parties de California in
vitados por alCamara de Conner
"Ya es tempo que hagamos sa-
Der nuestra firne determination
de que no dejaremos a los extran-
jeros perniciosos hacer labor de
disoluci6n entire las masas obre-
ras', declare ell primer mandate
rio californiano.
"Ya es tiempo,Zagreg6-, que
esos elementos i~ndeseables Sc per-
eaten de que sus maniobras sc
|estrellaran a ~nuestras puertas, por-
que ell espiritu americana Sc soil
dariza mas Y mas a MEDIA que
We los desesperados esfuerzos de
los enemlgos del orden y de las
instituciones."
Eel g~obernador Sc refiri6 con esas
palabras a los elementos comunis-
tas que han estado hacienda labor
de discordia Y d~isoluci6n entire las
masas trabajadoras, principalmen-
tie IN las filas campesinas, donde
han organizado Y llevado a cabo
grandes huelgas que han perjudi-
cado notablemente a los %intereses
agricolas, al pueblo y al gobier-
no.
La opinión., 1935-09-11
MAS VICTIMAS
DEL TRAFlCO
EN- |. ANGELES
Dos ancianos de rs amos
perecieron. Nina muerta
por I'm automovil

En- las primeras horas de Ia ma
drugada de aver fallecio Ia segun-
da victima de la collision de tres
AUTOMOBILES que Sc registro sobre
la carretera Roosevelt. cerca de
Santa Monica, haciendose respon-
sable del accidente a Busby Berke-
ley, director de bales en- un estu-
dio de cine en- Hollywood.
La primera victima fue Mrs. Ada
Won Briesen. dc 60 amos de edad.
gus viva en- Monterey Park, y en-
Ia madrugada de aver fallecio en-
un hospital de Santa Monica la 10
ven Peggy Daley. dc 20 amos de
edad.
Las inyestigaciones de la policia
dicen que Berkeley viajaba a con-
siderable yelocidad ell direction Sur
cerca de Malibu, chocando con ell
coche de William Hudson, y por ca
rambola fue a pegar con eli coche
que o otra de las lineas de la a
rretera llevaba ell hijo de la sonora
Won Briesen. Los dos cheques fue
ron en- ell lado que no c~orrespondia
a Berkeley. q%uedando hechos tri-
gas los tres automobiles.
La opinión., 1935-09-11
Sc MATA EN- UN AUTO

Con un reloj despertador al fren-
te, y lapiz y papel en- II mano.
aver en- la m~adrugada fue neon
trado ell eadaver de III hombre en-
Ell interior de un viejo automovil ii
DO coupe. siendo identificado como
A.. Is. Cliftencrest, de AZ amos de
edad, que viva en- ell 14S So. Mari
posa St.
EI coche estaba parade en- un a
mlno %transyersal cerca de Stoney
Point. en- ell distrito de Palos Yer
des, junto al mar. creyendose que
las malas condolences econ6micas
de csc individuo 10 orillaron a su
muerte.
Ell reloj estaba parade a las / de
la mahana, c~reyendose que en- ese
momento lie detuvo su marcia para
dejar record de Ia bora de su muer
te.
Esta Sc la produjo co%nectando
n tripa de hule desde el tube de
escape del motor hasta ell interior
del coche, para asfiXiarse con el
gas mon6Xido.
La opinión., 1935-09-11
HOY SON LOS
FUNERALES
De DOHENEY

A las 10 de la mama de hoy
tendran lugar los servieios reli-
gIosos en- memoria del muItimi-
ilonario Edward L. Doheny, que
murio ell ultimo domingo a las
8 de la tarde.
La misa de cueruo presente Sc
efeetuara en- la iglesia de san
Vicente, esquina de las GALES
Adams y Fisueroa, anticipando-
Sc que la ceremonial sera de
clusiVa inVitacion.
FL eorteio funebre partira de
csc lugar al eementerio del Cal
Vario, donde ell eadaver sera de.
posltado en- una cripta, a reservs
de tormsrse los planes para la
erection de un msusoleo.