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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Council Proceedings

The regular meeting OF the Com.
mon Council OF the City of Sank
Centre was called to order by Tres
ident F. T. Pangburn on Wednes-
day evening, March 3, 1887.
A complain was made by
George Fish in regard to three bulk
stations filling their tanks inside
of the bulk station building, which
he claimed was a dangerous fire
hazard.
DR.. Walfred Johnson, City health
officer, brought up that allowance
for dental care OF children of the
poor on relief, was very urgent and
necessary because of the danger
of children contracting diseases
through bad teeth. The total
amount of dental expense for the
city was $1S4.30.
The local Red Cross chairman
brought up cases of dental care fol
children where it was made com
pulsory to fix the teeth of the
children.
P. J. Svenneby asked, through
the cooperation of Mr.. l.. l.. Kell:
who formerly spoke to the cit,
council, the city to sponsor a WPf
Project to plant trees along certain
streets in the city. City Clerl
was ordered to ask Mr.. P. J. Lemm
Mr.. E. E. Farrell and Mr.. Nc
Knight to come up and meet will
the Council in regard to the pro
! posed project.
Communications were read ant
ordered to be placed on file.
The following applications fol
the spring election were received
and placed on file.
Mr.. L. A. Walker as judge in tn,
End Ward.
Mrs. Jos. F. Fish as judge in tn
LIST Ward.
The Council appointed the fol
lowing judges for the spring cleo
ton:
1st Ward: F. K. Lewis, w. p
Arndt and H. c. Lemke.
End Ward George Fish, l.. A
Walker and Earl Pangburn.
| The Council recommended tn,
following clerks:
LIST Ward: Mrs. JOS. F. Fish ant
Ed Besser.
End Ward: Mrs. Guy Scott ant
| Mrs. Harriet Ward.
Filing must be done ten day!
before election.
The following bills were read
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Species of Arborvitae

There are five species of true
arborvitae, known to the botanist as
thuja, but more generally spelled
thuya, notes a writer in the Los
Angeles Times. This is an ancient
Greek name given to some res
nous tree or shrub and its mean
ing is not understood. One of the
best known species is Thuja occi-
dentalis, enormously called white
cedar in some Eastern states
where it is native. It is found in
Canada, and south to North Caro-
lima on the Eastern Coast and to
Illinois in the Mississippi Valley.
The normal type attains a height
Of sixty feet, with slender pyra-
midal growth and straight central
shaft which makes the tree a
favorite with lumbermen seeking
telegraph or telephone poles. Like
the oriental species, Thuja orien-
tails, the American Thuja occiden-
tails has many segregated and
named forms, at least fifty. Some
Of these are very dwarf. with two
distinct kinds of foliage.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Chloroform, Pain-Kiiling
Anesthetic, Used in 1S47

Hearing . woman crying In an.
guish while undergoing an opera.
ton, James Young Simpson. Scot
fish medical student, vowed q cen.
tury ago to evolve pain-killing an.
esthetics. For years he experiment.
ed. testing volatile liquids at grave
personal risk. Then. one evening in
November, 1847, he retrieved a
small bottle Of chloroform from I'M
der some waste paper in his lumber
room. He poured it out into three
tumblers, and with his colleagues.
DR.. Keith and DR.. Duncan, began
the usual inhalation test.
Soon they grew gloriously hilar-
ious. their praises Of the liquids
delicious bouquet" waxing more
and more mrestrained. Suddenly,
crashing voices seemed to penetrate
their ear drums. Then, as II pole
axed, the three fell PROSTATE on the
carpet. Upon recovery, Simpson was
instantly impressed by his mental
clarity. '"This beats ether" he muir
INJURED. So a new surgical era was
launched, observes q writer In Tit
Bits Magazine.
Previously surgeons tried to put
their patients to sleep with hashish,
mandragora, opium, and other
drugs. Another grim practice, de-
signed to numb the senses, consisted
of constructing the patients carotid
arteries. This process, If carried q
shade too far, garrotted him. Sir
Humphrey Davy discovered in 1893
the Supplying power Of nitrous OK
ide. But nearly fifty years passed
before surgery enlisted its services.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Reckoning Damaged Currency

Three-fifths or more Of a mutt
lated United States paper bill il
redeemable at face value by the
treasury department. When less
than three-fifths, but clearly more
than two-fifths Of the original bill
remains it is redeemable at one
half of the face value of the orig
inal bill. Fragments containing less
than three-fifths Of the original bills
are redeemable at full face value
by the treasury of the United States
If they are accompanied by salts
factory evidence that the missing
portions have been totally de-
stroyed. Such evidence must con-
sist Of affidavits, subscribed and
sworn to before notary public,
setting forth the cause and manner
Of destruction. Occasionally even
the ashes of burned money are
identified by the treasury depart
ment and redeemed at face value.
No relief is granted by the govern
ment to the owners Of paper cur
rency totally destroyed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Social Events
WOman's Relief CORPS

AWCAAOA
Members Of the Woman's Relief
Corps met in the Community Club
rooms Saturday afternoon, March
18th, at which time officers for the
ensuing year were installed. Mrs.
Margaret Pangburn was the in
stalling officer. The following are
the new officers:
Pres.-Alice Dickson.
Sr. v. P.-Bertha Gillett.
Jr. v. P.-Carrie Dickson.
Sec.-Rena belong.
Treas.-Maud Fielding.
Chaplain-Lillian Truax.
Conductor-Myra Parker.
Guard-Jennie Rice.
Asst. Con.-Margaret Pangburn.
Asst Guard-Jennie Lee.
p. Instructor-Laura Oldham.
Pres. Gotta Wilcox.
Color Bearers
No. Julia Pangburn.
No. Cecilia Parker.
No. 3-Amy Dickson.
No. Cecilia Sohle.
Musician-Agnes Weeks.
At the close of the business
session a social time was enjoyed
and a delicious lunch was served.
The Corps has had a profitable
year. It has met all obligations
which included the Christmas treat
to the inmates of the Soldiers
Home, where the local corps fur
rishes room, and subscriptions to
various funds slIch az Southern
Memorial, Scholarship, Flag fund,
G. A. r. fund, etc.-Press Cores
pondent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Llama, Beast Of Burden,
Used by American Indian

The llama has the distinction Of
being the only beast Of burden that
the American Indians were in pos
session Of when America was dis
covered, observes . writer In the
Rural New-Yorker. The peculiar
conformation Of its feet enables IL
to tread with security over rough
and steep slopes where other ami
mails would find it difficult walking.
And then, camel-like. 1t is capable
1t making long journeys without
water.
The llama Is not q fast traveller,
for the average distance is from .
dozen to Is miles a day when trans
porting merchandise, as it is dis
tinctly beast Of burden. yet it sup
plies the Indian Of South America
his supply Of wool for clothing, fresh
meat, though coarse. leather, bone
and his fuel, as the manure when
dry is burned.
Here is one very peculiar trait Of
the llama: He carries a burden Of
from 100 to 125 pounds. II he is
overloaded, he simply resents the
imposition by walking out to the
side Of the road, lies down, and
there is no persuasion and no pun
ishment that can be administered
to him that will induce him to
change his obstinate decision!
When you look at a llama, you are
beholding one Of the most interest
ing animals Of history, for when
the great Inca Empire fiourished
from the Maule River in Chile and
the Oasis Of Mendoza to the North
ern Andes Of Ecuador, the llama
was their beast Of burden.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Made Wooden Eye Shields

The first eye help invented in the
New World was the mask which the
Eskimo made to fight off snow blind
ness, and these could be made only
when certain driftwood, or Elk
shaut," was swept across by the
polar current from north of Siberia.
These wooden shields were about
four by seven inches, with walrus
hide thongs and an interesting ar
rangement of Sits which must have
taken time to perfect. At last, says
the New York Sun, after our work.
men had made some spectacles
from poor glass brought from Eng
land, a jeweler, working evenings
above his store, disproved the the
DRY that steel spectacles could not
be made here and brought forth
product which resulted in Americas
taking the lead in spectacle making.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike. for
whom Pixies Peak 10 named. soldier
and explorer, was born In IT'D In
Lamberton, N. ]. His father was
an army officer, and at IS the SON
became . cadet in his fathers regi-
ment. In 1900 he was made Q Arst
lieutenant.
In August, 1905. states q writer In
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Pike
left st. Louis on an exploring ex-
pedition into the newly-acquired
louisiana Purchase. After suffer-
ing many hardships and reaching
Cass Lake in Minnesota. he re-
turned to st. Louis In April. 1905.
In July he started on another ex-
petition, ascending the Missouri
River and the Usage into what II
now Kansas and thence proceeding
south to the Arkansas River. He
ascended this river to the site Of
. Pueblo. Col, viewed Pixies Peak
md passed on through the neigh
borhood Of Leadville and into Span
ish territory.
There, near the Rio Grande. Pike
was seized by the Spanish and sent
under guard to Chihuahua. where.
after some delay. he was released
and escorted to the border in June.
1907. In 1910 he published an &C.
count Of his explorations.
At the outbreak Of the War Of
1917, Pike was colonel He was nom-
mated brigadier general Though
this rank was not confirmed before
his DEATH and took part In the ex-
petition against York (Toronto).
Here. on April q, 1913, he died Of
wounds suffered when the retreat
ing British garrison blew up 4
magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Indians Good Imitators

Similar to the Ohio Indians man.
ner Of initiating forest fowls in or.
der to attract birds was their abil.
ity to bawl like fawn so that the
doe could be drawn to the spot.
True men Of the forests. the In
dams could initiate the bleating OF
Q fawn in distress SO successfully
that a doe, alert to the instinct to
protect the young, would come
dashing through the brush toward
the sound. Then all the Indians
had to do was kill the oncoming
doe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Payne Wrote 'Home, Sweet
Home" in the Palais ROYAL

When John Howard Payne, author
of Home, Sweet Home" wrote
"'mid pleasures and palaces, he
was actually living in a French pal
ace, the Palais Royal in Paris. His
tory has it that Payne was disap-
pointed in love during his stay in
France, and that fact may have
inspired the melancholy of the song,
observes a writer in the Chicago
Daily News.
The palace he lived in is a rec
tangular building enclosing an old
world garden. Over 300 years old,
it has had many famous Americans
as well as Frenchmen within its
doors. There in the 1770s John Paul
Jones, naval hero Of the Revolution
airy war, visited the Due de Charities
and was entertained at dinner. Dur
ing the meal the duchess gave him
a watch which had belonged to her
grandfather, q naval commander,
and John Paul Jones promised her
an English frigate in return. Sure
enough, when he came back to
Paris later, he presented her with
a sword surrendered to him by an
English commander.
The Palais Royal is also famous
landmark Of the French revolution.
There Camille Desmoulins iniamed
the people with a revolt .ionary
speech on July IL, 1879, just two
days before the mob destroyed the
Bastille. Later the palace was a
center Of fashion, and it was in i,
that Napoleon used to meet his
friends to discuss plans for q new
France.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
ELECTED DELEGATE

William Cumming, of Sank Cen
ire A. o. U. wv. Lodge No. 1872. is
official delegate to the 5Oth an
nual state convention of the An
cient Order of United Workmen
at the Radisson Hotel March 16 to
20. More than 700 delegates repre-
senting ITS state lodges with a to-
tai membership of 100000 Saturday
will honor Henry J. Crepeau,
grand master workman, who re-
Gently was named president of the
International A. o. U. w., con-
gress with jurisdiction over one
million members.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Cause Of Russo-Japanese War

cause OF huSSO-J2paneSe war
The Russo-Japanese war Of 1904
1905 was caused by the clash be-
tween the interests Of the two coun-
tries in Manchuria and Korea. Rus
STA had built her railway across
northern Manchuria, with a branch
southwark to Port Arthur and
Dairen, which she was developing
into q naval base and commercial
center. Japan considered this q
threat to her independence and was
also interested in mineral resources
in Manchuria.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Deaf Areas

Persons with otherwise normal
hearing sometimes have deaf areas
between the highest and the lowest
sound frequencies which prevent
their perception Of certain tones
and noises. Hence. they might be
able to hear the croaking Of frog
and the singing Of bird but not
some intermediate notes according
to Raymond Walters, philadelphia
u Golfers Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
allowed and ordered paid, viz:

R. r. Kells. Municipal
John Buck. caretake WV
Frank schlichte. police -. 5000 5000
Walter r. Holme. streets 80. ia
v. T. Conklin. city attorney 1000
U. j. Coons. street COM
Frank Daniels. police 49,. 500 500
]. A: schoenhoff, city clerk.
Red se Owl f's Store ' Door e Iss
Sicily Oil Co. streets ....... $3.50
Ralph Steffes. streets 1900. 1882
Benson Coffee Company.
Helen Forsyth. rest room :. $500
Hanson and Emerson, poor sos
Ben p. Simonton. city hall >. Sis
Sank. Centre Herald.
Harry Fielding, streets 49,. 1000
j. 9. Penney & Co., sewing
Sadie ,, Rosenbereer.. com 90
Ray II: Bruninig;.' recording i:'' '''''
Eddie Koiaskie. streets .... 144.. oS
John Koloske. streets ...... 1900
Voter. Light and Power
Commission .............. 411.S4
Geo. w. Steiner. rent ........ 1000
Callsins Hardware. general 1910
Paul w. Hanson. music 49,. 5000
Peter Svenneby, sign rental 1880
Northwest Local OIL Co..
Lee Johnson. streets '. ....... ,ss.ss
r. Q. Vogel; poor ............ 1918
Water. Light and Power
NJ w. Bell Telephone Co. -. 10 nS
Robert Ziegelman. streets :. 1900
| Geo. l.. Maver Co. dog tags els
Raymond Bros. Motor Trans.
Louis v. Jensen Co, streets 1Sse
| u OF &c
". s. Fire Equipment Co. :. 1854
Steiner, Lumber Co.. fair
Hii,sr"S's Hardware. Fair '1'".
Hi,Iera,5 Hardware. o"o
stesrns Co. Relief Admins 40.
W. +. Benson. poor :.:.::... $500
Stearrs Co. Relief Admins
Meeting adjourned until March
8, 1887.
J. A. Schoenhoff
City Clerk.
The adjourned meeting of March
3 was called to order by President
F. T. Pangburn on Monday even
ing March 8, 1887.
All members were present. Also
Mr. P. J. Lemm, District Director
of WPA, Mr.. E.. E. Farrell. Area
Supervisor of WPA and Mr.. Pier
son from st. Cloud
The matter of furnishing aid for
dental care to children of poor on
relief was taken up, and having
selected the emergency cases and
receiving estimates for the cost of
the work from local dentists it was
moved by Alderman Miller and
seconded by Alderman Eckbere
that the sum of $152.50 be ppro
priated for that purpose. Motor
carried unanimously.
A new project was proposed
which would consist of putting in
storm sewers, planting trees, fix,
ing streets and curbing, with the
stipulation that if putting in storm
sewers would be the biggest share
of the work, it would have to be
made into a separate project. A
motion was made by Alderman
Miller to that effect and seconded
by Alderman Eckberg. Motion wa
carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned.
J. A. Schoenhoff, clerk
A special meeting was called tc
order by President F. T. Pangburr
Friday evening, March II. 1887.
All members were present.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18

Nevada has a population of less
than one to square mile.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18

Mrs. Edith Sherwin of San Fran
cisco takes her pet cat TO a dentist
twice year, and on the last visit
one of its teeth was filled.
Evening star., 1937-07-20
You will find many of them visiting

You will find many of them visiting
the blossoms regularly.
The plants prefer the waste lands,
roadsides and fields. They attract
your attention by their bright, yellow
faced blossoms. They are about /
inch across and there may be several
in the terminal clusters. The calyx
has five lance-shaped sepals, five
petals, all dotted with black, and
there are numerous stamens in three
sets. There are three styles.
In the places where the plant has
the food it needs, the stem grows to
a height Of 2 feet, very erect and with
many brslfhes. Tho leaves grow op-
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They may be alive" Tarzan continued, and
must dare all for them Much that life holds for
us is behind those gates. We admit no OBJ
stacles. We must do. or die" The black
rior answered simply: Where the Big Bwana leads.
Muviro folloWs!" 80.
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posite each other on the stem and
are oblong They clasp the smooth
stem, as they are stalkless
After the insects have made their
call, the plant hastens to set her seeds.
Later the fruit will be found in
handsome little brown capsule, where
the golden flowers were seen in June.
If you have an abundance Of room
in your garden, these flowers will add
to the charm of it. There are several
that will grow in rocky places or in
sand, and there develop wealth OF
foliage There is one member that is
a friendly little plant, growing to the
size OF . shrub, and developing lovely
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and bestow special gifts.

ana UESCUW SEeCIdI BII Us.
The ST. Johns wort family Is a
small one Its members prefer the
warm and temperate climates. There
are several kinds of hypericum and
they are widely distributed. All Of
them have leaves without stalks, and
yellow flowers with three to six styles
The name is q Greek one and the
flowers bloom in June, st. Johns day,
which is the oath.
No nectar is offered the guests by
the st. Johns worts. Only olden
pollen is given to the insects for the
service they render. This seems to be
satisfactory 10 the pollen collector.
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By Phillips

4. Decompose.
5. Greek letter
6. Tropical medicinal plant.
7. Lizards.
g. Portly.
9. The heaths.
10. Register.
II. Conjuror's tricks.
u. Dazzling
l3. Emotionally.
IA. Plant bushwood.
16. Shabby.
Is. Ice mass.
%. Enumeration Of population.
! %. Celestial body.
25. Envelop.
27. Droplike architectural decorations.
30. Incensed.
80. Telephotograp phic lens
36. Low drinking place.
81. Approaches.
80. BeWails.
40. Efficiently.
Al. Wise men.
43. Varieties of saltpeter.
As. Tropical fruit.
48. Drain by percolation.
so. Chairs.
SO. Fare
SIS. Masculine name
81. Affirmative argument.
So. Sound made by pigeons.
so. Two thousand.
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Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY,
Golden st. Johns Wo
Huneric1cpne

Hypericdceae.
BECAUSE these flowers bloom on St.
Johns day they have been hon.
ored with his name Besides, the
plants are supposed to have magic
powers. And it is said that when the
witches and fairies are abroad, on
the eve of the day the flowers bloom,
they are visited by these night folks
70 that they may IN turn call on Us
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flowers and blooms profusely from
lime until SeDtember

flowers and blooms profuSeIy from
June until September.
Legends to the effect that the plant
is devil chaser" would also be a
very good reason why the st. Johns
wort should find a place in our gar
den, for who would not like to have
a sentinel guarding our beloved flowers
and homes? There are 50 many vir-
tues said to be possessed by the men,
bers OF this family that one hesitates
to leave the plant out of our list Of
friends. One special direction for the
plucking Of the flowers is to do so on
Friday in the hour OF Jupiter. This
makes the charm doubly potent.
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Twizzler Answer.
6lIsa1 NJ IkI6uhE .,nc
BY REX COLLIER

There are six combinations pos
sible for A, B and C to enter the
offices at the same time through diff
ferent doors. Here they are:
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Across.
I. Amulet.
s. Have recourse.
II. Highways.
IL. Country cottage.
Is. Networks.
II. Made of oatmeal.
l8. Parts of brick.
10. Geometrical figure.
90. Place.
2l. Genus Of gastropods.
%. Bill of fare.
"a Merganser.
26, Thistlelike plant.
%. Accomplished.
%. Pendant.
81. Indian of Arizona.
33. Pronoun.
"a. Despots.
IS. Ingate in founding.
81. Greek letter.
38. Masculine name
40. Assigns to another legally.
81. Sea bird
a.. Tibetan cereal food.
Is. Backs.
Il. Quick.
~. Men.
81. Silence by force.
81. Ceremonial.
So. Gainsay.
81. Bird of prey.
IS. Grating.
So. Ship-raising devices.
SO. Stimulating secretion
81. Marksman.
81. Covered with lichens.
Down.
/. Prates.
2. Cavity.
g. Field OF combat
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Muviro believed 1t was hopeless to attempt in
vasion of the Kavuru village But your daughter
Buira is there" Tarzan reminded him. Lady
Jane, your Mem-sahib is there; and another white
girl who belongs to this man" He gestured toward
the American
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Jim Mollison, the English flyer. has
bined the oxford Group Movement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-05
Celebrates Ninetieth
Birthday

On Thursday, October 20, Mrs.
Margery Ella Nickle, native Of
Cecil county, reached the age of
ninety years. Mrs. Nickle, the daugh-
ter of the late John and Fannie Fos-
ter, was born at Woodlawn in the
Sixth district of Cecil county. Her
entire single and married life was
spent in this county until several
years after the death of her late hus-
band, Samuel Cooley Nickle, in 1918.
Since then she has resided with her
daughter, Mrs. Egeton Love, on a
farm near Landenburg, Pa. Mrs.
Nickle's married life was blessed
with seven SONS and four daughters,
oil of whom attained the age of ma
eurity, except one son, who died in
infancy.
She has the following living child
rem: Wilbur w. and Clyde of Prin-
eipio, Md, and John E. of Elkton,
Ada Bordner of Shamokin Dam, Pa.
and Ella Love of Landenberg, Pa.
Also forty-fve grandchildren and
fifty great-grandchildren.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-05
Gulf Oil Company Erect
ing New Tanks

A. ]. Dinsmore & Bro. Distribut-
ors for the Gulf Oil Corporation in
Hartford and Cecil counties. report
work in progress at the plant of the
Gulf Company on Water street,
Havre de Grace, for the erection of
three new storage tanks and three
fire-proof and explosion-proof pumps
The contractors are the Bethleum
Steel Co. When the three tanks are
completed the Gulf Oil Corporation
will have a storage capacity on their
Water street property for 100000
gallons of gasoline.
The new pumps, which will be as
near fire-proof as possible, will be
erected between the tanks and the
building, the pumps at the present
time being inside the building.
The additional tanks are necessary
to take care of the increased business
built up by Messrs. Dinsmore in the
few years they have been distributing
Gulf Oil products in Northern Mary
land.