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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
Renton Rams
Beat'Jackets

SEATTLE - Renton Rams. led
by Merle Miller, ex-University Of
Washington halfback, defeated
West Seattle in a Northwest Foot
ball league game, 6 to 0.
Miller slsnted off tackle for IL
yards and a touchdown in the
last minute of play.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
Roses Shifted
In Smoky Mts.

hYfeeues. 0e8fHtA wen Wse@te
Vanderbilt ard kssssssy playa
Georgia.
In NJ ~ Wssa ~ enses
hess sppras = - t,s1eesw>s
asainss Washinstsa STATE,
Ors9ea nsntsse tssasnun. -
wash,nsssa ngn1sss Ovsgea
state.
Ths weekend ssw eosss esst-
standing teams 20 marching %
through tough opposition. Metre
Dame sqnssksd out : 10 u -
victory over Southern Msthodist.
Pittsburgh turnsd hack Duke, u
10 - 90 was = great day far The
point after s1sschdownI, Tulane
beat Fordhsm. Z ~ o. and Okla
homa defeated Texas. ~ TO ~.
skipping hack Acrnss the CHALK
lines, hare are some ~ the fsa-
lures of the Weekend
Outstanding player~Tnm tfar-
mon Of Michigan. who scofrd evary
point for his team In IN "a 10 7
victory over Iowa.
Tough luek guy of ths 49,
sea ~ Coach Dutch Meyes IT
Texas Chsistinn, nattensi
ehampisns last year. via last
his third straight game by .
narrow score wheu Tesnpls
heat him, - 70 II. Earlier
7. q. u. Lost ~ U. q. l. a.
Z to :. and Wa dcfeafel BY
Arkansas. ~ 70 ~.
Worst licking chioAso's 81 10 Q
defeat by Harvard.
Most disappointing tsam--yiila-
nova, rated among the nations
best until IL took . - 10 shsi-
acking from Texas A. and n.
Upset of the week - Btanford's
rama, uphill fight TO get = ~ TO
u lie with = powerful u. c. L. A. |
.sam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
)I MAGIC HELD
fOMERLESS BY
LOWLY BROWNS

ST. LOUIS - There's some
hing about st. Louis Brown
,itching that Joe DiMaggio
oesn't like. The Yankee slug
,er failed to connect for a
homer off any Brownie hurler
his season. His average was
Ieven a year for three previous
campaigns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
Tout Everett
States Best

The seagulls % Everett high
school. driving toward an unds-
feated. united season emerged TO.
day NJ leading contenders fog state
prep school football honors.
Everett aowned the tradition.
ally powerful stadium high ia-s
Saturday night In the 'big game"
Of the 1899 high school season
played AZ Everett.
Besides pointing the way for
possible statewide honors. the
Everett win upset stadium's two
year dominance In the cross-stats
league.
Two important southwest
schools ~ kelso and Longview ~
came through with lopsided VIC
tories and looked strong.
The Longvicw LumberJscis
gave . particularly impressive
display of power NJ they
romped over Casmas 20 10 In
non-league game. kelso
meanwhile battered Aberdeen.
roo. Olympia. out Of lille
contention. played . scorclc~s
tie with Centralia-
LATHE was at stake as two Cross
State loop teams, Bellingham and
Lincoln, played TO q TT standstill
here Friday night.
Bremerton broke its losing streak,
edging out Port Orchard, TO.
Pnyallup proved itself a major
with q stunning AS de-
feat Of Sumner, and Highlins
needed a conversion 10 defeat Rem
ton, 7-6. Little Poulsbo BANKED
Port Angeles, $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
SLIP MADIGAN GETS
STAR CHINESE GRIDDER

Maj. Bob Neyland knows how
it feels to be torpedoed in the
middle of the ocean Tennes-
sees grid coach was on his way
back to the United States from
France In 1917 when his ship was
sunk by German U-boat .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
PRISONERS LIKE THE LIFE

Observation-Disclosures
has a prison with no bars, no cells
and no walls, and where prisoners
don't try to escape, because they
prefer to stay where they are.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17
BY Henry M,LEMORE
United Press starr Correspondent

United Press starr Correspondent
NEW YORk-To look at them
you'd never guess II. but Mike
Jacobs and the British empire
have something In common.
The sun never sets on their
enterprises.
Mike hasn't been around quite
az long as the British Empire
tagain you'd never guess II by
looking at them, but he Ii just
about an far-flung. The fact
that he has dug up Arturo Co
doy and signed him for a fight
with Joe Louis is proof Of that.
I doubt II any organization
In the world, other than Mike
Jacobs could have located
Godoy. He left here some two
years ago with 5000 in his
pockets and with only . vague
reference to Chile as a forward
Ing address.
To intimates members Of
some Of Hell's Kitchens finest
families, by the way. he con-
fided that once reaching Chile
he planned to plunge into the
interior, select a tree that cast
enough shade to cover his bulk,
slip off his shoes, and live until
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17

Making The Tacoma Times weekly high school football
honor roll for the first time IL Tacoma grid.
iron aihle'esal of whom qualified by their superb playing
last weekend
Some Of these boys stepped from substitute position TO
stardom played better than though their
team went down in defeat and veterans justly
ser
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17

ing youngsters will stay with the
game.
Canada is in good shape. We
had good wheat crop, the war
hiked prices somewhat, no the
temper Of Canadians is good.
"Of course, am a British sub
ject. A wise permits me to play
hockey In America.
What they'll have 10 say about
me 10 doubtful"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17

Here they are
ROD GIsKE. Stadium guard
None played harder At Everett
than Giske who backed up the
line on six-man defense and in
the line on seven-man defense.
Giske was all over the field MAX
ing tackles recovering fumbles
and generally raising hsvoic with
his heavier Everett opponents.
DON D'ANDREA. kapow-
sin fullback, D'Andrea Ia thu
biggest player In the Pierce
County league and when Don
gets his big frame moving and
his powerful legs ehurning he
h almost nnstopable. He
scored two touch d owns
against orting last week.
JERRY HEAtEY, Bellarmine
halfbaek: Healey Ia one of those
boys who answered the Bellar-
mine SOS call for achievements
ten days ago. Playing his first
game, Healey caught a pass from
Weaver and raced 40 yards for
Bellarmine first touchdown against
Lakeside.
LIND sTMoNsEN, Puyallup
halfbaek: Simonsen looked i'm
pressiye for Puyallup at Sumner
Friday night in the fog. The first
two time he carried the ball he
carried the pigskin all the way 10
the goal line. One run was for
IL yards, the other for 81. Lind
also Tailed another touchdown.
REA BURNS. Lincoln end;
Burns caught the l2-ysrd pass
that enabled Lincoln Abes 10
tie Bellingham Red Raiders
Friday night but that was not
all that Burns did. He blocked
we'll and he tackled hard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17

Substitutes Tacoma - NJ d d n /,
Parkhurst, Brannigan, Yoshida. Ffye.
Sangas, Kcenholtz, RAch. Enum-
claw-Mayde, Bemoll, Gall. McGilray.
Bergseth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-17

II you're not using It, sell II with
q Fast-Action Times Want "A.
Call Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
CARD APPROVES
APPROPRIATION

Possibility Of litigation In con.
nection with an emergency ar.
preparation ot $3.50 10 pay sal
aries for two additional deputies
who are operating q night prowier-
car ambulance for sheriff John {.
Biorklund was stopped Thursday
when Superior Judge Ernest NJ
Card signed an order validating =
resolution approved ey county com
mlssioners last Jan. 81,
chief Civil Deputy Prosecutor
c. r. Jim Peterson obtained the
order after petitioning the court 70
validate tho emergency appsopris
atIon.
The artioh was taken. Peterson
explained. 10 protsc, County Aud
tier =. Clifford Davis and commits.
sieners from possible future iiti.
CATION In connection With the
emergency appropriation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
11Il4314H&9154t$E1K
300 Tons of Soya Bean Meal Comes
to Tacoma on British Steamer Ixion

Grown in the interior of Asia.
shipment of some 300 tons of
soya bean meal was being dis
charged in Tacoma Thursday from
the British steamer lXion of the
Blue Funnel line.
The Ixion locked Wednesday
evening at the Waterside Milling
Co. on Milwaukee waterway and
was to sail Thursday afternoon
for Vancouver. A small amount
of general cargo from the Orient
was also being unloaded here.
To Return Feb. 10
Following the Vancouver call.
the IXion is to return to Tacoma
about Feb. Is to load freight for
the return voyage She is expected
to take flour at the Sperry and
Centennial plants, and may receive
a shipment of plywood logs from
Port piers.
The Chilliwack. in from British
Columbia, was at Baker dock
Thursday.
With the departure at a. m.
Thursday of the steamer Testbank,
bound directly for Shanghai with
a full cargo Of wheat, the Porta-
coma docks were deserted Thurs
day and will likely remain that
way until Sunday noon.
To Load Lumber
At that time. the Heian Maru'
another trans-Pacifie freighter. is
slated TO call. Monday. the Loeb
Monar of the North Pacific Coast
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

line will load lumber and plywood
for Europe.
The Cormick coastwise
freighter Point San Pablo was to
arrive al the Mccormick dock
Thursday afternoon. She will be
followed on Saturday by the Wal
lingford. in the same service. The
Olympic OF the Consolidated
Olympic line, also California
carrier locked at Shaffer No. l
Wednesday night and sailed Thurs
day morning.
ships In Port: Ixion Waterside mill.
ChilnWack Baker dock
ships Due. Thursday san
Pablo. Mccormick dock Friday
ProVidencia. smelter. Mexican Baker
dock
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses have been
issued by County Auditor s elf
ford Davis 10 Robert Ayles and
Ruth V Brumbaugh. both Of TIA
coma Michael Hartman and Lu-
ellie Peroglis. both Of Tacoma .
Elmer Welker and Mary Jane Han
son. both Of Yakima Alfred Berg
Of Fort Lewis and Rose Halmo Of
Valley City, n d; All Olsen Of
Shelton and Madeline Smith of
Yakima; Norman y Gordon Of
Tacoma and Peggy Jane Trounce
Of Spokane Clifford Whitcombe Of
Sumner and Carol G Athow Of
Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
CPS STUDENTS
TO AID CHINESE

The College OF Puget Sound
chapters Of Y NJ. c, A. and Y W,
c. A. cooperating with other
groups throughout the nation, viii
take part In a drive from March
8 10 10 10 raise funds for destitute
Chinese students
According 10 Gene Alhertson.
general chairman Of the G. y. =,
drive. tho chapters have set a goal
OF $40. enough TO support two
Chinese students for enc year,
owing TO tho low standard OF living
In China.
The money will be sent 10 the
Far Eastern student Service Fund
In New York. from WHERE the
funds viii be distributed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
"ECzEMA'S ITCH
IS UP TO YOU"
SAYS P0SLAM

You would not trade the CRATE
full relief and comfort for a hun
dred dollars that single box OF
Poslam often brings to itching. in
famed, eczema-tortured skin. You
can tell you are going to be helped
because the very first touch OF this
concentrated. yet gentle ointment
usually soothes the irritation and
burning at once. Poslam penetrates
the outer layers OF the skin and
thus secures deeper action. Don't
delay your relief. Get a box of
Poslam right away at your drug
o H. SOC. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
new OFFICERS
FOR WELFARE
Associations II cad,
DIR. Will McCreery;
Name Board

Unanimous election Of Dr. VIII
lam B McCreery as president Of
Family Welfare association. one OF
Taeoma's oldest private social
agencies, was announced Thursday
OF 10 directors Of the organization
named at the annual meeting. one.
Bert Sweeting is new TO that posi-
ton.
Other officers Of the association
in 1889 will be Dr.. A. c. Stewart
and Mrs Clifford Mcdonald. first
and second vice presidents; Miss
Beatrice Turren. secretary. ana
Lock c Riehl. treasurer.
On the board of directors. in
addition to Sweeting, the assoeia-
tion elected Mr and Mrs. Alex
ander Baltic. Or Harry b. Allison,
Judge Ernest NJ Card. Mrs. W. A.
Kunigk. Rev Harold 3 Long, Miss
Helen Long. Mrs. Gerald Long
streth. DR. McCreary. Mrs. Nc
Donald. Mrs. II. X Munroe. David
Peterson. Riehl, DR.. Stewart. Mrs.
Louise S Taylor. Miss Turrell,
Harris Warwick and Mrs +. c.
Yoder.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
NEGROES TAKEN FROM
JAIL and FLOCCED

GOLDSBORO, n. Give white
men took two Negroes from the
city jail at gunpoint today spirited
them TO the outskirts of the city
and flogged them into semi-con-
seriousness.
The Negroes. Kirby Baldwin 20.
and Floyd Edwards. 30. were
awaiting trial on charges OF at
lacking Mayor J. II Hill Of Colds
boro on a downtown street.
Deputy Sheriff r. ". Percise said
the Negroes were in pretty bad
shape" but probably will recover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
LEClS-LICHT

grades 81 Rsndle school and the
entire student hoay % kiuss high
school
Sen Mrs Kathryn Melssreu,
Tacoma, has introduced = measure
which would require that chalrmrn
and vice,chslrnen ~ ali state and
county political party central com.
mlttees should be 81 opposite SEXES
A the sepsi. on the proposed
constitutional amendment which
would remove the t~o-tsrm limit
fer county officers wss held In tho
senate Wednesday, an interested
gallery spectator was Pierce cean-
". treasurer. rsul Newman lie
had lohhled for the bill IN behalf
the State County rressarers' s.ss.
citation
Nh~e scquim's kcrl~s de-
riarcd the aal, rial check On
tressurers 10 obtained when
the office changes hand. rs.
coma's MANLY r~rrivsi sskcdi
"lsa't the state auditor sup
posed Ia audit sarh effia<sr"
Yes. and he ds~s.s ke~l~r
replied. Then br reparts tn
the attorney general and that
seems 90 end H." Thu recent
Pert Angeles tressurer's em-
b~ssiement occurred IN keel-
~r's district,
Many senators spoke for the
proposal. which would be voted on
by the people In 1910. among them
Mrs. Mslstrom. who asserted
Il am for II because tho restrict.
ed term has proved no defense
against dishonesty. ON tho othei
hand. opportunity for more thar
one reelection 60 county office
would be an Involvement To good
performance and honesty and lead
to higher standards
Final passage vote was ~.
~. all Pierce county members,
including Ralph Mcteaif. Re-
publican. voting aye"
The Tacoma port hill. passed bs
the senate Wednesday, was re-
celved IN tho house today and vii
20 to the commerce committee.
To dedicate $50 acres Of state
owned land at Jos's bay. neal
Horaehead bay. as a state park. .
bin has been introduced Ia tn,
house by Rep. ~. ~ Jackson 81
Tacoma
Jackson declares the site IL bu
~ miles from Tacoma. by ferry
and viii be more accessible ~hei
the Herrows bridge Ia completed
The land includes. he says, a fin
bathing beach and heavy timber
The South Tacoma solon SAYS h
introduced the proposal at reques
OF Pierce County Treasurer Pau
Newman, who told him many eoun
~ employees have acquired tax llef
land In the vicinity.
When th~ hill diyorriBg the
bureau Of unemployment com
peDsation and employment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
SHOP ON Con MERGE Street

psnss ard create more JOB" The
nsIs wsz requested ~ tho governor
AND previously passed ths ssnsse
unanimously
Legislators have hear Interested
here sn the 1910 EXHIBIT II ulvm-
pss Camera ctah win his pAcse-
graph. ~Marninx n. 2. Elliott. AZ
Tacoma. teck seeend place.
other Tacoma winners werp Nal
ssssfu. Joseph " Msniey, Marry
Gould. Hsyhzns Mnurus. Kari p.
Mann. W. =. Mstth4es. ard r. q.
Johnson
whne ne legislature lsumha
lawyer members are wandering To-
dag " Rep tful W q camsvun'a
MI safiswinx open sale n Sleep
producing medicines carried snrne
~ The poteneY ~ the iru9s eth
which Il stssit
Evee the xasernor. whn signed
Tire measure 10 wsks II law. end
hls legal adviser wers fsoied
u se~h - phssvWneuueteno
hoard - pes~s sss, ssspV ~
asmsa~ wAs a~~e. sAee vtveunl-
" sn s~<Dsstses ~ ~ Wuns&e4
rs~>siy ~ she sesvN ~ poceue
usessl~tses. he1 hepn hamun1
ssr~ps whes s~l1 - ansenpx
psvssssptt~~ss
IN the senate ths hill wss smsn1-
ed ~ strike out the wurs1n f'euNs
tanning mare than fauy evnlMe -
the avnrdupois ~ fluid ossace.r MT
leaving In The phrase 'sas any reUse-
tered copyrighted and srsdemefhs
81 preparation
DOUBTLESS. privately @eunntnGs
his legal esrthrpn. Or camerua
now . preparing ~ smemdetcey
bill Tor passage
ropAv-s sEsr 'tmACu. =
don't know what this hili meama
has sa"s n my people ss>sd ~
to Introduce u end I went u
passed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
PATENT MEDICINE
ACT TO Be REDRAWN

OLYMPIA The house COM
mittee on medicine. dentistry. pure
foods and drugs introduced bill
today TO correct a measure passed
by both houses and signed by the
governor last week.
The first measure, sponsored by
DR.. W. G. Cameron. Pierce county
representative, was designed 10
bar the sale Of sleeping powders,
but it was amended by legislators
so that it Internationally pro-
hibited the sale Of all patent medi-
cines.
The bill which appeared today
would set Alright the mistake
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
COUGHS
COLDS

To quickly relieve distress-rub sooth-
ing warming Musterole on your chest,
throat and back.
Musterole is NOT "just salve." III.
counter irrif0nf" containing good
old-fashioned remedies for distress Of
colds-oil of mustard, menthol, camphor
and other helpful ingredients.
That's why it gets such fine results
better than the old-fashioned mustard
plaster. Musterole penetrates the surface
skin. stimulates, warns and soothes and
quickly helps to relieve local congestion
and pain. Used by millions for 80 years.
Recommended by many doctors and
nurses. In strengths: Regular, Chill
Gren's mild and Extra Strong. 4Ot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

first atm 10 Improvement u the
street lighting 20 maize the street
a alshf q. bright 40 II 10 necun-
ing hy day with the new stase
sreata which have decorated The
street n the past year Along
with that. thx merchants hape o.
zee established and enfefcss, . rule
that all store buildings slang the
street b. cIeanai up
And then m tbs future 10 the
iieA that Commerce. II 10 tie ideal
unloading sone far the csts's nts
aysssm, as was tried Fpg . esief
tsn~ shortly after shs sasovsr frrm
rails % hnnses Merchants en
'nmmefe~ -. point eus that un.
leading pf passengers IN that
stress would leave them in cnn-
seelent spot for shopping there Nc
an broadway az Pacific
Tho we~k. latest Improvement.
noted along the street ranged from
belnw 18th 40 hsyana esh Al the
corner ~ 18th and Csmm.fce re-
modelling began an ths old North.
west Grocery building shlie on the
Commerce NJ. side n the winthrop
hotel building Charles Hume ard
hls snn Charles " started esssh@
iishins nsw inn printing .har
placement frem tke DEPART
ns~ns ~ .eelai security VS.
passed by tia house Wednrs-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
AIR RAID OVER WASHINGTON


Strange as II seems 100 years
before the worlds first military
airplanes took To the air In the
World war, an air raid was largely
responsible for the downfall OF the
United States capital at Washing
ton. ID. c.
Fiery skyrookets. sizzling and
cracking, threw panic into weak
American m litia stationed at
Bladensburg. Maryland. TO repel a
British invasion. The Americans
fled In wild disorder before the
strange onslaught of rockets which
they believed TO be some deyllish
new instrument of war
The British attack on Washing
ton was the result OF two things.
the defeat of Napoleon In the
spring of 1914. and "A decision Of
the British cabinet TO divert atten-
ton from Canada. where the War
OF 1912 was largely centered.
With the French threat out of
the way, England could afford to
throw more troops into the New
World conflict. so 1000 men were
dispatched under General Ross TO
attack Washington.
Landing near Bladensburg. they
surprised the American militia
with their strange pyrotechnical
display and marched straight into
the capital city While the United
States government reiterated into
the woods. the British burned pub
lie buildings
To prevent Yankee gunboats
from falling into British hands. the
few stationed In Chesapeake bay
were blown up by the Americans.
A small detachment from the gun
boats kept the panic stricken
American militia from being com.
ulefelv DESTROYED
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
OBITU S
MRS. JOHN Is. LAWRENCE

Mrs. Ellen Lawrence. so. widow
Of John Il. Lawrence. died Thurs
day at her home. 1871 so. 40 ST..
She came here II years ago from
Brainerd, MINI, where she and her
husband had lived 80 years. She
was born In Quebec. Surviving
are two daughters. Mrs. J. +.
Hall and Mrs o. j Henning Of
Tacoma; two sons, {. A. Lawrence
Of Billings Mont and W J Of
Duluth. MINI. five grandchildren
and three great-grandehildren. Fu-
neral announcement by Piper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
MRS. THOMAS sADLER

Mrs. Rachel A Sadler 50. Of
1926 SO. state 81 died Wednesday
night at her home She was born
In Arkansas and came here from
Spokane She leaves her husband.
Thomas; q son. Frank " Rivers
Of New York city, a daughter
Mrs. Catherine tombstone. and q
granddaughter. Mrs. Iris Leath.
both Of Jersey City. y. J and
four great-grandchildren. Funeral
announce ment BY CAsaedy a Allen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
Commerce St. Merchants
Seek Major Improvements

Taking the attitude Commerce 1T il the natural center Of
Tacomas downtown retail district merchants of that newly
dressci-up shopping pannin. 70 push major
improvements there in the few months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

Ohio Is the greatest farm sheep
center in the United States. while
Idaho and Wyoming are the
greatest oenters for range sheep,