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The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
Trinity Church
Council Appoints
1858 Committees

AT its meeting of last Wednes-
day night the Church Council of
Trinity Lutheran Church APP
pointed the committees of the
congregation whose responsible
ties entail the promotion of the
various phases of the church's
program for Christ.
Named to the Mission Commit
tee were Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Chadderdon, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Blomquist, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Larsen, Mrs. Lloyd Radke and
Mrs. Phil Rambur. The Steward
ship Committee includes Mr.. and
Mrs. William Houglum Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Ganskop, Miss Janet
Hagen, and Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Johnson. On the Publicity Com
mittee for 1858 are Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Thornton, Mrs. Harvey Lar
son, and Mrs. Henry Hamburg.
The responsibility of promoting
Christian education on all levels
in the congregation was given to
Mr.. Frank Daniels, Mr.. Charles
Evanson, Mrs. John Winter, Mrs.
Lloyd Peterson, Mr.. Garfield
Linde, and Mr.. John Meschke.
The Finance Committee consists
of Mr.. Oscar Petersen, Mr.. R. O.
Anderson, Mr.. William Smelzer,
Mr.. Arnold Meinhardt, MIR. DON
aid Baue, Mr.. Ernest Redlin Jr.,
Mr.. Freddie Ellwein, Mrs. Rex
Smelzer, Mrs. Henry Hamburg,
MIR. Leo Entzel, MI. Joe Peter
son, and Mr.. Roswell Brekkus Jr,
On the Auditing Committee fol
the year are MI. Leo Entzel, Mr.
Cliff Kallevig, and Mr.. Ernest
McChesney.
Other appointments made by
the Council we're Mrs. Harry
Johnson, church organist; Mr..
Ruben Breitling, head usher; Mr..
Garfield Linde, assistant Sunday
school superintendent; Mrs. Lloyd
Peterson, Sunday school secre-
tary.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
P. J. Murphys
Have First Baby
In SO at Fairfield

Mrs. J. w. Murphy brought in
the following article taken from
the January 6, Solano County
Courier published in Fairfield,
California, near Travis AFB,
where her son Patrick is sta
toned. The article was captioned
Luck o. The Irish Pat Murphy
Wins"
Patrick J. Murphy. III, son of
Capt. and Mrs. Patrick j. Muir
ply of 311 Illinois street, Travis
Air Force Base, may be the first
baby in this area born in 1858.
For this distinction he will re-
ceive the bounty of gifts and SER
vices donated by Fairfield mer-
chants in The Solano Republican,
annual first baby of the year
contest.
1.-THE proviso of may be- is
placed because of the possibility
of a baby born earlier somewhere
in the Fairfield Suisun City dis
trict and not at any of the three
local hospitals. The parents must
live in the area rules of theYcon-
test state.
young Patrick was born at
7:17 a. m. January l at Fairfield
hospital. There was a child born
at 4:23 a.. m. at Travis hospital,
but its parents live in Vallejo,
thereby eliminating it from the
contest here. There were no ba-
bies born at Solano county hos
pital on the first day of the
year.
"Deadline for filing the child's
birth certificate is Saturday, jan
IL, at the office of The Solano
Republican, 811 Texas Street.
Capt. Patrick's son weighed
six pounds, eight and one-half
ounces. He and his mother Are
reported in fine condition.
Mrs. Patrick's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl M. Knudsen, are Wis
iting here from Minot, N. D., hav-
ing come for the birth of their
grandchild. The Patricks have
another child, Peggy Carol, 4,
who recently won honors in a
child beauty contest at Sacra-
mento.
capt. Patrick is with the sta
tistical service office at the air
base. He is in charge of machine
accounting"
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
|Rihland County 1857 AC
Program Achievements

ty earning payments totaling
$10,400.00. These wells were dug
and equipped TO supply adequate
water to stock tanks. The devel-
opment of springs is a practice
which will provide water for live
stock by enlarging the flow of
water and protecting the spring
from being trampled. One of the
outstanding examples of spring
developments can be seen on the
Don Birch farm west of Culbert-
son. Mr.. Birch built a storage and
watering tank of concrete and a
dirt retaining wall SO that the
tank can be covered with earth
which acts as an insulation agent
against freezing. This supply of
water now adequately waters his
entire herd at one time. With the
above stockwater facilities, graz
ing is more uniform and pastures
are better utilized.
Water spreading has been an
extensive practice during the 1857
year. The Frank Marottek and
Ben Antonson farms are excep-
tional examples of ideal situations
where large acreages receive ad-
ditional water by controlled flood
ing.
The SCS have reported that the
pooling agreement on a ditch To-
Gated on the Soaring Route near
the Sterling Swigart and James
Strack farms is nearly completed
as are the ones near the Russell
Mercer and Julius Degn farms on
the Skaar Route and the Cliff
ford Bach farm near Savage.
These drain bitches are reclaim
ing agricultural land that had be-
come water logged and salty. A
fourth pooling agreement near the
Art Kuester and Tom Baldwin
farms has necessarily been ex-
tended to the 1858 year. Pooling
agreements are a very effective
way for farmers or ranchers in
any local area to cooperate in ap-
plying conservation practices too
extensive for any one farmer. This
conserves and improves the ag-
ricultural resources of the COM
munity and solves a mutual con-
servation problem.
The largest ACP practice APP
piled on the irrigated farms is
land leveling. Approximately
$21,000.00 has been received by
farmers as incentive payments.
Leveling provides a means for
more efficient use of irrigation
water.
The purpose of these practices
is to achieve additional soil and
water conservation on land al
ready in production. In order to
achieve these conservation meas
ures the Federal Government
shares in their cost. Although the
cost is shared, the initial estab-
lishment of these practices and the
responsibility for the performance
and upkeep of the practice must
necessarily be that of the farmer.
In SO doing, he is able to put his
farm or ranch on a better paying
status by making better use of
the natural resources and rainfall
and also protecting his top soils
for future generations.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16

All mas MADE another year
In history. In Richland county
nearly 500, 100000 has been spent
on 53l practices, of which S375O.00
had been set aside for Sos work
and $4,000 for three pooling
agreements. This is the first year
that Richland county has had
such a heavy workload and 1857
Is a very outstanding year in
ACP accomplishments.
Approximately ~$17,0O0.OO in
ACP payments was expended for
grass seedlings alone in 1857. This
does not include the grasses seed
ed under the Conservation Re-
serve program, but T seeded for
the purpose of building up the
soil and to protect it against wind
and water erosion. That land in
the Lambert and Sidney Dry
Communities has been especial
ly aided through these grass seed
ings as can be seen on the Oscar
Kvaalen and Harold Atkinson
farms.
$12,350.O0 in ACP payments
were paid out for stubble mulch
ttllage on 30,875 acres of land in
Richland county this year. This
is n of the most widely accept
ed practices under the ACP pro-
gram and many farmers are TAX
ing advantage of the benefits of
this practice. This practice leaves
enough stubble on the ground
which helps to hold moisture and
prevent wind erosion. This was in
evidence a week or so ago when
the wind was blowing and dust
clouds were in the air. The fields
having the stubble mulch prac-
tice were still more or less intact
while the fields with black sum-
mer fallow were blowing.
Although the contour. practice
was not extensively used this past
year, it is one of the most i'm
portant soil conservation measures
that can be applied to cropland.
Anna Norton of Andes COM
munity, one of the several in the
county, has established contour
strip cropping on approximately
300 acres this year, which reduces
wind and water erosion and con-
serves the additional moisture for
growing crops.
100000 in ACP payments were
made for fencing. This includes
cross fencing pastures for i'm
proved pasture utilization and
fencing off spillways, springs and
shelterbelts to prevent livestock
damage. Nc cost-sharing has been
where a fence divides
cropland from rangeland.
Livestock watering facilities
have been extensively applied
throughout the county this year.
These being stockwater dams,
wells and spring developments.
The Hillcrest community in the
area south of the river construct
ed six dams, which is the great
est number of dams for anyone
community in the county. 1t is
followed next by the area west of
Savage where four dams were
constructed, three of these being
on the Dolph Bosshard farm.
Thirty-five stock water wells
were drilled throughout the coun-
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
Peoples Church
To Install New
Officers Sunday

The Peoples Congregational
Church will install its new Of
ficers for 1858 during the morning
worship services on Sunday at
IL am. Friends are cordially in
vited. The elected moderator is
Mr.. Paul Cresap; new trustees
elected are Mr.. George Swenson,
Mr. Clinton Fulkerson, and Mrs.
Mary Magruder to serve with Mr..
v. Harry Ross, Mr.. John Book,
and Mr.. Alvin Krey; new Dea-
cons r Mr.. Glenn A. Hall, Mr..
r. S. Mutt to serve with DR.. Earl
Nelson, MI. Jack McNay, Mr.. Will
liam Redgren, and Norman Shot
nakoff; D~eaconesses r Mrs.
Glenn A. Hall to serve with Mrs.
Elmer Sorensen, Mrs. Frank Hart
zell, Mrs. George Weatherston;
treasurer, Mr. Peter Tote; clerk,
Miss Helen Wandell; Church
School Supt., Mrs. Peter Tote;
auditor, MI. Hurry Carey; litera-
ture, Mrs. John Harnish; steward
ship, Mrs. v. Harry Ross, Mrs. E..
Nelson, Mr.. Elaine Folkvord;
Memorial fund, Helen Wandell,
Mrs. j. S. Beagle; ushers, Mr..
Donald Nutter, chairman, Geo.
Weatherston, James Petersen,
Gordon Tuott, Jack McNay, Geo.
Swenson, Elmer Allen, Theo.
Schields, Ron Stuart, Wilbert Bell,
DR.. I. j. Petersen Jr., Robert An
vik; social committee, Mrs. Amy
T.. Stevens, chairman, Mrs. E. O..
Minser, Mrs. Eva Carey, Mrs. Da-
vid Albin, Mrs. r. Olson, Mrs.
H. Jensen, Mrs. H. Franz, Mrs.
Roy Zadow, Mrs. Arthur Walla,
Mrs. Nora Rennie; Christian ed
ucation, Roy Johnson, Mrs. Hurry
Carey, Mrs. E. Anderson, Mrs. j.
Putnam; calling and flowers, Mrs.
S. Olson, Mrs. G.. Tuott, Mrs. Eva
Carey; music, Mrs. Otis Peterson,
Mrs. w. Cummings, Mrs. L. j.
Lee, Mrs. Alvin Krey; Evangelism,
Mrs. r. S. Mutt, chairman, Mrs.
w. Bauman, Mrs. N. Shotnakoff;
social action, Mrs. B. McLain,
chairman, Mrs. E. j. Ulmen, Mrs.
I. j. Petersen; nominating, Mrs.
NJ. ObCi SACily NILS. H. II. DClloOll,
Mrs. Donald Nutter; Richland
Homes Representative, Mr.. Elmer
Sorensen; delegates at large on
church council, Mr.. ". Holmquist,
Mrs. Anne Nutter.
A 50th Anniversary Committee
was elected as follows: Mr.. James
Turner and DR.. r. d. Benson, CO.
chairmen; Mrs. Earl Varco, Mrs.
r. S. Mutt, DR.. and Mrs. j. S.
Beagle, Mr.. Thomas Merrill.
The church membership has in
creased this past year and now
totals 246 members. 1t has given
more than its quota to Our
Christian World Mission. Bernard
McLain is the pastor, and new
friends r cordially invited to
share in following Christ.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
CRANE
CHURCH HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING

Crane Congregational church
held its annual meeting Sunday,
January 18th after church SER
vices. Election of officers was
as follows:
Trustee for 3 year term Mrs.
Mae Wright; treasurer, Orville
Wright; deaconess, Mrs. Philip
Roberts; deacon, d. J. Kelley;
clerk, Mrs. Russell Myron.
Installation of officers will be
held Sunday, January rs followed
by a council meeting.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
MRS. MILTON ANDERSON
ATTENDS FUNERAL
OF MOTHER

Mrs. Milton G. Anderson left
for Missoula, Montana Wednesday
night to attend the funeral of her
mother, Mrs. H. 0. Stordock of
Occur D'Alene, Idaho. Mrs. Stor-
dock died January 18th at the
age of 81 years following an ex-
tended illness aggravated by a
broken hip. Mrs. Anderson, for
merly Of Missoula, has a sister
living there, two brothers in Spo-
kane, Wn., and a sister in Or
ange, Calf. Her father passed
away in 1945.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
SAVAGE
CHURCH TO HOLD
ANNUAL, MEETING

The Savage Congregational
Church will hold its annual meet
ing on Sunday afternoon, begin
ing with its quarterly covered dish
dinner at l p. m, according to Mr..
Allan Darnall, Moderator. Reports
will be given by the chairmen of
each activity of the church and
will conclude with a sound film
entitled, Second Chance. Friends
are cordially invited.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16

Susie Whitemah, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Whiteman of
Richey, became the bride of Ed
ward Vaira, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aldo Vaira of Andes, Deem
Der % at the Pella Lutheran
church in Sidney.
Rev. Stanley Larson performed
the single ring ceremony. The
bride was attended by Verna Wat
ers of Richey. Jerry Gunderson
of Andes performed the duties of
best man.
N After the ceremony Mrs. L. P.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16

Barlow, Fla, Polk County
Democrat: $4,000 surgical
operations are being performed
in the United States every day
in the year and most of the
surgery done today would have
been declared impossible by even
the best physicians so years ago.
:. Few pi DECISIONS have made
greater changes or achieved more
beneficial progress than has the
art of medicine"
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
Tax Fax

Do you want to make a sale
now, but hesitate to do SO because
of the additional tax you would
have to pay this year? Then con-
slider selling now and reporting
the profit on the installment ba-
sis. You can make the sale now,
elect to report your profit on the
installment basis and pay the tax
on your profit as you collect the
installments. If you make no COL
lections in 1857, then you will
have no tax. to pay. In other
words, don't pass up an oppor-
tunity to sell now at a profit.
Make the sale and be sure that
you collect 800 or less this year.
Then make your collections in
later years and report and pay
the tax on the profit as you col
lect it.
You can elect to report your
profit on an inStallment sale in
installments as you are paid if
% 1t vas a sale of real estate
and the total amount collected in
1857 was not more than 300 of
the selling price;
(2) 1t was a sale of personal
property where
(a) The total amount you COL
lected in 1857 was not more
than 300 of the selling price;
(b) 1t was personal property
not of a kind you would include
in your inventory at December
81, 1857 if you still had it;
(c) The selling price was more
than $1,000.
The total collected in 1857 can
not exceed 300 of the total sell
ing price. This included the down
payment and all later payments
collected in 1857.
If all the requirements under
/ Or 2 above are met, then you
can report your profit each year
as you collect it.
This is how it works.
Assume that you sold your
home in 1857. This home cost you
$4,000 in 1910. The selling price
is $4,000. Your profit is $4,000.
Under the long term capital gains
rates you are taxed on only 500
of this profit, that is, $4,000.
Assum that you collect down
payment of 1919 $500
Your profit on this house is:
Selling price 1000 $4,000
Less your cost 66.7% 10000
Profit 1897 5000
Then you would report as your
long term capital gain for 1857
$1,000 received; $500 profit
$500. This would be taxed at
the long term capital gains rate,
SO that 500, or $3.50 would be
taxed. If you made no collections
in 1857 nothing would be taxed.
If you use this system be sure
to pick up and report your profit
on your collections each year as
you collect them.
Do you have some bills that
you r never going to collect.
If SO, let's take some action now
to show that they are uncollect-
lble and claim them on this years
tax return.
Loans to relatives and friends
,an be deducted as bad debts.
they are always given
very close scrutiny and you
should be prepared to prove the
money was in fact a loan; that
you have made every reasonable
effort to collect, and that it was
n no way, shape or form, a gift.
You cannot get a bad debt de-
iuction simply because you do
1ot choose to force collection.
Turn those bad accounts over to
your attorney or collection agency
'or action. Do it now if you want
deduct the bad debts this year,
Your bad debts are %deductible
f
"a A valid debt actually was
made in 1857 or existed January
|, 1857 and something happened
1857 that made you believe
he debt never will be collected.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
Bronson ITEM

Con Simonsen and family and
Ida Simonsen visited and had
supper at the Gunnar Olafson
home on Friday evening.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16

Larson of Sidney served a lunch
for the young couple and their
attendants before they left on a
trip through the Black Hills and
to Denver, Colorado.
The bride, a two-year standard
graduate of jamestown College,
jamestown, N. Dakota, is employ
ed as a rural gradeschool teacher
at the Rosaaen school north of
Enid. The groom is a graduate of
Sidney high school and is now
farming in the Elmdale commune
ty where the couple plan to make
their home.
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16
Norita Miller
In Telephone
Engineering Work

WOlh, VIII dIG dS~SlSldllL tIlBllleeI ,
MFR. and Mrs. LaVerne Miller,
of Seattle, is one of eight girls
featured in a full page story with
pictures showing them at their
work who are assistant engineers
in the engineering department of
the Pacific Telephone G. Tele-
graph Company in that city. The
story written by Marjory Jones,
Associated Press Women's Editor
of the Seattle Times, says:
y
From SEATTLE TIMES
"The doubts and uneasiness
that plagued the chief engineer
ing department of the Pacific Tel
ephone & Telegraph Co., before
its decision four years ago to hire
women engineers have been dis
solved. The girls have proved
themselves. They are capable,
def with sliderule or blueprint,
handy with figures and good
looking to boot The frowns
lldbC ttlliCA W o1IlliCSs
"We're tickled pink" said Mr..
Russell Fish, one of the staff
engineers. "For a long time we
would have no part of women
working in our chief engineering
department - to do engineering
jobs. But since we've begun hir-
ing women for these jobs, we've
changed Dur tune
To-day there are nine women
assistant engineers in the depart
ment.
miss Marian Owen, Mrs. John
Keough, Mrs. j. Bradley Ismon,
Mrs. Dean Mock, Miss Anna
Kingsbury, Mrs. Orland Ander-
son, Miss Grace Roop, Miss Nori-
ia Miller and Miss M. Tresine Di
MARITIME, are those VINO have &C
cepted and met the challenge.
miss Orland Anderson, Miss
Roop and Miss Miller all write
specifications in toll-equipment
engineering. Miss Roop Is a
mathematics graduate Of the Uni
versity of Washington. Miss Miller
majored in mathematics at Pa
cific Lutheran College"
Miss Miller is a granddaughter
Of Mrs. Jens Miller and a sister
of Mrs. John Gear, both of Saw
age where her father, LaVerne
Miller grew up, and her mother,
The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16

Miss Miller is a granddaughter
of Mrs. Jens Miller and a sister
of Mrs. John Gear, both of Saw
age. where her father, LaVerne
Miller grew up, and her mother,
Mrs. LaVerne Miller is a sis
ter of Mrs. Ray Petersen of Sid
ney.
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counter to pay. II cannot
occur In q country whose
moral standards are low"
Americans rush and are
much buster. But they seem
go enjoy their lives. too"
She May Stay
Laura may be settling down
here for good. She originally
planned to return to For
imosa after earning her mas
ter's degree. but shortly after
her arrival in Washington
she met a young doctor at
the Chinese Institute Of Gull
ture. Now they plan to marry
In the spring or summer.
Her tlance is DR.. William
c. Lob. a medical ofiicer at
the Glenn Dale Hospital in
Maryland and instructor In
clinical medicine at George
town University. He came to
the United States from Hong
Kong in 1851. received much
Of his medical training here,
and has applied for perma-
nent residency. ..ss
Il can be more useful IN
China" he said, hut since
the Communists are there, /
cannot 60 back. And For
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AS OTHERS SEE US
BY AMELIA YOUNG
star star Writer

There's an old Confucian
proverb which says: Think
three times before you act.
And this, according to Miss
Laura T. H. Chang, explains
q great deal about the Chi
nese people. 1T Is our ira
ditional habit to do things
more slowly. CONSIDERABLY"
she points out.
Laura is q young teacher
from Tapei. Formosa. who
came to this country in Oc-
tober to do graduate work in
education. She attends the
University of Maryland.
Back home, she said. I'VE
see the American pictures.
Sometimes they describe the
people of China and other
countries Of the East. We
see (these pictures) as very
ridiculous. in their attitudes
Of our habits and living.
They make the people seem
more backward, not modern"
Now that she is in the
United States, Laura said,
she hopes to help Americans.
whenever she can, under
stand more about her coun-
trymen.
They Had to Move
This gentle hammered.
poised and lovely young
woman was born in Marking
Is years ago. She moved to
Shanghai when very young
and spent most Of her child
hood there. In 1949, when
the Communists were taking
control of the Chinese main
land. her family fed to For
mosa (Taiwan) and her IA
ther "a lawyer, mother,
brother and three sisters are
living there still.
The population on that
island (which is about the
size of Massachusetts, and
Connecticut combined) is 9
million now, Laura said. and
jobs and homes are difficult
to find. Competition is very
keen.
Asked if the Nationalist
Chinese have such hope of
recovering the mainland at
some future time, Laura re-
piled:
THE Chinese win always
fight for their freedom" and
the young people especially
have confidence they can
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Loretta Jacobs
Is Married

Miss Loretta Jean Jacobs,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Alexander Jacobs Of Ar
lington, became the bride
yesterday of Mr.. Thomas L.
Heitmuller, son Of Mrs. Ruth
Heitmuller and the late Mr..
Ralph E. Heitmuller.
The ceremony took place
in the Arlington Methodist
Church with the Rev. Ken
meth w. Haddock officiating.
The bride was given in mar.
riage by her father.
Mrs. Sara Jane Holmes
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star stan Photo by Tom Hoy

was matron Of honor. Brides
maids were Miss jeanne
Roop, Miss Fudge Paxson.
Miss Nancy Peterson, and
Miss Betty Goodson. Miss
Debbie Davis and Miss Dawn
Smith we're flower girls.
Mr.. Robert r. Heitmuller
served as best man. Ushers
we're MIR. Ralph Heitmuller,
Mr.. Doug Wexford, Mr.. Bill
Dalton and Mr.. Ted Duster-
hoff.
Following the ceremony a
reception was held at the
church. After a honeymoon
in New York City the couple
will live in Arlington.
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60 back" They trust the
United States, she said. and
believe this country can help
them.
The Nationalist on For
mosa are preparing them
selves for such a time. An
organization called the China
Youth Corp, composed Of
the Taiwanere high school
and college students. has as
its aim the construction Of
a new China. In the schools
there are many extracurricu-
lar activities, promoting the
arts, aviation, horsemanship
and craftsmanship, naviga-
ton and so on. High school
boys receive military training
and the girls are taught
nursing.
A Different Atmosphere
1.-THE students are very
thoughtful and work hard.
They are not frivolous" said
Laura. They feel a response
bility to their country"
The atmosphere in the
American classroom is diff
ferent from that In Formosa
much more casual. Laura
observed. "One' can smoke,
go in and out, ask questions.
Everyone talks freely to the
professor" Though surprised
by such liberty. she approves
of it: There is more individ-
ual development, it is good"
And she said, II think the
students (here) know the
precious Of their freedom"
(meaning, they don't take
for granted or misuse it,.
The young teacher has
made other surprising dis
coveries in the United States:
Most Of Americans, they
can think. They are not only
, for practical things, but are
contemplative. too"
THE country is more
pretty than I expected. !
thought of 1t always as
industrial"
THE people are so honest
and trusting. I was very i'm
pressed. When I 60 to the
store. I can pick up the
things to buy and 90 to the