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2 The Republican Journal "BELFAST,THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican journal Pub. Co. A. I. BROWN, Editor. ADVER USING Terms. For one square, one inch length in column, 26 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Subscription Terms. In advance. $2 00 a year; $1.00 fcrsix months; 50 cents for three months, i Republican Nominations. For United States Senator, BERT M. FERNALD, Poland. For Governor, CARL E. MILLIKEN, Augusta For State Auditor, ROY L. WARDWELL, Augusta For Representative to Congress, JOHN A. PETERS, Ellsworth For State Senator, JAMES J. CLEMENT, Montville For County Attorney, RALPH I. MORSE, Belfast For Clerk of Courts, JAMES H. CILLEY, Waldo For Judge of Probate, ELLERY BOWDEN, Winterport For Register of Deeds, EDWARD EVANS, WTaldo For Sheriff, FRANK A. CUSHMAN. Montville For County Commissioner, ORRIS S. VICKERY, Belfast For County Treasurer, CLIFFORD J. PATTEE, Belfast For Representatives to the Legislature, HODGDON C. BUZ7.ELL, Belfast WILMOT L. GRAY, Troy BENJAMIN F. COLCORD, Searsport CHARLES S. ADAMS, Searsmont WALTER A. COW!AN, Winterport MAN POWER. When we speak of the man power of the United States, most of us think only of the number of men who can be sent to service in the Army and Navy. We do not seriously consider the fact that in dustrial man power is necessary in order that our military forces can be equipped, clothed and fed. Therefore, when a crisis like the present is faced, when it is possi ble and perhaps probable that our military power will be drawn upon for 5,000,000 or more men, it becomes necessary to en large our idea of man power and to base our calculations upon what our industrial man power was when we declared war, what It is now and what it can be made to be in the near future. Military power can avail little in the world war unless supported by an adequate and well regu lated industrial power. Unfortunately, we are called upon to maintain our own military power and in large measure to support that of our allies. Not only do they call for men but for money and for food, and these are the two essentials 1 without which military power languishes. : We need not stop to estimate the total numerical strength of our military power. We know it is larger than can be sup ported in service and in training by our industrial power. It follows, and should be realized by all, that the economic uti lization of our industrial power is a vita' problem which must be considered and in some degree solved. The first thing to do is to take an account of stock and as certain, as nearly as we can, what our industrial man power is. Man power, in a strictly military sense, lies in the men who are available for actual warfare. To estimate our industrial man power we must include not only men, but women and children, every person who aids by daily labor in producing things which must be had for use in war, and all the necessities, and some of the comforts which our non-combatants here at home require. To state it briefly, we need to start out with at least a guess at the actual number of our producers of essen i- » __i • -Li. i_j ___ and its equivalents. The last United States census places our industrial man power at about 38,000,000. This includes men, women, and also children from ten years old upward. It is not worth while to reckon much on the productive capac ity of children under 16 years of age, and when we consider the vast number of our people who toil not, neither do they spin, and those whose occupations add little or nothing to ohr industrial power, when the exigencies of war demand essentials only, it appears that the census figures cannot be accepted. A fair discount from the „ census figures may justify us in placing the total amount of our industrial man power, when we entered the war, at 35.000. 000. This would be about one third of our entire population. At the end of this year we shall have called 3.000. 000 men to the colors for land ser vice and half a million more to the Navy. This has deprived us of 10 per cent of our industrial power. Half a million men are building ships, half a million more in the steel plants are wonting on government orders. Miners are digging coal for Uncle Sam, woolen mills, shoe factories and scores of other businesses are doing war work only. After these, and war clerkships, and all other obvious deductions have been summed up we may safely conclude that whatever our industrial man power may have been a year and a half ago, war has already diverted 25 per cent of it from the normal productive capacity of the Nation. Nobody is to blame for this. It is a condition which must inevitably re sult from the enormous absorption of ILnnsw DM STRAW_I SOLD BY n p. Palmer-Owen Bros men and materials called for in modern warfare. The administration will doubt less, before long, find it necessary tc adopt drastic means for directing and utilizing industrial man power. In fact a start has already been made in several ol our States and the President and Congress realizes that the “work or fight” ulti matum must become National. The situ ation must be recognized as one which must be met with resolution, and the in dustrial man power of the country must volunteer or be drafted, and trained to dc work of some kind which will aid in win ning the war. Whatever the President and Congress decide to do, in an effort tc get the best results from labor, must re ceive unqualified support. A POLITICAL HOAX It will be remembered that two years ago this present month the Deutschland, a German submarine, arrived at Balti more, discharged the cargo which she brought, took on board copper, rubbei and gold and departed after a tarry of a few days. At that time politics was nol adjourned. The officers of the Deutsch land were invited to Washington and en tertained there. This occurred more than a year after the Lusitania was sunk, and after President Wilson’s strict ac countability note had. been sent to Ger many, and had been ignored by the Rai ser. A national election was to be helc in about four months and there were a good many red blooded voters who were getting restive and were indignant be cause of the virtual declaration of wai against American shipping and the in sults being heaped upon the Nation. The Democrats decided to give these voters an heroic dose of that famous political soothing syrup since known as “he kepi us out of war.” Thereupon Congress man Lieb, a prominent Democrat, made a speech, the following extract from which was printed in the Democratic national text book and through that medium was put before the people all over the country and reiterated on the stump and by the Democratic press: “The reception given the ‘Deutsch land’ crew in Washington proved dis tinctly that neutrality really exists in the seat of our government. And con versely it disproves the theory' that there is any' hostile feeling here in official quarters toward the German Imperial Government. In fact, the whole atti tude of the United States Government in giving a clearance status to the Deutsch land; in allowing it to deliver its mer chandise; in allowing it to take away a cargo, part of which was a product of the soil of Canada; in giving its crew a cor dial reception as it would the subjects oi any other foreign nation in a legitimate quest, is all a striking indication that the best of friendly relations exist between this country and Germany.” There must nave been, when this speech was delivered, several thousand Democrats who knew that war was im minent if not inevitable, and this was a superb and artistic piece of political camouflage. It was intended to be spo rific and it did its work. The country slept and no dreams of unpreparedness disturbed its peaceful rest and no night mare of war affirighted it. It is said that Mr. Ryan, who has charge of airplane construction, has asked from Congress an appropriation of sev eral millions of dollars to be used in building railroads into the forests of Oregon and Washington to obtain spruce for the frames of these offensives. In stead of waiting for Congress to deliber ate(?> and make the appropriation and follow this with placing the contracts a nd building the roads, it would be bet ter to abandon the whole airplane busi ness and sail into the Germans on shanks’ mare. Our boys are most of them good base runners, skillful in throwing gren ades and handy with the bayonet and revolver. They will conquer the Huns on terra firma. As for the air we are not likely to be “in it” in season to do any good. Not in American planes we mean. Our men have proved themselves to be good fliers but, to our shame be it said, they are obliged to use European wings. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. When the United States Department of Agriculture advised farmers to engage in clam farming and recommended the rais ing of muskrats, we felt that the head of that department was not a practical fa rmer. The following special despatch to the New York Sun shows that we were mistaken. WASHINGTON, July 2. Instead of be ing a nuisance and an eyesore, weeds may be turned to good account and even to profit by keeping a few sheep. This is the glad word sent out by the Department of Agriculture in a statement urging a fight to control weeds. Instead of ^hav ing repugnance for weeds, sheep, says the statement, consider most weeds choice eating. A small flock needs but little looking after, and they will do the looking after the weeds. The sheep will thus not only help to provide their own food but they will relieve the farmer of a good deal of worry and time used up n eliminating the pest. * Every scientific farmer should have s cosset lamb in his garden and a flock ol sheep in his cornfield. Admiral Sims says that the “Britisl express great confidence in the Libert) motor.” A recent teBt of a seaplam propelled by a Liberty motor showed tha' the engine had better climbing and car. rying qualities than any of the best for eign types. The teat was made in Euro pean waters. For heavy work-the Lib erty motor is a credit to its builders. The Fourth of July was celebrated by some remarkable achievements. A dead weight tonnage of 400,000 tons of shipping was launched in the United States. This is considerably more than the total ton nage of our ships sunk by the U-boats ' since they commenced the submarine I warfare. One of the ships launched was a freight carrier, and was sent down the ways in 37 days from the time her keel was laid. Under the management of Mr. Schwab there is efficiency and enthusi asm in our shipyards. Under the direc tion of Mr. Stettinus the ordnance de partment is being rapidly whipped into shape. Our boys “over there” sent home a good report of themselves,and the“glori ous Fourth” gave omens of disaster to Germany. Not long ago a woman was convicted for saying, along with other things: “No government which is for the profiteers can also be for the people. I am for the people, while the government is for the profiteers.” This last sentence was not only untrue but was seditious. About a month ago the President said to Con- ; gress that profiteering existed and that the government had evidence “available and indisputable.” Less than two weeks ago he furnished the public with quite a large list of profiteers. If we have any law which can put a stop to wholesale robbery of the people it should be used to the limit. If no such law exists, Con- ; gress should sit in continuous session till such a law is enacted. The people have been robbed long enough. “Buy coal now” stares us in the face from posters. The people do not need that admonition. They are ready to buy coal as soon as they can get it. They feel that it is up to the Federal fuel ad- ; ministration to send the coal along in stead of giving advice. It now seems probable that Mr. Garfield has not yet learned enough about fuel needs and supply to enable him to make much im provement over his failure of last win ter. The United States Department of Agri- J culture announces that there has been ; enough help for the sowing and planting ; of crops, and that the real labor test will come in harvest time. There must be from some source an enlistment of har vest workers. One practical suggestion is that educational institutions can help by arranging opening dates so that stu dents may have an opportunity to help in the harvest without losing standing in their course of study. navy collecting photographs OF MEN LOST IN SERVICE. Through the Bureau of Navigation the Navy Department is now collecting pho tographs of all men of the service who have lost their lives in service against the enemy. To perpetuate the memory of these men who have made the sacri fice their pictures are to be preserved in the various training stations of the coun try. Secretary Daniels has requested that these photographs be sent to the De partment by the next of kin. As rapidly as these pictures are receiv ed copies are made and the originals re turned to the owners. A photograph of each man is then forwarded to the train ing station where he began his career in the service. There, a memorial gallery of honor or a hero’s corner is formed so that for all time the faces of the men of the Navy who have made the supreme sacrifice may be honored by the youths of the future sent to the station for train ing. Relatives of men who have been lost in the present war who have not received requests for pictures are asked to mail them to the Department for this memo rial. All pictures should be securely wrapped after they have been marked with the name, branch of service and training station the young man entered after enlistment. These should be ad dressed to the Recruiting Division, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Wash ington, D. C. When copied, the photo graph will be returned to the sender with one of ihe copies. State Grange will Meet in Portland. The annual convention of the State Grange, involving attendance of over a thousand delegates, will be in Portland Dec. 17, 18 and 19. This decision was reached recently at the meeting of the executive committee of the grange at the Falmouth Hotel. Invitation to the grange to hold its convention there was extended the grange some time ago through the Chamber of Commerce. Members of the executive committee present were Chair man George Alden of Gorham, Secretary E. T. Clifford of Winthrop, Master W. J. Thompson of South China, State Secre tary E. H. Libby of Auburn and D. W. Gilman of Easton. $100 Reward $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh. Ca tarrh being greatly influenced by conati tutiona) conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys tem thereby destroying the foundation of ' the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as 1 sisting nature in doing its work. The ; proprietors have so much faith in the curative powers of Hall’s Catarrh Medi cine that they offer One Hundred Dollars ' for any caae that it fails to cure. Send • for liat of .testimonials. _„ , . Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggiata, Me, si ,■ - - —- - —— GUARD SHOT ONfcE And He Admits That the Mules Did the Rest. Things Happened So Rapidly That Holdup Men Really Didn’t Have a Chance to Take Aim, While Team Made a Record. Even today in the Sierra Nevadas where little mining camps send out gold dust by stage to be carried from the nearest railway station to the San Francisco mint a shotgun messenger rides with the driver if there is a gold shipment in the box. The barrel of the gun is shortened for the sake of convenience in handling in close quar ters, and its efiiciency for its particu lar work is not lessened, as it is used only to quiet a robber who has sud denly appeared close by the side of the treasure stage with the laconic command, “Throw down the box I” The messenger, as he is called where he is known, never guard or gun man, carries his gun across his knees where danger seems light, or lightly in his hands passing through bad spots. His job is to shoot anyone so careless as to step out from behind a tree or rock to the side of the stage, and shoot before the intruder gets the drop. Mountain folk who want to take a stage between stations make them selves conspicuous in the middle of the road before the stage rolls into sight. That is the safe way. If a messenger falls to see a rob ber before the latter has him covered the box is thrown down—usually. There was one instance wiiere the rule was not followed, which old stage driv ers in the Sierra Nevadas tell about to day. On a stage out from Bodie was a shipment of bullion consigned to the Carson mint. The messenger was alert, his sawed-off shotgun lightly bal anced in his hands passing the danger spots, or resting ou his knees where tlte cover seemed to be too thin to conceal a robber by the side of the roau. On one good stretch the messenger gripped his gun between his knees while both hands sought in the pockets of his heavy coat for the makings. The unexpected happened; out of a patch of straggly sage brush two men leap ed, one to the bridle of the off leader mule, one to the off-side of the stage. They had the drop on both messenger and driver. “Throw down the box!” commanded the man at the fore wheel of the stage. The messenger thought one-quarter of a second—he was precise in telling that part of the story—and then with out having to invite a bullet by mov ing his gun or hand, he pulled the trigger of the right barrel. So many things happened in the remaining three-quarters of the first second af ter the command that they make a long and lovely story as one listens to an old driver tell it today. The short of the story is that the shot shredded the ears of the .leaders, and generally speaking those mules did the rest. The six mules bounded ahead, startled and indignant. The robber at the bridle was kicked in rap id succession by the off leader, oft swing and off wheeler, so his pistol aim was not good, and the robber at the stage wheel was run over by the rear wheels, and his aim was not good. The six mules, the driver has sworn to this, did the next mile in four min utes flat, and there was no time when more than two stage wheels were on the road at the same time. “It was sure some lucky escape,” the messenger admitted, “hut I never truly made up with them lead mules. They never seemed to relish me after that little sawed-off spoke to them. Touchy sort of critters, mules is, any how.” Tommy Atkins, Philologist. Mr. Thomas Atkins has further en riched the English language with war words and phrases. They may not creep into future dictionaries, remarks London Answers, but they will cer tainly remain as part of the common language of everyday use. “Narpoo,” coined by Tommy from the French “II n'y a plus,” is now our general ex pression for “nothing doing.” It Is safe to assume that the expres sion "over the top” will become part of our language, to be used when man must be put to the supreme test. “Anzac” is another coined word that will remain for all time. A “scroun ger” for a forager, "buckshee" for any thing extra in the way of rations, and “Conchy” for the .shirker, are hardly likely to be forgotten. Quarter-Pound Diamond. One of the world’s largest diamonds may come to the United States, as Americans are among those dickering for that superior quality amber-col ored stone, weighing 442% carats— about a quarter of a pound—found re cently In the Du Toits Pan mine In South Africa. The stone is the most valuable ever found In Grlqualand West, although it is not a record as regards weight. The most famous diamonds In the world are: Cullinan, now called the Star of Africa, part of the British crown jewels, 3,032; Excelsior, 909; Kohinoor, 900; Regent, 410; Orloff, 193, all uncut, and the Great Mogul, 280, cut. Not That Flavor. “You know, there are some hosts who allow their hospital meats to be seasoned with acerbity.” “Do they? We always use catchup with ours.” ORRINE DESTROYS LIQUOR HAB11 Keen interest in Orrine, the scientific treatment for the drink habit, now oi sale at our store continues unabated. Orrine has saved thousands of drink ing men, and is sold under a guarantee to refund the purchase price if, after i trial it fails to benefit, Orrine No. 1, secret treatment; Orrine No. 2, voluntary treatment. Costs onl; $1.00 a box. Ask us for booklet. Rea< & Hills, Main street, Belfast. . / The War-Time Value of Good Tires ^ Your car is a vital war-time necessity if you make it. contribute to war work and war service. Make it give the limit of service. • But don’t add one extra dollar to yourdriving expenses. War-times makes economy imperative. Practice it in operating your car or truck. Keep down your tire costs. Use good tires—United States Tires. Increasing thousands are recognizing the war-time value of United States Tires. They are getting away from haphazard tire buying. They are buying mileage—choosing tires that give most miles per dollar. United States Tires offer supreme dependability and unapproached economy. There are five different types of United States Tires— one for every possible need. The nearest United States Sales and Service Depot dealer will tell you which one will serve you best. i United States Tires are Good Tires We knoio l nited States Tires are GOOD tires, That’s why we sell R. F. Fuller, Freedom A. S. Payson, Brooks. Hall-EI!is Hdwe. Co elf* F. E. Whitcomb & Son, Searspcrt. John McLaughlin, Stockton Springs E. B. Mlalley, Winterport. ! WHITE’S CORNER, Winterport. i - Mrs. Luella Nickerson visited her sis ter, Mrs. C. H. Libby, recently. W. A. Rogers and family of Belfast were callers at G. H York’s recently. Charles Porter and Chester Durgin of Roxbury, Mass., were guests of Guy Nealey, a few days recently. Miss Cora Blaisdell, who has been in New York for several months, is spend ing the summer at her home here. A. L. Blaisdell, who has been in Bangor for medical treatment, has returned to his home much improved in health. The Misses Edna and Mildred Conant were guests of their sister, Mrs. W. E. Hebard in Carmel, several days recently. C. C. Clements attended the annual meeting of the Maine Farmers’ Union in Waterville, June 25th. He was re-elect ed clerk. Walter Bartlett and family of Bangor and Mr. and Mrs Guy Bouthard of San gerville were recent guests of C. E. Bart lett and family. Mrs. R. G. Robertson has returned to her father’s, Hon. C. M. Conant’s, after j spending a few weeks’ with Mr. and Mrs. ' E. A. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bickford accom panied Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hopkins of Monroe on an auto trip to Belfast, North ' port and other towns. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Larby and several other families from this vicinity attend ed the meeting of the Waldo County Veterans’ Association at East Dixmont, June 27th. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clements, Miss Doris Clements, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. York, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Clements and Mrs. C. B. Jewett attended a meeting of North Waldo Pomona at North Sears port, June 26th. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blaisdell, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Jewett, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Libbey, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Nealey and Mrs. Hattie Clement and family were among those who went to Camp Etna for the meeting June 30th. OUK NEW FOURTH. r " - By common consent yesterday was the most beautiful Fourth of July, in the spirit of its celebration, that this country has ever known. The sweetness and solemnity of its observances recall the line: “It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting.” We witnessed a happy absence of the noise and the din and the accidents and the barbaric activities of the old holiday. Let us hope that tuese will never return. Let us hope that our rtation will go out into its new responsibilities as a world power in a soberer spirit, with more think ing and less shouting, with more harmon ious notes and fewer strident blasts. Let us hope that we have inaugurated a new Fourth, not only for ourselves but for > the world, and that in its remembrance in other lands it will not merely puff the pride of American patrons of the hotels ; —as so many times in the past—but give i recognition to those world-applicable les sons of freedom which our own natal day properly signalizes. Another candidate for the Mixmfet i Club is Max Harden. “The sea of pas sion is not burned out,” he writes. . “When rider and steed, themselves a ' wandering flame, are armored against ’ the whirls of passion as well as against 1 the icy breeze, it will be spring in Ger many.” « ! Notice of foreclosure WHEREAS, E. J Huntley of Bangor, injthe County of Penobscot and State of ( M jinp. by her mortgage de« (1 datnl th»- twen- i ty-sev^nth day of Bepten b* r A.l» 1917, aru 1 record'd in the Waluo t • uutjr Registry of Deed.-, Book 32b, Page 106. conveyed to me. ' the undersigned, a certai . parcel of real estate situate in Pr> spect, in the County of Waldo, j ar.d bounded as follows: Beginning at the east . erly side of the highway leading from Pros i pect Ferry to Prospect village at a stake at the corner o land oi F. Ginn; thence in east erly direction by land of soul Ginn about one • hundred seventy feet to Penobscot River anti 1 a stake; thence northerly by said River about ! forty feet to a stake; tnence in a westerly direction and parallel to first line about one • hundred seventy feet to said highway and i st ike;.thence southerly by sa d highway about ! forty feet to stake and place of beginning; I and whereas the condition of s id mortgage • has been broken: Now. therefore, by reason ) of the breach of the condition thereof 1 claim a foreclosure of said mortgage and give this ; notice for that purpose. E. J. O’DEA. | Salem, Mass., June 26th, A. D. 1918. 3w27 FOR SALE ! Slabs at d Sawdust at Milton K. ; Hill’s Mill, ' near C. H. Simmons’ farm, Hayford Disfrict. | Belfast. Tel 17-21, Lincolnville. f Are You Tired of paying fancy pricesfor TIRES foryour Ford car? If you want good, fresh, new ! rubber tires at RIGHT PRICES, see ours before you buy. j 25 W. L. WEST, : Spring Street, Belfast. FOR RENT AT BELFAST. MAINE, ON PENOBSCOT Bay—two furnished cottages for rent by month or season; 3 sleeping rooms, new beds, large living rooms, fireplace, kitchens piped with water. Fresh vegetables, milk and eggs near. MRS. FRANK L. TOWLE, Tel. 221-12 Belfast, Maine. As offered to-day should include instruction in I all the Commercial Branches, Shorthand and Typewriting and the BurrOllgh’S Automatic Bookkeeping Machine. *■ SHAW BUSINESS COLLEGE PORTLAND, BANGOR AND AUGUSTA is the only school in New England which offers such a course. Telegraphy also taught. Free cata logue. F. L. SHAW- President. ~eThT BO Y INGTON ! Eye Sight Specialist OF THE BOYINGTON OPTICAL CO. 44 South [Main Street, YVinterport, Maine. OFFICE DAYS—MONDAYS and TUESDAYS FOR SALE SECOND HAND KITCHEN [STOVE. J. AUSTIN McKEEN, : »tf Belfast, Maine. ^For Sale Cheap KNOX MARINE ENGINE, 31-2 H. P. Fine condition. _ i j. AUSTIN MCKEEN, 2«tf Belfast, Maine. Oil. W. 0. lint CE hi 1ST Matonic limply GEO.t.JUH Attorney at ii BELFAST. M»i Practice in all Courts. P e specialty OLD IRON As usual I am { ayingr the Waldo County for old rags, t • paper, metals, etc. Iron an-; | tionally high. I ampayir; ;; per ton for iron. Bags are apiece Rags are 2c a per u any of your old stuff bef • price-list. If you hive any 229-4, or drop me a posta promptly. SAM !• ■ 16 Cross TRUCKING I am prepared to do all k Eurniture and piano mo' Have just added to mv e« Acme auto true kmade by cern. Leave orders at the Main and Cross streets, n ceive prompt attention Telephone connection. W i-LA‘t! 126 W aldo AVf m”. __n WAJNIr.li SECOND HAND GOODS ,,i tion. Furniture, beddiw j etc. Antique furniture h J have anything to sell dro; : you will receive a prompt WALTEK « 249-3 64 Man 1 CHICHESTER ' ' ^ W /r—w T1IE 1)1A«‘'' i, I,u«!ie.s! Asky«»'; /)) l'h!-ch«*H-ter’a I5 t I*liin in K‘ il a boxes, sealed " '• - Take no other , OrnesiNt. A- ‘ ' DIAMOND HU'' years known as 1'. '.^ijl • S0LDBVK5UG0IST' FOR SALE tifW SODA FOUNTAIN at ■ Fine condition. J. AUSTIN ' , it 26tf Belf Horse for Sole Roan mare, weight lOOu driver. One set double " grocery wagon, a good uni tween 12 m. and ti p. nl-’’ . ># PERCY S. EDI-1 - lfJ(t 43 Miller Street f