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Including Postage (Cash "With Order) : DAILY CALL llnclaeisg Sunday). 1 year JB.OO DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), « months $4.00 DAILY CALL— By single month I ?5c SUNDAY CALL. 1 year : J2.50 WEEKLY CALL. 1 y*-ar *. $1-00 rrn ~ rv ) D-illy $8.00 Per Year Extra 'POSTAGE. I Sunday $4.15 Per Year Extra i-OfeTAGt*. \ Weekly $1.00 Per Year Extra Er.terod et the United States Postofice as Second Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will E« Forwarded When Requested. Mai! subscribers in ordering ctiacg^ of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. THE POLITICS OF IT THE Examiner gave half a dozen lines to the recent Sacra- j rnento primary and concealed them on a back page, at the bottom of a coiumn. The victory* of the Lincoln-Roosevelt league in that primary made the most striking piece of political news recorded in recent California history, but the Hearst papers could see nothing in it. Why? The explanation is not obscure. Hearst has effected an alliance with Harriman for political purposes. In these^days you 1 will see nothing in the Examiner by way of criticism of thff Southern Pacific company or the political activities of W. F. Hcrrin. .The Sacramento primary and the remarkable victory of the Lincoln- Roosevelt league delivered a decisive blow at Herrin and the "organization." In the days before Hearst had concluded his alliance with Harriman the Examiner would have printed a page about that Sacramento primary. - Hearst's speech at Jamestown was a direct bid for support by "the interests/ and they are responding generously. Colonel George Harvey is the editor of Harper's Weekly and the North American Review. lie is the more or less, illustrious proponent of Standard oil's defense, and the most conspicuous because the most noisy opponent of the Roosevelt policies. Colonel Harvey is now ready to take Hearst to his bosom. In Harper's Weekly he remarks, with unction: "Indeed, we now find little that is objec tionable and much that is pleasing in Mr. Hearst's papers." And he is filled with admiration for Mr. Hearst's "broad, sane and reaily strong utterar.ee at Jamestown." Isn't that lovely? ; 'r* Hearst has no editorial policy but slush. His meaning and intent are shown by the way he handles the news. He now sup presses or obscures the facts that might damage his allies, Herrin and Harriman. That is the politics of it. UNSIGHTLY BILLBOARD ADVERTISING THE billboards of a city should be made to yield a revenue to the public treasury. That plan is followed in Rio\ Janeiro, with notably good effect. Such advertisements are taxed on space, and the consequence is great concentration, with improved artistic effect. In a word, the object is gained by putting brains in the advertising, and thus making it attractive by intrinsic merit. The Rio Janeiro system is thus described: Every business "sign" in Rio de Janeiro is taxed. Every sign in a restaurant or cafe, similar to the placards one sees in oar restaurants, must have a revenue stamp attached to it. Permanent signs are taxed on a per manent basis, and temporary ones on a stamp basis. "To rent" signs bear revenue stamps. Similarly billboards and notices on temporary in closurcs of buildings. The tax materially limits the extent of billboard advertising, and that is a positive gain to the community, in view of the unsightly features of these monstrosities. The revenue derived by the municipality from this source amounts to some $40,000 a year, and San Francisco . might very well take the -hint as a means to help out a depleted treasury. In Tacoma the -movement to limit billboard acjvertising has taken another shape, but the object is the same? — to relieve the city as far as possible from disfigurement. A local improvement society has instituted a campaign of education, with a purpose to convince advertisers that they are doing themselves no good by making the town hideous. A combination of this method with the Rio Janeiro plan might prove useful for the common good. PROHIBITION FOR INDUSTRIAL REASONS THE recent extraordinary prohibition movement in the southern! states does not please the oldtimers, the mint julep colonels, for whom Marse Henry Watterson may be assumed to speak. This is the way he talks about the new; pro- 1 hibitionaries : j Along with their crazy prohibition law — the vile, Illegitimate offspring i ol a liaison between the Puritans of religion and the blacklegs of politics — the result of a combine between populism, pure and simple, and a remnant of what has the impudence to call itself democracy- — a duo between two discordant musicians, Holey- Poky Smith, playing second fiddle to Tom Watson — loom into view the familiar troop of humbugs, of the old firm of Pecksniff, Giadband and company. In fact, the movement is of another kind and does* not find its impetus in pharisnism, as the blue grass colonels pretend. According to the most impartial observers the people of the south are voting for prohibition because they are convinced, that the negro — their negro — cannot be trusted with whisky. It is in the interest of industrial progress and efficiency that Georgia, Missis sippi and other states have, voted prohibition. ABUSES IN WEIGHING THE MAILS IT is announced that the postofiice department will shortly begin the annual systematic weighing of the mails to determine rail road compensation for carriage. It may be timely to hazard a hope that the opportunity will not be seized, as has been the practice, to load up the mailba^s with congressional documents and mutton pies, sent under frank. A carload of speeches ; by Congressman Mulligatawney on the tariff, or a bale of printed wisdom on the fisheries dispute by the member from Podunk, ; may help materially to raise the average weight for which the govern ment must pay on the assumption that Mulligatawney's activities are normal. Then there was the queer but original plan of weigh ing the mails for seven' days and taking its average for six days. The whole scheme, as it used to be, was /devised to swindle the HBBBS3HHiHIHII^BRi^^BBBHBIBI^MiBBHHBfIHHHBBII^HBBH9BB9M^^ EDITORIAL PAGE treasury for the advantage of the railroads." Possibly these abuses will be remedied or avoided in the forthcoming tests, but we have not heard that steps have been taken to reduce the rates paid for carrying the mails, which are stiil greatly in excess of those paid for express matter. If the government had its mail matter car ried as- cheaply as that of the express companies the postofScc department might show a profit instead of a deficit. Few' forms of enterprise have shown such vast and disproportionate profits as the express companies. That. 1,000 per cent profit is enough to make Russell Sage turn in his grave. Madame Anna Gould — ex-Castel lane^ — is reported engaged to a prince, Perhaps she thinks the 'higher the better. Taft hopes, upon arriving home, to find that there is truth in the old saying, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." A few days more and the mon who likes his canvasback cooked 15 min utes will be sneering at the man who thinks 16 is right. ' » Missouri furnished corn cobs last 3'ear for 26,206,934 pipes. Now let's hear from the, state that contributed the most cabbage for cigars. The king of Spain had to submit to a surgical operation the other day. Considering that three doctors took part and that he is still alive, his ailment could not have been very serious. j A : citizen discovered the other day that he had been going afound for two years withy at fractured skull. Other residents of San Francisco have worse head troubles than that and will never discover it. \ Exchanges commenting on. the .re cent utterances of Dr. David Starr Jordan and Professor-Edgar L. Larkin accusethe former of wanting to abol ish marriage and the latter of favor ing the killing off of two-thirds of .the human race. No doubt both gentle ' W. H. Price' of Vacaville Is at the Dale. B. S." .'. Kierech is at the Baltimore from Oroville.-,-; ) r'x\ O. V. Alle'n ofiGbldfield is a guest at the Majestic E. N. Bender of Montreal is a guest at the Fairmont. H. Fauehenholt is at the Hamlln from Los Angeles. Gilbert Winters of New Tork is reg istered at the ' Hamlin. Alfred U. Castle of Honolulu. ls stay ing at the, St.* Francis. • Henry Fielding of St. Paul is reg istered at the Dorchester." H. Gardiner, a mining man of Fair 7 view, is at ; the 5 Jeff erson. ;\u25a0 E. J. Roos 'registered at the Jefferson yesterday f rom^ Waterloo^: LL Daly, a mining man from ;Reno, ] is ; registered ' atj^the Dale. jj V Ellwood Kaligreen of Santa Crui Us a guest at the Grand i> J, E. Stratton ; and J; ; R. Wren of WatHonville - are at the G. S. .Cutlery a » prominent banker '.; of Calls toga, is staying " at the St. James. Julius HechC a*! Los* Angeles capital ist,- is registered at the.Grand Central,' J. M. Phelan, ; a ; mining ; operator ,of Boise, Idaho, is "staying at I the Ham! in. > Dr. F.i;P. wHitehillfof ?Newi; Mexico regi«tered at >,tho ''• Imperial * yesterday. Uncle; Joe's Attitude NOTE AND "COMMENT men consider themselves entitled to damages from the papers that mixed them. Stuyvesant Fish has not made any reply to the charges made against him by T. T. Harahan. While he is waiting for; it Harahan would do. well tp put in a week or so at Muldoon's. A San Francisco woman applied for divorce the other day, alleging that she had* endured 31 years of contin ual torture. One would think that she would have gotten used to it in that length of time, j The Houston Post tells of a tomato vine at Avalon, Cal., that is two years old, 23 feet high and 35 feet in width. Carry the news to Burbank. Even he never knew of a tomato vine living be yond one season. It is said that Policeman Flynh was intoxicated : when he took $400 from a counterfeiter who had been arrested. Anyway, he was sober enough not to take any of the pris oner's bad money. President Roosevelt took to the woods yon Tuesday when the packers were preparing his household effects for removal to : Washington. -There are troublous things that even the big stick can not cope with. The vice president of the : Standard oil company warns the public to dis credit any statements given? out re-: garding the corporation unless signed by; one of its r officials/ /The average mortal fails . to see^ why. such a signa ture should make a statement truthful. Personal Mention : E. WHlii, who Is in town for a few days from Del : Monte, is at the Jeff erson. " ::. . Lieutenant R./A. D. Ford of Phila delphia has apartments at the Im perial. •••-.. C. D. Danaher. & Tacoma lumber man, registered at the St. Francis yesterday. B9B3£mRBSI . I* ;. Goldwater \u25a0 and Mrs." Gold-water, who are here from ' L.os Angeles,- are staying; at ; the ;llajestlc: v ; -*. - v John ,S. Bradstreet; an architect of Minneapolis who has returned from the orient, is at the Imperial.-; .} J. R. Locke and Mrs. Locke of Stockton, who are spending a' few days here, are at the .St. James. { .?:, E. W7;' Adams." a door and . window sash - manufacturers of : Dubuque." la., r 7 is a guest ; at : the , St. Francis. \ ; - ;"': A. F. Lippincott, ; ,~ Mrs^ Lippincott and iMisg ! Louise /Lippincott of Phila delphia; are" at the- Fairmont./ >W. Grebst ;of , and • A- Hammarbcrg '"' of :. Stockholm, .Vho " are touring : the ' world, , are guests at ; the Fairmont. .H. Romans, a^ dry .; goods man, has, re turned; from \u25a0 Los Angeles : to . reopen j his business .here.. He is staying; at;' the I Baltimore. , Bjg^teg^^^is^MqMM' i-l Peter J. . Blinni '. W-\ S. . de . Turk. E. J. Camm ; and\ Rev. J John ; : Partridge of : the Knights Templar* are at lthe St.? James i f rom ' Petaluma- , , |« " r \ By The .Call's Jester CULINARY HHfTS I Sauerkraut should be cooked as seen as possible after it has been picked. It \ should be eaten wito frankfurters — and discretion. ;.-v . *i Always remove the can from the peas : before .cooking. i Ham*' sandwiches are greatly im- ! proved by placing a slice of buttered bread oh v cither -aide of the ham. To ascertain whether fish Is tbo far gone to be flt to- eat, taste it. Ice cream makes delicious fritters If! socked on a coaled i tove. Never boll a- porterhouse steak. Bet-; ter results are obtained by making It into hash. \ There la much diversity of opinion regarding how long, game should be kept before using. A great deal de- . pends upon what class . of neighbors you hava. In come neighborhoods the only way you can b^ sure of It ia to a tat it aa soon as you get It. * Save the \u25a0 strings from the string beans. A bit of cord of tea comes in handy. . - : Onions or cabbage should be cooked in the cellar, with the doors tightly closed. Do* not delude yourself with the idea that* the best place to get mint: for mint sauce Ib at tne mint. > Go out to the Julep bed and pick it fresh. Keep the vinegar tightly corked or It win sour' on you. Butter, pepper and salt win be found a pleasing addition to baked potatoes. • • • SBe£ MAK^S A DIFFERENCE "Papa, do you really believe that! story about ' Jonah and .the whaler* "I certainly do, my son." . "I mean. , do you believe It when you are talking to yourself, .or just when "you are talking to mef FAR WORSE "Livkf orsikrlngselskad" is Norwegian for : "life .insurance company." They have been called shorter and . uglier names than that in this country. Answers to Queries | . CAKDS-^A; S. C.; Oakland, CaL Th« invention of playing cards has been at tributed to various . nations. They are said to have been known In India from the ? earliest ages; ; : the Chinese claim them ; as < the invention 'of . their > em perors, and they are \u25a0' also .traditionally ascribed to both tha Arabians and the Egyptians. Historical mention is made of cards , In Germany -in < 1275; In Italy In ? 1299 and in France in 133 J- In an ancient history of the garter there is an extract from a* wardrobe account of Edward I, dated 1377, in which a game called ' four; kings ;is mentioned. As Edward, before : his accession to the throne, resided for • i some 1 years \la Syria.' he may 'have learned to plaj cards in that country arid Introduced the game in England. 'Cards were introduced into : Europe in the four teenth century, having been brought to Viterbo :,by . the ? Saracen* in ; 137 ft. In the treasury books \ of Franc* there Is an ' entry ; of "50 sols paid to Jacques Gringonneur ; for three packs \ of : cards for the amusement of the king (Charles Vl)"i in" 1393,: one* year/ after: the king lost his reason,' which . led to the erron eous statement that playing cards were invented | for" his , amusement. , Playing cards -were fused \u25a0In France ?ln .'•: 1340, . be fore :Charle» ! ascended . thel throne." : Dur-" ing •' the ""; reign iof Elizabeth, Edward Darcy : ; obtained a. patent for making playing cards. Up to 1767 all cards had white ibacka.'^ In that year.' John .Berk "enhout Uook': outVa* patent for dicing," flowering, ; eta, the- backs' of playing curds. '.'.''...'- ' ..- ; ' ; . "s^S@^l GOLDEN, JtJBELEE^-N. VN., > City. .If you mean^ the! celebration of .the fiftieth anniversary of the 'admission , of j Cali fornia I into : the " Union of - states. - that was September 9,\1900. : •' KI^'D^rESS— M. IL, Cl ty. If, at ; some time a relative did you a kindness and y ou ; returned | th"c) kindness, the re Is ; no occasion : for you to send ' a' present" SEPTEMBER 28, 1907 .r". r " -• .\u25a0\u25a0 : - . % *%*''\u25a0*' Rejoices over freedom from worries such as fall upon heirs of millions which poor relations and others have tried to attach •j— vERHAPS you would cot care to inherit f~7 a million if it caused you as ranch ar. -*• noyance as such an inheritance has ifiven tWo San Francisco heiresses. A few years back a Cali/oroia pioneer, Jacob Z Davis brother in law and partner of another millionaire, 3oy<t cued and .en a will in which hi* fortune was bequeathed to his late wue's meces, Luzabet.s and Belle Mmr, the latter the wife of Architect John M. CaxUS.. l-.ere wa; nothing unusual in such a bequest, for the girls had always bved wun their uncle and aunt* and were more like daughters than nieces. But, oh what , a buzzing among the eastern poor relatives when they -heard ccvsin Jacob had died and' left millions, and none to them! Besides the will contests that followed other worries troubled the sisters. The family physician, not satisfied with the- regular fee of attendance en the aunt and uncle during their last illness, brought in a bill several yard* long with a suit attached. Other, like accounts came in, besides requests ior -charitable purposes and that sort of thing.' ilany a ume the heiresses wished they were poor "and unknown. %{ -But time passed and they began to think everything was go^ig nicely and that sorely every clopd has a silver lining, when Ust week came one Laura Tracy in a renewal of the contest for the Davis millions. Atop of this comes the opening of the Bertha Dolbeer will case, in which the husband of Elizabeth Mmr, William G. Mugan, has found one . of his greatest worries. . -.*%.•* Now oughtn't we poor mortals who work for our hvipg and thinx cmr- Sdves lnck>' if we can tip a waiter a quarter and stave o5 a tailor's bill a -few weeks, be content with our lots? Worries Attached to Davis Fortune \u25a0What a melancholy sight tha bottom ct San Francisco bay must present! A direr re cently told me of going down to the City of Chester, sunk many years ago at the month of tfcs harbor by one of the large China steamers.. He descended with a stout fceart and a v±ii iaured to the tragedies of the sea, but when he saw two sisiers of charity sleepins quietly La their berths, and, near by, a man on hia knees, spraying back and forth vith the motion of the tide, and a dim. mysterious light over all tha somber objects, his heart failed him, and he gave the signal to be hauled abcre. Ths San Rafael lies there, too. She went down in ISOI, sent to the bottom by a collision with another steamer in the fog.. The relentless tide runs over her cozy cabins and beautiful stairway, dank wita the passage of tins. Melancholy Sights at Bottom of Bay The San. Rafael was not a donble ender ar«l so tha situation whila sha endeavored to turn on her trips was a little strained. Sometimes Ehs bad to go nearly to Mission bay, weavins in and out among the many craft in the aarbor before she could get fairly started. Every one would sccct the Idea of danger, but nevertheless boo&swere not brousht cut nor was the conversa tion unconstrained till the beat had accomplished her turn and -was sa&^~ plowing her way £o the bright shores of Jlarin county. And there lie also, caught in the seaweed, the City d Rio Janeiro, tfca* Escambia, the May Flint and the Caleb Curtis, the last a p2ot boat sank in a blinding fog. Truly the bottom of the bay i 3 paved with memories. The Smart Set a N interesting weddine will take /\ place Wednesday next, when f-X Miss Gladys Dodge and Thomas Sontherland Button will be mar ried in Oakland. The ceremony will take place in the large drawing- roonu of the new Key Route hotel, where Mrs. Dodge and her daughter have their apartments. For this occasion* the rooms will he lavishly decorated with huckleberry, roses and - ferns, which will . make. ~an effective setting for the .wedding party. Miss Dodge Is the daughter of Mrs. Alice Thompson Dodge, and an extreme ly pretty and popular girL She and her mother have traveled a great deal dur ing tha past few years, returning only a few weeks ago from an IS months* tour of the orient. Her engagement to the well known young businessman was made the subject for rauch enter taining bath here and in Oakland, and their many friends are hoping that their new home will be mads here. The wed ding rrtll be attended by almost a hun dred friends and will be followed by an elaborate sapper. Sir. and Mrs. Sutton will leave Immediately afterward for a month's wedding trip to the southern pert of the state. .'. .; • • • Mrs. Louise Flndlay Monteagle, who left San Francisco nearly six weeks ago for various visits in the eastern cities. Is at Jamestown, where she Is attend ing the triannual episcopal conven tion. Mrs. Monteagle plans to be back In San Francisco in another month and will, as usual, take charge of the little cotillon club that has been so popular among the yoacg society people for two or three winters. • • • San Francisco society people are glad to know that Captain Marbury John ston, who is a great favorite here, will be in California again this winter. Cap tain Johnston is en his way from New York and will take » command of th« "Albatross** on his arrival. The charming wife of State Senator Lukias 1 was Mrs. Hyde-Smith's guest of. honor Wednesday afternoon last at one :of . the season's prettiest bridge parties. It was giv an In Mrs. Hyde- Smith's new home In Fillmore street to about 30 enthusiasts of the game. The Informal tea that followed, to which several more friends wen b'.J den, made a- delightful ending to tha afternoon. ,\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0-..- • • - • After three weeks in Santa Crua, where she was the guest of Miss Jose phine Llodley, Miss Edith Cotter has returned to San Francisco. She was hostess at a card party a few days ago in honor of Miss Edith McCabe. whose marriage is on* of October** events. . - ' •• • V .The smart set of Oakland, as well as many society women from this side, of the bay. are .'interesting themselves deeply in the big charity aSalr that will take place at I dor a park ia Oak land on "Wednesday next. It Is for the benefit, of. .the Fabiola hospital, a causa . that never fails to engage the sympathy, of matrons and maids In both, cities. The. park, with, its soo, railways, rink, auditorium and museum. will be turned over for the day to the ladles who axe working for this affair and no p«ins--will be spared to aiake. Conditions in California C*lif oral* ten;; erature* for ths Uat 34 i*ur»: BuiKeto «tat»*« M..;...K*ateMi W Cm of r»*» fralt shijp«4 rrara C*ltf <tnt « v*-»«. JUtt«* u« w*«fc 539. *£.V a me tat «mtn*t tM.tmUt f« tiw t-M»*l»**tt*ft •* \U *.» ©;»*» *«| Art*a» rail. x**&,;cosxMctißC-ih» Imp«rf*l ,f*n«y, Tarn* **J 4t»uWU s^*4 wita a* *jltK* cf 3*a XAif. rii* will be a dirtct ilMtoOiiH fM» t>, ««* w^m, 4w*la B a e M—vM — v ' cultural region of Imperi«l county. . * Workir«ow:finiihed;oo the St. Xirin i^iwu fe *;*«* tWn *<,«„ •*•?»*«. >ud:mißMrtjitrMti.-Saa.rnadse9. TaU U * fc* %Hff U*X *mA ttou itntotait ttxltt feet. The cost wu $130,000. , | •"*••» the occasion a delightful one. Booths. are to be in charge of varioris promi nent worsen, -who are vyl=? with each other for the beautr of th*Sr <le«ora tiocs and the variety of their wares. Each booth will be further attended by a bevy of f^rls, -whose da!aty ccs tctnea will add to the c!c?ur««Qt:*naM of tha scene. 3Xra. Carl Shilling, whoa ail children love, \u25a0\u25a0rill sap-erimend ti* rrab bag asJ wll! nai^ thf* plar* of n:rstery and c^anca especially at tractive. • • \u25a0 Several small affairs were srtvea last west 1b Ross valley In honor of Mrs. George H. Roe. who left yesterday fcr a visit to seme- of the eastern states. Sirs. Roe expects to be back lata in November. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carrisaa aad 3ir. and lira. E. D. Bollard are tosrtns th* northern paxt of Maria county in Mr. qarrlsTui's notor car. Thar will b» cone nearly two wee£a. • • • On Sizsday last Captain Loeisa YotxmM U. S. X.. and Mrs. Yonas *»3 Hr. gsc Mrs. Da=irl Dean left San Francisco by motor for St. Helena, whero they were the s*-?sts of Captain Brice at his ranch there. Ta«y returned to the dry early on Monday xaorains 1 • • • For the past weelc Miss Helaa Thoma s has been th* raest of Captala and Mrs. Hug-hes in their boat at Alcatraz. and probably wiU spend another w«e!c at the- popular pose te'ere rtturalay to San Franciscix • • • A visitor fcer» frosa Santa Cna wio is teins tauca entertained ts Mrs. Fran cis D-jkVls. who is the grsxsi of Miss Cherry Bender In San Kafa*!. Mrsu Davis will spend next wee* wlta her sister. Mrs. Porter Ash*. • • • MJss Eaid Tnraer arts? sstaral coaths at Colorado S^ria^s tas ffoa* to Lew Angles. wa«r« «i* is \h» gT:e»t of Ml&s Doble. • • • The directors of th« Entrs Xorts co tillon club havtt issued mv.taucza for their nineteenth season* Tb» clah, as always, is a strictly . seJect orjrantza tion. composed of 13a of Saa Francisco's j yoony people. wJiose *a.tfce 4 ria£3 ara famous for taelr Jollity. Tea dances will take p!ac« la th« ballrooax of tha Fairmont' hotel and are announced t or " the foUvjwins erenlnxs: Friday. Octo ber =5; Friday, November S3. and New Year eva (Friday. December SI). Tha board of directors would **e=3 to as sure a brilliant and successful season. The directors are: Sanford O. Lewald. James a Walttr H. Robin- > son. Geors«» G. Fraser. Al»a Ma^nis. i Reuhen Haas. Ethrard l^jrach. Fraacls H. Davis. Gcorsre Bauer. David B. Tor res, O, Kaseltoa WUsen. Dr. William' A. Ellis and Dr. Joseph F. Meayhsr. QUARTERS FOR THE >IG> At. CORPS Offlcers Quarters, tiarracXs. store houses and other necessary buildings for the aecoTnnsodatloa at eac* place of two compaaies of th* sign&l corps aro to be constructed *t the brigade posts at Fort JLeavenworta and Fort Riley. Kan, and Fort D. E. Russell. TTyomlns?. Two signal corps compaaies are to ba stationed at thes*p3iats-*3 soon as brigade organisations are maintained at them, as ts row contemplated at some «m« in the near future.— Wasalagtoa