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How the People Can Get Back Those
Oil Lands From the Southern Pacific
6IFFORD PINCHOT struck at the root of the oil lands ques
tion as far as it affects California in his address to.th^ mining
congress at Los Angeles. The present plan amounts to con
servation only for the benefit of the Southern Pacific company,
which asserts title to half of these lands within the limits of the
railroad grant. Mr. Pinchot points oufthat this title is presumably
defective, for th« reason that the congressional grant of lands to the
railroads expressly excepted those of mineral character. Any scheme
of conservation which does not include the recovery of these oil
lands by the national domain if the titles are defective "must be futile,
because, holding the alternate sections, the people in possession of
the .sections under grant can drain the oil strata underlying govern
ment lands withheld from entry. In a word, the policy of conserva
tion, as far as it has been applied to these rights, simply plays into
.tjie;hands of people who under color of title from the railroad are
exploiting oil strata that presumably belong X.6 the public domain.
:•; .-The point raised by Mr. Pinchot touches the most important
iviaj-ier affecting large industrial interests at the present time in
CaLrforniaJ It deals with a question that must concern the next state
administration and the legislature to be elected this fall. Why? Be
.ca-iise the national administration does not appear likely to act
wjUiqut official urging on behalf of the state and an official presenta
tion- of the facts. A state commission should be appointed to
examine these titles and report to what extent they are defective, by
reason of the mineral land exception in the grant. The attorney
general, the state mineralogist and other experts would be proper
Jiie.mbers of such a commission. A report from this -body would
compel action by the national administration, if the railroad grant
titles are held to be defective, as Mr. Pinchot intimates, in these
words :
Tre government will not do its duty if it does not exhaust every
possible means at its command to attack the title of the Southern Pacific
railroad to mineral lands in ihe oil Selds and to vest title again in the
people of the United States: , '
- Apparently the national administration is not likely to move
in the matter without considerable urging. If these titles "to railroad
grant lands are defective by reason of the mineral exception, that
fact must be perfectly well known to Secretary Ballinger, who is an
expert land lawyer. Mr. Ballinger preserves a notable silence on the
matter, although he is voluble enough in prating about his "conscious
rectitude." Attorney General Wickersham knows or should know
if the exceptions specified in the congressional grant apply to these
lands, but neither he -nor Ballinger, as far as the public knows, has
ever said a word or taken the first step to examine the question This
is why we believe that nothing will be done by the administration
without an urgent showing officially made on behalf of the people
of California. As soon as that is done, and not before, the conserva
tion of the oil measures can be put on a just and reasonable basis
that will permit development in the interest of the whole common-
So negligent have been the department of justice and the secre
tary of the interior in this "relation that it was left for private en
terprise to raise this question- o.f the validity of these railroad titles.
A suit is now pending in the Los Angeles federal court in which the
railroad title to these lands is questioned. This suit was brought by
"squatters," but the government has not intervened, although the
matter in dispute involves many thousands of acres of most valuable
land presumably belonging to the national domain.
TO what extent, if any, is the power of granting paroles to
convicts abused by the state prison board? Thechief of police
in Los Angeles declares that a large proportion of his troubles
are due to this cause. He is quoted:
\u2666v ll h ii a 7e7 c no d ° ubtt^ t7S Per cent at least of
the holdups and assaults on women are com
mitted by paroled men of this and other states
and the fact of the matter is that numbers of v
— these men, sent up from Los Angeles, twit us
witn me statement that they will be paroled, and they have no fears of
where they are going. In many cases this proves to be true
lam not one of those who are opposed- to giving first offenders a
chance to reform, or who believe that they should be put among hardened
criminals; but I say that a man convicted of a serious crime such as
robbery, or attacks on unprotected men and women, should be Iceot in
prison and made to feel, the weight of the law. p
-The captain of detectives in Los Angeles concurs in this judg
ment, and he mentions the case of Ernest Stackpole, who is serving
a life sentence for murder in San Quentin. Stackpole killed a laun
dr^nian in Los Angeles with whose wife he became infatuated lie
was convicted and sentenced, but is now engaged in working for his
release on parole. "" . . \
The practice of secrecy in the proceedings of the prison board iii
these cases may easily lead to grave abuses. The public should have
the fullest notice of what is done or proposed to be done. The peo
ple have rights in these matters. - ;
Abuses of
the Parole
System
nn HE politicians in the present congress are eager to take up the
{ decennial apportionment of seats before they go out of office
:*•: on March 4, but they are in doubt whether the census figures
~1 will be complete in time to take up this work
in the short session: No doubt, there are busy
pencils- iri \t Washington' already> engaged in
dividing -the seats;; but alf such work: must
ill depend; for its usefulness on two unknown
quantities. Une of. these is the: population of tlie several 'states and
the other is the basis of apportionment.
Apportionment
of the
Next House
The present basis is one seat for every. \l93;l67. inhabitants; but
it is certain that lhjs : .figure will, be raised, because thefhbuse*leaders
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desire as much as possible to avoid increase of its numbers. , Other
considerations of . importance, however, interfere 'to modify this
aspiration, and the most important of these is that if the basis of
apportionment is stiffly raised some of the backward eastern states
will be left with fewer representatives in the house. Altogether it
is a question of nice adjustment so.as not unduly to offend political
susceptibilities. . - : ' .: j :
The best present guess seems to be that the basis will be raised to
one seat for every 225,000 inhabitants. ..-At -that rate it is doubtful
whether California ;would gain two representatives, as people hope
in this state. If the basis is fixed at 210,000, as some propose, there
is "ho doubt that the state would make a gain' of two members, t>ut
that figure would likewise increase the total 'membership^ of /the
house materially.
Sooner or later the house will be compelled to follow the prac
tice of the British house, of commons, whose membership, of 'more
than 650 causes no special inconvenience. But the members are* not
spread over a vast hall, as in congress, Avhere each man sits at his
desk. The house of representatives: is made unwieldy by the
requirements of desk room. If they sat on ".benches, like the members
of parliament, there would be" room for twice as many and no dif
ficulty about hearing the speakers. : . v
MICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN will not profit /much by the
perfunctory indorsement and easy- exoneration accorded him
by "the old guard^in;New York-state. A certificate of moral
character from: that source is not valuable,
and "might even serve to cast a doubt' on the
supposed beneficiary. A man is known by
the company he keeps. V . .
The charge that Sherman ~ engaged , in
trickery to create the" impression that Mr.. \u25a0 Taft had;, enlisted his
influence on : the; side of "the old\guard" and to defeat: the choice
of \u25a0 Roosevelt for chairman' of the state convention is an implication
arising from the president's own words in his letter to Griscom. Mr.
Taft distinctly wrote that the olfi guard leaders had been guilty of
falsehood in their representations to him. To what extent, if any,
Sherman was implicated in these falsehoods we do not know; but it
is certain that they were employed in J his interest . arnd *f or the'pur
pose'of creating in the public mind the impression that Mr. Taft was
siding with the reactionaries and the corrupt bosses; in New: York
state. Jt was adfrtypiece of business, which a bushel basket full of
resolutions from a discre&teid political- machine can »not disguise" nor
whitewash. It is as Roosevelt puts it :; ; • : . ; f • ; ; :f
,The men .whoby/trickery kept 'control of : the state committee and
who now come here in the effort to dominate the, convention are the very
men who'are responsible for the corruption \yhich' I pr6duce"d'Allds'and for
all thathasbeen discreditable; in the party ; management; ?and now? these
deeply discredited bosses resent; the effort of the people, the effort of the '
plain people whotnake up the great bulk of the republican" part}-, to rescue
that party: from the factions which have used it only to further their own
bascand selfish purposes. : ;f > ;. v , -i ,~ ' \u25a0 \
It is in fine a clean cut :issue between corruption, assisted by
trickery; and.the progressive wing of the : republican party, headed by
Roosevelt, in l'ew ; York.. ' ' ~ J
Unprofitable
"Vindication"
for Sherman
JHE Washington state primaries and the nomination of Poin
dexter for; senator are construed in: the east to mean - last
straw needed to break
m^eeting^y will v ; belheM^thi^f^ek^an^ftHe
gossips.: of ithe;. national capital are -looking
for results. .. ' r '
J Washington is' Ballinger's home, state.
'Jij?\supportefs)pf the 'secretary: of the interior
were intensely : hostile -to Poind extern and : the J administration^•even
interfered : : to concentrate on .one candidate;,the : opposition -to the
Spokane man. Yet, in ; spiteVof; all. these powerful influences,^ Poin-
got the :npmmation by> a m
Even Seattle^Ballinger's home ; town; gave ; Poindexter a^^lurality:
-Whether Ballinger stays in- the: cabinet or : gets- out; isf perhaps
matter of smalU importance.; But^ the fnomination^bivPoiridexter b^
that, sensational ,vbte> in- the; face of \u25a0 organi^- andipowefful^pbj
sition, amply finance^^thrqxvsiablihdirigligli^
the\yest, and: especially; the Pacific; coast states; opposed
to the policy, of conservation as expounded <bv Roose^elfejand^ Pirichot.
Every : corporation; attorney* hired" to'; attend
and;every newspaperpf;that. stripe Haye^been industriously boosting
this; pretense yintil somepf.' them almost believe their) own '-words;
Poindexter; is'the [most^igorou s iconser v^tionist on thY coast anclth^
most:pronounc^d;;oppc^nt;of 'BalHng^^OT
%tion; is- pretty jf air evidence of the state foifJ sentiment ionvffiis f coast;
What Do They
Say About
Washington?
Gossip of Railwaymen
tiV^ ILL" DOUGHERTY, roadmaster
T\ of the Southern -Pacific, with'
- *"^ J headquarters at Fresno, recently
took a trip to .. Mexico. He had • never
visited that section "of America .and
spent his entire vacation there during
the , early part of the Mexican centen
nial, celebration. \u25a0 ; ' \u25a0
Dougherty returned to Fresno a few
days ago "in shirtsleeves. Every
railroadman on the ' line and every
traveling: agent of eastern lines hap
pened to meet with .''Bill" at the time
of his return. He was pressed for an
explanation as to how he lost -his
coat. \u25a0 ;\u25a0\u25a0-.•:_\u25a0•-.\u25a0; \u25a0\u25a0-.•:_\u25a0•-.\u25a0 >' .." :.-.: r. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0.' \u0084.:.; \u25a0
"I lost: it ;in Mexico somewhere and
somehow," was ; the only, explanation
he would give, : and - the: homeebming of
Dougherty without his coat has caused
considerable i- speculation among the
members of the railroad fraternity in
the San Joaquin valley. The opinion
is- unanimous that "Bill" left in a
hurry. . »
C.H.Schlacks.. first vice president of
the Western Pacific," is. on his way to
this : city ' after a visit; of a month to
New /York, where he was in conference
with other of the Gould lines.
\ The members of the state^ railroad
commission returned yesterday from a
trip .to ;the various large-cities of the
state, where Important hearings were
held. They . ; will depart again • today
for Eureka, going r overland, where
they will hold a hearing on Saturday.
T. M. Sloan, general freight agent
of the. San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake, with- headquarters in Los
Angeles, is In the city on a business
trip- ._\u25a0 ;. _. . .-. ' • .-\u25a0 . '/;^ : \y
"J. H. Pearman, district passenger
agent of -the Western Pacific, left last
night on a business trip to Salt Lake
City.;;! .:./ 'y.- \u25a0 z-\\ \u25a0- \u25a0 \u25a0 .? . .\u25a0:
The banquet of the California As
sociation of Traffic Agents,: which was
scheduled for Saturday,; evening, Octo
ber-I,:, has -been- postponed for one
week, f Arrangements ; have -been made
to hold the banquet; in .the' i Palace- ho
tel room, i Arrangements also
are-being ~ made for a.baseball. baseball game
between ; the ,• members- of - the associa
tion and •', the Transportation club..
James H. ! . Garsfde of the. Santa Fe
lines passed throughthis city last Sat
urday on his way to Portland.
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•itC. \u25a0 M.v Levey, \u25a0 second .vice president
and general manager; of the 'Western
Pacific, is ">, out on the ;road on' an. in
spection i trip. : He"; will -return . to 'his
•office this morning. ' r '%^\
; : William Scholl; agent' of the~'Phila
delphia and Reading., at Jenkintown,
Pa., . isvisiting in this'city.; -. ;. ; \u25a0'•'.•;• \u25a0„ '\u25a0
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8. . F. ' Porter, assistant general man-^
ager of ;\u25a0: the Northwestern ; Pacific, in
charge Vo* '\u0084 the }'r. northern [^district v- : at
Eureka,' was 1 in s the' .city> yesterday. He
is : on ! his wayi to ; his home in Alabama,
his first, visit' ln 20: years. ..::,'
Porter , has I been, continuously" In the
railroad » business; for ' sß years,. 27< years
of j which \ * were '/.with (>( > t h e % Santa •> Fe
road.' . Duririg.the^civll' war.;he\was/a
conductor;, running .on • trains in ; ttie
souths ;':\u25a0 \u25a0;. :;', -,'..\u25a0 : " '\u25a0'} -] . '--'\u25a0 - \u0084\u25a0'
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CThe,^ railroads ;?of, the country .are
arranging i to;! make j reparation :.. to the
shippers* of u apples t between C Aungust
1 l;is and V September j9, A when «: the > rates
to." Eastern if; points v»were'| 51:40
of •- |l;lowing to 'a'mistake of ithe : p'rint>
'eriof | the /classification."^ Manyi of--, the
shippers •: held, ? their -^ back
for the '3o ; days that:; it i required .--to'
correcflthe v error, but ;Htiis *,was;* un
necessary..'* according ;to /prominent; offlV
"cials;^who*;:say^ that \i- they"?, promised
whemjthe ;\u25a0 error.'.was^ first- detected'; to
make} plans r." for : a refund. >\u25a0 ;
\u25a0•«; E. O. 't McCormickr. vice-president of
the v? Southern^ Pacific;-'^ In -"charge f of
trafflc/iflreturnedVVi yesterday ::;mornihg
f roml* Chicago,^. where 1 he '•,}: attended tan
important^'? conference rr O f " Harrlman
line: officials. • . -;_ .t .--.;•.- >->\u25a0
r- D.V'W. : ; /Campbell,V assistant' general
manager *,of ithe? Oregon /and ? 4i Washi ng-^
,ton^withfofflce[at ; ;Seattle. : swas)lh the
'city|, yesterday^onf'busihes's.'i He \u25a0 will
probably; leavel f or V the ; east this nibrn-
Uncle Walt
ihe Poet P h i 1 o s o p h e r
The other, day a damsel fair,
whose name I've laid aside, some
where/procured
a gun, to death
in clined, and
tried to end the
beastly ; grind. She left a note in
which -she said she'd be a \u25a0whole lot
better dead. "I've failed at every
thing," she wrote; "misfortune early
got my goat. I've written drama, tale
and play, but publishers most always
say: 'Oh, maiden, take your blooming
junk, and with it line your tourist's
trunk!' 'I've. tried and tried, and can't
catch on, my hopes are dead, my watch
AS TO
FAILURE
in pawn; but I have got a loaded
gun, and so goodby to. every* one!". She tried to work the ;magazines, but
never thought -of dishing beans in some hash -joint; to hungry men; anry^
labored with her fountain pen producing odes that no one read, but never >
thought of baking bread. And ten* of thousands like this maid are going
hungry, cold and frayed, and -saying that the world's a fake, and life a big
three cornered ache, because they will not shed their coats and get right
down to work like goats. It's better.to politely starve than have a good big
roast to carve that's earned by sweating in the sun; and hence her farewell
and the gun.
The Morning Chit-Chat
f {•"> O make thy garden as fair as thou canst,
I « Thou workest never. alone, * .
For perchance he whose plot is next to thine
' Shall see, and mend his own."
Every day when L go to town I pas 3 a tiny house
between which and the street is a plot of ground about
eight by ten feet— maybe less.
. In that plot there have blossomed during the last sea
son crocuses, . lilies of the valley, nasturtiums, pansies,
poppies, golden glow and baby sunflower; Two feet of
earth where the sun comes so seldom that nothing else
would flourish produces the penetrating sweetness of
heliotrope.
: ' On either side of the tiny house are larger houses
set somewhat back from th€ street and having respectably
large garden plots.
' In neither of theseplots is there anything like the variety or the profu--«
sion of flowers that makes that little' eight by ten — or maybe less — plot of
ground a source of pleasure, not only to its owner, but to every casualbe
i I j . - - - -
I suppose you just about know what I'm going to say next
However, I'm going to say it just the same.
The two middle sized houses with their carelessly 'cultivated areas of
garden opportunity and the tiny house with its charming little garden wrested
from an eight by ten — maybe less— patch of ground that most people wouldn't
have thought worth planting at all ape a parable of people to me.
The big houses stand for the folks who, thought they have: plnety; of
opportunities and abilities and could make most wonderful gardens of their
lives, seem to lack .the ambition or the desire to cultivate more than a few
feet out of the big. plot that is theirs.. *$.
And the little house stands for the men and women who out of lesser
ability and opportunity, by intensive and patient and persistent cultivation of
every foot of their eight by -ten— or maybe less— patch of ground create life
gardens that are a pleasure not only to themselves bur to all who "'live" near
them, and even to every casual passerby.
Which class do you belong to? T .
* Are you cultivating every foot of ground, every ability, every opportunity,
every pleasant characteristic that you own?
Or are you allowing half of your ground, half your opportunities and
abilities and possibilities to lie fallow? ,
Abe Martin
r. Tilford Moots is havin' his kitchen
made smaller so /his -wife wont. lose
any time. Nothln' upsets a woman. as
much as th*: marriage o* someone she
didn" even know wuz" engaged.
A London company has spent $500,000
In advertising fn the last 25. years. This
great campaign, was launched by the
expenditure of $50. ._ .
/PERSONS IN ; THE NEWS
. GEORGE D. PAPPAGEOBGZ of Samoe. Greece,
%' honorary secretary of; the FhUhelentc propa
ganda for the . renaissance of the Helenlc art.
:\u25a0\u25a0 music ; and : drama and late editor of the
I ; Greek-English -magazine. ' the : Parthenon, pnh
;! Hshed •in Boston, is at the Palae*. He come*
• in advance "'of the Raymond Dnacan production
Vof "Elektra."; - i ' -'^,v "
FRED YOESK, a meat packer. of Sacramento, is
T in this t city on bnslness and Is making the.
iTarp'.n'hls headquarter*.
ASTHTXK MACE," & real estate operator of Pasa
\u25a0 - dena. arrlred here - yesterday ; and ; took apart
: I menu at the Palace. '
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RALPH HEI2TS, -a. banker -of Santa Craz, i«
' 'among. the. recent arrlrals at. the St. Francis.
0. Y. WOODWABI), a rancher and the owner
;of Woodward's Island. Is at 'the "Stewart.
DE2TCHNG KIDEOTIT, a banker of Marysrille, . U
:£*amooff'the recent arrlrals at the Palace. " ;~
WHEATON I JLI GRAY, an^att6^ney of . Los An
- geles, ' is at the Palace • wttn hU family. ;. •- -
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L'r.' BREITKEB, a merchant of Sacramento,- Is
>iat the* St.': Francis with Mr». Brenner.
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»R. AND '> KRB. ST. ' D. O. \u25a0WALTERS of Hono- '
,lulo are registered at. the St. Francis.
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JOHN? B. BELASDER,:. a bustnessmaa of St.
;"r LouU, : Is registered at the , Fairmont. ' - '-^T
G.i,W. : >"TUTTLE,'i a i rancher^of Colnsa. . is among
'the \u25a0 recent : arrlrals at s th« ; Palace.
R. rM. SHACKLEF ORD. a 7 real -estate operator"
i-'ofiPa'so Rob!es,;!» at . the "- Palace. »
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THOMAS FOX,' a i Well; known politician of Sac
J'2 ramento,""; U at' the St. Francis' \u25a0 .
SEPTEMBER2B,I9IO
CapyHcM. 1010. fey Ith &V\
[[Answers to Queries ;
SHrELDS— F. W., Berkeley. Wben was Gen
eral James Shields in California. wh«e did n* -
come from to this state, wben did he leare Jt
and when and where did he die?
He was in the territory of Minnesota
and when it became a state in 1858 he
was elected United States senator from
the new state. I At the expiration of his
term in 1859 he came to California, lo
cating in San" Francisco. At the break-
Ing out of the civil war he was com
missioned brigadier of volunteers,
served until March? 1863. when, after
having been wounded at "Winchester,
\u25a0he resigned and resumed the practice
of law in Missouri. He died in Ot
tumwa, lowa, June 1. 1579.
• • •
NIXB TAlLOßS— Subscriber. . San Jo#e. WHat
i 3 the origin of "nine tailors make a man"?
North, in his "Churchbells of Leices
tershire." says: "These tolls are called
tellers and it has been suggested that
the old saying, 'Nine Tailors Make a
Man.' is a corruption of 'Nine Tellers
Mark a Man.* meaning that three times
three tolls are struck on the bell for a
man."
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GUlXDA— Subscriber. Yolo 'County. Gdlnrts
the name of a town ia Yolo county, I am told
is Spanish. What does it mean ? Is ther« any
other place of that name* " .
In Spanish, guinda is a cherry. The
gazetteers do not show any other place.
, beside the one in .Yolo county.
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"TATTOO MARKS— G. R.V.. Fort Barry" Ia
there any process for the - remorai of tattoo
'marks from the body?
Yes there are several methods, but
each says that the remedy should not,
be applied by any but a physician. >
ISAAC T. HEADLASD, a professor of tae Unl-
Tewity of ' Peking. China. U staying at, the
Turpin. Headland is the author of a book on
.Chinese court life. Mrs. Headland was phy
sician to the \u25a0 late empress dowager of China.
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DR. - E. J. DOr.HING of Chicago is staying for
a few dayg at the Fairmont.
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T. H. BROW3TELL, an attorney of Seattle. Is at
the Palace with his family.
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MS. AND MRS. ZCf motored from Stockton and
are guests at the Belmont.
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3. M. STAMPS, an attorney of Sacramento, is a
gnest at the Argonaut.
G. M. ALEXANDER, a Inm&ermaa of Albion.
Is staying at the Manx.
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TRAHX PAH3TCER," V merchant of Sao Lai*
Obispo. is at the Dale.
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LEIGHTOS- McMt^TTE of Lo« Anjelea U stay-
Ing at the Fairmont. \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 ' .\u25a0
G- A. ASHBY. a mining nlan of Sparks.' fa rea
istered at the Manx. i.
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E/ E. BUSH, an oil operator of Los Angeles is
at the St. Francis. \u25a0,;..' *
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H. BEDFORD; a"merchant of Van'ejo. is staying
tat. the Arjonant.
A. B.JOHJISON. a'contractor of Sacramento is
at the Belraont.
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W. C. RICE., a- merchant at .Omiam.'u a«
the Dale. . ', . \u25a0"*•- •\u25a0 -•
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:*• E.'BULLT7AK of Seittle U regiatewd at C*
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