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A Valley Lobby
' At a recent meeting of the associated water dis
tricts of Cameron and Hidalgo counties, P. 8. Rob
ertson, manager of the San Benito district and sec
retary of the associated districts, called attention to
the fa^t that approximately 60 measures affecting
v.aicr had been introduced in the legislature.
Of these measures the Valley irrigation interests
have little knowledge. Several have been introduced
as local bills, which never are closely scanned by
the legislators, and as the majority of members are
not interested in irrigation or its problems they pay
little heed to measures affecting irrigation interests.
That the Valley shuold maintain a representative
at Austin to carefully check all measures in which
the Valley may have an interest is apparent. It Is
probable that none of the bills passed or which now
are before the legislature will seriously affect Valley
irrigation interesst, but there is always the possibili
ty of the enactment of some measure which would
result in irreparable damage tc Valley irrigation
districts.
Representatives Homaday and Montgomery and
Senator Parr cannot be expected to maintain the
careful check upon measures that the interests of
the Valley demand. They have a multitude of other
duties, and it Is no reflection upon them or their ca
pacity for work to state that they should have the
aid of a "third house." They repeatedly have proved
thetr efficiency in safeguarding Valley interests, but
they cannot be expected to carefully check the great
mass of legislation with which both the senate and
house are deluged
Those familiar with the irrigation problems of
Texas know that there is very little In common be
tween West Texas and the Valley so far as their re
spective irrigation interests are concerned. And West
Texas has a lobby in Austin that can be relied upon
to look after West Texas Interests. Failure of the
Valley irrigation districts to provide similar repre
sentation indicates that the Valley districts will not
know whether they were hurt until after the legisla
ture adjourns and the attorneys have had an oppor
tunity to digest the great mass of legislation.
The regular session U now in the final stages, and
it is too late to take action. But the districts should
make provisions to have representation at Austin
for the special session and to assure such represen
tation at the regular and special sessions of the fu
ture. The Valley has too much at stake to permit
measures effecting irrigation to come up for final
passage without having full knowledge of the con
tents and effect of such measures.
In the Eyes of the World
Hie acceptance by Colonel Charles Lindbergh of
the invitation extended by the Mexican government
to pilot the first plane over the new air mail route
from Brownsville to Mexico City, and the announce
ment last week that Captain Ira C. Eaker. command
er of the famous “Question Mark." would essay a
dawn-to-dusk flight from Brownsville to the Panama
canal, has turned the eyes of the nation upon
Brownsville.
Brownsville’s municipal airport will be the start
ing point for two of the epochal flights in the his
' tory of aviation, flights which have bearing of utmost
Importance in connection with American and Latin
American relations, and it Is apparent that these will
lay the foundation for the air transport development
which will continue to hold Brownsville and its mu
nicipal airport in the public limelight.
The success of the Brownsville airport has sur
passed the expectations of the mast, optimistic. When
the proposal was broached a year ago that Browns
ville vote $100,000 bonds to finance the airport, there
was practically no opposition, but the most enthusi
astic proponent of the municipal port nev*r visioned
the success that would attend the movement.
The Brownsville city commission. when it became
evident the airport was destined to become one of
the city’s greatest assets, dki not restrict expendi
tures to the amount of bonds voted. Approximately
$150 000 already has been expended on the port an'!
site with the probability tliat the total will run over
$20(1000. The commission acted upon the theory that
the value of the port would be in direct proportion
to the facilities provided, and this action has result
ed in development of a volume of business that would
have been deemed impossible a few months aeo.
With establishment of the air mail bo*!'. north and
south and also establishment of passenger and ex
press service. Brownsville become* the most Impor
tant international port in the United States. Evm
the most skeptical must admit that in view of the
rapid development of air traffic and the fact that
Brownsville is the gateway to all of Latin America,
there is no city in the South which for which the
future of avtntk-n holds more of promise.
Brownsville ts now in the eye of the aviation world
and will continue to hold a prominent place in the
limelight, and the airport, which the city had the
forethought to provide, will prove a more important
factor in the envelopment of Brownsville and the en
tire Valley than any project heretofore undertaken.
NO FLACE FOB LAME DECKS
(Beaumont Enterprise*.
Former Congressman Upshaw of Georgia, some
time known as “Smiling Willie.” is looking hopefully
to Mr. Hoover for a federal position. What Mr. Up
shaw is said to have particularly in mind is an ap
pointment to the commission which Mr. Hoover will
adect to make a nation-wide study of prohibition en
forcement.
Mr. Upshaw bestirred himself mightily during the
]atc presidential election. His physical infirmities did
pot prevent him from taking a Dying Imp off tha
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democratic reservation and Into the republican fold.
Once there he lost no time in climbing nimbly upon
the Hoover bandwagon. The democratic candidate
for the presidency was anathema to Mr. Upshaw, who
said as much during the campaign. Now he think*
the grateful Mr. Hoover can do no less than recognise
his services by cutting for him a large slice of fed
eral pie.
As a "lame duck” who Is believed to have a very
slim chance of ever getting bade into the house of
representatives. Mr. Upshaw must lode about for
something else in the way of federal employment and
thinks he is just the man to investigate prohibition
conditions as a member of a “fact-finding” commis
sion. Any facts, of course, that Mr. Upshaw would
discover would tend to prove conclusively that prohi
bition in its present form is a success, although he
might be willing to make the laws a little more dras
tic than they are now.
The New York World says: "If the commission is
merely to be used as a roosting place for political
lame ducks like Mr. Upshaw, not much will be ac
complished by creating it,” a view that will be shared
by a good many Americans.
To command respect and give weight to its con
clusions the commission should be composed of men
who are. first of all, not prejudiced, one way or the
other. A rabid "wet” can always find the sort of
“facts” he is looking for to prove that prohibition is
a farce. Likewise, the militant “dry” can always find
evidence to show that prohibition is the most suc
cessful social experiment in human history.
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TK@ World! aumdl All
By Charlta P. Driscoll
AROUND THE WORLD
Somebody is going to fly around the world with
out stopping in 1929.
Several flyers are getting ready for the triaL AH
that is absolutely required to start the flight is cap
ital. There are many men willing to risk their lives.
'Not so many are willing to risk their capital
Of course, there are more men who have lives
than men who have capital.
• • • •
Art Goebel, who won the Dole Hawaii flight, is
one of the early entrants for the non-stop around
the-world flight He proposes to start from and
alight at Wichita, my own home town, which now
claims the title of Air Capital of the Universe. There
are nine airplane factories there, and a municipal
airport a mile square. That's the same town, by the
way, that laughed itself hoarse at me. about eight
years ago. when I advocated, in the editorial columns
of one of its newspapers, the establishment of a mu
nicipal landing field. They hadn’t yet invented the
word airport. That gives me a graphic notion of the
growth of this aviation business, The whole nation
has become air-minded since the time, eight years
ago, when I coined the word air-minded while urging
the establishment of that municipal landing field at
Wichita.'
Rockford made Itself quite a name by financing
the flight of HasseU and Cramer over the polar re
gions toward Europe. Wichita may show the world
where it is on the map and teach the world how to
pronounce its name if it can be the starting and
stopping point for the first round-the-world non-stop
flight.
• * • •
This project wiU take a hogshead of mohey, wher
ever It originates. There will have to be refueling
planes ready to take off to supply gasoline and oil
and food to the non-stop plane, stationed all around
the globe. Probably one about Detroit, one near the
Canadian shore, one in Greenland or Iceland, three
or four in Russia, one in Alaska, one In Beattie, and
one or two more in western United 8tates, making
about ten or twelve refueling planes, well loaded and
properly manned with crews drilled in refueling op
erations.
To get the planes, with their crews and supplies,
planted in time, and to support the crews in distant
places unttl the flight is on, will be part of the ex
pensive operation.
There will be the problem of relations with Rus
sian. too. 8tncc this country does not have diplo
matic relations with the Russian republic, there may
be great difficulty in negotiating for the privilege of
flying over Russia and maintaining refueling crews
there.
But it can be done. It will be done, by somebody.
I hope the thing will be accomplished first by
Americans.
ACCURACY OF IMMIGEATION DATA
QUESTIONED
By HENRIK SHIPSTEAD. Senator From Minnesota. !
(Henrik Shipstead was born in Kandiyohi
county. Minnesota. Jan. 8. 1881. He was gradu
ated from the dental school of Northwestern uni
versity, later .practising at Glcnwood, Minn. In
1920 he moved to Minneapolis and continued his
practice there. He was mayor of Glenwood for
two terms, and a member of the Minnesota house
of representatives in 1917. He was elected to the
senate on the Furraer-Laborite ticket in 1923'.
It is not within the province of congress to legis- I
j late for or against any person or group representing j
any nationality composing its citizenship. Wc leg- j
kslate as Americans. The constitution does not dis- j
linguist! between racial groups.
I think on reading the report of the senate com
mittee on immigration that they have arbitrarily di- j
vided the American population Into two classes. The j
native American stock and the immigrant stock. The j
native American stock is held by the committee of j
experts to be composed of those whose ancestors were
here before 1790. and that part of our population
whose ancestors came here after 1790 are designated j
as immigrants and the children of immigrants. This !
arbitrary classification is the foundation of the re- j
port of the committee.
That is a new theory that X nominate to stand on j
a par with Dr. Einstein's Fourth and Fifth Dimen
sions. interesting for speculative purposes but surely
not to be relied on to form the foundation of an
American immigration policy. I know of no pro
vision of law nor do I desire any such that may pro
hibit those whose ancestors were here before 1790
from purchasing for themselves championship belts
for the purpose of designating to the world that they
are the only "simon pure" Americans. But far pur
poses of legislation we cannot distinguish or give any
preferred status to any particular group.
It Is therefore plain that the committee has dii -
carded the report of the commission appointed by
law and if the national origins clause Is to be put
into effect and used as a basis for our immigratkm
[policy it can only be don eby amending the immigra
tion act of 1924
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“Well, kid, 1 told you you’d be waiting on table.”
READ THIS FIRST:
Betty Brown, a dancer, attracts
many frtends with dancing. George
Harris, the faithful one, disapproves
of her profession. Because she will
not “be kind” to him, a ward boss
makes it impossible for her to get
work in the theaters end night
clubs. Andy Adair, the son of
wealthy parents, proposes to furnish
an apartment for her. Before she
decides the problem the car is f
wrecked and she recovers from a
dislocated knee in the hospital.S
which Adair never visits. George
Harris pays her hospital bill3. In
despair, she decides to marry
George, but when she thinks he is
proposing matrimony It develops
that he is proposing to give her a j
position in the restaurant he has
just purchased.
(No Go On With the Story)
• • •
CHAPTER XXXVII
It was another week before Betty'
was able to hobble down town on j
her still stiff leg. In spite of reg
ular exercise, she was unable to i
bend her knee to anything like;
right angles. It bothered her less
in walking after she learned the
trick of swinging It from her hip,
but when she sat down it stuck
out almost straight In front, and
she went up or down steps very
awkwardly.
She read carefully the books;
George gave her. and mas deeply j
Interested in both the food and fi
nancial problems of a restaurant.
It was with real pleasure she took
her position behind the cash desk.
At first the work was difficult to
handle at the rush hour, but she
soon learned the cashiers’ trick of
making rapid change. Then she en
joyed watching the streams of
people pass on their way into and
out of the cafe.
Finding George came at seven
o'clock, and handled the cash until
she arrived at eight-thirty, she be
gan to rise earlier to be there
when the restaurant opened. She
stayed until George closed, work
ing fourteen hours a day. George
protested, but she insisted. If he
were able to work these hours, she
was equally capable of doing so.
She had her reward: in her first
week* pay envelope she found
twenty-five dollars instead of the
twenty he had told her she would
start with. With three meals at
the restaurant, this mas us much
as she had made with ter dancing,
counting out the weeks when there
was no work, the meals to be
bought, and the extra expense of
costuming
During the hill around three
o'clock that afternoon she went to
George at one of the tables.
“George, you have been more than
kind to me In the matter of salary.
I want to thank you fear It.**
“It is quite ail right," returned
George. “You earned every cent or
I would not give it to you. I have
been watching. You are careful
and accurate, and take an interest
in your work." #
“I am glad I please you. but I
want you to do something else for
me. Tell me the total of my hos
pital bills, so I can pay you back
a little each week and get out of
your debt."
“We wont worry about that now."
“I would be better satisfied If
you did."
“Well. I understand how you feel.
It was two hundred and twenty-five
dollars."
“Then." said Betty. “I want to
give back five dollars each week
until it is paid. I will feel leas an
object of charity!"
“Very well I understand. I
don’t blame you. If you prefer. I
will give you twenty each week.
The other five will clear up your
indebtedness in less than a year."
This arranged. Betty went on
with her work quite happily. She
soon learned the names of many
of the regular customers, and was
able to greet them as they passed.
Many liked linger at her counter
fer a moment * *
George had never sold tobacco.
Betty kept a careful tabulation of
the number of people who asked for
cigars and cigarettes, and what
brands they wanted. One day she
went to George with her figures.
The tabulation so pleased his
mathematical soul that he put In' a
small but convenient cigar case,
and Betty sold cigars, at first The
cigar and cigarette business soon
became such an Important factor
that a cigar clerk was added for
the rush hours. As she was in
Bettys charge, still another five
dollars a week was added to her
pay envelope.
The repayment of her debt to
George had become an obsession
with her. She had already paid an
extra twenty dollars she had accu
mulated; with the added five dol
lars a week her debt was soon
cleared up. to her great Joy.
Studying the restaurant she dis
covered the waitresses had grown
Into the habit of undercharging
guests who tipped .heavily. So
great an evil had this become that
Betty suggested, and George adopt
ed. a fodo checker, who not only
checked the food against the check
on the tray, but also the food on a
tabulating machine which record- ,
ed what was ordered, and added it
at the close at the day. Compiled
by the week, these figures gave a
perfect record of the dishes which
were popular, and enabled George
to arrange menus to a greater ad
vantage and eliminate many foods
prepared but not sold.
1 Slowly but surely Betty mastered
the work in the restaurant. She
was comparably happy In It. One
person In George's employ she was
not friendly with. The red-headed
head waitress, herself the personi
fication of efficiency and courtesy
kept entirely away from the cash
desk, busying herself with her oth
er work.
Betty tried on several occasions
to make friends with the girl, but
was met coldly on each occasion.
The red-haired girl was pretty.
From her conversation she was an
educated woman. She could not de
cide why the girl did not like her.
Site finally came to the conclusion
that she knew of her career as a
dancer and considered herself
stove all such.
Smiling grimly at the thought
that a head waitress might consid
er herself higher in the social
scale than a dancer. Betty decided
to pay no further attention to the
glrL
The busy days passed swiftly. She
was happy, except that her knee
seemed to grow no better. It did
not bother her as much as for
merly. and was leas painful when
she walked, but she was not able
to bend her leg much more than
when she came out of the hospital.
Her limp showed but little on the
street, so she tried to feel encour
aged. and faithfully kept up the
exercise the doctor had prescribed.
One day Jack Parker, the local
theatrical agent, came up to pay
his check. It was he who had told
her that the number of engage
ments he gave her depended on
how nice she was to him. He
frowned for a moment, and then
said: "Well. kid. I told you that you
would be waiting on a table if you
weren't reasonable with me. didn’t
I? Now you have a Job here, per
haps you would like a few dancing
engagements to fill the evenings?"
"No. I have stopped dancing,
thank you.” answered Betty.
"They may say they stop, but
they never quit until they break a
leg!*
“That's what I did. I can never
dance again.”
"Gee* I am sorry, kid! I didn't
know that. How about going out
for a ride with me some night?"
"Thank you. but I don't care to.**
Betty spoke oddly.
“Oh. well, no hard feelings." He
lighted a cigarette and went out
"Did you used to dance?” sdad
the girl behind the cigar counter.
"Tea, until I dislocated my knee.”
"Were you on the stage?”
T suppose you'd call it that But
if you dent mind. I don't like to
talk about it”
"No wonder you don't” sighed
the chi *Td give my life to get
on the stage mas Brawn! It must
be wonderful!”
•Not half as wonderful as you
About
NewTfoPk.
NEW YORK. Feb. 28,-One of
the more sensational adagio teams
now appearing In a New York cafe
are the central characters In a
story more thrilling than any of
their hair-raising routines. When
the handsome Continental isn’t
tossing the young and beautiful
thing here and there he is making
furient lore to her back stage, to
which she doesn’t respond.
A few weeks ago. It is told, he
threatened her during their act
with: “Say you love me, or I'll
break your neck now!” And he
could have broken it by being pur
posely negligent He wasat being
cute. He really meant it. she says.
So the frightened woman, for
protection, has reluctantly accept
ed the attentions of a tou*h guy
who frequents the place. She told
him of her partner’s threats, and
the gorilla has notified the bulldoz
ing dancer that if anything hap
pens to the girl (accidental or
otherwise) he win be Chicago’&
see
FLIP CRACK
Epigram observed under the glass
top desk at the Universal Film
company offices: “A gentleman is
a person who never insults any one
unintentionally.'*
• • •
OBSERVATION
There are 18.000 filling stations
in New York and 33.000 policemen,
so Walter O’Keefe observes that
4.000 policemen are not being sup
ported in the luxury to which they
are accustomed.
• • •
PLAY ABOUT HARLEM
What is better described as the
finest play concerning negroes
since “Porgy," and a thoroughly
interesting entertainment, is “Har
lem.” a sort of "Street Scene” or
“Lulu Belle," which Edward A.
Blatt provides at the Apollo.
It Is the Joint work of the skill
ful William Jourdan Rapp and
Wallace Thurman, played by an al
most all-brownskln troupe, and it
is an accurate portrait of the low
er class Lenox Avenuers. The first
spectators received it affectionate
ly, particularly its opening and
closing episodes, which are the
brisker, albeit the middle section,
while good. lags a bit
It reveals, among other fascinat
ing things, the Sepia Sector of New
York at its best and at its worst.
The intelligent and God-fearing
representatives of Harlem are ably
drawn, as are the riff-raff vo-deo
dos. • "Harlem.” It is observed, “is
think. I'd try to get it out of my
mind, if I were you.”
“That's what my mother says, but
I wish I could dance, Just the
same.” She sighed and walked
away. Remembering her own feel
ings at the time she first studied
dancing, Betty knew it was useless
to argue with the girl, so she said
no more about it.
Another day. one of the girls who
had danced at the Iron Door came
in for a late breakfast. As she
passed the desk she called: “Hello,
Brown! Did that big slob keep
you out of work all this time?**
Betty knew she referred to the
politician that Andy Adair had
knocked down for pressing his at
tentions on her. She made the
mistake of saying: “No. I hurt mv
knee in an automobile accident. I
can never dance again.”
"Gee that was tough!” answered
the girl, with real sympathy. “You
didn’t ‘John.' either, did you?
Whatever became of Andy Adair?
I have never seen him since you
left the Iron Door. I thought may
be you married him ”
Betty recognised the slang of the
show girl In her statement that she
did not “John.” She meant that
Betty did not go out with the men
patrons of the show after it closed.
Betty did not reply. She wished
the girl was right. If she had not
gone out with Andy after the show
rhe would not have tiad her acci
dent. She contented herself with
saying: “I have never seen him
since I quit dancing.”
“Oh. well, such is life In the
large cities! You eat regularly
here, anyway. I know a lot of
dancers who don’t.” She breezed
out. leaving Betty to bitter thoughts
of Andy. 8he wished for the op
portunity to tell him what she
thought of him for his desertion In
her trouble.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
no different. You just got to
used to it." and those of us 1
frequent the vulgar places up tl
will corroborate the testimony
the authors.
It is the saga of a Lulu o
Harlem belle, not unlike the cl
acter unfolded by Lenore U
and her toast probably is, **F
to Hell. May the stay the
nice as the way there!"
solcnt, incorrigible but irreti
siren, who proves to be at i<
two other fellows* poison.
* • •
COMMERCIAL CANDOR
It was after the second epls
of "Harlem.” The candy and II
| onade butcher was busy serf
j drinks in the foyer. Tom ij
Dycke caught him in the act
placing used straws in fra
drinks, and called him for ft.
"Oee. for 25 cents a lemona
said the indignant Mr. Van Dy
“you shouldn't do that when \
pie are looking "
“Who told you to look?” was
snooty retort.
• • •
A FORM OF CRITICISM
Sam Shipman and Max Mar
the play colloborators. were lur
ing at the Astor yesterday. T
had their domes together In
confidential manner, when !
Shubert, the producer, an!;
along.
**I don't know what vou fell;
are plotting” he said, ‘but I'll|
it’s going to cost me $50,000”?
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i Grab Bag
I
Who am I? In what branch
natural conservation have I don
great deal of work? On what ot
subject have I written numer
articles?
What is the estimated populat
of the entire U. 8.?
What were the Fourteen Polr
In whose honor did John F
Jones name the “Bonhomme III
ard?"
‘Therefore to him that know
to do good, and doeth It not, to 1
It Is sin." Where is this pass,
found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this day. In 1797. Mary Mtj
Lyon, the American educator,
bom.
Today's Horoscope
Persons bom on this day
quiet and self-effacing. They
intellectual and have great hop*
A Daily Thoaght
“Gluttony kills m-sre than
•word."—Herbert.
Answers to Foregoing Qoestloi
1. Charles L. Pack; forestry; f
nomics.
2. 118,828.000.
S. Principles upon which Pr>
dent Wilson believed the peace at
Qermany should be founded.
4. Benjamin Franklin.
5. James fv. 17.
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_PaybooK
CONGRESS LOOKS INTO VICE
AT WASHINGTON
By CHARLES P. STEWART
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Con
gress Is Investigating Washington's
underworld.
It Is a rather painful Investiga
tion all around.
Congress appears not to have
known that the capital had an un
derworld at all To discover that
it has, and a formidable one, evi
dently hits numerous congressmen
with a mighty disagreeable shock.
The underworld also would mod
estly have preferred to have its ex
istence ignored. The whole Dis
trict of Columbia government is
unpleasantly sideswlped, particular
ly the police.
• • •
The inquiry resulted, in large
part, from a recent performance in
a Washington theater, which was
proclaimed at the time as an un
derworld benefit in behoof of the
dlstreued families of certain un
derwar Idlings against whom a local
criminal court had previously as
sessed long terms in Jail.
If anything, this benefit per
formance was too much of a suc
It attracted undue attention to
the underworld. Many congress
men felt that an underworld suffi
ciently populous to fill a large the
ater to overflowing, and prosper
ous enough to buy tickets In blocks
of 500 at once and then tear them
up in order that still more might
be sold, deserved looking Into.
• • •
The suspected underworldlings,
however, yanked before a congres
sional “probe" muter the chairman
ship of Representative Ernest W.
Gibson of Vermont, proved unex
pectedly backward about identify
ing themselves, or one another, as
of the underworld.
in fact, to hear them tell it,
there was no benefP performance
whatever—or. if there was, it was
1
*«t a bit underworldly anywr
and it wu no such financial I
umph u wu represen ted^kmU*
It wu a monster hewyt# u
formance while It wu |uf!5« on I
vestigated. it evatwratod into f
ceedlngly thin air.
• • •
George Roth well Brown.
Washington “colyunmiet,** on
the capital's oldest newspaper
and a highly experienced cha.
fens this clew to the “prober«.
“The truth of the matter *
says George, “that Washington
ways has had an underworld, v
a *red light district* u inter
tionally notorious u New Yo
Tenderloin, the only difference I
twe«i the past and the present I
that the reformers have dri,
the half-world underground." I
Geocf* urges congress to g#
an investigation “to ascertain a
hit Billy Petterson.*^ “*TUMn |
Of course. If Washington has
underworld, the natural lnferenr
that the police ought to have A
something about it.
Senator Thaddeus ftt. Cara.
Arkansas has even declarsdT
peso that District Com ml
Procter Lb Dougherty, who. a.
of the capital’s presidentally
pointed mayorality triumvirate 1
administrative charge of the jk
department. “Is uterlv unsulted t
such a post.*
jsjcA
•tor. Inal he Is hi sympathy
most of Washingtons
abuses."
• • •
WMhjngteo. in ghort, wou~
In the thros of a first-class mu
pal scandal If it were not so p.
Inrty governed u It to. /
Jt oasrdom is hard to eapfr|
Nevertheless, the city adminit
tion arid the underworld alike
be glad when the thtesUp
finish their “probing" and th
get back to normal again.
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