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The Wheeling Intelligencer Published by The Intelligencer Publishing Compaoy. H. C. Ogden. General Manager. Arthur Mills. Managing Editor. TELEPHONES Editorial Rooms ? No. 823 ? Business Office ? No. 822 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Tht Asaoclated lr?u la exclusively entitled to the um for republication of ID Met credited to It or not otherwise credited In tbta paper, and atao the NW news publlabed herein. All rights of republication of epeclal dlspatchee M are also reserved. PUBLISHED RATES ~~ Um# OOOT I 01 IT eeerc. X. y, D, MX OAUIU, IS ?TT One month ? M 55?* WMk t .15 Three months LIO g* *J5 Six month* l-?0 nTiSZ . :::::::: I" ??>. >... Ce? year 7.80 Weekly, one year 5 '? (THE INTELLIGENCER. embracing Ita aevaral edition* ta entered in the fMtofflcr. at Wheeling, W. Va. aa second class mall matter.) Complaints of non-dallvary of Tha Intelligencer will be adjusted by calling IJBreulailoa Department. Phone 823 or 823. Thursday, June 8, 1922. OUR MERCHANT MARINE In his Insistence that the merchant m ent basis at the present session of coi backing of public sentiment. While the IstraUon have made it certain that this marine, the whole subject Is still in a m It Is agreed that the best policy Is ?hips to private American owners as soo ping board Is still operating a large n vessels cannot successfully compete. Af of private shipping companies, the qu< foreign countries must be solved. To m proposed a ship subsidy measure, by whi the excess profits of American vessels, most important to come before congrcs passed before the election this fall. There Is also the matter of excess ernment and private American owners t< vessel capacity more than our normal fi a subsidy, something must be done with fair or practicable to apply the subsld; them can no doubt be diverted to coast' lake trade. Our remaining ocean fleet si ?hould be in the hands of eiTictent open Them, with one of the best fleets or axcess tonnage, we should go after oceai will give our shipping men a feeling ol benefit that the actual financial backing petition with men of greater experience, than American ships. The maintenance to the nation, both in time of peace ar. go to some trouble and some expense, if RUSSIAN-AMERICAN AFFINITY "An extraordinary affinity of spirit exists between Russians and Ameri cans," says a writer in "World's Work.' This fact, he says, is so s'.rlklrg as to bave been noticed by almost everv ? An erlcan who has lived in Russia. F?t to* Germans, on the other hand, thi Ituaslans have a profound racial hatred. These are apt to be signi^cant facts ln-the next 10 or 20 years. Germany is t\?-JlX3t nation to make an unqualified ? nd unlimited treaty with Russia, but the Importance of this may have been exaggerated. Lenine insists that there ts nothing in the Rapallo treaty of a ..political nature, and that Russia is ready to make identical treaties with all other nations. Eventually. Russia will become saner and more stable than she Is now. and all ?.ation? will be able to de tl with her on a satisfactory basis. That will not c?ir.e immediately, but it is one of th> , facts of the future. Then this "affinity of spirit" between Russians and Americans will be * facior in trade and perhaps in other ways. Russia should be the great outpost and bulwark of the I white race With her great territory. ' resources and population, she is a poten tial world force of vast importance. In time, she will take her proper place. THE CRITICISING GRADUATE In an address to the graduating class ?t Columbia. Chaplain Knox warns them against criticism. Possible some such warning Is needed l>y the average col lege graduate. The young man or wo man Just completing college after four years of careful study, usually feels that he or she knows considerable, and la Qualified t<> tell the world what Is wrong with it There is no doubt that college does gue much valuable know ledge. but it also gives some that needs the leaven of experience before it be comes real truth. The graduate usually regards the truths he has learned as absolute and Unqualified When he applies them to the facts of life, he finds, to his sur prise. that what appeared to be funda mental Is in reality capable of various constructions In time, the feeling that K is his plain duty to perpetually and aeverely criticise the world is modified "'and he comes to look with smiling toler ance on the new crop of graduates. LET'S HAVE OUR OWN CANAL Further developments in the St. La wren re canal project add to the be lief that this project should be sub jected to the most thorough scrutiny before * e are committed to anything. Canada has taken the position that the expense of building and maintenance should be In proportion to the shipping of the two countries, which would mean that the United States would be called upon to pa> at least four fifths of the money. It has also been found that the coat of deepening the Welland canal would be double the original estimate. Besides, Canada is not enthusiastic over the canal, owing to the fact that her eastern provinces are deeply Inter ested In her ocean ports. From the American standpoint, the Strongest argument against the St. Lawrence lake to sea canal Is found In tha t*ct that there Is another available route, entirely In United State:: territory. The route leads from the lakes across irrin<9 be placed on a definite and perman igress, president Harding will have the steps j*o far taken by the Hardin* admin nation Is to continue to have a mc'-oar.t ore or less chaotic state, for the government to get ri ! of all its n as expedient, but the government ship umber. with which the privately owned ter all the niton's ships are in the hands ?stlon of competition with the ships of cct this problem. President Hardin* has ch a subsidy fund would he created from This measure he regards as one of the s since he was elected, and he wants it tonnage. At the present time, the g<>\. 'gether have more than o.'hVM'OO tons of yrelgn trade needs. As a preliminary to these extra ships, since it would not be i to s? many useless vessels. Some of *tse trade and perhaps some of them to hould consist of the best ships, and they iting companies. merchant vessels tn the world, and no 1 trade In earnest. The subsidy measure r confidence which will be of even more They arc going tn be up against com ? and with vessels operated at lower costs of a good merchant fleet Is s> impotiant d tn time of war. that we c?-i afford to necessary, to keep it adoat. 1 the state of New York to the Hudson I J river. It Is shorter than the St. law i fence route, and is not blocked with ice . for a considerable period every winter. I the St. Lawrence is. If wo are to pay four fifths of the cost of a canal whose entrance Is to be on Canadian territory, and whose control we must ! divide with another, even though it be h friendly country. It would surely be better for us to have one entirely our own. REPREHENSIBLE, IF TRUE Senator Ashurst of Arizona apparent ly has a good case against former Sen ator Henry y. lAppitt of Rhode IslcnO. I On the senate floor. Senator Astu/st | criticised Ldppitt severely for th: ??! ? leged offense of using his privilege- of entree to the senate chamber to lobby for his own personal interests. H? .-aid that Lippitt. who Is a cotton goods manufacturer, had circulated amoc~ h's former colleagues, asking high >;o to I tion for his products. Ashurst quo-., tioned "the propriety and the ethic." jf this practice. Presumably Mr. Ashurst has somj grounds for his assertion, or h.- w. old not make it. If Mr. l.ippu* or any other forme>- senator or repr?s-,r-;.ttlvo , is taking such an advantage as .11 a *eJ. the act Is open to severe conn r-nti on The courtesy of the floor to ex-ir -mb- . s Is Intended as nothing more a courtesy, and no man with th.s proj c regard for either hi? country or 'us ? wit character wou'.d seek to use it f r ner i sonal profit. The supreme couri has refused to de 1 clde what oulja boards arc. The ques tion was not whether spirits could I communicate through the boards, but j w hether they were sporting goods or j toys. The lower federal courts he'd J they were sporting goods. Well. h ?hl ! Ing hands is one of the leading in !?> >r j sports. When we see picturesque bits from backwoods papers quoted in the New York Journals, we sometimes wonder whether the editors of the backwoods ' sheets printed the quotations for that I I special purpose I Argelo Piano, who came over in the ? tverage tl\e years ago. goes hark with a million and a half earned in the cm irav'ng business. Angelo. we feel safe in sa> lug, was not a pla>cr plants A New York matt has been sent to Sing Sing for fl\e } ears for a holdup which he said was a joke Me will have plenty of time to laugh. t'amille Klammarion. noted scientist I and astronomer, says he has proof that t the soul li\es after death. l>id he see j one with a telescope ." !l One regiment of American troops Is to he left on the Rhine for a while I What Is this?a special reward for ex traordinary sen lie? The neutrals arc about to study the J causes of the world war. Pn thej want to find out how to start one. or what's the idea^ Is Muscle Shoals to he a hiecps or merely one of those muscles with which i some of i,s w iggle our cars" The f*. W. Morse code seems to have I beco. "(Jet while the getting is good." m ? > w * w r r r r r ? r t t t t t ? t y"v"y"T t ? I :Merely McEY?y;| rA <4 M A AA.A-B y J. P. TVT r F. V n V L ^ ^ a_a a aa , EVXR.Y MAN HIS OWN WITS. Today's lesson is entitled "How To Do the Laundry." The secretary will now ? ; call the roll?My. what a splendid attendance! I.et us proceed. Some of us used to think that blue Monday was named after the blueing n j the wash, or else had something to do with the sad-irons. Hut what really make* | Monday blue is having to listen to the women folks complain about the laundry. As If washing clothes wasn't the easiest Job In the world. All you need is water , I and soap and clothes and Monday, and nobody ever ran out of any one ol these. J And. to make It even easier, along comes the electric machine, which as I j every one know s who reads the ads?and who could resist "cm Washes as it i Sloshes and Sloshes as It Washes?a perfect combination. How simple! Mow I Inviting! You gather all your clothes together, open the washing machine, put i the clothes Into It. introduce soap and water, get yourself an easy chair and a I ? novel, set the clock to wake you up at Nine o'clock and then turn on the juice. : (Nino o'clock seems to ha\e some mystic signillcancc in ?onncotlon with Laundry, j Just as Twenty Minutes Past Kight o'clock eternally appears on Jeweler's Clocks. J ! Rnd the Elks seems to ha\c their zero hour at eleven.) And now you drop off into peaceful slumber and it Washes as it Sloshes. When you wake up the washing is All Done. It always is In the ads. You take the clothes out and magically they arrange themselves on the line and immediate ly a strong breeze blows up and dries all the clothes instantcously. If this is your first washing you will observe to your bewilderment that all tins clothes > which used to be white are now1 colored to rival Joseph's coat. at|d all the clothes once colored are practically white The long clothes too. have become short and the short ones, shorter. Otherwise your wash is a perfect success and differs i from the work returned to you by many professional laundries only in its ah- ? ! solute innocence of pins in the shirt appendices and indcllthle Ink marks on the j shirt bosoms. Our next lesson w ill be "How To no Your Ironing l'p Hrown." Those w ho | study hard may git out o;' the final examinations. ? J. I- McKvoy. (Syndicated by Associated Editor*! I _ j ' f PARAGRAPHS'! ? - ? ? A?TTTTt1\T. . t t AA AJl ? I A A 'R y R O JB ?j Jl T V'J i li li u ? -? ? ? ? ? ? ? As ?e understand the clever magazines. it isn't an epigram if it isn't naughty. ! I. note Sam wishes Russia well, hut declines to he urn neighborly until she gets w ell N'u doubt Mr. Morse has another $"5.h00 salted away in case a aprdnn becomes necessary. Kvery man should carry enough insurance to enable his wife t" capture a ii better man next time. I'rofcssor Wharton says suopess and getting there are synonymous. Mr. t I Wharton, meet Mr Uryan. **' *- ...... ...... U...-A u r.-^t 1| |ft </ leai nrrs inn II..V. nii.c ?? ? -- - time for people to look after their own j , hrats. We know h pretty man who doesn't . admire anything about his except her 1 taste In husbands Too man; girls think sophistication i consists In reaching the point where you don't give :t dam. A civilization starls on the down j1 grade about the time It becomes too nice to sa\ sweat. Tou ran't tell h> looking at an Knglishman whether he belongs to the ruling j class or the aristocracy. As the average employer sees it. the difficulty is not to ^rt women in husi- i ness but to get business in women. One reason why it is easier for a poor man to get to (leaven is because it is J j easier for him to want to. "A woman is as r>in as .jne mon^. said a certain man. but he hadn't seen her at seven o'clock in the morning after the party. There's little resistance ??.hen what kind of wife asks for absolute divorce and custody of the poodle. I Hoiled down, Margot Asquith's nl> esr\atlon is that the American flapper becomes bibulous too soon after dis cardioa- bibs. The objection to open-air concerts is that 'he periormers v in. the audience Is applauding or slapping mosquito*. There seems to he a general Impression that a pleasure resort is a place I where one can resort to anything In quest of pleasure. After u few months the bride outgrows the notion that two tremulous slices | of bread enclosing a lettuce leaf making something to eat A lot of people think thrift consists In saving a portion of each week Is pay j in order to have plenty to spend on a vacation (Syndicated by Associated Editors! j RIPPLING RHYMES J I'L, WALT MASON. ^ ^ ^ A ' I THE DOTE Or PEACE. Oh. the rtovf Is shot to pieces, and it wobbles us it flies, with its plumage , 'all In creases and red pepper In its eyes; every day it's sorely jolted, and it looks ! ! about half moulted, and the olive branch it's bolted, and it sickens and it dies. ' j Kor the nittions hist for slaughter as they used to long ago; ah, poor dove! the j J , captains swat her. hupping that the blood will flow; niuv again the sabre rattles j and the hag of warfare tattles tales of sieges and of battles, armies oozing to j and fro. There's a crisis every morning, and a threat of lire nd sword; all the !; lessons men are scorning that late bloody days afford; every fifteen cent com mander hopes to be an Alexander. ai*l the dove looks like a gander that's been \ ' batted with a hoard. All the foreign states are busted, welching on their wartime debts, few if any would be trusted for a pair of clgarets; yet their talk is all of j ! drilling and of marching and of killing. Mood of useful people spilling?shlndys ure their highest bets. And the cats of old Kilkenny feel themselves a false | alarm; and the dove's not worth a penny, where it once was worth a farm; and J j the bughouse nations wrangle with an everlasting jangle, threatening to kill and j I mangle and to work all kinds of harm. (Copyright. 1022, George Matthew Adams! ??- ^ | I ~ ~ What Other ! I Editors Say J An example of the looseness of some | statistics is the statement that there are eight divorces to every twelve mar i rtages in West Virginia, In- response to I which Governor Morgan made public i figures showing that there were 18.295 1 marriages and only 1,949 divorces last |year In the state. Hut even a( that It jran be admitted that there are too many I of the latter and no objection to any I Increase In the former.?Clarksburg Tel tgran}. I Senator Sutherland I.-, quoted as be ing pleased that Mr. O.gdcn has entered | the senatorial race, also that he will be I able to heat the Wheeling newspaper 'publisher In his own county. We are willing to bet a "hot dog" against a pretzel (In ease a pretzel can lie found) that the senator has counted his chick ens before they have been hatched.? J I'arkersburg News. We'll turn somersaults or take leg developing exercises or stimulate the I mots of the hair or rub with a rotary I motion or do almost anything .lane Hope advises us to but one thing we abso | Ititely draw the line on. after one oi f two unfortunate experiences, is trying to remember when to shift the fork to the right hand at times when our en tire mentality ought to be concentrated upon the effort to think of something to say next and not t<> drop anything on our white vest.?Ohio St.ite Journal I . 'I Now comes the statement that mon key love surpasses the human and that monkey hubby is more true t,. his .mate than man: but Is any one really [conversant enough with monkey society) I to he so positive about it? ?t barle-ton 1 Daily Mall. j He thankful strawberry seeds are not ' as big as watermelon seeds. Hunting ton Advertiser. ) . ! The West Penn people have started in | jupon the rkght track to make them-' selves popular. The.v reduced toe pow- j rr rate to tlraftnn people 33 1-3 per cent. This is a line start Fairmont is now waiting Fairmont West Virgin ian. To many Americans, the most en grossing international F.uropenn <|iiee I tlon seems to In-. "Will Mathllde marry Mux*"?Fairmont Times. Must have been discouraging to steal I Henry Ford's car when .Mr. Ford Is J making one every six and a half see ? onds.?I.ugan Telegram. | [barefoot"! sandals Patent and Tan Leathers j llnrefoot Sandals an'just the j thine lor the children's summer ; pleasure and comfort, j They delight the little folks 1 and save the regular shoe i leather. All the pleasure and I comfort of eoine barefoot with ! all the protection of heavy i shoes, and at much less cost. 75o to ?2.00 M. H. & M. Satisfactory Shoes 11 1047 Main St. Wheelinj|; u ;\ f Letters to The Intelligencer Letters for this column Bhoul) ba j brief as possible. Intelllg?r>c*r renders are Invited to send commu nications upon any timely subject. Names of authors must accompany ell letters. The Intelligencer w'H not agree to print letters upon con troversial subjects, and especially concerning differences In matters of j religion. < I ATTORNEY GENERAL ! ENGLAND REPLIES j K'lllor Intelligencer: 1 feel that possibly It might he well for me t<> make a statement surround- ! in* the facts leading up to my being lulled as a witness In the case of Stale vs. Blizzard, recently tried in the ?*lr- , cult t'ourt of Jefferson County, so the public may bo fully nppralzcd of the i facts, and how uncalled for and unjust was the criticism made of me by Mr. A M. Belcher during the argument of this case. I do not. of course, feel that I would suffer from the criticism, as I know the people In this State know me. as well ;<s they know Mr. Belcher. As I stated in the trial of this case, st the time time march was in progress 1 was at Clarksburg presiding over a Knights of Pythias Convention in the capacity of Grand Chancellor of that Drdrr. As soon as I was summoned In the case, which was something like a month before It was called for trial. I called up Hon. T. ('. Townsend, one of counsel for the defendent. and requested that I be not required to attend as a witness as I knew nothing about the facts per taining to the march, or so-called Insur rection. Of course, counsel for the de fense knew that I was acquainted with the so-called mine guard system In Logan County, and for that reason I assume I was summoned. I was notl lled over the telephone by Mr. Town send In this conversation that I need not come unless I was called. The day before 1 testified I received a telegram front Mr. It. \V. Houston, an other counsel for defendant, requesting my appearance on the next day. There fore. it became necessary for me to at tend this trial and testify, otherwise I would have heen In contempt of court. I would hardly suppose that Mr. Belcher or any one else would feel that I ought to stand in contempt of court. While I was on the witness stand. Mr. i". \\. Osenton, another one of the coun sel representing the State, asked trie If 1 had taken any steps to prosecute these people accused of being in this so-called insurrection. To show his unfair at titude Mr Osenton know that the At torney General had no power to initiate prosecution or prosecute the defendants after indictment in the lower courts unless appointed so to do by the Gov ernor. This is a matter wholly within the power of the various prosecuting at torneys of their counties. 1 was not ap pointed by the Governor, as before stated, to help prosecute these cases. I'nder these circumstances and con ditions, in obedience to a subpoena of the clerk of the Circuit t'ourt of JetTcr osn County, I was required to testify in this case. I only answered such questions ar were propounded to me by counsel In the case and that I was required to answer by the court. My evidence was by no means voluntary, but upon the contrary. I sought to be excused from testifying In the case. The people of the State know me Just as well ay thev know Mr. Itelchcr or Mr. Osenton, and I do not believe that the harsh and unJustLfled criticism t.iade by these two gentlemen will deceive or mislead any one. My official career WEST VIRGINIANISM 1 By lhviglit H. Teter WHAT VAMJKTH A MAN'S AMKRICANlSMv IF HE llONOKETH NUT HIS OWN STATE? >? I A man was arrested recently in West Virginia lor making "moon shine'' whiskey. There is nothing uncommon in this. The circling' stances brought out at his arrest, however, are interesting and singu lar. He stated tiiat he had been making "moonshine" for forty-five iyears, and did not know he was violating the law. - While this man's case is uncommon, yet it is very likely there aM l many other men in West Virginia who are as little informed on legis lation and questions of the world as this old man. He lives in the 1 "Smoke-Hole" section of the eastern panhandle, and has probably never journeyed twenty-five miles from there in his life. Legally, this man is a law-breaker: fundamentally, he is innocent. That such an occurrence could happen in an enlightened State is regrettable. That it will happen again is obvious. West Virginia, as a State, is only representative of the character and education of its citizenship. It is all very well and good to hold ' meetings in the cities and towns to discuss ways and means to "sell West Virginia to the world." but until West Virginia is sold to her own people it can hardly be expected that outsiders will be greatly interested. The mountaineers are not an ignorant people. The men living up in the hollows and in the hills of West. Virginia are frequently of littic schooling, but. as a whole, they are very shrewd and are abundantly isupplied with .in excellent quality of hard common sense. They live i their lives apart because of their frequent remoteness from centers of habitation and In cause of the difficult and trail-like roads leadifrg to | the towns and villages. Their mode of life is patterned after their i forbears, and is very often behind the standard set by a rapidly mov ing civilization. These mountaineers are excellent citizens; they are ;honest, trustworthy and upright: they are full of pride and natural shrewdness, and are patriotic. They deserve attention and respect ;from West Virginia and are entitled to the rights of education, ad vancements made possible by the Slate for people living in the cities, j towns and rural communities. West Virginia is founded on the mountaineer type of citizenship. * I We are proud to call ourselves mountaineers, and have much to jus Itify our pride; y< t. so long as there are localities in West Virginia in I which the people are not reached by the slender tentacles of our cdu !rational system, we must remain, to a certain degree, in the backward I class. West Virginia should be primarily for West Virginians, and should see to it that her own citizens are the recipients, first of all. of ! her wonderful advantages. j has boon an open book, and the people of the State will not. I feel sure, be | lieve that l have been unfaithful to a j public trust ? E. T. England. INTELL INKLINGS (W. S. STAWTOW) .. - - | James Kalne. a miner who did not : seem in meet with the approval of Don i ' Chafln,' was forced to leave Dogan j j county without some of his property, j j which he was later forced to sell at a j I loss, he claimed. Our state motto, "Montani Semper ! I I.ibcrl.'' Is In need of revision If they j ] pull "ff much of this in our southern J 1 coal regions. , U'o read with Interest the news that ? Robert Maker, age 8<. of Harlan, Ky., is the father of his thirty-third child. I We further note that hp is a dairyman, which would lead us to surmise that If : many of his brood were "bottle babies" I It may account for his being in the ! business lie is. "Store Entered."?Headline. Sure, most of 'em are. They'd soon I go out of business if they weren't. "Pride who killed her husband on I their honeymoon probably saw him he fore ho shaved."?Huntington Adver tiser. Can't tell. Maybe he saw h^-r sans 1 her makeup and commented upon it. "Fines for Six."?Headline. Wonder what'd happened if he'd, throwed sevenr " 'I' I'lans Swimming Campaign for Men."?Headline. Y not include the women too? Wanted?White woman'of middle age. We suppose that all women of tha middle ages had croaked some time ago. "Brick Contracting."?Ad. They don't seem to be expanding any, . from the appearance of some our street*, "Bob Martin Knocks Out Joe Burke ta the Opening Round."?Sports headline. Hail and Farewell, as it were. "Engineers Will Move This Month."? Head line. We hope so. Some folks may want t* get home before July. "They Shall "Not Tass."?Ed. caption. Them's the very words the guy wot run the crap game used to holler whea he faded us. ("Them days Is gone forever.") I w i June Clearance Sales Present Inviting Lines of Ready-to-Wear Apparel at Greatly Lowered Prices Clearance offerings here are of our own caivfully-seleeted stocks?not specially-bought lines secured for tho occasion?and the prices arc actual reductions from the plain-figure markings at which the merchandise was originally sold. You are assured of the same HIGH (QUALITY STANDARD at Clearance Prices as you would ;>r could expect at any other time. i . Tailored Spring Suits I I7PQ One-Fourth and One-Half L Jj \j |J i Our entire Spring linos of Tailored Suits for Miss. Average and Stout Women; Jaeket, Cape, Knieker styles; Poiret Twills, Trieotincs, Tweeds, Kelly ClothVKR1TK and other best makes; divided into TWO SPECIAL ASSORTMENTS Lot One? Lot Two? At Savings of At Savings of ONE FOURTH ONE-HALF $18.75 to $112.50 $12.50 to $75.00 For Regular $25.00 to $150.00 Tailored Spring Suits TAILORED SILK DRESSES IN THREE INVITING GROUPS divine choice of styles suited for every occasion; in Krepe Knit, in Canton Crepes. Roshanara Crepes. Crepes de Chine ami Taffetas: splendid tango of color combinations; BETT\ W A EES and other best makes. THREE SPECIAL SALE GROUPS At $14.75 At $19.75 At $24.75 . _______ * June Muslinwear Sales Materially Reduce Prices ({onerously - I'u!I ?? 111. well-mad)' garments (if <iuality Nainsooks. Cambrics and Longeloths; neat trimmings of laces, embroideries, ribbons; especially inviting are our lines of Popularly-Priced? Gowns?$1.00, $1.50, $1.98 Knvelope < 'hetnises?$1.00, $1.25, 91.50 Stop-Ins?59k\ 79^, 98c ( orsot (-overs? 490, 69<>, 74o Philippine band-drawn and embroiders! ({owns and Chemises? UJO QQ a splendid speeial line at the June Sale Price of tPAUc/O I GEO. M. SNOOK CO. I /