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I The Filer Record
Pukiitlieil Weekly
for Filer
An Independent
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FIlZr" IDAHO, MARCH 20. 1919.
NUMBER 1.
VOLUME I.
TREATY, SAYS CECIL
BRITONS WOULD INCLUDE THE
LEAGUE PACT IN PR ELI MIN
ARY PEACE AGREEMENT.
Statement Issued Prior to Dinner
Given in Honor of President
Wilson, Following Conference
W.th British Premier.
Paris.—l-ord Uoliert Cecil, after a
conference with, Premier Lloyd George,
«leclnred Tuesday night in behalf of
the British delegation that the league
of nations covenant, in the opinion of
the delegation, should be incorpora led
in the prelituinury |ieaee treaty.
President Wilson dined Tuesday
Cecil, ttie
night with Lord Kotiert
British league of nations delegate, and
4 'olouel House.
Before the dinner Lord Robert re
ceived the British and American cor
respondents ami announced that It was
the opinion of the British delegates
that the league of nutiPns covenant
should be I neons >ra tc.1 in the prelitn
itiufy peace treaty with Germany.
Lord Robert had previously expressed
this us his personal opinion, hut his
announcement Tuesday was after he
had conferred with Premier Lloyd
George and was made in behalf of the
British delegation.
Asked If the covenant might provide
(Uality, L.trd Kotiert 'said
that this could not be done without
Interfering with the Internal affairs
«if various nations, which would vio
late the principles of the league.
Regarding the voluntary withdrawn
«if uny nation from the league. Lord
Robert pointed out that there was
much to Is- said on both sides of the
for race
question.
The fortifications on the island of
Helgoland, Germany's formidable base
In the North sea. must be dismantled.
reached Tuesday
This decision was
council.
It was decided also thal the Kiel
«itmil should be internat ionallied and
made available to the ships of all na
Tolls will l*e
tions on even terms.
«■olle* te<l to pay for the umlnlenance
Germany probably will
of the mnul.
retain sovereignty of the waterway.
WOMAN KILLED BY BOMB.
Tragedy Followed Receipt of Letter
Demanding $5,000.
Oakland. -Police and medical auth
unties at a preliminary autopsy de
veloped the first clues eoncemlng Uie
death of Mrs. George Greenwood, who
was killed in the yard of her home
here hy a bomb explosion.
Six pieces of galvanized iron tele
pboen wire and a lead slug were fourni
phone wire and u lead slug were fourni
in the body in addition to many frag
meats of brick. The feet were burned.
The police said this indicated ilrs.
Greenwood was close to the bomb
when it exploded.
According lo the police a letter de
manding $TXK)0 and threatening to de
stroy his home with dynamite unless
the amount was paid, was sent to
Greenwood in January. HUS.
PUTS IT UP TO CARRANZA.
Mexican Government Asked to Protect
American Citizens.
Washington.—The American embas
sy to Mexico City was instruct
Tuesday by the state department to
Request the Mexican government to
lake every possible step to insure the
protection of American citizens in the
territory in northern Mexico, where
Villlsta bands again have become ac
tive.
will be asked lo affect the release of
James Whetten. an American, who,
with Joseph Bentley, a bishop of the
Mormon church and a naturalized Mex
ican. was captured by Villa forces near
Las Oruoes, Chihuahua, some days ago
on
The Mexican authorities als
CONGRESS WILL FORCE ISSUE.
Lenruot Says America Will End War
if Treaty is Unsatisfactory.
Washington.—If President Wilson
does not negotiate a peace treaty sat
isfactory to the senate. Senator len
root of Wisconsin. Republican, said in
an address on the league of nation«
l-efore U>*- Washlngt.*n Commercial
club Tuesday night, congress may jams
a joint resolution summarily ending the
war with Germany without a treaty,
leaving American participation In Ibe
league of nations to future determin
ation.
Muât Restore Jobs to Women.
Wasbingl.io.— Women street car con
ductors of (he Cleveland. Ohio, railwvr
company, who were d;<chars*-d March
1. must b*v rv-stored to their work on
der a division of th* «ear labor board
made by Joint Chairmen Tsft and
v Manly
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PLANS TO REPAIR
LOSSES FROM WAR
DELEGATES FROM ALL ALLIED
COUNTRIES ATTEND REHABIL
ITATION CONGRESS.
Expected to Develop for £*ch Country
New Methods of the Restoration
to Society of All the Men
Injured in War.
New York.-—Delegate.- from all the
allied countries In-gan comfutrls«» of
methods of rehabilitating war victims
at a four-day international eonferenee
on rehabilitation of the disabled w hich
opened here Tuesday under the ans
pices of tile Bed Cross. Out of the con
ference. it Is ex[
velopeil for each country new methods
of the restoration to soeiety of all the
the best elements
will be de
of I lie various methods now In use.
Plan* for extension of the work to
the Hundreds of thousands of persons
crippled every year in Industry also are
to be taken up at the eon ference.
The opening s«-sslon was «iven over
to short outlines of the rehabilitation
lUntries, the
plans of the various
speakers including some of the most
prominent exis.nents of the movement
in the I'nited States. France. Italy,
England. Belgium and Canada.
America's program, as bulit up from
tlie experience of the allied nations,
was outline*] by Colonel Frank Billings,
chief, and Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph
L. .Miller, assistant chief, of the <11 vi
sion of physic»! reconstruction in the
surgeon-general's office.
Cnder the American plan. Colonel
Billings said, no soldier will be dis
charged from the army until be has
fully recovered physically, and all who
desire will be given full vocational re
training.
Some Is being
ered. he said, in obtaining sufficient
Instructors for alte retraining work.
The forty-eight reconstruction hospit
als now operating, he said, have only
iaoo
»men reconstruction aides. t>g>
enlisted instructors anti 100 commis
sioned officer Instructors.
DEFEND WHOLESALE EXECUTION
Prussian War Minister Declares Mur
der of Rioters was Necessary.
Berlin.
sian war minister, defended the
eminent troops in a speech on Tues
day in the diet against the charges of
brutality in the Berlin rioting. He de
clared the summary execution order of
Gustav Noskc, the minister of defense,
directed at rebels with arms in their
hands, was required ^y the situation.
'olouel Reinhart, the I'nis
gov
James grill, a fashionable resort on
top of tlu- Majestic hotel, were thrown
into panic when a mam as yet not fully
Identified, fired three shots at Charles j
Somer. the manager, severely woond- j
Tlie shooting followed a |
Tragedy in Grill Startle* Diners.
Chicago.—Scores of diners at the St.
ing him.
quarrel over a dinner check.
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Bribery Charge* to be Probed.
Columbus. O.—Charges of alleged
attempts at brtliery of member* of the
Ohio legislature dud other alb-g'd Ir
and misconduct are to be
recularitl
investigated by a j<ilnt legislative com
Ini I tee provided by « mmlutlon
adopted.
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United St*tr» liquidation comm.*»-on.
« w » r department organization of five
men who will wind up the business
and financial affair« ef the American
arm j- in Franc*.
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FLEE! FOR FOOD
GERMAN DELEGATES CURTLY
AGREE TO ACCEPT TERMS
REQUIRED BY ALLIES.
Board of Control for German Export*
Will be Established.
Will be Rermitted to Buy Fi»h
From Norway,
Germans
Brussels,—The German delegates to
the conference here regarding the tuk*
lug over by the allies of the German
mercantile fleet and the provisioning
Of Germany, definitely accepted on
March 15, the conditions lm|s*sed by
the allies.
A board of control for German ex
(•oris will lie established, under the
terms of the agreement. This hoard
probably headquarters
at Kolterdam.
The Germans will be permitted to
buy fish from Norway and resume
their own fishing in the North sea.
The German representatives asked
for a modification of the blockade.
and while no promises were given them
in (his connection, steps in that di
reel lim. as a matter of fact, have al
tVadx been taken.
\ ice Admiral Sir Kasslyn " etnyss
of Great Britain, chairman of the allied
delegation, read a statement prepared
for him hy the etvillan luetnhers. call
ing on the Germans to *ay categorical
ly whether they abided l«y the terms
of the armistice. Coder Secretary of
Stale Von Braun replied curtly. "Ve>."
Admiral Weniyas then read **ne (»ig«
of ty(»-written memoranda, giving In
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erlsp sentence, the terms of the a '**
to r granting food to txermany- he
|'* emmn merchant fleet to Ik- bund.si
j'*' er *• once, financial provision* lo
'«* node at once, f.ssl to be delivered
Immedlsteiy and to !»• continued until
'he next harvest, or as long as Ger
many abided by the terms of the agree
meut.
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1 there settled that the details of the
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I treatment. The air of impersonality
It was
| n,t,on '* 3T»0fM tons of food muolbly.
j with the shiiqdng and flnaii«-lal plan«.
elalu.rated in subcommittee,
«hould I
and the first (denary session adjourn
e*l. having last.-*! only a few minuted
VILLA IMPRISONS MORMONS
Churchmen Reported to be i" Hand*
of Mexican Bandits.
in
Juarez,—Bishop A.
charge of Mormon affairs, announced
Pierce.
Saturday that he had receive«! an nn
confirmed re|u>rt from a Mexican that
•'resident Jceu-pti C, Bentley. Chief,
I Missionaries Jn*et»h William*. Joseph
Spen*s-r and two other*, .me of whom
, -va« lu-lieved to tu* Pleasant Williams,
bad been made prisoners by Francisco
1 Villa and Eril(w- Angeles at El !
j Chihuahua, and were last seen In ms
| tody of Villia troops going toward
! N'amlqui|«e.
Soldier« Shipped in Cattle Cara.
Wi»bli»fto(>.—tlait Amfrl- |
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u»fn«l frimi an Atl
harkatlon («> their h«i
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Thousand* Starving in Caucasus.
New Tort
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!» death 1
In (he Oatirasus. according to tbe Grat
men and children are
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report from Dr. James I_ Barttat. chair
man of the (omralssl«.« m-ently sent tol
that region by the American rvunmla- j
sioo for relief in the near east.
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ME) ASKS BELIEF
GOOD OFFICES OF THE UNITED
STATES AT PEACE CONFER.
ENCE BEING SOUGHT.
Revolution in Hermit Kingdom Liabt«
to Break Forth at One# if Right
of Self-Determination is not
Granted to Korean*.
Washington.—According to facta dis
closed by private advices received
her*-, fifteen million Korean* are pre
! par.-d to undertake a revolution against
their Japanese rulers If the right of
| self-determination and a satlsfaiiory
I mandatory under the league of nations
un - | M >, grunted Korea by the peace
( conference at Paris,
Tlie («copie of Korea, who havojyeeii
the ««ay of ih.- Jap,,»,
peo|tic
since the Itusso-Japanese ** «« ^ have
rgiinized from ope end of the
j | in , (|
J, .-.mtry to the other and believe that
they tutvi- the strength to bring an up
heaval as unanimous as that of the
Russian«, and one which gill force the
worW lo riM ^, Kll i z ,. Ih .-lr right to In
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dependence.
In a statement placed ix-fore the
I Fniled Slates government through the
j department ami made public Sun
llav lhu Korean national ass.a-lall»f..
I , lir , m(th 81npiimn l{t ,ee of WashlngtoB
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j ami Harry Chung of New York. Im«
i asked the Foiled States to prevent op
pression of the Koreans by the Japan
ï»**acf con ferme«, the Amerinin lenflrm
In the K«remi awortitioo «tale that
their countrv men «.«-k the rtgh- «CmW*
^ trt . rolll-thH1 , ml t Juit they .-annot go
^ t>art . . . . , h .., r p ,.w In |-r
in a iDnimunlration cabled to the
«on because they are under the (»»wer I
«f Ja[*an. and cannot leave the Foiled
Stale* w ithout |w«s|s*rl». which will I
(not lx* issued unless viseed j»y Ja|uin j
-sc officials here They slate that the
Jai - inese have refuse*! u> aid th*-ni
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Bank Robber. Break Jail.
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Ballinger. Texas.—Men held hen- In
, ' onn 't<tb»n with the robbery of Hie
First Stale bank at Winter« Tex«». *>n
March -V bave e-cnped «ru! are still at
large. A fourth man. alleged to have
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jI*rt!cl|mted in the roNu-ry was mor
tally woamled on March <* in an *-\
jrhanfe of shot* with a sheriff'll»»
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the anarchists.
RIVERS OVERFLOW BAhKS AND
THOUSANDS ARE DRIVEN
FROM THEIR HOMES
Thousand* of Dollar« Worth of Prop.
• rty Destroyed and Many Live«
In Jeopardy a* Reeult of
Swollen Stream*.
Ocontu. Win.— Hundreds of h.uiiea,
factories, mills and lumlier yards are
flowled and thousands of dollars
worth of pru|n-rl> lias been destroyed
by the Ocnnlo river overflowing Us
banks, ft is est Imated 'Ml Vast t>er
sons ar. i...im-.es»
The river has l>een rising steadily
for two day* ami a congestion of lew
ami lugs has kept the water from f.*l
lowing Its natural course. Dynamite
Is Ixdrig used to clear the **bstruclIons.
Dis|kiIcIh*s from Milwaukee slat*
that fl.ssls have »lop|x-d train tHiv«
raents In western Wisconsin.
Milwaukee river Is out of Its banks
mid trains are being detoured to the
north.
Abuomial rainstorms cnlf**-.!' a sua
(tension of railroad traffic In (tarts of
Michigan on Monday.
Pr>.|x*rty damage Is said lo lie small
aside from thal sustained by the rail
road*.
Four deaths were due lo the flood.
Near Saginaw a farmer and his two
small sons were drowned when their
buggy fell into a flooded creek sud
another man lost ht» life In Ibe Bin
m-bog river.
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INDORSE UNIVERSAL TRAINING
8oldi«rs in Favor of Compulsory Mili
tary Survie«.
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Overwhelming in
Washington.
donsnneiil of a universal military
Inlng system, coupled with equally
>ng »up(sirC for the existing disci
plinary relationship between officer»
ami m»-n of the army wa» expressed
by q representative group of the «cb-c
live service men of the Twelfth dlvl
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Sion, tamp
tlie organlxatlon was -i.-ninl-lllxed last
jJhnury. The opinions of the nun
numbering RLTO, with an average
length of servir*- of 10.7 months, were
obtained througu a carefully arranged
questionnaire system.
BREWERS WILL IGNORE ORDER
Beer Containing Per Cent Alcohol
to be Sold.
New York.—The lager lieer brewers'
Ixmrd of trade of New York, repre
•♦utlng forty-two brewing <uncerus in
>New York and New Jersey. unoounce*l
34nu.lH> that *»n adrlce of n>uime< lu
qM»tniM'm mould remut MT nt »hjcv male
,Tb«-r containing L'% ,-r cent .ten
, iaUc Tltla was forbidden by
rullllg (lf tlu . ,„ t< . r) , u |
partment. which loten*ra(*sl iTealdeot
\V|i-urn's pr<M-lnmatiwn effective De
ct-inlK-r I. last.
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Boy Carried Many Feet Through Air
and Dropped Unhurt.
New Orleans.— Twenty-eight dead.
I sex era I «core injured and property loss
■•slIniMle*! at was ibe result
nf loriiiolis-s which «wept portions of
Mlsslssliqd and IsmUlana Sunday, re
ports from the two stale» rv*'elved here
«bowed.
Near Iw-lbl. a boy was reporte*! rar
r(*«l jnany fret In the air by (be wind
and dfopped unhurt In a bayou.
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Court* to Act on Phone Charge*.
Washington. — Authority of Foot
master < leneral Burleson to Increase
tbrougtmut the coun
telephone ral
try is Hi lie'determined by He supreme
which on Monday granted 11»«
court.
Mate of Ksitsu« p»-rtni-t«l.«i lo looti
tute orlglual proeeedlng« «gainst the
g.-t-.-rsl. quostlorilng the
his order of l*«l Ivcember
|s«vttna«ter
validity of
13 «stabil »1
ing new foil rales.
Frenchman Flying Across Ocean.
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men that a flight tm»« the Atlantic
( In now being attempted by ■
-h lieutenant named f.«i«lg Ha
l»«rte«l to have started from the
Fretieh A frill, u port of Dakar. Sene
gamble, fur Pernamlnien. Brazil, by
a«* of the Cj*(m Vt-rde i«iu:i.|* and lb«
among air
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Navy Plana May Hit Snag.
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l'OWwe the
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its by t!
lajry Daniel«
nav
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Th«
flghta In
ranks of t
materially
nrx
men were
na*j
when the Be
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d con'.rul of congress
pobl
in (be last el
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The Itbtlu. oMKmuniMTd r.ir«-*l well
r rh>* «ixiimilti
-ng lu word r«vhn| from Wu-lii»*»
too.
hum «il*. ncviiH
Sl<>rt> I linn vat tab#d fur lli*
N'nxarviir .-»Hege at Nawt« by a -iuo
laJpi nimturiul hy the k-ai Nafarmr
church.
A branch of tjje "War Mother»" »»•
mm IbIIuu ha* iwrtillj boon formal ia
Eluu.re county with Mr*. Mill!«
(rlkiw as .-wanly uuxher.
John r. Nl|«M, junior I lilted Statua
senator fn>m Idsh«. v*»a back In IWw
last » nk fur the first lime since be
was a|>|nSn(e<t by Ihe former governor
to «uurrd the late Senator Brady
11.>th an noi un. I w.-t win« will lw>
MU !.. it,.- l.luho stale sanitarium
at Namiat this spring as a result *»f
the appropriation of <H»>.miO made by
the state leftislalure for this purpose.
Plan» are tteiug formulated by the
BoIm Valley WuolgrowenT aamsiatlon
to p.»»i for niarkctln« about 25ü,t*»>
pound»
by fanners of the Boise valley and ad
jolnln« districts.
■ •a Man h l.V the work of opening
Up the Yellow »lone branch of the Ore
ton Short Vine. pre|atratory to the
resumption of l-iislnees next season,
which will begin short I*. was untler
taken hy a large craw of men.
The rlly council at St. Anthony la
now prepnribg the »•■Cessa r y ordi
nances to make the patins project
effective, au*'h aa plans, time of con
struction. bond Issue, etc., which will
probably he is*seed Ibis week.
Secretary of War Newton l>. Baker
• ml fhtef of Staff Oeoara d March
*|ient thirty minutes In Bocaleliu on
Mureh 14, on llielr way to Ibe north
west. Tlu* war officials were mäkln«
an Inspection of can ton men ta.
The status of a taxpayer on IW-cem
her AL UM*, will be used as a basis
detennliiln« Individual Income
taxes and lax exempt Iona retail»« t<
mania«e »ml ilepetideols, according to
11yd« M. tJray, deputy Internal reve
nue collector
for
Bert Sanderson was accidentally
«hoi and kllletl by bl« brother. Edward,
at Ihelr home about 14 nillea south of
Emmett
boys,, aged T anti »
had l~-en 1U lt*e Mbit
Tin
resfae*-lively,
of playing war al their home and have
.been playing with guns.
Bills providing |l.<L's>.UJU for state
highway» during the current biennium
ami providing for a constitutional
«meti-liru-nt to (s-rmll Issuance of f«.
(JUl.iill of bwuds for the biennium be
!.. BUI. have been
gimdua January
signed by live govemof
The officials of tlu-» Oregon Short
I.Iup announced last week that a geo
.ral cocunilsaary will he Inaugurate*!
through the Stiort Une territory,
where employee» of the ruwd cap pro
cure their gr*"-vrte« and supplies uo
the immlhly <|e*la«-tlua basis.
Tukirrnliv l« will be «cVollflcally
tested In I da lu* In the futur« through
Ih** m«llum of two new tubervulost»
liospltals. as thivernnr Dari» has algu
ed house Nil No. 117, posaod by the
législature, nathortaing a tax levy to
-irovide fund* for Ihelr erwTloo.
Itigby and Jefferson county hebt a
big celeb ration <mi March 15 lb cum
-aemorallon <>f the wio-rofnl fluanc
ng.uf tlie Klghy »«(fear factory and It*
completion to the el'-ot at 75 per cent.
An I mm e ns e crowd of pe*»ple from the
ng i-uttnlry * l* I led the plant.
turrounui
Fora*: In
dian PU
farm loans
IIW.IIII
pr-s-eeding*
more
«M-uring state
s( jiroxlmat*-Iy
..me of whhh bava b>-»n de
|0 y*-ars, will be atari
totaling
llixqueut near ,
**( by May I If aettleinenta are not
the «late land Ismrd ho* >!•■
made
Cl-led.
II. P, Samuels of Idaho, late candi
date for governor no the Democratic
appointed special
ticket, ha* bee
jgeut of the department of labor for
Hie collectb>a of dal* in Europe**
regarding Industrial and
and sailed on
I •CUBBmlC coodtUon*.
nrtintriee.
I Mareb 10.
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} sr» of blaho U
| last year, there being
el*, or 21 per rant, as
bushels, or 17 jwr <vut. last year
Thirty i«-r rent -rf Hte 1»1» era** was
cotsparad with S&
- hsti.ls of grow
More barley Is
I tt.is year than
l.frjy.'XJU hu-h
-gailUB 8Ö7 '»»'
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grown for *hlpnu-i
per cent for the 11
tv...« idajui has *p|iruxlnai(e<y 3-'d -
Irrigated i. -.-1
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lying «rtttün u
»f (Ml »O. «Itidi now require« or «
tie
aHiiim a
if to
« the rather
*4ir hjr % Irrt
mtn mm
loot]
ce h' «îiin
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•taie*
rHing
>iUni rujtlueer
«r Doth i«»
4M S<k VIT. rr*trUrtißt W* f
e tu firm« u
(«or
H 'ujg duW/
IMtta NOi
level. «a and
«n*J h—u»
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« a eo-ofx-ratlve
..,-ifih Jmttrlal district»
JfeM. iwumtilMt cv-unty crir
to a j -p.'- .priât* up Id Pd
So.
•i.-:ier*
umthiy l-rc pctu« uf county defrtuw
«miMdU.