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S0IJ inline! 51ST YEAR. OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1915. Oregon Celebrates. With a cloudless sky and a bracing atmosphere, the Fourth of Jul; cards or me civil war. Ha reviewed ourl U..tL- ioic relhrtous. aduratlnnal and onmm.rH.I - life as a nation. Th. lud. - L,k of 19 " the hacanaa tha Fourth r.ailv waaon Sun. """"" eiier fill 01 JUiy " v "V . ... I"'.., T . " deythl.yeer.andthe commltUe .ln - ... , ... charge, decldtd they would give the r.ofLlbMtrMUurl'who mad. couf,n Proapeeu, but the rainfall people an opportunity to come to the 7i . . ' . of Hay of 8.88 lochs nut thim In beautiful city on the hill, celebrate bad Z ttWtt ,, u the Fourth, and also transact their "v-v . ""'" hank, and th. -..i. .. " busing thus combining buslnee. " - of the gr,ets t -.3- a wiin pleasure. .M,v., .,. ...., . u . ;.: Missouri and Nodaway bottom n".!i"p'VT ?.t of railroad track uu.u, ! i.u ui. "ip.iu con- , f . irom eoreet uity north have been un- ald.rably, and the result we. that In of Pto ? wtUr uwly fnm th Qf weatner conamons ti.e aey was an k - h an ipee laUy "V ""'"n0' J"maom. I. still Meal one, but It was.a hard one on onnA r.. ."V. . 7 under waUr. and a Ilk. eondlrJoo h . a . . . . I BvW IIIIUIUI L11IUUMIIUUL UIU Blllirm. I . - - " " - for when evening came the wrap was i... ... I. ... the 12th the Dig Tark lodra nan im .......!.. i. I.,... nu..J .inuniw, iui u. aa.u. , - . . """,u"u" forehroer after a raaldanca of two u" w""n gv way, ana on aatur-l arenlng cloud, gathered and there Jitu" day, June 19, Corning was Inundatedj u.urt lilMtlnn Hill. n In ,C"B' and I , .... . . 1 -"I men Vol.. While tha natlra horn had I , aiaav cuntrwfc 10 have rain, and many of the older K,. 2",.. The mean for the people concluded to go horn., and . ' , ' i . l!. -?"J month this year was 06 de.rr.es: last . . . ... . . . . . . . ..ivvww.i mw wimm n IUIUi uiu lltuuil ..- avoid wnaitnsy iiiougm, oeingcaugnt . .. , -.r hZtL, . !?.7. . "1 f P'otf"" o th nan satlsfac- v.n.ut. UKIBU. ll0n n , n.,.,,1. pared by the commute. Intl.. .Lm. About th. supper lime a cold mist , ,..... .,,."-':: had like conditions. In 190Stheln cessant rains sreatlr reUrded th. prevent me going ana coming auoui of the people, and later It became year It was 70 degrees. Thus the month of June, ISIS, was th. coolest I June for many years. Th. normal June temperature Is 72 degrees. In th. amuiam.nt Un. on 1 1., nrn- . nce iwjb ana iww nave we began to fall, but not heavy enough to Qtotgt Voil)jf WM The "Tug of War" ues won by the IMInt ti.ttil ln n.l. heavier, and a slight rain tell a part Vn. ..; t,..,. tI of the time during the dl.play of Are- ' '!, Utll. tM'l"! Iitt mispI,I tMlil. I.e.. It was a splendid Fourth of July ZV n T l'"' ...... i,ii. ii.. m.,i . : " v.icui.k.u.., ... "' " I llin nitrnrm In tl.i .,..1 . ..... r - -" ...w fain h .III. place, and he was given a Dtlze of a00. He and wife are now the proud parents of 5 splendid boys and 3 girls. in tne evening the band gave a con- was not so large as some that we have had on similar occasions, It was a reasonably large one, and would have been much larger, but for the fact that many of the farmers In the sur- si . .. ... i t..i. t. & I::" "Ji.:: "m. ' P11 ' "reworks, which wm the w i.imii.jmiw. best exhibit on ever mad. In tlilicltv. 777 V j .i j. A ui. committee in charge. planting of crops, and during June, we had 12.03 Inches of rainfall. the heaviest 2Miour fall being 2.09 Inches on the 7th. During that yen noil county shipped out Mu.ittO hush ola of wheat and S2o,'.'2l bushels of corn. In W.) a like condition prevailed. and we had 7.89 Inches of rain, th. heavlrst 21 hour fall being 1.71 Inches on the 27th, and Corning was Inun- cert and the commute In charse. nut "e.u 'i01"0""'0 or 1118 ' Tark wivwp. wow R VII I aiU iBC and flooded "Jim-town" district of Mound City, perature for June was 70 degrees. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day were exceedingly chilly for June days. It was 49 duress on In temperature the month his been mas uiu a urae, nu uie Qiaer ones Alx)ul 5 , j L . aoove uie normai-the normal being visiiea ana mo young man ana "is aacnslon win. douhu n.rn...i. this year the mean tem ...t ...... a. ...it . ti. MHf..l ami I . r I ....I,... . I . . .... .v,.. .... ..i.vv.ui.., ccnsion, and It was a perfect one In and In nooks and corners of th. er, pucu,,r. beautiful park, told of their love, and It WM . ...M ..i.i.,. , enjoyed the dance at th. Q.m. fn,, .i..j .... .... Not a slngl. accident or mishap oc ,nnnAln ,n,.. . ,, th. 7th, 48 on the 8th. and 44 on th. cured to mar Uiewlebratlon, nor wu manaedhr th. v'ario... mmmin... P"'- F'r really comforuble, there any occasion to make an arrest n C,afg. mornings and evenings of these days. for misconduct of any kind. This ' In 1013, It was 40 on the 10th; 1912, It however Is no exception to the rule, ae ! wu (J on lhfj fl on JBW for such oocaelo In Oregon. Car Accident 49 on the.Mtb, looe, and 44 on the Tningsuetantrmovewunagaylyl Sunday eaornlmr Jo. Minton r sth, 1W7. June. 1M7. th. mean tern spirit, on th. arrival of Lum Pat- Forteacue while drlvlna his father's perature for the month was 08 de terson ana ms new roint oana, ana car, and Dr. D. C. Perry In his road- rees, tue coiaast June for many tney at once uegan to piay, starling iter, collided on the Mill hill. Joe Tears previous or since, promptly at 10 a. m., and they kept was turning around and did not hear During 1909 Holt county shipped up uieir -mowing- until iu p. m., ur. Perry's sutna . Dr. lrr wu in omy w.wa nusneis of wheat and SOS.. and not once during the day was the a hurry and did not see th. oti.r , ON bushels of corn. "call" sounded for a single memberof In time to slow down. l'r the Orst sli months of the year his excellent orgenlutlon to come and The back wheels on the Minton car I wo ,l,kVe hat) total precipitation of take his place. Each and every mem- were rlpoed off and the SDokeshrnlc.n. h.W Inches, which Is 7 90 Inches ber was at his place and ready for A dent was made In th. mar nr n.. above the normal, and this excess business when Lum waved his baton, car. The other car escaDsd with lit tL came during May and June. It Is re They rendered excellent music, plenty Injury. Some c.tlldren In the back fttable that th. weather man could or it, and of a kind that waa every seat of Mlnton's car were badly shaken not have distributed thlsexcess to the way sunaoie lor a tin ouuiy ceie up anu received a few bumni. other, creauor siarcn ana April. The dli- bratlon. The New Polntband, baring wise they escaped unhurt. trlbutlon of the precipitation by th. os. Jos.pn,peruaps, naa no superior in I monin ror in. six months period dur ... .". ? . "M "at adds Misses Maraar.t Lon .nH v.,n ln PMl J"" been: additional Interest to thU organization Mor,. toolt . - . to .- . . 1015. 1014. 1913, is the fact that It Is composed wholly 2 o'clock In Mors.', car While JlnuMy M0 of farmtrlads, wlUi hsr. and there oy uoht b.' F,brut" 3 28 the farmer whenever thought Is given to vn. need or more farm products. Hut he Is doing th. best he knows how, and he Is accomplishing great unngs ror in. country In spite of big odde against him. Are the banks, of which nr. vender d Is a moras. eBiauve, aoing as muchT There will be much unused farm land, so long as land Is kept out of use mrougn prohibitive or cea. Th. farm. er should not be blamed because land held by speculators la not tilled. II should not be blamed for refusing to iut.i oaniiruptcy by agreeing to pay mora for land than It I. worth as a r erasing Investment. Th. farmar ma be teefitcLnt In cultivating the land he has, but he Is notblamabl. for the millions of acres that are dcnind liners or the toll. Mr. and.rllD should iro to the various western states and see th rn. suit of land speculation. Vast tracts oi me best soil outdoors are Idl. be cause the farmer cannot acquire them at a reasonable or Ice. Let Mr. Van derllp tell the bankers to finance farm era Instead of speculators. One of the Old Ones. James Guthrie and wife, of Mound City, Mere here, Saturday.and visited with un sister, Mrs. William Turn. ham. Mr. Outhrlo was horn In Holt county, on th. old Allen Wood place on n limey creek. Scotember lit I 1843, and will therefore bo 72 years of age uiu coming September, all which time he has lived In the county He la a veteran of the Civil war. hav Ingeerved as a member of Company n jio. inratiiry, under Cauta In tngar Allen. Ills captain and com rades, John Inghram, Oeorue Adolpl Christ Meyer have long since answer ed their last roll call. Ills father was James Outhrle. and was an earlv day wagon maker hire, occupying the ground where the Mrs. T. S. Hlnde residence now stands. He cam the county In 1839, and his father en tend the land where the subject this sketch was born. Mr. Outhrle left farm life on account of falling neaiin, ana located In Mound City some uve years ago. following: solo B. Cornets, May. June I off t.h. train. T.. . M utA .... Alf Kunkel. IW eTZi "TuT " nark Kunksl, Albtrt Kunk.l M. Th. k..-. ,ih"..... B.Corn.t, Fred Patterson. I,. i .... ' X.7 :l The extrsmsi ZlT&JiS&SZT' too far, and the car turned ,UM-1915' 8.83 0.75 .20 .72 3.30 1.03 .03 4.10 .03 1.10 2.30 2.60 6.71 2.16 25.90 22.14 23.71 for the month of Boewsl), Strother Boswsll. Baritone, Osmer xlardman, Tenors, Claud Bender, W. II. Huntsman. Trombones, Emmstt Hodglo, Han eon Hurray. Basees, Will Terry, Balph Meyer. L.i....tt.i m.r. TiPiltn. rial Damla. I ' Wl turtle, landing on both the girls. Miss Logan extracted htrself and sore, way or other lifted the car oft cf Fern's neck. Th.y got h.lo and ware brought home. Th.y are both badly bruised and r.tjliM4v.w.Tfv...l'tf .. ..82 " v.. .IV'.VWHUBl' 5, 12. 25. 128, Mai. 82 84 85 82 1. 7. 8. a . 14. Hid, ....GO ....49 ....41 ... 44 K..&3 B. B. Brldgeman was the chairman of the day, and be mad. a good one, because he kept things moving, and this Is an Important quality for a chairman on such an occasion to have. He waa nappy in Bring Bride Home. Mtan maximum, 62. Mean minimum, 66. Mean, 70. Rainfall, 6.75 Inches: haavUit 9i. Last Wednesday morning W. E. I hour fall was 2.10 Inches on tha nil. vuaioa, aim ins unuo came in rromi ane rainia I ror tna month muaiana wnere tn.y were quietly nouna uuy was D.68 inches; at Malt married at the Congregational oar. land, 6.33. un the 23d the Missouri river waa his Introductions. and versatile enough to meet ev.ry eonege In Billings, at 4 o'clock. Jun. program number. 28th. The ceremony was very simple, within 1 foot of the danger line. cioer uawson openea ine program "ug reaa Dy in. uev. w. t". North a with .an earnest prayer, following of the Congregational church. The Blaminff The Farmer "'" vuiwi, .uatw. iuiuiiuuki; aueri Frank A Vanila.lln n...u . the Declaration of Independence, the ceremony for Missouri and after a the city Nation? Thintof 5Sf v I ur. Ramaav. thnnffi. it .nr... visit with i.i.n.r.m. i,.,. ,n city National bank of New York, filled h.r part In a most acceptable ud make their home on hU ranch MoVlZJt'Zl manner-r.adlng In clear voice., near Big Horn. itlt!! solendld emohaala. and ll.Mnt Maesra. Wm. and ITIn.d nl.. ""'J'. PorUon of mlng land Is articulation. She Is one of the pioneer came'ln Wednesday morning on ac Th. sJ'tmI. et.. . .. motbsr. of our county, th. widow of count of the extreme Illness of th.lr tJmli'i deUnse vinH.i. h.(' th. lata Jamaa Ttamaar. anrf I. fath.r. Joaanh ITncrl.. h..t .. 1.1. ,"ast' aei.nse, saying It Ills busl- 4 ' ' I T" -".-! -v iwq ill. I nua m ft.lltlwat. hi. n.n l.A T l condition seams a lirht I Imn.n.. I . . , .... wr. ,.uu. BW u.uY.Za HI7a . A"'. emciant or ineruclent to the extant that he gets out of his land all It the late James wonderfully well preserved. Mrs. B. B. Winter, of St. Joaarh followed Mrs. Bamsey with a splendid address on temperance. In the afternoon Hon. Judge Sam Maltlend Herald, July 1. A Cool Month. should produce, just as a banker ltr, ncient only a n. conduct the affairs f O'raiion daiwarad tha a "J L.1' ' wh,cl! utll" on Sunday, of hla bank to the beat advantage, F, O'Fallon delivered the first this year waa tha eoolaat. avn.rl.m.4 .u. ...... addnaa. and tha Jnd .a. In ... I hara f nr man w V. in TM.' V...iZZ I . woij, DanK.rs I be called as Inefficient as may rarm.rs. ..11 . .., i . . . I hlcrhaat. tamnaratttM ... m h..Tn. - ... - iaa m hbsbmw nsuu uunu ui vtr ih. i auiuiatib uuiiuiiuu nmniinra ea m . . ,m epoae or our nation's wondsrfu gree. A year ago It wm 88 high aid cent or leaa and l In T Trkanaw itJZi progrees from the landing of the Pll-lll low:J9flltwM Wand7Jii9lJltvS r!r" r.iT?..7r ,mo,t CTisM, m tueu struggU. that KL f:" L?0""' L.s i7.i7r::: , ... J WWMIIMn OI I .n... mww h.w. KliaM waa oe-iw peroeBteBoteac It Bueotae tobethelubltto bui ..I, . ... - INUWUIDS ihwww.hs uia aaBawaiiraTaacia.-A. r.vii . Mrsneesaenu mto tU cmHoii Wears Honor Medal. E. O. Smith, of Mound City, here on Saturday last, July 3rd, i visitsd with Earl Cooper and other mends. He Is now 73 years vournr. He served In the Union army during the Civil war as a member of the 30th Illinois Infantry, and was awarded meuai lor meritorious conduct at Vlcksburg and Atlanta. The order conrerrlng thla medal reads as follows Headquarters 17th Army Corps Louisviiie, Kentucky, July 10, lw, General Orders, No. 10. Kttract III For Meritorious conduct as a soldier during his term or service, the "Silver Medal or Honor" Is hereby awarded Sergeant r.nocu u. Smith, "E ' Co. 30th, Ills. Vols. He Is authorized to have Inscribed on It Vlcksburg, Atlanta, Savannah and Goldboro. lly command of Major Oenbiial F. p. Btain. Signed, O. Cadlb, A. A. O. A Progressive Decision. The decision of the Bute Supreme Court denying the right of the Attor ney Qtoeral to Institute blanket suits ror snippers and passengers, to reeov er excess freight and peisenger fares, is in line wun me progressive policy which would annihilate the Idsa that railroads are Institutions that must be mulcted at every opportunity. Had the suite against the roads been successful, It would have meant re ceivership and bankruptcy for many oi iii.m, ana general aepression as an inevitapie result. Hut certain In teresta did not seem to care for this, The shortsighted policy for suing mi.ivvfvr .mi, is puwiuie, anu with out regard for consequences, runs riot. iiiereare those who would cut off uieir noses to spue their races, so iuuk as uteri) u a suit in prospect. The Supreme Court Is to he com' mended for Us sound Judgment. Facta About Matches. It IS estimated that, for aar.h mln. ute of time, the civilized world trib. j.vw.uw maicnes. 'mis is said to be the average for every minute of the 24 houre of Ihe day. Fifteen hundred billion la the number for the entire year. Small and Insignificant as It Is, the match demands as much attention In the choice of wood Involved In Ita Hjaiiuiacium aa any OLnar roraar. nm. duct. Only the choicest portions et the uesu weee are suiiaDie. oapwood, knotty or croaa-Bralnad tlmnar .ill not do. Instead of being a by-product, the little match la turned out at hun dreds of mills over the country where the by-product, are bulkv objacu like .uc.Bc.H.jr wopa muice. aiiow tiiese small grains to This Is an usual season In Missouri beln t0 ftl1 down and grain to shat- In fact, It has been a peculiar year ter ''ri1 outer coat begins to thus far, upsetting the common run mllow and It Is then not only mora of farm practices In so many portions re,,s,"d t7 hogs but Is more easily of this state. digested. The result Is that the question of Etc" mtn mut be his own Judge Emergency. Catch las to th. Emergency Crom in hi. n. Crops Is well nigh a oaramount latua. tleular case. In maklna ud vour so says Will D. McKee. welt known mlod to sow, drill or plant, be sura In nearly every county of this state t0 blr ,n mlnd the soli Is warm and as a successful farmer and farmers' r Bo'ttire and that the growing Institute lecturer, of near Polo, Mo. " from the time you put tha Unlntoth. lait hair nt u.. in eeed In the around Is at ira hM many neighborhoods th. dry waathar Your "ope will com. forward with a aided the chinch bugs and neeslan ouod ,rom the drst-and It Is far fly In Injuring much wheat. In man letter for your land to be busy nro. caees leaving the wheat not worth I ' thes. valuable Emergency th. binding. Tills same dry weather ,U'n t0 mowing bramble prevented some of the late nlantin ana lnd Hie whole accursed cat- of corn from coming up. Many farm- ,ogu, of ,eds t0 Pollute the soil for era had planted their corn very deep ,eirs 10 com'- to get the molature-when the soak- '- ' Ing rains began this seed corn In Our Big Territory, many fields rotted. Wet weather eon. ti. ...l. . tlnued. preventing r.ol.ntin. a,i. . ."" -" w"u" on " "e,n ihanlH i?1 ? "ted 11 ,!f U,e w''"ylncl..rlngtheprelmlnary Kr bVfor. B.T"C,r Cf0,S 'njP'e" of national supervision. Ti e l L v . . " of the opportunity may be Judged Just what hmergencr Crops should t,nm ,i, ..' , as to whe her he Is a live slock farm- teen colonics and more than twice er.a grain farmer or a renter. For that 0f Texas. While tho Alaska iTr'nH1 "fl.k f4.r,"Cr. V" tHltur. I. at llbert j to punnrtlln .mJJ ?m1 ""i" am' """. Congress speaks the last lut V. . . . . . l,,B "O""" H'Krd to them, so the course 1st Is as narrow as his type of farm- of developement will substantially be ng. Mr. McKee does not discuss In shaped In Washington, lly voting a this connection the new and notel sum not to exceed r..000,000 for the crops but sticks strictly to the time- railroad now going forward between a k,wneytajd.bj. Ho has seaport and the Interior Congress haa reached these conclusions, based on taken an Interesting step In govern- ! own eiperlence. ment ownership. The llvo stock farmer, as late as or Aliurn.tti,ir.,n.,i,.,.. alT ifk after July 1st, can put a portion of 000 In 1807. This sum Is nearly 'hal'f his catch acreage In sorirhum Earlv In. Amber Sorghum being mighty fine, and la In a like class as a profitable this Is a atandard early maturliml ln...m.nt i .... j. variety In Missouri, sowing eighty to merchandise shipments of over Ml, a hundred pounds to the acre for a OOO.OOO, headed with 112,000,000 gold nay crop. There are many other sor. and.if.iionn.Mn.1. t ..... ghums that range from Amber to I designed to reach navlhl. wat.ran.i m :.?J "0' fl"'lnl Sudan Orass, coal lields In th. Interior, encourage of varying value on Missouri aol It. I .j deposits. Within a few years th. prob lem of a coal supply In our Pacific In terests will be settled. It Is In the American nature to move westward and grow up with the country. As r.ew ra cowpeas will mature aufti elently to make a most excellent qual ity of hay, rankloir In value with clover or alfalfa. Sow from a bushel to a uusnei and a half per acre, de pending upon the richness of the soil, the ocean has been reached In thla vast, i ii. easily at the Head of march Its future drift must be north tne list as a ror aire crop for hoirs. and Lud .n,,ti liar tit Tli a lit Ima-I can be pastured with sheep and cat- zatlon of a railroad not to exceed 1000 ne uy using proper caution, iiann ln,n.. . i...n. ...,i .i.. ..... ... . r- .miim (i. ii,iii .in, .11. IWUJUb .bail. will bloat cattle or sheen If turned on I i, i. ..hk.i.i. n r...... .1... ... -. ,M...I. .V KWIIW, -miirai umor rain ami es pecially If these animals are hungry. Hape will appeal to live stock farm- ers, both on account of the quantity ofsucculect feed It will make and the cheapness of the seeding. Four to seven pounds of Dwarf Kssev U about the quantity, and Is one of the best varieties to sow In Missouri at this time. The live stock farmer again has his The big territory of 600,000 square miles Is no more a desert than were the "plains" of sixty years ago. It la a wonderland of a somewhat novel type In our history and will tltwell In to American manifest destiny. The Georgia Mob. If there was lack of proof that Leo Frank's trial was unfair there Is no choice between Hungarian or German IUC,) le now Tla uob which hung millet. He can sow Hungarian mil- around Governor Slaton'a house re let later than most of the oth.r cently has supplied all and more then Catch Crops, and do so with tha enough of the missing testimony. promise or getting a cood cron of I The commutation of sentence by good hay. This crop should be cut ll" governor more than ever proves about the time the seeds In the heads 1,19 'tr.mt doubt of Frank's guilt, are In soft dough, for the highest and T,ie governor's statement confirm best quality of hay. the surmise so widespread In the' Both the grain and the live at-k United States that Frank was, In fact, farmer can sow German millet. Tha tried by th. mob, convicted by the grain farmer can harvest for both moD nd aentenced by the mob, and hay and seed. The seed represents a that the forms of law at the trial were cuh crop and can be shipped like completely subordinated to the will of wheat or oats-at the price mlll.t I the howling canaille outside. seed of this variety has been selling T,1B conspicuous fact In the whole ror several years put this ought to disagreeable business Is the courage of be a money-paying crop. Th. rich I Governor Slaton. He and the one overflowed land should give splendid mmDe' ot the pardon board who vot- returns wn.n put to uerman mlll.t. I lur cuimuuiaiion oi r ran us Buckwheat, In the lanoruair. of tha sentence are two Qeorglans brave street, Is a crop not to be sneezed at anough to stand upforthejurysystem, on lands poisoned with cockle burrs, foranuncontrolledcourtandforaver morning glories, cotton weeds and' diet according to the law and the facte. other foul pestiferous annuals. vor The mob spirit aga'n let loose upon sure smother crop buckwheat rank. nigu-ana there has always beenirood aaia lor me grain. it migni. wj soma seem roollsh to suggest soybeans or common field corn In this connection, yet we have naa seasons when Ito San. Earlv Ulack Dwarf and some other early varieties of soybeans would hav. mad and did make splendid crops of hay of me nrst quality, rich In feeding vaiug. Hickory King, Wisconsin Number Seven, Pride of the North and Red Ninety Day are reliable varieties eighty-Ova to ninety day corn. Some ot these I have grown myself and can recommend them especially for very late planting. Abandoned wheat and other amati grain field, may well be eaten down by bogs. I would much rather grind damaged wheat or rye for hoge-but we art not always aires our int Georgia by the commutation shows that It was In the face of a desperate situation that Governor Slaton acted, and that It was only with the utmost disregard of his personal and political fortunes that he held up the scales of Justice Impartially. Cloud-Bunt A heavy cloud-burst passed over the south end of the county, between Forbes and Curzon a little past & p. m. on Wednesday last, June 30, and so badly flooded the railroad track oM that for aeveral hours all traffic was suspended. All the northbound trains were held at Forbes and-the south bound at Forest City. These tralna did not begin to move until 2 and 3 a. m. the neat morning, u.m n. Alb... ... ... j mftmm -l-u. Hl.lll, WUU la BbbWHl- law the aummer school at tha Man- Tine Normal, earn, ovar hoaaa for tha 4 i 1 ett