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VOLUME 35
POISON LIQUOR STIRS MELLON
Colorado River Conference Deadlock Looms Again
ARIZONA PLANS
10 00 OH Will
NEVADA ENVOYS
California Commission To
Automatically Die But
Others Hope Parley
Can Proceed
DIFFER ON MONEY
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (AP)
The tri-state conference on pro
posed Colorado river development
closed today’s session indicating
but small hope that an agreement
would be readied with but one
more day for deliberation.
The conference will adjourn to
morrow night to permit delegates
to return to their homes for New
Year’s day and Monday the Cali
fornia delegation, named by the
last, legislature, ceases to exist.
Representatives of both Arizona
and Nevada will return next week
in the hope that some delegates for
California will be named to con
tinue the conference, according to
Charles P. Squires, of Nevada,
chairman.
Previously the conference reach
ed an agreement on water distri
bution but it is to be binding only'
in event that a second compact on
power and royalty payments he en
acted. It was this question of
power on which the delegates de
bated today and .which will occupy
the conference tomorrow, Squires
said.
Senator Johnson Elated
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (AP)
Advices from Los Angeles that the
tri-state conference on the Colora
do river development had reached
a tentative agreemnt on appropri
ation of the waters of the: Colorado
river, between the states of Cali
fornia. Nevada, and Arizona, eli
cited enthusiastic comment today
front Senator Johnson, Republican,
California, who is joint author
with Representative Swing, Repub
lican, California, of a measure to
aufhorize the Boulder Canyon dam
project.
"If the reports of harmony are
correct,’’ he said, "I am pleased, in
deed. f am interested not so
much in any agreement which the
conferees will reach as I am in
whether the accord means abso
lute elimination of the objections
which Arizona has raised to the
details of the project.”
The Swing-Johnson bill has been
reported by the House irrigation
committee, and awaits action by
the House.
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New Common Carrier
Licenses Out Monday
PHOENIX, Dee. 30 (AP)—The I
siiite corporation commission next I
Monday will begin the issuance of !
automobile licenses for common '
carriers in Arizona, it \va,s announ- i
ced today.
The plates designating the car j
on which they are to be placed to j
he engaged in the common carrier j
business will be exchanged free of J
charge to all licensed operators
for the regular 1927 plates and a
certificate showing that the re
quired fees have been paid for the
year to the county assessor. The
new carrier plates will be the same j
size i\> the regulation licensed plate
and will have black letters on an
orange banekground.
Western Auto Supply
Shows Big Increase
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (AP)
Earnings of the Western Auto
Supply company, which has 150
stores in eleven western states and
Honolulu, are approximately $14.-
000.000 for 1926, an increase of
$3,000,000 or 27 per cent over last
year, officials of the company an
nounced here today.
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CENVER GETS CHARTER
PITTSBURGH Pa., Dec 30 (AP)
—The University of Denver was
granted a charter by Phi Kappa, na
tional Catholic fraternity, at Git
third annual con''.atLai Let. iu..a.
A PAPER FOR THE jfArioM SaASSOCIATED «BS LEASED WIRE«<.
SIX PAGES
New York Hotels Prepare
For Record Celebrations
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (AP)—Ho- |
tels, whose banquet halls will at- |
tract thousands of celebrators to- i
morrow night, announced today
that all plans for the biggest and
most festive New Year’s observ
ance in New York history have
been completed.
All that remains, their managers
said, as they scrutinized seasonal
decorations and gave the final
word to the chefs, is for New York
to turn in early if it wants to get
a running start into 1927.
No curfew law. although it now
is on the statutes, will interfere,
according to Mayor James J.
Walker, who announced that for
this “special occasion” the three
o'clock closing of night clubs and
restaurants with music “is all off.”
Private parties in homes, cases,
clubs, and halls, will contribute to
the indoor feature o7 the celebra- !•
tion.
SEVERE QUAKES
BATTER DISHES
IN WASHINGTON
SPOKANE, Wash., Dee. 30 (AP)
—Violent earth tremors, which sent
alarmed persons running from
shaking buildings, were felt thru
out central Washington at 10 a. m.
today.
The disturbance centered around
Entiat in north-central Washington
where a chimney was shaken off a
house on one of the main streets'
and many residents reported that
furniture and dishes in their homes
were severely shaken.
The tremblor was- felt in Yakima
shortly before ten o’clock this
morning. Employes in various of
fices in the Federal building there,
reported that their desks were
moved back and forth by the shock.
Other Yakima residents within a
radius of five miles from the Fed
eral building also reported notice
able shocks.
A shock lasting two minutes was
recorded by the seismograph at the
University of Ganzaga, at 9:57 a.
m. It’s center was located 500
miles away. A few minutes later
resident-i of Yakima and Wenat
chee felt the tremors.
Similar light earth shocks were
felt here Dec. 4 when western
Washington and western British
Columbia were visited by earth
quakes.
Occupants of buildings in Wen
atchee ran out onto the streets
when the tremblor started furni- I
lure vibrating and dishes rattling.
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Flood
Toll Raised To Eight
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 30
(AP) —in Mississippi, in the Big
Black river swamp, near Jackson,
more than a dozen automobiles
were reported under water by a
flood inspection party which re
turned to Jackson from the flood
area tonight. With Mississippi's
flood death list standing at eight,
two bodies having been recovered
from Big Black river, members of j
the party said the death list might :
he increased when the water sub- j
sided enough to reach the auto- j
mobiles.
The bodies of the two negroes
were found recently in an auto
mobile in the Big Black river
swamp when the top of the ma
chine was cut open by divers.
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Extreme Cold Wave
Grips Florida Coast I
JACKSONVILLE FLA. Dec (AP) j
—Florida today experienced the j
coldest weather of the winter, re
ports from several parts of the
stats showing temperature,s of near
freezing this morning. While the
weather moderated during the day
a heavy frost was forecast for the
coast tonight and a heavy killing
frost in the interior except the ex- |
treme son'll yor'ion
WINSLOW, NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926
Ten dollar cover charges will be
| the standard price at the big ho
| tels, with here and there an ex
tra five added for an “imported
novelty for the ladies,” or because
the dancing will he supplemented
with a tableau.
Orchestras will syncopate the
seasonal festivities in five restaur
ants in the Waldorf-Astoria, and
in sixteen other rooms from cel
lar to roof.
At the Hotel Plaza, 2,500 New
Year’s eve guests are expected to
sit down to the $lO dinner. The
Ritz-Carlton has boosted its cover
charge to sls, and announced to
day virtually all possible' reserva
tions had been made.
At the Astor hotel all 29 ban
quet rooms will be used, and the
grand ballroom will be the scene
|-of a special supper and dance ac
| comodating 3,000.
Snowbound rlyer
Lives Three Days
On Barreled Beer
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Dec. 30 (AP)
—Marooned for three days with
his airplane in deep snowdrifts on
top of a mountain 12 miles south
east of Mexicali. Mex., during
which he subsisted on barrelled
beer was the unusual experience of
W. J. Barrows, a pilot of the Ryan
Air Lines who returned to San
Diego today.
, Barrows is believed to be the
first southern California aviator to
be snowbound. He said one ex
perience was sufficient to last him
a couple of winters.
Barrows was one of three pilots
from San Diego engaged in the
transportation of barrelled beer
from Mexicali to Tiajuana by air
plane. Piloting a small plane, he
landed his ship on a plateau 4,000
feet above sea level where the
beer was delivered in trucks. At
that time, Barrows said there was
three feet of snow on the plateau,
with a snowstorm in progress. Be
fore the trucks could reach him
over the almost impassable roads
from Mexicali, the snow had piled
so thick about bis plane he was
unable to take off.
The aviator remained with his
ship until this morning when the
snow had thawed sufficiently to
permit him to again take to the
air.
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New War Due Inside
Two Years, Sun Says
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30 (AP)
I —Another great war within two
years, caused by the culmination of |
!”■ period of sun spot activity, is j
j among the possibilities, according
I 1° Professor A. Tchijovsky of the
University of Moscow.
His paper, sent from Russia, was
read today before the Meteorologi
cal section of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Sci
ence by Professor V. P. Dcsmitt,
lecturer on meteorology at Colum
bia university.
The Russian declared that all j
| great wars had followed periods of
; intense sun spot activity.
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HEILMAN BUYS COLUMBUS
CINCINNATI, Dec. 30 (AP)
August Hermann, president of the
Cincinnati Nationals announced to
day that the offer to purchase the
Columbus, Ohio, American associ
ation baseball club, had been ac
cepted.
The Columbus club will be used |
as a farm for the development of 1
young players.
COLORADO MAN HONORED
DENVER Colo., Dec. 30 (AP)—|
Governor Clarence J. Morley an- j
nounced this afternoon he would j
appoint William T. Lambert of j
Sedalia. Douglas county, to the
state civil service commission.
Lambert was speaker of the last
House of Representatives. He will
on January 1 take the place now
held by William V. 'Roberts of Fort
Collins. i
KEYES INSISTS
HE'LL GO LIMIT
IN AIMEE CASE
Mrs. Wiseman’s ‘Turncoat’
Testimony Will Not
Halt Prosecution
Entirely, He Says
NEW CHARGES NEAR
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (AP)—
The next step in the Aimee
ple McPherson case, whether it
will be dismissal of the conspiracy
charges against the evangelist and
her three co-defendants or the
filing of new charges, remained un
decided as the second county grand
jury to investigate the affair clos
ed today’s session.
A bewildered public, vainly at
tempting to follow the intricate
case, was further puzzled tonight
by a statement by District Attor
ney Asa Keyes emphatically deny
ing that the case against Mrs. Mc-
Pherson, her mother, Mrs.
Kennedy, her former radio engin
eer, Kenneth G. Ormiston, and Mrs.
Lorraine Wiseman Sielaff. would be
dropped. Yesterday, the prosecu
tor declared that the dismissal of
the conspiracy charges was immin
ent due to changes made in her
story by Mrs. Wiseman, who dou
bles as one of the defendants and
also a star witness for the state.
He then branded Mrs. Wiseman as
a “turncoat” and “perjurer,” tell
ing “a new story almost every
day.’
Keyes Makes Statement
Keyes’ statement, today was:
“Emphatically, I will not drop
this case. While Mrs. Wiseman
has changed her original story in l
part, it is not diametrically oppos
ite to that she told on the witness
stand during Mrs. McPherson’s pre
liminary hearing. Instead, it is
more of an elaboration of the vague
parts of her previous testimony.”
The grand jury will resume it’s
inquiry Tuesday and court attaches
forecast that the present conspir
acy to obstruct justice charges may
j be dropped and indictments for per- j
jury and subornation of perjury j
substituted.
Roland Rich Woolev, Mrs. Me- I
Pherson’s former personal attor-1
ney, was the first witness heard by j
tlie grand jury and he was follow- j
eel by Leonard Hammer, also a
member of the evangelist’s legal
staff, at the time of her prelimin
ary hearing.
Denies Wiseman Charges
Wooley said he had been excus
ed from the oath of secrecy and
told newspapermen that his testi
mony had been a detailed denial of
the new story of Mrs. Wiseman that
it was he who engaged her to
manufacture evidence to clear Mrs.
McPherson,, whom the state con
tends was at Carmel with Ormis
ton during a part of the time she
says she was in the hands of kid
napers.
Attempts were made in the grand
jury room, Wooley said, to ques
tion him concerning negotiations
with Mrs. McPherson for the pay
ment of his hill against her for
legal service. Keyes then had de
clared that these negotiations had
nothing to do with the present in
vestigation. Attorney Oscar Law
ler, who handled the fee payment
negotiations for Wooley, said when
asked whether there had been a
break with Mrs. McPherson when
he offered to settle the bill, said
that was “Wooley’s business.”
Hammer was called to corro
borate Wooley’s testimony that lie
had advised the evangelist to have
nothing to do with Mrs. Wiseman-
STATE SlvYLliii ItKPOHTS
PHOENIX, Dec. 30 (API —Hur-
ing the fiscal year ended June 30.
1926, a total of 3589 weights and
measures in the state were inspect
ed and sealed as correct, said the
report of the state sealer of weights
and measures, filed today with Gov
ernor Hunt. Fees collected tot
alled $988.80. Inspections were
made only in those cities having
no sealer of weights and measures.
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HEAR ADMIRAL LATIMER
in Charge in Nicaragua
‘KING BEN’ WILL
GET JURY TRIAL
IN GIRL ATTACKS
BENTON HARBOR, Midi., Dec.
:3d (AP) —gome time after the Feb
ruary term of circuit court opens I
here, Benjamin Franklin Purnell,
one-time railroad tunnel watchman
and more recently “King” of the
House of David colony, “will be
] brought before a jury to answer
charges of having criminally at
tacked a former young woman
member of his cult.
Justice Ara Weldon so ruled To
day after completion of the tran
script of testimony at the arraign
ment of the aging cult leader on
charges brought by Mrs. Bessie
Woodworth.
For the fifth time since he was
surprised by state police in a mid- I
night raid on his colony in Novem
ber and arrested after a four-year
search, Purnell came into justice
court. As on each previous
sion, the “King” was carried in on
a stretcher borne by bewhiskered
followers of Benjamin’s faith.
Likewise, as on previous occa
sions the little courtroom, was
jammed, the crowd of curious ones
flowing over into the corridor.
At the conclusion of today’s
finale to the police court proceed
ings in the Woodworth charges,
Purnell, clad in the same fur-col
lared overcoat and cap he has
worn on each earlier appearance,
was carried back to his colony, his
$125,000 bail being continued. Os
this amount SSOOO covers the
charge ou which today’s action was
taken; the remainder is to guar
antee His further appearance in,
justice court on similar charges
brought by Gladys Bamford Rubel
and Ruth Bamford Reed, also for
mer colony members and two
capias actions.
Midenettes Prefer
Title To Pay Raise
PARIS, Dec. 30 (AP)—Striking
midinettes on the rue de la Paix
ara demanding one franc more per
day and insisting that they invent
ed sewing. This means, if they
win, about 20 francs per day—less
than a dollar.
This might have been arranged.
But when the employers retorted
that sewing was invented 100,000
years ago by the Aurignaceans, the
midinettes wanted to quit despite
the increase in wages.
"We are the little girls who in
vented sewing and we don’t intend
to have Aurignaceans take this
title away from us,” said the
spokeswoman of the midinettes.
“We waive the increase in salary,
hut we want to be known as the
girls who invented sewing!”
Os German invention is a small
umbrella that can be folded into
the top of a vanity case.
LATIMER LIFTS
CENSORSHIP IN
NIHAGUAiR
Simply Intended To Keep
Neutrality, He Declares;
Wounded Soldiers Are
Being Neglected
CITY IS HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (AP)
The dispute whether an American
censorship had been established on
radio stations in the Nicaraguan
neutral zone was settled today
when the state department an
nounced that one had been in ef
fect but had been lifted.
The department said it had just
been informed by Rear Admiral
Latimer, in'command of American
forces in Nicaragua, that a censor
ship had been established at Puer
to Cabezas and Rio Grande Bar “to
maintain the neutrality of the zone
by preventing the sbnding out of
military instructions or informa
tion by either side” in the faction
al strife in that .country.
“The admiral’ reported further,”
said the departmental announce
ment, “that all censorship on radio
stations in the neutral zone has
been removed by his direction.”
Until the announcement was
made, state department officials
had insisted they were without in
fornititiuii of any censorship, as
charged by Dr. T. S. Vaca, repre*
sentative here of the Sacasa Liber
al faction in Nicaragua
Wounded Men Neglected
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 20
(AP) —The Cuyamel Fruit com
pany's power barge arrived at
Bluefields today from Las Perla,:;
with 71 wounded liberal troops and
58 wounded conservative troops,
many of them in a serious condi
tion. Some of the soldiers had
suffered from their wounds for
two or three da vs without medical
attention.
Bluefields is df s< lH ed as one
huge hospital, and the American
navy doctors will assist in taking
care of th > most serious cases. The
killed on both sides are estimated
at 70. though exact figures cannot
be obtained". Many of the dead
are lying half buried on the beach
at Las Perlas.
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State Gasoline Tax
War Goes To Trial
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (AP).—
Motion of Oregon and Washington
urging the supreme court to dis
miss cases challenging the validity
of their laws imposing gasoline
taxes upon dealers and license
fees upon the operators of auto
mobiles were opposed today by
motor companies and individuals
who brought the suits. Briefs were
presented contending that the
court in consolidating and advan
cing the cases for hearing on Janu
ary 3 had decided that the contro
versy was within its jurisdiction.
‘White House’ Cake
Gift To A1 Smith
ALBANY, N. Y. Dec 30 (API-
Personal friends and political sup
porters of Governor Alfred Smith
in all parts of the country joined
today in celebrating his 53rd birth
day and the fourth occasion when
that anniversary was preliminary
to his induction as head of the
state government.
Congratulatory messages came in
unusual number from out of slate
points to suppliment the flood
which attested the governor’s po
pularity within New York —chara-
cterized by his ardent adherents as
“Al’s bailiwick.”
The gifts too, while in the main
of personal character, represented
a large territory. One drawing
particular attention of politically
inclined guests at the executive
mansion was a cake in the shape
of the White House. It was baked
by the governor's own cook, how
ever.
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4* PHOENIX, DEC. 30. *
4* (Associated Press) *
* Four hundred bottles of ini- *
* ported liquors, brave with *
:* gold medals won at interna- *
j* tional expositions were de- +
* canted today for the exclusive *
* refreshment of Phoenix sew- *
j4* er rats. Seized two years ago *
i * by prohibit ion agents at Globe, *
|+ tliey had done their duty here *
* as mute witnesses in the Uni- *
* tei.l States district court and +
* were destroyed by judieiiil or- +
* dev. *
4* Twenty-two copper stills, *
* ranging in daily capacity from *
4* live to 20<l gallons, were hack- *
* ed full of holes and carted to *
* tiie junk heap where they will *
* bo sold ns old copper for the *
* benefit of the United States *
* Veterans Bureau. The prohi- *
<• bit ion force, convinced that it
* is never wise to trifle with the *
4* most peaceful appearing of 4*
* pints, once it has passed the *
+ stake of adolescence, carried +
* thirty casts of explosive home *
* brew to Hie bed of the Salt *
* liter, where filthy were de- *
4* foliated by pelting them*
* against rocks. *
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Crazed Axe-Man’s
Victims Hunted in
California Town
WHITTIER, Cal., Dec. 30 (AP)
—Search for the bodies of four
persons whom authorities suspect
may have lx.en slain by George
Hassell, now held in Texas for the
confessed slaying of his wife and
eight step-children near Farwell,
I Texas, v. as being made here today
by the police.
The quadruple murder is be
lieved to have been committed ten
years ago and the bodies of a wo
man, thought to have been the first
wife of Hassell, and her three chil
dren, were buried beneath a house
on the outskirts of Whittier. Po
lice are perusing old city records
in an attempt to ascertain the
Hassell address at that time.
Police here were notified that
Mrs. George Hoffman, of Pitts-
i burgh, Pa., had told Texas author
i ities that a Mrs. George Ha,ssell
j disappeared from Whittier ten
| years ago. Hassell, according to
the report to the Whittier police,
I boasted in his confession® of the
Texas slayings that he had killed
“a woman with whom he lived”
and her three children in Califor- j
nia at about that time. He is re- i
ported to have confessed that he j
slew them with an axe and buried ,
the bodies in the cellar of their j
home but could not remember the j
address.
In the Texas slayings, Hassell j
also confessed using an axe
against some of his victims, shoot- I
ing and choking the others.
Photo Is Only Clew
AMARILLO, Texas, Dec. 30 (AP)
—The name “Maggie” on the back
of a photo is the only available
clew to the identity of four per-
rons George .J. Hassell confessed
to slaying in California, the New,s
is advised by it’s Farwell corres
pondent.
Hassell has thus far failed to
divulge the names of his purport
ed victims, whom he said lie kill
ed about ten years ago. Several
pictures were found, the corespond
ent said, but .only one bore a
Condition Os Fall
Is Considered Grave
El, I’A SO, Texas Dec. 30 CAP)
—Late reports on the condition of
former secretary of the interior.
Albert 15. Fall, sick at h'.s home
of pneumonia, were that he was
showing practically no improve
ment following his turn for the
worse earlier in the day. His
physician has no formal re
port for some time, indicating that
Fall's condition is grave.
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NUMBER 19
U. S, DRY CHIEF
ASKS GRANGE IN
192/FORMULA
Chemists Told To Search
For Something That
Will Taste Bad And
Won‘t Be Fatal
DEATH QUIZ OPENS
WASHINGTON, Dc. 30 (AP)--
Prodded by Secretary Mellon, gov
ernment chemists turned again to
their test tubes today in an effort
to find some denaturant for indus
trial alcohol which is not poison.
Realizing that such alcohol is
seeping into bootleg channels, Mr.
Mellon is not willing to poison
drinkers to enforce the prohibition
law. He W’ants the alcohol dena
tured so that it will lie too dis
tasteful to drink but at the same
time not poisonous.
The chemists, however, are not
so enthusiastic about finding a non
poisonous ingredient. If industrial
alcohol is to he made nauseating
they feel it must contain a small
portion at least of wood alcohol
which they declare is the least in
jurious denaturing ingredient.
New Formula January Ist
Mr. Mellon believes that a quan
tity of two to four per cent of
wood alcohol will not prove very in
jurious. He is not alarmed over
the new formula which goes into
effect January 1 containing 4 per
cent of wood alcohol instead of the
customary two per cent because
this formula will not contain the
pyrodine used heretofore.
Complete enforcement of the pro
hibition law is an unreasonable ex
pectation, the treasury head declar
ed today, and some people are go
ing to continue to drink whatever
they can get. He wmnts tire sub
stitutes and industrial alcohol so
treated that drinkers will he
warned by the taste and smell, that
it is not good.
Mr. Mellon does not believe that
the numerous holiday alcoholic
deaths resulted from denaturing
alcohol but rather that probably
too much drinking was responsible.
Even before prohibition he recall
ed, there were deaths from the use
of poisoned alcohol w’hich was re
sorted to by some dishonest deal
ers and drinkers.
Many Deaths In Fust
James M. Doran, chief of the pro
hibition chemists, went today In
Philadelphia and New York but of
ficials would not say that he was
investigating the numerous deaths
from alcohol in these cities recent-
As to industrial alcohol, Secre
tary Mellon is of the opinion that
its leakage into bootleg chanme’ls
has proved one of the main prob-?
lems of enforcement, as a result of
the shutting off of the sources of
supply from rum row and domes
tic distilleries. A special squad has
been ordered by Assistant Secre
tary Andrews, dry chief, to block
this source of supply;
In a prohibition review’ and pro
phesy, W. H. Stayton, national
chairman of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, refer
red to the use of poisonous dena
turants in alcohol and declared that
the “definite movement away from
fanatical restrictive legislation, es-
pecially in the field of prohibition
enforcement, will witness decided
acceleration in the coming year.”
‘Snooping’ Fund Hit
“As the year closes,” he said,
“the drys aie showing signs of
peration as they endeavor to main,
tain their fast slipping hold ojv
congress. They have lost out i't
the effort to secure a large appro
priation for ‘snooping’ and sj . in",
which means that the people’,;
money, while much will go to per
petuate the prohibition force for
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Arizona and New Mexico Fr:-
diy and Saturday lair, not much
charge in temperature.
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