FIRST
WITH THE
NEWS
THE EVENING SENTINEL
NORWALX’ 8 FIRST NEWSPAPER
ESTABLISHED 1870
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So. borwalk. Conn.. under the Act of March 3. 1879
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1925.
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New Hampshire Governor in Man Hunt
1.000 Al'illCd Men
After J ailbreaker ‘ ~
Chief Executive .Calls Out Militia and Takes
Charge of Attempt to Capture Outlaw in
Woods Of His State—Belief Is Posses Have
Man Trapped
MEREDITH New Hampshire.
Nov. 16. (A. P.)——A thousand arm-
ed men led by Governor Winant
pounded the brushes in the woods
on“ Meredith hill today in a fruitless
march for Frank George Fellows.
l‘ennesece jailbreakcr who shot
Constable George 1'}. Dow in Ash-
:and a week ago. ‘
Tile searches frim in their de-
:crmlnation to capture the outlaw.
retraced their sle s and prepared
:0 comb the woo again.
Two detachments of National
:uardsmen aided in the search for
Fellows and while some 01' the men
pushed through the timberland in
the face of a. driving rain and a cut-
:lng wind. scores of others patroled
:he muddy roads and guarded all
:he exits to the woods. where the fu-
gltive exchanged shots with a mem-
tier of the hunting party y.csterday
MEREDITH. N. 11.. Nov. 16. (A.
P.)—-It‘rank George Follows. Ten-
iessee jail breaker who has been
Hunted throughout New Hampshire
{or nearly a week. was believed
:rapned in a patch of woods on
Meredith Hill last night. Three
Hundred armed and angry citizens
1"}thde evtry entrance to the for-
while detachments of national
guardsmcn. from Lacoula and
Franklin, rodered out by Governor
Ninant. sped in motor trucks to this
village. At day'break they expect to
such into the under brush and cap-
ure their man.
Fellows shot and sellously 'wound-
ed Constable George E. Dow in
ishland last Monday. Possos of men
have searched the woods contin-
uously since then and yesterday
Frank Pellottee, a. former. special
policeman of Ashland. saw a man in
:he woods. The man refused to halt
11111 when Pellotteo fired answering
bullets whizzcd above his head and
:he man ran from sight. l’ellottee
was sure it was Fellows.
In short time. but not before
larkness had fallen. the woods were
Iurrounded by men who had rush-
id in motor cars from Asland. Lac-
min and Plymouth. all determined
:0 capture the outlaw who broke
tall in Nashville. Tennessee. in or-
ler that he might visit his. young
1 wife and baby daughter in Lancas-
ter. N. H. He was. believed to
love been on his way there when
Zonstable Dow attempted to arrest
llm last Monday and Fellows whip-
ped his pistol from his pocket and
diet the aged officer in the abdo-
nen. ’
[S FINED $32
FOR CREATING
A DISTURBANCE
William Gear: of Sniffcn avenue,
vas fined $32 and costs in the down.
own City Court. on the charges of
ntoxicatlon and breach of the
leaco by Judge Nehemiah Candee
his morning.
He was arrested by Patrolman
)avid Sniflen while creating a dig.
albums at the home of Robert
Davis. in Sheehan avenue about 11
(clock last night.’
LEGION 1111111
11111 1111111111
IN 1111110110111
Ehtéen members of the drill
of the Frank C. Goodfrey Post.
10.. 12. American Legion. were in.
dated in the 43 and 8. in Bridge.
~ ort. Saturday night.
{rho drill team took part in the
crude and gave an exhibition drill
I the Armory prior to the initia-
ion.
—-MULIAGAN’8 COOKIES.
Io old-fashioned kind. and Multi-
sn’s famous Crullers are for sale in
‘oreo all over this vicinity. The old-
tshloncd Cookie-include the follow-
I varieties: Ginger. sugar hermit-
mlussl. chocolate and oatmeal.
A 'nly the but of ingredients are used
_ 1 ranking Muiligan's Bakery pro-
ucila—AOV- . ‘
Poetry Disputed
Finds Purse; Gives
It to the Police
John Slocum. of Long Branch.
N. 1)., who was visiting Officer
Murray here, stepped on a
purse while he was walking
along Main slrcot in front of
Avlson‘s market last Saturday
at 10:45 P. M'. The purse was
turned into thepolit'e and later
claimed by M rs. l). Valentino of
16 Taylor avenue. It contain-
ed money. glasses 11nd keys.
HIGH WIND, NOT
CUAKE, DAMAGES
HARTFORD LINES
Report That Second
Earth Tremors Were
Felt In City This
Morning
HARTFORD. Nov. 16. (AR)-
ll‘elephone and electric light. com-
panies which this morning were
repairing considerable damage to
their several lines were inclined to
attribute the‘wdamsgo to the high
wind rather than to the slight
earthquake. Some persons today
declared that the city \i'as again
‘shaken this morning at 1:20 o‘clock.
although the force of the quake was
not so great as llyit of Saturday
morning.
About the time of the reported
quake today. the wind had attained
nearly gale velocity.
There was no seismograph record
of the quake at either Harvard or
Fordham.
SHAW 11.11 is
10 BE GIVEN
HERE FEB 5TH
Hordense Niclson and the perfect
east in ”Arms and The Man" by
Bernard Shaw will he presented
here under the auspices of the Nor—
walk Iii gh School Feb. 5. it was
lea rned .oday.
The production 1will be given here
by special arrangement with the
Theater Guild under the manage-
ment of C. A. Arthur of South Nor-
walk. "Arms and The Man" rim for
eight months at the.Guild Theater
and from there wasitransferred'to
the 49th Street Theater where it Is
now playing.
VETS 11111111.
ARMlSTlCE 1111
CHURCH SERVICE
The Norwslk Congregational
church held a. special Armistice Day
service evening. under the ads.
piece of the Central Veterans Com-
mittee of Norwalk. The American
Legion. Frank C. Gdofrey Post. An-
xiiiary. the Mulvoy-Tariov Post and
the William McKinley camp of Uni-
ted'Spanish War Veterans Were rc-
presented.
Rev. Ernest F. MeGregor gave a
talk "Two Swords." George Harris
rendered a vocal solo. "Let the
Peace Bells Ring Out.”
' so racnsse; 11111121) no.
*—
Charles Oil. of West avenue. ar-
rested by pMotorcycle Policeman
Martin Lengyel. for operating with-
out 3. license. was lined 810 by Judge
Nehemiah Candee in the downtown
City Court, this morning.
At the agent 12.
had two books of her poetry pub-
Nathalie Crane
lisllcd.. And how l-Idwaiyd Mark-
llum, lumorm'y president of the
Poetry Sbcieiy of America. says that
he doubts if the poetry was written
by her. that it appears to be too ms-
lure.
MAE MURRAY
WONT MARRY
SHEIK RUDY
At Least That’s What
Her Movie Boss Says
——Just Good Friends,
He Declares
CHICAGO. Nov. 111 —-—V1 ill Mae
Murray become Mrs Rudolph Vai-
cnlino No. 3 ’
"She will not." declared Iiurry
Rapf. vice president of Metro-
Goldwyn-‘\iaycr studios. who passed
through Chicago yesterday on his
way to Europe in search of new ar-
tists and stories.
The film magnate asserted posi-
tively that there was “nothing to
those stories" new current to the
effect that the blonde bewitchlng
star of "The Merry Widow" would
become the bride of “The King of
Shclks" as soon as the present Mrs.
Valentino has obtained-her Paris
divorce. \
He denied that Miss Murray and
Valentino. who are now both on
their trips to coincide with each
other.
"in‘splte of all unauthorised re-
ports to li1o contrary." said Mr.
Iiapf. ‘ “I can assure you that Miss
Murray has absolutely no intention
‘of marrying Valentino.
“Why.
perfectly good husband because she
claimed he came between her and
her art. Is it likely she'd bolooking
for another so soon? No. Mae and
Rudolph are just good friends."
INTOXICATED; ARRESTED.
Joseph Sovonsky of Meadow street
was arrested this morning by Patrol-
man Frank Straiton on the charge
of intoxication.
He'will be arraigned in the down-
town City Court before Judge Ne-
hemiah Candce tomorrow morning.
He was arrested at the South Nor-
walk railroad station. '
ADMITS HE HIT
BOY ON BIKE
Carmine Ciscolo of Waterbury. in-
formed the local police‘ yesterday
that it was his machine that had
knocked Stephen Knestncr, 11 years
old. oi Strawberry Hill avenue. from
his bicycle at the corner of Winfield
street and East In enuo last Sunday
evening.
. He stated that he did not know at
the time that he had hit the boy He
paid tor all the damages and settled
«no matter. He wuinot arrested.
their way to EurOpe. had arrangedl
she's just given up one
i DEATH STOPS
NH 1111 DANCE
iNE NORWALK
tiou Stops Friday
Night Affairs Be-
cause of Auto Crash
NEW RULES
Hall Will Be Available
for Activities That
Meet Association’s
Standards
Dancing in Community Hall, East
Not-walk. Friday nights, will be dis-
continued.
This action was taken at the meet-
ing of the East Norwaik improVe-
and announced today. _
The matter was brought up at
the meeting because of the recent
automobile crash West avenue.
in which Edward 11 by. 19 years. of
Clark street. was killed.
The driver of the machine in
which Kelly and a number of other
young people were riding. was Le
Roy Purketon. 19 years of Fly-
mouth street. 11 he was held on the
charge of manslaughter and opt-11'-
ullng a car while under the influ-
ence of liquor.
It was brought out at the inquest
into Kelly's death. before ('oiouer
John J. i-‘lielun. that those in the
var had attended the Friday night
dance at Community llall.
Several members of the improve-
ment Association learning of this.
resented the holding of dances in
that ball that brought notoriety.
in taking the action the women
felt that (‘ouununlty li:1ll Mouthfur
ltlc bctltwmnntnl (1f tl11‘\o1lll1 of .\'or-
walk 111111 the ball will be .'1:\ Iliuliio
at any time for bpskctlmll.
lugs or entertainmtnts th'It
‘ maintain the menu stand11'ti
PIANO FALLS
AND SLIGHTLY
' HURTS WORKER
Alfred )lshop. 3‘ Washington
avenue, Bridgeport. received 11.
slight injury to his back here Sat—
urday afternoon when a stair yol-
lapsed while he was helping to car-
ry a piano into 11 house on Day
street. The piano pinned him to the.
ground and at first he was thought
to be seriously injured. hfvmninu-
lion. however. showed that lie was
not badly hurt.
SHOOTS SELF
ACCIDENTALLY;
loss FINGER
.iosep Yasale. 19. of Wilton, acui-
dentally shot himself in the arm )‘I‘S-
terday morning at 11 o'clock. lie
was taken to Dr. '1'. 1". Scanlon. who
turned him over to Dr. W. J. Tra-
cey. Dr. Tracey found it necessary
to mnpulatc the index finger of the
left hand above the first joint. .-
\'asale is said to have been clean-
Ing his gun in the yard of his home.
DARIEN MAN
HURT IN CRASH
STAMFORD. Nov. Jar—Rudolph
Even. of Barton was seriously injur-
ed here late yesterday when a 1110-
torcycle on which he was riding
with his brother was struck by an
automobile driven by Thomas Hick-
ey of Stamford. at the intersection
of Tokeneke road and the lioslon
Post road in Darlen. ‘Evon was
taken to the Stamford hospital.
while his brother, 'i'homas.""v1as only
slightly hurt.
“I”
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OFF TO FIDBIDA
‘ H Walgrove of 13 Ohio avenue
inn yesterday morning to spend the
winter Florida. ."
Improvement Associa- ‘
merit Association Friday afternoon.
1111'1'l-,
I Another Car Hits
(‘hureh Yard W all
.hmtiu-r accident occurred
on “carport lllll urur Mortu-
ur)‘ turn this morning. but no
personal injuries were incurred.
. Nicholas Skillrsky of ti Gales
avenue. Mnnmlt N. .l.. was com-
lnt'.’ down “'csiport Hill to turn
lillu i-Last avenue at lzib A. .‘l.
“in-11 his ear skidded and run
into the church wall snapping
off his right front wheel. uud
«humming his steering gear. Uf-
“L‘t'l‘ llrown made the inquiry.
1011311115135
3 AT E. NORWALK
FOR COMMUTERSi
New Haven R. R. Au?
swcrs Request of Im-
provement Ass’n—
Lacks Passengers
Several requests for the continua-
tion of train service. which includes
the stopping of llio 5:35 out of New
York at the East Norwalk station
have. been received by the East Nero
\vziik improvement Association.
ifutll September 27 this train, No.
23\ stopped at East Norwnlk. Then.
upon the rearranging of the train
5(I‘C‘1IUIIS by the .\'1.- w York.l\'11vll:1-
Wu and liartuorrl Railroad the train
stopped only at South Nora alk.
Under the direction of. the East
letter 11:13 sent to l". L. Holey. puss-
I'nger traffic manager of the New
lluven it. it. at New Haven. ills rc-
ply was as (111101111, \vriitr 11 to 11 11111111-
!11‘1‘ of the association:
"Dear Madam:
"in reply in your favor of .\‘ov1'm
her «i. in hazard to our train. No. its“
due to leave New York t'li)‘ nt 5:35
o‘clock, “‘ulllll say that “e have had
several requests :-i1111lr1r to yours.
"The matter
fui consideration and a careful study
Imado of the rmucsts sent in, but we
do not feel instilled in making the
step. as it was found that there was
not :1_sulli1icnt numbm of passengers
using the t1'1in to l‘ 1181 \‘orwulk to
warrant it 11gtl1e11i11g of the schedule
'1-1tussn1y to make the stop with the
resultant delay and inconvenience
caused through passengers.
"When the schedule‘of this train
Was rearranged stops were made
where there was the greatest amount
of travel. in fact. there are many
stations where. stops are not made
that are as conveniently located as
Best Norwalk.
“if consideration was to be given
only to this one stop the matter
would be simplified. But considera.
lion has to be given to the whole
schedule and to steps all along the
line."
Mr. Coley ilu 11 111111 on to say that
liast Noruall.‘ is located only i and
JIM: miles from South Norwalk and
that there is a‘irolley connection. lie
suggested that if the trolley does not
make the proper connection with the
'trulll. that the commuters get in
touch with the trolley company.
AW
‘ sI-Icpmso CHARGE.
Officer lchrath arrested Chester
1.. Lord of 23 So. l'enataquist ave-
nue. layside. L. I.. for speeding
down West avenue. Lord furnished
a. bond 010350. Be is charged with
reckless operation and will have a
hearing in‘eourt on November 21.
HE KILLS HIS
'SWEETHEART;
$110013 SELF
JE {SET CITY. J.. Nov. 16
1111’). —-Joseph PalmerI. ".3 a North
rergen special policeman. early to-
day shot and killed his 21-year- -old
sweetheart, Miss Minnie Schlolssler.
in the bedroom of her home in Un-
ion City.
Palmerl then shot himself fatally.
A sister found the bodies upon her
return from a motion picture show.
She fainted and then. when she re-
covered. notified the police.
The latter believed that a. sudden
outbreak of a mental disorder
prompted Paimerl to kill twice in a
love pact“
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QUAKE.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 18.
I (Aim—An earthquake described as
"st-1 ere." was recorded today on the
Norwalk linpunement Association a.
. 1 later." she wrote.
has been given cure-3
101111. EE MINE ?
SHE WROTE 10
RHINEIIHEEN
More of Negro Girl’s!
Letters Introduced
at Annulment Trial
Today __
A FEW THREATS
Said in Letters She
Would Accept An-
other Unless He Re-
turned—Gave Up 2
“'lil’i‘li PLAINS. N. )1. Nov.
”PL—The fervor of the I11\'u letters
which Alice lb'llii'lve Jones. (laugh-
t1‘1' of a colored taxi d1'l11'1- first sent
to l11‘r husband. Leonard Kip Rhine-
lauder, during their courtship. grad-
ually changed to an insistant threat
that he would‘ lose her if he didn'ti
marry her.
'i'odny'. series of letters were filled
with demands of marriage and. at
the semi time. promised the greatest ‘
secrecy until the wealthy young scion
of an aristocratic family should have
attained his majmitv.
011 November al.1Alimewrote'
“‘lt“ you can't. 1'1111‘11‘ hour-s. i will htwci
to go 311 .i.\’ wuh someone 1.2m." it
Was at this time that Leonard was
uttt-nmng school. Two months later
Alice was even more outspoken:
"You are going to be mine now or
"I have thrown
down 1110 chances for you. i would
(cop things :1 dead dead sec r1- 1.
lt!‘ \ou are mine. I would kerp quiet
until you were will own buss.”
SHE IS FINED $25
FOR PASSING
STANDING CAR
A fine of $25 was imposed on.
Catherine North, of 8 Osborne ave-
nue. for passing a standing trolley
car on Main street Nov. ill, by
Judge. Frceuuin Light in the First
District Court this morning.
)lrs. North claimed that she had
not passed the car intentionally, be-
lieving the motornian did not in-
tend to stop. Miss Grace M. Adams
testified that the machine was with-
in a foot of her when she allgiited
from the car. Officer Conrail Miller
who was on the ear corroboratwd
Mrs. Adums' statement. Mrs. North
was admonished 'to be more careful
in the future.
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IUROR ILL,
MACRI TRIAL
IS POSTPONED
LITCIIFIELD. Nov. 16 (Alfie—ill.
ness of a. juror today postponed the
continuance of the second trial of
Olympic. Maori of New Haven for
the killing of John Bagnano. her al-
leged betrayer. ,last February.
Mott Darling 74. oldest of the ju-
rors in the box. was taken ill Satur-
day. Today his physician said that
tho juror would be in court tomor-
row. other jurors did not come to
town. as Sheriff Turkington had noti-
fied them all of Darling's illness and
instructed them to report tomorrow.
sucks AGAIN 1
011 THE DECLINE
NEW YORK. Nov. 16 (AP).-—In-
lllal price changes in the Stock Mar.
ket today were narrow and conflict.
ing. Extensive selling or the motor‘
shares caused the whole market to
decline at a rather rapid pace at the
beginning of the second hour.
GOES HUNTING.
Louis Orlando Wardell. note teller
at the South Nor-walk Trust Com-
pany. is enjoying a. week's vacation.
IGcorgetown .Univeflii! "Womb mill“
Hé‘will spend the week huntingfind
Iti_
Aft- ‘
1 Deed
. /
Heiress Weds
- _ )
“‘Illlum .‘lborc. son “Dilliy”
York's famous res~
his
Stafford (freon, adopted daughter of
cm. Edward 11. 11. GILccu, son of
lit-ily Green. Miss Staf‘l’ord was
adopted in the sense that Green saw
to it that she received an education
in her early life. I
GIVE LAND IN
HARBOR FOR
BEACON LIGHTS
of
Moore, New
lunratcm', took as bride Mary
Signed By (10"-
Trumbull, Is Filed
Here—Taken Over
By Federal Goverm
ment
A deal “as filed in the oft‘1ce of
Town Clerk llerbcrt it .Sluitll for
two small tracts of land at the en-
trance oi‘ the local harbor from the
State of t'ouueciicut to the United
States.
They are located 011 Sheffield 15-
land and will be used by the govern-
ment for the erection of beacon
lights.
The deed is signed by lovernor
John 'l‘1'11111bull. and was approved
in a bill that passwi the last ses-
sion of the State Legislature.
2 DRINKS AND
HE WOKE UP IN
A POLICE CELL
'l‘uo drinks and Rudolph Novak
ot‘ Saugaluek forgot everything Satv
urduy night.
Novak came over to Norwall; and.
according» to his story told in the
downtown City Court before Judge
Nehemiah (fundee. this morning. met
a stranger who gave him a couple of
drinks out of a bottle. The next
he knew was when he awoke and
found himself in a, cell at the City
Hall ycslcltlay morning.
lie was arrested by Patrolman
Henry Webb Saturday night near the
Norwalk Company‘s plant. in North
Water street and was in :1. helpless
condition.
Judge Candce continued -lho case
for two weeks. giving Novak another
chantc
STAMFORD MAN
IS FINED $25
James Duffy. of Stamford. was
fined :25 and costs by Judge Ne-
hemiah Candeo in the downtown
court this morning on the ciflrgo or
reckless driving.
He was arrested about two- weeks
ago by Patrolman Wallace Sammis
in Water street.
Attorney Daniel Hickey.
of the
law firm of Spell-re. Hickey and Rich
The Weather
57....-- ..
l‘urilulh t-lnutlv
folder twilight.
and slightly
'l‘lu'~1lr1' fillr till.
Wider,
'PIEIC‘EM'I‘II NINE—GEN? I
AY HAVE ITS OWN COAL MINE
PLAN TO WORK
DEPOSIT IN
TARLOY ST
Discovered Originally
16 Years Ago, Strike
Renews I1iterest in It
Waterbury Men (om-
Man Owns land
A coal mine running full bias: in
Norwalk. supply the city and sun
rounding territory with all the an-
f1,1rilsi111lust1'les and heat for
schools. church-*3 and factorle
likely prospect, it was learn today.
The land on which the coal has
been found is part of the farm of Al-
exander K. Morton,
in
The farm is located at " 1
Taylor angle and adjoins the Post
road.
Son“.
farmhouse :1 substance resembling
coal was found. Several experts proa
llOtlllCt‘ll the black stone-like mateo
I‘Iul cool, and. although there was
tail: of opening up the
Till; came of it.
At that time considerable public
city was given the “mine" and long
local newspapers as well as In the
New York press.
The farm is in the some area in
which is loeatcd the low swampy
land that crosses the Post Road at
this time. Some say there is a sunk.
t-n brook in the neighborhood which
111:1i11taln a smooth level road on tli
Turnpike. 'l‘llc l‘osi ltruati sags bad-
ly at :1 poiut 0:1 :1 line with this
farm and the roadway here is built;
on a tressle of logs. liven so, fre«
quently water has to be pumped to
the surface to keep the road from
.“iinatii1g” away. '
Tin-so facts are i111poriaut in con-
nection with the investigation of the
mine. Geologists know that coal is
found in land that was once under
water or when still is in a sc1ni~
submerged or marshy condition.
Also. it is known, that coal is or.
ten found in land that contains post.
This is known as a sure clue to
coal I11 various rations of the
Norton farm there are quantities of
peat.
Recently when digging; around the
well. a coal like, substance again was
found. Several chunks of it were.
carefully examined and to- satisfy
his natural curiosity. because there
had always been talk of coal on the‘
farm. Mr. Morton sent samples of ii;
to Storrs for analysis.
The renoit came back
samples were coal
)lr.‘\l01'tou tells of t. lIvIllg several
pieces of the coal found on his p10-
pcrty to 11 local coal denier. He
threw it on the counter casually and
asked if the tIt'illCl‘ knew what it.
was.
.\tt1_'1' :1 examination of :1
ends. the real man replied:
of co11rse—-it's coal."
“If it is." came back Mr. Morton,
“it is as good as any you have for
sale and I‘m not going to buy any
more of your coal because I can get
this on my Own farm."
Mr. Morton is the calm, conserva-
tive type of man. of the type which.
that the
few sec?
"Why
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Continued on Page Tue.)
WIND: STORM
DOES 11111.1 ‘
The wind and rain dbl a slight
amount. of damage in this city last.
evening. '--:
Sevmai limbs were blown froi'rI
the irccs about the city. )1: Sea.
view avenue. one of lhese limbs
struck one of the electric light ser-'
vice wires and broke it. put iht
rnlsson. it “as soon rcpared by
men from the East Norwalk light.
plant.
The awning: at the meat market
of Oscar Schullze .nnilroad avenue.
was damaged eonsidm able
Other minor damage 11:15 1'1po1't13d
at Stamford represented Duffy. “w
about the city.
ing Here to Investi-
gate —. Lock Shop
who is foreman :
the Norwalk Lock C0315 plant. ‘7
Tariov .2
street. which runs at a right angle to
"111i11e,"notl1c
accounts of it was printed in the :7
DAMAGE HERE:
lights in lbat vicinity out of com‘.‘
——Near Post Road 2.
HIGH GRADE '4
lhrnt'ite. they need to furnlsgi‘powei I
years :Igo‘vsheu a well was
sunk 1:1 the low ground back of the
has made it next to imposeible to
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