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Show So TKey Say! Wars are now entirely- enoonotnle in their origin. . .They are only, aa always, lost both by the victor and the vanquished. Bernard M. Bar- uch, American financier. Weather Forecast UTAH: Fair tonight and Thursday, Thurs-day, little change in temperature. Max. JLeuip-, Tuesday 72 Min. - temp., Tuesday 23 4 ! FIFTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 174 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1937 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE) PRICE FIVE CENTS run in LnJ uj LIU line rnn mn CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SETS DRIVE "Greater Provo" Slogan Of Membership Drive Here Membership drive plans to support the "Greater Provo" program of the chamber of commerce were formulated at a committee meetingJWednes-day. meetingJWednes-day. General chairman of the drive is I. E. Brockbank. Divisional chairmen appointed ap-pointed to head industrial-wholesale, retail and individual sections are George Ramsay, Charles Sessions Ses-sions and Bob Bullock. A sendoff breakfast will feature the start of the drive Wednesday Wednes-day morning- at 8 a. m. at which chairmen and staffs will meet to l coordinate their activities for the program. President Sidney W. Russell of the chamber will address ad-dress the workers. "'Members named to support chairmen ct the various committees commit-tees are: Merchants: Ed. Shriver, Sol Jacobs, VV. R. Butler, Ed' Firmage, Allan D. Johnson, Bert Crane, T C. Larson, Victor J. Bird, J. Hamilton Hamil-ton Calder, Les Ashton, Al Wright Harold Leven, Clyde Crockett Neal Tuttle. Lester Taylor. Walter Hedquist, Sterling Ercanbrack, Marvin Geese, Albert Dixon, Les Swisher, and Orvil J. Bonnett. Industrial: Orson Slack, Russ Traher, Sterling Price, C. T. Keig-. Keig-. ley, Frank J. Earl, John O. Bees-ley, Bees-ley, i A. Owens, Walter Adams Oscar A. Spear, Paul Vincent Dwight Packard, Ralph Nay lor Dean Anderson. J. D. -Watson. Dan Hunter and Claude Ashworth. Individuals: Denzil Brown, Ru-lon Ru-lon Van Wagenen, W. R. Green, Joseph Clark, Albert Kirkpatrick, H. A. Dixon, Frank Mullett, Earl Pardoe, Clarence Vacher, J. Edwin Ed-win Stein, O. R. Thomas. Howard Graham, Jacob Coleman. Harry Heal, Raymod Hobrook. D. H. Gove and T. W. Dyches. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON As Roosevelt turns more and more heat on the senate to obtain approval of his Supreme Court reform, the position posi-tion of the Liberals becomes like that of the victims of the Spanish Span-ish Inquisition. They are in great pain, but religious fervor comes first. Actually, their convictions are almost identical with Roosevelt's. They believe categorically that the Supreme Court should be curbed. They differ only in the method of approach. Roosevelt's scheme, they claim, is all right when he i3 in power, but not if a Warren Gamaliel Harding should be elected. They don't want to open the door for any president whether a Roosevelt Roose-velt or a Harding to have his way with the judiciary. What makes the Liberals increasingly in-creasingly unhappy is to look around and see such hard-boiled reactionaries ai Millard Tydings of Maryland, Josiah Bailey of North Carolina, and George of Georgia rejoicing at their stand. This, for them, is a crushing blow. Various reasons inspire the opposition op-position of the Liberals. All of them, of course, claim to be motivated mo-tivated by the same high and lofty purpose that of preventing &ny president, no matter who he is, from getting too . much power. But they have their personal prejudices besides. I LIBERAL ROLL-CALL j Here is the roll-call of the outstanding out-standing Liberals, with their personal per-sonal reasons for opposing the President's judiciary reform: Senator Hiram Johnson has been irked of late over the way the White House has been falling fall-ing over itself to appoint any and every Democrat some of them very mediocre whom the other California Senator, William Gibbs McAdoo, has recommended. Also Johnson resents the Admin-( Admin-( Continued on Page Four) Roosevelt Demands Speedy Action To Liberalize Court Disaster of 1929 May Be Repeated, He Warns, If Social and Economic Legislation Legisla-tion Is Nullified By the Courts By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 10 (U.R) President Roosevelt launched congress on consideration of judiciary reorganization reorganiza-tion today with a demand for action now "to save the constitution consti-tution from the court and the court from itself." The president appealed last night for speedy action. In a fireside chat he warned that the disaster of 1929 may be repeated within a year or two if his policies are not enacted and approved by the courts. - Denies Dictatorship mm Mr. Roosevelt challenged those editors Comment on Roosevelt's i Fireside Chatl Editorial comment on President Presi-dent Roosevelt's fireside chat follows fol-lows : THE SCRIPPS - HOWARD NEWSPAPERS: 'Through the president's speech last night ran a stubborn, somewhat defiant, insistence that his own ingenious plan for revamping the supreme court is the only plan to carry forward the purposes of the New Deal. "... the alternative of a constitutional con-stitutional amendment as a method meth-od of curbing the exercise of the judicial veto of economic and social so-cial legislation was waved airily aside . . . other possible alternatives alter-natives he ignored entirely, such as . . . that the court cannot overrule over-rule legislation except by a vote of two-thirds or more of the supreme justices ... it would be as speedy as the president's 'cure.' . . . It would be of more lasting last-ing consequence . . ." NEW YORK POST The tone and accents of the president, his earnestness, his avoidance of the rhetorical where the best answer to those who are accusing him of trying to be a dictator. Dictators seek to befuddle, not to explain Candor is one luxury they can not afford. Mr. Roosevelt spoke as a Democratic president to a Democratic Demo-cratic people... the dictator scare campaign against the president like the scare campaign in the last election, is designed not to prevent a dictatorship but to preserve a dictatorship the dictatorship of great vested interests working through their tool, the Taft-Hard-ing-Hoover majority on the supreme su-preme court or .he United States o o o o SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: CHRON-ICLE: All disguise is off. President Presi-dent Roosevelt last night declared de-clared open war, not, he said, on the supreme court as an institution, insti-tution, but on the mental, moral and physical fitness of most of its present members who sit on it . . . The language in which the president thus assails the competency com-petency and the integrity of the justices would be universally regarded re-garded as a gross violation of elementary propriety if used by Chief Justice Hughes against President Roosevelt. CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: DEAL-ER: If the American people are so overwhelmingly in favor of attaching at-taching the New Deal label to the court, as Mr. Roosevelt argues, one finds difficulty understanding understand-ing his unwillingness to submit a constitutional amendment to the same electorate, speaking through legislatures or conventions on ratification. Calendar Of Local Events SONS OF PIONEERS Important business will be discussed dis-cussed at a special meeting of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Friday, at 7:30 in city and county building. Full attendance is urged by Walter Taylor, captain. MASK CLUB Mask club members will be entertained en-tertained Wednesday evening in the Little theater at Brigham Young university by Georgia Ol-sen, Ol-sen, Fairview, Utah. Miss Olsen will read a three-act play. VETERANS FOREIGN WARS The local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a business busi-ness meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the Armory. who charge "dictatorship." He denied intent to pack the court with puppets. Again he presented to the nation his desire to appoint six younger men to the supreme court, expanding its membership to 15 if half a dozen justices beyond be-yond the 70-year retirement age refuse to leave the bench. "I will appoint justices," Mr. Roosevelt promised, "who will not undertake to override the judg ment of congress on legislative policy. "This plan will save our national nation-al constitution from hardening of the judicial arteries." The president sketched his projects proj-ects which the courts have proscribed. pro-scribed. He reiterated the soundness sound-ness of his policies, and said that recovery has come. But Mr. Roosevelt warned of trouble ahead and cited a "quiet crisis" now confronting con-fronting the nation. He said: "Recovery is speeding to a point where the dangers of 1929 are again becoming possible, not this week or month perhaps, but within with-in a year or two.t'' Courts Block Progress Mr. Roosevelt said his first administration ad-ministration undertook to make the United States "bomb-proof against the causes of 1929," but that national laws are needed to complete his program. The courts, he complained, cast doubt on congress' con-gress' ability "to protect us against catastrophe by meeting squarely our modern social and economic needs." Promising that his proposals would infringe neither upon civil or religious liberties, nor destroy any branch of government, Mr. Roosevelt said: "I am in favor of action through legislation. "First, because I believe that it can be passed at this session of congress. "Second, because it will provide a reinvigorated, liberal - minded judiciary necessary to furnish (Continued on Page Three) Violence Flares In Taxi Strike CHICAGO, March 10 (UP) Fifty-six strikers arrested on disorderly dis-orderly conduct charges following first violence in Chicago's taxi drivers strike were released under bond today. Municipal Judge Thomas Green who criticized police for their arrests, signed bonds for release of the prisoners early today. The men will appear in court as first peace negotiations are opened under direction of federal conciliators J. F. O'Connor and Thomas M. Finn. O'Connor and Finn arranged conferences with strikers' representatives and with yellow and checker cab officials. Open violence appeared for the first time yesterday when a cab operating on the south side in defiance of the strike was halted Several shots were fired as officers offi-cers rounded up the men at Yellow Yel-low Cab offices. Company officials 'aid the shots were fired by police Strikers said company guards did the shooting. None was hurt, and police arrested 46. Submarines Arrive GIBRALTAR, March 10 (U.R) The Ponte Vedra rebel radio reported today. that six Russian Rus-sian submarines arrived at Barcelona yesterday. No one was allowed on the wharf while the submarines . unloaded un-loaded mysterious boxes, the broadcast said. KIWANIS CLUB Five Provo high school students under direction of Eunice Bird, will present a play; and Harold E. Johnson, Utah Poultry association associa-tion manager? John Van Cott and and Charles Chase will talk at Kiwanis iuncueon Thursday at 12:15 p. m. In Hotel Roberts. BORAH, KING FIGHT COURT CHANGE PLAN Cummings' Plea For Action Stirs Ire Of Western Solons By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 10 (U.R) William E. Borah, vet eran Idaho senator, today led foes of President Roosevelt's court plan in an attack upon Attorney General Homer S. Cummings' plea before the senate judiciary committee for prompt action on the administration adminis-tration proposal. Borah and other opponents of Mr. Roosevelt's plan clashed with Cummings as soon as the attorney general had completed an hour's exposition of reasons for enact4 ment of the president's proposed) enlargement of the supreme courtj unless elderly justices retire. Borah Eager Listener Borah listened intently to the plea of Cummings that action was imperative to inject an infusion of new blood into the nation's judicial judic-ial systems. Cummings declared the need for the president's plan rested upon four propositions: "1. The impossible situation created by the reckless use of injunctions in-junctions in restraining the operation oper-ation of federal laws. "2. -The presence on the federal bench of aged or infirm judges. "3. The crowded condition of the federal dockets, the delays in the lower courts, and the heavy burden imposed upon the supreme court. "4. The need of an effectiv system for tha .infusion of rwvi" blood into the judiciary." Borah charged that failure of the Roosevelt bill to state what should constitute a quorum of the new court "very nearly abolishes the supreme court." Cummings said he did not agree but saw no absolute objection to amending the bill to state specifically specific-ally what a quorum would be. As Cummings concluded, the (Continued on Page Tnree) MISSING GIRL FOUND ALIVE DUCHESNE, Utah, March 10 (U.Ri Doris Mitchell. 20-year-old high school registrar, who "walked "walk-ed out" from a mountain cabin, was safe in her home today after the harrowing experience of being be-ing lost for nearly 84 hours in the snow covered mountains 18 miles from here. Miss Mitchell was located late yesterday by members of a rescue res-cue party, about five miles from a ranch house. She was in a weakened condition and unable to talk, having had neither food nor shelter since leaving the cabin early Saturday morning. Reportedly angered at a remark made by a member of the party. Miss Mitchell set out afoot More than 100 CCC workers augmented by volunteers conducted an organized organ-ized rescue expedition. Ironically, Miss Mitchell was found by Joseph Ivy, a member of the party "which she decided to desert. Her shoes were torn to shreds, her clothing ripped away by the underbrush and her feet bleeding from bruises. bruis-es. She had covered several miles through crusted snowdrifts approximating ap-proximating three feet in depth. Miss Mitchell had not been questioned ques-tioned today because she experienced experi-enced difficulty in talking. Her 15-year-old sister, Marie, also (Continued on Page Tnree) Lake Side Site Is Chosen For Easter Sunrise Rites Following investigations of City Commissioner Walter P. Whitehead White-head and George Pitzroy, a site 100 yards north of the Provo lake resort at Utah lake was tentatively set for the Easter Sunday . services. The site used last year wil not be available due to water conditions, Commissioner Whitehead White-head remarked. Although the new place is at some distance from the water, soil is good, adequate parking ground is available, and the area is near the main road of travel, he pointed out. More than 5,000 persons 2,000 more than were present at the Appointees , , ' ''' , t t s " W Ay J. WILLIAM KNIGHT itop i I - It r-WJjfc. .4 J 4 "1 mm J. W. GILLMAN 100 High School Students Aid in Staging of Opera With 100 students participating the Provo high school will present the annual opera. "The Marriage of Nannette," tonight for the students stu-dents at the high school auditorium auditor-ium under the direction of Ernest Paxman, vocal musical director. The students in the cast and choruses have memorized 203 pages of music, including 27 songs, choruses, solos, duets, and quartets. The opera will be repeated re-peated Thursday night for the public. Unique costumes have been furnished by the Hillain Costume company of Salt Lake City. The accompanist and student director is Orvilla Luke. The chorus consists con-sists of eight gypsies (girl dancers), danc-ers), four gypsy boys, thirty-twc girl villagers, and fifteen boy villagers. vil-lagers. The cast for the opera includes the following principal characters: Eyelyn Sutherland, Countess de Martigny, Heloise; Mayna Moffitt, her sister, Yvonne; Charles Spurrier, Spur-rier, Due d' antin, Frederic; Mar-jorie Mar-jorie Nelson, his daughter, Made-Ion; Made-Ion; Garn Harward, his nephew, Henrie, Marguis de Hauteur; Le-Roy Le-Roy Scovill, hjs stewart, Helarre; Elodia Ashworth. keeper of the inn, Mme Zenobie; Evelyn Clarke her daughter, Nannette; Sam Wil-stead, Wil-stead, Mme. Zenobie's son, a highway high-way man, Edmond; Alfred New-ren, New-ren, Edmond's friend, Roderique; Jesse Long, Edmond's friend Baptiste; Dick Ollerton, Edmond's friend, Jean; Ward Heal, a Gypsy Gyp-sy chief, Reporello, Eloise Bonnett, Bon-nett, a gypsy girl, Zingara: Grant Butler, a village youth in love with Nannette, Rene; Warren Kimber, village boy, Emile; Mary Beth Gray, a village maid, Yvet-te; Yvet-te; Dora Jane Strickley, servant at the inn, Susanne; Virgil Lamb-son, Lamb-son, servant at the inn, Marcell; Donald Christensen, town crier Pierre Parthenay, Paul Peay; Re porello's bear, Santo. -5 - record-breaking attendance last year are expected to attend. Growing popularity of the annual event is credited with the event coupled with popularity of the current speaker. Dr" Adam S. Bennion, prominent promin-ent state executive and speaker, will give the principal address. A program of sacred music, appropriate bible readings and pageantry tableaux is in preparation. prep-aration. Members of the committee In charge are Messrs. Whitehead and Fitzroy, H. A. Dixon, Rev. E. F. Irvin, and Mrs. Jena V. Holland. TWO PROVO APPOINTEES , CONFIRMED Gillman, Knight Escape Wrath Of Seriate Wrecking Crew Confirmed by the state senate, sen-ate, among; the many appointments appoint-ments to state positions sul mitted by Governor Henry H Blood, today were J. William Knight of Provo, member ot the state tax commission, and J. W. Gillman, Orem, member of the state board of public welfare. wel-fare. Mr. Knight's term expires March 31, 1939. Heretofore he has served as part-time commissioner on a per diem compensation basis, but under a new law enacted en-acted at the current session of the state legislature, he will become be-come a full-time commissioner with a salary of $4000 per year. Mr. Gillman's term expires April 1, 1939. Dr. Guy S. Richards, American Fork, was confirmed a member of the board of trustees of the state training school for feebleminded feeble-minded at American Fork. His term expires May 6, 1943. COUNTY FAIR BOARD NAMED Utah county fair will be held September 16, 17 and 18 here a reorganized re-organized county fair board decided de-cided .Tuesday afternoon. William J. Johnson of Spanish Fork, county coun-ty commission chairman, was re- elecled, japardLpresidenU . . L. L. Bunnell of Lake View was reappointed manager. Milton H Harrison of Springville, deputy county auditor, was rechosen sec retary-treasurer. A larger event is contemplated this year than last, President Johnson announced. Tentative budget estimates are for $2,300, or $438 more than last year, for premiums. Whereas last years' board included in-cluded 21 members, this year but eight with the three county commissioners com-missioners included will function as the board. Members of the board are Joseph Skinner of Spanish Fork; H. V. Swenson of Manila, county ' A. . I T " T" 11 A" T- inspector; o. n. ousweu ui rru-vo, rru-vo, county agricultural agent; County Commissioners Theron S. Hall of Springville' and Sylvan W. Clark of Lehi; President Johnson; Manager Bunnell; and Secretary-treasurer Secretary-treasurer Harrison. Event supervisors named are: Burton Adams, Pleasant Grove, agriculture; Ivan Burr. Orem, and Mr. Swenson, horticulture; W. H. Nlelson. Palmyra, dairy cattle; LeGrande Jarman, Lindon, hogs; Mark B. Hansen, Spanish i Fork, sheep; Verl Dixon, Payson, beef cattle. W. H. Anderson, Springville, Future Farmers; Mr. Boswell, Clarence D. Ashton, assistant county agent, and Dorothy Stewart, Stew-art, home demonstration agent, 4-H clubs; Edward P. Bentley, Provo, hobbies; William Andrews, Provo, floriculture. Mrs. Mable Stewart, Payson, home economics; Mrs. Bessie Gourley, Provo, applied arts; Frank Shelley, American Fork, community exhibits; John A. Johnston, Provo, poultry; Edward M. Banks, Palmyra, horse pulling; pull-ing; and Farrell Collett, Provo, fine arts. Poultry Expert Here Wednesday Carl Frischknecht, poultry specialist, spec-ialist, will meet with county raisers here Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the county agent's office, Clarence Clar-ence Ashton, assistant county agent, announces. Thursday at 2 p.m., he will address Future Farmers at Pay-son Pay-son high school; and at 7:30 p.m., will discuss poultry problems prob-lems in relation to feeding for production, and disease control at American Fork city halL During Thursday and Friday he will visit record keeping cooperatives co-operatives oT the county. Coppfer, At 17.475 NEW YORK. 'March 10 (UP) Copper sold at 17.475 cents a pound in the export market today, a new high since 1029 and almost 1)4 cents a pound above the domestic do-mestic nominal price. Administration Bill Rejected By Progressive Chief Executive's Bill is Amended To Conform Con-form To Senate Bill 2 Providing For $30 Per Month "Assistance" Plan SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 10 (U.R The administration's admin-istration's welfare program went down to final defeat today in the house when representatives loyal to the Herbert Maw. faction succeeded in amending the chief executive's bill to conform to Senate Bill 2, which provides for an old age assistance as-sistance (pension) program. The fight over policy to be followed by the house concerning con-cerning old age relief came when the welfare bill sponsored by Governor Henry Blood was Hugh Brown Says Political Spite Prompts Movement 'SALT LAKE CITY, March 101 LR) Hugh B. Brown, state liquor administrator who was rejected by the senate in executive session last night, today denounced as "political" the movement which j led to the investigation of his department de-partment and subsequent rejection of himself and two other commissioners. commis-sioners. Brown, G. M. Whitmore and Adam Patterson, Jr. the entire liquor control commission were rejected when the senate refused to confirm their appointments. The action was a direct result of recommendations contained in the 25-page investigators' report on operations of the liquor commission. com-mission. "We have nothing to regret A Brown said. "We are glad to be judged at any time on the record we have established in office." Members of the state public service commission, apparently facing eviction if recommendations of the investigation report are adhered to, refused comment. Their appointments, which were to have been coi.s;cered last night will probably be taken up in tonight's to-night's executive session. The public service commission was not discussed last night. There is a division in the senate sen-ate over the policy to be followed in regard to the commission, and it was predicted that a prolonged argument would probably come when their names are considered. Investigators, headed by Senator Sena-tor D. W. Parratt, asked for complete com-plete reorganization of the commission. com-mission. Rumors of a posible grand jury investigation continued to circulate circu-late through the capitol today, apparently ap-parently given impetus by the fact that the investigating committee com-mittee has records of six state departments in custody pending possible further survey by the senate. CHARGES FILED AGAINST DRIVER E. E. Pitts of Murray, driver of the car which struck and killed Mrs. Mell Allspach and Elmer Hardy in Payson at midnight Saturday, was today charged with failure to render reasonable assistance assist-ance to one injured at the scene of an accident. Pitts will be heard Thursday morning at 10 a. m. before Judge Don R. Ellertson in city and county building. The complaint entered against him was issued by Reuben Christiansen, deputy sheriff. sher-iff. Mrs. Allspach,40, Payson widow, and Mr. Hardy, 50, were walking on the highway opposite sidewalk construction when the accident occurred. Pitts apparently started to pick up the man, and then growing panicky, entered his car and drove to a lane between Spanish Span-ish Fork and Salem where he was found parked some 50 feet off the highway by Len Huff, Payson night marshal. He immediately admitted his car was the one striking the couple, whom he reported he did not see until after the crasu, and accompanied accom-panied Sheriff E. G. Dumell and Deputy Chris tlanson to Provo. He was released on his own recognizance recogniz-ance Sunday noon. Sheriff Slain JEFFERSON, Tex., March -10 (U.E Sheriff J. A. Brown of Marion Mar-ion county was killed early today by a charge of buckshot fired through the window of his home. placed at the top of the house calendar. Brewster Is Leader Representative Sheldon Brewster, Brew-ster, Salt Laxe, chief cohort of Maw in the house, took the floor and moved to delete section 2 of the administration's bil which provides aid for those 65 and over on a basis of need. Brewster wished to substitute for that section a provision making mak-ing the $30 per month "assistance" contained in Maw's pension bill applicable to this class of state dependents. A strong plea was made by Walter K. Granger for passage ot the administration bill in its original orig-inal form. He declared there was serious doubt as to senate bill 2 qualifying under federal requirements. require-ments. Strategy Fails Representative Gordon Wegge-land Wegge-land tried a bit of legislative technique, tech-nique, and moved to retain section 2 of the aarainistration bill and add thereto a provision that if Maw's pension bill becomes law. Its proriiions relating' to those 65 and over should supersede the provisions of the administration bill. Speaker Joe Jensen ruled the motion out of order, took the floor and declared the effort to retain section 2 in the administration (Continued on Page Three) STRIKERS HOLD CHRYSLER PLANT DETROIT, March 10 UJ? Chrysler corporation today sought to remove approximately 6,000 sit-down sit-down strickers from .nine struck plants when its attorneys filed a petition ior an injunction with Circuit Judge Allen Campbell. The petition? filed as Chrysler and Union conferees reconvened to consider -a' "new formula" by the union for settlment of the strike, named as defendants the international inter-national union, eight high officials including President Homer Margin and 25 officers and members of Chrysler local groups. Lake Uiew IVard Homecoming Set Everything is in readiness for the Lake View Ward home coming com-ing and reunion announce the committees com-mittees in charge. The event, to be held Thursday evening in the Lake View amusement hall, begins with a supper at 6:30. A program and dance follow. Everyone, particularly former residents of the ward, is cordially invited to attend. A large number of tickets have been sold, but there are still a few available which can be had by contacting any of the committee com-mittee members. Squaw Creek, March 10. Provo Newspaper: Mush Hank blames state legislature legisla-ture for fish disappearing from streams. Hank says 20 years ago state fish and game department had $800 appropriation, lots of fish m the creek. Tfeis year nearly half mUHnn dollars for fish and game department and fish just about gone. JIayhe If appropriation is doubled streams will dry dear up Hank aya.r" Looksflike more money, less fish. Or something. PIUTE JOE. '? Piute p? |