THE ACR A SEMI-MONT~HLY
PUBLICATION
Vol VII.
FRI-DAY,
r,1. S. S. M. SUCCEEDS DR. COOLBAUGH
WITH FIRST PLAY
OLITAN
BY THE' n:ONTANA STAT.E SCHOOL OF MINES DECEMPEf{, 21,1928
~lontana Societ~of , at Butte High Engineers Meets a Montana Mines
Stefansson Lectures
VISITS MINES
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The School of Mines scored a big Among the events which took place in triumph with its first dramatic venture. At eleven o'clock on Nov. 15 a general November was the very interesting lee"The Admirable Crichton," which was assembly was called to give the students ture delivered by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in presented last Saturday in the High an opportunity to hear Dr. ·F .. M. Ooolthe Butte High School Auditorium. StefThe Montana socieWof Engineers beld €chool Auditorium, with Mrs. Converse baugh speak. Dr. Coolbaugh is president ansson is a noted arctic explorer who .not their meeting in the 'Metallul'gy buHdlng as director. It is to be hoped that this of the Colorado School of Mines. He was only is an able explorer but is also an in- of the Montana state School of Mines. may become a precedent in the school. introduced by- President Thomson, who teresting speaker. His lecture was secured Mr. L. V. Bender, chalrmitn, introdUced The play was one of J. M. Barrie's very is an alumnus of Colorado. through the State University and all pro- the speakers of the evcmlng, and their well-known ones, with a subtle humor Dr. Coolbaugh spoke at length upon fits, if any, were to be given to the A. S. I respective topics as follow&: that it is very entertaining. It was rather that ancient and time worn theme, "the S. M. to be used in reducing the athletic Mr. Arthur Linfortb on the- USe and difficult to produce, and Mrs. Converse value of early training." There are' none debt. construction of Engin~ring Models and ,aimed high when she chose it. of us who realize what an immense value Promptly at eight o'clock President Mr. E. S. Perry on the Geology of the It went off, as all who saw the pro- lies in the impressions that are formed 'I'hornson introduced the speaker and he Morrison Cavern near Whitehall, Mont. duction will testify, with a smoothness in the famed plastic age. Of our entire stepped off the stage. For the' next three Mr. Linforth, the first speaker of the that bespeake excellent direction. From enrollment, none of us realize just why hours the rather small' audience was ta- evenmg gave a detailed acCOunt 61 biB 8: 15 (yes, the curtain rose on scheduled we are here; at least that is what Or. ken to the heart of the arctic by Mr. own and assoeiates' expe:t:de?cesin the time!) when the Junior High School Coolbaugh believes. We don't know what Stefansson. He made clear the fact that making of models for engineering purposchorus of 54 appeared, to Crichton's "No, the student body at the Colorado School things north of the arctic circle are not es. He elaborated upon the ingeniouS my lady," at the very end, there was not of Mines is like, but if Dr. Coolbaugh's as our childhood school books .would have devices developed in m~~ h~ghlY aceara hitch. ideas concerning college students in gen- us believe or as our forefathers have to.ld ate mod~ls.. One of eopeClalInterest ~s_ Tauno Hintalla and Jean Siderfin Corry eral are gathered from a study of his' us. He Iisted several things about Wh1Ch the application of the pantograph to sli as the leads did remarkably well. Both own student body, then we can thank our we have long been under the wrong Im- cing out sheets of "gaged",modeling clay have had experience in previous amateur stars that we are the M. S. S. M. pression. .for contoured surfaces in deve10PiI?-g 000plays, and both put their utmost into The beautiful thing about our educa1st The arctic is not exceedingly cold. logic model surfaces direcUy-from topotheir parts, which were by no means tional system is that college training isn't 2nd There is plenty of animal life. graphic maps. Thus, surfaces can be dleasy to portray. Jake Brunner as the compulsory. Those that realize the value 3rd There is plenty of plant life. rectly developed from small scale drawold gentleman With the fantastic ideas on of college training come to college; those 4th The North Pole is not'the most ings. Mr. Linforth's talk, while' espeCially the subject of equality (fanta:;tic as jud- that don't, do not come. Many men real- inaccessible place in the arctic. on .mlne, geologic and topographic models ged by the standards of a typical Enlflish ize the value of training, but other re5th The arctic regions are a relatlve- their construction and uses; also includservant, at least), did equally well in his sponsibilities prevent their attending the 1:1small portion of the northern hemis- M discussions on machineand other types very difficult part. Leah Torrey and higher institutions of learning. Dr. Cool- phere. His lecture was vividlyillustrated by nuPear! Hirsh as Lady ~1ary's sisters were baugh's address was particu:arly enco~'6th The arctic furnishes a shorter rnerous models of all descr1~)tions. Those a.ll that could have been xpected ot those aging to these men. There IS no denying route to the far East. of especial intcrest were of local mines, haughty, indolcnt young ladies. Tweeny, that many of our older students appre-, 7th The explorers should not be her- and regional geology. H!s account of a.s portrayed by Margaret Helehan, drew clated his Ideas on training past twenty- , oes because they do not endure especial the choosing of "scales" and their rela. more laughs from the audience than any five years of age. It Is a pleasant thing 'I hardships. In fact fuey enjoy the life of tions to turning out a symmetrical model other character. Her acting was indeed to know that you never learn anything the far North. was of great interest. excellent. Linford Torrey was so much after thirty. It Is hard to teach an old 8th The white man can live on a meat Va. E. S. Perry is head of the GeologlLord Brocklehurst that It wa.s difficult to dog new tricks. If Dr. Coolbaugh is right diet. cal department of the Montana State believe that he was acting. Howard El- in his views, there should be an imme9th Eskimos don't live in snow houses. School of Mines and his tIllk was on the derkin and Don Cubbage dld the parts of diate ban placed upon professors going lOth Eskimos don't eat fat. geology of the Morrison Cl).veDistrict and the clergyman and the budding humor- abroad to study. The fountains of knowStefansson described his first trip to also well illustrated by slides. By sketchIst extremely well. Bessie Ellis, who too~{ ledge at which they drink at that senile the arctic and the disillUSioning he under- es, he illitstrated the fomlation .of the the part of Lady Brockelhurst on short age of thirty-five years produce no more went. He told of his later trips and how eastern caverns by leaching along joint· notice Is to be congratulated on her effect upon their mental facilities than he and all his party lived on a meat planes of masses of limestone between the SPirit. Last but far from least is Ambrose the proverbial pouring of water upon a diet for months and months, noted doc- de,'p gorges of the regional drainage S15Shea who did many parts equally well- duck's back. After all, this prolonged tors notwithstanding. tf'rr.. He contrasted the Morrisson Cay. Tompsett and the Admiral. period of infancy that psychologists tell The latter part of the lecture was given ern with those of Kentuclq. The stage hands, under the leadership us so much about, and that distinguish over to pictures of the arctic shown on Morrisson cave is 'sltuatetl in the high of Pat MaUock deserve much credit tor the human race from the lower tortru; .o! the sreeen. The summer scenes were bluffs on the north side of Jefferson Rit.heir work, as also the wardr9be mistress- anJ~r-': ute is only a- dream~ green with grass and showed many flow- ver in the extreme south st corner of es, Bessie Ellis and Margaret I!"':;j, and It' may be true, l\oliners, that a man ers and birds, mosquitoes, caribou, and Jefferson County 43 miles ~ast of 'Butte the electriCian, Monroe 1'""5&er. never gets a new idea after he Is thirty. myriads of other life forms. The Eski- and one mile east of Lim~s~ur Station but Faraday wasn't going to Oxford when mas lived in tents and more modem The entrance is about two tmrds way up he discovered the ptinciple that was des- shacks. Then the winter scenes showed! the mountain side, about 1000 feet' above -
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tined to revolutionize the power industry. the ice and the snow but still some life As for the co-eds, don't be discouraged. was apparent. Cleopatra could stili wreck.Anthony's amThroughout the lecture Mr. Stefanccon b}tions after Caesar's son started learning made the arctic decidedly clear. Above all to make pictures of the birds of the Nile he was humorous and a very good story £lat.er develQoed w.t4 the EItYtlti.an 1II'ri<:T. ThOl!e who misse1i him ~ed a t\ng s'Y..w.m.) and Q.u~n E\.\7.abethcould rare treat and we can only hope we get a. still make Sir Walter's heart throb after chance to hear him again. her auburn hair was turnlng gray. There Is a hope, you know. The latter part of Dr. Coolbaugh's gi speech was upon the broader scope of enneering. It could be appreciated by
'l'en billion pounds of copper, two billion pounds of zinc, 350,000,000 ounces of silver and 1,600,000 ounces of gold have en the production to date from the few square miles cOT.lprising the Intensely neralized area ot Butte, A. C. M. Geol- all of us. He pointed out the increasing o:;l.!:t Murl H. Gldel told an audience of demand in all industries for men trained 7 students and mining engineers at the in Engineering, apd widening field for Montana state School of Mines recently. the engineer. It gave us a much greater ThIs amount of metal, according to the appreciation of the field that Dr. CoolJlll!tallurgical faculty of the School of baugh knows, than did his little disser. es, would do the follOwing things: tation upon the invincibility and supref th 1. 11 the copper produced from the macy 0 you. Butte area were drawn Into B. and S. No. Whether they agreed with him or not, 10 wire, It would reach 2400 times around the students agreed in thinking Dr. Cooltbe earth or 126 times to the moon and baugh himself an interesting, kindly and back. l>ympa-thetic man. 2. The zinc, In the form of the same S wire, would reach 619 times around MR. McQUAID LECTURES AT MINES tbe earth or 32.5 times to the moon and
CUPID TAKES I THREE VICTIMS
the level of the river and is perhaps one half mile back from the river. The rugged ridges of this moun region, commonly rise 1000 feet ab drainage and occasionally 2~OOfe utJIauds in placEs are of t':f' topography with broad areas un tivation. The valleys of the larger are characterized by flat bottolll& are frequently bordered by aUu races. Invariably the slopes are steep. The topography has reached stage of development commonly termeda yotthful.
.HEARD FROM DON MITCHELL
IF I WERE A COED
If I were a Miner, I'd speak for myself.. If I were a co-ed I wouldn't make so I certainly would ~ot refrain from asking
Scranton, Penna., Dec. 9, 1928 Dear Whoozis: Wht in the ell. Gwen sent me a copy of the Acropolitan and what do I observe but the artistic spoon of C. M. Harrer in the editorial soup. First I would like to say that the paper is better than I have ever seen it but don't let that blow up your ego because you will always 'f dbe 'ta
much noise. Every time one of the co-eds starts for class you can hear her over In the ne.xt buili:Ung. And 1hi~ distl'&Cting. to the miners who try to study once in a while. If I were a co-ed, I wO\!ldn't spend all of my time In the girls' cloak room. 'I'd be out in the hall trying to amuse the miners. They need amusement often. If I were a co-ed, I wouldn't publish
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Mr. McQuaid lectured before the Mines' 3. Silver we of the .Mro.e cross-secstudent body on the measurement of temti 1area made at all the silver produced peratures and the control of heat. His in Batte would reach five and one-tenth lecture was fully illustrated by a rema!ktimes aound the earth or extend about able display of temperature measuring half wayto the moon. instruments and control apparatus. He 4. The gold wire would reach only discussed the relative merits of the many tbree-quarters of the way around the types of thermometers with their methearth, but jf made into $5 gold pieces the ods of manufacture and ageing. He then resulting stack wol11dbe six and one-half deviated to bring in the vital factor of miles high. humidity and its relation to temperature. llr. Gidel sketched the general geolo-, The discussion ran the scale of control in gic history of the Butte area, beginning ordinary bread making to mine ventilation with the pre-ClUIlbrian rocks, which he., factors. The topics. of barometric presstated were probably some ?OO:OOO,OOO sure, osmosis, and vegetable diets were years old, follOwing the succ~1Ve de-I discussed also. Of especial value was Mr. positions of strata until the time of their I McQuaid's. delightful hints on how to in 'on by the Boulder batholith, of handle scientific instruments to get good whlch the granite area .about Butte rep- results. .
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Mr. Gidel next took up the system ot ft and illustrated by numerous diagrl1l1lS the intricacy of the faulting and of Ihe vein pattern in the Butte area. He explainedthe methods employed In locating underground displaced vein segments. Mr. Glde!also discussed in considerable detail the zonal area of mineralization in the Buttehill, pointing out that the central COre of copper mineralization is surroUlldedby a zone of zinc mineralization and that In turn by a border of manganese mineralization. Mr. Gidel also stressed the notable absence of oxidized copper minerals in Butte and stated that this was to be explained by the large j:l.mount of pyrite in the veins whic}f pxidatlonproceeds causes the formation of a considerable amount of sulphuric aQ~dby whichthe coppel"'in the out-crops is dissolVed and~carried to a lower horizon there to be precipitated as secondary chaIccciteand covellite.
Mr. McQuaid is. field .representative for the Taylor Instrument Co., and a real talker~h what?
MR. BENDER SPEAKS AT THE l\fiNES
Mr. L. V. Bender is the charter grad of Montana Mines. He graduated in 1903, in a class of one. At present he Is general superintendent of the Anaconda Reduction Works, and chairman of the Montana Society of Engineers. Mr. Bender was the third of prominent loca.l engineers who have contributed of their time and valuable experience to enlighten the ignorant college engineer in the ways of current practice. This completed the third of a series of lectures held under the auspIces . - 0f th e, Mon tana State School of Mines. Mr. Bender's talk ]las quite general and covered his own vatied experiences as superintendent of one of the largest reduction warks in the world. His discussion of the laying and aging of converter bottoms was especially Interesting. The Wanted. lecture ended with the asking of- numerous inquisitive questions by various facExpen toreadors with Spanish instincr. to throwthe bull for the Acropolltan. In ulty members and two studen~, in which other Wordswe want voluntary contri- the festering sore of th'e "Carson Patents" was touched but touched only. bUtors; college education unnecessary.
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a girl for a date because she seems "surrounded." Maybe she is just ~on~ -is waiting.nor a cil.Frlce-to I5reak away. WOUldn't act insolent and as though I didn't care for a girl if I really did. t wouldn't resort to subterfuges to give her a slam when you' have fallen out. I'd either try to clear up the misunderstanding, or else I'd just be friends. There Is. nothing gained from having a chip on
damphool and I know th'dit even 1 you t on g t . articles in the Acropolitan telling of the your shoulder. I Id 't think t th wou n 10e How are you,and e new preSl en e - sumptuous feeds we have and feeling I If I were a letterman -yo ting along? "sony for the miners. I'd see to it ~hat I was too much bet er an anyone e.., .imentary beds differing in hardnesf,hint I am right in the heart of the anthratl 11 t dl ' I'd wipe that look you have off my face,. "Extra-paper all about the big shoot- at a past history, and are suggestve of ~ite coal country here with a gallows ley were a E. uld 't ta t f if I were you. If I had a good time at "a ing!! Extra-pa-per!!" a pre-existing physiographic surfaee dif- frame in everybody's back yard just like Cl::S ~:=r;h: ~h:~o-e:; sI'drsta~~ party, or such, I'd say so. We rush to the Window to buy a paper, ferent from the present surface. thOSe Butte except that the town IS about 250,f th d I kin I wouldn't judge all the Co-eds by some anticipating a big thrilL And it comes. who have studied the geographic story 000 including polacks. The miners are alone and make one 0 e goob 00 dg of them. I'd give the rest a chance. If .... t sou thward wing all organized and have thmgs . Lo, Cupid, that inveterate and hardened t e11 0f an a"Clen arranged mmers take me there. . (Query y a co-e a girl spoke to me, I'd say •Hello , I would _.. criminal, is the murderer, with the ~lood drainage emptying into the Snake'River so they can make their 10 dollars a day Who is he?) n't just nod my head or give her a friel1 d of his victims hardly dry on his arrows. System. They tell of .changes in t ele- by working 4 or 5 hours. About 2 0'If I were a co-ed, I wouldn't start for ly grin. Do both. If a Co-ed turns' you And the victims? Well, well, and a cou- vation of the surface, of the the mn- clock in the afternoon you can see them home with the rest of them. I'd start down at a dance with the excuse that her pIe of whoopees! The headlines scream, ing of stream valleys, of stream trailing home blacker than Coalies hide alone and see to It that I wasn't alone program is filled, I'd give her another "One killed and two thought fatally and of marked changes' in the co for none of them change clothes or wash when I arrived there. Notice that the chance and not take it as though she wounded in sensational fray!" these ancient streams. . at the mine (probably afraid of catching ones who follow this policy always have were trying to ditch me. If I disapproved ve Is cold.) I was down in a big mine the dates. Don't get too excited. All boiled down, The development of Morrisson of a Co-ed, I WOUldn'tbroadcast my opin:' it amounts to this: that the M. S. S. M. closely associated with this old toP'1'Bphy other day to look at some machines with If I were a co-ed and wanted a date, ion. They could come back, but they. is no safe place for any single man or and the change to a new and low. sur- the foreman. He kept t~lling me to watch I'd pick the one I wanted and vamp him don't. If the Co-eds ever started a truth woman these days-that is, for any out- face. out for the trolleY,keep my head down, a little. He'll get dizzy and fall for the party, I pity some of the egotists that' side the ranks of the stUdents. There Geology. don't stumble, etc., till I felt like explain- suggestion the first time you mention it. might attend. If I were a" Miner, I must be something romantic in the old The cave is developed in Madison Ing to him that I had worked In places If I were a co-ed, and winter came, I'd wouldn't think I was superior to the Coplace, after all-in spite of its extremely Limestone, that great limestone tol'ma- where they wouldn't let him push the car. discard the silks and get out the good old eds. They're here to stay, and there is technical air. tlon so conspiciOus and widespr;ct in I didn't tho b.ecause he was bigger' than red flannels. I don't see how they stand no reason why your attitude toward them No sooner do we hear of Miss Hubbard's Western Montana. This same .forlUtion I was and his face had been cultivatect the cold weather (and none of them will should be any different than it was to resignation than out pops the news of forms the high white cliffs of tl)e Galla- sever.al times with brass knuckles, pick explain it.) your classmates in High School. her marriage, which may have been tin canyon, five miles ea_st of Bozeman. handles, etc., until it looked like a relief If I were a co-ed, I'd invite my favormeant to be kept a secret but which has It forms the high massive limestone cliffs map of the Rocky.Mountains. ite miner up to the house on Sunday woefully failed that purpose. Joking aside, west of Dru~ond. It is common in the I just ate lunch with a fellow who spent evening and try to teach him how to play PERSISTENCE Mrs. Evans has our sincere wishes' for neighborhood of Dillon and also near Gt. 4 years in Cerro de Pasco. He left there bridge. But I wouldn't entice him into many years of happiness. Falls. In the Kevin Sunburst .on Field 6 months ago and started work for this betting his favorite tie with me on a cinch There Is. no fate or destiny _that can And no sooner had we recovered from this linlestone serves as a reservoir for oiL company. He leaves this afternoon for bet and then make him go without it for thwart the determined s.ou!. The "cruel the effects of that than the little bird Eastward from Great Falls and Livingston New York and sails next week for the the rest of the evening. fates" which a~e dogging the footsteps. brings us word tha-t her successor, too, the Madison becomes deeply buried, but Paris office of this company. I told him If I were a co-ed, I wouldn't wear my has fallen victim to that extremely dan- it comes to the surface'again in the Black to drink a couple for me. skirts so shol't and show my knees. The of so many people and baTl'lng their way: are in themselves. Their lukewarmness, gerous germ usually termed love. So soon Hills and Prior Mountain uplifts. Some . I may be coming thru Butte in a couple miners are always more Interested In what their half-heartedness, their indiffe17ence, Mr. Browne, so soon! And to top that: investigators have suggested that the or three months and if I do I will look they can't see. their lack' of enthusiasm, of energy·, of the newest faculty member, too, our very 'r Mammoth Hot Sp~gS of YeIl~wstone you up. Merry Xmas to you and write If I were a co-ed, I wouldn't act so congrit, their fool streaks, their own~~hort-. taIlest professor-need we teIl you the Park derive their lime content durIng.the when you have time. Any letter sez:t to ceitpd. It's one thing that ma.kes the comings of every sort--tliese are .the fat~s name? Ipassage of water through ·the MadIson the Co. office will be forwarded to me. miners mad. They are a democratic lot. that-are keeping them from their own. Well, the only conclusion at which we Limestone which is believed to be present Here's looking at you. To complain of your fate, of being kept. are able to arrive after 'ponderlng on I at depth in that locality. -DON. down by hard luck, is to hold yourself these pieces of news is that the Mines The Madis?n ~imestone is of Mississiup to ridicule. Instead of sympahtiz'RITHMETIC must truly exert some matrimonial influ- plan age, whIch 1Sthe same age as thOi!le •• "....... ' .. ing, people will laugh at· you and -know ence. No professor seems to be able to formations containing Mammoth cave in I that you are trying to hide ·1our. weaj{-'; stay in the state of si~gle blessedness lon- Kentucky, Lurae Cavern in Virginia, WyWc grieve to tliink what has beness, your lack of selfreHance., NQ onE!: ger than three months after he comes andote Cave in Indiana, and the Carlscome of the Anderson-Carlisle SoHe had been teaching 'rithmetlc wtll take any stock in you while' you talk. here! bad Cavern in New Mexico. Paleograciety.· Sponsor of those deJ..ightful He said, it was his mission, phers tell us that during the Mi ssipsuch nonsense. .. _~ ; _banquets 'at which the elite of the He kissed her once then twice real quick, Your environment cannot .defeat yo,!r': ian time-one of the closing periOds to student body listened to talks of And said, THE DANCING CLUB DANCE the Paleozaic Era-an extensive sea was ambition. Nothing c~n defeat YGU or'·:r0J;i: "men who know," it has become as "Now that's addition." contiii.uous from the east central United you of success but yo.ursel!. . No c~ndl-; active as the dodo. Is it 'that the And he added smack by smaCk, tions, however ·inhospitable, can- swamp .. As a greeting to the happy vacation states westward into the Nevada and lecture s$ies has di!lplaced it? We In silent satisfaction, ahead, the Dancing Cltib of the Montana' Northward into _Canada. This m!ldltetyou, or thwart your lif~ aim-if you hav~:: . dislike that idea. The society gave She sweetly.gave his kisses back a life aim.' Your own weakness only can State School of Mines staged the first of ranean sea was .characterized by deposits more than a few ideas from dinner And saiddo that--your lack of determinatio~,:-your' its entertainments for the students, fa- of limestone, which during later periods speakers. It furnished the means "Now that's SUbtraction." lack of energy, your lack .of backbone,: culty a.nd friends Wednesday evening, was unusuaIly susceptible to solutiqn, beto students to train thcmselves in your lack .of confidence yourself. No· , November 28th, in Engineering halt cause of .its·purity, by underground water the behavior at dinners and similar thing in the world can make you '11. .non-· Everybody gave devout thallks while en-. One _of the most unusual features 'Of tl'le And he kissed her functions. Because of it, many entity; no chance, no conditions, no _enjoying themselves to the utmost to the Morrisson cave is.its develop~ent in deepAnd she kissed him students (and alumni) now know vironment, .nothing but yourself ca?· ~. merry strains of Mo~re's All Stars. ly dipping strata whereby it differ$ from Without an explanation, which fork to pick up first. It . that. You can be a nobody if you w!l1, The attendance was not very large, due all other noted caverns of Anlerica. The makcs us think of the quip we once Then both together smiled or a somebody if you will; it is right up _to the fact that many out-of-town stu- strata near limespur ,dip westward ~t an-I laughed .at: that dancing .wall a And saidto you. You can make a success of your dents had left for home and the usual gles from. 30 to 45 degrees. Not only compulsory subject at West Point. "That's multiplication." life, you can send influence down. th~: Then Dad appeared upon the scene preparations for a gala Thanksgiving had this, but the body of: Madison lirJ'estone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ages, or you can go to yourJ'grave a use-. kept others away. The faculty chaper- in which the cavern is developed is a .raAnd m~de a quick deciSion, less nobody, without ever having _mad::a. oned as usual, and it is hoped that th~ ther narrow block' on.e and a' hai miles He kicked the teacher down the hall NOTICE-Outside Readers. ripple in the current of the life 01 your club will be hosts. to such another delightAnd yelled, Wh~t do you thin.k of thla paper? ful affair in the near future. day. "That's long division." (Continued on Page 4.) Dirty- cracks will be repaid by lame. The gently roiling surface of tile uplands, which truncate steeply dippt". sed-
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