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It-May Be That Bok Has Revitalized League Issue Ili- Chall?'iiji?? to lrrt'('(tncilalili> to I'milurc an Alli-mati I'ropo-al Thai Will Arliirvr ami Cromc Vi orltl I'cacc Is a l'o?cr ISy l>\VII> I.AWIEKVrK Copyright. I'd. by Thr Ad>a>cr Washington, Jan. 22.? rEdward Bok has started' something] which, may ultimately Ijceome an issue in the presidential cam l pn^rn. LU""tt"s challenged the oppo-'i ^?fTitts of the League of Xations! ?Plan to make an alternate pro ?posal that will "achieve and pre-! seive*' world pence and then! promises a nation-wide referen-| 1 t0 determine which pro-| Kiam the American people ap-1 prove or disapprove. "ok ln11,,? parting shot to the n - ; v ,r.? ,n 1 ? ? ? ? ? " ? ? ??<! to i?v..s nr" !??"??> award has placed the responsibility for the nevtl move on so-called ??Irreconcll ... . ?or several years tlu v , bay been attacking the Covenant or e vIi-L-'an!"' ? N!,"on!i '?" without ^"s?irrU',lw siiiiueslloii as lie', ,'ll" I"0, r??'1'"l?n, the Repuh-I inii'!, ' i [ "an association on nations, hut no plan for such an in ternational organization has coin.' I <?!!>. .* McAdoo. aspirant for the Dem- 1 ?"al "c Presidential nomination 'as ? 'Vlmsed Mr. rink's nrst award and I U i?l m ' "V^'vor to rally to' 'Is Mile the people who hv their I al lots are today endorsing tile phin r?rj , . "f gallons will, suiiab.vl i\."inn.- safeguarding tin- suvr- 1 .1 <tate" '"dependencv of ih. I nil- 1 Will the Hi publican party f.tllow t ? irrcconclllnhles" who want tin world orga nidation or will it follow nit:, like Kllliu Itoot who liav. ii. iar< ,1 for a league or association nf nations. T!u> tangle of Issues in t'?e 1 campaign prevented a cloi.i 'ut mandate. especially sine, Itepufilj ca i- lli(, Herh. it Hoover, Chart. ?< I vans Hushes. William Howard Tall and Kllliu Hoot Insist,', I that a vol. tot M jiiiI I n ?- was a vote f,,r the I.' a. in- of Nations with suitnhie <?rvat!on*. President Cnnlldge In ,lU ,ns, spi.cli to Cmigrens spoke or the V' '"'"!"ion "B "?> closed incl <1. nt. hut while he may have h. .' u ' I'ltu: to recommendations en an ! alin- from him as chief executive ->r rio' i the Secretary of state ,,r .-ouise. had no wish to estni. i|,e \i? et lean piihl ic from iilscus-lr . nnvi practicable plan that might lead ti, Ah linT",''' Indeed. It N sal I ||r,t ? I. Ilpk at a conference with l'ns COOIIdKe last autumn ecinuiuit - ?e .itlor with the Plans for the referendum and that V- i(. , wa? Interesied in learning th outenme of the balloting. Approximately ;in organisation^ civic and Jralernal, relli'lous and nmi ? ~"C| linn, ''business, cnmmcicl.il social have taken ballot... f ,r ,'i u i I'll "mi nnioni! their members so Ilia. Hied Ilirt the "Irreconcilable" " roup become at the agitation In fa vor or the l.eaaue ,,r Nations plan that ? he> pushed through th.. Senat a r. solution nr Inquiry as to who wa? nnancJn? the rofe rendum. Mr. Hok has told the Semite committee of his part. Insisting that lie was upending Ills own money and that It was Ills' . gersnnal affaJr. To divulge the ex T>eiirtlturcs he makes in this case -If ?ii?t uliied? im a . ?f rluht. give the Senate tile privilege or Inquiring Intn any tiersotial alfnl" and by s i tin l. pit hi lei t v thereto nc quaint the wlinl, tvorld with thine* that are essentially private. !,nw\er* in th. Senate have doubled the Sen ales right In rorce Mr. Ilok to re veal what he spenrt* In n phllanthrn , I'ic ent erprise. I f . of course. there w?-n any proof of n? improper or# corrupt u?' of monry, the Senar committee in it; it t be able to com pi- 1 answers to Its r|ii?*tlon* but rtothln^ ^ ha* been adduced ?f that kind Mr. Hok .* readin?>** to finance a s. court I, war, I if th,. Senate commit, " J1' "f1 a" J?rv '"Id to through the ...000 pence plans and delect a better one Is an Indication of his Im partliitln he will spend Ills money t?? lliiRiiro a rr fercud u tn on any |ilan ??n. it d an nlh rnntlvr. |? thr Rt.n .?t< committer asaitiftt all p?>nm plnnit or will it pick one that It thlnkx Im practicable and '???cure the approval of H)e f'nlted State?* Senate? Mr Ilok -IiiimIh ready to tlvo *f, 0.000 t,, 'he author of the plan seh -eted b the .Senate committee either an mem her-* of a conMi'Hfional couiuiittee tn 0" Individual* and $:,o.00o when tin Plan Ik approver) h. th*' Senate ffM he Insists II ahould I,, a ? practlca ole plafl. The Senate committee waan't look ins for a houiharrlmcnt from Mr. Hok. He would ^e bn the defen?4i\ < Itn member!* thought, arid prohabh \%OUld r? \ a I fhaf other.* had fin-? ?nc*c| the ecla-nip; but he ha* not only ahown that he alone has fln anc? (I the pace award but that hi> Htandji ready to finance anfither awar*l If the Senat*- committee will act a* Jury Ml The upMhot of the Hok eplftode will be more rilMcu?*lon of th?> I.e?i;,,e of Nations or an a^oclatlon of nation*. JVhHt a Iternallve proponal will be of fcred ? Mr. Flok ha* challenved fh.? NEW HUM TttEATY IS SIGNED TODAY Washington. Jan. 2:?. ? The now rum treaty with Great Britain was signed at the State Department today by Secretary Hushes and Ambassador Geddes. They affixed their signatures to the aur?*ement which provides for extension of the A merlon n right of search beyond the three mile limit and permits JlrUlsh ves sela to brine ships' stores into American ports under seal. ATHLETICS ARRANGE x BASKETBALL GAMES An active schedule of games lias been arranged hv the Elizabeth City Athletic Association which promise basketball tans an Interesting pro gram of skirmisher until the end of February. The series will begin op Friday night at the V. M. C. A. building in a clash with Hertford. Other games will be with Kdenton. Small Cross ? Roads. Peerless Quint of Ports-! mouth, Apollo Club of Norfolk.- -and the last game with the peerless Quint in Portsmouth. The game Friday night has prom ise of being close and interesting. It is probable that Holmes. Mallard. Pwight. Alford and Morgart will ear ly the Flizabeth City colors. Jbck I'aum. on. of the local guards, i out of the running with an injured, foot and will not lie able to play soon. The Athletic Association has been working hard to keep Flizabcth Cit> on the map as a basketball town and they deserve the co-operation of the city in this series of games. BROOKS, JUNIOR. HERE F. 0. It rook a. Jr.. who is now with tjie St;ite Child Welfare Department, passed through the city Tuesday on his way to Manteo and is expected to return hfrre Thursday. Mr. ltrooks Is in this section checking up on child labor conditions following an inspection of the industrial plants in this territory last October. FALL MAY FAC.E PROSECUTION TOO Washington. Jan. 2:;.-- While for mer Secretary Albert Fall is sum moned back t obtest if y before the Sen ate committee concerning the Teapot Dome lease, the Department of the Attorney Oeneral announced today that it will have representatives at the hearing ready to institute pros ecution proceedings if any acts of unlawfulness are disclosed. COLUMBUS TREASURER OVER 830,000 SHORT Raleigh, Jan. 2:?.- ?A total of fJJlyj 529. fiG of county funds Is unaccount ed for In Columbus County by Coun ty Treasurer \V HHlelfrnifrn . Ing to an audit made ny the Stat*1 Auditor's department. ' The report of the auditors declares that the record of the financial trans actions of the county are in bad shape and hard to check up at all. MINERS ACCEPT REPORT WITH ENTIRE ACCORD Indianapolis. Jan. 2.?., The Men-, nlal convention of Fnlted Mine Workers today accepted without de bate the report of its conimftpt on officers reports, approving flu ac counting of his ad minist ration given by '-John Lewis, internal I pi'fj-i dent. This action was in sharp con trast to previous conventions In which the president's report has pro vok'-d bitter debate. < OTTON 3IARKKT New York, January 23 -Spot cotton closed steady this afternoon advancing 7"? points. Middling 34c. Futures closed at . the following levels: January 33:50: Match R-.1:Xi?: Mny 34:02; July 32:f?3; October 28:25. New York. January 23 ? Cotton futures opened this morning at the following levels: January 32:$r?; M a re h 3 : 1 ? :? May 83:30; Jul y 32:12: October 27; ST*. "Irreconcllables" to put tip their! plan to the American people. Thti ?does a private cltlxen with a fortune wh'TMi he says he obtained from fh< American people, presumably a* the editor of a successful periodical an I wants to give back to them In th form of service^ turn tMnj s npsid down here and force to the front at: issue that So many professional poll tlcians have declared Acad. It is a striking illustration of what a priv ate citizen with a disinterested mo tive can do In public affairs. Just Like Other Children All children like to play in the Rand. and Gloria Caruso, daughter c*C Mrs. E. A. Ingram, formerly Mrs. Enrico Caruso. Is no ?ucception. Her* ?he la at Palm Beach. Fla. Ask Robe Company To Locate In City A unanimous and enthusiastic | vote to extend the Hobe Motor Coin puny jiii invitation to locate its plant j and build its automobiles in Kliza- ' both City was the action taken Tues day night i?v the Chamber of Com merce meet in u which at that time heard the. merits of the Unite car an. I ? the advantages of Robe inetal ex-' plained in detail by representatives' ??f the company, as well as a stronu > and vigorous presentation of -what the location #?r the industr> her. would* mean to Kli/.aheth City. A committee nf the Chamber of Commerce was appointed 1 <> come to teruis with the KoheiMotnr Company and the company is now putting it k 1 proposition to the Kllzaheth City Cl anrber of Comtm'rce in writing. ? that there may I m* a definite and clear understanding ot the matter. The committee is to pass on this! proposition Wednesday night. If the proposition Is accepted, the Kobe Motor Company, It is said, will im mediately he ?-?in plans to move its plant to Elizuheth City. (!li'in?oii l'r?-si(!ciil Demi Washington. January 23? lir. \V. M. Iliggs. president of Cleniscrn Col lege, South Carolina, died in a hotel here last ni.^ht. SOUTH BUYING MOUSES Kansas City, Jan. 2!!? Demand for sound, unblemished horses for use in the Southern states lias made its appearance in this market. South-' ern buyers have been purchasing mules freely but until this week there was little call for horses. GAS GOES UP NYw York. Jan. 2" The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey an nouncel an advance ? >f two cents a gallon in tin tank wafeon price or uasolin- in North and" South Car.i lina today, and an advance of one cent in Virginia. Tlie new i?rices art 1 !? Cent/ plus State taxes. LESS I II \\ 10 MILLION Washington. January 2:*. Cotton ginu?*il prior to January ir> amount ed to ft. ft 4 6. 4 ft 2 running bales, in cluding 2'tn.Sftl round bale* counted as 1m 1 f bales, 21 SI bales of Ameri can Egyptian cotton, and 7s 1 ba'es of Sea Island cotton, the t\ S. cen sus bureau announced today. READY TO COMPROMISE Washington. Jan 2''. Republican members of tlie House Ways and Means Committee offered today to compromise with the Democrats oil the Mellon tax plan and frame a non partisan measure. Representative <?nrner. rankinu Democrat on the committee to whom tlie offer was made, did not definitely commit bis party -to a compromise. Cigarettes The Prevailing Feminine Mode On Florida's Bathing Beaches This Season Ily ltOVtF.ItT T. S.M \ I.V< Copyright 1 !? 2 I bv The Advance I 'a lin Heaeh. Pin.. Jan. 22. What is the prevailing feminine mode in Florida tills winter? rmiuestioiiflb Iv It is the clKaretif. Women sum., ?ers have long rciut'd to In* a novelty, hut the extent to which they are car rying the practice these days, while in no sense alarming to modern "society," never tin- less. is quite in trlgulfig. Tin* fashionable woman in Florida this winter Is prepared to -rrrrrr- -piTfr ntr purr u^m wr numrii" line escort at any time and any, place. In this respect Florida's fashion able place* arc making New York look provincial. In the gay metrop olis the cops still have orders to ar re.it any person in Skirts caught smoking on the streets. Down her.t in the to as you-piease summer tine atmosphere of Southern Florida, it Is a case of smoke as you please, and the ladies all seem to please. Madame and Mademoiselle jniok. morning , noon and night. Not so loim ago it was considered an affec tation. if not a downright conl- s: Jon of nicotine slav? jy, Tor a man to car i v cigarettes with him on the bath inn beach. This season the worn* n are dolpg it. too; and It's useless t > say they do not appear attractive t? the male in their bathing costumes under Japanese parasols, wlt,h light blue smoke wreaths rising all about them. The smoking Is done on the priv ate heaches and the public beach* with equal sangfroid. It is not custom peculiar to 1'alm Beach am! its'uitra set. It is equally the vir.ni at Miami I'.eacji and at cwn oth?i fashionable resort along tin lvasi Coast.. The beach bathers, who seldom no near the surf, earn their perfuimd and gold tipped Cigarettes to the beach in gold eases. The swimm'-rs tak?- alont their "fags" in t!i" original packav ?. afpl also carry their own matches, Th? i? Is always a "last dray" Just befor dashing in>o the waves. And sftfty Angers clutch for a new "shioke" tie moment the fair bathers are clear of the water. in the I'alm Ib-ach rolling chairs, with their Kthloplan motive powe,. on the hotel verandas, on the Ash Ing pier. In hotel lobbies, on th^ ev erglades links, on ths lake walk, on I house boat dorks*, wherever. In fad. ?that two or three Women may Im gathered together, it has come to be the exception to nee them without cigarettes. Kven in tin* hotel hall rooms, the female of the speoUs and the "fay" are apparently Inseparable. At Miami flench the weed equally Is in evidence. One encounters it delicately poised from feminine lips at the polo matches, at the bather*' dinlnu balcony overlooking the It ?? dining and dancing clubs. It has become perfectly evident that the use of the cigarette steadily is growlnu among women and the need* of ihe feminine tobacco ? n thuslast soon must be reckoned with Already in N? w York the newer theaters have tak? n the custom Into consideration and the lounge or ftitioklng rooms are open now to both | sexes. The result Is that almost as many women as men have theli seats between the acts to take a soothing smoke. Women traveler}? t f ? Florida an i complaining of the lack of srnokiiit j accommodations for women on board J the limited trAins hot only tho.s? that are made up for Florida travel.; but all the others that rfOs? II. <? country. Their principal complaint is against the Pullman Con>pan\. and it Is evident Mint befi/re Ion*.- th? builders of sleeping and parb?r ran wlff have to face the dcinftjid f?u feminine smoking rooms. \t pr? ?> ent the women s??> t!);i t only tho -?? fortunate enou g h to obtain Mat.* rooms or compartments can smoke i r< i any sort of comfort. Others have t ij retire to the r ramped dressing rooms which are *?t conducive cp i er to comfort or the full enjoy m? nf of the ciuarett" Men have smoking rooinn In each sleeper, aind tnost #> f the better trains carry club enrtf all for the men. Women have not as \ et had the hardihood to brea1< fnto > the club cars, but down here oti< ' hears threats of their doing so In the I very mar future. . Political equality for women al e p rfli 0101 < ot U oj "fiiii mDfl i , Ity. It Is contended by the feminist , j and the modern Woman smoker i preparing to demand the smoklnv rights and privilege* which have been ns exclusively accorded the man as once the hallot was. Cruiser Goes Down Rebels Rescue Crew \ml 1 poll Ailvi('i'? from ISrliH I .<-a<lri-? That Blo<-ka<l<-Tam pii-o Will ln> l!ai?r<l (auUcr liicliiniMiil Will l>c Withdrawn from M)*\irati W al?'i> HOI I.Kit FAI'I.ODKS AS 1 It VIN I I.IKS riltKhiiruli, Jan. 2". Tin* holler of tin* Kric Railroad ?-ii Kiii** Iwiulinu tli?? fnoriiliiu i?x Pivhs from I'itislinruli to Cl?*v?? latiil over tin* l'iltd?uruli k Lake Krie Railroad evjdnded today ai A l<| tii|? |>a. IVitiiny Iva tlia, wlill** the train wax rnn ii In u at tin* rate of -to mil? s an hour, kiilitiu tin* ?niiin?t?r. (??'or^?* Clark, tlo* It reman, Kuerhler. and the road fore man. J. II. Meade. UNDERWOOD FOR A SINGLE TERM In Srrunri S|n*?>cli of Caiu puipi l)<-nouu<-fs Bureau cracy anil ( Ioiiich Out for Longer I'rc-idcnl ial Term. Akron, Ohio. January 2:1 ? - A six ! or seven year term for presided, with a provision making the ?,x?,cu tive ineligible lor reelection was advocated and tin- bureaucracy. of lieiallfcin or funetiouarism as it ^ ?*x - Ms in the ('lilted States tod iy. wa at'acked by Senator Oscar W'.Vnd r wo? I in his .?"?conil speech oi his ? i up:i.f'ii f??r the Democratic i'res ; id? nt ia I nomination, made hen* to il. i. in t'oie the Akron Chamber 01' Commerce. "'Change the system of four >'? ir ? H'rms," said Senator Cnderwood, f".\lake the term six or seven years and make the executive inclligihle f <?r reelection and you will have re moved, nil temptation to further per sonal ambition; you will have liken out of the sphere of partisanship the one-man in the country' who should stand above ami beyond it. and you will httVe purified th" very air ifC politics itself, by giving lt worthier motives and loftier ideals." In speaking bureaucracy. Sena tor Cnderwoqd Main much time bad bei n lost but it is still not too late to strangle this detestable thing wkjch attacks and cats into the very vitals of government." | "In the 1'nlted States the evil was j pc.ice bred and war fed" said the I Senator. "War and /the after-thc ( war nourishment has grown into, a . monster." Before launching into his leading ? discussions the Alabama Senator paid high tribute to Akron <nid it industrb s and then touched lightly ,o? the foreign policy ot this coun t IV. "Should Rome new calu.str</phc i overtake unhappy Kurope I am clear in my mind." be said, "that the I'nited States would be Irresistibly drawn into the maelstrom ere the conflict ended. "We talk obout the foreign pol icy or the lack of It! 1 t 1 you (that till* .count ry'.s foreign policy is already hewn out for It by an ihex- ? o ruble logic of events. and that bly lnterwov??n with the tli^tiuh's of our sister nations overseas. It is !.;ck of vision Jo see this of which I have complained; for it Is </f this blindness, and tins alone, that a sel fish policy of inaction and aloofn ss is born." In present ing bis argument for a single term of either six or seven year', for presidents. Senator Cnder wood give a brief history <rf the guest ion as It was discussed in the first 1-Vderal Convention when pro positions ranging front a term of three years with posnible re-election to seven year- without Te eligibility, were thoroughly discussed. lie went i/n to show that once the states in convention de< bled that presiden tial term should be 4cveti years and tht he should be ineligible for re election. II- told th.it Washington could have had a third t??rm but re fused it and that Thomas Jefferson did llk' wi ? and gave i?s bis reason that "If soifte termination the services of the Chief M-igiStratc be n< i f i v i !y the Constitution, or - ipplied by practice, his office, nom inally for yatf. will In fact become to? life." Senator Cnderwood s.tld thai AjiW dr< w Jnck ii not only r? fused a third form hut even advocated a limit be Inserted in the r'iiiistitut ion, lie Hitid in the time of <#? int i he ffouiu* pussi-.J a resolution by a vote of 2'.14 to 1-'. endorsing the prece dent e f,?biMied by Washington. Setoilot l'nd<rwood. quoted fle'tHa mln Harrison and Woodrow Wilson, ? s having critic i?frd the present pres idential term arrangement. "Rell< \e the fiewly-elected Pres ident of his eligibility |o another term and lie will cease to lie the con fer </f political maneauver" ?ald 8en ( Continued On Page Four) Washington'. Jan. 2:;. The Aiiut ican rnii^T Tacouia went down as a r?'su It of a -al? last nitrht and mem bers of the (li* la Huorta faction of tln? Mexican civil war fawned all of I ho crow i \c?-|?t ili'i* captain and tho three radio operators who went down with Ihe ship. Two northers which besot the cruiser Taronia off Vera Cruz, whith er she was proceeding for duty in connection with activities of the Mex ican revolutionists, have done for the ship. Her captain and her two radio op erators are dead; lint the remainder of the skeleton crew l*ft aboard when the Tacoina stranded in the first storm have been rescued. The> were taken off the cruise* in the teeth of the second storm by leb el transports. The death of Captain Sparrow and two radio operators occurred through an accident in the performance of. duty aboard ship during the storm, according to a report of Consul Wood at Vera Cruz, but no details wero ut ven in the report. I Mexican "revolutionary leaders have advised Consul Wood of Vera Cruz of their decision to raise the blockade at Taiiipiro. Mr. Wood has been asked by the Washington (Joverninent for further information as to whether the block ade is to he raised permanently or whether its raisin:: is of at tempor ary nature. If t lie consul's reply Is such as to indicate conclusive!} that (lie do la liuerta leaders have permanently abandoned Ihe blockade, orders will be issued withdrawing from -Mexican wai< is ihe cruiser Richmond which is now sL'tidin^ off Tampico to pro tect American commerce. N K l \XOTIIKIt Ol I K? I OK >11 S( l.K SIIOM.S Wa:ihint.ti>n, Jan. 2::. An offer by the I'nlon Carbide Company of New York to manufacture fertilizer at Muscle Shoals was today transmit ted to Congress b\ Secretary Weeks. OKOIK.K 1) \\ IS W ll.l. KEEI? IIIS I'KOMISE "No was a pood .boy. he never Kiivc* in? bit of Irhulilc" said .Mr.<, Miles Davis. 107 Dyer street, of her only son. (ico'rge. who was killed In ;m accident. on hoard the S. S. Sa tant? of I lie Standard Transporta tion Company,' 011 which he was serving as seaman. Monday. Around the world almost, visiting many foreign lands, often in danger ous plares, (ieorge Davis has spent the 1'ist eight or ten years; and then had conic safely home ti. his native shore wljeti he met Ills dentil. About ?i year ago Ije promised a friend of his here in the rity to re turn in a year's time. ticorge Davis will keep his promise. In his 25th year he had followed the fall of t he se?:i since he was 17 years old. first joining the Merchant Marine, later trving other branches of ?er\-ire until ills last berth on hoard the Satanta. Tin* Standard Transportation Com-, pillly has sent the body home uiirr the funeral arrangements site pend ing ity arr-ivalv - ^ ? - ? ? ? ? = - ? * r. OASOMiNK CHICKS A I { K l.lkKI/V TO <;o lll(;UKIt San Francisco* Jan. 2.'!. De creases in California crude oil and gasoline production ar? responsible* for the increases In vasoline prices here and oil inen pr? diet that further advances will follow. Figure* Just made public show I u.';,m72iI 85 gal lons <*f fcasoline were produced ill this slat- ill December, or approxi mately iMnnt.oOn gallons less than tin month previous. Crude oil pro duetjon for f 1 1 * first two weeks of tlii* month indicates the total .Ian nary production will be about 2,000. nou barrels under December. On .la Hilars 1 there were 1 N 1 .7f?0,J5*S allon of : asoilne in storage in the state, or I'ss than two months' out put. I\< OMi: ON Ol I H KS ON Kit KI<;ilT I'KIt CKNT ( lift-ago, January 2.1 Tin- aver age Offb ? building In Hie I'nitM ?at' Ji m -a |mi|mi1<H Ion of 1,054 uhtl I* ;i litti- more th in 11 fttorlea'hfch. ^ mini in it i?? a *urvey m s< <1 ? by ihe ac-ouTit ing and exchange Comiuf'tee of tin Natl' riiil Association of Itu'lld Ing Owim-is and Manager*. Oft ir.' building in flnm??'v? r< nerc ? ?own to Ik- little* <-lt lea with fire de jutrtftient h. police fnrr*^, trui!?por'a H??u .syst "tii-. el&ifitng depart liU'TMs, lighting Ky.<teim, sewor*, water d# |;aitm? ?' ? Hfid other facilities? *lm Hut to t1io??? of modern cities. The .i v??rHgp taxable valuation U *!? f?4 a -qitnfo fot/t of floor spare, which mean? a valuation on the building averaging more than $ I.ono.ooO. The average net return to the owner I* ?t little under $85,000 a year.