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lltfREE BEASOHSUiV . "Hi
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR CLOTHING AT
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DEUEL KENTNER'S.
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We have the largest line
of Men's and Boy's Cloth
insr in Medford.
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(THE BIG CLOTHING STORE)
DEUEL & KENTNER, Medford
Published every Friday
A. S. BLITON, Publisher.
MBDFOKD MARCH IS, 1908.
SUBSCRIPTION ll-SO PER YEAR
malared In the poilofnee at If edford, Oregon
The Portland league team won
varna from the Santa Barbara blgb
aobool team ths other day. Well,
that't batter tbaa tbey aid last
enr,
i e
Tbe supreme ooart of California
' baa decided tbat It'a DO crime to
old np '-Francb restaurants" and
fotce tbe proprletore to pay (or Im
munity, by affirming to Hading of
to ooart of. Appeal In the Mcnmltz
case. Tbat 'a tbe effect of the dealt-
lion although It area baaed on tbe In
sufficiency ot the Indictment
Tbe transfer of Coba'e govenmont
'-depende apon the foroe of oar obli
ibatlon to gat oat la nooordaore
jarltb Conditional pledvee la comperl
moa with our obligation to ontinue
'American oootrol (or tbe purpose of
'maatatnlng peace and insuring the
fefttv of life , and prosperity. The
Issue It In the handt of the Cabana
tbemaelvee.
f Uncle Joe Cannon, Kepretentatlve
Payne and a few more of the mt
femlneot atandpattert bare at laat
deolded tbat the tariff la la need of
reviaioo, and the matter will be
taken ap at an extra session next
spring. Tola decision la torn jeaie
overdo, but If the subject shall be
properly bandied and early lellef
hall be afforded It will mas amende
In degree (or the dilatory taetloa
( the past.
If the testimony at to the worth'
Unmet of American battleships la
given before tbe eeoate Investigation
committee be true, In flew of the
faot that the 0. a nary hat eatab
llabed a new record (or long dletanoe
traveling In fleet formation, what
oonMn't they hare done If the abipe
had been perfoot. The nival boreaa
knocker may be doabtfol of tbe good
quality of oar ehipt sad men and
funs, bat an enemy who would plaoe
dependeno on tbclr ntteranoet
would very likely with he hadn't
Seuatot Fait on 't joint amendment
oanoelltag tbe grant of to O A C
ralltoao, If passed without the in
sertion of a eiaoae protecting Inns
cent purobsstra of railroad lands,
will work a great hardship on many
people sf Oregoat and retard devel
opment work thioogboat the state.
There hare been assay thousand
ores of railroad las da throughout
tbe state purchased In good faith bv
aotual settlers, and to annul the
rant now would lead to eodlaaa liti
gation sad eoaaeqaeat lots to people
- who are least able to atand It Some
of these bar been sold and retold
several times, to tbat It een be read-
Uy teen what a chain of oomplloa
tloat would arise.
Among ether queetlona upon which
tbe people of Oregon will vote at tbe
coming Juoe eleotlou n tbat Jot in
resting the eompentatlon of aim
bee ot the legislature lrom 1 to
teOO (or tbt session. Assuming that
. a regular teetion will consist of 40
' days, as In th past, the Increase It
from 13 par day to (10 per day. In
the early history of toe state (3 a
day was a 'whole lot of money, but
things are different now. It It mis
take eooaomy to pay poblle offloert
wegegwhleh hat to be eupplemeated
In order that the 0 01 oar may live.
Cheap waaee make obaap men. Yon
Can't hire good uvea unites yon pay
them what tbey are worth. Tbe
sent? or seat official la tbe publle't
fell) mm, sad kit waste thaold be
cymmoatnratc with the laparteace
erf tka alntlot l kit off).
NO. 2.
Your Money back if
Clothing is not as represented.
. Watch our
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
If you owe The Mail
more than one year's
subcscription on April
1st your name will be
taken from our subscrip
tion list. The Postal
laws and regulations
require that we do this.
If you do not get a pa
per on and after April
1st you will understand
why. You will still owe
The Mail the amount
due at that time even
should your name be
among those taken off,
and these accounts will
be looked after just as
religiously then as they
are now.
It wouldn't be more
than fair for you to pay
up before 'that time,
would ii? We don't be- '
lieve you want to be un
fair and we believe you
intend to pay up but
the time limit is narrow
ing every day .
n
Upholds Law Violation.
The Tribune of Monlay again
thowt where it ttandt no moral and
law abiding quettlont by violoualy
attacking Juatloe Stewart for hia
notion in fixing the bell of Plot Fait
at 1125, (or n violation of the law
prohibiting the exhibition of hyp
uotio aubjeota In public. The ani
mus cf the article la very plain. The
Tribune bat ever been on on the tlae
of the violator of theflaw, from tbe
time of tbe olot-maohioe oruaado to
the present Inttanoe and bat never
let an opportunity go by to past ad
verse oritlclams upon officials. In
tbls esse it govt out of lie way In
order to attaok Juttloe Stewart and
even goes so far at to by lmplioatloa
falsify.
Tbe law plainly prohibits the ex
posure of hypnotlo aubjeott In publlo
sod provides (or a fine of raaglng
from tlOO to 11,000, or imprisonment,
or both. So far aa Mr. Stewart judg
ing tbe ease In advance It ooootrned,
he bad no opportunity to judge It at
Tbe prisoner was brought be
fore him and waived examination.
Thar wat 10 evldenoe Introduced
nor offered. Toe re was oat one
ooaree open for the jastloe nnd that
was to bind ths prisoner over to tbe
olrouit ooart. Tbe ball area fixed at
I1S5, only a little above the mini-
aa urn Una, and woald teem reason
able enough. It would nave been a
faroe to have plaoed It at (bo mill.
mum fine, In the (see of ah evldenoe
that a violation ot tbe law had been
committed, for onder the most ex-
tenauatlng olicumttanoee Ignoranoe
ot the law and lack of Intentional
misdemeanor tbe aoouted ooold not
have eooaped with lest thsn 1100 tin.
In speaking ot minimum nnd maxi
mum bail th Tribune writer ahowt
hit laok ot legal knowledge. There
It no tuob thing aa a fixed minimum
or maximum ball. The matter Ilea
entirely In tbe judgment ot tbe
oourrt and he may name any amount
he oontldare lutnolool to Insure the
presenoe 0! tbe aoouted when want
ed. To the PsbUc
Uavtag been tollolted by a goodly
somber ot the eltlsena aad taxpayers
ot Jacks 00 county to become a can
didate for th office ot County Ataee-
oot ot Jackson oounty 1 have deolded
to beoomt nek owdldete, eabeet to
the astlea of tbe Rfcablleaa voeen
at th ooealag primary eieotloa.
William T. Ortevee,
Petal, Uregon
No. 3.
We save you DOLLARS
on all Clothing you Buy
Windows . .
MEDFORD TAKES
FIRST GAME
A good tized orowd witnessed the
opening of tbe bate ball season Sun
day at tbe Modford grounds, be
twjen Jacksonville and Meaford.
Tbere be alweyt been a ttrong feel
ing of rivalry between the two
teams, and when they have met
heretofore the game baa always been
a bard foagbt one from start to floth,
but on Sunday, the boya teemed eub
dued like. Even fat Donegan and
Shorty Milea failed to find occasion
to anlivao tbe game;wlth verbal pyro
technlos, and Iaaaoa only "roared"
once and then took the umpires
mandate aa maekly as a lamb.
There wasn't any tpectaoalar plays,
but tbt gtme was good, for tbe first
one, the fielding was olesn, as a
rale and the shortage in the hit
oolamn shows tbst the batters
haven't rounded into any kind ot
form at yet
Bouaaam pitched s good, e'.oad
game throughout, refuting to go up
in tbe air, and made two of tbe eix
eooree made by tbe home team,
Pordy wat handicapped by a tore
nand and dldnt' do extra baoketop
work. Hit place la on tbe inital
atatlon where he le bard to beat
Carter wat out ot laok. Be ie a herd
hitter usually, but couldn't hit the
bell on tbe team Sunday, beeidea
a hot grounder slipped through him
in the ninth and saved Jacksonville
from n abut out It wasn't especial
ly hit faullt, bnt that ot the atmoe
phere. A warm day, with the
bleaohera yelling and everybody on
hie tots aod Carter would have "eat
It np" without any trouble.
Eifart needa to get a little more
speed and locate fliat more aoou late
ly, If be ie going to hold down tbat
dlfOouh oorner. Rlppey abowed np
well at the bat bat he needt a little
ooaohlng la the Held.
Two snappy doable pleyt were fee
tare ot the game, one from Wilkln
eoa to Miles to Carter and tbe other
from Dunford to Dooegan.
Qresler Medlerd Clab.
Th .library board met at Oommar-
reial Clab roemt Monday evening,
Marsh Ith. Ia tae abeonoe of chair
man Baddy W. L Vaster was oboaea
aa tempos try chairman, aad the
following jnfleere war elected: Presi
des t, n U. a Stoddard. Vioe
ereetdeat, W. I. Vewrer. Secretary,
Mrs. I. P. Tkelsa. Xiraasaiar, Mrs.
F. W. Mollis Oemmltte on ebetv
lag and turaltnre far library room:
M easts. Watt aad Kiag. Committee
to ekeek at list ot books at Hasklat
drag etere, donated to library: Ed
Aadrna, Memamsa. Merrlok aad
Mollle.
Tbe board It to meet at to Com
mercial elub rooma Marab loth at 3
p. m. Iben a oomplate list ot books
wlU be selected and . aarohated. and
the library will tbaa be reedy tor
tbe public A number ot people have
offered volumes and seta ot books for
the library, aod they are kindly re-
Xoeeted to aend n list at once to Ed.
ndrewe, to avoid daplloatot . In
odering books. ' 1 '.
For Commissioner
James O wane, 01 Eagle Point pro
duct. It a republican candidate for
nomination for Oounty Commission
er. Mr. Oweot baa been resident of
Jaokaou county - for twenty-three
years, and tboae ot hit aoqualotenoea
who know him best are doing the
hardest work for bit nomination,
tie la a good roads advooale.
f , Te tk PaMte .f
x
Having been voliolted by a goodly
number wt the eltiaene and taxpayeii
at Jaoksoa oounty to baoom a oao
dldat tor th a rrtoe ot Ooaaty At
testor ot Jackson ooaaty I have de
cided to become tnoh candidate, tub
jent te tae notion of th Kepablloas
votes at the eoenlag primary eieo
tloa J. W. Lawton,
, .. . , Medford Oreaea.
COUNTY OFFICERS
"MEDDLING" IN
CITY AFFAIRS
Vigorous Expression of Oregon Sheriff on
Civic Unrighteousness and Neces-sity
for Reform
The editorial columnt of The Orago
nian are so completely and ably voicing
the sentiments of tbe moral people ol
Oregon on tbe question of law end or
der tbat little remains to be said. How
ever, there it one Important issue along
that line upon which the w.-lter has
noticed scarcely any comment in the
public press. We refer to the question
ot "whether or not oounty offloers have
a right to meddle In matters pertain
ing to oity affairs." It It a matter that
is being discussed and agitated In the
small towns and oltiet throughout the
State of Oregon.
This question has beoome so acute In
Son there Oregon that Mayor Ready, of
Medford, hat filed with tbe Secretary
of State an lnlatlve petition for a con
stitutional amendment, giving to in
corporated towns exclusive authority
to license, regulate or suppress saloons,
poolrooms, theaters, racetracka and
similar placeo thereby abrogating the
present local option law. This ques
tion will of course be voted upon at the
state election next June.aud the friends
of good government mast turn out and
promptly defeat this proposed amend
ment Attempte to enact tnch legisla
tion were promptly crushed at the 1905
session of the Oregon Legislature.
Mayor Reddy saya: "We don't like
to have county officers to meddle in
matters that relate to city affairs."
Now, we all know that the best inter
ests ot the town and country are so
identical and oloser related to each
other that no dispute ahould arise over
mature oi local government Tbe
trouble It that we have not yet elimi
nated from offioial circlet all the Mayor
Reddya in Oregon, and the few remain
ing ones must be weeded out as quick
ly as possible.
You may rest assured that the city or
town tbat has rtepect and reverence for
law and that ttandt for civic righteous
ness and publlo decency hat no desire
to teorde from nor to notify the Mat
oriminal lawa. The town that it gov
erned by men who stand for law and
order, who have regard for their oaths
of office, and who have a sense of tbetr
moral duty to society, hat nofear of a
"msddllng"therlff,but ie glad and will
ing to work In conjunction with him
for the betterment ol social, moral and
laaactal conditions. . " , i
Tha municipality that doesn't waat to
be "middled" with by tha slate crim
inal laws It usually governed by ma
who stand for a wide-open, Cripple
Creek, rip-roaring - town, when gam
bling and thievery thrive and where
everybody, including father, works on
Siidty. Ths mayor aad oeuncllmtn
aad marshal and recorder ot tuob cities
are nearly always to be fond tpending
their leisure momenta In the saloons,
at the gambling tables or tome similar
plaoe of amusement They are usually
men who regard home at simply a
quick-lunch counter and a place to
sleep. Home, in ill highest and no
blest and grandest sense the very
foundation of the government Itself
it an unknown Institution to them. I
The wife of tnch a man ttsys at home
year In and year out, slaving along
with the children and house drudgery,
never knowing what it It to enjoy the
sweet companionship and tender pro
tecting love of a husUand and lather.
Wile and children see blm only at meal
times, for after business hours and all
day Sundoye he tils at the card tablet
in the saloons or at the olub. He hat 1
degenerated loto simply a money-mak
ing machine, and will sacrifice every
thing, even tbe honor and future wel
fare ot bit beys and girls, for the al
mighty dollar. His tons have to look
to the school toacher at school and the
town marshal on the streets for their
mo-nl and Intellectual training, not
daring to follow the precept and exam
ple ot ihetr father. He la a moral oow-
ard, and aa an ofBola! he It ownad body
aod eool by the law-breaking element
He will tolerate any elvio eoadlUoii to
long as It contributes to hit Inanolal
welfare. Of course he doesn't waat
1 fc-ri-iiv'
r hot
! any sheriff to "meddle" with hit poll
ciea.
In most of the towns of Oregon the
sal. -on element is strong enough to elect
a "favorable" mayor and city council,
by importing a bunch of floating tin
horns If necessary. The city council
collects the license money from the sal
oons, gambling dens and bouses of pros
titution, and of course expendl the
money In tbe city. When these incu
bators of crime hatch and bring forth
their finished produots In the form of
murder trials and kindred cases, It is
then only tbat such cities do not objebt
to tbe sheriff and the district attorney
and the farmers and tbe atockmen
butting In and "meddling" with city
affairs, for there are perhaps thousands
of dollars of circuit court bills to be
paid. Ninety-are per cent of all crimes
are Incubated If not perpetrated In the
saloons of the cities and towns.
I Mayor Keddy, has tbe county tax
I paver no interest In the way his home
j town is run? Has he nothing to say
J when his boys and girls come to town
j to attend school and fall prey to vicious
; town environments? Has the farmer
' nothing to sar when his harvest bands
eome to town Sundays, tret drnnk and
I don't return for several days, while
j his eropa and hard work are aacrifioed
( for want of help?
I In ruch plaoea a law-enforcing sheriff
or distrlot attorney proves a Uod-send
I to the farmer or stockmen and tbe law-
I abiding element of towns and citief, af-
j ter the easy-goiog city authorities re
; fuse to do their plain duty. Theee
county officers represent a hiitber pow
er, and are usually under uo obllga
tion to tbe vicious element for -their
,electlon. Tbey can bring order and
I decency out ot that choatio state and
t be upheld by the people of the oounty.
i They are, of coarse, tome sheriffs and
district attorneys in Oregon who have
no desire to "noddle" in city affairs
or in an.vi'iiuif rise that might lose them
a few vote-, guch officers belong to
the gang above described, and their
chief pursuit is playing politics and
smiling and winking at anything and
everything, even the devil himself, if
he ooul 1 in some manner help keep
tbem in office.
It is really - r-r'reslnne to 1
; mayor cr any other publlo official
rise above bit surroundings and take
a firm, manly atand for law and or
der. It Is astonishing how quickly
be, oaa change tbe moral oomploxlon
of .tbe city without tha least a am ag
ing Its Snansial'lnttrsna, tor after
all there Is a latent majority In
every community that stands ready
aad willing to 00m to the aupport
of a public official who had tbe moral
Mmiaa aad oourage to take a stand
for right
Such mea as Mayor Keddy and tbe
otben ws bave described belonged
to a put aga, aad bar ao plaoe In
offioial lift la this great, iiowing,
regenerated Wast Elimluat tha
moat back official nnd professional
politlelaa and Install pstilotlo man
who bold sacied their oaths of offloe.
What We need In Congress, In too
Ooveroor't ornoe, la all stats,
ooaaty and munlslpal official oltolaa
are man who are not afraid to do
I -1 mi 1
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their plain duty, whatever thil calls
for.even (hough an appareot major
ity are agalnat them on the start
Qroat and small refoima tpring fiom
herolo aad persistent minorities.
Lincoln, Kooeevelt and Folk furnish
good examplae for emulation.
E. M. BHUTT,
HEPNEk, OKEUUN.
M AND M CLUB
TO GIVE CONCERT
The Medford M and M Club will
give a "silver offering" concert nt
the Methodist Episcopal church 00
Wedneaday evening, Maroh 18tb,
cummencing at eight o'clock.
Tbe M and M clab Ie nn oganlza
tlon nf young Medford ladiet, which
organization . whb affected aeve ral
montba ago by Mrt. Sophia A,
Kranae, of tbia city. What the name
of the club algnlflet tbe witter doei
not know, and In tbit respect be it
equally wise with all others who are
not members. However, tbst hat
nothing to do with tha faot that tbe
club hee tome of tbt beat musical
'talent In Medford on Its membership
j roiter. And these same ladies are
! going to give a 00 ooart and it it
) surely going to be worth bearing
and they are going to be assisted
by the Medford Ulee Club, whioh la
a cracking good one, and will piove
an nble help to the ladles exoellent
voloes.
The program will oonaitt of selen
tiont by tbe chorus of twenty-five
voices, quartette, duett and solos.
Following it the program:
"Summer renctes" Glee Clab
Piano Du-t
Vocal solo.....
MlsseeCarry ana neater
Nerve flamael
Selected
Violin Solo....
Vocal Solo
"Ebb aad Flow'
Piano Solo
Vocal Selo......
Vtolen Diet
aeicetee
Italia ,
Male Quartet
. MiasFrfna
MlM BanrarC
Glee Club
Clarence Kellosr
Howard Hill
Hiss Nynn and Xr.Todd
Male Quartet
else Clab aad H II Chorus
Mrs. xiraaae,
who net been In
atootiug
oltttts tor esversl
montbt put, It one ot the very best
In her line, In fact there are few her
equal on the Paolne ooaat,and as she
th mem bare 'of thee
because ot tnelr genuine.
natural ability to ting and has given
them tbe amount ot training ah
has there seems no good reason to
expect that tbia ooooert will be any
thing lets than a decidedly rare an
leal treat.
As baton stated there wlU be ao
admission fee, bat there Twill be a
silver offering aakad. Inasmuch aa
ths ccsoert It Riven tor th benefit
ot the church n liberal offer! ag
would bo appreciated.
Tarsia Rs-AapslaM.
C bailee Turpin was reappointed
chief of polios by Mayor Keddy on
tha evening ot Fesrnnry 39. Tb
oounoll bat not at ytt confirmed
tb reappointment but It le thought
tbat tbey will do so at their next
regular meeting.
Home time ago, as 'the result of an
agitation against Turpin by msmbsre
ot the eounoll, he was naked foi hit
resignation, after a committee bad
reporter to the council upon hit
aotlone while chief. Ths ohief ten
dered hit resignation to take effect
March 11J08
Lately, however, the matter bat
been droppe to a certain extent, to,
when the time est for bit reelgna-
tion to to is offset he wat re-appointed
by the Mayor. .
Noodle Soup Supper. ,
Th Ladies . Aid Society of tb
Christian ohureh will give nnlqne
rper at to D. O. Karnes build
ing Friday evening, Maroh 90, from
6 to 8 p. m Noodle soup, pie, salads.
piokelt, etc, . will be served to a
hungry pnhUc Watofc aad wait for
this supper at tbe Kara as' ua tiding.
West Bide, en U street, bet wees 7ta
A
SPECIAL
BARGAINS IN
REAL ESTATE
For Sale by
H. Fierce & Son
73 160 acres, eight rjni!es east of
Medford, tome improvement!,
over half good fruit land.
Price, 1600.
72 1 acre, new eight-room bouse,
wood houee. i lioi e fruit land,
will muk" a fine home. Price
I3IJ0U. '
"1 I3i acre, 40 acre? set to fruit,
new ft f i:uprovemnnts,choice
fruit land, iie.ir Medford. Price
300 nn flcro, easy terms.
69 13 acres mar Ashland, half
fet to fruit, some Im'tldings. If
sold soon will take 131)00
6S ?. lots, four room Louse, Bhade
tret-s. well, tpecUl bargain at
ouly $(U0.
60120 ac-ea near Gold Hill, 12
acre in orotiard, irrigation
ditch, 15 acres in ulfuKa, 22
ncres in wheat, farming imple
ments, so:ne tock. good im
prnvemeiite, 400 r ids netting
fence. Pro $7800.
05 1 lot, 79x125 feet, good new 6
room houte, vrellr wood shed,
eome fruit trees, only. $135.
64 103 acres near Eagle Point,-,
bottom land, undor cultivation
and irrigation ditch, school
houe on the land. A special
bargain at 16000.
. , .... ... ... . .
, v .w.iMgi vuvm umvwuu,
lour miles lrom Medford, well
improved. Price $60 an acre,
easy ierms, 6 per cent, interest
60 10J acrcg in bearing fruit near
Medford, new 6-room houee,
fenced with Page wire. Price
4700.
58 880 acres six miles from Ash
. land, fine timber and stock
proposition, good springs, nve
j million feet saw timber. Price
120 an acre. Easy terms.
51 i"i acres choice fruit land,
neat improvements, fruit and
alfalfa.some wood. Price $3500
We advertise nothing only bar
gains. Land owners find us poor
agents to sell property for more
than it is worth. Call and see us
r write '
C. H. PIERCE 4 SON,'
Medford, Oregon.
Ua tbe Circuit Court of tbe State of Oregon,
Bli taa piefeuut
WUUn Ly DtftnSut,
Tt W ilium Lfin, Dwfaodaot.
IB III Ban Of that Mamiat (if OfwaWtlll ! VswTI AM
tatrubr reqaitwi to tppMr nd aasvar th
Mttt-eUtnt fllwxl agaliMt yon IntfiQ tbOT MUtted
an wium ? umjw no an io aaw oi iaa mr
TlcDfof Lb la Bammoci apon too ir terTed within
thli aoaotr.or If MtTftd within i,y othrenn
ty of thlt But, ihn within twenty din ttvm
th of tbe aerrlc npoa 700 ; nd If yon UU
to evniwpr for want thereof, th plaintiff will
tmka a dofanlt ngalnst yon, and will apnlr to
the Court for the r.ltef prayed f jr.to the com
plaint, to-wlti
Tbat the marrlBsTO eon tract now ilitlne- be
tween plain ti 9 and defendant baforarar die-
ThUsnimmAnaUtiubtlahatl In th Vanvnan
Mail, j uu order of Hnn. H. K . Banna, JudM
oftboaboTe entitled Court, made March loth.
1906; to bo pobitebed for tlx eon Montlveweoka,
the flrat publication thereof bainf Friday,
March llih ltc aid tbe last beta Prldar,
April 24th, lua, and the defend ant le hereby
required to appear and answer the complaint
herein, on er before the eaid laat d Hired data.
tUL,V lUSUl KM A 91,
v ' Attoroeya for Plaintiff
Und For Sale.
I hm 240 mm of timber land for
Ml TfarM million (. mw timber.
Eighty wnet good fralt land wbea
timber Ii off, 110 r per eore.
H. N. HoiUo,
U-at p. t' Tretl Oragoo.
For Sheriff
I hereby announce myself a can
didatA for the office of Bhriff of
Jaciion County, vubject to the
action of tbe Uemocratio primary
flection. April 17. '
Medford, Oregon, W. A. Jom,
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