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32d Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914
Number 32
OEEGOM
E
TO BE ELECTED
SUPREME COURT AND ATTOR
NEY GENERAL SO RULE
NAMES WILL BE ON BALLOT
But they will not be Counted in the
Canvass of Votes
There will be no county judges
elected in Oregon at next Tuesday1
election. The supreme court has de
cided that judges elected in 1910 hold
office for six years, hence the eigh
teen counties of the state, whose
county judges' terms of office would
have expired under the old law this
year, will hold for two years from
January 1915.
. There will be no county judge
elected in this county. Judge Ander
son's term is extended two years, as
is also Circuit Judge Campbell'.s
In 1910 the people voted a law ex
tending the term of judges to six
years instead of four. At the same
' time this amendment was made a law
by the people, R. B. Beatie was elect
ed Judge in this county, and it gave
him a six year's term. Judge Ander
son is completing Mr. Beatie's term
and is judge for two years yet.
mi. ....
ine supreme court decision was
given in the case of Judge Cleton of
Multnomah county, and of course ap
plies to all counties.
County Clerk Mulvey, in reply to
a telephone message to Attorney Gen
eral Lrawiord, received official no
tice Thursday, informing him that in
view of the supreme court's decision
there was no vacancy in the judge
ship in this county, and no judge to
De elected next Tuesday.
Last November the Courier took
up this law and held that under it
there would be no county judge elec
tion this year, on the advice of H. E,
Cross, W. S. U'Ren and other attor
neys. Mr. U'Ren held that the law was
clear that judges held office for six
years and there could not be any
election in 1914. He advised that the
matter be taken up with the attor
ney general and the supreme court,
but it was dropped.
-ana now alter tne ballots are
printed and it is too late to re-print
them comes the supreme court decis
ion that judges hold over.
The names of Judge Anderson and
John Cooke will be on Tuesday's
ballots. Voters may vote for them
if they wish, but the result will have
no lgal effect and will not be count
ed.
Judge Anderson stated Monday
that in his judgement the law was as
plain as any law passed by the people
could be plain and that he had been
satisfied for a year that there were
no county judges to be elected, but
that he thought the test should be
made through .some other party than
a county judge, and that he took no
action in the matter of having a de
cision brought.
John Cooke is quoted by the En
terprise as saying that he will contin
ue his campaign for election "not
withstanding the action of the su
preme court."
As the names of both Anderson
and Cooke will be on the ballot voters
may mark them if they wish.
Estacada Assault Case
N. M. Tracy and his son Earl were
arrested and brought before Justice
Sievers Monday on a charge of as
sault, and they will be tried Satur
day. The charge is assaulting Frank
Rhodes with a club. Jack Frost
made the arrest. It is- stated Rhodes
will also bring civil action for $5000
damages.
Attorney T. A. Burke
Tom A. Burke of this city was one
of a class of 21 out of 34 who has
received official notice from Salem
that he passed the bar examinations
of three weeks ago, and he is now
a full fledged attorney. Thirteen of
the class failed to pass.
Mr. Burke is a son-in-law of At
torney H. E. Cross, a graduate of the
University of Oregon, and has stud
ied law with the firm of Cross &
Hammond for about three years.
Again We Wonder
Robert A. Booth, candidate for
U. S. senator, spent Monday after
noon shaking hands with the mill
workers. We wonder if this timber
baron ever visited the mills before
and gave enough attention to the
toilers to shake their hands. You
bet he never did. He can use them
when he wants to go to the senate
and only thn.
Caufield Refuses to Run
E. G. Caufield refuses to run for
mayor of the city. A large petition
was presented to him Tuesday, but
he says he cannot enter the contest.
Mr. Caufield was a former mayor
and he has a host of friends and ad
mirers in the city who regret his de
cision. Portland Recall is Buried
By a vote of about 2 to 1 Mayor
Albee is retained Jy the voters of
Portland and his administration vin
dicated. The commissioners are al
so retained, but by lesser majorities.
Browncll at Mulino Sunday
Geo. C. Brownell will certainly be
at Mulino Sunday Nov. 1st. at 2:30
p. m. to discuss the wet and dry
question. He will be accompanied
by the Aldridge Quartette.
Everybody invited to come..
PORTLAND AID SOCIETY
City Workmen Say City Contract
Are Done by Outside Workmen
v This office has heard much protest
of late from the laboring men be
cause Oregon City work is not given
to Uregon City workmen.
It is stated by these men that near
ly all of the city contracts, improve
ment of streets and other public
works are and have' long been done
by outside workmen, laborers who do
not pay any taxes and who do not
spend any money in this city.
We believe these men have a good
right to kick and kick hard.
It is an easy matter to have
clause in all public (and even pri
vate) contracts that Oregon City la
bor shall be given preference, and it
is only justice.
What does this city owe to Port
land ? Throughout the newspapers
of the state it is falsely and libelous-
ly misrepresents this city.
We owe it to our own workmen to
protect them and give them every
day s work there is to be done here.
and the council should protect them
in its contracts.
MAIN STREET PAVING SETTLED
Property Uwners will Kesurtace Over
Present Brick Pavement
The Main street muddle is settled,
It should have been and could have
been settled months ago, and all the
damaging advertising have been el
iminated but that isn't the Oregon
City way. We must fight a spell
first.
A special meeting of the property
owners was held Monday night when
it was agreed that they would re
surface Main street at their own ex
pense. The street will be hard sur
faced over the present brick paving,
A grade will be astabhshed and the
low places brought up after which
the street will be hard surfaced,
Work will be commenced as soon as
the sewers are put in.
T. J. Tobin presided and J. W. Lo-
der acted as secretary of the meet-
ng. Messrs. Howell, Kelly and An
derson were appointed to investigate
the different kinds of hard surface
materia! and report.
It is indeed pleasing news that this
matter has now been definitely set
tled. WILL SAVE COUNTY MONEY
Elect
aMan Fitted for Place 'and he
Will do the Work
Every good citizen wants good
government in County, State, and
Nation.
Good government is that which
gives to the whole people the best
laws, and the best service in the ad
ministration of those laws for the
least money. The best service in the
administration of any office' can only
be obtained by experienced workers
who are willing to give the whole
people the benefit of that experience.
J. O. Staats, candidate for County
Treasurer has had the experience,
and, if elected, will save the county
the expense of one deputy at a salary
of approximately $ 1 ,000 a year.
It is up to the taxpayers to say
whether or not they want to save
this amount in taxation.
Treat the matter as you
woulc
as it
your own personal business,
really is.
Vote 91 X Staats.
Cases ate Dropped
Druggists T. L. Charman, George
A. Harding and the three Chinamen,
pleaded guilty before Justice Sievers
Saturday last and on recommenda
tions of County Attorney Hedges the
fines were remitted and the cases
dropped.
Constable Jack Frost raided the
As soon as the smoke of election
nabbed awhole opium outfit of
pipes, lamps, opium and opium scales
and caught the Chinamen in the act
of smoking. They were arrested and
bail was procurred. Later secret
service men bought drugs at the two
drugstores without prescriptions.
Girls Wanted!
(Over 18 years of age)
To OPERATE SEWING MACHINES
IN GARMENT FACTORY
Oregon City Woolen M1II3
I I A
GRANGE
MUSTER
SPEHCE. ELECT HIM
HE'S THE CALIBRE OF MEN THE
LEGISLATURE NEEDS.
SOME THINGS HE HAS DONE
Always a Worker for the Workers
and Friend of the Taxpayer.
Tuesday the voters of this counts
will elect three representatives, and
we believe the county could not make
a better investment than by electing
C. E. Spence, master of the State
Grange.
Not because he is master of the
Grange, but because he is one of the
strong, active men of the state and
because he would be a power for this
county and the taxpayers in the leg
islature .
Mr. Spence has never made a re
cord in the legislature, but he has
made one outside, and many a bad
bill has been beaten in' the legisla
ture and killed after the legislature
through his initiative hard work.
While on the Grange executive
committee he helped to get through
the gross earnings tax on telephones,
express companies, sleeping cars, oil
cars, refrigerators, etc.,
which went to the U. S,
court and was sustained.
in 1908,
supreme
In 1910 he held up on a referend
um the vicious compulsory railroad
pass law the legislature jammed thru
and it was buried by the people.
He was one who worked against
and helped beat the porkbarrel ar
mory appropriation bill.
As a member of the state high
way commission, under appoint
ment of Governor West, he opposed
the committee's bonding- scheme so
hard and so loud that they failed to
get signatures enough to put the
measure on the ballot. He also
fought the state bonding policy in
the legislature.
H proposed the $500,000 appro
priation for the San Francisco fair
and threatened to hold it up on a
referendum if it exceeded $175,000.
It did not succeed.
In the last session he helped to
write the ballot amendment title un
der which backers of a measure must
have their names printed on the bal
lot. These are a few of the things we
now Mr. Spence has done and help
ed do.
He was secretary of Pomona
Grange for five years; member of
state grange executive committee for
five years, and has been master of
the state grange for three succes
sive terms.
That's the kind of a man the Cour
ier believes voters of this county
should send to Salem we need this
kind of men.
Mr. Spence is a brainy man; one
of the best debators in the state; a
man quick to grasp and comprehend,
and a fighter for right always.
Here is his platform. Read it over
look over his work and then put a
cross after No. 74 the lsat name on
the rperesentative ticket.
Mr. Spence says if elected
"I will work for the best inter
ests of Clackamas county and the
State of Oregon.
"Will favor the reduction of taxes
by slowing up on expenses and ap
propriations, and the abolition or
consolidation of offices and commis
sions wherever practicable.
"Will work for county and state
aid to road districts that build roads,
but will oppose pork barrel funds in
the hands of a highway commission
being used to build scenic highways.
Good roads from farm to market, no
bonds, but pay as you go. "
"Will work for ' payment of taxes
in two installments without rebate,
and without penalty except on delin
quent taxes.
"Believing that 'He who does not
trust the people should not be trust
ed by the people,' I will oppose any
measure that seeks to weaken the
power the people have in the initia
tive, referendum, recall and direct
primary.
"Will not do any trading or log
rolling but will consider every meas
ure upon its own merits.
"I favor Oregon Dry, Proportion
al Representation and abolition of the
State Senate.
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Turns Down High School
By a vote of 215 against to 140
for the voters of Oak Grove, Concord
and Jennings Lodge defeated the
high school proposition Monday.
Senator Chamberlain Friday Night
Senator George E. Chamberlain
will speak at Busch's hall Friday
night of this week, and the big hall
will no doubt be jammed. No matter
what your politics, go and hear him
Mr. Chamberlain is one of the most
interesting speakers in Oregon.
AND YET IT IS LAW.
Other Nominees May havee Many
Nominations, but U'Ren May Not
Most any manor woman has a
streak of fairness.
Most any voter concedes the other
fellow a show for his white alley
is willing to give him the same chance
or show that he or she is getting, be
cause it is just plain justice.
Law stripped W. S. U'Ren from
the regular, prohibition nomination
for governor.
Law told him he could not accept
two nominations that as he was al
ready the Independent nominee he
could not accept the prohibition nom
ination and go on the ballot with
two nominations.
Now take the sample ballot you
will vote next Tuesday and go down
the columns, and see how law can
be technically srcambled to give Mr.
U'Ren the worst of it and other state
nominees the favors.
Thomas Kay, state treasurer, Re
publican-Progressive.
B. Lee Paget, Democraljic-'Prohi-
bition.
Henry Bean,,- supreme court jus
tice, Republican-Progressive.
Henry Benson, Republican-Pro
gressive.
Thomas McBride, Republican-Pro
gressive.
A. H .Burton, superintendent of
public instruction, Progressive-Prohi
bition.
J. A. Churchill, Republican-Demo
crat.
State Engineer, John H. Lewis,
Renwblican-Democrat.
Railroad commissioner, Frank Mil-
evj Repullican-Democratic-Progres
sive.
And so on down from state sena
tor to justice of the peace the nomi
nees have from ONE to THREE
nominations printed on the official
ballot.
Yet W. S. U'Ren was not permit
ted to have the Prohibition nomina
tion printed on the ballot in connec
tion with his name.
Justice of the peace John Sievers
is down for the Republican-Demo
cratic-Progressive nomination, and
has them all printed on the ballot.
W. S. U'Ren, the official Prohi
bition nominee for governor, has that
nomination chopped off and is forbid
den its place on the ballot.
It s aaw deal, raw injustice, raw.
discriminating law construction.
Reason can t swallow a construct
ion of law that will permit one man
and forbid another.
It is such rotten injustice that
breeds contempt of law.
If the law forbade Mr. U'Ren to
run on two tickets, why doesn't it
forbid the supreme justices and the
precinct constable as well?
Every man who stands for fair
ness and justice should vote for W.
U Ren next Tuesday if for no other
reason that as a protest at the con
temptible deal handed out to him IN
THE NAME OF THE LAW.
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
W.
S. U'Ren Hands Some Warm Ones
to Loder and Jack
Editor Courier:
Mr. Loder's declaration that the
$1500 Homes Tax Exemption is "ne
farious" is very funny, coming
from a man who has loaned hundreds
of thousands of dollars on mortgages
and never paid a tax on any of it.
Assessor Jack is hardly less ridicu
lous when he talks about the dis
franchising of anyone who does not
want to pay what Mr. Jack considers
a fair share of the taxes. There was
no objection from Mr. Jack two years
ago when the bill was before the
people exempting household furni
ture, domestic fixtures and all dia
monds and jewelry "in actual use"
from assessment and taxation. I
have heard nothing of his offering a
law to restore that kind of property
to the tax rolls, nor for disfranchise
ment of the people who own it and
do not pay taxes.
Neither of these gentlemen had
anything to say about the present
exemptions, which are always in fa
vor of the wealthy people who can
well afford to pay taxes. Neither of
them has a word to say for the lit
tle Home Maker, nor any suggestion
for any method of relieving him from
any part of his burden. They seem
entirely willing to exempt from taxes
luxuries like diamonds, mortgages
and money, but very unwilling to ex
empt any part of the necessaries of
life, such as dwelling houses, teams,
land clearings, farm improvements
and machinery. The class they rep
represent have had more than sixty
years' opportunity in Oregon to get
better tax laws. What have they
done? Have they ever offered any
bill that they pretended would help
equalize the tax burdens between the
little Home Maker, the public service
corporations and the millionaires?
They should answer some of these
questions by trying to do something
themselves, before they call names
against the people who are trying to
do something for justice in taxation.
Sincerely yours,
W. S. U'Ren.
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ELECT GOVERNOR
TIME FOR SOME HARD, PRACTI
CAL THINKING
WITHYCOMBE. SMITH, U'REN,
Peregoric, Castoria or Action is
What you areo Decide On
Once more we want to say for W.
S. U'Ren that he stands for more as
governor of Oregon than both the
Democratic and Republican nominees
will ever stand for.
You know it, you absolutely know
it, and knowing it, you .should back
your brains with your vote.
You are protesting at conditions in
Oregon, conditions that the two old
party officials have given you in one,
two, three order since you can re
member. Are you going to keep right on
putting them in and then damn for
four more years.
With either Smith or Withycombe
as governor you will get only a
change in name not conditions.
You'U get a distinction with mighty
little difference. ..
Don't you know it?
This state has gof? to have a
stronger manager than this little
limber pair of doctors if it ever gets
off its load of leeches and high taxes.
It's got to have a man with an iron
hand a man who has a higher am
bition than the honor of holding of
fice. It's got to have a man who will do
things and who has brains at the end
of a spine.
W. S. U'Ren has done many things
for. Oregon. About all the power the
people have he has been a dominant
character in procuring.
And where is the worker in this
county who would let go of an inch
of this power.
Give W. S. U'Ren a chance to do
more for yon and for the state.
Give him a chance to clean out the
duplicate offices; to build permanent
state roads at the dead rich's ex
pense; to. equalize taxation and force
the idle lands to improve or sell; to
provide state work on public roads
for the unemployed; to bring about
a short ballot; to provide free text
books, and many other desired re
forms.
There won't be any $7,000,000 ap
propriation bills with a governor's
signature if U'Ren is governor.
And again we say, "you can't be
any worse off." You are bearing all
the taxation you can bear. You are
protesting at rotten conditions and
THESE MEN STOOD BY,
NOW STAND BY THEM.
In eoinif to press the last issue
before election, the Courier wishes ly responsible for the fact that there
again to urge upon the voters RE- is asesssed in Clackamas County to
GARDLESS OF PARTY, not to fail day by the State Tax Commission,
to send Chris Schuebel and Walter A.
Dimick back to the Legislature.
Dimick in the Senate and Schuebel
in the House make a good pair to
draw to. They .are both of experi
ence. They are into the job. They
have been tried and found true.
In. fact their actions prove that
the bone running up and down their
backs in filled with live MARROW
and not JELLO. No one has ever
had to ask them the second time to
find out where they stand.
Big business lobbies have found
out by their short arm jabs, directed
well to the mark.
They have stood for the INTER
ESTS of the PLAIN PEOPLE and
have not lined up with the high brows
and plutocrats.
Their record stands out clear and
in the open with nothing to conceal.
Voters when you have men of this
type who HAVE made good in the
past, is it good business to defeat
them? No.
Do you want to swap horses to
try other men in their places, totally
without experience?
In this time of high taxes you CAN
NOT afford even to take a chance.
Remember that Schuebel's fight on
bjlood i sucking commissions van4
boards.
Vote for a change next Tuesday
you will certainly get it if U'Ren is
elected governor.
Just consider that the money power
of the whole state is fighting him in
that silent, persistent way that wealth
can fight, and then ask yourself if
your interests are with their interests
and their interests are to run Ore
gon as it is run now.
11 you WON'T vote for your own
interests, then you should never raise
a whimper during the coming four
years under the management of Pare
goric Withycombe or a Odstoria
Smith.
You should take it and swear you
like it for you will surely not get
any relief from this precious pair of
weak brothers.
Tuesday it will be up to you.
ALTOGETHER TOO FAB
Oregon City Should Prosecute this
Bunch of Libelers and Liars
As soon as the smoke of election
clears away the business man and
property owners of this city should
organize a committee and take both
civil and criminal actions against
the "Taxpayers' and Wage Earners'
League" (the wet organization) for
damages to this city through the
false and libelous articles that have
been sent to nearly every newspaper
in the state, und(r flashing head
lines. It is a matter that should not be
let pass this city cannot afford to
let it pass. The damage done by
these lying and libelous articles will
last for years unless our people do
something to deny them and to pun
ish the perpetrators.
Last week there was sent to
nearly every newspaper in the state
a column of the most damaging ma
licious and false statements ever
printed in any newspaper in Oregon.
Paper after paper states that in
Oregon City "fourteen vacant stores
line both sides of Main street." They
state that a special election has been
called to vote $250,000 bonds to take
care of new indebtedness; that the
city presents the lamentable condit
ion of a defunct corporation about to
go into the hands of a receiver, and
that our circuit judge has declared
his willingness to declare a receiver
ship; that the county and city
treasuries are empty; that danger
signs are strung along Main street
by direction of the city council;
banks refuse city warrants; that
business blocks have been burned and
will not be re-built, and so on with a
column of such stuff that points out
Oregon City to the state as a place
to keep away from.
Some of the stuff we must face.
It is to be regretted that the bank
rupt story was ever published in the
Enterprise and that the city council
made such an advertising feature of
Main street, but the charges that
fourteen vacant buildings line Main
street; that the city will vote on a
$250,000 bond issue to take care of
new indebtedness, that the city is
bankrupt, etc., should never be allow
ed to go undisputed, and legal action
should be takeh to controvert these
libels.
And by the way what do you
Oregon City business men and pro
perty owners think of this whisky
bunch in Portland which would ruin
your city to force voters to vote wet?
What do you think of the liquor
influences that would advertise Ore
gon City as gone to the dogs in 200
newspapers of this state because you
voted out the saloons nine months
ago?..
Every man and woman should vote
dry on the amendment and put the
damnable bunch so far out of busi
ness they would never try to kill an
other city to further its own ends.
Vote 332 X Yes next Tuesday and
show this Portland booze-boosting
bunch it has gone too far.
Everv patriot in the city should
take this action next Tuesday and
show booze it can't crack its whip
over Oregon City.
the water trust of this state is main-
hundreds of thousands of dollars on
water power, never assessed before.
Remember that Dimick's fight on
the swamp iand grab made it possible
to save thousands of acres for the
pubile school fund.
Remember that these two men
PUT AN END to 14 hour shifts in
manufacturing plants running 24 hrs.
in any day.
Remember that they have at all
times opposed the bonding schemes
of road machinery men and automo
bile dealers in Portland.
And don't forget Schuebel's fight
to abolish the naval militia, a use
less tax on the public.
The uproar for economy today is
just what these men have talways
stood for. They have been called ob
structionists and tight-wads in the
Legislature. That is what is needed.
This coming Legislature will need
men of back-bone and 'fighting quali
ties. The Portland gang will try to
put the interstate bridge onto the
hands of the state, and jam through
this road program. In the interest of
machinery men, automobile dealers,
and the paving trust.
Voters you will need Dimick and
Schuebel in the Lcgislautrc.
NOT POLITICS,
T
IN FAIRNESS ELECT J. W. SMITH
COMMISSIONER
ONE YEAR, HAS MADE GOOD
Now Stand by Him and Judge Ander
son's Administration
The supreme court has ruled there
is ho county judge to be elected in
this county, but there is a county
commissioner to be elected, and the
Courier is informed that the anti
recallers will devote every possible
energy to defeat J. W. Smith of
Macksburg. ',. ,
This county is normally Republi
can and Mr. Smith does not have
an equal chance with a Republican
nominee, both men being considered
equal.
But regardless of party, the Cour
ier believes that the only just and
honorable thing to do is to stand by
Mr. Smith and return him to the
county court.
From all over Clackamas county
there is expressed general satisfac
tion for the first year's administra
tion of Judge Anderson. The people
know they have had honest and econ
omical management, and while not
nearly all of the many wants have
been granted, the people generally
are fully satisfied with the new coun
ty court.
And we want to say to the voters
who put Judge Anderson in office
that equal credit and blame should
be given to Mr. Smith.
The two men have worked in ab
solute accord. If Mr. Anderson has
made good, Mr.. Smith has, and
the voters, whether Republican or
Democratic, should stand behind
Commissioner Smith and return him.
He stood up and ran as a candidate
on the recall ticket when many an
other man would not. He has serv
ed but a little more than a year and
his work has been absolutely honest
and as he saw it for the best good
of the county not for HIS section
of the county, but the whole county.
The anti-recall crowd point to how
they downed the recall men in the
spring primaries, and boast how they
will finish them up next Tuesday.
If you will stop to figure a little
you will see that they were far in
the minority in the primaries, for
the reason that candidates who took
part in the recall were pitted aaginst
each other. Harris and Oglesby
both hard workers for the recall, op
posed each other for commissioner.
Mr. Harris got 1,700 votes in the
primaries and Mr. Oglesby 1,900,
while Mr. Knight the Republican
nominee got 2,100. With either Har
ris or Oglesby out the recallers
would have won by a huge plurality.
There was little to crow over in this
result.
All that is necessary is for the
voters who stood by last summer to
stand by next Tuesday.
It is only the right thing to do.
Give Mr. Smith the same chnace you
would have given Judge Anderson,
if he was to be elected.
Putting a man in as important a
place as county commissioner and
letting him out as soon as he be
comes of value is very poor business
judgement.
Mr. Smith deserves the same sup
port Judge Anderson would have
gotten. Forget your party and vote
for your county.
Return J. W. Smith.
U'Ren at Carus
W. S. U'Ren will speak at Carus
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, on
an invitation from the people of that
vicinity. He will explain the many
measures on the ballot.
MR. BROWNELL TO SPEAK
Next Sunday evening Mr. Geo. C.
Brownoll will speak on "Why Oregon
Should Go Dry," in the Methodist
church of Oregon City. This will be
Mr. Brownell's last speech before el
ection. Special music. A great
meeting.
Think This Over
Portland with its 385 open sa
loons is the deadest city from Seattle
to Sna Diego, with the possible ex
ception of Tacoma, and yet the li
quor dealers of Portland tell Oregon
City booze makes prosperity. Drink
ing whiskey will never make any city
or any man prosperous.
Redland Man Seriously Hurt
H. Coop of Redland, a driver for
the Mattoon Lumber Co., was thrown
from his wagon when his four horse
team ran away Wednesday night at
Redland, and he is seriously injured.
He is in the city hospital here.
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