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.1 THE TWICE-A-WEEK Roteburg. Oregon Population, 3600 The County Beat of Douglas County. Oregon Soldier Home; 0. 8. Land Office and D. S. W, at her Bureau are located here 8. P railroal division; snlendid educational advantages. Gateway to the Coos Bay and Coqnille country. Roseburg Plaindealef The most widely read newspaper published la Southern Oregon and consequently the srsr adver tising medium. I -arte, modemly equipped Job printing department In connection. Established in 1868. Subscription, ti per year for Semi-Weekly. i-a-an Vol. XXXVII ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1905. No 43 . s.ncl Rosdutcg pimnu ciilcr. FULTON IS TRUE TO THE PEOPLES INTERESTS Opposed to the Iniquitous Forest Reserve Policy, By Whicn Oregon's Progress and Develop ment is Retarded. A SMELTER FOR GRANTS PASS In an interview at Salem the other day. United States Senator Chas. The Blanchard Improved Pattern to Be Established in South ern Oregon. ti rants Pass is to become the mining center ot Southern Oregon, a fact as sured by the announcement that a erne I ter of the Blanchard Improved type wi )w pre,'tl at that nlira at an oarlv il ?! BBS rv.U LB. "T 1 1 i - . .1 ... . . . r rmwn saw. i nave oeen trying o get me press 01 ine state to ap- Mr. Blanchard wag formerly of Roes- preciate the danger to the state's future through the forest reserve policy : bor and perfected hia smelter iuven- of the government, but it has seemed a difficult thing to have thom arrive tion thi P- H "ved at at a realization of what it means to the state. I fought the proposition in !tb,s plac f,om a" . . , . , route to tirauts I as o superinte nd tin- Con, re last year and shall continue to do so as long as I am in the Senate ; ,nd iu ,lf tl)1(1 new from Oregon. As the matter stands now. one fifth of the lands in the state , 8melter. He has just recovered from a of Oregon are tied up so that they will do no good to the state nor permit long serious illness, which has caused of devleopment I consider the action of the government as an outrage, and ! de,a' in nis nlier operationa near that t hp nnnlp of I Iracrnn Ahnnld nmhaar. in..r,Y..i i, --ilk- atrainat it muck ajmn ' losne. be evident to them." Asked about the proposed "revision" of the tariff, the Senator stid: "1 an opposed to that and think all the Pacific Coast states should unite and fi,'ht the proposal. The people of Oregon are interested in the protective Tht New Smelter. Portland, May ft. There has been -,,;i;.il in Portland .1 contract with tbe Improved Mineral Smelter Company, for a smelter to lie established at Grant tariff and demand its maintenance. Wool men and agriculturalists and , manufacturers are all united in interest in this matter, and it will not be n Pass. The plant will he a 50-ton cus toms atnelter, but w ill answer the needs of Shu; horn Oregon minim; tlistrict for eisy matter to secure revision of the tariff. I am afraid, said he. "that th 8 ' ,,. time to come. Funds for the in a ritation mav result like the silver agitation in the Oem cratic party did, j sullation of the plant were -ui..ni . .1 in a disruption of the party temporarily. It can be temporarily only, however, for the Republican party cannot get away from the tariff." AT THE BIG CALAP00IA DITCH NATIONAL GOOD ROADS CONVENTION Wednesday Messrs F. J Blakely, F. B Wane, E A. Cmton ami the writer visit ed the Irrigation Company's ditch and went over the entire works. The con st ruction force, in charge of Mik Bum mers, is completing the first two miles and work will soon be commenced on the last mile, which will take them to the site of the power plant. This work will be completed by August I: The main ditch will supply water for 10,000 acres of land and will extend the entire iength of Sutberlin Valley. This land will be platted into 40 acre tr icta and only one 40 will be sold to a single indi vidual, and according to terms of con tract, mast be improved. Thousands of acres are being success fully irrigated in Jackson and Josephine counties. Letters from fruit growers in Medford, Grants Pass and other South ern Oregon cities state that owners of even leas than 40 acre tracts are making small fortunes every year One man says he often sells $9 worth of apples from one tree, and that with water 20 to the tree could be easily realized. The Calapooia Investment Company baa expended thousands of dollars in Oakland since work commenced on this ditch and will continue to do so for sev eral months to come. Therefore this j commendable enterprise should receive ud ten d vWt to tbe El tia hsMrfv rr nnra T irvn nf all We hope Brothers Wimberly and Con- ' position at Portland, to include all ex n -r of Kn.an. mav eniov a triD with : Dense, and see everything to be seen, these accomplished gentlemen. 1 hey cxa be made for $15.00. Round trip rail will Una pteoty to writ aoont, plenty fW ftre Irom Rose burg, $8 00 total a. - AT a Tl .J .U. t to eat. iragram naaua capas uu p,u- . . . t9S on R R . M an 110 total 131. Full information may Vx. obtained on aDDlication at South The National Good Roads Convention will meet at tbe Exposition grounds at Portland June 21 24. It is hoped that the several road supervisors in the county and others interested in good roan's will be present. The proceedings of tbe convention will include addresses and dLcnSf-ions upon the scientific, ethic and economic phases of the subject and its relation to industrial progress and development National engineers and expert road builders will exemplify modern methods of constructing earth, gravel, macadam, brick and other kinds of roads. Legis lation pertaining to national and state co-operatln and supervision ; financial ways and means ; tbe use of convicts and other detail of tbe aubiect will receive practical con tide ration. An object lesson road will be con structed as a special exhibit, showing in details tbe process of road building, from tbe foundation grade to the finished road. It will demonstrate tbe appli a- tion and use of tbe various kinds . f road material and tbe operation of the latest improved road making machinery private parties, all residents rants Pass. Oue of the promoters of the idea. Dr. H. E. Williams, of Oberlin, O , was in Portland yesterday on his return trom Southern Oregon, where he went to ar- rauge the matter in company with B. A. Williams, a mining man of that place. Colonel Waldo Draper-Morgan, who is prominently identtied with the Monu mental mine, together with other stock holders in that property, are said to have been tbe principal contributors to the fnnd for the purchase of the smelter and work on it is to be started immt- iately. The Southern Oregon district has been endeavoring for years to secure customs smelter. The smelter will be built on the most modern plan, coal being used in the furnace instead of coke, as Is u-usliy the It is claimed tor coal that it formi- carbon dioxide, which is re-used in the luruace, taking the place of the n . - lar oxide in coke, and the result is sat 1 to intensify tbe beat so that it can he held at 3800 degrees Farenheit, in which fire clay is useless Th- smelter will cost between $35,000 and 5-40,000. COMING WITH A GREAT RUSH Cost to Visit the Fair. ty to drink, as there is an abundance 1 nf tmtui water conrsin? down the monn- tain side, fed land Owl. by living springs. Oak- Pacific Ticket Office, Rose burg. m&H f c - MARSTERS' DRUG GO. I 1 I I DRUGS PATENT MEDICINES PERFUMES SOAPS TOILET ARTICLES RUBBER COODS STATIONARY SCHOOL SUPPLIES WINDOW CLASS LIME AND CEMENT ALL KINDS OF SPRAYS I H . iiV T O. W3H FWB ALL P,N N a, -k a JjBngaun VeTlreW frVsn"Tjo5enupon'TIach irave - iSL fl AN place a flag waere' tlsea a seluier brave.j)'7 -31 am V " -V- - T- LaT 1 T I I Bt . A an I (' Jfed MVeoE$Ci ' J I -I LJhil tnen,yry briBjy bXg of Uea-r I a I J I K V i VTheughtind sounds of thoWfar distant yeaoi. f ft f ' 1 I T ! I W ntUrkirtthtIfrand AfehohV helT- . H ,VT.vi H II kk l Our 1. -i! ti. in lire M. hal lauS anil tail. X I iVi .i 3 ; IL ft IJL . . . . ML- !1 1 , 1 J ' M 1 'tu nc ajoC taurg mc wnMm uicjuti umi j i j m ft. S3 - inTknfv is. in afim At rkMiira i it. ta iv xtji f i y. , aso wen lvea races to iu gliannj ttn 1 j j Stifyqflly by taffi Ujv grtn3oor; HI f L-l WjLl The losing mrrtia wreathes thair ow betLr. A j- Git - 'Li lilAjnd peace doth brood aboWheir i4 Crows ed ?l lHmh ir- : nrrrr-mi - I i "ISC. Tl Tfc j Carnage at Fort Fisher. Butler's Order Was Obeyed. EIGHTH GRADE EXAMINATION Fifty four Pupils Successful Out of an Eligible Total of 121 in the Douglas County Schools RUSSIAN FLEET ANNIHILATED JAPS WIN GREAT NAVAL VICTORY Kansas City, Us., Mav 25. The sa a of special rate tickets to Portland. ('., opened so brisklv as to astonish local railroad officials. From the number ol tickets purchased it i apparent tr . passenger traffic to the Pacific coast will be heavier than was anticipated Oi e of the city ticket agents, in speaking this today, said : 'It indicates that this part of the countrv is exceptionally prosperous We had men come in here today from little towns out in Kansas who are going to Portland and will take their hole families with them. This early rush for tickets is not only a big adver tisement for the Lewis amUClark Kx position, but a big advertisement for Kansas Farmers are prosperous and tbey know of no better way to spend their superfluous coin, apparently, tl au to visit Oregon.'' A GIANT INDIAN PRIZE FIGHTER One day late last week a freak of more than ordinary interest passed through Roaebnrs enroute to Portland. We refer to a giant Indian from the Turns Arizona reservation, and be stand- even feet high and weighs 445 pounds He goes by tbe name of John Middle Sky, and is 29 years old. Middle r-ky has been making his appearance for one week in a San Francisco theatre in a one act farce comedy. "The L'n known " He was accompanied by two gentlemen a manager and pnuili trainer. The manager informed os that tbey were going to Portland for diys' exhibition, after which tbey will exhibit him across the continent for six weeks -until they reach Coney Island, N. Y , where he will be put in training for the purpose of getting into shape to fight Jim Jeflerys, the world'schampion puglist. Middle Sky attracted the at tention of everybody as he promenaded the depot grounds from the smoking car. He is large all over and 19 well proportioned for his weight, in fact quite a good looking freak. K-rt Fiai.cr. the last iui;krtnnl for trvss of the i'nflerary. sucvuuil-d on Jan. 1.'. 190ft. t a o:uIlne 1 lain! and ii::xal assault K NT thn- hour Com in alorv Porter had Ixunbarded tlie fjrt. At MM the sIjtuhI wa given to yiilop and ma rl n e s to go MaMM. Two B raDd men hiinli-d tn small MataV Owing to the heavy niuskHry fire they f i:nd It fmpoaslhle to Intrench. and the whole as semblage In hands of 2T to advanovl In Bares divisions wlih wild yells. I. leuteuaut ronimnn def Preese led the column. The Jiviaious wore headed by Lieutenant Couunamiers Cuahroan. I'urker and T. O. Selfrldge. Jr. The Inst.-nt tin- nu-n aprnng forward into rille rajsga l. tnarksiuen openetl on tlwm. They fell by scores, but tbe -olumn went M until It reached an an gle where two fnees of the fort met. The nallora found themselves In n slaughter n'n. The rear ranks broke, soon to lie followed' by nearly nil who MM get nwiy. In the charge 300 were killed .-nd wounded. Breae. Par ker anil "ushmn refused to retire and. with aNut sixty mtm, clung to tbe foot of the paraiK-t uutll the fortress felL Kohley I. Evans, now a rear admiral, was wounded four times In this flgh'- One thoussrd morkunro oc9ed oa uSrss. Ortifral B. K. Butl r Mi a horse that he thought a great ileal of. Hie name of the tiorso was Almond Kv An ordt-rly tvjortl that the horse had fallen luto a ravine auil MbJMj his nvk. Hutk-r felt pretty Uid. au.l be thought he would hav.- tjke I horse skinned aad tuffil. Be called one of tlie solJiera, au Irtshman. aiul tehl bun to go anil skin th. horse. What! I Almond Eye dead:" asked thi- Irishman. -What bu l ness of y.ur-i 1 . Itr replied General Bu;ler. "Hon't ask nui-stlons. bnt do as I tell you at once, my man" Pat went about his MatoaM ami In a couple of h urs returned to tlie gener al's headnuarters. "Dot's It take yon two hours to skin a horse: asked tnr general. ture, general: It took me au hoor to catdi hini." said the Irishman. "Catch him?" eihoI Butler. "You don't mean that the hore wm allveT "Yls, general, and 1 couldn't skin him alive very well," replied Pat "Yon don't mean to say you killed my horse':" said General Bu'ler. "Sure and I did." said Ftat "Yon know you teld me I was to obey orders without asking ou.-stions." General Butler was at a loss for a reply. rchd "Cuch Km)" Botirr. Ily County School Superintendent F. I K. Hamlin the Plaindealer is informed that tifiy-four pupils laissed the ewhth grade final examinations held in the I pablic schoils throughout Douglas total nt 121. The papers from 67 of these state, rt-iurned to the county superinten desil lor marking. Seventeen pupils passil in at least seven studies, which ! entitles tlietu to finish at the next ex- amination to be held June S-'J, and six teen pupils faiiiil in three or more -tu.lief, making it obligatory for them to take the examination again in its entirety. The successful pupils will receive diplomas which will enable them to enter the 9th grade of any school in tlie state without any further examination The names ol those pupils follow. pjatritl Wo 1, Oakland, George Saw yer, I'rin Ksther Stearns, Kelley Jones. Wh Goodman, Fred Russell District No 4. Roeehtirg. S. P. tstew- art, teacher. itarzi-e. Jas. Kaston, Kuaffie Pickens tieo. Wharton, i race Moore, Ralph Breeden, Gale Sanders, Edith Clemei.ts. Elta 1 HI lard, Rnie Cawlfield (Eden bower schooh Clare Cawfleld, Fred i Champagne, Raymond Hewitt, Alice Brumbach, Liilie Smith, Forrest Bar trum. District' No. 6, Sooth Deer Creek, Oscar Houeer, teacher Chas. Vaughn District No. 8, Canyouville, H. O. Stoi.e, Prin Clifford Boyle, Ouo Weaver. Evgene Everton District No. 11, Oak Creek. Mrs. W. F. Price, teacher Ida Erickson, Rhoda Watson. Pearl Thornton, John J. Ker nan. District No. 13. Looking Glass, Fan nie Co!vin. teacher. Bessie Morgan, Blanche Buell. Ifcrtrict No. 15, Days Creek. Lloyd Ma'iusm, teacher. Maiinda Beals, Frank Diettch Diatrict No. lfi. Myrtle Creek. Thur man ( haney, Prin naggie BurnetU Miai M Bent!. Virginia Re lifer. District No. 20. Riddle, Fred Gofi. teacher Chester Redifer, Elhel Sen- i ter. District No. 21. Camas Valley, Elmer Clayton. teacher. Ruth Scran tin. Alice Scran'on. l'i'tnct No. 32. Yoncalla. W. A. lillH I'rin Robert Tbeil, Jas Boell. IVsnnie Uarstera Ii-trict No. 37. Roberts Creek. Geo A. Crane, teacher. Grace Dodson. District No. 40,I-ower'Calapooia, May sVinniford, teacher.- Lee Winniford. District No. 40. Olalla, Mildret Bat :;es. teschr Henrv M Croucber. District No 50, Cleveland, Lee Can in, 'eacher. Adolph H. Doerner. Distrid No 77, Glei.da e, Lee Can non, teaciier ioreiia nvuer, tan McCnnlv i'l'trrct No. 95. Oak Grove. Ethel oross. teacher. jonn it. rejiie, timer Gooilman Ihstrict No. 122. Fair Oaks. Harry D VVhtttaker. teacher Alice Manning. District No 124. Peel, Bertha Wats-n teacher Preston Turnell. Ida Tnrae 1 Russian Baltic Fleet Sunk or Scattered to the Four Winds Report Says Togo Entrapped Russians. a. tn. Water System for Yoncalla. PAINTS, OIL, VARNISH Yoncalla is going to pnt in a water system, fed by a spring near that thriv ing little city. With characteristic enterprise Mayor C. Ross King is selling stock and getting ready to file articles of incorporatation. We hear he has sold 12.000 worth of stock. With a water aupply, new brick buildings. Mr King, mayor; Clyde Beck ley, treasurer, and Harrv Stearns, a councilman. Well who said there was anything the mat ter with Yoncalla? Owl. Read the Plaindealer for all the News Holy Roller Divorce Corvailis , May 25 A suit for divorce was filed today by Mrs. Maude Hurt Crefield vs Johsna Crefield, tbe fallen apostle Holy Roller Complaint is that the hnsband was convicted of the crime of adultery and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. HHKrwr iw6 wwrar 2 Lincoln at Gettysburg OURSCORE and seven yean ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposi tion that aD men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedi cated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedi cate a portion of that held as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It it altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men. living, and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The wodd will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which ihey who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last lull measure ol devonon ; that we here highly resolve that these dead shaD not have died in vain ; that this na tion, under God, shall have a new birth ot freedom, and that government ot the neraple, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth. . Address of President Lincoln at Gettysburg. Nov. 19. 1863. 7 j iew iorK, May zn. A gpecial from Tokio dated Sunday, 10 states that history was made at the entrance to the sea of Japan yesterday ana is being made today the greatest naval contest of modem times. While some of the main results were known in Tokio last night and evening newspapers were permitted to issue extras containing bulletins made public by the imperial navy board, the Tokio government for reasons of national security prohibited the transmission of any news by cable that would indi cate results so far achieved, and this censorship applies equally to the min isters of foreign powers. The world will possibly have to wait another day before it learns even the skeleton of the facts of the stupendous drama which began shortly after daylight yesterday 190 miles southwest of ShimonesekL It is per mitted to say that at 4 o'clock last night the scout ships of Admiral Katao ka reported by wireless the approach of the Russian Baltic squadron from a point north of the I'ku island and the southerly entrance to the Straits of Corea. It is reported that the Baltic fleet sunk an American steamer near Formosa. It is announced that the Japanese fleet found the Baltic fleet at ladys McCrossen, Ruth Tesushama yesterday and that subsequently cannonading was heard. ht. Petersburg dispatches stae that it is persistently rumored that the fleets of Togo and Rojeatvensky are fighting and that the fierce battle has been raging since yesterday morning. Tbe naval battle, it is thought by experts, will probably be extended into a running fight to Vladivostok. There is no definite knowledge of the result, though St. Petersburg claims victory for Rojestvensky because Japan has suppressed the news. A special to the World from Tolrio states that the Russians entered the straits of Corea yesterday morning in battle array. The heavy fighters of Rojestvensky's squadron, including the six first-class battleships, are in one column, while the swift cruisers are in another. The fact that movements of the wiry Japanese have been screened from the public during the last two weeks leads the naval experts to think that Togo has some trap laid, and they believe that Rojestveasky is rushing headlong into it. Coincident with the sighting of the Russians comes the ne3 from Tokio that the Korean straits have been closed to commerce. This is done to screen from the enemy the plans of the Japanese and prevent there and other nations getting knowledge of their tactics until the battle is over. It is the opinion of the experts here that the Japanese will coax the Russians into the straits, where their greater number of ships will cause them to be an encumbrance to themselves and where the smaller Japanese navy can have them at its mercy and pick them off at leisure, once they are within tbe straits. Russian Fleet Annihilated Indon, May 29. A dispatch from Tokia says that Admiral Toga has won a signal victory over the Russian fleet in a two days engagement, resulting in the sinking and scattering to the fourwinds, the entire Russian Baltic squadron. The Japs report having lost nine torpedo boats and two cruisers. The battle is said to have been one of the greatest in the history of naval warfare. It is thought this great naval victory for the Japs will have the effect to bring about early peace negotiations as Vladivostok, Russians only prominent eastern port is now at the mercy of the Japanese. NRi W. R. WILLIS APPOINTS ASSISTANTS The Oakland Real K-tate Company Is distributing 3.000 circulars, chiefly in Eas ern itates. Tlie printed matier is descriptive of Oakland and Mirrounding Some weeks xto, owing to a misun derstanding between the S P Co and the telephone company, the telephone was removed from the depot. Mon- country and i likened nnto seed cast day instructions came to Agent tiriggs upon fertile soil, perhaps yielding an to put it back. Ibis is a pleasant end han'tred fold. Mich work is certainly ing to an unpleasant affair. Bohemia commendable. , Nugget. Mrs. W- R. Willis, hostess for Dong- las county at the Lewis and Clark Fair requests the following ladies to assist her at the Douglas county exhibit during the fair. 'desdames Binger Hermann, J C Aiken, K W Benson. A J Bellows, O P Cot-how. S R Lane, Wiilis Kramer, A F Browr, ti W R !M!e. J S lirav, V tvans. J r Barker, B C Flint, J C Fullerton, J W Hamilton, W Iff Thackrah, K J Stroud. M Jos. phMn, F B Waite. F 8 Micelli, A F Stearns, John Hall. Sr, H G Sonne mann, Ira Wimherly, W C Winston. W A Smick. Misses Jeannie Buick, Jennie Vrzuer. County papers pletse copy. : islstliiiiiitiii ItlNMHNtM FARE TO LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR WE PAY CASH FOR PRODUCE UNDER THE ROCHDALE SYSTEM Of CO-OPERATION ALL MEMBERSHIPS ARE EQUAL One person can hold but one Membership. Goods bought and sold for Cash or its equivalent. Goods sold at prevailing rates; no cutting of prices. The Large Percentage Of Business Incompetents i ay FKANKLlN MACVEACti. Chlcaso Marchsnt AM willing to feed out the 05 per cent of incompetents to Pro ftssor Osier in order to save the 5 per cent WHO ARF FITTED TO SURVIVE. Only 5 per cent of the men who embark in business succeed; 95 PER CENT FAIT. I did not make the world; I am not responsible that the 95 per cent, like Richard III., came "half made up" into the world. THEY CAN XOT MFFT THE COMPETITION, though perhaps they could have done well as college professoia. During the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion the southern Pacific Company will NO round trip tickets to Portland, limit thirty days, at oue and one-third fare for ihe round trip. For parties of ten or more travels g on one ticket, one fare for the round trip. For organised par ties f one hundred or more, individual tickets at one fare fur round trip. Stopover of ten da.VK will be giveu at Tort land on all one way tickets reading hroiigh that point during tbe Exposi tion Tickets must he deposited with Joint Agent at Portland and charge of ti ft - cents will be made for extension of time. , Celebrated Her 118 Birthday. There wss a note worthy birthday celebrated at Killsboro, Washington county a few days ago, when Mrs. Mary Ramt-ey I emon Wood, believed to be not only the oldest person in Oregon, but one of the oldest in the United States, reached the 118th aniversary of her birth. Mrs. Wood is a poineer of Oregon having resided in this state for more than a half a century, and is said to be remarkably hale and hearty for ohe of such advanced years. Accord ing to the family records, Mrs. Wood waa born in Knoxville, Team, in 1787. : : PROFITS RETURNED TO MEMBERS IN PROPORTION TO THEIR PURCHASES. Pare goods are handled and fall weight and measure given. The interests of the producer, the capitalist and the consumer are harmonised by treating each with fareness and justice. Do you believe in cooperation? Then trv our Sew Store. Better take a membership and become one of us. TJhe S7?ose6urp Rochdale Co. Sm Old Post Offic &miHim9. facAso JrVww Phono J45I. GOOD GROCERIES ISVSSSStlSlfl DOUGLAS COUNTY BANK ataafeatthed InsS Incorporaiad :sl Capital Stock $5o,ooo r. w. BENSON. A C.atAKSTXaS Proaidam. Vies PreaKiaa l. J. 1IKNRY BOOTH. Caahier. BOAHD OF IMRBCTOsU r. w. bknson, a. a. booth j. b. booth, J. r Ktc.XY. JOS. LIONS, A. C. HAKSTBKS a. L MILLS. 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