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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21 1005.
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liiDITIOII OF THE
CITY
DEPARTMENT HAS
r IS BEST
i YEARS
MODEL SHOP
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SCHOOLS
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Annual, Report 0 Board Shows
: Affair Generally. . ,
NEW BUILDINGS ARE
- ; RELIEVING CONGESTION
! Plant for Next Year Include E
penditure of Eighty Thousand Dol
Ura lot New Structural for PapUa
in Suburban Districts.
' ! .porUnd,aPuWliT-'choola ere -In a
ttter condittoa Uaa 'thfcV gave Uwu
''far rears, according f tha annual re-
t pert ot tha school directors which wUl
f be submitted to tba taxpajrere a the
I aanual moating Wednesday night
; Tha director mat - reeterday efter
' peon and fixed tha apaoial U IT t
5 t.i mills ana ncomnwrani ' ,. K X
! tars of 180.000 for new buildings aha
f comlnr year. Tba amount ralaad by the
! saeclal levy, together with tha atate and
Sunty school funds. wHl ba safflctant
i ta oarry tha district through tha year.
Although tha exact amount which caa
Vv be ralaed from au eoun.es "
it will ba somewhat in "
mount expended tha past year.
' .'-. : - Many Mora Teachers.
Although tha amount to ba expanded
' . far new buildings next year will not be
V as large by Se.000 aa that expended
'.- tula year, tha Increased, revenue wiu
i ba neoessary .owing to the fact that the
, teachers' ealaries have bean raised aad
J at least tt additional teachers wUl have
.1 ta be employed on account pf the rapid
t increase la the .number W puplle and
t the equipment of the new aaat aide High
f school It la estimated that the attend-
'.' ance la the schools next year will e
reed the present attendance by at leaat
i J.000. Be vera! Innovations are planned
; by tha board which will Incur a nominal
' expense, but which are necessary to
f Keep tba Portland schools abreast of
i the times. The report follows:
"To. the taxpayers ot school, district
I "Tha board of directors present to
f you at this time a report of, what has
I "been done during, tba fiscal year now
; -Bdlng together with their recommenda
tlona tor tha oomlng year. . ... ,
. "It will ba remembered that at tha
. last annual meeting mention was made
' of tha crowded conditlona of tha several
'. schools in tha aortheaatarn part of tha
! i city. To relieve that situation a tract
. j of ground In Irvlngton waa purchased
of Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan at a cost of
! 11,000. A building of eight rooms baa
been erected on this block which will ba
' T ready for occupancy at the beginning of
' the neat school term. Besides this one
' ; new building, six rooms . have . bean
' added to the Highland school, alx'rooma
t and aa assembly hail to each of tha
? ; shaver, Ooklay Oreea and Sallwood
: schools. Tha auma total of tha building
contracts for tha year aside from tha
:, High achool amounta to IU0.O0S.zt. Tha
basement of tha aaat aide High, school
' j 1 under construction and work wUl ba
i pushed apon the building so that It may
. be ready for tha opening of tha schools
la September.
V. ' "In the way of repalra tha largest ex
penditure has been for new plumbing,
v (several' buildings have, been painted.
' These and other - improvements - with
, ", some needed alterations have placed tha
I '. aehool property In a better, condition
' than it baa been for yeara..
'. . . Maw- Tralalng Cam tar. - '
' "An additional manual training cen
ter baa been established at tha Atkln
". son and one at the Highland achool dur
. i lag the f year.- Tha Interest In this
branch of work la steadily Increasing
, and proves the wisdom of Its In trod uo-
. tton.
s "In order to give tha girls an equal
opportunity with the boys, classes In
' sewing have been formed dulrng tha
. present term, and although tha work Is
': la Ha beginning. It la believed that the
, results will ba aa satisfactory as those
. of manual training.
' "Kuala, which has beea omitted from
the school course of study for several
: yeara, has again been Introduced In the
. primary grades, and If deemed advla
: able will be extended through the
' v arammar course.
The bonded indebtedness of 'the' dls-
trlct Is tha same as at tha last report
"The schools ot our city presented an
' ' 'excellent exhibit at tba recent Lewis
- and Clark fair, which attracted tha at
tentioa of prominent educatore and was
' tha subject of most favorable comment.
Too much praise cannot ba given to
pupils and teachers for their part in
Ore iron's successful exhibition. Three
, gold medals were awarded this work.
The district haa been greatly favored
by the loan from the United Bute
government of valuable tnaps and pic
turea and the memorial tablets .that
hung on'' the walla of the corridors of
the Government building , -at- tha. fair.
One mtD. that of the United Btatea, is
the lsraest and one of the most valua
bla ever published. Thlsmap and two
of tha tablets will be placed In tha
new high school. The other tableta and
valuable series of pictures- from the
congressional library exhibit, represent'
In tha tvolutlon of the book, are al
ready placed In ' the weat aide high
school. y-, ;
. aText Taar-a Budget, l v
Several portions of the district-are
suffsrlna from a lack of school room
accommodatlona and It la believed tha
180,000 will necessarily nave 10 oa ex
rtended In providing additional rooms
for the coming year. The estimated dls-
D'HigBiiieiita 'fw" 1199 ara 'as follow:
reacne'S sautnes. ........... i m.uw
Janitors' salaries 11,000
School clerk's salary .. 1,100
Superintendent's clerk'a salary. - 760
Sunerintsndsnt of repairs. ..... ,. 1,000
Interest 10,000
Telephone 350
Insurance 1.000
Water ..i l.ooo
Advertising'....' too
Kent .................. .w.. , 1,000
Statlonsry ......... (.000
rual s.ovu
Oaa 1P0
Janitors supplies... ....,, 1.700
Printing 1.000
Streets and sewers ........... . 7,600
Repalra and aanltatlon... ...... 11,000
High achool laboratory. .... ' 00
School , election IM
School furniture.. ..... .'10,000
Attorneya -reea ............... . aoo
School census 100
Extraordinary expanses 1.600
Eleetrle power
Manual training
New buildings
In. addition to tha county and atate
school run ds the board recommends a
special levy of .5 mllla.
According to the annual - report of
Clerk H, 8. AHen of tha Portland achool
district, the finances of ' the publlo
schools are In a better - condition than
for yeara. - There ia a balance of IS,
10.01 In tha school funda against a
balance of tt.tt4.2l on a corresponding
data laat year. Tha receipts ot tha year
were aa follows! , . ,
State school fund,- 1 44.0(8; county
school,' t217,41; Ux roll of l0t, spe-
elal tax, tl.ttl.tl; tar roll or 104,
special tax, t347, (29.17; delinquent taxes
collected by county treasurer and achool
elark. tt.7; sundry ' caah receipts.
1105.85; tutUon, t57t.0; bills payable,
tt!; rafunda on perm Ha, toachera' sal
aries, a to.. t!5t.80. Total. t8t,ll7.11.
Tha dlabursements were aa follows:
Teachers' salaries, tll.422.80; janltpra'
salariea, $28,771; achool elerka salary,'
tl.tOO; deputy clerk'e salary. I74S; su
perintendent of repalra salary, 11,000.
Total la . aalaHea, t!4t.Mt.t0. y -
Expended for real aetata, $8,000; new
buildings and additions, $120,361.88; re
pairs to buildings, $8t.451.1t tniscel
laneoua expenaea. Including furniture.
Intereat. achool euppllea, etc., 1132,
774.28; general expense, 83.055.J8. ,ToUl
dlabursements. $147,187.01. Balance on
band, $3.01,0.1a. v . t " ; -
There la atlll due on contracts -to,-
411.20 and claims nnpald 11,105, making
Hi total of 87, 458.10. The bonded In
debtedness of "the. district amounta . to
$U0,B00.- .;..-.' - - ; :.
Aceoraiag to tne acnooi census xaxen
under the supervision of the clerk there
are a total of $1,140 school children in
the district between 4 and 20 yeara of
age. Of this number 11,44$ are females
and 13.41$ are malea. .-
a eve a
1.900
t.eoo
tooo
Kaok Saow la Oraad Bouda.
'. ' (Bpwtal Dtopatea ta Tba JoaraaL)
La Orande, Or., Dee. 21. It la l
ported that there ia mora anow In the
mountalna aurroundlng tha Grand
Ronde valley at the preaent time than
ther waa at any tlme'last winter. If
this ba true It Is certainly good news
both for the sawmill men and the
farmer. When there la plenty of .anow
there are good crops. Snow not only
meana plenty or water, but the anow
capped peaks tend to cool tha wlnda
and remove all danger of burning the
crops -during tha summer. The mi 11m en
seem to think there la no time like the
present as they' all have large crews
logging. ... -
New East Side Plant for Repair
of Fire Apparatus Very
Complete. "
IS SAVING THOUSANDS
. ' YEARLY FOR TAXPAYERS
Skilled Mechanics In Various Corn
panics Give Their Services and
Jobs of Beat Class Ara Turned Out
Big Lathe Needed. f
' Tba east side offtca ef The Joonial la la the
All the repair and construction work
of., the Are -. department , la being i;en-
tered at the new eaat aide ahop and
for the flrst time in. the history of the
Partland - department ample - room 'has
been aecured and aome of the machines
and toja most needed have been In
stalled, and are' saving thousands' of
dollar in repair billa. ,
The wide platform extending along
the aouth aide of the nreboat houaa haa
ben converted lnto a -shop which la
roomy- and -well - lighted, neither - of
which rriidltlona prevailed at the old
west aide shop. Three or four skilled
mechanics are being kept busy with re
pair' worx and the apparatua of the de
partment la being placed in better con
dition than it haa been for yeara, . the
new .'ahop and machinery enabling ex
tensive alteratJone and Improvements to
be made on wagons, trucks and englnea.
Engine No. I, aa extra first class en
gine purchased for the -west side depot
house, which failed to materialise. Is 4a
the ahop at present And Is undergoing
some - extensive repalra. Truck No. 1,
which has long been lu aervica, la also
In the house and la being painted, over
hauled and undergoing much new. work.
The entire Hat of trucka. englnea, carts
gnd wagona will ba gone over carefully
and the entlro lot will be put through
the handa of tha repair workers and kept
In the beat of condition, . ' x
la the department are several men
who ara akllled maohlnlata; several pro
fessional pain tare, half a dosen good
mechanics and some Iron and ateel
workers. These men are giving the ad
vantage of their skill and experience
and tha shop la turning out aa .high
grade work as any in the dty at a cost
but little greater than that of tha ma
terials. A fairly good outfit of ma
chinery ta installed, but a big lathe la
needed and if purchased would save Its
cost In a year, aa It would enable the
firemen to handle Jobs that, at preaent
are beyond the capacity of the ahop and
very expensive when dona by outside
mechanics. The power is supplied by a
Ova horsepower etectrlo motor. .
One of tha addltfons to the plant that
will be favored aa soon as aome of the
aew east aide stations are established
and the necessity for Increased appro-1
priationa la lessened, is a blacksmith
shop. It Is estimated that the yearly
shoeing, casting and metal molding' bills
at preaent given outside firms amount to
a aum much more than tha cost of a
good shop equipped to do every clasg
of work and that the aavlng that would
be made If tha department had such a
plant would mora than pay for the out
fit in a very few yeara Should the ahop
be established In connection with the
present plant the utility of each would
be Increased. )
MULTNOMAH CAMP CROWS
. 2f armera Bat used
(ftperlil Dispatch to Tba JoaraaL)
Walla Walla. Wuh, Dec, 23. Auditor
Honeycutt could net get a bid thla aft
ernoon on ttO acrea of achool land near
Touchet Station, appraised, by Land
Commissioner Ross at $40 an acre.
farmers attending the sale declared the
land wss not worth $1$ an acre, with all
Its Improvements. - '
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FRUIT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Nature Provides Its Own Remedies Which, If
Used Judiciously, Insure Perfect
Health at Alt Times. y -
Its Membership Sow Ore SSleven JCun-
dred Mark aad StUl Xaoreaalng.
Fourteen members Joined Multnomah
camp. Woodmen of the World, at its
session thla week and 14 Joined a week
ago. These addltlone make tha camo
more than 1J00 atrong and aend It a
long way toward Ita gcal of the largeat
memberahlp In the Jurisdiction.
At tha last meeting of tha lodge two
turkeys were donated to members hold
ing tickets and both were won by mem
bers of tha drill team, Tha practice
ot -giving prises each meeting night.
which originated with tha camp officers
of Multnomah, haa been adopted by the
majority of other aaat aide camps and
haa resulted ' in the attendance being
grestly increased, more than a hundred
coming to tha Multnomah session each
Friday night. -
- The promotion commrfiee of the order
In the city haa about rounded up for
.the flrst time all the lodgea and will
meat. With Multnomah camp Friday
evening. . - -r-
One of the most Important fraternal
functlona given thla sea eon will be held
Saturday night In the form of a masked
ball in Multnomah -hall under the aus
pices of tha field team of Mount Hood
circle. . Prises will be given for the
most comical and most original, cos
tumes worn, by couples.
. Aside from the pleasure of eating
seasonable trulls before beginning the
first meal of tha day, this custom has
undoubtedly arisen from the well-known
fact that nearly all fruit and mora par
ticularly plume "aTfatPRUNES contain
- natural laxative ptinctplea which act
directly ou tha stomach and bowels.
Constipation, that dread and trouble-
?ome complaint which la undoubtedly
he baslo cauae of nine tentha of the
dyspepsia. Indigestion, biliousness, ate.
so prevalent among our people today,
and which, if neglected, surely leada to
more - complicated and serious organic
diseases, caa surely be prevented, and
1 when not. too far advanced ean.be ab
aolutely cured by tha Judlcloua use of
the modern laxative and cathartic Call-
- fornla Prune Wafers.
'J. They are not a patent medicine In the
ordinary aanso m ins word, being com
' pounded from fresh California Prunes,
-which every Intelligent person knowa la
truly naturs's laxative.
1 VA dainty tittle wafer, always tba same.
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compounded In a highly 'Concentrated
form from fresh Call torn la-Prunes, they
ara a natural dlssolvsnt, acting on the
contenta of tha stomach and bowels and
not on the organs themselves, -t i
They regulate the Uver. and Stomach,
Cleanse the System and Purify the
Blood, Cure all Bowel Troubles, Bilious
ness, Bad Breath, Bad- Blood, Wind on
tha Stomach, Bloated Bowels, Foul
Mouth, Headache, lodlgeatlon. Pimples
and Dlxslness. ... t,
'Kvery household should have Its fnnY
lly parVans of CALIFORNIA PRUNE
WAFERH, and at the flrat eigne ot ap
proaching illness, or when under the
weather, take a couple of wafera and
the doctor's bills will soon be - much
smaller than thsy ara now.
Tou can eat what you please If you
follow each meal with a CALIFORNIA
PRUNE WAFER, Which - quickly dis
solves, the most Indlgentlbla food, and
helps to carry It through and outof
the system in a" gentle and healthful
in.iiii.1, wi.wjui tun 1.1 1 h ii (mm,.
griping or nauaea. It Wafera for tfrs
FRUIT IS NATURES LAXATIVE
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California Prune Wafers
' A Natural Dissolvent and Cure for Bilious
ness, Constipation, Dyspeosla an1 all Bowel
Troubles far, Better Than Pill or Purs
; 1 OO WAFltUS 25j CENTS
S. C. SKIDMOaR a CO., Prnggbts, 151 -Third St.,
Sola Acsts for. Portland, Oregon.
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We Will Give You a; Pair of
.- V...
1 rouses
F
ree
V -
!; For $22.50 we will make a suit ta your measure and give you an extra pair of trousers made to
your measure without any extra expense.
You may have the suit of. an all wool cheviot a fine twilled Thibet;
or a blue serge. 'A .J-'r "'V' " ; ' : V..";1 ''rU
The extra pair of trousers will be made frortf the same clothas the
"suit vr you may select a different pattern altogether. l" : i
TJieseNare NOT old styles that have accumulated on our shelves, but are brand new fabrics, fresh
loom. -They are the . latest, patterns and are guaranteed to be all wool. ,
Remember the suit will be made to your measure, right here iruour shops. Every garment will
be hand padded hand sewed and lined with imported Venetian cloth or wool aerge. v f f
$22;50
THE BLUE SERGE arrived
from - the" mills last 'week. It
comes in both wide and narjow.,-,
twill. This is as fine a piece
of goods as was ever shown in '
Portland. Blue 'Serge is - al-
-ways in 'style and is always
neat. You may have an extra M .
Eatr of trousers free REME1
ER. That practically gives
you two suits as a, Blue Serge ,
Coat and Vest goes nicely-
either with " trousers of r the
samecloth or a neat stripe. -The
price on fabrics has gone
' up very materially ..since we
contracted for these Serges.
,,.No tailor on the Pacific coast.
, : can buy the same Serge we are
-offering; and make' it. to your
. measure for less than $30, to
J say . nothing of the .extra pair.
; of trousers free. " -.-- -THE
BLACK THIBET is the
same as our famous $26 Thibet
,only a shade lighter in weight.
. It has'thc same closcweave, ...
'Will not become rough or
; shipy and is a splendid wearer.'.
Lined with an all wool serge.'
,...' .. . .' '.'.-
Made to your measure and an ; ;
extra pair of trousers,, free
from the 6ame cloth:or a dif-?, i
'ferent ' pattern. Practically f a ,
V- two-suit proposition j as one'-;
coat and . vest will drdinarily: :
. outwear two' pairs or trousers. .sJ.
. . THE CHEVIOT Also -con-
V- C tracted 'or before the" rise in
'- prices is a fine grade of cloth r
ix i-r all, wool and represents
,: about a , half dozen . patterns ;,
. .. -t. L .rit j. i. - .
.never anuwu in ruriiiinu ,uc.
fore. An extra pair of trousers '.A.y, il
mi
free.
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Remember, these are
not shop worn goods
but are all brand new
fresh from the
loom. If "you '. take
advantage of this of
fer you . practically
get two tailor made
suits , for $22.50.
in ' iv m sawa.
Fit, ':' ' -J.-:.-
Finish and ' V
Fabric guaranteed.
OLEN
. Elks D'Wg . .
The price will suit
ana - -The
suit will fit '
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We handle no '
Ready-Made
Clothing, but make
7th & Stark
vour Clothes to
your order at from ' '. ..
$20 to $45 the suit. 5r
MAY CLOSE RESORT '
Devoat Aaaoyed ay Billiard Balls Click
... aad nay Saforee Soaday Zw.
Singing; praises to the accompaniment
of clicking billiard balla and "ribald
mirth doea not appeal .to the Cong-re-rational
church metnbera of St. Johna,
who meet Sunday afternoons above the
town billiard hall and endeavor to drown
oat the noise below. It la averred by
the members-that, when the singing be
gins the noise, below Increases In -volume
and that strung remarks float up
about the time the pastor preaches his
peroration; ' that the. exhortation to be
good '1s frequently ao mixed up that the
casual hearer ta liable to think that if
you are real . good, . you will not miss
the -"blank-blanked" ..ball every other
shot. . -
. Beoina private exhortation haa not
Succeebte4Jn lessening the racket ot the
billiard room and because there ap
pears to be a disposition to outshont the
preacher on the part of the men and
boys below, the leading members have
dectiledto start a campaign agalnat.the
Sunday opening of pleasure resorts in
St. Johns and to secure the ' enforce
ment "ot the stat TaW. -
fle the Improvement haa stood the test
and proved lta great euperlorlty to
gravel roadwaya, which have proved
such general fallurea on the east aide
. . ipi,. mII.v .nnrnvtd bV tha
Improvement association of finishing one
block and opening n vt wiu
work was commenced on anotner diock
ln-any contract la being followed and
. . " . I- lm.1v lnM Kilt
me impruveniBuii ---
Morrison is now wui up
outleta lor tramo aas no w
the district. The work on Eaat Water
atreet ia progreaslng. tna nrai course 01
t. . kMa mnrm A .Imnit tha On-
rut in. vcu - - .
Ura length of the atreet north of Eaat
Morrison ana we east nan 01 m.
between Morrison and Waahlngton hav
ing been finished and open to tramo
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tha Imnrovameni or nau nm ""
...t. u..,iun h.fnr. tha entire
diatrlct la ahut off. which la nearly the
case at present. -The atreet to the south
- i . imMiHhii .nd haa been bar-
rlcaded for the publlc'a aafety, but the
need or tna iiorounir
. .v. kaw4w fcflv hiMin torn
urgent m - - ...
down and teamsters by floubllng up with
their teama manage to imm.w uiui
through tne aea ox ciay. ,
POUND DEAD IN BED
BY HIS YOUNG SONS
. n as. aw fTla. Tisirttal
I ptpQCUU VWPa Wfj Id m. trm svni aw. r
Eugene. Or.. Deo. II. W. 1 Connett,
. .i.r..v.. nt Vr-Krnila'l BrldK.
KS miia aaat of Eugene, -waa found
a i- hi. ya mttrdir marntna by
his two voung sons. The old man re-
.1 . Ji.- .i.k h.fnc. In annarent aood
healtfC Heart trouble waa the cause of
death. Tha body will srrlva In Eugena
tomorrow ana ai once om sou w viiu
City or suruu..-. '
' . .Zadepeadenee'a ew Cltlsaa.
(Rpeetal Dlfatrh to The Joorsal.) -
F. Jones, formerly of Toledo and Ta
oulna bay, haa thla' week moved hla law
..mim n this eltv and wllk make hia
r, it nr home here. Mr. Jonea la known
... fni Tanutna bav and In
dependence la congratulating Itaelf on
Securing him aa a futurwltlsen.
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EAST ALDER IMPROVED
Ceatral Slatrtot Booa to Be Olvea One
. Oatlet of a sfodal Sort.
Eaat Alder 1s going to be one of the
very few streets on tne eaat aide In tha
central district that can stand heavy
traffic and that affords a wall Improved
highway between the river wholesale
district and the suburbs. The atreet is
being -Improved from Union avenue to
East Tenth street, most of the way a
macadam pavement being put down, but
for three blocks across tha Hawthorne
gulch an elevated roadway la being
built. The flrst block of the macadam,
that between Union-and Orand avenaes,
haa been completed and opened to traf
no, iM under the strata of heavy traf-
ila obei
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WISH OUR MANY
FRIENDS' AND ' '
PATRONS
A Merry Christmas
and a .;-.
Bright and Happy
New Vcar:
We wish to thank those who
nave made tnia one ot tne
prosperous years
most
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oar business career.
The. Store That Makes Handsome
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No. 7,673
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STUDENT'S JLAMP. . ' '
' A beautiful COLONIAL TURKISH LEATHER COUCH and
a massive RUSSIAN LEATHER QUEEN VICTORIA ROCKER.'
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with the goods. ' - - . . x ,
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Phone Main 3S0
,195 Third Street
PRESENTS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY .MADE TO
D. J. CASWELL - - V .698 IRVING It'.' - :
JOHN MAIR v - 291 ELEVENTH STV -
.REV. GEO. E. JACKSON V - 455 MAIN ST.
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