" Earl C. Brownleb
Sheldon F. Sackett
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Salem, Oregon
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Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always
plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham Lincoln. V
A Fool's Errand
NOSING his tiny 40-foot yawl into open
seas, Paul Handloss, brave man or fool,
is off to Tahiti from Astoria to the Society
islands by way of San Francisco. With him
are two lads recruited as a crew after the
parents of his first youthful companion had
reclaimed their son from weird wanderings.
Mrs- Hpndloss, and the four sons of her
seafaring longshoreman of a husband, are to
step aboard the toy boat at San Francisco
and continue the 3600-mile voyage to Tahiti,
undaunted by the seeming folly of their
pilgrimage. The chief pilot and father con
fesses he is not a navigator, but he knows
how to get to glamorous southern waters, be
cause he had been there before. He is siaic--ing
the lives of wives and sons against the
guess that he can find his way in a iuuie
craft over deep, dark, unremitting seas.
Somewhere beyond the heartless billows
(if his little craft proves sturdy) Handtoss
expects to, educate his sons in the arts ana
philosophy and, perhaps, to absorb into his
own peculiar mind some of the story-book
atmosphere of the tropics. f
But if Handloss proves no better as a men
tor in the arts and philosophy than he con
fesses to be as a navigator; 11 he has no more
of learnimr than he has of common sense the
world will be little improved by the education
his four boys may gain at the hands of this
unusual fa.thr. v
New Use For Airplane
rUHE San Francisco office of the Southern
A Pacific company reports a new use for
the modern airplane ; employed as a help in
bridge engineering, in which it aids in secur
ing valuable data, according to C R. Hard
ing, engineer of standards for the Southern
v Pacific, who last week completed what is
v believed to be the first aerial inspection of
a bridge site.
Seated comfortably in the cabin of the
great tri-motored Fokker plane of the Rich
field Oil company, Harding and a number of
his associates flew to and fro over the waters
of Suisun bay at elevations ranging from a
few hundred feet to more than five thousand
feet. The purpose of the flight was to com
plete data required for construction of the
company's proposed railroad bridge over the
bay.
"From the plane," Harding said, "it was
possible to get a more comprehensive view
of the site than otherwise would be possible.
Bars and obstructions under water could be
seen with ease, and the results of this inspec
tion are of undoubted value
"The data gathered convince us that there
is no possibility that the proposed bridge
will in any sense be on obstruction to naviga
tion. The life span wiU beP Qver the naviga
tion channel and will provide a clearance of
135 feet above high water.
Keep Your Eye On Them
ORLANDO HOLLIS, son of Mr- and Mrs.
Moody Hollis, of Eugene, made an aver
age grade of 107 during his three years in
the University of Oregon law school. Dur
ing his four undergraduate years in the Uni
versity of Oregon, he made an average grade
of 1.13.
That means that during his law school
course he lacked only seven hundredths of
one point of scoring an average of the high
est mark that can be given to any student.
During his undergraduate years he lacked
only 13 hundredths of a point of making that
almost impossible scholastic honor.
Another Eugene youth, Elton Edge, has
graduated with an average mark of 1.36.
Commenting m the records of these boys,
the Eugene Register aptly says: "Much
6 tress is laid in these days upon social and
athletic prowess in the colleges, and it can
not be denied that social and athletic leader
ship is useful in later life to those college
graduates who are fortunate enough to have
established it.
v "But keep your eye on Orlando Hollis and
H.lton Edge. High scholastic achievement,
such as theirs, is still the most important ob
jective of college life- They will never regret
the efforts they have put forth to win it."
An "Official" Strike
THE textile strike at New Bedford, Mass.,
where thousands of woikers are idle
as a protest against' reducing their wages to
an -average of something like $18 a week,
- may now be said to be official v
' The president of the New Bedford Cotton
Managers- . sscia tion has issued a bristling!
statement charging that the strike is being
carried on by communists and, bolsheviks.
That sort of statement is quite the. thing
these d3 3- It is easy to make, and will be
swallowed whote by many excellent people,
no matt.r how much evidence is offered in
refutation.
But it
often te.
trying to
failed
Presidential War Power
A MONG the problems that the next ses-
xJl sion of Congress win tackle will be,
nrobablv. the knotty Question of the powers
which devolve on the president as a result of
his constitutional position as commander in
chief of our armed forces.
This question was raised in the last ses-
Sion m conneeuun wnn tiie uipw,u ui um
ines to Nicaragua, but was not fully discuss
ed. Doubtless the senate will consider it
again, however.
The Constitution gives Congress sole pow
er to declare war, but it gives the president
powers over the army and navy which en
able him to out the country in a state of war
without any declaration by Congress. Buch
anan has been the only president since Jef
ferson who did not feel that the president
could land forces on foreign soil without con
gressional consent. AIL the others have as
sumed that he could- "
It has been pointed out that" a president
could force the country into war without con
sulting Congress at all; and the whole con
stitutional question doubtless will be dis
cussed in the senate. It may be guessed that
hn aitito-f inn -will Y-oma in. m n h n n omrl I lirri
tendency of late has been to lodge more and;
more power in the hands of the president,
and it is doubtful if this tendency will change
now.
Not So Happy In His New Suit
Business is good in the United States. Car
loading figures for the country last week
showed substantial gains over the corres
ponding week of last year. The bountiful
winter wheat harvest is beginning to make
itself felt. Other crops are doing well; in
cluding livestock. The cotton crop looks like
14 V2 million bales. The . metals industries
are improving, ingot production 01 U. 0.
steel increased 4 per cent in the week. Build
ing continues at an exceptional rate. These
are excerpts from the current weekly report
of Henry Clews & Co , the "owls of Wall
street."
sully a bad indication. It ia. no t
ted to until all other methods of
break or settle the strike have
Gypsies Among Us
By Bruce Cation
HUNGARY, land of the Gypsies, wants to
see no more of them. A government de
cree, just issued, rules that the Gypsies shall
be" wanderers no longer. They are to be
transformed into responsible citizens, liable
to military service and subject to all the
mundane laws that affect other Hungarians.
They must put away their picturesque cos
tumes and give up their own language, and
they must settle down and take to working
for a living.
This is probably- all very sensible and
proper. Gypsies are a disturbing element.
They have been known to steal things : worse
yet, they unsettle us, and by their very ex
istenwjfnnt that our way of life is a big
mistake- The Hungarian government doubt
less, is wise.
But if may be that enacting the degree wil".
prove easier than putting it into effect.
The Gypsy is not only a man of different
blood than ours ; he seems to have a different
kind of soul. Not for him are the standards,
rewards and triumphs of the civilization of
which we are so proud. He has a different
set of values.
We seem to be born with the impulse to
look ahead. We are always wondering how
we are to fare next year. Life has certain
tangible, material rewards, that can be felt,
touched, seen and handled; houses, automo
biles, bank accounts, and the like. Under our
standard, the successful man gets these
things and the failure does not. A way of life
that leads to them is good,nnd a way of life
that does not is bad.
All of this is foreign to the Gypsy. Life is
a much more easy-going affair to him. Its
rewards never lie in the future, nor are they
things that can be weighed and measured.
They are, instead, emotional reactions;
glimpses of new vistas,, the pleasures of
carefree wandering, the delight of the open
road. The mere process of living, to the
Gypsy; can be enough if .it is tackled right.
A man with such standards is doomed in
this modern age. We scorn not only, the past,
but the present also. The future, to us, is
everything. Getting, making and doing are
great words -in our vocabulary. What it we
do fail to taste the fine savor of life, as we
go along Are we hot working our heads
00 the - liypsies must conform to our
standards. 'This world is no place for, their
philosophy. Everyone must work Idling is
an art that is out of date.
But it wouldn't hurt us to be a little bit
less sure of ourselves. We are coming peril
ously close, to the point where we shall be
trying to live by bread alone. It may be that
the Gypsy-is wiser than we think.
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mjK NEW (f
"IAFKSE W
By G. D. Seymour
NEW YORK, -(AP) A few
years ato New York became aware
of a new type of Russian immigra
tion. Instead of laborers and peas
ants from western provinces, to
some 50,000 of whom New Yorkj
elves shelter, were coming mem
bers of the nobility, fleeing the
bolshevist revolution. Barons were
found serving as doormen of res
taurants and princes washing dish
es. There are in New York today
some 10,000 of these- new immi
grants, genteel and university
trained. Instead of settling on t
lower east side, where their coun
trymen found homes, they have
colonized uptown around 125th
street.
Socially they, have achieved a
leadership among their country
folk not unlike that which they
commanded in the motherland.
But economically, save for a few
engineers and chemists who found
good positions, the new Russians
are on the same level with the
peasant immigrants. Th'e two
groups work together in factories
and shops, their standards of liv
ing are alike and they mingle free
ly. .
BYSTANDr
less scenery can a motorist really
enjoy at 40 miles an hour?
By Kirk I. Simpson
WASHINGTON ( AP ) Cabin
eteers on summer jaunts have two
main ports of call now that Her
bert Hoover has been nominated
and has set up a little White
House out in California.
Custom requires them to call
at the regular summer White
1 House if possible; also It's rood
personal politics. - The corps of
Washington correspondents camp
ed in the vicinity usually against
presidential will find things dull
at times and a visiting cahineteer
always gets into print, whether
he's a real news bearer or not.
Holdover Prospects
With their former cabinet col
league keeping open house la Cal
ifornia a second summer duty is
imposed. Wilbur of Navy was at
Stanford almost in time to greet
the nominee at the ear steps. Da
vis of War turned up there more
recently, enroute to Honolulu.
Which has raised the question lu
Washington as to their possible
hopes of succeeding themselves ic
the event of Hoover's election, an
event of which they, as good re
publicans, are already certain, no
doubt. What chance would they
have?
Most Washington onlookers fall
to credit them with any. They see
no compelling political reason for
the retention by Hoover of Wilbur
and Davis. There may. It is ad
mitted, be some personal question
in Wilbur's case, due to friendship
between Stanford's most distin
guished graduate and the brother
of the naval secretary who heads
that Institution. But that Hoover
of California needs the help of
Curtis Wilbur to'carry his home
state Washington refuses to be
lieve. And why, it Davis election
services are urgently needed in
the corn belt, was he o complete
ly ignored in the vice-presidential
tow-wowing at Kansas City, In fa
vor of his Kansas neighbor Cur
tis? Davis Record
Davis has personal political
strength . , 4art of Mis
souri datii K park com
mission active... .-i St. Louis. He
wears the only decorations for val
or in war to grace any cabinet
chest. He's an American Legion
naire of some note, also a former
national guardsman of standing
He made good as post war mem
ber of the War Finance corpora
tion and as assistant war secretary
had good contacts in handling in
dustrial mobilization problems.
Yet when Secretary Weeks died,
President Coolidge hesitated long
in naming a successor, leaving Da
vis on the anxious seat as acting
secretary. It took the aviation up
roar and Davis' handling of the
thorny "Billy" Mitchell case, end
ing in the air crusader's court
martial and subsequent resigna
tion under sentence, to turn the
cabinet appointment Davis' way.
The Missourian has never ap
peared highly influential at the
White House. Take the case of the
recommc-ndations made by a Re
servist committee at the war de
partment that the second defense,
test be held, on Armistice Day,
Senator Hiram Johnson of Cal
ifornia is in Astoria, but register
ed under a camouflaged name.
Must be a bug under that chip.
ntent In Xew Roles
A Russian colonel of the czar's
court, with a university degree,
was for several years a grave dig
ger In a Brooklyn cemetery. He is
more content now as an express
handler.
The solicitor-general of the
short-lived Kerensky government,
a man of about SOT, washes dishes
in a big midtown hotel.
Many new immigrants work in
bakeries and biscuit factories, and
others In piano factories. A num
ber who were physicians in Rus
sia, being too old to pass Ameri
can medical examinations, became
union painters. Those of artistic
bent have found commercial art
a profitable field.
. The older ImmlgnMits not p;i .
ployed as factory hands or labor
ers work as tailors la the clothing
trades, or opera to small business
es.
The downtown Russian colonics
In the lower east side are in Kast
Seventh street and Cherry strp"t
Tompkins Square on avenue A ha.-,
become known in that crowd .1
neighborhood as "Russian Park"
because the one-time subjects if
the czar gather there by hundre.h
each evening to sit on the benehe Av
debate bolsevism, play checker
and drink buttermilk.
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Imperial No Longer
The fugitives from bolshevism
once expected to be called back to
resume their places in a new mon
archy, and they reassembled In the
United States their old groups
the Imperial Guard association.
army and navy federations, and
professional associations. The
still survive; but for sentiment';
sake.
The newcomers now know thev
will never go back, nor do they
want to. Almost all have sought
citizenship, and those who hal
titles new disparage their use, pre
ferring to be known for what they
are in a new land.
This Date in
American
History
August SO
1S33 Birthday of Benjamin Har
rison,' 23rd president.
1861 Convention at Wheeling
adopted an ordinance furt'i--new
state of West Virginia.
I8z uiarnevine. Tenn.. surren
dered to Confederates.
1300 rresiaeni jonnson i
claimed rebollioa in Te
suppressed.
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Bits for Breakfast
The New Statesman feels sorry
for that little girl who tried to
make a pen-wiper out of one of
her mother's dresses and found
she hadn't enough material.
We suggest to our friends that
an appropriate birthday gift
would be one of those modest lit
tle $10,000 bills Uncle Sam is just
now printing.
Wine seized la New York was
found, on analysis, to contain
sheep gelatin, tannic acid, tartaric
acid powder, potassium bi-sulph-
ate, citric acid, calcium sulphate
and brilliant filtering dyes. Also it
probably contained a liberal per
centage of headaches and fights.
That German musician who
played the piano 82 hours at a
stretch must be training for a
place in some dance marathon or
chestra.
The Statesman respectfully sug
gests this amendment to Tam
many's song title: "Yeast Side,
Nov. U.TargelTto orfrer;acTflsilWeta' Slde- A Around the Town."
invasion of that victory anniver
sary. As acting secretary, Davis
held it up until his hand was for
ced when the story leaked out.
Then he dashed to the White
House and was, so to speak, sat
on. President Coolidge turned
down the recommendation flatly
without bothering to explain why.
He said to hold the defense show
on the Fourth of July, if it must
be held, and this was done.
By way of explaining the White
Houss course, a well authentfeated
story of the time credited the pas
tor of the President's church, a
reserve chaplain with having heat
edly opposed Armistice Day for
defense test purposes when the
question was up -before a chap
lains corps committee. Be that
as it may. from that time until
the Mitchell episode, acting Secre
tary Davis was very gloomy as to
his cabinet prospects.
The Statesman's "Fourteen PoInW
A Progressive Program To Which This Newspaper Is Dedicated
1.
4.
7.
A greater Salem a greater Ore
gon. Industrial expansion and agricul
tural development of the Wil
lamette valley.
- Efficient republican government
for nation, state, county and city
Clean news, just opinion and fair
practices.
Upbuilding: of Oregon's young
Hnen industry..
'odern city charter for Salem,
Med after mature tonsider-
by all roters.-
ul encouragement to beet
r growers and other pioneers i
. Tricultural enterprise.
Fa i k 'and playground develop
ment for all people.
9. Centralization within the capital
city area of all state offices and
institutions.
10. Comprehensive plan for the de
' velopment of the Oregon State
Fair. V
1L Conservatiojn of natural re
sources for the public good.
12. Superior school facilities en
couragement of teachers and ac
tive cooperation with ' Willamette
university."
13. Fraternal and social organization
of the greatest possible number
of persons.
14. Winning to Marion county's fer
. tile lands the highest type of
citizenship. .
Old Oregon's Yesterdays,
Town Talk From the Statesman Our Fathers Read
Fred Heiskell, of the Little
Rock, Ark., Gazette, thinks the
slogan ought to be changed to
"Ale for Al and Al for Ale."
What we would like to know is
not why the girls in Hollywood are
tinting their toenails a deep pink
but how the newspaper man who
first commented thereon found it
out.
The Albany Democrat-Heraldl
tells that a girl motorist ran her
car upon the sidewalk there and
seriously injured a pedestrian.
Like the Canadian "Mountie" the
flapper of today "Always gets her
man."
Hoover left for the east happy
in the knowledge that he doesn't
have to worry about the Pacific
coast states. They're for him.
A second busy season
in tne Salem canneries, with a
long run in sight for some of
them.
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One Salem cannery concern, the
Oregon Packing company, has now
over 1000 people working, in its
two plants. That is high mark for
a Salem cannery.
Cucumber picking is making
busy times in the districts in Mar
ion, Clackamas, Linn and Benton
and other valley counties where
this vegetable is grown for the
pickle factories. In the Aurora
section, some Filipinos are help
ing. They make good in the
"cuke" fields. By the way, they
are American citizens. Born that
way, or taken into citizenship
when the United States fell heir
to the Philippine islands.
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All the coast resorts along the
Pacific from -Seaside south are
busy. With about five years more
of state highway construction, the
Oregon coast country is going
10 come into its own with many
millions added to the wealth of
this state, tn timber and agricul
tural resources and in many other
ways. A large part of the country
back of the Oregon coast line is
almost virgin la development.
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Polk county is making- over the
road by way of Dallas, Buell and
the Wallace bridge. Construction
work makes parts of it rough and
dusty now. When completed, this
win make a cut-off to Tillarfook
coast points that will save 20 odd
miles.
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William S. Falrhar.k tln,..
locomotive engineer, stepped down
from his cab at San Francisco one
day last week, aftejp a service of
40 years. He had completed his
run from Frisco, joining the rankB
of the company's pensioners. Nowj
he plans to see the world. "It's!
me iirst chance I've had to tra
vel," said the veteran who in more
By R. J. Hendricks
where a fourth of the farms, ar
already electrified, and a vigor
ous policy of rural extension w:M
amount to an expenditure of sow
eral hundred thousand dollars ty
the Portland Electric Power com
pany. Installation of poles an i
wires for a high-voltage aroun.l
the population center of Washing
ton, county is progressing: rapidly.
The line starts from Beavrrtoi
and runs in two separate din-'
tlons, carrying 25,000 volts. Tin-i.'
is a distributing plant at Beaver
ton to handle the electric energy
manufactured at the Oak (Jrov
station. One routing follows. alotK
the Tualatin valley highway
through Reedville, Hillsboro. Cor
nelius and Forest Grove. Running
to the north from the other limi
winds along county road afur
county road, through Cedar Mill-.
North Plains and Banks. The two
lines are .to join at Forest (inm
Weather-Beaten
Flour Mill Has
Stood 70 Years
PARKERSVTLLE. Ore.. Aug 2
(Special) The old Parkersvill
flour mill, built here 70 years ao.
still stands. Beneath the sli.nl
of mightly balm trees and over
grown with evergreen blackber
ries, this old mill stands a mon
ument to the Parker family wh
built It in 1858 before the Civil
war.
Fifty feet from- the old mill n
ah arm of Lake Labish, in whi.-ti
fish constantly jump and eddy thi
water on a hot August afternoon.
Three score and ten years hav-t
weathered the old mill and soften
ed its outlines to a silver gray.
The small-paned windows, throimh
which three generations have look
ed, are still intact.
If this old building could speak,
it could tell of mighty changes
that have been wrought here. It
could tell of grists of wheat
hrnnrkt hv ox team In srlv days.
than four decades of service has t It could tell of strong and stalwart
men who now sleep tneir last 10ns
August 21, 1V03
The prune growers of , the Wil
lamette valley yesterday organized
a fire relief association for the
state prune growers 'benefit and
protection. There are to be no
pecuniary profits or dividends for
any stockholder.
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The Oregon national guard will
encamp at Gearhart park next
week. Captain Evan M. Johnson,
Jr., of Vancouver barracks has re
ported for duty to the- governor to
act as instructor.
The city streets have been in
darkness several nights, due to
breakage of some of the machine
ry at the Citizens' Light and Trac
tion company.
Secretary of State T. L Dunbar
has gone to Astoria to attend the
regatta. v
Mayor and Sirs. C. P. Bishop re
turned yesterday afternoon from
Newport.
T. A. Livesley returned fyester-
day. from several days' outing at
the. Linn county springs.
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The Lowc-nberg ft Going com
pany paid J 97 into the state
treasury for convict labor for, the
Northwest Stove Foundry lor the
month of July. -- ,
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A aumber of Satomltea, includ
ing Frank Truckee, Rube Landoa.
J. W. Meyers and Cooke Fatton,
will appear at Shields' park to
night la an amateur bill, follow
ing the regular performance.
Look before you leap" seems
to be the attitude of Salem's Lions
club with reference to adoption of
the nrooosed amendment to the
city's charter. Or perhaps they ob
ject to "buying a ptg in a poae.
Barbs
Numerous fires this summer, In
cluding Jthe recent blazes at Sll-
verton and Ellensburg, wasu., in
dicate that it Is not the- forests
alone which are subject to this
menace during the dry months. -
A correspondent writes In to
suggest that perhaps someone al
ready had told both Hoover and
Al Smith of their nomination prior
to official notlflcatldn.. Both ap
pear to have received private tips
to tnat effect.' ,.
"Smith Gets Alligators' says a
Portland Oregonian headline. Still,
It might have been snakes.
This paper suggests that the
Antarctic relief expeditions might
just, as well accompany Byrd and
the other two, just to save time..
How much of Oregon's match-
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f 1TTD CLUB
MEETING Iff BROOKS
BROOKS, Ore.. Aug. 20 (Spe
cial) The Brooks Community
club held Its regular meetins in
Kamp i nail in Brooks on Thurs
day afternoon, the business meet'
lug was conducted by the presl-
aent, Mrs, John Dunlavy.
After the business meeting a
reading entitled. "Towzer Mast Be
Tied Up Tonight." was given by
Mrs. George Harding. The after
noon was spent piecinc ' auilt
blocks, embroidering and in social
conversation. The following com
mittee served refreshments: Mrs.
Sylvester Harris. Mrs. C. T.
Brixey, Mrs. Cecil V. Ashbaugh,
and Mrs. George Harding.
In the group were: Mrs. B. F.
Ramp, Mrs. John Ray, Mrs. Mary
Martin and great-grandson, Mrs.
Sylvester A. Harris and daughter.
La Von Harris, Mrs. Geoge Hard-
ing. Miss Ella McMunn, Miss Marie
Dunlavy, Mrs. A. E. Harris, Mrs.
H. R. Sheurman, Mrs. Virgil Loo
mis and daughters Delphine and
Bertha Loomis, Mrs. Cecil V. Ash
baugh and daughter Kreta Fas
Ashbaugh, Mrs. Wlllard Ramp and
daughter Cleo Ramp, Mrs. C. A.
Bailey and son Robert Bailey, Mrs.
C. T. Brlxley and daughter Winnt
fred Brixey, Mrs. Bell Ingham nad
Mrs. John S. Dunlavy. -
The next meeting will be held
In Ramp's hall Thursday after
noon. August . SO. Mrs.- Virgil
Loomis, Mrs.. A. E. Harris,'' Mrs.
F. Ramp and Mrs. John. Ray ate
on. the committee 10 serve next
time ,
traveled hundreds of thousands of
miles.
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The farmers of the Salem dis
trict have made and are making
great progress in the extension of
power lines. This section will
hv be up on Its toes to keep
head of the Tualatin valley.
sleep. It could tell of land cleared
and drained, of the planting of lm- ,
mense gardens of celery and headC
lettace; of onions and strawber
rles; of the draining of swamps
and building of homes. "
Ot all these tha old mill could
telL
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