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WRAPPED
NOTICE OP KTltEET ASSl'.SSM KM
I NHT4 M,M FAT l'HIVll.lt.KS.
Notice Ik hereby given that the
Common Council of The City of Pen
dleton, on the lsth duy of October,
19K, did make an assessment for the
Improvement of Jackson street from
the went line of Main street to the
east line of Monroe street, and Monroe
Htreet from the north line of Monroe
Mreet, to the south line of Wilson
street in The City of Pendleton, and
did assess the contract price for mak
ing said Improvement!! against the
Ion, parts of lots and parcels of land,
especially benefited thereby. All per
sons affected by such Improvement
and assessment desiring to take ad
vantage of the provisions of Chapter
5 of Title 26, of Lord's Oregon Laws
providing that such assessments may
be paid In ten annual Installments are
hereby notified that application so to
do must be made to the City Recorder,
as In such Chapter 5 provided within
ten days from the date of this entice
Forms for such applications may b
secured from the office of the City
Recorder.
Dated at Pendleton, Oregon, this
th duy of November. 1111.
thos. rrrv. herald.
City Recorder.
NOTICE OF RIDS FOH CROSS
WALKS. Notice Is hereby given that scaled
bids will be received at the office of
the City Recorder, up to Xovembei
16th, 19U, at 5 o'clock P. M., for th
construction of Crosswalks on tlu
following Htrects In The City of Pen
dlnton, vis
Crosswalk on Jnne street at the In
terscction of Railroad street, and
Jane street.
Crosswalk on Harden street at thr
Intersection of Garden and High
streets.
Crosswalk on Stonewall Jackson
street at the tnlersectlon of Stonewall
Jackson and lrfvis streets on thf
North and Houlh side of Lewis street
Crosswalk on Iewis street at thf
Interaction of lwls and Long street
Crosswalk on Henurcgard street at
the intersection of Beauregard anil
lwis street.
Crosswalk on Post street at the In
tersectlon Of Webb and Post street.
Said Crosswalks to be constructed
of Concrete and the contractor to fur
nish all material, tools etc.. necessary
in ro inn lets the work.
By order of the Common Council
this 3rd day of November a. l. mm
THOS. FITZ GERALD,
City Recorder
XOTICK TO TAXPAYERS OK IIF.AK.
INJ ON HUlMiET FOR CITY
TAXKS FOR 1U17.
Notice is hereby given that on the
1st day ef November, 1 1 6 the Com
mon Council of The City of Pendleton
adopted a Budget estlmuting the
Hmount of taxes to be levied by The
City of Pendleton for the year 1917
and placing that amount nt the sun
of $63,725.38 nnd that a hearing or
said budget will be held at the Conn
.11 Chambers in the City Hall nt Pen
dleton, Oregon, on Nov. 29. 191(1. at
7-3(1 o'clock P. M., where the t om
mon council will sit and hear any ob
jections or exceptions that may be
made to any or all Items of said Hud
get at adopted by It, nil Tax Payers
are particularly Invited to be present
nt iic.h meeting.
Pv order of The Common ( oiinrli
dated lhit 4th day of November. 191
THOS. FIT, (IF.IIALD.
Cltv Recorder
MINES TO GAVE IN
FEItNIK. R. C, Nov. 11 Reief
gangs are working feverishly but
hopelessly in number one, east mine.
attempting to reach John Janiak, the
only victim of several caveins follow
ing a remarkable series of seismic
disturbances Janiak is probably
dead. If living he la not expected to
survive the days which may elapaie
before rescuers reach him. chief In
xpector Graham arrived from Victoria
and Is examining the damaged work
ings. Mnie work has practically
ceased. Few men were willing to en
ter the mines after the accident.
There Is more Catarrh Id tbls section of
the countr? limn all other diauaaes put to
Kcthcf. and for years It as supposed to t
Incurable. Dorters prescribed local reme
dies, ami by constantly fulling to cure wltb
local treatment, pronounced It Incurable
t'atarrh Is local Olxeane, greatly Influ
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Hall's t'atarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J
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SynopcU.
TJAROLh STANLEY, ton ef 4
1 Sew York pubUiher, U in love
with Florence Uontrote, daughter of
Dr. Uontrote, who hat tpent hit Ufa
perfecting a machine to rejuvenate
humanity. Stanley hat been inoit.
ins police activity in the myttertout
murder of fourteen wealthy Hew
Yoriert, each ttrangled by a being
of tupernatural power. The flrtt
view of the murderer it obtained by
Florence Uontrote, when Stanley'!
father it made the fifteenth Crimton
Plain victim in her home. In an at
tempt to put Stanley out of the way
became of hit crutade Pierre La
Rue, the tlayer, ilteovert that Flor
ence recognize! him. La Rue't man
Tanner kidnapt Florence. Stanley
, runt the yymg auto down only to
find that the girl hat been put into
hypnotic trance. The tpell it
broken by La Rue't unexpected vitit
to the Uontnite horn". 1 hen Flor
vnce it lured ly a f(?d n'lte to a
koute in the Bronx vhuh U blotcn
up jutt at Stanley ctcpt with her.
Florence rccogtihcs Tanner and
lotlowt him. She it caught and made
a pritimcr in Vatt'a Tottea'i apart
ment. Lamlert Trurton, the dia
mond Icing, it found dead in Vanya't
apartment, flatton it found by
Stanley and a detective unenntciout
in the latmt roow. The dcteeiive ao
futet him of the murder. Florence
As he spoke his curt directions the Crimson Stain surged luridly iato his eyes.
excitedly, aa she turned to face the
great detective, "1 have great newa
for you, A clew that may eolve the
whole 'Crlmaon Stain" mystery. It
Is about the murder of Truxton Lam-
tlie night he heard Homebody try
softly to open tho door leading Into
the suite from the hallway outside.
Harold remembered he had bolted it,
not wishing to be disturbed by any
etapet from Tanner at he it taking , )saw nim killei NevOT mind chanM maTWKea J.
her from I any at.
FIFTH EPISODE
The Figure in Black.
ROBERT CLAYTON stood
aghast, still half dazed. The
plain clothes man laid a heavy
tund on hie shoulder.
"Come along!" he ordered curtly. '
"But I didn't I'm innocent!" stain-
ered Clayton. "I "
"Hold on!" Interposed Stanley.
Many a zealous detective has faced
: 'false arrest' charge through being
n too much of a hurry. We can't
alk "this over on the roof here. Come
(own to Mr. Clayton's studio. Bring
;ra along. Not so roughly, man!
11 answer that he won't try to ea-
Reluctamly the officer assented,
id the trio climbed through the
uttle single file, returning to tie
lUdlo. . .
"Now, then!" proceeded bianiey, as
eiecmo ukimo.
how. I'll explain that to you later.
I've been trying to get Harold Stan
ley on the telephone to let him know
about It But I -'.on't find him. So
I am telling you instead. I saw
Truxton Lambert killed. His mur
derer was"
"Wait!" broke In Fairish, nervously,
as a faint sound from the hall outside
reminded him of Felix's appearance
on the landing. "Wait here a minute,
please. I'll be right back."
Vainly Florence Montrose awaited
the return of the man who had so
oddly left her In the midst of her rev
elation. For five minutes she stood
there, wondering at Parrish's non
appearance. Then she stepped out
Into the hall.
Parrish was not there. Her pretty
brows contracted In bewilderment.
A she was starting to make further
Investigation the telephone at her
elbow began to ring.
Florence picked up the Instrument.
"Is that you, Florence?" came Har
old Stanley's voice in answer to her
query. "I'm down at Bob Clayton's
rival. He turned to cross the room
and open the door, on the chance that
the newcomer was Florence. Then be
changed his purpose before he had
taken-a step.
For, although he could not see the
entire sidewalk beneath him, yet be
had an uninterrupted view of the
street itself from curb to curb. He
had been staring down at it for sev
eral minutes. And no taxlcab bad
driven up.
Nor, he reflected, would Florence
have tried to open the door without
first knocking. And, an ordinary vis
itor, even failing to knock at once,
would have done so on finding the
door fastened shut But there was
no knock; and the soft pressure on
the knob was not repeated. J
Harold, still hidden in tbe curtain
masked embrasure of the window
stood, perplexed, at this queer pro
cedure. He was about to step out of
his impromptu hiding place and go
out into the hall to investigate, when
tance. Receiving so answer, she cotv
etuded that Stanley, bad tired of the
long wait and bad) gone. Retracing
her own steps, so left the building
and re-entered the taxlcab, which she
opposed was the same in which she
had oome thMhr.
diving the chauffeur her home ad
dress, she stepped Into the machine.
Instantly she saw, by the indistinct
light, that It was occupied by two
dark forms.
Before she coold more back one
of tbe two srwn seined her, clapping
the skylight They didn't see to.
From what they said, I gather
they'd come there to finish me a4
to kidnap Miss Montrose. Tbey war
to bring her here to the eld dusrias
boose on the Durtond tarnplke i
1 know the place. One of them '
downstair to watt for be 1
tackled the other. Ha bad kalfav :
So I let him think he knocked at '
oct Then aa he bent orer me 1
got the grip I wanted. Yevn ta4
him there, still, trussed trp tad
tailless some of his friends hare soma i
for him, I phoned your police statloa A,
tolling you what was up and
It was yon who phoned, all
right," admitted the lieutenant 1
knew your roles. That's why we at
ed so quick on your tip,- We weraft
a minute behind the 'taxi in get
ting here. But how f
"Then I pat on the other chap's
mask and domino," finished Stanley,
"to play the game out That's sis.
Tbe man you want is in n
"But what In blue biases 434 this
young lady mean by saying lust now
that the man in the mask was Trnx- .
ton Lambert's murderer T" insisted
the lieutenant "Robert Clayton ha
Just been arrested for''
"He was arrested wrongly!" broke
' In Florence. "I know. For I saw tbe
murder committed I"
"Tout You didr sputtered the
lieutenant
"Mr. Stanley has asked me to be oa
the lookout for the man I saw m or
dering his father," replied Florence.
"And I saw his accomplice an hear
later in the street I tracked him to
an apartment house. I followed bv
doors to see what apartment he would
go to. Then some one seised m and
threw something or or my head and
carried me Into a. room or a closet
that was dark."
"In Vanya, Tosca's flat?" exclaimed
the astounded Stanley. "Yon were
there T But "
"I managed to work the cloth off
of my bead and face," continued
Florence. "I was tied too fast to
more much. But I wriggled to a lit
tle spot of light It was a keyhole.
I saw Mr. Clayton come into a room
i a mritcnea on uio
i r..t another look at that note.
The plain clothes man drew out the Btudlo hag just Deen ajTeeted
,ie. He did not place It in Harold a for -mjiton Lambert's murder. I
utstretched fingers, but held It up, w6nt wjth him when ne v&g to
itrht-clenched between his own tne station pome hack here to
nnds, to prevent either of the outers )ook arounJ. i wanted to see if I
mm snatching nnd destroying It ti6 pue 0f a not6
iiaxold was tnus enuuiwi . n,
l,ut not to handle It. He and Clayton
,.th stared at the scrap of paper-
That's not my writing. It is not in
he very least like mine. You know
: isn't Harold."
Of cour.v) I know It isn't!" easerly
isnted S'anloy. a look ot genuine
re' ef on h'l face. "I've seen your
,uid writing a hundred times. This is
'h-. more like it than it's like mine,
offlcer, you've made a b:K adstake
here."
"It Is a trap!" cried Clayton.
"That's not my writing. Some one
is trying to throw the blame of the
murder on me. I'll gladly tell you
what little I know about it I
"Anything you say now," warned
the detective, ayua dropping into
police diction ho recited the legal
formula, "anything you say now is
liable to be used against you at your
"Speak up, Bob!" adjured Stanley.
'Clear yourself."
"I went to Vanya Toscaa apart
r.ent" be can OUvton, speaking di-it-Uy
to his friend, and ignoring the
n-.patient detective. "Yqu remember,
you wore to meet me there. I hid in
-n alcove behind some curtains, so
as to surprise her when she came In.
r was a fool's way of acting, but- (
"It was a lover's way of acting,
admitted Stanley. "Which amounts
to the slime thinff. Oo ahead.
"She came into the living-room,
continued Clayton. "There was a.
man with her. A flashy overdressed
"Bob arrested?" repeated the girl.
Incredulous and horrified. "Arrested
for the Lambert murder? Why, he is
Innocent! As innocent as you are!
As Innocent as I am!"
"Of course he Is," rejoined Stanley,
"and you're a brick to be so loyal In
your belief of him. But he "
"It Isn't Just 'belief !" she corrected,
vehemently. "It's knowledge. I
know Bob didn't kill Truxton Lam
bert I know It because I know who
did kill him."
"You know?" echoed Stanley In
high excitement 'Til come up there
and "
"No," she Interposed. "I'll come
down there."
"But it's late, and "
"Hello," she called. "Hare they
cut us off?"
There was no reply. Again and
again she called. But the connection
was hopelessly broken. A hand in
the darkness just outside of the cur
tains had reached out swiftly to the
telephone wires and had severel them
with a pair of nippers.
It took her some little time to
change into the clothes she selected.
And it took much longer to get hold
of a taxlcab at that time of night
nnd In so remote a district. Nor was
the ride downtown a short one. Much
but from the skylight above the
studio room.
Even as he looked, one of the two
succeeded In prying loose the sky
light's catch. Gradually and with al
most no noise, the catch was pushed
back and the skylight itself was
lifted.
Then, by the light from the room
over her mouth ana aose and forcing, just aneau ana nine ueumu
her Into a seat At the same time Then I saw a woman come into
tbe taxi set oH uptown at top speed.. the room with Truxton Lambert TTe
muuiui WW- wj, v"
him alone, I tried to cry out But
there was a gag in my mouth. All at
once Bob Clayton came floundering
out Into the room from behind the
curtain. And a man or a woman
in a black mask and domino was
with him, clinging to Bob's throat
from behind, and strangling- him!
Just as your father was strangled,
Harold! Oh, it was horrible 1 hor
rible!" "The Crimson Stain!" eatclaimed
Stanley.
She shuddered convulsively; then
forced herself to go on:
e-
Uphill at last labored the taxi,
along the very edge of a sharply
curving bind that edged the river.
Straight below glittered tbe dark wa
ter in the starlight A single swerve
of tbe steady wheel would have sent
the machine through the flimsy fence
and down the tow cliff into the
stream.
Fast this the taxi sped, drawing to
a halt a half-mile farther on in
front of a dilapidated bouse that
stood well back from the road
the same muffled sound was re- among tangled shrubbery and weed-
peated. Tms time noi irom me uuoi, grown walks.
The two masked men got oat and
lifted Florence, between them, from
tbe taxi
They entered a large and very dirty
room with their burden and set the
girl down m a rickety chair. Then
oae of the men lighted a kerosene
lamp that huag trom the ceiling.
The yellow bght revealed toe size
Itself. Harold had a clearer view of and the dirt of the almost anfur-
the two Intruders. He stared in dull nlshed room as well as the grime of
amaze. For, both of them were Ua window, A large and empty
shrouded in long black domino-cloaks clothes closet stood with door slightly
and both wore masks.
Noiselessly, the two shrouded fig
ures lowered themselves over the
ekylight-edge and dropped lightly
down into tbe room. One ot them
stood, there, crouched as if for a
spring. The other sped through the
adjoining rooms of the suite: pres
ently returning to his companion.
"No one here," he whispered, "Stan
ley must have gotten tired of waiting
and gone."
"And If the Montrose girl comes
here?" asked the first
"She won't That is arranged. I
am going to wait for her downstairs.
Be listening. And when I whistle
join me down there without keeping
me waiting. It must be touch-and-go.
And the old deserted house is
a full hour's run from here."
Ho pushed back the bolt, glided
out of the room and closed the door
behind him.
As he did so, Harold Stanley sprang
forward from his hiding place and
could have happened in the hour be- launched himself bodily upon the man.
fore Florence reached the Clayton Even as he switched off the light
studio. Indeed much did happen. the man in the domino had a fleeting
In reply to a hurried summons, six glimpse of his charging assailant, and
persons awaited Pierre La Rue on wheeled to meet him.
the latter's arrival nt the big room unnuiy, muraerousiy xney loupni.
ajar at the end of the room oppo
site the hallway doer.
One of the two masked men steppea
"Bob seemed to be getting weake
and weaker. He managed, to pull oat
a revolver from his pocket bur '-he
couldn't get the strength or eyesight
to use it Mr. Lambert jumped up.
and grabbed a chair. He held it as nt
be were trying to hit the Ji asked
man. Just then Bob collapsed in a
heap on the floor unconscious. Mr.
Lambert rushed at the masked man.
But the man dodged to one side and
caught up Bob's fallen revolver and
fired. I saw Mr. Lambert drop dead.
The masked man tore Bob's coUat
and tie loose and thrust the butt of
closer, groping lor something In the the, revolver Into his band. Then be-
chap. I'd never seen him before. Hut at the nar of jaaBfT'B old-fashioned in the enveloping darkness, overturn-
i, ..oiie.i him Truxton. So 1 Knew
who he "must be. I was wild with
i jealousy. So I "
"So you pulled a gun and shot
him!" accused the detective.
"No!" hotly denied Clayton. I
look a step toward the curtains. But
at that very first step-"
He paused, lifted his hand nerv
ously to his neck; then went on:
At the very first step I felt a
set of long, Ice-cold fingers grip my
throat I tried to wheel about, to find
who bad seized me. But hard as I
struggled I couldn't shake off that
strangling grip or see my captor's
face. Then the choking must have
made mo faint. For the next thing
I remember I was swaying on the
edge of the r.:f up there just now
and you were dragging me back. '
Almost at 'U same Instant Flor
ence M.J.!Ke- In crossing the hall
of lir Cither's ftlveidale house,
chanced to inet l arrlsh, as Felix
admitted him nt the, front door.
"Ask Hr. Montro-3 if he can see
me for five minutes," sho hoard Par
rish tell the servant.
As Felix derailed on his errand,
Florence stepped forward. Holding
aside the curtains of an adjoining
room, she said:
"Will u come In hero, Mr. Par
rish? I want to apeak to you."
Wondering at so odd a request from
a girl who scarcely know him by
sight Varrlsh followed her, through
the curtained doorway.
"Mr. Parrlsli," went on Florence,
unner East Side apartment. Pierre
entered the room and nodded care
lessly In response to the almost rev
erent salutations of his henchmen.
-
Singling out two members of the
listening group, La Hue drew them
aside, speaking rapidly and Incisively
to them. Then, he led them to a cup
board, whence he produced two
shapeless black dominoes and masks.
As he spoke, his curt directions,
the Crimson Stain surged luridly
Into his eyes. His whole face and
body seemed transformed. His two
followers - took the dominoes and
masks, folded them carefully under
their coats, and hurried out.
Harold Stanley was heartily tired
of his long and lonely vigil at Clay
ton's studio.
So, fuming at the delay and worry
ing at thought of the girl's lonely
Journey, he strode over to the window
to watch for the arrival of her taxi
cab. The glare of the studio electric
lights on the pane prevented him
from seeing plainly into the street
below. So he switched off nil but one
dim-shaded light and returned to his
post at the window, drawing shut be
hind him the flimsy oriental hans
lngs that divided the shallow window
scat from the rest of the room.
Thus, while everything In the stu
dio was plainly visible to him, he him
self was shut off from the slcht of
anybody within the half-lit room.
As he stood there looking out Into
ing tables and chairs in their course.
Once Harold felt the razor-edge of
a knife-blade graze his chnefc. And
he knew he was fighting with an
armed and desperate man. Seeking
to seize the knife arm, he n i in.
His foot slipped on the iwllshed
floor, caught in the meshev of a dis
arranged rug, and he threw out his
arms wildly in an effort to recover
his balance. Before he could regain
his footing a blow on the jaw
stretched him at full length. His foe
bounded ferociously upon the daxed
and prostrated Stanley.
Two minutes later the shrill sound
of a whistle from far below echoed
through the room. The masked man
In the black domino ran ont of the
suite and downstairs, like a dog at its
master's call. Within ten seconds he
was at his masked companion's side
in the darkened lower doorway of tlie
building.
A taxi halted in front of the door.
Florence Montrwe got out and
crossed to the doorway. A minute
after s'le entered the building a man
stepped out of the vestibule and up
to the taxi.
'The lady sent nie out to say she
won't want you any more," he told
the chauffeur. "Here's a five spot
for you. Forget the change."
The taxi chugged off. At once a
second taxlcab took Its place at the
curb.
Florence Montrose, climbing to
Clayton's studio, knocked for admlt-
breast of his doaaino.
As though has step were a signal, a
thundering knock resounded at the
front door of the bouse, accompanied
by a shout of:
"Open! In the name of the law!"
Tne command was followed by a
kick that sent the rickety old front
door skipping craxily from its hinges
and tumbling Oat, with a bang, into
the dusty entry.
The noise banletied the last of the
drug mists from Florence's reviving
brain. She sat opt dazedly, and
glanced about her.
She was just m time to see the two
masked men make a dash for the
clothes clonal the only arailablo
place of concealment In sight One
of them reaohed the closet a stride
ahead of the other, jumped inside and
slammed the door shut behind him.
The second mashed figure rugtred
frantically at the knob to get hi. But
the man inside was oridently holding
the door shut against bin in a frenzy
of self-preservation.
And at that moment the room filled
with policemen.
Florence started up dizzily from her
chair, pointing to the masked man
who still tugged at the closet door
knob, Take hlmr she shrilled wildly to
the police. "Take him! He Is the
murderer of Truxton Lambert!"
At a word front the lieutenant In
charge the sqaad of police hurled
themselves upon the masked man. He
made no resistance.
"Bring him over here to the light,"
ordered the beutenant "So! Now
rip off that mask and let's get a look
at htm."
Sooner than the word was spoken
a half-doxea haads had torn away
the hooded mask and the enveloping
domino. The mysterious man stood
revealed to the wondering eyes of his
captors.
He was ITarolil Stanley.
"How did yo get here?" cried Flor
ence m the same breath.
It was Florence's query that Stan
ley answered.
"How did I get here?" he repeated.
"Why, I came here bi the taxi with
you along with the man who drug
ged you. It was the surest way to
get Iiim and any of the rest of his
gang who (sight be waiting here for
you."
This dont make sense to me." put
disappeared. And I I think I must
have fainted. For"
"That can watt!" Interrupted the
lieutenant rousing himself to a sense'
of his present duty. "The rest ef
your story can wait Miss Montrose.
You say there's a man in a mask and
a domino hiding in that closet?"
"Truxton Lambert's murderer.
Yes!"
"Have him out, boys!" commanded
the lieutenant
A figure swathed in domino and
mask stood bowing on the threshold.
"Gentlemen," announced the masked
man airily. "I beg to present my sett
as the killer of Truxton Lambert I
won't insult your intslligence by de
nying it But at the risk of seem
ing rude, I wish to say it will take
cleverer men than any of you to cap
ture me."
With a lightning quick gesture the
man hurled among them a round
glass object he had held hidden in
one hand. ; j
The tiny bomb exploded with a force
that ehook the whole ramshackle
building and shivered every window-'
pane In it It made the men reel
drunkenly. It filled the room with an,
impenetrable cloud of stifling and
stinging smoke.
Through the smoke-reek the police
and Harold groped blindly for their
prey; only to seize one another by
mistake.
"The door!" yelled Stanley as a
black figure darted past him In the- '
haze. , .
Following his cry, the police stumb
led out Into the yard. They were
just in time to see the masked men
leap into the waiting taxi and whirl
cityward.
Tbe lieutenant and several of hi
men sprang Into the big red depart
mental car which had brought them
to the house, and rave chase. '
Swiftly they overhauled the htm
bertng taxlcab. As they reached U"
road that edged the cliff, they were
almost upon their prey. The 1IQ-.
tenant fired his revolver hi the air. .
At the shot, the taxi veered sharply,,
"lost the road" and plunged over tho
cliff edge Into the dark water.
All search akmg the shore follod tM
reveal trace ot Its chauffeur or (t
mysterlous passenger.
Reluctantly at last, the police gave ,
over the search until morning. As
they trooped back to their own ear
in the lieutenant, still with more than a UHlramrted masked Btrure la black
crawled stealthily out oi nm nTir,
screened from rlew by a Clump ol
overhanging bushes.
Raising both hands, he wrenched
the dripping mash from his far
(To be continued next week.)
a tinge ef suspicion.
"No?" returned Stanley. "Well, It
will presently. I was at Robert Clay
ton's studio, waiting for Miss Mont
rose. She was to meat me there.
Two masked BMat earns In through
The next Installment of "The crimson Stain Mystery" will appear in The Daily Ku-t oiegonhm on Monday. November 14.
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