dec EGt y
oirfnal.
m
C1IUUJI.ATI0N
Dally average net paid circulation for
month ending November 30, 192ft
tonight and Tuesday; no change In tem
perature, south to southeast gales along
the coast.
Local: Mux., 54; mln., II: rain, .60;
river, 3 7; atmos., cloudy; wind, south.
7317
Average dally distribution 7724.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 303
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS g?AS5IN"iSf1' oI '
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CITY
Proposes Abolition Of
Part Time Officials and
Employment One Full
Time Official.
A definite move to abolish tire
present part time offices of Salem
city hetilih officer, school physi
cian and Marion county heal till of
licer, and establish In their placet!
one full time health officer to have
complete jurisdiction and respen
nihility in matters pertaining to
contagious .disease, became Known
today.
S. E. Purvine, city councilman,
interviewed the Marion county
court Friday night, putting the
matter up to the court. Members
of the Saleni school board and of
the city council die said to lean
favorably toward the proposition.
The idea as outlined involves re
muneration of the county officer
by all three bodies now paying
health officers, the city me scnoc:
board and the county court. Dr.
William B. Mott, city health offi
cer, receives 5750 annually: Dr. u.
R. Roes, school pliysiican, is paid
$500 for the school year; the an
nual salary of Dr. C. B. Coahatl
county health officer, is given as
$600.
The total amount now poM r.
the county for public health pur
poses, $1860 per year, will go a
long way toward paying tne salary
of a full time county health orn
cer, backers of the move declare,
Dissatisfaction Shown.
The present agitation comoa u
a result of dissatisfaction with the
present system of divided responsi
bility and ineffective regulations
with regard to the public health
situation. Smallpox has been
breaking out in and near Salem
regularly for several months, mur
ine the iioftt few weeks diphtheric
haa put iu Its appearance also,
Quarantines are placed in a dis
organized, slipshod manner, each
physician placing his own quaran
tine. The system here, lo?al xmy
sicians declare, Is entirely differ
ent from that In vogue in mas
communities. One man, It is stat
ed, should be placed in full charge
and given full responsibility.
Dr. Walter Brown, head of th
Marion county child health demon
strntion, has been Interviewed on
the proposition and has ae.Mnniu
himcelf willing to assist, wiiuuu
rhnrcp. in the inauguration of thi
new Bystem, which ho also states
!b the r.ystem ueed in tne most up
to date communities.
Those backing the proposed
move favor placing a physician un
der Dr. Brown's dlraclion for
training, with the Idea that he
will eventually take full charge 01
all cltv school and county health
work. His salary would he pro
rated among the city, school an
county.
Dancer of Epidemic.
Local physicians declare that,
while the nrcsent slinshop methroh
of handling contagious disease
might con'inue for years wittiou
any results nn.re sencus tna
thDtic experienced ht-re at the pres
ent time, still there Is wntsnntly
a real danger that an epidemh
might spring up and pass all
bounds. Closer supervision ny
health authority, and more strim
ent enforcement of quarantine
regulations, which can be none ef
fectively only by concentrating au
thority into the hands of one full
time physician. Is the only solu
tion to the problem, they state.
When interviewed on the ques
Won Dr. Brown stated that th
some syetem was introduced at
MnnafieM. Ohio, while he was op
crating a health demonstration
there. - The system proved ft suc
cess there, he states, and has been
found successful in other places.
M'NARY INTRODUCES
COOPERATIVE MEASUR
Washington, Dec. 21. (A.P.)
The administration cooperative
marketing bill was Introduced li
the house today by Chairman Hau
iren of the agricultural committee
The cooperative marketing bill
was Introduced In the senate by
Senator McNary, republican, Ore
eon, but at the same time he re-
Introduced the McNary-Haugen
bill to nrovlde for creation of
farmers' export cooperation for
disuosltion of agricultural surplu
es. This idea has been opposed
SEEK CHANG
in
GOOD EVENING
WORDS and MUSIC
By Stoddard King
CLOSED SEASON
Of all the .things tlint men deem
fun.
By land or else by sen.
Tlio BiHii't of Jiiiiitliifr with a gun
Apicais tlio least to me.
But do not deck my brow with bay,
Dear sciui mental Juno
Tlio reason that I foci that way
is not Hint 1 in Jiumaiie.
Right kIii (I I y would I slay a deer
Ana mount, us u microti ncati.
If I were not obsessed liy fear
That I'd bo shut instead.
I illicit fare forth to shoot the bear
upon t tic inniiiiitniiKHic,
But there are other hunters there
Whotd perforate my hide.
Man's Inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands weep:
Others may bag what git mo they
can.
When friends and kindred hold my
wane.
They shan't have this excuse;
Ills comrades allot litm by mis
take
They thought lie was a moose I"
The season has arrived when the
farmers ran stay . Indoors and
spend their time reading articles
that boIvo tne problems of the at
mer.
When a calendar says winter will
last 80 days from December 21,
that settles It. And tho flowers that
bloom in the spring, tra-la, have
otning to do with tne case.
They can sneer all they want to
a college education .but where
would the professional football pro
moters be If It weren't for college
men ?
AFTKlt READING THE DAY'S
XF.WS.
By Orpheus Xntt,
Some ladies sue for a divorce,
While other ladies slny
Which only goes to prove, of course
That Love will find a way.
(Copyright 1925)
THIEVES CAUGHT
Leland Franklin, 13 years old
and Cecil Jackson, 14, both of Sa-
em, are In the hands of the coun
ty Juvenile officer on a charge of
stealing a Ford automobile be
longing to Frank Saalfeld of route
They were arrested on Mission
street Saturday night by Officers
Edwards and Wright after having
driven the car to Newport on an
outing and again returned to Sa-
cm. Some action relative to the
two boys will probably be taken
by. the authorities today.
Another youth picked up by the
same officers Saturday night was
Louis Anthony Harvey, 1303 North
17th street, who has confessed to
the recent theft of two automo
biles In Salem.. One was stolen
from M. Dcaring on December 5
while the car was parked on Ferry
street, and the other from A. V.
Myers December 10 while the car
was parked near the paper mill.
Young I ranxiin ana young
Jackson gave the officers the name
of a junior high school boy whom
they said was writing and passing
had checks on Salem business hous
The officers Investigated this
morning but found that the boy
has money in the bank and all of
his checks were good.
ASTORIA WOMAN KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Astoria, Ore., Dec. 21 (AP.)
Mrs. Rudolph Basil of Astoria was
Instantly killed this morning when
the automobile driven by her hus
band went over an embankment
naer here. Basil received two rib
fractures and other Injuries.
Mitchell's Conviction
Termed An Outrage
On Floor
Washington, Dec. 21 (AP)
Colonel William Mitchell's court
martial sentence of five years sus
pension from the army was des
cribed "cruel and unreason
able' today by Representative
Garrett of Tennessee, the demo
cratic house leader.
"One of our most distinguish
ed world war flyers has been pun
ished," said Mr. G-arrett, "for
telling the truth of the aviation
shortcomings of the republican
administration.
"We have had investigation af-
ILLEGALITY
OF DISTRICT
IS
Clifford Declares South
east Salem Drainage
Directors Elected With
out Authority.
Charges that the new organiza
tion of the southeast Salem drain
ago district Is Invalid and that T.
B. Kay, F. W. Durbin and W H.
Steusioff are without authority to
to act as directors of the district,
are made by D. Clifford, 2470 Tur
ner road, who asserts that "the
order attempting to organize the
district Is based on a false petltl
tlon and Insufficient evidence."
Clifford avers that the supervis
ors- were not legally elected on the
ground that when tho meeting ad
vertised for 30 days after the elec
tion was held there was no quor
um present, and the meeting ad
journod to a future date. He as
serts that there being no quorum
at the meeting those present had
no authority to adjourn the session
and that to be a legal meeting for
election of supervisors, the call
for the meeting should have been
rea advertised.
Without Foundation
Percy A. Cupper, who was active
In the affairs of organization of
the district, stated today that he
believes the charges are without
foundation and timt those meeting
al the i'ii'fit meeting had a good and
valid right to adjourn to a future
late, Cupper stated there was some
question at the first meeting as
to whether there was a quorum
present, although he believes there
was one, the adjournment wis tak-
a matter of safety and to
assure a larger attendance, ine
law, he states, makes no provision
for readvertising in a case of this
time and the meeting took the only
reasonable action It could take un
der the circumstances
Mr. Clifford has the following
to say on the subject:
In regard to the so-called Sa
lem drainage district, drainage in
name only, that the pretended sup
ervisors have attempted to organ
ize, and I notice also, in the same
connection, reference made to the
deceptive propaganda (not to use
a more characteristic phrase) that
was used to deceive the people
Into the belief that the propei
way, and the only way to effectu
ally kill and dispose of the whole
matter, was to elect the prince of
quitters as supervisor. I challenge
the legality of the order attempt'
Ing to organize the district, as Da.
cd on a false petition anu imui
flclent evidence.
tliallcngc Authority
'And I further challenge the
authority of Kay, Durbin & Steus
ioff to act as supervisors, they
were not legally elected, neither
within the 30idays period within
which the law requires the election
to be held, nor at election that was
called by the county clerk, and for
them to attempt to act wouiu oe
attempting to personate an officer.
The county clerk attempted to com
ply with the provisions of the act
hv advertising a meeting, anu eun
changed the date and advertised
It again at the request of one of
the promoters, but there was noi
a Quorum present at the meeting,
thereby showing how the people
felt about the matter, and when
thr.t meeting attempted to adjourn
to a date later than tho next busi
ness day It was dead, and the only
way that a meeting could be legal
(continued on Page Nine)
of Congress
teT Investigation recently and fin
ally a court-martial. The net re
sult Is punishment for one of the
country's ablest officers. .
Charging the amy court-mar
tial had "shanghaied1 Colonel
Mitchell, Representative Blanton,
democrat, Texas, demanded on
the house floor the abolition of all
court-martials In peace time.
Major Henry Leonard, Judge
advocate of the Shenandoah naval
court, rested the case today be
fore the court "without summa
tion, without argument, without
comment."
Seriously Dl
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QVEXfl MOTHER f JTAX'V.
Grave concern is felt for the Queen
Mother Mnrgherlta of Italy, grave
ly ill from Influenza at Rome. Run
ning a high temperature, her con
dltion requires the constant pres
ence of physicians and nurses.
mm noi
Washington, Dec. 21 (AP)
Heedless of the advice of bis coun
sel, Colonel William Mitchell ap
peared as a witness today before
the naval court Inquiring Into
the Shenandoah disaster.
Asked whether the navy and
not the army was not "charged
with development of rigid air
ships" Colonel Mitchell replied:
The intent never has been to
give the whole development to the
navy as it contended. The whole
business has been In no way sat
isfactory to the country. The
fact remains that after Bcvcn
years we have no rigid airship in
military operation."
Major Leonard asked about Col
onel Mitchell's charge that the
Shenandoah was 1 'about 60 per
cent overweight."
The ship s limited cruising
radius, the colonel replied, led him
to believe that the Shenandoah
was 50 per cent reduced in its
ability to stay in the air and
should not have been sent on long
distance flights.
I had a sneaking suspicion
that she was fifty per cent over
weight," said the witness.
"On a 'sneaking suspicion, '
then you were willing to alarm
the country?" asked Major Leon
ard. "Yes, and I want to say right
here that the question of aviation
is a public question and discussion
of it Is not confined to the army
and navy.'
George H. Grabenhoret was
elected president of the Salem
chamber of commerce at today's
election. He succeeds T. M. Hicks
who has held the position during
the year 1925. Other officere
chosen were ag follows:
Vice president, W. E. Burns;
secretary, U. 8. Page; treasurer,
Rons C. Miles; social department,
U. O. Holt; agricultural depart
ment, George Vlck; legislative de
partment. Dr. E. E. Fleher; in
dustrial department. Fred ErSxon.
Otto Hsrtman and Jamee Nichol
son tied for head of the civic de
partment. Their names will be
ballotted on again at the meeting
of the chamber of commerce next
week.
Installation will take place In
January. All terms continue thru
out the year 1826.
BOY SCOUTS
HEAR SPEECH
Bl COOLIOGE
Sermon On Value Of Un
selfishness, Obedience
Self-Control And Doing
Things Well.
Washington, Dec. 21 (A P.)
President Coolldge, in a Christ
mas greeting today to boys and
girls of the nation, pointed to the
value of unselfishness, obedience
and self-control.
The greeting, addressed "to the
Boy Scouts, the Lone Scouts and
the Four-H clubs:
"As you are representatives of
the organizations and boys and
girls of America, who live In or
interested In the open country with
which I come into an official re
lation," he said, "I want to extend
to all of you a Christmas greeting.
It seems a very short time ago
that I was a boy and In the midst
of farm life myself helping to do
the chores at the farm, working
In the corn and potato fields, get
ting In the hay and in the spring
time what most of you have never
had an opportunity to sec mak
ing maple sugar.
No Chance Himself
"I did not have any chance to
protlt by Joining a scout organlza
tion or a 4-H club. That chance
ought to be a great help to the
boys and girls of the present day.
tl brings them Into association
with each other In a way where
they learn to think not only for
themselves, but of other people. It
teaches and gives them self-control."
"A very wise man gave us this
molto, 'Do the duty that lies near
est you.' It seeniB to me, that this
Is tho plan of all our organizations
We need never fear that we shall
not be called on to do great things
In the future If we do small things
well at present. It Is the boys
and girls who work hard at home
who are sure to make the best
record when they go away from
home, tl is the boys and girls
who stand well up towards the
head of the class at school that
will be called on to hold the im
portant places In political and bus
iness life when they go out into
the world.
Art of Well Doing
"There Is a lime for play as well
as a time for work. But even In
piny It Is possible to cultivate the
art of well doing. Games are use
ful to train the eye, the hand and
the muscles, and bring the body
more completely under the control
of the mind. When this is done,
instead of bjng a waste of time
play becomes a means of educa
tion.
"It Is in all these ways that boys
and girls are learning to be men
and women, to be respectful
their parents, to be pntrlotlc to
their country and to reverent to
God It Is because of the great
chance that American boys and
girls have In all these directions
that to them more than to the
youth of nny other country there
should be a Merry Christmas."
New York, Dec. 21. (AP)
Accenting Jtaue of Nazareth,
"not aa a myth but aa a man,"
Rabbi, Stephen S. Wleo of the Free
Synagogue, bellevou that the doc
trines of the Nana rone are basic
ally thoee taught by the Jewish
oldere.
If Christianity la Impractical
and unattainable as the Jews feel
It 1, Dr. Wlee told a coneregaton
in Carnegie ball yeeterday, It Is
because Christians have failed to
live up to lbs teachings. The doc
trines preached by Chrlft, he con
tinued, form a code of ethics un
paralleled In the bletory ot mor
ality.
Jesus wae, Mid Rabbi Wise
"I accept this despite the notion I
had been led to believe earlier in
my life a notion that Jecms wan
a myth and never exleted. I tell
you and I will repeat these worde
to every Jew In the world If need
be: Jepue was and we must ac
cept this fact at once."
142 CHILDREN NEED HELP
88 88 88 88 88 88 86
Fund Is Far Short of Goal
8 88 88 88 88 ' 88 88
CLOTHING MUCH NEEDED
Close check of the needy child
ren and the finances available to
the Christinas Cheer Movement of
the Capital Journal and the Sa
lem Lodge of Elks made this
morning reveals that the commit
tee hae less than a dollar -. with
which to provide Christmas cheer
and comfort for each of the kid
dies whom Santa will otherwise
forget.
Yesterday a group of volan-
teers from the Elks, under the
direction of Fred Erlxon, chair
man of the com mi tee, checked up
and reported on every cose of
need and distress that haB been
brought to the attention of the
Christmas Cheer Movement.
There are today 142 boys and
girls in 36 families in and near
the city, which Investigation re
vealed needed Christmas help,
that must yet be cared for. These
in addition to the score or more
of children for whom provision
has already been made.
At 1 o'clock this aftornoon do
nations to the Christmas Cheer
fund stood at $163.85, and more
than $60 of this has already been
expended on emergency oases. Out
of the unexpended balance must
be purchased the food, clothing,
toys, candy and nuts, and the
other little Christmas Incidentals
(continued on Pago Nino)
The annual shut-down of the
Charles K. Spaulding Lumber
company's Salem mills will begin
the evening of December 24 and
continue until the morning of
January 4, tho company's offices
announced hero today. The per
iod of the shutdown will be de
voted to repairs to machinery and
various odd jobs about the yards.
Portland, Dec. 21 (AP)
.The holiday suspension of the fir
lumber industry started In earnest
over the week-end when several
large sawmills were closed, ac
cording to the Four L office here.
A large number of companies
have announced that they will re
sume cutting January 4. Practi
cally all mills and camps will be
closed down from Dec. 24 to 28.
Many mills which at this time
will be closed only for the week
end will later be shut down for
repair and overhauling and the
shutdown for the lumber Indira try
as a whole will amount to a sus
pension of two weeks.
NECANIGUM OVERFLOWS
ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY
Seaside, Or.. Dec. 21. (AP)
Overflowing Its banks eouth of
here the Necanicum river yester
day covered the lloosevelt hlgli
Wii, multlng travel Impossible. It
will probably be several claye be
fore the highway la again open
ed for travel although the walert?
have receded log are scattered
about on the highway for a die
tnnce of a mile or more.
Coshow Says America
Excels World in Law
Making
"We excel tho world in tew
making and 'law breaking," Judgr
O. P. Coehow, of the Oregon state
supreme court, declared In an ad
dress before the Salem chamber of
commerce here this noon. "Our
laws have become so numerous,
dealing with man and be&tt In ev
ery possible i liiation, that the
average citisen has given up hope
of obeying them all, and obeys
only these which meet with his per
sonal approval." The practice,
Juds;e Cmhow declared, fe ex
tremely dangerous in any govern
ment. "If a law Is bad," he said, "it
ought to be repealed by enforce
ment, not by non-observonce."
I Comparing the system of law
CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND
Capital Journal $ 3K.U0
Hiilem Ad Club 10.00
Deputy Santa Clans.... 5.00
Murloii-Polk County
Realty Association 10.00
A Friend 6.00
Unknown 8.00
Contributor 1.00
Henry Jncquet B.00
A Friend 10.00
Stenographer 5.00
Henry Leo 6.00
A Friend 6.00
Helper 2.00
A Hotarinn 2.50
A Friend 1.00
Mrs. Fniiiij' Tracy S.OO
Bonus Commission
. Fniploycus 6.76
Pleasant Point
Sunday School S.OO
Otto Kletl 5.00
Salesman 5.00
A Business Firm ' 6.00
A Father 5.00
Christ inns Cheer Box.. 0.00
Helper 7.00
A Friend 2.00
Another Friend 2.00
Friend , 8 00
Friend 2.50
M. C. Peterson 1.00
Trade Street Store.... 6.00
A nd iev Klett. 6.00
M. i'oulsoil 1.00
Total 5103.85
OF EX
E
San Francisco, Doc. 21. (AP)
Donald Kelly, alias Ernest
Young, and h, O. Gillian, alla
Jack Raymond are being hold In
jail here on charges of attempted
robbery. Both are ex-convicte, uc
cording to police records.
Kelly was releaecd from Oregon
state penitentiary on a condition
al pardon last July. Gillian was
convicted of robbery here in
1922, and was released on tw
years probation. Both men said
they had been working in Ore
gon before coming to Oakland
where they were arrested.
Kelly's wife, Grace, step-daugh
ter of A. W. Stenn of Medford, Or,
is being cared for at a detention
homo. She married Kelly at Med
ford December 7.
Lena, Gillian's wife, is being
housed by the Salvation army mi
til she can find employment. Both
women declared their intention of
stnnding by their husbands.
Mfwir..r.1 fir rai 91 (API
Tim parnrila nf ftio pnuntv Mi'rlf
show that a marriage license was
issued on December 7 to Donald
Knllv In u-'fifl flrnnn flovprp nml
L. O. Gillian appeared as a wit
ness. The couple, the marriage
return shows, were married by
the Rev. E. P. Lawrence, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, at
the parsonage the same day.
Records at the Oregon peniten
tinry show that Kelly wae rccelv
ed here November 22, 1924, to
serve a sentence of five years for
assault with intent to coinm
1 robbery in Multnomah county
and Breaking
enforcement used In this country
with that in England, the speaker
stated "In England punishment fur
crime la meted out with tho Idea
in view of deterring the public
from committing tho crimes. J
this country the sob sisters, with
their maudlin sentiment, have
come to wield euoh an nfluenc
that the Dumose of 'nuntshmnt
Is to reform the crimTnal and let
the public be damned.
"We may well learn some court
practices from England. America
excels the world In many thing,
but we have no monopoly on wld
dom."
For years tho tendency of U
letlon in this country, the lud
(continued on Page Mine)
RAIN IN WEST j
SN0WINEAS1
GALE ON SEA
Willamette Valley Drench
ed, Eastern Oregon
White; Highways Block
ed By Slides.
The level of the Willamette riv
er rose .9 of a foot between 7
o'clock this morning and noon
here today, reaching a point 4.6
feot above normal at noon. The
level is the highest the river has
reached at Salem since March 3.
During the three-day period end
ing at 7 o'clock this morning, 1.44
inches of rain has fallen here. Six-
tenths of an inch fell between 7
m. Sunday end 7 a. m. today.
Ilaiu during the forenoon today
was light. Predictions' are for con
tinued rain. A chluook wind und
balmy air is melting the little
snow In the mountains.
Portland, Or.. Dec. 21. (A. P.)
The heaviest rainstorm in four
years visited Portland and vicinity
yesterday, tlio weather bureau re
cording a precipitation of 2.77
nches for the last 24 hours. To
day tho sky is overcast and ni.iro
rain is predicted.
Iiiirhr at Eutiene,
Eugene, Or., Dec. 21. (A.l'.i -
But .12 of an Inch of rainrall full
here yesterday, and mistletoe and
Christmas tree seekers were prac
tically untroubled by the weather .
throughout the day.
mousk it is cloudy this morn
ing, the ruin is sill holding back.
Medford. Or.. Dee. 21 1& v i
The rainrall for tho hii 48'
hours totals .:tfi or n inch fni- iiiia
section, with predictions for more
and nrohahle aiiow in iin tniv
country. The ruin for the month
is neiow tne average.
Snow in Eastern Oregon.
The Dallas. Or.. Dec. 21'. (A.
P.) Beginning Suuduy morning
the first snow of the season, cover
ing a depth of four and a half
inches, fell in The Dulled and vi
cinity. Moderate weather prevails
touay wiin a maximum tempera
lure of 40 degrees and a minimum
of 31.
Due to the storm electric lighis
u the city were off from 9 nVincir
last night until 3 MiIr mornimr.
Crows of the local light company
were on duty all n K it endeavor
ing to dhtcovor tho defects wmen
lay uotween The Dalles and ilj;d
Itiver and Wit I to Salmon.
Le Grande. Or.. Djc. 21 a.
P.) Seven hu.hes of snow fell
he.-e last night practically as.-iur-
ng union county of a whiio
Christmas.
Klamath Fulls. Or.. Dec. 31.
(A. P.I Fog covers HiIk cilv to
day, with sheets covered with ice
roiiowing n wet enow which f?ll
Stind.oy. A Fuiowfall of about one
toot is reported in mountain dis
tricts near here.
P.aker, Or., Doc. 31. (A. P.)
Six inches of snow foil horc last
night. This Is the hctivlcst fall of
the winter. The weather today &
mild.
Columbia Hiehwav Blocked.
As.oriu, Or., Dec. 21. (A. P.)
The Columbia, river hlghwav is
blocked a mile cant of Astoria by a
id J de brought down by the torrent
ial ruins which fell In this section
yesterday and lust night. It Is es
timated that there nro five thous
and cubic yards of dirt on mo
pavement.
A crew of men worked through
nut the niRht clearing away the
dirt and expected to have the
highway open to traffic by nooa
today.
The southeoft',rIy storm which
swept the coast over the week-end
was featured by the bwivy rainfall
rather than by the velocity of the
wind. The weather station at
North Head at 9 o'clock this morn
ing reportrd that the maximum
velocity of the wind was 5 miles
an hour. The ea is only moder
ately rough. The precipitation
during the lost 24 hours was re
corded at the station as 3.26
inch's. This Is the heaviest pre
i!lpitition on record for any 24
hours Finer th" North Head station
was ef.tabllrhr!.
by the administration.