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C o q u ille
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J. Curtis Snook, D. D. S.
Office ever Johnson, Dean & C o ’ h
market. Coquille, Oregon.
G. D. Holden,
THRIFT IN COQUILLE.
County Seat of
C ooj County
busy Traine.
Is
Center
of
(Oonoladeil fr'Hn last wek.)
Tho coal taken from the mines is
a good quality of lignite, which is
Justice of the Peace,
City Recorder. in active demand for steam and do
X T . S . C o m m i s s i o n e r , mestic use. A railroad from here to
the Southern Pacific railroad and
General Insurance Agent.
the timberless lands further west
Notary Public.
would be a paying investment as a
Office in Robinson building.
coal road alone, and 1000 tons n
C o q u il l e , O r e g o n .
day would require two daily freight
traius for jts transportation.
i , is
the activity in the various ooal mines
here in Coos county in getting
ready for largely increased coal
Attorney - a* - Law,
shipments t li^ convinces me, more
C o q u il l e Q , y .
u ‘ tn C o u n t y , O b b c c x .
than anything eist that a railroad
Notary Fublio.
will bo built to give an outlet to the
coal. A railroad into this counti/
will undoubtedly boom the towDs,
but “ boom towns” will not build a
ra.lroad. It takes traffic to irake a
-A.tt 0 rn.e 3 r . at - l ^ w , railroad a paying investment, and
M A K S U F IE L D , O U E O O N .
the coal shipments alone are going
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to be a great factor in that line. To
Dottier in K bal E statii o f nil kimlti.
this will be added lumber ship
J. E. H A YN E S. ments aud passenger travel.
These
SHAD HUDSON,
increased productions of coal at e
going to give an impetus to water
transportation to Portland and San
as 700 to 1000 tons can
•f ining and Real Estate Agents Francisco,
be taken out each trip by the class
E ckley, Curry County, Orogon.
of vessels now operated.
A V E valuable M^nes, Farm s, Stock
K au c I u s and Tim b er Lands for sale.
The tunnels in the Beavor U ll
ines have already reached a length
House and 6 aores o f land w e ll improved
W ilbur, Douglas county, O r., fo r sale, of 1060 feet, and 1000 feet deep, on
exchange fo r property in M yrtle P o in t a 32 degree pitch.
There are seven
veins of coal, ranging in thickness
from 10 inches to 10 feet. Only
one vein is being worked|uow, but
crosscut tunnels will soon bo put in
OENEKAL
and later (mother mine on the hill
opposite the one where the cool is
now minod will be opened, this tun
nel having n pitch of 45 degrees.
Horseshoeing a Specialty.
There are many dwelling-houses
W . Cor. Second and Hall Sts , for the use of families, owDed by the
______Q o q q ille City, O regon.__
coal company; and the company also
owns the merchandise store, hotel,
shop aDd saloon, and em
th
c o m m o n e r butcher
ployes ore afforded every encourage
ment to trade at the mines.
Issued Weekv.
The coal is brought out of the
tunnels in automatic dump-cars,
holds, holding 3000 pounds each,
and elevated to the screening-house,
Editor and Publisher,
which will soon be done by electric
UNCOLK. • - • XKliRASk\. ity, a 300-borBepower plant being
T erms — H erald and C ommoner — now installed. When the car reaches
F a y a l l e in A dvance .
the “ tipples,” men are stationed on
One Y e a r . . . ............................1200 the screens, and all foreign sub
Six M onths.............................. 1.00 stances picked out and thrown
Three M onths.........................
75 away. The fine coal, or screenings,
pass to an elevator, aud are run
T H E
through a revolving screen, which
makes two grades— “ nut” aud “ pea”
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coal— which sell at $1 50 and $2 a
ton, while the best grade sells for
$3 nt the mine. There ore a great
many small rocks in cheaper grade
of coal, and it is interesting to see
Wm. Gather, Proprietor,
how they are separated. A tank of
water is used, and near tho surface
HARDIN flUE,
is a fiat screen, on which the coal
AGflTE V {:
falls, and this screen is agitated by
machinery, the rocks, being heavier
QUEENS ARE.
than the coal, going one plaae and
the coal up over the edge into the
TIN Qt{E
bunkers, entirely free of rocks. The
C all and examine goods and investigte
prices,
anla very cheapest grade of coal is used
in the furnacoBof the mine, and it is
tho iutention of Superintendent
c o o s b a y
Chandler to put iu a plant for still
further separating this cheapest
grade. Tho area of land owned and
controlled by the Beaver H ill Coal
C. IV. PATERSON, Prop.
Company is about 2200 acres, and
ttA n a fa otorer o f M arble Monuments, Hea 1-
there is said to be coal there for
stones. Tablets, eto.
cem etery lo ts enclosed w ith stone coping working hundreds of years hence.
or cu rbing. Irdn railin gs furnished to o r
Work in a coal mine goes on
der. Correspondence solicited from parties
iv in g in th e oonntrv or other towns who every day in the week, Sunday in
m ay w ish a n y th in g in niv lin o o ' business cluded, and is going on day nnd
M arhbfiutt )
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O beg
night. Gang miners are paid by the
of work done, and their
To tlxe TJ niorruinate amount
earnings are said to amount to from
$3 to $5 50 per day of 12 hours.
The men go to work on one shift
at 6 o'clock in the morning aud
T h is o ld relia b le and
most su ccessfu l spec- quit at 0 in the evening, and an
{ ia liot in San Frnrois- other shift goes on at C o’clock aud
r oo, s till oontinnes to
L eure a ll S exu a l and quits nt C o ’clock iu the morning.
Every two weeks the shifts change
l S e m in a l Diseases,
Isnoh as Gonorrhes- so that the night gang works only
|G l e e t , S t r i o t n re,
R S y p h ilis, in a ll itv during the day, nnd the men “ lay
Ifo r m s , Skin Diseases, off” a day, which is the only vaca
a N e r v o u s D eb ility ,
Im p o te n c y , Seminal Woakness and Loss o f tion they receive during the year,
M anhood, the consequence o f self-abuse unless the mine shuts down.
Men
and excesses producing the fo llow in g sympa
working in a coal mine should be
tom s: Sallow countenance, dark spots un
der the eyes, pain in the head, ringing in able to save their money, as there
the oars, loss o f oonfidenoe, diffidence in seems to be no opportunity for
approaching strangers, palpitation o f the
heart, weakness o f the lim bs and back, loss spending it, nnd as a great deal of
o f m omory, pim ples on th e fa c e , eoughs- work is done by uuskdled labor,
oonsumotion eto.
there is nlwnys a chance to “ get a
D R . G IB B O N has practised in San Fran
oisoo over 37 y oa rsan i those troubled shoald job;” und a strong and sturdy m aD ,
not fa il to consult him and receive the ben- who becomes “ skilled” can earn
Itit o f his great sk ill and experience. The very good wages.
doctor cures when others fa il.
T r y him.
CORES G U AR AN TE E D
Persons cured
The Beaver H ill coal mine is
at hom o. Charges reasonable. Call or
spending many thousands of dollars
w rite.
D R . J . F . G IB B O N ,
in increasing itB output and as a
82.'» K earney street. San F rancisco
railroad of ooly CO miles will give a
greatly increased market for coal,
We promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign
it looks very reasonable that the
activitv i;i ti.e mime is in anticipa
tion of.rarly railroad construction.
Ooquillc waut* a steam laundry,
f Send r'.ofU-l. sketch or pboto of invention for
■n ice plant, a bakery and u found
/ f reo report on i ateutabiiity. For free book,
ry (there is already a machine
t Ilon-k, Secure7
“
write
r i’ it*nts and
to
shop.)
The future possibilities
here of the dairy business suggest
the location o f a condensed milk
factory. A box factory, a cannery
for vegetables and fruit, and a fur
opposite U. S. Patent1
niture factory are among the enter
W ASHINGTO N, D. C.
prises open to investigation at Co-
Layer.
^
j. Sherwood,
John F. Hall,
Hudson & Haynes,
H
S. H. M c S A D A M
1 Wapn Work
F
William J. Bryan,
HARDWARE'STORE,
M arl ail Stone Works
Dr. Gibbon
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NO 24
COQUILLE CITY. OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1902.
D E N T IS T
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It e r a li*
quille; also a cigar factory and sash,
door and molding factory.
The Coquille river, with its sever
al branches, drains a vast country
having great forests of fir and cedar
timber, which is logged in the Sum
mer and floated out during the
Winter, and the loggin g businoss
along the river employes several
hundred men. “ Drives" of logs are
now being made and in one lot of
5000, which were sent down recent
ly, over 3000 wore cedar, and the
rest fir and spruce, The sawmill
business is “ booming” and mills aro
behind on their orders, and prices
are good. There is room for more
sawmills in this section, and condi
tions are favorable for their location
here. The depth of water in front
of the wharves is ample for Buch
ocean-going vessels as the Manda
lay to load, and a.large export mill
employing from 50 to 100 men
could be made-a successful venture
and it is probable such a mill will
be built, as outside capitalists have
lately been here looking up a loca
tion, and offers nre said to have
been made to purchase the sawmiils
already here.
The building of good wagon-roads
out into the country tributary to
Coquille has received some atten
tion in tho past, but an effort will
be made further to increase tho
value of these highways by plunk
ing some of them. I t is the only
perenanent solution of the good
roads question in this country, as
during the winter .the rains render
an ordinarily built road almost im
passable. One plan suggested is to
have a law passed at the next Legis
lature whereby property owners
along a proposed plank roadway
may bo allowed to pay ODe-half the
expense of such improvements and
the county the other half.
The march of progress in the
line of transportation facilities near
here can be seen from the cars on
the railroad from Coquille to Marsh
field. Several years ago all the
freight was handled over a strap-
iron narrow guage railroad from the
head of Beaver Slough to Isthmus
Slougn, which is an arm of Ceos
Bay. The crumbling remains of the
road can yet bo seen, but it has not
been in use for ton years, as it could
not withstand the competition of a
modern-built railroad, such as the
present one.
The electric lights here are fur
nished from power at tho Johnson
sawmill, two miles up the river, andj
the same plant supplies Myrtlo
Point, seven miles further away.
Tho demand for lights has about
reached the capacity of the plant
and it will soon have to bo enlarged.
Coquille has attempted municipal
ownership of hor water works nnd
has already expended about $6000
and has something like $9000 more
available to complete a system, but
like all towns where a “ Council”
and not a “ WaterJ Commission”
handles the business, progress has
been very slow. Coquille can be
provided with a splendid water sys
tem affording excellent protection
against fire and a supply of pure,
wholesome water for domestic use.
A private academy with five teach
ers and a public school of 10 grades,
employing six teachers, give the
children of Coquille excellent op
portunity for receiving an educa
tion. Tho school building erected
in 1898 is among the largest and
finest in the country.
The Coos County Courthouse waB
erected in 1898 at a cost of $17,000
It is built of wood, but is very con
venient in its arrangements and
modern in its furnishings.
The
present county officials are:
L.
Hailocker, Judge; L. H. Hazard,
Clerk; with R. H. Mast as deputy;
Stephen Gallior, Sheriff, with E. N.
Gallier, deputy; J. B. Dr.lly, Treas
urer; J. S. Lawrence, Assessor; W.
H. Bunch, School Superintended;
Dr. Wm. Horsfall, Coroner; S. B.
Cathcart, Surveyor; D, McIntosh
and R. C. Dement, Commissioners.
The assessed valuation of the
property in Coos county is $2,852,
754, but it should bo at least $0,000,
000, in which case the tax levy
would be about 10 mills on the dol
lar.
Last year Coos county paid out
for county expenses $36,000; for
state taxes, $19,000, and for schools,
$14,000. a total of about $70,000.
The cost of roads and bridgos is
one of the important items of ex
pense each year in Coos county, and
yet the people are demanding more
and better roads, and the time is not
far distant when the principal
towns, at least, will be connected by
a planked road the whole distance.
The timber, the dairy and tho c o a l
business of the county each and ail
require good roads, and while nt
the present time Coos county prob
ably has as poor roads as any part
of O r e g o D , the necessities of busi
ness and development of the coun
try will in tho future give Coos the
best wagon roads in the state un
less, perchance, railroads should
supplant the wagon rond.
Tho
abundance of white cedar, winch is
the very beat lumber for planking
a road, makes _ the coat of a wagon
road much lower than in less favor
ed localities. I f a plank road were
built from Bandon to Myrtle Point,
thence to Coquille and then to
Marshfield and Empire City, its
total length would be about 50
miles, and would connect all parts
o f the county in ono road system.
In this county planking a road is
the only way to make it a Summer
and Winter thoroughfare for both
heavy and light traffic.
About half a mile from the city
limits of Coquille is an object-les
son in what energy, perserveranoc
and hard work will do in develop
ing a coal mine. The Peart Bros.,
three in number, discovered coal on
their 100-acre tract cf land two
years ago. Eighteen .mouths ago
they comnwnoed «w iii
and since that time have done all
tho work themselves necessary to
run a tunnel iu 450 feet and build a
tramway for coal cars from the vein
in the mine to tho Coos Bay rail
road track, and to a steamboat land
ing, a distance of 3,500 feet. The
product of tho mine has paid all
this and given tho owners a living.
They are now shipping about one
carload of coal each week, of 25 to
27 tons, which soils, for domestic
uses, at $3 a ton. The coal is work
ed entirely by band, no machinery
being in use, and is hauled out by
mule power. There are three veins,
the ono they are working being
seven feet. It is estimated that on
the area of land owned each vein
has a total of 400,000 fons, and con
sequently, there are 1,200,000 tons
of coal on the claim, which, at $3 a
ton, would amount to $3,600,000,
illustrating what may be the future
wealth of Coos county.
According to the Government
maps, the coal belt of Coos county
is about 50 miles long and 20 miles
wide, which makes a grand total of
over 500,000 acres. I f this whole
aroa is as valuable per acre as the
coal lands of Peart Bros., which is
$36,000 an acre, the value of the
coal in Coos county will amount to
$18,000,000,000. If coal to the value
of $10,000,000 a year wero dug out
of the ground, it would take 18
years to exhaust the supply of coal
in Coos county. To reach a pro
duct valued at $10,000,000 a year
about 10,000 tous would have to be
dug out each day. X believe I am
Bafv in tm jrin g tbat ¿bo oowl>i&o3
output of every mine in Coos coun
ty at present is not 500 tons a day.
And yet some people in Coos coun
ty are skeptical about a railroad
being built. This is my first visit
to Coos county, and I am reaching
conclusions from my own observa
tions, and it may be that I am over
estimating tho resources, but even
if the resources in coal are worth
one dollar in five of my statement
above, Coos county will still pro
duce a great deal of wealth.
I have made no mention yet of
the possibility of oil being found in
this part of Oregon, but a company
of Bandon business men have erect
ed an oil derrick near LaDglois, just
in the upper edge of Curry county,
and havo commenced within the
past week or so boring for oil. The
town of Langlois is locally called
Dairyville, and a small but thriving
village has sprung up, supported by
the dairy business there.
I f oil
should be struck there, this country
will become an oil belt as well as a
coal b elt Tho coal is undoubtedly
here, and why not oil and gas?
This first oil well is being watched
with great interest by people heie,
and no doubt by people “ outside,”
I have been asked time and again
about the affair of certain projected
railroads. I know nothing about
them. I am looking into the re
sources of tho country to see
whether, if developed, they would
support a railroad, and the more I
investigate the more I am convinced
thnt a railroad, or even several rail
roads,, would pay; therefore I can
see no reason why men who have
capital to invest should not be able
to figure out that a railroad or rail
roads could be made to pay, and if
they w ill do so there is plenty of
capital to be had to build them.
There was a time not many years
ago when capital necessary to build
a railroad had to come from Europe,
but today American capital ia seek
ing everywhere for safe and profit
able investment, and it seems to me
t'leso coast counties will notbo over
looked yevy much longer. The coal,
dairy and timber resources, when
developed, must have rnitroad as
well as water transportation, and
such railroads will be built, not only
to tho East, but to the North and
South. I f I am mistaken about the
resources, I am then mistaken about
the railroad.-*.
THE END.
Fourteen deatbe nt the burning
o f the Lincoln hotel, Chicago, are
snppoeed to have been cAased by
chemicals discharged into
the
burning bnilding by fire euginee.
I t is probable that the city may
have a damage salt on its hands
ss a result, and that this method of
fightiog fire be diaowtioued.
Widow 01 General Grant Passes Away.
Washington,
Deo.
14.— Mrs.
Ulysses S. Grant died at her resi
dence in this city at 11:17 o’clock
tonight.
Death was due to heart
failure, Mrs. Grant having suffered
for years from valvular disease of
the heart, which was aggriyated by
a severe attack of bronchitis.
Her
age prevented her rallying from the
attacks.
Her daughter, Nellie
Grant Sartoris, was the only one of
her children with her at the time
of her death, her three sods , who
had been summoned here, all being
out of the city.
There also were
present at the bedside when the
end came, Miss Rosemary Sartoris,
a grand-daughter; Dr. Bishop, one
one of the attending physicians, and
two trained nurses.
Death come
peacefully, the sufferer retaining
consciousness practically to the end.
W ord has come from Jesse and
U. S. Grant, Jr., two of the sons in
California, that they have storied
on their way to Washington.
The
other son, General Fred D. Grant,
is in Texas, and will hasten here as
soon as he hears o f his mother’s
death.
Julia Dent Grant was born in 8t.
Louis, January 26, 1826.
She was
the daughter of Frederick and
Ellen Wrenshail Dent. Her father
was the son of Captain George Dent
who led the forlorn hope at Fort
Montgomery, when it was stormed
by “ Mad Anthony” Wayne.
On
her mother’s side she was decended
from John Wrenshail, who came
from England to escape religious
intolerance, and settled in Phila
delphia.
A t the age of ten years
Mrs. Grant was sent to a boarding
school, where she remained for
eight years. Soon after her return
home she met Lieutenant Grant,
then o f the Fourth Infantry, sta
tioned at Jefferson Barracks, St.
Louis, and in the spring of 1844 be
came engaged to him.
Their mar
riage took place after the Mexican
war, August 22, 1848.
The first
four years of her married life were
spent at Detriot, Mich., and at Sack-
ett’ s Harbor, N. Y., where Captain
Grant was stationed. In 1852 Mrs.
Grant returned to her father's home
in SL Louis, her health not being
sufficiently strong to admit of her
going to California, whither his
command had been ordered.
Two
years later ne left tne army «mt
joined tbe family at St. Louis.
During the Civil W ar Mrs. Grant
passed much of the time with Gen
eral Grant at or near the scene of
action, he sending for her when
ever the opportunity permitted.
She was with him at City Point in
the winter o f 1864-5, and accom
panied him to Washington when he
returned with his victorious army.
She saw her husband twice inaug
urated President of the United
States, and was his companion in
his journey around the world. She
herself has said, that having learned
a lesson from her predecessor, Pen
elope, she accompanied her Ulysses
on his wanderings around the
world.
J. I. LAM3, Pres.
L. HARLO GKER, Vice.Pres.
G W WHTE, Cashier
COQUILLE V 0 LLEY B 0 NK.
C A P IT A L
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C O Q U IL L E ,
50.000
O B E G - O IT
Does a general banking bnsiness.
Has money to loan on approved
personal and real estate security, buys county, town and school distric
warrants, draws notes, mortgages, deeds nnd all kinds of legal instru
ments— Notarial work.
Issues fire insurance at lowest rates in following companies:
¿Etna, Springfield, Connecticut, Orient and Magdeburg.
B O -A .I 2 X 3 O P D I R E C T O R S .
A. J. SHERW OOD,
IS A IA H H A C K E R
L. H AR LO C K E R , and G W .W H ITE .
J. J
LAM B
E. G. D. HOLDEN’S
General Insurance Office. - - - Robinson Building
C o q u ille , O rego n
O m Three HnnflM Represented..
Million Dollars Insurance Canita
............................................ $14,406,450.33
in n .
- - - - $ 2,855,012.00
T r a d e r s ’ I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y , C h i c a o o ........................... $ 2,435,571.29
H o m e F . & M . I n su r a n c e C o m p a n y , S a n F r a n c is c o
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H
ome
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nsurance
C om pany ,
N. Y .
S t . P a u l F. & M . I n su r a n c e C o m p a n y , M
F ir e A s s o c ia t io n I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y , P h il a d e l p h ia
- - - $ 6,340,250.98
E q u it a b l e L i f e I n su r a n c e C o m p a n y , N. Y . ......................... $304,598,063.40
I havo had over T hirty Y ears ’ experience in Local and General agen
cy work in Insurance matters, and all business entrusted to me will re
ceive prompt attention. Policies issued at this office for all tho above
Fire Insurance Companies.
E. G. D. H O LD E N ,
General Insurance Agon
Alias G. W. Webber, late of Grand V alley, Colorado.
T h e
A u c tio n e e r
Whose address is Arago, has located with ns, and is ready to
answer calls at any time
His 15 years’ of experience puts himin a
position to do you good service.
Term s: 1 per cent on all sums over
$500. $5.00 for less amounts. Orders left at H E R A L D office.
For all kinds of
Job PrintinQ
Booh nnd Commercial Work in the fleatest and latest styles-
Call at the HERALD office
Our prices are right.
COOS COUNTY ACADEMY.
LOCATED A 7
C O Q U I L L E C I T Y , O IE U E G r O L T
N E W ORGANIZATION.
N E W ‘MANAGEMENT,
COMPETENT FACULTY.
'COURSES IN
ENGLISH, MUSIC.
MATHEMATICS.
ELOCUTION, SCIENCE
Rich Gold Mine.
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Tuition per term of 12 weeks, if paid in advance, $4.50, for grades 1,’ 2,
Grants Pass, Deo. 9.— A rich gold
3 aud 4. For grades 5, 6, and 7, $6 por term.
8th and 9th grades, $7
discovery has been made on Jose
per term,
phine creek, of western Josephine
county, by Bom and Day two
Winter term opens 1st Monday in January. For particulars
miners of that district.
It was on
Call on or address
Josephiue creek that gold was first
discovered in Oregon.
A ledge 10
A. H MULKFY, Superintendent
feet in width and which can be
traced on the surface for a distance
of 600 feet, has been uncovered.
Pieces have been broken off from
K IL L T H E
B R U T E !
tbo main body of the ledge in
S K IN H IM P R O P E R L Y
which the free gold glitters visibly.
Josephine creek was extensively
A N D S M P H IS S K I N
worked during the early days for
AN D A L L O T H E R
its placer gold, but after tbe shal
low bars were mined out, it was
abandoned, and has not been pros
TO T H E S H IP M E N T H O U SE
pected till recently.
WOLF
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FURS. HIDES. PELTS. WOOL«
M-MILLAN FUR W O O L G
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Henry M. 8fanley thinks tbo
time has come to study the African
tribes foom a socialogical point of
view.
He found tho tallest men in
the high altitudes, and thinks
something may bo deduced from
the habits of these primitive peoples
in regard to the influence of climate,
altitude, diet and tho like od
physical, mental and moral char
acteristics.
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es not fail in auy point.
| present good health, end probably
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! All throat and lung troubles.
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i Minute'Cough Cure cuts the phlegm More time is saved, more ui ney earned.
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