8ATURDAY AUGUST 12, 1899
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Prom Wednesday's Daily.
Miss Ketchum left today for a visi
In 1 acoma.
Hoa. W. H. Wilson went to Port
land this afternoon.
Last night C. "M. Grimes shipped
car inad of beef to Troutdale.
Dr. V. Geaner, of Frineville, passed
tnroiiuti the city today en route to
California.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bayard star.ed
this niorniDg to Wilboit springs,
. Clackamas county.
in
- J. P. O'Brien, superintendent of the
' O. R. 4c N.. passed up tbe road on tbe
Spokane train last evening.'
Prof. Brown, assistant teacher in
tbe Dufur schools, was in tbe city to
lay tta route to Walla Walla.
Prof. J. T. Neff, whose has been ele
cted principal of the high . school,
came up from Hood Riyer lastevening.
Leslie Butler left this afternoon for
Portland where be goes to accept a
position with Wadbams & Kerr Bros,
Congressman Moody went to Port
land today to participate in the recep
lion to be given tbe returning volun
teers.
Fred. Wilson and Ed. Wingate left
by boat this morning for Portland to
' join in tbe reception given tbe return
lng soldiers.
Mrs. Rorden and the two Misses
. Fredden went to Portland on tbe after
. noon train to meet Harry Fredden
who is returning from Manila.
Mrs. C. F. Stephens left on the after
noon train for Portland. From there
she will go to Albany to visit her old
home and will also spend a few days at
.Newport.
The La Grande sugar factory ex
pecte to handle about 200,000 tons of
beets at tbe factory this' fall. This
should giye a product of about 4,600,000
pounds of dry granulated sugar.
There were 4-100 of an inch of rain
fell last night. It will be a detriment
to tbe country as it has checked bar
" vesting, and the crops are too far ad
vanced for rain to do them any good
Tbe first grapes of the season were
brought to town today by Mrs. J. A.
' Fleck, whose vineyard is one mile west
of towo. They wore of the Ralston
and Sweetwater varieties.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Wilson were pas
sengers on the Regulator for Port
land today They will remain in
Portland until after the return of the
soldiers, then go to the coast for a
short outing.
General Summers has telegraphed
General Beebe to not provide mounts
for himself and staff for the parade Id
Portland. He says he walked out with
his regiment when be left Portland a
year ago and desires to walk in with
them on his return.
Last night the police arrested two
. women on a charge of frequenting a
bawdy house. They were takeu be
fore Recorder Gates this morning and
fined $10 each. On refusing to pay
their fines they were committed to jail
. for five days.
The old chimney sweep, Geo. Stowe,
is again In tbe city with an Improved
contrivance for cleaning chimneys.
Stowe is the pioneer son of tne Golden
West, having had the distinction of
being the first white boy born in
California.
Aaron Kuhn, of Colfax, Saturday
made tbe largest sale of wheat of tbe
season when he sold 80,000 bushels to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., of Portland.
This is nearly an entire cargo, and is
tbe largest sale made in the Palouee
country this season. The price paid
is not made puplic.
G. B. Bush, superintendent of the
Oregon Telegraph & Telephone Co.,
returned yesterday from Prinevllle,
where he has been atlending to the
putting In of a telephone service. Mr.
Bush reports the telephone, line to
Prinevllle in fairly geod condition, but
tbe wire was somewhat damaged by
being hauled over the route by wagon,
and tbe damaged places in the wire
will have to be taken out befora the
line is perfect.
More attention is being paid to
mining and prospecting in this country
than ever before, and everybody who
goes into the mountains keeps his
eyes open for gold. Wm. O' Dell has
recently been on the headwaters of
. Hood River with a band of Bbeep, and
while not engaged looking after his
flocks was looking for gold. He found
some fine specimens of free milling
quartz, and will take steps to prospect
tbe ledge.
Mrs. Peck, of Dutchess, New York,
recently presented her husband with
four little Pecks, which causes the
Portland Telegram to remark that
that means "a bushel of babies." A
few years ago tbe country was filled
with pictures entitled "A yard of Kit
tens," "A yard of roses," "A yard of
puppies," etc. It would be in order for
Mr. and Mrs. Peck to have published
a picture entitled ''Our tour pecks of
babies," which would doubtless meet
with ready sale. Every "infant in
industry" needs to be properly en
. couraged.T East Oregonlan. v,
This afternoon Joe Stadleraan dis
covered nine young Americans in bis
melon patch helping themselves to
what tbev could find. : With the as
sistance of his hired men be corralled
six of the young .rascals, loaded them
into a wagon and brought them to
town, turning them over to the city
marshal. Two of them were recent
arrivals from Portland, and the other
four were residents of tbe town. Mr.
Hughes exacted from them a promise
that ' they would never again molest
Mr. Stadleman' garden, and after
giving them a good lecture turned
them loose.
. From Thursday's Dally.
W. B. Ewtng, of Falls City, 1? in the
city. .
Mrs. Fred Bronsen and children
started this morning to Trout Lane.
Sheriff Gray, of Crook county,
passed through yesterday taking an
- Insane tnan to the asylum.
Dr. Cy. E. Sanders went by boat to-
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rmers.' and Miners' Tools.
owder, Fuse and Giant Caps.
Ijtubber and Cotton Hose.
Aernioter Wind Mills.
SXiot Gnns and Revolvers.
Garden Tools.
Bavrb Wire and Nails.
Birycle lires.
Crawford, Cleveland and
ada
Deilft Blue and White Enameled Ware.
plete Line of Spraying
unn a JNo. 1 Spray, also
id Stoves and Steel Ranges.
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on to the above we run
Bicycle Repair Shop and
ur Grocery Lin e is complete in every respect
- Give us a call before
VMAIEE &
day to Portland to meet his son Earl,
who is returning from Manila.
Mr. and Mrs. t . Houghton bave re
turned from Glenn wood, where they
nave been camp:ng tbe past lew weeks.
Dick Gorman went to Hood River
this afternoon, and tomorrow will leave
for Gleonwood to spend a week rusti
eating.
M. H. Bell, city recorder of Prine
vilie, came up last evening from a visit
to Long tseacb, and left this afternoon
for borne.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cooper went to
Portland todey. They have a son re
turning from Manila whom they will
meet in Portland.
Get out your bunting- and eo to dec
oratiog. The town must be iu holiday
attire wneo tbe boys come marching
borne baturday night.
C'apt G. E. Bartell and Sargent Dave
Lemison, of Co. D, O. N. G., went to
Portland today. They will return
witb tbe volunteers Saturday evening,
Arthur Kennedy, foreman in tbe
Wasco News office, was in the city last
mgbt.ln route to Portland to meet
til brother who is returning from
Manila.
Dalles markets are well supplied
with watermelons and cantelopes
from the surrounding gardens,, and a
considerable number of tbem are being
shipped to Portland.
Miss Loomls and Miss Johnson were
thrown from a horse near Joseph a
few days ago, and were uncouncious
for a while. Both sustained slight
concussion of the spine.
Tbe report that a rich quartz ledge
was discovered within tbe city limits
this morning may be true, but the fact
win bave to be fully demonstrated be-
It is generally believed.
George W. Jones, school pupertend
ent of Marion county, has returned to
saiem from Manila, professor Jones
served in tbe Pbilippine Campaigns
witn the Oregon regiment.
One of the attractive features of the
parade Saturday evening will be the
lady escorts to the volunteers. It is
expected that eacb returning soldier
will be escorted through the streets by
young lady.
J. It. Blakenev returned today to
Portland to receive treatment for his
broken leg. The injured limb is gain-
ng strength slowly, but be has to go
to tbe hospital every few days to bave
it treated. Mr. Blakeney took with
him a span of fine horses for sale.
During tbe absence of Lieutenant
Lewis, if there are any who are anx
ious to enlist In tbe Thirty-fifth regi
ment, they may make application to
Dr. Shakelford who is authorized to
conduct the physical examination.
Tne state regetta which begins at
Astoria on tbe 21st will be an inter
esting affair, as it will be the grandest
thing ol the kind yet held In tbe state.
During tbe regetta tbe State Editorial
Association's annual session will be
held.
A copy of a
patriotic sons; entitled
"Hall to the Second Oregon" has been
received at this office, and would be
most approprate for the reception to
ne given the boys Saturday evening.
The words are by N. J. Judah and the
music by Z. M. Parvin.
There are 501 mules staked out on
the sand flats south of tbe Eureka
dock, Tacoma, and there they will re
main until tbe transport Port Albert
Is ready to sail for Manila. Four
hundred of these mules were used in
tbe Cuban and Porto Rico campaigns.
Yesterday the Regulator and Dalles
City , met below Cascade Locks and
transferred, the Regulator returning
here, and went to Portland today.
Tomorrow it will be trimmed up with
flags and bunting appropriate to tbe
occasion of bringing the volunteers
borne.
William Robertson is developing the
coal prospect on the Flanagan estate
near Marshfield. He Is working in a
tunnel that was driven in 40 feet about
27 years ago, but not withstanding the
length of time since it was driven tbe
roof is perfect. Tbe vein of coal here
is said to be as fine as there is in the
country.
. Certainly no mistake was made in.
the selection of a finance committee to
solicit funds for entertaining tbe re
turning volunteers. Messrs Moore.
Stephens and French readily collected
a sufficient amount, and may It be said
to their credit they did not ask the
newspapers for a contribution,, recog
nizing the fact that the free advertising
was sufficient for them to donate.
Judge P. P. Prim, a pioneer of 1851,
and a prominent figure in Oregon
history, died at Oakland, Cal., on
Tuesday. Judge Prim was born in
Wilson county, Tennessee, in 1822,
and was educated at Cumberland uni
versity. Coming- to Oregoo in 1851,
be settled in Linn county. He was a
member of the constitutional conven
tion, and had for years occupied a seat
on the circuit and supreme benches.
Lieutenant Lewis, tbe recruiting
officer who has been stationed bere tbe
past week, has been ordered to diyide
bis time between Salem, Pendleton
and The Dalle9, and will leave tomor
row for Salem, to open an office there.
For a time he will visit Tbe Dalles
once a week to receive applications for
enlistment. During bis stay bere
Lieutenant Lewis received nine ap
pllcants who were accepted into the
aerylce.
About 200 of the Oregon volunteers
did not wait for the regiment to leave
San Francisco, but left as soon as tbey
were paid off. Tbey arrived at the
state line Tuesday afternoon. Most of
tbem stopped at their homes along tbe
line of the Southern Pacific, and a few
of the Eastern Oregon boys, among
them George Dufur, kept right along
to their places of residence. Their
object in not waiting for tbe rest of tbe
regiment was to save money and reach
home as soon as possible.
The Oregonian sometimes gets news
real fresh. Among its Oregon notes
yesterday was ' the following item:
"Smallpox has appeared in Heppner,
having been scattered there, it is said,
by a man from Walla Walla. A letter
to a i esident of Weston says that cases
have appeared in several families in
the Heppner neighborhood. Among
tbem is the family of Thomas Driscoll,
whose five children are sick with the
disease. Editor Shutt, of the Hep
pner Times, is one of the victims. It
uarters for....
Poultry Netting.
Fruit Netting.
Carpenters' Tools.
Wrought Iron Pipe.
Plumbing Goods.
Marlin and Winchester Rifles.
Fishing Tackle.
Bicycle Sundries.
Golden Eagle Bicycles.
Material for Fruit Growers.
Lime, bulpnur and bait.
a Tin and Plumbing Shop,
General Machine Shop.
buying elsewhere.
BENTON.
is feared that the malady will become
epidemic." This news is not promt
nent for Its freshness, however, (t
was published in tbe Times Moun
taineer about three weeks aero, anc at
present the smallpox scare in Heppner
has subsided.
State School Superintendent Acker
man will soon begin an extensive tour
of tbe state to attend county teachers
institutes. Friday be will leave for
Pendleton, where he will bold a con
ference with a number of Eastern
Oregon educators with a veiw to fix
ins tbe date for the fall meeting of tbe
eastern division of tbe State Teachers
Association. He will then go to
Joseph, to attend an institute. This
trip will occupy a week. After a days
rest in Salem, be will so to Coquilie
city, Oregon City and Lebanon, in tbe
order nameu. Tbe following week be
will visit Hillsboro, Baker City, Hep
pner, Pendleton, Uondon, Dossil and
Tbe Dalles. His Institute work will
not be completed until September 11.
From Friday's Dally.
Lou Morse, the White Salmon mer
cnant, is in tbe city.
J. R. Woodcock and A. E. Lake, of
Wamic, are in tbe city.
I. D. Driver came in from his farm
yesterday and spent today in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Phillips left for
Cascade Locks to spend a week or two
nsbing.
Charles Butler Is over from Port
Townsend looking for beef cattle and
mutton.
Miss Catherine Martin went down
to the locks today to spend a week
camping witb friends there.
A. McAdams, one of tbe popular
salesmen in Pease & Mays' store, bas
gone to Seaside for 10 days' vacation
W. S. Taylor, republican nominee
for governor of Kentucky, is a cousin
of Frank P. Taylor, who resides on
Three-Mile. ... .
Rev. G. Rushiner and family have
moved into Mr. Brown's cottage on
Washington street between Seventh
and Eight.
Today Williams & Co. decorated the
street in front of their store with tbe
national colors and the navy signals,
which make a handsome display.
Mrs. Agnes Baldwin, of Portland,
who has been visiting relatives in
tbe city tbe past week, returned to her
home on yesterday morning s train
B. A. Gifford returned today to his
camp on Hood Ktver. Me intenas
climbing Mt. Hood while on the trip,
and will take views of the grand old
mountain.
In addition to the 25 Wa9co county
toys who will come up on tbe Regula
tor tomorrow evening, there will be
some 25 men of Co. L, from Portland
accompany them.
This morning T. J. Seufert and
family started for Trout Lake for a
two week's outing. They went to
While Salmon by boat and from there
take a wagon to tbe lake.
John Wagonblast brought in tbe
first load of 1899 wheat yesterday and
stored it at Moody's warehouse. Tbe
wheat was a good quality of No. 2,
which is about tbe average throughout
tbe county.
Chas. H. Bass arrived here this
morning from Colfax, and will take
the position of foremrn in this office.
Mr. Ba9s is a thorough printer, under
stanplng every detail connected with
the business.
The contract for furnishing an
electric-light plant for the Warm
Springs agency, has been awarded to
Franklin R Anson, of Salem, at
$2948. The plant is to be in running
order by October 1.
It was expected that the Goldendale
band would be bere tomorrow to take
part in the reception of the returning
volunteers, but the members were
scattered over tbe country harvesting
and could not come.
A few days since W. A. Bert Camp
bell, the well known taxidermist,
killed a monstrous black bear in the
Cascade mountains near Badger Lake.
He is having the hide tanned and will
present It to his cousin who is visiting
him from Nebraska.
Tomorrow the steamer Dalles City
wtll leave here at tbe usual hour, 8
o'clock, and will meet the Regulator
with volunteers. Passengers on tbe
Dalles City will be transferred to the
Regulator. Fare to Cascade Locks
and return tomorrow will be $1.00.
I. D. Driver and son are here to haul
out tbe machinery for the saw mill
that is to be erected near the free
bridge on Deschutes. The machinery
is all new and first class, and the mill
will be a good one when put up. It is
expected to have it running inside
of a month.
At 'he residence ef Mrs. C. Nelson at
4 o'clock last evening M. B. Palmeteer
and Miss Bettie Wing were united in
marriage, Rev, D. V. Poling officiating.
Mr. Palmeteer is a prominent farmer
Ol Tygb Valley and his bride also lived
at that place. They left this morning
for their borne.
A new sewer system is certainly
needed in Tne Dalles, but there are a
good many property owners who do
not believe tbey can afford the ex
pense this year, since business has
been so dull. Some insist tbat the
council should wait another year to
make the improvement.
Salem will be honored by a visit for
several weeks from Henan T. Geer,
father of tbe present governor of Ore
gon, says a Salem paper. Me resided
in balem in lobs, but he bas since
lived in Cove. Union couuty. He bears
a striking resemblance to bis eon, the
governor, and they would more often
be taken lor brothers.
People returning from church Sat
urday evening discovered a fire in tbe
rear of tbe county jail at Colfax and
gave tbe alarm, preventing the roast
ing of half a dozen prisoners. Tbe
prisoners during the day had been
clearing the court yard, and left a piie
of rubbish smoldering near the jail.
A brisk wind soon after blew the em
bers into tbe rear of tbe building.
Last night Policeman Phirman ar
reted James Buscbe while be was enjoy
ing a periodical spree and landed him
in jail. This morning he was takes
before recorder Gates, and aa he had
been left off on a similar charge once
before, Mr. Gates fined bim. $10. Not
having the money witb which to pay
his fine, Marshal Hughes gave him a
job of work pounding rocks on Fulton
street.
Hood River is soon to have a another
paper to be established by S. P. Shutt,
formerly publisher of the Condon
Globe, and late owner of the Sumpter
News. There hardly seem to be a field
fur two papers in Hood River, as the
Glacier bas been a faithful advocate of
the town's interests and is a good local
paper, it is about all a town tbe size
of Hood River should be expected to
support.
Dave Bonner, of this city, and Frank
Price, of Tygh Valley, two of the boys
who returned to Portland from the
Philippines, thought the meeting of
freindsat home of more importance
than the reception in Portland, and
came up on the 11:30 train last night.
After meeting his relations here. Mr.
Bonner returned to Portland by boat
today, to come up on the Regulator
with tbe rest of tbe boys tomorrow.
. Had it not been for the new plug on
Eleventh street that was put in when
tbe water works were improved last
winter, tho new cottage belonging to
Wm. Nichols would have been con
sumed by the fire that destroyed his
old house, for the Mt. Hood hose com
pany could not have reached the fire
from the plug on Tenth street, and be
fore assistance could have reached
there from the engine house, the cot
tage would bave been burned. The
saving of this cottage bas paid pretty
good interest so far on the cost of the
new system.
Lost.
A red memorandum book belonging
to Jacob Kasser. A liberal roward
will be paid for leaving the same at
this office
Still on Deck.
Dad Butts has a lot of lots in all parts
of the city for sale; in fact Dad's head
is full of real estate; if you don't belieye
it ask Parkins, the barber
2d.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOo or S5c
If C. C. C. fail to core, druggists refund money.
HOW THEY LEFT 'FRISCO.
Ore iron Boys Given a Bousing Farewell
by the Bay City.
A San Francisco disDatch of the 8th
gives this account of the departure of
the Oregon regiment from tbat city
The Oregon fighters are eone. This
ftftprnnon thev marched through the
streets to the depot, cheered by tbous
ands along the line. It was a splendid
ovation and a memorable farewell to
the men who first stood by Old Glory
in Luzon.
."What's the matter with 'Frisco?
"She's all rieht. vou bet. every
time!'' Baid tbe volunteers every block.
Then 'Frisco's thousands would return
tbeffreetinff which was continuous from
the Presidio to tbe lerry. jxiaraes
street fair v swarmed with people.
Utah and Nebraska men escorted the
boys to the train and a military band
nlavpd livelv airs on the way.
About 750 men left on three special
trains, tbe first leaving Oakland pier
at 3:20 o'clock, tbe second lo minutes
later and the third at 4 o'cIock. ihey
will keep tbat distaace apart, if pos
sible all tbe journey.
General Summers fcaia oeiore ieav-
ing:
"The Oreeron volunteers can never
forget, and will always bear in mind
tbe kindness extended to tbem by the
people of San Francisco. Everything
possible has been done for our well
fare. All doors have been open to us
and we have been received with the
Greatest courtesy.
"I am Darticularlv gratified that
every man of the Oregon regiment has
conducted himself as a gentleman
should. None of them has marred our
brief stav here, and there bas been no
abuse of any trust placed upon an Kjre-
gonian. Oregon will not forget
San Francisco has done for this
what
regl-
ment."
What Might Bave Been.
The visit of Henry Villard and
family to The Dalles yesterday after
noon caused many old residents of the
city to reflect on what The Dalles
might have been had Mr. Villard been
permitted to do for the city what he
wanted to. Sixteen years ago when
Villard was tbe moving spirit in tbe
Northern Pacific and also had control
of the O. R. & N. line, it was his de
sire to locate the shops for the western
division of both systems at 1 he Dalles,
but was prevented because suitable
grounds could not be secured. As a
result the shops that were here were
taken away, and The Dalles lost an
enterprise tbat was a "golden egg" for
tbe place.
In his balmy days Villard was the
most enterprising and far seeing rail
road builder of the country, in tbe
construction of tbe Northern Pacific
system he foresaw what the present
management bas lust begun to realize
tbat tbe Key to tbe JNortbwest trade
was a line down tbe Columbia river, a
gravity haul from the Inland Empire
to tidewater. Mad those wbo super
seded him in tbe management of the
Northern Pacific realized that fact,
and retained control of tbe O. K. & N.
tbey would not now be compelled to
either fight for trackage over tbe latter
line or build a road of their own from
Pasco down the north side of tbe
river in order to avoid tbe haul over
the Cascade mountains to the Sound.
Mr. Villard and family have been
making a tour of the Northwest in
their private car for pleasure, it being
bis first visit to this place since leod.
Tbey arrived hereon the 5:30 train
and remained until the arrival of tbe
overland when they departed for New
York.
The First to Return.
George Dufur is tbe first of The
Dalles volunteers to get home, having
arrived on last evening's train from
Portland. He was tired of soldiering,
and as soon as he was discharged took
the train for Portland. George looks
well and hearty, and says during the
entire seryice be was not sick a dayi
though he had less arduous work, than
most of the boys in the company, hav
ing been employed the greater portion
of the time as stenographer in the
adjutant's department, but he was
out on the firing line a number of
times and engrged in several battles.
He has no desire to return to the
Philippines to live, having declined
an offer of a situation with a salary of
$100 a month when he left Manila.
The climate, be says, is such that no
American can endure it any great
length of time. So long as an Ameri
can is quiet and exerts himself but
little, he fares very well, but he can.
not endure active employment but a
few months. The beat is so intense
tbat one not acclimated is overcome
and prostrated. He expresed it as a
condition tbat takes all the life out of
a fellow. Besides there are local dis
eases that are caused from the heat
that cannot be com batted.
George will accept a position in his
brother's real estate and ineurance
office, and settle down to buainess,
glad to once more be a civilian.
A Well Known Boom.
The Umatilla House is one of the
best known bostlerles on the Pacific
coast, for although it has been obliter
ated by fire a few times, it has always
been rebuilt and maintained its iden
tity for over 40 years, and besides has
been the headquarters for the travel
ing public when in The Dalles, hence
it is not surprising that people of this
coast all know where li is located.
But it is hardly to be expected that a
hotel in a city of 5,000 inhabitants,
away out in the Western wilds, would
be so well known Abroad that a letter
addressed to it at Dallas, Texas, would
ever reach its destination, but such is
the case. A few days ago a letter was
delivered here to L. Coster, that had
been mailed at New York, and was ad
dressed as follows:
Mr. L. Coster,
Dallas,
Texas.
Care of Umatilla House.
Evidently the letter had gone to
Dallas, Texas, and there fell into the
hands of some one connected with the
postal service, who knew where the
Umatilla House is located, thus show
ing that the hotel is about as well
known as tbe oity of The Dalles.
Onr Mineral Resources.
Several rich samples of gold bearing
rock taken from points within the city
limits and farther afield have been
brought in to Messrs. Sinclair assay
ers and mining experts who are in
town for a short time. There were
eight different lots tested, and in five
out of the eight gold was found. Two
samples in particular yielding gold
values $31 40-100 and $23 80-100 per ton
respectively. Some very rich phor
phory ore has been taken from a well
on the southwest side of the city giv
ing out gold and platina, over $100 per
ton. There is no little excitement
about in mining circles over the latter
find and a deal is likely to be con
su mated. A company may be formed
here to erect and work a smelter, on
custom work shortly.
Mining bas been neglected in this
town; there is little need to go far
away from it to find rich ores that will
pay handsomely and turn the place in
to a busy mining camp.
Messrs. Sinclair will be found up till
Saturday at F. Drew's barber shop on
Second street. Samples on exhibition.
Three Million Bnshels.
The East Oregonian reports the
crop of Umatilla county to be a sur
prise to everbody as the yield is better
than was expected. Speaking of the
crop that is being harvested it says:
The yield of wheat this year in Uma
tilla county is proving entirely satis
factory. There was talk a week or
two ago of "a short crop"
and a fail-
nre, but there will be neither. The
yields of tbe fields are mnch better
. . .1 awn
than nas been eipwi uu iuo
h nrobablv 3.500.000 bushels of
mhaat. for exDort this fall in the
ennnru. Wheat has been grown in
this county in great auantities for
t.isont.v vpurs. and during all of toat
time there has never been a failure,
and in no year has the yield fell below
an average or io ousuois w .
usually it has been above 20 bushels.
and nm vears the ave.'age yield bas
been as high as ousneis. nmo una
i,,.rv.n iTmiitilla county to possess the
orBat.PBf. whpiit soil on earth and tbat
from it the cereal can he produced at
lees expense per bushel tnan in any
part of the globe. Thirty cents per
hnahpl will more than cover tbe cost
nf nnirini-inir wheat in this county and
this firnrfi allows a very liberal rate of
interest on the capital represeuieu uy
the value of the land and all necessary
improvements.
GRAND PARADE.
Betaring Volunteers Will March Through
Principal Streets.
Before the entertainment of tbe re
turning yolunteers at the Armory
Saturday evening there will be a grand
parade through the principal streets
of the city, led by N. Whealdon, who
has been appointed grand marshal
The procpssion will form on First-
street with tbe right resting on Court
and Second. Tbe parade will then
take up the following line of march:
West on Second to Union, south on
Union to Third, west on Third to Lib'
erty, south on Liberty to Fourth. east on
Fourth to Washington, north on Wash'
ngton to Second, east on Second to Tay
lor. Tbe procession will then counter
march west on Second to Federal,
south on Federal to Third and west
on Third to the Armory, where the re
ception will be given. .
The procession will be composed as
follows: ;
First Mayor and councilmen.
Second D. C. & A. C. band.
Third Co. D, O. N. G.
Fourth Part of Co. L., Second Ore
gon.
Fifth Members of G. A. R.
Sixth Members of W. R. C.
Seventh Fire department.
Eight Lodges and societies.
Nlnetb Citizens on foot and in car
riages.
Tbe exercises at tbe armory will con
sist of a banquet to tbe returning
volunteers, instrumental music and
recitations, to conclude with a grand
ball.
PRICES TALK.
Everybody
Wants the
Most For Bis
Honey.
It is the desire of every person who
is required to make purchases to get tbe
greatest amount for the least money.
It is not customary to want cheap or
trashy goods, and; they will not buy
them because they are cheap. But
tbey want good values at the least
possible price, and they are determined
to have them if' they are to be had,
And the purchasers who come to
The Dalles are beginning to learn
where bargains ' are to to had,
and whenever they need anything in
the house furnishing line do not look
elsewhere than the Great Northern
store, for it is there they get tbeir full
money's wortb, and they also find a
variety to select from that is not to be
found anywhere else in the state out
side of Portland.
Besides a most complete line of fur
niture, bed room and parlor sets, car
pets and window trimmings, we carry
everything that is needed in the kit
chen, cooking utensils, dishes, crock
ery, tin, granite iron and gaivenized
ware, and our leader in stoves and
ranges is the celebrated Charter Oak,
the best stove on the market.
To be convinced that our goods are
the best and our prices the lowest, the
public is requested tacall at our place
of business in the East End and learn
from personal observation.
Gbeat Northern Furniture
Store.
Dwelling- House Burned.
About noon cod ay a small dwelling
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nichols,
on Twelfth and Union streets, was
discovered to be on fire, and before as
sistance could get there was consumed.
The flames spread so rapidly that yery
little of the furniture was saved. On
the first alarm of fire tbe Mt. Hood's
turned out and got water from the
plug on Eleventh street, and by their
prompt action saved Mr. Nichols' new
cottage, which had just been com
pletedj and which was only a short
distance from the' house - that was
burned.
The fire originated from a stove pipe
running through the roof, and was an
accident that would-have been averted
had the fire warden enforced the ordi
nance against running stove pipes
through roofs. If the fire warden
were to enforee this ordinance strictly,
there would be less danger of acci
dental fires.
Good Yield for This Tear.
Taylor Bros., who own a farm in
Dry hollow, near town, have finished
threshing tbeir wheat and begun de
livering it to the Wasco warehouse.
The wheat is of an exceptionally good
quality, going above the standard for
No. 1, weighing 62; pounds to the bus
hel, and the berry. is just as plump and
firm as any wheat could be. . Their
C.l J J OQ V. k.l. V
umu svorsifou ito yjuouvn w iuo ourc,
which is a heavier yield than they
harvested last yea's,
This is one of the first crops harvest
ed this season, and the yield is far
above what the owner's expected, and
it is probable that many other farmers
will be similarity surprised when tbey
harvest tbeir crops. While there has
unquestionably been considerable
damage done the crop by the hot
weather, there will still be a fair har
vest throughout tbe country.
People who attended tbe exposition
at Portland last autumn were pleased
and satisfied with what they saw, and
the instruction and amusement af
orded. And they will be glad to learn
that the next one will excel all its pre
decessors. It will begin Sept. 28th
and end Oct. 28th and -its success is as
sured. Enterprising men of affairs
are at its head, and various committees
are working in a way that guarantees
the best exposition ever held in tbe
Northwest. The business men of
Portland have already subscribed a
guarantee fund of $12,000 to provide for
the heavy expenses incident thereto,
which makes it certain tbat nothing
will be left undone to make the fair a
credit to tbe Pacific coast.
O. A. K. Notice.
Tbe members of J. W. Nesmith Post,
and all visiting G. A. R. men and all
old soldiers are requested to meet at
G. A. R. hall, on Saturday, August 12,
at 5 P. M. sharp, to participate in the
reception to be given the returning
Philippine soldiers. By order of
2d R. L. Aiken, P. C.
THAT "HOJUEST' MONET.
The Oregonian in its discussion
the money question makes as many
conflicting statements as it does
discussing tbe tariff. This is not sur
prising, however, for a proposition
that is indefensible cannot at ail
times be defended by a consistent line
of reasoning. The contention of tbe
Oregonian that gold is the only safe
standard of money, has been tbat gold
does not fluctuate in value, but re.
mains the same all tbe time. That
gold never has gone at a premium, but
when there is not a party between it
and other kinds of money, the others
have fluctuated gone to a discount.
But in Wednesday's edition the Ore
gonian says editorially:
An administration favorable to
gold gives out gold for paper and
treasury liabilities, because tbat is its
understanding of tbe way to maintain
the parity. But as the law stands
there is nothing to preventan ad minis'
tration favorable to silver from paying
out silver for paper currency and
treasury obligations generally. The
only result of such a policy would be
to discredit our government paper
cause hoarding of gold and aend gold
to a premium."
bo then gold can really be sent to a
preminum. If so, it is not so honest a
money as its advocates have claimed
for it, for it is tbeir contention tbat no
money is honest that can possibly
fluctuate in value. Such a money
would certainly not be honest to the
debtor wbo owed an obligation pay
able in gold, for when it went to a
preminum it would increase his debts
This is what the advocates of bimetal
ism claim has occurred by tbe es
tablishing of a gold standard; that gold
is already at a preminum; and since
the Oiegonian says It can be sent to a
preminum under certain conditions,
Then If it can be advanced in value it
Is not a stable money; it is not what is
claimed for it tbe only real money.
TblS admission Ol the Oregonian,
which is one of tbe ablest advocates of
the gold standard in the country,
shows the weakness of the plea for
"honest money,' and strengthens
the contention of bimetalists
oi oimetansis toat no
one metal can be made the absolute
standard of money and remain honest,
for the increased demand for it will
advance its commercial value, and
make it a trifle more valuable tomor
row than it is today. Were it possible
tbat gold is, as its advocates have
claimed, a stable commodity, one
whose value cannot be budged, that
stays the same at all times and under
all circumstances, it would be an
honest money. But if so slight a thing
as tbe payment of government obliga
tions iu silver, as the Oregonian ad
mits, would send it to a premium, then
it is not absolutely honest.
The faot is there can be no absolutely
honest money. No matter of what it
is composed, it will rise and fall, that
is it will buy more or less of the pro
ducts of labor one time than another,
aa the demand for it increases or
diminishes. But it is believed by bi
metalists that a single standard is
more susceptable to dishonesty than a
double; that if two metals were in use,
when one became scarce the other
would be used until a parity were re
stored, and that the most nearly honest
money during the history of the
world has been when both gold and
silver were recognized as standards of
value.
DON'T APPLY TV CUBA.
One of tbe dearest rights accorded
to tbe people by ihe United States
constitution is the freedom of speech
and press. This has never been de
nied them in time of peace, and only
during the war of the rebellion was it
curtailed. Tbe right of the people to
criticise public acts and publio men
bas been one of tbe safeguards of the
republic, and has aided materially in
preventing corruption and fraud in
public positions. But this privilege
seems not to be accorded our new
found subjects in Cuba (we say sub
jects, fo1 it is evidently the Intention
of the powers that be to make them
such). Freedom of speech does not
apply to them.
El Reconcentrado, a paper published
in Havana, tbat had the bravery to
criticise tbe manner in which the
municipal government is conducted,
was by order of General Ludlow sup
pressed on July 31st. The editor and
manager of the paper are now en route
to Washington to lay tbeir complaints
before tbe administration, and they
have published a statement concern
ing the affair, in which it is said:
"In order that the paper might be
suppressed the editor and staff were
threatened with arrest and imprison.
ment. Though tbe editors and a few
members of the staff escaped imprison
ment, some of the employes of the
paper were locked up in the. bastile in
Havana for a peroid of 60 days, during
which time they were compelled to
break stones after the fashion of crim
inals sentenced to a term In Sing Sing.
About 10 or 12 took refuge in flight
and are still being sought."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Next Monday the sheriff will offer
the 1897 tax roll for sale. Tbe amount
due on this roll is something over
$7,000. If the property advertised is
sold the owners will be required to pay
20 per cent above the purchase price to
redeem it. It therefore behooves all who
can to pay the taxes before the date of
the sale.
Democratic voters will write the
platform of 1900 without the assistance
of the republicans who are now so act
ively offering suggestions, and they
will also nominate their candidate for
president. If it is deemed expedient
to again reiterare the Chicago platform
ani nominate W. J. Bryan, - it will
be done without asking permission of
the republican bosses.
Now that the volunteers are back
from tbe Philippines and are begin
ning to mingle amoog the people, a
clearer idea of what tbe islands are and
what will be required to subdue tbe
natives will begained. Tbe volunteers
are intelligent men capable of judging
of what tbey saw in tbe islands, hence
can give very clear ideas of what kind
of a box tbe government has got into
by undertaking to expand.
Oregon bas done itself credit in the
reception it has given tbeireturning
volunteers, and the bearty greeting
extended to the men will ever be kind
ly remembered by them. But these
greetings are only temporary; they
will not sustain life nor provide for
future happiness. What will next be
needed by tbe returning soldiers is
employment. Most of tbem left good
positions to enter tbe service. Will
they get tbem back after tbe excite
ment of displaying admiration for
them has died out? If the people
truly appreciate what the men of the ,
Second Oregon have done, they will
see to it that every returning soldier
of
who wants employment is provided
with a situation where he can earn a
in
living and lay asidn something for tbe
future. The Times-Mountaineer has a
position for one, and it hopes
others who return to The Dallea
will
be provided for,
County Treasurer Phillips advertises
imai; no win pay an county warrants
registered prior to October 1, 1895, on
pi eaemaiiuu at nis umce. TbUS it is
seen tbat Wasco county is over four
years behind in meeting its obliga
tions. With such a condition of affairs
existing the county certainly cannot
afford to indulge in any extravagance.
It is therefore the duty of every official
to lend his assistance In keeping down
expenses to the minimum. Not a dol
lar should be spent that is not abso
lately necessary.
Mount Hood Note.
Mt. Hood. Aug. 7.
A yery painful accident happened
incuoias oanzman, wno resides on the
kill I . . r . . .
XT! T. 1 1 - .
um ooiween rosier ano Mood Kiver
ill h 1 1 rr nnn ittha a. i i
. u u. no saw
baulinghayandinsome.wav the load
ouiibcu turQitj Lue wtigoQ ov6p, tDrow
.uK .r. oaitzman among tne rocks b
.w-t . u.a.UK lIU 4u,,,b severely. MIS
ntue daughter, who was with him,
Itut 1 . . .
uuuaieiy escaped witnout iu;ury.
Among the campers here are F. D.
Creighton and family, W. A. Miller,
wife and daughter and Miss Lulu
Creighton, all of The Dalles, and
several parties from Hood River and
Portland.
The blackberru irnn w i
lent, and It is stated the huckleberry
J "
crop will be better than common.
Yesterday afternoou the rlta nf
baptism were administered bv the
Methopist minister
Davis and Mr. W. H
to Miss
Gribble.
Lizzie
I THE ALUM BAKING POWDERS
or Borne of the Principal Brands
I Bold in this vicinity
The recent discussion in the papers
of the effect upon the human system of
food made with alum haltlno- rrm,Wo
and tne opinions tbat have been nnh.
lisbed from noted scientists to the ef-
feet that such powders render the food
unwholesome, have caused numerous
inquiries for the names of the various
alum powders.
The following list of baking powders
COntjtinlnir alum ia marln i. n f .am . 1
up ima
reports of State Chemist Nicholson
of Nebraska, tbe City Chemist of St.
fl 2-s,9?5?i-.?.-
nesota, or other reliable authority
Baking Powders Containing; Alum:
K- C Contains Alum.
Jaaues Mftr. fv. r!i i.i a,
CALUMET Contains Alum.
Calumet Baking Powder Co. Chicago.
HOME Contains Alum.
Home BaKine rowder Co. San Francisco.
WASHINGTON Contains Alum.
Pacific Chemical Wnrlrs Tuwn,
CRESCENT Contains Alum.
Crescent Mfg. Co. Seattle.
WHITE LILY Contains Alum.
i. x errera uo., l acoma.
BEE-HIVE Contains Alum.
Wnhinotnn Vf f,. r. C .
BON BON Contains Alum.
Grant Chemical Co., Chioago.
DEFIANCE Contains Alum.
Portland Coffee & Spice Co., Portland.
PORTLAND Contains Alum.
aeno s. uaius. Portland.
In addition to these, it is learned
that many grocers are sellinsr what
they call tbeir own private or special
brands. " These powders are put up for
the grocer and his name out unnn the
laoeis oy manufacturers of alum pow
ders in St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas
City, Tacoma. San Francisco and else
where. The manufacturers, it is said,
find their efforts to market tbeir goods
in this way greatly aided by the am
bition of tbe grocer to sell a powder
with his own name upon the label, es
pecially when the grocer can make an
abnormal profit upon it. Many gro
cers, doubtless, do not know that the
powders they are thus pushing are alum
powers which would be actually con
trabands in many sections If sold with
out disguise.
It is quite impossible to give the
names of all the alum baking powders
in the market. They are constantly
appearing in all sorts of disguises, un
der all kinds of cognomens, and at all
kinds of prloes, even as low aa five and
ten cents a pound. Tbey can be avoid
ed, however, by the housekeeper who
will bear in mind tbat all baking pow
ders Bold at twenty-five cents or less
per pound are liable to contain alum,
as pure cream of tartar baking powders
cannot be produced at anything like
this price. '
Everybody can go to the Seaside.
The Astoria & Columbia river rail
road has made the following round
trip rales, from Portland to Seaside,
Gearhart and Long Beach $3.30, from
Portland to Flavel and return $2.85,
Portland and Astoria and return $2.40.
All tickets good until October 10th,
1899.
A Right
Royal
Welcome.....
This is our motto. We will receive you at
onr store as we propose to receive the
'" Forty Fighters ' on Saturday, and there
shall be nothing too good for yon, and onr
prices are always the lowest.
Our White Goods Sale
will continue during the balance of the
week, as the weather has not been as favor
able for these goods as we bad anticipated.
The line is very complete and we invite
your attention.
Special Sale of
Ladies' Muslin Garments
Ladies' muslin night gowns, tucked and em
broidered yoke, regular price $1.00, sale
price 69c.
Ladies' muslin and cambric skirts, embroi
dered flounce, regular price 81.00, sale
price 69c.
Ladies' muslin and cambric drawers, lace
and insertion trimmed, regular price 75c,
sale price 53c. '
Ladies' muslin corset covers, embroidery
trimmed, regular price 35c, sale price 23c.
ALL. GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES
HOSTILITIES ARE
RESUMED!
all
MacArthur Engages the
Insurgents.
Washington, Aug. 9 General
Otis confirms the report of a battle at
San Fernando in tbe following cable
gram:
Manila MacArthur, with 4000
men, attacked the Insurgent army,
6000 strong concentrated around San
rernanoo, at o:iS this morning. At
10 o'clock a.m.' he had driven it five
miles in the direction of Angeles
to Casualties few. Tbe attack was or
1 J -1 . . i , . . ... I
"erea ior tne tn instant; rain did not
I It - .....
poriuiu tne movement at that time,
i h mi rnun tmit. a..1aa . i ,
i - uuriiu is
badly washed by unprecedent floods of
1,110 six weeKa. ana it 19 beyond
- U""J oi tne insurgents to repair
iwus or MacArthur's advance be-
lsMJt 1 t ...
" ernanoo snowed the Amer-
'cans covered hye miles the first five
hours and at 2 o'clock had advanced
miles along the railway stretching
on eacn "We of it for two miles and
resting at night three miles from
Angeles which will be made the basa
of operations instead of San Fernando
I . . . .
wnel"e a garrison of 800 men have been
AUO casualties are between au
and 40-
Fl,,Pins were surprised, expecting
iae American iorces to
move against
Tlco. They followed their usual
tactics of holding tbelr trenches until
they became too warm and then re
treating in disorder. They are now
falling back through Poric?. The
Twelfth and Seventeenth regiments
had the sharpest engagements.
Tbe
country is covered with rice fields and
I humhon thicirata. tha haat nn.iki.
ground for marchino-. Mud In !...
was knee-deep.
Angeles is one of the richest towns
north of Manila and is consisered a
better base of operations than San
Fernando. Movement has been blao-
ned for some time but was delayed by
I ralna Initial!.. .3 - J ... VI
1 "" '"-"J .u.,w.uuuiuiinii.it,i rwW hn.rtiM l .
dried the rice fields sufficiently to per-
mit the attempt. American's position
ng been unpleasant. Rebels
almost surrounded tbe town and fired
nightly into it, the Americans not re
plying except on extreme provocation.
It was necessary to keep 600 or 600
men on out post duty constantly.
THE HAN DOMINUU BBBBLLIOH
Jlmlnei Meets With Success and Is Joined
by Federal Troops.
Cape Haytdsn, Hayti.Aug. 9. Gen
eral Francisco Lyrlano, sent from
Monte Cristo by the Dominican govern
ment to attack General Ramon Pacheuo
at the Dajabon headquarters of the
revolutionists, was abandoned by his
troops when he arrived in front of tbe
enemy. Without firing a shot they
deserted and entered the camp of
Pacheco. Advanced posts of the latter
are at Las Aguas, and the revolution
ists are masters of the forts across the
River Yaqul, thus cutting off com
munication between Monte Cristo and
the interior. '
The force of Jimlnez, leader of the
revolution, is being augmented every
day, and news from every part of the
Dominican republic is favorable to
hint.
ALASKAN HARDSHIPS.
Gold Hungers gptnd the' Winter on a
Whaler.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 8. According
to arrivals by the steamer Rosalie,
John F. Robertson and a party of 11
prospectors, wbo set out from Dawson
city a year ago, to prospect along the
Porcupine riyer, returned to the Klon
dike in a bad condition on July 22.
They reached Dawson on the steamer
Saint Marie, which vessel picked them
up. Tbe unfortunate prospectors left
Dawson because of reports of a miner
who came in from the headwaters of
the Porcupine and told of rich'findings
there.
The Robertson party, led by the
miner, started for the scene of his
reported findings, but during the
Clothing
Nothing like making a good beginning.
First impressions go a long way. We
are determined to make these sales a
succass.
For a Starter
Your choice of our elegant neckwe
For 49 cents
Regular price 75c, $1.00 and $1.25,
course you must bear in mind
prices hold good for tomorrow,
SATURDAY ONLY.
W have a good full line of medium
weight underwear that we have decided
must go,
Shirts or Drawers 39c
Regular price, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25
We carry the largest and best selected
stock of Men's, Youths' and Boys' cloth
ing in Eastern Oregon.
SEE WINDOWS.
When you see it In our ad Its so.
PEASE
journey the miner was drowned an I
although they searched the country
thoroughly, Robertson and his party
failed to find a trace of the dead man't
Eldorado. Tbey were finally taken O l
board a whaler, where they spent tho
winter.
Tbe Scott Mason party, of Chicago,
the whaler a short time before tha
Robertson party were picked up. and
after being housed and fed for a month
tbey left Intending to make a short
prospecting tour and return. They
bad not, returned, however, and it was
feared tbey have perished.
Fell From a Veranda.
Portland, Aug. 8. J.C. Hildebrand,
a newspaper advertising solicitor, for
tbe past year in tbe employ of the Ore
gonian, was found dead thi morning in
the front yard of his lodging-houso .
at 212 Seventh street, cornor of Salmon. '
His neck was broken, and appearance
indicates that he bad fallen from the
banister or railing of the veranda in
such a manner as to produce
I
this re-
suit,
m . . . . . .
I J ne exact manner nr HI clnhranfl'a
death la not known, ami o.n nnlv h
I submitted. He left the Oreeron tan
counting-room, as had been his habit,
about II o'clock last nlrht. H t.
the Hotel Belvedere an hour later, and
I
that was the last seen of him alive.
Belles of Cllffdeweilera.
Los Angeles, cal., Aug. 9. Laden
with relics of the cliffdwellers.Rev.Dr,
George L. Cole has returned from
journey to the ruined cities of South
eastern Colorado and New Mexico,
I TT. I 11 .
results were secured by ex,
cavations in an ancient commnual
dwelling, as yet unnamed, which
stands on the cliffs of the Santa Fe
river, 14 miles from Eapanol. There
were not less than 1600 rooms In the
larger building in Its prime. It was
240x300 feet. Dr. Cole estimates that
from 4800 to 6000 people lived In tbe
pueblo.
Among the bones taken from the
burial mound were a women's femur,
19 Inches long, showing a giantess 7t
feet tall. The cliff on which the ruins
stand rise 1000 feet above the surround
ing country.
The Tacoma Grand Jury.
Tacoma, Aug. 9. The grand jury,
the first called in Pierce county in sev
eral years, now in its third weeks'
sesoion, created surprise this morning
by visiting police headquarters
body and investigating offices, cells
-n(1 hnni. T tu- "Mai , Ln
"A, .1
mayor and prominent merchants of the
city were called as witnesses before tbe
body. It is believed something sen
sational will happen.
The grand jury has already indicted
several somewhat prominent men on a
charge of being implicated in tbe late
series of robberies which the police,
are powerless to prevent and fail to se
cure the arrest of the offenders.
Soldier Kills Bartender.
Wallace, Idaho, Aug. 9. Charles
Bohnenberger, a private of troop H,
Sixth cavalry, shot and killed Joseph
McBrlde, a bartender, in a danoehall
this morning. BohnenbergeJ bad
knocked a dancehall girl down, when
McBrlde interfered, striking him sev
eral times. Bohnenberger fired five
shots, one grazing McBrlde's temple,
the other four all striking in his breast.
The inquest was held this afternoon.
Ask your grocer for Clark & Falk's
flavoring extracts, - -
PETITION.
To the Honorable County Court of Wasco,
uoumy, uregon:
We, the undersigned legal voters of
irs of Falls
respectfully
Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon,
getition your nonoraDie board to grant to U. L.
chmidt a license to sell spirituous, lnous
and malt liquors In less quantity than one
gallon, for the term of one year, at the Cas
cade Locks, Oregon:
Andrew Traverro
Oregon Washburn
R G Connor
P A Trana
J W Attwell
AG Hall
A B Glazier
Wm Nestler
J Jackman
John F Trana
D L Cates
A Fleischner
E Mania
H A Leavens
R Black
J Dixon
J G Stout
H H Weston
G L Harnham
Sam HcCary
P Aug Nelson
Charles Alin '
G Syrlng
John Anderson
E P Ash
J W Derdlich
Al Baling
F Rogers
C J Carlson
Louey Luoyo
Erik Haggblom
Joe Schmld
C Voorhees
F H Douglas
D A Cheyney
John Thiese
H O Hansen
E W King
G H Wilson
O L Gorton
Aug C Schroeder, M D James Stewart
Frank Sohmid Wm W Black
H Llllyard Pat Lsbey
Ben Dope O C Fyrfe
Wm M Ash J Callahan
F E Leavens H Henn
James Gorton C.Vascori
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