OUR ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
All the County News Graphically Writ­
ten up by Our Brainy Rustlers.
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won first prize which was given her in
cash by her critic teacher, Mb»« Alice
McIntosh. L ater in the afternoon a
drill! in folk dancng was given in the
Normal gym nasium by the girls o f the
school.
The normal and training
schools were in operation during the
day to give the visiting teachers a
chance to witness the work as it is ac­
tually carried on in the schools of Mon­
mouth. A holiday was given the s tu ­
d en ts Monday for holding school on
Saturday.
The visitors returned to
th eir homes in the various p a rts of Polk
county in the evening and declared th a t
Correspondent*’ Contest.
Beginning D ecem ber l the Item izer be they were well entertained during the
day, and th a t the class work in the
gan h four m onths correspondents’ con­ Monmouth schools was excellent.
tent on the Maine lines as heretofore, ex­
cept the prizes will be in cash, instead
of other articles, th a t method seeming |
EOLA
to suit be«t all concerned. The m ost!
regular and most newsy c o rre sp o n d e n t! Mrs. Stenton has gone to the Hayden
du rin g th at tim e will receive $10, the farm near ( «ates, to help care for her
second $.*>, the th ird $2.50 and the next sister, Mrs. Reece, who is very sick.
two $1 each. The contest will close
Byron Brunk has gone to Salem to
March 30 ami be im m ediately follow­ learn the plum bers' trad e in F ra z ie r’s
ed by another of four m onths duration ; shop.
om m encing on th a t date.
MONMOUTH NO. 2
T here was a crowd from here th a t
attended the Dallas-Silverton basket
ball gam e a t Dallas Saturday night.
Monmouth is included in the portion
to be electrified by the Southern Paci­
fic company soon.
K. S. Evenden, professor in the Nor
mal school, delivered an address to the
students of the high school Monday
m orning in the auditorium
(ieorge Bennett has been hauling
sand for cem ent walkwork in Mon­
mouth.
A mass m eeting was held Friday
evening in the S tar th e a tre building to
discuss the proposition for the location
of the new depot.
Land p laster is being sown by the
farm ers in the surrounding country.
A. N. Poole’s new residence in E ast
Monmouth is nearing completion.
The road supervisors near this place
are busy grading.
Thos. H. Gentle has been q uite ill.
Aller Trio presented a pleasing pro­
gram in the Normal school chapel
Thursday evening before a large audi­
ence.
P reparations for the baseball grounds
has been made on the tra c t of land ly­
ing betw een the high school and Nor­
mal school buildings.
The work of plastering is now going
on in the interior of the normal dormi-
tory-
Miss Mary Stine has been away visit­
ing friends. •
0 . A. W olverton and W. E. iSmith
have been circulating a petition for a
new mail route w est of Monmouth.
Forest Neal, of Dallas, was here F ri­
day night.
Charles Rohr and fam ily have moved
to Independence.
('a p t. Geo. Pope, of Portland, has
contributed a large am ount of seed to
schools here for use in the gardens.
W arren Guilliams is again in E astern
Oregon.
Miss Frances Quisenberry entertained
a num ber of her friends a t her home in
L ast Monmouth Friday night.
J. W. Livingston w ent to his home
in Forest Grove Friday and returned
here Sunday.
John Scott, of P aunxtauny, Pa.,
was a visitor to old friends here the
first of the week.
F ru it trees in town are being sprayed
by M. M. Harvey.
The Polk county tea ch e rs’ institu te
was in session in Monmouth Saturday
when 110 teachers from the 64 schools
of the county assem bled in the auditor­
ium of the high school building here
and discussed m ethods for the im prove­
m ents of schools in this section of the
valley. The first assem bly was called
a t 9 o ’clock and lasted untd noon, and
the second was held in the early p a rt of
the afternoon. A t 3 o’clock the visit­
ing teacher* and the citizens of Mon­
mouth gathered in the chapel of the
Oregon Norm al school and a declam a­
tory contest was held among the stu-
dencs of the seventh and eighth grades
of the Monmouth training school. Miss
Francelle Hawley, of the eighth grade,
CRAVEN BROTHERS, Agents
•* T h e best Range
b rain s and experience
have ever produced.**
“QUICK MEAL”
STEEL RANGES
Louie Robbins has quit his job of
running the sanitary chicken farm .
Will Patterson is running it now with
two helpers. They have 400 little chicks
on hand
Mrs. Ham er bought 100 little chicks
| from W. Patterson.
W alter Magee is clearing off land for
Mr. Holrnan for more cherry orchard.
Ray Ferguson has been laid ofF from
work several days on account of run­
ning a nail in his foot.
Ralph Ferguson is now delivery boy
for P e ter Cook’s grocery. He m akes a
very good one.
The county fru it inspector was in Eo-
la Monday.
One of the faithful old team of horses
belonging to the M ittys died Monday.
Victor and his m ate have been togeth­
er 28 years.
Mr. Magee and family visited rela­
tives a t Chemawa Saturday and Sun­
day.
In Salem F ebruary 23rd a t the resi­
dence of Geo. Litchfield, S r,, the in fan t
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hoi- ,
man, G race E lizabeth was baptized, I
Rev. Avison officiating.
Eola ha* organized a p a re n ts’ and
tea ch e rs’ club. The first m eeting is
called the 21st of the month in the even­
ing.
PERRYDALE
Herm an Jennings was a visitor in
Dallas Saturday.
Fay Morrison and wife will move in­
to Miss Fannie K e y t’s residence. They
are repairing and repapering it.
Lucile K eyt is in Portland having her
eyes trea te d .
Miss Edith D urant returned to her
home in Amity Monday a fte r a weeks
visit here.
W alter W erner le ft Monday for C an­
ada a fte r several w eeks visit here.
J . E. Yoakum was in Portland on
business the la tte r p a rt of the week
The C. W. B. M. will m eet a t the
home o f E. Enes S aturday everting.
Fred Jennings has been having an a t­
tack of lagrippe which is quite preva­
lent in this neighborhood.
Fred Hebding was a visitor in Salem
Monday.
GILLIAM.
John Bressler, who has been visiting
his m other, Mrs. L Bressler, and other
relatives and friends here for the past
three months, returned to his home a t
G rass Valley last week.
Mrs. Landrock, m other of Mrs. H en­
ry Fern, has been auite sick w ith la-
grippe and a partial paralysis of the
th ro at, but is now improving.
L ittle Clare Palm er has been a victim
of poison oak during the last week.
Mrs. C. W. Minnich has been on the
sick list for the p ast week and is not
y et much improved.
Mr. Jam es L aFrance, who died at
his home in the Antioch d istrict, was
brought here and buried S aturday a t
2:30 m the Riggs cem etery.
Mr. Knox and family arrived last
week from Colorado and have rented
the H. G. Campbell place th a t was ro-
cently vacated by J . Cornley and fam-
ily.
Ed Minnich had a cloae call to a very
serious accident last Thursday while op­
eratin g a grubbing machine. Some­
thing w ent wrong and he was struck in
the face, but fortunately a few cuts
1 and bruises and some loose teeth are
said to be the e x te n t of the dam age
j done.
I The p a ren ts’ and tea ch e rs’ associa­
tion th a t was organized here In Ja n u a ry
m et for the regular m onthly m eeting
last Friday with a good attendance.
A splendid program was much enjoyed
by those present. The association now
has an enrollm ent of 21 and it is hoped
th a t ere long every parent in the dis­
tric t will be able to attend and lend
th eir aid and influence in helping the
teacher and thereby securing b e tte r
schools.
PEEDEE.
SPRING SUITS - F R E E -
Get
One
of
These
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Beautiful Oil
Paintings
and other lines of cheaper suits.
:
See them before you buy. Don’t
buy an out-of-date Winter suit
when you can get a Spring suit at
the same price.
We have Winter suits to sell
at a low price.
Norfork Suits are taking the lead
in Mens Suits this Spring.
Our popular priced line of Nor-
forks will be here in a few days.
$8.00 and up.
See our new Tan Button Shoe
a t_________________ $3.50
Will Soon Be
Here
The New Spring Goods
are here now.
A big variety of Beau­
tiful Fabrics for spring
wear.
The new Challies are’
taking the lead in the
soft clinging fabrics for Spring. Large assortment
from which to pick now. All shades of Pink, Laven-
dar and Blue.
While they are free. Save your
cash slips and get a fine Painting, any
day this week. Slips not good after
Saturday, March 8th.
Get your Paintings framed. They
are showing a large line of the new Tub
look much nicer, and you can get Silks. We Ask
to see them. The new shades in Char-
them cheap this week.
muse are fine. We keep our line of Silks up-to-date.
Paintings 14x22 Free with $5.00
pu rchase
Many new things in
Paintings 22x36 Free with $10.00
Ladies’ Neckwear.
purchase.
You wouldn’t take $5.00 cash for Bows, Vestees, Etc.
one of these Oil Paintings after they
were hung on the walls of your home.
Don’t wait until they are gone. Get Spring line of Amer­
one N O W .
ican Lady Shoes are
in. Also Spring line
Buster Brown shoes.
Dallas Mercantile Co.
Will R. Howe, Manager
Mrs. J . B. Teal was a Dallas visitor
BUENA VISTA.
last week.
The
W.
f!.
T.
U.
medal
contest
drew
Mrs. Kffie Baher w ent home with
Paul Hansen was a business visitor
Mr and Mrs. J. P. Holme* for a week* a nice crowd last week, and the medal
j
was won by Miss Johnson and the con­ to Dallas W ednesday.
visit.
tent a t Bridgeport was equally in te r­
H arley P rather, wife and Miss H a ttie
Mr. Scott returned to Portland last esting, the winner being Roy Bowman.
Black went to Independence Tuesday
Wednesday as it rained and they could
Frank and l.aura McMurphy cam e in evening to attend a show given there.
not survey.
from Philom ath Friday arid brought
Mrs Fannie Hall was a visitor to
Kingwood Park company have laid w ith them the body of th eir in fan t
last week to spend a few days
out the river garden in fifty foot fro n t | child, which was buried in the I. O. O. Corvallis
w
ith
her little grand-daughter, who is
E are the largest buyers of all kinds of merchandise from Manufac­
lots and back to the river.
! F . cem etery here. They returned now staying w ith Mrs. Mays.
turers, Sheriffs and Receivers Sales in the Northwest. We carry at
the
b
e
d
-!
home
Monday.
Mrs. E verest was called to
Mrs. A. J. Richardson returned from
all times an enormous stock of new and second hand mill, mining and
side of her sister, who is suffering w ith j
L Thompson is a Portland visitor Eugene last week a fte r visiting her
electric machinery, miscellaneous hardware, sacks and Plumb­
tonsihtis.
.
j this week.
daughter. Mrs. Tillie G ray, who has
ing Supplies.
Mrs. Jose Cox Mulkey, of Portland, | q ^ Spinney and G. L. McMurphy em ploym ent a t the U. of O.
visited with relatives here, re turning were Portland visitors on business last
Whenever in need of any boilers, engines, pumps, generators, dynamos,
Miss Helen Roy spent a few days of
home last week.
week.
last week in Corvallis with her m other
donkey-engines, water wheels, cable, chain, rails, rope, shafting, hangers,
Mrs. Elm er Wood, of Hopewell, vis-
A rth u r Fisher is the new proprietor and attended the fam ily reunion while
boxes, gears, pulleys, belting, sprocket-chains, conveyor belting, elevator
ited here S aturday with relatives.
i 0f
(.-a ns ¿ ¡ty dairy route now, and there.
buckets, I beams, flat and corrugated iron roofing, rubber roofing, building
Mrs R uth T urner has moved to the is supplying his custom ers with good
John K nighten and little son came
paper, sheet and strap iron, mattocks, sledges, wedges, axes, wheel-barrows,
home of her m other, Mrs. S. W hite, milk a t the sam e old rate.
up from Portland last week and were j
p tcher pumps, platform scales, iron and wood blocks, baits, nuts, washers,
while her husband finds them a home
There is quite a stir in real e state j guests a t his f a th e r’s home.
nails, etc. Also all sizes of steam, water and gas pipe, cast iron soil pipe
in Pendleton.
here, and many new faces are seen on
.qire of supposedly
incendiary . o n g m i
.
.
.
and fittings, plumbing goods, bath tubs, basins, toilets, sinks, laundry trays,
Mr. Rich w ent to Portland S aturday our stre e ts every day. Several busi-1 destroyed
ived the hay barn w ith 176 tons
t
of ,
ness changes are being talked over, baled ha
bibbs, sink traps, fire and garden hose and vises. Write us for prices before
to have his eyes treated .
iay belonging to G. A. Wells,
and there will be som ething doing here 1
buying elsewhere as we can save you money.
T here was a large num ber of people before long and prosperity will retu rn north of town, Sunday m orning at
on the river bank and bridge Friday to to our little city in g re a te r m easure 7 o ’clock, causing a loss of $2,000.
Remember, we positively guarantee all our goods to be absolutely as
see the first train cars on the railroad than ever.
Mr. and Mrs Mixer are rejoicing ov- |
represented or money refunded. Our prices positively defy competition.
bridge.
er the arrival of a baby boy, born last
M. G. Ellis, who has been visiting his
‘‘Thirty Years in Portland.” References: Any Bank, Banker or Mercan­
i.ev MclnturfT preached here T hurs­ parents here for the past two weeks, Thursday, Feb., 27th.
tile Agency.
day evening to a full hotfie. His daugh­ returned to his home in Morrow Satur- j Eston Bevens and fam ily are moving
te r sang a solo.
day. Merton is doing well in the prac­ from Hopedale to the hop ranch across
We carry a complete line of new and first-class plumbing supplies and
the river, while Alvin Byers and wife
Rev. Moores, district superintendent, tice of law a t his new home, and the i will m ake th eir home on the Dick Mey­
can save you money. Write for our prices on anything in the machinery,
best wishes of hiB many friends go
will preach here next Sunday evening. w
e r place.
ith him.
pipe, hardware or plumbing supply line. We will allow 5 per cent discount
Come and hear him.
on all goods purchased of us during the month of March if advertisement in
Mrs. Sarah Collins, of Dallas, has re ­
Not
much
in
te
rest
so
fa
r
has
been
Mrs. T alent surprised her husband on
turned to her home fte r spending sev­
paper is mentioned.
hi» birthday last T hursday by inviting shown in politics with the election only eral days w ith her sister, Mrs. Mary
in the children from the 5th and 6th a few weeks away. It is hoped our Bevens.
,
.
j
Tk»» business men will tak e hold of the m at-
g a n fe i'a n d ‘ th e n " w ere served te r this year, and fix*. a t the m a tte r
M. J . Cryderm an w ent to Albany |
w ith fine refreshm ents. It is needless from a^ bus.ness standpoint, laying: aside Monday to see his cousin and family, i
ill
personal
prejudice,
and
g
e
t
in
and
Mr.
and Mrs. A rt Simpson.
to say they enjoyed them selves.
fill the offices to be filled.
<0
Bill
Bevens is the owner of a new | 1
Leslie Cade, of Corvallis, visited his
Mrs. Bryant, who has been quite ill, Overland auto purchased last Saturday.
p a ren ts one day last week.
is much improved.
Vern M agers, of Dallas, visited a t
G randm a Rex is ill w ith la grippe.
581 to 593 Front S t, Corner Grant
PORTLAND, OREGON
the home of the N ash's last week.
Kingwood P a rk ’s new addition is
INDEPENDENCE.
N.
Anderson
and
wife
were
guests
called Kingwood T errace, which is on
Tuesday of Mrs. A nderson’s sister,
the hill.
Mrs. E arn est Cole, of Monmouth.
Miss Rowena Sperling was a guest a t
Mr. and Mrs. Cade, son, of Aberdeen,
was a week end visitor here, returning the home of Mrs Oliver Locke in Sa­
lem over Sunday.
Improvement of Rural Schools , so that a good track can be made nesday but will be held Friday
Monday.
FEBRUARY
LIBRARY
REPORT.
-Cubberley.
without interfering without in- morning.
Mrs. Ed. Richmond and little daugh­
World Literature—Moulton. i terfering with the baseball dia­ The baseball team will lose a
ter, of I 'alias, were visitor in this city
ZENA-SPRING VALLEY.
The Evolution of Dodd Smith. mond. Baseball practice will good man from school, as Frank
last week.
Non fiction books loaned__ 183
Pictuses and Their Painters— begin within the next two weeks. Wright is glingback to St. Johns
The evangelist, Rev. Edgar, recently
Mrs. K C. Kldridge returned Sunday
Children’s ____ ______
418 Bryant.
from South Dakota, is delivering an in­ from a short visit in Portland.
The usual monthly exams will; where he came from here. He
tere stin g series of serm ons a t the
A d u lt..................
723 Poems Field.
not be held until the first six is a good infielder and the bovs
Mr. and Mrs. Loran Wann and chil­
church.
Number
of
callers
during
the
The Ten Thousand Dollar Arm weeks of the second semester would like very much to have
dren, of Hooker, Wn., are viaiting at
Mrs. Jessie Holland, of Portland, is the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. month
2936; new borrowers’ - Van Loan,
have passed, so that the end of him.
visiting w ith her sister, Mrs. John J. R. Taylor.
cards issued 53.
Principles and Practice of the term will come out even. | Tuesday evening the Philogia
Phillips.
|
New rental books:
Ira Morgan, of Eugene, visited
Poultry Culture—Robinson.
This puts the exams off until society met and after a business
Gus Lake has about recovered from friends here over Sunday.
Mary Cary Bosher.
! Home Art Crochet Book — ! two weeks from now, which meeting gave the following pro­
his recent a tta ck of pneumonia.
Guests of Hercules William­ ' Klickmann.
Miss Ada Ketchum , of Portland, i*
I suits the students.
gram:
l ir - J .
Sm ith was called last week visiting a t the home of her parents, son.
| Parlor Games Hollister.
The
game
with
Independence
Instrumental sola—Elsie Shultz.
to see little Daisy ( ochrane, who is ill ,
an)j \ | r(i jj_ ^ Ketchum.
House of Pride Landon.
Principles of Fruit Growing — high school will be played next Reading Millie Skersies.
w ith bronchi** pneumonia.
Chronicles
of
Avonlea
Mont­
Mr*. Win, P atton entertained th*
, Bailey.
Monday night at the armory.
Solo—Zula Heistand.
D. R. Ruble is very busy filling orders 500 club a t her home last Thursday eve­ gomery,
for c u rra n t shoots,
This
will
be
next
to
the
last
Current Events- Marjorie Ben­
ning,
gorr.ery.
game for the Dallas boys this nett.
Mrs. W. H. Craw ford and Mis* Ma­
D, D (ia w io 'i has gone to Am ericsn
The
Recording
Angel
Harris.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
rie Grove* attended the in stitu te a t Falls, Idaho, w here he has a position
season, and will be a fast game The dramatic club rehearsed
The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Mor­
Monmouth Saturday and say the Mon­ as linotype operator.
without doubt. The locals are their play Wednesday night at
ris.
m outh people are royal entertainers.
practicing hard for the coming the high school building. They
,
o
i
, u ,
..
.
Billie McAdams ha* returned from a
The
Promised
Land
—Antin.
Monday night the Adelphian battle. The Independence team are getting it down now so thev
Lynn Purvine was In Salem M onday., m onthi vialt
Sa)em
WEST SALEM.
Miss Pechln, th* teacher s t Lower
sp rin g Valley, was a t Zena for the Sun­
day
evening church service.
Mr. and Mrs. Womer returned from
Hillsboro Sunday where they w ent to
The m issionary society of the Pres-
see his brother, who is very bad off.
dyterian church, will m eet Wednesday
i Will Bush and family visited his w ith Mrs. W. S. Scott.
brother Bluford, who has had pneumo­
nia, but is b e tte r now.
FALLS CITY
A unt Sophronia G ran t is very sick.
S. H. Tetherow was a Dallas visitor
Ja c k Howard, of California, is visit­ last weeh on buainess.
ing his sister, Mrs. Lacey.
'Ira . Cockerline has returned to Falla
iflEY ARE BETTER BECAUSE:
A unt Sarah Price is on the sick list. Citv from her farm in Multnomah Co.,
T h ey « r e b u ilt on scien tific principle#
and ia visiting her son and daughter
A
surprise
party
was
given
s
t
N.
J.
a n d th e m a te ria l used is so distributed
here.
F re e r’s Friday night.
a s to d o th e m ost good.
There was a small wreck on the S. p.
’Miss Eva A om er, teacher a t McTim-
T hey a r e jn s t h e a v y enough to be
monds school, gave a basket social S a t­ road above Falls City last Wednesday
good, d u ra b le a n d lastin g .
afternoon.
No one huft.
urday night, with a fine program . The
T h e s tre n g th e n e d parts are
baskets Drought $41.75 for 13 baskets.
W here th e m o st w e a r It-
Mrs. Fulton was down from R)ack
T here will be a dance here Friday Rook W ednesday night and attended
T he w alls are A sbestos lin ed .
Pythian S isters lodge.
evening, the 14th.
T hey are m ade o f ste el, co i
b e y are stron g and can n ot
Mrs. ‘-elig returned home from Port-
Elsie Bush visited G reatha Shively
Saturday night and attended the basket land, where she has been visiting the
DALLAS,
pest tw o weeks.
social.
OREGON
Spring
,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
W
J. SIMON & BROTHER
“The Plumbing Trust Busters”
The Return of Peter Grimm -
F)elasco.
Children’s Books:
j
Day: her Year in New York—
Friday
'^ e v evening
e n in g the Independence Ray.
, high school will give a dram a in the
Sidney, her Summer on the St.
ra h house entitled “ The Elopem ent
opera
or E llen.” The proceeds will be used Lawrence- Ray.
to purchase equipm ent for the labora­
Sidney: her senior year Ray.
tory and departm ent of physis.
Fugitive Freshman Paine.
Miss Mabel Porterfield has returned
Master of the Strong Hearts—
for a visit with Miss Lucille lkunn in Brooks.
Eugene.
Frolics at Fairmount -Baker.
Miss K atie Dunamore was a guest at
Grandpa’s little Girls Curtis.
the home of Miss M argaret Hodge in
Grandpa's Little Girls at School
Salem laat week.
I —Ctirtia.
Mr and Mra. ^herm an Hayes have
Dan Beard’s Animal Book -
moved to their n*w home qn 4th and
Beard,
t>. stre e t
Felicia’s Friends—Gould.
Vr* A- L Thomas and Mr*. J. 0.
Felicia’s Folks Gould.
Hibb* entertained the N eedbcraft c|ub
a t the home of M rs. Thomas Tuesday
Felicia’s Visits Gould.
afternoon.
Second Boy’s book of Model
R epresentative Verd Hill was over Aeroplanes—Collins.
from Salem Sunday.
Adult’s Books:
M. A. B aker le ft last Saturday for
the soldiers home in California where
expects to spend the next few months.
literary society met at the high
school for the purpose of hold­
ing a mock trial, but so many of
the boys were not there that the
trial was postponed until next
week. This is the second mock
trial that the boys have had and
they a-e of big interest to the
boys. The trial this time is
about the painting of the numer­
als on the high school steps a
week or two ago. Lynn Ma-
theny and Floyd Ellis are the
defendants. Anyone who wants
to hear the trial are welcome to
come.
/
The high school baseball team
will play on the college campus
this season as they have done
before. The plans now are to
plow the ground and work it
down and have it rolled with the
steam roller. This is to be done
have been practicing hard for can tell something about i t No
several weeks under two coach- j date has been decided on to give
es in preparation for this game ! the play.
and will come prepared to do I
their very best playing. This is i
Presby.erian Church.
next to the last game the Dallas
boys will play this season, so the i Services Sunday:
fans will not have but two morei Sunday school 10 a. m.
chances to see them play, as
Morning service 11 a. m, topic
three of the present team will j of sermon, "The Temptatioo of
graduate this semester. Boyd- I MUR ’ *
Herzog and Heistand will finish
Y. P, S. C. E. meeting 6:30,
in June, so they will not be on j Evening service 7:30t topic of
the Dallas high team next year. sermon, Can our friends who
v
The game will be played with have passed away to the Spirit
practically the same lineups as world communicate with us’ as
i
was used at Independence, un­ answered in David Belasco *
less Barham is played, which drama. ‘‘Tne Return of Pet ip
will soon be decided. The game Grimm”
will be called at 8 o’clock and
Prayer meeting Thursday eve
admission will be 25 cents.
rung 7:30.
The usual Wednesday morning j You are cordially invited to
assembly was not held this Wed­ worship with us.
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