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V
OREGON TRUNK MAY
BUILD TO KLAMATH
WASHINGTON ROAD
DISPUTE UP TO COURT
In te rs ta te C om m erce C om m is­
sion A uthorizes E xtension
of Line from Bend.
Question of C h airm anship Sub
m itied fo r Jndicial
Decision.
Portland, Or.—Applications for the
merging of the G reat N orthern and
N orthern Pacific railw ays are now In
course of preparation, and after being
approved by the directors of the two
companies will bo subm itted to the
In terstate commerce commission, said
ltalph Budd, president of the G reat
N orthern railw ay, when Interviewed
here.
The time limit for the su rren d er of
stock for the purpose of the m erger
expires Immediately, Mr. Budd said.
The applications for perm ission to
effect the consolidation, which would
bring approxim ately 24,000 m iles of
track under the control of one gigantic
company, would probably bo filed with
commission w ithin the n ext two
Weeks, Mr. Budd said.
U nder the m erger plan, a new com­
pany would be organized to take
over th e Spokane, Portland & S eattle
company and Its subsidiaries, and the
Spokane-Port land lino would then pro­
ceed to lease the properties of the
O reat N orthern and the N orthern Pa
clftc, combining all properties Into one
gigantic single unit.
A U TO M O B ILE S K IL L
1 0 0 .0 0 0
8,000,000 Hurt in Five Year* in Road
Accidents.
W ashington, D. C.—More th an 100,-
000 persons, a third of them school
children, have been killed and mure
than 3.000,000 sent to hospitals by
highw ay accidents In the last five
years, according to a survey made
public at the m eeting here of the
American Hoad Btilidera' association.
I l l excess of |2 ooo.000,000 worth of
property was dam aged, said the re ­
port, which estim ated that one casual­
ty occurs on the roads every 42 sec­
onds, with the accid en t m enace stead
lly Increasing.
Fatigue has caused more accidents
th an any o th er factor, It was d eclar­
ed, the report statin g th at careless­
ness and Inattentive driving of auto­
mobiles In most cases is the resu lt of
fatigue More accidents occur between
4:30 and 5 30 P. M , it was added, than
In any other hour of the day.
DeAutremont Gains Greater Freedom.
Medford. O r.-—„ u g h DeAutremont,
alleged Siskiyou tu nnel bandit slayer,
w hose trial for the alleged m urder of
C harles O. (Coyle) Johnson ended
trag ically with the d eath of Ju ro r Dun­
ham In a m istrial, was g ran ted the
privilege of the freedom of his cell
section In th e county Jail, and the
corridors around It. H eretofore he
has been closely confined In the
l'au ley cell under guard, lly the ac­
tion of tin sheriff he can now walk
Oregon Phons Business to be Surveyed
Portlnnd. Dr In com pliance with
a n-solutioa adopted by the house ot
rep resen tativ e* for sn Investigation of
th e telephone business In Oregon.
John H. Carkin, speaker of the house,
h as selected a com m ittee and as soon
a s it ra n be organised the probe will
Mart.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
B rie f Resum e of H appenings of
the W eek C ollected fo r
O ur R eaders.
B. F. L eisch of M arshfield will con­
stru c t the P o rt O rford stucco high
school building of four room s for 816.-
000.
Two hundred and two of th e 4500
voters of K lam ath Falls defeated the
proposed 8300,000 bond issue w hich
would have financed the construction
of a tru n k line sew age system .
Noah B aker o f Newport, who took
gold from th e sands of the O regon
V irgil K ruschka has been appointed beaches 18 years ago, has retu rn ed to
deputy state fruit inspector a t Silver- the sam e spot to m ake his dream
come true. He is using the old-time
ton.
sluice trough, and his first clean-up
D ates for R oseburg's annual Chau­ showed about an ounce of the yellow
tauqua have been se t for July 16 to m etal.
21, inclusive.
Salem organizations have been re­
The 36th annual assem bly of th e
quested by Polk county citizens to
W illam ette P resb y terial was held in assist in th e creation of the F alls
W oodburn la st week.
City-V alsets highw ay
im provem ent
P lans a re m aturing for th e annual d istrict, for construction of a highw ay
S traw berry C arnival, to be held in from F alls City w estw ard to V alsetz,
R oseburg May 27 an d 28.
w here it would in tersec t the Roose­
W apinitia cattlem en are sta rtin g to velt coast highw ay.
Olympia, W ash. — S tate A uditor
Clausen, as chairm an, and S tate
T reasu rer P otts, as a m em ber o t the
state highw ay com m ittee, directed a
lengthy le tte r to J. J. Donovan of Bell­
ingham, p resident of the W ashington
S tate Good Roads association, setting
forth th eir reasons for refusing to pro­
ceed with any fu rth er highw ay con­
struction program pending decision
by the suprem e court upon the ques­
tion of the highw ay com m ittee seere-
■ 'ary sh ip and upon the retu rn of the
highway bids of May 3, which Gover­
nor H artley is w ithholding from the
drive th e ir herds into the Mount Hood
Eggs tw ice as large as the ordinary-
com m ittee.
national forest reserv e for sum m er sort a re received daily from one o f
The com m ittee from the good roads
Ray D. Plumley of Ralston, Iowa, a pasturage.
the hen3 owned by Mrs. E. W. G ustaf­
association presented a ten tativ e con­
member of the consulate guard, who
The contract for rocking th e 86 son of G rand Ronde. T hey a re a ll
struction program tor th e current
was wounded at Nanking, China.
m iles of the Shea H ill-Cascadia sec­ double-yolked and average one-fourth
Hugo Black, who will succeed O t vear.
tion of the S antiam highw ay was of a pound in w eight. The am bitious
Action
was
in
stituted
in
suprem
e
car Underwood as United States Sena
hen, w hich is m ore th a n a y ear old,
aw arded recently.
court to adjudicate the chairm anship
tor from Alabama.
is a Black Je rse y Giant.
and secretary disputes in the state
T hree different a ssay laboratories
T he s ta te tre a su re r's office has re­
highway com m ittee, by tw o quo w ar­
have found th a t tips "m ystery m etal
ranto proceedings, one brought by C.
of the G rants P ass country is tin, it ceived from various counties 8494,-
557.71 of first-half taxes, w hich w ere
W. Clausen against Roland H. H a rt­
was announced recontly.
due May 1. T here w as due th e s ta te
ley for the chairm anship and the
More salm on are running in the
London.—The police raided Arcos
in first-half taxes 82.613,103.43. Seven
other by George T. McCoy against
Rogue river th an have been noted In
house,
headquarters
of
the
soviet
counties have rem itted to the tre a s ­
Sam H um es for the post a9 secretary.
the last 30 years, according to Claud
ury d ep artm en t in full, w hile tw o oth­
The com plaints sta te th a t the posi­ trade delegation here.
B arton, licensed sta te guide
W ashington, D. C. — C alifornia'!
it
was
generally
reported
th
a
t
the
e r counties hav e m ade p artial pay­
tions a re being usurped by the claim ­
Checks am ounting to 8312,000 a re m ents. • ’
crim inal syndicalism law. m aking
ants, preventing the regularly elected raid was made to discover w hether a
being passed out to the Indians on
m em bership in organizations which
certain
docum
ent
of
im
portance
to
the
officers from functioning.
Tw enty
T he com m ercial fishing season ou
the K lam ath reservation. T he money
advocate violence ag ain st the present
days’ tim e was given in which to file state, which has been m issing for
th e low er C olum bia riv er for the sec­
system ot governm ent a felony, is
comes
from
the
sale
of
reserv
atio
n
an answ er. A ttorney-G eneral John H. several m onths, was to be found there.
ond week show s a considerable drop
constitutional, the United S tates su­
Several tons of docum ents, printed tim ber.
Dunbar brought the actions.
from fa ir catches th e first, according
prem e court ruled
m atter and correspondence, have been
Sealed bids fo the construction of to canneries n e a r A storia. B e tte r re ­
Decision was given In affirm ing the
carted aw ay from the Soviet house to ferry slips, bridge and various o th er su lts a re expected when tide condi­
verdicts of California courts finding
Scotland Yard, it was estim ated.
im provem ents will be opened by the tions will be favorable. A bout 12,000
C harlotte
Anita
W hitney, widely
The Soviet rep resen tativ es declar­ sta te highway com m ission a t a m eet­ cases of the 1927 salm on pack hav e
known Oakland clubwoman, guilty of
ed the raid was practically in th e na­ ing to be held in P o rtlan d May 24.
been shipped.
viidating the law and imposing one to
ture of an attack, because the search
The public service com m ission au­
E ighy fires in Oregon, outside o f
14 years' prison sentence.
was started w ithout previous presen ta­ thorized the .P ortland E lectric Pow er
P ortland, during April, resulted in
Miss W hitney, social w orker of mid
A lexandria, La.—The w orst of the tion of the w arran t authorizing it.
com pany to suspend operations on ap­ losses aggregating 8234.410, according
die age, refused to ask Governor
R upture of Anglo-soviet relations proxim ately 12 m iles of its railroad ex­
M ississippi
valley
flood
d isaster
to rep o rts filed w ith C lare A. Lee,
Richardson of C alifornia for a pardon.
should become known during th is was adm itted by both B ritish and Rus­ tending from M ontavilla to T routdale. sta te fire m arshal. The largest single
T his case was regarded as an im ­
week, H erb ert Hoover, secretary of sian officials here as being n earer
Eighty-two a rre s ts for violations of loss for the m onth was rep resen ted in
portant te st of the power of sta te s to
commerce, declared a fte r a ten-day than a t any other tim e since they were th e prohibition law w ere m ade by the destruction of a general store and
nact anti-radical laws, th e C alifornia
survey of the situation, including firs t­ resumed on the basis of the trade agents of the s ta te prohibition d ep art­ contents in W asco county, w ith loss
law being regarded as more d rastic
hand observations of the flooded agreem ent of 1921.
m ent during April, according to W. estim ated a t 875,000.
han any other. The clause invoked in
A protest ag ain st the raid was lodg­
areas.
S. Levens, sta te prohibition com m is­
his case has been used frequently in
E ight autom obile fatalities rep o rted
"U ntil then It Is im possible to esti­ ed with S ir A usten C ham berlain, sioner.
Jailing I. W. W.'a, com m unists and
from P ortland during the four w eeks
foreign
secretary,
by
A.
P,
Rosengolz,
m ate eith er the losses or the dim en­
The Douglas county court h as ap ­ ending April 23, 1927, w ere tw ice a s
other radicals there.
soviet charge d'affaires.
sions of o ur problem ,” be said.
propriated 812,000 to be used in co­ m any as occurred in th a t city d u rin g
'The country m ust not overlook the
operation w ith th e bureau of public th e corresponding period a y ear ago.
SHO RT NEW S NUGGETS
fact th at although the flood has been IR IS H FR E E
STATE LO SES roads on th e T iller T rail-C rater Lake P ortland has been the scene of 42
slow, th a t its d estruction and the nec­
C anada's population is estim ated by essities for its rem edy are still in- Court Orders Cash Raised Turned cut-off road. T he governm ent gives fatal m otor accidents during th e 62
87500.
weeks ending April 23, as com pared
the bureau of statistics as of June, creasing.
Back to Subscribers.
with 49 during 52 w eeks ending A pril
C
onstruction
of
a
new
p
assenger
de­
1926, a t 9,389,300, an increase of 600,-
We should know the w orst of this,
New York.—Suprem e Court Justice
pot for M arshfield has been authorized 24, 1926.
817 over the actual census population our g reatest national d isa ste r in peace
— - ---------------------------------- — »------- P eters dism issed the suit brought by
taken in June, 1921.
The stu d en t body of Linfield col­
time, during th e forthcom ing week. I th e Irish F ree S tate, daw ning to be by the S outhern Pacific company.
Reorganization of th e fed eral farm
T he A m erican R ailway E xpress com­ lege at McMinnville by a vote oi 146
“The crest of the flood Is now con- successor of the Irish Republic, and
pany will also build a new office to 87, refused to uphold the h o n o r
Ioan board was com pleted with the centrated In cen tral Louisiana. New
entitled to th e bonds subscribed for in
stru ctu re.
appointm ent of E ugene Meyer Jr., levee breaks a t Bayou des Glaises
couneil, a student organization, w hich
the U nited S ta te s for th e republican
recently made a m em ber of the board, have sta rte d w ater across a popula­
W hile pulling b ananas from a stalk had voted for suspension of two stu ­
cause. Ju stice P e te rs also denied the
as farm loan com m issioner.
tion a re a of 105,000. T h eir tenacity claim of Eam onn de V alera and his co- a t a grocery store in Oregon City, E. dents charged with violation of th e
The death list from the series of in clinging to th eir hom es had been
tru stee, O’H ara, to the bonds and ru l­ H oecker, clerk, ju st m issed “plucking" honor council’s rules against sm oking.
tornadoes and storm s th at swept the such th a t a large m ajority together
ed th a t th e proceeds from the sale of a large taran tu la, a venom ous spider The stu d en ts also by a vote of 173 to
middle w est last week end was 255.
with th e ir anim als, m ust now either the bonds here should rev ert to origin­ of unusual size. T he "bug” w as very 64 voted for repeal of the rule a g a in s t
Nine sta te s had reported deaths. The
smoking.
much alive.
be brought out by boats or cared for al subscribers.
injured were estim ated at more than on the high spots.
The Marion county court will a sk
T
he
Seaside
cham
ber
of
comm
erce
By the ruling some 82.500,000 which
1000.
We have a g reat rescue fleet work­ w as subscribed to the Irish republican has voted to send th e Seaside high the highway commission and fed eral
H eirs of the late “Uncle Joe” Can­ ing day and night, recruited from the
cause in th is country will go back to (school girls’ band to P ortland to officials to assist financially in th e
non, veteran statesm an, will pay a
coast guard, navy, arm y engineers, the subscribers a fte r being tied up in m arch in the M errykhana parade dur­ proposed im provem ent of th e road
sta te inheritan ce tax of 810,439.20 on
ing the Rose F estival. The band has over the m ountains from Salem to
d ep artm en t of com m erce and local litigation since 1922.
the basis of final settlem en t of the
28 pieces.
Bend by way of Minto pass. It h as
sources. We believe th ere will be no
estate, made In county court at Dan­
serious loss of life.
Still further
A ccording to an official survey ju st been estim ated th a t the cost of th is
Quick Drinks Banned by Ontario.
ville, 111.
breaks In the levees upon th is region
D etroit, Mich.—C itizens of th e U ni­ com pleted in the Medford city school road would be 860,000 less than th a t
a re extrem ely probable.
ted S tates who visit O ntario to take th ere a re at p resent 207 little folks ot any o th er proposed road a c r o s s
Louisiana's Sugar Bowl Now a Lake.
the mountains.
advantage of the new liquor laws, by betw een the ages of 5 and 6 ready to
New O rleans, La.—W ater from the
e
n
te
r
school
for
the
first
tim
e
next
Approxim ately 250.000 sets of pas­
using
to
u
rist
perm
its,
will
not
be
able
CLASH FATAL
Bayou des Glalseg crevasses added to | NICARAGUAN
senger autom obile license plates will
to m ake th e ir purchases and retu rn Septem ber.
the to tal square m iles o t subm erged Marine Captain, Private Killed When
to A m erican soil th e sam e day, ac­
A shland high school, w inner of the be required to m eet the dem ands in.
lands in Louisiana, engulfing the
Forces Meet.
cording to word received h ere from w estern division of the Oregon High 1928, according to specifications m ail­
fam ous "sugar bowl” and the Evan­
Managua. N icaragua. — C aptain C. D. B. H anna, chairm an of the O ntario School D ebaters' league, m et the Mc- ed to various m anufacturers by Sam
geline country In th eir seaw ard march.
Loughiic union high school team , east­ A. Kozer, secretary of state. T he col­
Bell Buchanan and P riv ate Marvin liquor control board a t Toronto.
W hen the Bayou des G laises w ater
ern Oregon champions, in Eugene May ors selected for 1928 are a white back­
Jackson
of
th
e
United
S
ta
te
s
m
arines
reaches the gulf of Mexico, more than
ground with black figures and letters.
One Funeral Held for 105
19, fo r the sta te title.
were
killed
in
a
clash
w
ith
a
band
of
1,000,000 acres of Louisiana will be
These colors a re directly opposite-
P o p lar Bluff, Mo. — G rief-stricken
!
liberals
at
La
Paz
C
entro,
n
ear
Leon,
At
a
m
eeting
of
depositors
held
last
subm erged in a vast lake 225 miles
citizens paused from th e ir work of week it was reported th a t th e T illa­ those adopted for the plates now in
it
was
announced.
long an.l ranging from 50 to loo miles
use.
Six liberals are reported killed and reconstruction here to atten d joint mook County bank, closed March 19.
in width
The sweep of the w aters
m em orial services a t the court square may, if liquidated, be able to pay 66
W hether wild rice, food fo r w ater-
several
m
arines
wounded.
escaping from Bayou des Glaises cre­
for the 105 victim s of th e torrfado per cent on comm ercial deposits and fowl, will grow in the D eschutes coun­
vasse took them Into Avoyelles, St.
try will be determ ined by next fall,,
85 per cent on savings.
W ashington. D. C.—The American here.
M artin. St. Mary, St. L andry and Iber­
W aldo Golden, 9-year-old son of Mr it was learned in Bend w ith the an ­
ville parishes, where practically all Marine cam p at Chlnandegn, was fired
T H E M ARKETS.
and Mrs. Mark E. Golden of W inberry nouncem ent from local sportsm en th a t
the su g ar can of the country is grown. on by a band of N icaraguan rebels
Portland.
Saturday, but th e band scattered when
died at a Eugene hospital as a result the rice was being planted in widely-
W h eat—Bgib Bend bluestem . 81 55: of burns sustained when a quantity of scattered parts of the D eschutes basin.
the
m
arines
retu
rn
ed
the
fire,
accord­
Idahoans Held at Chico. Cal.
hard white, 81.52; federation, soft
Some of the wild rice was planted a t
Chico, Cal Davis W. Moffatt, city ing to a d ispatch to the navy d epart­ w hite, w estern w hite and northern pow der with which he and o th er chil­ Creswell, O'Dell and north and so u th
m
ent
from
R
ear
Adm
iral
Julian
L.
dren
were
playing
exploded.
clerk of Nampa. Idaho, alleged to have
spring. 81 47; hard w in ter and w est­
Twin lakes. The results of the g rew th
The Lakeview- d istrict land office
em bezzled city funds, was placed un­ Latim er. L atim er said no casualties ern red 81 44.
of the rice will be checked In th e fall.
In
southw
estern
Oregon,
which
was
d er a rre st here. Moffatt w as accom ­ were reported.
H ay — Alfalfa. 820020 50; »alley
F ruit grow ers of the Rogue R iv er
have been closed June 30 under an
panied hy Je rry A. Yancy of Nampa,
tim othy. 8180 18.50; e a stern Oregon to
executive order signed by President Ta,Ie3r M weI1 as delegations of fru it
Shortcake Outlook Not So Good.
a b ro th er in law, w ho was also held
tim othy, 8210 22.
Coolidge, will be continued along with packers and others interested from
Chicago, 111. — Some tem porary
with M offatt on advices from Idaho
B u tte rfa t—40c,
other parta of the state, Including th o
those at Roseburg and The Dalles.
th a t he also Is w anted on felony shortage of straw b erry shortcake is
Eggs -R an ch . 19022c.
Hood river section, P ortland and Eu­
charges. Moffatt was recognized by th reaten in g Reports from th e govern-
Dunham W right, noted pioneer of
C attle— Steers, good. 89 25010 15.
gene and from the W alia W alla, Yaki­
Mrs C. B. Clay of Chico, a form er m ent b ureau of agricultural e c o
Hogs — Medium to choice, 80 250 B aker county, has been invited to de­
ma and W enatchee d istric ts of W ash­
resident of Nampa who knew the city nomles say th at 34.806,000 q u arts have 11 25.
liver the address at the dedication of
ington and some from California, a t­
clerk when he was a boy. She had been deducted from the official fore­
Sheep—Lam bs, medium to choice, a mem orial tablet at E stes Park, Cal.,
tended the dem onstration of the fru it
rend in her home tow n papers of his cast of th e straw b erry crop in five 89.50011 00.
July 4 Mr. W right Is the opiy per­
cleaning contrivance In Medford la s t
defalcation and disappearance and in­ i second early states. F reestng tem ­
son living who was present when the
Seattle.
week, which cleans off all th e resduo
formed local police.
p eratu res in som e sections, dry
W heat—Soft white, w estern white. park was opened, in I860.
spray.
w eather elsew here, and floods and ex­ 8 1 4 7 H ; hard w inter, 81.46; w estern
Gilbert W Phelps, 55, Judge of the
One of the oldest banks In the W al­
cessive rainfall have combined to re- red, 81-45S; northern spring. 81 47; | sixth Judicial d is tric t Umatilla and
Idaho Stats Prison Enlarged.
lowa
county, the F irst Bank of Joseph,
'
dace
the
original
estim
ate.
A
rkansas'
Boise, Idaho. Accommodations for
Big Bend bluestem , 81 56; Big Bend Morrow counties for 16 years, died In
closed its doors last week owing to
168 m ore prisoners a t th e state peni­ yield In p articu lar being curtailed al­ dark northern spring. 81 51; Rig Bend a P ortland hospital last week.
ten tiary will be provided w ithin the most half.
dark ban! w inter, 81 49.
Eugene win h are a period of clean financial difficulties. Slow paper and
next few m onths, a con tract for the
H ay—-Alfalfa. 825; tim othy, P. S., Ing up from May 23 to 26, Inclusive dem ands for paym ent of outside ac­
Bridge at Entiat. Wash., "Oked."
necessary ceils having been aw arded
according to A. A Reid, chairm an of counts is ascribed as the reason for
822
B
utter—C
ream
ery.
41c,
W ashigton, D. C.—The w ar d ep art­
Ihe health committee of the city coun suspending business.
The belief th a t th ere Is oil beneath
ciL
Eggs Ranch. 23 0 26c.
Nebraska Farm Landa Flooded.
m ent has approved plans fo r a bridge
C attle—S teers, choice. 89.500 10.25.
T he Silverton community fair will the rich farm lands in the vicinity of
(Thiaha, Neb Flood w aters swept over the Colum bia river a t E ntiat.
McMinnville
Is prom pting - - plans for
H ogs—Prim e. 811.25 0 1 1 . 40.
over hundreds of acres of agricultural Wash., to be constructed by Fred H
be held this year on Septem ber 15 1« ...
. ...
and 17 at the liugen, Fivld huill'n
drilling of four wells throughout
Spokana.
The
land betw een Soulx City and Omaha Furey of W enatchee, W ash.
rHlna to aw-
a. . .
C attle—S teers, good. 88 7509.50.
according
the dsciaioa
of the fair IH6 K'O
° f which w ill
as the Missouri river continued on the stru ctu re was au thorised by the last
board.
‘
probably "epud in” soon a t a point
H oes—Good. 810 60 010 65.
congress.
w orst ram page in recen t years.
ou the Yamhill river.
W ashington. D. C. — W ithdraw ing
practically all the conditions it had
sought to impose upon railroads con
tem plating new construction in central
Oregon, (he In terstate comm erce com
mission authorized the Oregon T rank
and the Southern Pacific to proceed
with building o p era'io n s which h a re
been in controversy between them for
several years.
The commission specifically gave
the Oregon T runk autho ritity to build
from Bend to K lamath Falls, provid
cd it began work before June 17.
It also gave the Oregon, C alifornia
A Eastern, which the Southern Pa
clfic htot tentativ ely acquired, per­
mission to proceed with extensions it
has planned, and relieved it from the
necessity of tendering Joint use of its
track s to the Oregon T runk .
fioldfng that construction of th e ex
tension from Bend by the G reat North
ern alone Is obviously less desirable
than if the service Is perform ed in
conjunction with the N orthern Paci­
fic, each road being half ow ner of the
Oregon Trunk, the commission denies
th e application for separate construc­
tion recently presented by P resident
Budd of the G reat N orthern, without
prejudice to its right later on to re­
new the application for construction
of a line hy Itself or for acquisition or
operation of the line to be co n stru ct­
ed by the Oregon Trunk under the
plan now approved. This is to m eet
the contingency th at the N orthern P a­
cific will refuse, as p art of the Ore­
gon Trunk, to participate with the
G reat N orthern in building Into
K lam ath Falls.
NORTHERN LINES TO
AFPLY FOR MERGER
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SOVIET OFFICE IN
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UPHOLD CALIFORNIA’S
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