Sherman County journal., August 16, 1946, Image 1

Fifty>Ei#kttfc:Year No. 41
A column of newt
About Government,
Politics and People
oapocial emphasis
on the Northwest,
Moro, O regon,
Official County P ap er
New Ordinance
To Give City
Tax On Powei
Yield Prospect
Goes Higher
Moro’s city council met I'ues- This Week
day night to consider two ordin­
ances. One had to do.w ith the
levying of a tax on all persons,
companies or corporations engag­
ed in the electrical business in
the city, such tax to be two per­
cent of the gross revenue^ Pay­
ment to the city will be made
on the basis of one-twelfth of
the income for the previous year
and will amount to about $200
per year according to Les Owens,
of the Pacific Power &. Light Co.
who was present to explain the
South End Crop
Sherm an C ounty
Picnic S e t For
A u g u st 2 5
The annual Sherman- County
Picnic will be held at Laurel-
h u rst park Sunday afternoon,
August 25 a t one o’clock, accord­
ing to word received1 from the
secretary, Mrs Robert C. Jones.
This annual event brings toge­
th er citizens of Portland and! otn-
er places who are form er resi-
dents of Sherm an county and also
an increasing num ber of present
day natives to go down to m eet
old friends who usually come in
go^xily num bers. No program is
ordinarily given, visiting being
the order of the day.
4
Said Oue of the Belt
Ever; Nov Being Cut
Crop reports from the south
end of the county continue good
this week and g iv e /^“e to Cope
that the total crop may reach
well up Into the higher brackets
of the two million bushel yield,
if not the full t h r o e ' ™
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School Figures
Show Variation
In Pupil Costs
Costs of High School
Operating Districts Vary
Little With Pupils
The auditors report of the fl-
nancial condition of Sherm an
county schools is in precess o t
being completed1 and some fig-
ures are already available subject
to later corrections, which will
he minor.
From Moro north < large »««m-
Total costs show $23,832.10 for
her of machines have 'finished
Rufus
(which had 27.4 elem en­
and are pulled Into the diati to
tary
pupils
and 7.7 high school
wait in dusty dig n ity for another
Precinct Officers
school pupils), $22,973.60 for W as­
harvest and a brief spell of labor
co (which had 67.9 elem entary
Farmers in second best clotftCB
and
19.7 high pupils), $22,042.94
File For Party Jobs
c©me to town and visit over the
for
Kent
(which had 35 elem en­
the crop and the respective m et,
Filing for precinct com m ittee­ tary pupils) and $11.179.10 for
it3
wheat varieties. Getting rid
men and women in Sherm an Grass Valley (Which had 39.2
of ^he dusty
of harvest Is
county
was completed last Mon- elem entary pupils) and $22,749.01
almost worth the worl^? “ *4 \ ..
day
August
12, the final date ac- for Moro iwhich had 64.9 elemen-
Fabulous stories o f biggest
cording to the new law which ^a r^ Pupils and 42.5 high school
days threshing are going ’round«
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has such party officers elected PupUsb
and ®°me Have p u t «early aooo
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the general election instead of
The above figures are not en-
bushels into the elevator in a
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Bfla.«wa
with
the
U.
8.
cenetabulary
fo
rc
e
,
now
on
duty
in
the
prim
ary.
tirely
comparable as rural dis-
single day from one machine,
1,60« m ile , ef G erm an border a lo n f the C .ech and
Filing of candidates prevents ^r *c^s Pa *d transportation costs
Sixteen foot machines have bar-
—
P J . Manuel W ard, .la n d in g , I . Inspecting
some of the write-ins th at m ake to Wasco, Moro and Grass Valley,
ve8?<*1 * * " ° v w
buah* ' *
M U U .O from the U kraine, while P vt. Gene Robbins s it.
life m iserable for election boards. w tiereas Kent and Rufus, being
a day and the 20 foot machines
B ene. Both O J 4 are from T ro y, Ohio. MaJ. Gen. E r n e .t H a r-
On the Democratic ticket will consolidated districts paid th eir
have made 2700 to 2800 bushels
a frassbopper plane, commands the unit.
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be
H. H. B rackett and Pearl own transportation. Cost of all
Even for a wlwgt fanner
vv7
^77
------------------------------ Bracket of Rufus, Gordon Har- transportation of rural districts
$500° 18 8 «>^Vactory day, cut- r a e
The Federal Reserve Board,
in June made a report on the
b u m of a survey conducted by
Bureau of Agricultural Econ­
omic» which paints a picture of effect of the new ordiance on
present actual conditions This his company.
report shows that In 1945 the top
The second ordinance is a»so a
10 per cent of spending units contract between the city and the
(families) received 29 per cent power company for street light-
of a ll money income of the ooun* ing. Lights will be slightly in-
try and had 53 percent of the creased according to a schedule
gtpss s a v in g end 60 percent of m ade out by the council at its
the liquid assets. At the lowest July meeting. Some lights will
level, 50 percent of the families be increased in size and one will
recalled 22 percent of the money be added.
income and held 3 percent of th* -----------------j—
¡foe« savings and 3 percent of
n • f>
J aa* 1
the liquid assets. The report Fair Board, Midco
shows that the average holdings
of the top 10 percent was $10,500
and of the next 20 percent $2350. Breeders To Meet f l i
In the lowest bracket, 40 percent
Monday night. August 26, there
of the total families had an aver­
will
be a meeting of the Shermar.
age in savings of $40. The report
County F a ir Board together witn
conclude«
with the statement
the officer« of the Midco Pure-
that the 40 percent of all families bred
Breeder, «»ociation to <te-
constitutes only one percent of all
termine the proper procedure
the savings In the country.
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9 Grove, A. J. Bucholtz and Leona Tota, Keceipts Large
tor p u ttin g on the fair and a . Crop
- - reports
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— - around
— - Moro
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stock sale at the same time and lnd!f* i® an
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W fc t T W a f T h d T G t O V C S
S t i l t R p m n t n Douma of Monkland, A uthur
An ardent champion of organ- ™ »Kga
Justesen & W ynona W ilson of
County schools received $102,-
M.n
Rar.
with
ihany
reporting
30,
32,
38,
24
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l\e m a W
Mac Bar- W*Y*
ftO y tiW
toed labor. Senator Murray, Mon­ on the same grounds.
K rnt, Tom G arrett and Oma Ea- 455.78 from special levies plus
to
meet
with
««d
some
fewer
bushels
per
aero.
InfoPmatkm
lbat
the
grove
of
B ouf w ill F >4*
the first of the now num erous
tana, <a very wealthy man, by the
of Grass Valley,, D. H. offset from the sta te support
board and discuss his act, Cr°Ps ar e K***1 at Wasco a r tT iy ^ tall poplar trees th at were the
Thompson clan did the same
tbe way) discounts the purported
W right and Virginia M cIntyre of fund, $14.33.11 for delinquent tax-
bucking horses.
the variation
is greater tntey
marker romalnlng of the old
strength of unions The April is­
The old stage station In Nigger Wasco, John DeMoss and Clara es, $7470.08 from the county
The catalogue for the sale of
7 '°Pu
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bu> WllMam Kenny homestead had
sue of the Monthly Labor Re­
Hollow
had some trees below it, Houston of Moro, Kenneth Frld- school fund, $9931.87 from the
30.
Is els
el« and others under 00.
down,
b r t n gs
view, published by the Depart 66 purebred bulls and cows to
planted
by a hom esteader who lev and Helen B ruckert of Klon- elem entary school fund a n d
- ready
- - - n for distribution
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the There
Wasco seems
area ~
V
many could hardly have visioned th eir dike.
$337.81 from the state irreducible
ment of Lftbor estimates that nearly
2300
stockmen
of
the
northw
est
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lnto
stro^
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t
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n
-
On
the
Republican
ticket
will
school
fund. In addition to this
1X900,000 w orker« out ot th e
many
of
whom
are
expected
to
b
u
^
a
.
Moro
This
woods
6tJ1I
IM
and
Sarah
flnd
C
ar,
M
elter
the
distrlcU
had $33,041.97 . on
total employment of ¿6,000,000
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Coo,lng shade in
days sixty of Monkland, C. A. Tom of Rufus, hand at the beginning of the
in labor force are covered by un­ C° ™ Tr U
ion agreements. T p U 13^00,000
Amelia Root and H arry Van Gil- ,a8t school year.. Tnt
inrkMW an indeterminate num­
Dr.
C.
R.
Rollins,
the
father
der
of Locust Grove, Clara Rolfe was $189,339.37.
Stock has been consigned from growers organization ^tfecrc.
_ Starvation point road.
ber who are not union members
of
Grass
Valley,
was
a
tre
e
plant-
and
A. A. Dunlap of Grass Valley,
The schools paid out $13,787.92
Barley
was uniformly good,
perhaps it was the
at a lT sa y * the senator 4‘Exclu­ Prineville, Heppner, Condon, Cen­
pioneer er and tbe
jn w bjcb
town F rank vonBorstel and Floye von fo r-h ig h school tuition and $18,-
OUM!i S T ^ o r e r than T t o n ^ n d a ^ h a ti
more than the m en’ who is situated was filled w ith orch- Borstel of Kent, E. D. McKee and 247.02 for elem entary tuition,
sive bargaining rights’* require terville
g
points
outside
a”
d
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W
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o
f
good
quality
grain
tFeeS
° r had 11 done ln «rd trees that produced until re- B Estrelle Hailey of Wasco, Claud whlch was paid from one dis-
an employer who is operating
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- t . y . Around Ph ,« store and ho-
O, K ^ R « . G..e « 7 r e nch
under leas than a union shop ag­
deducted from the total. Also
reement to grant Identical wages
the schools had $49,114.40 left at
und hours to union and non-union
a
--
some
cottonwood
trees
th
a
t
have
$51.00 to $53.00 per ton.
the
end of the last school year.
workers alike. There Is also a dif- to consigners.
ik .. « Int
° f trees 'made the clty park of that town r
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n •
ii
The prem ium list for the f a i r -------- -
Actual
cost of schools therefore
ferwfcce between bona ftde union
a p*aceful reatlnK p>ace through, subsidies Bring No
be printed w ithin a week or
l /«
O
1-
Weis $107,190.03 for the schodl
shedding th eir shade oh m ankind out the years, it is told of the old
®
members and “paper” union mem­ will
so, for distribution to possible ex- K c u v Y O S S D C D u B
year 1945-46.
and his domestic animals ln the doctor that he ha(f sold hls place ft .
I r _ m p
•
bers. ConsJJfertng a l these factors
hlbhors
In
the
county.
heat
of
dry
land
lu
m
m
er.
at
Grass
Vailey
once
to
a
sträng-
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Senator Murray doubts that more
than one-fifth of the 56,000,000
Aid To Hospitales«
A t the Love place the Lombar- er who Is unnam ed ln the reel-
Thp reresa in subsidies and rT
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dy poplars grow tall and the «big tai. As Rollins signed the deed ceIlinRS has not a^ X d
T a X l U m O V e r G lV C S
employed are actual union mem­
The Sherman County R e d grove of locust« that gave the p rep arato ry
to delivering It to and ngpt farm ^ m e ^ ^ u d T a !
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bers. The general supposition Is M ildew Not Necessary
that there are probably 10,000,000
Cross, through Mrs W ily Knlgh- name to Locust G rove are a land the purchaser, the stran g er re - th e s haro advance In the general M n n P l/ Tn Iln if«
ten, has sent to the central depot mark now as In early tim es. The m arked that the first thing he evel of orices for arm d X
' m 0 I ie y 1 0
union members in the United Nowdays
at San Francisco 33 pair#
ogt
wkas go,ng to d° wa® cut d° wn m ight indicate, says L. R. Breith- The final turnover
of taxes for
although whatever the
¿■¡bar, It has been reduced
>as
me
those tFeeS
trees. D
Dr.
R olins quietly
q u ietly aupt 0 g
o c n exteng|on ag ricul- the
„Aa»
Mildew in household fabrics Is
paJam®S .
k 1
aS T™
* / fine cottonwoods. On thOSe
r' Rollns
1945-46 collection
year
the war as hundreds of not such a problem in th e far
^ i rfi
P‘a< e
l° re up th5
and‘ droppe<1. the tural economist. O ffsetting the brought $1563.26 into the trea-
thousands of men and women west as in some other p arts of ? !
1 ¿n f h ,
w 1
1 P eces at hls feet’ mOre anxlous highest m arket receipts ftom s u re r’s funds to be transm itted
who had to Join a union before the country, but even Oregon
Sn° X’ 8?
k
Wt ° f, m,an‘made some items w ere a big advance In to the taxing units of the county,
they could work In a shipyard, hom em akers have trouble a t tlm - at. ^ P .
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beauty ,n the new ,and- than the prices paid by farm ers, the to $2564.05, a low figure for de­
m i- aircraft plant or other war es, reports M arjorie Tye, acting
™ n ilr 1
Planter to m ake the sale.
,ogs of subsktv paym ents and linquency.
activity, have dropped out of the « te n s io n specialist in clothing a t
y w for
Red
abd
T here Is history and sentim ent hlgher m arketing costa and low-
Of the .amount collected M»3.03
union since V-J day. This is es­ ! .
m.
,
an d through it th e men «till In shortly above t h e
H arm ony connectcd
w ith lh(‘se an<’>«'"t er prices for some farm product,, was from c u rre n t taxeX w hich
pecially true with respect to war
Miss T ye passes on a few sug- hospitals because of w ar injuries, school site. Alexander Nish p u t ^ o v e s planted and painstakingly
From m id-June to m ld-Julv was fairly evenly divided am ong
industries in the northwest.
gestions to combat the grow th of
cared for by men and women there was an advance of 12 pev the taxing units of th e county,
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trees
around
his
dwelling
and
• • •
carefully trying to m ake home- cent ln the general level of prices
Only $13.13 waa collected OR
molds th a t cause mildew. If m il­
Members of the senate pay an dew invades clothes closets, keep
like surroundings in a land th a t received b ^ farm ers, according 1944-45 taxes and $9.38 on the
income tax of $142.40 a month ing a small electric light burping Thirty-Two Die In
was originally barren of larger, to data from the U S. departm ent previous years taxes. F o r 1930,
which amounts to $ 1 ,7 0 8 » fe
grow th than bunch grass except of agriculture. The increase was and prior years $637.54 was tak-
for a w hile will usually dry out
Sherman
Countians
war, This Is token out of toe the air enough to check it. A Auto Accident»
some willows along the creeks due principally ’ to higher price" on in by the sh e riffs office^ a
gMgrtes as a withholding tax,
for grains, especially corn, dairy large part of which came from
small electric fan <o fitlr up the
and
an occasional juniper.
just the same as Bill Jones, who a ir hastens results. She says it is
products, and meats. Including the south end of the county as
Thirty-tw o people lost their Attend Poky Rites
works in a logging camp, finds also good policy to leave closets lives In traffic casualUe. during
poultry. Prices declined for most the Kent school district was the
Numbers
, from sh
- -
part of his pay is deducted and
kinds of fruit and truck crops, biggest gainer from the collec-
and drawers open occasionally July In O r e g o n jt has been dis-
droye
S ch ool L unchs
sent to the Internal Revenue Bu­ for an airing.
There was also a sharp advance tion.
-
closed by Robert 8. Farrell Jr., Sunday to
pregent <t (he
reau. The senate now, at their op­
In the parity Index of farm costs.
The end of the tax year Is
Clothing and household fabrics Secretory of State.
eral
held
at
3:00
p
m
I
I
11
1
I
Ci .
tion, hire an administrative as­
That index moved up 6 percent August 15.
are best allowed to dry thorough-
While this year's July toll has ^Qr Dr q l Poley,' for years a F lo IlfllC fl 1H u la lC
sistant (which is not classified as
during the month ending July 15
ly before they are thrown into increased half again over last gherman county doctor and ad
a secretory) on a base pay which the
laundry ham per or shute. It y e a r’s, the greatly swelled traffic
Federal assistance to school Not Including costs for hired la- n •
V ’-ll A _ < -
will hit near $10,000 a year. Not is also best to spread out wet volum e will probably show driv-
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lunch program s in Oregon, form- bor, the “p arity ”
Index of cosis FOISOIIS K ill ADIS
all senators relish the idea of an dishcloths, washcloths and shew- ing to have been safer this year,
Rev. J. K. M acFarlane left erly available through the Pro- stood at 199 percent of 1910-1914
.
adm inistrative
secretary,
for er cu rtain s rath er than leaving mile for mile. The sta te ’s Ju ly Monday for P ortland In company duction and M arketing adminis- 7 points above c mid-June. W ith A r n i i n n rvQ iicp
they feel that the administrative them bunched. In sum m er it is mileage figures a re not yet avail- w ith Dewey Thom pson to v isit tration of the U. S. departm ent hired farm labor Included ln the
assistant will be looked upon as safest n o t to spcinkle m ore clo- able. F arrell predicted, however, Dr. W alters, leader of the church of agriculture, novtf will be paid formula as one-third of th e total
No longer is it necessary tor
the chief man—almost, ranking thes th an can be ironed in a day th at when m ileage for Ju ly has In Oregon. Rev. Wm. G earhardt to schools for food and equipm ent farm expenses, the exchange val- hom em akers to suffer from inva-
w ith ft senator. Under the reof-
MAtPriaifl are now available at been
!foun<i’ the death rate of PorUand will be
the guest purchases through the office of ue of farm products as of J u ly sions of hoU8e ants> sayg
Don
gan tention plan, the senators will
miles traveled will show a m ark- pastor at the services Sunday the superintendent of public in- 15 WOuld have been about 94 p er c Mote, O.S.C. entom ologist, in a
,
have to give more attention to drug and department stores to . .
.-struction at Salem.
morning.
cent of 1910-1914, however, Brel- brie f mimeographed circular of
make fabrics resistant to mildew,
doorcase from recent levels,
legislalve duties for which they
lAhn
nnH
Transfer of the program wa< ghaupt estimated.
information giving directions for
says
Miss
T
y
e.‘
-These
are
good
’
were elected, and the administra­
G eorce left ThutidaZ for a ° w S * nnounced
E - Harvey Miller,
Some further Increase in mar- control of these pesto.
tive assistant Is presumed to han­ to use on awnings or cotton MRS M c I j ACHLIN TO BOISE
r tpr I hv V vfSJStolnv In
8tate PMA director’ followlnk the ket prices occurred during the .
material to use de-
dle the non-legislative w ork of a shower curtains.
Mrs Molly McLachlin went to « ^ n t ln Portland and along the comPlet‘on of an agreement with last half of July, especially on pendg on
circumstances and
senator’s office. This would mean
Boise Idaho Monday night to J ™ »
a a ong me Rex Putnam state superintendent hogs, high grade beef cattle and upon the kIndfl of ants doing the
Contacting the various depart­
see her son, W ^ d e ll and w ife .'
of public instruction, for opera- feed grain. Eggs advanced season- damage, says Dr. Mote. If the
ments and seeing that the re­ Knighten Now Vet»
Mrs McLachlin being ill there. ’ Roscoe Moore has bought the tlon 1« Oregon of the permanent ally, but butter declined. Trends colony headquarters can be locat-
quests of constituents are taken
Terry Pitman, granAdaughter house he now occupies from two school lunch program authorized in August w ill be influenced* by ed> carbon bisulphide is recom-
care of. The business of main­
of Mr and Mrs Tom Fraser is of the heirs of Mrs Maud Akers, this year by
congress. - new crop prospects and the pro- mended.
The best all-round pol
Labor
Advisor
taining contact with departments
here visiting w hile h e r vmother the estate having
been near
Requests for participation in gress of price controls and decorv 8on found is tartar
emetic
however, is something most sen­
Eldon
Cone of Portland
and i8 recovering from an appendec- enough settled to make a sale the program now will be directed trols.
combined with cheap syrup or
ators enjoy as it gives them an G. H. Charters o f The Dalles, both tomy.
possible. Bids were asked on the to Putnam at Salem, who win
Current
crop reports continue sometimes with bacon rind or
insight into the workings of the of the V. S. Employment service,
Mrs Marius Douma went to property some months ago.
handle the
program for both to indicate a very large crop of ^ a s e .
i 4
bureaus. It has been proposed were in town Tuesday and report Portland Monday night to see her
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public • and
non-profit private corn this year as well as the lar-
Sodium fluoride a n d
Paris
that pay be sufficiently high to ed that their branch of federal dentist, spending a few days in
Mr and Mrs
» .R o b e r s o n
The p ^ A office will con- g e st output of wheat on record, green are other poisons that are
attract high caliber men, as Sen­ service is now responsible for ob- the city.
drove to P o rtlan d S atu rd ay t o see dnue
interest In ■ helping Unless otherwise ordered by the U8ed effectively at times, while
ator LaFollette declares. The low tain ing Jobs for veterans. While
Mrs Florence Martin went to "Oklahoma”, returning home Sun-
meet minimum require- decontrol board, price controls 5 percent DDT in keroslne or 10
government pay has been a hand­ here they appointed W ily Knigh- The Dalles Thursday to stay tor dalr*
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menta, Miller said, and will make are to be restored automatically percent powder will control CSr-
icap, especially in
upper bra- ten as local agent to receive the a few days receiving medicafl at-
Mr and Mrs D. E. Stephens of administrative reviews and au- on grains, and feeds as of August tain species effectively. Dtoec-
ckets of Jobs, •«<> President Tru-
tention there.
' Pullman, Wn.,
were in town dits of operating programs, and 21, and also on livestock and milk, tlons for using these are given in
S m ? has complained at the sm s J information and direct veterans
desiring a job to the position,
Mrs Norman Fields Is ln Port- briefly Monday ntoring, after hfcv- continue to donate agricultural but not on poultry and eggs un- the station circular of lntorma-
pay asserted that it is so small whether here or some other place land visiting with her parents, ing attended the Dr Poley funeral commodities for distribution to less the recontrol Is ordered by tion No. 388, free at any extpn-
that t j t f ; best and most suitable
In the state.
!
Mr and Mrs 4. R. Means. * •
the previous day ln The Dalles.- school lunch programs.
the new board,
1
slon office.
P J W j*
P ion eérs W ere Often T reen lan ters' pei and Gladys ZeU of IyOCUSt was 121,454 08-‘
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n
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and Dor°thea_Moore °f Moro