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Moro,-Sherman Countj, Oregon, Friday, September 11, 1925
Established 1887
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Attorney - at-La w
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That a special election will be held in
the City, of Moro, Sherman County,
Oregon, on the 14th day of Septem­
ber, 1925, to determine whether or
not the charter amendment adopted,
proposed and submitted to the voters
of said city by the Common Council
shall be enacted by the city. * The
ballot title of said proposed charter
amendment, and the form and nuin-
‘ ich the question will be
ber in which
printed on the official ballot, being as
follows:
City Recorder on thè 11 ih day of
August, 1925, In accordane# with thè
provisions of Çhapter 226 of thè
General Laws of thè State of Oregon
for 1907 and the amendments
thereto. -
“AN ACT
To amend an •ci entitled : “An
WALl^CE H. WHITE
MISSING SHENANDOAH
BAROGRAPH IS FOUND
»
MMES J. WALKER
Court of Inquiry Believes A r
craft Was In Perfect Me­
chanical Condition.
Price Five Cents
TWELVE DEAD TOLL
OF WENATCHEE FLOOD
Cloudburst Turns Creek Into
act to incorporate the City of Moro,
Raging Torrent Spreading
in Sherman County, State of Oregon,
being an act of the Legislative As­
Death and Disaster.
sembly of the State of Oregon, ap­
proved the
day of February,
Office Phone Main 93
Caldwell, Ohio.—The missing baro­
1899. and rjj am_aded by an act pro­
Wenatchee, Wash. — Twelve dead
graph of the Shenandoah, which re- '
Oregon
Moro
posed by t.e Lomon Council of the
and
four missing was the tckal toll of
corded
the
craft's
wild
flight
before
City
of
Idcru,
Sherman
County,
Ore
­
CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMIT­
the cloudburst which destroye«! half
she plunged to esr'h, war found by ■
TED TO THE VOTERS RY gon, an. a entitled: “An ordinance to
ameuu &ui>uivision 59 of Section 39
’ THE COMMON COUNCIL.
a dozen buildings at the apple-yard
Fred Meyers, a Cambridge bricklayer, '
of tn* act of the Legislative Assembly
terminal, two miles south ot Wenat­
AM ACT
near
where
the
control
cabin
of
the
To amend the Charter of the City ol t—* LL.-w of Oregon, entitled ‘An
chee Saturday afternoon. The bodks
ship fell.
’
r ;
act
to
inorate
the
city
of
Moro,
of A^oro, entitled: An act to incor­ in Sbeiman County, State of Ore­
of the following had been recovered:
The
instrument
was
delivered
to
porate the City of Moro, in Sherman
ap.loved February V» 1899/ so
Mrs. George Cleveland, 50; J. Evans,
Commander J. H. Klein of the court
County, State of Oregon, being an gon,
75; H. H. Overman, 35; Alex Murcock,
of inquiry, who declared it would en­
act of the Legislative Assembly of a? to .*.u orne the Council of said
city« vi u wo to borrow money in a
Attorney-at-Law
31; Mra. C. A. Buus. 41; Ralph Pettit.
the State of Oregon, approved the sum
able
the
court
to
definitely
establish
nut exceeding, ten thousand
17th day of February489»,as amend­
12. of Everett, Wash.; Mary Groff, 8;
the careening maneuvers of the Shen­
i,%VV.G0) dollars to satisfy bonds
ed by an act proposed by the Com i.cigiefuro issued for the purpose of
Anice Groff, 6; Florence Groff. 4;
andoah
just
before
she
plunged
to
mon Council of the City of Moro,
and maintaining water
Anna Earnst, 2; Mrs Dominic McDon­
earth.
of Oregon
Shtrnum County, Oregon, and entitl­
ald and Georgie Groff, aged 14
The barograph was sealed. The last
ed: “An ordinance to amend subai- woiu* and electric light works, or
VA
Phone
Mein 541 '
vision 59 of Section 39 of the act of leili.tr such works, and to issue bonds
: months.
feet,
indi--
altitude
recorded
was
2100
* j
the Legislative Assembly of the Stat* ' mere lor,” and paased by the vote of
BANK OF MORO BUILDING
Wenatchee and vicinity was stri-.k-
eating the giant dirigible fell from
ne people of the City of Moro, Feb-
of Oregon, entitled: ‘An act to incoi
en with the worst disaster that bad
Oregon
uary
2CLh,
1920,
and
all
other
that
height.
Moro
porate the City of Moro, in Shenna.
ever befallen the community. Almost
The commander said that apparent-
County, State of Oregon, approve.' icts providing a charter for said city,
hcrvwfore
and
thereafter
enacted
by
ly
the
ship
cracked
after
the
currents
February 17, 1899/ so as to author
Stats Senator James J. Walker of out of a clear sky, wlth«.ut the slight­
of
ize the Council of said City of Mon ^¿ulative Assembly or by vote
loosened
her
radio
and
control
cabins,
New
York, who wai selected by Tam­ est warning, a cloudburst occurred
Representative Wallace H. White of
to Lorrow money in a sum not ex .he people.
' snapped guy wires and ripped holes many Hall to oppose Msyor Hylan in along the watershed of Squilchuvk
ILe City of Moro does ordain
Maine, one of the three American rep­
ceeuing ten thousand ($10,000.00,
creek, Every creek and dry gukh
underseains.
the democratic mayoralty primary.
ollows:
uoiiars to. satisfy bonds heretofore
resentatives at the international tele­ ifr
leading Into the SqUilchuck suddenly
Klein said the court had tentatively
That an act entitled: An act tu graph conference in Paris.
issued for the purpose of acquiring
became a raging torrent and poured
neon
orate
the
City
of
Moro,
Sher-
decided.
and maintaining water works an.
nan County, Oregon, being an Act
down a flood of water which ih turn
electric
light
works,
or
either
of
sue
’
per-
•
1
—
That
the
Shenandoah
was
in
DENTIST
works, and to issue bonds therefor' »f ti e Legislative Assembly of the
transformed the creek into a stream
feet mechanical condition when she
and passed by the vote of the people jtatu of Oregon, approved the 17th
carrying as much water as the Wenat­
United Stales Dental Exam­
struck
the
squall.
: of the City of Moro on Februaiy 20 .ay cf February, 1899, and as a-
chee river usually empties into the -
2—Officers and crew exercised the
«»envcd by an act proposed by the
iner for this district.
1920, And to amend all other act
Columbia at high water.
,oua;.onCouncil
of
the
City
of
Moro,
greatest
navigating
skill
and
main
­
' providing a charter for said city
When this flood struck the apple-
and amending the same Ly addinp >herman County, State of Oregon,
tained perfect discipline.
Hoquiam, Wash.—A definite decis­
thereto Chapter XIII providing foi nd 2ntitled: An ordinance to amend
yard terminal at South Wenatchee it
Fourteen
of
the
crew
of
the
Shenan
­
ion
of
the
policy
of
the
state
highway
Office at
Swampscott, Mass.—The adiulnls-
the purchase by the City of Moro ol uLv.iV.jion 59 of Section 39 of the
estimated to be from 12 to 20
<; ci the Legislative Assembly of tratlcn intends to do all It can in the doah, giant dirigible, were killed and commj^sio^ of completing the present was
the Moro Hotel Company property h
deep. The water smashed into
feet
MORO, OREGON
¡two
others
were
seriously
injured
at
State
of
Oregon,
entitled
‘
An
act
road
program
before
launching
other
; the City of Moro, ShBrm^n County
next few years to encourage voluntary
when the pride of the United States road prpjectarwas reached at the final half a dozen houses built on the site
> State qf Oregon, for the .sum 01 u in.orporate the City of Mgro,
railroad
consolidation In the hope that
’ $81500 for auditorium an I genera ihtinmn County, State of Oregon,
navy cracked «luring a severe stprm session of the Washington Good Roads of the old touriat campground and
ppc.ed the 17th day of February, It will not be nece ssary to force group­
civic purposes, and for procuring
then struck the Springwater hptel,
on its western cruise.
association convention in this city,
30 as to authorize said city of ing of carriers
WWWWWW^************* ’ funds by a bond issue in the sum v.
three stories in height, carrying it
1
Arnone
the
dead
is
Lieutenant-Com
­
when delegates approved without dis­
4110 to borrow money in a sum not
• $31,500 for the payment of the same
This program of President Coolidge
mander Zachary Lansdowne, captain sent the recommendations of the exec­ across the road a distance of 60 feet
Aeeding ten thousand ($10,000)
. . Yes.
100
was
outlined
at
White
Court
with
the
u . a .rs to satisfy bonds heretofore
of the ship.
.. No.
101 -
utive and resolutions committee. The into the Terminal hotel.
-sued for the purpose of acquiring added statement that In his opinion
Huge rocks, dirt, wreckage and all
(Explanation: To vote mark an 1
expected fight from advocates of new
in the space between the ballot num­ nd maintaining water work« and consolidations were a necessary fore
kinds of debris were carried down
roads
failed
to
materialize.
Itvtric light .works, or either of runner of a readjustment of the na­
ber and the answer voted for.J
with the flood, piling up as high as
Physician and Surgeon
A resolution calling on congress to
That the polling place, designates uch works, and to issue bonds there- tion’s freight rate structure.
or,
’
and
passed
by
the
vote
of
the
continue the granting of federal aid JO feet along the tracks of the Great
by the Council, will be at what L
The president, who discussed the
>eo
’
)e
of
the
City
of
Moro,
Sherman
known as the Huis Building siluati
in Washington road construction was Northern terminal.
on the Southeast m.c of First Strec Jounty, Oregon, on the 20th day of transportation problem here with
passed unanimously. ’ Paring of heavy
between Main and Scott Street ¿1 Fqbxaary, 1920 and all other acts '(" .airman Watson of the’senate inter-j
Office and Residence
said City of xuoio, and that said elec, providing k charter for said City, .tate commerce committee, was' rcp%« San Antonio, Tex.- Bitter charges duty roads as rapidly as possible was
tion will be held, and the polh licretofore or thereafter enacted b_, r-’sentad as believing that the imme­ of “Inrcmpetency, criminal negligence favored. A recommendation that all
opened at eight o’clock in the morn­ legislative Assembly, or by the vo.-e diata concern of congress should be and almost treasonable administration , counties devise a road program simi-
Hotel Moro
ing and continue until eight o’clock >f the people, be, and the same hc.’--
Isr to that adopted by the state was
in the afternoon of said day; that th* _>y is amended by adding thcrCtu to pas? wbj tover legislation was need­ of the national defense by the navy approved.
ed to help briujTabout voluntary mar- anil war departments” were hurled at
Judges and Clerks appointed as elec­ chapter XIII to read as follows:
A resolution urging the appropria-
gers., In the event results contem- the two departments by Col. William
New York. — In the midst of this
tion board for s^ia election are at
CHAPTER XIII.
of funds necessary for erpation city’s most heated mayoralty cam­
tlon
follows: G. A. luitcheU. W. 8. Pew-
M.
Mitchell,
air
service
officer
of
the
not
obtained,
it
was
iati-
platod
arc
Section I.
The common council
and maintenance of a. state park sya- paign, the candidates have awkened
ell and R. F. Dean, Judges, and J. L
f -the City of Moro, Sherman Coun- cated* that (Ac president would favor Eighth corps area, here.
Searcy and W. H. Williams, Clerks
' In a lengthy written statement the tem was passed, and the convention to find themselves obscure, forgotten
,y.
State
of
Oregon,
is
hereby
autho-
deaipned
to
force
consoli-
legislation
Dr. J. A. Wonderlick
Dated this 24th day of August, 1926
¡zed and empowered, for the pur- dation.
former assistant chief of the air serv- went on record as opposed to any di­ —and far off the front pages of tho
J. L. SEARCY,
ose of providing the citizens and in-
Mr. Coolidge realizes that it would । ice blamed this alleged incompetency version of highway funds to other newspapers.
City
Recorder
of
the
City
of
Xoru
Physician
labitants of said city with a building
state departments.
For Hylan and Walker, the stars,
. 'or public purposes to be used as a be impossible to pass a law forcing for the disaster to the Shenandoah
and Surgeon
Officers chosen were: Claude Ram­ have been relegated to the class of
one
railroad
to
take
over
another,
but
^and
to
the
PN9-1,
naval
seaplane
An act proposed by- the Cominor. >ubiic auditorium, community house
sey, Seattle, president; E. L. French, "extras" and in their places have come
Council of the City of Moro, Shet- ,r building suitable and convenient he believes legislation could be en­ which apparently has been lost on an
Office in McKee Building
o
be
used
as
a
civic
center
for
the
man County, Oregon, to enact ar
acted making it to the advantage of attempted flight to the Hawaiian Is­ Vancouver; C. F. Vinson, Pasco; A. Governor "Al” Smith and VV^Ulam R.
L. Rogers, Waterville; S. J. Wilmer, Hearst, who have stopped the show*.
Phone No. 182
onvenience and general welfare of one system to absorb additional lines lands
amendment to the Charter of sail
City of Moro and to be submitted U tk citizens, to purchase from the
The fiery officer attacked the navy’s Rosalia, and Leon Bicus, Olympia, vice
From now on until September 15,
Hotel Company, a corporation,
Residence One Block South East the legal voters of said City for then .loro
Pacific
fleet maneuvers, the Shenan­ presidents; D. A. Shelor, Seattle, dis­ primary day, it appears that Smith,
hat
certain
building,
known
as
the
Catherine
J.
Adam.*,
known
approval
or
rejection,
at
a
specia
Mrs.
Phone No. 183
trict recording secretary; F. W. Schul­ who as a Tammany leader, is hacking
election to be held in said City on the ‘ .loro Hotel, together with the fur- as the mother queen of Oregon 1er doah's 111 fated flight and the attempt
te,
Wenatchee, treasurer; Samuel Hill, Walker, and Hearst, who In his news
liture
and
fixtures
contained
therein,
to make a non-stop flight to Hawaii as
14th day of September, 1925, and ti
five years because of the fart
WASCO, OREGON
Maryhill, honorary life president; J. papers leads the Hylan standards into
repeal all acts, and parts of acts, ir. ogether with Lots Four (4) and the last
merely
attempts
to
get
publicity.
conflict therewith.
Propose! un­ "ive (5) of Block Six (6) of the orig- she was the oldest woman mem bi rei
He charged the navy with neglect P. Hartman, Seattle, and Frank Ter­ battle, will stage a verbal warfare
adopted by the Common Couneii o • nal City of Moro, Sherman C<junty, -the Pioneer association of
for
starting the non-stop flight to Ha­ race, Orilla, honorary life members.
without mercy and without regard to
n gon, upon which the same is sit- tending the annual sessions of tbit
said City and filed in the office of tin
waii with "primitive flying machines”
niceties of language.
gathering, died at the home of h« r sou.
For two weeks hostilities wero
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
William Adams, at Hillsboro. She and with vessels stationed 200 miles
apart to patrol the route—“distances
averted. Then came a bitter arraign­
lacked but one month of boiug 9?
entirely too far apart.”
Frank Bressler, 64, vice president of ment of the publisher from Smith, in
years of age.
the Bank of Genesee, Genesee, Idaho, which Hearst was termed a "debaser
Is Your Radiator
Physician and Surgeon
died in Portland, following an extend- of journalism” and a man "morally
uate, for the sum of $31,500, and for STATE WEALTH INCREASES
In ^bd condition to stand the
ed illness.
unfit to wield any political influence.”
the
purpose
of
procuring
funds
with
I
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coming hot weather?
WASCO, OREGON
John B. Inman of Springfield, III.,
This opening shot carried clear
which to purchase the same, together Rea, Estate Valuation Is $813,220,112
If
in
doubt
bring
the
car
in
and
Phone No. 182“«
with all the right, title and interest and Personal Property $197,017,688.
past department commander of 1111- across the continent to Hearst’s Cali­
we’ll look it over.
of said Moro Hotel Company, a cor
AND
poration, in and to said property, for ' Olympia, Wash.
Total assea^d nois, was chosen commander-in-chief fornia home. The battle was on in
earnest as he telegraphed th-? editor
any
or
all
of
the
aforesaid
purposes,
valuation
of
real
estate
for the 39 of the G. A. R.
THE DALLES, OREGON
Postal receipts at 50 leading cities of one of his newspapers a smashing
the
common
<
ouncil
of
the
City
of
countles
of
the
state
is
$813,220,112,
Office at the Hamilton Hospital
Moro is hereby authorized and em­ an increase of $7,530,066 over a year of the United States were 11.26 per reply in which Smith was designated
Phone No. Hospital 487
At Twisa Battery Station
powered to isMce and dispose of gen­ ago, and aggregate of personal prop­ cent higher in August, 1925, than in "Alibi Al.”
eral obligation bunds of said city in
Radiator
the sum of $.1500, said bonds to be erty is $197,017,688, an Increase of August, 1924, the postoffice depart-
and
Fender
Works
in denominations of $500.00 and $3,019,384 for the ydar, making a ment announced.
< I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 H I I I
CONVICTS MENTALLY HIGH
$1000.00 eacii, duly* signed by the grand total of $1,010,237,800, with a ■ Of- A- H- Upham, president of the
/ uthorized United Motora Servio
Mayor and cot ntersigned by the Re­ total increase of $10,579,450, as shown University of Idaho, has declined an Examinations of Prison Breakers
The Dalle«, Oregon
corder, under thq corporate seal of by a cumulation by the state tax com- offer of the presidency of a university
506 E. 2nd Street.
Phone
Made for Governor.
the City, bearing semi-nnnual inter­
in the middle west, at a considerable
est coupons attached thereto, bear­ misl^mfrom the returns made by the
Salem,
Or.—Tom Murray, who with
ing facsimile engraved signatures various county assessors as finally de­ Increase in salary over that he re­ Ellsworth Kelley fend Janies Willos
Eyeaight Specialists
of the Mayor and Recorder, whereby termined by the county boards of ceives at Idaho.
Manufacturing Opticians
The Rev. Father Thomas J. Purcell, shot their way out of the state peni­
the city shall be held, in substance •equalization. These figures are with­
and effect, to undertake and promise out valuations on steam railroads, 65, one of the most widely known tentiary here August 12, has the men­
Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted
pay the bearers of each of said
Exclusively Qptipal
Catholic priests of the northwest, died tal alertness of the average college
Windshields Slanted to
Auto Tops Lowered
bonds at maturity thereof the sunt electric railways and telegraph lines,
Complete Lans Manufacturing
1
at Wallace, Idaho, of heart trouble in­ graduate, according to Gus Anderson,
therein named in Gold Coin of the which are fixed by the state boardr
Plant in Connection
duced by diabetes. His most notable criminologist.
Uhited States of the present standard
Windshields and Plate Glass Auto Doors
Mr. Anderson Is connected with
work was among the missions of
of
value,
with
interest
thereon
in
like
OREGON
’ : THE DALLES
Navy Gives Up Hope for Fliers.
Northwestern
university and was said
Gold Coin at the rate of 6 per cent,
I '
Cut and Fitted
15-16 Vogt Block.
San Francisco.—“We have given up northern Idaho, where ho built many to have conducted mental tests of the
payable semi annually, each of said
। churches.
bonds to be a direct general obliga­ all hope.”
three convicts at the request of Gov­
Auto Top and General Repairing
This was the declaration made here
tion of the said City of Moro, and to
ernor Pierce.
Prices Reasonable
be known as the City of Moro Audi­ by Captain Stanford E. Moses, Hawai­ , Heavy Storm Hita Central Oregon.
Saddles Made to Order
Based on the army Alpha test,
torium Bonds. Said bonds shall be ian flight commander, commenting on | Bend, Or.—All towns in central Ore­
which
places the mental age of a
dated at a convenient time, to be- the missing PN-9 No. 1, San Francisco gon except Bend were In darkness
person of ordinary intelligence at 14
fixed by the council, the maturity,
.. JAMES STEWART
Sundpy as the result of an electrical
or maturities, to be likewise fixed to Honolulu non-stop plane.’ With no
years. Mr. Anderson found that Mur­
J e SHERMAN COUNTY
by the Council but not to exceed word received of Commander John 1 storm which swept over the Deachutes ray had mentality of 18.6 years. Kel­
The Dalles, Oregon
twenty (20) years from the date, Rodgers and his brave crew of four ; country. The Cline Falla power plant, ley’s mentality was fixed by the crim­
211 Court, Street
STOCK AND BRAND
and the principal and interest of men for nearly a week after they were four miles west of Redmond, was de-
said bonds sh^ll bo payable at the forced down almost with victory In 1 stroyed by fire caused by a bolt of inologist at 17 years, while Willos’
INSPECTOR
mentality is 12 years. The mentality
fiscal agency of the State of Oregon
their grasp, naval offeiers at head­ lightning which hit the power line at of both ’Murray and Kelley is above
Moro - - Oregon
in IQew York City,
Section 2.
Tho debt liipit con- quarters here had about abandoned all some point between Redmond and the the average, Mr. Anderson said.
1 power pl^nt at the cove. Damage to
tainecT in the charter of said city hope.
;; DEPUTIES: L. Schadewitz, Kent, ..
1 the Cline Falls auxiliary plant was
shall not apply tQ the bonds hereby
Iowa Woman Dry Leader Shot Dead.
' ’ Oregon; Dr. Jos. Saunder«, Moro, *
*
authorised.
.
Coos County Sheriff Dies of Injuries. estimated at $5000.
Vinton. la — Mrs7C.~B.~Cook, preal-
< • Ore.; W. H. Mever, Wasco, Ore. ”
Section 3. The council shall, each
Marshfield, Or.—Sheriff E. P. El­
year, at the time of making the an­
dent of the Benton county W. C. T. U„
U.
S.
Embassy
to
Rise
st
Toklo.
nual tax .levy for city purposes, in­ lingson of Goos county died late Mon­
Overhauled
Washington, D. C.—First steps have was shot to death In her home by an
clude in such levy a sum sufficient to day evening as a result of injuries re­
and Rebuilt by
pay interest due on the outstanding ceived in the auto accident Sunday been taken by the state department unidentified assailant. Friends ex­
bonds of this issue and to retire the light In which hla father-in-law, J. B. looking toward the construction of a pressed belief she was the victim of a
principal thereof at maturity.”
bootlegger or rum runner, as she had
Sweat of Bandon, was killed. The car new embassy and consulate general
been active in furnishing information
I, J. L. Searcy, City Recorder of
end
residential
buildings
for
the
diplo
­
the City of Moro, Sherman County. n which they were going on a fishing matic staff and employes at Toklo.
leading to the arrest of many liquor
STOCK & WHEAT
Including Labor
Oregon, do hereby certify that tin trip plunged -nown a 25b foot embank­
law violators. ”
above and foregoing is a full, true ment, turning over six times.
and Parts
Lutheran Church Official Dies.
and correct copy of the original
Nine Years Factory Experience
proposed charter amendments a>
। Great Falla, ÿont. —Erick Walde- Former French Prsmisr Vlvlanl Deac
Rescue Society Meets.
FOR SALE
passed, adopted and proposed to be
Paris. _ Rene Vlvlanl.'former pre­
Portland, Or. — The Pacific Coast land of Minneapolis, national treasur­
submitted to^the voters of the City
mier
of France and a statesman of
er of the Norwegian Lutheran church
by the City Council- of Moro, Sher­ Rescue and Protective society for Ore
world renown, who reached his zenith
F. T. HURLBURT
of
America,
died
from
a
heart
ail
­
man County, Oregon, on the 11 th gon. Washington. Idaho and California
during and after the World war, died
day of August, 1925.
Upper Main Street, opp. Gvag«
»pened its -1 Ith annual conference ment In a hospital here. He was
The Dalles, Oregon
703 2nd Street
last night at 9 o’clock in a sanitarium
Dated this 24th day of August, 1925. lore Tuesday. -
years old.
Ceudon - • Oregon
J. L. SEARCY,
at Clamard.
City Recorder
IRA M. PETERSON
Dr J. R. Morgan
ROAD ASSOCIATION
FOR PRESENT POLICY
RAILWAY MERGERS
TO RE ENCOURAGED
Dr. M. F. Froyd
MITCHELL BLAMES •
ARMY AND NAVY
HEARST AND SMITH
CLASH IN CAMPAIGN
Dr W. N. Morse
De Larhue
Optical Co.
Kelley’s Top Shop
Your'Motor
Chevrolet Expert
RANCHES
$45.0°
H. A. Melane
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