FARMERS
IN
CONVENTION
An Enthusiastic Session at The Wasco Opera
House Last Saturday.
Open River, Cheaper Sacks and Reasonable
Transportation Rates The Im m e
diate Aim
PENITENTIARY JUTE MILL A N D MAXIMUM
RATE BILL FAVORED.
“ Puli Together” The Watchword.
N .C ro s fie ld .
Nominations opened tor
obstacle« Celilo
and
The
made Irregular trips, and the manner
will
have
served its parpose.
Or
and harbors and It Is In doty bound to
improve them.
For a number of years
lea ks and ('anal at the Cascades. To
,i u
H’” ' »’ ’ Is in um nv cases has been appro-
1 1
lee, it was cut out altogether. To the insitsure the benefits resulting tiom this
priated at such long in ie tta la as t<>
co in m i, is« the character ol set vice rend character ol work by the receipts from
greatly increase the cost. N o part of
traffic is manifestly misleading.
ered, followed as it was by the preempt-
sountrv I inm a gienter interest lit
The following ftteamlmata are o p e ra i- the
.
ory cancelling of the agreement, has the ed m, the Columbia River six.ve W e n a t - 1 T ’*“ y
oi l,H*
ear marks ol a deliberate intent to cl.ee by the Columbia R.vei A Okauo- ' • Ä#l ,h * M b"M ,h * P“drt‘‘ CnB-l‘ b,n
th e same tim e it does seem th a t if » 3 3 ,.
hamper the <>|x*rmi<m ol the Portage
Steamboat Company
000,(MM
or ■ . t lierealients
Ire appro—
Road and to weaken the “ o | h iii river* ; *»•
- ) —
. . . . . . . . , ran
«■«■ m
■ ■■■«ru—
movement.
This view is f u r t h e r .«*
, r ,,*7 7 ..................I *
onHK’
' priated for the Panama Canal hv tine
ly, on one day's notice to the com m it*
, Aleaauder Griggs........... N«d tonusge l(M)
Congress, a river and harfuir hill h r
home purposes might have been in
order. It wnvld also seem if it is right
ami expedient to issns bowls to rshn
the monev to push the Panama Canal
work, the same reasoning would Justify
tlie issuance <d bonds lor work hi our
c- untry. Indeed, In view of (he fact
that there is now pending before the
Rivers ami Harbors ('om m it)ee a p—
preved projects to cost about
tk>0. and that an average <d hut about
IlH.nco.tMMi |g firing approprlnte«! an»
iin ally, it is well worth while to give
serious consideration to tin advisability
of issuing, sav lAOli.OUO.OOti in bonds,
more or feae, as may he needed to carry
out on projecte«! line» the river and bar-
bnr improvements ff something of this
< ftnracter is not done, thia generation,
which is firing taxed torafaed the money
to pev for the work now under way,
will get hut very little of inw oenrfits.
ft has been stalml that the total am ount
A under was cast aside as though it sere
N o rm a R iparia ........................462 tons.
(Owned by Jam b K a m a i.)
not of the slightest consequence. Atx»ve
Gvrome
mouth of Snake River 130 tons
C
elilo,
ns
the
Association
could
not
con
and N . W . Iboinphon nominated but
dragged along as was that at the
(Owned
by Todd A Cover. J
trol
»be
boat,
its
operation
did
not
tend
M r. Thompson declined. Geo. N. Cros- 1 (. ascades? if so, a half a century will
I i s t o i i R ip a ria .................... 487 tons.
to
develop
commercial
traffic
a
s
i
t
field unanimously elected C hairm an.
not see it completed. W ith so rich a
S|M,kaue K ip a ria .................... 40ft Ions.
should. Notwithstanding t h e s e dis*
N om in atio n s opened for secretary. V . prize at stake, the tight w ill |>e a bitter
(Owned by O R. A. N. Do J
conrngements and troubles, results were
H . Sm ith and Irw in Pike nominated one. 1 he river o,«ent means low rates
New
steamer contracted for 4 6 0 tons.
obtained.
Rates
bv
river
less
io
com
but M r. Pike declined to serve. V. H . from Portland through the In la n d E m
p ire-clo sed , a goose ioi two railroads mon points; the tailroad iu a number (Ow ned by Opun River Transportation
Sm ith unanimously elected.
of ways bettered it« service; carg were Co. J
M r. Crosfield then stated that the to pluck instead of one» h,r these roads
furnished more prom ptly, patrons* in
H annaford, Pasco................ 414 tons,
p rim a ry object of the meeting was to may tight all they please oyer con
(« >w tied t»i \
I" R v ( <• j
terests more closely looked after, and
affect an organisation of the Farmers of struction, they won’t over rates. They
we believe the Washington farm er on
It w ill thus fie seen there are qnife a
Sherman county, to :
ail operate on the same general lines.
1st.
| and if they won’t coni|»ete, you can’t the north bank or M ine one else profit n u in k r of hoala even now on the river
ed largely, for we found at river points f they were available for our use, foil appropriate«! amee IH20 for river am i
Investigate the «ack question in re make them compete. The railroads are
we could not get wheat, although we o f most of them are owued or controlled harbor work In the United Hlatea is hut
ference to the high price of same and operated p rim arily in the interest of
fered to carry for 26 cents |»er ton less by the railroad companies. It , how f460,000. WO. I lot fa ml, with a poputs.
devise a ays and means to procure cheap the ow ners, and to develop bnsinwre on
lion of »1,000.000, as against our Mf.hOO,«
the basis ol charging all the traffic will than rail rates, fie sides saving a cross ever, gives some idea of what w ill )>e on
er sacks«
000 or more, ha* expended in thia class
ing
ebr
rge
of
50
cents
a
ton.
As
w
e
hav*
the riv er w lieu it ts really open to navi*
bear, as M r. C. P. H iiu tiu g ten used to
2n d.
of work 61.600 f)00 (MX) France has e x
run arms« no one that was giving us ¡gallon.
I o so work th a t a cheaper rate on rankly adm it. On the other hand, we
pended 61.120.000,000. It is stated th a t
any
money,
we
a
re
forced
to
the
|
his >
In order that there mav fie no mis
but it outgoing a n d hicomiiig freight j w»’ hont any unkindly feeling, look at it
the Manchester Ship ( ’anal cost 676.*
s:ble
uncharitable
conclusion,
that
there
‘
apprehension as to tfie facts in respect
m ight be obtained.
’ j from another etandpoiut
We believe
We to w h a tis necessary to fie done If it is 000,000; that the deepening of t h e
The C hairm an then introduced M r. l *’at rates should tie fixed w ith some was some “ absorbing going on.
( ly .le c st 670.OfW.OOO, that on the im
Devers of Portland w ho spoke in refer- r**lation to cost and true capitalisation hope the farmer got tl-e benefit. Fol desired to have the locks and rsnal
low mg a visit of a res pre«enta live of the speedily completed at C elilo, the e o m - provement of Liverpool H arb o r th e re
euce to the “ Of»en R iver*’ anti the bene-
lh at a reasonable return on the in -
or lor
Association to Condon in A pril of this n,itt»-e wisfi the jiei'ple generally to has been expended
tits to be derived from the - »me.
vestment is a I that should be charged
" •••« " » •U n «
H e said iu p a rt:---------
We believe some regard should be paid year, a leduetinn was made ol from one know I h . t H«.n. T I . « h I . . , . E. B n ,Io n .
hillars per ton on freight to the rt . . l r n » n ol l b . K „ . r . ... .I I I . . .
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II..
M any years ago the first step was ta k to the «‘evelopme.it of the country, and
th a t point. A red itcio n on wheat from hors C om m ittee at Washington, stated T oiled Rtafes with an expenditure of
en iu opening die Columbia River by that the railroad should aid in this
64e0.0fl(),0(i0 since 1620 Fat fence ceaaee
c n im e u c in g the building of the Lock* Where its gets pm n .r.ly the first and Arlington of 40 cent per Ion lias also tl*Mt he would view with a great «leal of
been maee, ami the O. R. A N . Co. has , interest the result of the operation of to i»e a virtnre when one compares the
ami Canal at the Cascade* of the C o l- gr»*»leat lieiiefits.
We lielieve t h a t
a;n.r«»priatr«>ns mad«' since IH20for rivere
um hia. This task seemed to be almost natural advantages should not fa» a rb i prom ie« d t>> f«ke i Mte of the differential ( | I x i s i s on the Upper Colum bia, anti
and
harbors with those made fur pen
in term inable, precisely the same in— tra rily disregarded, through artificial on gram ahip|»ed in sailing vessels from , that if he found that the river was not
th is p o rt. S in c e th e Portage K ail way |
and that no benefit resulted there sions and the army and navy, which
11 uencee delay iug its completion as are agreements entered into for reasons hav
line down > he 1 fr(lt|), ¡|
lie s u ffic ie n t evidence to arnonnt thia year alone to 6376.660,7 M.
today seeking to delay, if not prevent, iug in many eases no relation to the was finished th e H ill
N orth Bank has commenced building |,iin that (he project was not a m eritor- Not that we object to the payment of
hut
iit c im i , w
it that
t lia t the
th e s shipper
f iiu n e r I
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m m m a t m e p ro je c t was n oi a r o e r i i o r - ,
.
,
’ ■
tlie completion of the work at Celilo. country ■ affected,
-Ix x il.l l.« r r w ,.w
, h . b rn e fii,
d " w r” " 1' ' ,l
“ «*••»•« o« I I o . , o ..., m,d h . would o p p .« In r t h .r P -" ’ ’'” 1' P ' " t » r
m .l n t - n .n r . ,,f
F in a lly , iu desperation, the S ta te at a
‘ n , «rum low o p ......... ..
« p K .li.,.
................. ...... .
c o ,,-
b „ . . . do
considerable co«t, built a poitage ra il
co,.,pcllcl to p ,v e io r b t u n t r « t ~ I , , - " ,,w
- < « t r ic rw .lw .v h „ .
in , le t t .r d . t ^ l
nlW . t 11» policy
way at the Cascades. The benefita to co,|,P*Heti to pay exorbitant rates be—
«•
tl,.
to connect nil o f I be W alla W alla A p H iS i. IWMI, In « lu d , 1.« . i . km I O.»t J’’ ’•j*'’’
result from »he im provem ent were then , ra u ' e someone el-e built a road over a
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«unintry
with
the
river
and
a
l>>at
line
demonstrate«« an certainly that it was inouiitaiu instead of on a riv e r liai.k, as
. . .
merit of our rivera and harbors aa com*
Another line haa f«een projected ami lion of . a . line
has
lieen
the
case
in
the
past
when
the
of steamers on the uptier
, > . ,
not long before canal and locks were
vvi.v .i
<
l
wBh the generoe iy In other d i-
O. R. A N Co. has made the same rates considerable work has been «lone on the river with interest. W ith these (rank
..
completed.
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»
rections. The asm» Congreea which
tame,
through
Sherman
and
G
illia
m
statements from a man of the chara«--
I t in interesting to note the changes to tide water as has the N orthern Paci
m
ii
*"«•’■ the one appropriation votes the
eountiea. Tfie f.ewistou electric line ter, standing and . influence ol M
fic
R
ailw
ay
Com
pan
v,
which
c
osaes
r. B u r- . . .
» i. »
. ’
in the tariff between Portland ami T h e
. . .
...
»»»her, and If I o i* In ter.............. .
t |,elr
w
ill
depend
largely
upon
river
connec
two
m
ountain
ranges.
ton,
the
queatlou
of
whether
or
not
tfie
_
.
,
,
,
Dalle« during the last th irty years.
.
.
i ti
hi *
Mnri wi Bes xnewn as the shonl.l
tion fsr ham lliug its traffic. The pro river is to be opened . to
navigation will ..
, . ,
By a glance at the following figures,
In 1377, the Oregon Steaui Navigation
.
. .7
,
there would be no <Juu . «a lu the re-
jected line from Spokane to the Colum reat . . larg«-lg
w
it
ii
th
e
p
eo
p
le
th
**n
i»
e
lv
m
.
.
.
.
Company operated a fine line of ateaiu- one can readily see why the people af- bia River w ili also dejiend up«m the . . .
.
•»*'<; |.«u,iAAj,utiu a yeur. or m u r^ conhl
I t is now f«»r the people to say w h e th e r'.
». » .
.
ers on the liv e r. J. C. Ainsworth was fected insist on water com petition, and river for r a like service
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*** proirtablv expended m thl« (••unlrv,
The
* __. ¡. i .. t _
,
,
,
,
ice. in«
(»regou or not it is worth the making ol anv e l- **’ . prolitablv exp
why
the
railroads
insist
there
shall
the president, S. G. Reed vice-president.
Trunk I .m e ” ha- now complete«! a sur-1 fort on ||iw r pi|ri |o Becurr |M <
7
.? Z _
" mount available theie
ami Theod««re W vgant s e c r e t a r y . not I m ».
...
,
. . would tie no rivalrv aa to which pr«>Jei I
vey up the De-Chute« as far as Madras I prOvem ent, for it is
h i their own hands. ' .
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Freight and passengers were transfered Portland
. .
Iiould rscslve aid ami whi«'h should be
on Agency Plains, and it is stated «»• I f the r k e r la nawd, or its |H>ssihle
use , .
.
hv rail around the Cascades on t h e ,
Salt Sugar Canned goods
**’ lh r ,’w« Honl lb " continent of
tend to commence const ruction work 1 brh,<s U lt reBllUH ciB1Uie«l, the »enel , ?•
Washington side, thus necessitating four ' to
Mile» C . L . C. L C L G rain
oro,a-, vast amount» of money have
tjus mnntl . A ll of these I »ropoae«l roads BIl(1 ,,M k, wj„ BO(>„ 1m. h reBh ty. “ If not,
extra handlings. On down freight the The Dw I lea Mg $1.60 62 00 |2 00 |1 50 are the direct result of O|aming the ¡t w|,j
been ex,ien«lr<l m the improvement »»(
years heio«e they a r e
rate was 66.00 per ton on wheat, |10.00 ' U m atilla 1M7 7 50
10 20 10 20 3 ( 0 river to navigation by the building of fi„ ih| ied.
the rivers ami harlmrs. and it must la-
per ton on pressed and bale<i wool, and , The rates to U m a tilla are h ig lier hv the Portage R ailw ay, and it cannot be
The amount of money now on hand self evident that they «lo it I«-muse its
other articles iu proportion. On up from one hundred to over five hundred Questioned but «1,at When «1.. Lock. , nu
¡,,U ,,.l„ „ ,be
Io J ’.*’" ' <ht this question, 1
1 h
',. - Ixmdoit
freight it was $10 On |>er ton, measure* ' |H»r cent than they are to The Halles I t and C .„» l . r .
C l , 1« be provi,led for ,,, «h. H„n,Iry Civil Bill. 1 .
' 1
»•«
ment or weight, according to the « lia r - * costs to fg.OO to carry a ton of sugar ,o
„ '» „ s o « ,.
T I i e r , i , o„ „ „ „ j , , , , ! '» " » X " « • - I - I 0 . I
. . . . fn i „
and ,be B i, E d , I , .-,1, b .
a« ter of freight. In those days they did I he Dalies, 8H m iles, but to carry it the oua .h u rt ««.<!. Ivedi,,« to l b . ¡.„o rio r
d li,
, u OUU. and l b .
•»»
not have a complicated classification next 1O0 milee costa
sums es|*ende«i in France, t o m u i n ,
.20. Ih-fore the from tiie river, opening up mere country
required to complete contracts . . .
,
tariff that puzxies even the makers to river waNojieii it cost $«; 20 to transient to settlem ent, insuring a much larger amount
,
•
, ,
,
Austria and other countries on the
now
in
force,
which
is
approxim
ately
!
«
.«
.
«
,
,
understand. Prior to 1M83 the railroad ; the same amount of sugar the same <li«~ population and a speedier developm ent. _____
‘
r
7 f C ontinenl in contruction of tansls and
6284.000.
was completed to The Dalles ami be- tance now carried for >2.00, and which
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o th e r w aterw ay im p io v e m e iits is. from
I t has been demonstrated, however,
T h e c o n tra c t lor the removal of the
yond, ami as late as 1893 the charges should he c a rn e il f,,r less, and th a t is from the experience of the Open River
this enlightened commercial p o l l e / , giv
obstructions nt Three M iles R apuls w ill
per ton on grain from The Dalles, and why we stand for an “ opeu river
ing
the easiest and most economical
now, Aeeociation, that it is ahsiHufely es- require another low water season, and
on the heaviest g«xxts to The Dalles not in 1950.
transportation ol their prorlnrts to m ar
eeutial to have an independent boat it is hoped the work will be finished
from Poriiaud, were as follows:
There are three and only three ways
ket, and unless Great Britain adopts
line free from any entanglements of any about next Deceiiiln-r.
C . L . L. C L. to control Ireight rates:
sim ilar measures she w ill lose her pre
kind, if the river transportation is to be
T h ec o n tra ct for the basin and l«x k«
S a l t ...................... ................65 2d 67.40
By com petition.
eminence as a producing n atio n .’ ’ As
effective. This has lieen practically ac at the Celilo end of the canal stipulates
Sugar....................
7 40
By regulation.
to the Irene fits to come from snidi ex
complished by the organization of the for its completion by January 1, 1907,
( ’an 1 ie«l goo«)s . . ................ 6.20
7.40
By ownership.
penditure«, note what M r. Albert Notilo
Open River Transportation Co , with a but it I» probable th a t it will take sev- . „ ■ , ,
.
,
.
N a ils ................... ................ 6.20
7.40
We are trying the first, through na
,
.
.
,
.. .. . president of th e A in s i lean Society of
capital of one hundred thousand dollars, eral monitis more to do the wm k. W ith <,..,¿1 m i .
»
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,
G ra in ....................
Civil Engineers and one of the consull-
tural means, hut if this fails, the se which now has under contract the con
annuul
appropriations
of
650U,UOO
it
will
On other classes of freight the rates cond w ill surely follow. I f it p, Hasent-
•ug engineers ol the Pennsylvania R a il
struction of two excellent boats for the require eight or ten years to complete
were higher.
road, says:
ial to regulate interstate traffic through
upper river, and the com mittee feel that the work, but if the whole amount of
In lb96 the locks were opened and a commission and hv law, the same ree-
“ The am ount ol saving on Lake Su
they are safe in saving that satisfactory the estimated cost were available, the
rates im m ediately fell, and in 1905, on | soiiingepplies with equal if not greater
arrangements can be made for operat work could Ire completed it. about tnree perior alone during the year 1902 is
4iie»am e commodities, the rates were force to the regulation of intrastate com
with 6&JMJO.OOO ol the entire am ount
ing l>eiow.
years. From the foregoing facts, one is
as follow s :
merce ami by Jaw.
appropriated
by the United Slates for
The next great essential is the exten about as well qualified as another to
C. L. I.
Thé completion of the “ Portage Road”
all
hai
hors
min
waterways above N ia
sion of the Portage R ailway from the predict the date of completion. If we
S a l t .............................. ....6 1 50
63 00 by the State betwreen C etilo and the
gara
l
ulls,
from
the formation ol the
Rig Eddy, its p re s e n t western terminus cease working for appiopiiations for
Sugar............................ ___ 2 00
3.00 i Big Eddy, anti its tentative operation,
Government
;
if
the
commerce hetweeh
to The D alles, a distance of about four t b i t purpose, it completion will he de-
Canoe«! goods............ ----- 2.00
3.00 j has shown that it can he made to reg-
Lake
M
irhlgau
mid
la k e Erie be in«
miles. This w ill induce a very much laye«l in d efin itely.
We believe that
N a ils ............................ . . . . 2.00
3 VO I ulate freight rates, that it w ill lead to a
eluded
the
annual
suviugs
greatly ex
greater local traffic and will ieduce the when the people generally realise the
G ra in ........................
----- ¡g re a te r and spee«lier in te rio n df veh.p-
ceeds
the
amount
thus
appropriated.”
Ireight rates on both up and down ociuparatively small amount a u p r o-
It will be observed that on 1 II up ment, and also has developed wha» is
freight, as The Dalles is the natural priated lor river and harbor im prove
But why continue? No argum ent is
freights the tariff was re, I me, I over 300 1 necessa-y to be done to make it
a sue- term inus for steamboat line». In this ments, and the great waste and loss, required to convince the people of the
p-r-ceut, ami it would lie greater still
connection we are glad to announce both direct and indirect, caused by de Northwest of the necessity for these ini«
were it not for a combination between
'Hie Open R iver Assn iation found
that t h e Commercial C lub at The b a l lay, they will demand that nppropiia- i I ’rovun,« " t* Hh,i <bw Benefits that w ill
rail and water to m aintain ratea. N eith . when this road was completed th a t they
ks has hail the road surveyed and will tions he made in sufficient amounts to ( re in ^ ,ro,n their completion. 1 lie vital
er have the boats been run off 'h e river, were expected to furnish transportation
furnish the right o f way into The projmrly care for and complete all np- <P,e'” ioM
,,ot • • ,w
necessity,
I here are more in operation now than facilities also. Through the “ M ountain
lo tbe *’ me
lb d r eom pletion.
Dalles, but this road must l»e extended proved projects. There is no reason b” 1
in the palmiest days of the O. S N . Co. I Gem ’ ’ on the upjier river, they finally
and as soon as possible. The benefit to why tiiis should not lie done. There is d l *8 reMt K,,’ *reb' w itii the |x«ople them -
w ben it wasofierating as far as I xjvv is-1 succeeded in establishing, with Conner-
the country of the Portage R ailw ay can no purpose for which money is expend- ,d ve> » b,r “ Bor all is said and done,
ton. Ib is object lesson should mouse ' tinns below, a service that was far from
not be measured bv its earnings. Its ed by the United Status thut does so ,hey * re tl,e n,B iter® ,,f , , 'w "«tuation
the determ ination ami enthusiasm «»f »atbia« »ory either to themselves or pat-
pur|x>se is p rim arily that of a Regulator much good to such a large number o f, Slid what they demand w ill he carried
<very public-spirited citix-u ¡n having 1 roar. Between The Dalles and P o rt-
am uot a carrier, and f from its oj era people. The U nited States has taken ° Ul
Gongr-ess. This committee w ill
Coutinued on pug>, b.
teuiporarg chairm an.
Geo. N .C ro s fie ld
cleared and the river above e|»ened.
Jurisdiction over the navigable water*
and tim e ol delivery were unsatisfactory dinarily, on Governmental works ol
past the amount available annually for
although a satisfactory undertaking was this character, no charge whatever la (he entire country lor river and harbor
had when the service started, hut fin al made, they being operated free like the I work has been but about |1n.tKMi.IXMI,
strongi hened by thè faci tliat it w
,
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il
it
(m elali .................. .......... Nnt tornisce .54
agaui followe«! by r ii oqusllv prem apt- ' v .« o.
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N o n fi S t a r ....................... Net tonnage »1
ory violatim i <>f s ii im plied agreement
covering lite lim idliug of Ireight on ih e '
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building at A m s-
ttpper r ite r . wlieti alter wn hai) render- I W or,b............................................. * R ,n ns.
mi all thè s e rv ite ,s.sM b le in fnrtlierlng 1 (O w n r'1 by *■»*• M ille r «mi a sene late*. |
Columbia at Blalock ............. ION tons.
the work of the North Bank Road, and
(Owned by Sm ith A M ariner )
it was thought our sen ices were no long
.M o u n ta in G e m i« e w is to n ..
282 tons
er necessary, without even a formal no
Dalle« tice, the undertaking we were working
(Owned by Lewiston Navigation Co.)
NEXT MEEETING AT M ORO NEXT SATURDAY
Meeting was called to order by Geo. I
•m l the “ K sg u h to r line of boats, con tloas and at a result there from a fair
trolled by tire N. P. Kailway Company, reduction Is made on freight rates, It
****<ct has been made.
W ill thia work
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