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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 86. NO. 80. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1910. . HI lMf RIPTIOX, $2.00 Pt.ll VKAR
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Favor Cottages For Teachers and
Increased Salary For County
School Superintendent.
believing that a statement In defi
nite form of some of our beliefs and
policies will be' beneficial to tbe or
ganisation, the Morrow county teach
ers In annual institute, assembled are
asked by the ccommitteje on resolu
tions to cousider the following:
I. Whereas, we are not assured
at this time of the complete recovery
fit our President, and
Whereas, we feel that the cause
of humanity and the welfare of our
own country needs his services.
Therefore, be it resolved that we,
the teachers of Morrow County hope
and pray for his speedy recovery.
II. Whereas, our honored County
Superintendent has given her best
effort to prepare a profitable pro-J
gram for this institute, and
Whereas, the Instructors In this
connection have brought to us the
fruits of their training and exper
ience, and
Whereas, tbe people of Heppner
have graciously thrown open their
homes for our entertainment, and
Whereas, the teachers of the Hepp
ner Schools have entertained us de
lightfully, Therefore, be It resolved that we
extend our most hearty thanks and
appreciation to one and all who have
so cdntributed to make our Institute
pleasant and successful.
III. Whereas, nearly all com
munities are not offering the proper
living conditions to the teachers of
the publicc schools, and
Whereas, no teacher can do efficient
work unless comfortably housed un
der pleasant conditions, and
Whereas, the future welfare of tbe
pupils is based largely if not entirely
upon the efficiency of the teacher,
Therefore, be It resolved that ef
' forts be made in all communities to
remedy those conditions either by the
providing of a teachers' cottage or by
a campaign which will have for its
object the opening of some of the
best homes In the communities to tbe
teachers during the school year.
IV. Whereas, last year nuch of
the school time was taken Up In war
work of various kinds, and
Whereas, that need Is now past.
Therefore be It resolved, that all
outside requests for aid In various
movements, except such as are foster
ed by the county and state education
al authorities, be refused, and that
the pupils devote their time to school
work and teachers their time to teach
ing. V. Whereas, every school seems
to lack the support and encourage
ment accorded by the visits of pa
trons, and
Whereas, both pupils and teachers
do better work If they are able to
feel that parents are vitally inter
ested In what the schools are doing,
Therefore, be It resolved that each
P. T. A. or similar organization be
requested to appoint each month, a
committee for school visitation, such
visitation to cover the regular work
of the school.
VI. WhereaB, the office of Count)
Superintendent of School is one of
the most Important In educational
administration, and
Whereas, the work of the office
is continuous throughout the year,
and
Whereas, many principals whose
work Is no heavier and no more im
portant, receive larger salaries,
Therefore, be it resolved that It is
the sentiment of this meeting that
the salary of the county superintend
ent should bo Increased to an equal
ity with that of any other teacher in
the county.
VII. Whereas, t h e Industrial
Club Work In Morrow County has
assumed such vigorous proportions,
and
Whereas, It is being fostered and
supported by all clauses of people and
organizations throughout the coun
try, and '
Whereas, the benefits to the youth
of our schools cannot be overesti
mated, and
Whereas, there are funds available
for duplication In Morrow County
for the promotion of the work, -
Therefore, be it resolved, that it Is
the sentiment of this organization,
that the county court take such ac
tion as It deems advisable under the
circumstances to promote the Indus
trial Club work to the highest effi
ciency possible. And a sum suffi
cient for this purpose should be ap
propriated for this purpose together
with $200 for local fairs In various
communities.
VII. Finally, be It resolved, that
Morrow County teachers Individually
and collectively pledge themselves
unreservedly to heartily co-operate
In putting over the National Program
for
1. The removal of Illiteracy.
2. The Americanization of immi
grants. -
3. The Improvement of physical
development and health.
4. flThe equalization of education
al oppportunlties for all.
Respectfully submitted by your
committee, and recommendation Is
EACHERS
PAS
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made that copies be given to the local
papers and a copy filed with the sec- (
retary of the institute to be incorpo
rated in the minutes of this meeting.
Signed
M. B. SIGNS,
Boardman, Oregon.
MINNIE R. 8PICER,
Hardman, Oregon.
E. H. ANDERSON,
Irrlgon, Oregon.
Committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell Had
Last Laugh on Jokesters.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howell, newly
weds, arrived home a week ago last
Sunday. Their friends were at tbe
train to greet them, and like the Jolly
greeters they were, intended to play
all the practical Jokes on Mr. and
Mrs. Howell that are usually perpe
trated on newly married people. This
Included marking "just married"
and like signs on traveling bags and
suit cases, only the Jokesters marked
suitcases belonging to other parties
and it all turned out to be a real good
Joke on the prank players. Mr. and
Mrs. Howell had the last laugh on
their friends.
Vic Groslien and Dr. Ha j den Injured
When Car Turns Turtle.
Returning to Hardman from 'Con
don last Friday, Vic Oroshen and Dr.
Hayden received severe cuts and
bruises when their car turned over
on the road near the Hall Ridge
school house. The men were plung
ed through the wind Bhleld and Mr.
Oroshen received deep lacerations on
both knees. He is recovering from
his Injuries at his home here.
Sunday School Association Elects
Officers for Year.
Following their annual three days
convention which was held this year
in lone, Heppner and Lexington, the
Morrow County Sunday School Asso
ciation elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Paul Balslger,
lone, president, T. E. Chidsey, Hepp
ner, vice president and Mrs. Myrtle
Reaney of Lexington, secretary.
Rolfe Van Bibber and Eugene
FrAich left Heppner today loaded for
bear. They hope to bring home a
deer, however. Their destination is
somewhere In the Blue mountains.
J. B. Huddleston, the man who
used to conduct local business tot the
Oregon-Washington railroad, was in
Heppner Wednesday from his stock
ranch in the Lone Rock country. Mr.
Huddleston was accompanied by bis
sister, Miss Bess Huddleston.
10 SECTION THREE
Heppner, Oct. 22, 1919.
To The Editor:
Will you allow a few words on the
subject of the proposed water bonds?
I wonder, Mr. Editor, how many of
the taxpayers of the city who are ex
pected to vote on this question next
Saturday have read the "Act" care
fully and have seen the joker therein.
I refer to Section 3, which reads as
follows:
"The Council shall each year at
the time, of making the annual tax
levy for city purposes include in such
levy a sum sufficient to pay Interest
due on the outstanding bonds of this
issue and to retire the principal
thereof at maturity."
Now, Mr. Editor, as one of the peo
ple interested, It seems to me that Is
not a businesslike way of financing
this affair. Or, perhaps this Is
"high finance."
There Is a large proportion of the
water users who are not taxpayers,
therefore why not make the water
rates high enough to pay the Interest
on the bonds, etc., and thus make the
water pay for itself?
It looks to nn innocent bystander
as though that were the logical thing
to do. In that way the burden would
full equally on all those benefitted by
tbe water and the already overload
ed taxpayers would not be paying
their own bills and the other fellow's
too. In other words this "Act"
makes us property owners take the
big end of the log and do all the lift
ing. Let us make it an equal thing all
around by voting NO on Saturday and
get a square deal In the future.
ONE OF THE TAXPAYERS.
John Blake, prominent lone farmer
and stockman, was a Wednesday busi
ness caller in Heppner.
Q. A. Petteys of lone was In Hepp
ner Wednesday. Mr. Petteys has a
big farm near Jordan Siding.
R. E. Dlliey, representing the Sny
der-Crecelius Paper Co., of Walla
Walla, was calling on Heppner busi
ness houses Wednesday.
Dr. McMurdo is trailing the elusive
deer out In the tall pines this week
Venison will undoubtedly be plenti
ful In Heppner In a few days. Wal
lace Smead Is up there also.
Mr, and Mrs. Ernie Thornburg and
son Vernon of Gilford, Idaho are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nell White at
their home near Lexington this week.
MODEM MAGIC
During the past week R. F. Wigles-
wortb, prominent Morrow county
sheepman, closed several'deals which
disposes of the greater part of his
land holdings in this county. Local
sheepmen were the purchasers.
In all, more than 13,000 acres
have been sold by Mr. Wiglesworth
at a value totaling $150,000. E. O.
Neill of Butter creek has bought the
old home place of the Wiglesworths,
which consists of 4,032 acres. This
ranch joins on to Mr. Neill's hold
ings and makes him a very valuable
property. Mr. Wiglesworth had one
of the most complete plants for the
operation of sheep in Eastern Oreg
on, and on the old home place were
lambing sheds and shearing plants.
Antone Cunha Is buying 1140
acres of the Wiglesworth Butter
creek land and Hynd Brothers have
bought the mountain range known as
the Hisler land, consisting of 3,289
acres. The Hynds have already tak
en possession of this land and several
bands of sheep are there at the pres
ent time.
W. Earl Wiglesworth becomes the
owner of the two thirds interest for
merly held by his father, R. F. Wig
lesworth and his brother Victor. This
Interest Includes some 4880 acres of
land. The various transactions are
said to have ranged from $10 to $12
per acre.
We understand that Mr. Wigles
worth Is by no means retiring from
the sheep business but will become
more closely associated with his son
Victor in running sheep near Bever
ly, Washington, where they own 20,
000 acres of range well stocked with
sheep.
Band Man Was Here.
James Austin of Redmond, Ore.,
was in Heppner a few days ago look
ing over the field with a view to or
ganizing a band here. Mr. Austin is
a band organizer and leader of many
years experience and plays several
different instruments himself. At the
present time he has charge of both
the bands at Prineville and Redmond.
He was very much Impressed with
Heppner and expects to return here
within a week or two.
Minors Make Big Showing.
Ladles coats, dresses, furs and oth
eV wearing apparel of high class are
being viewed by the women of Hepp
ner and vicinity this week at Minor
, Co's. Through arrangements with
the Criterion of WallaWalla the local
store Is making this display. Some
excellent values at very reasonable
prices are being offered. The sale
will last only until Saturday evening.
POTATOES POTATOES.
I have just contracted for 2750
sacks of No. 1 Netted Gem potatoes,
to arrive during the next ten days,
which I will sell at $2.30 per huncl
red, on car. Write or phone orders
at once, as I cannot get more at this
price. BERT MASON, lone, Ore
C. C. Paine, Boardman merchant
and booster, spent Wednesday In
Heppner on business.' Mr. Paine
brought along with him some excel
lent photographs showing the rapid
development which Is taking place on
the Irrigated lands of north Morrow.
TEST ARE ANNOUNCED
S:hool pupils of Morrow county
will have their interest In the Roose
velt Memorial stimulated through an
essay contest which County Chair
man McMenamin has evolved through
the cooperation of Miss Martina
Thiele and County School Superin
tendent Shurte. We are publishing
herewith the rules and regulations
covering the contest. Business me..
of Heppner have made up a substan
tial list of prizes which will be
awarded to the winners in the va
rious divisions.
I ( lasM S of Entries,
Class A All High School Stu
dents. Class B Pupils In the 7tb and
8th grades.
Class C Pupils in the 4th, Sth
and 6th grades.
II
Length of Essay.
Class A At least 800 words.
Class B At least 600 words.
Class C At least 400 words.
Prizes.
Class A First prize $10.00;
Second prize $5.00.
Class B First prize $5.00; sec
ond prize $3.00.
Class C First prize $4.00; sec
ond prize $3.00.
Typo of Essay.
III
IV
The writer may discuss the life
and character of Theodore Roosevelt,
the American, but not from a Bio
graphical point of view. The essay
should not be a biography. It should
emphasize those qualities of mind
and soul which put Theodore Roose
velt above the rank and file of all
people as the greatest American of
our time. It should recall to our
minds his honesty, his sympathy for
all men, his desire for service, his
statesmanship, his ideals, his pa
triotism, and above all, his qualities
of character which have placed him
with the noblest -in all history.
V Rules fur Manuscript,
1 All writing is to be done In ink
and on one side of the paper
.only.
2 The title of the essay is to ap
pear on the first line of the first
page.
3 The writer's name, the number
of the school district, and tbe
Class in which he entered,
should appear on the second line
on the first page,
4 The pages shoud be numbered
Inconspicuously with arable
numerals In the middle of the
pages at the, top.
5 The rules governing correct
spelling, proper capitalization
and punctuation should be ob
served. It Is expected that all
essays be written In the writer's
very best English. It is also un
derstood that the essays are the
writer's own composition,
g Essays must be mailed not la'
ter than October SOth.
7 There must be at least 25 es-
says In each class.
Gilliam & Bisbee are announcing a
demonstration will take place at the
store the last of next week, when a
special representative of the Majestic
range people will be here. This man
is an expert cook and he will give the so far as public opinion is concerned
ladies a number of pointers on how and an overwhelming vote may be ex
to get the most out of their ranges, pected In favor of the bond issue on
The demonstration will be filled with Saturday. The polls will be open be
interest and education and w'lll be tween the legal voting hours on that
well worth while attending. day.
NY
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. Meeting Held in Heppner Wednesday '
Yt'l.L. A.. ! '
miu uuuu m;iiu:uiur .nine
Campaign for Members Will
Be Waged.
A meeting of representative farm-
ers took place in this city on Wednes
day afternoon at the office of County
Agent Hunt, at which time complete :
organization of the Morrow County
Farm Bureau was effected. The
Bureau has decided to undertake a
number of projects, and these pro
jects were taken up and discussed at
some length. As a result, commit
tees were appointed.
The projects to be undertaken arc,
Better Wheat Varieties, S. F. Stevens
of lone, chairman; Farm Labor, Ed
die Reitmann of lone, chairnmu,
Cooperative Marketing, R. W. Turn
er of Heppner, chairman; Rodent1
Control Oscar Keithley of Eight Mile, '
chairman; othe members of this com
mittee are Jack Hynd and Jas. Carty; j
Good Roads, Adam Knoblock of
Heppner, chairman; Orchard Work,
John Wightman, of Heppner, chair
man; Improved Livestock. E. E.
Rugg, Rhea Creek, chairman; Irriga
gation and Alfalfa, Matt Hughes of
Heppner, chairman; Club Work, C. C.
Paine of Boardman, chairman.
The Bureau voted to ask the coun
ty court to cooperate with the Btate
and federal bureaus to secure funds
for club work leader and for funds to
carry on the work in the county
agent's office.
A resolution was also passed in
structing the secretary to put before
the other farm bureaus of the state,
the plan for organizing a state bureau
and affiliating with the national or
ganization. Officers elected for the coming
year were: Oscar Keithley, presi
dent; Eddie Reitmann, vice presi
dent; C. C. Paine, secretary and E.
M. Hulden, treasurer.
An active membership campaign
will be launched at once, and an at
tempt will be made to list every far
mer In the county as a member of the
farm bureau. The membership fee
is $2.00.
J. W. Waid and daughter Lenna, of
Stanfleld spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Nell White at Lexing
Jon. TJ DES-
STATE OF OREGON
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
SALEM
Since its inception the Sunday
School has been the Instrumentality
in that degree of character develop
ment which has been one of the out
standing factors in the greatness of
our nation. Thousands of the men
and women of our state owe to the
lessons which they have gained in
attendance at Sunday School the fine
sense of citizenship which has sus
tained them in their later years and
look back to those lessons w'ith a
keen sense of grateful appreciation.
To our boys and girls and to our
young manhood and young woman
hood we owe the best that we can
give. The environment of the Sun
day School is such an environment as
tends toward the growth of the finer
and better sensibilities.
No matter what sect or creed may
claim our reverence, none but feels
that the principles upon which our
government are founded are in accord
with the best precepts of a Christian
civilization, and those precepts tire
inculcated In the young mind in the
lessons and through thb environment
of the Sunday School.
Bearing these fac'.s in mind, I de
sire to place my hearty stamp of ap
proval on the plan for the observance
of "Go to Sunday School Day," which
has been set for Sunday, Oct. 2i,
1919, and to urge that adults as well
as children join in this movement,
which I am certain is such a move
ment as tends to the upbuilding of
our Btandard of citizenship.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand at Salem, Oregon,
this 11th day of Oct. A. D. 1919.
BEN W. OLCOTT,
Governor.
Mass Meeting Is Fnilure.
The mass meeting which was call
ed for Wednesday evening by Mayor
Vaughan, in order that any doubtful
points regarding the water bond is
sue might be explained, if there were
any doubtful points In the mind of
anyone, was a complete failure. Not
one person showed up to register a
kick or ask for enlightenment. This
I may be taken as a favorable criterion
lE
Thirty Days of Rain Out
of Thirty One is Record
Thinks Oscar Edwards.
A continuous rain lasting thirty
days out of thirtyone is pretty good'
record for one month, but that Is
what Oscar Edwards says he encount
ered while on a vacation spent at
Siletz Bay. This was just a little bit
too much for Mr. Edwards, so be
has come back to Eastern Oregon to
dry out tor awhile. Mr. and fei..
John Edwards, parents of Mr. Ed
wards, and pioneer farmers of Sand
Hollow, are enjoying life at their
home near Hillsboro.
Mrs. A. K. Higgs Died In Portland
Last Week.
The many Heppner friends of Mrs.
A. K. Higgs were shocked when newt
reached here last week that she had
died in Portland after a brief illness.
Dr. Higgs is now In Siberia with
American troops, being connected
with a hospital there. The funeral
was held in Portland. The Higgs
family made their home in Heppner
fur a number of years prior to mov
ing to the metropolis. Besides Mr.
Higgs, a married daughter also sur
vives. W. E. Straight Buys Court Strret
Property.
W. E. Straight, Lena stockman,
has purchased the residence property
of George W. Swaggart on Court
street and will take possession the
first of November.
Pendleton Men Buy Gilliam County
Wheat Acreage.
A. K. and Dan P. Smythe and Char
les Tullock of Pendleton are the new
owners of a 1000 acre wheat ranch in
Gilliam county.whlch they purchased
the past week from A. J. Moore of
Portland. Mr. Tulloch will reside
on the place and act as manager for
the company. The ranch is about
25 miles south of Arlington and
about two miles southwest of Olex
and comprises what is known as the
old Redmond and Clay ranches.
Sand Hollow Farmer Will
Hold Public Auction Sale.
J. P. Conder, Sand Hollow farmer,
who has rented his land to T. F.
Boylen, will hold a public auction at
his ranch 20 miles north of Heppner
on Wednesday, November 5. At
that time he will dispose of a large
number of work horses and all farm
ing equipment. The sale will be
held under the management of Brown
& McMenamin of this city, with F. A.
McMenamin as auctioneer and F. R.
Brown, clerk.
Clias. Royse Here.
Chas. Royse, prominent Spray citi
zen, was in Heppner on business the
last of the week. He was an inter
ested attendant at the Tom Arnold
sale on Eight Mile Saturday.
Three new pupils entered the High
School Monday. Alvin Boyd was en
rolled in the Freshman class. This
class now numbers 44. Agnes Boyd,1
a Sophomore, and Edith Boyd, a Sen
ior, are with us again.
Mr. Boitnott gave a good talk be
fore the students of the High School
Monday morning. He spoke of the
value of learning and the good it does
one after they have left school. He
emphasized preparation in the funda
mental subjects.
The Philomathlan Literary Society
is arranging ijs program, which is to
be gien some time early in Novem
ber. The Patron-Teachers' Association ;
will meet in the High School audi-j
torium Friday, Oct. 24, at 3:30 p. m.
Every patron of the school and every-1
one else interested in education, is
expected to attend.
AUTO REPAIR SHOP.
I am prepared to do your auto re
pair work at my shop In Lexington,'
one block north of schoolhouse. Am
thoroughly experienced in this line of I
work. Prices reasonable. Give me
a call. C. R. McALISTER. I
Mrs. Elsie Stevenson returned on
Monday from Pendleton, where she
went as a delegate from Kate Young
lodge to the district convention of the
Degree of Honor. Other delegates
attending from Heppner were Mrs.
Lillie Aiken and Mrs. Becker.
William Howard Gould of Lexing
ton was a busines visitor in Heppner
Wednesday. Mr. Gould recently re
turned to Lexington after spending a
few years in California and Washing
ton. He has again taken up the
farming game north of Lexington, tor
as he says, "there is no place that I
have ever run across where it is as
easy to make money as in Morrow
county."
A. F. Bennett, traveling represen
tative for the Eugene Bible Univer
sity, is visiting Morrow county towns
this wee"k.
SCHOO
NOTES
REGISTERED CATTLE
ARE IMPORTED HERE
Big Sale of Purebred Stock Will Be
Held at Boardman Monday.
The committee formed of the coun
ty agent, L. A. Hunt, Fred Reiks of
Irrigon and E. K. Mulkey of Board
man, returned from the Willamette
Valley on Tuesday and report that
during their absence thoy purchased
thirty head of registered and high
production grade Jersey ), which will
be dispersed among the farmers
around Boardman and Irrigon with a
few for the lone country.
The committee visited four public
sales at which 164 head of cattle were
offered. They report the prices paid
tor cattle by various buyers ranged
as high as $1500. with a goodly num
ber of high producers around $600
and $700, but Morrow county could
not reach quite so high. They have
some grade cows with a production
record of as high as 600 lbs. of but
ter fat.
The last sale held was at the cele
brated B. C. Altman raarch at Ingle
sides, near Gresham. While this was
the last of the series in the same vie-,
inity, they bronght the highest aver
age price; one calf five months old
going for $425, and 16 calves of the
same sire averaging above $300 each
and the sire still on the short side of
four years.
When the committee found that
they were unable to buy the high
priced cows they decided to concen
trate upon the bull which carries the
blood of some of tbe best producing
animals in the state, including such
well known names as St. Heller's
Coney, with a fat production record
of 616 lbs.. Imp. Oxford, You'll Do,
Golden Lad of St Helier, and Sul
tana's Golden Lad. A brother of
this bull is said to head the Vander
bllt herd In the east. He Is an Am
erican type Jersey and weighs nearly
1500 pounds.
A dispersal sale will be held on
Monday at which F. R. Brown, F. A.
McMenamin and the First National
Bank of Heppner will offilcate.
ENTER DEBATE LEAGUE
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oc
tober 24. Two hundred high schools
of the State are eligible for entrance
into the Oregon High School Debat
ing League, now entering its thir
teenth year, according to announce
ment by R. W. Prescott, professor of
public speaking in the University,
who is secretary of the league.
The Btate is divided into twelve
districts for the purposes of the lea
gue. Each one of these. Professor
Prescott announces, will have a sep
arate question for the preliminary
rounds, which will be contested in
January, February and March, with
the finals in May. The twelve dis
trict winners will meet for the semi
finals and finals at the University, In
Eugene, as a feature of Junior Week
end, May 12, 13 and 14. Up to last
year only the finals were debated In
Eugene. In 1918 the four teams re
maining in the semi-finab were
brought here, and the plan proved so
succcessful that it was decided to
bring all twelve district winners here
in future years.
Of the 200 eligible, it is Mr. Pres
cott's opinion that more than 100
will enter teams, constituting an In
crease of 25 per cent over the most
successful previous year. War con
ditions and influenza last year thin
ned the ranks of the schools and the
league, but the interest already man
ifested indicates a return to pre-war
interest with greater numbers than
ever. Schools may enter the league
up to December 1 by communicating
with the office of the secretary here
or with their respective directors.
The schedules will be made up by
disticts on or before December 10,
and the final contests in each of the
districts are set for March 13.
The trophy for the winner is the
cup put up by the Laurean Literary
Society of the Uniersity and Prof. E.
E. DeCou, professor of mathematics
here, who was the first president of
the league. The cup goes into the
permanent possession of anr team
winning the championship three
times. Salem High School has now
won two legs and needs but one more
victory to take the trophy. Eugene
High School was the winner last
year, for the first time, taking a close
contest from Bend, the runner-up.
George W. Hug, superintendent of
schools at McMinnvilla, is president of
the league.
The questions In the preliminary
rounds include several live topics of
political, social and economic Interest.
For the finals at the University, Prof
essor Prescott anounces, some ques
tion connected with the league of
nations issue will be chosen.
J. O. Russell, of Pilot Hoi k. Is di
rector of the league for the Umatilla
district, made up of Gilliam. Morrow,
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