Gresham outlook., September 16, 1924, Image 1

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G resham O utlook
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OPPOSES PARKSITE
AND GIVES REASONS
high school athletics
IX II AMIS OE
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R M S S OF LIBERTY ABDUCTED;
LANDMARK RUTHLESSLY WRECKED
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TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
BEK 16, I9J4
$1.50 Per Year
' X’OT ALL METZGERS
FLORENCE M. HONEY
WRITES FROM CHINA
S port fans all over th e w __
ix gresiiam
te rested in th e fu tu re of E arl S hafer
A nother M etzger has been found
who has ju s t come to coach G resham
^ e s h a m Ore.. Sept. 1 5 ._ C re .h a m
in fact tw o of them .
nigh school’s ath letic team s.
»
O utlook:—I would like to express my
About th re e w eeks ago a W illiam |
S hafer is considered by all odds
i »‘ble to
uul w
views on th e proposed p ark site
I Of th e m ost b rillian t young V th le te s 1 lib criy V a t u T ' E ' . T h e, S° dde88
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ta k e this w ay of doing it if you will in th e w est. In addition to being a ' public s o n « « ,
Miss F lo ren ce Honey, who left
~
at th e rea l,y ‘"ten d ed to do
p erm it space for sam e In your paper. top-notch
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u ball
„.. player, he w as one of a public sq u a re sin ce G resham en tered going to
G
resham
la st Ja n u a ry to ta k e up the
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f
A fter a tten d in g th e m eeting called by the m ost likeable a th letes th a t th e the w orld w ar has been ru th le ssly j Some
»«aching
of
m usic in C hina, has sen t
W
R«ln<
th e |r „ , „ |onlW ii w>>
th e city council a t M e tzg ers hall
to rn from h er foundation and placed
univ ersity has ever know n.
One
feet, six Inches or so n o rth and about
m
any
in
te
restin
g m essages to h er r e l­
S eptem ber 10, I have come to th e con-
in sto rag e in th e city s w arehouse.
trac ed hack to th a t of second cousins.
coach said of him, “If I co u ld have
th e sam e d istan ce ea st and re-set with
clnsion It w as n o t.so m uch a question five men on my team with th e co o p er­
ativ
es
and
frien
d s since reach in g th a t
On Monday m orning F ra n k Metzger,
As if th a t w asn ’t enough to aro u se ft sm aller base.
of gettin g a p a rk site for G resham as ative sp irit of E arl S h afer I could th e Ire of the old tim ers who th in k
from M issouri, a retire d oil b ro k er co u n try . H er w ork d u rin g the la st
1 bat m ight be an Im provem ent in*
it w as to keep th e rac e track . It w as beat the world.
w ho is trav e lin g th ro u g h o u t t h e ! h a ,f of th e school v
G resham is going to th e dogs, th e
some
resp ects but It would look odd to N
\ , i orthw
r t li ««• est. .. stopped
a
« . a t .. th e Cecil Metz­ I
ea r was in R iver-
ib p U oht 5*Ut 81 th,S m eeting th a t If
L ast w in ter S h afer had a place on sp read in g base laid in reinforced
si«le Academy. a school for g irls un-
have such a conspicuous object o ut of
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t h e q o n 068 “ Ot bUy tÙiS 24 ac res 1,1 the A11-C oast b ask etb all live cinched co n crete m any y ears ago as a fo u n d a­ ce n te r when viewed or approached g er store, and he too proves to be a d er th e in i.,»
l o s e »h* t h e S t a t e ’ t b e f a i r b o ar< l would I before he w as tak en w ith appendicitis
second cousin of th e p o p u lar city
a t n,“ na* ’'«»‘,» t of the Bap-
tion for a h o rse d rin k in g fo u n tain is from any of th e four directions.
tre a s u re r alth o u g h e n tirely u n aw a re ‘i8‘ a “ d P re »byterian ch u rch es. H er
v ery
'» 7 theFe ** ° “ ly °
'° 88 ‘8 conceeded to h av ® lost Ore- also being laboriously chipped aw ay.
It is said on good a u th o rity th a t the
of
th e existence
itence of W illiam Metzger, i *
f° r th e ‘ °n>ing y ear will be In
. y ™al1 p a rt of tb e tra c k th a t lies so n th e co ast cham pionship
But th e re a re m any who believe th is council has decided to rem ove the
th e cn l aorf P r°UhdS' 1 d° nOt 86e h° W
S h aie r ha8 WOrked uudt‘r M athew s p ro ced u re is in th e line of p ro g ress base en tirely and then see w hat th e who visited G resham th re e w eeks stian g h 'il ' ’CT.y elre 8ch° o1 for g irls In
, S h an g h ai u n d er th e co n tro l
«20 000 fnr
“ “ Can afford ‘° pay (n ° W a t Idah0) w b,Ie a t W hitm an, and and th a t it is b rin g in g G resham up to effect may be an d if th o u g h t advisable previous.
of the
| M ethodist E piscopal ch u rch
k e e n tl,
tbe S m itb tr a c t ju s t to b b y H untington, B ohler R e in h a rt and date.
i te p lac e it In a slig h tly different p o si­
Miss Honey, who w as form
eep th e rac e track . T he w ay the H ayw ard a t Oregon.
GRESHAM RESIDENTS ARE
. erly
A special m eeting of th e council tion with a sm a lle r foundation.
rack is conducted it su rely is nothing
As a b ask etb all m an he w as clear
BACK
FROM
EASTERN
TRIP
KUard,an
‘n
G
resham
,
sen t
It is hoped by m any th a t som e oth er
w as held la st S atu rd ay to decide
u gift of sm all chopsticks to each g irl
e prout o . I th in k it is a disgrace I a t tb e top an d his prow ess in baseball w hat to do w ith th e o b stru ctio n to position w ill be form ed for G re sh ­
Mrs. E lizabeth A. M cLain, h er of tbe o rg an izatio n recen tly .
H er
e d mZn “ and tO every m o ra l-m ind- a "d several m inor sp o rts gained him traffic a t th e m ain s tre e t in tersectio n
am s far-fam ed goddess of liberty d au g h ter, Mrs. E thel M iller, her m o ,b p r.
Mrs. w . F. H oney, e n te r-
.
° r WOIUan' A uto rac es a re I a r e a * rep u ta tio n w h erev er ath letics
o f th e city.
T he councilm en w ere w here she can ex e rt h er p atrio tic in ­ g ran d so n , R alph Mifler and a friend. ta,n ed the Kiris at h e r hom e one eve-
going on every S unday and holidays. I a re liked.
divided in opinion. All councilm en fluence and not be m ade a laughing Miss Cecil D aniel, of P o rtlan d , have n ,ng Iast week and d istrib u ted
T he au to rac es a re adv ertised for
H is ab ility to w ork w ith men and
re tu rn e d from th e ir e a ste rn au to trip g lfts to ‘hem.
tb °
w ere p re se n t w ith th e m ayor. V ari stock by th e trav e lin g public.
- ‘" g b «’ - c u t . v e experience in g en e ra.in g ous p ro p o sals we?e m ^ d T T is TaVd
In o rd er to d eterm in e local se n ti­ of 7000 m iles. At Mansfield. Illinois,
Follow ing a re b rief e x tra c ts from
th e fa ir
rUn n and ° Ut of a th le tic team s w ln probably m ake him Councilm en H essel an d R ak er stood m ent on th e q uestion a petitio n is be­
they visited Mrs. M cLain’s sister, Mrs. ’•Be«’» d escribing scenes and condi-
rom 40
’ „ ° n ° Ur m “ in 8treet H
° f th e Coraing hlgb scb° » ' coach
‘
out stro n g for th e rem oval of th e u n ­ ing circu lated p ray in g for th e p e rm a ­ M artha H illlgos, whom she had not t,o n s in C hina as she sees them
In
rom 40 to 70 m iles an hour m aking es of th e w est.
sig h tly and o u tgrow n obstruction. n en t rem oval of th e o b stru ctio n and seen for 41 years. J. J. R obertson of ;'*J‘l« lo n to th ese Is th e follow ing let-
such a noise no one can h ear any
T hey took th is ground, it is claim ed, th e su b stitu tio n of a g ratin g , such as th is place is a b ro th er of th e tw o le r «ddressed to Miss H oney on h e r
thing.
n ot only for p rac tica l reaso n s, but on is found a t im p o rta n t stre e t in te rse c ­ lal ie8’
Fifty
Fine
Chickens
Stolen.
a r r ,3 al ,n N insi'o by one of th e g ir l.
Some one said it w as a valuable I
| E n ro u te to Chicago they to u red Yel-
I Ylsiona of fu tu re d in n ers of noodles th e ground of keeping good faith w ith tio n s in P o rtlan d .
school:
piece of land T h ere is a «trio i
T he p rese n t w ork of rem oval is a t ­ low stone N ational £ a rk . T he first lap I ‘‘You ju s t come to C hina an d every-
h lc h ,
•
" " « • ‘“ » » » » i - « . to r . h . U n . being th e county.
At a form er m eeting of th e council tra c tin g a g re a t deal of in te re st. The of th e re tu rn trip w as m ade over th e ,,lln K is new to you I know ; you ,io
a special req u e st w as p resen ted by use of a g aso lin e a ir com pressor has M idland T ra il, and tw o and a h alf ; n ot ie e l com fortable as in A m erica
th e county com m issioners th a t th is been donated by th e J. F. Shea com ­ days w ere sp e n t a t Colorado S prings. r)ear Miss H oney I ’m w illing to in
trXaCcek tiDIKf a n t :
T '
o b stru ctio n be rem oved. T he council pany, doing p ipeline w ork In th is H ere they say Buffalo B ill’s g rav e and f°rm you som e th in g s w hich a re
tra c k , i faI, t0 see w here th e cjty lg chJckens from
rea Kock
his chicken house at voted to accede to th e ir req u est. F o r vicinity and pow er d rills a re being a m em orial house co n tain in g his w ar ( »Bunge and odd to you. P e a rl is w ill-
g ettin g m uch of a co nsideration a t the I the
re a r of his residence on th e Base som e reaso n or o th er, how ever, some used. T his is b e in ^ supplem ented by tro p h ies, even to th e first Indian scalp ,n g to ren d e r you som e serv ices as
p rice m entioned.
of th e councilm en w an t to rescin d th a t th e stro n g arm m ethod and th e w ork be took. H ere they also explored th e c b a nce p erm its and ca p ac ity reach es
th e fa ir ground is ow ned hv th e f a i, l „ . __
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is p ro g ressin g slow ly. O ccasionally Cave of the W inds and th e G arden of s ,l‘‘ d ares not to en ter your stu dio as
board, not by the city. Why not let th e ft
6
*dea J“ 8t When the decision o r m odify it so as to reta in
a b y stan d er th in k s he can sw ing the th e Gods. H elen H u n t F a lls is n ea r if 8be would in te rru p t your w ork or
th e fair board buy those 24 ac re
L
occurred, b ut th e ch ickens w ere th e old landm ark.
heavy sledge an d trie s his hand. The here, so nam ed from H elen H u n t j w aste your tim e.
w hat they w ant for th e ir tra c k and -
Ume ° " SU" day
Since th e w ork of te a rin g up the
do esn ’t know
donate the balance to th e city"
X T lm tt
CUt fr° ni b ase sta rte d in good e a rn e st y esterd ay w ork is in ch a rg e of M arshal Cox, Jack so n . T ra d itio n points to th e seat w hen.you have leisu She
re th a t (can ) she
who is being assisted by A rnold she occupied w hile engaged in w ritin g m ay com e
an(, t e |, you a |j a b ) u t
shouid be
R
s
m orning it has been n ex t to im pos- Ruegg, Councilm an H am niar, etc.
h er book, "R am o n a.” H er g rav e is ( hlneee custom s. You kindly tell you
m ain street’s
“ P a g a ,” 8t ° Ur P ’6 h ° U8e’ He bad JU8t P urchased a
also n ear th is spot.
if you like to.” T he le tte r w as signed
at
. .
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dozen pullets of high g rad e which
T he Mormon T ab e rn a cle and G reat Devoted P e a rl.”
Now let us look a t those 24 acres w ere included in the plunder.
S a lt Lake w ere visited a t S alt Lake
As a w elcom e to Miss H oney, w ho
from an o th er angle for a p ark site.
City, leaving w hich, th ey s tru c k th e a rriv ed a t h er post of duty in F e b ru ­
You have 24 ac res of land w ithout a
W ithdraw al of F re n ch tro o p s and
Old Oregon T ra il for home. Mrs. Mc­ ary . th e g irls of tb e school ren d ered
it »reefna »hUSh ° r 3 8hrUb ° f any kind 0,1 I civilians from th e R u h r Is beginn'ing
Lain,
who is p ast 72, stood th e trip a program w hich included th e sin ging
A delegation of Pow ell V alley and
, in the sum m er you have only sun- im m ediately. S everal w eeks w ill be
T he d istan ce is about th re e m iles well. T hey cam ped every n ig h t w ith of th e S ta r S pangled B an n er and
h av e'm u d 11 T t8t’
y° “ K e<1Uired fo’ th e ^ H e rly re tire m e n t of G resham ta x p ay e rs ap p eared before from G resham to th e Bull R un road th e exception of th e w eek they sp en t »ketches In E nglish of th e th re e g re a t
mud. I t w as said a local n u r- the F re n ch econom ic o rg an izatio n in th e board of county com m issioners an d th e estim ated cost of paving is a t h e r s is te r’s hom e In Illinois.
A m ericans, W ashington. L incoln and
sery firm had prom ised to fu rn ish free eluding th e railw ay em ployes and a la st M onday and p resen ted th e need of around $90,000.
T h eir re tu rn w as h u rrie d som ew hat Longfellow .
of ch arg e all the tre e s needed. T his is v arie ty of civilian w orkers
In view of th e u n c e rta in ty re g a rd ­ on acco u n t of Mrs. M iller, who Is s u ­
m ak in g provision th is fall in th e co u n ­
Some w eeks la te r Miss H oney
all very w ell, but don’t forget th a t at
ing th e g rad in g and paving of the p erv iso r of th e C h ild re n ’s F arm
w rote. "R eally, I co u ld n ever have
ty budget for th e h ard su rfa cin g of
new ly surveyed Mt. Hood loop road Home school a t C orvallis. She w ill im agined being tra n sp la n te d Into a
th e Pow ell V alley road ea stw ard from
from n ea r G resham to O rient, it was leave soon to begin h er w ork.
civilization so m any c e n tu rie s behind
G resham to Pow ell Valley.
a Park, and d uring those
urged th a t th e Pow ell V alley road be
ours. It Is a civilization such as you
H. L. St. C lair, re p re se n tin g the
F
re
sh
Nalnion.
y e a rs It will cost th e city a t le a st from had no confidence in o u r city council
paved as a lead er to th e Mt. Hood
read of in th e Bible, ab so lu tely differ­
C ut th e high cost of living by buy
$1000 to «1500 each y ear if you a re 1 wH1 8a>
we have, but It does G resham com m ercial club, acted as loop.
en t from E uropean conditions. I feel
spokesm
an
for
both
com
m
unities
and
ing
your
can
n
in
g
salm
on
d
irec
t
from
going to m ake an y th in g out of it.
not "lean th a t th e ir ju d g m en t is any
City Com m issioner Jo h n M ann was
Floyd Reed a t C orbett. P ric e re a so n ­ as if th e C h rist m ight a p p e a r before
Som eone said th a t in a few y ea rs I b etter tban tb a t of any one else. The p resen ted a forceful p lea for th is bad ­ p re se n t and urged th e need of th is able. P hone C o rb ett 1620.
me. We see th ese w ater c a rrie rs , th e
ly needed road im provem ent.
paving because of th e relatio n of th is
we could have a p a rk as b eautiful as w rite r nom inated Mr. M iller for m ayor
It w as sta te d th a t th is road Is heav ­
g rav es w here we can easily Im agine
Important Events.
th e P en in su la p ark in P o rtlan d . T h is I 8 n d ' s proud
I a m alw ays ready
road to th e p ipeline and P o rtla n d ’s
n stone m ight be rolled aw ay, the
ily trav eled a t all tim es of th e y ea r; w ate r supply.
T his is th e week of th e P en d leto n
p a rk w as donated to th e city of P o rt- 8nd w illin8 to w ork or do an y th in g
g am b lers In th e tem ple, th e blind.
th a t now on acco u n t of th e laving of
Roundup,
th
e
C
lackam
as
co
unty
fuir
T
he
req
u
e
st
w
as
backed
up
by
a
land and it w as a n a tu ra l p a rk site, l ! bat would be f ° r th e good or fo r the
To read of Chinn Is not to be In China,
th e new p ipeline alo n g It for a co n ­
n ot an y th in g like tho se 24 ac re s in intere8t of G resham , but I can n o t see
w ritte n petitio n signed by m ore th a n held a t Canby an d th e A m erican L e­ t here a re gods everyw here p long th e
sid erab le d istan ce it is in bad condi­
G resham , and th e city of P o rtla n d has my w ay c lea r to approve of th is deal. tio n ; th a t it w as surveyed for th is a h u n d red ta x p ay e rs of th e Powell gion convention held In St. Paul.
s re» s. You see th e people w ashing
sp e n t about «150,000 to m ake the P en ­ I tr u s t every voter will co n sid er,w h a t w ork som e y ears ago and It is said V alley section.
W illiam Je n n in g s B ryan, th e good rice in th is d irty riv er, as w ell as le t­
T he com m issioners gave the m a tte r
in su la p ark w hat it is today, also have I have said before voting.
th e m oney w as allow ed b ut used else­
old m an of dem ocracy, will sp eak to ­ tu ce and clothes.
a carefu l h ea rin g an d prom ised to
been w orking on it for years. I do
HANS C. LARSEN.
w here.
'C hinese and A m ericans I have m et
n ig h t a t th e public au d ito riu m In
give it th e ir e a rn e st co n sideration.
not believe it will be m uch of an In­
Portland.
a re m ost co rd ial, excep tio n ally so
ducem ent to get o u tsid ers to come to
T he C hinese g irls I have a re m ost
G resham to locate if we tell them we
co u rteo u s and ce rtain ly know how to
have a race tra c k th a t co st th e city
"o n c e n tra te .”
«20,000, o r even if we point a t th e
U nder d ate of May 4 Miss H oney
tra c t of land and say we have a «20,-
te lls of an en te rta in m e n t w hich the
000 park, site w ithout a tre e or a sh ru b
g irls of th e school ren d ered to raise
of an y kind on It.
money for th e in stitu tio n . A fe a tu re
of p a rtic u la r In te re st w as a C hinese
I am told a free p ark site w as of­
band of five pieces, sn a re and la rg e r
fered th is city on the G resham butte.
drum , co rn et, slid in g trom bone and
M ould it not be b e tte r to accept this
tru m p et. T hey sa t o utside th e hall
and th en ta k e «15.000 and build a
around a fable on w hich w ere te a ­
rese rv o ir on the hill and use th e other
«3,000 to im prove th e p a rk ? Also I
cups and tea, an d every tim e an a c t
know of o th e r good p a rk sites th a t
^ a 8 .?y Cr tbey bP* an Id a J’ing- T hey
did th is a t both aftern o o n and ev e­
could be bought. We need a sew er
ning p erfo rm an ces and It helped to
system very badly, In fact m uch m ore
a ttr a c t a crow d. A band alw ay s helps
th an we do a race tra c k , o r even a
o a t at a wpddfng or fu n eral. T he g irls
p ark site. W ould it not be a m uch
paid them «4 for th e tw o p erfo rm -
b e tte r Investm ent and a m uch g re a te r
ances.
ad v e rtise m en t for G resham if we
E arly m th e sum m er Miss H oney,
could say, "Yes, G resham has a «15,-
w ith o th e r A m ericans, took a trip to
000 reserv o ir, no ch ance of runn in g
a •
tlie ’’S acred Islan d of C h in a,” going
o u t of w a te r’*« If asked about our
by boat ab o u t fifty m iles from Nlngpo
sew er system , we could say, "Yes,
B
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p ast m any Islands along th e co ast
G resham has th e best sew er sy s­
I
T he sacred Island co n tain s ab o u t one
tem in th e co untry, cost the city
h undred tem ples and m o n a ste rie s and
about «50.000.” T hose a re th in g s we
□EEC
Is the residence of n ea rly 1000 m onks
need and could be proud of. I am in
The follow ing In terestin g d escrip tio n
favor of th e county fair, but I am not
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Is given:
in favor of th e rac e trac k , and I am
T he buildings a re all p ainted w hite
su re th e fa ir could be ru n w ithout it.
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and with th e cam p h o r tre e s m ake a
Some one said th e fa ir w as b etter
P retty sight. T he tem ples a re Eca t-
for o u r ch ild ren th a n ou r schools.
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D E IU i
ered all over the Island. One had the
T h ere a re som e very good things
*MfT|MCAOQ
m ost b eautiful b rig h t y ,H ow t „ e(,
about th e fair, take, for exam ple, the
.A t.
roof. We took tu rn s rid in g In c h a irs
boys’ and g irls ' clubs, cooking, sew ­
up to th e top of th e m ountain. 1450
ing and stock raising. B ut d on’t fo r­
»B ps
Coming down It seem ed so
get to look on the o th e r side also.
steep th a t we felt like h anging down
When th e fa ir is going on, th e grounds
a re filled up w ith a s tre e t carnival,
th e Islands, beach an d ocean was very
and m o rally It is m ade up of a very
A il alo n g th e ro ad s on th is
low class of people, gam blers, d ru n k ­
I h I land arc m onks begging f o r m oney
ard s, ro b b ers, hold up men and all
to tak e them to o th e r se rin e s. T hey
kinds of takqrs.
G am bling and
a re bald and w ear a g ra y g a rb and
d rin k in g a re perm itted on the race
y How shoes. All c a rry beads and
’rack, in fact, all over th e fair
co n tin u ally co u n t them . We w ere
grounds. I honestly believe I could
fo rtu n a te in seeing them m arch In
raise a fam ily of boys and g irls to be
th e ir services as v arious p ilg rim s
good, resp e cta b le citizens though they
cam e to do hom age. They bow before
never had a chance to go to th e fair
Buddah and o th e r goda. p ut p ap er
by heavy ru le and th e 24-acre park
g rounds to be held up and robbed by
On n ex t T uesday, S eptem ber 23, a
money
into Incenae b u rn era, < h an t
city
lim
its
of
G
resham
,
various
stre
e
ts
wisdom of th e p u rch ase, th e people
a stre e t ca rn iv al, or If they never had
tr a c t by th e shaded portion. T he rac e
kneel on .m a ll sto o ls and tw o m onks
special election will be held to vote on
a chance to gam ble and d rin k on the and additions, and th e location of th e
g en erally appearin'.' to favor It. T h ere beat upon som e kind of m etal an d
tra c k Is show n ap p ro x im ately as to
race track .
proposed park. The fair g ro u n d s is aize and location by th e sc ra tch e d o u t­ th e Issu an ce of «20,000 In bonds, the Is stro n g and outspoken opposition on
wooden In stru m en t. We saw them
The question w as asked us If we
p u rch ase p rice of th e 24 acres.
Indicated by tbe w hite space outlined line.
th e p a rt of som e, tbeli reaso n s m a in ­ ta k in g th e ir noonday m eal. They a re
T h ere Is m uch discussion a s »9 the
ly <■ sta te d by Mr. L areen.
POWELL VALLEY PAVING NEED IS
PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED 24-ACRE PARK SITE OFFERED THE CITY FOR
$20
000
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