"EE i ik = oS L sip an unr- ve will n ro 1 are not depart- wish if osit will w/a o be teak, essed and O11. with t lib- licis- f the t stop. ash- - -~ o | f - - i { a “a i | » . f | H i i { H } h | 1 = 5 & 3 4 - * 3 Sy i 4 - » i E 3 _— 7 —-e A ; ® . Medium. 2 3 5 . , é " Soeciaity. @ 0 = &@ . > : enn SDTTT NT T 1 - < ID r TV 2 5: _voruye Vv 1 SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1900. NO. 28.7" 7 = W. H. KooxNTz. J. G. OGLE 5 : - ests they will learn how to mark thelr Wier is getting near the dollar | of the school funds to his own use, we | an occ asional drouth is Dame Nature's KOONTZ & OGLE, i { election tickets properly. They will | mark again. Silver stands still, and | of course do not know; but if he didn’t | method of purifying, energizing and Attorneve-At-Law | LiL 4 defeat the bosses and the oleomarga- | even corn is worth nearly as much now | do so, why did he not pay over all the sweetening the soil. so that vegetation SOMERSET, PENNA Y r ) ene = —— ee as an ounce of silver. school money in his possession to his | during moist seasons to follow will TOMerthn, mA } 1 ! = seo or, as the law requires? grow all the more vigorously, hence Office opposite Court House. AND HOT | OLITICS The total g gross earnings of railroads No SyrioNar, ticket ever nominated The school board ean hardly plead | more of 5 blessing thats iy nee 1 p 1 f Fi D p S G 1s 7 2 Pere $208000000 lovger last year ian gave more general satisfaction to its | ignorance in this matter. Any mem- ure that the farmers’ great Joint Part- another lot o ine Dress Goods pig : gnorance in this matter. Any s ers’ great Joint Par and Notions. Serges, Ch Our== Notion Line! wear, To our Notion line added anew lot of Men's Percale Shirts, from 50 cents to 1.00, late styles. Also Fancy Hose, Handkerchiefs, dies’ Waists, Gauze Underwear, Neck- Collaretts and Belts, Silk Parasols, Umbrellas, etc. Summer Corsets, Special Prices on Ladies’ dren’s Felt Hats, Dress Caps and Remnants. ONLY A FEW LEFT. k Lick Supp OUALITY Suspenders, New patterns in Crepons, $1.50 to $2.50 per yard. Henriettas, Silk and Satin Duchene and Nov- elty Goods, also a full line of All- over Lace and Embroidery, Tuck- ing, Braids and Trimmings of all kinds. ashmeres, we have and Boys’ La- Corset Trimmed Hats, Chil- Shoes, Men's A. HOE! We have just received a fine line of Men's King Quality $3.50 Shoes in Tan, Russet, Vici and Patent Leath- cr. Come and see the Latest Stylesl— We have also just received a very fine line of Men's “Nobby” Hats and a large assortment of Ginghams and Calicos at 6 cents per yard. 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MORE ANTI-QUAY VICTORIES, The Control of the Machine in Leba- non and York Counties Is Broken. The Dairy and Food Department Frightened Into Prosecuting Oleo- margarine Dealers—Farmers Need to Watch Their Tickets at the Next Election. (From Our Own Correspongiont.) Harrisburg, July 17.—The machine bosses on Capitol Hill received a shock on Saturday last when they read in a telegram from Canton, O., the an- nouncement of Senator Hanna's selec- tion of members of the national com- mittee who will assist him as a cam- paign committee to run the McKinley and Roosevelt campaign this year. Ex- Senator Quay’s name was not on the list. Hanna and the administration had thrown Quay down. It was the worst blow that the machine and Quay himself had received since the latter's rejection by the United States senate. But the bosses had no reason to expect that Mr. Quay would be given a place as confidential adviser in the national ccmmittee. They knew full well that Senator Hanna had M. S. Quay sized up completely, and in baseball language was ‘“‘onto his curves.” The machine bosses here and in Philadelphia started out right after the national convention in Philadelphia had adjourned with the story that Quay had asked Hanna not to appoint him on the campaign committee this year—that he wanted to give more time to Pennsylvania pol- itics. ONLY A BLUFF. This was only a bluff. It was in- tended to break the force of the blow when the announcement came that Hanna would not have Quay on the campaign committee. It fooled no- body, because all the time the bosses and followers of the machine were cir- culating this story they were denounc- ing Hannaand President McKinley with all the heat and vituperation they could muster. Another interesting feature of the dropping of Quay is the unmistakable evidence that Hanna and every other administration man sized up the ova- tion that Mr. Quay got in the national convention. Everybody on the inside knew that the cheers and shouts were manufactured; that the convention had been packed with Quay shouters, em- ployes, policemen, doorkeepers and hundreds of people from the outside, who were admitted without the formal- ity of presenting tickets. At first it looked like a spontaneous tribute. When it was examined it proved to be a hollow mockery. Senator Hanna, Secretary Dick and every administra- tion man tumbled to the racket in five minutes. Then they got angry to think of this ‘Cheap John” method of trying to fool them and the delegates from over the United States. Then Mr. Quay was paid back in his own coin for his actions towards McKinley during the past four years. ANTI-QUAY VICTORIES. The anti-Quay forces in the state are going right ahead winning bat- tles. The Quay machine is now left to the dreary work of claiming every- thing in sight, but it will not do. On Saturday last the anti-Quay forces swept Lebanon county, nominating a senator and two members of the legis- lature. Dr. Samuel Weiss, the anti- Quay leader of Lebanon county, was chosen senator to succeed himself by a good majority. The most desperate efforts were made by the machine following to car- ry Lebanon county. Large sums of money were put into the campaign, and promises of patronage were freely made, but the people of Lebanon have grown tired of the machine and its methods. The little coterie of office- holders that has bossed that county has, by the election of Saturday, been discredited and the independence of the voters has been fully established. Another fight for local control on Saturday last was in York county. This county is hopelessly Democratic, but its Republican politics have been controlled by a small squad of ring- sters who did whatever the bosses here in Harrisburg wanted. On Saturday last this outfit was put to flight, and the county organization was captured by the anti-Quay forces under the lead- ership of Fish Commisioner James A. Dale. The county committee from this out will be distinctly anti-Quay, with an uncompromising anti-machine man, Robert C. Bair, as county chairman. The activity of the Pure Butter League in Philadelphia has at last frightened the dairy and pure food de- partment into commencing some suits against oleomargarine dealers. The reluctance of the officials in the agri- cultural department here to push cases against the sellers of bogus butter has been notorious, and the exposures and disgrace of officials have apparently, until recently, had very little to do with exciting these same officials to ac- tivity. Indeed, the agricultural depart- ment, by its worthless officials and its protection of bogus butter, has done more to harm the farmers of the state than any cause in a quarter of a cen- tury. BOGUS BUTTER AGAIN. But the department has been fright- ened into action. An organization in Philadelphia composed of pure butter dealers and manufacturers has been gathering evidence and prosecuting oleomargarine men so successfully that the agricultural department evidently began to fear the result. And so last week it brought as many as six or eight suits in Philadelphia among the hundreds of men who are engaged in selling bogus butter. Of course this forced activity will be made use of in the campaign. The ma- chine bosses will try to hoodwink the farmers and dairymen by showing how many suits have been brought and how many persons punished. But the far- mers are smart enough to know that these suits are not a drop in the bucket to the number of suits that ought to be brought. and could be brought, if the agricultural department was at- tending to busincss for the farmers in- stead of for the oleomargarine men. The machine expects to carry a good many of its candidates through this fall with the national ticket. They fig- ure that thousands of farmers and others will vote the straight ticket, particularly in fusion counties, and by this means they will get a number of senators and members of the house. The farmers want to look out for this. Tf they would protect their own inter- Tue Republican national platform declares in favor of legislation for the upbuilding of the American merchant marine in the foreign trade, and Con- gress may be depended upon to pass such a measure early in the next ses- sion. THERE was more important legisla- tion transacted during the last session of Congress than in any other similar period. At the next session two of the most important measures will be the Nicaraguan Canal construction bill and the Testoration of American shipping. “Tur kissing bug is on Jock again,” says the Somerset Democrat. Yes,and so is the kissing bug liar. Tt is about time for the newspapers of this country to stop printing stuff about the imagin- ary kissing bug. The kissing bug is a myth and never had a real existence. There is no use faking the public and scaring nervous women by publishing kissing bug stories, .. MR. Bryax is the owner of the great- est amount of personal property in the county in which he lives, and the rich- est man in Lincoln, Neb. This is the record ot the assessor's books. Mr, W. R. Hearst, of New York, is one of the millionaires of the country. This ag- gregation of wealth, combination of capital, or “trust,” as it may be called, should form a strong leadership to the Democratic ticket this fall. The bung- hole of the Democratic “bar’l” will be wide open, and “free silver” should flow at the ratio of 16 dollars for 1 vote. BA Reap the following parallels made by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor: 1893. | 1899. Since August of| The revival of this year we have industry which we been in the great-|have witnessed est industrial de-| within the past pression this coun- | year is one for gen- try has ever exper- | eral congratulation ienced. It is no|Itis beyond ques- exaggeration tosay tion that the wages that more than 38,- of the organized 000,000 of our fel- workers have been low-toilers through increased, in many out the country are instances the hours without employ- | of labor either re- ment, and have duced or at least been so since the maintained. time named. Samuel Gompers is a DEMOCRAT. No roriTicaL party has ever met un- der such favorable circumstances as did the Republican national conven- tion in Philadelphia. The unanimous nomination of both the candidates for the oflices of President and Vice Pres- ident was unprecedented. Mr. McKin- ley has earned, and well deserves, the compliment. The prosperity of the country under his administration alone merits it, without taking into consider- ation his able conduct of our affairs of state during the war with Spain. There was a notable difference between har- mony of the Republican party at St. Louis, in the convention of 1896, and at Philadelphia. Last month every Re- publican was working for the strong- est ticket, and there was a unanimous verdict for McKinley and Roosevelt. The latter has endeared himself to the people by his clean and honest admin- istration of such public offices as he has held, as well as by his bravery in Cuba. They are both strong candidates, po- litically and personally, and will gain in strength as the gampalan progresses. Tue platter of the Republican par- ty this year is as strong as was the de- mand of the people for the unanimous nomination of McKinley and Roose- velt. » Of the President it siad: *Walk- ing untried paths and facing unforseen responsibilities, President McKinley bas been in every situation the true American patriot and the upright statesman, clear in vision, strong in judgment, firm in action, always in- spiring and deserving the confidence of his countrymen.” In asking the peo- ple to endorse the Republican party for its record of business prosperity, stable currency and patriotic Ameri- canism, it should be remembered that the threat to prosperity has always ex- isted in the ranks of the Democratic party as well as in its incapacity to properly manage our public affairs. The strength of the Republican plat- form, the strength of the two candi- dates that represent it, and the una- nimity with which both were endorsed by the Republican party at Philadel- phia will insure a more sweeping vie- tory than was given for McKinley and prosperity it in i Four years ago on Fond 23, 1804, Bradstreet’s reported that coopers in Chicogo had struck for the restoration of wages; that 300 iron and steel work- ers in Pittsburg were notified of a re- duction of 45 per cent in wages; that miners and laborers in Michigan an- nounced a strike; that 50 per cent of the looms in Lowell, Mass., were shut down; that the print works at Low- ell, Mass., were closed ; that the carpet mill at Lowell, Mass., was closed ; that the cotton mill at Fall River had clos- ed; that a cotton mill at Ashuelot, N. H., had closed ; that a strawboard fac- tory at Robbsville, Ind., had closed; that repair shops, with 1,000 men, at Mt.Clare, Md. had closed ; that a rolling mill at Fairhaven, Conn., had closed; that the pulp mill at Greenville, Conn., had closed. The following strikes were also reported: Coopers at Chicago, pump workers at East Cambridge, Mass. ; fifty hands in a screw facfory at New Britain, Conn. ; 300 railroad hands at Bridgeport, Conn. ; and 300 shoe fac- tory hands at Haverhill, M The following wage reductions were also noted: Ten per cent off at the ging ham mill, Westbrook, Me., affecting 450 people ; 45 per cent reduction at Pitts- burg, Pa., affecting 300 iron workers. opponents than the one named by the Philadelphia convention. Every corn-fed steer in Nebraska i- now worth $12 to $16 more than in 1896 Farmers in that state will hardly vote for Democratic times again. Evex the dormant conscience of modern Democracy forbids the party leaders to appeal to the shades of Jackson and Jefferson for endorsement of their present vagaries. Urwarbs of $50,000,000 more of Amer- ican agricultural products were export- ed in the fiscal year just ended than in 1900. Our exports of American manu- factured goods have increased by more than $90,000.000 this year, AwmEericax credit stands higher than that of any other nation.—Republican Platform. It was not so when the last Demo- cratic President was trying to borrow money in England. Uxper the operation of the Wilson free trade tariff for revenue only, there was a deficit of $108,000,000 in thirty- five months. Under the Dingley tariff for protection there was a surplus of $46,000,000 in thirty-two months. rr ee NEeBraska hogs sold in Omaha, May 31st, at $4.50 per head more than on the same date four years ago, yet the World-Herald, Mr. Bryan’s personal organ, which is published in Omaha, asserted very vigorously during the 1896 campaign that the prices of no farm products could advance without the free and unlimited coinage of sil- ver. Ix the interest of our orpunding com- merce we recommend that Congress create a Department of Commerce and Industries, in the charge of a Secre- tary with a seat in the Cabinet.—Re- publican Platform. Such a policy will help to extend the markets for the products of our farms and factories, thus assuring a better demand for both and the steady em- ployment of American labor. ee a Tue production of tin plate in the United States has been as follows: Long I. ong Year. Tons. Year. 1892. . 18,803 1806... 1807. 180) 3,666 189... The Democratic platform. Horace t Yo point with pride to this young indus- try, which gives direct employment to fully 17,000 people, earning $10,000,000 a year in wages | in the U ited States. a Ix President McKinney, the people have a man of high character, unsul- lied reputation, unswerving patriotism, and a stronger candidate than he was in 1896, because his remarkable experi- ence has strengthened and broadened him and better equipped him for exeec- utive duties. In Governor Roosevelt, the people have a representative of the stalwart Americanism of the day, and a man as closely identified with the policy of expansion as is the President himself. They male a strong team. Funny Business in our School Board Last week the borough school board met and elected Dr. A. M. Lichty as director in place of Jacob D. Livengood, deceased. As Mr. Livengood had been treasurer of the board, his death occas- ioned the election of a new ir :asurer as well as a new director, and in the election of treasurer the board com- mitted an open violation of the law by electing a man treasurer that was not eligible to the office. Here is where the funny business comes in, and the public has a right to know the facts. Stephen R. McKinley was the man elected treasurer to fill the vacancy of that office caused by the death of Mr. J. D. Livengood, and it is claimed that the board could not legally elect Steph- en to that office. Why? Because he had been treasurer of the board in the past and went out of office without turning over all the money due from him to his successor. Let us see what the School Laws of Pennsylvania say on this question. We refer you to pages b7 to 61, and sections LXIV to LXY inclusive. Following are extracts from the sections we refer you to: “No treasuer is to be reappointed till his accounts for the preceding year have been settled by the board, and audited by district auditors.” “Treasurers who refuse or neglect to pay over to their successors in office any balance of funds in their hands,are liable to the district for interest on the same from the time when this should have been paid over.” “If a school treasurer should convert to his own use, or use by way of invest- ment, any school moneys in his hands, or prove a defaulter, the act will be deemed an embezzlement, and be pun- ished as a misdemeanor.” “That the treasurer shall settle his accounts annually with the directors or controllers, in default of which he shall not be reappointed.” Now we are coming to the point. Did Stephen R. MeKinley, when he was treasurer of the Salisbury school board before, settle his accounts with the. board and pay over all the money due from him to his successor, as the law requires? It is said that he did not, and the financial statement of the dis- trict for the school year ending June Ist, 1900, confirms the fact. The finan cial statement of the district for the school year ending June 1st, 1899,shows the same state of affairs, and our eiti- zens naturally want to know why such monkey business is tolerated by our board, and why the board has openly violated the law by re-electing such a man to the office of His election is invalid, and the school board will be required to bungling werk and do business accord- ing to law, or suffer the consequences. treasurer. Whether McKinley appropriated any | ber setting up that kind of a plea is not competent to fill his office, and should resig And those members who have knowingly been violating the law, if any, are not fit men to fill so important an ofiice. As all the voting at the last school hoard meeting was done by ballot, in- stead of each member’s vote being re- corded in the minutes, as should have been done, we do not know just which of the directors are responsible for this last outrage upon the district. We have some good men in the board, and some thatare not fit to fill any office. We think the public, with a little watching, will be able to locate the tricksters and sit down on them hard when the proper time comes. There has for years been too much of the tickle-me-and-I’ll-tickle-you business in the school boards of this town, and it is about time to put a quietuson that kind of monkey and parrot business. Salisbury Railroad Extension Be- gins this Week. Work on the Salisbury railroad ex- tension begins this week, and many men are now on the ground, ready to make the dict fly. The road will be extended as far south as Bittinger, Md., a distance of about 12 miles, and the ties and rails will be put down as fast as the road bed is graded. Jennings Brothers, the men in charge of the construction, expect to have the road completed to Bittinger by the time snow flies, as there are but few heavy cuts and fills to be made be- tween here and the southern terminus. It is also reported from an official source that the road will next year be extended through the mountains to Altamont, where it will connect with the main line of the B. & O. Mr. Uriah M. Stanton is generously donating the ground for a depot, switches, ete., near Stanton’s mill, one mile east of Grantsville, and the peo- ple of that village are very properly elated over the prospect of gelting a railroad into their community at such an early date. And right here we wish to remark that now is Salisbury’s time to get in a master stroke of good busi- ness policy. If this town offers the proper inducements, it is almost a cer- tainty that we can get the railroad to come right into our borough limits,and it doesn’t require a very smart person to see what a great benefit and con- venience it would be to Salisbury to have the depot and freight office in the borough, where it should Lave been long ago. With the extension will surely come regular passenger service, and this will give the people of Garrett county a good and convenient way to come to Salisbury to do much of their shopping, but we should have the depot in a convenient place in the borough. Now, gentlemen, let us all get our heads together and see what we can do for the best interests of our town. God only helps such communities as help themselves, and if the people of this town do not make an effort to get better roilroad accommodations than they now have, they will be very fool- ish indeed. —— FROM THE GREAT NORTHWEST. Two Interesting Lett>rs From Well Known Elk Lickers. Caxpo, N. D., July 5th, 1900. Epitror Star:—I presume you and your numerous readers have heard ere this time about the great drouth of the Northwest—how that the Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana ure knocked out of a big wheat crop. Indeed all kinds of crops have suffered, and some are even totally ruined. Many even won’t have straw, no feed of any kind, even nogarden truck. The indispensa- ble “taters” in many patches felt it too dry and hot to protrude their eyes through the soil. Thus it is and was in hundreds of farming localities all over these large states the other week. Many corres- pondents sent in gloomy reports to the newspapers. It’s a dark and trying time to many of our young, progressive farmers. A big acreage, heavy ex- penses, no yield, no income! It’s a big disappointment. The season was timely, and the con- dition of the soil was never better for tilth. Indeed, the prospects early in the season were most flattering, and only one thing stood in the way to be- cloud the vision of future success, namely, the uncertain “if.” Bui I am happy to state that the long dry spell has been broken by cooler air and copious showers, during the past week. Late oats, barley and flax may make a fair yield yet. In and about the Cando vicinity, by all accounts the effects of the drouth were not so severe, as we had a few light local showers off and on, thus keeping up the normal conditions of moisture, and at that rate our crops would have matured all right. But af- ter the 15th of June a series of hot, windy days set in, the thermometers ranging from 95 to over 100 degrees in the shade, and the winds from the south blowing at hurricane rates soon fired the early wheat and oats that the stoolings all died off, leaving the main stems checked in growth so that it will be very short. But with the present amount of rainfall every kind of crop will be very materially helped. All may pan out far better than we expect It’s not too late yet to raise an abund- ance of garden truck and have it good and tender through harvest rectify its | t Last year I pl wnted Early Rose pota- | toes on the of July, and by the time | I dug my crops they were just as ma- | | ure as the rs that 1 d planted | in May and But fearing I wil | occupy too n ve, 1 ut this | | short by saying tl my ti ry is that | ner knows better how to regulate these things than many of us think. M. P. Licury. Kaivsrern, Moxt., July 9, 1800. Eprror Star: —You will probably be surprised to hear from me from this part of the country. I quit the rail- road at Colfax in the latter part of May and went to Spokane. There I decided to go to Libby, Mont., a small mining eamp 156 miles east of Spokane, and 93 milest west of Kalispell, on the line of the Great Northern railroad. 1 found the camp in a little different shape than I expected to. I went there expecting to get work, but they were full-handed then, and quite a number of men was around the town waiting for a chance to get work, so I decided to go to Kalispell. A mining camp is the only place in this country where it is hard to get work at common labor, and that is be- cause they pay big wages, and there are nearly always men there looking for a job. All the gold, silver and cop- per mines pay $3.00 a day for common labor outside, and $3.50 under ground. Machine men, timber men, ete. get $4.00 a day, and most of them work the 8-hour day. All these mining states pay good wages for any kind of work, and there is always plenty of work going on at something. This is an easy country to make a living in. There is always a job awaiting you almost wherever you go, at something, and at good, living wages. This has a tendency to make one reckless. Men care nothing for a job, and not many hold a job down very long. Most of them are single men and do as I have been doing. The field is large, and there is any kind of work you are looking for. The proper thing to do is to go to some good place and sty with it, but there are so many oth- er places that you always think a little better. If you don’t have the money, you can earn it in a few days. The principal pursuits in this valley are farming and lumbering. There are some twenty sawmills in operation in this valley. Kalispell is the county-seat of Flat Head county, the most northwesterly county of Montana. It extends from the summit of the Rockies to the Idaho state line on the west, a distance of 180 miles, and from the International boundary line on the north to the sum- mit of the Bitter Root mountains on the south. Most of the county is moun- tainous and covered with valuable tim- ber, such as pine, fir, spruce, tamrack, ete. The streams and lakes are num- erous, and all well stocked with trout and many other varieties of fish. Flat Head is the largest lake, covering 340 square miles. Flat Head valley is about 35 miles long, and from 10 to 12 miles wide. A considerable portion of the valley is heavily timbered. All the land in the valley is taken up. They raise fine crops here, and all kinds of fruit. I never saw finer wheat or oats anywhere. The woods are full of deer and other wild animals. I have made some fine catches of trout—the smallest 10 and the largest 15 inches. I have no other time to fish but evenings and Sundays, and I am not supplied with good tackle. Two of the sawmill boys returned from Tellers lake, yesterday, with 280 trout, representing their day's catch. I am working for the Montana Lum- ber Company. I have a fair job at $2.00 a day. Board is cheap here—only $3.75 a week, and good board, too. Please change my address from Clarkston, Wash., to Kalispell, Mont. Yours truly, S. A. KIMMEL, Book of The Royal Blue for July. The July number of the Book of the Royal Blue, which is published regu- larly every month by the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., is especially interesting. It has been the custom to devote the July number every year to stories of the Civil War, and the present number contains a graphic description of the battle of Antietam, illustrated by pho- tographs taken shortly after the battle, as well as photos of more recent date. Particularly remarkable is the photo- graph, used as a frontispiece, of Presi- dent Lincoln interviewing General Me- Clellan at Antietam, in October, 1862, and the Burnside Bridge, showing an army train crossing over it. These photographs were loaned and publish- ed by permission of the War Depart- ment. An accurate description is giv- en of the position of the Union forces in the battle, in accordance with re- ports of General McClellan, while the graphic description of the closing scene at Burnside Bridge is quoted from a war correspondent who was present at the time. An official map published by the Government enables the reader to follow the battle closely. The movement of troops to and from the battle of Antietam greatly affected the lines of the Baltimore & Ohio R.R., which were then constantly in a state of demoralization from the continued fighting in its territory. The number also contains an inter- esting war romance of Virginia, enti- tled “A Womanly Woman ;” a poem by Dr. Thos. Calver, of Washington, on “The March of the Gallant 6th Corps,” and another poem by the same author, entitled “Too Soon They Die.” Saag An exchange says: Young men and girls, don’t let it creep up under your bonnets that you are the only “dresser” on the globe. It’s true that you may put on fine clothes and wiggle like a fishworm, but bear in mind that there are others who ean cut just as wide a swath as you, but they are laying away their dollars for a rainy day. Dress nice, but don’t try to be the bell sheep.
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