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VOL. U - LOGAN, CACHE COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, J903. NO. 2J. jfl
KNOX ON THE TRUST QUESTION.
His Letter to Chairmen of Con
gressional Judiciary com.
Washington, Jan. 0 .Attorney
General Knox lias addressed Identical
letters to Senator Hoar, chairman of
" the Senator Judiciary committee, and
Representative Llttlclleld, chairman
of the sub-committco of the House
Judiciary committee, giving his views
on the subject of trusts. These let
ters arc In reply to communications
sent him by Senator Hoar and Mr.
Llttlclleld asking tho views of Mr.
Knox. The letter embraces three sub
jects, the questions which have been
decided by the courts, the questions
which are pending In tho courts and
i suggestions respecting further legls--A
latlon. Under the latter head, Mr,
Knox says:
In view of tho wide experience of
the committee In dealing legislatively
with legal and economical questions I
venture upon the line suggested with
much hesitation and feeling that the
utmost tho committee desires in this
respect is that something be set down
that may bo considered in connection
with other views thatmay'be present
ed, as to what might be done within
the short period allowed for considera
tion ilurlng the life of this present
Congress.
I think It proper enough to briefly
premise such suggestions as I shall
make for Immediate action by'a state
ment of some of the l'easons upon
which they arc based.
The end desired by the overwhelm?
Ing majority of the people of all sec
tions of the country is that combina
tions of capital should be regulated
and not destroyed, and that measures
should be taken to correct tho tend
ency toward monopolization of the In
dustrial business of tho country, I as
sume a thlngJ.o be avoided, even by
suggestions, Is legislation, regulating
the business Inteiests of tho country
beyond such as will accomplish this
end.
In my judgment a monopoly in any
y Industry would be Impossible In this
(W country, wheio money Isabundantand
I ' cheap and In the hands or within tlte
reach of keen and capable men If com
petition were assured of a fair and
open Held, and protected against un
fair, artlllcial and discriminating
practices.
Two or more persons or corporations
cannot by any combination or arrange
ment betweem themselves cither con
tract or expand the rights of others to
engage in a similar business. The ut
most they can do Is to dlscouiago the
disposition to do so by restricting tho
opportunities, or by securing to them
selves some exclusive facilities or the
enjoyment of some common facilities
upon exclusive terms.
If the law will guarantee to tho
smaller producer, protection against
I piratical methods in competition and
I keep the two pathways to the market
I open and available to him for the same
toils charged to his powerful compctl-
tor ho will manage to live and thrive
to an astonishing degree.
Individualism In production has Its
I advantages as well as combination.
Small Individual enterprises not un-
commonly spring up and thrive with-
In the shadow of tho larger ones,
though enjoying none of their sup
I posed advantages of control of couises
B of raw material, iuel and transporta
Bfc tlon facilities, yet realizing largo prof
B'Jr Its per ton of output becauso of the
B. close economics possible through dl
B' rcct, personal, Interested manago-
ment."
B Mr. Knox suggests legislation dlrcet-
B ed against those who give and receive
B advantages enabling discrimination in
B prices. This to take the form of pen-
B ullzing the transportation of goods
B and Federal courts should be given
B tho power to restrain such transport-
B atlon.JIo says the present law Is not
B sufficient to meet existing conditions.
fl The operation of any law on tho sub-
B ject, he says, should be limited to
B common carriers.
B An additional publication should be
B made, he said, to reach cojpoiatlons,
B combinations and associations which
B produce and manufacture wholly
B within a State,but whose products or
B sales enter Into Interstate commer.se.
B It should 1 elate, llrst to such con-
B cerns as fatten on rebates In trans-
B portatlotis, and second, to concerns
B which sell below tho general price of a
B v commodity or wantonly to seek to do-
B stroy competition.
B A comprehensive plan lould be
B framed to enable the Government to
B'fc get at all the facts bearing on tho
Bl r organization and practice? of concerns
B " engaged in Interstate and foreign com-
B merce essential to full understanding
B and to compel observation of the law.
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Ho recommends a commission to aid
in carrying out tho act of July 2, 1800,
which shall make an Investigation in
to tho operations of corporations
and combinations, with authority to
make inquiry and have power to re
quire reports from them. No persons
should be excused from producing
books, contracts, etc., in courts.
Continuing, Mr. Knox says: "Leg
islation to correct trust abuses should
be developed with great care for It is
not nearly so Important to act quickly
as to act wisely,"
He recommends legislation to hurry
final decision In cases now pending
and which maybe lalscd under tho
anti-trust law.
To Tarmers.
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We do not believe the farmers of
the valley realize tho great benefits
that they might obtain from a little
time spent at the Agricultural College.
Beginning Januaiy 0th they have ar
ranged to give a winter course of study
covering different subjects In agri
culture. Subjects in fact covering the
points that aro coming up on the farm
In every day of practical experience.
These subjects arc so arranged that
they require no special preparation
but aro acccssablo to all between the
ages of 10 and 50. The time required
is but live hours each day and there is
not a farmer w lthln a distance of ten
miles of the collego but who could
spend borne of tho time necessary to
take, these studies during the next
sixty dajs, and do the chores around
home at the same time.
The county will be far better off
financially when tho farmers can be
brought to reallc that the college Is
here for their benefit; that they
might realize this we urge them to
take tho winter course -of study,
but If they cannot do so we urge
them to go. up tliorc and look around
once In awhile and after they hae
visited the barns and poultry houses,
tho dairy rooms, the carpenter and
forge rooms and had some of the ex
periments and tests explained to them
they will go home feeling well repaid
for the visit, and the llrst thing we
know they will be putting Into pract
ice some of tho things they have
learned, with a result that the farm,
methods of the whole valley will be
gradually raised up to a higher stand
ard. We heard one farmer say re
cently ho had observed it was a
mighty handy thing' to have a man
on the farm that could shoe a horse
and set a tire and he pioposed to hac
his son spend u little time In taking a
course at the Agricultural College In
that line of study. Now farmeis,
theic are a hundred 'other valuable
things that' can bo picked up to the
college, for little or no cost outside of
jour time, th.it will yield jou golden
ictums. Go up and look around.
Patriots.
Theic arc two kinds of patilots,
National and local. Every man,
woman and child under the stars and
stripes arc supposed to be National
patriots but many of them are not.
The man who enlists to tight hlscoun
trj 's battles In tho ljour of danger Is a
patriot. Tho man who contributes
his means to" aid his country in tho
hour of necessity Is a patilot. The
mother who, as she buckles the sword
upon her son, bids him God speed in
his countiy's cause is a patriot. Tho
little child that buys a home made toy
In preference to an Impoited one Is
a patriot.
The man who goes to war with the
sole Idea of personal advancement Is
not a patriot. Tho man who with
holds financial support from his coun
try in tho hour of necessity or takes
advantage of her necessities to enrich
himself Is a traitor.
The man who works for the advance
ment of his own town In preference to
others Is a patriot. The woman who
buys from her homo merchant In pie
ference to a Chicago department store
Is a patriot.
The merchant whq gets his Job work
done by his homo printer, Is a patriot.
Tho man who wcais home made
clothing instead of the Imported, is a
patriot,
The merchant who advertises In and
the man who subscribes for his home
paper, Is two patriots.
The City of Tallest Buildings.
Plans have been accepted for the
building In New York of "tho tallest
hotel In tho world." That Is, tho pres
ent tallest, which Is already in New
, York Is to bo succeeded by another.
j This city is pre-eminently the sky
scraping center. If it wero unique In
I no other respect It would bo In this.
I Twenty floors no longer exclto remark
.locally. A twenty-nine-story oftlce
building is pointed out casually to
J visitors while wo await developments
from accepted plans for two edifices
of thirty and thirty-live floors respect
j tlvely.
ROOSEVELT OPPOSES APOSTLE
As Senator from Utah.Brlcf
Message to Utah Legislators.
Tho Tribune's Washington corres
pondent sends his paper the follow Ing
which purports to be a convcisation
Senator Kearns had with Presi
dent Roosevelt on tho question of the
probable election of Mr. Reed Smoot
to tho U. S. Senate.
"This afternoon President lloosevclt
requested mo to stale In the manner
I am now stating It, that ho very
much hoped no apostle would be elect
ed. Ifc based his expression and in
terest on the linn belief that tho
selection of.any apostle would mouse
a bitter feeling and do Irrcti lev able
Injury to the best Inteiests of Utah."
'.'President Roosevelt said: 'I am
deeply Intercs'ted in the future of
Utah, In Its material upbuilding, as
well as the future and best Interests
of tho Republican paity. The elec
tion to the United States Senate of an
apostle would work great harm to the
State. It would bo very unwise. It
would certainly lead to contentions
and strife and bitterness here, it not
In Utah, anil, would unquestionably
be a misfortune to those who aro In
terested In all that goes to make the
State of Utah prosperous and great.
I have every confidence In the w Isdom
of the majority members of tho Utah
Legislature, and I feel sine If they
understood the grav Ity of the sit uat Ion
as It appears to me, and as I have
ncani it cxpresscu Dy memners ui me
Senate, they will refrain "from any
action which will not result In good
for the future of Utah and her people.
I desire you to place me on record as
kindly, but Mi inly, advising against
tho election of any apostle to a United
States Scnatorshlp.'
"Having said this much, and hav
ing as faithfully as possible- convened
to the Legislature and the people of
Utah the position of President
Roosevelt and otheis here upon this
subject," said Senator Kearns In con
clusion, "1 feel that I have done all I
have been requested to do by .those
in responsible positions here in Wash
ington and who have wished me to
make known, the situation, but 1
might add thaFHon. C. E. Loose of
Piovo, recently elected to tho Senate
of the Utah Legislatuie and ono of
Mr. Sinoot's most intimate personal
friends had an Interview with Presi
dent Roosevelt on last Monday after
noon, and the Piesldcnt today stated
to me that he has made this same
statement to Mr. Loose, with a view
of having It conveyed to the caucus of
the Republican members of the Utah
Legislature."
Jamks U. Haynks.
"" In 100 Years. -
Measured by jcais 1803 does not
seem so very faraway. Our fathers
lived then, and we have had fiom
them llrst hand, the experiences, the
conditions and customs of those times.
We have heard our mothers sing the
old revolutionary songs learned in
their childhood. Napoleon was the
tenor of the English speaking world,
100 j ears ago our mothers wero f light
ened into quietness by tho mention of
his name. Our country was passing
tluough the uncertain stage of its
childhood. European nations' didn't
havo a very high regard for us. Eng
land particulaily was waiting nJine
when her old emeny Fiance would
have her hands tied, and give
her a breathing -spell to chastise us
Into submission. Pitt and Fox ruled
England, Napoleon was tho terror of
Europe. Napoleon early In 1803 said
to the English Ambassador, "See
what power we should exercise over
tho world If wo could bring our two
nations together.. You have a navy
which, with the incessant efforts of
ten years in the employment of all my
resources, I should not be able to
equal; but I have 600,000 men ready
to march under, my command whither
soever I choose to lead them. If you
are master of the seas, I am master
of the land. Let us then, think of
uniting rather than of going to war,
and we shall lulo at pleasure the des
tinies of the world. Franco and
England United can do everything
for the Interests of humanity."
Franco arm England united could
havo Indeed ruled the destinies of the
world and one of their llrst acts would
have been to snap out the flickering
light of American freedom. But God
had ordained otherwise. They could
not immaglne that .within tho short
space of 100 years the despised colon
ies in America would wield greatei
Influence in the world than they two
combined. Franklin spake trul)
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when he said "America Is the Joshua
that commanded the sun, (England)
and tho moon, (France) to stand still
and they obej ed him.'! .
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There was no steam car In the
world then. No ocean liner; no tele
graph. Thor stage coach was tho
fastest land vehicle and the sail dis
patch boat was tho swiftest vessel on
tho water. There' was but little com
merce. There arc more vessels pass
through the Detrlot river every week
than crossed tho Atlantic In ajcar
and more tonnage than tho fleets of
tho world.' Tho Pacific Ocean was an
uiiknow n w lldcrncss commercially.
More vessels pass In and out of tho
Golden Gate In one day now than
sailed the wholq Pacllto Ocean then.
In 1803 the farmer bound leather
to his knees and walking on them cut
his grain with a sickle. It took live
men to mow a ten aero meadow In a
day. In 1803 tho.man. with $10,000
was a capitalist. In 1803 men carried
their grain and hogs down tho Miss
issippi on flat boats, to New Orleans.
In 1803 there was not a State Unl ver
ity In tho Republic; and colleges ex
isted only to educate boys for tho
ministry or the law.
In 11)03 the age of steam has come,
reached its zenith and is passing
away. Traveling palaces rush over
tho ocean with the speed of the wind,
salute each other In mid ocean as
unconcernedly as pedestrians In an
ancient town. Before 1803 Franklin
had demonstrated that there was a
subtle force In natuio called electric
ity. In 1003 It conveys our thoughts
around tho world ln'aan Instant. It
transports us from place to place.
It lights and waims our houses. It
eonvejs the sound of our volco and
enables us to converse with friends
thousands of miles away. Twenty
men now can cultivate and harvest a
whole township.
Hehlnd us are the greatest achieve
ments' ever been accomplished in the
history of man. Befoic. us aic new
pioblems and greater than seemed
possible to the men of 1803. Wo do
not think fiom tho lesponslbillity.
We look upon the past with pridr and
peer Into the future with promise.
Benson and King.
Now that feasting and dancing Is
over to a ccitain degiec and the
weather being so line, woik has com
menced in earnest on most farms haul
ing the gold dust to enrich mother
eaith.
The Reese Brothers aic busy feed
ing hundicds of joung and fat
stock. W. W. Roundy Is buying qultp
of large number of cattle, wo expect
to see him one of tho cattle kings of
Cache in a few j cars.
Wo have In our midst men of good
business abilities, men of push, liberal
minded, who are always ready to help
In any good cause. The bishop Is a
hard, worker and Is a patern to all In
tho ward. Well, and tho children
they will compare favorably with
other children for intelligence In any
school district In the state, and for
singing they aro In their clement.
Benson has also the credit of raising
good teachers namely AV. J. Reese,
Piof. Geo. Thomas who Is now In
Germany. Mr. John Recso furnished
tlnce teachers frqm his family, two
daughters and ono son Prof. Jcsso T.
Recso who survived his sisters. An
other Rcnsonlto is Prof. Geo. Cardon.
Mr. JW. W. Roundy has had two
daughters teaching, Miss Isabel
Round is now teaching at Randolph,
Susie died about two years ago. Miss
Llzzlo Grilllths Is teaching at Rex
burg, Idaho, Miss Mattio Mathews
engaged at Ilreana, Idaho. Edward,
tho son of Cyrus Clark, this being his
llrst year, finding he could manage a
wife as well as the Willard school,
Eddie had the knot tied during holidays.
Moses Reese contemplates building
him a fine houso in the spring. R. O.
Reese has an cyo In the same dhec
tlon. Benson needs a good slzo store,
co-opciatlvo, owned by some enter
prising paity. Thousands of dollars
walk out of hero every year, building
up other cities.
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Another good investment, a concert
or dancing hall, next a telephone line,
It would save time, and we all know
time Is money.
Mr. W. Catmull Is agent for tho
Faust OreamryCo., Salt Lake. Mr.
, Hanson, Logan, gets a good supply of
, cream from King.
Ar Touos.
A NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.
A Home Line the stock of which
Is owned by Local people.
In an Interview with Mr. Fenton of
tho Home Telephone Company we
learned somo facts connected vv Ith his
company that might bo of somo Inter
est to our readers. All hut a small
amount of stock Is owned by local
paitles. It Is the Intention of the
company to put In a $10,000 svstcm in
Logan. Theic vv 111 be no hello gills at
the Office. All connections will bo
made automatically. If thepaitv jou
want Is engaged j on hear a buzzing
sound In jour phone until he hangs
up his receiver jou can then ring
him.
The company offer the city the use
of ten Instruments fico and agtee to
have their poles set under tho dhec
tlon of the cltycnglneer and will allow
the city the uso of the poles for light
purposes. They propose to lcdiicc tho
tolls to $.1.00 per month for huslncs
phono and $2.00 per month for residence
phone all for unlimited service. They
aro also willing that the city should
reserve tho right to council their
franchise If they attempt to sell or
they will accord tha city tho right to
buy the plant. If the city can not
have its own plant It looks like this
was a favoiablc opportunity to bceuic
competition In the telephone business.
But wo favor a plant to be owned and
contioled by tho city and believe some
arrangement could bo made to accom
plish this end.
Tor Mis Lady.
It was In a Sixth avenue L train,
sajs tho New YorkTImes. At Eighty
first a little boy, was evidently pioud
of his first pair of tiousers, got on.
Proud as he was of them, he was still
pioudcr of the white-haired old lady
with him. His alr'of chivalrous devo
tion was one that the Do Bayaid him
self could nut have equaled.
But most of the people In tho car
wcroobllviousto it. They wcic obli
vious to 'cvcrythlng.savo their papers,
even to the fact that the small boy's
grandmother was standing. For a
moment he waited. He could not
quickly conceive the Idea of such mon
umental disrespect to tho queen of
his heart. But when It broke upon
him In Its full significance masculine
indignation at tho affront to his near
est and dcaicst kindled In his ee.
Sho was his lady. Ho was her knight
loyal and true. And these men! Who
were they to lcnialn seated while sho
stood? He squaicd his shoulders, and
with tho spirit of one riding forth to
do battle ringing hi his voice ci led out:
"Say, you fellows, don'tyou seo that
mygrandmother has to have a seat?"
Men lowered their papcis before the
fury of his charge, ancL then well,
the grandmother had her choice of
the seats In that end of tlw car, and
her little knight won tho guerdon of
her smile.
Want too Mrch
v Tho people of San Pete and Sevier
Counties have becomo Imbued with
the Idea that they want some State
Institution located In their midst.
They aic not .sure Just what they
would llkc,probably a good many poj
plc down that way don't carowli.it
they get, but they want .something.
We understand petitions mo being cir
culated asking for an appropriation of
$37,000 for a branch experiment sta
tion. Another petition asks for a larg
er appropriation for a bfailch normal
school. Wo Judge from what wo can
learn from this distance that tho piln
clpal motive behind these petitions Is
not so much that the growing needs of
tho counties mentioned require these
institutions or that the state needs
additional Institutions of thlscharact
er,but that the petitioners want some
public money spent In their midst.
In the matter of a branch expcil
ment station wo believe that tho loca
tion of ono In the vicinity of Gunnison
or Banna would result in great tenant
to tho farmers In that section It they
would take any Interest In It when It
was established. Butwojudgo fiom
their petition that they have borne
queer Ideas of an cxpeiiinent station.
They ask for Instance for $ir,00'), for
buildings alone. We wonder what
they Intend to do with those building.
That Is about tlucc times as much as
all the buildings of the, parent station
in this city cost.
Wo would suggest to our friends
down South that before tiling their
petition they correspond with the head
of tho State institution in this clt
and learn from him Just about what
would be required to establish a good
branch station, and they could then
I ntoceed Intelligently. We believe
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though that $10,000, would cover all iB
the cost of land, buildings, etc., and jB
$5,000, per year would pay all costs of IBB
conducting a station that would an- jBB
swer all the requirements of tho jB
counties mentioned and the stato gen- !
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Mansfield's Sarcasm. fBJ
Richard Mansfield Is known to havo ,Bfl
very decided notions upon deportment ,B
and mattcis of etiquette, relates tho iBH
New Yoik 'limes. With a friend, 'flfl
who Is authority for tho story, Mr. !BB
Mansfield lode up town on a Broad- jjBfl
way car the other afternoon. Both B
men had seats for a time until tho iflB
intersection of a shopping street tho flB
car became ciovvded with women. jBj
Both olfcicd their seats to the nearest jflBj
women. The one who accepted Mr. jH
Manslleld's courtesy slid Into his scat 'flfl
without a word. The actor raised his jH
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Mr. Carnegie's Libraries. BBJ
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. M
Mr. Carnegie has signalized the BBJ
New Year by presenting a library to BBJ
the city of New Orleans. The gift Bfl
means an appropriation of $250,000 Bl
from the steel magnate's great pr- BJ
lvato store, but, as with other of his BBJ
philanthropies, It imposes certain BBJ
obligations upon tho city, which must BBJ
furnish sites for the buildings, and BBJ
$2."),000 a ear for the institution's JBJ
support. It Isdilllcult for many com- BBJ
munitlcs, as scveial in this vicinity BJ
know full well, to avail themselves of BBJ
his benefactions under tho conditions BJ
which ho names. Some donations aro BBJ
too rich to penult of any one's accept- BBJ
lug them, and this is often the case. BBJ
w Ith Mr. Carnegie's libraries. BJ
B. Y. COLLEGE NOTES. H
Monday Jan. , tho Tram Ing School B
teachers wero assigned work In tho BBJ
grades as follows: BBJ
1st. grade. Miss Thompson, Miss BBJ
Dean, Miss Hansen, Miss Nichols Miss BBJ
Kclscy, and Miss Pony. BBl
4th giadc. Mr. Wright and Miss jBBJ
Smith. jH
Tith grade. Miss McCmry, Miss jBBJ
Campbell, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Han- BBJ
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7th grade. Miss Parkinson, Miss BBl
Splrcman, Mr. Schow, and Mr. Dalnes. B
8th grade.- Mlss'llcudrlcks and Miss jBBJ
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Pres., Llnford went to Salt Lako JBBJ
Monday and returned Wednesday. jBBJ
Prof. Hall went to Pieston Friday BBl
to deliver a lecture In tho Acadmay BBJ
theic Friday night. fBBJ
Thursday tho Phi Polo society met BBJ
in room 15 atlp. m. after wnlch the fol- B
lowing questions was debated, Resolve: BB
that the United States should tako B
some action legaidingthcYcnezuelian BBJ
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Tho debaters on alllrmitlvc were B
E. J. Gibbons and Joseph May those BBJ
on the negative N. S. Hansen and B
Charles Lludscy. Tho decision of the B
Judges was 2 to 1 In favor of tho afllr- BB
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Melvin Ballaid spoke to tho Mission- BBJ
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Secretary J'ul'.cn went to Salt Lako B
-Tl'.ui'suay. Will rcturn'Satuiday. B
Prcst. Rulon S. Wells of the council IB
of Seventies, spoke to tho students In BBl
chapel Friday. The speaker came to JBBJ
tho college for the purpose of talking BBl
to the missionary class BBJ
MEETING OF POSTMASTERS. H
There will be a meeting of tlio post- BBJ
masters of Utah county held In Prove B
on January 2lst at tin pHtouij.3, B
for tho purposcofperfectingan organ- iBBJ
ization The call, which was sent out 8Bl
to all the postmasters, was signed by BBfl
James Clove of Provo, John Peters of BBJ
American Foik and Stephen L. Ross B
of Lchi. It is expected that a largo B
representation will be present, as" tho BBJ
scheme has been lcccivcd by tho vari- IBBJ
ous postmasters with enthusiasm. Tho B
puiposeof thcoiganlatlon Is to con- ,B
sidcr all mattcis pcitalnlng to tho B
potoiUcc work, so that there will bo BBJ
nioiehaimony and uniformity In tho IkI
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Today's News Items. . nflYJ
Coal Is sell Inir at $0.50 to $12.00 per v?Bb1
ton in New York City. silwBfl
Twelve recruits today wore accept- a&XBBBJ
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Salt Lake yesterday. , IBBB
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