FARMER BEN'S
see they bad a paratde of wqrk hor
ses in Boston and
xthfei$..jvas
a big
lot of entries and pride wasx developed
in betterin' the condition of thts' faith
ful animal and bringin' him to the
front. It alwas makes me sick to see
how they pet and fuss over the race
horses and roadsters and pay so leetle
attention to the work horse. I tell you
he's the chap that does the work. At
our fairs they'll pay big purses to see
harness races and the faithful, useful
M11
thai votin' at the polls. Why in Mis
sUsippi at the last election eight dee
^stricka cast 20,092 votes on coDgrees
mfoian average of 2511, while in Min
nesota the nine deestricks cast 229,
600, ktf average of 25,500101 each dee
strict^ That's the way we get swindled
by fake .representation in the south,
Who eve? .heard of southern states giv
in a majority for republican president
at election? Why should they hold the
balance of power in nominatin' G. O.
P. candidates for the north to elect?
That wa£sa sad case of that boy in
New York city
vwbo
work horse ain't in it. VVhydont th«jjjen ^as jaw&d about fdr years. It's
fair directors get up haulin' and simply cruelty and breakin' of.health
in' matches same us they did in ot en
ftn(j
a
j.^e
jockeys do wstb tht-ir troite»s, we pja(, t0 appl these sh»nld be
tomethiug doiu in ihe w.iy a ig j.jg^ jn the st?ho«l room, A -hikl up
iir:m\emei-t.
There's a whole lot about our big nat
ional deals and affairs that I ain't let
into the secret of but our president is
on the inside. He knows men and
things .and needs and conditions and
he knows what will carry on his poli
cies best and so I say when he comes
outspoken for any man or movement
I'm in for it with all my heart. It's
the same about those warships. Roose
velt says we need 'em and ought to
have 'em in a hurry and he knows
what's on the tap. We can't see be
hind the scenes but he can and there's
truly something that the public don't
know of in the wind. Taft is the
best prepared man I know of for pres
idsnt. He ain't got onto his job by
just sittin' on a chair in Washington
but he's ben out right among the pro
blems, in Filipines and Cuba and Ja
pan and China and Porto Rico and
Panama and down south and he kljows
just what's what without lookin'.
8 8
What a fraud the congressional Re
cordiis. By a ruie they hav they can
hav printed in the,Record speeches
that were never heard by the congress
men if they ever were actually read
oy the alleged authors and yet these
are printed at public expense and
scattered broadcast and ninnies who
don't know any different suck ii all
in and think it's big things they hav
down to congress. It's uothin' but a
fraud on the public. And when you
once ain't certain about what Is so
and what ain't so as it appears in the
records the whole thing is up in the
air. It looks like the cowardly con
gressmen were just tryin' to sham be
fore their constits and that a whole
let of the junk printed in the Record
was simply and solely to blind their
constits without tryin' to hav a feath
er's weight in shapin' legislation.
They don't seem to hav any idee of
gettin' laws passed that will relieve
burdens and alleviate conditions but
they are just like cattle owned by the
trusts.
to
I spose that if all the wealth in this
country wa6 divided out equally so
that every man, woman and child had
a equal share, it wouldn't be a week
before the big share would hav noth
in' and the nateral capitalists and
jjggerers would be pilin' it up big
agen. It was alwus so and it alwus
will be. You can't help nateral con
ditions, some men are built to make
money and some wouldn't hav a dol
lar if they had forty good chances
This idee of tryin' to makin' every.
body equally rich is a crazy idee that
nobody but an idjit would seriously
entertain 1 believe in aivin' folKS a Business and residence lots will
square deal and equal chance before
the law and equal share in purnic
onal committee turnin down the con-
com
beuelits but you can't get the natural Marmarth is the first division
Bhift and spendthrift to save and
economize and invest and manage so
io
as get rich. So tur as JJarmer Hen 1
was crazed by
overstudv^and^ifried to slay his whole
family. Lts right a)ofl|| what Farmer
nerV0U8ness
tiuiesV Lay off equal pieces lau children in school work. They are
and let tm plow for prizes.^ a 1 ]oa.ded up sometimes like they was
loads all weighed and see IC earn JP^ RTMIES- tell you child^N have
walked off with it ttie clppes au jjjjg strain on 'em in tackiin' too much
easiest. If folks wou
p,ai|ie
care with their work oises a jal)0Uj. jawg
t0 overloaidr the
lor th«ir size,aud years hi school. Talk
tQ child
labor, the
the asre oi 12 vu*?ht never lu li to
I study a tuinit nut of bcbuol. but ought
One thing that makes Farmer Ben to hav play and exercise and recrea
admire and back Mr. Taft for presi- tion and forget study. It's better to
dent is that Roosevelt O. K's him. havehealtfi than too much crammin
and loadin' and nervousness. I tell
you even the older pupils can do bet
ter in concentrated study a few hours
a day than to be grindin' ten or twelve
hours a day and be dull head all the
time. FARMER BEN.
NEW TOWNS IN WASHINGTON.
Chicago, Milwaukee 6 St. Paul By.
Five new towns to be established
this month in Whitman County, in
the productive Pakrase district of
Eastern Washington. Great oppor
tunity foT business men and invest
ors to invest their money profitably.
For lots in Seabury and Pandora,
sale will be held May 25 for lots in
Kenova and Palisade, May 26 for
lots in Maiden, May 27. All sales by
auction. Further information from
F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agt.,
Chicago.
Important t® Subscribers.
Under a construction of the postal
laws, and an order issued by the Post
master General, no subscriber to a
weekly paper cam be carried for a
longer time after his subscription has
expired than one year. Otherwise his
paper must be excluded from the mails
at second class rates. Under this rul
ing publishers can no longer extend
credit beyond a year, and subscribers
must have their subscriptions paid up
as the additional postage fbr delin
quents will make too heavy an expense
Our subscribers will save us a lot of
unpleasantness by paying their sub
scriptions now. Look at the date on
your printed label today and remit so
as to save us expense and trouble
When you send in, better make it 1909
Born in Iowa.
Our family were all born and raised
in Iowa, and have used Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy
(made at Des Moines) for years. We
know hew good it is from long exper
ience in the use of it. In fact, when
in El Paso, Texas, the writer's life was
saved by the prompt U6e of thi6 remedy.
We are now engaged in the mercantile
business at Narcoossee, Fla., and have
introduced the remedy here. It has
proven very successful and is constant
ly growing in favor.—ENNIS BROS.
This remedy is for sale by all druggists.
ANOTHER TOWN LOT SALE
THE PACIFIC COAST EX
TENSION.
ON
Marmarth, N. D., June 18.
„, „h«Mire before he sold by auction in Marmarth, N.
Thurg ay June mh The pr'ices
wm range frQm ?1Q0 tQ ?50Q per
point west of the Missouri river on
the Pacific Coast line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway inr
W
kjCh town lots are being sold,
concerned Iv'e worked hard and saved Marmarth has a large tributary
on the old farm and since and what trade territory, and a promising fu
I've *. has sogood .*»
right to as farmer uen. block factory a bank several stores
jand other lines of business. Open
l'm Klad to see the republican nati- *ngs ®re °ow offered in Marmarth
giau ,{or
a brick and
a
testin', tradin' delegations from the and others.
southern states. A whole lot of fake A great opportunity will be offered
contests hav ben put up ^ow„ tb at^ls
to give a lot of manipulators control
Write for fuU
of the credtntials committee and the Miller, General Passenger Agent,
in'convention but it ain workin
(Chicago.
worth a cent. This whole business of
representation in the south is punk. —Write to M. O. ttenson, Blooming
ITV.H count the negroes as voters wl en ^r.a'™e' ^'nn ^or mating list and
iney counnu® prices, if you want eggs from, one of
tbey flgger representation and then the best pens ot S. C. Rhode Island
abut 'em out when it comes to the ac- Reds in the state. tf
tile works for stores
j| kinds for professional men
information, to P. A.
Method •f Growing to Secure thf
Proper Results.
The ordinary method j£ growing
red clover is to cut the fir*t crop as
soon as it is in full bloom, and then
taking chances of getting a seed crop
from the second cutting. This is gen
erally a chance and only a chance.
Frequently the condition of the
weather and the press of farm work
delays the first cutting until the heads
are all brown and sometimes dead
sad then, unless there is a very
favorable season, there is not time to
mature a second crop before frost,
which sometimes happens in the lati
tude of central Iowa by the middle of
September, earlier north and later
south, but generally not until about
October 1. Immense crops are
sometimes grown in this way, but
after all it is a chance. When clover
seed is five dollars a bushel or
under, the farmer will usually get
more clear money by using this sec
ond crop for pasture or, if the season
is favorable, for roughage, by which
we meian a second crop of clover hay.
When clover seed rises to eight and
ten dollars, or, as this year, $14 a
bushel, it is worth while to take some
special measures to secure a seed
crop.
Two or three ways have been sug
gested. One is to pasture the first
crop until about two weeks before
it would ordinarily be cut, which in the
central portion of our territory would
be about the 10th Of June. This
while it will not insure a seed crop,
will make it much more certain than
the method usually adopted.
When the acreage is small and ..the
farmer will give the time and atten
tion which it requires, says Wallace^
Farmer, it is possible at least in
southern half of our territory to t§l
a crop of clover hay and add fen -,
or 15 days to the time aft&Wed
for maturing the seed crop.^J
ordinary methods of curing this
hay will not be applicable at alfe 11$
contains too much water and
to be curesfl by curing it first in the
eun, stirring it frequently with the
tedder, then putting it up in cocks,
putting on caps and letting it cure out
in the oock. The only question is
whether it is worth enough more for
hay than for pasture
depend on the condition prevailing on
the farm.
•ROTATING CROPS.
Such System Improves the
Many Ways.
Old hay meadows become so Infest
ed with worms that the hay crop is
often greatly reduced. Changing to
some other crop for a few years makes
It possible to eradicate the worms
Wire
worms especially can be gotten
rid of in this way.
There are other advantages of ro
tation that we perhaps do not under
stand at this time, says the Farmers'
Review. Thus, sometimes certain
crops are rotated with each other and
•how an increased yield due to rota
tion, while the food requirements of
the crops are quite similar.
A STABLE SCRAPER.
Serviceable Device for Use In Hand
ling the Manure.
A handy scraper for cleaning the
stable is easily and quickly made by
boring a hole in the middle of a piece
of board. The board should be hard
The Handy Scraper.
wood, about six inches wide, and 18
inches long, and it must be thick
enough in the middle to hold the han
dle firmly. For a handle, use an old
fork handle carefully fitted and wedge
it firmly, then bore a hole down
through and put in a wire nail to pre
vent the handle from pulling out after
It works loose, as it is sure to do in
time.
1
—For Sale-—I have a good assortment
of buggies and surreys that I would
like to close out this month. Would
take agooddiiving horse or good milch
cow in exchange. Call afternoons,
fifth house north of Hospital.
-, L. P. SNYDEB.I
1
Land in
The rotating of crops improves the
land in several ways. One way is by
Adding nitrogen to it, if leguminous
crops are grown in the rotation. It
is an error to suppose, however, that
all kinds of fertility are added to land
by the rotations. The rotating has its
limitations, but with that understand
Ing, it Is a good thing.
One advantage of rotation is to
clean out noxious weeds that may get
Into the 3and in various ways. Some
times a field devoted to the of
wheat becomes filled with mustard
and other weeds injurious to the pro
duction of crops of commercial value.
Mustard is not a weed except when it
Is out of place.
Austiri High School Graduates a Class of 22
teresting Grammar Grade Exercises.
The Baptist church was crowded
Friday evening to listen to the
graduating exercises of the Class of
1908, Austin high school. The class
consisted of 22 members, nine boys
and thirteen girls. These have made
a very creditable^record in school
and we congratulate them on perse
vering until they won their diplomas.
The exercises were of special inter- ly in green. The class sang several
act on/1 +Vi A nn*1i on no woo nowlv im_ «/\l 4-V S-V
est and the audience was newly im
pressed with the splendid results ob
tained by our high school teachers.
The auditorium was decorated with
flowers and flags and the class colors,
red and white, were much in evi
dence in the decorations. The class
motto was "Through Trial to Tri
umph." Miss Rae King was valedic
torian, having taken first honors of
GEO A. FRANKLIN.
class and Paul Krebsbach was
utatorian. Mr. Krebsbach spoke
^of the career and influence of War
^lihrHfestin^i- "iMiss iCing- dwelt up
on "the fact that no one iiveth unto:
himself but all are influenced and
moulded by the influences about
them and the lives with which they
come into relation-
Judge John Day Smith gave the
address to the class and many have
spoken of its exceptional merit and
practical nature. Three of the
great factors in our educational de
velopment are the home, the church
and the school. The last named has
a province of its own and it must be
fairly held to meet the requirements
made upon it. The present demand
for practical education along lines
which shall be helpful in taking up
a trade should be heeded. He spoke
of his experiences in the courts with
boys whose education had been ne
glected and who were adrift. There
are certain conditions and needs
with our boys and girls of today
and these are to be met by our pub
lic schools. In closing the speaker
exhorted the class to place character
as the chief attainment of life. The
material things of earth are unsatis
fying and transitory at best. Char
acter abides and is the real measure
of true success.
The music by the high school
chorus under the direction of Miss
Zender, the teacher, was excellent.
The following is the complete pro
gram given:
Orchestra Selected
Invocation Rev. H. B. Hazen
Salutatory and Essay
.The Strength of One
Paul Krebsbach.
Chorus, Come Flit Around, Wekerlin
High School Chorus.
Address—The Relation of. Edu
cation to Modern Life.
Judge John Day Smith.
Chorus, "Song of the Vikings,"
Faning
High School Chorus.
Presentation of Diplomas
Dr. H. A. Avery
Essay and Valedictory1—We Are
Part of All We Have Met. ..
Miss Rae King.
Benediction.
The names of the 22 members of
the graduating class are:
Bessie Irene Allen, Lyman Spencer
Baird, Everett Colby Banfield, Don
V. Daigneau, Ralph H. Daigneau,
Camilla Franklin, Ida Matilda Has
eth, Glenn Schuyler Hendryx, Rae
Caroline King, Paul W. Krebsbach,
Alice Marie McCarthy, Sadie Anna
McFarland, Alice Gertrude Meany,
Robert A. Moonon, Pearl G. Nichols,
Cecile Helen Opie, Fannie Margaret
Taylor, Frank T. Scullin, Clinton D.
Smith, Estelle Marie Stockman, Nel
lie Regina Hanson.
The high school hall was crowded
Saturday evening to enjoy the recep
tion given by the Juniors to the
graduating class. The hall was decor
ated in the class colors, red and
white. The class rooms were also put
to use for the evening's entertain
ment. The class received many con
gratulations from their friends and
much interest was expressed for their
future success. During the evening
a musical program was enjoyed and
Mrs Ida Smith-Decker gave a read
ing. The occasion ,was nicely planned
and carried out.
In-
EIGHTH GRADE CLOSING.
The closing exercises of the eighth
grades of our city schools were held
in high school hall Thursday even
ing, and the friends of the class
completely filled the hall. The room
was prettily decorated in ferns and
plants. The decorations were main-
selections under the direction of
Miss Zender. There were 71 in the
grammar grades who pass into the
high school at the beginning of the
next year. The program was in
charge of the president of the class,
Walter Varco.
The following was
given.
President's Address
Song—"Sweet May"
In Dublin University
the program
.Walter Varco
.Class
Rollin Anderson
Recitation—"Kity of Coleraine"
Florence Foster
Drill By Girls
Recitation—"Paradise arid Peri"
Effie Newman
Duet .Dorothy Pooler, Noryne Huser
Irish Wonders John McShane
Recitation—"An Irish Emi
grant" ...: Dolly Tyrer
Song—"Isle of Beauty Class
Irish Heroes .., Neel Cook
Song—"Spirit Sweet of Sum
mertime" Class
Address Mrs. Gertrude Ellis Skinner
Presentation of Certificates...
Supt. Geo. A. Franklin
The following are the members of
the class:
Alderson, Rollin Anderson, Cece
lia Banks, Belle Briebach, Edna
Baudler, Mabel Boyington, Irene
Brinkman, Emma Brown, Ada
Cook, Neel Daigneau, Kenneth
Dunbar, Lucretia Edsbn, Allen
Earl, Irene Foster, Florence Furt
ney, Hazel Fink, Anna Garrison,
Lillian Goslee, Harold Gulden,
Margaret Kerkow, Helen Kumlin,
Clarence Kinsman, Anna Mann,
Joe Miller, John McCarthy, Inez
McShane, John McShane, Marcella
Machecek, Blanche McGee, Bert
Newman, Effie Officer, Walter
Ousley,. Walter Paine, .Margaret
Pickett, -Willie PoolerP
rDor6t1iy
Peterson, Willie Robinson, Nettie
bell Simpson, Archie Smith, Philip
Shook, Mary Sutton, George Tyrer,
Dolly Thirion, Eddie Thompson,
Jennie Tollefson, Walter Tomp
kins, Franklin Varco, Walter Guy
Arthur, Hart, Ada, Huser, Noryne
Kennedy, Nina, Iorns, Eyerett,
Joseph, Ethel, Kenevan, Margaret.
Conditioned.
Beck, Joseph Brady, Dicey
Christgau, Clara Dunbar, Harold
Enochson, Lanna Esser, Melinda
Guillemin, Walter Gregg, Erma
Holleque, Clara Mattice, Clarence
Meany, Margaret Miner. Mabel
Murane, Mabel Nerod. Anton Pet
erson, Jennie Rau, Alice, VanWin
kle, John.
Pupils of the Austin public
schools perfect in attendance and
correct in deportment for the year
1907-8.
Hiah School.
Bessie Allen. Lyman Baird, Claud
Craig, Fred Edson, Harold Fenton,
Ida Haseth, Ella Johnson, Grace Ma
hacek, Harry Martin, Jeanette Qua
lee, Evelyn Snyder, Ethel Tompkins,
Florence Crane, Fred Decker, Olive
Guy, Mabel Hotson, Harry Anderson,
Donald Campbell, Loyd Fairbanks,
Fred Franklin, Nellie Hotson, James
Kenevan, Edward McLean, Bertha
Rutherford, Edith Grau, Nino Ken
nedy, Clarence Kumlin, Lillian
Grass.
Franklin Grades.
Margaret Gulden, Effie Newman,
Jennie Thompson, Gertrude Dahle,
Edna Hostad, Michael'O'Leary, Ruby
Reynolds, Lottie Veverka, Lalah My
att, Annie Sheehan, Marcie Daig
neau, Myrtle Reynolds, Flossie Wil
der, Ada Hart, Willie Peterson,
Anna Kinsman, George Damm, Aimee
Mclnerny, Ida Prestegard, Meda
Rochford, Harold Fairbanks,
Urbatch, Harry Smith, Elsie
Adele Wengert.
Sumner Building.
Edna Thirion, Nora Dahle, Flor
ence Thirion, Agnes Holleque, Win
nifred Rutherford.
Lincoln Building.
Charley Anderson, Lenore Shee
han, Esther Meadowcroft, Milo Wil
liams, Loretta Gulden, Laurentia Mc
Shane, Mary Meany, Leona Gibson,
Frances Konovsky, Edwardina Kough
Maude Reeves, Inga Jenson, Willie
Olson. Arthur Andersoh, Olga Peter
son, Fred Jenson, Caroline Maurek,
Rachel Anderson,. Henrietta Peter
son.
Whittier Building.
James Dineen, Bryan Dineen, Alice
Rasmussen, John Musgrove, Alfred
Mortenson.
—The Eclipse Lumber Co. is noted
for its square and honest business
methods. When in need cf lumber or
fuel, it will pay you to see them. They
will use you right.
Our citizens do not begin to ap
preciate the importance of the
Southern Minnesota Normal college
to this city or the extent of its
work and influence. During the
past year there has been a total of
nearly one thousand different names
on the rolls of the school in the vari
ous departments.
Last Thursday evening graduat
ing exercises were held in the col
lege chapel and 67 received diplomas
for completion of courses. It was
the tenth commencement of the col
lege. The chapel was crowded for the
occasion. The decorations were in
the class colors of green and white.
The class motto was "Rule Thy
Thoughts." The following program
was given:
March College Orchestra
Invocation
Salutatory Eugene A. Benson
Selection Violin Quartette
Annual Address Rev. G.
W.
JJ.
Irene
Allen,
Washington Building.
Merville Rugg, Amanda Preste
gard, Arthur Banfield, Lillian Preste
gard, Helen Iorns, Rodney Fairbanks,
Celesta Smith, Leonard Pickett,
Hazel Thomson, Herbert Fisch,
Frank Uzlik.
Lutz
Selection College Orchestra
Valedictory William Mginers
Presentation of Diplomas ..
Pres. C. R. Boostrom
Benediction.
In his address to the class. Rev.
Lutz spoke of the Things Worth
While, the things that make for
character and usefulness true happi
ness. In connection he discussed
some things not worth while, which
pull down instead of building up
and which are trammels to true suc
cess in life.
The class just graduated is the
largest ever sent out from the school.
It has ranked high for efficient and
faithful work and is one of which
any institution might well be proud.
The following is the complete list
of those receiving diplomas:
Commercial
Fred Ziegler.
Clyde Doolittle.
J. Clarence Oddin.
Anand O. Brevik.
Glen D. Baker.
John H. Reed. £5 #4
Louis Olson.
L. O. Hougen.
Louis H. Reiter.
Minnie O. Lerdal..
Edward N. Fiscb..
Charles E. Brlngolfc
Clark. R. Dexter.
Hernien E. Rimel.
George L. Durfee.
Robert Zeller. 1
Chester E. Baker.
Albert Abel.
Clara Magdelan Ran.
Oscar S. Gulliekson.
Gustav J. Voss.
Iva Belle Bryan.
Neva Pearl Rowley.
Paul W. Larson.
Sheridan Selix.
Jacob J. Schnltes.
Eva Pearl Durtfee.
F^tteiiiius C. VenpCrg-.
Edward Christ Bayer.
George Christen sen.
Lafayette J. Felty.
Olaf O. Kaarbo.
Edward D. Graskamp.
Gordon McGavin.
Michael J. Conlan.
Carl E. Tinglof.
Charles J. Sweiison.
Sanfortl D. Temanson.
Scientific
Thomas Bjorge.
William W. Meiners.
-V. Alvin Jepson.
Music
Ada Isabella Miller.
Elva Ethod MeKee.
Commercial Scientific
Paul
Schneider.
William F. Mailand.
Arthur J. R. Bjustrom.
•Tule Jensen Julsen.
Teachers
Eugene A. Benson.
Ethel Mae Felton.
Mary C. A. Coughlin.
Roselle Mae Berthral.
Harriet C. Haase.
Alta Grace Tyrell.
Sheridan Selix.
William H. Hammond.
Elsie Ada Cafouret.
Gertrude Marie Meyer.
Chris Gurslee.
Russell L. Wodarz.
Thomas Olson
Stenography
Paul L. Schneider.
.Tule Jensen Julsen.
Helen A. Severson.
Earl. M. Eastman.
Helen M. Campion.
Mary Miller.
The annual banquet and reunion
of the S, M. Normal college alumni
was held at the auditorium on Wed
nesday evening about 150 being pres
ent. The banquet was served by the
Baptist Ladies' Aid and we hear
many words of praise for its excel
lence. The evening was spent very
socially and happily, the meeting of
old classmates being especially en
joyable.
The post-prandial feast consisted
of responses to the following toasts:
"After Supper," Prof. Geo. Susens
"The Reason Why," Eugene A. Ben
son "Candy and Girls," N. Alvin
Gepson "Ice," Sheridan Selix "Col
lege Girls," Gilbert Sorflaten "As
tronomy," Prof. Wm- Meiners "Col
lege Mail," Roy Carter "Lips." Chris
Gurshe "Married Life," C. R. Dex
ter "The Business Room," Miss Ivy
Bryan "When the Books Don't
Come," C. G. Voss "How to Please
Everybody," George Anderson "A
Great Note," Prof. Sorflaten "Why
Doors Won't Open," Mathfew Fowlds
If," Prof. Thomas Bjorge "A Close
Shave," Roy Woodward "Salted
Peanuts," Prof. Madison of Dexter
"Schoolma'ams," Prof. Edwin Grang
er, Supt. of schools of Wilkins Co.
Just So," Jule J. Julson "College
Days," Miss Clara Rau "Momen
tum," Prof. A. J. Harpman "Our.
Boys and Girls," Prof. Chas. R.
Boostrom.
Austin Steam Laundry."
Patronize home institutions and
have your laundry work done at the
Austin Steam Laundry in the highest
style of the art. No chemicris used
Laundry delivered free of charge
fiveus a trial.
T, BURNHAM. Prof rletor.
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