The Bozeman courier., February 02, 1921, Image 1

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1921
THE BOZEMAN COURIER,
NUMBER 11.
VOL. 51.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
OUTLINES WORK
Bozeman Organization has Extensive
Plans for Carrying on a Number
of Projects in 1921
ing the program for the coming year's
work for the chamber, and expect to
have it presented to the regular meet
ing of the board of directors next
Wednesday evening, at which time it
ti.
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WORK ON ROADS
Will Try to get West Gallatin Road
Completed as Soon as
Possible
The program committee of the
chamber of commerce is now outlin
will be revised and adopted.
The matter of working for the
citv manager form of government has!
already been placed upon the program
and adopted by the board. A ques
tionaire was mailed to each member
of the chamber in December, ask
ing for an expression upon this par
question, and the results of
the questionairc show a very large
majority voting for the chamber to
endorse the movement. The results
of this questionnaire were made of-ia
ficial by the boat rs at a
special meeting last week.
It is probable that the main project
on the major program for the chan
her will consist of the following'
ings.
the de-!
veloomcnt of the dairv industry in
the Gallatin valley. ^ *
Working for extended transorta-I
ti
tion fi
lilies for Bozeman,
at*
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Dev el
ping an" aviation
landing ;
field,
Working for a new Northern Pa
cific depot. .
Work in:
for the establishment of
a cold storage plant.
municipal band concerts.
x urn in;
Operating
Operating
' tourist bureau,
in employment bureau.
nonimie working for the com
of the West Gallatin road.
n|(
: '
; continue the or-tahlishment of a
•ocreation park- '
tronam of tho cham
orobahlv consist of coopéra
commissioners;
o Creek
in
with the
it;
a city p an; cooperation
i the Roundup association;
ration w
or
w
co
ti the agricultural col
ration with the public and
bools; fostering the cornmifteo
•Unty affair.-;
c
'operation with
n bureau; entertainment of
and undoubtedly many other
tly
if.
vr
minor emergency matters.
f directors to furnish
member of tho chain
h special committees
appointed to attend to the
upon tho program, as they an
r . ar for activity.
a°- the
uloptcd, it is the intention
oon
compute major pro
is
cf tho boj
a copy to each
after wh
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PLANS COMPLETE
Annual Basketball Tournament Will
N Held in Bozeman During March,
Sixteen High School Tea ms to
^^■^■31*6 practically complete for
coming high school tournament
t <.t îh be hold under the auspices
il. tb e Montana State college from
jV^.nestkiy to^Saturday, March 9 to
Compete.
Pirns
There will be 16 teams in all, rep
y> -enting 16 high schools from the
ti lit districts of the state.
speaking and in es
What teams will be represented will
not be known until the preliminary
contests in each of the districts are
finished. In the basketball it looks
now as if Dillon, Anaconda, Helena
and Billings will all be represented!
Miles City and Glasgow are also re
garclcd as certain to be represented
here.
Th e eight teams that win first place
in the eight districts will all covne to
Bozeman for thp EnnmampnL nnri in
t th b0 + urn f meat and ?"(
select eight%Xrteams ln fromfm^g
tho« regarded as th^ bert to mat!
UD the 16 team,
. 0n Wednesday night, March 9, the
: here will be contests in basketball
ext'^nporaneaus
»
opening night of the tournament, the
college dramatic club will put on a
play for the entertainment of the visi
ters. Last year this plan was followed
and it proved a great success.
The "M" club wil have charge of
the arrangements for ushering and
seating and it has also been granted
the refreshment privilege
Born, at the Deaconess hospital,
January 28, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Thomas of Bozeman, twin daughters.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF THREE FORKS IS
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
I Gallatin County Bank Closes for Re
organization Purposes. Is Perfectly
I Solvent and Will Pay Dollar for
j Dollar.
Irwin D. Wright, national bank ex
aminer, formally took charge of the
First National Bank of Three Forks
At a special meeting
were adopted to temporarily close the
institution pending a reorganization'!
last Thursday,
of the board of directors resolutions
which will probably be effected in a
short time. According to reliable
information the bank is in a per
fectiy solvent condition and will pay
dollar for dollar to its depositors.
Under the national banking laws. :
however, it had become necessary for
the bank to call in a large number of |
leans in the cares of people who would j
have suffered heavy losses had they |
been compelled to meet these calls
Collateral held as security has ;
j shrunken in value as far as present
1 market values are concerned and as
: a measure of precaution and r rotec-|
tion to the depositors of the bank,
the action today \*as deemed advis
? able. :
j Senator Abbot, persident of the 1
bark, and Cashier Crouch stated that*,
full statement was being prepar- \
ed for the depositors and customers
and would be given out in a few days. I
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FIRE DESTROYS I
PROPERTY IN PONY
j -
Crewes Bleck Rn7ed to (iro,md and !
Several Houses Completely Dc-;
! streyed by Flames Last Week
—;
; I* 1 a tiro which destroyed the
i Crowes block and several other small
1 er structures, the little town of Pony
j barely escaped bmng wiped out last
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j week. The fire had received a good
'start and the volunteer fire depart
; ment had a great deal of difficulty in
stopping the spread of the flames to
the business section of the town.
|
Clarence Farrell,
j ranches and formerly cashier of tho
i bank at F ony, w
' about the fact and
well known
ior
i mie itwas feared he would lese the
Latest ad
a
*ry badly burned
arms and
v
, . , . „ ...
| s « ht »f ®"e ofjns eyes
'' ia " irom ^ cr -> stated,
1 ^wcver, that his face was not burn
cd as badlv as supposed at Drst and
that he will not lose his eyesight.
His sibter, Mrs. Fred Smith,
1 also burn
was
1
bout the arms but
injured.
i not
senou
-
o 15,000
residence
The loss is estimated at
The did Charles Morris
which was owned by Mrs,
denhall, and v
Smit]
ham Men -1
occupied by the
was burned to tho ground
A number of other houses, most of
.,
v.?.':!)!!!•'° ^'*
Sr ,'V- C,- U . ^ - eai age by rred
vf ! a „°
i ^ , a f- a ',V.
: L,.''V', A_la .', bnilth arid
| -'f 1 , had bf f n l 11 and Ars '
' 1 aiTo.l, went
i . r .«A * V . tv) , l " r î, a f:te
-jesoay afternoon,
1 , . \ f° L . ' ° { paso::nc
can by mistake is not certain. As he
I owed a little of the liquid into the
I stove there was a blinding roar and
roar
m an instant he
i
was tnveloed by
With his clothes aflame
flames.
rushed into the adjoining room where
his sister was lying in bed. She had
been ill with pleurisy for the past ten
days and was just recovering.
With rare presence of mind* she
jumped from the bed, seized a com
forter and threw it around her broth
12_^rj_Shc succeeded in smothering the
Games that enveloped him but not
until she herself was painfully burn
°d about the arms.
In an instant the kitchen had be
come a roaring furnace and without
attempting to save anw of their be
lcn P in f s > Mr s- Smith burned Farrell
CU } ° f the house - Her y° un * son >
" h ° WaS m an ad i omin P ro °m in bed
he
r(?cove ^ in b r f r°m an attack of influenza
Jul " ped out of the bed room window in
01 t f, eSCa F e tbe Games.
/ eighbors hurried to the assistance
! ! , S and ^ r * Farrell, and
^ ne y weie taken to the home of Mrs.
were artende^r^ 11 ^
the Connors home '
t Lci " nors home. ,
In - the meantime the flames had
T'f a start * Volunteers rush,
,nto v th ? t° use and carried out
, m " ch , of th ® fnmishings as they
could before the flames stopped their
work. The old buildings adjoining
the Crewes block were soon blazing
fiercely and the volunteer fire de
partment devoted its attention to
stopping the spread of the fire to the
business section of the town.
The Isbell Mercantile company's
store caught fire several times but
the watchers stopped the fire there
immediately.
All of the contents of the drug
store situated next door to the Mer
cantile company were moved to
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STATE LEGISLATURE SLOW IN ACTING ON
PROPOSALS FOR REVENUE INCREASE
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Republican Leaders Think Dixon's Oil Tax is Too Large and Are Preparing
Opposition Bill. Would Encourage Marriage by Taxing
Bachelors Six Dollars Per Head Per Annum
, . . „ . ,
tccnth legislature is now well into
its fifth week and the session is now
half gone not one of the big reve
11110 measures has emerged from com
miltee ar »d ver y few °f the promised
economy measures have made their
appearance. •
M ° st of * h f revenue bUta, as pre
P ared at the behalf of Governor Dix
aie stdl the hands of the house
committee on rcccnue and taxation
with no indications of ust when they
can be expected on the floor. The
revenue bills of the governor are be
"3 looked at with alarm by many
(Special to Courier)
Helena,Feb. 1—Although the Seven
of the legislators who think the.r
figures have been placed too high and
-bat they wul prove burdensome o
the taxpayers or the interests which
j tb "3 T aro expected to apply and as a
rcsult one..or two dual measures are
: already in preparation at the hands
1 of republican members which wi!I soon
be introduced for consideration along
\ 5 ' de those of the administration.
. The governor's tax bil.-s were de
I e1 " n?d to place a charge of ore and
! a half Percent upon the net proceeds
I of metal mines, an increase of one
half percent over the existing license
(tax, a tax of JO cents per ton on
! the production of coal mines, a tax
of one cent per barrel upon the out
put q£ cement and gypsum plaster
mills, a tax equivalent to three per
cent of the production of oil wells,
a tax of one cent per gallon for gaso
lino shipped into the state and one
half cent per gallon on distillate, and
a motor vehicle license tax which*
would greatly increase the present
rate. In addition to this a bill has
been introduced, as coming from the
governor, placing an increase tax up
cn inheritances.
What attitude the house committee
ed revenue and taxation will take up
ajojj these measures has not been in
cheated but it is be'ieved that the com
rnittec wdl recommend a reduction
from the figures of the governor in'
n umcrc
instances.
Already Repre
'13
j sentati
Dodds, speaker pro tern, has
I given notice of an opposition bill,
j w hich would fix the motor vehicle
: license fees at practically those in
the present law, but would tre^sfc"
j to the treasurers
of the various
j counties the task of collecting the
t ax by which method a great saving
over the present
Representative Borgeson, another
ead,T1& republican member, chairman;
j c f the ways and means committee, is
engaged in the preparation of a bill
which has for its purpose the elimi
nation of a large number of ur.neccs-!
sary jobs and the reduction of sal
ar i es to the figures which existed he-,
fove tb ey were raised by the,legisla
turc of two years ago. He states
that the expenses of administration,
of the affairs of the state in 1920 ex
ce eded those of 1919 by about 1,000,
is to be expected
method.
and Mrs. Harry A. Bolinger of this
cd ty» who has been ill since the first
°f the year with endocardities, anti
was taken by her mother and a nurse
to Dashongal, Washington last Sat
urday, in hopes that the lower alti
tude might benefit her, died Monady
afternoon. She apparently stood the
tr >P Washington very well and her
pulse being slower ^nd stronger as
she got into the lower altitude, it
MARGARET M. BOLINGER
DIES IN WASHINGTON
Miss Margaret M- Bolinger, the
seventeen year old daughter of Mr.
! ^ î 10 ^ that she would re ^ ain her
health and strength, but she suddenly
collapsed Monday afternoon,
J Margaret was born, May 6, 1903 in
Colorado, and when she was only a
few months old the family moved to
Bozeman from Butte and they have
since made their home here, Margaret
.to womanhood and making
,ne " ds ' oved hcr
teachers and school mates and esteem.
ed by all who knew her. She was a
senior in Gallatin county high school
a " d h « d »<>" a place on the high
school debating team.
The body arrived early this morn
ing, accompanied by the mother and
the nurse Miss Bradley, and funeral
services will be held this afternoon
; at the Christian church by the Rev,
A. L. Chapman- Interment will be in
the Bozeman cemetery.
Miss Eunice Sterling of Three Forks
spent a few days in Bozeman dur
ing the past week, visiting Mas Marie
Cline on Sixth Avenue South- She
was here to attend the basketball
games at the college.
, ...
down to the revenue figures.
this connection he states that the ex
penses of the judiciary and of the
portion of pay of county attorneys
which the state bears was increased
last year $198,000 over the preceding
000 and the committee will endeavor
to bring the 1921 expense account
In
year due largely to the increase in}
number of counties. Consohdat.on of
departments is also being looked into
by the committee.
At the same time the senate bps
passed a bill introduced by Haley
providing for the creation of a state
purcna ing department with an agent
m charge to draw a salary of $5,
000 pm- year. While this is an added
expense it is in line with a recom
mondat.on of the governoi ami ic io
hoped by the creation of such a de
partment that a saving to tne state
oi many tnousands of dollars may be
affected in a year's time.
Several other bills for the élimina
tion of positions and offices through
consolidation with ether departments
have already been introduced and are
~eui? put to the test in t.io tegisla-
Uv. hopper.
So far none of the measures re
latmg to the enforcement of the pro
hibition laws have gotten very far
in the assembly. The measure of
Maggie Smith Hathaway, providing
for all recall of county attorneys and
sheriffs for refusal or wilful neglost
to enforce the laws, succeeded in
getting past an unfavorable commit
tee report and finally got before the
house in committee of the whole
where it was summarily disposed of
upon a showing that it'was conti'ary
td the constitutional provisions for
the removal of officers of the state
or of any of its subdivisions.'
ould have imposed I
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During the past week the house,
with very little opposition encounter
cd, passed the senate bill requiring
an oath of allegience to he taken by
i
; teachers in all schools, public or
private.
A strong affort to put over a
lieh vve
measure
urwn the owner of city property a
tax for county road purposes equal j
i
to that assessed upon country proper
ty succeeded in the senate which pass
' c d the measure and. transmitted it
; to the house. In the-lower tody,
however, the measure met with ger.er
si disapproval and it was immediately
( killed when it appeared on the floor
with an unfavorable report from the
\ judiciary conuuictee.
A jneasure of interest to the tax
: payers cf the state has been passed
j in the senate in senate bdl 108, by
j Doalan, which would confine voting
upon bond issues to free holding
i taxpayers and would require that the
.denatures"of 30 percent of the tax
payers be affixed to a petition ask-
I ing for the calling of a special elec
tion for the authorizing of bonds,
1
Although the house committee on
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HON. PAUL McCORMICK
DIES IN BILLINGS
The death of Hon. Paul McCormick,
a prominent Montana pioneer, which
occurred in BHlings, Wednesday, Jan
uary 26 was sincerely regretted by
his friends in this community, as
he first settled in the Gallatin valley
when he came to Montana in 1866,
his ranch being on Middle Creek. He
was an honorary member of the Pio
neers' Society of Gallatin county be
cause of his service in the Yellowstone
expedition against the Indiens. Many
old timers in this vicinity will re
member with pleasure the state meet
ing of pioneers in Billings when they,
were royally entertained at the Mc
Cormick home in the log cabin Mr
McCormick had built near his house
as a souvenir of pioneer days
Paul McCormick was born in Green,
wood, New York, June 14, 1845 and
he received his education in the com
mon schools there and at - Alfred
Center academy. He came west in
1866, locating in th e Gallatin valley.
and he engaged in farming and
freighting for about four years. In
1870, he accompanied Col. Baker and
his famous Yellowstone expedition
agamst the Piegan Indians, and five
years later, with Major F. D. Pease
and Zed H. Daniels, both now de
ceased, he organized and fitted out
the expedition to the lower Yellow
stone, from Bozeman to the mouth of
the Big Horn river with a party of
28 men, making the trip from the
present location of . Livingston in
mackinaw boats. They built Fort
Peas and for eight months endured
all sorts of hardships in resisting
the attacks of Sioux Indians until
they were finally relieved by United
(Continued on Page Çive)
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
WANT DEVELOPMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
Petition Circulated and Presented to
Chamber of Commerce Intended to
Better Roads and Hauling Condi
tions. Educational Program.
A petition signed by a large num
ber of business men of the city has
recently been presented to the board
of directors of the chamber of com
merce, asking consideration to the
development of transportation facili
ties for Bozeman. A hearing will
be had by the chamber in the very
j near future, which all of the petit
loners will be invite# to attend. At
this meeting an edeavor will be made
to work out a concrete practical plan
of procedure, with the assistance of
those present, along with the cham
ber may proceed
1 A public heann
; later for the purpose oi discussing
| plans lead.ng to the development of
j the dairy industry. It is the idea of
j the program committee that the de- 1
ve.opment of loe dairy industry v. »11 ,
. require a number of years, and that
j in the cutset the work of the cham
ber will be largely along educational
lines, for the purpose of interesting
more people in the dairy in dastry,
and providing ways and means for
( their making it a success,
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1 \VU r Aol DAJVInS |
forints in two r«
uj a . V " ,
" lUl ine Lnr,ersity oi Montana
Team. Wins First Game 19 ea IS
The Montana Stale collese basket
ball team won a game and was de
footed a game in the two conflicts
with the quintete from the University
of Montana. The Bobcats had the
big end of the score of 19 to 18 the
first night, and the second night were
defeated 20 to 5. Both games were
fast and the first one especially, was
much cleaner than a game usually is
between these two teams. The visit
ors wore easily the better of the two
teams, being heavier more experien -ed
at the game. The locals were badly
crippled from previous games and
were not able to play up to their
usual form. Considering these factors
it makes the first game seem much
I more of a victory and the defeat in
j tiie second easy to explain
j Hollister, although hurt from the
game with the School of Mines and in
no condition to play, was the stellar
performer of both conflic
His pas
sing game was good and his defense
was uie most imprégna me proposition
seen on tho floor this year. McCarren
did most of the scoring, but an in-1
jured knee and elbow slowed un h
usual fast performance,
center, outjumped his opponent
every toss-up. Richards, Bobcat
guard, is showing improvement in
every game and played good eonsis
tent ball throughout.
Vv hitney, at
cn
Garvin and
Robertson alternated in the other for
ward position.
Larkin, forward, and Baird, guard.
were the outstanding men on the Mis
soula team. Adams and Levin made
all of the field baskets in the Satur
day game. Larkin shot all
free throws
of the
during both games and
only missed one shot in each
The visitors excelled in passing, short
shots and a steadier defense. The
pre-game dope was ail in their fovor.
They decisively defeated Whitman
college, winners of the conference
championship last year, in two gomes,
and previous to these games had de
feated every opponent met.
The lineup follows:
Montana State College
Me Carr en .
game,
>
University
. Larkin
Ahern
Forward
Garvin
Forward
/
Center
Guard*
- Adams.,
.. Bai d
Sullivan
Whitney
Hollister
Richards
Guard
enve axitv it a iTAUTT?no
" OF P i 0NEERS MEETING
U * 10NEERS MEE ™G
i ^The Sons and Daughters cf Pio-1
neers of Gallatin county held their
annual business meeting Tuesday
evening and elected Mlora Reardon
president, Mrs- Leslie Gilmer vice
president and Walter Davis again as
* secretary-treasurer. These officers
with the following members chosen
for the executive committee of the
organization form the e xecutiv p board
j of which the vice president, Mrs.
i Gilmer, is chairman: Mrs. Charles B.
Robertson
Levin
Sub
Referee, Hay Matter, Three Forks,
Cameron, Mrs. Perry Knowlton, Mrs.
C. E. Decker and Zade S- Morgan.
The executive board was Instruct
ed cooperate with the executive board
of the Pioneers' Society in making
plans for the annual reunion to be
held in Bozeman, February 22.
HOYT ARRESTED
FOR RUNNING ST!IE
Illicit Whiskey Still Discovered in
Same Block of Home of
Under-sheriff
j
Last Wednesday afternoon while
members of the sheriff's force were
at his home trying to find where be
had cashed an illicit whisky still,
Fre d Hoyt Wallowed half the con
TRIES SUICIDE
When the Goods are Discovered He
Tries to Take Life by Swallow
ing Poison
tents of a vial of yellow oxide of
sumim med and applied emetics and
since the powder was not the instantly
f ata i kind, it only made Hoyt a very
sick „. an . A charge of conducting
a gtill ami disposing of the products
were made against him Thursday by
County Attorney E- F.
it was in some measure a case of
mercury in an evident attempt to
commit sucide. Dr. C. S. Smith was
Bunker.
the sins of the transgressor finding
him cut. While Hoyt had been under
suspicion for some time, there was no
.disposing
Tutuiay niglit a man who had the
j dea that h ,; s wife was getting liquor
irüm somewhere and somebody, went
to Hoyt and accused him of furnish
her with it. Hoyt denied it. Tho
man ' calied him a ii ar§ and Hoyt re
n ie proof that he v^as making or
of tho prohibited stuff. On
C
tht ' e P'i h t et started to do
up the !>' an - , h 'k rl ' sult . " a ?' hat be
| Ti a b ', ack * ye w • dd, " #n t0
° ,vl * ie " '
v .
. Ne v * ot . th,s affa,r . r f ached tlle ,
she rift s oiiice and Undersheriff
Morgan started out to investigate it,
and also to verify suspicions that
Hoyt had been bootlegging. In the
barn back of Hoyt's home, 209 South
Black, the undersheriff discovered a
galvanized tub ful of mash made from
cracked corn, one bottle of pure al
cohol, and four other bottles full
partly full of moonshine whisky. The
bottles were seized and taken to the
sheriff's of
or
yt, who claimed
he had bought the staff for his own
l
dee ted at that time.
Bunker and the
use, was not
County Attorn >y
entire sheriff's for
Ham and SI
tor Richard
Deputies Wil
:htvr and Stock Inspec
, went with Undersher
iff Morgan to the Hoyt place with the
intention of making a search for the
still they had reason to be -ieve was
there or thereabouts. Hoyt made no
re- istarce to the s earch
where the a
wry place
iuMitus could have been
Scaled was looked into without rc
Hoyt smilingly leading the
opening doors for the
when they
search any port of the house or other
buildings,
suit,
and
way
officers
expressed a desire to
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j
It was about to be abandoned
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as a
BOY ROBBER GIVEN
MONDAY
Ji
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George Jarvis Nineteen Year Old Lad
Given From Four to Eight Years
for Robbing Stores and Holding
Man up With Gun.
i
For breaking into the Rose Drug
store and the Crawley second hand
Crawley second hand
store and for holding up Mr, Crawley
with a gun while he made his escape,
George Jarvis, the 19-year-old bur
glar. was serented Monday to a term
i of not less than four nor more than
eight years in the state penitentiary
! at Deer Lodge by Judge Ben B- Law
! of the district court.
Judge Law hesitated about passing
sentence on the lad until he could get
additional information and he put the
j boy through a series of questions that
j had him in an uneasy frame of mind
; before it was over.
j The youthful the al
most childish face and the innocent
! manners of the lad turned out to be a
veritable camouflage to his real char
acter when additional facts were de
velo P ed *
j The de f e ndant stated that he was
19 years old and was born in New
York city. He has a father and moth
er an d a 14-year-old sister living in
Peterborough, New Hampshire. His
father is a painter,
He said he left home
seven years
ago at the "age of 12 years and since
then has traveled all over the United
States.
The boy said that most of the time
he had been traveling in the west in
the states of Montana. Wyoming,
Washington and Colorado.
This is tho third time, he declared,
he had beta, in trouble. Last Febru
ary, nearly a year ago, he was ar
rested in Missoula for breaking into
a store and stealing property valued
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