ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
JOHN W. TROY
EDITOR AND MANAGER
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porm.i: that of anv othek ai.aska n i.u si a i hit.
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A REAL SERVICE TO Jl’NEAl'.
The statement igticd by the teacher of the Ju
lu-uu Publif Schools a nil printed in The Empire last
Kt Id ay i hould ca..-'e the people of this city to do
tome thinking. Without bitterness or personal attack
but "cut cf loyalty to Juneau" the teachers set forth
; y a fact that the Juneau school system "is efficient
s ml "compart.- very favorably with system* elsewhere."
They say, furthei, that tlu “discipline is excellent,
being above the average." They contradict rumors
that are rife by affirmatively declaring that the "at
titude of cc•operation of the students" is conu.ieud
j.blc.” and that the line condition is largely "on ae
ccunt of the complete harmony existing between the
teachers and the Superintendent, who giv.s them hit.
unqualified support
The teachers raid:
W* wish tc correct the impression created
by a few mi informed and uninformd critics
who, being unqualified to pas- judgment and
being ummppoited by facts, are thoughtlessly
attempting to teuiy down an institution built
tip by years of work, thought, and care,
Hosardlng the facta :f a matter that has been In
ct ntrover-y in some quarters in Juneau for. sometime,
it must be admitted, there are no better judges than
tho teachers in the Public Schools themselves. Many ol
them have had many yeats. of school experience arid
ttainlng, and they Include teachers whom Juneau
knows to be competent judgis of that of which they
ipiak and who would net misrepresent a condition
under any circumstances.
i 'Hit-, spirit which caused tlie teachers to make tin
Flat emend is commendable and one that should actuate
all good citizens. It il a rpirlt which resents unwar
tantd injury to the Public Schools and the City ot
Juneau; il is a spirit which would protect the most
important of all our local institution.' from the dies
( rganlzing (fleets of discontent, suspicion and discord
(initiating fiuni those who may be "misinformed ui
iiUliiformc d."
P< pie ihould bo very rure of the facts before they
criticize tiic management of the Public Schools ’am
iven then fihiy : hould lie careful to see that theii
criticism i consttuctive and helplul ratlier than do
i: tractive and harmful. Cndtr no circumstances cur
the rr-hcola he niece fully conducted by a mob.
The teachers of the Public Schools have done theii
community and It. youth a real service In placing tht
school rltuatIon before the people in its true light.
NOT A MONOPOLY.
, While The Empire bcMrvr: the Gave, nment sliouli
ttrmlnate its participation in the fur seal Industry a
the Ilrst 11age In th • operation that is practicable and
therefore, favors the :,«]( of the raw skins at the poim
uearc. t th. killing grounds that would be con venter
ltr both the Government and the buyers, it does noi
agree with the contention that the Si. Gouts company
which has the contract to pluck, tan and dye the skin:
is a dangerous monopoly s is claimed by some ee
tilt e who seek to rise to helghths by lynching the
1 ( potations of others. Tile Si. Louis eompany is doint
■ irlain work for the Government at a stipulated price
Tlie prepared skins are > Id to the highest biddei
icr cast at Government supervised auctions.
lue Umpire believes, however, that it would bt
gttul bu. inrgs fir the Government to sell the raw
i kins at Juneau, Seattle or some other available poim
and let toe purchasers have the skins prepared for tin
nxt it age in the industry, if. ..s contended by some
the St. Louis company is the only house In the
country that can do the work well it would probably
git the work in the future a it gets it now no mattei
who i-vii the skins.
11 1 purc,y ■' ma,ter of business, and good bus!
" i a 11 • i • mat the Federal Government ref rail
r«.m p.t., a .p„t ,n;, in bu nr. s whenever and wherevci
potable.
HE ONCE WAS FAIRLY liUSY.
A .V w York newspaper says, that William G
rockefeller had, at the time of bis, death recently
atom rcUrc.l in in active affairs, when bis only
remaning active p sit: n were director of the Brook
lyn Union Gu Cum-p-my, the Inspiration Consolidated
Copper Company, w York Mutual Gas Light Com
puny, Oregon Short Line Railroad. Or. gon-Washlngton
ton Railroad and Navigation Company and the Union
Pacific Railroad.
Before lie retired Mr Rockefeller must have been
a fairly busy man.
CHARLES ROSS DEAD,
The Hidden death at S< nlo cf Charles Roes is a
fhock to hi: many friend- in the North. lie passed
away t a conparativ ly early are and had be n.
apparently, in ibe best cf (health. He lert a fortune
for his family, and one thut he had been enjoying for
a .lumber cf year:, though lie had never ceased adding
lo it. . .
t Mr' Hvh v'ag one of those who achieved success
tty-cue i hard work. Kor years he tolled over Alaskan
11 rails as mail and express earlier® and freighter,
j He was ,s.;ry and invested wisely. He was said
[ to be <iie tin largest owners of bank stocks if
in Si mi I is not at all unlikely that the
hardships e < inlan d in those trying days of early
Nome hi ' .artcued his years. However, measured
by iii.- iifhi» \ on! ills Mr. Kriss lived lung. He aceom
pllslud i above the average in work done and
material in He has earned the right to rest
In peace
German. healing debt Is aboui two trillion mark;
according ' . de-patches. That means nearly laiiO.
COO.OOO,. Of course Germany knows she cannot
pay that, the continues to print more paper mono
and contra further paper indebtedness. Could any
thing Incur demonstrate a lark cf good faith in trying
io meet a financial crisis?
jf Hi i :! and Japan carry out that arrangement
i<„- 11 ,. i ration ©1 6.# Japanese to. the South
American country they will have laid (he foundation
for race tnnibli ; in another section of the world.
Rosy Prospects for Fairbanks.
I Fairbanks News-Miner.I
It is and lias been a beautiful winter, medicine
for the ui, and it will be a beauliful spring and
a busy summer, and there is really no use in worry
i i ''/mini " I ■ 11 u I n <ioniiflltionu nv t ll
diffident'* of money in circulating, for it always lias
been and alwjy will be Just as it is today ai 'this
eas n year in our town until we all get 'out
of debt and get money in the bank to make u.
money-easy at this season of the year. All you need
is Fail it and Work—learn, also to wait* that's the
hardc-t |. •ten the young c in learn, and none tco easy!
fer their elder
Pet : anally, we look forward with certainty to1
hnsv , nn of no-snow flats, and one to end in aj
busy Fall. Every mail brings to us assurances of the!
coming of visitors in large numbers and tome of them I
lot distinguished personalities. In fact we are pre
j paring to fix up the cabin on the back of our lot, op
I posit George Hutchinson's home, as a summer re.-i
, deuce for Mr .and Mis. William Allen White of Km
I peria, Kansas, where that distinguished gentleman is
playing tit editing the Emporia Gazette which he is
the father of, and while he is devoting his time to
I authorship. lie lias in embryo the Great American
Novel, and as it lias to do with the Fourth Estate
! and its dependencies lie is coming to Headquarters
■and will spend the summer visiting with us and get
j ting "copy," Also, we are glad that he is coming, j
for while lie is "using” us we may he able to use J
him and put him at work spare hours on the News
Minor, which he can improve. James Oliver Curwood,1
lie of tite Valley of Silent Men,” etc., writes Joint;
A, Clark that lie will spend the sinner here, also alter
copy. Itcx Beach will attend the opening of McKinley
Park and come on in—he needs more copy. Editor!
Harding cf a paper in Marion, Ohio, is coming this
year, and will he followed by a crowd. Sea Rover
Bundli of file Alaska Steamship Company, writes us
that whether the Brooklyn Eagle party of tourists
come or not. Ills line is prepared to put three other
j parties of xity into our town this summer if lie can |
! he guaranteed that they can be treated right on a trip
jcver the Richardson Highway. The Brooklyn Earle!
man is coming, and with tiis party, and lie says that |
llie News-Miner's offer of assistance to make the!
party's stay hire and travel out of here a success is
i liu most amazing” offer lie lias ever been presented
with in long years of experience as tourist agent for
; his great paper. Added to there promises are tic
iriends and relatives of the pi ople of our town whoi
1 will he here this year for long stops, anil the thou
sands of Americans who have their eyes turned this
| way and won't he happy until they see Fairbanks. I
First Ship Ituiit ;it Seward.
(Seward Gateway.)
( it is quite generally known, says ('. I„ Andrews,
iliat the first steamer to' be built on the northwest!
cm t of America, and what appears to he the first
steam vessel built on the weft coast of America, was
launched at Sitka, Alaska, before 184n. This was tlie
: Hearn tug Muir and it was in use In Sitka in ISC’
j when Sir George Simpson visited the port. Hut ft
I not -"*0 "'eB known that the first steamer to run on
i,h0 ''iver* of California was also built at the metrop
olis of Russian America. It was called the Sitka al
! ' hough it was not so officially named, and ii seems to
p ave h; ii later called the Rainbow
The boat was acn» i,, a.,„ p.i...
Med; of I lie Russian ship Naslednick. it was 37 fc
in length, 1) feet beam, depth of held 31., feet and
<!re\v is inches of water. She made the trial’ trio
on November 1,1, 18-17. later going to Sacramento
; --ari-yms four passengers. She was later wrecked at
eiba Hinna, at her anchorage, but was raised hauled
; inland and transformed into a schooner and run on
, the Sacramento River after the discovery of gold
i ^hc boat is described in Bancroft's History of Cali
fornia, \ cl. V., p. 57(1, and references given m tt,e
1.San Francisco (Cal.) Stur and other papers
j Probably the first sailing vessel ever built on
;fhc Pacific Coast was built in about 1800 at Seward
‘•oar the point where Hc.ben & Davis's' loggin
. ls iocatcci. Tliia ship war. .built bv Baranof
used along tite coast for many years
camp
and svas
One of these hard-baked Ohio editors who read
the advice of an expert criminologist. "Wp ought to
tmiise our criminals," has announced solemnly his
..suspicion that that's exactly what were doing now
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Listening intently with both ears, we haven't
heard a single Frenchman boast that Senator la Eol
, leile has a French name. (Springfield (Mass)
; I nion.)
To demonstrate the shortness of the public memory
jan Ohio editor arks who nowadays remembers when
everything was blamed on Burelson.— (Cincinnati
Enquirer.)
| A bill lias been put into Congress to make Hie
! buyer of bootlog liquor equally guilty. But doesn’t
he run enough risks now?—(Pittsburgh Gazette.)
I.a Folletto might start a third party if he could
find a Perkins with a checkbook. —(Greenville Pied
mont. )
Let's see! Wasn't there once a man by the name
of Tumulty, or aomtehing like that? -(Kansas City I
! Star.) '
Another good thing about diplomatic conferences
; iv that many situations regulate themselves while the
j diplomatists are disagreeing.— (Dallas News.)
Nor is it goid that is the stabilizing factor in a
currency. It is just everyday muscle and sweat._
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Another trouble about drinking "bootleg" liquor
is that you don't even die happy.— (Indianapolis
News.)
If (lie Administration is in doubt on any matter
cl policy It could safely adopt whatever Senator Reed,
o! Missouri, is not for.— (Indianapolis News.)
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ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
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Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
1 kin remember when a fellow
lidn't feel like lie was buying i ie
touse every time lie paid a month's
■ent.
Well, Hardly
“Pa," said Clan nee
“Huh,” grunted his dad.
“Do people gei their prohibition
lotions from a dry goods store?”
Pretty Good. Eh, Watson?
“What Finger Nails Tell." head
ing. They often tell that their
jwner has been enjoying a tete-i
tete with the pretty blonde manicurist
it the barber shop
Whichever One You Find Will Do
(Lost ad in Wait on (Ky.) Adver
tiser. I
I/O ST—Overcoat, leather or moleskin,
between Rich wood and Florence,
Sunday. Pleas r 'turn to Adver
Fool Questions
T. K. I». asks: Sam. did you ever
vote for a Congr.* man Just bei auso
he sent you a package of free seed?"
No, in spite of it.
Two Well-Wnown Ones
"I want somethin? catchy ” began
the merchant.
“Why not try sticky flypaper or a
fish hook?" inquired the facetious
ad writer.
He's Out’a Luck by That Time
Says Hob Quillen: “During the
first four weeks he hasn't the slight
est notion what to is outing, and by
that time the bride lias learned to
cook. “Yes, Boh. hut why not also
tell that by that time lie has indi
gestion so darn had he can't eat
anything she cook ?”
Wicked Flee When ino Man Pursueth
Two men were walking down the
street on a rainy day. "Just watch
what happens," -aid one of them.
And then ho shouted, "Hey! Tin t'»
my umbrella you're carrying!"
Three out of every four men who
were toting rain-shudders turned lust
ily around with a guilty look on their
faces.
Ain't Our Wit Sharp, Though!
■Still, a wife with a sharp tongue
makes life pretty dull for her hus
band.- -Sam fill!. She does it bv
iter cutting remark J. H. Heed. And
sometimes by the bluntness ot' iter
casual observations Tom Denting.
Carry, That’s a Risky Place to Park
Yourself.
(Apple Tree Oorr. McCreary County
Record.)
Carry Troxell, of Winfield, was in
town between trains Sunday.
The Way of It
We hear a good deal of knocking
about the awful neckties a man g s
at Christmas, but they are not so
awful as same of the family t>s he
gets at marriage.—Cincinnati (Ohio)
Enquired.
The difference is he picks out ta
family ties himself and has no kick
coming. The others are thrust upon
him.—AVarren Tribune.
Gems From Guide Book to Success
If the attainment of Happiness is
your aim and object, first strive ti
create it for o:hers and your d -ire'
will be reaii/.o I multifold. J. B. F.
If It Fits—
We gue. s •■ command. "Childrer
obey your par Mts,” is getting to b>
the marriage mremony.
A married man may growl a loi
about bis wif' not being ready, bn
lie growls warae over not having
ready money
The reason ,< woman does not like
to have company drop In unexpect
eddy is bees t-.< she woul l rathei
have two or 'iiree days to gat al
tired out g.--:.ng ready for it.
We hear of a pedestrian's right
but we notice in every argument h
has with tln> iniit or cars he gets left
Some of the most optimistic men
we ever ha met have also been
the busiest.
We like tlie elevator man. He, al
least, always - willing to give us a
lift.
Sad thought ir today: The more
liberation tli mien get the nearei
the disii-v. <h:i and cooking jot
edges tow ard 1 male of the speeles.
About the tiling the averagi
wife know- n it the perfect hits
hand is that ti ; a long, long wayr
from the one got out of the matri
monial grab hug
A well known physician says silk
lvose are tnor gienic than the cot
ton ones, but : tares that the light
weight shoe girl are wearing
are unhealthy lint, so far, the shoe
stores haven't nortod any unusual
demand for in- r shoes.
Another fen ’ i optimist is the bird
who thinks h. me he did another
man a fav ir will be returned when
he needs it.
So far as >mo people are con
MUTUAL LIFE
insurance CO.
Now offers additional attractiv
Disability Be*eflt feature!.
NONE OTHER SO LIBERAL.
ALLEN SHATTUCK
EVER
earned the wladom lh.it envies w :!i
age ia confined to tho tooth of that
name.
A woman til; i he:' husband to pay
her compliments anil respect, but she
wants hint to ■ r nmiib r site can
usa n little money, too.
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Daily Sentence Sermon
Success, iiki a woman worth while,
requires a io; i f i ourting.
News of the Names Club
We haven't iiad much of > lit r.
but St. Louis, t least, has a little
Snow and a little Pro.it, for we
from the birth i 'port in a Monad
City paper the Stofk li ft a girl a:
the home of -Ml’, an 1 Mrs. .1. Snow,
and one at the iytfie of Mr. and Mrs.
I. Front.
“Good American’ Woman
Gets Citizenship.
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MIes Ko: I' .1. did net live in
American t ritory for five con
tinuous y ar afti r taking out her
first citizenship papers, as re
fill ire d by law. For when the
Great War came on she went o\er
i-eae anil Moved tor years as a
nurse. Now she 1 is back in tile
Chicago Hoi'ldt.d ter Se rvice Men,
and Federal Judge Wilkerson has
grant'd her application ter final
citizenship papers despite the tech
nicality Calling her a "good Amer
ican.
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FRANCE MAY START
BIGGEST LOTTERY IN btlSTORY
PARIS. Feh.
tery loan in hi
a millionair i
is one feature
twitted to Fro
is:"r of F'na.n
loan would h
COO paper fran
000 will be c
which sum
francs, and
dawn to 5,000
19. Th ■> biggest lot
iry, offering to m ike
ory day in the year,
' a project to he sub
'i I’remi.>r a:i<I .Min
to next month. The
limit el to 10,000,000,
ia .. of which 1,324,000,
ci aside for a lottery in
one will win 1,000,000
others amounts ranging
francs every day for
B
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365 days. Every taxpayer would i
take a ticket upon the payment of'
his taxes, paying 100 franes in thoj
fund to he use 1 for .the balancing of
the French budget.
HALL DIES At MAYO.
Robert Hall, formerly a resident;
I of I). \\ on. veteran of the Boer and;
j World Wars, dieil recently at Mayo.;
: A widow and step-daughter reside in
I Victoria. Hall served in Capt. George
i Black’: machine gun contingent In
I France.
FRESH CRAB MEAT
l uesday, Wednesday and
1 hursday
Older day ahead.
Grover Davis, Phone 101
Provides "the bit ol
sweet" In beneficial
lorm.
' Helps to cleanse
the teeth and keep
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
Large itockt on hand
Ladyimith coal.
Nanaimo ooa'_
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
none 411.
PROFESSIONAL
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Drs. Kaser & Frecburger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 56
Hours 9 a. m. t» 9 c. Jt.
Dr. Charles P. Jenne
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Eldg.
Telephone 176.
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Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Res ]o$.
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Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
SEWARD BUILDING
OfTlce Phone 469.
Re*. Phone 27 6
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg.
Telephone 172.
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Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
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GEO. L. BARTON. D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 5;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 259.
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Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
437 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phones: Office, 167; res., 1672.
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All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
Popular Prices. Nearest to Ev
erything. J. A. Farnhan and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
"Home of Alaskans”
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L,. HODGDON, Manager
It's all In knowing HOW to do |
first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
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THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
is a matter of proper materials
together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
CONCRETE PRODUCTS MEG.
COMPANY
Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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fraternal Societies
-OF
Gasiineau Channel
O . EIKI
Mwetls; Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o’clock, Elks' Hall.
ARTHUR B. COLE,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodiei
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:30 p. m. Odd
, Fellows’ Hall.
I WALTER B HEISEL, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. S A.
Meeets every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand;
Merle P. Morgan, Secretary.
I PERSEVERANCE RZBZKAH 7
LODGE NO. 2A. I
| Meets every flrst and third f
I Tuesdays In I. O. O. F. Hall, at 1
| j 8 P M. FRANCES GUSTAFSON.
| N. G. ALPHONSINE CARTER,
I Secretary.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODtS
No. 147. F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth' Mondays
i of each Month. In Odd Fellows
; Wall, beginning at 7:S» o’clock.
Homer G. Nordling, Master,
j t has. E. Nagtiel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tues
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I. O. O. F. Hall.
ANNA DAY. Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
fcEOHBRS COUNCIL N».
17 "j. Meetings second
and last Mondays at 7:11
y p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, G. K
J. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Alford John Bradford
Post No. 4.
Juneau, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 p. m.
Mlks' Ixidge Room. John F. Starr,
Post Commander, Phone 973; G. E.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDEB 0>
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. Than.
B. Jufcon, Dictator! R. H. Btcvana,
Secretary.
WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION
Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
Tuesday of each month, 8
o’clock, Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
F. McKinnon, Secretary.
AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA, Igloo No. 8.
Meets the 2d Monday In Moom
Hall, at 8 o’clock.
ALICE LAUGHLIN, President.
LILLIE BURFORD, Becratary.
WHY A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
IS A GOOD INVESTMENT
fiYou may add to the account at any time in any
amount.
fiYour account is not subject to market fluctuations
but is constantly g-rowing.
flYour account is always available and provides an
unfailing reserve for emergencies and business op
portunities.
flPays four per cent per annum, compounded twice
a year. If you do not withdraw your interest it
continues to earn interest upon the interest, making
the rate better than four per cent per annum.
Accounts of One Dollar or more may be opened in our
Savings Department.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JUNEAU, ALASKA. f
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