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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-02-26
Educational Column
By 7. A. Windsor


day here and one there he is
pretty sure to want to drop out
some more. He begins TO lose
interest, not so much because
there is not enough to interest
any good working student, but
bccause he has found so much
on the street and at other places
that hy is learning tolike better.
Here should come in the author.
lty of the parent, so that their
Judgement would come into
play, during the time in which
the boy : judgement could lot
bc relied upon. Hy will bless
you Tor your authority, father or
mother, when he ponders ON it
IN after wears BE sure il is
"cal love for your child instead
Ol "a sort ul safeguard that
actuates You, and while | am
saying this | viii also add that
the father who uses al ine au-
thOrIty nsp assesses in his home,
JUS because he Is the Biggest,
viii make just as great a mistake.
Our State superintendent
nade some recommendations in
the January issue of the New
Mexican journal of Education
thdJ are wurtIy of consideration,
among hch was the supply
InE lrce trNt books for the
scuo'l. This, il would seem, is
cet tahl.y IA the right direction,
aluuugn the writer would not
attempt to crowd his opinion in
thc Lace OF some stronger teach
ca, vino may believe 10 the con.
trH,S We furnish the building,
the rachers, tine desks, black.
Duurd aud chalk va also
iurni>u luel, janitor and other
equipments Why not go step
tur1nrr ana furnish the books,
a, ,cast Tor the rrsJ eight grades.
O,her states near Us are doing
lnps. Tney are trylng II this
Year IN ArIzO Ia and | do not
KNOW % "A stale that mas tried il
THAI uds gone OacN on the old
pan,
oume VIII say That boy will
tahr care ul ms own UuuR better
tnun he wal one that belongs To
the uIsurlct, but / have found
that II destructive boy will not
take care Of any KIND ol book un-
less made tu'dO so, and have
iuuuu also that parents are more
careful TO urge their children to
care lOr district books than for
books owned by them individual
~
The cost of the books are all
80 much less 10 the people An
attempt was made IN Arizona TO
gel Tree text books, not only for
the grammar grades, but also
tur lue nigh schools, but II was
iOunu there, as It Is IN many
uIhrr states, that the common
TAX payer will stand tor more
Tor the common school course
tllan he wh for the higher
studies, so they only provided
Tree book. for the lower grades.
This plan ls especially help.
iu 10 tie remote county schools
wherr the teacher has tU tight
his or nrr own battles and make
things go a, well as possible and
trust the lard tor the rest
johnnie needs a book and note
is srut Ia the father Father
SAYS thai hr viii trN tO get il the
next time hc goc, 10 town, but
be- forgets II on his first trip and
sends his boy To school next day
with an apology instead ol a
book The next week he goes TO
town again and gets the book
and Johnnie and the teacher are
both pleased Under the free
text book plan, all this is plan
ned for months ahead and all the
fanshar has IN an ~ fn an IN tho
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Miss Mary Field Page enter.
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Boddington
and Miss Elizabeth Roe, last
Sunday at dinner, at her home
north of town.
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Columbus Chamber Of Commerce
Organized
Meeting held in O. B. Hal--NneywO Charter Members-Very
Enthusiastic CrOwd-An the business men Of Columbus and
number Of the farmers-Dr. Dabney President

The majority of the citizens Of
Columbus and a large number of
the country people met at the B.
q. b. Hall on Wednesday evening
tor the purpose of organizing a
commercial club. The meet
ing mad been well advertised and
every body who could possibly
come out was in attendance. A
temporary organization was per.
fected last week and Il few things
had been considered, three com.
mittees had been appointed, and,
after the reading of the minutes
of the temporary meeting, are
port was received from the com.
mlttees. The membership com.
mlttee reported that they had
secured the signatures of ninety.
two men as charter members of
the organization. The bylaws.
constitution committee had a
document prepared which was
read and after a few amendments
were added was adopted. The
constitution provides that the
funds for meeting the expenses
of the organization shall be pro
yided by monthly dues from the
mem bers. 1t was left to the
board of directors TO decide upon
the amount the assessment
should he, 1t will probably be
81 80 per month for the business
men of Columbus and 80 cents "a
month for the farmers and peo.
pie who are not ia business.
The object of the organization
as stated in the constitution l., to
advertise, exploit and make
known the natural advantages of
Columbus and the Lower MIN
bres Valley TO hOmeseekers,
investors and others; to induce
settlers, investors and others,
through proper representation
of facts, to come to this country;
to encourage colonization, farm
ing, mining and irrigation in this
section; to encourage the build
ing of substantial and perma
nent homes; TO assist newcomers
to locate, and in general to do
every thing in it's power to ad
vance the material prosperity OF
this vicinity, TO the end that
Columbus and the Lower Min
bres Valley may come into their
own.
After the adoption of the con
stitutim the election OF officers
was taken up. DR.. y. II, Dabney
was nominated and unanimously
elected as president Lee \
Riggs was elected vice president
aftrr which a board of directors
was elect d, consisting of l.. l..
Burkheau, w Y Dixon and j l..
Greenwood. The president and
vice president are officiO
members oi the board.
There was large attendance
at this meeting ard ali were very
enthusiastic. TSe success of the
organization IL assured. The
selection of the secretary and
the treasurer is left 10 the board
of directors. a room viii proba
bly, be arranged in the front Of
the pOstoilice % be used by the
Chamber Of Commerce. 4 good
man will be employed a. srcre
tary ana there - no doubt but
this will prove to be- the best
thing for this community that
has ever been undertaken here
1t must have the support OF
every man in the Lower Min
bres, financial ard otherwise. It.
is up to Us to do something and
as this is the first real opportu.
ni5y We have ever had, and from
the showing made to date il looks
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W. |. 7. U.

The W {. r. L meeting which
WAS hciu at the Church instead
Of the regular evening service
last Sunday proved To be- very
Interesting Several talks were
given by rmmlm'nt men and
women that were instructive
ANA Nmch were enjoyed by those
present
The next meet ny ul the W &.
+. L. Viii ne Tuesday March .,
al three u'clock, ~ the Church.
BOOK case ana get JOHNNY a
book, mark II against him and he
goes into class ready for busi
ness Again, suppose the teach.
cr, not being very we'll acquaint
ed with Il pupil, makes a mistake
~ assigning him toa class and
llN lallef, under INSTRUCTION OF
the teacher, buys HIM the wrong
book 1t will then often take "A
week or two 10 make the change,
while il the books are right
there in the book case the matter
can be readjusted in Il few
minutes
IL would appear that the free
text book plan has everything in
its favor.
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The sypIay MINSTREL.

well, MFR. Bones. you look angry to.
night. What Is, the trouble:"
THE rain tried to get familiar with
my wife. and Il made me mad. MIR. In.
terlocutor.
But how could the rain get familiar
with your wife. afr. Bones?"
"1t tried to patter gu her back
VERY good. Mr. Bones. And have
you anything to offer this evening. Mr..
Tambo:.. h,
"Yes, sir. Can you tell me why a
pretty girl Is like wagon whcel:s
No. aIr. Tamlio. lcannot. willyou
tell us WHY"
Because she is always surrounded
by felloes...
AS oon,as the stage has been clear.
ed OF Vegetables. eggs and bricks. Mr..
Howe T.. Haulers Will render tim pa.
thetic hallad Sit On Ny left Knee.
Darling. For the Right Is Growing
Numb" : e
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IHEA TIL HINTS.
4cATcHlTNasl DISEASE Is {

The difficulty in guarding against
measles and whooping cough lies In
the fact that they are most catching
In the early stages when even physi.
clans cannot be sure Just what Is the
matter.
Measles begins with running nose
like an ordinary cold in the head,
and at this time the discharges from
the nose and throat are more danger.
Gus than even later on when the rash
appears and the child is put to bed.
The same thing Is true OF whoopine
cough, which begins with an ordinary
cough and may 80 on for days with.
out any whoop to show Just what Is
the matter. II the child goes TO
school or plays with other children
at this stage they are almost sure to
catch the disease, too.
The only way to check either Of
these diseases is for mothers and
teachers and medical school inspec.
tors to remember how dangerous they
are and to watch children carefully
for signs Of cold or any illness, and
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GONFEssIO Us OF "A WIFE

This Is the arst time in my life
that any one. Of my dreams has come
trueS whispered Mr.. Stuart as we
whitled away.
Ever since that last dance with
you, Mrs. Wayerly, 1 have dreamed
OF another. thorough me back hero
and tonight I accepted Harry's invita-.
ton became 4 thought you might be
hefe. ~
\ believe YOU have never met my
HUSBAND, Mr.: stuart" said rather
polnlediy. M.
INC. but i should love to meet such
a ineky man, he answered quickly,
taking ht5 cue Immediately and over.
MnelMlg me wltu lU more iiatIery.
we danced in silence and | gave
myself up to the rythm Of the music.
All at once 4 was startled by a loud
burst OF applause, ana, looking about,
found that Jim and Donna, Mr.. stu.
tioor. ~
You've got to go some to Guido
us SAID Jim as he passed us.
Then began a sort OF dream dance.
was conscious that Mr.. Stuart was
taking me- through all sorts or eyo.
lutions and that / was following him
as though we had been dancing all
our lives. Donna and jim also were
doing stunts and the others were
laughing and encouraging US.
AT last Jim presented Donna To
dance on tho stairs and away they
tioated up the broad steps TO wild ap.
plause.
Mr. Stuart stopped abruptly and as
they came down IN perfect rythm we
went over to them and bowling low,
handed them q great palm leaf that
ne had quickly piuckeu from a near.
by iardiniere.
Come, good people," called Eliene,
lets have an ice, or something else
70 cool our parched lips that have
been shouting admiration for these
wonderful dancing dolls"
Q We all strooped to the dining room.
Mi. Stuart found me seat somewhat
apart from the others and brought
me an ice.
He stood down upon me in rather
q speculative manner
Are they worth more than a pen.
NY, asked banteringly.
Almost thou persuaded me- was
his enigmatic reply.
TO what?e | asked curiously.
"Thatithere are women in this world
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Says She Was SaDed
From Operating Table
BROTHER AND SISTER BOTH RE.
LEVIED BY siMPLE.REMEpY
AVAILABLE TO ANY ONE.

In her gratitude for remedy that
saved her from the possible necessity
for an operation, Mrs. Carrie Hefiin,
OF Goats, Kans., writes: Had It not
been for Fruitola and Traxo l might
have been on the operating table by
now. II relieved me OF at least one
hundred and fifty gall stones. It
surely does work wonders. Ny broth.
er also had suffered for years and has
been greatly benefited by Fruitola
and Traxo.n - -
Fruitola is a powerful lubricant for
the intestinal organs, softening the
congested masses, disintegrating the
hardened particles that cause SO much
suffering and expels the accumulat ton
in an easy, natural way. Traxo is a
splendid tonic, acting on the liver and
stomach with most beneficial results
and Is recommended for use in con.
nection with Fruitola to build up and
restore the weakened, rundown sys.
TEN. : :
Fruitola and Traxo are prepared in
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Because Nine. Malmberg was too
frank in her opinion OF the car and
his ways she has been exlled from
her native country, Finland. RUSSIA
will hayela great revolution when the
world.war ends predicts the Finnish
patriot who Is now making a lecture
tour in the northwest. ut may come
during the war, and II the car wins
he may be able to quell the people /;
II he loses even his soldiers will turn
against him."
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The ln.elli7en. composi.or.
The BIRD Is on tie wI7s. "a wrote
SUI THIS phrase got the printers goat.
said he. II think that is absurd,
Iot mean thc wing Ii m the birtl",
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~ 4 81
who are good and true al well as
rWhatsa;t terrible speech
Not more terrible than the exper.
fence that at last brings a man to
you surely can't mean that. Mr..
stuartHs1 said all at once ! soberly.
Perhaps tits because you have never
really known a woman. You should
have married years age. r.
Il did, was the surprising answer.
"Bus Harry and Eliene told me you
were bachelor Forgive me IL j
say too much, l do not mean to pry
into your AFFAIRS unless you want to
tell me- tssr. 20 - II
There Is nothing to forgive. Even
Harry and Elienef do not know that
chapter OF my life. It Is closed 1 had
thought forever. do not know yet
Just why have opened It again to
you. lsuppose | was anxious to make
you understand that once upon time
i had wonderful enthusiasm, great
hopes. strong principles and absolute
belief"-
"And now?n 4zg
u lost all hoped for because OF
those same principles and sometimes
| wonder IL they were worth II. You.
see having no more beliefs enthus.
iasm died"
"she, too, is dead?n I questioned.
Worse; she Is still alive, but she
has effectually killed my belief in wo.
men, and find that when a man
loses that, his belief In everything
else grows crazy"
| looked atsMr. Stuart In great sur.
prise. Until this moment he had been
the personification OF good looks, good
nature and good fellowship, his brown
eyes always laughing even when his
too thin lips drew together rather.
cruelty.
His somewhat ,contemptuous love.
making to every woman was. ex.
planned. In his own mind he had de.
termined that no woman's heart would
break, that they were always playing
tho game with o card or two up their
sleeves and IL in spite of this they
lost, they started with another partner
on another game.
I'm awfully sorry for you" said.
you need not be. ! have my good
times
THAT is not what mean. You have
missed the one good time of all. Be.
lief in your fellow men and women.."i
almost thou persuadest me- he
repeated.
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IL there Is q chance that they may
have measles or whooping cough, to
keep them out OF school and away
from other children.
.cold feet In business cost many
q man a fortunes wet feet In wintes
cost many q spell OF sickness,
An Ode o Spring.
Dear Luke:
When a feller's lfeeiin's musty.
Grabbed. sour and old and lrusty.
And nothin' seems worth doins. nan
thing;
There's Just two thtnss 20 help you-
Help you bear the Ills that down You.
The first 10 Luke MeLuke the other,s
& spring.
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able a disease in feathered society as
it IS in the society Of purple linen.
1t is usually affected by the! aristo.
cratic canaries, though democratic
old Poll Parrot has had occasion to
have her "innardsr removed.
DR." Kiefer has treated many bird
ailments in the FIVE years she has di.
rected her bird hospital-asthma.
govt, dyspepsia and rheumatism-but
the operation that taxed her skill was
thelremoyal OF a parrots eye.
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sLuko MeLuke saws !, 8.


Oncelin awhile a man Will return the
money he, borrows. but he never re-
turns borrowed book or borrowed
umbrella. 80
The woman who screams with In:
dignatlon because her name appears
In the paper when one OF her ornery
relatives steals n horse Is the samew
manEwho screams with indignation be.
cause her name doesn't appear in the
paper when she is one of 600 women
whoiattendI n bazaar.
You can knock the women all you
please. but they have It all over the
men. You never saw girl wearing
earlmuffs. did you?
You may have noticed that the man
who carries q whole pocketful Of let:
tiers ofI recommendation is nearly al.
siout OF n Job.
Youth knows that tomorrow will be
a better day than today. Old age
hopes that tomorrow will not be any
worse than today.
The old fashioned mother who knew
that her son was headed for the peni.
Tertiary because he played marbles
for Keeps now has a married daugh-
ter who IS proud Of her son because
he neyerllos when he plays poker.
There are a whole lot of men in this
country who are ag'in the government
because they can't make a living with
out working.
II you stand pat girl viii engage
herself to you. and if you run she will
sue you for breach OF promise. 50
what's the use. You might as well
take a chance and shoot the moon.
The push o. the fellows who are
back Of you may get you to the front,
but you won't stay there long.
Winding your own business and keep,
Ing your house clean will help the coun.
try more than waving the grand old
dog.
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I MILWAUKEE. nov. 15@It Poll
Parrot wheezes with asthma, or Dick.
ley bird hobbies round with the "rheu.
matics,@ don't worry.
You don't need to worry II you
live In Milwaukee, for the biggest
best equipped bird hospital in the
country is a Milwaukee institution,
in charge Of an expert birdnurse-
DR." Laura Kiefer.
And appendicitis is Just as fashion.
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XSXSS7SSZSlSyZ
Ms. O.H.CI:ark

DR.. Anna Howard Shaw is in the
same class with Abraham Lincoln as
ailiberator. Of the race.
That's what Mrs. Orion II. Clark
president Of the Michigan Equal Suf-
tragei association and a member Of the
executive board of the American Won.
an Suffrage association, believes.
And that's the reason she has sent
i request to all the school commits!
sioners OF! the state Of Michigan TO put
INTO the curriculum Of every school In
he state a biography of DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw. Practically every
school commissioner, in the state has
compiled with the request. .
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sTh, old Ea,hioned aIn.h

Dear Lnke-That old fashioned blush
that isn't hand naln.c.l Is still found
among the Ozark no,intalns Of Arkan.
sas when I, young lady Is caught pull.
Ing Maiden blush apples from the
treegof a baehelor friend.-Rer. John
D. Freeman. Pastor West Broadway
Baptist Church. Louisville. Ky.
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Il u O Il
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN.
TELLS HOW TO ReTARD THE in
ElRMlTIES OF OLD AGE

Z i
Il am q years old, and for IS years
hayetworked on the p. G. & st. L. r.
r. Also Civil War Veteran. suf-
fered from general nervous break.
down and would have such weak,
dizzy spells would have to 60 to
bed for a day at a time. When Wis.
itingl friends In Bradford, Ohio, an
old doctor recommended that try
Yinol. That very day bought q bot.
tie and continued to take 1t regular
ly. 1t has done me a world OF good,
built me up SO ! feel stronger in ev.
cry way, and have gone back to work
again, and want to recommend Vinol
to any old comrade or aged person
who needs strength for It Is grand
medicine" w. H. Bowers, Steuben.
vile, Ohio.
The reason Vinol Is so beneficial ito
old people is because 1t contains the
very elements needed to replace de-.
Ginning strength with renewed yigor,
viz; the medicinal elements Of fresh
cod liyers, without oil, peptonate OF
iron, beef peptone and a mild tonic
wine. ti4,
We ask every aged person in Fair.
mont to try Vinol on our offer to re.
turn their money IL It fails to create
strength. Cranes Drug Store, Fair
mont, w. ". q
vinol is sold in Warrington by the
Prescription Pharmacy. Il
Nd T b 4 4Hf Il Il ~
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QUE Daily Special.
Have more confidence IN yourseis
and less In others.
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Al Cd. o sprino

Things 60 Worry About.
"A single ny,s progeny In four MONTH
Is 1855. 5G4.fTo. 600, 600 00o.0 900.
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IourlpaiIyf opscia

The man who knows q an has TIL
mostito learn.
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NOTICE. on rlrcrloN


NNilol y Ac,chs si4cn thni An oifr
hnn eih .s hslh st The s,h'olhauso hi
iHieiiinH h iMur iilNff NeiinF rr
'in'l Nn V ~ Nupces cnuntf rcNaH
yn che - aaN ~ lunr A o. 1913
fHi thy thfpasf of iviofminins whether
nast rt,Vp snd eaais ahsN ~ npfIuN
fvi ia fHn at iarfo Boo nllH iieas Nlaff
Victims rnrrinrt Ne is she ssld i1eat
iiuu Nuuua prreinct 80 40 emhfatss
ihr faiuwinH deafflhod territory a.
VIE NriuN an " lAarf isiand iu Na
ofys 'uanif. and l.ctinnius an ihs msf
4ia 80 lheaaa sia4if, ai tho sruth
onfusf ~ iari ~ laad ss. tin'ilsfd 4,
iho ffkas land and caiiio Dnmparf
anl hrinF part ~ iiaur llinff hnd tn.
,lnal iam AND uafien tfa4is Usfnro
Win ih0 g. IA boundary llHf 20 aamr
ifaoi 90 thf Wout enfnef il.enrs MIN
ihf West hnNndHr, ~ eAinr iu iht DFn
CfeaA illen,c tu iif a N ptlnt nf
ihr tlHuf Nluft i'rsintun nn fhe NAV
sta ~ ratpus Chusli iia aud thr
laguna MAife o. ih0 piAre 10 hefin
ming
a. X Haas ana q "a iutief srt harf
if Aurnlniri ae iNdefH nf haid sirriln n.
and thos shall aeltti sacn iihaf iHtass
and ri'fhH ie assist in hAldlnH a. And
said ,itciloa shalt ne hrll lp ihr man
ner prescribed Cor hnliiHs other .lcf
lions
f,eil mais potaaH uhn haa attained
she aHe - twenty pnt srafr aud who
hHr fffldea within the iunifs ~ ihe
TERRITORY hereinafter dor uhed fnf sis
nouihs ngsi FtfCeiiuH thu dates ~ $3.50
election and h uimilffd plftuf un
dor thr iaws ~ tho state aud tres.
hnidNf ln aiin fleuf Niuu VnurH l'fN
rinct ~ is ahNi 49, onus3si ~ fHta
it said flrailan nA esth uthri thf
voter musi write. ~ Gauss ~ d. etlt.
ton nf pfiniea 1nf tho FipoA lNN ~
"ANslnai ih. Hipft Law
fHld fieltlnp viii hf hrid boz puren
sacn 81 petition fiiad win tha cirft
nf fhe Cuunts cugfi ~ Nnrlfs peenip
ffaas. m shr ffN fas ~ NaN A n.
1919 and 90 ofdrr lqaif nf ihr Conn
miHsiuusfe rpqr thereon Hn the tilh.
dsf ~ Mas a 81 1918,
witness my hand thr seai ~ fho
raupp cHuu ~ hueora County, This
lsih Gaf ~ Ma, a o. 1913.
t4sail WAITER y TiMuN Coph.
.tS Iu1to Nuetrr taupaf TsasR
Acknowledgement tsTft
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pm SALE REGISTERED fnr and
ncaglf lipunds We fsGisief each pup
i8 and dog in uHfrhaftTa nsnnt ffas
20 shsrs" Rire Nrffrrr erd Ilin4I8
Newfoundland. kt nrfpafd iior'nn
rcfflefs ffnfrh CauiAa- i4epdhpaHds
aui ctuHhpsnds aui ail 0iilrr breeds
named ln caiaiugHp Chester White
in.And china aud Heightened bnflc.
f1fsef Ntdf lfffsiH iieislsu ifarra
pigeons ilsi ~ rnnltri For ~ rents
Nf efi mai iea ihs mast cnmlfehfn
ssfe Gfqcrpiitc iiinguatfa caisiuEaf
in r1lEierfc - aH AnrfdH shnfyri
sends far 0nf. and a. M FsfiHNfd re-.
have bic dime bafk srFQrEifANNA
VALLEY EENNELR. Tunhhapnnrt
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