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The Washington times., 1917-02-23
LAnaInEs Honor Guests.

The. Secretary. OF State and Mrs.
Lansing were the honor guests at a
dinner which Congressman and Mrs.
James s. Parker gave last evening.
Mrs. Lansing motored to Baltimore
this morning to see Mrs. William
Crozier. Mrs. Crozier is making an
indefinite stay in Baltimore with
Brigadier General Crozier, who is re-
covering from an operation. Mrs.
Lansing will return this afternoon.
Miss Jane Gregory. daughter of the
Attorney General and Mrs. Gregory,
Will have guests for dinner this even
ing to meet Miss Calara May Brook.
of San Antonio, her house guest
There will be covers for seventeen.
The party will later attend the Fri
day evening dance at the Willard.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23
Guest From virginia.

Mrs. George Flournoy of the Airing
ton Hotel will have as her guest next
week Mrs. Clifford Caperton, of Rich
mond, Virginia.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23

=
Robert z. Lee Chapter No. ga,
U. ID. C., will give its fifth dance at
Confederate Memorial Home, 1922
Vermont avenue, Tuesday. The usual
dance program will be followed, un.
der the direction of Mrs. George Gov
ington and Mrs. Bates Warren. Mrs.
Horace Whitaker will preside at
the punch bowl. assisted by Mrs. Wal
lace Streater. Mrs George HorninR,
Mrs. Porter Barrett and Mrs. Stephen
II. Ford. The president, Mrs. Walter
Z. Hutton, will receive the guests.
Among the girls from Washington
attending the hop and "Hundredth
Night" entertainment at West Point
is Miss Marian Heitmuller. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton HeftmulIer.
who, prior to her return. will be en-
tertained by friends in New York
and Philadelphia.
=
Congressman and Mrs. Thomas A.
Patten entertained Informally at din
ner at the Willard last evening.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23

Mrs. Herbert Shipman has gone TO
Palm Beach for an indefinite stay.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23
Mrs. Stiffness EntertaIns.

Mrs Walter r. Stiness, wife OF
Congressman Stiness, of Rhode Island
entertained a large company at a tea
yesterday afternoon to meet her house
guest, Mrs. Manton Chandler, of
Rhode Island She was assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Robert Hopwood
Mrs. Jasper Shepler, Mrs. Hustled
Miss. Hopwood, Miss Dorothy Den,
nett, Miss ChiperfieId, and Miss AL.
len. At the tea table and in the din
ing room were Mrs. Atlee Pomerene.
Mrs. Frederick Rowe, Mrs. Samuel
Winslow. Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey.
Mrs. Homer Snyder, and Mrs. Joe N.
Eagle. The table was decorated as
a garden, with a tiny fountain play
ing, upon which red, white and blue
lights were thrown. There were
mounds of red tulips, white liIacs and
blue bachelors buttons" with the
customary cherries, hatchets, and
other George Washington faVors.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell
will give a dinner OF fourteen COW
ers this evening.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Strassburg
er; who have been at the Hotel st.
Charles, Atlantic City, for some time,
have returned home.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23

Postmaster General and Mrs. Bur
Lesson will give a dinner tonight for
the Vice-President and Mrs. Marshall.
There will be covers for. fourteen.
The Washington times., 1917-02-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ~. Harper will
entertain a small company Informally
at a dance on the evening of March
to meet several house guests from
New York and Philadelphia. who will
come to Washington for the Inaugural
ton. There will be cards early in
the evening.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

Notice l. hereby given bv the board
ssueallon Of Carbon County School
W. Of The state OF Utah that said
VII al its office at the county
mouse In Price, Carbon county.
4 n, On the 18th day Of June. 1917.
W. hour ~ o'clock u. m, receive
nlds FOR the sale OF bonds Of
| pnulct In the sum ~ forty thou
~ Ni0,o0O.OO dollars. In demon
INN 81 one thousand $4,000. O0l
each, bearing interest at the
u not % exceed five 90 per
,1h per annum, interest payable
|,,,ahhnally, In accordance with in
coupons which shall be attach
said bonds. bonds payable
- years after the date at their
ii - with the option OF redeem
so 'u bonds or any portion thereof
~ ume after the expiration OF
''sfs from the date OF their is
49, no contingent hid will be re-
|.,'at ana every bid shall be accom-
|O py certified check OF five
\. ~ ", cent as a forfeit. payable 10
OF the board OF education of
|,,a county school district of the
Inv " wan The board may reject
bO,pra l bids, by ORDER or THE
B0s - OF EDUCATION or CAR
bP ,DpuNTf SCHOOL DISTRICT
II TIE STATE nts .,,s - -.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
ACTING GOVERNOR BENNION CITES
FACTS ABOUT PRICE MYTON ROUTE

Secretary OF stat. and Acting uot .
rrnor Harden liennion comes back Ut
the Nernai Express u few days age In
IN. matter OF the Price Ca Myton road
and the one by way of Helper Co Du.
chcHnc. Addressing the Express Act.
ing Governor liennion says. "partic.
ularly want to call attention 20 your
Hem In your ISSUE ~ MAY 2bth bear.
ing the caption Connecting Link Ne.
tween uintah Road and State nridEe.
In which you Use the following Ian.
KuaEc' Since the EiimmerinE hope
~ through route 10 HALT Lake city
was shattered by the state road com
mission. the people 81 uintah county
have been thoroughly awakened ~
the fact that they already have y
year round road and bread and
butter road. that through all the past
heavy winter has not been blocked q
minute 10y snow.
other references a. the matter
would seem o. indicate that you feel
that IN. commission did not take ths
proper attitude. aud now would liks
Ia ask you Co go over IN" matter care.
fully la your own mind from ths
standpoint OF the people euf Duchsnns
county. WHOSE citizens would he thu
chief contributors 90 the building ui
the road IN question. Hut first let me-
refer Go uintah count,'s Tread and
butter Road
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

AZ last there BE- something to satisfy
the people " Ncrnal and Ashley VAL
ley Doc the matter of better roads to
the west 90 We are Go believe Ncrnars
Expires. which h. supposed Co speak
authutintiNoi, Tor the folks out that
way The Expires SAYS that at their
first meeting after the state road
commission returned tp salt Lake
city from an Inspection o., way II
Pro, and also Hclprri the quest Ion
as tu whether the Price to- Mytnn ar
the Du,hosnr o. Helper ruud should
hc improved was settled The dcci-
sion uf the state road commission was
that both roads should be- taken cnro
~ hy the state. The attitude of tho
state upon the question was torseiy
stated NJ the meeting Boy Gov simon
iinmhvtRur.
Weir gpinE to build both roads
The state can't iuse hy putting money
into the uintah district our offer H..
OF course. contingent on the willing.
ness ~ the county and federal gov.
eminent to cooperate financially IN
the usual way. ! have absolutely NO
financial Interests In that region. but
I have unlimited admiration for IT,
wonderful resources. aud I believe
that any amount of money the state
may spend In improving the trans
portation facilities into the iiasin will
be- amply repaid to the state within
five wears II v an empire by itself.
and II II land ~ magnificent oppor.
tunity"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

Why are We lighting German, p
The brief answer is that ours b. q war
.of srlf-dofcnsc W. did not wish q.
fight GcrmauN sh, made th. ait.,s
upon ~. not un "ur shores. but uIt
our ships our lives. our rights. uur
future. Fot two Years and more we.
held Co u neutraut, that made rs
apologists Tor thing which outrr q, 4
mans common SENSE ~ fairplny aud
humanitr.
AZ each new off"nsc-thp Invasion
of Belgium. thp killing 81 civilian
iieigians the attacks on Scarborough
and other drfenseless towns. the las
ing Of mines In neutral waters. the
fencing OF of the ssa-and on and on
through the months We said. This
II war-archsic. unciyilixed war. but
war. All rules have been thrown
away. al nobility. man has come
down Ia the primitive brute And
Will, W. cannot Justify We will not
inter, enc. II II not our war"
Then why are We IN Hecaus. We
could not Keep out. The invasion uf
belgium. which opened the war. led
o. the invasion ~ the United States
by Slow. steady. logical steps our
sympnthies evolved into conviction
of Self-interest cur love of fairplay
riprned into alarm ~ our own post
ton.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
WAR OF DEMOCRACY.
FRANKLIN H. Lane In Language That Burns
In txcOriateS Germany and Her
BlOOdthirSty Kaiser.

.hS eve OF war registration iay Secretary ~ Tho t.
XIII n Lane Of President Wilson's cabinet raJ SL ~
word tome eqo OF Washington d. c. in which he addressed
" lhoSe VINO nave not clearly the reason for tbe
y can upon It's young for the army and other ar Service
~ ringing sentences answered the question \ybv Arc W.
s 'i auE vi all the many able talks made ,y ntner.
Gus national characters The Sun believes Secretary lanes se
as week belongs at the head Of them all II should he read Inv
Every INDIVIDUAL oi the and-nan woman youth and Girl
america Is at war Secretary Lane said in self defense and no
cause she could not keep she is al war To save herself %
es OF inc world from the nation that has linked itself with
@ TURKS ana adopted the method of Mahomet setting itself 10
make the world bow before policies backed by its ORGANIZED and
scientific military system. He said in part. S ~
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
Mo.t Dependable Ilonle.

"The question then Resolves itself
into choice between the Helper to
Duchesne road and the Price 20 Ny
ton road or a. improving and main
tanning both ~ these roads The
members OF the commission were
unanimous Ia the belief that n the
Helper % Duchesne road could be
kept open and IN good condition dur
ing the entire winter II would be the
cheapest and best road and would
serve the people 1T Myton and Roose-
Welt. besides taking care Of Duchesne
and neighbOrhood even better than
the Price a. MytOn road. and there
would, therefore. be no Justification
Of AN attempt 90 Improve and main
tain any other road. But certainly
the experiences of the past two or
three years the fact that even the
first-class mail has been delayed far
beyond the schedule. and the parcels
post matter has been even months In
reaching It's destination and the fact
that the road even now n almost i'm
passable IL abundant proof that there
Is every Justification for looking for
better road during the winter
months. A considerable portion OF the
! Price 10 Myton ROAD has hse no Inn
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
j., {. R. MARCUSEN,
In President.
IDA R. TANNER,
. Clerk

So - June 81 last June rs, 1917.
|Essh,suAlng Of business prospects. a
|Aa, ,ss'on' D. c.. dispatch advises
ID ~ government recently award
bak. o'n,ract for over three million
us ~ y. SHOES at &t.s5 each. That is
IN. one item In the tremendous hin
surr,s ~, that will be necessarily In
y hrniaa the conduct OF the war. but
ls ~ faint idea Of how the
amet,,- orders viii soon be feeding
n Industries Go full capacity.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

Gasoline prices are expected to rise
soon irrespective Of what effect the
war may have ON government pur-
chases. Domestic consumption OF
gasoline II not YET under the iBflu-
ences that operate during the later
spring and summer months. when the
use OF gasoline for touring win be at
lis greatest. However, IL Is expected
that there VIII he large Increase Ia
the consumption this year while a
further extension Of Inc gasoline out
put Is prOblematical, practically as
surfing higher prices.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
TAKES BIG MONEY
TO BUILD GOOD
ROADS
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS On
PRICE TO MNTON.

Purpose OF the state Road commits.
sion y To Go Nhcad with the WORK
A. Rapidly A. circumstances WIN
Pcrmit-Ncrnai aud Ashley Valley
People Nrr PARTIAL, satisfied.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
Isoad BIocLai I'or Days.

~ may bc true that during tho
past twelve months the uintah road
has not been blocked n minute ~ YOU
say. hut. n you VIII go back Co the
previous winter--anly little over
year aEo-you viii remember that
The road was blocked for days aud
days, and that prominent citizens OF
Nsrnal who came mp on the railroad
aH far NJ Atchee were held there a
number ~ days aud were finally COM
PEELED Ia go around. aud como IN by
way ~ Price and Myton I have
distinct remembrance Of the fact that
Just few years ago the uintnh road
was blocked FOR two weeks. aud while
the mail was coming 10 Vernai daily
by way of Price, not single pound
~ mail could he gotten through the
other way. liut II r. not my purpose
a. say anything against the uintah
road, la my judgment IL n giving tho
hest possible service to the people 81
Vernai and that nriEhhorhood. hut
surely you could not expect the pen-
pie of Duchesne county. Including the
territory around Iinn~tn. Mountain
Home and Duchcsno Co do business by
way Of the uintnh railroad. Neither
could you expect them Ia depend on
a road by way Of stockmore and Ka-
mas ~ through the strawberry Val
lev Ia fleber city during the winter
months but here let me state that
the commission had several converse
tinns with the federal officials ON the
subject of the Stookmore a. Kamas
road. ana the ileber GUY road by way
of strawberry Valley. The govern
ment officials are very anxious a. co.
operate with the state on both these
roads and undoubtedly both will De-
built In due time. iiut the question
Of paramount importance at the pres
ent time h road that VIII permit
transportation Of the products "a and
from the basin during the winter
months.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

pr"vrment. nor has any money been
spent on II Tor twelve or uftecn Year,.
and yet Notwithstanding this fact. II
h the most dependable wintef route.
even though In itA histur, " may
have been hloCkadcd nt some time.
and millions ~ pounds uf freight pass
over II every year. In spite 81 IT, No
elected condition and the u'rthrr fa,t
that u great deal of money has been
spent improving other roads.
i'ric Way Always Open.
The commission therefore felt that
u was IN" bouuden duty of the stat.
10 improve and maintain the Helper
To- puvhsHne road. thereby taking care
OF tn" freight traffic 10 and from Du-
chesne county, and the Pixies Peak
ocean "a ocean highway travel ~ well.
and also a. make pasnabis during the
season ~ the year when In H. opinion
u H. impossible Ia make the Helper Co.
puchesne road passahie. the old re-
liable Price 10 Myton road condemn
cd AZ being relic of military DAYS.
but rtiil proved ~ the operation 81
twenty-five OF thirty years to hs the
most reliable road during an. winter
months"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

allies. and you will mark but four.
running from the Baltic through Aus
tria and Bulgaria 90 Turkey. All the
other nations. the whole globe
around. are in arms against her or are
unable TO move. There II deep mean
ing In this.
We fight with the world for an
honest world. In which nations keep
their word; for a world In which ma
tiOns do not live by swagger or by
threat. for world In which men
think OF the ways In which they can
conquer the common cruelties OF ma
ture instead OF inyenting more horri-
BILE "ruelties 20 inflict upon the spirit
and body OF man: for a world In
which the ambition or the philosophy
OF a few shall not make miserable all
mankind; for a world In which the
ran Is held more precious than the
machine. tho system o. the state.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

Not NOW. surely. when she De- lust
born into freedom. tirr peasants
must have their chaurr. they must ~
6" school tu Washington. tn I.ff.raou
and 60 Lincoln. until the, know their
way about tn this new. strange world.
oi government hv the popular will.
and
lio'au-" " other peoples. with
then rising hope that the world may
be- freed from government 10y the sol.
disr.
We are fighting Germany because
she sought to tcrrorizc nv aud then
To- fool us. We could not believe that
Germany would do what she said she
would do upon the seas
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
thread aud butter Route.

IN recent letter t. the manager
Of the Express. State Auditor Joseph
Illric conveys the information that the
state win meet all government money
with an equal amount. on the high
level roads. meaning the Duchesne Co
Helper and the Stockmore routes.
but" says Auditor nirie. the Price
o. Myton route will be- tn. main bread
and butter route. State Engineer Me-
uonaEie estimated that II would re-
auire approximately 10000 to put
the Prize. 90 Myton road IN good con.
dition. State Auditor lliric has kind
ly sent the Express copy OF his notes
on the trip. In which he makes some
very Interesting observations and
from which We culi the following
'Th. distance by rail from Salt
Lake CITY 20 Price H. y hundred and
twenty seven miles. distance from
Price TO Myton scyenty-Scven miles.
Estimate Of amount ~ money needed
Co rebuild the Price road-rrice to
mouth 81 Soldier Canyon, t2booi
mouth ~ Soldier Canyon TO summit,
tgsOO. summit 10 mouth ~ Gate Cam
yon. 5000: up Gate Canyon a. Sum
init. $1,000. from Gate Canyon Rum.
nit to Myton. 5000; total. SIS. 100.
The distance from Myton by way
81 Ducherne Co Helper II reventy-four
miles and from Duchesne q Helper.
nfty.two miles The summit az IN"
head OF Soldier Canyon has an ele-
walton Of 7t00 feet. and the summit
az the head of Indian Canyon II $500
feet. the latter being about 1900 feet
hisher than Soldier summit. From
the figures given out ~ official and
authentic Pric. H. "a hundred and
twenty-threc miles distant from Yer
nal: Salt Lake civ 10y way of pu-
chrsne and Helper n two hundred
ana forty.flve miles"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
Better Than None ~ Al.

hut tho most that can be- said. 20
observes the Express. ''for either the
Price or Helper roads II that they are
freight roads, the same az the uintah
railroad IL 90 Nernal. with IN" differ
.nce that the Uintah lin. a. con-
Meeting link with the Denver and Rio
Grande 10 of more value Ia the TIM
tab Basin than both the Helper and
Price roads combined, or course
there In passenger traffic over all
these roads particularly the uininh
railway automobile line. one fact,
however. should be recognized, and
that N that the more roads We have
the better OF We are, II h really
better "a have a two hundred ana
nfty mile road to Salt Lake city BY
way OF Price than 10 have none at all
We consider the decision Ia keep both
roads-the Price ANA Helper--in re-
pair wise one. and % be candid We
have 90 admit that Il II better deei'
sion than we expected when the. state
road commission was In Vernal"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
Hear Wall Of Cldldrn.

We stiii hear the plteous cry OF
children coming up out Of the sea
while the Lusitnnia went down. And
Germany has never asked forgiveness
Of the world We saw the Sussex
sunk crowded with the sons and
daughters % neutral nations.
We saw ship after ship sent 10 the
bottom-ships of mercy bound out of
America for the nciRian Starving
81 lps carrying the Red Cruua and
laden with the wounded of All ma.
tions-ahipa carrying food and cloth.
inE 60 friendly. harmless. terrorized
proples-ships flying the stars aud
Striper-nent o. the bottom hundreds
of miles from shore. manned by
American sramen. murdered against
all law. without warning.
We believed Gcrmany's promise
that she would respect the neutral
flag and the rights of ncutrals. and
We held our anger and outrage In
check. lint now We see that she was
holding ~ OF with fair promises un-
tli she could huiid her hugr fleet of
submarines Fur when spring came
she blew her promise into the air. just
a. at the beginning she had torn up
that scrap of paper"
Then We saw clearly that there was
but one law for Germany. her viii a.
rule We are fighting Germany be.
cause shc violated our confidence.
Paid German spies fillrd our cities.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

Automobile licenses must be paid
on or before June 18th today. isthe
word sent out By the state depart
ment. should there be any automo-
biles not licensed on that date you
are instructed "a take them off the
road" II the instructions received hy
state Officers. These licenses are col
lectihle and payable under the diree-
ton of the sheriff OF each county,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
Held ~ Co~aris.

We talked In the language and in
the spirit ~ good faith and sincerity,
az honest men should talk. until ave
discovered our talk vas construed as
cowardice. Aud Mexico was called
upon Co COW ua "" talked as men
would talk who cared alone Tor
pence, aud the Advancement NJ their
own material Interests. until We dis
covered that we were thought g. 10" 70
nation NJ mere mohsymab"rs. devoid
~ al character-until. indeed. ~"
were told that a.. could not walk the
highways nf the world without per
mission 81 u Pfussian. that our ships
might not sail without wearing -
striped uniform 81 humiliation q mar
row path 81 national Fubrervirnec.
". talked ~ men talked who hoped
for honest agreement. not TOT war
unti We found that the treaty torn
Go pieccA al Lirgr was but the symbol
OF policy that made agreement,
worthless against purpose thht
know me- word but success,
And M We came into thif war TOR
ourselves. Il 10 war 60 save Amer
icn. to preserve sslf.respcct 20 justiiy
our right Co live az W. have lived moi
A. .om.nn. else wishes us o. live IN
IN. name OF freedom, We challehs'
with ships and men and money ana
an undauntrd spirit that word YER
bot.n" which German hhr Wll''h
upnn the sea and upon IN" lhha'
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15

White serGe sport hats are flower
trimmed.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
america Living spirit.

For America h not the name 81 -
much territory u - lNlns spi'l,'
horn la travail, grown ~ the lnuk"
s,hnol of hitter experiences, lNlhs
spirit which has purpos" ana pilu'
knous why Il wishes a. i've Hnh v"
what end. knows how u comes 10 ue
.r.snc,ted of the world, and hopes 70
r.tsin mat respect hy living On WIN
the light 81 Lincoln's love "l "''" ~
liz old and new Testament 49,.
a is NOR. precious that TINS Nih',
tcn should live than that We Nhl,ll'
cans should live. Ana TINS NIl''l,n,
as we now see, has been 'hali'hs.u
I'm, IN. first of this war hy 'h'
st,ons army of p,wer thai haH ~
s,,,nunthy with our purposes an" WI
~, hs.ltste 10 destroy ~ " IN" Jaw
~, 49,. rsspept. the rights that are !"
,..r.d an the spirit that We nave
,.,,1 ,.ros. her 80 viii "a make th's
..,.r,d INN before n,r policies, hh'h'"
~ her organized and sei'ntlll' l''''.
- s,st,m. The world az christ
',ssi.,te,i but not rejected 'hlN
- I'm, again face 90 face WIN M
n'H NIsbom.t. who Willed 10 WIN
hy force, If history
WIN this background w 80 n, CO.
and IN this sense. thrn, we u.s. ,n'.,dsJ
many Uecause of Belglum US.
outraged. Impoverished l'"ls'u"'' ~
can,ot forget Lirge, l'u.a'" ,n,,
Cardinal MERCER. Translau'' -.
,s M American history IT,
names stand Tor Bunker hill I'N''s
IAN and Patrick Henry
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-15
I,ecausr OF Frame

u..ausa Of France lhN""' -,
rated France, million OF nv Wan land
Ser"ic sons have died to saw r tr. ,nr'
of af' Lafayette, glorious solder r ,aSS 81
the p'r ISL, The first land 20 Iol'
nool' sp Lad into republican liberty,
low Aus. oa Of England--from NM.
I,''1 ~ laws. traditions stan 1,i-.',
came W" "a Inherent love OF hheIS
Of lllr ,' s"' caiI AngIo-saNon civiilLa'
when we y defeated her once on n w.,
tion, we once upon the sea bu,
lana .,.a sna New zealand Africa A S,e
A ..lsn are free bscauss OF wh" ~, w.
can"a. they are with us 10 'n'
Que. 49, ,hs freedom Of the seas. .,.
because of hNs ..'s,.,,S,i,Dss nov
She must not be 0Ve'~"'''''