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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
70 PER CENT OF
CLAIMS IN NORTH
DAKOTA GRANTED
Report of General Crowder
Shows Bulk of Exemp-
ton Pleas Allowed

Washington, d. c., Jan. Each
man of the 1924 accepted for service
in North Dakota under the seIective
draft law, cost the federal govern
ment $1.S3. said Enoch II. Crowder,
provost marshal general, in his first
annual report to the secretary OF
war. The percentage OF physically
fit among the 1906 men examined
in North Dakota was 77.55.
In Minnesota for each of the 24,1Ss
accepted for service the cost was 81
and for the 1896 accepted in South
Dakota the cost was 1886.
Large Number Fail to Appear.
Other information given in the re-
port is that 1928 per cent of the men
called in Minnesota were accepted,
In North Dakota the percentage of
acceptances was 42.03 and in South
Dakota 43.43 per cent.
A total Of 3,441 men, or 5.45 per
cent OF the men called in Minnesota,
failed to appear. In North Dakota,
1887 men, or 7.34 per cent, didn't
appear, and in South Dakota 279, or
3.24 per cent, were absent on report
ing days. In Minnesota, IS, 450 men
were examined and 1894 per cent
were physically qualified. The per-
centage of physically fit among the
Ia was 1855, and of the 1926 exam
ined in South Dakota, 1915 per cent.
OF the 6S,1S7 men called in Mime
sofa, 1852 filed exemption claims
and 21,741, or 81.57 per cent, were al
lowed.
In North Dakota. S,459 men claim
ed exemption and 1888 pleas, or 1887
per cent, were granted. The number
Of men in South Dakota claiming
exemption was 1859. The number
of claims granted was 2,732 or 1916
per cent.
Appeals to President Improbable.
One of the most interesting tables
in the report is that showing the
appeals taken to the President.
The number Of appeals filed by
Minnesota men was 1,452. OF these,
1880 were agricultural and 122 nom
agricultural. Sixteen appeals were
withdrawn. In 2,012 cases the dis
trict boards were affirmed and in %
cases they were reversed. A total Of
sol Minnesota cases were pending
at the date Of the report. The North
Dakota appeals totaled 7S2. OF these
Isl were rejected, Is were allowed 2
were found not appealable and So
were pending.
The number Of appeals from South
Dakota was $50. OF these 46 were
rejected, 4 were allowed, was found
nonappealable, was withdrawn and
BIT were pending.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
DAMAGE SUITS
TOTAL S25O,OOO

Mandan, N. d., Jan. 7.-Damags
suits totaIling $25O.OOO will be tried
at the term of district court for
Morton county which opens here to-
day with Judge w. L. Nuessle Of
Bismarck, presiding, in the absence
OF Judge J. M. Hanley with the COLI
ors". Seventy flour cases are on the
calendar, thirteen being criminal ac-
tions.
In two cases, damage suits involv-
ing 800, 900 are brought against the
Mandan Electric company by Mr..
and Mrs. Adam Stoltz, who were
burned through the alleged careless
ness and negligence of the company.
Mrs. Nellie Muir Of Chicago, sues the
Northern Pacific for the death of her
son, Frank Muir, switchman, killed
in the local yards. T. G.. G. Kennedy,
administrator OF the estate Of Luigi
Nardelli, Italian, killed in the yards
while at work, has brought suit for
sac, 900 against the same road. Kasper
Schantz is suing the railway COM
pany for $4,000 for the death Of his
son.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
TO PUT RETIRED
FARMERS BACK
Proposed That Governor
Conscript Expert Ag-
riculturalists

New Rockford, n. D., Jan. Tor
ganization Of state agricultural eff
ficlency board, and the CONSUMPTION
OF retired farmers to aid in the pro-
duction of the monster grain crop
the nation expects North Dakota to
produce during the coming year, will
be urged upon Governor Lynn Fraz-
Ter of North Dakota by the business
men OF New Rockford, as well as
business men of other cities in the
state.
There are today, in practically
every town and city Of the state, re-
tired farmers who have earned their
competency on farms and have NOV
ed their families to the population
centers to afford them better educa-
tional facilities. These men. thou
sands of them, are successful agri-
culturalists, and If put back on the
farm, would be a tremendous influ-
ence in bringing about the greater
crop production so urgently requir-
ed.
Several New Rockford business
men who have made an investiga-
ton of the situation, hold to the be-
lief that hundreds OF the retired
farmers are in position to go back
to the land, where they could rem
der valuable aid to the government
in the direction Of big farms.
The whole proposal will be laid
before the governor this week, or it
may be laid before the state council
Of defense. which is scheduled to
hold q meeting in Fargo during the
week. The consolidation Of war
plans is to be worked out by the
council OF defense. according to
plans now being perfected, and the
agricultural industry, North Dako-
ta's greatest factor in the business
of war, will receive, special attention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
DICKINSON NORMAL
IS PLACED ON LIST
CataIOrE Are Ordered by Regents
With View to Opening OF
school Next Fall.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. THE DICK
Inson Normal school was othclalIy
placed on the map Saturday Wneh
Secretary Charles Brewer, OF tle
state board of regents, INCLUDED TINS
institution in the list OF eight for
which he is asking bids on 1918 cata-
logs. Last year only seven institution
catalogs were printed, the university.
agricultural college and nofmAls
~ WavviIIe. Bottineau, Valley City,
Wahpeton, Glendale and Minot con-
stituting the list ,..
The Dickinson catalog is being pup
lished with a view to opening tnls'
me slopes first state educational in
stitutfon, next fall The apprOprla-
tfon left after Governor Frazier had
finished pairing expenditures down 70
al the states income, was SO small
that the regents deemed 1t adVlsabIe
not tn attempt to stretch it over the
biennium, but to defer the opening
until the fall of 1918.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
HUNS use FRENCH
FOLK AS SHIELD
AGAINST ENEMY
German Atrocities Make
Ones Blood Run Cold,
Writes Dakotan

Mott, N. D.. Jan. TIT makes
ones blood run cold to hear the
stories from refugees Of crimes
against womanhood, and I cannot
understand how a Providence that
governs the world can let such
atrocities go unpublished very long"
writes d. II. Emery, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. B. Emery Of this city. Mr..
Emery is with the cOlors" at the
front.
"The people of our country do not
realize what this country (Erance)
has suffered else / believe there
would be no dissension from the
Wilson war program" says Mr..
Emery in a letter recently received
by his parents. Eve should get
down to work now in order to do our
part to win this world war.
Il little dreamed last Christmas
when I was with you in Mott that
I would be in France this year. Poor
France has surely had her beautiful
villas ruined in this war, but she is
going to rise triumphantly and build
on a more modern basis. have been
in villas where / would never have
known a town existed had there not
been a sign-post with name on. They
were, no doubt, beautiful before the
war with their ivy covered houses
and arbors everywhere"
Destroy Cemeteries.
Mr.. Emery says that Fritz" seems
to have taken particular pains in de-
molishing churches and cemeteries,
and this is the only war in which the
dead have not been sacred, He writes
that in the large cemeteries the Ger
mans would blow the slabs from the
vaults, remove the caskets and break
them open for jewelry or metal they
could find, and then burn the rest
and use the vaults for sleeping
quarters.
II have seen all this with my own
eyes," write Mr.. Emery. THE other
day saw a trainload of French
refugees being taken to a refugee
camp. They had been the same as
German invasion in 1914 and recap
tured by the English. They were
sorry looking sight and certainly
to be pitied. One thing that has kept
the allies from retaking these viii
lagos is the fact that they are full of
civilians. The Germans know this
and use them as a shield. Any at
tempt to shell the places would cause
the death Of hundreds of innocent
people. If forced to leave the town,
they take all with them except those
too old or too young to be of any
service.
Tries His Gas Helmet.
"a German airplane has been
sailing around over us as write and
the usual shots being fired but much
to our sorrow it sailed away unharm-
ed. We have steel helmets now and
carry our gas masks with us. I was
one of the twenty who volunteered
to go into a gas trench to test out
masks, and I suffered no incon-
venience whatever. The call-boy just
came and I have to 20 to work.
could talk all night and even write
about the German atrocities and Of
what I have seen and then be only
nicely commenced"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION
IS ORGANIZED AT MOTT
Made Branch Of Hettinasr County
Association - w. J. Steer Made
Chairman Of New Organization.

Mott. N. D.. Jan. For the pur-
pose of securing a good market,
disease control, securing suitable
laws and urging their enforcement
and in bringing registered cattle in
to this part of the state, a Mott
branch of the Hettinger County Live
stock association, has been perfected.
The officers are:
w. J. Steer, vice president county
association and chairman Of the Mott
branch: +. G. Orr, acting secretary;
r. A. Grant, manager Shorthorn de-
partment; Joe KOlkema, manager
Holstein department; H. o. Pearce,
manager Hereford department; John
Voegeli, manager Brown Swiss de-
partment; William Weeke, jr., man
ager Jersey department; George
Schwartz. manager Percheron depart
ment, and Hans p. Larson, manager
of the hog department.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
NEW coBPoRATIoNs,

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 7.--New cor
porations chartered by Secretary of
State Hall, today are the Bowman
Equity Lumber Co., Carl M. HER
land. A. c. Hjerland and Walter s.
Olson, capital $4,000; The Makoti
Farmers cooperative Elevator CO..
J. b. Jensen, ]. w. Lampat and Z. o.
Bondy, capital $4,000, and the
Dickey Farmers Press, J. S. Julian
of Fullerton, c. II. ROney OF Cakes
and r, N. Youngquist Of Fullerton;
capital, $11, 400.
The last named is one Of the
numerous Nonpartisan league news
paper corporations organized by Rev.
George =. Totten Of Bowman and
William Lemke Of Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
TEACHER DIDN'T EXPLAIN
WAR IN THE RIGHT Way
Glen UIIin Farmer Gives This Elk.
cuse When Arraigned For Failure
to Send Children to School.

Mandan, N. D., Jan. John
Schultz, Glen U1lin farmer, was ar
rested on a complaint sworn to by
H. K. Jensen, county superintendent
Of schools, who charges the farmer
with failure to send his children to
school. Schultz was fined $25 and
costs. Schultz, when arraigned, said
the teacher didn't talk about war
the right way and instructed the
children on the part the United
States government is playing in the
war program.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
FARGO MEN INSTALL y y
CHAPTER AT FORKS
Guthrie, MackenrOth and Johnston
Organize Fifth Council Of Royal
and Select Masters.

Grand Forks, n D., Jan. THE
fifth council Of the Royal and Select
Masters Of the Masonic lodge was in
stalled in Grand Forks Saturday, to
be known as Rae council Fargo,
viously had similar councils.
Il. George Guthrie, =. l. Macken-
roth and William T. Johnston, all of
Fargo, installed the new Grand Forks
Masonic council.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
John ID. Jr. Couldn't
Get Oil Heaters
For His Own Home
nv AssocIated Press.l

New York, Jan. John d. Rookie
Teller, jr., has been obliged TO close
his New York home and move into
his fathers home at Tarrytown, N.
Y, because the Standard Oil COM
pany was unable to provide him with
oil stove heaters. Mr.. Rockefeller's
home and those of several other
wealthy New Workers adjoining have
q common central heating plant, but
lack Of coal forced it to close down.
Oil company, in which he and his
father are heaviest stockholders, for
36 oil stoves.
Supply exhausted. Can't get them
for you or anybody else" was the
answer, whereupon Mr.. Rockefeller,
with a shiver, decided to move.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
DEPOSITS UNDER LAST
CALLS SHOW Big gain
Satisfactory Increase in North Da'
kota's Banking Facilities
Shown by Statements.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. deposits
in the state banks in North Da-
kota show a material increase in a
statement covering the last two
calls issued by the state banking de-
partment in 1917, compared with the
final statement Of bank conditions
in 1915.
The total deposits in banks under
the last 1917 call is placed $104,5Ss,-
629.O1, while the second last call
showed deposits Of $s6,572,95s.01. The
total under the last 1916 call was
$91, 55s, 33O.4S, showing a net gain OF
SS,016,670 in the year.
The total resources Of the banking
Institutions under the last 1917 call
were 1922, 450, 6S3.54, a net increase of
SIS, 4S2, s6s.29 over the year prev
ions
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
DdUSon, Man
Dies in France
WedSi1c Months

Minneapolis, Jan. 1.-Two
Minneapolis men in service in
France have died from pneu-
monia, General Pershing re-
ported to the war department
Saturday night. They were Cor
poral Fred M. CRUDE and Carl
Z. Moberg.
The telegram informing Mrs.
CRUDE Of her husbands death
arrived as she was reading to
friends a postal from him, say
ing he was we'll and happy to be
serving in France. Mr.. and Mrs.
CRUDE had been married six
months. One month after the
wedding he enlisted at Dawson,
N. D., in the 161st ambulance
corps. He left for France with
the corps three weeks ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
Girl Catches
On Bob-sled;
Leg Crushed

williston, N. D., Jan. Child
ish play in catching on bob
sleds resulted in an accident in
which Frances Bloom, 10-year-
old niece of Frank Davis OF this
city, slipped under bob-sled
loaded with coal and had her
right leg crushed under the run
ner. A physician decided that
the case was one for a specialist
and upon his advice the little
girl was taken to st. Paul.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
GOLDEN WEDDING.

Mr.. and Mrs. James v. Smith OF
Buchanan, NJ. D., Celebrate Big Event
Jamestown, N. D., Jan. about
$50 visitors, not including relatives
attended the golden wedding cele-
bration of Mr.. and Mrs. James "
Smith Of Buchanan, N. D., Suits
man county. The couple were married
at Batavia, Iowa, so years ago and
have been residents of Stutsman
county for 35 years. A purse Of $21C
was presented.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
Burning Japanese
Freighter Arrives
At Pacific Port
CBy Assoclated Press. )

A Pacific Port, Jan. THE Jap
anese freighter Shinyo Maru No. 2
arrived here Saturday with a fire in
her hold still burning but under con-
troll. The blaze, it was said, start
ed In a pile of cotton rags January
2 and for q time gained Roadway
against the streams of water and
steam used in an effort to combat it.
Wireless calls were sent out on the
first day Of the fire and were picked
up by the warship which changed its
course and reached the Shinyo with
in IL hours. Damage to the Shinyo
was heavy.
The Shinyo was carrying 1900 tons
Of merchandise.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
PATRIOTIC FOOD SHOW.

(By Associated EE6SssJ
Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE patriotic foot
show, with exhibits contributed p1
various government war and food bu-
reaus designed to show in simple form
how to carry out the Instructions Q.
the food administration, opened here
Saturday.
More than 500 war recipes are be
ing demonstrated by expert cooks
some of them from army canton
ments. Lectures by experts IRON
government and state institutions
will be given every day until the
show ends, Jan. IL.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
CONDUCTOR MACMILLAN
RETIRED BY THE G. N.

Breckenridge, Mimi, Jan. w
J. Macmillan Of st. Paul, conductor
and one Of the oldest employees on
the Great Northern and known on
every part Of the system, was retired
last week after 40 years Of contin-
uous and honorable service with the
road. Mr.. Macmillan was a resident
of Breckenridge for many years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
North DdkOtdnS
at Dunwoody Are
Ordered Abroad

Minneapolis, Jan. Twenty
bluejackets who have been in
training at Dunwoody institute
left Minneapolis last night for
the east where they will go i'm
mediately to France. This is the
first detail to be ordered direct to
France from Dunwoody. Several
hundred friends escorted the
men through the downtown
streets Of Minneapolis to the de-
pot.
The party, which was in
charge of William H. Calhoun,
Sioux City, included Harold S.
Swenson, Superior, Wis; Harry
j. Thomas, New Hartford, Ia; S.
L. Hanson, st. Peter, Mimi;
Charles Jackman, Forman, N.
D.; Lee Sohwan, Dickinson, N. D.;
Leo Marchildson, East Grand
Forks, Mimi, and M. II. Haapoja,
New York Mills, MINI.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
MOVE 70 NEW BUILDING,

Bismarck, NJ D., Jan. THE Bis
marck public library, maintained IN
the commercial club rooms since IT'S
dedication by that organization Fep.
%, 1915, was moved Saturday INTO
the basement of the capital city's
handsome new $500 library build
inc at the corner Of Thayer and
sixth streets. Mrs. Florence II,
Davis. the librarian, announces that
She will utilize the basement rooms
until the treatment of the library
proper is completed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
HETTINGER COUNTY
FARMERS ORGANIZE
Temporary Organization of Farm Blu
reau Results From Meetings
Held at Three Towns.

Mott, N. D., Jan. 7.-Following
meetings held at New England, Re
gent and Mott, a temporary organic
alton Of the Hettinger County Farm
bureau was perfected. Representa-
tive men from over the county were
appointed to cooperate with the
county agent and government author
tiles in any movement for producing
more fOodstuffs or improved condi-
tions on the farm. Farmers in at
tendance at the meetings seemed to
be of the opinion that 1t will be nee
essary to ship in oats and barley for
seed next spring. Corn is also scarce.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
EDcELEY BUSINESS MEN
pRAPE SHOW WINDOWS
I'M HONOR TO SOLDIER.

Edeeley, N. D., Jan. 7.--Edgeley
business houses were draped in
mourning in respect to the memory
az Private Emmett Mckinney, whose
remains were brought home from
Fort sin, Okla. for interment.
Mr.. Mckinney. a son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William Mckinney Of the Nor
tonville community, is L.aMoure
countv's first son to give up his life
To the cause. The funeral services
were in charge OF the Edgeley Home
Guard. and were attended by prac-
tically everyone in the village.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
PoAcH ON Ignite.
Government Will Present Bill to Tn.
authorized Miners.

Parshall, N. D., Jan. $50 great
has become the demand for coal,
that Uncle Sam finds reservation
residents are poaching on his lig-
mite reserves. A government coal
agent sent here from Duluth discoy-
cred a number of instances Of un-
authorized mining. He estimated
the amount of coal which had been
taken out, procured the names of the
persons who took it, and announced
that they will be presented with a
bill representing the market value
of the fuel, plus a premium.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
WINS HIGH HONOR.

Frank Troeh Proclaimed Best Shot at
Trap shooting IN United States.
Grand Forks, n. D.. Jan. 7.-Frank
Troeh of Vancouver, Wash, son of
John II. Troeh, gunsmith Of Grand
Forks, has been proclaimed the best
shot at tranpshooting in the United
States, according to official figures
which have been compiled. In 1916,
Troeh was the Washington state and
national amateur champion when he
broke 284 straight at Seattle.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
REV. TAYLOR RESIGNS
TO ENTER U. 5. SERVICE
Pulpit of Federated Church at Tower
City to Be Filled by Rev. Mr..
Talbot Temporarily.

Tower City, N. D., Jan. THAT
he might enter the service Of the
government as a director Of the army
recreation movement, Rev. H. Leo
Taylor, who came here from Wah-
peton last April after Rev. F. H.
Talbot had resigned to take up work
at Billings, Mont, has rendered his
resignation and has left for the east.
Rev. Mr.. Talbot, the former poster,
will occupy the pulpit as relief.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
coEsHELL APPOINTED DEPUTY

Mandan, n. D., Jan. 7.-Albert K.
Goeshell, former principal of the
Woodwork schools, was Friday
named deputy county superintendent
Of schools for Morton county by H.
K. Jensen, superintendent. Mr..
GoeshelI was graduated from the
state normal school, Valley City. He
attended the Mandan public schools
for two years. He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Goeshell Of the New Salem
district
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
OVERCOATS PROVIDED
FOR ALL CAMPS But One
Secretary Baker Continues His Tcsti-
mOny Regarding CIOthinE OF
Men I'm the Camps.
(Rv Associated Press. J

Washington. Jan. t. Overcoat
shortages at national guard and ma
tional army training camps, were re-
ported ended except at Camp Beaure-
gard, La, by Secretary Baker in a
further response Saturday to the sen
ate military committees resolution
urging immediate steps to provide the
soldiers with adequate winter cloth
ing. Many Of the camps are still short
of wooden blouses which the secre-
tary said were particularly hard to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
CITY HALL OPENED
Grand Municipal Ball Throws Open
New Building at Breckenridge.

Breckenridge, Mimi, Jan. THE
new city hall was formally opened
to the public last week with a grand
municipal ball, music for the event
being furnished by an orchestra from
Fergus Falls. The Breckenridge
chapter Of the Red Cross served the
refreshments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
COMPLETE NEW SCHOOL

ParshalI, N. D., Jan. THE new
Wright district consolidated school,
Just completed at a cost OF $6,0OO'
comprises manual training and do
nestle science departments, is steam
heated and modern in every respect.
IT is considered q model among
buildings in it's class, and 1t serves
q, district which heretofore has had
no educational facilities for its chill
dren.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
RALL NETS s14s.

Red Lake Falls, Mimi, Jan. &
Given for the purpose of raising
funds for the Red Lake county sol
dier boys in training at the different
camps. the ball held here New Years
evening, netted the committee $l4s.
The BAH was held in the new Peo-
pies garage and was under the aus
pices of the Red Lake chapter OF the
Red Cross.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-07
WOULD STORE COAL.
Board Of Control Asks Mines to Rush
Shipments TO Schools.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. THE state
board of control is urging coal mines
which have state contracts to rush
forward all the coal they can possibly
supply during the present warm
weather, when the general demand
from North Dakota cities is below
normal. None Of the state institu-
tions has a normal stock Of fuel on
hand, and the board hopes that by
taking advantage of the present mild
period it may safeguard the
states wards from freezing when
cold weather returns.