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The Arvada enterprise., 1920-03-18

Kirby and the Captain Appeared Sud.
denly, Pauslns q Moment At the
Head Of the Ladder In Friendly Con.
vsrsation.
eyes on nobody since All done got on
board. 'cept de.cook. All reckon dem
white men aim fer ter tote me soufe,
an sell me fer 4 slave; dat's why Abs
locked up yere dis way. But All sure
does know whar dis yer Rene Beau
caire wus."
"WherAf'
"Wal. sab. It wus bout like dis:
Long bout three o'clock In de MAUI
ming OF Bill Skies cum up frum de
lower pint. a-drivin' his ktvsred wag.
on. an made Aassa Shrunk git up out
er bed fer ter git him anodder team o
hosses. Den dey done routed me up
fer ter hustle up sum grub"
"Sikes: who was sikesr'
HE lives down BY de lower pike.
sab: he's an abolitionist. sah."
''Oh. ] see; he and Shrunk worked
together. He helped with the runaway
slaves"
Yes. sab. A.. bin called up tibet
way afore. 50 All Just nat'larly went
ter work cooStn'. an purity soon dey
all ov 'em sum stragglIn' In ter dc
cabin fer taf eat. Oar was four ov
EN-. sah." her voice q husky whisper.
"Rill Skies. totin' 4 gun in his ham.
free Niger whut dey called Pete. an
two wimmin. De bigger one was 4
quadroon. maybe bout forty years o..
an de oider she want much more'n
a gnl: an dar want nuthin' ov de mig
ger bout her. 'cept It mought be de
hair. an de syes-dem was sure black
'nough."
You learned who they weref'
Course An did. Skies he 'splained
all bout EN- ter Massa Shrunk. an All
heerd whut he sed. All was a waitin'
on 'em. We all Ov us helped fer ter
put EN- In de wagon. hid undeh lot o.
truck. an den Skies he done drove 'em
out thro' de bluffs. All done walked
wifi de gal. an she toll NOR bout her
self. an whnr she cum frum: an dat
wus her nnme. sah."
"Her name? What namei''
Rene Beaucaire: de quadroon wom-
an. she wus her mother"
could scarcely voice my surprise.
the quick throbbing OF my heart threat.
ening to choke me.
"She claimed that name? She actual.
ly told you she was Rene Beaucaire7''
"She sure did. Why1 Want tibet
her namei"
II do not know" confessed. per.
haps I shall understand better. II you
90 on. What happened after they
leftf"
"Why. we just went back ter bed.
an long bout daylight. I reckon. sum
fellars cum ashore OF steamboat. an
done broke inter de house. We never
done heerl 'em til dey bust In dc dore.
One oh dem he knocked me down. an
den All saw MRssa Shrunk kill one.
afore dey got him. All don't know
Just whut did cum oh de free nigker
All reckon maybe he run away. Oars
Q fellnr Oh board yere whut killed
Nnssa Shrunk: an he's de same one
whut made me cum long wild him. A
smoOth.faced man. sorter tall like. all
drcssed up. an who never talks much. 81
"Kirby-Joe Kirby. river gambler II
"Dat's de name-Kurby. War. he's
d one whut was lookin' fer dis yere
gAl. Rene Beaucaire. He wanted her
pow'ful bud. Dey hunted all round
fer ter git hol' her. cussin' an threat.
enin'. an . haulin' me round; but
twaut no sOrter use. SO finally deg
took me long ter q boa. In de crlck-a
kseDboat. run by steam. Most de edder
men disappeared; All never did know
Vhef der went but dis yero kushy
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rerrIterx raksn From spaIn.

At the close Of the war with Spain
the American government obtained
possession Of Porto Rico. Guam and
the Philippines. aKreeing.to pny Spain
so. OO0.0OO md give Spanish ships sps.
cial trading privileges In the Philip.
pines for ten years. Neither state.
hood nor citizenship was promised to
any Of the islands taken over and they
are governed as territorial possessioos.
The Arvada enterprise., 1920-03-18
Consistency

Consistency.
'rhnt speaker has such hating de-
livery"
1T matches his lame argument"
The Arvada enterprise., 1920-03-18
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP M0STRlLS
Tslis New % Oct Quick Relief Frsm
Head.ceIds. Ire oplendidi

In one minute your clogged nostrils
viii open. the air passages Of yosf
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking. snuminS.
blowing. headache, dryness. No stroe.
Cling for breath at night; your cold
of catarrh will be gone.
Get . small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
. little Of this fragrant, antissptic.
healing cream IN your nostrils. II pen
setates through every air passage q
the head, soothes the innamed -
swollen mucous membrane and RELIEF
comes instantly.
lt's Just fine. Don't stay stu&ed-0v
With q cold or nasty catarrh-RsaSee
comes % Quickly.-Adv.
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CHAPTER x-csNeinvsd.
-1t-
Seems to be q mighty populous
hvsr up this way. hey, MapesT he
remarked geniaIly. -Castaways round
every bend"
"what do you meant Have you
picked up othersr'
''Csrtainly have. Hit . keelboat
twenty miles below"
"A keelboat operated BY steamT
couldn't say As to that. Was It,
Napes1 The craft had gone down
when ] got on deck. Had four aboard.
but Ws got EN- all OF an slowed EN-
back there in the texas. You better
get along now and shuck those wet
elethes."
The captain turned rather sharply
away. and I was thrust through an
spsn cabin door by the grasp of the
nate before I could really sense the
true meaning Of this unexpected news.
Mapss paused long enough to grumy
Indicate q coarse suit Of clothes
drapsd over q stool. and was about to
retirs without further words when
recovered suficiently from the shock
- halt him With q question:
II suppose you saw those people
picked up from the keelboatf"
"Surs: helped pull 'em aboard.
A I'D queer combination. II you
ask me; two niger wenches, Joe
Kirby an q deputy sheriff from down
d. I.ouee way" -..
1.-TWO women, you say7 Both ne
gressesf"
swell. thet's whut Joe said they
wus. an reckon he knew. However,
one ov en- looked ex white ~ enybody
ever saw. The deputy he toll ther
same story-sed they wus both slaves
tibet Kirby got from an o. plantation
Down below; some French name. 1t
wus. Seems like the two wenches he'd
run away. an the deputy he'd caught
EN-, an wus a-taklng 'em back. Kirby
cum long ter help. bein' As how they
belonged ter him."
you knew Kirby. then1"
I'll, ov course. Thar aln't many
river men who don't. I reckon. What
u II ID your
"NothIng; II sounds like . strange
stesy, that's all. want to get this
VET stuff OF. and will be out on deck
Dssseatly."
I was shivsring with the cold, and
lest no time shifting into the warm.
dry cssthins provided. spreading out
~ swn soaked garments over the
s16s Of the lower bunk. but careful
arst to remove my packet Of private
Dapers which. wrapped securely in
saled SILK. were not even damp. Fate
Aed played strange trick. and knew
nst how best to turn II to advantage.
Oas tAing emily was clear: whatever
~ to b accomplished I would have
q - II alese-nowhere could ! turn
r. AsaS. In the Arst place Kirby IN.
lpuete1ly had the law With him, and
issidss was among friends-thoss who
Wesid naturally believe him and were
legal b the Institution Of slavery. The
vssy fact that this was . Memphis
bsat ws were On preeluded any pos
s1bility that the creN would sympa.
tAiss with . nigger-stsaler. Nor could
! aatisipats any assistance from with.
sat. Steamboats, were few and far b.
tween On these northern waters. and
ct his time. II the report Of war was
tSus. everything ahoat would be head
q upstrsan. laden with troops and
Drsvisieas. That the report was true
] haA 10 doubt. The probability Of an
sstbreak was known before left Fort
Armstrong: the crisis had come ear
l1sr than expected. that was all.
This. then. was the situation
Through IN odd Intervention Of Provi.
6snce here We were all together on
this steamer. which WAS steadily
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CHAPTER X.

The story 81 Elsie Clark.
The next two hours dragged dread.
fully slow. In spite Of my pretcnse at
steady work. and the fact that my
thoughts were continuously occupied
4 eautious wAlspes. sounding almost
The Arvada enterprise., 1920-03-18

There are nnts In Nicaragua that
cultivate minute mushrooms for food
IN their underground homes BY form
iAs Q compost tFea leavA e koaA
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The mantle Of charity protects q
multitude Of amateur theatrical per
formances.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-04-06
Especial TO the Bulletin. }

Great Falls, April 6.--Yester
days city election here was a
sweeping victory for the labor tick
ct. Guy r. Bosley and George l..
Sleevy were elected by big majors
ties in the Third and Fifth wards,
respectively, while the result in the
Fourth ward is in doubt, the vote
being close between Sherwood, la
Dor candidate, and Calvert, repub-
lican. There was no labor candi-
date in the Second ward, as George
7. Booth, who was elected was
considered favorable to the Citi-
zen's Labor club.
The commission manager form of
government, sprung to defeat la
boris aspirations, was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. Cal Hubbard, who
has been an alderman from the
First ward for many years and the
CHIEF opponent to organized labor
in the city council, was defeated,
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BROTHERHOOD
To BREAK ! E;lA
STRIKE; I
Railroad Men Imported to
Chicago to Crack Walk
out Of Yardmen's .Asso-
citation in That City.
Especial United Press Wire

t'opeCldl tnttt0 iIeSS w tfe.)
Chicago. april 6-Tho spectacle
of one labor union 'sstrike-brealIing
to end q Walkout OF several thou
sand railroad sWttchmen will BE
staged here today when 500 men
brought from otusde points will fill
the strikers places in the local rail-
road yards.
Five hundred union "strike-
breakers are already working and
it is planned to have several thou
sand OH the job by Saturday.
The strike is being conducted by
the Chicago Yardman's association
i'll support Of demands for wage in
creases. Officials OF the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and
SWitchmcn's union Of North Ameri-
ca say the new union comprises reb-
els and that The strike is Illegal.
Stockyards Officials say that un-
less transportation of livestock is
restored to normal shortly it may
be necessary to close down all the
packing plants. Several thousand
stocl.yard employees are already idle.
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Attorney Dore asked the jurors
Have you formed an opinion as to
whether the paraders at Centralia
attacked the l. w. w hall before
the shooting, or whether the shoot
ing took place first" They were
also asked, do you know George
+. Nanderveer, and whether wit
ness being an I. w. w. would cause
prejudice.' Jurors were also ques-
toned as to having read the edi-
torial upon which the charge is
based.
Dore questioned the jurors as to
whether If it became apparent that
effort was to destroy a paper be
longing to union labor would the
jurors be affected by it.
Eleven jurors had been tenta-
lively accepted late yesterday after
noon. They include three women,
two 1aborers, boilermaker and
railroad worker who declared he
had been u union man for 10 years
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With only $3.50 votes cast ont OF
a total registration OF 1851, the re-
publicans yesterday elected five al
dermen out OF nine candidates. The
republicans lost in tha First, Third,
and Sixth wards and broke even in
the Second, where two aldermen were
TO be elected.
The biggest fights were staged in
the Sixth and Seventh wards. IN the
Sixth, despite strenuous efforts by
the Republican administration ma
chine to defeat him. Alderman Lou
Freudenstein demonstrated that the
people are behind him in his pro-
gressiye advocates by defeating
Thomas by 101 votes. IN the Sew
enth, it was said, Alderman ike"
Austin and w. ]. Walsh, both Of
whom had been defeated III the pri-
mary by Fitzgerald, combined their
interests in favor of Wilkinson, re-
publican, with the result that Fitz-
gerald, democrat, lost out by 131
votes.
The complexion of the next city
council will be strongly republican
there being II republicans to five
democrats. The republicans in the
election Yesterday cast 437 votes
more than did the democrats.
In many OF the precincts, due to
their lack Of Familiarity with voting
machines, persons who thought they
had voted for some candidate in re-
alty lost their votes. In the Eighth
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islG SgsYriE EXIllt TED.

I3ari4,April G.-German reichWehr
TROOPS, advancing against the COM
munists in the Ruhr valley. reached
a line shout / s miles north OF
%ssen, according TO the French for
riGn office adVicc3. strong resist
ance is expected in Gelsenkirchcn
district north Of Essen
Although there has been consid-
cradle scattered fighting, adyices to
the foreign office indicated that the
reichWrhr casualties We're slight.
Ihn losses to the communists We're
reported as heavy the German
troops taking no prisoners.
The government troops arc using
tanks TO rout the positions OF the
communists, who are offering a par
ticularly stubborn resistance.
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Trial of Union Record Editor at
Seattle Rehash of Montesano Case

(By Federated Press Special Wire.)
Seattle, April 6.-That the trial
of e. B.. Ault, editor and manager
of the Seattle Unoin Record, will be
in reality trial of union labor and
a rehearing of the trial at Monte
sano, was shown from the opening
of the case before Judge J. T. Ron
aid in superior court yesterday.
Ault is accused of 'slandering" the
dead in an editorial on the Cen
tralia shooting. Attorneys John f.
Dore and George F. Vandeyeer are
appearing for the defense.
Questions asked the prospective
jurors yesterday dwelt principally
upon who was the agressor at Cen
tralia on November IL, last.
Defining free speech, Judge Ron
aid told the jurors an organization
might have hall and discuss or
advocate any doctrine they wished
so long as they did not interfere
with law or the rights of others.
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FRENCH CROSS RHINE.
Special United Press Wire. }

lSpecldl pHileu IicSS w lTe.t
Paris, April 6-French troops
entered Frankfort, Darmstadt, and
Eckstein today, it was officially
stated. The French foreign office
announced that the German reich-
war garrison at Frankfort surren-
dered to the French army Of occu-
patton.
An army Of occupation of 10000
French also Will occupy Homburg,
Hanau and Dieburg, it was stated.
General Deegoutte issued proc
lamation declaring his troops are
not conquercrs and that there will
be no fighting if absolute order is
maintained The operations of the
German. public service will be con-
tinued under French control in nine
cities which have been proclaimed
in a state of siege. Newspapers will
not be allowed to publish and the
telegraph. telephones and mails have
been placed under military censor
snip.
General Degoutte's proclamation
declares that all weapons must be
turned over immediately except
those of the regular police. All in
fractions of his orders will be pun
ished by court martial.
The French occupation of the
German cities followed a long con-
tCon1inuad nm Page Threa1
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Driven to desperation Iy th> coy.-
Gnued success Of tn" striking e<,oi.s
and walters, the Associated satiii%s
tries THIS Gao"ajC 2 wa, f0:@"! 10 cail
70 i'll, assistance III" s0tal .5tcWc>
Germ ttnst as well az The local nt;ls.~
ayers OF the Chicago packers. Or
dcrs wc;r given ts,r Who!rsalr ts~nt
companies to cea.c tEetiyriin& nG&t
supplies 10 AL restaurants which ave
ciassrd a. ''ttsis'" w tfi<> stsi,IiA. c1r'-
mary cilpioy"s, and in addition, and
as a further Nienn& q }}.sErntin@.
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sition unsupported by America,
Britain or Italy. This leaves France
and Germany facing each other
along the Rhine. Out of Just such
a situation Germany's war Of re-
venge will come sometime in tho
future.
10th Germany and France are
now playing game OF strategy
preliminary to u warm situation.
From the standpoint of the al-
lies there is no doubt but that Ger
many should be allowed to take
steps to put down the Ruhr insnr-
rection. The only alternative be-
fore the allies was to send their
own forces into the disturbed area.
But il the allied troops were CONF
PEELED to fire on the German work.
in@mcn i'll Il quarrel that concerns
only domestic politics in Germany,
the results might lead, to serious
and prolonged consequences.
France, however, has desired that
this step be taken due to the im-
FcTialism which is now dominating
all her statesmen. France has be-
gun the dangerous course of put
ting Marshal Foch's opinion above
The protests of America, Britain
and gtniy. iNocIl wants to annex
both banks OF the Rhine. That is
what he is working for.
The consequences to the peace Of
the world are lisuuicting. - -.
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days, iltH Associated Industries pre-
fcT"ing so ,,;Atit down al! establish
nents rather tEiam permit the res
t,tsn"nts whose employees are union
tnen ahs! women 70 oh'@ia supplies.
Tlse catranca of tItc Bakers aud
Butchers Hnions into th" strike is
expected daily.
despite siowiisg rcports appearing
IL the local organs oi The Associated
itnhastrtt'>, shts scab cafeteria III,
fEontinnen on Page Four
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PLAN AIR NGAlI4 SERVICE.
Especial United Press Wire.)

IopeElaI JnIted FleSS wire.
Washington, April 6.-The house
and senate confcrecs agreed late
yesterday on the postoffice appro-
priations bill with an amendment
air mail service between
New York and San Francisco, via
Cleveland and Omaha.
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SOCIETY Z. I I NO O'.Il'I, I {.

OF
inq his G E
of
n
csiT riding 0 he
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DOMINATED BY F0CH'S
hAIIITARISM, French
SEEK MORE TERRITORY
Especial United Press Wire.)

New York, April 6.-France has taken the first step
the Rhine III retaliation for the German govern
ment's dispatch Of troops TO subdue the workngmens
revolt in the Ruar industri al district.
Both France and Germany have violated the terms
Of the peace treaty France has permitted the fact to
become known that she occupies an isolated po-
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MACHINE; ! ], II
CLASHES OCCUR BETWEEN
CIVILIANS and TROOPS:
DESTROY 150 BARRACKS
(Special United Press Wire.l

Dublin, April 6.-The tension in Dublin has increased
due to clashes between the soldiers and crowds in the
streets last night. The military and police raided
building which the Sim Fein flag was flying and
arrested four In attempting to the pris
on military truck the troopers encountered
huge crowd which blocked the streets in all directions
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C0sltlU NlSV5 HUNGRY.

London, ApriI 6.--MObs Of CONF
munists entered confectionaries and
bakeries and other shops at Essen
early today, according to dispatches.
The postOfficc was robbed OF 20.
900 marks
The German rcirhswehr troops are
nearing Essen.
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PREDICT GREAT PLANES.

ISpeclaI United Press Wife.)
Washington, April g. Seaplanes
to fly across the Pacific will be de-
veloped within two TO five years,
Secretary Daniels of the navy toll
the senate naval affairs committee
today.
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0MMUNIS'rS s
B B A T T IL;
HARD
Strong Resistance Being
Made Against Ebert's
Troops by Workers i'll
Ruhr Industrial District.
fSunrial IrDjtnd Press Wire.

Especial United Press Wito.l
London, April G.-lIeavy fighting
is progressing outside of Essen, a
dispatch received hcre stated. The
reichSWehr troops succeeded in en-
telus the old city, but were driven
ont Ivy Che communists after severe
fighting in The streets. All work has
been suspended.
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OVER 300 kii.s.l1n.

London, April G.-Over 800 were
killed when the I,uhr communist
army attempted to stop the advance
of the German reichsWehr near Pet
kun, according to Berlin dispatches.
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JOHNSON SNfGTtIERS WOD.

Especial United Press Wire.)
Detroit. Mich. April 6.-Lates'
returns from the Michigan presiden-
ual primary gives Hiram johnson
1O7,132 and Leonard Wood Ga. 40
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Great Falls Elects Laborites to
Cosu1ciln7anic Positions Yesterday

his opponent being elected because
of a rumor published in the morn
ing paper stating that he had been
endorsed by the Citizens Labor
club
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chimes One machine showed eight
blank ballots and the other machine
showed six.
According to election officials this
was due TO the fact that after tulns
ing down the voting lever over the
name Of the candidate selected, the
voter, instead OF leaving the lever in
that position until he or she record
ed the ballot by operating the lever
controlling the booth curtains, turned
it upward to its former position.
The results by precinct are as fol-
lows.
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RUSSIAN RESIDENTS Or
SEAT TIE ISSUE WARMING

sand Russi2n-b born residents of Seat
tie and vicinity have warned the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce that
if vicious police raids on Russian
workers continue it will mean that
American business interests will
lose their chance to capture the
trade Of the Russian Soviet repub-
lie. The message to the Seattle
chamber was transmitted through
a committee.
The Soviet republic, according to
the committee, will probably do its
trading in this country with the
American cooperative societies
wherever possible.
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IDENTIFY BODY OF siONTANAN

ADi14S 1IN lAOb4 Ot 1TON LA NAN
Spokane, Wash, April G.
Through the use of the finger print
system, a body Of a young man
found lying under the high bridge
here has been identified as that Of
Dan 4. Ban, an ex-service man whose
home is Cascade, Mont. The war de-
partment records proved his identity
although he had previously been
identified as w. ]. Billey of Seattle
from the name found inscribed in his
OVercOat.
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LABOR CANDIDATE LOSES.

Especial to The BuIletin.)
Belt, April G.-After one of the
most bitter fights in the city's po-
litical history, Mike Schmock, head
of the Belt local of the United
Mine Workers union, lost by a
small majority in his contest for
mayor against Mayor Dominick
Spagen, who was reelected for his
fifth term.
PEOPLE WIN IN HAVRE.
Especial to The Bulletin.)
Havre, Mont. April GA vic-
tory was won here by the candf-
fConfinne6 ON Page Thye0.1
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The soldiers fixed bayoncts and the
truck proceeded slowly.
As the crowd pressed forward
an armored automobile following
the motor truck suddenly opened
up witt, machine gun firing into
the air. The mob scattered in all
directions.
Minor outbreaks continued in
many parts of the country.
Latest figures placed the total OF
barracks and tax offices destroyed
in the Easter outbreaks at $50.
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WOMEN pICKETs ARRESTED.

Especial United Press Wire)
Washington, April 6--Two score
women picketing the British embas-
81 were taken i'll custody by. women
police here. Two other women who
took up picketing were Immediately
arrested.
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Tontinneh on Page Four,
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tContinued on Page Three.l