Leading
Newspaper of
Western Nebraska
The Alliance Herald
OFFICIAL ORQAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND NEBRA SKA STATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN 8 A SSOCIATION
16 Pages
2 Sections
VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 2.1, 1!)17
VI'UIIL'D ')0
C. & N. W. MAY
BUILDTO CITY
Itamnr Thai Northwowtern Plans fc.
tetwdon from Hay spring-, to Al
liance Via Hemltqrford
WILL OPKN UP RICH TKRIUTOHY
Koad Said to Re Considering T
Proposed Routes f pihu Hem
iugford One to Sroto4Liff
Rumore are aflont to the effect
that the Northwestern line is con
templating the building of an exten
sion from the main line at Hay
Springs to Hemingiord and probably
into Alliance. While there have been
no official statements to that effect,
there are well-defined rumors that
point strongly toatbat fact. There
are some who believe that" the talk
of the proposed Northwestern exten
sion Into Hemingford and Alliance is
a move on the part of the Northwest
ern to scare the Burlington from
making further advances In what the
Northwestern considers its own ter
ritory. The rumor at this time
cornea stronger than ever, there
seemingly being no concealment of
the fact that the Northwestern is de
sirous of entering this territory.
for some time, it is said, the man
agement of the Northwestern has
been casting envious eyes at the Bur
lington lines, because the Burlington
has been getting the exclusive haul
on Box Butte county potatoes ship
ped from Alliance, Hemingford and
Beroa. The extensive shipments of
potash from the plants at Hofftand,
lakeside and Antioch are also said
to have set the Northwestern officials
to thinking. The plan might be to
build to. Alliance and connect with
the potash plants by building a line
for local freight and passenger serv
ice, it is probable that if the line
was exteuded to the potash plants
that, for a long time, at least, it
would be used principally for haul
ing freight, with possibly a passen
ger coach or way-car hitched on be
hind for the convenience of those
Top Prices Paid for- Feeding Steers
mnlm .Iniirnal.Silnnlmnii mmnlln L l . i i , . .
steer
reads
Month
Jan. .
Feb.
Mai
Apr.
May
Tun.
July
Aug.
Rep.
Oct. .
Nov .
Dec.
Year
fill. 4.1 . I I W t , . - .
i tie nouin omana .lournai Mockmnn recently publishel a table showiiiK th
each month for the past tuuntv-two venr nl vo lh. tut i khIaji C..
as follows:
1911 1910 190 190ft) 1907 1906
,V6n
5.80
5.75
6 00
5.75
5.70
5.60
5. CI
5.35
5.15
5.40
5.75
6.00
top prices paid for full loads of foe
mis list is well worth looking over
- 1917 1916 1915 1914 till 1912
$10.05 7.80 8.50 8.20 8.00 5.90
10.05 7.85 7.35 8.15 8.00 6 00
10.75 8.65 7.60 8.25 8.40 6.30
10.25 9.00 8.25 8.25 8.35 7.50
11.25 9.00 8.15 8.05 8.00 7.70
10.50 8.50 8.15 8.00 8.50 7.75
10.25 8.50 8.50 8.35 7.90 7.25
8.45 8.55 8.30 8.00 Ml
8 40 8.65 8.60 9.00 8.30
9.00 8.50 8.75 8.55 6.50
8.25 8.10 7.75 7.85 6.40
9 25 7.75 8.50 7.75 7.10
9.25 8.65 8.85 8.55 7.70
1910
5.00
6.00
6.85
6.85
7.00
7.30
5.4 0
4.90
fi.r.o
4.85
4.70
5.00
30
190!
5.50
5.00
Ml
5 90
6 10
6.201
1 ,961
4.851
6.80
4.50
4.4
5.30
6.20
1908
4.45
4.85
5.90
I 90
6.50
6.50!
525
4.50
6.40
4 00
4.55
r. A a
6.50
4.70
4 50
4.75
Ml
5.11
5. 1 5
5.3 0
15
7 0
15
.30
to
50
II
6 5
I o
Ml
Mi
5.00
4 20
4 00
4.05
4.50
0,1
1905
4.15
3.90
5.65
5.50
5.25
4.55
4 !to
4 55
3.75
1.81
4.25
50
1904
4 00
3.75
Ml
4.30
4.85
5.15
4.701
4.50j
3.80
3.751
3.401
li.HO
r. i r.
1903
4.15
4.00
20
9 5
.11
80
60
3o
3.6 5
4.30
3 3 5
3 . S E
4.9 5
1902 1901 1900 1899
4.60 4.60 5.25 4.90
5.15 4.60 5.00 5.20
5.20 5 00 5.15 4.85
M0 5.25 5.25 Ml
I 5 5 5 40 5.50 5.45
4 95 4.90 5.00 5.00
5.15 4.45 4.75 5.50
5.65 4.50 4.90 4.90
5.40 4.40 4.75 5 50
4.90 4.75 4.70 4.90
4.25 4.25 4.50 5.00
4.35 5.00 5.00 4.90
5.65 5.40 5.50 5.50
I.IDI
5.25 4.85 4 in I
1898
5.00
4.85
5.25
Ml
5.10
5.25
4.7 5
5.25
5.20
1X97
4 20
4.40
4.55
4.70
4.75
4.82
4.60
4.55
4.30
4.85
4.60
4.75
4.85
ding
. It
1896
3.70
3.75
3.8 5
3 8 5
4.10
3.7 5
3.85
3.65
3.55
3.60
3.80
4.00
4.10
southeastern Sioux and the northern
part of Scotts Bluff county. The dis
tance from Hay Springs to Scott 8
bluff via Hemingford would be about
126 miles, or seventy-five miles long
er than if tfie line was built Into Al
liance and fifty miles loneer than If
the line was evtcmleii fmn a n i . )
to Lakeside via iinffl..,, ..... I A11 Ktnption on Account
- " siwumiMi n llll Mil I - 1
och.
Scottsbluff papers in telling of the
possibility of the Northwestern
building an extension from liar
Springs comment on the well-known
iramc agreement existing between A recent rallna m..., k i
t, ft..; n -.., . . I . :
IT" ' uvim hiiu i-xonn western Aiarsnai General Crowder and effect
lines, in many instances the roads I ive in every local exemption district
using each other's trackage for tran-! in the United States makes it nB.
8t purposes. Scottsbluff nnnern mirv tnr ih iiv-., ,
DISTRICT BOARD TO AGRICULTURAL AGENT
PASS ON EXEMPIIONS EOR BURLINGTON HERE
of
IK'ndent Kelartve to lie Ap
pealed by (xovemment
Do- . Say Ha Sliortngv Is Serious Ad-
vise I so of Ml SIIom Many
Pinto Beans Being liaised
point out that this adds weight to the
possibility of the Union Pacific cross
ing the Platte river from Oerina to
Scottsbluff which would form a con
necting link with the Northwestern
if that road builds to Scottsbluff giv
ing the Northwestern an immediate
and direct outlet to the territory east
of the exemption board in each dis
trict to appeal all exemptions allow
ed by the local board to the district
There is a great shortage of hay
over this sect ion of country accord
ing to O. H. U-lbers of Denver, agri
cultural agent for the Burlington
lines west, who made a business visit
to Alliance Saturday. Mr. Leibers
had received a request from eastern
men to buy for them twenty-five car
ana south ol HCOttSDlUfl as well at i muni ami miv .i. .. ...... .,.. a..
- -.. rr ...... j . . 1. 1 1 . o iiii- until ut
affording the Union Pacific a tap to 1 cislon to be made by the district
the north and west not now enjoyed board. Some local boards take one
by that road. view of the law and some another.
i t i , r. I. .. ) . . I 1 I : .. . . . . i ,
uuin ikiiki 11 is i" mii ii-ii inn ; in some instances hoards are exempt
ing all married men who file claims.
board While it is generally bel lev- 1 Innla nf hut II.. .1., ,U. 1
..,i fhm h. rfi.t.i.. K- . . . i it i-T a.- i : r- . u
' uioiuvi "".'III vt 1 1 1 , i zj i in
main, follow the rulings of the local
board in those cases where no com
plaint has been tiled, yet the goveri.-
that the Union Pacific by building
a.'ros the river to Scottsbluff can
tap the sugar factory there, while
the Northwe;.t 1 n by building to
Jltmingford and Alliance and possi
bly to the potash plants, can tap an
other and entirely separate industry
to the price of hay in this section It
was not practicable to purchase hay
and ship it east, for by the time tho
freight and other charges are paid
the hay would cost the buyers be
tween 25 and $30 a ton.
Mr. LieberB stated that while this
immediate section of the country
possibly would not feel the hay
shortage because of the fact that
those who will feed hay have raised
1MT3II wuu llMVf tllni I K! . . , - ,
dependents. The district board ,":.'r.own: . . . were corn-
will no doubt equalize the deosions I C "V TJl ,Tn WU,
of the various boards. 8,1,1 bleY werp UD Wit real
while others are exempting only
those married men who have absol
uti
Mr. I.U-hUm la
, ' - " . v 1 iur
statement that in the neighborhood
or izh.uoo oushels of pinto beans
will be raised this year In Nebraska,
Colorado, Arizona and the West. The
great American public Is not yet ed
ucated to the pinto bean, although
food specialists state it contains
more in food value than any other
bean. Many call the pinto bean the
Mexican bean and arrive at the con
clusion that anything Mexican la of
low standard. This theory has been
proven false. The Burlington rail
road Is facing the problem of dispos
ing of this great cash crop for the
growers along its lines. At this time
a demonstration is being conducted
In New York for the benefit of the
government and our allies in the
hope that the government and the
allies will purchase pinto beans for
the soldiers. The ninto bean ia not
cooked in the same way the common
bean is cooked. A letter addressed
to O. H. Llobers. 567 Railway Ex
change building, Denver, Colo., will
probably bring in return a book of
recipes teuing now to coo pinto
beans.
Mr. Llebers left Alliance Saturday
noon for the East.
BOYS ON THE
BORDER NOW
t o. il of 4th, and Co. V of 6th Left
Ft. rook and Omaha Friday
for Oesninjr, JT. M.
'WK'RK AM, KKJHT" IN HMXJAN
Mothers, SslsN-rs and Sweetheart
Weep as Flower of State's
Manhood HntraliiM
various boards
Itobert Graham of Alliam-e is the
I proposition.
J here are some Who believe that the ' government's representative here I According to Mr. Liebers many
Noithwestern may be putting up the having been appointed by the pres- ! sections of the West are finding It
extension rumor as a means of abat ! jdoiit throtiith the ntvarnnr M,i mill , profitable to turn to the dairvinit
1 l t 1 1 i . H ii r 1 1 ti trt .in in I'l.Mi,. i.l... n . nt . a- t . . . . . . . . 1 , , i i l u v. i i s
i.;. (.nonirnrs who rielrp(t In iii.ik. Ml . ."""lv" ' " '"" , appeals wiin ine rnsinct hoard lil""n'-. 'e u as ins opinion
of the service. gW 0,1 exemption cases.
The district board has original jur
lsdiction over all exemption claims
GROWERS ORGANIZE
FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT
As is well known, the Burlington j
and Northwestern lines have been
long fighting for supremacy of the '
territory west of Alliance in which
the two lines parallel each other.
Moth roads have been extremely ac- I
live in colonizing the territory adja
cent to their respective lines, know
ing that permanent colonization
would establish them solidly in the 1 H,,k Hutte Potato Qwm to Sell
territory. In a very short time i Spuds Under Stamp and tiuar
just a year or so then- will be no antee of Association
more homeBtead lands close to the. '
railroad for colonization. The fight ' The preliminary organization of
then will have to be curried on to 'the Box Butte Potato (Jrowers Asso
strengthen other portions of the tei-(ciatlon was made at a meeting of
ritory in which competition is soipotato growers held Saturday after
strong. It may be that no exten-noon at Hemingford. The asso
sions will be made in the immediate jctation will be conducted along much
future or while the war is in prog-'the same lines as the fruit rowis
ress, but the indications seem to;of California conduct their assoeia
point to the fact that the Northwest - I lions.
.1.1 ii- in. I tin i , . I . , ml lit ', i hi, . . v Tl... t " . i ' 1 . " ' . ' 1 B .
-iu "ii - j"" iii" ' a manager will DA nireu to in
ed to start something at any time. spect the totatoes of members to see
Reports are to the effect that tWOlthal thev are craded to standaml
proposed routes have been mapped The potatoes will be sold through
that gradually the stock-raising end
of the cattle business in Bonie parts
or the West will be replaced by the
itia,i nt, t . ki.. ; dairying interests. He expressed de
....... wis 'ii' i i . i i 1 1 i . i ; ' f llil . m , .
engaged in industries which are nee-1 Ugh whr?n 'n'ormed that a number
eFsary to the maintenance of the mil
itury establishment and the public
interest. This board also has juris
diction over all cases appealed from
local boards.
out and that it is possible the North
western may go ahead on either one
of the two propositions. The first
proposed line, and the one that
seems the most practical to casual
observers, will leave the main line
of the Northwestern at Hay Springs
and run directly south to Heming
ford, a distance of approximately
thirty miles, and then on to Alliance,
a distance of approximately twenty
miles. The distance from Alliance
to Lakeside through Hofffand and
Antioch is probably twenty-five
miles. Thus, the Northwestern could
by building only approximately gev
' enty-nve miles of railroad open up
for their road the rich territory
through the Antelope valley between
Hay Springs and Hemingford, the
rich Box Butte potato raising sec
tion, and connect with the fast grow
ine potush plants. The extension, in
the opinion of some, would prove
very profitable from a freight stand
point and might eventually be made
to pay returns from a passenger
standpoint. The section through
which the line would puss is grow
ing rapidly and is provided with bus
iness that any railroad would he glad
to grab
An extension of the line on to Kiis
worth would give the Northwestern
;i reus to a great ratth -raising area
that they do not now touch. The
Northvestern taps the northern por
tion of the Nebraska cattle country
but an extension in the direction of
Kllsworth would put them in the
very heart of this great area. Should
such an extension be contemplated
and finally built, it would undoubt
lly imirk the beginning of a bigger
warfare waged between the Burling
!in and the Northwestern lines
through this section and on up into
Wyoming.
It is said that with either ot (Jm
two proposed linen the Northwestern
would build from Hay Springs to
Hemingford From Hemingford the
Ime might be built In either one of
two directions. It might be extend
ed from Hemingford to either Alii
S BOO or Scottsbluff. In the event
the line was continued from Heming
ford to Scottsbluff it would open up
new territory through the southeast
ern corner of Box Butte county.
the manager and will be sold undei
the stamp and guarantee of the as
sociation. The manager will receive
a commission for making the sales,
which commission will constitute
his salary.
J. P. Jensen of Hemingford was
elected president of the association,
and John Wiltsey, vice president. Ar
ticles of association are to be drawn
up and will be presented for adop
tion at a meeting to be held at Hem
ingford Saturday afternoon. Septem
ber 1. The association has no capi-
!tal stock whatever and is a non-prof
it-sharing organization. It is being
organized to comply with the Clay
ton amendment to the Sherman anti
trust act. The association caunoi
declare dividends, pofng i-o-operative
to the extenl that it provides a means
of standardizing and grading the po
tato, affords a soiling agenc where
by the association uuaranteen grade
and quality and lhereb secures a
hottOf price, and provides a means of
advertising Box Butte potatoes
The plan is to make the Box Butte
potato known far and wide as the
-opreme potato, thus commanding a
higher price because potatoes sold
under the stamp of the association
must be first class, the same as cer
tain oranges must be first class to be
sold under a well-known brand.
The association, as an association.
Will UOt build potato warehouses.
However, this. must not be construed
to mean thai potato warehouses will
not be built At the present time
there are two potato warehoiiasi s un
der construction at Derea. One is
being built by tin- TslHgaJjOomll
Investment Company of Omaha pri
marily to care for potatoes raised on
'and owned hy this company Th
Talmage-l.oomis company owns
SOrt acres near BofOO which it pur
chased this sprint from Theo John
son. Of the total owned hy the
company. 160 acres are in potaioe
Another potato warehouse is bein
erected by the Scott interests Most
of the larM' growers are takinc care
of the storage proposition them
selves. If others desire storage fac
ilities it will be up to them to make
their own plans It is possible one
ir two and possibly more ware
house companies will be organized
of Box Butte county dairymen hnve
united in purchasing a herd of fine
Holstein dairy cattle owned near
Lincoln.
The Burlington lines maintain an
Since all claims under the depend- , Ml icultural agent with a number of
ent relative clause an- to be appeal-' MBurt ants. The agent is hired for
ed to these board'- by the govern-;,nP purpose of helping the farmers
ment, the personnel of the district falong the Burlington lines on the
board ia of great interest to a large j theory that the railroad cannot ben
class of people. The state of Ne-"1 ntil after the Individual farm
braska is divided into two districts, benefitted.
each district having one district ex- The company is encouraging the
emption board. Hox Butte county building and use of pit silos. Mr.
p in the first division or district. I I.iebers stated that the silo was one
The district exemption board is of the real big and important things
composed of Douulns Cones, chair-' in successful operation of dry farm
man. Pioree; Dr. A. D. Cameron. , ing. Especially is this true in those
Kearney; Frank A. Kennedy, Oma- ! sections where the rainfall is light
ha: M. C. Peters. Omaha; and John and crop failures seem to come ev-
Carl Amsberry returned to Alli
ance Sunday morning after spending
a week at Colorado Springs attend
ing the national convention of the
International Typographical Union
as a delegate from the local union.
Mr. Amsberry reports a fine tlm
while away and states that he picked
up many new pointers In the print
ing game by mingling with printers
from every section of the country.
Uodertson, Joy.
and licensed by the government, but
as yet there has been no definite ac
tion taken, so far as is known, with
the exception of the two being erect
ed at Berea.
ery few years. He told of a model
farm that was being operated at one
point, the man in ehare being given
the use of the land and no salary
whatever. This man has made a
i wonderful success of the venture and
spenus much of his time instructing
, others in the way he gets his results.
He now has four pit silos of great
capacity and stores regularly enough
feed for two years ahead, so that a
Mr and Mrs. J F. Sampson of
llyannis were week-end guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Thomas. They returned to Hyannis crop failure really has no terrors for
the first of the week. bim.
MEN TO CANTONMENTS
ABOUT SEPTEMBER 5
liox PsjltO Men Part of SM.S.OI4
I ha it. I Men Co he Sent Sooon
To I minion ' 'amp-
Sometime after the first of Septem
ber, at great camps "somewhere ji--tweeen
the Rockies and the Al
leghanles," more than a quarter of a
million Americans, including drafted
men from Box Butte county not ex
empted or discharged and called in
to the service of the United States,
will begin the training which will
change the boys of the farms, ran
ches, shops, factories and towns and
cities of the territorc COYCrod by the
central department or the army into
soldiers of the new national army of
the United States.
More specifically 24.1,014 men cho
sen in th selective draft from fifteen
states in the central department, of
which Nebraska is one of the states,
assembled in six immense canton
ments will devote all their energies
to become seasoned soldiers of Amer
ica and ready to share the fortunes
of war with their comrades from oth
er sections of the country.
The sites for the cautonmeuts
where the future soldiers will he
train"d have been selected with re
gard to water supply, sanitation and
Dodge near Dos Moines, Iowa, will
train 44.59 men from Ncbruska.
Iowa, North Dakota. South Dakota
and Minnesota; Camp Sherman, near
ChllllAOtbO, O., will train :I7.589 men
from Ohio and West Virginia; t'amp
Taylor at Louisville. Ky.. 41,560
men from Indiana and Kentucky;
Camp Custer, near Battle Crook, Mich
xr,,!9:' men tromS Michigan and Wis
cousin; Camp (Jrant near llockford.
nil-. ;CT.::4 men from Illinois, and
Camp Fanston at Kort Riley, Kan..
4 5.S80 men from Kansas, Colorado
and Mibsouri.
.'.OOO Acres in I .i. h Camp
There will he a ureal similarity in
all the cainonnienis when completed
ihouph local conditions Will neceaai
tate a different grouping! of barracks,
parade and training ground a Fm-h
camp cowrs approximately , ac
res sufficient to permit of maneuvers
of all the military units assembled t
there The barracks which at most j
of the camps are nearini: com plot ion
pro wo nor structures the second'
floor beini; arranged as sleeping QtMf
ion lor the men and the firet for as
sonthH ami BXOBS halls Particular
mtenfion to the comfort of the sol
diers was paid in designing the bar
racks, All of the cantonments with'
the ex, option of Camp Taylor at
Louisville will hO .-learn heated aniL
all will be equipped with comfortable
iron beds, ample shower baths and in
addition each soldier will have his!
ow n ocker.
When competed each cantonment '
wil have the appearance of a model-!
ale si sad 'it with this importaut dif-;
ference, at the camps there will be no
(Continued on page five)
Company Q of the Fighting Fourth
the Alliance company under the
command of Captain "Jack" Miller of
Alliance, which had been stationed
at Fort Crook, Nebr., for about three
months, left Fort Crook and Omaha
Friday in company with Co. C of the
Dandy Sixth for the great camp at
Doming, New Mexico. The Omaha
Bee tells the atory of the departure
of the troops In the following langu
age: "Tell the world we're all right!"
This was the parting message of
the boys of Company C of the Dandy
Sixth and Company G of the Fighting
Fourth, who at 4 p. m. Friday left
for Deming to train for foreign serv
Ice.
Some fellow in the rear car shout
ed it as the train lay waiting in the
shed where hundreds of loyal moth
ers, Wives and sweethearts lingered
for a farewell sight of their "boys"
before they left perhaps forever.
We're all right." The soldiers
In the car took up the alogan and
then it rolled on to the next coach,
till the whole train almost rocked
with the mighty shout: "Tell the
world we're all right."
While gray-haired little mothers
and sweet young sisters Bobbed,
while young wives clung close in a
last embrace of the loved ones, and
toddlers cried "becaube mama does",
not knowing why. the acho reverber
ated prophetic of the valiant nan
the soldier lads are soon to play
"Tell the world we're all right."
And to, oh, how many, came a vis
Ion a scene of death and glory min
gled, a line of youthful soldiers
charging up a hill, a sickening clash
as foe meets foe- and then, victory!
And as they charge, from the lips
of the dying and the living ring the
exulting cry "Tell the world we're
all right.''
As it sounded Friday in the Oma
ha railroad station, the friends watt
ing, those who have been brave up
to the i.i' t moment broke down. Bui
the boys smiled bravely- still and
though their young hearts were ach
ing with sorrow for the weeping wo
men and children they were leaving
behind, they showed no sign, but car
ried themselves as soldiers to the
last. s
The call for the two companies
came but a short time before they
were to go. There was little confus
ion, liowtver. Captain Whippet ma u
of Co. C of the Sixth and tits aides.
Lieutenants Metcalfe and Benjamin,
worked like Trojans and b) 2 uVSock
every comfort kit was packed, every
blanket rolled and every cot and suit
case loaded on the trucks and off for
the station.
There was a sharp summons, and
a quick, blast from the little bugler
out on the steps of the Auditorium
sounded the "hurry-up" call. Be
fore the spectators realized what was
happening the men were swinging
Hong the street on the way to the
station, between throngs of cheering
citizens gathered to watch them de
part. A Fin.-. Fit olldy
Beneath hundreds of waving flags
and cheered by thousands of loyal
Omaha citlaens, they marched down
to the Burlington station and board
ed' the special train that rushed them
to the training rump.
At the same time a shouting,
choorini trainful of soldiers rolled iti
from the south and Company G of
the Fighting Fourth, which had been
at Fort Crook nearly three months.
Joined its brothers of the Sixth. IWth
Company 0 of the Fifth, these will
be the advance guard under orders
which in a few days will take 6.000
young men from Nebraska to the
southern camp.
The train went via St. Joseph and
on to the training camp. There the
boys will remain for a few months
it may be weeks and thej will
come another move, this time a Jour
ney over land and sea. where the
boys from Nebraska will go to the
succor of the allies fiithting so val
iantly the batUes of (he world in
Fnrope.
Kvery Man Smiling
There was not a Bigh. not a halt
Mig step as the men left. Every face
was wreathed in smiles, every man
had a joyous greeting for bis com
rades and relatives come to see bim
off. Up to the last moment when
the little bugler of Company C lean
ed out of the car window and almost
exploded in an effort to blow the
parting call to Omaha and the friends
left behind, the boys laughed and
cheered.
The call came suddenly as a rifle
si oi Nyi an hour's notice was giv
en the word said "Pack at oneo."
Company G of the Fourth was just
about to start out on a bike, Com
P iay C was out drilling and Company
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