Nebraska Newspapers

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RELIEF GIVEN
Director of Drought Relief
in Nebraska Shows Need
Still Great
Lincoln. Neb.— < Special! —A re
port issued by State Tax Commis
sioner Smith, who is In charge of
stoic drought relief, shows a total
of 802 consignment to the stricken
area in northern Nebraska. The
estimated value of supplies is $401,
000■ the estimated Ireight charges
on shipments is $140,350. this being
donated by tlie railroads; hauling
was furnished free by the express
company, and free telephone ser
vice was supplied the state agency
for relief work.
Contributions have dwindled con
siderably since it was reported that
federal farm board wheat is being
distributed in the district, and al
though tills will be a great help it
cannot take the place or mixed
shipments handled by the state re
lief agency.
Letters are received daily from the
stricken area asking for additional
supplies and these are being pur
chased from funds now on hr.nd for
that purpose. Consignments to the
needy countirs are as follows: Knox.
yRfi cars: Boyd. lt>3: Holt, 99; Cedar.
11.7; Antelope, 77; Pierce. 27; Thurs
ton. 13; Keya Paha, 11; Brown, 1,
arid Rock, 5.
FEAR LAKE WILL BE
FISHED OFT qCICKLY
Kearney, Neb. — <UPf — Worm
weather has given so many people
the want-to-go-fishin’ fever here
that local sportsmen are worried for
fear Colton Mill lake will be fished
out before summer.
Cotton Mill lcke, a state project,
was just restocked with billheads
this spring. One angler here esti
mates that in the Inst 10-dny nen
cd enough bullheads have been
taken from the lake to furnlh a
breakfast, dinner and supper ferd
for every citizen of the torn.
C. N. Harris, head cl the Buffalo
County Sportsmen's league, has
communicated with State Game
Warden Frank O'Connell to learn
if some step might he taken to curb
the fishermen in fishing out the
lake completely.
O'Connell has announced that he
will nsk the next legislature to give
■the game commission authority to
regulate the bag limit at the various
ntale lakes in order to protect the
newly planted fingerllng fish.
last year, fishermen were troop
ing to Cotton Mill Jake in such
numbers that the sportsmen’s league
decided to discourage the lish from
nibbling at hooks laden with fat
Jlshworms. Ton3 of refuse was
dumped in the lake to teed th»
fish.
COUNTIES BENEFIT FROM
GAS TAX COLLECTIONS
Lincoln, Neb.—A total of $110,230.
(19 has been distributed to the vari
ous counties by State Treasurer
Bass. This represents one-fourth of
the March gasoline tax collections
after deductions for refunds and
costs of administration. Antelope
county received $1,174.48; Boone,
$1,194.84; Boyd, $51188; Brown,
$431.51; Burt, $1,150.42; Cedar, $1,
254.33; Colfax, $1,074.53; Cuming,
$1,278.39; Dakota. $736.63; Dixon,
*855.87; Dodge, $2,296 35: Holt, $1,
103.88; Keva Paha, $237.96; Knox,
$1,386.52; Madison, $2,128.44; Mer
rick, $923 03; Nance, $744,03; Pierce,
$916.95; Platte, $1,736 33; Hock. $224.
21; Stanton, $727.11; Thurston,
$635 89; Washington, $1132.17;
Wayne, $1,024.30.
AUTO STALLED IN “DRIFT"
OF RUSSIAN. THISTLES
Newcastle, Neb.— While out riding,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Packwood,
Newcastle residents, and thetr
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peter
ron and son, Wallace of Oakland,
Neb., were stalled in a “drift’ of
Russian thistles on a side road
north of Newcastle.
It was fe'ared that the thistles
would ignite from the exhaust, but
they did not. The occupants ot t.'.o
car worked about an hcur digging
the thistles away from the car.
Thistles are prevalent along the
oidr roads and strong winds have
blown them into the cuts.
CRIPPLED WAR VET
FORGES TO THE FRONT
Hartington, Neb.—(Special)— In
rpite of the loss of an arm shot away
by a shell on a French battlefield,
Cleo; ge Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Higgins, former Cedar coun
ty residents, is now marshal of the
supreme court of Minnesota. Hig
gins sold books for a living when he
first got out of the military hospital.
Then he took a law course at the
State university at Lincoln. He
went to St. James, Minn., was
electrd clerk of the district court
:>nd then became candidate for clerk
of the supreme court. He was de
feated by only a few votes.
AINSWORTH RE-ELECTS
RALSTON AS DIM OR
A ins wort h, Neb.—< Spec!* lt-Elcc
tion day was quiet here with only
■ hree of the city offices contested.
O. A. Ralston was elected rnavor,
defecting F. M. Law; Dell Abraham
;md H. N Jessen were elected coun
cllmen. defeating R. A. Baker and
C. N. Harr.
ASSETS OF CLOSED BANK
AT BLOOMFIELD SOL.
Bloomfield. Neb.—(Special)—The
assets of five Citizen* stau bank,
which foiled in 1925, were resold
here to H. C. Falconer of Kansas
City for 61.925. These assets were
cold to Mr. Falconer at a previous
etilo lor 91.460, but the sale later
tvaa rejected by the court. The re
cite netted the state dcpr.ilmrnt II -
f*2S more than It would have r«
•Itree hed the courts approved the
itiTt tale, as ICSO worth of collect
able nouaa were paid siuce the Urn
sale was held.
WISNER TEACI1ERS TO
ACCEPT SALARY CI TS
Wisncr, Neb. — (Special) — Fol
lowing the 100 per cent return of 25
questionalres sent to school boards
! of neighboring towns and cities, the
local board of education at Its reg
ular meeting, April 4, decided upon
an 8 per cent reduction in teach
ers’ salaries and an approximate 13
per cent cut, amounting to about
$2,800, in the annual budget.
Supt. T. I. Frlest who was re
elected at the same salary in the
February meeting, voluntarily re
quested to be included in the 8 per
cent reduction of ralarics.
ACQUITTED OF
CHECK CHARGE
Former Manager of Lum
ber Co. Freed—Other
Counts Outlawed
Orchard, Neb.—(Special)—George
W. Herring, former manager of the
Farmers Lumber company of Os
mond was acquitted of embezzle
ment charges by a jury in district
court.
The specific charge for which he
was being prosecuted was the al
leged writing of a $50 check against
the company account, December 12,
1028 on which credit was taken to
his personal account.
The company employed an ac
countant to go over Herring’s books
after his discharge and he was
found short $9,322.78. The National
Surety and Fidelity company car
rying his bond settled the obliga
tion out of court by paying $4,000
last fall. The shortage did not en
ter into the current charges, hav
ing been outlawed.
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TWO BOYD COyNTY MEN
GIVEN PRISON TERMS
O’Neill, Neb—Entering pleas of
fruity here before District Judge R.
R. Dickson, Charles McMillan, 44,
and Ted Schmatz, 25, were sen
tenced, Schmatz to ono year in the
state reformatory and McMillan to
from two to seven years in the pen
itentiary,
Schmatz admitted taking 20 gal
lons of paint when he broke Into a
warehouse at Spencer, in Boyd
county, and McMillan admitted
theft of one mower. The men were
brought ro O’Neill by W. L. Bren
nan, county attorney, and Wiley
Barnes, sheriff of Boyd county, and
Special Agent E. R. Powers of Nor
folk, of the North Western railroad.
Two other men are in jail at
Butte for investigation in connec
tion with these cases. The loot was
found in Holt county and at the
Bud Colwell ranch near the Spen
cer dam. One woman was grilled
and released.
About a. year ago Bud Colwell was
convicted of receiving stolen har
ness. Many sets were found con
cealed beneath hay in a barn loft
and these were Identified by owners
in remote sections of this vicinity.
Colwell now is serving a sentence in
the penitentiary.
Schmatz blamed liquor for his
downfall. He promised Judge Dick
son he never would take another
drink of intoxicating liquor.
Schmatz lived in Spencer and Mc
Millan worked at the Colwell place.
MONEY SPENT "FOR C AT”
CAUSED INVESTIGATION
Lincoln, Neb—Three dollars spent
last January for “cat meat” at
Peru State Normal school certainly
looked like a waste of public money
when an item of that kind turned
up on an institution voucher filed
in the state auditor's office.
So Deputy Auditor Harley O.
Prisons wrote to President W. R.
Pate of Peru to find out if they
were keeping a bunch of cats there,
and if so. for what purpose.
It turned out, as Pate wrote hack,
that the meat was fed to a big bob
cat which is the school "mascot,”
presented to it several years ago
by one of its alumni living in Ari
zona.
Ordinarily, the animal lives on
scraps from the kitchen of the
dormitory at the normal school.
But when there is a vacation and
the students go home, the cooking
stoes and then meat has to be
bought. The $J bill presented by
O. D. Mardis was for 12 days during
the Christmas holiday period, at 25
cents a day.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS
MARRY FATHER AND SONS
Copenhagen, Neb. — (Special) —
The marriages of Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Deister, Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Dcister and Mr. and Mrs. R. Deister,
all of Osage, Wyo., presents rather
an unusual coincident among mar
riages. When Mrs. John Fulton,
now Mrs. J. F. Deister, and her
two daughters moved from this ter
ritory to Osage they met J. F.
Deister, a widower with two sens.
H. H. rnd R. Dcister. The marriage
of the oldest son, H. H, and the
oldest daughter took place ftrst,
followed by the marriage of the
second daughter and R. Deister, and
later to make the circle complete,
J. F. Deister and Mrs. Fulton be
came man and wife. They were all
here recently to attend the funeral
of a relative.
CHATTEL MORTGAGE FOR
$?8.504.8» RELEASED
Cenier. Neb. — i Special) — The
largest chattel mortgage against a
single Individual to be satisfied in
Knox county In several years was
released in county clerk's offee. It
was for $28.504 89.
BIG VOTE CAST IN
WINSIDE ELECTION
Wins'de, Neb— (Special) — Elec
tion returns from the vulaye end
school elections at W'inMde, lie Id
Tuesday, Apnl 8. showed that an
exceptionally large number of vRes
had been cast. One new memlwr,
C E. Bens hoof, was fleeted to the
board of trustee.* end Water Oacb
ler and C. E. Needltatn were re
elected. In the school election J. C.
Schmodc and II. L. Neely were
elected for terms of three tears;
and ffenry Fleer was elected lor a
term of two years.
WHArS IN FASHIONS?
One that you’re going to see
marching with many a suit is the
side-fastened one-strap. One much
like the sketch above.
It has the same tailored lines r.s
its suit . . . helped along by the
built-up Cuban heeJ. neat side
buckle and perforations.
Smart in Brown
Doesn’t it look comfortable . . .
easy to walk in? It’s smart in
spring's new brown . . . just a
little lighter than winter browns
. . . with an underlay of beige
beneath the perforations. You’ll see
it that way with green, brown, beige
and bright blue suits.
And If your suit is navy, this shoe
in navy blue with underlay of white
is the thing.
If the weather is warm enough
there'll be jacket dresses in the
Easter fashion picture . , . sheer
wool dresses with their matching
jacket.
To go with these, nothing is better
looking than a pump.
With Side Closing
The one sketched above has the
side closing effect that makes it look
just a bit tailored. Yet its high-low
heel, its tiny pipings and small
buttons give it a feminine look
. . . one that fits right in with
the soft dress above it.
It looks fine with a dressy type
coat, too. But with a tailored coat,
try the new one-eyelet oxford.
It’s slightly less tailored than the
higher-cut oxfords and its ribbon
bow gives it a perky air.
Right Stockings
Stockings to go with these shoes?
Taupe is smartest with blacks and
blues. But beige goes better with
beige or brown costumes and bright
colored outfits.
Of course, you’re going to want
some of those good-looking mesh
stockings. A medium size mesh . . .
not too conspicious. If they’re to go
with a brown costume, choose them
in brown too, as they look much
lighter over your skin.
And don’t forget that if you wear
the new street sandals with your
Easter dress ... as some very
fashionable women will be sure to
do . . . you’ll need sandal foor
stockings— the kind with lower re
inforcements that don’t show above
the cut-out part of the shoe.
Have you written for your bulletin
on how to choose the right prints
for different types of figures? Amos
Parrish has prepared two pages of
information showing actual samples
of materials. If you'd like this, send
the coupon be'*w, enclosing ten
cents in coin or unused stamps.
CLIP COUPON
Amos Parrish,
Sioux City Tribune’s N. Y Fash
ion Bureau,
600 Fifth Ave., New Yoik.
I enclose 10c for the bulletin
on choosing the right prints for
my type.
Name .
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City .
Note: Stamped, addressed re
turn envelope must be enclosed.
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Illustrated Slep-By-Step Making
Instructions Given With This
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Juniors . . . voile, dimity, lawn,
fiwiss and batiste . . . and this sea
ton they may be had in a delightful
array of colors and designs. The
model sketched today is suitable
for any one of these fabrics. Its
scalloped details at collar, sleeves
and skirt seaming are lovely and
very easily made.
Pattern 9326 may be ordered only
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quires 2 1-4 yards of 36-inch fabric,
2 1-2 yards of 2-inch ribbon.
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send 15c in coins or stamps icoins
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Send for your copy of Marian
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Address all orders to The Sioux
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City.
SPANISH SOCIALISTS TO VOTE
Madrid— (UP) —The number of ,
paid-up members of the General
Union of Workers (Union General
de Trabajadorea) is now more then
615,000. Only a fraction of the-c
belong at the same time to Do
toclaliat party, but alnce their gen •
rral orders emanate rrom the »m.'
sources, the socialists can fully ,
count uprui that many persons at
any given time. In the cate of j
future election*—the first to he
held in Spain with woman's suf
frage—4!w socialists believe that
they will noli h'fc'.ilv Vth the
b i#W CIO L
wives anil daughters of Ihe union
members.
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TWO ACCIDENT C AUSES
Salem. Ore.— (UP) —Two mnjoi
causes secount tor nearlv all pe
destrian autcinoblle deailu, t lie
state traffic department has
learned, •‘Children playln;. In the
streets" nnd "welkins out from be
hind perked caia are the two fatal
classifications.
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Tomorrow: Tbe new brimmed
hal« are Haltering, and (licit are
lines (or rieiibodi.
LYONS LIGFIT PLANT
SHOWS NICE PROFIT
Lyons, Neb—The Lyons munici
pal light plant earned a profit of
$6,515 during the last year, accord
ing to the annual report of the vil
lage treasurer. The total expense of
operating the light plant, which in
cluded rebuilding part of the dis
tribution system, was $9,432. Total
receipts from sale of current was
$14,947.
During the last year the village
used $8,300 from the plant’s earn
ings for other purposes, thereby
eliminating that much to be raised
by taxation. If Lyons did not gen
erate its own electricity it would be
necessary to levy on additional
$3,000 or more for street lighting,
city hall, parks and pumping water,
it is said.
GIVES ADVICE
IN HOPPER WAR
Nebraska University Pro
fessor Says Feed Poison
to Young Ones
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—Control
of grasshoppers with poisoned bait
will be most successful this year if
the bait can be spread in sufficient
quantities near the hatching ground
of the hoppers while they are still
small, Prof. M. H. Swenk of the
University of Nebraska Agricultural
college says.
It is not possible successfully and
economically to fight the grasshop
pers with poisoned bait after they
have developed wings and scattered
out in the corn fields, he says. It
was at this sttge in the develop
ment of the hoppers that people
became alarmed in 1931 and called
for state and federal aid, he said.
The lesson learned from the 1931
experience is that organized, heavy
and widespread poisoning must be
done in late May and early June
wherever grasshoppers hatch in
great numbers.
Oranges or lemons, or amyl ace
tate, along with blackstrap molasses,
have been added in recent years to
the old type bran mash poison, Pro
fessor Swenk explains. These addi
tions make the bran mash attrac
tive to grasshoppers. For several
reasons, commercially made poi
soned bait probably will be depend
ed upon in future organized anc
extensive grasshopper campaigns
An adequate supply of this bait
must be available before the grass
hoppers start seriously injuring the
1932 crops, if control measures are
to be the most effective and eco
nomical.
Spraying or dusting with poisons
are less practical than the use of
poisoned baits in grasshapper con
trol, Professor Swenk says. Spray
ing is inconvient and slow, while
dusting ;s less effective and cost*
twice as much.
HE SHOWS USE
MADE OF TAXES
Nebraska Schools Take
Largest Share of Cash
Collected
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—State Tax
Commissioner W. H. Smith has pre
pared a statement showing the use
made by the state of the 12 cents it
spends of each tax dollar collected
in Nebraska.
The tax commissioner's annual
report showed that the state spends
but 12 cents while the local gov
ernmental subdivisions spend £8
cents of each tax dollar. School
districts received the largest share
of the tax dollar, his report showed,
their expenses amounting to 48
cents of each dollar.
On request cf Secretary of State
Frank Marsh, Smith has prepared
his statement on'state expenditures.
He states that the distribution
shown is theoretical, since it shows
expenditure of tax money only and
does not show use of fees. The
actual cost of administration is not,
therefore, set forth, but merely that
portion of It derived from taxes.
According to his computations,
this is how the state spends it 12
cents of tax funds:
Legislature, *259.000, accounting
for .0486 cents; judiciary, *401,
681.25, accounting for .0754 cents;
education. *2,937,080. accounting for
.5512 cents; charitable and penal
*2,149,090, accounting for .4035
cents: capitol building. *341.225.50
accounting for .0040 cents; general
fidministrat'on. *305.859.18, account
ing for .0575 cents.
The total amount of tax funds ex
panded by the state is estimated at
*6,393,935 93.
WORTHINGTON PEOPLE
WANT AIR SERVICE
Worthington, Minn. — (Special)
—Elforts arc being made whereby
passenger service can be secured be
tween Worthington and the Twin
Cities and Sioux City via the new
passenger airplane route.
C. M Smallwood, secretary of the
Worthington Civic and Commerce
association expects to fly from here
to Minneapolis. Thursday, via the
new atrline passenger ship.
lOHNS roWN SPr.L! FRS WIN
IN COUNTY CONTEST
Ainsworth. Neb. — i Special) —
Three out of feur “firsts" were woo
by Johnstown in the annual Brown
county spelling bee. held at Johns
town, April 2. with 131 spellers from
the count'- compel.ng. The other
first was won by Long Pin'*, which
had six winners "in the money" to
Johnstown's four. Ainsworth won
iccoml. as did Di-irict 35. Winners
of firrts were- Frances Pele, pri
mary; Fverrtt Terry, upper eltmr,'
try; Alberta Re** and Robrrt Lr
as*o. hhh school Ah but Robei'
Lsfc&n s."c from Johnstown.
HEALTH BOARD
MAKES REPORT
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Show& Decrease in Com
municable Diseases in
Last Month
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP) — Decreases
fn the number of cases of influenza
anti measles for the month of
March as compared to February
feature the monthly morbidity sum
mary of Nebraska, issued by di
rector of public health, F. H. Barth
olomew.
Measles decreased from 147 cases
to 70, principally, the report said,
through promptness and thorough
ness of local boards of health in
the state in instituting quarantines
and thus reducing the chances of
exposure. Bartholomew warned
against the disease in his report,
saying that children of the ages of
a to 6 should be carefully guarded.
There were a total of 112 cases
of influenza reported for the month
as compared to 41D for February.
Chicken pox decreased from 150
cases to 122 and smallpox from 43
to 38.
The case summary by counties
included the following:
Chicken pox: Adams, 3: Cass,
14; Dodge, 2; Douglas, 21. Diph
theria; Douglas, 21; Lancaster, 2.
Influenza: Douglas, 3. Measles:
Duoglas, 2. Scarlet fever: Adams, 3;
Douglas, 19. Smallpox: Cass, 3;
Dodge, ;. Typhoid: Cass, 1.
SEARCH FOR TREASURE
NEAR GIBBON, NEB.
Gibbon, Neb — (UP) — Buried
treasure, reputed to total a fabulous
sum, is the object of a search on
the Lawrence Vohland farm, south
east of here.
The quest for treasure has devel
oped from an old tale concerning a
fort and prison, supposed to have
been located on the farm tract
years ago. According to local legend,
one of the cannon of the old fort
was stuffed full of money. Later it
is supposed to have sunk in quick
sand. The lost cannon and its
treasure is the object of the pres
ent search.
The active hunt for the treasure
is being conducted by J. H. Jacobs,
a Syrian, and Enos Lcpez, Mexican,
who have signed contracts with the
Vohland heirs for a 50-50 share of
the treasure if found. A chart, which
they posses gives the supposed lo
cation of the treasure.
Several years ago. Waller Voh
land and his brothers made some
excavations. They encountered some
sunken crossed timbers and un
earthed a gun stock, large knives
and other implements, giving weight
to the story of burled treasure.
Their operations were halted, how
ever, when they encountered quick
sand.
Lawrence Vohland became owner
of the property on which the excava
tions are being made 65 or 60 years
ago.
PRISONERS MAKE KEY
BUT FAIL TO USE IT
West Point, Neb.—A jail break
twice almost happened from the
Cuming county jail at West Point
recently.
A prisoner, Louie Reppeto. from
Texas, was taken to the Cuming
county jail last winter by Sheriff
Charles H. Sass for forging a check
on a bank at Bancroft. When the
sheriff searched Reppeto he found
a few dollars and a small penknife.
Reppeto was allowed to keep th«
money and after pleading for pos
session of his knife was allowed to
keep that also. It was only a small
knife and the prisoner said he
liked to whittle, a little and trim
his finger nails, so Sass let him have
it.
While Reppeto was awaiting
trial. Orel S. Mills was locked up
on a charge of shooting at an of
ficer and carrying concealed weap
ons. The two prisoners were al
lowed to be together during the
day but at night the sheriff would
separate them in cells.
Reppeto. found guilty, was iaken
to the penitentiary, but Mills was
held in jail until a regular district
court session a week ago.
During the court session Sheriff
Sass heard that Mills was figuring
on breaking out if he got a peni
tentiary sentence. Cass could not
figure out any possible way for
Mills to get out. If he attempted
to saw out he would be heard and
discovered, because the sheriff lives
on the lower floor of the court
house where the jail is.
The cell was searched during
Mills' trial, but not a trace of any
thing was found. Finally after
Mills' trial was over and the sher
iff was taking him away, he said,
' Mills, you've got something that
you're going to break jail with. I
don't know what it is, and I’ve
searched your cell, but can't find
a thin?. Now, will you give it up
peacefully or must I get rough.”
Mills consented to give up his
secret without force. He loosened
his clothes and beneath his undw
wear wens two wooden keys tied
with a string around his bodv. The
krvs fitted perfectly Into the lock
on his cell.
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Old Faithful gevser In Ye'low
rtone National park shoots to u
height of f:om 95 to 130 feet.
STILL PICKING LAST
YE AR S CORN CROP
Bremer. Neb.—(Special)—Several
farmers around the country arc
now picking their last year s com
crop, while some nf their neighhe-s
are preparing Helds (or spring
crops.
STANTON ROY KCOt'TS
CAKE HIGH HONORS
Stanton. Neb. — tSpeclalt— Bo;
Scouts o( Troop 129 ol Stanton wo i
tl» first prlro merit b(»we at the
a tea merit badge espot.it. i held in
Omalu Aril 1 and 2. Tie Stanton
Bov Scout band furnished the i»ii
*-c for Uu exposition bc.h days.