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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
Alexandria Lodge No. 54, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted on April 18, 1876, at Alexandria, with the following charter mem- bers: B. Nichols, W. L. McCalum, Evison Atkinson, August Kortsch and Samuel Beidleman. The first officers were as follow: Noble grand, W. L. McCalum; vice-grand, E. Atkinson; recording secretary, Fred von Baum- bach; treasurer, August Kortsch. The present membership of the lodge numbers one hundred and thirty-eight and the present officers are: Noble grand, L. P. Schroeder; vice-grand, A. C. Jensen; recording secretary, John C. Antonson; financial secretary, F. E. Franklin; treasurer, C. H. Jensen.
Douglas Encampment No. 47, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted on September 25, 1897, in Odd Fellows hall at Alexandria with the following charter members: George G. S. Campbell, James Walker, James H. Van Dyke, A. G. Sexton, A. W. Curtis, Rudolph Wegener, J. A. McKay, F. von Baumbach, H. K. White, George F. Whitcomb, J. E. Lund- gren, Hugo Lumbohm, Wego Werner, F. E. Franklin, Michael Hickey, Gilbert Sargeant, N. P. Jacobson. Charles Culross, J. P. Simonson, H. J. Boyd, A. M. Kahlhaas, H. T. Halverson, W. W. Mckay, R. J. McNeal, Parnell Atkinson, John Templeton, Thomas Hall, S. W. McEwan and A. E. Shippey. The first officers were George G. S. Campbell, James Walker, James H. Van Dyke, A. G. Sexton, R. Wegener and J. A. Mckay. The present membership of the Encampment is thirty-one and the present officers are Fred Radecop, N. N. Akesen, A. E. Alger, G. A. Anderson, F. E. Franklin, F. T. Geer and Richard Chase.
Canton Caledonia No. 18, Patriarchs Militant, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted on February 10, 1910, in Odd Fellow's hall at Alexandria, with the following charter members: J. E. Lundgren, F. E. Franklin, J. S. McKay, A. H. Mckay, L. C. Atwood, J. A. McKay, S. B. Mckay, George M. Viering, A. E. Shippey, R. A. Mckay, G. A. Anderson, J. A. Munkberg, John S. Lien, Casper Hanson, F. T. Geer, Elmer E. Peter-
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son, F. C. Oppel and A. G. Sexton. The first officers were as follow: Cap- tain, J. E. Lundgren ; lieutenant, F. E. Franklin ; ensign, J. S. Mckay ; clerk, A. H. Mckay; treasurer, L. C. Atwood. The present membership is sixteen and the present officers are: Captain, F. T. Geer ; lieutenant, J. A. Mckay; ensign, L. S. Kent; clerk, F. E. Franklin; treasurer, G. A. Anderson.
Lady of the Lake Rebekah Lodge No. 173, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was instituted on April 8, 1898, in Odd Fellows hall at Alexandria, with the following charter members: J. E. Lundgren, Mary J. Campbell, William McKay, F. C. Raiter, Nina Pratt, John Templeton, Julia Baumbach, F. C. Oppel, G. G. S. Campbell, Lillian R. Boyd, J. A. McKay, Ella M. Sweet, Maud Mckay, Charles J. Lindstrom, B. T. Emerson, Claudia Stevens, R. J. McNeal, Henriette Wilson, Millie O. Sexton, Ollie Rodgers, Caroline Lindstrom, George F. Whitcomb, Winnie Van Loon, May Hall, A. G. Sex- ton, Sarah Walker, Cora M. Brooks, R. Wegener, Mary E. Geer, Marie Walker, Thomas Hall, F. von Baumbach, L. S. Kaiser, F. E. Robinson, C. Tart, A. W. Curtis, A. E. Shippey, F. T. Geer, Charlotte Campbell, J. H. Van Dyke, Ellen M. Kaiser, Louise C. Kortsch, S. S. Pratt, Anna Temple- ton, Emma L. Shippey, F. E. Dent and Alice E. McNeal. The first officers were as follows: Noble grand, Ella M. Sweet ; vice-grand, Louise C. Kortsch; recording secretary, Charlotte Campbell; financial secretary, Winona Sex- ton ; treasurer, Maud Mckay. The present membership is seventy-six and the present officers are : Noble grand, Ida Alger ; vice-grand, Clara Schroed- er; recording secretary, Josephine Satterlee; financial secretary, F. E. Franklin ; treasurer, Mattie Allen.
BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN YEOMEN.
Alexandria Homestead No. 589, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, was organized on March 28, 1902, at a meeting in E. E. Buell's office in the city of Alexandria, the meeting being called to order by C. W. Collinge, deputy. On April 2, 1902, the first officers of the Homestead were elected, as follow: Past foreman, E. A. Hensel; foreman, E. E. Buell; master of ceremonies, Frank Raiter ; master of accounts, Nelse Erickson; correspond- ent, Newton Trenham; chaplain, James L. Aiton; overseer, Frank Miller ; watchman, S. R. Sweet; sentinel, Charles S. Mitchell; guard, William E. Nesbitt; lodge deputy, Robert Brough. The first regular place of meeting was in the Knights of Pythias hall, also known as the N. P. Ward hall, and at that time it was decided to meet on the first Friday of each month. This date was afterward changed to the first and third Mondays of each month,
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and those are still the meeting nights of the order. The original charter became lost in the early existence of the order and a new one was issued by. the home office. The charter, as it is now, has the following names enrolled : James L. Aiton, Nels Erickson, Eugene Hensel, William E. Nesbitt, Orin Kellog, Ripley C. Bondurant, Annie E. Roberts, Ragna Olson, Claud E. Colby, Edmund H. Gilmore, Daniel Stromlund, John E. Peterson, Lewis Stewert Kent, William J. Young, Theodore L. Bordsen, Frank E. Raiter, Robert Brough, Noah P. Ward, Peter O. Bolin, Quincy M. Gilmore, Grace M. Aiton, John Eiden, Charles Daniels, Byron A. Stricker, Ida Young, Adelbert E. Shippey, John Swenson, Elmer T. Drum, H. T. Holverson, Joseph J. Mode, Samuel James, Lyman C. Atwood, Stephen R. Sweet, E. C. Wagoner, Frank C. Olson, Franklin B. Mckenzie, Nellie L. Nesbitt, Charles A. Benson, Arthur S. Mason, John Johnson, Hermon Thompson, Jessie A. Stricker, Enock F. Nelson, George Washington Ramsdell, Bertha McGray, Clarence W. Lee, Matilda Nelson, John A. McCabe, Anton Kust, David Nelson, Louis C. Lamser, Jennie Aiton, Magnus Munson, Virgil E. Hawley, M. J. Sweet, James G. Crozier, B. W. Mitchell, Clell Blanchard, James A. Kinney, Rienhard Merki. Elmer E. Peterson, Thomas R. Aiton, Alice O. Far- rar, William Erickson, Peter R. Sorenson, Carl K. McGray, Amelia A. Daniels, Gustus C. Preston. Charles E. Farrar, Ethel Kinney, Clara Merki, Elmer Roberts, Laura Bondurant and Fred Raiter. The present officers of the Homestead are: Foreman, William A. Downs; master of ceremonies, E. E. Evans; master of accounts, Nels Erickson; correspondent, Nellie L. Nesbitt ; chaplain, Jessie O. Waters; overseer, William E. Nesbitt; Lady Rowena, Lillian B. Downs; Lady Rebecca, Laura Bondurant; watchman, William J. Young; sentinel, Wilmott L. Lawson. The Homestead now meets in Raiter's Hall and has a present membership of one hundred and sixty.
MODERN BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA.
Lodge No. 904, Modern Brotherhood of America, was organized at Alexandria on July 12, 1901, with the following charter members: Frank S. Fredenburg, Herman S. Anderson, Theo. F. Damask, Clarence H. Yeri- gan, Charles E. Aiton, Edwin P. Wright, Nathan A. Blanchard, Constant Larson, Carlos Whitcomb, George Gustafson, James L. Aiton, Emil A. Polzine, Robert W. McFarlane, Samuel A. Engstrom, John Milligan, N. Gauthier, Olof Sutherland. Michael Milligan, Charles H. Gallon, Nels E. Johnson, Nels Erickson, William Lee, Edwin D. Maxon, Axel R. Diseth, George P. Craig, Eugene L. Norton, Andrew Westlund, Frank Scriven,
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Arnold F. Will, Oscar H. Gahlom, Lewis C. Nelson, Irwin A. Lee, Gustaf A. Diseth, Andrew Broms, Ernest De F. Maxon and Lyman C. Atwood. Lodge records were all destroyed by fire on February 26, 1913, when the Gunderson and Raiter buildings were burned. The above is taken from a duplicate chiarter which was furnished after the fire. Policies issued at the date of organization are signed by Ernest D. Maxon, president, and Geo. P. Craig, secretary. Meetings are held in Raiter's Hall on the fourth Fri- day evening of each month. The present membership of the lodge is twenty-one, and the present officers are as follow: D. B. Shepard, presi- dent ; W. C. Nass, vice-president ; George P. Craig, secretary ; W. E. Nesbitt, treasurer; H. S. Anderson, conductor; S. A. Engstrom, chaplain; G. A. Anderson, inside guard; J. L. Aiton, outside guard.
DOUGLAS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY.
The Douglas County Humane Society was organized on June 21, 1904, with the following charter members: J. S. Cowen, John J. Allen, Cleveland . H. Hicks, Maurice Cohn, Constant Larson, H. S. Campbell, C. A. Benson and Frank Stevens. The first officers were: President, N. P. Ward; secre- tary, Cleveland H. Hicks; treasurer, W. K. Barnes. The present officers are : President, Frank M. Stevens; secretary, George L. Treat; treasurer, W. K. Barnes. The present membership is about one hundred and seventy-five. Though the society was organized at Alexandria, the membership is from all parts of the county. During the twelve years since its organization the society has investigated more than ninety complaints of cruelty, seventy-five of which have been complaints of cruelty to animals; eleven of cruelty to children, and four of cruelty to adults. There have been nine prosecutions of cruelty to animals with eight convictions. Twenty-eight animals have been killed by order of the society, and thirteen children have been taken from their parents on account of cruelty and neglect and sent to the State Public School at Owatonna on complaint of the society, whose motto is: "We speak for those that cannot speak for themselves."
CHAPTER XIX.
ALEXANDRIA, THE COUNTY SEAT.
Beautiful for location, Alexandria, "Lady of the Lakes," county seat of Douglas county, occupies a charming and most advantageous position in the delightful park region of Minnesota and has for many years enjoyed its well-merited reputation as one of the prettiest and most flourishing county-seat towns in the state. In the beginning it was fortunate in being settled by an intelligent and enterprising class of citizens and the high stand- ard of citizenship then established has ever been maintained, its business, school and church privileges being second to no other city of its size and the equal of those of much larger places. Its miles of cement sidewalks, well- graded streets, attractive homes, spacious and well-kept lawns and abundance of shade trees combine to make Alexandria an ideal place of residence, ren- dered all the more attractive by its proximity to the chain of seven lakes, pronounced by Warren Upham, of the Minnesota Historical Society, to be the finest chain of lakes in the state and whose shores are lined with summer cottages, club houses and resort hotels, making the city the center of the summer tourist business throughout the park region, greatly swelling the population during the summer months.
According to the census returns of 1910 Alexandria then had a popu- lation of three thousand and one, but conservative estimates now place the population at between thirty-three hundred and thirty-five hundred and continued building operations point to a rapidly increasing population. The city has several thriving manufacturing establishments, substantial banking institutions and business houses and has excellent facilities as a market for grain and produce, with an outlet, by way of the Great Northern railway and the "Soo" line, to three of the best markets in the Northwest, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. It has a handsome postoffice building, erected by the federal government at a cost of sixty thousand dollars, a fine library containing some nine thousand volumes, two fine grade school buildings, a new high-school building erected at a cost of seventy thousand dollars, three banks with combined deposits of more than one and one-half million dol- lars, the Douglas county buildings, eleven churches, three commercial hotels, besides the adjacent summer hotels, and three enterprising and well-conducted
MINNESOTA HOUSE
ALEXANDRIA IN 1876.
East side of Main street, photographed in 1876. The large building is the old Douglas House, a location now occupied by the James Walker store.
ALEXANDRIA IN 1876. Looking north along Main street from Campbell's Mill.
THE HICKS HOMESTEAD.
Home of William F. Hicks, one of the chief promoters of the Alexandria townsite, in the latter sixties; a sample of the kind of buildings in which the very best of the pioneers had to live. This was one of the best houses in Douglas county at that time.
AFTER A RAIN.
A view in Alexandria in 1876, following a heavy rain storm. This scene was directly in front of the Cowing & Robards store.
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newspapers. The city government is up-to-date and energetic and the city owns its own electric light and waterworks plant and the general attractive- ness of the main business street is enhanced by a half mile of brilliant boule- vard lights. As the commercial center of the county, all lines of general business are well represented and some of its banks and commercial houses would do credit to a town of many times its population.
IN THE DAYS OF THE BEGINNING.
In an earlier chapter relating to the early settlement of Douglas county, the history of the beginning of things in Alexandria is set out at consid- erable length, as it was then, as now, the central point in the community and its early history was practically identical with that of the county, all matters of interest in and to the county clustering about the county seat. In 1865 the second store in the' county was opened at Alexandria by Thomas F. Cowing, J. H. Van Dyke still running his sutler's store, mentioned in the earlier chapter, at that time. Mr. Cowing had just completed a term of service in the army and he erected a little log building and opened up a small stock of general merchandise, later building a larger store rooni and extending his stock, remaining in business for many years thereafter. His father, Thomas Cowing, had come to Douglas county in 1861, settling on a farm near the present site of Holmes City, and when the Indian out- break occurred left with his family, but when the soldiers established the stockade at Alexandria he returned and shortly afterward erected a log house in which for some time he conducted a hotel, later engaging in the mercantile business. In 1866 William E. Hicks, a New Yorker, whose activi- ties in promoting the development of Alexandria are mentioned more at length elsewhere in this volume, started the third store, building a log store building which he stocked with a line of general merchandise. In that same year Hicks bought the townsite, which meantime had concentrated in the hands of two or three persons, one of whom was Judge Gregory, who had expended money and labor and had encountered hardships in behalf of Alex- andria. Almost immediately afterward Hicks, in connection with Thomas Cowing, erected a saw-mill on Long Lake and in the following year began the erection of the Alexandria flouring mill, completed in 1869 and a few years later sold to G. G. S. Campbell. Hicks also erected a hotel, the Wood- hull House, and in the fall of 1868 started the Alexandria Post, the first newspaper in Douglas county. In the same year he was elected to the Legis- lature and continued to take an active interest in the work of developing the
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new town until his death in 1874. His widow is still living in Alexandria, occupying the building at the corner of Sixth avenue and H street, erected by her husband back in the old days.
In the meantime other lines of business gradually were being developed in the new settlement and there presently came to be quite a village at the site of the old Kinkaid settlement at the junction of the two pretty lakes, Agnes and Winona. In the chapter relating to newspapers there is set out, in a review of the history of the Post, a list of the merchants doing business at Alexandria when the Post was established and it will not be necessary to repeat the same here. One of the causes of the considerable impetus given to business and the rapid growth of population in the new settlement was the establishment in the winter of 1868-69 of a government land office at Alexandria. It was in February, 1869, that the land office was opened, with Lewis Lewiston, of St. Cloud, as register, and J. H. Van Dyke, of Alexandria, as receiver. The office at first was located in the building which then was being used as a court house. In June, 1869, Lewiston was suc- ceeded as register by L. K. Aaker, then of Goodhue county, and in the winter of 1874 Warren Adley became receiver, Soren Listo, of Brecken- ridge, succeeding Aaker as register the following spring, and in the follow- ing winter the office was moved to Fergus Falls, but by that time almost all the tillable land in this region had been taken. It is undoubted that the land office was a great factor in the development of Douglas county and gave an impetus to trade and every branch of business at Alexandria, which thus was the headquarters for a very wide territory throughout the North- west, settlers driving there to mill even from the Red River settlement and Rush Lake, distances of more than one hundred miles, and for several years during the early seventies the town was constantly full of people, hotels crowded and all places where accommodations could be furnished, either for man or beast, taxed to their utmost. In the fall of 1878 the railroad reached Alexandria and the day on which the first train rolled into the town, the 5th of November it was, was made a gala day in the village, which ever since has been gradually developing into its present substantial state.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
By an act of the Legislature approved February 20, 1877. the following described territory in the county of Douglas, state of Minnesota, to-wit: Lots 5 and 6 in section 18, the north half of section 19, the north half of the southwest quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter and the north
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half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 19, all in ownship 128 of range 37, "be and the same is hereby set apart, constituted and incorporated as the village of Alexandria. * * * and the inhabit- ants of said territory shall form and constitute a municipal corporation and shall have the powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law," etc., and James H. Van Dyke, Lewis I. Brown and Fred von Baumbach were appointed to call and give notice of the first election in said village.
Pursuant to legal notice dated March 5, 1877, and signed by the above named persons, the legal voters of the village of Alexandria met at the court house on March 12 of that same year, at nine o'clock a. m., the meeting being called to order by J. H. Van Dyke, and on motion L. I. Brown and Thomas Cowing were elected judges and Theodore Bordson, clerk of elec- tion and the election by ballots proceeded with the following result: Presi- dent, F. B. Van Hoesen; trustees, John Sundblad, Charles Schultz and John Kron; recorder, Fred von Baumbach; treasurer, John B. Cowing; justice of the peace, A. J. Ames, and constable, Frank Reynolds.
The first meeting of the village council was held on March 17, 1877, and the recorder was instructed to obtain from St. Paul books for the use of the treasurer and recorder and all blanks needed. At the meeting on April 3, ordinances were adopted relating to licenses and relating to police regu- lations, racing of horses and fast driving. At the next meeting ordinances were adopted relating to health and to cattle running at large and Frank Reynolds was appointed pound master. At the meeting on April 18 an ordi- nace was adopted relating to the incumbering of certain streets and a commit- tee was appointed to see that chimneys, stove pipes and fire-places were kept in safe condition, and Chester Van Dyke was elected street commissioner. At the meeting on May I, John Abercrombie was employed to survey the chief streets of the village for the purpose of establishing a grade. On May 15 the council approved the bonds of five applicants for liquor license and on June 8 James Walker was appointed village constable to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Frank Reynolds, whose bill for services had been scaled from $33.10 to $20.60 at the previous meeting of the council. At that same meeting, "it having been reported to the council that the drug stores were in the practice of retailing liquor without license, a motion was adopted appointing Charles Schultz a committee to consult with Knute Nel- son about bringing action against said stores for selling liquor," and the minute of the next meeting, June 10, noted that "the president and recorder were requested to notify Mess. Sims & Nelson, druggists, that they must take out a license for selling liquors;" and thus the new village began to
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exercise its authority and to get under headway as a governing body. On December 15 of that first year of the village organization the resignation of Fred von Baumbach, recorder, was accepted and George H. Roe was appointed to fill the unexpired term.
On January 1, 1878, the second village election was held, with the fol- lowing result: President, F. B. Van Hoesen ; trustees, L. K. Aaker, George A. Freundenreich and G. C. Sims; recorder, W. F. Ball; treasurer, J. B. Cowing ; justice of the peace, H. H. Wilson; constable, James Walker. At the meeting of the council on January 10, following, the bonds of Charles Volk, B. A. Livingston, Aberle & Aberle and Van Dyke & Larson, as liquor dealers, were approved, the license fee at that time being noted at seventy- five dollars. On March 7 a special election was held for the purpose of electing a justice of the peace to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. J. Ames, and H. Shippey was elected.
The next annual election was held on January 7, 1879, with the following result : President, F. B. Van Hoesen ; trustees, John N. Herder, H. H. Wil- son and T. F. Cowing; recorder, George W. Robards, treasurer, Theodore Bordson; justice of the peace, Hiram Shippey; constable, James Walker.
1880-President, Thomas Cowing; trustees, C. F. Canfield, Frank Reynolds and M. J. Norde; recorder, James Purdon; treasurer, Ole Narver- son.
1881-President, F. B. Van Hoesen; trustees, James Walker, Charles Robards and John Sundblad; recorder, N. J. Trenham; treasurer, George C. Sims; constable, Len West. In March of that year the Legislature granted to the village a new charter and on March 15 an election was held under the charter, with the following result: President, F. B. Van Hoesen; coun- cilmen, C. T. Robards, for one year ; C. W. Cofield, for two years, and John Sundblad, for three years; recorder, N. J. Trenham; treasurer, George C. Sims ; assessor, James Fitzgerald; marshal, Len West ; justices of the peace, William McAboy and James Fitzgerald.
1882-President, F. B. Van Hoesen; councilman, John Kron; recorder, N. J. Trenham ; treasurer, G. C. Sims; assessor, James Fitzgerald ; marshal, John Knapton. "In favor of restraining horses, etc.," 43 votes; against the same, 150.
1883-President, H. H. Wilson; recorder, N. J. Trenham; treasurer, G. C. Sims; councilman, N. P. Ward; assessor, W. H. Sanders; marshal, Charles Culcross.
1884-President, F. B. Van Hoesen; recorder, N. J. Trenham; treas-
FIRST HOUSE IN ALEXANDRIA.
From contemporary crayon drawing of the cabin erected by the Kinkaid brothers, the first persons to settle at Alexandria, which was named in honor of Alexander Kinkaid.
FASE
HICK'S FLOUR-MILL. THE FIRST IN ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA MEAT MARKET.' CHRAITER
C. H. RAJTER'S MEAT MARKET, ALEXANDRLA. Mr. Raiter wearing apron.
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urer, G. C. Sims ; councilman, P. Arnott ; assessor, James Fitzgerald ; marshal, John Metcalf.
1885-President, H. H. Wilson ; recorder, George H. Brundage ; treas- urer, George C. Sims; councilmen, John Kyed and G. A. Kortsch; marshal. John Metcalf ; assessor, J. H. Van Dyke.
1886-President, H. H. Wilson; recorder, George H. Brundage; treasurer, S. M. Thompson; councilman, John Sundblad; marshal, John Knapton; assessor, J. H. Van Dyke. Favoring liquor license, 223 votes ; against, 86.
1887-President, N. L. Page ; councilman, Theodore Johnson ; recorder, F. A. Reimer; treasurer, G. C. Sims; assessor, J. H. Van Dyke; justices of the peace, J. H. Van Dyke and F. G. Stevens ; marshal, A. W. DeFrate.
1888-President, N. L. Page; councilman, Fred von Baumbach; recorder, A. G. Sexton; treasurer, S. M. Thompson; assessor, J. H. Van Dyke; marshal, A. W. DeFrate.
1889-President, James Walker; councilman, J. H. Letson ; recorder, A. G. Sexton; treasurer, S. M. Thompson; assessor, J. H. Van Dyke; jus- tices, J. H. Van Dyke and George L. Treat; marshal, C. W. Cofield. A proposition to bond the village for the construction of a waterworks plant was carried and a similar proposition to bond the village for the con- struction of a sewer system was rejected. Waterworks bonds to the amount of eighteen thousand dollars were issued in that same spring. In December of that year a committee was appointed to consider the advisability of pur- chasing from J. B. Hardebeck the electric light plant, which had been oper- ated as a private enterprise, and the same presently was taken over by the village for the sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars and has since been operated as a municipal plant, in connection with the waterworks plant.
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