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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from The Idaho
Company's Balance Sheet at March 31, 1999, and Statement of Income for the three
months ended March 31, 1999, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>

                             
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