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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23

The largest farm in the world is in
the southwestern part of Louisiana. 1t
extends 100 miles north and south and
25 miles east and west 1t was bought
in 1888 by syndicate Of northern capt.
talists, by whom it is still operated. The
fencing is said to have cost $50. 600.
Rice. sugar. corn and cotton arc raised.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
Our Language.

Why is it called our mother tonsuer
a hcnpccicd man thus views it.
Hc thinks because the father gets
So little chance 20 use it.
New York Joui nal.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAIL

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAIL
WAY COMPANY-Ths annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company will be held
at the principle Office of the company in
the CITY of Roanoke, Virginia, on
THURSDAY, THE 18th DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1897, at ~ o'clock noon, for
the consideration Of the annual report.
The election OF directors, and the transac-
tion of such ether business rs may prop
erly come before the meeting for action,
including the election of independent
auditors to audit books and accounts of
the company at the close of the fiscal
year The stock transfer books will he
closed at the close OF business on Satur-
day, September 25th, 1897. and reopened
at 10 o'clock n. M, Monday. October
18th, 1897.
A. j. HEMPHILL,
Secretary.
Roanoke, Va, September l. 1897.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
EnglIsh's Dance Hall Mt Circle CITY.

According to the testimony of tho ro-
turned Klondikcrs, the dance hall is one
OF tho institutions common to frontier
mining camps which has become part of
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
a Halt.

Funny that realistic drama had to he
postponed. What was tho mntter;'
AS near as could get the story tina
hen objected to the sctting.'
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23

NOTICE.-The annual stockholders
meeting OF the Virginia Industrial Acct
dent Association will be held on Wednes.
day, October 13. 1897, at $3.50 p. m. ut the
office of the secretary, Masonic Temple,
Roanoke, Va
w. C. STE 2HENSON, Secretary.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
FOUND.
AGENTS WANTED.
NOTICE OF MEETING,

BERIINER GRAMOPHONE COM
PANY.-The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Berliuer Gramophone
Company will be held at the principal
office of the company, viz, room 500
Terry building, in the city If Roanoke
and State of VIRGINIA, on Tue sday, the
9th day of October, A. d. 1897, at IL
O'Clock q. IN.
NJ. II. BIERNBAUM,
U II IL 70 vt Secretary.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
{" GREAT GUNS"

Why he without n gun, when FAIR
FAN BROS. anticipated your wants
ahead. and had imported large stock of
Guns, before the new tariff went into eff
feet, which are arriving daily.
Call and see them.
Sales for one day last week: Double
Barrel Breech- Leaders, 3 Single Barrel
Breech- Leaders. We have prices that
make business. Yours to please,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23

PEACH ICE CREAM, made from the
fresh fruit, at CATOGNl'S.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
PROPOSALS.

Sealed bids marked Proposals for fur
nishihg sewer pipe" and addressed to w.
+. Thomas, clerk of the City Council of
the city of Roanoke, will he received
until noon, September 90, 1897, for fur.
nishiog and delivering f. O. b. cars at
Roanoke 1850 linear feet of 81 inch drain
pipe,and 200 linear feet of 15 inch stand
ard terra Gotta sewer pipe.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved. j. II. WINGATE,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
LOOMS WANTED.
FOX RENT.
TENALm HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Woman TO cook and do
general house work for small family;
must be well recommended and willing
to work. Enquire Mt No. 445 Holiday
street 8. W. 500 tt
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
The Sensitive Cheek.

Nine out Of ten persons, if asked
what is tho most sensitive part of the
body, will reply the tip of the tongue
This is mistake. Those engaged in
polishing billiard balls or any other
substances that require very high de-
gree of smoothness invariably use the
cheek bone as their touchstone for de-
tecting any roughness.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
% Campbell Avenue.
JUST TAKE A PEEP

Into Bonner's restaurant when you pass.
It is certainly thing Of beauty since
he made improvements. His TALES are
laden with everything that one wants to
eat. Anythi you order will be filled
with dispatch by his nc communicating
corps of walters You should SEQ Is place.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
1T SAVES THE CRoUpy CHILDREN

Seaview, lave have splendid sale
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and
our customers, coming from far and near,
speak Of it in the highest terms Many
have said that their children would have
died of Group IL Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy had not been given -Kellam s.
Ourhen. The % and 30 cent sizes for sale
by H. @. Barnes. "He puts up prescrip-
tiona."
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
a. j. EVANS. FIN. BUTT. CD. PRICE.
EVANS, BUTT & PRICE,
tSuccessors to Evans Bros.)
HARIDW I:

Keep Full and Complete Line of
Every Article Known TO the
Hardware Trade We Invite
an Inspection of Our Stock aud
Prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28

In l848 little girl found in Califor- nia and brought to her father that mug get which she thought Do be only a beautiful yellow stone. In 1849 the country was swarming with men pour Ing to the Pacific coast Thus we not only gained the gold. but all of Califor- mia and the coast. Rev. Charles H. Richards, Congregationalist, Philadel- phia
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
HE WAS A GENIUS.

This Is shown by Shakespearess EExtraox-
 dlnary Wealth Of Varied Knowledge.
 It is not for moment to be denied that Shakespeares S plays show an extraordinary wealth of varied knowledge Tho writer was one of the keenest observers that ever lived In the woodland or on tho farm in the printing shop or the nlehouse or up and down the street, not tho smallest de- tail escaped him Microscopic accuracy, curious interest in all things, unlimited power of assimilating knowledge au everywhere shown in the plays 1heso are some of the marks of what wo call genius something that wo arc far from conipfr- hending, but which experience has shown that books and universities cannot impart All the colleges on earth could not by combined effort make the kind of man we call genius, but such man may nt any moment be born into the world, and it is as likely to bc in peasants cottage, as anywhere
 There is nothing in which men differ more widely than i'll the capacity for Inn bibing and assimilating knowledge Tho capacity is often exercised uneonseiously When my eldest son. at the age of G. was in the course of n few weeks of daily in- struction taught to read 1t was suddenly discovered that his 4year-old brother also could rod Nobody could tell how it hap pcncd Or course the younger boy must have taken keen notice Of what tho elder ono was doing, but tho process went on without attracting attention until the TO- suit appeared. --.Iohn Fiske in November
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
BLUFF ARKANsAs SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER l8s7
A BONANZA WHEAT FARM.
It Is So Extensive That the Various Crew.
 of WoriSInen Nevcr Meet.

of Nyorl<nnen Never Meet.
 It is difficult to present tho idea of tho bigness of these farms to the person whose preconceived notion of farm is q littlc checkerboard lying upon a hillside or in a valley Seven thousand acres present. the average bonanza farm. Generally theso tracts are not divided, yet distances across fields arc so great that horseback commu. nication Is impracticablo Crows of work men living Ut ono end of the farm and operating 1t may not sec the crews in othor corners from season 8 end to seasons end and in busy seasons it is found profitable to feod tho hands in the folds rather than to allow them to trudge through tho hot sun to the dining halls for dinner The dining halis-it will be explained later-- arc scattered over tho farm at convenient points They arc frequently flvo or sdS miles apart md many noon finds the harvesting crew two miles from It's hall.
 This illustration may give ono some sort of rough conception of tho bigness oj these farms. Here is enether point ei viewi Averaging 20 bushels to the acgo-- as many farms will this ye0r-tha total number of bushels in crop on a bonanza farm would be l4N. GOO, Putting 900 bush els of that crop In freight caF and allow ing a0 feet to tho oar the trxsn which would haul the crop from tho farm would be two miles long, and if it were ho como charging down Fifth evcnuo and Broad way in Now York tho rear end brakeman would be craning hia peck from tho co boese to catch sight of the Vanderbilt mansion while the engineer and fIrelnan wcro enjoying themselves pumping tho cablo car down by Union square William Allen White in November Bcrihner'B
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
CHINESE INTERPRETATIONS.
They Diner From Ours In constructiop
 and Are Used For Passenger Service.

and Are Used For Passenger Service.
 One of the chief means of travel ana transport in China, especially in tho north ern part of the empire and thre0ghout the great plain, is tho wheelbarrow--n the whcelbarrow such ns we know 1t, but, in point of fact, q decided Improvements on tho types used in western countries, for 1t is so constructed that the load, which sometimes Is very great in bulk and weight, k carried over tho whcei and not between it and tho man who propcss 1t. To aid in steadying and propclling fs, aa explained by Mir Charles Mnyno of Shang- bal in a note recently contributed to tho British Institution of Ciyn Engineers, the wheelbarrow man wears across his ahoul ders 0 strap which is attached to tho shafts on each side Boxes, bales of goods or whatever the load may consist of arc 90 cured to the wheelbarrow by ropes There arc seating accommodations for four poo ple, two on each side, and n cushioned scat Is provided for tho passenger, who gcner- ally sits with one log resting on the front of the barrow and tho other hanging ovef the sitie in n ropo loop which sorves as a foot rest On tho gront plain whocibar BOWS nre occasionally scen with sail sst. when a fair wind rrovos to be a great help to tho trundling of the barrow
 Sinoe tase institution of cotton npilbs at Shanghai tho wheclbarrow hns been ex- tensiyely used as a passenger vehicle, es- pccfaliy for carrying working women to and from tho mills Ono mnn c,tn wheel six women for distance of about tiirco miles, morning and ovcning, tho charge being Is. 5d per month Tho average carninga of q wfieeiharrow man aro aboub 8 Id. DOT day. About 1000 licenses aro Issued monthly to tho same number of wheel barrows plying for hire In tho streets k tho foreign settlements at Shanghai where, being under tho municipal regulations. they nre perhaps tho best In China Some. times Us many as 50 barross may Do sctn in tho streets, travelling ono behind the other, caeh carrying two barrels of Eng lish Portland cement and pushed by ono man. Very frequently load is carried on one side of the barrow only. and 1t is OK traordinary to sec Chinaman skillfuliy balancing and propclling it. Tho upscts and accidents, too. are remarkably few when it is considered thnt about i, 0O0 cA these vehicles arc in use Tn the streets In addition to largo traffic of otlser kinds, ---Cassicr6 { Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
MAI RINONIAL BUREAU
TO BE AT THE OPERA HOUSE
 MONDAY NIGHT.
Twenty Famous Fun Makers to Fur. nish Entertainment for
 Pine Bluff Audience.

The next attraction at the opera house, one night only, Monday, No vember 18th, will be eMcFee's Matrimonial Bureau, which is said
 to be the largest, strongest and most elaborate farcial production on the road. It is a laugh produc- ing Irish comedy, brim full of gen uine, refined Irish wit and humor, funny situations and up todate ideas And it is presented by 20 or more of Americas most famous mirth and music makers. Follow ing is clipping from the Nashville Daily Sun, of October 18th.
 '.McFee's Matrimonial Bureau was the attraction at the Vendome last evening and is beyond doubt one of the best and funniest Irish musical commedies seen here in years. The production has been materially changed since last season, having been rewritten aud brighten ed throughout, which places it at the top of the ladder as fun pro. ducer. There are two mem bers of the cast who are most pleasantly re- membered as the leading people when the attraction was presented here last season.
 "Yes, it was much like meeting old friends to hear the sweet vocal music from Miss Lillian Murray Knott and watch the original and amusing antics of Chelse D. Perachi as Harry Snapper, for they sustain ed well the good impression which they left behind on their former appearance.
 Miss Knott, aside from possess ing a magni6centIy cultivated, yet sweet voice, has the advantage of an attractive stage presence and q tLODV SOHl pau lDutolC pGt to0hd eJ socially While there is no partieu- lar scope in "McFee's Matrimonial Bureau" for the display of her talent and cultivation otherwise than the solos and duets, she makes hit in this, and especial y in the Kiss ing duet with MT. James W. Cur vile, whose deep baritone goes well with her rich strong soprano. Good specialties in McFee's Matrimonial Bureau" Hollow one after another with Tightening rapidity. The dancing of the Two Magnates as Matte Nay and Helen Blazes was in keeping with their names, and elicited liberal share of the ap proval of the audience. Gibson and Allen, the two funny Irishmen caught the audience from the start, keeping them in continual roar of mirth. The coruses were full and strong. Good business lis predicat- ed for the rest of the engagement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
Accident Insuran6e.

PINE BLUFF, ARK. Nov IS, 1897. Messrs. k. H. M. Mills sons Insurance Agents, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 Gentlemen: 1 desire to heartily thank you for check for $60 recently handed me in settlement Of my in- demnity claim against your Accident Company. I am very much pleased with its prompt and liberal settle ment. The amount received by me was everything for which asked. Hereafter, I intend 10 insure myself against accidents as carefully. as I do against fire
 Wishing you and your company the continued good success you so we'll merit, and again thanking you, am, very respectfully,
 MEYER WELLER.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
After Long Years.

Dear, whom would not know is If passed you on tho street. at So long and long and long ago Arc the days whom we used to meet, kl You may Do glad to hear
 That somewhere oat of the blue Come vague sweet dreams that bring you
 near,
 That often think of you; That now and then thrill
 At a rustic In the tiark That l start as tho sind sweeps over tho
 hill
 As see the frssfly s sparit. Somebody stepped op1 my Esnvet Or somebody si5ppcd owt af yours7 Gannue yell. Thorc arc ghosts tf,At crnvo bft of tho love thst ssntIures -Margaret K. sAaIssts h fh,per's Aaeaxino Fw Novcmisr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
Church Decorations

Any display of wealth in the church proper, such as decorations, etc, is fol the benefit of the poor even moro than the rich, for the reason that tho poorer class have little other opportunities for eultivating the artistic side of their na. lures. Rev. Father ]. J Prendergast. Catholic, San Francisco
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
The Influence of the Street

Street and out of school influences arc social poison. They come into tht home unawares, The first that many parents know of them is the use of slang words and bad words. which until theI had never entered their homes Rev
 Eugene M. Smith, Christian. St Louis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-28
-The spirie oe L4awiessnesa.

The atmosphere today Is saturated by the spirit of lawlessness. We speak and act as if 1t mattered little what man did so long as he Is sharp enough to es- cape. and underlying all excuses is the ever present one. The other fellows dc 1t and might as we'll go in and get my share. "-Rev. ]. F. Loba. Congrega- tionalist. Chicago
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23
FOUR YEARS AGO.
2snp. 1898.

ri
1t was Monday evening.
f. H. Pierce was indisposed.
Rev. Father A. Jouvenceau came to the
city from Santa Fs.
Poaey f.. Page and Capt. W. E. jerks
left for Puerto de Luna.
Mrs. Cora Fenner, nee Seewald, had son,
her parents a box of foe California fruits.
Isaac Flood sold two mich cows, one tc
Pete Roth, and one to Harvey Jones, the
milkman.
Rev, W. A. Phelps, the Methodist mia
lister who was stopping at the springs, cAme
down to the city.
H. W. Greene and wife perused the
DAILY OPrIc c~ontentsdly at the Brown
Palace hotel, up in Denver.
John N. Shaw, OF Fort Sumner, was In
Miss Sophie McBroom, from the east.
VIM. Nye, no relative OF the humorist by
that name, was here from Warsaw. Indi-
ana, for the benefit of his wifs's health.
Frederick q. French. who would we'd a
Las Vegas belle in the person of Miss
Nellie Malboeuf. on Wednesday,, had ar.
rived from Gallup, in company with hi,
sitter and brother-in law, Mrs. and Mr.. S
Frost.
DR.. w. r. Upton reached his thirty
ninth mile post. He had come to Las We
gas from st. Louis, fourteen years before,
with his wife and one child, having. only
500 to his name and sickness In his small
family.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

DEPOT HoTEL-C. w. Trimbls, F. Col
Inns, Colo d. M. Davidson, New York; E.
B. Learner, Kansas City; G.. e. Drum, st,
Louis @. II wilkins, Chicago; l.. McKen'
zis, San Francisco >. f Forbes. B. Forbes,
Maggie Disher, Toledo, o.: E. Alderman,
Denver; w. j. Black, Topeka.
PLAZA HoTEL-c. A Dyke, Grand Rsp,
idr, Mich; Sam g Heymapn. Florence,
Kan; M. b. Goldenberg, Puerto de Luna;
Mariana Armijo. j.. A. Stinsou. Albuquer-
and wife, Del Norte, Colo; e. Alderman,
Beaver. -
NEW OPTIo-S. Il. Neafus, Liberty; W.
L. South. Trinidad; Chas. A.. Hermann,
Saul A. Holly, Kansas City ). E. Whit
more, Gallinas Springs.
CENTRAL HoTEL-J o. Mccormick and
wife, Saliie Woodward, Las Vegas; d. A.
.Pittman, 8. H. Pittman, Pueblo.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23

PERSONAL PiCK-UPS S.

A. Mennet is at home from a trip below.
Mrs. MS. Bslden has joined him frsm
Denver.
W. W.. Curtis left for Pueblo, Colo. this
morning. -
Epitacio Quintana is in town, to-day,
from Ell Cerrito.
J. E, Cruz is aver from Buena Vista
Mora county, to-day.
w. l.. Mason departed for Pueblo, Colo,
on the early morning train.
j. A. StinsoD, the sheep handler, came
up from Albuquerque, this morning.
Jose L. Lopez, wife and babe, departed
for Santa Fe on last evenings train.
Pablo Martinez and Sabine Martinez are
bereabouts from Plaza Largo, to-day.
Col. E. @. Austen dropped down from
his Cherry wiley pastures, last evening.
Jose Dolores Romero, an alcalde out
there, visited town from San Ignacio, TO-
day.
RFv. j. j. Gilchrist has gone out to Aqua
Negra and Ell Rito TO do some pulpitiziug,
to. morrow.
Mariana Armijo, of Albuquerque, is
paying a business visit to Las Vegas aad
Las vegans.
Mrs. john l.. Zimmerman n daughter
came over from Santa Fe on the early
morning train.
Graciano G. de Baca and family have
cpme to town from La Liendre to spend
the winter months.
Lucas Vigil, OF Holman, Mora county,
reached the city yesterday. with freight
for ice Doherty s. Co.
Henry Neafus and DR.. W. l.. ruth
drove in, last evening, from the ST ranch,
Ia the Liberty neighborhood.
Andres Gandert, a likely young man,
who lives near the sky up above Agua
Negfa, 10 ablut town, to-day. as
Mr.. and Mrs. Eau tin Garcia, Of Chacon,
Mora county, have been the guests Of Rev
). j.. Gilchrist and wife Ia th'sc city. 3
Ell. Wormser, Of Gotham, was "a passen-
ger last evening for Albuquerque, where
he Will enter the employ of Held Bros.
1 NHM.-N+0
Ars. Krunts, of st. Loais. Mo-, departed
last evening for Wiaslow, Ariz, after
stopping off a day ia the city visiting Mrs.
Wm. Malboeuf. W
Mrs. W. e. Critics, her sIster-in-law,
Mrs G.G, Barbour. of Scranton, Pa, and
Geo. Beatty went out to Harvey's noun
tain ranch, to-day.
James e. Whitemore is in from salinas
Springs to see about a big delivery oil
lamos, and Hsle Lutz is up from the
country with 800 head of cattle. 7.
Carlos Gabaldon and tamil departed
for their Rove homo, last evening, he for
getting TO call on SON, OF his friends be
fore leaving town, as he promised to do,
j. b. Nsvins, brother Of J G.. Nevins, the
latter general manager CT the Santa Fe.
Pacific and California Southern, was q
south-bound passenger from Newtoo, K IAN
sas, last evening.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23
Building and Loan Matters.

The Mutual building and loan associa-
ton met. last evening, and transacted
routine business, after which the board OF
directors went into executive session and
elected the following officers: President.
F. H. Peerce; vice-president, H. G. Coors
treasurer, l.. r.. Adams; secretary, A. d.
Higgins. c. c. Gise takes the place of
A. B. Smith on the board.
The committee appointed for that pur-
pose reported proposed amendments to
the bylaws, to be voted o. November 1st.
The changes proposed are Important, one
OF which is the creating Of the Office of
assistant solicitor, so that when the
| solicitor is Cut Of town, loans may be pass.
| ed upon and the borrower secure his money
without unnecessary delay. This change
is proposed on account of the fact that
interest on a loan begins the night of The
| bid, and undor the present laws the Dor
rover has to wait from thirty to sixty
days before securing the money.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23
A waking Match.

W. e. Turner, commonly known as"San
Francisco Slim, y left Denver, Colo, Thurs
day night, for Albuquerque, where he will
meet the hackers OF George Fitzgerald, OF
Phoenix, Arizona, to arrange for a walk
ing match, go-es-you- please, for 1000
miles. On account OF Turner having the
inside track of any enclosure in which 1t Is
agreed to pull off the match, Fitzgerald
will go only 900 miles to his 1000. The
purse will he $500, the winner to receive
two-thirds.
Turner has made eight trips from coast
to coast. He has had several matches, but
claims to hay 9 lost only one of the lot.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23
Zinc clrcus.


The circus is nevsr-fsiling gathsrer oil
a crowd. All sorts of people are attracted
by a circus-soms to see the animals and
all to miugle in the throng. In this region
Of country, where attractions are few,
even a circus parade lie . wond II, aud that
it is a source Of pleasure, the thickly-lined
sidewalks are invariably a living proof. II
IS remarkable what re ourcss some peo-
pie will invent to procure ths means for the
purchase of a ticket to q show.
These circus times remind some veritable
l d.timers Of the days when Uncle Dick
Wootton, the old man Of the Ration pass,
used to drive his family and a whole army
of relatives from the vicinity Of Trinidad,
Colo, across the country TO the now city
OF Pueblo on such tented occasions. II
woald require a months time aud ALMOST
a fortune to make the trip. 1t is thought
that the first circus man to venture out
that far was old John Robinson, in 1875.
The circus train pulled out fsr CerIi'los
at ii :30,s last night.
.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-23

W. 3. Moreland, an old schoolmate Of
Walt BeDjamin, was visiting aud swap
ping ~school-day yarns with bis former
chum yesterday. Mr.. Moreland r presen 9
the Manitou mineral water company, and
succeeded 10 mixing business With pleas
ure long enough to dispose q q ear load 4
Sbe favcrite water to Haefner s. Roster.