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true. You will meet a death of vio-
lence. and your widow will be left to
mourn alone"
Get out with your badluck tales"
said Schroers and laughed again.
II read a-truly." said the gypsy.
"The house that you build shall be a
house of i'll luck. Beneath one of the
trees that shades it there lies body
one of my own tribe who was buried
there by the hands OF his friends.
His spirit cries out for vengeance and
a peaceful, hallowed grave. Until
this is accomplished there shall be
no rest for those who live here
Schroers returned to his work whist
ling. II he ever thought of the gypsy
woman's prophecy he did not mention
1t to the girl he soon married and
took to live in the new house. A few
months later. returning from st.
Joseph one night. Schroers allowed
his wagon to tarry a moment too long
on the railway crossing almost in
front of his own gate. They picked
up his mangled body a hundred feet
away, and the wreck of his wagon
was scattered along the right of way.
Tragedy has marked the place ever
since.
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doing all sorts of rum places no one
else ever thinks Of, don't you know.
And as for bench! Well, 1t was
like her, in her innocence of the
world, not to know how downright
vulgar that would be. had seen
couples sitting evenings in the park
and / knewi
But | answered tactfully:
Il don't mean those places so much.
don't you know-I think we can find
lots tollier and better nights else
where And | closed my free eye
and beamed at her through my glass.
Don't have to go SO far. you know;
under ones own roof. or-er-some
one else's roof, for instance-why not
here?" jerked my head toward the
old stone pile behind us.
"Oh!"-her eyebrows lifted at me
$50 you've thought OF that, too?"-
she nodded gravely-''you mean in
the library there?"
/ winked assent.
The library suited me all right!
Just now" she said in an oddly
sobered voice. II . looked in as
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Brother Was Lying.

Police courts are not always marked
by an atmosphere of piety, but the ex-
ception to the rule occurred in court
where very religious man, against
whom one of the neighbors had made
a complaint, was being tried for some
trivial offense. The complaining wit
ness was called to the stand to relate
his side of the story. and the defen-
dant listened closely for several min
utes. Then his personal feelings over
rode court etiquette. and he rushed up
to the Judge. fervently exclaiming:
Your Honor, the brother is lying!
Praise the Lordi"
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s1IssssS a., ted EaElish ssssR, 4ses!Es: .; prss;
proves to be pair of pajamas. 4 letter
hints hints Of surprise to the wearer. Lghtnut
up for a smoke. His servant. Jenkins.
nut. nut. sttempts 70 put him out: ThinEins
clothes intending to summon help. When
he reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
~ s o-ss Jahnsn. fs'fd tss ss.nss sssf 81
the encounter he had with hideous
Gninsman .,o dressed IN pais%ss a In
LAghtnut Is asked to put up 'the KID"
for the night on his way home from col;
siTi in blssk pa5amss in nPds hs room Iishs
nut T. shocked by the. girls drinking.
hoh1aS hsS aas ana ilansy talk She tells him him
roommate. named Frances. Next morn
rs. a' ths s boat to sss sae see OK as i
P hiP "Pisky, Sas he Sos: not .ss .SSs .tSSs
Priceless rubies hiaden in the buttons Of
and rstiTss. % hiEhthut o0hs later aA' dissossrs
IN his apartment a beefy person in NUT
es sss Dsse sns Sa g4.
arandes % Ts. r ,1truaea efe dseiafe. sss he Z
ter Vain 0fi ae fno Is hs!ssd aRsd on to se' JAIL
In the morning Lghtnut IL astonished TO
nnd Billings gone. and more astonished
when he gets a message from the latter.
demanding his clothes. IAghtnut, bound
for Tarrytown. Billings home. discovers
.Sn Frames" the girl 81 the pa1.ms.. on on
iudes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Hghtnut never saw her
in black pa1amas. At Tarrytown Frances
70 met by a husky college youth, who
halls Lightnut as 'Dfcky." The latter ig-
norss the boy. who then threatens to
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
and Lightnut discover mysterious Chi
nese characters on the pajamas. Profess
sor Doozenberry is called in to interpret
the hieroglyphics. He raves over what he
calls the lost silk of Si-Ling-Chi. The
writing declares that a person wearing
the .patamas will take on the semblanee
borrows the pa1amas for experiment
billings" dressed In pajamas is found in
the professors room and is taken home
in an automobile with Frances and a wo-
man LEhtnut calls 'the trump" Light
nut I. & snsered by by the the %frumP,s Ss,, SANDER
nut that a message has just been re-
ceived stating that Billings was under ar
rest in New York for stealing a suit of
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
Lightnut with a tale of Francis esca-
pades. Lghtnut asks permission to speak
to Frances" The Judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
with the beautiful Frances. is greatly
mystined. Policeman O.Keefe returns the
black pajamas and LiKhtnut sends them
to Billings rooms
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BAD ROADS COST MILLIONS
Farmers Lose That Amount Yearly,
Says A. C. Trumbo Of Mus
kogee, Okla.

Denver, Col.-A. C. Trumbo of Mus
kogee. Okla. president of the trans
Mississippi congress, which met in
Salt Lake City. declared that the pro-
ducers of agricultural products in
America lose annually $250,000,000
over their European neighbors through
cost of transportation.
The solution OF the problem, said
Mr. Trumbo, is in good roads, n ques-
ton which he says the forthcoming
congress is going to make paramount
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passed through, and he was looking
SO crushed. SO worn and tired, you
know-he had just come from up
stairs; and yet he faced me SO brave
ly and smilingly"-she shook her
head-"poor fellow!"
stared-puzzled, don't you know.
Offhand. dash me II could see what
the Judge had to do with our evenings
together-why. had his own approval
of my suit. Then l remembered that
she, OF course. didn't know that-yet.
Probably what she had in her dear
little mind was that he might be hold
ing the library-and he would. II he
continued to think he was busy; for !
had heard him say he expected to
work all night. But then. taere were
dozens and dozens of other places we
could go-well, should Just say!
had Just bent forward to suggest
this to her when | saw she was going
to speak So waited. smiling at her
tenderly.
And about Arthur" she began.
my nails-right in the palm-"now
there is case where l think you
find"-she nodded toward the house
again-"where you find one OF his
superb qualities. the one quality that.
OF all, admire in a man the most"
by Jove!" | said. leaning forward.
wondered what It was-and then.
dash It, ! asked her.
Just trust" she said simply. and
her face grew luminous. Faith. per-
haps / should say. My father has IT
larger than any man l ever knew: 1t
is something that goes out from him
with his friendship. with his love,
making dual gift"-her voice drop
ped thoughtfully-"I have studied 1t In
him all my life. and 1t has always
seemed SO beautiful to me-so won
derful-the unquestioning peace he
has"-her blue eyes widened. shirr
ing-"has ever in return for the per
feet, abiding trust that he gives to
the thing he calls his own. know.
for he has made me feel it from the
time was tiny little grill" The last
word was almost a whisper. so tense.
SO vibrant with feeling was it-she
seemed to have forgotten my exist
ence. And II ever I find a man"
she breathed.
l coughed slightly and she started.
stared at me-and then the dimple
deepened in her cheek. lost in bed
of jolly roses. Her laughter pealed
forth, birdlike-delicIous,
81 beg your pardon!" she said. But
when think of papa and OF how he
believes in his children, especially
poor little me, / think | must get"
Her roguish. puzzled smile searched
my face. "Row is it you say it?-oh,
I know-I think / must be getting
dippyi'"
And It was the first slang | had
heard from those sweet lips since the
night she was in my roomsl
CTO BE CONTINUEDO
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Be GLOW1( S
Me RUBIES
bn FRANCIS PERRY ELLIOTT
ILLUSTRATIONS By HA/ uAA=ns
no,z4xSW mr. 4r 6Q66J 1z560Xx CC1x9tII

Had almost forgotten the dashed
windows-and the two cats that
might be looking outl
l murmured some Jolly apology,
adding:
"oh. yes-quite 30; certainly!
mean-eh. what?"
She was smiling, her rose-petal lip
dragging through her teeth.
THE bobby you know. Just now"
she nodded toward the porte-cochere
II was positive he had come to drag
you away to your loathsome dungeon.
And when he retired. was-oh, SO re-
lieved!" And she clasped her hands.
her eyes lifting upward.
"Oh. / say nowhere you, thoughT'
grinned delightedly and slipping to
a rustic chair beside her. looked her
affectionately in the eye. For all her
air Of ohafnng. knew that under it
was a current Of anxiety for me-the
darlingi
l screwed my glass at her tenderly.
What would you have done?"
said softly, eff he had-er-lugged me
OF. you known"
Can you ask!" What'a reproachful
sideglance she shot me through the
meshes of her silken what-you-call-
ems! Why, Of course. should have
thr-r-rough and thr-r-r-ough!"
By Jove, how she said it! And she
Illustrated with the stemless rose
dash 1t. no; the roseless stem! She
was superb-looked like the Jolly
fencing girl; only dashed sight more
stunning, don't you know! And her
excalibar, too! Didn't know what a
Jolly excalibar was. but guessed 1t was
some delightfully."- mysterious but dead
ly feminine thing-some kind OF sub
merged hat-pin-sort-ofthing. you know
that sort. dash 1t! Yet she would
have drawn it-and her good one. too.
she said!
"Jove!" said feelingly. Would
you, really?" And / almost took her
hand-and again remembered the win.
dows! So Just shot her look.
Her glorious eyes sparkled. THAT
is, / would II had one," she said
smiling; but I'm afraid poor Arthur
lost the last and only one. Sad. isn't
it,"
"oh!"
Just felt my Jolly heart sink like
what's-its-name. Who the deuce was
poor Arthur" This must be another
some other laundering chap who
had been engaged to her. And what q
rotten. careless beggar, too. to have
lost it-that is, If he really had! On
course. he would say SO. anyhow. And
how the deuce did he get 1t. in the
first place-did she give 1t to him. or
did he
BY Jove. how should have liked to
punch Arthur's head! Always did
hate chap with that name! flushed
guiltily. but she did not see. For the
moment. she was looking on dream.
fly across the valley.
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II wonder" she said pensively.
why It is one can never find another
man like Arthur. Do you suppose 1t
is because he was the ideal?"
For an instant. I swallowed hard
then l plucked up bravely, or tried to.
don't you know.
Jolly lIkelyl" chirped. Then
gloomily: "Oh. 1 say, you know. was
he your ideal?"
"Alwaysl"-the blue eyes lighted
wistfully-'I suppose It's because he
was my FIRST love; found him 30
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Sounded Like Him.

They tell story out my way about
a Kansan who, in the old days when
Mark Hanna was prominent, went to
church, took his seat in rear pew
and went to sleep. When he woke up
he awoke with start. and he must
have thought himself at political
meeting.
The minister had just Numbered.
ITO him that hath shall be given and
to him that hath not shall be taken
away even that which he hath"
"Who said that?" asked the bcwil-
dered politician, who had just awak-
ened.
The minister stopped. looked at the
sleepy interrupter and then said lacon-
ically, Mark"
Well said the politician. lit
sounds like Hanna"
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mine-eyes, bluer than the Hudson at
our feet; yet between the Jolly rip
pies that played across those pools OF
truth l could glimpse far down into
depths that were the most devilishly
enhancing. darkly. deeply. beautifully
oh, you know!
Why, by Jove. almost took a crop
per right into them! Only caught
Just in time. you know; Strengthened
right on the verge. as It were-and
came WI with gasp. monocle dan
Cling,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-13

One of the most important of the
national conventions. and one in
which the people of the West are par
ticularly interested in, is the National
Irrigation Congress, which will meet
this year in Salt Lake City from Sep
tember 30th to October 4th.
In the interest of the Congress the
Denver G. Rio Grande Railroad has
prepared a handsomely illustrated
folder giving history Of irrigation
and a description of many of the irri-
gated sections in the Rocky Mountain
Region, which 1t is distributing to dele
gates to the Congress and others inter
ested in the general subject of irriga-
ton
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The chiIdless Apartment.

Bliffkins and his wife live in one
of these fashionable, childless apart
ment houses. The visiting friend
speaks.
Say. what became of that pretty
bull terrier you used to have around
to keep Mrs. Bliffkins company dur
ing the day."
"The management wouldn't stand
for 1t, SO we gave him away. We ven
tured a canary. but they kicked on
that. ! suggested some goldfish. but
Mrs. Bliffkins said they reminded her
of swimming snakes"
How'd you finally agree'?"
"Excellently. ! bought her one OF
these Mexican jumping beans. It's
cute as It can be. Say. Clara, get out
little Pedro and make him do some OF
his stunts"
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Impossible CIews.

Frederick Koehler, Cleveland's po.
lice chief, was talking about detective
stories to a Cleveland novelist
"The trouble about the average de-
tective story" he said, "is that 1t ia
too evidently cooked up. The clews
are to unnatural. too unreal, too i'm
possible. When think Of the clews
In an average detective story / recall
conversation between two city Of
ticials. The first city official
said to the second. on snowy
day: That new snow shoveler of
yours was evidently bookkeeper or
clerk in the past
"'How can you tell?' asked the 9th
er official.
"'Why.' said the first, whenever he
finishes a job of snow shoveling he
tries to put his shovel behind his
ear"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-13
DENVER Il RIO GRaSDE-wEsTER
PACIFIC
"The Royal Gorge-Feather Rlver

THO RoyaI GOrge- -FCather river
Canon Route"
Taken together form the most beautI-
full limo OF continuous travel Denver
Salt Lake, city. San Francisco.
The marvellous scenic attractions of
the Rockies. tho Great Salt Beds OF
Utah and the wonders OF the SlprraA
can be seen from tho car windows.
without extra expense for side trips,
SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE
For illustrated descriptive matter.
write Frank a. Wadloigh, Gcuoral
Passenger Agent, Denver & Rio Grundc
Railroad. Denver, Colo.
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A Days Work.

II would like. if you please, sir, to
take day off tomorrow
"Why, Smithers? Anybody sick at
your homer"
No, sir, but there are a couple of
children coming to visit mine and my
wife told me the kids wanted TO ask
me few questions. ."-Baltimore
American.
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CHAPTER XIV.

eff Ever Find q Mani"
II trust you've not been getting into
trouble, Mr. Lightnut!"
Her lovely eyes were dancing with
mischief as they hung there below
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-13
Seen, But Not Sawed.

Housekeeper-How is this? You
promised to saw some wood If gave
you lunch.
Tramp recall no such promise,
madam.
Housekeeper-The idea, told you
I would give you lunch If you'd saw
some wood. and you agreed.
Tramp-Pardon me, madam: your
exact words were: "I1l give you
by the gate"
what / said.
Tramp-Well. madam. I saw that
wood over there by the gate when
came in.
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HOWARD E. BURTON, AssAYER Z CHEMIST
.EADNIIIIe COIUIfI

Specimen prices: Gold. silver. lead. II. gold,
silver 7Sc: gold. SOC; zinc or COPPER, 81
application. Control and umpire work So
lioited- Referenee: Carbonate National Bank
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Inaccurate Designation.

You refer to yourself as a public
servant" said Senator Sorghum.
Yes" replied the official.
well, | don't think would use
the word servant My wife tells me
that when servants talk about resign
Ing they always do so''
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-13
eIIndness ls in Mankind.

Fortune has often been blamed for
our blindness. but fortune is not Sc
blind as men are.-Samuel Smiles
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"Going to leave us?" solicitous-
ly asked the Casual Acquaintance
of the Confirmed Dyspeptic. The
c. D. was entrenched in stack OF
suit cases and grips at the depot.
"Yep," was the hopeless reply.
I'm off to the South Sea islands,
where there are no doctors, nc
pure food sanitariums and very
few clothes"
whats the trouble?"
Good" laconically replied the
Dyspeptic. I'm beating it to the
woods to live like the monkeys, to
consider nature, and where a
ptomaine is as scarce as the fourth
dimension.
81 will to thee a sad tale I'M
fold. Take warning, young man.
/ started out by following one
Doctors advice to leave vegetables
alone because they were hard to
digest. 1t didn't work and / con-
suited another.
HE said to forget about meat,
as only the cannibals could stand
a flesh diet. But one dark night
l succumbed to the lure of a por-
terhouse and gave up vegetarian
ism. Then l saw in a paper where
a doctor said that chewing meat
made it indigestible. that the
proper way was to swallow it in
large sections, as the digestive
juices would work better. l near
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Envelope Bunko Game Is
Worked On Tacoma Av.

One of the oldest of bunco
games was pulled off yesterday
by a young man, with several ad-
dressed envelopes, filled with
blank paper and a working capital
of $19.15. He buncoed Mrs.
Florence Monaghan out of $40
and Frank Rosenberg was stung
for like amount while Miss B.
Hansen, a clerk in A. Nasser's
dry goods store on South X street,
was minus $3.50 after the young
mans visit. Rosenberg, who los,
$40, tells how it was done.
''He came in here in the morn
ing with his coat off and mud on
his shoes, and l thought he was
working man, and asked me TO
give him a twenty dollar bill for
some silver. l was short OF
change and handed him twenty
dollar bill. He laid handful OF
change on the counter and l
counted 1t and found that there
was only S19.15 there. He felt
In his pockets and failed to find
any more money and asked me to
wait until he went around to his
room for the rest. He had al
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legal Document"
Unique In Phase

Prosecutor McMurray thinks
that the justice of the peace at
South Prairie is a character. The
reason is a legal document Mac"
has just received. Said document
deals with Stanley Wilson, the
jail-breaking fiend. After relat-
ing the charges against Wilson in
his best legal manner, the justice
adds a postscript that made the
prosecutors ribs sore. After re-
lating that Wilson was committed
to Jail, Justice j. f. Chapman APP
pended the following unique bit:
81 may further inform you that
prisoner (Stanley Wilson) pound
ed and sawed his way out of jail
before this constable could deliver
him to the county Jail.
"Note-He did not even have
the good manner to inform us he
was about to leave abruptly nor
hint as to his destination.
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The charge of Controller
Meads that the light and water
department has been buying more
than $500 worth of goods with
out advertising was investigated
this morning.
1t developed that this policy
went on under Weeks. under
Lawson and even back under the
old council regime. In fact, emer-
gencies often caused hurry-up or
ders that exceeded the $500
amount without call for bids.
When Gronen came in he or
dered this stopped before. Meads
raised the question.
Purchasing Agent Hoyt showed
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100 MILES AN HOUR
FLYER FALLS 700 FEET
(By United Press Leased Wire. )

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PARIS, April 30-Falling 709
feet through the air while flying
at the rate of 100 miles an hour.
Jules vedrines, Frances foremost
aviator, lies at deaths door today.
Vedrines was setting new
record from Douai to Madrid.
While racing through the air his
aeroplane SUDDENLY collapsed. He
struck in front of the Epinay
railway station. Six surgeons OPP
Grated upon the injured man, and
announced that the patient had
rallied slightly and had some
chance to live.
The accident Is attributed to
recklessness on the part of We
drines. He recently said that,
having attained speed of 100
miles an hour. he would never be
satisfied again with a lower speed.
BANK CLISARINGS.
Clearings .......... $667.339.72
Balances ......... f,2bI.lI
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To See Hanging
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire
LINCOLN, Neb., April 30.---
you had better all come down
to the little necktie party We are
going to have at the home," de-
clared Albert Prince. a negro con-
vict, turning to the spectators In a
crowded court room here today
when he was found guilty of first
degree murder.
Prince stabbed Deputy Warden
Albert Davis at the state peniten-
tiary February II.
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SUIT TO DISSOLVE THE
HARVESTER TRUST

49, 900 worth Of stock was issued
to j. II. Morgan Il Co. for services
rendered and legal expenses"
1t also charges that the Harves-
ter Co. has pledged majority of
American retailers, not to sell i'm
plements not manufactured by the
combination. Unfair trade meth
DDS, inaccurate. misleading state
ments concerning their rivals,
Misrepresentation and selling be-
low cost in some localities are
among the charges recited in the
petition.
IL is also alleged that i'm 1910
the company paid $40, 100000 in
dividends on its common stock,
this being at the rate of 33 1-3 per
cent.
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Council Probes Charge
That Law is Violated

although the charter had been
evaded in not advertising for bids.
he actually had received bids
Just the same. And the carload
of wire Meads spoke about was
bought on a rising market, Hoyt
said, so II the city had waited to
advertise II would have lost $3.50.
Electrician Carhart and Chief
Clerk Davis also explained the
situation, Carhart showed q
good grasp of the business and
was asked to explain conditions
In the storehouse which he critf-
cised.
The council decided hereafter
to send Meads copy of all orders.
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tried being a gourmet, but sue
ceeded only in being common
glutton, and my landlady served
notice that my board would cost
me dollar more a week.
I'm particularly fond of oys-
tiers, but DR.. Wiley said he prayed
every time he ate an oyster, so /
gave up the habit.
Il tried all the pre-digested
health fods. threatened to de-
generate into an excelsior mat
tress, but didn't put on any
weight. Then l read where Woods
Hutchinson said eat everything
you like. like corn beef hash
and cabbage and proceeded to eat
it. haven't paid my doctor bill
for that little orgy yet.
"a doctor told me mince pie
was the worst thing to eat. had
a contrary spell and ate half a
mince pie. / believe it did me
good, because / experienced no
inconvenience whatever.
II see now where a Seattle doc
tor says we ould all live longer
III we ate less, and see also
here woman has been tried for
the death of a patient who took
the starvation cure.
"Ptomaines, formaldehyded
milk, bad butter, storage eggs,
benzoated catsup and analine dyes
in the papers every day! Oh, for
the appetite of Nebuchadnezzar
who ate wild grass like the ass!
me for Tahita or some spot
that just divides the desert from
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LaF gillette Keeps
His Coat On

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
RIVERSIDE. Cal, April 80. =
Warming up here today, Senator
LaFollette found 1t necessary to
loosen his collar.
"Take off your coat" cried
some one in the crowd. Teddy
would"
Colonel Roosevelt follows
many tactics l would not" LaFol-
lette replied.
Railroad and antitrust legisla-
ton furnished the subject matter
for LaFollette. He made no 9TH
err reference to Roosevelt.