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Mrs. ‘Thursday. Mrs. A. E, Chandler was hostess at an informal 500 party given Thursday afternovn at her home, 725 South Durbin street compli- mentaty to her house guest, Miss Peatl Chandler of Dodge City, Kan. Honors for the afternoon were won by Mrs. C. Fowler and Miss Chand- ler. Guests who attended were: Mrs. C. Fowler, Mrs. J. King, Mrs. Robert Burgess, Mrs. Glen Stevenson, Mrs. Schaffer Mrs. Perry Morris, Mrs. F. J. Leschinsky, Mre. M. J. Fole: and guest, Miss Margaret Monahan ot Huga, Colo., Mrs. U.S. Miller, Mrs. E, F. Weldon, Mrs. D. W. Dent- ner, Mrs. F, E. Anderson, Mrs. C. W. Beckett, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Mary Yard and Miss Chand- ler. S. B. Association Entertainment Tonight. The regular weekly entertainment of the Security Benefit association will be held this evening at the Knights of Pythias hall The public is invited to attend. g “-. Picnic This Afternoon For Midwest Employes. Members of the Midwest Refining company office force and their fam- ilies will enjoy @ picnic to be given this afternoon at Garden Creek falls. wee Patterson-Holland Marriage Is Announced. Announcements have been recatv- ed here of the marriage of Miss Helen Jané Patterson, former’ Casper now of Denver to James C. Holland of Colerado Springs the wed- ding ceremony having been perform- ed in Denver, Monday, August 8, t the home of the bride's stster, Mrs. Frederick U. O'Neil, They were attended by Mrs. 8. W. Keenan of Denyer and Clarence Patterson, a brother of the bride. The couple will make their kome in . Golorado Springs. Davis-Wiltams Marriage Last Week. Miss Erma Davis, daughter of J. M. Davis of Greybull and Jack Wil- liams of this clty were married last Saturday afternoon at. 4 o'clock at Basin, by the Rev. Edwin Bowling. The groom is connected here with the Standard Oil company and the couple will make thelr home in this city. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Storrs are the parents of a six-pound baby daughter who arrived yesterday at and baby are reported to be gressing satisfactorily. eee Mrs, O. W. Leedy spent several days this week in Hudson visiting with friends and relatives. . . pro- . Miss Myrtle Frohman who spent several days in Lander also visited for several days with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Boland in Roverton. Joe Cook of Riverton is in the city for several days. Mrs.*Lee Houston and baby have returned from Riverton where they spent six weeks visiting with Mrs. Houston's sister, Mrs. J. W. Crane. eee Mayor and Mrs. 8. K.‘Loy will leaye next week for Laramie where they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Patterson of that city on a camping trip. They will also visit before returning to Casper with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Moudy and family during the Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star and the Ma- sonic grand lodge. . D, A. Wood and George Riley left this morning for the Yellowstone national park where they will spend a week or 10 days? eee Mrs. Fred Noble and daughter Frances spent several days here this week visiting with friends from their home at Lander. Mrs. A. W. Slinkard and | sons were visitors here this week from Lander. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Splawn have been visiting with Mr, Splawn’s ‘mother at Southfork for several days. Mr. anl Mrs. John Neff have been spending q week in the Yellowstone National park. . Philip Rosenberger spent several days In Loyell attending to business affairs. oe Mrs. Henry Morgenstein has been the guest of Mrs. Ben Margolis in Lovell for a wee J. M. Wyatt of Greybull has spending the week here the Mrs heen guest of friends. Mrs, Peter Nelson has returned from Greybull where she visited for three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Sam Pritchett. Pit Sas Miss Mary Louise Noonan spent several days visiting with her grand- mother, Mrs. Henrietta Sharpless in Greybull, . . Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Smith and children of Thermopolis were v! gitors In Casper for a short time this week. Mr, Smith remained in Cas- per a few days transacting bus- iness affairs while Mrs. Smith and family motored to Longmont, Colo. W. H. Dunlan Salt Lake City who has been spending several days in Salt Creek on business wil! arrive in Casper today. ° Ste Edwarl here Barnes spent yesterday on business from Doug Dana H. Kelgey of.the Kasoming Oil company and son are in Casper for a few days.from Independence, Kan., and are guests at the Town- send. eee Allen Boyer of Shoshoni ‘s visit- ing with friends in Casper today and is @ guest at the Henning. * . J. BE. Hammond division manager of the Continental Supply company is.in Casper for afew days from Denver. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. B. Marshail are in Casper for a short! time en- route to their home in Sheridan and are guests at the Townsend, see 7 Mrs. Mitchell left Thursday for Chicago, New, York and Milwaukee. "ee Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hawthorne and family are visiting In Casper enroute to the park from thelr home in Mobridge, S. D. woe H. McFarland and W. W. Mce-Fa land are in Casper from Nebras! for several days. W. E. Hardin of Lander ts here for a short time on business having ar- rived last evening. vee F. C. Emerson, state engifieer ‘is in Casper for a short time + from Cheyenne, eee Mr. and’ Mrs. Quinton K. Deaver are receiving the congratulations ‘of friends on the arrival of a son, Fri- dhy, August 15 at the Women's and Children’s: hospital. Both mother and baby are doing nicely. ~wrel® Miss Pearl Chandler who has been the guest here for the last six weeks of Mr. and Mrs, A. E. Chandler; will leave on Monday for her home in Dodge City, Kan . Mrs, Nate Lamborn and Miss Jes- sie Gair, who have been spending several weeks here visiting with Mrs. EH. F. Weldon and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wills have returned to their home in Colorado. eee Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Zolnoski and family accompanied by Miss Lillian Saulkner left today for a, two weeks’ trip through the Yellowstone Na- tional park. see Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Goodman were visitors in Casper yesterday enroute to the park from thelr home in Omaha. see Dr. and Mrs, William Kocher and daughter, Lois accompanied by their house guest left this morning for the Yellowstone National park where they will spend a Week or 10 days. the Wheatland hospital. Both mother. They will be joined in the park by William Kocher who has been a ranger there since the beginning of the season, Ferris Hamilton will leave on Wednesday of next week for Den- ver on a several days business trip. see Mr. and Mrs, E. W. visiting with relatives Billings for a week. oars T. T. Lieuallen of Salt Creek ac- companied by Mrs#Lieuallen of this city will leave. tomorrow for a va- cation trip to the Ozark mountains. eee . Whitman are and. friendg in Mr. and Mrs, Frank Gore have re- turned from Cheyenne where _ they. were the guests for several days of frinds and relatives. ° D. W. Wilson is in Casper on bus- iness for a short time from his home in Lusk, M. M. Young arrived yesterday from Buffalo and will spend several days here vistting with friends, CHORUS GIRLS | voice -screamed. | fhe € Who Lived Near Crime Scene in Los ‘Claims to Have Seen Strangers ‘From Home of Murdered Woman. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16.—An entirely new aspect has} been given to the Theresa Mors shooting investigation | police announced today, by the testimony of a woman), ;, who says she heard and saw two men fleeing from the apartment occupied by Mrs. Mors and Kid McCoy, ex- |“: pugilist, a few minutes after the shot was fired that ended | ax ten or twelve steps, and then they the elife tof the wealthy divorcee] early Wednesday. morning. The new witness, police say, lived in the apartment directly under thai in’ which the. shooting took place, and saw one of ‘the fleelng men so clearly and at such. close range that she was able to give detectives a complete description of him. - This man, she sald positively and repeatedly, was not Kid McCoy. She was able to.furnish no description of the other man, whom she knew only as the dark, vague shape of a man running swiftly from the bulld- ing. Pa ‘The testimony of the new witness, Mrs. Iva Martin, is of supreme im- portance for two reasons, the police point’ out: First—It fixes the time of the slaying definitely at 12:05 a. m. Wed- nesday. Second—It completely ~disproves the ‘suicide theory.of Mrs. Mors’ death. -Mrs: Martin was\in bed, she sald, when, she was-awakened suddenly by volces in the apartment above. “Oh, my God, don't do that!" were the first words she heurd,’she told investigators. Twice more,.{n anguished tones these words.were repeated. No reply was: heard; only the sounds of a scuffle, and then again & woman's voice pleading. Finally,. sald .Mrs.: Martin, came the last words heard from the apartment that @ight: “Oh, my. God! this willbe, terrible," a Then ¢ sound of a shot, a brief, si | died out. “I was still listening to thes foot stegs when I heard some one brush up against something right in front of me,"! she went! on. “There is another building just west of the concrete walk on the west side of the apartment and it is there that I heard very plainly the nolse made by some one dashing by. “My kitchen haa three windows, one, of them facing toward the front of the apartment house and the street. As I reached this window T saw, just a few feet away from on hands and knees street. with ‘fear. toward then he straightened up. I him standing there for just o brief moment. T still have a distinct pic- ture of him in my mind, “He hesitated a second or so, and the apartment where ~he still.” “He was facing me, never forget that sight. all slumped, sort of all in a heap, did not get a good look at his fac and T wit wore no hat though he were either drunk or en. Urely unnerved. He stood re lon't do that! Oh. | leaning aga‘nst the building for fully woman's five minutes, “Then he staggered to the street thump of sone object falling to the floor, again silence, “Some one was \moving about stealthily’ on the floor above,” con- tinued Mrs. Martin. “When the shot rang out, I jumped out of bed. I° pushed the switch of the floor lamp and looked at the clock, it was éxactly five min- utes after midnight.” “Twas frightened and nerv. and immediately put out the light and Ustened.. There was a full moon outside and {t was pretty light. “A few minutes later: certainly not more than five or seven minutes [I heard footsteps down the sta'r- way. The hack stairs which start only a few feet away from the door| of the MeCoy apartment, run direct- ly over my_ apartment. “My “bed was. right under the landing where I could bear plainly the thump of feet.on the.stairs, “Tam certain there were two per- Sons running down the stairs, They crashed through thé back door mak. ing a loud noise. I ran to my kit chen» window, which overlooks the back part of the apartment; and as T reached it, I could distinctly hear the sound of running feet on the concrete of the back yard by the clothes lines. There weré perhaps ‘ous great, iong cradle, tulling to early sleep the Follies. beauties: of the future. One. theatrical firm resorted: re- cently to the radio in a broadcast appeal for the country surrounding New Yori, Philadelphia and Boston to send its daughters to this wicked tity ‘so that they might .be- consid- ered for chorus duty. ina forth. BALK AT PLANS FOR ROAD TRIP Managers Defied by Girls Loath to Quit Gotham. By ROBERT T. SMALL. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune.) NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—The New York chorus girl, pictured in fable and. song as. the posséssor of limousines, sables, French ma{ds and all the other frafl appurtenances of millionairedom, may not bo as worldly wise or as bad as: painted, but she knows what she wants. At this particular moment, she wants to stay in. New York and won't go vn the road, no matter what the in- lucements offered. She has got Ittle old. Broadw deep down in her system and she can't give it up. Theatrical managers who are try- ing to assemble companies to take a few musical shows on the road this fall report that it is virtually impossible to get a New York chorus girl to sign a contract calling for any considerable amount of, travel. The managers are thinking of sending a 8..0. S. call to the “provinces,” as they term the great American hinterland, in an effort to induce the girls of other cities to go on the stage and get experience “on the road They know perfectly Well that eventually the ‘cotntry girls will get the same New York | idea as the re they ere hor lassies may con eir Broad: | way debuts for a year or two in order to fill the,gaping ranks’ of the companies ‘on tour” None of the chorus girls wh ‘nowadays refuse to leave New York are native daughters. They, too, pias a production / which © “hoped” 0 remain on Broadway, but might a to take to tiroad to fina bas ‘The “effrontery" of the theatrical fois in this instance caused a great stir “among the}radio tahs. ‘There were demands for’ some sort. of censorship. \The stage agents were accused of an atfempt to “lure girls away from home and: flreside."’ The agents insist the appeal was merely an advertisementiwhich might hw been fn in’ any theatr: meyazine, or'dally newspaper, for that, matter, without comment or criticism. The radio bugs insisted that the appeal be stopped. An it was: : But still the problem remains of putting shapely Hmbs tn the pony ballet and stately beauties on the stage ‘aa “scenery”. Managers re- port that ‘it {sof course, possibie to get enough giris to fill many pro- ductions, but not'giris of the stand- ard required t Cities fn the provinces. ere Wmanding produc- tions in every way similar to those seen On Broadway, and will not patronize shows that bear, evidence of having been cheapened in any respect. » Broadway misical produo- tions have set 4 high standard: for ladies of the ensemble as they call them. nowadays, and have made it that. much fore difficult for the road companies to go out. For road work, gipls are being offered from 60 to 60: per cent more salary than they can get on Broad- way. They, also are -being offered | long term contracts. But these wi!) not suffice, The chorus. girls: haye much pen thelr, side, if,not_ much upon their backs—as seen by the public: Most of them shave comfortable little flats | here in New York. Most of them | Iso have “boy friends” of whom | they are ‘very, very fond—ndt' “doa! | oll Johnnies.” of stage door habitues. | They are things of the past. Just | hoy friends, of the more or less platonic variety. ‘Then, too, they have their dogs.. Even if they could m jes was the fugitive. At any rate the street... Shortly afterward heard the sound of a car away." The story told by Mrs. Martin, ts the already the newest factor in tangled-case. Mrs. Martin was taken to the apartment house of Captain of Detectives Cline and there she repeated her tory. Then. she was taken to the cits jail, to the cel occupied by McCoy. ‘The prisoner was made“to walk, to Jean against the wall. Mrs. Martin was positive McCoy Was not the man she had seen un- der the window. “MeCoy is ta! and stately,” she said. “And the man I saw under the window was thick and pouchy.” Despite “Mr alarm after what she had heard and seen Mrs. Martin went back to bed and to sleep, she told police. ‘T thought perhaps one of these en was a policeman and that the I thought i¢ anything serious had happened an ing made." After breakfast she mentioned to the manager of the apartment house that she had heard strange noises, but the house manager, apparently had slept all night anything. investigation was be- A subpoena has been issued fo the appearance of Mrs, Martin be fore the grand e Receivers for Middle States NEW -YORK, Aug. 16.— Federa’ Judge Knox has appointed former Federal Jud. Juias M. Mayer anc Joseph, P. Tumulty, former’ secre- tary to Provident Wilson, ag rec ers for the Midd'e States Oit poration. cor —_- SAN (SALVADOR, Aug. 16.—Ad vices received “here from Amapala Honduras, are to the effect that the Honduran government forces re-oceupled Amapala, following the withdrawal of the rebels commanded by General Juan Castellanos. rebels are sald to have after they had been pesos. me, the figure of a man crawling the T stood still, half paralyzed “The man passéd my window and saw aspet Daily Cribune By 0. L. SCOTT (Staff Correspondent of the Casper Tribune) (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Association) CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—The “black belt” gradually extending through |the center of Chicago ts being found the center of the mid-summer crime wave that has swept the city, bring- ing an almost unprecedented Dumber iilings and major felontes. | Here, one of the largest negro dis-| t# in the countr niready popu-} i by more than 200,000: ts being | with: floaters and unemploy- d. Recent outbreaks have caused |Chief of Police Morgan Collins to throw in additional police reserves. Irresponsible. colored elements, he | says, are causing the great number of law-abiding to get the reputation | of a criminal class. Yet Chicagoans don't like to con- sider the problems raised by their rapidly. extending colored section. They take little Interest in the kill- ings, the gambling, the ‘depredations of the near south side, which ts sol- idly black,” But they are becoming seriously concerned, as the negroes leave the old scenes and trek grad- ually south. Already they have taken over the one time “gold coast” of the south side. In scattered families, they are reaching out as far as Seventieth | street, some seeping over into d's Xk st t ti t 1 ti Crime Wave Reaches Peak | In Chicago “Black Belt”; ) Population Is Climbing} hauled The police say that they are getting | noticeable results ifi agricultu are filling a skilled jobs In other Industries. most of the négro population concen. trated in with whites {# largely lacking, a fact that leads the editor of the Negro Defender to say that the Ilkelihood | } of further disturbances such as the race riot of five years ago ts very | remote. inals who have infexted district, bringing with them’ a wave | of crime that may become even more | serious when unemployment is heavy | PAGE THREE. oping dominoes romp for high Tough loafers. are being | in nightly in big batches. | takes. their attempt ‘0 rid the district of serious crime: Incoming negroes, however, are inding it hard to get work and here he editor of their says. that | | aper orts are being directed to head » for farms in the undeveloped regions of Wisconsin, Minnesota and am dy have set | cheap land sections, he | While others being | y thelr hand at northern Negroes haye taken over the work n the packing house district almost 0 the lusion of white help and good share of the un With its own section, friction | | The trouble now comes from crim- | the negro! n the winter. | | NEW YORK.—A petition asking} ts approaching the elite H. neighborhood. Washington former great playground yde then staggered toward the front of leaned against the brick archway and stood He was | remaining white portion of the South I waist line bulging about his belt. He | to their present bounds, but will live It looked to me 48 /| wherever they feel they care to live there ost sight of him as he reached I driving without hearing Are Appointed have for South Siders—was this summer largeiy taken over by negroes. Their advance has caused property owners to form an association with funds pledged to buy any real estate which '}a negro cseeks to purchase in the | Side, one of the most residential sections. arittocri of KES T will know his hak and gen-| Alfred Anderson, editor of the De- Billy Maurer Glegtorn Retiro Mics acerca seeped Nis whog jfender, negra weekly publication, t Stanley, North Dakota “He was a thickish man, about |ciaiming over half a taillion ciroula, nes Lhe Varia five feet, nine inches in height. | tion, told the writer that the negroes Metre ciget ghia a bo heavy chested and with a heavy/do not intend to restrict themselves Died at Casper, Wyoming, and have means to buy. property. ‘We. feel.” he said, “that we should have the same privileges a4 jany other class. The attitude of |. property owners who shy for | btocks around when some one of us | buys property tp a new section, has enabled the colored people to profit. They have been able to buy reaf ex tate for a song and later to sell to their own people for near the fair price. This attitude. of the white residents is neither falr not sen- sible. . The editor declared that the ne- groes of Chicago, who form prob- ably the largest colony in the coun. try, are satisified. Unemployment, however, has hit them hard. The result is the outbreak of the crime wave which the police chief has found to be centered in the black belt. He has set out to close some of the gambling halis where the gal In soliciting your sup to my mind, is, and alwa: party. I think that the great common people of party. ef As a candidate on Ww; by the Democrats in conv on May 12. of this year, you in the past. farm, and farmed. 1 | view of his great need fo i AND FAMILY. I came bought land, expecting to in 1904, but failed to get munity in Wyoming for giving the people of that d The withdrawn pald 20,000 ? here as a farmer to farm from a Carey-Act Balcony for Rent in good down town store. Good proposition for right party. Phone 1981. VOTE FOR Tom Meaney DEMOCRATIC CHOICE FOR SHERIFF be induced to Jeaye the other com- forts and companions, it would be came from the provinces ones upon a time, but to hear them talk one would think of Broadway as one|has:proyed ‘none too good for Fido, cryel Of a manager to expéct them to leave thelr dogs—and road -worl (Political Advertisement) get water to irrigate with did not get it. broke. I had a wife and that line of work, from h management, I served the water us as school director in the t years. vears. I have been Stat for the past three years, would do so in the future. record among you in the better in the future. YOU JUDGE, I leave it to you When I assumed the Superintendent, I was not engineer today. Ido not t the,State in a satisfactory ' To the Democratic Voters of Wyoming election, I do so as a Democrat. The Democratic party, nearer in times past to representing the needs of the oming, I stand square TO REPRESENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. must stand on my personal record as a citizen among As regards that, I wish to say those who do not know me-that I am a farmer; that I live on a farm, and that I have always lived on a I am naturally intensely inter- ested in helping the farmer at this particular time in IHAVE GONE ABOUT ALL THE ROUTES NECESSARY FOR THE FARMER IN WYOMING TO GO IN ORDER TO MAKE A LIVING FOR HIMSELF opportunity to form an opinion as to my integrity and ability to serve in the various positions which I have § been called upon to occupy. sation company, exvecting to About the next thing I did was to go urally I had to turn to something else. in sight was canal construction work. T have occupied every position from bottom to top in and general manager for over ten years. I served as county commissioner in Washakie county for a number of years, way Commissioner from the Fourth District for two to be an engineer in order to make good and serv Theodore, Roosevelt, assistant sécre-| tary of the navy, to become a candl- | date for Republican nomination for | governor of New York will be pre-| sented to him August 27. — For results try a Tribune Clas {| sified Ad In Memoriam August 16th, 1921 $5.00 Reward Five do‘lars re'vard will be paid to the party furnishing the Casper Daily Tribune information leacing to the capture of the person who ia | fraudulentiy collecting subscriptions from ‘Tribune subscribers. Patrons of the paper should not pax any- one their subscription except the carrier’ who deiivers the paper cr an authorized collector from ihe oftice. If you are not sure you are puying the right collector, ask nim to show: his credentials. If he can- not do so please call the Tribune. Telephone 15 lar commercial radio ses be- tween France and Ar Burglar Alarm Set Off By Accident Bandit Victim @HEYENNE, Wyo. Aug. 16.—Po- lice officers careened post haste ‘to the closed! Citizens National bank, Friday, when the burglar alarm cb! necting the bank with police head- quarters began jangling. Arriving at the bank, the officers w in- formed by employes of the recetvér for the bank that the set off qceidentally — alarm had been The PARIS hr crown is rkably n is the brim NEA Airmail Serviec— . bre Sima Strauss, German manager of | |» t ) of Mre. Rosalie E j one British subject. s! roll bandits in Mexico ly wounded and is ne hospital at Texm ture of the wounded manager was. taken in the hospital, — By im narr plea alleviat to the | PARIS white | deed, | man | sort The low power| to be was reported successfully! t 1 for night transmission of —Lingerie Inen again favor the ultra smart French ldom favors lingerie But nowadays, ubroldered:in cassmere auded blue and red of ver any permits it ne BUENOS AIRES. beam ray shawl and ——— oo A Competent Candidate A competent candidate for any public office must fulfill all the requirements called for by the office to which the candidate aspires. The candidate must be aualified, capable andin every way equipped to carr, out the duties of the office. In addition to all this th candidate must be possessed of a high sense of loyalty to the public for the trust imposed, in the event of the candidate's election. In the present PRIMARY the REPUBLICAN VOTERS of Natrona County will be accorded the op- portunity of casting their ballots for a COMPETENT CANDIDATE for the nomination for CLERK of the DISTRICT COURT. That candidate is MRS. MABELLE FIEDLER, widowed mother of three little boy She is the present assistant in the Clerk of Court's office where she has rendered an efficient: and faithful public service. She is a graduate of a well known College and is a little lady of splendid mental attainment By reason of her experience, her educa- tion, her known loyalty to her home and to the public, she is: deserving of your vote on August 19th. At the Pollsson Primary Day REMEMBER M MABELLE FIEDLER. She, her three little boys and her many friends will deeply appreciate your support. port at the coming primary ys has been, a progressive Democratic party Has come America than has any other the Democratic ticket in y on the platform adopted ention assembled at Casper and. if chosen, 1 PROMISE Added to that, I to r help. to Wyoming in 1903 and get water to farm the same it. I have lived in one com- the past twenty-one’ years, community, at least, ample As I said before I came I bought'land and water in the spring of 1904. Wef§ family to care for, so nat- The only thing I believe that olding a scraper to, canal ers association as secretary I served own of Worland for several T served as State High- e Highway Superintendent IF I HAVE served you well in the past, it is not unreasonable to expect that I On the other hand, % my past has not been satisfac- tory, it would be too much to exnect it to be much VOTERS ARE TO BE THE of duties State Highway an engineer. I am not an velieve it is necessary for me manner as State Highway —Political. Advertisement Superintendent. In aspiring to the high of United States Senator, some of you ma am not a lawyer, that I am not an orator, which I will have to admit, but I do not believe that it is nec for me to be a lawyer or an orator to be of to the people of Wyoming, and I promise you t whatever measure I am, DEFICIENT as entertainer lawyer, that I will t in earnest, honest endeavor to of that I say an 0 tom you. or Respectfully, (Political Advertisement) LEROY E. LAIRD.