Bingham Bulletin | 1920-01-07 | Page 6 | Mondell's Jinx is Persistent

MondeH's Jinx Is Persistent - - - 1 - Representative Mondell of Wyom-, Wyom-, Ing, is shown In recent Washington photographs to be getting about on crutches, with one foot in bundnges. It has been an unlucky summer In a way for the majority floor leader lead-er In the house. Last June, soon after returning to his home In Wyoming, the Wyoming legislator took to playing farmer. He quit abruptly at least for a time when he fell from a haystack. The haystack was big and high and he ' fell hard The result was two broken ribs. Then In October Mr. Mondell's official between session's activities took him to the Shoshone dam, in Wyoming, on the Cody entrance to Yellowstone national park. Here his Jins rolled a boulder down on him. Th!s time the result was a broken leg.. As is well known, it is hard to - Reep a good man down, and November found the Republican floor leader back In Washington getting ready for the opening of the regular session scheduled to begin early in December. He was on crutches, but was getting along nicely, thank you. 1 ' . But his jinx had not yet finished with him. The night of November 23 he ' was hoisting himself up the front steps of his home when one of his crutches broke. In consequence Mr. Mondell got a severe fall sever enough to lay blra up in bed for several days. ' ; It is reported that the Jinx is still active, as there are fears that the bone, set last October, will have to be rebroken and reset