Show THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL There Is la no worthier thing been sought for for years than now to have before the public mind a fitting memorial memorial memorial mem mem- orial to the late President Roosevelt He was a man of great strength of character Whatever he believed he put part his ls whole weight right I 1 punch he delivered Starting out life Ufe as s sent nt to Wyoming for his hea entered into the life Ufe he was Into rather than to delicately his dainty to it ft as so eastern men do Wyoming a awas awas awas was a strenuous State ther the real things wild and loose the streets that Bill Hart and faintly depict gats gate were toted ery hip lights were shot out saloon that the whim and the r rot of ot booze settled on and aud writer was a young man m trials in the Evanston court common Those days bring to mind st sti scenes in the block across the from my home one of the most inept men of the county was dered about 4 30 in the a winter day his business pa pal paiwas was tried a change of ot venue tak Cheyenne the trial stirred th the n state acquittal A m man n was kille killea a woman for tampering with a agate agate agate gate The B Bank of ot Montpelier held up in broad day and the cas Grey a as friend of at mine relieved surplus kale A short t afterwards the postmaster of ot Bridger had Bub Deeks come into his place sit and visit and while away the time until until The The door suddenly opened and a bandit covered both the P. P M M. and his visitor Uncle Sams Sam's cash was stolen from the P. P O. O funds So the P. P M M. covered his visitor with witha a eo gun as son as the robber left lett held him until his wife came and gave the alarm and then wired Grey who Identified him as one of ot the gang who held up the bank They gave Bub thirty five years He feigned In Insanity Insanity insanity In- In sanity was put In the asylum Jumped from the third story broke his leg had it amputated at the hip and then marked for tor life Ufe they turned him loose Cattlemen and sheep men rowed not Jabber nor wind Jamming but good old lead messages sheep near pear my DY home town turned up their toes fed ted on saltpeter I got over to Mt View five hours after a sheepherder sheepherder sheepherder sheep- sheep herder was shot through the belly for being over the u dead ead line Tom Horn was a gun man a bad egg hired and employed by the big catle catIe Interests to actually kill their to foes s all went well until he foully slew Blew a boy In one ono of ot his hla little affairs affairs af Qt- fairs Public senU sentiment ent hung him Yes Yea Wyoming those days was wan the West And at Qt the other end of ot the state this kind of at life Ute was being watched by a man growing more and more robust under It as his health and strength came better and better he liked and loved that life Ufe ho grew fond of ot that people and as he rose roseto roseto roseto to the Governors Governor's chair at Albany N. N Y he came back trip after atter trip to hunt big game in Wyoming from his rifle dropped mountain goat moun- moun sheep elk and bear He knew all the notables This man manrose manrose manrose rose and once he came through Evanston Evanston Evanston Evan- Evan ston Wyo and I 1 with all the rest paw aw him at t the train te teeth th eye glass lass es Cs cs smile and all nil and heard him spread spread the salve as he called us his dear p people ople and Incidentally between between between be be- tween the lines you OU could hear the merry clink of political fence build build- ing Then came a writer a pen pUB pusher er who the duds lived ate sl slept pt and was one of or em And ho gave the world the first seller best-seller a book bool that has hus since been on the tho legit stage in tho m movies and nd before the public eye more p than any allY other effort In its decade tow to wit wit The Virginian b by Owen Wister I per personally know knew Cary Gary of the C Gary Cary ry Act depicted depleted in that book also Senator Francis E E. E Warren and Doc Barker all characters characters characters charac charac- drawn by Wister of ot that Wyo WO ming life Ufe And the author dedicated it to h his B close personal friend who likewise loved it namely Theodor Roosevelt and ami asked him to pass on the MS to correct it which he lie did and because Roosevelt disliked a portion portion portion por por- tion wrote re-wrote that part purt adopting the suggestions of ot his notable critic It is now our opportunity to erect a fitting memorial to the memory of ot Theodore Roosevelt plainsman plains man wrangler only so friend friend and companion to the real article but we know him best as forceful leader as a political opponent to be respected a man who fought for the love of it Just as much as he fought for the issue he defended tile the man who gave us our first probe of ot rotten rotten rot ten business the mon who wrote wrote well on every Imaginable able able on on sports on big game hunting hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing on political economy on rearing children Fie Madam married seven seven seven sev sev- en years ears and no children You should be ashamed on exploring Africa on matters purely literature and each and every essay good a 8 something to be read with pleasure and profit So contribute your little be It large or small This Is not a pout pout- teal ical issue it is above politics His life Ute was an inspiration his achievements achievements achievements achieve achieve- ments a spur Party lines to the winds winds winds-I I voted for him and I later voter against him him but but Ill I'll contribute contrib contrib- ute to his memory and so will you Lets Let's both do it |