The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-28
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Unless Josh Davis is very careful his
Blue church light will be extinguished in
the near future by the creation, in this
city, of a branch order of the Hoo Hoos
For some time the railroad men and
lumber men and newspaper men of the
city have been talking of making an ap-
plicaNton to thu supreme body of Hoo
Hoos for permission TO organize and now
it appears that a crystalization of effort
has been reached. The Hoo Hoos are a
body of men banded together for mutual
benefit, whose initiabory ceremonies are
of a mature startling and impressive. A
person who goes Through the ceremony
never forgets it. He may fail to think of
many things which have happened dur
ing his life. but the initiation into the
order is something which makes a fasting
impression on his mind. The travels of
the pilgrim through the desert to the
Mystic Shrine: the terrorS which beSet the
man who crawls into the degree of the
orient: the ceremony u admission into
the Blue Church all pale into insgniti-
canoe before q confederation of the Hoo
Hoos.
The officers have titles which are unique
and fresh. They do not have the grand
Eloquent noble. .grands and worshipful
masters, grand high priests and excellent
chancellors of other lodges. On the
contrary. The native originality n
Americans enters into the selection names
for the leaders. There is first the Shark.
Then the Senior and Junior Hoo Hoo.
Then the Bojum. Then the Scrivenoter.
Then the Jabberwock. Then the Custo-
catian- Arcanoper is the next and the
Gurdon the last There is a jucigNess
about these titles which delights the ear.
Take, the term Shark for instance. One
can pronounce 1T; dwell upon i and nave
all manner of fun with it. The Shark is
nj 10 -l7.alSa HI ICi-
ness The Senior and J.rlior Hoo HooS
are great men in their places while the
Jahberwrock is a whole circus by him
self. 1t takes a honey to ~ the position
of Jabberwock. He has to commit the
entire old testament to memory gre he
cam aspire TO the place. The Jabberwock
Is great man in his place.
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If at some time in the near future, yells
of anguish and distress are heard in the
vicinity of some hall where lodges meet,
parties passing should not call the police.
1t wiil be futile. The noise will simply be
the institution of a branch of the order
of Hoo Hcos.
Will Vigus, the Associated Press agent
in this city is a poet. This alarming dis
coVery was made a few days ago by the
ShoShone Journal, which CLAIMS that
Wlaen Vigus was UP north with the
Bryan party he inscribed these lines ON
the rocks near the shores of Blue lake:
Leap ON, mighty waters,
Through gorges SO grand,
Hewn out by Providence
With a great lavish hand;
From the land where Shoshones
Have buried their braves,
TIL You meet the Pacific
And die in its waves.
One might live with Vigus for years;
come in contact with him every day and
never suspect anything of the sort but
the journal says his name was carved
after the poem alluded TO i'm large caps,
so Vt must have been him,
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HeintZ, the young man who wears the
title of assistant general passenger agent
of the Western. whose front names are
George Washington. has a marvellous
faculty. He entered MancaS the other
evening and Immediately all the trout in
and exhibit signs of Distress Billy
Young drew off the water and began
scrubbing out, and Manca, the elder, was
greatly agitated, as it is a rule of the
house never 10 cook a trout that has. died
a natural death Ali sorts of remedies
were proposed until Heintz. who had
been sitting, in sort of trance, came
up. Let them alone" he commanded.
and they will be all right in minute
1t is adj my fault, gentlemen. l have the
faculty of being able to hypnotic fish.
When | came in here | was thinking of
going out fishing and was picturing to
myself how I would bring home so many
that my chief would turn green with envy.
and l suppose that the influence was
changed my mind in the last few minutes
and the fish will soon be all right again.
And Il WAS SO.
Keene is going to join the Eagle-Eye
Gun club There has been concerted
effort on the part of the Mancas IS
keep him out simply because he is a bust
ness rival, but ali efforts have proven
futile. for Keene has demonstrated that
he IS able TO hold his own in proving
qualifications.
himself. 1t was to Utah lake, where bass
are SO thick at the mouth of Spring
creek that one cannot dive in the water
without getting his face fun of back fin
his little pole and can " bait Went " out
on the surface of the placid waters ia
see # he could catch a few. He did. He
caught 300 pounds.
When Keene reached the place he had
dreamed of he found two men in two
boats rowing around dragging something
after them. Het set about giving chase
and wandered why they tried to get wsSr.
Finally he caught up with them and be
gan: -. What are YOU fellows doing
there?"
The answer made was somewhat indis-
tinct. but Keene caught on. The rascaIs
were SEEMING. Remembering having
hought some fish at an auction sale for
the benefit of the county. Keene immsd-
lately began talking Just like the FISH
and game warden would do in a case OF
that kind. made the fellows haul per-
mitted them to keep the carp. suckers
mullet and clubs and took possession OF
the bass in the name and by authority Of
the state-of mind he was in at the time
When he returned to Zion he exhibited
the fish and President Dickson at once
announced that a man who could pef
possession of that many bass was eligible
no matter how he came BY them Conse-
quently keene will be iniatedSat the next
stated convocation.
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DR.. Daily and Harry Edwards are ex-
pected home from their fishing trip in a
few days and upon the success they have
had while away depends in a great
measure their chances of getting into the
club. 1t is rumored that the Inhabitants
| in the vicinity of Piedmont Wyo hss<s
stated that the twain are worse than any
amount of giant powder people that ever
showed I'M In tho uininifV