Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-03
III DUNN's LATEST.
How He soothed the Feelings Of Be
lated Tourists in Idaho.

The life OF the average railroad man.
Ike that Of the immortal policeman,
created by Gilbert and Sullivan. lis not
a happy one all the time. Especially
does this hold good in regard TO those
connected with the passenger depart
ment and those who are In charge Of
personally conducted tours.
Illustrative OF this assertion. a group
or railroad men were holding forth
upon the corner (chez Col Benton) this
morning upon the funny things that
happen when out on the road. The
first story was on Iii Dunn. the man OF
unlimited resources and ditto legends.
II appears that recently HI had oc-
casion 10 chsperOne a party Of thirty
tourists from the effete east up 10 Vel
lowstOne Park. on this particular oc-
casion the train was late upon reaching
Monida, so that when the travellers
were set down among the classic az
gregation Of two saloons. a barn an
hotel and a general store that grace
the sage brush IN THAT particular Will
derness In Idaho, they We're politely In
formed by the contractor who hauls the
tourists over 20 the Park that they
would have 70 remain there all night.
The wall that arose from that knot OF
tourists upon the information being i'm
parted chilled the kindly heart OF Hi
and brought responsive echo from
the cayote In the trackless desert on
the horizon The crowd was
Indignant u was sarcastic. 10 said mean
things In regard 20 the Oregon Short
Line In general and Is Falstaflan rep
resentatire, porsonIne1 IN III Dunn In
particular They were inconsolahle.
One dlgnihed banker from the classic
confines Of Cleveland o.. Is said 20 have
retired TO n convenient rock where he
sat down and Tor the next ten minutes
persevcred In the endeavor 20 dam the
Snake river and all IT'S tributaries. the
oregon Short Line. and to otherwise
waste his eloquence upon the desert air.
sleep In that ramshackle old lumber
hotel? Never
Dunn ala his best and the contractor
did likewise. They promised rides az.
ter dinner, but the tourists were OBJ.
durate. In vain did the contractor tell
them that since two people were killed
last year IN an accident that no stage
was allowed 20 travel over the road at
night The tourists sighed Tor the flesh
pots 81 the Yellowstone hotels and moth.
ing else would do
Finally the crowd was induced 10 Ell
down 10 the table I'm the little hotel and
under the soothing influence OF fried
trout and frlls they temporarily forgot
their grievance.
In the meantime Dunn had not been
idle He earned his daily bread by pro.
yidlng amusement for his guest and he
was not going 90 f1rsake them now.
He s9untered over 20 a group OF cow
boys who were gathered outside the ho-
o. al a gATFfrTaH nfHHrfffnIlr frlA 70
the saloon. Then an air OF pouierous
passIvlty hung DER the place Ike a pail
Suddenly as the first tourist made his
appearance outside the hotel after din.
ner shot rang out on the Silly at
mosphere A wild-eyed COW boy came
rushing out Of the saloon followed boy
another who was making the dust flick
up around the fleeing mans feet every
time the revolver barked. The next
minute everyone around the hamlet Of
M0nida with the exception Of the tour
lists and Dunn. Ike the famous Claire
flashed a gun. Bullets and other
foreign matter surcharged the atmos-
pherc while the tourists charged for
shelter and locked themselves In. One
man. however stood pat and flashed q
camera. shot the scene right and left.
despite the fact that one Of the cow
boys drew a bead on his Broadway foot
gear
The tourists We're happy n the ladies
dld cling 20 their manly escorts and
scream. they had seen a real western
shooting scrapo and one OF them had
negatives of the affair Co
verify the statement They talked Of
nothing else for days afterwards. I'll
Dunn was happy too. II the little bur
Icsouo ana cost him $3.50 Tor forty
rod" he had provided entertainment
Cor his guests and saved the day
The travellers never could understand
how the affair never got into the pa
uors. especially as they were Informed
upon me highest authority that two
men had been killed and three wounded
Dunn toll them that such q little thing
as that was OF but passing moment IN