Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-07-17
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sofa aaa other tar north ssatss where
they lave hills and things that they
can aide on when there = enough
snow that the tobogsan II . dead
easl" The long nat board with the
surned-up nose which used 70 Ay
down the steep frozen dec,ivities with
the spesd Of cannon ball will dy NO
more, at least for the present. It has
been relesated to the walls Of dens
and elubrooms, whsee Il stiche silent
y IN alleged article Of decoration Of
the relic pattern.
Society went back on the toboegan,
and when society goes back on a bit
Of pporting goods the goods might a.
wen hunt for Its sareophagus and
crawl in and let society seal on the
capstone. Time wa when the erst-
while toboggan was the warmest win
ter fAvorite that ever cavorted among
the frozen hills OF the northern states,
but It has gone the wsy Of all other
favorstes that have reigned with too
much popularity. But . few short
yeare ago winter without the tobog.
gan In the hilly country would have
been like 4 Fourth OF July without
fireworks. The season would have
been nought but bitter patch OF mel
anchely. In those days the young
follos would have gone into spssms OF
indignation and vexation II they lad
been deprived Of the privilege Of 10.
bogganing. But now the toboFgan
Aas gone down the s,ids. and tAsrs 10
no evidence that II 10 going TO come
back up, says the Chicago Chronicle.
A few winters ago the toboggan
Juror that reigned In the parts where
the sport had any show whichever ~
tracted the attention. Of the entire
country. The daily neyspapsrs. the
weeklies and The 'Ihastzihet displayed
long. profuseiy illustrated articles on
the sport, and the popular indulgence
IN Il time and again and people. who
had NO more prospect Of ever seeine .
toboggsn than they have Of sesiAG
the north pole. talked of the runner
less s.eds and their awful fights with
bresthless Interest. Stamped in the
mind OF every reader IL the picture
Of the long snow and Ice smbsnk-
ment. with torches down the sides and
In the middle OF the Glide. the big to-
bogean Allied with boys and girls hy.
ing down the declivity at the rate Of
. mile q minute. When the reader
saw this time-honored old picture for
che frat time he always held his
breath and calculated. in low. smoth-
ered tones: my. isn't that Just
awful3" and at the same time he had
. secret longing to be on the spot and
Try one whirl down the chute.
II used to b said that It required
long persuasion to induce the extreme
ly timid to ever board toboggan. but
after they had once taken a trip they
hungered for more of "thc came"
with greater avidity than anyone else
on the hill. When the sport wac AZ
the height Of its popularity In St.
Paul and Minneapolis IL was we'll
worth trip to the Gopher cities 70
sec the amusement In full blast on Q
cold winters night. Everybody owned
. toboggan or belonged TO toboggan
club. At night the frosen hills and
snow and ice-covered embankments.
built sometimes especially for the
sport. were lighted up with great
torches until they wers - bright ss
day. and swarninR, about On every
hand were men and women. young
and middle-aeed. Creased in their fan.
tastic red. white and blue blanket COS.
sumes and streaming from their
heads were the long points. OF the
Knitted cape that were pulled down
over their cara like nightcaps.
And the. great slides prepared for
the use Of the toboggan meant q mile
Q minute ride down q steep incline,
every foot OF which was fraught with
peril. Many wild tumbles ensueds
many ears and hosea were frozen. and
y>t the toboggan dropped In popu-
larity With as sudden and hard thud
- the roller skate. Just a. In the
ease Of the roller skates- when the to-
boeGan was at its height, the sales
made by sporting houses were snor.
mous. considering the size Of the cit
lee. One firm alone in the city Of So.
Paul sold In few months In the
neigh borhood Of 5000 worth Of to-
boyeans.
The advent Of the tobo9gan brought
skis into high favor. The hrst ones,
made Of Norway pine. had Q monopoly
for awhile. but American ingenuity
and inauiry speedily disposed Of the
sbsurdity Of sending all the way TO
Norway for ska Some gcnius diseov-
sssd that GeorsiA pine was 5uss -
god for the purpose. and that wood
b now used almost sxslusivsly foe
she manufacturs Of Glis In the Unit