The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-18
CELEBRATED DOG
PASSES AWAY
Bullet Ends the Life Of "0ld
Turk"
INTERESTING CAREER CLOSES
&
BABY WINS HIM AWAY FROM
NEWSPAPER FRIENDS.
INTERESTING CAREER CLOSES

Old Turk. the dean Of the newspaper
dogs. is no more A pistol ball put am
end 10 Turk yesterday and another OF
Salt Lakes canine characters has gone
the route all flesh must go.
IF Turk had been man he would
have been q high-mInded gentleman,
but being only a dog he was a very
good dog. He had no special accom-
piishments, knew no tricks and saved
Io lives, but ne drew 10 him human
friends by the hundred and kept them.
He made no bids for favor, but well
coined friendly advances at all times
and never went back on friend He
had good head, a kind heart and
winning manner. He made himself
dear 90 his hundreds of friends in Salt
Lake and his death viii be generally
mOurued
Turk a Night Owl.
Turks association with the night
workers Ou. the newspapers began sew
eral years back when Turk was
young Gordon setter. Alma ID. Katz,
Turks owner. was a newspaper man I'm
salt Lske then and 10y him Turk was
introduced TO the night crowd. The
might life down town suited Turk So
well that he never abandoned it until
his dear friend, Judge Christopher
DiehL became father. The Diehl
baby impressed Turk as the finest
thing iu the world. His visits 90 the
Diehl home became more frequent m-
iii at length De took up his abode
there. During the past year his visits
30 the newspaper offices came at ever
lenSthenlng intervals, almost his whole
devotion being given TO the baby. Tt
was at Judge biehis home that Turks
declining days were passed. Bheuma-
tism, tie dread foe of dogs that have
much TO do with stone pavements,
fastened itself on him. All treatments
Egied falling TO bring relief. ne was put
40 painless death yesterday after ten
years of life.
Turks Condition Bulletined
Early I'm his newspaper career Turk
had misunderstanding with "a hack
that resulted i'm a broken hind leg. One
of the leading surgeons of salt Lake
reduced the fracture and a sick room
was fitted up in one of the newspaper
offices, where Turk was uUrsed back TO
health, the city papers publishing daily
bulletins of his condition FOR the ac-
Commodati0u of mis- many friends.
Turk passed up the editorial depart
meuts of the newspapers I'm favor of
the mechanical departments about four
sears ago. He was acJuuted by two
motives. One of them was that the
printers were close friends of his and
did less travelling about town. The
other was that The reporters had shown
q disposition 90 share their love with
Tim. "a big brute of a ST. Bernard. 90
creature for which Turk had the at
most contempt The printers remained
loyal and So Turk gave his time ex-
Clusively 10 them for about three years,
when he quit an the old crowd for his
little friend at Judge Diehrs-
Wise Head Had This Dog.
Turk was 81 handsome animal I'm his
earlier days but became quite lame
iaie ln his life. He had "a wonderfully
wise old head, and got 20 know the
meaning OF many words. One of these
was the word Time" At the lunch
hour the printers quit work for a half
hour at the cali of 'Timel" This means
"a trip 10 the restaurant. where there
was always an abundance of good
things for Turk Turk never failed 10
arise from his corner at the sound of
the word. With many capers and
much gleefm barking ne joined the
printers. leading the procession TO the
restaurant and jourueying back again
10 wait until quitting time when he
would journey home with one of them,
sure Of a welcome from any of them
Business frequently took some of his
newspaper friends into "a certain town
saloon, and Turk made that resort a
branch office for himself. He was ac-
customed 90 drop I'm there to rest ON the
cool tiles during The hot hours.
Gets Young Woman Into Trouble.
7 This familiarity with a saloon got a
friend of Turk into trouble one dsv.
The friend was a young woman Who
knew Turk iu his youth. Meeting her
ON the street one day he greeted her
with eNJraNagant signs of affection and
Insisted ON carrying her handbag. con-
tanning her purse. She let him take it
and they Travelled about for some time
together Their route al length led
them by the saloon and Turk at once
dashed inside with the purse A mo-
ment later he reappeared without the
purse and seemed to be greatly aston
17hed that she had not followed him in.
THE young woman waited until a man
she knew came along and sent I'm for
her purse Tt was found ON a chair Iu
a. card room at the back. Turk did not
appear TO understand why he fell into
so sudden disfayOr with his young W0-
man friend, but. resolved to make the
best of 1T, went into the saloon again
himself and slept there during the aft
Became a Beggar
Turk was "a dog OF fine breeding and
ing in his youth. This he soon forgot
after he got the night habit. He knew
an about salt Lake and had regular
grub route that he worked success
fully when he could not ind a news
paper man 10 provide viands for him.
He had "a way of limiting at his con-
diJiou By pausiHE bon front of a res
J8urant and scratching the door while
earnestly gazing into the face of his
companion. He did not bother the
butcher. Raw meat possessed u0
charms for him, and besides. he could
not bear the sight of a man with "a long
white apron. A butcher, thus attired.
kicked him into the street when Turk
was % puppy and the dos never after
ward saw "a lOns-aprOued man without
growing.
He rode up and down in many eleva-
tors and understood their operation
well His early misfortune made him
careful how he fooled around street
cars and hacks and he escaped further
serious injury, although occasionally
He would set "a cat foot while recon
noiteriug some alley,
The passing of Turk following the