The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-10-19
Tells about his trials
and tribulations.
Offers Good advice to
young men.


letter from friends of mine in Logan
telling me that most everybody is anS-
ious to know of my whereabouts, and
state further that if they knew they
would have me brought back to Lo- |
gan. They further say that If ! VIII
write to them they will let no one
know where am. Well, | never was
afraid to let anyone know where ! was
or what / was doing My address is
Wat Reese, Vancouver, b. c., at the
present, 50 if anybody wants me they
can very easily find me.
The reason ! left the way did was
because my little boy had run away
from here and | thought might find
| him in San Francisco, California. |
Another thing when | bought the
bills amounting to $l,O4O. AS time
rolled ON bills kept coming in to over
5000, which | never did pay and
never will. | thought the best way
was to sell and put my mind at rest,
which | did ! settled with most
everybody ! was owing since | went
into the saloon business, except one
liquor dealer, and | settled with him
in Ogden when he had Sheriff Rigby
stop me there. ] owed Mr.. Langton
for a buggy, but left him a note
stating that | would settle with him
in six weeks, which | intend to do.
There was also one other bill for 1913
which | intend TO settle right away.
paid out over S40O the day ! lett
Logan, and can't see who could have
started the story that skipped and
owed everybody: for that / did not
do. will admit that am a bad egg,
and do lots of things that are not
right, but do hate to have people to
whom have tried to be a friend to
spread news like that, when they
know it is false.
! intend to come to Logan with
plenty Of money in the spring and set
tie down and make "A man out of my
self, il such a thing is possible for
acted anything but man the last
time ! was there. Still did nothing
underhanded. But saloon is hell
on earth and bad booze makes bad
heads. would rather Starvc than be
in the saloon business again. My ad-
vice to all the young men of Logan is
to keep away from all such places if
they ever want to be happy and make
anything out of themselves. Some
people seem to think that | am happy
and have an easy time, but just turn
some young man out into the world,
uneducated and without a trade, with
a family and amongst strangers, he
will soon long for hume and father
| and mother. The life | have led for
! the last seventeen years makes my
, blood run cold when think of it, and
the next time ! come to Logan, if the
: people will respect me and give me a
: chance, | will show them that man
can jump from the gutter to be a man
, once again. But let man get down
: as have, and with no one to speak a
', good word, and everybody seeking tC
!. make him blacker and blacker, you
y will find that it is hard to walk with
= your head up. No matter whether |
do right or wrong, it is all the same
to some people, they VIII say the
worst they can anyway, and to live d
life down that have been leading q
1 man needs little help and Il kinC
word once in a while. Sometimes
with little encouragement. such a
man will try to make man out OF
! himself and not saloon bum.
| Well, suppose if you publish hi,
letter, people will say am crazy but
| have a good heart in me and it hurt,
me to be the mOuthpicCe ofcveryb
with not one to speak good word
and most Of them would lie about mt
if the truth did happen to be in my
favor. Well, dear friends, | have beer
wandering around California for a few
weeks but am hard at work trying tC
live down one Of the worst habits any
human being on earth ever had, so
kind letter from friend some time
would not hurt you and would hell
me to try and make a man out Of my
self. | remain,aS ever
/ WAT REESE,
Vancouver f. 4