The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
gene IS GLAD
TO GET HOME
\ Eugene Gaylord Takes Vaca-
ton and Returns to Find
Much Needed Rest.
AMONG MOUNTAIN LIONS
Train WRECKS WERE EVERY
DAY OCCURRENCES.
AMONG MOUNTAIN LIONS

eugene Gaylord. Familiarity known as
Gene. receiving teller in Walker Bros.
tbSnk returned to the city Friday even
Fng AFTER his annual vacation in Cali
MI Gaylord is in the habit of taking
tnese little trips every year, because as
re says, they do his health good He
IS not at all sure that he will continue
inc practice, however. this last one con-
tanning rather more of the uncertain and
eAcItlng than man of his temperament
IeSaros as altogether conducive TO health
MI Gaylord was discovered Saturday
on second South street, the center of an
aCnli1ring group, to whom he was re-
Coming his adventures. There's
InCthlng 10 1t, boys" he was saying, sad
~; as the reporters Joined the party: II
went away for vacation and 7 must
strong altogether. Nobody wants to com
press the joy of a lifetime into two short
ABOUT what wac expected of me. To be-
gin with, ] left here on a Friday, the 18th
% september. ! did not attach much i'm
portance to the hoOdoos attaching 10 Fri
days at the time. but 1 can see now that
II would have been better for me. if |
neu. Los Angeles was the objective
point and on the way down. the second
DAY out. / got mixed up In train wreck
which derailed seven cars Train wrecks
OF course. are liable to happen any time
and ! let it pass From Los Angeles |
took a ride to HOLLYWOOD the famous
suburb. which i was anxious to see. and
on the return trip the car caught fire
More Troubles.
~ friend of mine invited me 10 take
q ramble among the hills and valleys in
tue vicinity OF Mount Wilson, and / got
lost IN country miles from any place
ana inhabited solely by mountain lions,
me f1ercest known TO science. Vacation?
On. yes; 1t was great.
There is one thing I have learned
however, and that is that l can climb
mountains. My performance may not be
N nm 70 IDN1
SWISS mountaineer. but it gets you there
just the same No, the lions were not
after me that time / climbed the noun
tain because L wanted to get on the other
side. See?
Il don't know how long the actual
climb took, but the side of the thing was
as steep as" and Mr.. Gaylord illus
trated by means of a newspaper what
must have been an agile of not less than
% degrees II am a fairly heavy man,
as YOU know, and the way | swarmed
up those hills, taking advantage of very
stray grass blade, and rest at every
thlng bigger than current bush, was
caution. We finally got to the top and
then down on the other side 1t was a
delightful outing. and one of the most
enjoyable little days rambles I have ever
taken part in. / spent the next day in
bee thinking OF it.
Merely Train Wreck.
"On the way home there was another
train wreck, but was used TO trouble
by that time and did not pay any at
tention to il. The porter came to me
and told me there was a ear off the
track, and 1 said. Put It back again
and went TO sleep. Had there been a
bull fight on in Mexico 1 might have
gone to see it, only 1 suppose / would
have got mixed up with some hot-headed
Sponiard and made the trip home feet
first
Mr.. Gaylord Is convinced that he es-
capped sudden and violent death on half
q dozen occasions solely by reason of
the fact that he carried $4,000 life insur-
ance during the trip. AS it was. he didn't
ge. a scratch and, strange as IL may APP
pear. declares that he feels, If anything
the better for his trip.