Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-21

station master st simha ON jhc Uganda
railway. Slmha. BE- may ho mentioned
Incidentally means 'tho place of lions
The station master sent tNt following
telegram t0 the acting traffic manager.
Urgent. "To Traffic Manager.
Aug. a. -45 a. m.
"Lion is ON the platform, please In
struCt Guard and driver to proceed
carefully and without signal I'm yard.
Guard to- advise passengers not to get
out here and Doe careful when coming
in office"
D. seems that after this o. sportsman
on safar came along and shot the
honess which was iu possession of tho
platform Her husband and another
relative str0llcd across tho track to see
what had happened and the sportsman
bagged them, too. AZ $500 g. m tho
same day. however the Habu tele-
grlphed again;
zone African injured ut @ o'clock
again by lion and hence scut 20 Ma
Sindu hospital by trolley. Traffic man
agor please send cartridges by four
down train certain"
A few hours later this telegram was
received. marked extra urgent"
'Polntsman is surrounded by two
lions while returning from distant sig
nal and hence pointsmau went on top
Of telegraph post near water tanks
Train TO stop there and take him on
train-and then proceed. Traffic man
ager TO please arrange necessary steps
STILL MORE LIONS.
Three days later the same station
master sent the following telegram,
goth August. 1:I5 p. m.
TO guard and driver OF down train.
#.H. DO.
where be shot "a lion just now and uth-
ers are roaring on Makindu side points.
Driver TO proceed without signals and
stop engine opposite the station and
take line clear, Guard not 10 go out
from brake Van.'
Those who complain that railroading
On the United States IS dun should try
"a job on tho Uganda railway for %
while.
Tho issue OF tho Globe Trotter which
contains this interesting nows story i
bound lu bark cloth. aud is thus "a
standing advertisement of the resources
OF the country. Bark cloth ls the main
dress material Of the natives OF tho
country. When n native wants ur"
suit of clothes or gown for his WHO
or daughter he goes out into the Forest |
strips n tree and pounds mo bark WIN |
a ridged wallet FOR few minutes.
Tho result is "a material something uhp
crepe iu texture, which cam h' cul OFT |
srwu TO any shape desired. u is "a
rich brown ion color ana DIS -.aa To wear
well.
LAZY MANS PARADISE
In fact. British East Africa IS a. par
adise for the lazy man as well as for
the sportsman. II offers food and drink l
and clothing without work, or with a.
minimum off work Tl. native has his
bauHuas growing wild for food his ba-
mana beer f0r drink ana nis bark cloth l
for clothing Before tho British hut t1N
was Instituted hc hau nothing t' do
but take his food and clothing from
mo trees Sow that he has % ma tho
money 20 pay the tax he must do "a
certain amount OF work. and that ho
usually does as "a porter, guide or "a
gun bearer Tor a traveller uu stiarl. $50
that no. too is made to contribute Co
tho staple industry of the country.
COUNTRY BOOMER
MI Lougworth VIII enter ou his Iu-
ties aa country boomer for tho brIr-
fish government before the end of tlis
year. Ha VIII slll from England uu
Sent 25 next with Winston Churchill,
tho under secretary for tho colonies.
who is about 40 undertake tour 1f
Britain African posses sions, and Mr.
L0ngWurih Wll 1ct ua hla guido during
the nrst part of the tour. IL ls Interest,"
ing fD note Iu IIlH connection iIHi AlI.
Churchill with whom the negotiations
Tor the creation NJ Mr. l1uEH1r.n
unique position have been conducted ia
half an American. Ills mother HHH
Jennie Jerome ho famous New York
beauty. who married Lord Randolph
Churchill. fhe mther of me present uu-
der secretary. she is DOW MH. DHIu-
Wallls-MDFI
Mr. Churchill and Alr. LpHEvorth Hu
land at NDmbIHa and WIN travel IIT...
90 Nalr0hl which viii continue fU uH
SIR. LuugWOrfh's hraduuartuI. Nr
Churchill Ail remain thcre for some
time. uud Mr.. LpuEWurth declares tNH.
be- expects f1 Introduce hIW tH tnr .'|.
pIe industry Of me country Aff" IN"I
he viii continue hi5 journey nn Iha
Lake Victoria Nyanzn. ana 5000 r..uIu
40 England via the Nil' ana hhtr- |
tum.
GOOD ADNERTlsENENT
q expect that we shall be abla fob /
show Mr. Churchill such sport al he |
has mover seen before Mr lnugWHrih !
told me "liIE game o. our staple lu- |
dustry ana Nc aln proud of a. Whom /
"a li0u picks up "a coulie lu thn streets 0f /
Nalrubi 500 DO mot hush NJ up Hs alm0 /
people would. m that occurred iu Eug- /
Land now. or oven iu JuhuuO8 hurr tna !
town clerk would rush around and try /
90 got the newspapers tu sHY nothing 4
about No. he would think that tho u0Hs 1
Of such am event might hurt the town. |
Now 10 is just the contrary Win us.
We want people 10 know chat lions arr
as plentiful as tabhy oais n haimhl
Continued on pass fourteoul.