The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19

I VIII ana R1SOI- lnSH, AS9lti. he 6OSS
to his flock and turns or drives, as may
of him be required. He may be a dog;
he may be a coyote. he may be wolf.
whatever he is, be is. wise in his day
and generation and he can citwofk any
dog that ever made sheep Relieve he
was the Man Who Would be King CT
was king.
Some Other Sheep Dogs.
Directly from the .braes &c Scotland
collies were sent 70 Patagonia AMI 10
Argentina The dogs multiplied in num-
Der so fast that today, when the flock
masters cannot use one-fiftieth the
number. they have become wild beasts.
1t is written in magazine stories that
| they are as ferocious as the Indian tiger
and as difficult in the conquering as the
Egyptian hippopotamuses, or hippopoto-
mi, again as you choose. Their coats
are inches thick and their teeth are as
sharp as needles. They are not to be
daunted; terror or fright in them can
mot be instilled.
! A Dog in Town.
| Gus OBrien, who used to be city de-
! tective in Helena, had n dog that would
not move unless he were absolutely
compelled so to do. His name was Sim
/ piicity One day a messenger kid tied
/ q iii tdAt " tall WITCH CAAAt
plieity was lying in front of the Cap
ital restaurant. Simplicity lay on the
! sidewalk, paying no need TO the boy or
the can, until he got his portion of the
meal that was his due. Then he leisure
| ly took the cord in his mouth near the
point where il was attached to the can
and went to the police station. The I'M
natural appendage was removed.
| How a Dog Loves.
Butch was female bulldog in Nc
! Henry's. Her fellow was Jack. When
Butch got sick she went down to the
canal and drank and drank and drank;
presently she died. That night Jack
committed suicide. Jack was the dog
trace mate of Parnell GIG, the son of
Robert Emmett and Colleen Bawn. Jack
always lived in Parnell's stall. He was
fastened with leash that was in length
sufficient to permit him to get into the
manger and love Parnell and talk to
him, and Parnell talk to him again.
When Butch died, Jack allowed himself
/ to fail into separate state Of deSpond-
ency. He refused to know Parnell, and
/ ParneH tried to figure out the cause of
the divorce. When Parnell was asleep
that night Jack leapt upon the manger
bar thence through the hay feeder
| braces; the next morning his lifeless
I DOAsS was 1OuUu Oil liJC ObiiCi
side of the partitien-he was dog sui
eide. and for love. ss-,s -ss
A Dog That Could Telegraph.
In Stampede, which is the station just
this side of the Stampede tunnel, in the
Cascade mountains-itself nearly two
miles long and one of the most remark
able works of engineering in the worlds
history of railroad building-there was
a loo 10 ol NH,
operators, Kemp and Burke, were in
charge of the little Office, but Stampede
ran the place. Kemp and Burke taught
this SlIep dog TO telegraph. They ar
ranged q sort Of treadInfil for Shep that
was attached 10, the key on the main
line-the disnateher's wire.
e You can, teach aiadog 10 do anything"
saisf Kemp Sgss,'ss fF
"B4t YOU s cents YOU can't teach him
to telegraph said Burke.
In three months Sbep could call the
dispatcher's office at Ellensburg, and
his Morse wasn't had. either.
Shops feet-or, more correctly, his
left ,foot>-was trained with eternal pa
thence TO touch the treadle with deli
cacy. and after he got into the habit he
was eager to work the instrument.
When Burke left Stampede station
Stampede was still learning; up. TO that
TIME ne lag tElt dQh14 u TIT III int
Morse alphabet; that Isl ne could make
nearly finished his. -~---. when the ac-
-curate history of Shep ceased. 1t is an
absolute fact that Shep could call the
dispatcher for g." (train order sig
nab as well as either Burke or Kemp
could. Kemp told Burke that the train
ing would continue.
shep In Anaconda.
Shep in Anaconda is a dog that would |
not be a dog at all IL Frank Harrison, a |
newspaper man, and the two little broth |
s s Of his wife had not rescued him from
born, had the distemper. The parents of /
Mrs. Harrison absolutely forbade the /
presence of the pup in the house, but the /
kids begged a ten-pound lard bucket from /
the butcher man and used to cook broth |
for Shep in the back yard, having con-
Germ to mix with the broth a generous /
That was more than fifteen years ago. /
Today Shep Is nearly blind. but he knows /
those who are his friends, He makes his /
night home in the Anac nnda Standard Of |
flee. and everybody gives him the right |
of way He is known to every printer |
and newspaper man in Montana He can !
and does eat more candy and sugar than |
a Porto Rican and he is always on the /
watch for a kindly face. In Anaconda /
there is one street car track that runs /
up and down Main street. On either side |
OF TINS tfack tnefe Is u reSIau-
rant. At printers lunch time, Shep takes
a position between the rails of this track
with a failing eye fixed upon the printers
who come for their night meal. If a
promising-looking printer turns to the
east or to the west Shep is at his side /
with the happiest dog laugh in the his
tory of dogdom and an appealing, fearful
eye that touches the heart. Ask anybody
from Montana in the printing business
and he will tell you that Shep holds card
No. I in the Typographical union, which
meets neutrality-suspicious. twice a month.
Dan Dunno, who is vice president, says
he is going TO resign in Shops favor.
Shep has never been fined for absence
Moreover. Shep holds card No. in the
Anaconda lodge No. 239, Benevolent &
Protective Order of Elks. He was pres
ent when the lodge was given a new
charter and witnessed the initiations-the L
hot shOvels. the suiphuric acid taths and
all of the other joyful things that the
Elks do to welcomed brother.
A Race With Death.
O. H. Davis is a motorman in the en-
ploy of the Utah Light & Railway COM
pany. Usually he guides car No. 81. Mr.
Davis owns a dog. The dogs name Is
Bob Bob is a bull terrier-at least, he
looks the part, but for a bull terrier ne
Is. perhaps. too active. On yesterdays
S:i5 trim to- Murray Bob conceived the
idea THAI his master was on the ear. He