Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-16
THE LOST WIRE,
ieiesraph Operators observo,,o,.
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Domestic Habits CT eagles '
- sure was strange who was ~.
Us me wire up there on tho 49, ssa,-
ana hudson, popularity known ign
leah ana Hungry rallroad.' ssl5 ~, t.''
ora railroad telegraph operator @e
mas gained reputation for hls ,r,-' "9o
assisting Truth to rise after mimi, ," Z
new line OF wires and they n.s up
% trouble losing their eauip,nen. ''@
s,,a Most Of the trouble occurred Nv ~.
lFpal mountain. near ~ "esr
cemetery, just the other side ~ eee old
chester station, They neve, couI. EAST
" ma out who stole the wire seem
a feliow would be sending nas..
W the road TO the different sn, ~',,sages
9Vl Us Love me and the worlJ ,s ~ "
1ranu other kilograms of tb.o .lne
Dollea egg variety--froln p,,vs scti-
c3tv TO their girls in the monntsins lhs
a., sne messages never would Get IL tt out
80 Whoever pinched the wlros yo,,,,
hanging from the pole 70 'H r wire
ground, thereby making a ntro,'iHa the
me wire would work ali right b..,,. any
hastchester AND the end Of tho S t,ss
ppt the next morning we wo,,ld ti'e'
pVstal card from the sunp,sy , W.
saying they lost the wire AN snch sesost
such a place. The wire thIAves aAl
literally running the business ~ "e .Ls
company Into the ground 'hs
90 ihe management sta hlonAa
.hshi Waterman up near the old carve
,tS 10 nap the marauders and tasoh
EN- to keep their hands on ~" ~ each
pany's properly. For tie flrs, ,b com.
Tour nights there was nothing doin ss VI or
wtre thieves. uo'us on
one night about O'Clock MS wa 49,.
uiars We're sitting around the bic rig s-
AZ Duii Masten's grocery store falttn,9
over the general condition of fbn "rI.ss'
crop. the warchman stumbled lnta S', ~
IRON, door. almost frightened to al
He allowed that 1t was ghosts ~.
Lehigh wires. "'p'"s me
Res Conkling and all OF ne ma.
poohed the idea of ghosts. There ' v.an-
a good many operators buried nm IN ne
ola cemetery but they had had enonsb
trouble with wires during their Il,sa
death any Alter
Barney Smith and three or four mar.
OF US framed up an expedition TO 5nd
out the ways and wherefores of this
ghost business We journeyed IN tbera
oy sugar Loaf mountain several nights
without any results. s""
About IL O'clock on the fourth ,,,h.
we were about leaving in dis.ust v sisn,
there was a whirring sound I'm be-
hino one or the large tombstones in the
graveyard and large object ven,
INlnS over TO one of the teleeranh
poles and began pecking at the wire
there. "'s
" BY gosh, it is spirlts!' cried Charley
Crist, one of the exploring band
Change your brand said |. TN
tell you what it Is It's an eagle
I'D heard only week or two before
ABOUT a pair Of bald-headed eagles
which had been seen up on sugar
Loaf Mountain. Barney Smith agreed
with me that the Wire pirate was the
male eagle stealing wire to build nest
for his mate.
Yes, sir. Sure's you're born. OF
course, the wire wasn't as heavy as the
modern telegraph wires and could coil
nicely into fine nest for the lady
eagle; The warm messages which had
circulated through the wires 10 the
summer girls would aid materially in
Matching the eagles eggs.
1T wasn't very hard for the big
strong male eagle 10 snap off a, length
OF Wire and fly off with a coll OF 1t
around his neck OF course 1t was Just
by accident he left enough OF IT dying
to stick into the ground.
Well, sir, the company tried its
best to kill that eagle, placing bounty
IF $50 on his head. But no one seemed
to shoot straight enough to kill him.
or else he was so tough the bullets took
no effect. Even so sure shot as
Barney Smith failed to bring him
DOWN. The big bird was pest. TOO,
'or every time he wanted TO add an
L to his nest or build a new apart
nent he'd Just draw on the telegraph
inc.
The supe was at loss as to what to
10. Finally hit upon scheme, Why
not put in special brand Of barbed
wire: 1t was obvious that II q lady
agile was preparing 10 lay an egg and
at down on a piece of barbed wire,
he'd change her mind about laying
he egg and say Prunes or words to
hat effect In eagle language.
my scheme worked all right and
Ifter the barbed wire was installed the
ceased, although many
harp messages were sent over tho
Ines
''say," observed the tall. cynical con-
uctor. you've got those nature IA
.lrs spiked 20 the switch."--N. y. SUM-