Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-11
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Rob RoY's advcntures---Rob ROY,
formerly Of this city. is visiting rela-
tives. To friends he is Bob" While
resting in the Kenyon lobby last eve
ming Bob" chatted with friend
about things In general II am bear
ing famous name,' he said proudly,
there is the Rob Roy lead pencil
the Rob Roy novel. the Rob Roy
clearinghouse and 1 saw an nd the
other day which said Rob Roy muf-
Hers viii get the best OF Jack Frost
Buster Brown and | share fame to-
gether I've just come in from Stock
ton. Stockton is a good pluce to
make and save money but a dog S
bark there brings the towns popula-
tloh TO the window, wondering what
is happening I have mined and mill
ca an my life and there liz nothing
half so interesting as The old TYNE
OF miner Ctah's miners are for the
greater part Wen educated men. Park
CITY IS an ideal mining camp. Its
miners are mostly married men who
own good homes and live as well as
the business man IN the city"
Bob IS an enthusiastic lover Of
Outaoor lite and every summer spends
several weeks hunting or nshing
mere Us not trout pool or a chicken
district in Utah or surrounding states
tnat Bob does not know thoroughly.
TWO summers ago Bob" and a party
composed of young mon. made trip
TO Yellowstone, one night when
everyone IN the camp was sound
asleep big cinaman bear came into
chnn and IN tumlliug over boxes and
exciting tho horses awakened the
sleepers- Dave sutton, one of the
boys awakened and ran out of the
tent thinking one of our horses was
tangled in his stake rome or some
thing" Is the way Bob" tells the
story Dave presented a laughahle
sight as he disappeared through the
nap OF the tent with more whiskers on
than anything else a second later
we heard howl and Dave came back
INTO the tent. He tried 10 tell us
something but his head was buried
deep IN the bed covers ] went out
TO ma out what was going on.
found out--then came In. The
other boys. took their turns in going
out To see and upon seeing tumbled
back into the tent. As we were I'm
the park and our guns were sealed
we could not shoot the brute We
stayed awake all night watching the
bear deyour ham and other things.
A''er eating his way through our pro-
visions he gave a grunt Of satisfaC-
ton and left Then we all told each
other what we would have done had
II not been that we We're in the park,
We travelled all day next day before
finding a provision point. That hear
was the strangest caller we had on
that trip with the exception of AN
fastener who dropped in on us one
Gay lie wore a hunting suit eye
glasses and a superior air He would
have stayed for supper but one Of
the boys shouted Rather" The east
erner was gone an instant later. There
is nothing half the fun of camping
out"
Glad Surprise for Ferd--Ferd.
Strause walked into the Cullen hotel
yesterday. rs Fred. Wood ~" he
asked. Fred was in and Ferd told
the boy to tell Fred that Ferd. wanted
him, The bewildered boy delivered
Ferd's message to Fred and Fred and
ferd. were cohversins in the lobby
few minutes later by the way Fred"
said Ferd.. I've always liked you and
as little gift l want TO give you this"
Ferd pulled handsome plush watch
case from his pocket, wrapped neatly
in tissue paper. Fred. mumbled his
appreciation and crowd gathered
around him.
Bang.
Something had happened. Fred.
lannon's roar. He gaZed into the
palm of his hand There lay an in
nocent plush watch-case. Fred wig
gled his fingers to call roll NOT n
one was missing. After the excite
ment had died down Fred examined
the watch-case. He discovered that
pushing the spring release to the
cover set off another spring inside
which struck percussion cap He
found Mr. Strause who bought will
ingly. The watch-case has changed
hands several times Those who are
victimized keep the joke a secret so
others can be caught Mr. Strause,
president of the Greenwald Furniture
company, received the noisy watch
case from Jules f. Bstes, former man
ager of the Salt Lake Orpheum thea
Yer ana now occupying a similar posi-
ton with the Orpheum in ST Paul.
Unique Watch-E. j. Daughters Of
Ely, Nevada. passed through Salt Lake
yesterday. Mr. Daughters has a watch.
which had been made to order and Il
is certainly a unique time-p piece. The
back of the case Is inlaid with highly
polished bits of Ely gold ores. Each
minute rock has a different tint. while
all show particles of free gold. A
round stone In the center of the
watch-case is surrounded by spaces
the shape OF a keystone in an arch.
Narrow strips of gold separate the
different sections The chain con-
sists Of number Of links, also in
laid with highly polished specimens
and joined with solid gold links. a
charm finishes the original combina-
ton