Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

r'"oerrail. looking down tho thirty-fcet drop int
nc Snake river, had only time u think. Gee,
but that water looks cold
Looking back over that last paragraph nnl
nave done Il now. They told that II l ever
spoke OF a pilot d "cowcatchcr'' again they
would never let me take another trip with the
Inspection party, so help them goodness. But may
be they'll forget before another year rolls around
[ know ! want TO go again
THINGS EPlcUREAN
Riding In the open air that way, from early
morning until the shades night have fallen.
produces appetite that wouldn't balk
pair of cast-om shoes. I found myself the
Gloomy Gus of the party, for 1 couldn't help
asking the boss. with considerable frequency and
little earnestness "Well. when do we eatT'
Tho train always tied up for thirty
forty minutes at the noon hour. waile all hands
sat down bountiful tables in the private
And children. children. how good everything
tasted, How In the world they managed to
carry enough provisions VIII always remain one
of the deep. dark mysteries OF the trip to me.
After luncheon 1t back to the "rubberneck
There stayed until it became too
dark to the roadbed properly. Then we tied
up for dinner and the night. Those were among
the peasantest hours of the day. the hours
between dinner and carly bedtime 1t was sure
enough early bedtime. too. children. The boss
made everybody turn In not later than 10 o'clock.
and truth to tell didn't need an awful lot
of driving with the inexorablc Oscar and his
C o'clock performance looming darkly ahead of
SPEAKING; OF STRONG MEN.
They were talking about strong men in one of
.he cars night. DO you remember Jerry
Johnson" asked Il division superintendent Tho
mans name was not Jerry Johnson. by the way,
but that Is close enough.
Jerry was about the strongest L ever knew,
the superintendent went "Hc used to brake
for me when running freight. remember
IIrne switch spiked, that is, spike
was driven Into the tie against the slide rail
so it could not be opened Just for fun one OF
the boys told Jerry throw that switch He
went and gave 1t yank- He tore the spike
loose and lifted four five ties with it
Didn't you know that switch was spiked
Jcrry?' asked him.
Is that go? says he thought she come over
a little hard"
one time. according to the same superintendent
Jerry swinging down from n brake LADDER
sniffing at a hot box while the train was lumber
ing along at the rate of twenty miles an hour
when he struck by a projecting cattle-load,
ing chute "The chute was broken" concluded
the superintendent but Jerrys grip was not even
'"''e MOUNTAIN MARY"
home and Nampa. the boss told me to get Off
and listen to what took place. fine, mothery-
looking woman is the agent there. When MI
Manson superintendent of the Salt Lake DIVISION,
stepped off the she greeted him with a s1nll-
ing Hello Ed" with A B. Stevenson: supern,..
tendent of the Utah division, it was Hello. steve
And they were Just as glad to see the agent
as She was to see them. For years ago, all three
railroad telegraph operators together, ,ro
with this agent-they called her mountain
Mar d they % WGre IN anG %our are ear ne
tendents Manson and Stevenson never IAN DO 10
6tv1 6nt He n, imaqpe for minute that she doesn't
deserve the highest mark either
DAD ALLEN soUTHERNER.
Old Dad Allen the pumphouse at owyhee
He is veteran of the Conlederate & navy ANY ana Ina
oho fbn
dependent? Well "Dad" would make the some
what celebrated Declaration look like War Cry
editorial He fears neither God. nor gen
eral superintendent Dads creed Is TO so I'VE i've
him to go straight to"-the place where naughty
people said to meet their finish. U Daa goes
Just little stronger. He believes IN telhng peo-
Die every in while to go there just on
They asked him once II he could secure any
letters of recommendation. The old fellow squared
his shoulders and answered: You may write,
any any othah puhson in vahgInia Moth ca'llna.
Somebody did write to wade HampI9n p9 ID aopee r
hm-this years ago-and received oy re-
turn mail glowing eulogy Of Dad, Alien len o,o
About SIX months ago Dad walked up one ne
sat and wrote a letter asking that he be put on
the retired list Next day ne was reeS Inv rasii
act. do not want to retire am good % LOT at
least ten years yet" He very prooap ,pe nsnccton
trip are all of the pleasantest When ne is 9ulte
familiar with railroad oEeration OF in9r''c'a n1 far
he discourses. with what seems , 10 MN mrface ace.
imitation of who Knows tpoue S'i
alignment, tow lines frogs switches signals IN
terlocking plants and the like ,,o,,., =,
He never before realized the diiticulues %, OF
GRADES and curves and other conditions met ana
overcome in tho operation of railroad ,St1 ana un
less the copy readers blue pencil Is stay
mercIlcss he will so record as saying, aI.ea .S
his careful and thorough examination. ts tnnt sHe
oregon Short Line is of the best raiiroaos
NAT was ever laid ties. II he had MS way
he would give a "25" TO every section, ~ ~ -, ~
every section house. round house. snop "no s''-
tion. ,o- +toso 1ttJa a
a. m. unPeasantnesses
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