The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
OH! SEE WHO'S 7ERE!--
''RAFF''- --HONEST?--LlST
Wanted to Leave Town, But Looked Salt Lake
Over and Opined That This Is the Greatest
Place on Map.

demns the introducing of female char
acters into this line of merry making,
for the reason that such stunts give
llccuse to rufians to assault and insult
unprotected women. whereas only real
hearty, sidc-splitting incidents grow out
Of the frantic endcavors Of policemen
sherifis officials, amateur detectives
and others TO locate him in his iuim.
liable game of Railcs.
He declares with some prompLitudc
and much fcrvor that here in Salt Lake
nc can Introduce and produce n start.
ling story of crime, mystery or other
wise crafiincss and have each succeed
ing chapter written by Salt Lakcrs TO
be Illustrated by The Tribune s artist
And as Il lot Of interesting situations
Brc certain 10 grow out Of such collabor
atcd daily story The Tribune has induced
Mr.. Donohuc 10 spend some of his lei
sure hours here developing the literary
side OF Salt Lake and in wholesome en-
tcrtaInment. The probability rs that
Mr.. Douohue s story of mystery will be
reproduced in every part of the United
States and bc has great faith in its pull.
ing possibilities,
The Tribune. of course, is in The con
scrvatiyc class and as a matter Of pre-
caution it inquired of such newspapers
as the New York World and American.
the Chicago American. Philadelphia
North.Amcrican. San Francisco Chron
clc concerning the possibility of George
Harris Douohue S proposition and it was
interesting to read the Endorsements
of this popular entertainer, "'Go
ahead, said ono ,'Donohue viii turn
your city upside down
The Tribune has 20 idea what sort of
4 foundation Douohuc is laying for his
new story and willingly accepts his
'.you leave that to nc - We know
give MS all an opportunity of discovering
among oursclycs-wc might say "our
gifted selves Just how smart and
clever Salt Lakors really are, ac-
cording 10 the estimate or the artistic
idea Of a somewhat aesthetic George
Harris Donohuc
Anyhow, Mr.. Douobuc will have us all
more or less guessing. 4 man who has
been able to outwjt the cleycrest man
hunters IN tho country and who tied up
the sub-trcasurv in New York City. who
blockad dcd The streets of several cities
and had traffic agents on their knees
begging him to keep out of the contest
cd districts. is likely to make things
interesting through his pews-storv and
we arc specially pleased to have the
first puL-op in Salt Lake We have no
doubt but that it VIII not only arouse
the interest of every newspaper reader
IN this city, but that the people will
be reading and writing about amusing
predlcaments in which the characters
arc brought into by the various writers.
in other cities of the country for many
weeks TO come.
While we all 90 home this evening
wondering rs TO lust what viii happen
tomorrow when g Rah' springs the in
troductory chapter, Donohue goes strut
ting about town with big black cigar
between his teeth "gcttiDe material -
as he expresses il, for the line of night
mare which he is about TO present to the
reading people of this city.
If yOu are at all interested in the
workings Of this peculiar man watch for
the results of his initial efforts in to-
morrow S Tribune Mr.. Donohue will
lnauguratc story and it Will be put up
to Salt Lakcrs 10 solve the riddle ne is
about to eXpound- Sec if you arc more
clever than are the rest of us 1t is a
litTarv proposition without Charles
Lever, Dickens. Scott Bobby Burns on
the Job as copy readers.
Den t forget that the fun viii com.
mcncc tomorrow morning