Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-07-02

Although he earned his living by In.
venting useful things like automatic
plows that would pillow a whole field In
the night time while the farmer lay I'm
bed asleep. and automatic FISH poles
that would bait their own hooks and
throw out their own lines and pull In
their own nsb and take them on and
bait the hooks over again. still Uncle
Dick was ready NJ a minutes notice to
drop all that sort OF thing and invent
something 10 give boy pleasure.
Jimmy Frederick knew this and he
took grent care OF Uncle Dick. carrying
nm umbrella for him when II ralned and
watching TO see that he ate his meals
regularly. for like all great inventors.
Uncle Dick could not take care'of him.
self very well
What would you like for the Fourth
OF July, JlmmyY" asked Uncle Dick
about week before that important
day
u would like most OF ALI TO have a
great big sky rocket" said Jimmy.
you shall have one" said hls uncle.
and Immediately went into his lnven.
tory shop. which In the funny name
that he gave 10 the little room where
he invented things.
The telephone bell rang good deal
that day, On the very NEXT morning n
big truck arrived from the city with
Two big casks on Il. They we're painted
red and marked ''Dangerl Powderl" In
blk letters. There were also huge rolls
Of thick pasteboard each sheet big
enough 10 make the whole side OF a
house and there were no many of
them that the horses could hardly pull
them.
Uncle Dick rubbed his hands and
chuckled like anything when he saw
the material.
You shall certainly have. sky.
rocket" SAID he TO Jimmy. And the
best ~ Il IL that the greater part Of
cfie country for hundreds of miles
around VIII have one. too"
Jimmy was very curious and still
moro puzzled. but he knew that Uncle
Dick did not like 20 explain his inven.
lions beforehand, so he asked no ques.
lions. but merely kept his eyes open
and ala not 20 ont Of sight OF the In.
yentOry shop all morning.
Before noon great gang OF men az.
rived. and under Uncle Dicks orders
they began TO carry all the materiln To
the pasture. where they deposited Il
around u huge old dead pine tree that
stood smooth aud straight reaching
into the air fully so feet without
branch TO break Il except ON the very
top, and that was soon gone. too. for
Uncle Dick aent men up there and
they Topped II of 80 that then the
tree stood sleek aud smooth like
mast
Then the sheets OF pasteboard were
iaid ON the ground and rolled Into
great cylinder 30 feet long and az least
ten feet In diameter
As soon as sheet was rolled into
shape the men tied Il tightly with
yards on yards OF rope aud then an,
other sheet was rolled around the first
and more rope tied around that aud
30 ON until all the pastehoard had been
used up, and that was such lot that
Il took the men an day with the hardest
kind ot work
The next day they opened the casks
OF powder and began Ca load Il in and
Ia. hour after hour until the last grain
was pounded In good ana hard. and
Jimmy's Uncle Dick said
$50, There's 500 pounds OF powder
IN there That ought TO make her ay,
"But how about the suckF thought
Jimmy Tie did not say H. knowing
how easy Il is "a spoil an Inventors
ideas by interrupting him with frly
nlous conversation
lie was 90 learn very soon how about
the stick. for as soon as the mighty
cylinder was an nnished Uncle Dick
had a derrick rlggcd. and up went the
hig thing until Il dangled alongside OF
the dead pine tree neG the dizzy top
OF IL.
Then mighty cables were sent up
and the men dashed the loaded paste
board cylinder "a the tree until Il vas
completely hidden by ropes
Nov for the fuse" said Uncle Dick
Tie set the men TO work untwiSting
ropes until they had more than see
feet All unrayeled Uncle Dick went
lp the derrick and put the end Of the
rome into tho bottom part ot
the rocket Then ho poured kerosene
Oh an over Il aud rubbed gunpowder
INTO A.
That afternoon Uncle Dick sent out
both by mail and by mes.
senger to places as far away as 200
miles. SAYING
Jimmy Frederick respectfully In.
vites you TO his Uncle Dicks farm to
see him set on the biggest skyrooket