The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-09-17

Have the Conductor Come Around
Every Ten Minutes for His Farc."
over me and had a short but excit
ing visit to the slums.
Since that eventfuI day l have
moved over thirty-six times, and out
Of the thirty-six people gave the end
seat to all but three of them belonged
to the Mucilage family. and stayed
there.
Therefore / made myself severe
promise not to worry any more about
my Hog qualifications when movable
or immovable on an openface car.
will do as my conscience dictates,
and walk downtown Is much as pos
sible.
And, speaking Of street cars, wal
In one of those cities recently where
some Of the cars stop on the near side
Of some Of the streets and some stoI
on the far side OF some Of the streets
Honestly. they had me in the air.
left the hotel to attend to some
business downtown and went over te
the near side OF the street to wait fol
| q car.
When the car came along held
my thumb up in the atmosphere warn
ingly, but the motorman kept on Il
the far side and stopped.
BY the time ran over to the fai
side he was gone again, and another
car had stopped at the near side.
When I rushed back to the near side
the car passed me going to the fai
side, and now the near side looked %
much like the far side that l went
back to the other side. which should
have been the near side, but how
could It be the near side when the cal
was on the far side, and | could moi
get near the side in time to catch th'
car before 1t was far away on the fai
side?
Just as I rushed back again TO thu
far side the near side became thu
nearer side to catch the car. ant
when | rushed over again from the IA
side to the near side the nearer go
to the near side the clearer could
see that while the far side was IA
away it was nearer than the near side
which was always on the far sid'
when I hoped to take a car on tn
near side.
Then I began to grit my teeth AM
made up my mind to anticipate the &C
tion of the next car by standing hal
way between the near side and the IA
side so that could run to either SID
the emergency called for.
was standing there about q min
ute much pleased with the idea, DC
cause the near side was about q
far away as the far side, when Jus
than an automobile sneaked up behinI
me and one Of the forward turret
struek me on my personal far sid
and hoisted me over to the near SO
Gre, as a car left for the far side.
reached out my hand to grasp IN
far side step. but ] missed II an
caupbt the near side. and By tn
,irne the car was on the Tar side an
,ba motorman grabbed the near SD
a. the electric controller ana pnsne
g over 10 the far side. whereupon IN
ear started for Fl Paso. Tex. at
speed of about 5000 miles minus
and there was with the near sia
81 four fingers holding on to the y
side Of the step and the rest OF N
body sticking straight out IN spae
Iuk. a mai, OF trousers on q clothes
line in a gale Of wind.
Then suddenly the near side OF q
hnrers refused to hold on to the =
side Of the step. and with the nes
side Of my face / struck the lar $50
If the tracks. and the near SIDE
NV brain saw every individual star o
the Far side Of the Universe.
Then went back 10 the hotei an
.-awied into the far side OF the pc s
-hue friend wife sent for a near.s 20
doctor who lived on the far side OF u
block