Arizona republican., 1920-06-21
An Impromptu Rescue


 Postma ster $. J. Nicholson sets forth the claim that the employees of the Phoenix postoffice have the necessary qualifications for membership in the American Volunteer Life Saving as- sociation and cite this story in sup port of his contention that the men under his jurisdiction are able and fin ished opponents in the art of saving lives and giving first aid treatment.
 One day last week a little tot about three years old wandered into the post offlce plaza and attracted to the foun- tain stood gazing in boyish admiration of the little fish swimming around. En- crossed in his thoughts and overcome by an infant desire to gain possession or too daring fish who had ap- preached the surface of the water. the little fellow reached over in an attempt to seize the fish. lost his balance and tumbled into the water.
 Lee Callahan. assistant postmaster, was observing the actions of the youngster from his office window and upon seeing the youthful fisherman make his dive into the water with the grace of an Annette kellerman. raised the alarm and score of postoffice ern- ployes streamed out of the postoffice to the rescue. After fishing around in the water for a moment they succeeded in bringing the lad back to terra firma and then began the operation of ad- ministering first aid. Arguments flew thick and fast between the postoffice employees as to the best way to restore the boy to consciousness. but the argu = 1 ment ended with Lee holding the boy by his feet head downward. allowing about quart of water to run out of him. Then, laying him out on the grass. the boys arms were pumped up and down by other willing members of Postmaster Michelson's staff, and soon the youngster was able to walk
 about apparently none the worse for his experience.
 Consequently. the postmaster is quite proud of the life saving proclivities | shown by the attaches of his office and 1 it is quietly rumored that request has ] been sent to Washington to have a few Carnegie medals struck off
 Some People Have Strange Ways ! Deputy United States Marshal Fred i w Weage tells of a trip that he made to Clarkdale at time when there was
 no representative of the marshals of l flee in that town. Arriving at Clark dale late at night he found the local ! hotel filled to capacity but upon in-
 quiry was informed by the hotel clerk ] that there was one bed vacant in q
 room that was already occupied by am other man. It being close to midnight ] Fred was glad to find any kind of ac-
 commodations and readily agreed tc
 share the room with the unknown. He was shown to the room and after Ientering. opened his handbag and spread his toilet articles out on the
 dresser and then went to bed. Upon 1 awakening in the morning he heard his
 roommate moving about the room and Idrowsily lay watching him as he pre- pared to dress. Living with half opened
 eyes he observed the stranger examin- i ing the toilet articles that Fred had
 laid out on the dresser the previous
 evening and was amazed to see the
 man pick up q tooth brush which looked strangely familiar, with which
 he began brushing his teeth.
 Fred immediately arose from the bed anI indignantly exclaimed. Say, are
 you using my tooth brush ?' The stranger looked at the tooth brush foi a moment and then nonchalently re piled. "Is this yours? Why I thought somebody else had left it behind"
 Entirely overcome by this exhibition
 of raw nerve, Fred rolled back into bet crying out. Pick mp the dice. yol win.