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Show CITY HALL BUNCH PRESETITED Willi A MASCOT . 'Last Saturday afternoon ' the ten-1 anta of the city hall were presented with a mascot which was a handsome crane brought down front the Utah Copper hill by one of the employes. The gift came as a surprise and Mr. Quinn, and Mr. Robbins and Mr Stand rh were elated over bo nice A present. ; , ,, xv uonor found the crane stmnded in a tarn on the hill, where owing to the copper and chemicals in the wa-1 wa-1 tors of, the tarn, there was nothing contained therein to sustain life and the bird was almost famished, ...When it was brought to the court house Mr, Quinn at once took charge and after observing the weakened condition of the patient he thought at first that it was very sick, but on a more carefui diagnosis decided that the bird only needed something to cat and drink, i hen a colipctioa was taken to buy some fiph r.1 meat. With thi mon ey Mr. Robbins went immediately to Echlicp's market p.nd explained his mission. 'When Mr. Schliep heard the pitiful story of the hungVy crane, he was so moved with compassion,, that he sent a largo collection of choice meats and fish for which he refused to accept any remuneration. At first it was difficult to feed the bird on account of its weakened condition, con-dition, but the men who had it in charge kept up their good work and in a little while tho patient wa3 on the road to recovery and appeared to be very fond of the rations from the market. After it became able to walk it was turned over to Mr. Standish who placed it in the basement of the city hall with plenty to eat and drink. The men were ple-aed with - the mascot and the manner in which they had restored its health and strength, but Sunday morning when Mr. Standish went to take a look at the bird it had not only grows much larger and stronger, but had developed develop-ed flghtlag qualities and refused1 to admit visitors. This cansed some uneasiness un-easiness tw8"tr Monday Ut" erowd" began be-gan to 'counsel . among themselves how they might get rid of, the unwelcome un-welcome guest. After much work he was placed under arrest and being securely bound was given pabsage on the stage line to the Jordan river where be was discharged. ? ' |