Show sergeant walsh on long lon hike sergeant john walsh 61 3 ears cars of age and for thirty years a soldier in the regular army with service in the philippine islands was the guest of the city officials of price and of brother elks for several hours last saturday the sergeant Is returning to new york on a hike bike from that city to frisco and return having made the wel westward trip in fn eighty six days lays he ile is trying to get back to new york in eighty days even and thinks he will succeed ho ile ar at five saturday evening affer having walked from tucker since 5 a m that day his first act when ng in a town ia is to get the in mi or or some public official to sign his register and several public of officials and a number of admirers signed the register here in salt lake he secured the signatures of governor spry and the secretary of state he works hard on his trip walking usually eighteen hours per day sergeant walsh is paid 2000 by a d string of ni ne ws papers and once a week he writer to these pap papers rs a letter of his travels for the me week not forgetting to mention tho the towns where ha lie is well treated his observations of the trip will be published in book form and several price people subscribed for a copy of the book he ile is an elk an odd fellow and an eagle and was extended exten did td the hospitality of the savoy while in this city the sergeant is quite a booster for the lodges with which he be ig affiliated and says the brethren of the three orders named have shown him many courtesies on his travels the aged traveler does not look to be over forty five years of age and attributes his hardiness to abstinence from strong drink plenty 0 of f exercise and the naturally strong constitution of the scottish race he favored the news editor with a pleasant visit while in the city leaving for the east at midnight |