Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-12-08 | Page 13 | Guessing Contest for Footpads: Who is the Man with the Belt?

I GUESSING CONTEST FOR FOOTPADS WHO IS THE MAN IRAN WITH THE BELT There is one citizen going about these days das with 2800 sewed up in his Ilia belt The belt never leaves his body day nor night It will not leave it while the financial stringency lasts It would woul not be fair to give this mans name while the city is infested with holdups The man gave his reason for this pe peculiar peculiar peculiar culiar way of handling his money in speaking confidentially to a North Main train street merchant yesterday These banks he said will have to get up just a little earlier in the morn morning mornIng morning ing if they get ahead of me I caught onto the he fact that they were going to toi i stop paying out cash just in time I had 2800 on deposit I propose to lose it so I drew out every ever cent of it and put It in a safe place Where could you find a safer place for your money mone than a good hank the merchant mei chant asked Right here in my m belt was the proud reply and Ill keep it there too till the money mone trouble is over oyer Well Yell sir retorted ed the merchant I who did not endorse this system of ot you deserve to lose that money A man who has no more pa patriotism patriotism patriotism than you have hae ought to be held ui ul and robbed of every cent It Is just ju t such fellows as you are who are causing the trouble by crippling the banks In their need But the citizen did not repent repeat He still has that 2800 2500 In his belt