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Show HAINMADKTO OM 0. L Wantland Ectnrns from Chfyenca Whurs Hu Tulked With Cloud , Crack'.r Iilulbourua. TO EE UE2E U3E ON rSIDAY, Kellmuriie Will Cains E.tin to Tall in I TLis City Nest Tuesday or For-j For-j fuit tha Frioq of Contrast, ('. E. WantUm! is the most etilhiHi- aslic man in Suit Lko today, lie rc-, rc-, turned from ( 'heycnmi to the city this ' forenoon, limine; had an audience with j .Mr. Melbourne, the rain doctor. 'Welt, boys," said Wanly, "Mel-j "Mel-j bourne will he here Friday niornin. ! He will make rain fall on the firm day j of the irrigation congress. J!n is a Rood, ! square, sensible, ' i.iiassuttiinir fellow. Nothing of patent medicine style about him. If he is a fake ho is the ttmiothf.-t 1 has e ever seen. Hut ho is not, and I the people of (.'hcyeu'ie have oreatcou-I oreatcou-I lidenee and respect for him. "Then: is no use of talking, the whole country wants Melbourne to comu to their towns and pvo exhibitions exhibi-tions of his powers as a cloud cracker. Why, a delegation from Southern Colorado Colo-rado reached Cheyenne while I was there and biyyeil .Mnibourno to o bark with them. Thu mail is constantly receiving re-ceiving wires from Tuxa. Wyoming and other states inquiring if ho would visit them ami make rain fill. One thing sure his presence in Salt L ike City will bo a big card. Just pivo II. A. Terpen ing of I his city a w hole lot of credit for in hieing Melbourne to cunie here. Tnrpeiiing has been eor-resoond'ug eor-resoond'ug with Melbourne ever since he had a iuecRi:.iiil rain show in Ohio. "Say, thorn's one tiling I'd iik" to mention and that is there is no use of the newspapers makitg sport of the man. lie's sensible and a mighty good fellow 10 talk with. 1ocsti't pal on any airs but is completely absorbed in Ins business. Melbourne is an Iri-hmsn. ".Now you niu-t remember that CTieyeuno 'n a dillieuit place for rain experiments on account of the altitude. Melbouruo reached Cheyenne and w hs received by the committee who had contracted to pay htm Slot) t- mnke rain fall. 1 1 o went up into tho loft of a barii taking four grips with him. Nobody was allowed to go near tho bura and I mipposo that if a venturesome outsider had attempted attempt-ed to outer the Sou ho would have been shot. Melbourne cut a small hole in the ruuf and then ho cuunienced to work. Tho timp required to aniiounco that rain will lull is between two and three days. Alter M-veru! hour of o! servatioii and w rk Tie! bourns sttt word out that rain whii', 1 fall bclnm a certain tini . Snro e::nui-:i rain did fall to the depth of niic. hail an inch and !hn clouds showed no sign of lotting up. 'The people began to lm alarmed and the contracting commiiteo v. as sought to request Melbniiino to have the rain stop falling as they didn't want a linod. "After t ho rain Me.ieut-. was kin ; of Chcyeuii!) and hn le' cired an ova- tion at the hands of tho peop1 . i Not satisfied wit') one experiiiu-i.t a number oi men chipped in and made a I purse of if I'M for a second trial. This experiment was made under great disadvantage, dis-advantage, so Ihe, ven! her observer at Cheyenne said. Well, tho second time i a heavy ram did fall nil around Chey- j enue and a light show or fell in the city, j Tito clouds on that occasion vveiu ex- ; tremoly obstreperous. Melbourne, ! however, was candid enough to ae- j knowledge tne second Inai a draw, j The people did not lo.sn faith in his j powers; of cinir.-e them wore some cranks who kicked and declared him a I failure. j "As I left Cheyetino arrangements I were being made with Melbourne to j have him visit Wyoming next year and I make rain. His terms are reasiumtdf enough, that's sure, lie wiil receive: $1"i0 while in Salt Lake for making rain j fall. Yes, he realizes that he has n fortune for-tune ill his secret. The government is j already giving attention to the rain maker ami will doubtless make arrangements ar-rangements with him in somo way to have the whole of this country watered nt various periods. Oh, he's a daisy. Don't forget he'll be here Friday morning. |