Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-09-05 | Page 5 | Says He is Champion Shiner

Says Ho Is Champion Slilncr Joseph Jere I lad of about 15 summers sum-mers arrived in the city yesterday morning from Los Angeles In a private sidedoor sleeper Jere claims lel championship of the world as a bootblack boot-black and carries his stand with him Ho Is I on his way to New York where he will challenge the champion of that city for the championship of the world lie has a belt made up of beer chips which he collects from the saloons In each city he arrives in I Is I made up in an artistic way and Jere says that it attracts n great deal 1 of attention In the small towns in which some of tho farmers believe he Is very rich Jero would not give his name at first believing believ-ing he was going to be pinched accordIng accord-Ing to his language I