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Show "ipHE 'MAM Tim. ABOUT TOWM ? 1 1 jR JL-wTjTniN a thousand feet of each 'Zjklfi 0ti,cr yesterday, on the shady f side of Second South street, I mot three men, each of whom -was as-tfcJated as-tfcJated with the earlier days of the West, jLdnys when this was the frontier and Coflo made up U picturesque popula-- popula-- J 1 ttat ls raduallv disappearing 'Kom tho land. Tho first was Hon, James 'Witphesson of Omaha, a well-to-do man lEW city, who has been very successful fll d builness ventures. Ho Is hero on a visit II K his daughter, Mrs. A. E. Kimball of if Kijham street Mr. Stephenson ls ono 'Etta most genial of men, and always Es a story for the Salt Lako newspaper lA Bribed The first time he camo hero was HEtilrln the sixties, and although he II EmU And many old acquaintances scat-U'Kred scat-U'Kred over the town, tho only thing that w K reminiscent of the past Is Walker's flttnk and a few of the older landmarks. Brior to the completion of tho Union Pn-4' Pn-4' Bdflc Mr. Stephenson was associated with Bmny others in the stage coach business, tlW Kcd pat "d many years on tho frontier wtftwen here and tho river. He llke3 the Bitnlddle West well enough, but he Is always Iriid to run Into Salt Lake, laf wr ek K'"Joe" Donelcy was the second man to all M'U tncountercd. He came to the West Mi Bret In '55, and ever since has been lden- WlLlcd with work relative to Its develop- itrtnt. No man ever lived who could get r wi a tfisllcr menu for a crowd of hungry tantyors than Joe Doneley, and If "Doc" Sproguo were alive ho would vouch for the statement. Bishop Beatty, however, was a boy In the day of Donel-jy's prime, and will prove the assertion that an appetite appe-tite wns nlwayo handy when tho dinner bell was sounded. Doneley was a cook with Cap Hodges, who was a locating engineer on tho Union Pacific In 1S57 and later. He was also with Ives, who was locating the Central Pacific, and who was drowned In tho Sacramento rlvor many years ago. Tho former chef loves to recall those halycon day and has a fund of Interesting In-teresting remlniacenco nlwayo at hand Incident In-cident to tho building of the first transcontinental trans-continental railroad. In the early seventies ono of the most popular men running on tho- Union Pacific Pa-cific between Ogden and Choyonnc was J, T Dunham, and ho It wns who made the third Interesting man seen on the street. Dunham was llrst on the construction, con-struction, but Inter became a mcssenKcr for what was then (1872) the Union Pn-clllc Pn-clllc Express company. He was well known In Chcyenno during ull tho Interesting Inter-esting and hllarlouB days of Its early growth, and cun glvo a recital of life on tho frontier that would mako Owen Wls-ter Wls-ter look llko thirty cents. And lt'B all facts, too. Later Dunham enmo over to this end permanently and tho eighties found him running a train on tho old Utah Northern to Butto. Just beyond tho Kenyon on E-ast Second South street ls a lono tree, tha Inst ves-tlgo ves-tlgo of green on tho business section. Time was when tho streets in tho whole of tho quarter reserved for business were fringed with stately trees, but when tho ruthless destroyers of civic beauty got into the notion of eliminating the shrubbery, shrub-bery, llttlo was left to remind ono of tho former sylvan aspect of tho leading streets. Why this tree has been allowed to remain and beautify tho thoroughfare ls a mystery, but there It ls, and fur-rounded fur-rounded by a box it ls being carefully preserved. I ' I Mrs. Harold Russell arrives in tho city , from tho East next Tuesday, and will bo hero several weeks prior to resuming her work on tho stage, which of late years has been marked with signal success. suc-cess. Mrs. Russell la known to tho world as Ada Dwyer, and in "Merely "Mere-ly Mnry Ann" made the distinct hit In New York last season. She ls the daughter daugh-ter of James Dwyer of this city, who established es-tablished here tho first book store of any projnlnence In tho West, and Is himself a most genial man. Another daughter Is Edna Dwyer. whoso voice ls among tho best In tho State. The fnmlly Is a most Interesting one. and their home ls always sought by those who appreciate worth and cleverness. Mr. Russell Ib himself a noted character actor and la ever to be found In tho leading companies. Tho Democratic official was having a joyful celebration nftor tho doings of Friday, Fri-day, and when he met his clerk In a down town resort ho Insisted upon the youngster young-ster having a drink. Upon the steadfast refusal of tho young man, the aforesaid official of Democratic faith promptly, if Incoherently, yelled: "All right! You'ro discharged. Come down tomorrow and get your time." |