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Show GIVING EACH OTHER AWAY Sail Lake Boomers Talk of Trip. Superintendent Read of the Street Railway System Surprised. One Member of Party Convinced That U. I. & R. Company Furnished Light for the Sleepers. Many day will elapffn before tho fund of good stories that havo grown out of tho Commercial club trip to Los Angeles wUl bo exhausted. Hero Is an i xperlence w ith an automobile driver as told by one of the victims. "We wanted to kcp the ostrich farm ana the otlvr attractions out around Pasadena Pasa-dena and decided thnt n.i :iutom'llle would be tlio most convenient mode of transportation. We hniu-d one of the red devils labeled 'For Hire.' Wc sup;" oa the price would bo about double the hire or a hnck. Thero were two of us and we had b couple ot friends along, it way an elegant ride. We started early in the morning, saw fh ostriches, the flno residences resi-dences of Pnaadunn and wound up ut the Baldwin ranch, it was still quite early In the ovenlng when wc pulled up nt the l-or of our hot. I. V- Intended to set our overcoats and go out again. 1 casually cas-ually asked the chaffeur how much or ;i bill WS had run up. Ho looked at his watch nnd Kufd: Auto Rides Corue High. "'Eleven hours that will bo 140.' ",'Forty dollars!' I said. 'There must be some mistake. 1 asked you how much we owfed yoUr for the rent of the machine. ma-chine. Wu didn't w:int to buy It There isn't room for It In our grips.' So; there Is no mistake,' he said 'We have to Charge H an hour but I kt.M. ked (( a. little and mude 1 1 an v.-ti MO "To make a long story short, wo dug Up J2u each, and we did riot go out for I he evening. Next time you hear any one b..iv 'It costs like the devil.' you may take It for granted that he has patronized a Los Angeles red devil." Read Was Surprised. Thursday evening Superintendent W. P. Read "f the local electric lines was taken all over the Los Angeles lines in a special car. Most of the run was mad at the rate of a mils a minute There is nothing noth-ing slow about the i,oq Angeles street oar. The Instant the pnwi 1 In turned on It takes Imld and the car jumps like a horse. Such B thing as waiting for a oar to get started, ax the Salt Lake motor-men motor-men do. is unheard of. The different e I duo to the greater allowance of power made h the Los Angeles companies. Ths ears are longer than those used here. There are ten open seats at earh end and an Inclosed cibln In the middle of the oar. The motormen are provided with scats which thev use outside the business part of town. Passengers can get on at either end. Salt Lnkers Astonished. As n special oar loaded with Salt Lakers was coming down from the Mt Jjowe trip there was a terrific crush and the trolley pole went to the ground pack of the car. "Two hours at least!" sighed thl ZIonltes as they tii-gun to stroll around preparing for a long wait. The conductor conduc-tor and moionnan picked up tho detached jiole. hoisted It to the top of the car, let 11 on the iron post and called' "All aboard!" The delay lotted not more than ithree minutes Aatonlsnmenl is too mild a word to express tho emotion depicted In the faces of the Stilt Lakers "No line tied up! No r.d wagi.n! Well. 1 11 ho hanged !" exclaimed one of the visitors. Fine Car Service. The one point of superiority possessed by the Salt I -ike system over that of Los Angeles Is In the mutter of fenders. Although the streets out there are narrower nar-rower and the running time faster, the city government has not required these life-saving devices to be used. Katal ac-cidents ac-cidents are not uncommon. The schedules sched-ules are Incomparabl) better than those we have horo The city oars run every two and three minutes and the suburbans jriakt hall hour trips MIssJng a car is a matter of very trivial Importance. In Ijs Ahgeles. Worthy of Adoption. On the way homo a railway traellng passenger agent entertained " the occupants occu-pants or" lb- smoking compartment with h description of an excellent rule enforced en-forced by the tram company in the riiv of Mexico D.iwn there, he said, "no ono Js permitted to get off at the back end "i a oar or on at tho front end. At every stop tho stream goes in the same direction. This prevenl - crowding and confusion and saves a great deal Of tlmo 3 do not understand win tho same rule Ik not adopted In American cities. It takes the public a very short timo to rco its advantages and fall Into the habit." Councilman Astonished. Hero Ik rjinthor Smoking compartment Ftory: It was on the second night out. Among the occupants of tho smoking-room smoking-room was a Councilman who Is supposed to bo devoted to the light and rafiwaj monopoly The porter had turned down the gas and the comportment was In seml-aarkness , The curtained door wa i THisheil aside and tho h-ad of a well-Known well-Known business man appeared In the penlng. Ho looked thoughtfully at tho gas-Jets a moment. "By George'' he said, "1 didn't know that th.- I'tnh. Light find Hallway company furnished lights down hero!" Had a Good Time. The two gentlemen whose adventures with the automobile have ln-.-n narrat. d were among the liveliest members of the party. Finding themselves out rather late the night heforo tho cxcuralmi t.. C'atallna, they decided to stay up till morning In the cold, gray dawn they amused themselves by stopping tho delivery de-livery wagons that were hastening to nnd from the olty After many Insistent demands, de-mands, a Chinese regt table peddler draw his horses down to a walk. "Have you a match?'' one of tho Salt Lake tourists blandly Inquired "You glo hell! ' responded thu C lestlal. Whipping up ids team. Halted Bakery Wagon. The last Victim was the driver of a bakery wagori Ha was evidently late for ho wan urging his horses to do their best Damon and Pythias began to wave their hats and shout. Tho driver, In alarm, drew his hors.-s back on their haunches and asked the reason of tho ox-( ox-( 1 1 ern-'nt. "We wanted to get a loaf of bread," responded Damon, innocently. The driver entered into the spirit of the pport and gave them one 5-cent loaf of bread. They divided it between them and munched away at It an thoy walked back Into tho awakening city Tho fruit stalls were just opening. A small purchase was mado at each stand. The friends Invested in three Immense oranges with which they played ten-pins on the sidewalk Badge Bid Not Go. It became time for the train to start for I San Pedro. Damon and Pythias hailed a street car and acked thu conductor if 1 j I it would take them to the train. "Oh. yes!" said tho conductor, and, in a few minutes, til- cur drew up at tho Santa Fe d. pot when the adventurers attempted to pass through the gales their way was barred by a big man In uniform, "Tickets!" ho demanded. "Don't this go?" Inquired Pythias as he projected hlfl 0h el and pointed to the i 'ommer. I.il eluh badge "Not with me," said the official "You havo come to the wrong depot. Your train leaves tho Salt Lake station." Airy Romance. It was then too late to reach the other depot, and the friends Invested ? in round-trip tickets to San Pedro. Thoy arrived at the port Just as tho remainder remain-der of the delegation was going on tho boat. Their friends, who thought they had overslept and been left behind Ceased to launh and greeted iheni with evident surprise. "Wo thought yon were left How did you get down?" were among tho salutations. Piunciii gave a superior emlle. "So yon fellows thought wc were left, did you? 1 should say not. After oii started they took us out in an automobile to several inllllonalres's cottages. Piled us with champagne and koi us down fto the next train In plenty of lime." Those who overheard 1 1 1 1 s airy romance looked disappointed. Courtesies to Prominent Citizen. "I don't know why thoy hustled us off on the early train and showed you fel- lows such a good time,- complained the llrst speaker. "I think they might have treated us all alike " 'fill" responded Pythias In an offhand off-hand way. "they have to extend special courtesies to tho more prominent citizens." citi-zens." William At Overbook proved a veritable verita-ble Nemesis to C. P. Adams throughout the trip His Anal joke was to steal to Mr. AdamS' 1 berth after the latter had retired last night and dlp a lurgc piece of l e Into Mr. Adams's pajamas He was faamenserj tickled by this joke until ho found that Mr Adams had i"letlv exchanged his lower for an upper berth In another '.n The man who got the Ice was a total stranger Pay Boy Fifty Cents. Overbeck and Adams wore of a party of four that went to Ocean Park during tho stay In LOB Angeles. The two pairs becamo separated. Overbeck wrote on a card: "Pay this boy 50 cents." He called a bootblack and said: "You soo that man over thero? Well, tako this card to him and ho will give you half a dollar." The boy was off like a shot. He presented pre-sented the card ro Mr Adams and stood with his hand out. "Well!" said Adams. Adams Has an Idea. ' Please, sir." remarked tho bnv. "Tho feller said you would give me half a dollar." Mr Adams had an Idea. He took out one of his own cards, scribbled a message mes-sage and said to tho boy "You tako this back to iho man that Font you and ho will give you a dollar 1 i i, i got :'. i . . hi , with me, but he Is a banker from Iowa and has plenty of money." A momont lat-r the panting messenger placed the second card in Overbock's band and stood by expectantly. Overbeck Over-beck Crown d Sympathy for Kid, Really, my boy." he said with a benevolent be-nevolent air. "this Is a cruel way to treat ou. 1 know he don't llko to spend his money, but he ought to pav you for nrr; inc that not "He said he didn't have It." piped the kid. "Nonsense!" snorted Overbeck "Von have ti ard of John l Rockefeller, the Standard oil man. haven't you?" "Yes. sir," replied the bootblack "Well thai wan John I Rockefeller that you just spoke to. je is considered the richest man in th world, but he is awfullj - and you have to watch him ti kee,, mm from beating you. Here Is an order for f2, You tak if to him and make him ia; you two bones. Don't let him bluff you Staj right with him and u ho doesn't settle call a policeman." Attached Himself to Adams. Mr. Adams tried to convince tho boy that he had been imposed upon, but Over-beck's Over-beck's manner bad been so iinpressie that the lad wis not to be convinced. He attached himself to Adams, eyed him' SUB-i SUB-i ii lously and followed him as falthfuliv as a shadow "l ook hen " said the victim at lat "1 told you I didn't Intend to paj you at y thing and I wont if you don't out I lollowlng ne- I will box your oars for you!" The kid fell back a few paces, but not until the parts look a oar for tho'illy did the eager bootblack relinquish all bom o: tho SI'. Runs Jonathan Gym. Salt Lake friends of Eddie Robinson the athletic Instructor lorna-rl with the Alia etui., will pleased to learn that Its tias been engaged to enter the gym-naslum gym-naslum of the Jonathan club, the ultra f, shlonable club d l.os ngol.-s Hoowo'j the excellent position largely to the excellent ex-cellent i mmendatlons given by the members of the Alta, The Jonathan "gym" is the illicit uu tho coast, |