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Show Canine Guards Delivery Auto for His Owner Light-fingered Had Better Keep Away When "Buck" Is on Guard. . ( THERE is a policeman in Salt Lake who Is very unpopular. His name is Buck, and he has worn the ; same uniform all his life he was j born in it. He is not a traffic police- i man, but if vou scan Main street you may see him." He will be sitting beside his" master, Deacon Vanderhoof, in a delivery auto uperated by Siege! 's store. Buck is sixty pounds of" solid, grouchy, wire-haired Airedale dog. For many months, dav and night, ever since S. M c C o r n i c k g a v e B u c k to ! his present master. Buck has sat in the j delivery auto beside his master. His master gets in and out many times, but Buck, can only be tempted from his seat by a contest' with another dog. Or if some light-fingered person approaches the wagon, that person will receive prompt and efficient attention. Buck has the distinction of having ' ' chosen 7 ' a mayor. Buck had missed his master 's auto and was left to his own devices, so he sought another automobile. auto-mobile. It happened to belong to former Mayor Samuel C. Park. It was when the former mayor approached his caT that Buck "chose'1 him. He was forced to stay out of the car until Buck finally fin-ally consented, under much pressure, to leave it. |