Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 4 | Claims Jesse James Never Lived Here

Claims ChUms J Jesse Jam James s Never ever I Lived Here Strenuous Americans by R. R tF F. F Dibble Famous Discusses-Famous American Character I By ALBE ALBERT APPLE Jesse James never never lived at v all aU R. R F. F Dibble claims in his new book Strenuous Americans The notorious s bandit according to Dib Dibble ble was a a. pure creation of the mind He was born ho he lived he died In the complex comple and far far- reaching imagination of t his race gace He was Americas America's Odysseus Americas America's Amer Amer- was ica's Beowulf Americas America's Robin RobinHood Hood Over O a western bank we once one saw a weather beaten sign riddled with which old residents claimed were from Jesses Jesse's pistol JVe We re have seen other historical relIcs relice rel- rel Ics ice c cl Cf his career career We Ye have further been led lcd to believe belle th that t Jesse was shot April 3 1582 1552 while hanging a picture on the wall and we have talked with old time reporters who covered that shooting All AU hokum and bunkum according accord accord- ing to Mr Dibble Wed We'd be Inclined to believe that Dibble Is Joshing joshing joshing-if if he be so historically acc accurate rate in his treatment treatment treat treat- ment meat of other characters In his book such as P. P T. T Barnum Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham iam Young Mark MarIe Hanna Admiral Dewey and James J. J Hill Come to think of it It we never actually saw Jesse James All AU we know inow about him Is hearsay secondhand secondhand second second- second second-I hand evidence So we have to be be- here either Dibble or the rival rhal faction faction faction fac fac- tion of historians The more we ponder this the less ess certain we feel of o our r ground And the Wie more It dawns on us that 99 99 per cent of the thi things thing ng we know things we we accept jt ira Unquestioned unquestioned un Un- questioned fact fact are are mere merely y matters matters mat mat- I of faith on our part For instance we have always be believed believed be- be that Columbus was nas first to discover America though we eve have no Ito actual proof that any such person person person per per- son as Columbus ever er existed Our confidence in Chris rests rests' on tradition tion Inherited lien inherited say Similarly rh we theres there's n. n a city named though weye never seen It Faith Is the mightiest of all human forces Boni Liveright New York