Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-06 | Page 9 | Smith to Celebrate Birthday and Demobilize Zoo before He Quits

THE SAI SALT Smith to Celebrate Birthday and Demobilize Zoo B Before fore He Quits I ALBANY N. N Y r Dec tec 6 AP Two Important though vv r pUy olly unofficial un Ut- Ut official duties confront Governor Alfred Mired E. E Smith before he hands handa over the gubernatorial reins to Gov tov- elect Franklin D. D Roosevelt ROose Ills His fifty fifth birthday which falls fails faUson failson on December 30 Just the day before his final day as governor must be befittingly befittingly fittingly celebrated and his fa famous famous famous fa- fa zoo at the executive mansion must be he demobilized In preparation for the first O of ot these occasions the governor has reserved a suite at the De Do Witt Clinton hotel here for the tho where he plans to celebrate with his entire family Already the ranks of the back backyard backyard backyard yard menagerie are sadly depleted Beasts ranging In size from monkey to elk have been or are about to be given away away- KEEPS DOGS But there are exceptions Five or six of his lis dogs the governor governor- refuses to part with Joie Jole one of a trio of monkeys the tho parrots the love lovebirds lovebirds birds and the canaries will wUl be kept The dogs he will send nd to a kennel for the Jeff Teft the huge Great Dane pictured m newspapers from coast to coast is staying Joie a a. particular pet of Mrs Smiths Smith's will win leave Albany with the Smiths George F F. Getz Chicago capitalist st st. is la the tho new master of oj the remaining monkey Representative Parker Corning of or Albany was presented with a magnificent magnificent mag mag- pound 35 turkey sent to Governor Smith for his Christmas Christmas' dinner by friends in Texas The governor pardoned the bird as too fine tine a a specimen to 10 be eaten ELK DEER ALONE Billy BUly the elk cUt Betty BeU BeUthe the deer and a baby fawn are nearly alone in their glory in the tho once populous zoo They may be turned loose Inthe in inthe intile the tile Adirondacks In the spring That depends on Governor-elect Governor Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Booze velt's VeiLs wishes One member of ot the governors governor's zoo didn't figure figuro In the final roll gall call That was Sammy Houston the lit littie little lit lit- tle tie burro sent to Governor Smith by Texas admirers at the time of the Houston convention Sammy died dieci but Miss Gertrude Lathrop I an Albany sculptress immortalized him in bronze so Governor Smith may still l look ok at him long after the others have gone the way of ot all allgood allgood allgood good pets