Show IF CANT CAN'T GET TRACY SAYS AN ACQUAINTANCE NO ONE ELSE CAN i Mont Fisher Tells of the Seattle Sheriffs Sheriff's f Nerve and How He I Once Quieted John L. L i Sullivan Z If It Ed cant can't get Tracy the balance of them ne needn't try said Land and Water Yater Commissioner Mont ont Fish Fish- I. I er toda today When hen I heard the other day t that at Ed was missing I knew he was making a sneak on Trac Tracy and I was wan not at all apprehensive e as to his aCet safety J Mr Fisher has been acquainted with Sh Sheriff Sherlf since in Leadville i and Denver and holds the highest highest- opinion of or his qualifications as an officer A A Nervy Man Nan lie He Is la quiet cool and nen nervy said fahl S the the land and water commissioner Ed I Is Js a man mati that has little to sa aay sa rUe lIe Is very ery diffident about advertising himself You ou have se seen those d j ate nie men who appear to move slowly sio It you ou come to examine their work oik you ou find that the they accomplish three Lor or four foul our times as much as those fuss fussy Individuals who ho hustle around with the idea that the tite whole world orld have their eyes e on them They are the men who Play 4 play Ilay for the thc galleries Ed no nol noise c or fuss about his work but he never hesitates and h he la is not afraid of the devil de himself Quieted John L. L To show you ou what kind of or a man is and to illustrate his quiet cool nerve I will tell you jou ou a little In Incident incident In- In In his career as Chief of Police of oC Leadville This was as In iii the early euh eighties und and I tell you ou It took a manto manto man manto to last out his term In Leadville in those days Ed served a full Cull till term and when he retired from the position there was not a man woman fir ur r child in L Leadville that did not respect him Those were the days when John JohnL L L. Sullivan was In his prime Every Ever Everyone one knows what a bully hully John L. L used to be when he was drunk Well Sullivan Sullivan Sulli Sulli- van an had dropped In at Soda Springs a suburb of oC Leadville He had been tryIng trying try- try Ing lag to drink up all the whisky In town and was lighting fighting drunk He owned everything in sight and wanted to take take charge e of oC the count county Chief bee hee was Informed of or the state slate of oC affairs And find In his usual prompt way took a a. hold of or the situation tA t A Soothing Effect I 3 He got into his buSS buggy and drove to Soda Springs He went vent right 10 to the saloon where John L. L was loading load- load Sing ing up on bad whisky He never best sated a a. moment hut went right up to Sullivan and whispered something In his ear What That hat he said none but Sullivan Sullivan Sulli Sulli- van an knew and he never told toM any anyone one We e expected to see the big Cell fellow 0 turn turnaround around and deliver one of his terrific punches on some pome part of oC Anatomy There was no such demonstration demon- demon however Instead the Chiefs Chiers words seemed to have a wonderful soothing effect on the pugilist who came came oC off his high horse hors and made no bones ones about delivering over the county to the prop r authorities Driver of Horses r wont won t Northwest In he spring of ot 89 He was then a man of at about pounds weight and stood live five feet ten In Ir his earlier years he he- was one of the foremost drivers of or trotting and pacing horses In the Middle West Vest and he loved the sport Aport I dont don't think he would ever have 11 v given up the life but he got top too h heavy havy ay for or It |