Show SALT LAKE SKETCHES SKETCHES- I I I r 42 Years I on One Job JobI I w. w 0 o. Mac OMac M Lain McC McCornick Building Engineer Raises Birds for Hobby Q 4 two Forty years as chief engineer of the McCornick building is the record of year old W. W O. O Mac Mae M McLain MeLain Lain During that time he has always been right on the job with the exception of ofa ofa ofa a few days last year when he wasill McLains McLain's hobby is r raising lising canary birds In his penthouse on the top floor of the building he has 12 of ot the yellow feathered songsters Mac who wh Jives lives and works at the building on n First South and Main streets also has all kinds of stuffed wild life lie about his living quarters Loves Outdoor r Sports In fact McLains McLain's room is a portrayal portrayal por por- of his per personality He is a great lover of hunting and fishing Born in Ohio Ohi during the days of the Civil war he spent his youth in the midwest He Hc still tells stories of the grasshopper plagues in Kansas where acres of or corn stalks fell as though 9 v moved by a thrasher when the swarms of pests invaded There are few hunters in Utah who have killed more jackrabbits and wild wile turkeys than has McLain There is nothing he enjoys more t than an to get gel out his gun antI and pursue a rabbit Familiar With Snakes Mac also delights in hi telling snake stories He can describe almost every known reptile in the country cLain McLain declares declares' that probably the biggest thrill he ev ever r received waS was in 1898 when word of ot John Deweys Dewey's bloodless victory in in Manila bay was flashed around the world Mac a great sprinter in his day enjoys a boxing or or wrestling match but thinks football is js a lot of non non- sense He believes this business o of bemoaning the depression Is a joke Why Ive I've seen many a depression just as bad as this one and they dont don't l seem to bother me he said |