Show SALT LAKE SKETCHES J Flight of Wheelbarrows Resident Recalls Blast Blast- Which Hurtled Drays Against Temple Walls o i You Yo may have seen a n dream walking walking walk walk- ing but Ill I'll bet you n never ver saw saw sawa a flock of wheelbarrows flying says Sidney B. B Clawson 17 Can Canyon on road as s he describes one of the most exciting experiences ex cx- x s of his his- life life-a a life packed with interesting incidents incIdents' connected with development d of Salt Lake City The flying wheelbarrows s came from a storeroom at the rear of a hide and wool business Mr Clawson's father tather the late Hyrum B. B Clawson conducted in 1880 near the southwest corner of ot South Temple and Main streets Five hundred pounds of blastIng blast blast- ing ng powder stored at the rear of the theold old Council House Hous was the propelling influence uI u happened when a fire broke out in n buildings which included the Council Coun Cour cil cit Savages Savage's s 's photograph gall gallery ry and the hide and wool house continued continued con- con Mr Clawson Those wheel wheel- b arrows went vent hurtling through the air and sma smashed hed up against the the- temple I block lock walL I can remember to this day h how w firemen rushing j into to the I tide hide tr treating a room tumbled into huge hugev v vats ts where hides were soaking Meet Meet- ing ng Lug a skunk is mild compared I to o tumbling in a hide vat The Council house was never rebuilt re re- re- re built but a place of equal importance in the memory of timers old W was founded at the same place It was the Hall of Relics of which of-which which Mr Clawson became one of the chief guides A Among o other her curiosities housed there were several Indian mummies To make these more interesting to patrons Mr son Clay and his associates associates ates conceived the idea of having a mummy sing or at least go through facial motions of singing when a melodeon was played Things worked fine for a time and customers seemed to be getting a real thrill out of it recalled Mr Clawson Then one day day- dayas as the melodious chords vibrated through the hall hail and anda a mummy's lower jaw flopped up and aud audd d down wn as if he were yodeling a woman became frightened d and ran screaming out o onto to Main street attracting considerable considerable con con- attention and creating general gen gen- eral cral excitement W We decided it would be best to remove elastics and a string extending into the back room from the skeletons skeleton's face Mr Clawson was more or less of an accomplished showman in his day too Many ar are arc the times he trod the thebo bo boards at the old Salt Lake theater He also recalls the time when he offered offered of ot a amelon melon and got beets in n change for an admission ticket to the theater |