Show SALT LAKE Green Lawns His Pride John Mulcahy as Proud of Liberty park parkas as of His Irish Ancestry 5 For 17 years John East Eighth South street has kept L Liberty berty park lawns a source of pride and joy to park officials and a delight de de- light to the thousands who pIcnic there John is the landscape land land- gardner whose job it is to keep all city parks in order Ive had lots of jobs he hc said but this is the best ot of all When I see hundreds of laughing children playing play play- ing on lawns Ive I've spent years caring for it fills me with a sense ot of a job well done to 10 which nothIng can com com- pare Mr was born on St. St Patricks Patrick's day March 17 1872 in Tip Tip- Ireland Needless to say he heis heis is as proud ot of his Irish ancestry as ashe ashe he is of his emerald green lawns In the sprIng of 1882 he landed in New York City where he worked at odd jobs for eight years Phila Phila- delphia was his next net stop then Leadville Leadville Lead Lead- ville Cob Colo I 1 landed In Leadville in 1893 at atthe atthe the depth ot of the silver panic he recalled re re- called But the panic didn't detract any from the wildness ot of the town For 20 10 years he worked in the famous Ia- Ia Johnny mine Leadville Uc was a roarIng rIp town irs in those days he said It was all that stories have painted it Ive I've seen old boys walking down Leadville streets wIth swinging from their hips People used to greet each other in the mornings with Who was killed last night nigh t l' l He went to Park City In 1902 and I Is 5 s S J JJohn I I John l obtained employment a at t a mine I there Mr went to Liberty park parkin in July of 1917 He has put lawns I in all the city parks but Liberty is his special prIde and joy |