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Show . TELLS C?T-BT.13SS2 -EXMENCES IN WEST "I am 70 years eld' tall William H. Crockett ae he eat la the police station. Mr. Crockett- had bees, picked up by an officer, aad was suffering trOm a stroke ot yaralysl. Tel." continued Mr. Crockett, "I am TO years of age and half .ot that time X have made my home la Utah. I wee born In Maine and when a young man deelded to follow tbe advice of Horace Greeley. I came West to grow up with tbe country. "A little over thirty-five years ago I arrived In Salt Lake. I have teen the city grow from a village to a city. For thirty-three yeare.I bave been a mtnr and proepector. and tbere la not a die trlct or a camp In tbe State which I do not know from having visited them. "Nevada? .Well. yes. I bave been In Nevada, been there many a time. I have been over all the district In and around Ooldfleld, but that was before there waa any Ooldfleld or. railroad or mines worth speaking of In that section of the world. ' More than one ot my trips h been ot the kind that not only tries a mai'e body, but tries hie eotil as well. Oh, no. the life of a prospector Is not a bed of roses, but It la a happy life withaL Ton see, there la always something ahead. At least you feel that there is. Just over the next hill, or In the next hollow, hol-low, J have said to myself many a time. "Lots ot us never make the strike that we are looking for, but that-does not stop us from trying Just once more. "Would I like the same kind ot a life If I bad It to go over again? Well, yea, I think I would, for with all lte trials It haa Its Joys, and one of the greatest of these Is hope. I am getting a little along in years, but If It was not for this arm," referring to his right. In which be had the paralytic atroke, "I would be good for many years yet. I am a young, fellow yet. much younger la feelings and ambitions! than a lot of you young fellows fel-lows In years," had the old fellow looked around him at a half dosen men, none of whom had yet pasted the two-score mark. After resting at the station for a while Mr. Crockett announced that he was ready to go to bis home. 111 Tenth East street. Mr. Crockett hae mining Interests Inter-ests In Alta, a camp to which he haa often walked from to his borne In this city. . |