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Show MSN SEVEN FEET TALL SNORES, MING HOTEL MAID FEAR EXPLOSION feet two inchea high at 17, who was killed in Sweden tobogganing. Anton nerved in the Swedlab. army, end was the tallest man In the entire division. He ia the tallest man in Arizona, and probably taller than any in an in Utah or any other part of the West. Seven feet not seven ages of man, walked into the Wilson hotel today, covering about four feet at each step, and asked for a room. Fred Wey perched his glasses upon his aristocratic aristo-cratic nose and nearly fell backward trying to squint at the human skyscraper. sky-scraper. Chief Clork Venab)e had a fit In his Van Dyke beard, and the bell boys anlck-ered. anlck-ered. The hop pole wanted a bed one in which he could lay without drooping his feet over the footboard. Venable looked at Wey. Wey looked at Venable. Then both "rubbered" at the double-and-then-Bome yard measure, and began to fiddle On their fingers. They finally had the seven-footer conducted con-ducted up6tatrs, and after bumping his head in the elevator cage, ushered him into the largest room In the house. Then they rigged up a sort of extension bed. placing a trunk at the foot on piles, and taking out the footboard after propping up the bed. Inside of three minutes the windows began be-gan to rattle In that particular room, and a .pretty chambermaid ran downstairs three steps at a time, to tell Wey that an explosion had torn the lnsldes out of room No. 23. The entire hotel force dashed to the- room, bursting In the door, found seven feet of manhood stretched out, snoring like a steam calliope. Anton Frlberg f-Blsbee. Aria. is the man. lie is a mining engineer and a Swede. Anton weighs 276 pounds, and runs mostly to feet.- He wears a No. 14 shoe, two of them, and has to have them made to order likewise his shirts, collars, col-lars, hats, and almost everything lie wea rs. He Is 33 vears old and was born In Outtenberg, Sweden. He is one of a family fam-ily of four children. His parents are of medium size. He had a brother seven |