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Show rZAF. hiver VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, IJAIXH 26, IMGE .SEVEN 1SSG ! DEAR RIVER CITY 1 By Mrs. C. W. " ' Ya I ' IT 4 LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS COLONEL CODY aim ttfej? BUFFALO Bill "Death Wmthe Passenzz?' WO-Ua- By FLOYD GIBBONS -' work-ingmo- Famous Headline Hur.ter. boys and girls, for quite YOU know, wfcy I haven't seen more some time now, I've been yarns about the adventures that folks have in automobiles. I've a theory that a lot of adventuring is done in gas buggies. Half the people in this country have cart and certainly they must have adventurers in them. Well, sir, I've been jhollering for automobile stories and now, by golly, I've got one. It's (the doggonedest story you ever read in your life so crowd over there jand make room for that Kingfish of auto adventurers, Harry cue-coe- to-jd-ay hand-to-han- d It was in 1930 when Harry took what came darned near being his last ride wagon. He was working for the Holmes Construction company of e. ;Wooster, Ohio, doing some work on the road between Ellwood City and In A OS J Thursday and Friday visiting her WILLIAM TBEDHU A mothc. Mrs. Augu ta Iversen. Max Jensen and Miss Gayle Jensen, who are both working in Salt Lake City 8pent the weekend in this city visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osey Jensen and family. Miss Eleada Jenten of Brigham Ban in Sec County. Iowa City spent the weekend in this city F. Codr. a! li. loined d relatives friends. and visiting Tony Express." that group ol Mrs. Bemice Guild and three childaring riders who. braying lnCody one undertook to supply tho dren of Salt Lake City is visiting dians and bandits and Bring on on the Kansas Pacific Hallway (ho constant odgo oi death, carwith her mother, Mrs. Ably Miller with bunalo moat and so well did bo ried the bom MiMourl mailt to and family. that ho bocamo known a BuUalo California. BilL In 1S7S Cody was with tks U. 8. Mrs. Pearl Ohman and son are vis Cavalry that wont to avenge the death ol iting in Brigham City with her parGen. Custer. He encountered Yellow Hand. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hansen. Ike Cheyenne Indian ChieL In a William J. Rose who is working in contest fought with knives, and slew html In IMJ Cody organised the "Wild Ogden and Mr. and Mrr. Fred TimWest Show." a spectacular performance merman and two children of Ogden ol difficult riding and shooting teats, all spent Sunday in this city visiting which became popular and later toured I with Mrs. William J. Rose and family. Europe. He Use buried in a tomb that was I blasted horn solid rock on Lookout MounMr. and Mrs. Vernal Andersen and tain, about twenty mflee hem Denver. A Mrs. Jamen P. Jensen were Ogden Colorado. visitors Saturday. Quite a number from this ward at tended the quarterly conference held in Brigham City Sunday. Mrs. George Hansen arrived home parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jenscu Tuesday afternoon the Bear River! for a few from Malta, Idaho, where jhe days. Monday a eighth grade girls played very good Rodney, the 6 year old son of Mr. was called several days ago, due to game of ball with the Honeyville school girls. The score was 26 to 12 and Mrs. George Hansen had the mis- the severe illness of her grandmother, fortune to get a bad cut on his head Mrs. Hytt. in favor of Bear River. U above he when the left temple, Miss Ruth Burt, who is attending Mrs. Vernon Johnson arrived home just Sunday from the Cooley hospital in got hit with a base ball bat while school at the B. Y. U. in Provo, spent Brigham City with her baby boy. Mrs. playing during the noon hour at the weekend visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Regnold Burt and family. Johnson will stay at the home of her school. mm ' Relief Society News j Mr. and Mrs. Rast Petersen of thi city announce the marriage of their daughter. Carina, to Frank Carlson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Carlson of Brigham City. The marriage took place in Ogden, March 16. Mrs. Golden Petersen and three children of Snowville, Utah spent ADVENTURERS' GLUB : Bradford a buzs Zell-enopl- Harry'g job was running the air compressor which was mounted on a mall truck that traveled here and there wherever It was wanted. He had a ditch when the "super" came over and told him his jjust finished tampinghalf-way , machine was needed down the hill where the dynamiters had to havt 'some holes drilled. " The hill in question was a long one with a steep grade. Harry-drov- e his truck to the spot midway down the slope where it was netdsd, and waited for the rest of the men to arrive. In a few minutes the dynamite shooter came along in a dilapidated smaU car, lifted a case of dynamite out of the back seat and went to work. They finished drilling the boles Is short, order and were all ready to set And while the shooter was putting, the dynamite Into ibe pits, . off the blasts. f Harry began driving the cars back np the bill where they would be out of the way of the explosion. The social held Tuesdav. March 17 ui wuiiucwvi auvu v uw w ftw iaw- tion of the Relief Society 94 year ago, was a tesimonial of appreciation for Sister Fridal, SUter Pack and Sister Cook, who have been called to the presidency of the stake. May Fridal interestingly dcsc:il.c J the events and characters of that first Relief Society meeting held at Nauvoo, 94 years ago. Tony Landvat-tewith an appropriate speech, presented the organization on its birthday, with a beautifully decorated birthday cake. Bertha Harris gave splendid tribute'! to each of the three women honored by our association, showing the love an esteem in which they are held by its members. Olive Rhead presented the tokens of esteem, giving each with a verse which fittingly portrayed the phase of character which each had been most impressive to us. Florence Holdaway gave a reading. Ruby Sandall gave ur. a description of our town as it will appear 25 years from now, with a glimpse at a few of the more active members of our Relief Society, which caused much merriment. The Singing Mothers pleased everyone with some of our old favorite scngs. Judith Strand gave a vocal solo and Priscilla and John Robbins iung a duet. Our newly chosen Stake Presidency expressed the pleasure they have re ceived from their association with the women of this organization. There were 150 members and guests present, to whom a deliciousv luncheon wm served under the direction of Teckla Stenquist Lou Forsberg managed the kinder-te- n department. 19 children nresent. . r, Chris-tens- ZI- ! "Not So Easy With Carload of Death! own track to the top of the hill, and then went back to the bis ran iHe shooter's car. It was a regular heap of Junk that car and the entire back eat was full of cases of dynamite. It was headed In a downhill direction and the road at that point was narrow and uneven. Harry didn't quite like the Idea of turning a car full of dynamite around in- a spot like that, so he decided - - to play safe and back the buggy up the MIL He climbed into the car and began driving carefully toward the top. It was almost half a mile to the summit, but he got there without any mishap. Then, just as he had reached his goal, the machine Jumped out of gear and began to roll down the hill again. Harry jammed his foot down where he thought the brake pedal would be to find that it wasn't there. The pedal had been broken off, leaving only an inch or so of metal rod protruding through the floor board. He reached for the emergency brake and pulled on It hard. For a second it seemed to catch. Then there was a metallic "ping" as the brake rod snapped, and the car started moving forward again. ' Riding a Rocket Into Another Life. His last chance, now, was to get the car back In gear. He grabbed the shift lever and pulled It toward first. The gears ground until he thought he would strip them, but they just wouldn't mesh. His last chance was gone nos ;There was nothing to do but ride it out with that load of dynamite and hope for a miracle when he cracked up at the bottom of the hill. Faster and faster the car went as it bowled along down the steep, mile-lcnincline. And Harry, expecting every moment to be his last, and every bump he went over to be the jounce that would set off the explosive stuff in the back seat, clung to the wheel and rode along with it. "With any other car," he says, "I would have run into the bank at the side of the road and brought it to a stop. But I didn't " dare with this one, as I might upset And boy, I didn't want to upset. with a load of dynamite." He was coming to the middle of the hill now to the spot where he had the drill holes with dynamite. He saw. the left the dynamite shooter-fillinshooter jump back as he approached held bis breath ashe ran over that holes. But luck was vritli)Jinn, and he got by little bunch of dynamite-ladev without settiug any of them off. g g n Not One Life, But Thirty, Now! The car was plunging down hill at a terrific speed now. The dynamite Shooter told Harry later that he was doing about 70 when he passed him. It wouldn't be long before he hit the bottom of the hill. Suddenly lie rounded a corner and saw, not 50 feet ahead of him, a crew of men at work grading the road. no way to get past them. They were all over the road and there was In another two seconds he would be plunging into the thick of the mob. There was only one way to avoid that, and Harry threw the wheel so fast that Harry lost sharply to the left. After that things happened ' count of them. The car hit something turned clear around. The rear end, swinging over, d a small coupe that was bounced off a pile of forms. Then the car steam came to rest three feet from a ten-to- n and the beside road, standing roller "When I climbed Out of that car," says Harry, "I was trembling like a leaf. shudder thinking of what would have happened I can still work up a man-size- d If rd hit that roller, and five cases of dynamite let go," with me In the car, and ' 80 men working all around me." high-compressi- gwt&L side-swipe- valve-in-hea- d on " Tangible Results Of Newspaper , Advertising One thing about the horse. 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