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Show f J THE SALT LAKE. TRIBUNE, CAPPY RICKS Shows the Advantage of Taking a Careful You Take a Dangerous Leap. Look-Befo- re By PETEB B. KTSfE Ever since the news leaked out that I have to all intents and purpose retired from active business, a host of indniduala tiot connected remotely with roe by ties of blood, business, friendship or. bo win acquaintance, appear to have Jumped to themv life tha the afternoon of for them. ahall be spent workln Which leads me. Inevitably, to thp conclusion that the hardiest work 1 has been dodetn ophae ever done portunities to take on odd jobs fW the alleged sheer Joy of accomplishment I wonder why the world decline to let an old man rest In peace last year I was chairman of the ArbitraMerchants tion Board of the I didnt-- want the Job, but the board of director appointed tne anyhow as a tribute to my standing in the community, my knowledge of trade ethics and my sense of impartial Justice As a result I've spent Just eihty-tw- o davs of the year listo the bickering of & lot of tening d business men who got scraper nothing and were too cheap ping or too cowardly to let a Judge of the superior court settle the row for them The same impression that T had nothin ta do and was wishful to do It moved the Steamship Managers Association to appoint rpe executive chairman of the Strike Committee, aith the result that a radical Red planted a bomb under the rear seat of my limousine It was so arranged that when I should sit down on the cushion Td be wafted to glorr Providentially four voun hoodlums stole my limousine for a joy ride and the the car was insured anyhow It burned shat was left of ft and I got into the new spapers and had no rest for a week All mv friends came to congratulate me on mv miraculous escape and thev shook my band until it got blu and swelled uo and old man Ferguson trounced me dreadfully at golf That week I had to fight pff invitations to speak at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club the local Den of 1 Ions, the Advertising Club, the Chamber of Commerce the Merchants and Manufacturers, the Dealers AsosciatJon the T M C sK , the Knights ef Columbus, and the Jewish Welfare Board Jn the midst of the battle mv secretary telephoned in that a policeman was out in the general office and desired an Interview with me "Show the officer in I told her T imagine it s about time for me to a of tickets to lot the annual buy grand ball in aid of the widows and of the Policemen Proorphans fund So she showed tective Association the policeman in and he served a notiie on me to appear in Judge T.lec-tric- Bradv court ? ten' oclock nett morning to be examined, for duty as a juryman Now that I am retired I daresay mi v name has been added to the list of professional jurymen. 1 thought of ail the things 1 could think of to trial but escape that awful murder nothing I could think of would do In mv despair 1 took the matter up with Captain Mike Murphy, roy port captain Praise be, Michael was equal to the emergency It appears he knew Judge to the same Brady they belong council of the Knights of Columbus or something and he knew Brady's weakness, That night he brought over to roy house a female greyhound nd formally presented her to me he assured Now, then. Mr Ricks, me, when you go. to court tomorrow ask Hls Honor ta" excuse you on the ground that you have a pressing private business that aitnpfy must be attended to He U ask you what your private business is and vou tell him you hesitate to let it be known in open court, for fear His Honor mav think you re flippant. He will Insist on knowing, however, so then you tell him frankly that your favorite bitch, Tipperary Belle, out of Shannon Isis, she by Emin Pasha is about to whelp and vou dont want to be stuck on jury duty when it happens The judge wUl look interested and ask you what dogs the pops are bv vand you tell him the father is Wild Rapparee His Honor is mad about greyhounds, he has fotir in his back yard and not a one of the four worth a dime That grevhoand talk will make you a blood brother of him and he'll excuse you so you can take him over to your house for a look at Tipperary Belle. Be careful he doesn t sw indie you out of a pup, because Jve promised all of them. And JU he in the kjsck for Tipperary Belle morning The judge did and he was I have been drawn for the Federal Grand Jury which Is a three months chor but f am worrying no longer I will put the task of excusing me up to Michael J Murphy and he Captain w ill get me out Otherwise, I am not Splendid roan, Murphy He looks before he, leaps He sizes up the situation and creates his own opportunity, then bv merely taking advantage of the opportunity he gets what he goes after Which is more than my old friend, Dan Kerrigan, once did Dan was one of the wiki Jnh who started in the Michigan woods fifty vears ago, as a lumberjack. Gradually he moved west, following the line of the mercnantabe timber and gradually adding to his bankroll Finally he settkd in a count in "Western Washington and put up a single mill Of course Dan had to have a mill y on the bank watt him? for the unwelcome visitors Suddenly the moon came out from behind a black cloud eiul Dan saw a log He made a run drove hi pike pole into the edge of the bank and. using it as a pole vauiter uses bis pota, the old lumber-lac- k leaped far out into the pond, hoping to land on the log. t'aw his wav up with the help of the ckiks on his boots, burl the log for a minute. fend It oft the shingto bolt boom, ride it in and strand it To Dan s amusement, for the I cep was not such a long one and he had made longer leaps before, even though he was now past seventy, he tmsaed the log and wont doWa m about thirtv feet of scummy flood water He came up binder the shingle boom, bumped his bald headv dove &aram swam thirtv Aardv under the shingle boom to vhore, tame up like an otter and veiled to one of hie men Legorrv, how I come to mitts that I must be gettin old one, I dun no Mother o Moses there s another log Gimme a pike-pol- e. from the He grabbed a pike-po- le man made another long, running leap for the log, missed it, went down out of sight, came up under the shingle pond In which to store --hi shingle bolts. Hls woods gang got out the shingle bolts up country and floated them down a phaaant huis stream which Dsn had dammed in a little valley where be built bis shingle tnill The situation was ideal for profitable until, winter shingle manufacturing came and a f w feet of snow covered tho country for miles on each side of the stream Not that Dan had to float his shingle bolts In H then, for he dldn t. Hashed his winters supWhat he ply safe in the 'mill pond had to fear was the warm wind that blows off the Japan current in that the seftJpcm of the Norths eetwhat Indians call aCbinook When a counChinook strikes on try the snow melts like a hotel ranger and, of course, when the Chinook struck Dans country, everv lutle stream became a roaring torrent, banks caved in. and precipitated old dowh limber into tiw said torrent, and these windfalls moved along until they turned into the main stream that fed Ien s mill pond This stream would. In a few hours, develop into a raging river, hurling huge logs into Dan s ahlngle boom, threatening to brak the boom logs and send his snow-covere- d m , SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1923. ll have to take that his foreman deWhat manded. . Ahy. that wan. ye Idjeet," yelled Dan. Cant vel see it the Its s moonlightwhatnight,vou said v been and foreman, all a st t at log jumping in For the love o heaven, what Is it, then? howled Dan. lt the shadow of your ahlngl mill smokestack on the pond Dan Now. then the foreman answered let that be a lesson to you. You're not as young as you used to be, m after this you d better take m look before you Wap. I like Dan Kerrigan. I m suffer In from the delusions and Illusions when these of age, so hereafter, public spirited birds start finding new jobs for 1me and ret use to take my excuses, m Just going to turn the excuse factory over to a younger and brainier man, and let it go at that Somebody else wan on iv on" v ' ln"rrr'1"1 15 lb iA" ' & list, by the United lure Syndicate to tr-f-i '' .c -I" V in , Nearly everybody has a machme that whirls him into refreshing evening I reeves that carries him and his family and friends into the s that mountains or country 'for makes every day a vacation 'day that brings new Ijfe and ambition into his work and joyous pleasure into his play! w week-end- Fea- - , Pocatello Arranges to ' Extend Harding Welcome ts Tbs Trtbeoe. ROCATEJdiO, Idaho, June 23 All arrangement have been completed The most practical of all ears famed the world over for its sturdy Energy and its power to navigate where other cars fail is within , the reach of everyone. A small oudayritt the beginning the mini- mum of upkeep costs and all the pleasure and zest you could possibly get from any car is for the reception to be tendered President Harding on hls initial visit to Pocatelo Thursday morning, June 28 The committee in charge consists of Hj R. Turner, chairman, A. C Hinck- M. Ingersoll, li N Roberts, Fred Caldwell, Jesse K. fc Budge, J E. Kdgerton J H Peterson, John Moran, Gene Bistiine l.d Ames W. R. Biders, Charles K. Frasier and B. A. Krussman. Mr. Harding's address st Pocatello will be from the rear of his car wjii h will be parked on a spur track just Folnorth of the abort Jne depot lowing his speech the president will be escorted to the Idaho Tech ground where he will greet the children residing on the east side of the city From the Tech the president will be taken to the high school grounds, where he wid greet the children residing on the west side of the city. A reception will thenat be tendered the the Short Line nations executive ley, Colonel -- . That week I had n to fight off invitations. precious store of shingle bolts on the loose, down river to the Pacific ocean On such occasions Dan had a gang of river hogs always out on hie shingle holt boom, with pike poles, ready to jump every wild log that came charging into the boom, ride them m to ehoro and stand them where thev-oul- d not possibly be a menace Dan was alwavs so worried while the freshet was on that he alwavs superintended this job himself Well, came a bright moonlight wina Chinook blowing ter night steadilv all dav The river was up running bank full, with an old, and forgotten log ramping Into the pond often enough to make life interesting and the harassed Dan d Ir J Broaddas Will Lecture at Brigham June r Ch r $1445 Coupe for Five r Ttf yours in the Ford. Backed by our famous O.K. servioe, an investment that returns you its four-folCome in tomorrow. i Doabl-Ribb- 4 ilitrrtfnx&feiolmt'lcgcs sold1 iVfv J8Tt lOT ter sell Utah to the people of th country Dr. Broaddua la intensely interested In the great duck hunting grounds west 0 thi city and sa that right here we have a iHctatle that peopie will come mile twsee, if they were onlv told what wo have The lecture will be given at th ial chib rooms and the general om-n- public inv ite-- i3h tg R, Orien meeting RUPERT GETS CONVENTION should Special to Tbe Tribune. RUPERT. Idaho, June Rupert has boon chosen f?r the next district American meeting plare for Degion. Th local legion was represented at the convention held in Filer holer, Cecil Adams, by Dr. Myron Fred IJaton, O W. Paul and 3 Ir GREAT INTERFERENCE , Tis too tout entirely your gettin', FUen. 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Never before have you been offered a greater dollar for dollar value than the Oakland Coupe for Five. Ita Fisher-bui- lt body beautifully designed, luxuriously upholstered, completely appointed will delight you. In mechanical excellence it is equally satisfying. The engine carries Oaklands famous 15,000 mile guarantee. It is sold on the basis of known mileage. Roomy as many sedans; cozy as a coupe it is built right and priced right while reasonably prompt deliveries are yet possible. . nation One hundred member of the American legion in uniform will ait as official eecort for (he president in the boom, swain ashore and saw another parade There will be fourteen offilog coming in to tbs boom A special cial cars in the parade All hands at this pint' he yelled train wUl be run to Pocatello from Tboyre lomin in bunches. I cant Twin Falls and auto caravan are Be the Rock o' being formed in Bear Hake and Frankhandle thirn all Cashel, how I missed that second one lin counties I donno, at all, at all Quick Somebody gimme another ike pole Somebody gave him one and again And he made a leap for that log 28 he missed it and went down again Bv the time he had swum under the boom to shore he was prettv well 8pcU! to Tb Trlbono. - The Ki BRIGHAM (TTY, June used up And the first thing he saw was another leg There it was big warn club of Brigham (Tty w bring K. of Rroaddu lake and black, and forbidding coming in ing Dr J to the boom broadside on, like its Citv here next Thursday evening to Illustrated lecture on tw o predecessor dedver his Dr Broaridus ha Beautiful Utah Begorry panted Dan T m all in made a thorough study of I tah n wonderlands and 4 convinced that we i In th AntomoWle Basinet s ft gpeeUl grey-boun- d Boise 'J learhj evaykilij oimsn car Ttx (Copyright, tUf T and Lorraine Dietrich. . 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