Show NATIVE SON OF KANAB GAINS 0 A I 1 N 3 recognition kano kana county standard the friends of wm win T dobson of kanab were de lighted delighted to read the story sinister which la 19 appearing in serial form in the westerner magazine the july number of the magazine also has a short Ibo graphy ot of mr dobson which roads reads as follows will dobson was born within tour four miles of the utah arizona line and in sight bight of 0 the kaibab forest in the town of kanab when he waa was eight years old the nearest railroad station to kanab was nepal utah and the trip to and from the railroad took three weeks even after the railroad was extended to marysvale Marys Mary vale kanab enjoyed the distinction of being the farthest from a railroad ot at any jovn of its size in the united states it Is a region of cow punchers and bronco busters austers as well as sand cactus and vividly painted cliffs in ill such environment viron ment only ono one thing kept him from becoming a rodeo star that was his bis peculiar and persistent habit of landing oft off a horse on his head As a boy too he had his bis share of experiences in the cow camps sheep camps roundups shearing corrals and sawmills of that section of other schooling there was waa not so BO much available at that time but he did manage to get one year at the L D S college in salt lake by the time the great war came along he had bad acquired a large family and had become a ranger on the kaibab forest forell this life he claims was so fascinating he always felt ashamed to take pay tor for it it was like being paid to go on a vacation to the wonderland of america however he found uncle sams pay checks too small for his needs end nd realized regretfully that it was time to settle down and make a fortune to this end he moved to the new and nourishing flourishing town oc at HarrI hurricane cane he tried the ufa life of at a fruit grower A killing frost said to have been the first of its kind in sixteen years promptly destroyed ills hta prospects and forced him to look for a job that would provide flour and shoos having had experience at 0 a sort in a small newspaper plant in kanab lie he obtained a job on oil the iron iran county record in cedar city from cedar city lie he moved to salt lake where ila ho has been working asa as ft printer for nearly nine years ilia his stories he writes in ills his spare time ile ho says sas they help to satisfy ills longing for the freedom of the camps and ranches or ills his homeland and the wonders and beauty 07 0 f th tho 0 kaibab forest and the north rini besides he ha explains man who has haa had an interesting experience li hankers ankers to tell it and a man would be deaf dumb blind paralyzed and a corpse from his hia chin up not to gather a wealth of fascinating experiences in tho the scenic section ot at southern utah mr air hobsons Dob sona sons story sinister Is the outgrowth of hla his experiences la in southern utah wo we home folks who have always known will know that ho he has marked ability as a writer ever at since nee he ha edited tho the first newspaper in kano kane county years ago he has haa been con soldered ono one at 0 our boys that had a future before him la in the literary world and we aro are glad that he Is now able to devote a part of his time to this particular field ilia hla ability as a story writer Is worthy of recognition and the publishers of the westerner have done well to accept ills his story |