Article Title |
Dick, a Plain, Ordinary, Homeless Dog, Who Spends His Days Chasing Cars and Whose Life Seems to be Charmed |
Type |
article |
Date |
1907-06-09 |
Paper |
Inter-Mountain Republican |
Language |
eng |
City |
Salt Lake City |
County |
Salt Lake |
Page |
2 |
OCR Text |
Show Dick a Plain Pla n Ordinary Homeless Dog Who Spends His Days Chasing Cars V V and and Whose Life Seems to be Charm Charmed d I I Dick ll doesn't belong to anyone No- No No-j No him and anti Dick bo body bo ly corns s to want homebody did wouldn't be owned o if iC dO He lIe HeIs HeIs lIeIs dog Dick Itt Dick IK is jUl Just t a u. plain ordinary Is homeless because ho ire chooses ChOOS 8 to be but he has man many friends the boys boS boSon boyson boy of Dicks Dick's Wends friends are aro Mo Most t Dick the street cars or of the cl city on mont or of lila hIs time litre them few who do not are arc very and there follows tIre the cars most him lie He know of the tho day a anti and at night lc In or orne will bu be ready rca rea- that he barns barn so near r tire the ne the earliest cars cara inthe In Inthe inthe dy dv to go 10 out with rest rort t morning He takes time for a n. re the and tho the day aay anu during several Sod tire the refuse cans of oC food from flom gets his when he th tho ho town down restaurants the tire thenn doesn't choose to 0 follow ono one of oC nn Th nt at dinner time DI Dick k is I long i Rn and Iran has an en- en vi-ihlo vi record for Cor running IUt ills n friends lends sly say sy that he lie cnn can run harder ami anel longer lonser than in tho city even dog another other than an any If JC ho 10 iSn't o of royal Ho lIe i Is to have havo followed a car oar for tor five known hours without rest st except when th the tho stopped to receive or lot let on oft pasH pas pas- car ear Sneers The Tho Seeing Suit Salt Lake L City tv em H lIgers doesn't make any stop in Its two two- hour excursion but on one oC Dick DIcKs DIcK's a pastimes is to follow this ca car to the end of it Its th tho beginning SP from trip lie seems scorns to like variety arlet though when ho has followed tho the First Firs and amI University and bac back south car ear to lo the tire Sc he usually leaves it and accompanies Waterloo or the ca caThe car ho time the The TIre rules rulos of 01 tho tire company forb forbid d h imis would be glad t to the tine boys riding or lift occasionally Th The Tho him a give 0 rules dont don't seem to make mako much differ differ- ence enco lo to him though for Cor he generally Ck 4 V d. d refuses to board tho the car cur oven even I If he lie lieis hes invited to do so Is s Ho Ha Hohas Hohas nog Dick Is rather a careless og from narrow escapes has hail had many man or serious Injury and amid oven even his friends predict that ho he will como comnO comoto host hest violent end under tire tho car or wheels to a He runs between the tho rails In front of the car so that there I. I f nr his shadow between II to take him and the tho fender fonder He Ho seems spectators a scare in iii giving delight running under the tho car when it Is Isn hy by v tire the machinery and In n motion The Tho wheel trucks s of 01 tho tire cars are within Dick few fow inches of or the ground but a Is when the car under them thorn runs moving Thus Ihu tar far ho hasn't oven event lost losta of or his tall tail I a piece picco It is Dick doesn't wear a n collar and has been boon cent in taxes doubtful If Ir n a V. I S' S 11 i In n hl his iia whole Hr lire life He IC may t LV LUL municipal ordinance ordinance or or- of the bo 0 in iii Ignorance concerning him but ho Ira can ho can smell the dog-catcher dog as far as smell a street car and that that's s some somo distance It is known that when the catcher dos has been on his iris trail trail Dick hat has invariably In tacked lacked on to the the city Murray car and got sot beyond limits The Tho boys say ray that they would him rather rath- rath for for Cor a a. license gladly pa pay to the S or er than Iran allow him to lo bo be hauled crematory but they think that being allowed to Sn orphan he ho should hould bo be an living JJ for himself him him- make a live I if ho lie can they feel teel sure that self And anyway unless some traitorous trait toll ho he wont won't got ct caught orVus orous man in a n bino uniform traps him for the canine There Is somo some danger danser that this cc- cc calamity ca calamity lamity may befall him for tor a a. few Cow ow of ot the bo boys s are not entirely friendly d Ii 1 r i i to him He makes too much noise they For Dick pick has his iris streaks and oniris on say his iris noisy days ho gives a bark about 11 fourth Jump His Ills voice every third or SS hasn't been trained In any wow bow I P makes a a. and ho conservatory conservator either r better impression on people V when ho keeps still sUlI himI him like But most of oC tho the boys I hope theres there's a dog heaven said one the other day for tor I want to see and old Dick after ater ho he makes a slip sUp V VAnd in his checks under the wheels passes that And if It thero there is a dog heaven t of Dick Oleic will he be there Is tho the opinion 9 who wiro know him best for Var th hoiS ho Is those 45 1 VandI good to the heart thc they sa 51 V I never known to do anyone an an And wrong It If getting to heaven depends V on a long foni hard run Ick Jl Jl be there therein 4 in the lead leall of ot tho the j r V IV 1 Ii V t f rj r- r iii t f 0 i ft j s1 J i C f I. 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Reference URL |
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k0829p/3916785 |