Show NATIVE SON OF KANAB 0 GAINS A I 1 N S recognition RECO tho the friends of 0 wm win T dobson of 0 kanab were delighted to read the tory story sinister which la IS appearing in it serial form in the westerner magazine the july number ot of the magazino magazine also has a short Ibo graphy of mr dobson wit which ich reads as follows will dobson was born within tour four miles in es ot of the utah arizona line and in sight of the kaibab forest in the town of kanab when he was eight years old the nearest railroad station to kanab was nepal utah and the trip to and from the railroad took three wee s even after the railroad was waa extended to MaryB Mary vale avale lanb kanab enjo enjoyed y ed the distinction ot of being the farthest from a railroad ot at any town of its size in the united states it Is a region of 0 cow punchers and bronco busters austers as aa well as sand band cactus and vividly painted cliffs in such environment viron ment only one thing kept him from becoming a rodeo star that was his peculiar and porsi persistent stent habit of landing oft a horse on his head As a boy too he be had his share of experiences in the cow camps sheep camps roundups roun dupa shearing corrals and sawmills ot or that section of other icho schooling oling there was waa not so ao r much bucl available at that time but he ha did manage to got get one year at the L D S college in salt lake by the time the great war came along he had acquired a large family and had become a ranger on on the kal bab forest this lite life he claims was so fascinating he always felt ashamed to take pay for it it was like being paid to go on a vacation to the wonderland of america i Ho however holiver wiver he found uncle sams pay checks too small lor for his needs and realized regretfully that it was time to settle down and make a fortune T to a this end he moved to 10 the new and flourishing town ot of hurricane he tried the lite life ot of a fruit grower A killing frost said mohave to have been the first of its kind in sixteen years promptly destroyed his prospects an and forced him to look tor for a job that w would uld provide flour and shoes having had experience of a sort in a small newspaper plant in kanab he obtained 4 a job on the iron county record in cedar city from C edar cedar city he moved to salt lake where lie ho has been working as a printer for nearly nine years ills his stories he writes in his bis spare time he says bays they help to satisfy ah alon F ing toro for the freedom of the camps and ranches or of his homeland and the wonders and beauty of the kaibab forest and the north rl him n besides he explains any man who he has had an interesting experience hankers hanker s to tell it and a man would be deaf dumb blind paralyzed and a corpse from his chin up not mot to gath gather er a wealth of fascinating exper experiences experienc lenc 1 in the scenic section of southern utah mr hobsons Dob sons story sinister Is the outgrowth of hla his experiences in southern utah we wd home homa folks folds who have always known will know that he has marked ability as a writer ever since he edit edited edthe the first newspaper in kane county years ago he ha has been considered one of our boys that had a future before him in the literary world and we are aie glad that he be is now able to devote a part of his time to this Paril particular cular field ills his ability as a story writer Is worthy of 0 recognition aon and the publishers of the westerner have done well to accept his story |