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Show IN SAN DIEGO. A Lehi man's experience exper-ience there. THK SIGHTS OP THli COAST A good joke on a German-Items of interest. Kditor ILiuuer: I'liinkiuK a few items from this purt might bo of interest to your readers I send n few linc. I mu enjoying mr lulling very much and Mud somi ery good pcoplo lure. V nr expccllns to lini' a few more come ln!o the fold soon. We have some 115 diirer. nt fccU in this little city, so jou see k person can get plenty of reliK'ou nnd need not go hungry for thai. We liave our sliaio come to limr usand we baie romegod times. You aro all nwar thnt 1 don't detain them lonj ani do not wear out their pnlUucesu they will couie Hgnln. We expect to hold our confeieiiee on Oct. 18. They are holdini; one at San l'lnueisco now nnd (he president pres-ident will come, dona to l.oi A nuclei and hold coufert'ucu f'jr tlio southern district. Wo exprtt mine chnuges then and 1 may get u new Held of labor This city is located on the b.iy and Bo.no huge vessels land hue. 1 have seen vessels land from Huhiihm, .South Wales with coal, it took them '1 weeks to unload. Wo have a lino litccn nil the time. I hac not i-ceu it rain since I ciiine, nearly sly.'i'Qjjtlia ago. 1 re-leiillynnit re-leiillynnit ilon'n toici a ilivernt work, lie ptitH in six hours a day mid g- la n dollar an hour foi it. I!e is rcpaiiiug the SprecVles wharf and is non working in VS feet of water nml leports some of Ihe riling badly eaten away. There ure l men fin Io .l in work mid the are-uigo are-uigo cot of cementing n pile if) Tho iliier lepoils for duty nttl oVIoul: cicU mcrnlng and the work cf putlliig on the suit Is done by thiee men. lie llrxt puts on complete rubber suit mid tlitti it down to bine Ills asistiiulsilo tlio lest. A heavy coppei sliuuldci plate is next put on and then u iiibbei g.iiket. When this is sicuiel) f.isteiied a liclmct weighing weigh-ing 10 lbs Is put on mid thumb Hcrcws are uttd to fasten it to the shoulder plate, n monkey wieneli is used to make sure the hi'mMm will not untie loon.'. Next She belt, weighing 100 lbs is adjusted adjus-ted and held in place by slioutdtr biaces. A life Hue, or signal tope, is fastened nrouiid his waist passing out his shoulder. shoul-der. A huge kl.lfe il a leather ehexth is fastened to mi eye kolelu the helmet, Tlie shoes aro llion put on ; they we igh Olhs each. Rubber wiist bauds aie put on and the iIIut Is ready, lie makes a cartful inspection of tint woik nnd when it ismaangid to his saiiKfiie-t saiiKfiie-t ion, t lie tit r puuipis sliiitrdaud the cap i on the bclmct U Kcrewed lu place. A, tap on the helmet with the Hum-J key wieuch signals that all U ;eady. The divei goes e.iutiouly down the ladder until he is our his 'ic.id and n test is iiiado to see If the outlet uir nlie is all right, then with a signal fiom thoiope ho disappeais icmainlng down two or thiee boms at a tlmo. This man, John Wescol, related some uf his eipcrleuces down among tho llili. While lie was nt woik August Millet, h leliied urniy ofllcer ot close Oeriunn do-ecul, do-ecul, nasou the nh.iif A'llnesiing the work of tho men nt tlio pump. "Vat's dot fellow turning dat crank lor ,'" asked ask-ed Miller of a filcnd. "Tor air," was thobiicf leply. "Ail," salil Miller, "you tlnk I am a auckcis." The diver was on Ida nay up and tlio altoiidauts were silently waiting for iiiin at tlio top of tlio ladder when ho pupped out of the water. Millet let loose n shreak; "Och, niinoaolt in hiuimcldcr 1st derdevlll" llo had never accu n diver mid it was a joke on him. I enjoyed tlio scene. Tliero nro ninny tilings to be aeon on this const that are giond lo ono nilsed lu Utah who never saw an ocenn, I will close and try and do better next limo. I rdiuaiu as evr, a I ehi boy in lliocauao of truth. ...... II. A. Kusliinau. Hau Diego, Cab, Oct. f , 18Wi, |
