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Show yu GOVERNOR' SPRY LOST WATCH Governor Spry has recovered his watph That is, he thinks he has. Late yesterday afternoon an attorney attor-ney of Sprlngvllle, named McPherson, telephoned the governor that he had q watch in his possession which he believed be-lieved to be the missing tlmopleco. According to the Springvillc man, a frlepd of his brought him the watch with the statement that he had loaned loan-ed two young men several dollars on It on a plea of needing money to get a meal ticket The watch, they sajd, was the only remaining heirloom of a dead father The friend loaned the money and Jn making, a later examination exami-nation Pf the watch, after the two youths had failed to call for it when they promised, found that it had the appearance of being a valuable timepiece time-piece He called upon Attorney McPherson, Mc-Pherson, so the latter said over the telephone, and asked Ills advice about the legality of keeping the watch when It was uncalled for Attorney McPherson In looking at the outer case discovered the initials "W. S." and then discovered that the inner case was evidently not the one originally put in. After pondering on the initials "W S" and trying to think of someone with those initials who had lost p. watch, the attorney thought of Governor Gover-nor Spry He gave a description of the case to John Hardy, the gover nor's secretary, who became convinced convinc-ed that the lost had been found However, How-ever, to make doubly sure, he took the number of the works and at once telephoned tel-ephoned the local jeweler who had sold the watch, and the numbers corresponded corre-sponded The watch in question was chiefh valued by Governor Spry on account of Its having been a gift from state officials offi-cials It was stolen by a "porch climber" some two weeks ago. and no trace of It has been found, although the police department and the sheriff's sher-iff's office have been on a constant lookout The watch was sent to Salt Lake last night by express by Attorney McPherson Mc-Pherson and it is expected Gpverncr Spry will receive it today. |