Show INTERESTING FOLK i J lm Jj L WATTIS W EW men outside books of F SEW FEW fiction have had more op- op op- op opportunities op opportunities for thrilling than n L Wattis treasurer treasurer secretary of the Utah Construction compan one of the large largest t companies of its kind in the entire world R Railroad construction Yo work ork ok In Inthe inthe Inthe the western states state and In Canada when when the west lived up to Its reputation of ot wild and 1 wool 1001 woolly ly Iy and several of newspaper spa per reporting gave ample opportunity for tor tho action that ly II a oung red-blooded red man craves Yet with all the attraction of the great outdoors for a oung oun man manto manto manto to uin ln In himself a 0 college coller education b his hi o own labors was WIlS a 0 feat Mr Wattis de- de despite despite spit de-spit spite that in those 3 ears college educations education were not so o readily ob- ob obtaIned ob obtained tamed as a today tOdy with Ith many schol and other offerings I INE E EXPERIENCE Of all tho the experience rained gained In his tasks however Mr as- as asserts as that his hi years year of and digging up new news for tor a newspaper new pp was the mot most valuable Later when he became Identified d in the bank bank- bankIn banking In big ing busIness did this experience be- be beCome como bo Come omo especially of great reat value It taught him to see se ce the of others to to grasp crasp a R thought or Idea quicklY and lind to welch weigh It carefully but with surprising quickness knus s sTear Years Tears of Interviewing had taught him tho the knack of o tollo follo- ins follow Ing ones one's thought and easily eally grasp grasp- graspIng Iny Ing the meaning BO so that a R quick and decision could be forthcoming It wa was of extreme extreme aue aue ue In the banking business During the years that Mr Ir Wat-tl Wat tI worked for a ne Ogden probably saw sw more real ac- ac action action ac action tion than during any other period It was as the day days of the Lucin cut off cut off when hundreds of ot laborers were suddenly turned loose nith Ith ther money burnIng holes hole In theIr pockets and everyone every vory one of them looking for tor excitement or amuse amuse- amusement amusement ment Or Of all the tho storIes which Mr Ir Wattis CO pred during this till pe- pe period pc nod the tho one which remains most vividly 1 lIy In his hi mind was the th big In Irvin In robbery about 25 26 ears ago at Fate Fat caused the tho th rob rob- robber rob robber berto ber hers to take place within a few I hundred I yards from where hero Mr attis was vas bornAt hornAt born horn bornAt At the time tim of the robbery how how- howe how e eier er Mr fr Wattis wu was w In Ogden R and nd ahen hen the news of the robbery ca came cameto me Ito to the a cab was sent lent for the I reporter a as there th ro were few tele- tele tele telephones I hones phones at that tint tim tim tim- Mr Ir Wattis hurried to the depot where h Ii got ot I his first tint Inform of the th hold hold- holdup holdup hold holdup up from a man who had hail been sent ent t by the conductor of o the train to den toOg-den Ogden to d the alarm The Theman Theman Theman man came In on horseback LIKE MOVIE rO J R Not long long- afterward the th train Into Ogden and the de- de details de details tails tells of the tir robbery were procured IA A lone hand bandit It climbed over oer the IheI I tende ordered the engineer to un- un unI uncouple uncouple un uncouple couple the mill mall and express car carand carand and run It down th the tho track trl lie He liethen I then rifled the th registered cd mall mail sack and made hia hi getaway g lie He H was ws never captured and although the department chocked checked to determine the tir amount mount of the 1008 lo th the actual amount was wa never n an- an announced an announced nO Some discarded register ed tta registered mill mall was ws found near n ar scene of the th robbery but the th bundles bundle of currency Y taken were never reco- reco recovered ered yr II ARRIVES At another period of his hi news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper paper career crr Mr Wattle Wallis W recall recalls the day dllY when B I U 11 Harriman railroad magnate then at the th height of his hia career a came me to ORd Ogden on an nn Inspection In- In Irl Iri trip oer o er the lines Harrl Harrl- 1 Continued on Page Paco r co Three TIree |