Show INTERESTING OGDEN FOLK Continued From Irom Peso Pino One man had been ben and bar har- harra har ra ed all along lonc the line each ach city Ity and town s sending newspaper mento mento men to mp meet t him and try to get a 0 new tory story wh hen n a as a matter of ot tact act Harriman n had said ald and public had nothing new now to say to the pub pub- lic lie A large delegation al of o men M aa vb s gathered red at t Ogden some ot of them coming from Salt Lak Lake and others othen from front aft as far fir as s San Fran Fran- Francisco Francisco cisco deco W We We w were r like upon leash leah when whon the train pulled Into the station Mr Wattis Wattle said There Thore aa lias a disappointed crowd of reporters when hen Mr Harriman sent out word by his secretary that he was extremely busy that be h had nothing new now to say eay In an Interview and he ho asked ked to be excused from questioning The reporters hung hun around th the platform for almost an n hour and wet lounging and talking when suddenly Mr saw nw Mr ilman Har-ilman Tar i-Tar- ilman como come corn from front the other end of the train antI and start tart quickly for tor the station STr Mr Wattis ran and anti caught up tip with him and jut juet as us Mr fir i-fir- Hir made malde a move as It to go goback BObach back bAek the loung oung reporter asked Please Mr Harriman just jurt a a few words Wont Won't you kindly let us have lust just three minutes of your our timeS time'S OT l tOT OT fUen NEWS NEW In the meantime the other news new newspaper I piper paper men had caught sight of Mr Hurlman and crowded around Fl- Fl FInally Fi Finally nally Mr HarrIman permitted the tho Interview w but tell telling tellin mil r the reporters just ut what three minutes time or oro en osen een one minute meant to a a real realI I busy man m n Questions were fIred tired at Mr Harriman for tor a minute and a half and ond nd then the th reporters report r began to slow down All i-c- i re resulted suIted stilted simply In getting the tb same lew Int as was wa gIven Riven at Omaha and other cities that Mr harriman was simply making Il a trIp of ot Inspection over tho the line Mr lr Wattis however saw an OP- OP OPportunity op opportunity tor for a good Rood story ory Ic He wrote what hat Mr Harriman had told him him about the lue of a tow low mm- mm min minutes utes time to a railroad magnate and the story wis wu printed In the Ogden and Salt Lake Lak pap papers rs Then Thon It a was picked ed up by other papers and printed throughout the country changed chanced slightly from fromn n no ne to time Mr Wattle was wa iva born at anti and received ed his early schooling there and In Ogden When but butIn butin butIn In his teen teens he ho worked with con con- con construction gangs canes In the th summer and Caine back tor for his schooling In the thew 1 Inte Into months he joined a railroad gI glad glad- glading ad- ad adIng Ing outfit and went to Canada where here he h worked In the Selkirk and In other sections lie He Id on this work and then started lack back to Ogden to 10 continue with his hi schooling but found thata that a as the railroad would give him hint a pass to WInnipeg It 1 would be b bet better ter ler to go eo eastward and then return a est eat After crossIng th tho tha border Mr fr Wattis stopped at St Paul MInn hl which h wa was the first large larg city ho vIsited and as his money was da d he h decided to start to school chool there thero ther Instead of ot return return- returning return ing to Ogden lIe JI liked th t the schools ld kide there r so well that he ho continued I hi hits work worl on the railroad gradIng during the summer and returned there during the winters winter There ho n was editor of the high school chool paper and cd the first experience which probably led to eXile I his later association with newspapers GOES GOE TO OR I After Arter finishing high hl h school with hono honors he h entered Cornell and while le there was given the big biff thrill rill comes come but one once in th the life lifetime life life- lifetime time Of ot every human humon He wrote a fiction story stor and entered It In a cont contest st offered by the th Youths Youth's CompO Companion and won non first prize of 1000 His story although tlc tic tic was based upon construction construction tion and engineerIng problems and the scenes were laid In Canada where here Mr Jr hr Wattles had worked on con construction There were ere stories entered In the contest Since Sine that time Mr lIr Wattle Wattis Its has written and had published quite a number o of short stories REPORTER Cornell Mr Wattis enter enter- entered ed ed the th of o Minnesota he e ho he h continued his stud studies Ie for tor 2 years At the th death ot of bi father tather ho he h came back to Ogden and orl worked ed d with construction forces torce In Montana for two or three ears when n he h entered his newspaper work on the Ogden Standard as re- re reporter re reporter porter lAter Ieter he went to Salt Lake and was as by the Herald there and still later had charge chart of the Ogden Orden department of or o the Salt Lake Herald While Identified with the news news- newspapers newspapers papers lie was secretary of the Utah Construction com corn company company pany although at that time tim the company was known as Corey Brothers company After Afler nearly 10 ears of news new piper news piper per work Mr Ir Wattle Wattis went to New Mexico 1 to tah take charge of ot con con- construction construction work there After Arter that he directed construction work In Ogden Idaho and Colorado fi finally tI- tI nally returning to Ogden in 1902 During the tho th World war and In Inthe inthe the period that followed Mr Wat Wat- Wat- Wat Wattie Wattis tI tie was active vice vie ofee president of the tho Utah National bank but he h still gave time tim to the th construction com corn company patty pany HES HE'S BUSY IfA A He lie Is la a member of ot the th Masonic lodge and past master of Unity lodge No 18 10 Also Mr Wattle Wattis laa Is Isa Isa a member o of th the Weber club the club the tho Ogden Osden Golf nd Country club a charter member and president of the th Ogden 0 den Ten Ten- Tennis nl nis nii club and vIce vie president of the Fh at Utah National bank and nd the tle th First Utah Savings Sa bank lIe He I is also president of o the Ben Den Lomond Orchard company anti and a l regent reB nt of the University of ot Utah He Il wasa was wasa a presIdential elector In 1920 Mr Wattis Is also a member of the board of ot trustees of th the Carn Carnegie library Hf lIe served two terms aa a president of the Weber club and during the war wor a a- member ot of the tl state stat council of ot de defense tense Mr fr Watts Wattis wed an Ogden OKd n girl Veda Hay Littlefield They Th y have five children and resIde at s-I Twenty Twenty str street |