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Show it MET S FRIEND WHILE ! IKED JOT DIM j. AND WAS JAILED ' John Doe who talked with a dial- '1 'ect that would havo made the name ' Yon YonBon more appropriate plcad- 1 ed guilty In police court to being i drunk. He was allowed to tell his ? story and said that yesterday aftor- noon he was near the Heafy hotel J;: i feeling pretty hlue. His shoes were i nearly worn out and he was near the ; end of his rope. While ho was stand- ' !i Jng there, a stranger passing by sa- luted him and he returned the salute. Ii The man stopped and asked him if j he had not been a passenger on the 'I transport Grant when It returned to : the states from the Philippine Islands. Vj ; Ho answered In the affirmative and, ' In the conversation that ensued, he I : found that the strangor had also came v'- J over on the Grant, and in a few mln- : utes they became quite friendly. He p .3 A told the man of the hard straits ho M 1 was n 5111(1 uIs new found friend , bought him a pair of shoes and gave j him $2. ' i ' "Then," continued John, "wc went 4 ' up town and took a drink in nearly t? ; every saloon on the street. Ve got v a bottle of Yellowstone and licked I' that up and that vas all ay know." ,' ; The officers reported that no bad 3 j circumstances were connected with . 1 -1 the case and tho judge suspended sen- i tence. s $ Tho case against J. H. Nolln andv " Dan Grubb, which was taken under 3 ; advisement Monday morning, was called. The men were arrested for jj . ; fighting, have broken a window in the j . Glen Brothers Music company store ' during the melee. At the trial they n't j said that they desired the privilege r j of paying for the glass and the judge I delayed his decision until that was ;j ij done. Sergeant H. C. Peterson re- 18 ported that the men had paid for the 13 y ; gla3s which cost 67, and the judge 19 ;, said he thought that was sufficient J punishment and suspended sentence." |