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Show vu WILLIE OTTOGARY, UTAH'S UNTUTORED GENIUS. If the Logan Journal fully recognized recog-nized the value of the laughs which go with each one of Willie Ottogary's letters to that paper, it would be syndicating syn-dicating the regular contributions. By way of explanation, Willie Otto-gary Otto-gary is a Washakie Indian, living on the reservation near Utah's northern boundary. He has had a little schooling, school-ing, which has led him to chronicle the events of Washakie for his favorite fav-orite newspaper. Each week a letter appears in the Journal, of which the following, from Thursday's Issue Is a fair sample: Washakie, Sept. 11. The people peo-ple are progressing right along and our school hasn't start yet. It is soon. But our threshing Is done for this year and sold our grain good price this year, the sugar beet crop is not so good this year, everything Is good shape for this and working is start now. Several boys was seen in Garland some time ago and doing some shopping. shop-ping. The people are here re-joylce re-joylce hear tho Brigham City peach day is coming. And, some of them want join the crowd. I hoping they are splendid time down their. Mr. Socqultch Tim-pimboo Tim-pimboo and wife return home from Hyrum and gather some wild fruIL Mr. George Comnake was hurt through out from wagon near the West Portage and is layed up now and hurt pretty bad and one wheel run over him across his stomack. He was going to Portage Port-age then his wagon hit little hole and Jump, then he slip his foot hold and fell under the wagon between be-tween his horses. Well sir I was meet Mr. P. F. Whitt from Lewiston, Utah, in the Mr. Everet hardware store on 24th last month. But he talking talk-ing with me and he find me I am one of the responded the Journal. He want me advertise his twin boys, he said to me I have twin boys 21 year in 2 day of Sept. 1916. Kind wish reporter of the Journal. The finished there names to compare of 1916. The born in 1905. And certely supporter sup-porter to President Mr. Windrow Wilson. Mr. Johnny Tomack seen in Garland on business. WILLIE OTTOGARY. Willie does not conform to syntax or any of the other fixed rules which have ruined the power of expression of more than one budding writer, but he does give one a most intimate knowledge of the events he is recording, re-cording, and that- after all ls the test. i nn. |