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Show thrilling experiences of White while be was passing through Wyoming The man Is stocklly built and appears ap-pears to he possessed of the endurance endur-ance qualities necessary for the arduous ardu-ous trip he has attempted. Over a s It of neat citizens' clothes White wears over.ills and jumper. He claims to have worn out three pair of shoes wbllii making the trip from Fort Scott to Ogden. On the front of White's hat Is a small silk sunflower, symbolic of the stnto from which he halls, made by bis sls'er,. and across his breast is a rlblon beRring the words, "Around the World In 16 months " The globe trotter will go to Salt Lake City upon leaving Ogden. AROUND WORLD II 16MDHTHS In an effort to walk around the world in sixteen months. J. M. White, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., reached Ogden yesterday and attracted considerable con-siderable attention by carrying an American Hag about tbe streets. This llag Is three by four feet lu size and tho long-distance pedestrian claims hn will carry It around the globe. While left Fort Scott on September 17 and followed the line of the Union Pacific from Iiwrence, Kan., to tbla city. So far ho has averaged thirty miles a day. At Colorado Splines the mnn visited with a Ristor and celebrated cele-brated hie forty-first birthday. White visits all points r Interest along Ms mute and toduy he will make a trip throuRh Ogd-n canyon. W is making the long walk for the purpoHe of gathering data for a series of uewpaper articles and lectures. At the present time While is furnishing a Fort Srott paper with n ferles of articles arti-cles telling of his experience alonn th- route. Hreaklng through the Ice and falling Into the river U one of the |