Show WIND AND SMOKE NOT FIRE fire department had a great scare this morning they make a swift run being coached by one of the department vho aho thought he had a warm thing on his hands charley malan fireman at the central station congratulated himself for a few minutes this morning that he was right on the spot when a suspicion of a alre entered the heads of ex sheriff belnap an his clerks it was about even eight when malan came along washington avenue rand stepping into the store inquired whence came the smoke which seemed to be piling the store room belnap had noted that there was considerable smoke in the room but thought that it was coming down from the big utah jyman and trust stack and being blown into the store by the irregular winds being somewhat 0 a sleuth himself he had looked as far as he thought was necessary and let t go at that but malan came along and his long ex per lence in the alre department had sharpened the sensitive ory nerves until be could almost tell a alre if he baw one he smelled smoke and atter an inspection of the building and the tall ure to discover the place from which it emanated caused him to decide that the only safe plan was to call out the department and do what he could to save the building ill bend in the alarm by telephone because it the wind ever catches this blaze the whole town will go and then he enjoyed visions of posing as the savior of the business portion of the city he turned in the alarm the department made a good run they arrived at the store they looked the matter up one side and down the other and they found that the smoke came from a bake eliop and that the smoke waa carried into the building by the wind and that if charley had been less excited he would have known that it was a fire in a coal mine and that the building was simply becoming like a ham well smoked |