Show prom fron the diary of a faithful contributor by buesa who dear doc tj am now a full fl fledged ed authority op on traffic regular regulations if I 1 you u 1 know cn of OL anyone having difficulty II 11 with ali t traffie traffic ra kofl regulations re gulati ons or problems too inari c oate for the ordinary person pen on to solve zer and A them to me since I 1 have been to houston I 1 can qualify as an expert on traffic regulations re then in addition to my qualifications in this respect which I 1 acquired by observing of traffic conditions in houston you will recall that last march when I 1 went up to salt lake to the basketball tournament with buddy I 1 paid a fine of two bucks for violating salt lake city ordinance no 19 and when I 1 found out what ordinance no 19 was it had something to do with fire plugs so ho you can readily see that I 1 am not boasting when I 1 state calmly anti and with urith due modesty that I 1 am an expert on traffic regulations well it came up this way our train pulled into houston about 5 p ill on sunday major samuel A king of salt lake atad taken a short cut through colorado and beat us down there sam had already picked out the best room in in the hotel for himself but to square it with the rest of us who might have to deep in one of the narrow streets of houston he got a band down to uve the depot to meet us I 1 wanted to makela speech when I 1 heard the band abut there were eighteen other orators on the train all of whom beat me io lo 10 it so I 1 abandoned my sp speech bech mak ing tind lind went to look for my wheel I 1 f found nd it all right and sent my grip up to the hotel with del draper anti and frank tolton it took two strong men ta t handle my mv suitcase and got op on my wheel and went through the depot anti and prot ot out for my first glimpse of the houston streets street when I 1 got out and yaw sally the narrow streets sti beets and high sidewalks with steps up to them my heart sank narrow crowded streets filled with speeding autos auto cobblestones and biggers nig gers I 1 was wa just ready to get up and moie that the convention adjourn and meet in richfield I 1 pulled off to one side lit my reliable old pipe und and was turri turning ing the problem over in my mind when a cop started over to me I 1 had left my scabbard cabbard s that al nielson fixed up for me in the grip and I 1 felt helpless I 1 thought though well it wont be long now I 1 won dered if doc ewing eing of salt lake or le les L dillingham from mackey or joe from cheyenne or airs nellie ross former governer of wyoming would help me out in the matter of f bail ai but I 1 decided to be bold and satow t ow this cockeyed texas ranger what v hat stuff a butah utah delegate was made of so I 1 waded into this thi cop with the casi casual remark what the hell street t is this the texas tenas man although lie was a cop waa also a gentleman he told me to get right out into the middle of the street and travel I 1 aid the traffic is all there get ou tinto the middle of the street he raid laid I 1 thought that bird is is crazy c azy if he is a cop I 1 am a steeplejack steep lejack there anything for me to do but to follow his hs direction 5 and to my iny surprise it worked from then on I 1 traveled right down the streets with the rest of the fast moving traffic thirty five miles an hour was nothing not lunz for for me I 1 hit a couple of coons cooms just outside of sam houston park but a couple of coons more or less in teas tea 3 I 1 had one other with a texas cop that I 1 guess buess I 1 had better barter tell you you about they had a lot of them on shift in and out of the convention hall I 1 was as outside taking a quiet smoke and I 1 use the word quiet advisably there much racket down there and the one on guard at exit no 11 commenced to ask a sk me questions about the convention HP he opened up PP by asking who all are they going to nominate I 1 replied al smith he said do you v 0 u all think tib chib man smith is a pretty strong candidate sure ll 11 ha is I 1 tol told d him hes the strongest man in the united states stat e s mr teas tea ranger turned tl tills is statement over in his mind quite a 3 while before he said anything fur ur tier and then he fired a broadside at me he sald said if you all think this man mail smith is so 0 o alt all fired strong tell me how come hf iv near got any votes vote s when lie was against hoover up in kansas city a couple of weeks ago answer me that I 1 had to explain to him that that was wa a republic coin call convention in kansas city and and offered offered to bet him that smith go got 46 ju jut C as many votes in kansas city as hoover would get in hou houston ston and then than the darn gink wanted to pinch pm ch pie me for gani gambling blin g |