Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1916 — HIS LUCKY NUMBER 13 [ARTICLE]

HIS LUCKY NUMBER 13

Westerner Tells How Mystic Numeral Has Stuck to Him Thru All His Life Live Oak, Cal. —No matter how other people may feel about the number 13, Howard Grirpes of Douglas county, Oregon, considers it a messenger of good luck rather than a harbinger of evil. Grimes was in Live Oak recently on his way to Davis, where altho he is 64 years of age, he will take a course in agriculture. On the back of his auto hung its license No. 1313. When reminded of its boodoo proclivities the Oregonian smiled and volunteered a bit of history. “I was born on Sept. 13, 1852,’’ said he, “and was the thirteenth child in the family brood. When 13 years old I left home to make my fortune. At 20 I married and our wedding day fell on the thirteenth of the month. “While riding a Northern Pacific train in 1912 I was in berth 13 and the train was wrecked. Every occupant in that car was injured but myself. In 1913 I made a little investment in mining property and cleaned up $16,000. J took the money and purchased 1,300 acres of land and I am farming a part of it and learning how to farm it J letter.”