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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

their early struggles with such satisfac-
ton, and be able to point with
pride to the high position now
held by them in the esteem
of their fellow citizens. Mr.. Simon is
essentially q self-made man, having
landed an unknown boy at the age of 10
IN Castle Garden, New York, a stranger
without friends and but little means. He
has by industry pushed his way onward
to that proud position which he holds
as leader in the commercial world.
his withdrawal from active participation
in the affairs OF The chamber OF commerce,
OF which he was at one time the presi-
dent, was Sreatly to be regretted. as he
always put forward all his energies in the
support and success OF that organization.
Mr.. Simon is still identified with two
other large institutions in this city. The
Utah Loan and Building association,
which today controls more than quarter
of q million dollars capital, to Mr.. Simon
we are indebted for its conception and
subsequent growth. For two years he
filled the chair of president of the associ-
alton with results advantageous to the
trust, and is at the present treasurer of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

wideawake item hunter always seizes
upon good pointers for a SCOOP" and
prides himself on his ability when he
leads contemporary in matter OF news.
One of THE HERALD's legion of rust
lers has good one this fine Christmas
morning; an item which is interesting
and remarkable; one that will form q
revelation to numerous of the papers
readers, and surprise to many citizens
who have lived in Salt Lake lifetime.
The scribe, on invitation from one of
the gentlemanly managers OF the concern
he is about to tell a little about, ''took
in" the establishment located in the rear
of 80 West Second South street, on Thurs
day of last week, and to say he was as
tonished is putting it mildly. The build
ing, which is about sixty feet square and
of three stories and basement, is well oc-
cupied.
But how?
We'll endeavor to state.
In the rock walled and cement hoored
basement, which presents veritable
hive appearance, are located two monster
lithographing presses, which, we were in
formed, had been running, and would run
the rest OF the week, day and night; a
large Huber book press, with 56x37 bed,
than which there are few better machines
in the country; a No. Z pony Campbell,
which has a record of speed and good
work that is par excellence; five Gordon s
of the following sizes-one 11x17, one
10x15, two Sx12 and the baby xii. Be
sides these, the electric motor, OF 15-horse
power, with its maze of shafting, pulleys
and betting, reaching TO all parts OF the
house nearly, and connecting with an
elevator in the southeast corner, is an
eye-opener to the visitor, who can but
stand and gaze at and contemplate it. In
addition to these, the floor space is SO
large, stands, racks, stones and all the
paraphernalia OF No. printing office
are conveniently arranged along the west
side. In the south end and enclosed in
massive stone walls and arched with brick
roofs, rendering them freproof, are a
large boiler room and vault, the latter
for the storing of photographic stones
and other valuables. Overhead pipes heat
the whole of this section Of the factory,
although during the present cold snap
the system has not proven the grandest
success. While down in this department
the man Of items saw the litho presses at
work on the covers for the Columbian
edition of The HERALD, and admired the
ease and precision with which they were
turned out. He also learned that in this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

South street, and is seven stories in
height above the basement. There are
$50 guest rooms, single and en- suite, 20
OF which have baths, while on every floor
commodius public bath rooms have been
provided. The Knutsford is centrally To-
Gated, near all the places of interest and
important business houses, on both elec
trio car lines, and is thoroughly equipped
with all modern improvements. The
cost of furnishing it alone was $50, 900
and neither pains nor money have been
spared to make it rank as q first-class
home-like hotel. In all the furnishings
there is not one cheap thing to be found
and besides making the hotel the best
equipped in the west, these elegant
things are educators and cannot but raise
the standard of appreciation OF elegance
in Utah and the west. The character Of
its patronage is wholly distinct and diff
ferent from any hotel in Utah's capital
city. Every article was selected person
ally by Mr.. Holmes, and in throwing
open such house as this, he must have
at least accomplished q part of his ambl-
ton; photograph of this gentlemen is
given the readers in another part of this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

what is recognized as one of the model
organizations Of the country. lie
is also vice-president and one
OF the stockholders of the Salt Lake Lith
ographing company. 1t speaks in itself
considering he has also his own large
business to control how little time he
can have at his disposal for outside en-
ioyment and yet we know from personal
experience that any one calling on him
and more particularly if we mention
things of interest to Utah we receive
courteous attention, patient hearing
and hearty sympathy in any pro
iect pointing to the further
ance of It's interests. We trust there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

an object lesson of what courage, deter
1nination and manly self-rehance, joined
to business capacity, can do in building
up a business which extends its trade
through Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wash
ington, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado
and Oregon, carrying an average stock OF
s15O, 900 and a volume of trade, reach
ing annually to the magnificent sum
of $500, COG, Through this firms instru-
mentality and push the Deseret Wooden
mills have this year increased their out
put to 80 per cent. over last years trade.
While speaking of this firm we would be
derelict in not calling attention to tie
other members of the firm, Mr.. Louis
Simon, whose cooperation mas SO pow
erfully helped in their business sue
cess. Few it is who can look back to
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The house of which this article is the
subject, the Union Pacific hotel, con
Quoted by Mrs. Whittemore, wife of Mr..
B. F. Whittemore, well known to old
timers in Salt Lake City as the genial
proprietor of the old Revere house, which
he took possession of on his advent from
Nevada, twenty-five years ago. Three
yeaas later he moved and occupied q
building near the Union Pacific depot,
which unfortunately, or rather fortu-
nately, was destroyed by fire, for in re-
placing it by the present iue structure,
the city was the gamer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
A REVELATION.
A Hive of Industry in the Heart Of the
CITY,
Where the Hum Is Constant and Where
the Products Are Evidences of Rare
Skill and Superior Handiwork.

The omnipresent reporter sees and hears
things and matters which the ordinary
citizen does not.
That's a fact.
The frst-named, in his ramblings about
town IN quest of material to dish up for
his hungry readers next morning, prizes,
peers and peeks into all sorts of queer
places. As result, he notes the pro-
gress, additions and improvements which
are being made in this city OF ours. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
FRED ST.roN.

The subject of our sketch, Mr.. Fred
Simon, senior partner of the firm of
Simon Bros. Of this city, wholesale and
manufacturers of millinery, also agents
for the Deseret Wooden mills and potent
factors in the introduction and distribu-
ton of their products a gentleman so
identified with the advance and CONNER
cial welfare of this city that brief re-
view of his past is sufficient to point out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
The Hotel Knntsford.

This magnificent hotel completed in
May ard opened Tor the reception of
guests on June 5, 1891, represents an ac-
tual outlay OF $3.50 GOO.
1t is not only source OF pride to Salt
Lake City and the inter mountain coun-
try, but stands as lasting monument to
enterprise, pluck and energy OF the
builders and -Iessees. 1t is built of gray
granite, has frontage of L 8 feet on
State street and zoo feet on East Third
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
THE ONLY THINa WE NEED.

With the advent of natural gas into the
city there will dawn an era of prosperity
such as no other city has ever expert
enced. The coal consumed by the three
power houses that furnish the energy Tor
motor power for the two street car syS-
TENS and the electric light works, amounts
tC 500, 900 year. This represents 10 per
cent on 81, 600, 600. There is paid every
year to the coal combine over half a mill
ion dollars by business houses and for
domestic use.
The introduction of natural gas would
reduce these charges at least two thirds.
But the greatest benefit will come from
its utilization by the smelters, thus
cheapening the cost of treating the pro-
ducts of the mines. At present two
thirds of the ores mined in this territory
are sent to Denver, Omaha and Kansas
City. All this viii be done at home and
the smelling industry will be increased
three-f fold. New manufactures of brick,
tile, porcelain and glass will spring up
and there will be a general upbuilding OF
the manufacturing interests OF the terri
tory. There will be strawboard works,
steel works, foundries, nail mills, plate
glass, window glass, fruit cans and bot
tie factories and many other Industries,
such as chemical Works-for which the
raw materials abound within a few
miles of the city. The mountains OF pure
gilsonite, asphalt and gypsum can then
be prepared for the market and give en-
ployment to thousands of hands. The
number of hands employed in these fac
tories viii contribute out of their earn
ingS to the merchant and shop people and
a city which has depended wholly on the
resources OF its mines and farms will be
augmented by that other powerful indus
try which have made millions all over the
east and contributed more to the popula-
ton of the country than any other trade.
With such stimulus no limit can be
placed on the possibilities of the future
and it is not presumptous to predict that
within the lifetime of persons now living
Salt Lake city viii contain popu-
lation of half million souls.
No other city has so many rich mining
camps in such close proximity; the rich
est agricultural valley in the lnter-moun-
tain country; a climate unmatched, with
salt and thermal springs and all the
charms of picturesque scenery in canyon,
mountain and dale; all conspiring to
make this the home OF health seeker,
pleasure seeker and the wealth seeker.
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ruling and binding, ETC., has been revo-
lutioniZed TO such an extent that the best
friends of both companies have noted the
progress and wondered. Ihechange nee
essitated considerable tact and push to
effect it; so vast have become the interests
of the consolidation that in order to meet
the demands daily increasing the manage
ment have been handicapped by beng
crowded before they ''got good ready"
But it is their intention, we understand,
to move with the procession; increase
their facilities and forces; enlarge their
capabilities and keep faith with their
hosts of customers.
The suggestion was dropped that proc
ably the new firm under the new condi-
ton of affairs, would consider that it had
a monopoly of the trade in photography,
and deal accordingly with its customers,
but we were assured that there wash I
day passed but bids were solicited on
work in that line, in competition with
eastern houses. 1t is the avOwed purpose
of the management to conduct the bust
ness of lithographing, as we'll as the
other branches, on q strictly Jar ana
honest basis, dealing with all alike ana
treating every one justly and right. The
scale of prices will not be a sliding one,
but one suited to the locality. quality OF
work, and rates of eastern competitors
In the secretary's quarters we were
shown the pay roll of the week before. 1t
showed these:
Printing department .---............... %
Bindery department ......--------. ~
Lithographing department
Engravers ------------------....'. 800
TranSferrers- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Press ROOM --------------..------------ IA
Ohlee--.-. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Total "a
And that number has come to be about
an average.
That this is a revelation to many Salt
Lake people is fact. There are numbers
who are not aware that such a hive of in
dustry exists within stone throw of the
busiest corner of the metropolis. Those
who have occasion to visit the institution
and witness the workings on the inside
have no other words than those of praise
for the place, the people and the output.
The company is entitled to commentator
for the advances made in the march OF
in the heart of the Rockies an enterprise
of so vast and so grand a character. 1t is
essentially a home institution; its inter
ests and all are knitted into those of the
welfare of the community and the good OF
the business men of Utah; its support and
maintenance should be assured by believ-
ers in home industry, home talent and
home art.
+ The present officers of the company are:
II. A. Cohen, president; L. K. Stevens,
! vice president and manager; Z. W. Gar
diner, secretary and treasurer; W. s.
Mccormick, Walter P. Jennings, A. II.
Kelly and J. E. Evans, directors. The
/ photographic business is in charge of Mr..
! u. j. W. Peters, a capable and efficient
young gentleman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

The murrhine wine cups OF the ancients
are believed to have been a kind of spar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

will be others in the coming generation
who will endeavor to follow in his foot
steps, aud we. his fellow citizens, can
only extend grateful tribute TO man
who is typical OF the highest form of
American citizenShiD.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

The Egyptians in the fourth dynasty
6,GOO years ago. had four kinds of wine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
THE KNUTsFORD HOTEL.

paper. The Knutsford is in every respect
the nucleus around which all the bust
ness and social interests of a high char
acter in Salt Lake city are collected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Extensive improvements were made in
distillation by Adam, of Montpelier, in
1901.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Tea was introduced into Europe by the
Portuguese in the sixteenth century.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Kirschenwasser, drink distilled from
cherries, is product from the Black For
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Louis XIV during his old age was an
inveterate drinker of all kinds of liquors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

The first attempt to cultivate the vine
in North America was in Mexico in 1864.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Most of the Roman wines were prepared
by boiling and nearly resembled our cor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

In strong ports and sherries the alcohol
varies in quantity from 10 to % per cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

The South Sea islanders make an intox
icating drink from corn and decayed fish
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Whisky may be made from molasses,
beetroot, potatoes and many other sub
stances.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Vermuth is composed of white wine,
angelica, absinthe and aromatic herbs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

The favorite drink of Augustus was set
tine wine, grown on the slopes round Ma
nleS
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The first English work that mention
coffee is Burton's ANATOMY of Melan
chOlvO
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of the drift period. BY the erosive force
of time the hills and ridges were leveled,
the valleys and gorges were filled with ac-
cumulations washed in from the noun
tain sideE and the masses of vegetation
were buried beneath the accumulated
debris.
The above is from an eminent authority
on oil an gas and is an accurate descrip-
ton of the geological processes in the for
nation of this valley as could be given,
clearly showing that all the conditions for
great natural gas reservoir exist here.
The gas horizon of Indiana lies from loo
feet above to 1, 200 feet below the sea level,
and that of Ohio from 300 to 400 feet below
the sea level.
The heaviest gas strata encountered in
Utah is from 200 to 400 feet below the level
of the Great Salt lake, which is over LOCO
feet above sea level.
The geological formation exposed by
drilling the McCulloug No. 2 well, at An
derson, Ind, is fair sample of the
stratas met with in the gas territory OF
that state:
Feet.
DrlIt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ----.---.. "a
Niagara limestone and shale....... le6
SllnIon. .-,..-.......-..- ~
Hudson River and Utica. z94
trenton limestone -
1otal-.-- ...--- --..-...--------.-.- COG
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-22
Roller Coasting on a Farm.

Old Sam johnson lives down in a Ken
nebec county town. AS long as johnson
isn't his name, I'll tell you that he is about
the sourest and most strait laced old fell
low you ever saw.
The other day he heard an awful clatter
out on long hill near his house. He got
out to the scene just in time to see his son
Jed mount the OK cart, hold up the
Htongue" and coast down the hill with a
thunderous roar and in cloud of dust.
The old man started on the trail down the
hill, picking up club on the way and yell
ing for Jed to come back and take lick
ing. But the nearer he got to the trem-
bling Jed the more the real novelty and
humor appealed to him. When he got to
the foot of the hill he was grinning like a
'chessy cat," as Jed afterward declared.
f'What in timenation you dom with that
oxcart, jedi"
''By gorry dad, Pm a-sliding down hill
in her, dad, and it's more fun an er Injuns.
Jest help me toost Ter up hill and take a
ride" said Jed, taking courage from his
fathers grin.
'You sassy imp" sputtered Sam, "I'm
a good mind to welt youP'
'.Oh, dad come on, it's slathers er fun"
HNot by burned shot, and sides some
one may see me-"
''Git out; they won't neither. Take holt
here an Well run 'er up hill"
The old man couldn't resist; chuckling
he helped push the cart up hill; chuckling
still, he crawled in and he Uttered as he
told Jed to ''hold tight and steer straight"
Away they went But they had just got
under Roadway when team came jogging
around bend in the road at the foot of
the hill. The old OK cart roared down in
it's headlong rush. A wicked smashup
seemed imminent. The frightened Jed,
bewildered by a volley of squawks and
yells, yanked the tongue about, and the
flying cart aheered for the fields. 1t
eareened wildly, hoped the highway
gutter, crashed over stone wall and came
to wrecked standstill, bottom upward.
Jed and the old man were beneath.
It was six weeks before johnson got the
crick out of his back and recovered the use
of his battered members. His first duty at
the end of those six weeks was to lick Jed,
not passionately and Unexpectedly, but
thoroughly, conscientiously, earnestly. &C
cording to a carefully matured plan and
determination. (Me.) Journal,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-22
Ranic During an Earthquake.

I was staying on the Riviera when the
famous earthquake of 1888 occurred.
was awakened by a shock which dashed
two pictures off the wall of my room and
upset the wash hand stand. While was
striking match another shock strewed
me and some chairs among some fragments
of broken crockery. | had presence Of
mind enough to remember that during an
earthquake you are no safer in the streets
than in a covered building: SO ! dressed
without mad precipitancy, and, after a
desperate struggle to open my door-which
had got jammed-wal.Sed down stairs
The sight was one never to be forgotten.
Men, women and children in dishabille
we're h4ddled in the front hail, crying
shrieking and praying. Some had bolted
put of doors with hardly any clothes on
and had made for the sea, where they
clamored to go out in boats. Among the
panic stricken folk was an old gentleman in
pyjamas, who had come down the stairs
three steps at a time. But on reaching the
hall he exclaimed that he had forgotten
something and must go back. His friends
shouted to him that the upper stories were
dangerous, but he turned deaf ear, bound
ed up stairs and presently returned pant
ing. The thing which he had forgotten
was his set of false teeth.-Cor. San Fran
cisco Argonaut-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-22
Lament of the Ship Chandler.

"The business amt what it used to be"
said ship chandler in Old Slip the other
day. ':In the good old days Of clipper
ships, when Old Glory foated in every
port, and South street was rooted over with
the jibbooms of the full Triggers, you
wouldn't ha' seen ship chandler standin
around in his shirt sleeves like Pm dom
now. He'd ha' been rushin around bis
store busy from morning fill night takin
and film orders for chains, anchors, rope,
connectin blocks, provisions and what not
that goes to fit out ship. Now we cando
it all in the forenoon and chew tobacco and
spin yarns till it's time to put up the shut
tiers. make about IS, 600 a year now where
| made $4,000 in those good old times.
SIT all comes from the steam tramps that
are takin everythin in sight until a sailin
ship has to figure mighty close to make q
profit ont of q voyage, Then there are
only two kinds of sailin ships practically
in this port-those that come from the
provinces and those that come from the
old country. New York Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-22
Tough Times.

A yew tree, almost destitute of branches
or bark, grows abundantly in the Caucasus
to height of from fifty to sixty feet and a
diameter of little over two feet. 1t grows
slowly, but it's timber is almost indestructi-
BILE, except by fire 1t is considered superior
in durability, appearance and toughness tc
mahogany. which it otherwise somewhat
resembles. IN some large forests of this
tree it is very difficult to distinguish the
live trees from the dead ones, the latter be
ing very numerous and said to stand for 10C
years after death without exhibiting decay
-Philadelphia Ledger
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-01-22
THE DEAD SON.

The boy was in the clay,
The mother was weeping still
From dawn to evening gray
When stars looked over the hill
Between the dawn and dark.
The night and day between,
About the stillest hour of mark
Oh, who is this comes in?
He did not lift the latch,
He cama without sound,
He stood within moonlit patch.
A space of holy ground;
His robe was to his feet,
All of the fair silk fine,
The gold curls were soft and sweet
That sho WAS used to Irvine.
But on his hair Of silk
There was drift like rain,
His robe, as white as milk,
Did show a piteous stain.
'Oh, mother, mother!' he said,
"Your tears have wet me through;
lam come from the blessed dead
To try and comfort you.
"The other children play,
Bat when l would rejoice,
Oh, mother, hear from far away
The crying of your voice!
Your tears are heavy as lead,
cannot run or leap;
Oh, mother, mother, mother" he said,
Il pray you not to weep"
The red cock and the black
Crew, and her lamb was gone;
She rose and set tie window back
And welcomed in the dawn.
She swept the sanded floor,
And made the fire to burn,
With all her weeping done and o'eY.
God comfort them that mourn,
Katharine lyman in National Observer