The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-06-02
STILL FioHTINo SMOKE.
b. Louis 0sttins Ria Of an Time
Naisxncs-solidlty Of Western panks.

d. Louis 0eeting Ria OF an Old-T1ms
Naisxncs-solidlty Of wsstsrn nanks.
Sr. LOUIS, May 2o.-The agitation
against smoke has proved q great sue
cess Ia st. Louis and II 10 nov cvi-
dent that consuming devices will be
In use generally within fcw months.
Nearly two thousand citizens have
Joined the local Smoke Abatement AS
ISOLATION and some Of the worst Of
tenders are included In these. Tho
willingness expressed on all hands to
put In understanding devices is SO
great. and so many arc going to do
the work this summer, that by the
time the fall festivity season opens
there will be comparatively little
smoke in the business section OF the
city and one very unsatisfactory
feature Of most advertising cities will
disappear entirely.
Tho action Of the st. Louis banks in
contributing some ~, Coz, 900 In gold to
assist In reatoring the traditional
hundred millions, and tbs ease with
which ten times the amount could
have been contributed had It bee n
needed, has calico attention to the
very conservative manner in which tho
banks Of st. Louis arc run. While
the bank clearings have been doub-
ling themselves tho number Of banks
has increased but slightly. Hence
nearly all the financial institutions
are old established and the business
they nre transacting is OF most
profitable character. Most OF them
have been through no less than three
periods Of Encouraging, financial de-
preston and have weathered the
storms without an effort II Is many
years since there was u run on q bank
In st. Louis and such IN event is
really well nigh impossible.
The Travellers Protective Associa.
tion, whose national president re-
sides In 81. Louis. Is arranging for a
remarkable celebration In Chicago on
June 10, after the holding of the
Peoria convention. For all practical
purposes June ~ will be 4. r. A. day
nj the Worlds Fair. and several thou
sand angels Of commerce will be on
hand on that occasion. Mr. Geo. s.
McGrcw, who has been national prcsi-
dent Tor several successive years. has
definitely declined to serve again ow-
ing TO the pressure Of business engage
mcnts, and one OF tho important events
~ thu CouNCattou Will Ut tuG t6lCCtlun
OF his successor.
Last year there was n lad working
In n florists shop here who thought he
was not getting on fast enough. II
occurred to him that many people OF
small means would be willing to pay
y trire to have smnIl bouquets de-
livered TO them every dny for their
dinner table. He spoke 70 his em-
v..s. -..l. o
Me got friend 10 lend him enough
money to send out several thousand
circulars, choosing his names judi
ciously. and cncloscd postal cards in
each circular for I'M answer. lie got
so many encouraging respooses that
he felt justified in plunying into busi-
ness for himself, and left his employer.
Now, U little over twelve months
since he sent out his frat circulars. he
Is letting the contracts for store anil
hot house which will cost him several
thousand dollars. His idea was n
good one, and he says that he sends
out severnl hundred bouquets day.
charging from twenty-five cents TO ten
dollars apiece for them.
Tho plaus for the frco bath-houscs
which are 70 be built this spring In
time 70 be uacd this summer have been
completed BY the architects Of the
Board Of Public improvements There
Will DO three. one in South st Louis.
ono In tie center Of the city. and tho
other In North St Louis. Tho cost OF
the three Is 10 bs siso.o0 They Will
not be put on tho river, hut win be
away 4 ON Il zone distlncc. and tho
water will CON, from the city water
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