The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-24
HOTEL GOSSIP.


the Knutsford. He is a dealer and con-
noiseur in rare books and old paintings,
and is considered one of the best judges
of rare and costly editions in the, United
States. He was in Salt Lake City several
weeks ago. and is just returning east
from a trip 10, Montana. Among his Gus
toners in Salt Lake are many of the
wealthiest and best known people
''One of the most expensive books that
l SELL" said Mr.. APPRECIATE las. evening
lis romantic legends of the great operas.
1t is an edition de luxe. as are all the
works | sell; except rare old works, and
surpassed in the beauty of its letter
press, and it is illustrated in water colors
with over 600 Illustrations, reproduced
from oil paintings. representive of scenes
and incidents depicted in the operas. Inc
edition is very exclusive one, only nifty
sets having been printed for the entire
Samuel Newhouse of this city purchased
set of these volumes. Another very ex
pensive edition is Balzac's works in fifty
/ also have an edition de Luxe of Al
phonse Daudet's works, the plates OF
| which We're made by Goupil & Co.. Of
Paris. This work sells for $40. While
in Butte 1 sold Mr.. Charles Clark a
great many fine volumes. Among my
| Salt Lake customers. who number up
| Plummer. Mrs. Nelden, DIR. Pfoutz. Mrs.
w 5. Mccormick, several of the Jen-
nings. Alfales Young and others. l go
to Europe every year. in quest of rare
editions of hooks; works that are out Of
| print, and fine oil paintings. l visit Salt
Lake City once year and have no
trouble in selling books or pictures. that
possess merit. In fact in no city in the
country do 1 find people with more dis
| criminate good judgment in such matters
than do in this CITY,"
white citizens of the Indian Territory
want to join with Oklahoma for state
hood. but the Indians of the five civilized
tribes are opposed to this, and want in
dependent statehood, and demand that
the two territories shall become two
separate states whenever they are adj
mitted." said ]. b. Wheeler at the Gull
len last night Mr.. Wheeler is largely in
terested in the Bank of Commerce of
Oklahoma City, and is prominent capit-
alist of that section. BY the terms of
the allotment treaty. the Indians will be
exempt from taxation on their property
for a period of twenty-five years" he
continued, so that the burden of taxation
will fall on the white citizens, while the
Indians will be virtually exempt for a
quarter of a century This would make
ii quite a hardship on the whites. hence
their desire that the Indian Territory
and Oklahoma territory should be adj
mitted as one state.
Frank F. Miller, general western rep
| resentative of the n. X. Fairbank COM
pany. is stopping at the Knutsford. Our
trade in the intermountain country is a
very large one. and it is unusually so
this year. said Mr.. Mullen last even-
ing. I'VE have a particularly big trade
in our soaps and washing powders, but
all of our products are in demand 1t ap-
pears to be the case in all lines of BUSH
ness. Everybody seems to be doing well.
This state has been great field for the
travelling men this year. Utah merchants
are enjoying splendid trade, and are
purchasing heavy stocks While all sec
tions of the west are enjoying the great.
est prosperity no state surpasses this one
in business activity
Texas was never better" said Elihu A.
Sanger of Dallas at the Kenyon yester-
day. Our crops are big and there is con-
siderable immigration into the state The
best lands are rapidly being settled upon
The Panhandle is destined to become one
I of the greatest wheat growing sections in
the southwest. The fearful floods in the
Brazos valley did great deal of dam
age and caused considerable loss of life
but ii was confined 10 a local section.
Texas is u large state, and the valley of
the BRACES river. while an extensive one
/ is but a small portion of its area" Mr..
Sanger is member of the firm of Sanger
Bros, of Dallas. one of the largest mer-
camille establishments in the state.
Our house has built up a. very extern
sive trade in Utah and the mountain
states of the west and We have only been
working this territory ten MONTHS said
cinnati, at the Knutsford yesterday.
Every section l have visited this year is
! enjoying the best business season IL has
had for years. My business here in Utah
has been so good that it has kept me GO
ing over the ground, and ii seems as if
can't get away
Knutsford.-George w. Frank. Kearney
Neb.; J. B. Gordon. George w. Bionbaum'
/ New York; Simon Hartmann. Chicago; A.
Clemens St, Louis; S. Kunisawa, G..
Nakogowa, Toxic, Japan; F. q. Wilson.
Telluride; W. L. Austin and wife. Den.
Yer; George H. Ingoldsby., Chicago; Miss
E. S. Triple and wife, C. Huyler, Dr. Huy-
Ter. Z. z. Nout. New York; George S.
Carson. Iawo City, Ia; Miss Kittie Ben
New York; Harry Blur, New York; C. II.
Goodykountz, Chicago: Miss Dykins. e.
/; Magooa, Fayette; Ia; B. B. Broomell,
geological survey; Reed NJ. Koss, NIL
waukee; George F. Bartlett, Butte; J. w
Loud and daughter. Indian Territory;
| Colorado Springs.
Walker.--George Wright. George w.
Nesbitt, James Nesbitt. Charles Cuher.
well, De Lamar; H. NJ Adams Nephi:
Werle Brown. Nephi: Mrs. N. NJ White
Diiion; J; w. Laurence. Henry ]; South
er' u Me %Gr1 w I T penn, W; Marthini,
Philadelphia; J. r West and family, Miss
Lulu White, Pueblo; c. L. Mencer. Mer-
cur; j.: A. Gorham, Kansas City: Fred
w. Milverton. Manti William Borden,
Bingham; Paul Mark. Ogden.
Cullen.-Minnie Houston, Mammoth.
Sam A. King, Provo; Alfred Rescher.
City; R: c. o'Neil. Wells. New: Albert Albert
Amzurhl. Albert Luenn, Highland Ills. !:
2. w. Wild. Racine, Wis; A. Glaueke
Great Falls; f. Christianson. Eureka
William Hill. Provo; Main L. Dawson.
New York; Jacob Johnson. Spring City:
j. Greenwald. American Fork.
Kenyon.-E. NJ. Faucher and wife Chi
cage; A. c. Sherman, Omaha: E. B. Dana.
Walter Wise. New York; Mrs H. Leman.
Payson; II. H. Shepherd. c. NJ Blood,
good, Denver; A. NJ. McFaddin and wife
| Victoria, Tex; f. II. Betton. jr. Kansas
CITY; e. Schweitzer. Chicago; Mr.. and
Mrs. 70. b. Smith, Minneapolis; S. A. Ny
ers. Pittsburg, Pa; G. n. Hebbel New
A. g. Richardson. st. Louis; Mark Smith
and wife. Leadville. Colo. Mrs. Fern,
Cleveland, o.; NJ. Boehm San Francisco
| j. X. Keane. A. II. Vivian. Chicago: G.
/ q. Russell, Helper; d. McVichie Mercur;
Kate NJ. Cooke. NJ. w. Miles Akron. o.
J. r. McKinnis, Colorado Springs: a.
Stemple and wife, Norwalk, Conn.
Wey.-G. S. Hoagland and wife. Butte;
| CASTOR Boyd. Newton. Kan; Miss A. L.
Smith, Topeka, Kan: p. NJ. McCur. Bling
| ham; w. II. Moeller. Silver City, Tom
Daley, Sacramento: Andrew NJ. Gardner
/ and wife. New York; Miss Irona Var
Metre. Kansas City; Blanche Doherty