The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Senator A. o. Smoot of Provo was at
the Walker yesterday. The senator
said:
Politics is very dull down our way.
/ We are giving our attention to agricul-
ture and the raising of sugar beets.
The latter industry is a very profitable
| one, and l think Utah has a great flu
| ture in the cultivation of sugar beetS-
| We have demonstrated that il is 81
great success. and whenever We put
water on land we can raise the finest
of beets, and also fruits. What we
want now is the demonstration of arte-
sian water. If We can get satisfactory
flows. the bench lands that we CANNOT
irrigate now, will prove among the
best and richest in the state. Every
section of the state that has ever re-
ceived water has demonstrated the
fact that no better soil exists than the.
arid soil of Utah. All it wants is water.
with plenty of it. We can raise the
finest crops in the world. especially
fruit
II handle brewery of my OWL" said
F. Krug of Omaha at the Knutsford
yesterday. 1.-THE morning papers. goi.
me as a representative of the Anheu5
ser-Busch brewery, but such'iS not thl
case. have been engaged in the man.
ufacture of beer about forty years. but
am getting old and leave the details
to my sons. l first visited Salt Lake
City twenty years ago, and nOteswith
interest the vast improvement thatsthe
city has made since L first saw it's
Butte is undergoing a new growth,'N
said ]. T. Carroll of that great miningl
camp at the Knutsford yesterday. It
am in the lumber business, and we have
oil n 20 Nlxr . ~
There are no extensive buildings being,
erected, but the miner Is beginning to
erect his own home, and I should judge
fully 200 buildings of this character are
going up. OF course. our population is
on the increase. and you can look to
Butte as a permanent mining camp"
Our Chautauqua was a grand suc-
cess" said J. CT. Trezise of Boulder.
Colo, at the Knutsford yesterday. The
attendance was very large. and one OF
the biggests days We had was the day
President George Q. Cannon of your
city addressed US. There must have
been fully 5000 people to listen to his
speech, and it was a subject that was
of rare interest. He spoke of pioneer
days. and the tribulations that the pio-
neers had to undergo in their westward
journey. 1t was highly appreciated
and the old-timers present found it
very aprOpos. The Chautauqua has
been a great success, and we shall build
about 100 additional cottages for next
year.
c.. C. Russell, owner of the hotel at
Helper, who is interested in the various,
dining rooms and lunch stands of the
Rio GranGe Western was at the Kenyon
yesterday Helper is all right. and
business down there is very good" said
Mr.. Russell. I'VE have had an excel
lent hotel business, and L shall erect
several additional cottages for the COM
ing season. We are getting to be quite
a summer resort"
I'm Toxic we have one paper pub
lished in the English language. and
believe that there are three in Yokoha-
ma" said X. Oku at the KnutSfOrd yes
terCfay. I'VE are a progressive people
in Japan, and keep posted with what
is going on. Japan Is deeply interested
in the Philippine war, and wants to see
the United States retain the islands.
China and Japan are very friendly, and
we do not look with pleasure upon any
upon Chinese territory.
AS to Russia. don't care TO talk or ex-
press myself.
NJ. Oku is government official at
tached to the department Of agricul-
ture and commerce, but denies that his
trip has any official significance, and
asserts that it is one of pleasure only.
E. Parker. a merchant of Hastings.
Neb. is at the Walker, and brags about
the tremendous crops OF his state.
James Gebest, a prominent merchant
and sugar planter of New Iberia, La
is a guest at the Kenyon.
Hon. William NJ. Roylance OF SPRING.
vile is at the Kenyon
]. H. Droste of st. Louis, pilgrim
for the Hamilton, Brown Shoe cons
pany, is stopping at the Kenyon
Sven o. Nelson, prominent mer-
chant of Fairview. is at the Cullen.