The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-23
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Wnere he has been looking over MS tim
per per interests. When seen last night Of
the hnutsford he said: There Is an i'm
menSe amount of activity in evidence at
present IN the northern portion OF the
state OF Washington among the timber
men. Numerous sales of timber lands
are oeinS recorded and capitalists are
Hooking in from Wisconsin, Minnesota
and other states and new plants are go
ing up on all sides. The Everitt paper
mills, too. are increasing their capacity
10 the extent that instead of turning out
twenty tons OF paper a day, as heretofore,
they Will shortly manufacture just double
tnat amount" In speaking Of the in
creased prices in timber generally, he
said: The reason OF the raise in prices
Is from simple and legitimate cause.
ana sinmered down resolves itself into
the question Of supply ana demand. The
fact is that building operations all over
the country are being INDUCED in on a
large scale, and from the east, especially,
comes an eyer-increaslng call for lumber.
our rapidly growing trade with the Orient
| also is becoming exceedingly large, Tor
Dractlcally All the timber used in Japan
and the Islands is imported. Mir. Rice
was accompanied by his wife on the trip,
ana expressed himself as having had 4
very enjoyable ouung, coming home via
san francisco. he reports chat city 10
De not greatly disturbed over the threat
ened invasion of bubonic plague. but 10
De on the hustle from dawn 10 dark.
Business was never better" said Louis
Ereund, the New York diamond man, at
the thenyon last night. ''Since the BOer
/ war diamonds have been soaring sky
ward 10 an extent which made them come
near being IuXuries. For FIVE solid
months the De Beers mines at Kimberley
/ nave not sent out a stone and consequent
~ the market has had TO rely almost
/ soleIy upon Brazilian mines for its sup
/ ply. Now that Kimberley has been re-
/ neVeo, diamonds viii find their normal
| level once more. although there is no
rear or the market being fiOoded-Cech
hhOdeS IS too long-headed for that. He
mad considerable foresight when he Bar
! ney Barnalo, Robinson and others bought
I ana TroZe out the clGimholders there
/ twenty years ago and formed the big
mining syndicate which has had the ef-
IScL or regulating the supply ever since.
Had the thousands of miners held onto
( their claims and worked them for all
tney were worth, the chances are that
/ oiamonds today would not have held the
/ place they do in the jewel kingdom. There
are stu lots Of people who labor under
/ the deiusion that diamond is the most
| expensive Jewel in the market, whereas
| IS r2rer and higher priced than that
| stone The value of a stone consists ma
tCfatiy N accordance with its size, but at
/ the same time the thickness and fiaWiess-
/ ness OF a gem adds materially to its in
! trlnslc value
Among the guests who have been stay
ing at the Walker House for some days
/ In referring TO the Dominion, ne said: I
90 not know how to account for it, but
tnere seems to be an almost universal
l9ea among the people of the United
! states that Canada Is a Sleepy, non-pro-
gresSIVe country. Possibly they base their
I IDEA upon hasty flying trip into the
/ sparsely settled great Northwest Terri
TORY. sack IN the old Dominion. how
| ever, where surroundings are not in their
! primeaval state, | think we can compare
/ very Tavorably with the United States.
lake the cities OF Montreal and Toronto,
Ior instance; visit TO those places would
demonstrate that we were up-tO-date.
peHeYe there is an old adage TO the eff
rect that one can get a fair insight into
+ the conditions of a country by the pa
pers II publishes. While of course we
nave no New York Journal OF World, at
the same time one must consider that we
/ nave no New York; nevertheless, think
/ our papers compare very fayOrably with
yours, and so on all deWn the line Nc
Alpine was particularly enthusiastic re-
garding the apple crop back in Ontario.
J. N. Sitton of New York last night
( expressed himself as being considerably
F.. surprised ar the scope of the T. c. NJ l.
throughout the state. In speaking upon
+ the subject at the Kenyon last night he
said: Those cooperative stores are a
splendid institution and are monty m 1kers
! TITO the bargain. It is a wonder TO me
! that the same principle has not been put
( INTO operaCon in other states of the
/ Union"
e. H. Cassin and family of London.
/ Eng, came 10 town last night and regis
/ tered at the knutsfOrd. The EngliSh1nan
/ is en- route home, and by the time he
reaches his destination viii have circurn-
! navigated the globe. He reports the Aus
traIians to be burning up with patriotism
at the deeds of their brethren under Lord
Roberts in South Africa. the only gTiev-
a1ce which they have against the mother
country being the fact that England did
~
podes. In the event of European compH-
cations. which Cassin does not think viii
be brought about, he says that Australia
IS perfectly willing to supply the men TO
take the place of the regulars who would
OF necessity be called away. He further
states that public feeling is running high
in the direction of not only increasing the
FOOTING OF the military defenSes Of the
various Australian colonies but of the
8 naval armament as well. This sentiment
has been cab2ed to London with the result
ton is expected to be sent out in order TO
equip the various volunteer corps which
are being formed throughout Australia.
Kenyon.-A. Sells, Chicago; L. B. Rob
erts and wife, Miss Z. CalweIl, Helena.
Mont; Henry White and wife, Spokane;
Theodore Werner, New York; H. 3. Sur
tevant, Ely, Mimi; z. H. Knapp. Boston;
William Andrews and WIFE, MarshailtOwn.
Ia; +. S. Ceilings and wife Iauei
Springs. n. J.; Sarah Ceilings, Frank Col
hngs. Larel Springs. n. J.; L 3. Woods,
Willie Collier and wife, AifreW Mee RI19i
Fred Meek, New York;W A Moody and
/ wife. Knoxville, Ia; j. II. Green. Hous-
ton, Ida; r !. Wessert, Parlz City; James
H Paterson, Chicago Frank l. Hunter,
c. d. Knox, San Francisco; F. P.
[ Muyeaugh, c. W. Suits, New York; J. H.
Eccles, ScOfield.
Knutsford.-J. H. Trainer, Racine; H. A.
Strauss. New York; w. D. Austin. Chi
cago: j. L. Kormick, Louisville; J. E.
Scott and wife. Miss l. B. HasSack. Chi
/ cago; c. NJ. Condor and wife, Mss Beckel,
! OsWeSo, Kan; w. V. Rice and wife. Park
/ City; J. A. Murray( Montana; G. h
! "COPPER". Z. A ChoppS, Boston; Robert J.
I Craig, Philadelphia; George T. Price,
I Louisville; A ID. Oppenheimer, San Fran
! cisco; George NJ. Chandler. Chicago: B. 3.
Mcdonald. Boise; C. G. Russell, Helper:
: A. J. Zwart, Chicago: L. Hauerbach and
wife, Miss Maud Hauerbach, Des Moines
! Van Norman Niece Denver; Donald
Rose, A s. Walbaur, Chicago; N. William
Levine New York; Frank A FaXon and
wife. Miss FaxOn, Kansas City; G. T.
Plunkett and wife. Hinsdale. Mass; Mrs.
]. M. Crane. Miss c. L. Crane, Dalton,
Mass; Pred Mitchell, Austin; W NJ Dun
can, Chicago; J. +. Kelby, Cleveland
Charles n. Cox, Grand Junction; B. H.
Cassin and family. London; John Refs and
wife. daughter. Miss G. Barnett, BeTk1ey
r. I. Evans, Rochester, n. Y; T. Mitch
ell Wilkesbarre, Pa; L A. Thersan, Fort
Dodge. Ia; .. b. Cramer. New York;
Harry F. Muller, New York; +. Temple
/ ton, Chicago.
1 CuLen.-A. X. Herald and wife. George
/ R. Banton, Farley, Ia; A. GTOtho and
/ family. Payette. Ia; J. II. Ford, Waiver
/ ~. Ia: J. Hart. New York; c. A Nor
ris. H: L. Traver. Dayton, Wis; ". d.
! HiggenbOtham. Elko; W. J. Schofield.
/ Sam Love Nephi; T. NJ. Baird, Pocateuo;
Lewis Anderson. Manti; r. NJ MeCree.
Bingham; W. II. Grant. American Fork;