Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-23
PEOPLE WH0 ARE PASSING

Conrad Krebs. q prominent hop
grower, from oregon, Is at the knuts-
ford. He says hop growing IS the
source vi one Of the largest revenues 70
the state. and the average annual out
lut Is about 9O,090 bales, a bale weigh
lng 200 pounds each This years price,
| l0h cents Is due to the heavy Ensllsh
! crop. Prices of hops are changeaple
more 50 than mining stocks
H. c. Downey, of san Francisco, who
has been loYking over the OIL lieiuo'
I near Uulon NMbiit and Kemmeref,
Wyo.. says there Is every indication Of
| large quantities Of oil being found al
| those nlaces. 1T Is Of special value
! as Il lubricant he said, "and VIII last
ON machinery much longer than the
hest eastern product"
Frank a. Foote has returned from
an engineering trip to Bugvllle NcN.'
| and Is resting his weary frame AT thC
Cullen hotel Capt. Foote relates tnat
the good people down IN that country
| are great ON dancing. TINS SUITS NM
! exactly although II made nm Just
| trne nervous at first as the boys en-
| phasi2ed the calling Of the pronptel
| by dlschargng their six-shooters INTO
the ceiling of the dance hall HOW
| ever he Us used to that now, anu mas
| leafned to chasse2 and sWlng the glils
inst as The reVolyers pop and the plas-
lerlng falls Capt, F0ote reports the
duck hunting over In Nevada IS iine,
and after attending dances he goes oul
| hunting duck until after day light.
! Frank saws the girls from the Sinking
water country are the best dancers ana
| t,... fr,n, Tialhno ara tba noxt
A prominent San franciscan accom-
panying the passenger agents on their
Journey to this city was j. il. Gllmour'
literary and railroad editor of the San
Francisco Bulletin. who Is registered az
the Knutsford hotel. MI Gilm1ur THINKS
the great Hartman combines VIII be
great thing for San Francisco, as any
combination means decrease OF rates
"But San Francisco Is nightly pros
porous already remarked MI GilmOuf'
"and It is no exaggeratlon to claim ina
the city has over 100000 inhabitants.
New houses are being built as last as
possjble and even then there Is no room,
the hotels and boarding houses are
oyernowing an Of the time, and what
We are to do with the crowds sure 70
appear this winter from the east, we do
| NOT kllOMt lltlllOa VIZ ti' - NiNANN' =
and frequently notify tenants that their
rents are 10 be advanced because others
stand ready to offer more money, Rents
that were $40 and 1856 in October are to.
day $40 and $50, and IL Is pay or move.
Magnificent residences are being built
IN San Francisco, and two men, Spreck-
els and Irwin, are building palaces that
win cost a million apiece, The teamsters
strike stopped on the night Of that
Kearney street fight and every team
I'm the city has all the work that 1t can
possibly handle. Then the cable 70
Honolulu Is sure TO 90, and Mackay
told me that &c would be extended be-
yond to Manila. This will be big
thing for san Francisco Mr.. Gil.
mour has great hopes for the future Of
the Pacific coast.
b. +. Browne, the mining man. leaves
for El Paso next week as he has been
able to satisfactorily adjust several
business matters which have been
pendinp for some time Mr. Browne
saws El Paso Is growing like Jonah's
aourd. II has now 10000 inhabitants,
electric street railways are being built
there. and the greatest smelter Is GO
ing up on the site of the one that was
burned last simmer Mr. Browne viii
make trip down the Gulf OF Calilor-
MIA before returning north as there Is
4 mining property down ON the Sonora
coast in which he is interested
General Manager B. W. yegler OF
the Redroek, salmon & Gibbonsviie
Stage company IS REGISTERED at the
Knutsford from Salmon City. ~ Is
here 10 consult with General Passeuger
Agent Burley Of the Short Line with
a view TO service into Thunder Noun
tain district from yellow Jacket the
Wfsant most westerly point io W.
the stage line runs from Redrock. Mr..
Yosier says that there is great ANA
continued excitement In hls country
over the recent developments nj Thun-
der Mountain. and says that the here
tofore inaccesslbnity OF the section has
kept It's wonderful riches from being
discovered hut there will be ire
mendous rush in there when spring
opens In fact flfteeen men, he says,
came into Salmon the other day to out
NJ for the winter In Thunder Noun
tain as they propose to be the first In
the field Mr. Vogler looks for an ex-
] tension Of the Salmon river branch OF