The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-25

Salt Lake City's Chinatown was or
dered to move on Saturday. The pictur-
esque glimpse Of the orient which has
hitherto been allowed to have pretty
much its own way in the heart of the city
Will be superseded by an occidental and
unromantic row of warehouses and store
rooms. To this end the present celestiaI
occupants of Plum alley have been
given three months to get out and seek
new quarters for themselves, their goods
chattels, Joss, chop suey and dope, curios
and queer smells, and the street has been
ordered paved. The entrance from Second
South is already barred up and the cas-
ual visitor VINO wends his way thither to
Obliviate the sorrows of the day with
poppy or mandragOra or other drOwSy
syrup of the east is forced to walk about
the block with the consequent peril of be-
ing detained on the way by fair siren or
the festive lure of the omnipresent sa-
loon.
Celestial Prejudice Against Salt Lake
Plum alley runs from Second South into
Commercial avenue. It's population has,
since 1880, consisted entirely of Chinks
and their American, Greek, Jap and
Scandinavian guests. At one time there
were about 800 Cinnamon, but they have
lately dWlndled until now there are
one hundred only, small portion of the
celestial population of the city. With
them are associated a few degenerate
Cauca Stars. male and female, who are
ting too far away from their dope sup
ply. The cause of the falling off of pop
ulation in Plum alley is ascribed to the
objection of the local authorities to what
is known as hitting the pipe" The
dope in other forms seems to be easy
enough to get and especially so in Plum
alley, bul the unfortunate prejudice which
exists aga INST taking it by means of the
smoke has driven many of the devOtees
of that form of amusement to San Fran
cisco. Denver. Portland and other places
which are said to be more liberal towns.
The Mayor of Plum Alley.
Chin Chin. long time mayor of Plum
alley, so testified today. He has long
lamented the narrOWneSs of the town to-
ward the favorite celestial pastime and
kept Chinese grocery store, ne has in
terestS in several establishments where
the stuff that dreams are made Of is dis
pensed- Also he thinks that to scatter
his people about from mere desire for
warehouses and asphalt, pavement is
rather rubbing it in. Chin Chin's per-
sonal interest il. the future movements of
the Cinnamon of Salt Lake City is some
what lessened by two facts. The first
is that he has already got his, or what
is considered sufficient to that end IN
the Yangtse valley. He is worth about
$4,000. The second is that Chin Chin is
rather apt to be sent further than Third
South, where the rest of the bunch think
they are going. His last entrance into
this country from China was viewed by
the United States government with some
disfavOr and necessitated the lOosing of
the Chin Chin wad to A liberal and pain
full extent, and he is not quite sure yet
how firmly he IS planted here.
In the Celestial Political Arena.
Chin Chin is easily the first in the
hearts of his countrymen, and there has
never been any suggestion of his political
pre-eminence being overshadowed since
visit he acquired the present Mrs. Chin
Chin, who shares the local honOrs with
him. Three little Chin Chins have blessed
their union. While he was away they
audacious person objected to the ad in
term part of it and tried to hold his
job after Chin Chin returned. Nothing
doing.
Chin chin's Lieutenant An Wah.
The likeness of Chin Chin in the photo
graph is an excellent one. as will be at
once noted by his many friends and adj
mirers, but the other prominent figure is.
if possible, better known to those Salt
Lakers who wonder each midnight what
they will do until bedtime, Behold. All
Wah gambler. dope fiend and gambler
mascot. He is perhaps better known as
Rubber" He has lured large number
of the gilded pennies into the capacfous
Golfers Of his breeches pockets Some
saw that he is slmost as wealthy as the
Number One himself. and that he too
has no great anxiety as to where the re-
mainder of his days viii be spent. He Is
50 years old and was Salt Lake Citv's
pioneer Chinaman. coming here in 1874
He has smoked hop all his life he
saws. and challenges anyone to show in
what wav il has harmed him. 1t certain
ly hasn't helped his looks any. He Is
not a pretty Chinaman. even to those
who classify that ancient line among the
sublime and the beautiful.
Farewell to Plum Alley.
Well. Plum alley will go Its glories
will become shadowy memories of past
but as traditions they will never die. In