Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
S alt Lake

colony" complete in every detail and
becoming more thicltly populated
each succeeding week Thousands of
the coffee colDred Lllliputs are en-
ployed in and around Salt Lake, AS
their numbers increased the demand
and need for supply stores became
greater.
IN due time an enterprising Japan
csc merchant rented a place on Rich.
ARDS street and opened UP his stock
he was followed by others; grocers;
cipthlefs; haberdashers and mer-
chants and dealers OF all kinds,
There Is a decided surprise IN store
for the salt Laker who takes Il stroll
down through Richards street for the
iii st time In several years. Where the
grain store used 20 be now STANG. a
pool room" owned. managed and
patroni2ed by sons OF Nippon. Little
brown men laugh and squabble over
their game of billiards and pool lust
like white men; they IRE watched by
younger specimens of the race that
someone IL trying TO sick onto Uncle
sam.
PATTERNED AFTER AMERICA.
In n window OF ono of the general
stores stores along the street ones at
tention is attracted by magazines
bound and Illustrated like the American
the japanese language. The clothiers
label each suit and garment exhibited
Tor sale with price tags and adver-
easements lust as the American mer-
chant does. Everything in the colony
is patterned after the American. In
one of the stores an American phono-
graph ground out Il doeful Japanese
song. A Japanese restaurant had
regular American-stylc bills-of-fa fare
scattered on It's tables. American ci-
| gars We're for purchasing by custo-
mers but the quality aud flavor were
| discussed IN the Japanese language.
COMFORTABLE AND CLEAN.
The Japanese home is clean and
usually very comfortable cozy -neatness
IS trait the Japanese possesses
Down an west Second South is an old
shack of building that at one time
was the headquarters for the Future
Men cub The members of the Flu
| tune Men Club" have become men and
deserted the building years ago. Then
a horse collar maker converted the
structure into a factory. Now il is a
Japanese boarding and lodging house.
"A large number of the little laborers
are housed there and II is an interesting
| point that little or no noise is ever
| heard in the building. The sign ",rhe
| Future Men Club" still stands out
black in the red brick.
THEY ARE DANDIES.
| Another Japanese hotel, furnishing
| board and lodging for 80 Japanese was
| Formerly an American boarding house.
IL is located on Pierpont and West
Temple street. IN the evening the lit
| tie Drown men who work at hard labor
| curing the day can be seen sitting ont
| beneath the trees and around the lawn
an dressed IN apparently brand new
suits, fit TO q nicely, soft shirts coll
lars and ties and nicely shined shoes.
| When ready for an evening call the
son of Nippon is four feet two of
simon pure dandy" He wears all
that is new ana up-to-date among the
| wen dressed Americans. Gloves, patent
| leather shoes--whatever is best is none
too good for him.
III the morning he hurries to work
with an American lunch bucket full of
Japanese lunch american cheese
bread and bologna). He seems per-
fectly willing to mind his own bust
ness and satisfied at your minding
yours.
ONE THOUSAND BROWN MEN.
There are perhaps 1000 Japanese la
horers in this region, The railroads
employ the greatest number as section
hands. While small. they are strong
agile and quick to learn, making then
excellent laborers. Sugar beet cult
walton Is an occupation they are be
! ginning TO adopt as a means of obtain
| ing the American dollar. Every sea
son sees hundreds OF new seekers-af
ter-work journeying through the suga
beet districts of Idaho and Utah Tn
! local contractors and big construction