Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-14
C. A. R. VETERANS
HOMEWARD bound.
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In
every point Of the compass in the United
States visiting a; week with us, will8no
doubt advertise tho beauties and hos
5pitality of Salt Lake City and 4S the
state of u tah more than anything else.
j have received dozens of calls at my
office and In every Instance, the vet
Grams ard their friends were highly
pleased with the entertainment they
had received Many of the veterans
declared that it was the finest encamp-
lnent that they had ever attended
j. -. Cosgriff-3A specially notable
thing in connection with this encamp-
ment was the number of banking peo-
pie in the g. A. r. who called to ex-i
change professional greetings These
visitors represented thrifty eastern in
stitutioEs and We're a substantial look
ing lot Many made extended inquiries
as to local Investments, particularly
With regard to farm lands both in this
state and in Idaho They were much
taken with the valley of the Great salt
Lake, SO that shouldn't be surprised
if&pretty good sized Investments We're
made by these q. a. r.. men In inter-
mountain real estate. The visitors
Learned "a good deal of the resources of
this part of&the country. and are likely
to give this matter further serious at
tentlon later on
Ex- Gov. Heber M Wells---It was the.
best advertisement possible for both
city and state, the best lin fact they
ever had. A few visiting veterans ac-s
8tunlly invested in our suburban real
estate while al that came into the bank:
expressed their utmost pleasure and
sgratification5at the boundless hospital
8ity and conrtesies that had been ex-j
tended to them. The word has gone
out that Salt Lake has the ability to
entertain large crowds of people, so
that henceforth the city will be known
as good convention city.
Treasurer A. w, Carlson, u. G. NJ. r.
The encampment brought many Of
our old friends and customers Into
town, and of course they called, which
made business good for us. Yes, the
occasion was q fine thing for the city,
and generally for business. 1t was one
of the best notwithstanding the city ever
had.
Manager Wallace Of F. Auerbach &
ECo.--There is no doubt at all that the
$encampment was a benefit to the city,
although in our particular line the in
crease of trade was not specially nos
5ticeable. met many Of the G. A. r..
visitors and they all spoke in the
warmest terms of the kindly treatment
accorded to them.
Gen. S. &. Parl--In our line of BUSH
ness, jewelry, there was no special
increase of business, but that the on
campnlent was a fine thing for the town
at large cannot be denied The city
Will get n lot of excellent daverHsing,
advertising to its credit.
Assistant Manager Johnson, Walker
Bros. Co.-,I1he encamp1nent has helped
the smaller departments of our stores
noticeably. 1t has been very busy
week with US, except that on Wednes-
day the store was closed during the
parade. and for that reason we are open
this afternoon.
Assistant Manager shalenberger,
Keith-O'Brien Co.-Trade has been very
brisk with us this week. Why, on
Thursday morning the crowds here
were so dense that 1t was difficult to
move around. Tho encampment has
certainly brought good business here
to the stores.
p O. Howard-Tlle e1lcampment was
a splendid card for the city. Many c.
A. r. visitors called at the bank where
they expressed themselves In the high
est degree plilnentary to the city;s
hospitality, and the city's general at
Effectiveness. / think, as a whole the
town will be greatly benefited by the
holding here of the encampment. Yes,
we were kept pretty busy in business
way by the visitors.
Cashier a. II, Peabody--Yes the en-
campment was married. success. and
considerable money was left here. 1t
is a conservative esti>sate to say that
each q. A. r. visitor left $40, and each
Utah state visitor left a dollar in town. 4,
50 that the total aggregate ought 10
reach al the lowest estimate $150.O00
BIG HOTEL BUSINESS.
That the encampment was a success
in every sense of the word, is the opin-
ion of Salt Lakes hotel and restaur-
ant men generally However. the es-
TO the number of people who would
be here, was considerably in excess of
the actual number and, as a result,
some of the restaurants have on hand
more supplies than they know what to
do with,
With the exception of the day of the
big parade. and then for not more than
two hours. there was not n time when
the hotels and restaurants could not care
for the immediate wants of patrons
During the parade the hungry did not
have to wait more than ten minutes
to be served at any of the leading res
taurants. Il.
Gus Holiness Knutsford-The encamp-
ment has been q success. Our business
has been up to expectation because we
have taken care of more than we ex-
pected to do. We have handled from
sEo to 400 per day,
Sam Porter. Kenyon-.our expecta-
tons were more than reached because
we took care of more people than we
expected. Bythat mean we arranged
for the housing of a great many at pri-
vate residences, We took care of about
400 per day. The enca,npment has
been n success.
John condfon, cullen-The estimate
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