Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-06
W0RKAEN BUSY At
STOCKAOE TODAY
Paperhangers, Decorators and
Artisans in General Active in
The Walled Region.
POLICE APPEARS INNOCENT.
HE Doesn't Know What All the Hub
bub Mcans--Momen With Bright
Checks Watch Work Go ON.

shadows are being cast upon the
| underworld wall Seismic disturbances
have been noted in the neighborhood OF
Commercial street for number OF
days IN fact. ever since Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, when
the American" party plumed its
feathers and cried forth lusty yeip
OF victory And then II was that there
was business doing. Everybody got
ready for moving day, even though
May was long gone by. Hut the word
was passed along and the lingerie is
being packed.
Today az the "stoclSade" there was
unprecedented activity. In a number
Of the cottages along the midway
paperhangers and painters and decora-
tors We're plying their trades, GLACIERS
we're fitting I'm broken panes. and there
was "a sort OF a beehive industriousness.
This vicinity has been a scene OF
quietude and devastation for num-
Der Of moons past and the landlords
have been tearing hgurative hair in
"A vain guess as To how they were going
10 get their good coin back. II Is
said that some OF them sent some Of
II after what had gone before and now,
il Is asserted, they arc hanging paper,
painting. and decorating their prop
district into modern and up-to-date liv-
ing properties.
The eyes of the neighborhood are
gladstone, the mouths are smiling,
though closed, and there is a general
air Of expectancy When tied down.
there Is no definite expression. But
the shadow looms larger and larger
upon the stockadc wall as the hours
20 by The presence Of a number OF
mortar mixing boxes. with ladders and
scaffolding scattered here and there
note the progress there as well as IN
other parts OF salt Lake.
WOMEN WATCH WORK.
This afternoon the midway for the
first time for six months was fairly
populous. There were a number OF
ladies' glancing critically over the
landscape and they seemed to take
"a most favorable view of the scenery.
And they were a most beautifully be-
plumaged aggregation, one which
would have made the bipeds of the
South African deserts weeE because Of
bvgons glories Their skirts rustled
with tainted opulence and their COM
pleXions were carried without seeming
additional weight They viewed tho
work Of the decorators with a critical
eye and were evidently satisfied as TO
the progress.
The houses are all numbered in this
miniature department Of the city ana
one OF them is zoo. Here II was that
two men III white overails were put
ting on white paint with trimmings
of yellow. Another was hanging paper
of a very vivid crimson hue In front
OF the house an electrician WAS doing
some wiring and by his side there were
"a number Of incandcscent globes
which were tinted in the color OF the
wine when 1t Is red.
The sidewalks are being put into
order for the steps which are maynard
ana the byways are being cleaned for
soft falls. All in all there is gentle
air Of getting busy which betokens
something doing in the very near
Both Mayor l3ransford and Chief of
Police sam Barlow, through his spokes-
man, professed sublime Ignorance In
regard to these activities. IL Is really
Astonishing how ignorant American
officials can be. The real estate men Of
The city were also dumb and looked
askancc upon the map OF Improve
ments But from indications IL looks as
II something Is going to be done In the
neighborhood of breakdown IN the very
near future.
Two complaints against Mrs. Dora h.
Topham and four cases against tho
citizens Investment company, charged
with renting property for immoral
purposes Ia the 'stockade," were strlck-
en- nom the calendar by Judge T. ID,
Lewis this morning, on motion OF p, L.
who was SPECIAL prosecutor
assisting County Attorney Lyon In the
Of the "stocllade'' cases last
summer. The cases have not been dis
missed. but VIII be retained In the files
of the court tor use In case Of renewed
activity az the notorious resort in Sec
ond South street