The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-07

The promoters have agreed to hold
their decision until they hear from
Mr.. Nelson. Mr.. Nelson starts this
morning to put the proposition up to
the business men. Before three days
he expects to be able to assure the pro-
motors that Salt Lake is o. X. Mr..
Nelson SAYS:
The situation has narrowed, or
rather, broadened itself 20 where Salt
Lake. San Francisco and Los Angeles
are bidding against each other to land
The Jeffries-Johnson meeting.
Naturally, the promoters will accept
the best terms made them from a
financial standpoint. Richard is still
very much in favor of Salt Lake and
Gleason is not so opposed to Salt Lake
as he is credited with. However, the
San Francisco people and the close
friends of Gleason, of whom Sam Ber-
ger, manager of Jeffries is one of the
most active, are urging san Francisco
upon him night and day.
Rickard and Gleason.
while you have heard that Richard
and Gleason are at outs and of the
trouble we have had in getting to-
gether, such is not quite true When
together both men seem on the best of
terms, and there is no question but
they will pull together because 1T
means great loss of money to them
not to do so. 1t is true that they go
about looking into the propositions adj
Vanced in their own ways and many
times alone, but when ii comes to the
final settlement they will act as one.
salt Lake is making them all take
notice on the coast, and in San Fran
cisco is considered the only rival for
the meeting. The Los Angeles offer
of $4,000 is being considered, but Los
Angeles has not the same chance as
Salt Lake or San Francisco.
Nov as to the offers 1 made. I
offered Gleason 800, 600 for his interest,
this, of course, leaving him a one
sixth per cent in the picture receipts.
He is considering this offer and may
accept it.
The second offer and the one that
will be accepted the minute Salt Lake
makes it is the $4,000 from the bust
ness men and the other assurances you
have named, together with $4,000 to
be put up by the Saltair company.
While these figures may seem high
both Los Angeles and San Francisco
have gone higher, and the return from
the investment will, beyond a question
of a doubt be far greater than the sum
invested. There will also be world
of indirect beneficial results from an
advertising standpoint
Salt Lake VIII Draw.
"Rickard and many of his friends are
firmly convinced that Salt Lake will
draw a greater crowd than any other
city in the west. Gleason is not so
sure, nut VIII ran IN Win ttlckdru II
Salt Lake does her part of the bargain
u have not the slightest doubt that
salt Lake will get in the game and
settle the matter at once, and that the
world will know that our city has Of
ficially landed the great affair.
while the Saltair company has a
contract with Richard signed when he
was here we have no intention of fore
ing 1t upon him If he can not carry it
out He, of course wants to stage the
battle at San Francisco or any place
else rather than not stage it at all.
But he wants Salt Lake as the battle
ground.
The coast towns and the coast pro-
moters are making a big try for the
battle and their offers are most flat
tering. The native sons think that
San Francisco is the only city capable
of handling so big an affair and are