The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-27
he last statement aggregated $780,.

| the ldSJ StdtsllleuC aSSreSdteu GLOW, ,
900.
A beautiful new office building has
Just been completed in the Hughes
block, and the contract has just been
awarded for the erection of a third
moving picture house. to be equal in
! equipment and external appearance to
any in the northwest. The Chicago
| Five, Ten and Fifteen-C Cent Store com
pany last week opened a branch here,
being one OF a string of such stores
extending across the northwest.
Insurance rates have been cut down
one-thrd by the installation of mod
ern fire-fighting equipment, the water
system has been improved by the pur-
chase of modern machinery, complete
sewer systems have been installed, and,
III fact. the past year or two has seen
immense development along every line
of endeavor, civic and industrial
The agricultural and fruit lands
around Caldwell are Of a high charac-
ter, The prize.winning orchard of the
northwest, the Dorman place, is located
here. which in 1908 took first place in
competition with seventeen states at
Omaha. A hundred dollars an acre
from clover seed is quite common. while
fruit of all kinds, grain, alfalfa, hog.
raising and stock OF all kinds bring
good returns,
Stock Shipping Center.
The establishment of the Union
Stock yards at Caldwell and the bio
success of the first sale has firmlV
established the fact that Caldwell IS
destined TO become the stock dealing
center OF the northwest inland empire
For the past two years the volume of
transactions by one firm alone in sSock
hn dad
trading has passed the half million
mark
The organization of the Union Stool,
Yards company marked but an Incl.
dent in the progress of the stock bust.
ness IN Caldwell, but has created quite
an interest among the stockmen of the
Pacific coast Such we'll known men
In this line as John A, Haley of Nash
VILE, Tenn, John D. Houston of Seat
tle, Walter Houtz of Napinee, Neb.
George, Erickson of Vancouver and
H. Turner and the Smeed brothers of
Caldwell are stockholders and warm
supporters OF the Caldwell institution
which succeeds Miles City, Mont
where these sales have previously been
held. The superior transportation fa.
clhties enjoyed by Caldwell. the fact |
that 1t Is on the main line of the o S
~, ana the reputation already estab.
llshed as a stock-raising center, made
Caldwell the logical location for tbe
venture.
Business Widespread.
Listings for the first sale included
shipments from such we'll known firms
Is Coffman & Nichols, Utah: Palmer
y Parks, Jordan Valley; Cherry B1ne
barney Valley, Or: c. X. Larrabee
alder, Mont; George Erickson, Seat,
,le; 6. NJ. Allen, Boise; j. B. Duncan
Jordan 70 Valley; Davis 6 FIoyd VAIL
'Salla; Smeed Bros and C. II. Tnrner
u caldwell, and dozens of other fins
md stockmen all over the nort6west
>. The unprecedented success of ~
lrst sale has given wide publicity ~
he new yards, and listinps for no no
econd sale, to be held August s q me
!. are coming in fast, Already * 400
lead OF sheep are on the books fop
ale, together with a big sbipmnn+ ~
ows from Coffman & Bensipeer Vii al
nown California stockmen. n L vel o
eeted that from 1000 to 1900 boreeo
no mnd stations will be sold at the Aurust
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