White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-06-24
DECLINE OF SALT A X

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In the last six months the popula-
ton of Salt lake City mas fallen OF
$4,000 This is common talk that
Is heard on the streets there every
day. This week an Ely man who has
spent the v!aIer there made the far
Their statement that II every person
who wished 10 leave there could do
so the city would not have more than
20.30a people ct
While other cities of the County
have suffered during the afier-Nar
depression anu nearly all Of them
east and vest. have returned 10 a
high degree OF prosperity. Salt Lake
Is the one city that has not come
hack and seems to be unable 10 do
SO. l. is On the ropes and taking
the count.
For this condition q NUM- ct %
causes are being assigned. Nos
prominent CT these IS the arrogant
in which L has treated the
people of tie territory naturally frib
utary % il. There IS not a city ir
the United States With a greater ex~
elusive area hat naturally would
gravitate TO salt Lake 10 trade. an1
would continue 10 do 80 Indefinitely
with halfway decent treatment. for
these whose dollars built the cify 10
the size that II was before IL lost the
250eo. IS as impossible as for a per-
son 10 receive a h~cspitable welcome
in : den Of ratflesnakes. Those who
have yentured in have received the
same thanks for their patronage that
would be received in the aforesaid
den. namely. 2 venomons sting. or 3
hundred Of them. from he raftlers
coiled inside
Ely is not tie oniv one % such
places having = grievance over high
way matters. nor even is the Lincoln
high.ay the only one that has been
~boycotted by Salt Lake $ band OF buc-
caneers and olacklegs. About two
years ago the Tribune published a
partial list Of the towns having
grievances against Salt Lake on high
way matters alone. and this list in
cluded every town large enough to
nc HOtAh- "a INV 1tnAE AAOll IOLAn-
ern Idaho through the southern part
Of that state TO southwestern Wv
oming. western Colorado. northern
Arizona. all OF Nevada and a consid-
cradle section OF southeastern Ore
gon.
All of this homemade antagonism
taken together seems to have been
having its effect and every visit to
Salt Lake and every report from
there in the last two years has
brought further corroboration OF the
fact that the place Is going backward,
and at a Tapid pace al that.
Another prominent cause o. the
decline j. given as that Of the aiti-
tude Of the leading interests IF the
city on the open-shop question. Union
members who have lived there for
more than twenty years. owning their
homes and having other investments.
have left for California in droyes
rather than surrender their cards.
They look up0n that the same as a
lawyer being asked 10 forfeit his
membership Of the bar. and in either
case it is easy TO understand how
men would prefer to move to new
fields rather than surrender their
cards. This has brought abou, A mi
grafton that thu far has been OF
the most Tangible and distinct loss Of
any from a number of causes.
A third and final factor that is
having a tremendous effect in the
least unsupported quarter il the
movement OF a great many Of the
older and wealthier Inhabitants OF
the city. mostly In the direction OF
Los Angeles. Many OF these are
Mormons who have spent the span
OF their lives there. but they are
leaving for a milder climate to spend
their declining years. They object tn
the fogs and the severe winters of
Salt Lake and in the sumnser TO its
billions of mosquitoes. The appro
priation by the last Utah legislature
of $4,000 to combat mosquitoes in
Salt Lake il an unexplained recogni-
ton OF that undesired migration.
which expression Is well understood
by persons close enough TO have
knowledge of the facts
The news and editorial columns Of
the Salt Lake papers are silent upon
the subject of the decline oil their
city, but their advertising columns
are eloquent. teeming as they do
with sacrifice sales and with real es.
tate marked down
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