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Show THE CITIZEN BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL. The bigest real estate deal of the present year was consummated the other day when A. L. Glassman, publisher of the Og- 11 pieces proves that he is well up in engineering as well as financing. We will now hear the other side of the story. purchased the American theatre from BIG BUSINESS. company. This theatre has been a theatrical football for some time. Some time ago efforts were made Big busienss is swallowing up little business, and apparto revive interest in this show house and Eddie Diamond, forno one is stretching forth a hand to choke off the octopus. merly of the Pantages, was induced to take hold of the theatre, ently That is the first sentence in a recent article in Georgia Grocer. but lie went in with his hands tied and came out a much wiser Had he been given And it is typical of the cry that is going up from more and more man, and paid a big price for experience. business writers and speakers. But wait! There is no occasion full charge he would have made a success of the show house. to go liay-wir- e over this; to get Progress is always the result of movements which go to extremes, by their AUTO LAWBREAKERS. own impetus, like the swinging of a pendulum. We are about There is a certain class of automobile drivers who pay no to the end of this swing, and the return movement is as sure. or police orders, and who are When it becomes evident that chains, for instance, swing a club attention to signs, which demands and receives preferential prices and services, of the opinion that they own the highways, that it makes it very difficult for the ordinary law abiding driver. Stiff fines and and that their tendencies are monopolistic, the people will turn from these ideas. Individual retailers can successjail sentences would quickly remedy present conditions. fully combat the unfair monoplistic tactics of aggregate wealth of efforts. And finally in retail merchandising by ANOTHER FAILURE. personality is a dominant factor that can never be eliminated. The recent disarmament conference under the auspices of The only thing big business can drive out is inefficiency. New the League of Nations, held in Geneva, proved a failure,, just as West Trade. everyone who had studied the situation knew that it would end in failure. The Denver & Rio Grande Western has mapped out a $6,- Our internationalists would like to see the United States 000,000 repair and building program for the coming four years. disarm so that Europe could more easily dictate our policies. This will give many men employment, which means a great deal to the cities adjacent to the building and construction work. Well, Uncle Sam is not taking any chances with the war lords across the pond. President J. S. Pyeatt was in the city for a few days and he says this stat$ is coming to the front very fast. ANOTHER DAM UNSAFE. This is the period of handshaking. The aspiring politician to the hills of driven Weiser by knows everybody on the street. He may miss their front names, People valley, Idaho, were a bad (lain leak in the Crane Creek Canyon reservoir. It looked but that was just a slip of the tongue. like the east end of the dam would give way, but by lowering the water and through the heroic efforts of men working day and If automobiles get down in price as compared with tires, night a disastrous flood was prevented. we will need no traffic regulations. Highways will have to be This dam no doubt passed the inspection of competent engindoubled in number, streets widened, or there will be such a jam eers, yet it would have gone out but for superhuman efforts that travel will be impossible. which have temporarily eliminated the danger. den Standard-Examine- r, the Dahnken Theatre panic-stricke- n. , right-of-way- s, un-Americ- an co-ordiant- ion HIGHER TAXES. The peopel are asked to vote a $1,500,000 school bond issue There are only fourteen voting places in the city, which that over GO per cent of the people will be unable to get to the polls to vote. No one wants to walk a mile to vote. Under such conditions, if all the school teachers get out and vto, they can carry any election, but the people may fool them today. means todav. Utah Taxpayers Association, after a careful investigation, recommends No for the bond issue, and goes on record that there is no immediate need of the bonds at this time. Then why the bond issue at this time? The j WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? I conduit on west Thirteenth South jftreet and left the intake open so that helpless children will be parried to certain death if to fall into the creek they happen &bve Who built the half-mil- e the long flume ? , Our 0l'lhe officials are sure bears safety of the public? when it comes to doing things BOULDER EXPLOSION. Boulder dam lias been drawing fire from the big guns Drillg the week, and we are wondering if it will be blown to 01115 or just scarred. The wav Reed Smoot picked that dam to ,1'hp If you wish to borrow money on real estate, it will be to your advantage to come in and learn why we have for years led all competitors in Salt Lake City and County in the number of real estate loans made, as shown in the office of the County Recorder. TRUSTS, SAVINGS, INSURANCE SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS & Loan Trust Co. Tracy 151 South Main St. Salt Lake City, Utah |