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Show Hi H j II f "PROMINENT CITIZEN" GRAFTERS. Wt W II Tlie gold brick man the knight of the long HI II ! green, the seductive three card monte professor, H t 'I 3 the man who finds the gold ring and the farmer Hi ' f I i If j friend of the family are unsophisticated moral genii gen-ii ' r'ill I tlemen compared with the up-to-date fake adver-H adver-H 1 i 1 Users of today, who drop into town from the Lord H ' 'II I knows where, solicit and obtain photographs of H ii II I leading merchants and prominent men, with a H '' ' J im promise of a full page writeup, and gather in the j5JjlS ; golden shekels in advance for copies of Wr'i il? J $3 tlie alleged Periodical which is to send in the ad-Hl ad-Hl 3; J ! j vertiser's name thundering down to posterity and H , fk 1 1 after days, weeks and months go by and the pub-B pub-B , ftjl ? lication fails to materialize the sucker who m" I jjj I i 1 pungled up the cash for cheap advertisement real-H( real-H( i ' n I , I 1 izes to uis cost tliat a11 is not Pointed that's paid H i'I I I for' and anotner tem of experience is dotted down 4 i I 1 I on the debit side of the business man's ledger. Kt1' ,P I I Several instances of this class of highway rob-H rob-H '1 i ; .i ' ery developed during the recent Elks' carnival, B m I li ' when a lot of clever though unscrupulous mem-M' mem-M' MM I bers of the loud"cuecked fraternity hit Salt Lake HH ili i ' an Persuaded any number of Zion's business men H r 1 11 I ) to Permit their faces and biographical sketches to Br 1 1' 1 u 6 transferred to the keeping of these accom-1 accom-1 r f H J plished grafters, and went down for the long green HfJ j m f wherewith to liquidate the "bare expense" of get-ffi get-ffi r ' & I ' tIng out the "masnificent authorized souvenir edi-H edi-H i ? 3 j . tion" for the Elks, and after the last Elk had dis-Hug dis-Hug w U i j appeared from the classic shades of Salt Lake, one Kjl I . M I j lone "souvenir edition" out of the half score prom-Hjg prom-Hjg i( is ised, came stealing through the gloaming dayB HK k. i It after its time of usefulness had passed into an-H an-H I I H cient history. Nif 1 i Legitimate advertising through legitimate local Hlr IS M ' channels will bring increased business and ade- Hf W ft ft i quate returns for investment, but business men Hf 31' II m should exercise reasonable business acumen be- Hl tlmm B ' ore Payin& in advance for alleged "cheap" adver- m 1!Pm 2 I tising in periodicals which in truth have no ex- Hl 'iSmfB '; istence. Patronize home trade and thus foster B HHW I ' reciprocity in legitimate channels and give tho go- mEffiH by to all these bunko-steering, confidence sharps WBBttEm who hit the town on brakebeams and use your HHHHB ' easy money to pay for Pullman accommodations In HHl I making their exit |