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Show B The most potent thing auguring H greatness for Salt Lako City which has H occurred in recent years Is the colos- H sal real estate purchases by Air. Sam- H uel Nowliotise. It Is true that tho H purchases have not yet been fully H consummated, that tho deals so far H nro merely in the nature of options, H but wo all know that Air. Newlwuso H is not a bluffer or a hot air peddler. U Everything he has undertaken has H been on a solid business basis and he H makes no noise about what ho Is plan- Hl nlng or contemplates doing until ho H has made up his mind to do it. When H Mr. Newhouso authorized tho publl- H cation of his intention to buy a few H! million dollars worth of real estate In H tho heart of Salt Lake City and to H spend a few moro millions in erect- H ing buildings the public had faith In H it, they know that Mr. Newhouso H meant just what ho said and tho gen- H cral belief is that the deals aro as H good as closed. It's tho greatest boost H Salt Lake has received. Apart from H tho actual millions that Mr. Newhouso H will spend it gives confidence to oth- H ers with money who nro satisfied from H experience to follow his lead and bank H on his judgment. H The Tribune labors hard to put H Senators Smoot and Sutheland and H Congressman Howell In tho light of H disapproving of President Roosevelt's H remarks about marriago and divorce U and polygamy and kindred offenses be-H be-H ing placed under tho jurisdiction of H tho Federal government. Tho Tribal Trib-al uno also tries to mako It appear that H the Mormon people have been drivon H into a state of consternation by what M tho president says on the subject.' H Nothing could bo further from tho H. fact. Tho Mormons liavo no objoc- 'tlon to tho proposed chango and as1 H; neither Smoot, Sutherland or Howell aro polygnmlsls or apolgists for poly-gamlst.s poly-gamlst.s they can have no objection to It. The dire pre-election" predictions of tho Tribune that business In Salt Lake would go to the dogs if the amerlkearns party was not elected have- proved to bo mqrp Idle threats Intended to Intimidate voters-. Since the defeat of tho'Kearns crowd) of grafters and knockers, business in all lines has taken on something in the nature of a boom. The- real estate owners were relieved from a sure raise in taxes by tho defeat of tho grafters. Men like Mr. Newhouse, it appears, obtained confidence confi-dence In Salt Lake just as soon' as the Kearnsltes were knocked out. If they had won it, it Is very problematical If these largo real estate deals would have been consummated. Tho school teachers aro to bo congratulated con-gratulated on their escape fnom tho amerlkearns party. Another hard blow for tho Kearns crowd was the school election result. re-sult. Tho gang Is certainly very "grogy" at least. The Tribune expressed astonishment astonish-ment that somebody didn't take notice cf and rush to contravent statement's attributed by It to somebody in an nl-lcged nl-lcged Interview. Tho reason for the Tribune's disappointment, is that nobody no-body believes anything in tho Tribune without amplo corroboration and nobody no-body cares to engage In a controversy based on any statement tho Tribune makes. n |