Show r FIRST BANK OF MERCUR James H Bacon Returns From His Eastern Trip ALL EYES ARE UPON UTAH I 1IXINt NEWS FROM ALL OVDK TIlE WEST Important Decision In Relation to Posting Xotlcch Cumberland Malc IIIK n Good ShonInK Pedro Ship inciit Roaring Won In Death Cwnyon IJnrbop t Walker Jll Ion I-on u Tent Run Ore nod Bullion IMiictMilx Mlnlutv Xev s Influence of Jiipnn Indemnity on Silver I The First Bank of Mereur I That will be the name of the new bank soon to be established In the great and growing Mereur gold camp as tho Herald man was last evening advised by President Bacon of tho Bank of Salt Lake Mr Bacon has just returned from Isew York after an absence of three weeks much of that time being spent T In New York and Chicago He said In the eastern trade centres and throughout the entire region which I traverse while away I found that 1tah is being discussed more ian any other section of the country Our fame has gone out and with the corning corn-ing of statehood together with our phenomenal mining and growing Industries L dustries as a whole the people arc I greatly interested It means that many of them will come out here and having I seen for themselves will conclude to invest and abide with us realizing that I here are great and golden opportunl ties for the uptodate and progressive ones I During my stay in Chicago I heard I a financier of that city say that he expected to live to see Salt Lake city the great intermountain metropolis of all the vast area lying l west of the I river That our wonderful resources I climatic influences and geographical locations tended < to such belief r What arrangement have you made for a Mereur bank was asked Work on the building was started today and will he rushed to completion comple-tion as speedily as may be The structure struc-ture ivlll be a substantial frame owing to the lateness of the season which precludes the laying of brick this time of the year It will be known as the First Bank of Mercur and while in f zen York I purchased the safe of the MosJpr patent with screw doors and modern attachments We will be ready to do a banking business there aijout the first of the year if material comes on promptly and building operations opera-tions are not delayed through unusually I unusual-ly severe weather Mr Bacon further remarked that there is a feeling becoming strongly prevalent in the cast that the greatly increased gold output of the mines I vrould have a marked tendency to settle set-tle the silver question |