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Show look to not only longer life but to infinite infi-nite good fellowship. The Elks, of whom thore aro not a few in ion, are agitating a lodge for this locality. The opening of its record would doubtless recruit a largo and select se-lect enrollment. There is no order that i.s actuated by more sublime impulses, im-pulses, whose charter in the symbol of loftier teachings. Then again Salt Lake would boast of no more fertile source of amusement. i no street corners and curbs aro fringed witli too much profligacy prolligacy that is homeless and ragged. .Shopping femininity and energetic manhood find it very annoying not to refer to the delays that are naturally the result of tho dirty blockade. J, I "calW miting Unwary Items that Found Themselves on tho Track of Chroniclers and Wera Picked Up. THE DEMAND FOE DWELLINGS Efforts of tha Eailroad Kculing-The Asphalt Fiasco The Projected Hall Police Committee, The avenues of commcrco with their fantastic draperies bear all the premonitions premo-nitions of approaching holidays. The merchants' window is literally gorged with novelties and notwithstanding the boasted utilitarianism of tho present era there is more that smacks of the flimsy ornament than of tha practical needs of humanity. Tho dealer is doing do-ing a land ollice business, the cornucopia cornu-copia i.s fast tilling and tho unanimous verdict is that receipts for the month will exceed all former records. Tho firm demand for desirable dwellings dwel-lings is an unmistakable symbol of the prosperity of the hour. Heal estate brokers on all sides have their registers filled with applications, and unless spring comes forward with somo relief there will be a house famine. The man who is seeking an opportunity to make his idle dollars pay their way should give this opportunity his serious attention. atten-tion. It is a hard-boiled fact, corresponding corres-ponding investments in no western city are a source of so much revenue us those of Zion. The nsphaltum liasco on Commercial street has become a source of insufferable insuffer-able annoyance to pedestrians and every man who lives in tho locality. Reduced to a sooty and impalpable powder, it is whipped up by the piping winds, and erevie.e is proof against its intrusions. "The expense of carting it beyond the reach of imman lung and olfactory would be m 'rely nominal, and, as there is no earthly use for its presence 011 the thoroughfare, tho board of health should demand and foico its removal. Tha decision rendered by Judge Zane on the rights of the street railway company practically sets a precedent that will govern, for all time to como. It is now rumored that the fight between be-tween the contending companies will be fiercer than ever anil that efforts to kiss and make up on the basis outlined by the court will result in a chapter of highly sensational complications. However, How-ever, the public is comforted by the assurance that with the price iu its eaehemeres it can rido and will content con-tent itself with simply looking on. Xo sign of an intention to redeem the sanitari umfrom tho gnawing tooth of decay has yet appeared, and infirm humanity hu-manity must reconcile itself to present revolting conditions, appeal to bis narrow nar-row b.ith tub or go with the popular tide to tho natatorium, where the accommodations ac-commodations are all that can be required re-quired by the most fastidious. The demand for desirable mining locations lo-cations in surrounding camps continues to grow. New candidates for a foot hold are arriving on each train, and t he next season promises to dawn with a pulse of unprecedented firmness. Tho Colorado and Nevada contingent in the hills is steadily acquiring capital and strength a fact upon which the friends of the mining industry may cougratu- late uicmseivcs. There is one sentiment upon which the overwhelming majority in Salt Lake City concur without argument that .ion is suffering for a hall that wd! not only rellect her present, grandeur, grand-eur, but that will serve as a lofty index to her ultimate greatness. The police committee has shrugged its shoulders and without a stutter given it out in cold, clammy words that they cannot nor will not pay any attention to iuuendo. It is easy enough, they say. for the mau who is piqued at the patrolman 01' any member of the department to pose upon the curb anil with an air of righteous indignation to till tho atmosphere with allegations, loud-mouthed and vociferous declarations, declara-tions, and blister, the surrounding blocks with maledictions. A man has a right to bis antipathies, but to realize anything on them he must proceed as the law of and rules of practice direct. So if you've got a kick coming, present it over your signature. The increased interest betrayed in the development and utilization of Utah's almost matchless stone deposits signals tho rise of another industry .that must ultimately offord employmentto hundreds of quarrymen. The foundation founda-tion for such an industry has been carved out by nature, and a littla pluck compounded with a liitle capital will bring forth a magnificent superstructure. superstruct-ure. The athletic club that started out with pomp and flourish is scarcely a reminisenoe of its former vitality. President Pres-ident Kelley has almost lost a lung iu trying to pump life into iis bleached and quivering frame, but he must have help and that soon or there will be a jiiut-ral among; the organizations that |