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Show w BUSINESS AFFAIRS. Trouble Among Stockholders of the Lombard Lom-bard Investment Oo. Its Effect, A GOOD WORD FOR THE CHAMBER. Mr. Kmpey Takes Formal Possession of the Utah Site at the World's Fair-Today's Fair-Today's Clearings Inquiry. The Lombard Investment company, represented rep-resented in this city by Mr. Dale, and which has been doing a heavy loan business for some time, is not taking any new business. It seems that a number of the smaller eastern east-ern stockholders have become dissatisfied with the management of the company, and recently they threatened to institute some sort of proceedings. Whether or not this has beeu done is not known, but certain it is that the company is not taking any more business. Mr. Dale was seen by a Times re-poter re-poter this morning, but he was not able to give any information on the subject. The company has invested about three-quarters of a million in Utah sinee it commenced operations op-erations here a comparatively short time pgo. Good Word for the Chamber of Commerce. Delegate Caine, under date of May 29th in a private letter to Secretary Sears, concludes con-cludes as follows: ''I have been gratified to notice the independent inde-pendent course pursued by the Salt Lake chamber of commerce upon all public questions. ques-tions. Its action in this regard cannot fail of being highly beneficial, not only to Salt , Lake, but to the whole territory of Utah." It must be gratifying to President Donnel-lan Donnel-lan to hear such well merited praise from such a source, proving, as it does, that his efforts for the prosperity and general welfare wel-fare of the country through the chamber of commerce are being appreciated everywhere. every-where. World's Fair Notes. The acting secretary of the local commission commis-sion has received Millard county's report. The report is very exhaustive and specific. Their chief resources are agricultural, but they make a feature of their undeveloped mineral resources. Among the natural curiosities curi-osities or Millard county is an extinct volcanic vol-canic crater, a spring that produces ice in th ehottejt weather, near wnich is another spring which is said to be possessed of wonderful won-derful medicinal properties ; and a huge, detached de-tached rock, on one side of which are the imprint of human feet, clearly defined. Verily, Utah's exhibit will be second to none. The I'tvh WorfrPs Fair Adwate will make its initial appearance on June 20th, and promises to be a very interesting journal. Wants to Know. M. G. Furgeson, the lawyer, called on Secretary Sears at the chamber of commerce with a letter of inquiry from his, brother, J. K. Furgeson of Springfield. Mo. Mr. Fur-gesou's Fur-gesou's brother is an old resident of Springfield, Spring-field, and having sold out his wholesale drug business there is looking toward Utah as a field for investment. Secretary Scars sent him a lot of literature and will follow that up with one of his characteristic letters, which will post the gentleman on Utah as thoroughly as if he had lived here, and there is but little doubt but what he will enter the business field here. Business Uriels. A. L. Williams has assumed control of the Xatatorium on West Temple street. The street supervisor Is grading Sixth South street, between Second aud" Third West. Another old adobe house is being pulled down on South West Temple to make room for a new building. The chamber of commerce is about to publish a handsome illustrated pamphlet which will do credit to itself and the town. The old wall which has enclosed the Temple Tem-ple block for so many years will soon be a thing of the past, and a handsome iron fence will be put up in its place. m |