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Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS. Attracted by the reports of Salt Lake's phenomenal prospects, together with its marvelous climate, Dr. C. 0. Shlnnick of Hot Springs, South Dakota, but formerly of Knoxville, Iowa, lias come with the intention inten-tion of settling and engaging in the practice prac-tice of lus profession. The doctor is accompanied accom-panied by his wife and they are enjoying the hospitality of the Knutsford. Dr. Shin-nick Shin-nick when a boy of fifteen entered the army with others from his native town and was in several of the campaigns through Virginia. While serving in the army he contracted malaria and liver troubles which have at times bothered him at intervals since. "Some years ago," said lie, "I was compelled to abandon a lucrative practice which I had been 33 years in establishing estab-lishing at KnQXVllle, Iowa." said Dr. Shlnneck, " and 1 went to Hot Springs. South Dakota, for my health which is now completely restored. 1 was there the physician to the Soldiers Borne. 1 oxpeel to establish my oflicoo here in Salt Lake and if I do 1 shall burn my bridges behind me and become one of your citizens." -e h- A Pysoff, chief engineer in charge of tne construction of the Ussutl and Amor divisions divi-sions of the Siberian railway, win. was in the city a few days ago. in describing the work said: "I'ssuri division is 800 miles long, reaching to Crafskl. Over 5,000 convicts, con-victs, Qorean and Russian subject-, are now at work on it. Next year there will be 7,000, It will take twelve years to finish the entire' road. We have had to constantly protect the surveyors and builders of the Siberian road, and have now eighteen battalion of troops of 1,000 each, nine squadrons of cavaln and a brigade of artillery of six batteries. We need them all, too, for the road run- close to the Chinese frontier, and the country is in an extremely turbulent state. The other divisions di-visions have been surveyed, and the line lias been extended 1,700 miles easterly from St. Petersburg." |