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Show If 1 CIRCUS MIGHT II BOYCOH CITY 3 ill1! Big Show Nay Open Ten! at Murray. n ji Greed for Free Tickets in Ad- Sf'!. :!;! dition to High LIcsnse i Given as Reason, j j, lipjlt Hany City Officials and Employees y , r "Waiting for Pns8B3 With Out- ' I : ,!i - stretched Hands, i v iji' , j j jms penchant of Salt Juice's Coun- " P ', I clrmen and city employees for a Jj ,1,'; J circus may result In this city bo- ' 'i lng boycotted by the big tent ox- j' ' ij Jilbltlons. Tlio recent scandal in rela- i! . ' ' , lion to the low rate or license charged j! 1 . J the Floto show has, upon Investigation, ( ' jij brought forth the alarming fact that j " one of the leading features of soeur- j i '( !y lng a llcenso from Suit Lake City for i ' Hi h show of this character is the vast ' "ij number of freo tickets to be issued to m' ' .'j the City Councllmen, their friends, j 1 , j their cousins, their aunts and aunt's X j, i nlsters, to say nothing- of the numerous I,, supernumeraries. The circus men are i'l'1', jijj growing alarmed for in addition to the fit 'I ,)( heavy license the tickets represent -tf ' .' '4 three or four times as much. i , Free Tickets Demanded. All tj j J 1 ,i Exactly '2oO free rewerved seat tickets Ij ',' were demanded of tho Floto show and j if tho license was placed at 550 by com- 1 f mltteemen who deliberately argle bar- I ' Kled with the agent as to the number L i 1 of tickets the city was to have and the jjj , , number of "personalM tickets some JJl 1 J tf members wcro to have. Of courne, they " " I The celebrated 'RJngling three-ring ',( , ' circus with nil Its big side shows will r', ' be here In the early part of August. 1 , ' :, But It is possible that Salt Lake, will ;'!; be cut out this year and that the .show ' 1 ,;!, will take place at Murray with sti'eet j ij car and railroad arrangements to care I ( ! j for the Salt Lakers. The matter has , j 1 " assumed such proportions that the cir-!)' cir-!)' t, 'j ' cus objects to paying an immense fee 1 j ror the privilege and then -f250 worth of It; , i!j free tickets. i!' The circus people argue that the cir- ' ' '),J cus usually draws Its big crowd from I i,l , :," outlying dlstrlcta, and a stand for two , j performances at Murray would secure L ill ' all the people of this county In addition ( tf( , ij to a large crowd from the city and what I,' j Avould be lost would be made up In the 'j V ' difference in fee and the number of jjHj.U' I . tickets to city officials. J p A J How to Transport Crowd. i J' i 1 Tf 'With the two railroads and the State ! ij j street line carrying down crowds the I ' I tents -would be assured of a goodly , l d number from this city. n, !i Owing to the extra size of the Rlng- I J ling show the fee would be that much j ,i j heavier and with the free '.tickets de- l) , , manded would run up to iu big figure, ):' i one that the circus cannot afford with all ius other vast expenses. t V, 1 According to the circus people Salt ; Lake, through its officials, has tho rcp- ' , utatlon of being the stlffest of all Wcst- ' I' , ern cities and the additional honor of ) , ,' having the greatest number of high of- I ,i ficlals -with the outstretched mitt. |