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Show SALT LAKE LEADS TOURIST TRAVEL Ag-ent D. S. Spencer on Very Heavy Passenger Movement From. Utah. IT IS estimated that during the last two weeks the number of people taking ta-king advantage of the low rate9 from Salt Lake and nearby points will reach 1500, said Assistant General Passenger Agent D. S. Spencer of the Oregon Short Line vesterdav. Continu ing, Mr. Spencer explained that in no past June has excursion travel opened so favorably. Mis figures tako In all tickets sold, at low rates by all roads In the city, but does not Include the regular regu-lar through or local passenger movement move-ment The season for tho Yellowstone, for Instance, has Just opened, and yet the train has been crowded every day, and a now sleeper goes on tomorrow. Tho teachers going to the East and the people who want to tako in tho St. Louis exposition early have swelled tho total, while the first regular excursion north last night added another big figure. When it is considered that other cities have been well plcaecd with a total movement from 400 to 750 people, the big movement from Salt Lake will stand the comparison with many larger Western places. It goes to show that this is gradually becoming the center of the tourist travel, and accentuates the statement made yesterday in this column col-umn that when the line is through to Los Angeles the local roads will make this city the tourist gateway to the great West. Already Utah Is securing the bulk of Yellowstone travel and a very large share- of Pacific coast movement. move-ment. It looks mo9t encouraging for tho future of the city. |