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Show I if. makes era FOBJiG FIGHT $ irjackcd by Sal 'Lake Business I Men t'oi' One Hundred Thoii-j Thoii-j ' sand Dollars. . i ? ' SlnififiWRAXTKB WIRED mi TO JAMES .1. JEFFRIES t tiji 3 Contest Meld Here Would Be Iis Advertisement for I flie Stale, atteai j $' janlcs .1. Jeffries, New York. A. ! a Fred VVev. prominent business and ! Ifi hotel man, backed tyy Salt Lako li X fill- capital, offers $ 1 00,000' for ? a Tolinsou-Joffrios confcsl. Consider r cw ; ' Fall Lake a com pct.it or. -! Est Sporting Editor Tribune. v PERT Ik-H-I-H-H-H v-WKI-K-r v I After several weeks of careful oounid-v oounid-v eration, prominent, business men oC this J Ltitv livu como 10 conclusion t.hut Ifli Sfj0 bring the Jeffries-Johnson cbampion-vHP'ihip cbampion-vHP'ihip contest to this city would mean lite &E tecst advertisement thai, could pos-Jp pos-Jp jjjv bo secured, not; only for this city, w'thc stale as well, and with this ob-'m. ob-'m. jwl in view, the foregoing tele-cram ISfSP assC"1 1 JcITriB Friday afternoon, r ' .'tW'In regard to the contest, Mr. Wey ' 'mi i'l that cities all over tho world wero ffTn'Kjii.Minc for iltj and there is no reason llXIfyly ?ali Cily should lay back jbcn a proposition of Ihiskind would idHiif s tiring rich men from all over the I jworld to our cily. Ho said that the jtJF h.kacfit derived from this contest could kin " jot ho estimated in value by ihe city ' J d adverting. Not only would Salt ir tit lL'rivc tIlc benefits of the contest s -Wi l ea ihc day scheduled, but for weeks JtMa .Woro and after, every city, town and J5"'l Cbmlct in the world would tulle about v& Moving pictures of the contest i '.'would advertise tho city for mouths af- ' ttr, and people would come here that , wnli col he brought in any other way . i ttan for for such a contest. U j Big Benefit to City. W ' ' As only nioneved men can afford to WV , attend such contests, it would bring ijhonsands of dollars to the city, it is AfrBjthimed, and not one business man Vonld be asked to "dig" up a cent Villi; c to bring the match here. Mr. wey said Jhl tho Grand Array encampment cost AT2l f lie business im:n of this city something 3j' ; like $05,000, and he says "there is no y r miestioii that great benelit was dcriveil zr.tV Wnm '10 convention, but as far as nd-ing nd-ing A.D f rtisiDg and bringing money into the no L h city, there, can be no comparison bc-altf bc-altf ; (kwji theconvenl ion and the contest. 2,1k,.: Mr. Wey further said that Salt l.ako Uc. .) r is in an ideal location for the con- . 1 kit with tho boat of transportation, fa- i tilitics and had a climate equaled by 1 'tone. As the match is slated for July, -J1 there would he no fear of postponements . i ( on account of storms, and he said that lAr'' ' ' more he nnd the business men of irtll ; llecitv thought of the' match the more 4 i 'ley thought that it was espcciallv made w tin's city. tliGtfCB " Should the offer receive consideration, ' it business men will take up the matter i 7mli Governor Spry and the proper of- a A 'rraalii for sccuring'a permit to hold the .ijwnteit horc. |
