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Show Athletic Team of City's Old Turnverein Few people know, perhaps, that Salt Lake City once had a full-fledged turnverein. which contained thirty-five nctivo and 175 associate members. The institution vrrfs founded May 23, .1890, and prospered for about seven years. With tho breaking out of the Spanish-American war, however, many of the mombers enlisted, and others went'onst. so that tho organization was broken "P and hnB never boon reorganized. At tho present, four of tho flvo organizers are living in tho city. These are Richard Stenzel. George Mueller, R. A. Paunior and Karl JL Moi'or. Herman Fiche, tho other organizer, lives in Pa3'etlo, Ida. The picture shows the. athlotio team of tho Turnverein at the best poriod of its organization. .'v |