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Show "BLAWSTED ELEVATED IDEAS," SMS JOHNNY Englishman Stands Agape When Told of America's Tall Buildings. "Salt Lako obtained some good advertising ad-vertising in London recently," said Lcc Riley, nduinec manager of tho ' Land of Nod" company, "and Incidentally some British business men were considerably astonished to learn that this city has somo eleven-story buildings, eojial to anything any-thing In the, metropolis of tho light little lit-tle isle." lilley's homo Is In England, and it was whllo he was visiting across tho pond last summer that Salt Lako ngnii'd In tho conversation. lie used lo live here. "London Is known the world over ns the two-story city." said lilley Mondny afternoon "A seven-story building hud Just bocu completed last Jul v. when I and another American were talking with tho architect who had erected tho structure struc-ture They were quite proud of tho building and seemed to be of tho opinion that the United States was being ouU dOIIO In the llllo nf hull, line- nnnrntlnnu Wo listened for a time and then 1 remarked that Now York declined to consider anvthlng under twenty stories. A smile followed my romark. Then I added that Salt Lake. Utah, had Just completed two olovon-story buildings and was figuring on several others of similar stature It took me some moment to explain whero and what Salt Lako was. but when I had concluded the Britishers asseverated that Americans had blawatcd elevated Ideas' " |