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Show CHEISTMAS BUSINESS. Salt Lake merchants aro looking forward for-ward to exceptionally good Christmas business this year. Tho holiday trade in 1912 was a rccord-bre'akcr, and it is oxpected that tho 1912 figures will bo exceeded this season. A number of fortunato conditions havo combined to maintnin Salt Lake's steady onward march whilo other cities of tho country have for months past been in tho depths of a business depression. Tho output of tho mine, the farm, tho orchard or-chard and range has been large, and prices for everything tho Utah producer has to offer havo been excellent. This condition has been tremendously beneficial bene-ficial to Snlt Lako City, which has profited further by tho amount of public pub-lic work that has boon in progress. Tho Christmas trado last year received re-ceived a considerable stimulus by reason rea-son of tho action of tho railroads, which offered special rates at Christmas time that enabled persons living at. considerable consid-erable distance from the capital to como to Salt Lako and so onjoy a wider range for their Christmas purchases. pur-chases. At tho request of tho merchants, mer-chants, tho railroads aro repeating this innovation of last year, and it is believed be-lieved that tho effect will bo cumulative cumula-tive so that not only last year's shoppers shop-pers from the country and smaller towns in tho state, but many others will take advautago of these lowered railroad fares. Chihuahua is as clean of federal soldiers sol-diers as the Chihuahua dog is of hair. That Democratic donkey seems to be backing" prices up hill. Texas is just now contending against war and floods, but its crop roports show that thoro will be no famine. The Washington Herald says: 4 'It begins to look as if M!r. Pinchot will havo to hold tho next Conservation congress con-gress all by himself." Iluorta has ordered former President Dinz to tho front. Wo don't believe Huerta knows where the front is. Tt has been going backward very fast in the Inst fow days. All. this talk about Brickley of Harvard Har-vard being a great kicker is bo3h. IIo only kicks in football games, and wo know kickers who are ou tho job all tho time. |