Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-04-13 | Page 12 | Branning Returns to His Old Love

BRANNING RETURNS TO HIS OLD LOVE Dotormines to Settle Permanently In Salt Lake, Which. He Says Is Best Town In West, Otto E. Branning, for a number of years a business man of Salt Lake, and who, about a year ago, left here thinking think-ing to find better conditions in California, Cali-fornia, has returned to settle permanently. permanent-ly. Ho says that in all his travels and investigation of business actualities ho found no place which approached Salt Lake for fair and square opportunity. On this subject ho yosterday said: Under ordinary circumstancos California is a good business state, and one in which a man desiring to make honest effort could achieve success; but at tha present time, it seems to me, everything is overdone. over-done. This is not a "kn'oclc" on California it is merely the truth. To say othcrwiBo would simply be to make a misstatement that niight mislead others into going where all business avenues aro now overcrowded. over-crowded. Salt Lake, I discover after my experience away from here, is tbe best town in all tho west todav. When I left here I fancied that'l could better my condition. I have been disillusioned and have como back to settle down permanently. The town and tho peoplo aro good enough for me there aro no better anywhere else in all the region from hero to tho coast and up and down it. I return a booster for Salt Lake.