Show HOLIDAY BUSINESS BREAKING RECORDS Despite the urgent appea of he mer chants to shoppers to do the r shopping early and avo d the usual rush just be fore Chr stmas b g crowds have thronged the s ores of the don town district for the past few days and tha b ggest days bus ness of the season Is antic pated o daj In fact the e o es have been crowded for the pat ten days or to weeks but the crowds seen to grow arger each da Although accurate tg es are not a ei ab e at hat me t s est mated that the ppop e of Sa t Lake ha e spent more than a quarter of a m on do ars da ly during the past week for Christmas pres ents Today the last shopping- das be fore Santa Claus makes his appearance It s be eved that approximate v $o00 000 wl f nd 1 s way In o t e coffers of the oca merchan e |