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Show LESTER 0. FREED RETISJOffflCE Well known Merchant Takes Optimistic View of Business Lester D Freed of the Freed Furn ture company retu ned Monday from Chicago and Grind Rap ds where he has been purchas ng furn ture- for his store Mr Freed th nl s that the, war In Europe w 11 ma e the Un ed States the most pow erfu country n the world He says that the arge manufacturers in the east are ve y opt m st c and do not seem at all tl sturbed o er e troub e There were 190O bu e s in G and Rapids from a parts of the country and none of them seemed to fee that the war woud make much f any d fference in the house fu n sh n bus ness He sa d that t was the consens s of op nlon that the war would benefit th s country A E- Burroughs genera manager and vice pres dent of the Newhouse inter es s was in Grand Rap ds at the t me Mr Freed was tl ere and se ected t e furn tu e for the new Newhouse hote Speaking of the furn shlngs for th s hos elry Mr Freed sa d Mr Burroughs purchased the finest furn ture that cou d be had The furnish ngs wi 1 run in d fferent per ods Louis XV Cher ton .nd co Ion al des gns were chosen Dy t e bujer A number of the rooms will be f rn shed w th the new o d Ivory fin sh All of the best furni tu e for the ho el was bought in Grand Rap ds and the best to be had was the only k nd that was cons dered by Mr Bu roughs Ch ef among the extraordinary pur chases for th s hote was an o d go d serv ce for banquets and d nners The gass and ch na for th s service s impor ed and s the most beaut ful set I have ever seen It has a ha f inch go d band around the top and is the finest th ng that cou d he pro cured In the wor d Mr Burroughs Is very much enthused over the ho tel and s go ng to put on a double force In o der to have the hotel fin ished by New Tears eve Mr Freed bou ht ery I beral v for his house as he e pects the best fa season that thev have ever exper enced The sales for the summer months at the store have surpassed a pre ous reco ds and he be eves that th s fa v 1 be the ban ner season Mr F eed bases his belief on the bumper crops that are be ng re ported th ouphout the s ate Fo n any jears Mr Freed has made the tr p to the east for h s firm and he sa a hat he has never seen s ch won derfu c op cond ons as at p esent The recent de s on of the n e state com me ce comn ss on w also affect bus ness in t e west accord ng to Mr F eed and as a general summary he th nks that th s Is the year for Utah and the west |