Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-11-26 | Page 5 | Tobboggan for Salt Lake Skiing to be Popular

FOR SALT LAKE LAK W. W D SKIING TO BE POPULAR I Tobogganing the time newest of Western winter sports bids fair to become the seasons season's popular pastime If lf the re reports reports ports of or the hardware stores are to M taken as a criterion Nearly all the hardware stores in town have placed orders in the Eastern factories' factories hands for shipments of the snow sleds and several Salt Lake perSons persons persons per per- sons have signified their intention of ot breaking in the new sport here I Those now on the market range from six feet in length to as long as twelve feet and arid are capable of carrying from two and three to six or seven person at one time Owing to the particularly particularly par par- adaptable topography of the I surrounding country Salt Lake Lae is likely like like- 1 ly to become a fashionable tobogganing center Skis In t time Uie e local hardware stores are just coming in heavy now for earl early I holiday selling The prices In several cases casE'S have dropped considerably and some are now selling as lowas low lowas as 2 and a pair A few tew years ago a p person carrying a pair of skis was looked upon by a a. re respectable respectable respectable re- re community as a typical mountain knut but since the skiing tournament held here last year and the introduction Uon of the sport here In a regular way the pastime has become quite the regular stuff stutt Despite the fact tact that one or two hardware establishments In town have stated that cheap skates havo have gone of off f the market E. E H. H Dorman he head d of or the retail sporting sporting- goods department at the Salt Lake Hardware company announces announces an an- flounces that there are am-a still several varieties of oS cheap skates on hand ant ami that the price of the cheaper grade has remained 1 more nearly neatly stationary than the more expensive class which has s gone up about 10 per vel cent Skating I shoes have bave advanced he says saya about 20 per cent