Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-30 | Page 9 | People and Things

PEOPLE J AND AND THINGS By Plenty Oases Oases' Then In the days of 92 there were plenty of oases in this city on the edge of the the great western desert as lS is shown by the thc fact that 99 saloons are listed in Jn the directory se times all of them located in Salt Lake City with i. i the exception o of a couple credited to Murray and two or three listed at Brighton ton 1 Prominent among these early day thirst parlors some of of which will willbe be well remembered were Auer Murphy urphy at 16 East First South street in the place that afterward became the Occidental and is still operated as a 8 soft 01 drink parlor Bechtol Sands' Sands old Walker house bar one of the prominent ones of those days das Fred A. A Flints Flint's Clift House bar at South Main street located in the thc theold t. t old Clift House building which stood on the corner now by the f 4 Clift building Commercial Exchange at 45 5 Commercial Street the Corn Com stock at 23 West Second South street the thc Court at South State streett street t just a across ro ross from the site of the city and county building Golden Lion at ati i 66 06 East First South street Hogle I Bros at South Main street I. I X i L. L Beer hall at 11 44 East Second South street the Mirror operated by Mike Fitzgerald at South Main street P. P T. T saloon aloon at 42 East First South street the Resort at South Main street Henry Sadler t South Main street Silver Dollar South Main fain street Tivoli South j Main lain street the Tunnel 44 42 West J Second South street the Woodbine at Warm Springs Noted Pl Playhouses Among the old theaters listed d darc arc Salt Lake theater capacity 1500 the Auditorium at South Second West street Pea Peo- I pies pie's Opera house at 50 Commercial Commer Commer- cia cial place and nd the Wonderland at 37 West Second South street streeL Salt Lake City has always had hadJ J the reputation for being a musical musical musi musi- cal city an and this seems to be borne out by the number of band and musical organizations listed in 92 Among these are Included ed Ebenezer Beesleys Beesley's quadrille V band with headquarters at Cal Cal- def's Music Palace the Central drum corps corps of which M. M L. L Mid Midgley 1 I icy ley was captain and E. E L. L Emslie w was s drum major Denhalter band with with-E. C Parker as leader Fir First t Brigade band of ot which A. A S. S Zimmerman was manager and Anton Pedersen was musical di die rector It is noted that this organization organization or or- was was composed of members of ot the late Catling and Salt Lake Military bands There J I was Hauerbach's quadrille band and W. W M. M Thornburg is listed as BS prompter Then comes Held's band and orchestra which was organized or or- In in 1887 of which John Held was leader This organization tion still sUU exists with Mr Held as leader r. r We find lind that there was wag a ladies ladies' guitar and mandolin club of which Mrs Fred Clawson was president J and nd Charles Charl s Larsen was leader The Theold old ld Twenty first ward brass band was known then as the political band j and James C. C Castleton was leader i In those days the Sixteenth Infantry band band U U. S. S army was vas stationed at Fort ort Douglas Youngsdale's orchestra orches orches- tra was headed by Willard Youngs d dalt le leThe The list winds up with the Salt Lake ir Choral society which met every Monday evening in the I. I.- I O. O O. O F F. t nail haU haJI in the thc Union block John D D. Spencer was president of ot the organ J and Evan Stephens was con I du o while Professor Radcliffe was accompanist I