| Show SALT LA LAKE LEADS lEADS' IN COMPETITION fOR OR fORESTRY OffiCES City's Claims for District Headquarters Carefully Considered Reply sufficient to indicate that Salt Lake City is is un under tr consideration as an nn applicant for the the- forestry office co of the district to be transferred errell from rom Washington Washington Wash Wash- h. h in ington ton has been heen received from Gifford Giffor Pinchot in response to letters and t telegrams tele tele- le grams grains rams sent by tho Commercial club I anti and others interested lea in tho the move The Tho national forester Mr Ir Pinchot i has bas aa as jet ct not committed hims himself lf on I tho the subject as ns the tho matter of locating tho the oll offices ces is considered of great rett importance import import- an ance l' l to the service ile The location will willbe willbo bo ho selected with ith time the purpose in view of securing the greatest advantage to the department in in carrying canning on the tho national forest work So that tho the city securing the thc offices will do so iO on merits alone llone For this reason Salt SnIt Lakes Lake's advantages es have o been heen set forth Corth as ts clearly clean as possible b by those working for the establishment of headquarters headquarters head head- quarters here The rhe rival cities aro Ogden and Boise Ida Tho The former has been specially active act act- i ive ivo in going oin after the tho plum tho the Commercial Commercial Com Coni- mercial club of that city having ba practically announced that tho headquarters tel's would go o to the junction town because because be be- cause of its superior railroad fac li- li ties tics However nothing definite has been done clone in the matter and the plum plumis plumI I ig is still on tho the tree trec with Salt Lake City several rungs hi higher her on the ladder than either of its r rivals rals als judging from tho the attitude assumed by the forestry department Excavate for Building Tho The secretary of tho the Commercial club as ns per instructions received vell from t the hc board of governors Iro yesterday afternoon will advertise for bids for the excavating ing work on the tIme D new W club building Ata At a meeting yesterday afternoon the board loard decided to make all haste possible possible pos pos- sible in be beginning the thc erection of the tho buil building It is assured that with time the fir first t of oC dirt removed the work will pro progress without interruption Two shifts will bo be employed in rushing rushin the work anti and a largo large o force of men will willbe willbe willbe be kept continually at nt work The board of governors o of the Commercial Com Corn mercial club also took up the question of oC a possible car shortage this wint winter r and lId decided to petition all railroads running into Salt Lake Cit City to repair all nIl dama damaged ed cars ears before tho the heavy failand fall fail falland falland and winter traffic c sets in For Tor Rates Bates to West Tho The board hoard voted to join with the Yukon Pacific exposition in an nn effort to persuade the railroads of tho the countr country and of tho the west in particular to reduce tho the rates to Seattle during the tho exposition President Halloran of the club dub was authorized authorize to appoint two delegates to tho the national irn irrigation at on congress which meets in Albuquerque N. N M. M r. r September Septem Septem- her ber 20 9 to October 3 |
