Show I I NOW AND THEN I 0 A A AIt It mt was Avas a as said that during this election Ipe speculators who had been advised that the lands which the municipality owned on Arsenal hill hilland hilland hilland and elsewhere in fn the city sought to Jump claims on th the lands and In Ia Inso Inso so doing ln make ke a fortune for them them- selves s. s It was Avas the same sam spirit that had manifested sted Itself In the early days of ot the territory and which has been followed in other s s sections of the country The land jumpers junipers W were vere r willing to despoil not only the lands kinds upon the hut hili but also the parks which the city owned The leader of the land Jumpers was a Colorado real estate estat man The work of the chamber of commerce commerce com com- merce was Avas beginning to bear fruit in the way Avay of inducing people eople to come to Utah h hence nce the land values s shad had begun to advance It was Avas really the beginning of the boom of 1888 when Investors were at attracted attracted attracted at- at to Salt Lake The second land band Jumper was Avas a a. court pher The Colorado man took possession possession pos pos- session ot of around thirty acres of ot land on Arsenal hill which included ed what Is now Capitol hill and andon andon andon on which stands the magnificent gr granite structure the state capitol The court stenographer claimed the Tenth ward Avard square designed for a park For two days a force of surveyors work and fenced the grounds with Avith barbed wIre before ac action ac- ac tion Uon was Avas taken by the authorities A o- o A. A |