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Show fIND FORTUNE IN THE PEANUT Italians Who Operate Small Stands . MaHe Enough Money to Enable Them to Bay Real Estate. The humble peanut is building; fortunes for-tunes for a number of purveyors of this lowly but popular veritable, who have stands on South Temple street. Throngs of tonrists from the nearby station, bound for the Temple, are constantly passing up and down this street, and many shiny nifkels which go to make snug, mms In the bank change from the he.nds of the passer-by to those of the tLrifty shop-keeper. Especially in summer sum-mer time do the shop-keepers . reap small fortunes. In the neighborhood are eight shops f various sizes, from the portable fmit stand to the more pretentious store, and each enjoys a thriving trade in fruit, popcorn, peajsuts and tne like. fVveral of the dealers have made purchases pur-chases of land out in the city from the proceeds of these establishments. On West Second South street, leading toward the station of another line of railroad, there are manr of these shops, chiefly owned by Greek, who are said to be making substantial sums each year. Those on South Temple street are owned chiefly by Italians, and as foreigners of this class spend very little on living expenses, their profits are greater. . |