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Show SALT LAKE'S CE W TURICE-A-VVEEK FRI IEES' : MARKET MEETS GOOD SUCCESS M OPEIIG Ball Lake's new truck garden market DpeiHd this morning. It Is on Second West street between South Tempi and First-8outh streets. A At J o'clock thla morning more than fifty farmers' wagons war backed against the eaat curb and, the owner w.r offering the finest of th product of their gardens. 80100 of 'he f been on th street sine- o clock while ix hers had been there but a short time. At o'clock this moraine the last wagon had , left the plac. and half an hour later th at reel had bean flushed and there waa little to ahow of th busy acene that had bean there a ehort time before. , - ... The new market fa the result of many conferences between the olty officials and the fsrmers. The latter asked thsjjhey e riven soma place where they rould make a aland to dlapoa of, their aooda and this apot was aeleeted. One of the leadlnc farmers, m man who la really in charae of the hew aland, aald this morn-ln morn-ln that It waa the intention of tlte farmers fo do everythln In their power to keep 'the. street aa clean aa posslhle.. and that the would do all In their power to aalt the city In enfon-ln every ordinance or-dinance that applied" to them. - He alao said that the market would he open to- the public aa well as to retail re-tail dealers, that the poor man with his basket or. the boy with Ms red wsson would be Just aa welcome to make a pur-chase, pur-chase, aa would the largest tmerchant tn the .city, and that' the rrlcra would be the same to all. ' . . . . . It la not. hdVevcr. to be 'understood from thla that the farmer will . sell a bunch or two of on thln and a bunch or two of another. They will, however, sell In dosen Iota. This will enshle two or more faraillea to Join toajether and then divide up what each wanta. By rollowtna; thla method th consumer Is not only sure of a lower price, but ha la aetiina strictly freah roods. Despite th fact that It waa not aen-erally aen-erally known that the' new market was to open thla momlne-- a number of people peo-ple were present meklnc purchase for private use. Homo of them carried their atuff awav In aacke while othera had baskets, bas-kets, or In two oaaea. smarll waauns. In which they loaded their oods. There were several peddlera' waaooa present, as well aa wsaons belontn to relall arocara from different parts of th city. More than or farmer had sold his load by 7:10 and waa on his way homo. Th principal offarlna thla mornlns were potatoes, lettuce, aaparaeus. rhubarb, rhu-barb, onlona. turnip, radishes and spln-):- The wew enstrteat-wUt a even from I o'clock to o'clock on the mornlne of Tueeday,: Thursday and Baturdav of each reek. ' |