Show SALTAIR BEACH PEOPLE SIGN I CONTRACT WITH TEX lEX RICKARD fOR GREAT BOXING CONTEST Will iII ll Be Adv For or the t Resort sort That TIllit Could Be 8 Imagined Declares General Manager Langford Seems Now Nosy That Nothing Stands In Way of Contest J J. J E. E Langfords Langford's statement a Yes d Yes I closed the contract with Mr Rickard this morning w We furnish fur fur- nish him the Saltair saucer building in which to hold the tho big contest Mr Richard Rickard agrees with me inc that this is absolutely tho best place plue in the world for an athletic exhibition of this Ws kind It has the advantage of a roof in incase incase incase case of rain or storm and at the same time has plenty of bf light for lot the moving pictures Wo will ill rearrange the seating capacity to take care of people every one of whom will wiil have a clear and unobstructed view of ot the ring Now for the terms We give Mr Rickard Bickard the use of the coliseum absolutely free of charge We expect to bring at least extra people to Saltair this summer as a result of this contest You can see soo therefore that it is a perfectly good business proposition for us but the real desire to bring the contest to Saltair is for the advertisement it will give our resort resort re- re re sort throughout the tho civilized world This will be invaluable to us for years to come We will have people people peo peo- pie stopping over in Utah and Salt Lake to visit Saltair in order to see the place where the famous contest win was held w s No amount of money no matter how ow spent for advertising would bring S Saltair tair before the world like a contest of this kind In fact we believe any city in the world could well afford to pay Mr Rickard a big bonus for the advertisement and business it would bring to them theta The Jeffries Johnson bo in boxing boing contest contest con- con test for the heavy wei weight ht championship of tb the world will be held in the Saltair coliseum July 4 1910 This was finally decided by Tex Tea Tex Rickard promoter of the h battle and J. J J E. E Langford general Jeneral maua manager er of the Saltair Beach Blach company at a conference held at 11 o'clock this mornin morning in the tIle office e of the Saltair company At this meeting a contract was signed bv by both parties and make public thus removing removing remo ing tho the last vestige of at doubt as to the certainty of the contest coming to Salt Lake Lale In the gigantic gigant c coliseum enlarged to 3 eat at persons hove above the h briny DY waves of Great Salt Lake the greatest bo n contest in ithe the hi o If P g f t from every section of f th tbT l bS O I ro gather to see sec the giant aut gladiators at struggle rug rug- gin gle in the contest that will d decide cida th the supremacy of the tho two races The location tor lor the big mill mm is an ideal one and as soon as it became known that Mr fr Rickard had selected this site scores of prominent Sat L Lakers kers telephoned their con When the coliseum is remodeled and anti improved it will be the largest covered coy cov ered arena in inthe the world Good Train Facilities FacUlties The opportunity that it will afford the people from all over the world to see the thereat great reat dead sea sa of America and to enjoy the pleasures of the tho resort at Saltair Salta r beach as well as to witness the great championship boxing contest will be an au added indu inducement 0 When Mr Rickard saw the coliseum at Saltair Saturday afternoon he at once decided that if at all aU possible he would try to hold the contest there After several conferences with the management manage manage- ment meat of the resort terms were arranged This mornin morning a contract was signed si ned by Mr Rickard d an ans and Mr Langford in in which the tho terms tenus were a agreed reed upon The Tho Saltair Beach company a agreed reed to raise also the roof and build galleries in the bi big coliseum to afford comfortable accommodations accommodations accommodations for people and to give ghe Mr l Rickard the use of the coliseum Tent rent free on the date of the tint contest In return Mr 1 Rickard Bickard signed a contract to 10 hold the bout there and nowhere else Before the tho bi big boring contest is held at Saltair tho the Saltair railroad will be double tracked and electrified The TIle Intire entire entire en In tire resort will be thoroughly remodeled with wath a special view to handling the immense immense im im- m mense mouse crowds not only on the day of tho the contest but both before and aud after the big battle when thousands of tourists tourists tour tour- will WIn go JO to see tho the great reat arena the stage sta of the greatest battle of the a ages es |