Show NEWCOMERS TO SUIT SALT LAKE tAKE SOON BECOME IE STROP STRONG BOOSTERS fOR CITY AND STAff SI A IE Mayor Jules Juks Thielman of Merrill iVis i. was in in Salt Lake recently and ana re- re remained re remained ml inel hero horo about three hours lon bours-lon hours longI long i enough h to see tho the temple square and to feel some somo cold weather Anyhow he I wrote roto a letter to his home homo paper the tho i Merrill Herald in which he stated that tho the weather wather was just as cold here hero as it was at home and ml ho had not seen sen anything remarkable in tho the business district dis dis- of tho city IIi His homo home daily published th the letter A copy of the issue containing the article arti arti- rte cle was sent to a n pair of Merrill boys W W. J J. Meagher her an and A. A W. W Koehler who camo camo to Utah Utah about three months agoto ago to grow up with the tho country and who located in to Salt Lake Lako They are strong for Utah and S Salt lt Lake ake in particular and in a letter which T. T the they wrote to the tho editor and in of the tho Merrill I Herald the first of this week they the take the tho opportunity of telling of con condition in Zion as th they y really are so that the editor dito and the tho readers of his paper ma may mav know just exactly what's carrying on ont h here re The letter sent to the Wisconsin wis Wis- wisconsin town it is hoped will correct some sorno of the impressions given in the mayors mayor's letter Jetter It runs as follows in part 10 Editor Daily Herald Me Merrill Was Wis We We will now keep our promise given to you before we left Merrill errill and endeavor endeavor en en- deavor or to give you a few facts with ro ro- ro gard to Utah and aria Salt Lake City in m particular We e have been here helo just three months today and have o seen only a It small part rt of Salt Lake City We e we eIke like Jike the city and the tho more wo we see seo it the tho batter otter wo wo like Jike it The mean annual temperature hero is 48 above zero and tho winters are very mild Many of tho the people here never wear an overcoat Salt Lake City is destined to bo bl boone one of the biggest est and best cities of tho the west It is the distributing point for Utah Idaho and Nevada Novada the eastern l slope lope of Ore Oregon on and tho western slope of Colorado Durin During the past five years this cit city has witnessed a wonderful growth and 1910 promises to eclipse all previous previous' records D During the past year vear there hero were 1398 building permits issued aggregating atin an expenditure of a against for foi 1908 1905 or an increase of more than 81 Sl per cent Amon Among mong the buildings now in in course of construction are the Utah hotel costing the Newhouse hotel costing the Kearns building 00 U. U G. G W. W depot Commercial Commercial Commer Commer- cial ial club buildings building 1 Knox Holmes hotel botel Felt building and any ny number of others i During the past month there thero was ono one no purchase o of real estate amounting to 0 Buildings s now occupYing this his ground are are to be razed and new new new lew mo modern ern structures erected Th The Tho largest department store in the west will vill occupy part of this ground There Theres is s an enor enormous n us a ai amount of outside capital capi capi capi- tal al being invested here bv by people who know snow a good thing when they see it Durin During the past five e years property has increased increased in in values from GOO to per cent The bank clearings of this city showed a tots of for tho the year 1909 and they compare very favorably favorably favorably fa fa- fa- fa with ith Milwaukee the clearance enter center of our native state Utah as a whole with ith Salt Lake City as a center has a metal output of for 1909 and this includes includes in- in ludes only gold old silver copper lead and nd zinc inc The Tho mines of this state paid ho tho stockholders in di dividends for or 1909 The ore from these mines comes omes to Salt Lake City for smelting an and l refining and the output for 1910 will vill be Le much larger as the work on all the he properties will bo be pushed with renewed renewed re rc- re- re vi vigor vigor or There are men nten working in 10 and around Salt Lake Lako City earning from 4 to 7 a day The American party party arty or as it isri is ri rightly call called d the Party of Progress ss has las been in in control for for forthe the tho past four years pears and was again alain successful at the polls last fall We Ve are sending you a copy cop of the theN New N cw Years Year's edition of tho the Tribune a leading paper of this city and it is to the ho untiring efforts of the American party and its newspapers that Salt Lake Lako City owes its wonderful development and pi progress ogress progress I From rom all indications Salt Lake City will get the tho Johnson Jeffries-Johnson battle and if f we do we hope to see sec a number of our Merrill friends here her and we wo feel confident conn conS conS- dent lent that they wilt will j carry earry away with them a very favorable impression of Zipping Zion |