Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-22 | Page 10 | Wilkes Stock Co. Changes Plans

t WILKES STOCK GO CO t I CHANGES PLANS Will Not Open Old Pantages Pantages Pantages Pan- Pan Theatre This Year Confirmation of ot the statement given glyen out yesterday by by Frank Newman representing representing representing rep rep- resenting John Cort CortI lessee essee ss e of the old Pantages Vantages theatre that the former home of ot Pantages v audeville vaudeville would not house the Wilkes Stock company was I. I forthcoming today in a a. statement by John Cook Coole Wilkes Wilkes' representative on behalf of ot Tom Wilkes head of the Wilkes interests Mr Wilkes Wilkes' came to Salt Lake last las night by airplane from Nevada landing land land- landing I ing at the Saltair speedway field at 7 30 p p. m. m The plane piloted I by C C. Clevenger made a dangerous landing landing- landingin in the dark after a nerve- nerve breaking trip from Elko Mr Wilkes I is said to have departed for San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco at midnight after being advised of existing conditions regarding t the he ie old II Pantages house by Mr Cook We have given up all an Idea of taking taking tak tak- I ing over the old Pantages theatre said Mr Cook We had a contract I I but certain differences have arisen I that makes It impossible to carry it out Mr Wilkes Wiles left last night for forSan forSan forSan San Francisco and I will return to Seattle in a day or so Mr Newman declared that Mr Cort would retain possession of ot the playhouse playhouse playhouse play play- house and in all probability conduct it as A motion picture t theatre with perI perhaps perhaps per per- I haps two or three acts of ot vaudeville The theatre has been turned over o to I him as the Cort representative