Show IF iR I HAD ONLY BOUGHT LOT IN SALT LAKE HE IN II 1885 1885 SIGHS ACTOR I 1 MILTON NOBLES At tho the Pantages theatre If It Milton lIton Nobles now aJ appearing at Pantages had bad Invested in lS In Inthe tho the old adobe building and lot at the north northeast corner comer of ot Third South and State streets today occupied by Auerbach store ho he would be worth tho proverbial cool cooJ million When 8 seen en In the office of Manager Newman at tho the Pantages theatre today tody Mr Nobles said saidI I first came to Salt Lake City In 1870 1810 71 71 on ocr In my way 1 back from the coast I had come West Went In 1869 on tho the third train operated across tho the continent after tho the completion of the line lino I remember meeting mecUm Brigham Young whom I found to bo be a It most genial man and nud a R. friend to th the dramatic profession I l have an excellent sketch made mado of him by an adopted son of or his which will appear ap ap- pear In a book I will vil write about tho the theold old da days In theatrical life lite In this country and which will have c considerable S space devoted to Salt Lake City and Utah It will appear in a n. few 0 ow months as I plan to n do the writ writing og in San Diego this sum sum- me merI mer r. r I 1 recall Mr and Mrs Clawson Phil Margetts Burton and Wells Veils MacKenzie and Graham and a n lot Jot of ot the older actors of or the Salt Snit Lake theatre With standard standard standard stand stand- ard plays plas and music on which thc they 0 ac actually ac- ac studied tho the drama It is no won won- d der r Salt Lakes Lake's citizens today arc among tho the best theatre audiences In tho the countr country coun- coun tr try fry and every good musical hit ill Good melc is given ven good welcome hero nero on that account the average person person per per- son here hero being n it bettor lover Jover of ot music than in any other city In Sn the republic I I hav ha visited here often otten I first came is ns a mere boy of or 20 years ears Later Lator I formed m my ray own company and since then I nave have written only my own plays Those Thosa of or my productions which I presented at nt S Salt lt Lake City Include The Tho Phoenix 1 uA A A Man Ian Manof of or the People Lovo and Law I ISire From Sire to Son and A uA Son of I This Is Ss not m my last visit ci either cither ther But to return to the incident I re re- re erred to at It first In 1885 Andy ton showed me that lot on State street et and Third South then occupied by a lit little lit lit- tle tic adobe house with a window at each end and und a n. door In the middle I could easily have written a check for tor or getting get get- ting that much for or three engagements those thos days I tailed failed to take the chance Invested in Salt Lake real es to- to 8 tate and died rich When hen I returned here the next trip the tho pro property erty was valued at and on m my third visit here It had doubled and then on m my next trip here the Knutsford had bought it for 85 Now ow Auerbach's store occupies the place I believe Salt Lake Lako City is a a. great place for real estate tO Investment yet et But It was a great chance I 1 missed back In the en early eniy t days Mr Nobles was a pallbearer at the fu funeral tu- tu of or Mark Twain Edmund Clarence Clorence S tod man and Bronson Howard tho the dra dra- matist maUst He lie is a 11 charter member of or the Players Players' club and other dramatic organizations organizations organizations throughout the countr country |