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ROMNEY COLOR PRINTERS Phone Wasatch 1801 Century Building ment agents in the east are forcing the keepers of hotels and restaurants to reduce prices. One wonders why some of these fairy godfathers or godmothers do not come our way and compel hotel men and restaurateurs to reduce prices. Not all hotel men and restaurateurs are excess profiteers. No doubt some of them are potential angels whose wings have not yet begun to sprout. Perhaps some day they will go to heaven, but if they do St. Peter had better hide the family jewels. Even a potential angel is apt to forget his manners when he takes over a resOf course a Salt Lake purveyor of cooked and uncooked foods is not in the class of these New York and Baltimore profiteers. He has not had their experience. They acquired the nerve and the trained imagination of the profiteer long before the kaiser invaded Belgium. By the time the kaiser was making ready to eat his Christmas dinner in Paris the Newr York restaurant man was explaining to his patrons that the kaiser had ordered so much for his dinner that prices had In our fair city risen in New York. the food purveyors did not acquire the nerve for high prices until shortly beIf they fore wre entered the war. charged fifteen cents for a piece of pie they felt as if the gates of prison were They could not yawning for them. look their patrons in the eye, but went expression as about with a hang-do- g if they had held up a stranger the night before and relieved him of his purse." Moreover, a Salt Lake restaurateur has a conscience. He. doesnt use if very often, but it is there. When the timid Salt Lake restaurateur reached as high as twenty-fiv- e cents for a piece of pie he felt like a bank robber. The New York bank Tob- - 231 Edison Street Open All Night Tsl. Was. 6616 UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMBRS S. D. EVANS 4S interest that govern- Modem Establishment New Building Silt Lake City State St. ber that is to say restaurateuiv-charg- ed fifty cents without a qualm. The Salt Laker not only qualmed, but 21 23 33 22 Z Makes Food Taste Better :: Xo matter what other food may 51 served at the table butter SII 'e mi of the meal. Maid ust be a part o'Clover Butter not only satisfies the. taste but gives the body growing materials.' Mutual Creamery Co. 3"i iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii of the tradesmen on Market Bow are getting bolder. This is the season when the householder is willing to wear out some sole leather searching for the egg that is fresh. And he usually runs into a fresh yegg who sells him ' something called specially selected," swearing that they were laid by a private family and are above reThe householder hurries proach. proudly home to his wife, who, after one experiment, informs him that he has purchased a sack of gas bombs. While the police are making raids and boasting about it they ought to raid some of these Market Row frauds. And we would not criticise them if they captured the frauds and incinerated them with flame throwers or made them eat some of their own eggs. of poker. Each night the place has a Monte Carlo aspect from the fact that no chips are used. Only money is in sight. Thousands of dollars are to be seen stacked on the tables. Among the backers of the joint" whom we have not mentioned are several gentlemen who lost heavily by betting on Corless and are anxious to recoup. In fact, they have not paid their election bets as yet and think it only right and just that they should collect from the general public to meet these obligations entered into for the sake of Corless and the public good. These are the gentlemen who tried to influence the betting by laying wagers that Corless would be elected and also that he would be high man on his own ticket. Other places have opened up since the election, but none of. them on quite so extensive a scale as the resort at 220 South State street. taurant. 5 DRIVE DOWN 1 i miimiiMiiimiiiiiiiiiiiMumiiiiimiMiiimiiiHiiiiiiMHmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuHiiuuumiiiiiyiuiiiiiiiiiiumiiiiimmimiMUiiiiiiiiwimiillliiimimiiHHiiHiuiiii box. - play at the card tables and for those, who drop in with a thirst the gentlemen we have mentioned backed by others .we have not mentioned have provided a delectable sideboard where soft drinks are sold also whiskey. For those who love gambling the proprietors have provided two games of that aristocratic competition known sometimes as African golf, but more commonly as craps." There are three and two games games of Twenty-on- e umiiiimiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiMimHiiHiMiimMHiMimMmiMMMmiiiMHMNiiiiMHUMHiiiimiimiMiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii Bonds, Papers, Jewelry E 9 -- - s; ii mu min iiiiiiuili?- - actually quailed wThen you looked him indignantly in the eye. But having once quieted his conscience and acquired the habit of high prices the Salt Lake excess profiteer became as hard and cruel as his war bread. And today he can look any burglar in the face without a blush. But, speaking of burglars, the ways Town Turned Over To Vice Ring Whether it is the intention of the authorities to hand the town over to the bootleggers and gamblers, we do not knowr. We do know that the towrn is wide open again. Last week we mentioned the boasts of the vice magnates that they would be able to make a clean-up- " after the We are able to record that they evidently knew wrhereof they boasted. Bootlegging and gambling are proceeding more extensively than ever and large sums are being paid by way election. THE BEAM IN ITHER EYES. Old Diogenes wras at his usual business of flashing his lantern about the dark streets of Athens. of protection. He peered anxiously into people's faces as they passed, shook his head sadly and passed on. A grouchy Athenian, thus accosted, asked him gruffly wrhat he wanted. I am looking in vain for an honest man, sadly replied the stern philosopher. The pedestrian withheld a willing fist, for he recognized Diogneses as his neighbor. They both paid tribute to the same robber landlord and lived next door to each other. Say, Diogenes, he asked, wiien are you going to return that lantern you borrowed of me last year? Obviously it is not the intention of the authorities to close the towrn, and the people have given up hope of that, but they have about reached the limits of toleration. What has Commissioner Barnes of the Public Safety Department to say about the insolent reign of vice? Is he going to permit the towrn to be run by thugs, gamblers and bootelggers indefinitely ? The day after election a modest boot- State street legging joint at 220 blossomed out into a gambling place of palatial pretensions. Under the benevolent direction of Mr. Fat" Schuler and such gentlemen as Kid Armstrong, Frenchy and Bert Young, a 2IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUj I gambling hall that would have done becredit to the days of Forty-ninegan to operate. It is manifestly the intention of the proprietors to clean up and clean up quick. nr & a oi I " The den operates all night long, despite closing lawrs, and on Sundays. For the refreshment of their guests, who i niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii? |