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Show KNUTSFGRD HOTEL CLOSE IIS DOORS SALT LAKE. Oct. 19. Tho Knuts-ford Knuts-ford hotel, which was for many years the biggest and only first class hostelry hos-telry In Salt Lake City, and famous as the best hotel between tho Missouri and the Pacific, has closed Its doors to guests. Wrlttou across a page of tho register under date of October 16, are the words "TIiIb date markB the closing of this hotel. G. S. Holmes. The big lobby of the hotel, once gorgeous gor-geous In its furnishings, now has a barren uppearanco, and everywhere throughout the house aro tho ovl-1 ovl-1 dences of "tearing out," Tho odds and ends of furniture aro being stored In a vacunt storo room in the Belmont hotel building, where an auction sale will take place next Saturday. A few clerks and porters are still on duty in the hotel, but those aro only taking care of the work of closing out the business. Tho leaso of Proprietor G. S Holmes docs not explro until December Decem-ber 31 of this yoar, and ho will probably prob-ably re-tain possession until that time. What la to bo done with the building In tho meanwhile could not bo ascertained. ascer-tained. The property Js owned by tho Auerbach company When seen this morning H. J. Wallaco, treasuror of the company, said he had nothing to say as to the intontions of the firm In regard to tho building after De-comber De-comber 31. "Mr. Auerbach is in Now York," said Mr. Wallace, '"and I know nothing about what he Intends to do.'' To Knutsford wns opened In tho early '90s, "and at that time was considered con-sidered to be a hostolry of pretentions unequaled In the Intermountaln-roglon. It was rated In foreign guide books as the one hotel in Salt Lake City or first class accommodations, and was known to tourists and "globe trotters" as the stopping place between Denver and San Francisco. Distinguished guests have written their signatures on its registers, and It has been the scene of many social events and banquets ban-quets of Importance In tho history of the city Presidents, vice presidents, senators and congressmen have registered regis-tered there as well as kings of finance and members of foreign nobility. Time wns tfhen tho colored porters and waiters gave an annual entertainment In Its spacious ball room These wero attended by prominent citizens and their wives, who were spectators while the colored folk danced They were apt entertainers, and made their distinguished dis-tinguished guests welcome. Last spring Mr. Holmes opened the Sernloh hotel a block north of the Knutsford, and since that time has given most of his attention to the now house. on |