Show acknowledged MRS MOORE FLORENCE BLYTHE GETS MILLIONS san francisco jan 5 having satisfied the claims of her attorneys and secured the dismissal of the suits against her mrs florence blythe aln ackley moore is now sole owner of the vast estate left by the late thomas blythe that her title is acknowledged as good is shown by the fact that the mutual savings bank of which mayor phelan is president has purchased from her for about a portion of the well known blythe block on market street near kearncy and will erect thereon a modern eight or ten story businesses building A SALT BONANZA the level of great salt lake is stead 1 ly falling on account of the large vol ume of water tributary to it which ii now absorbed by irrigation enterprises tho disappearance of the lake would take from the neighborhood of salt lake city one of its chief attractions but would make easily accessible one of tho greatest sources of salt in the world conservative calculations of scientific men that the waters hold about tons of common salt accepting this estimate as ap proximately accurate every other source of salt pales in comparison with the riches great salt lake will offer it its waters disappears leaving the min cral more easily and cheaply accessible as it will be than in any other salt mines or evaporation grounds of the world the united states produced last year tons of salt if all salt makers of the country should go to the up bed of great salt lake it would take them at last years rate of production more than years to exhaust the supply the great salt centers of new york michigan and kansas might be held as a reserve for the sixth or seventh generation to come LAWTON FILLED THE BLANK mr charles ritch johnson of this city who makes a specialty of collecting information regarding the personal peculiarities likes and dislikes of well known personages has some interesting facts concerning the late major general henry W lawton facts supplied to mr johnson by the famous fighter himself in his own handwriting major general lawton filled in a blank sent to him by mr johnson as follows my idea of beauty in nature A sunset on the western plains my idea of beauty in art A modern ship of war a modem gun on digap carriage my favorite studies nature and character my flowers the rose and pansy my favorite colors red white and blue my favorite qualities in man courage honesty and truthfulness my favorite qualities in woman fidelity and devotion my greatest happiness congenial occupation my greatest misery time my favorite amusements romping with my children my favorite residence southern california my authors shakespeare dickens mark twain my favorite poets longfellow owen meredith bret harte my favorite musical composers schubert verdi my favorite characters in real life lincoln grant beecker and the late general K S my favorite heroines in real life most good wamen my favorite actors booth robson hopper my favorite brutes horse dog my favorite names saxon name H W lawton major general U S V pate november ac 1898 |