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Show Friday, June THE OGDEN POST The Ogden Post AM) theatre-gram- s IliMit-hcrarh Friday by The Of den Insl Printing and Publishing 2420 Kirwl avenue. com-pany- Telephone , .165 Fditorial FIRST NATIONAL FORMALLY OlKNS NEW 1KIMK accommodate our patrons have been worked out in great detail with the thought that fit one who comes will go away with other than delightful memories nnd a desire to return. "Our richest, reward will be in gaining the approbation of the public to such an extent as to realize our fond-h- l dreums of a hotel so well con ducted as to be worthy of universal praise. Hotel Higclow company. The message of Ogdens magnificent new hostelry, ujhhi the highways fur the automobile tourists is typical of the western hospitality come as you are." This invitation has found ready response from the nverland travelers who have driven to .the ligi low, where they find a luxurious room with a hot bath awaiting them. The welcome at the Higclow is like the message of old: In JS75. when David KeclcK, J). I!. , iaTivard White and many (thers, since dceenaed, started the First National Hank, little did they dream that from the first small atrur-turthoie would arise a beautiful twelve story edifice such as is being ojiened for public inspection today and tomorrow. Sons of the founders Toinp in the evening. Gome in. the are still with the bank and carrying morning. on" the work of their illustrious Como when youre looked for, come fathers. Particularly is this an of without warning: Marriner S. Kccles. the present presiThe oftener you come, the more dent of the First National Hank, the well adore you, soli of the late David Fccles, for al- A thousand welcomes youll find here most two score years, president of the lw fore you." bunk, who in a measure in resjwmsihle for the building of the wonderful GOOD ROADS PAY new home. II I GF DIVIDENDS The twelve stories of elegance and North Carolina's road building camperfection in builders' art stands, on the site of the original banking center paign extending over a period of five of the city. Arising high above the years, has paid huge dividends acof buildings, like a monument it is, as a cording to Frank Page, chairman1500 tribute of respect to the memory of the state highway system. Over those men who builded the founda- miles of concrete roads have been built tion of Ogden'n financial institutions. averaging IK feet wide. Two thousand busses carry children Today the oficers und directors of the First National Hank and the First to reboot over these roads. This is one of the achievements the improved buvings Ilank will receive bankers to and others from out of the city and reads have made possible, according Mr. Page. state as well as those connected with While the nunilu-- of farms in the the financial and industrial instituas a whole have been on the rountry tions of the city, between the hours of decrease the numlwr of North Caro-in- a seven and nine o'clock tonight. To0 farms has been increased by morrow the bank building will he the last five years. during opened for public inspection. Mr, I'nge claims that not only has .The building is another wonderful rural liTe laen improved, but the gift of the year to the fine city of smooth highways have enabled fannOgden in magnificent buildings and ers to get their produce to market like Hotel Higclow, the people of Og- with greater facility. Truck garden-n- g den arc proud of the additions, which in the state has been on the upare changing the skyline of the junc- swing, and now North Carolina ships tion city. The people will join in four times as many cucumbers, expressing their pleasure and grati- reaches and strawberries as it did tude and congratulations to the of- tefore the advent of the concrete road. ficers, directors and stockholders for Mr. Page in pointing to highway ditheir faith in the Creator Ogden and vidends attributes the growth of dairy IVt-ry- e, watch for the signs on the pumps ami see that the pumps give full measure. sleuthing newsmade a startling discovery that Ogden is reeking with gambling and the Goddess of Chance is holding full sway here like in the davs of 49 when the rattle of the roupoker chip and the click of the the on heard be would ball, lette street. The startling discovery was made that there was baseball pool, horse race pool, Chinese lottery, punch boards and whatnot running wonder right here in Ogden. Its nothis wild tourists automobile give the and wooley town such a wide berth with all the cunning and daring and games of chance going on here dime. a risk can a person Some Like the poet of old, stirred to enthusiasm and patriotism, when they viewed a sight that thrilled them and filled their souls with pride, we cannot but help to feel that way when we stand on Washington avenue, and look at north of Twenty-fourt- h Ogdens brand new skyline. The First National Hunk building. Hotel Bigelow and tfye David Kccles building. We don't think the "little oP town looks so bad." Cheer up you pessimists and look things over. Go down to the new bank building tomorrow afternoon and tell Marriner Eccles and his associates that you have got the same faith in Greater Ogden they have and then boost Ogden. Its a long jump from 1875 to now, but there are many people in Ogden who can recall vividly when the First National Bank, started by David Eccles, D. II. Ieery and many other men who pioneered long and long since deceased, opened its doors under a charter of this great and glorious nation. The pioneers of Ogden did not stand at the corner of Fourth and Main streets (now Twenty-fourt-h and Washington) and cuss conditions because a swivel chair job was not offered them on a silver platter. If they had well Ogden would not be the Junction City, the industrial and progressive city she is today. 13,-00- arming to this factor. its assured future. moPKKATIVK wide-awak- e paper reporter ha ! Crop Yield Increase generally rising trend in per acre last yields of leading crops over the indiis States United the in 40 years cated by a survey concluded recently A by the Federal Department of Agriculture. The average yield per acre of com has increased 18 per cent since 18A5, wheat 17 per cent, oats 14 per cent, and potatoes 3i per rent. The total area of the four crops expanded about 52 per cent but the total production has increased 77 per cent. With the bank building and new hotel all brightened up and smiling down upon our people on the street, it would bo a mighty fine thing if the city commissioners put a little pep into the work of starting the Washington avenue improvements. We ought to have the street fixed up before fall. It also might be a good thing for the people on the street to think about renaming the street, hack to the original name "Main Call - the boulevard to the Street. canyon, Washington Boulevard. For safetys sake there should be a telephone in every home. Buena Vista . r It ia a sleepless guardian ready to Mwwnwm aid at the first sign of danger. There is protection as well as convenience and pleasure in a teU phonf, . a Riverdale Road . Sunday From 11 A. M. According to the new law, the gas stations of Ogden must give full measure of gasoline or their stations will be given the 'scarlet sign of incorrect. Motor owners are urged to nil The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company ONE DOLLAR E ill 30 Again" SEE UTAH ADVERTISING Sixty apple growers of Washington, Oregon and Idaho hove organized a cooperative plan of advertising Pacific Northwest apples, during the coming fsll and winter. The plan will call for an expenditure of $1,000,000 in the next four years to effect "consumption of the national apple crop and prevent a decrease in the f ' , pro-du- ct For a number of years past the apples from the Pacific Northwest have been extensively advertised in the national magazines and other This has resulted in a publications. great sale and demand for the apples. One brand of apples advertised under a special brand, have enjoyed a big national sale. Cooperative advertising and marketing of their products, such as was suggested by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, when he was here in the early part of this year. Two successful cooperative associations are being operated in Weber county, they are by the dairy men and the poultry raisers. Doth have proven profitable and have encouraged both industries. There is many opportunities for the placing of Utah garden and orchard products on the market through cooperative associations. k : ( . OGD CANYON WHERE THE POEM FITS A "UK EARLE FELLOW W hen Rudyard Kipling wrote "If" he was thinking of what a young man would be if he could meet the situations of the day and still retuiii his real self. A New York paper recently published pictures of Lindbergh, with pictures of King George ami Prince of Wales and Itolow it was the verse from the Kipling poem which the paper said applied to the modest and The verst unspoiled lone aviator. follows: "If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, "Or walk with kings nor lose the common touch; "If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, "If all men count with you. but none too much; "If you can fill the unforgiving A few minutes drive from the center of takes Ogden you to the entrance to one of the most charming and picturesque mountain gorges in the West Ogden Canyon. A Splendid paved road all the way. The rough-hew- n rock walls rise abruptly a thousand feet and more from the canyon floor. A tumbling, sparkling stream fills the air with its ceaseless song. A silvery waterfall leaps out from the north wall high above you. Near the Hermitage, a popular mountain inn, are various amusement attractions. This is a delightful place to stay for a week, for a day or so, or just for an afternoon. Have you been there lately? minute With sixty seconds' worth of dis tance run; "Yours is the earth and everything thats in it; "And, what is more youll be a man . my son! Not only has the flight of Lindbergh. from New York to Paris, and his receptions in the capitals of Europe. caused a great expression of good will, but the young mans char acter has served as a wonderful ex ample to the youths of this country to follow. i f TRlE WESTERN SPIRIT IN J ' d ' . G k . ' - . rection. "The efforts made to bring and the conveniences planned com-for- ! The HERMITAGE, Ogden Canyon Carefree Motoring in Summer witk tke Oil tkat Stands up Under Heat With VICO 100S' Paraffin Base Oil in your motor, no demands of road or weather need cause you any worry. VICO is famed throughout the West for its unusual ability to stand up under heat. g drives. Tends to prevent excessive heating It gives dependable protection on long, its of in view Even down. friction uniformly high quality it is not higher priced! by keeping motor-heatin- HOTELS WELCOME The true western spirit of liospi tality was reflected in the message issued by Hotel Bigelow at its dedication and which will lie a permanent mesage that will greet the guests of that hotel. The mesage of welcome rings true with the real western message "the latch string hangs out' The message follows: "To our friends: There is a welcome hero for you, and a desire ir our hearts to so dedicate this Jiote as to perpetuate the spirit of goot will and friendship that has brought you Into our presence on this occasion. Back of it all, is a resolve to scree, as to build an institution ... which people will feel the atmosphere of home, and be thankful that in life1' journey, their pathway led in this I ( And die coat is only a few cents a day. Chicken Dinner . 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