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Show S' I Boy Scouting ,4 t i Has Made a Throw Away Your Mail Order Catalog. Buy in Ogden! Wonderful Record in Eighteen Years VOLUME 2 per Capita Fire Loss Of Ogden Believed to DEAN STOPS FOR - SHORT TIME HERE New Fire District in Southern Part of the City With Provision in 1929 Budget for PlacSCOUTING WORK JV was reviewed by the city commission Thursday morning. Chief Wardleigh recommends the creation of a new fire district south street to be known of Twenty-eight- h as the South Ogden district." There are 10,000 persona living in this section who need more adequate fire protection, the chief set out. The report recommended that the 1929 budget provide .for the employment of one captain, one lieutenant, and six fireman to make up the personnel of the proposed new South Ogden station. In addition, he urges pumper the purchase of a for the place. Commenting on the Are loss for the city, the chief says that the fire prevention lectures delivered to .12,780 persons last year during Fire Prevention Week" undoubtedly influenced the low fire loss. The Are loss of Ogden last year was far below the per capita fire loss of the United States which was last year (4.96, according to figures in possession of Carl C. Gaskill, chairman of the fire committee of the Ogden chamber of commerce. Ogden's fire loss during the eight years has been lower than the country's per capita with the exception of 1923, the year of a number of large fires, including the burning of the union depot and the Arlington hotel. In 1923 Ogdens fire loss was (5.78. In 1924 the per capita fire loss in Ogden was (0.83, the lowest on record. In 1926 the per capita loss 750-gall- on was (1.95. Last Rites For Cushnahan Held STORE WINDOWS Celebration of Eighteenth Anniversary of Scouting to be Held This Week With Meetings and Demonstrations; Many Scouts Recommitted to Oath and Creed of the Organization Exhibition of work in scouting is being shown to Ogden residents in the windows of eight Ogden stores. These displays of scout craftsmanship are being shown in connection with the celebration of scoutings eighteenth birthday. Displays by the various troops are being shown in the windows of the following merchants: Watson-TannClothing company, troop 46; Utah Tower & Light company, troop 22; W. H. Wright & Sons, troop 16; Ogden Paint, Oil & Glass Co., troop 8; J. C. Penney company, troop 18; Ogden Sporting Goods company, troop 12; Fred M. Nye company, troop 2; Ogden Furniture company building, troops 21 and 23. At the recommittment exercises held Wednesday night in the Weber county high school, 850 boy scouts re' committed themselves to the scout oath and scout law. This was perhaps the feature, event of the celebration week. Scouting demonstrations are to be given downtown Saturday by various troops, it was stated today by S. Dil worth Young, scout executive. er - In Local Parish Ogden Mans Death Is Still a Mystery; With all of the solemn rites of his faith, Monsignor Patrick Michael Cushnahan was laid at rest WednesFound in Haystack day following funeral services held in ephs church a long procession to Salt Lake was formed. Interment was in ML Calvery cemetery where e .h! tes were conducted by Archbishop Hanna. Gold Badge Given to Chief by Policemen Chief of Police Harry S. Anderson 7? Presented with a gold badge of nis office Tuesday afternoon by mem-jjr- s of his department. The name of 12eJ,erl chief was inscribed on badge. 3 :00 Mystery surrounds the fatal accident which befell W'illiam Stokes, 85, of Ogden, who was found fatally injured last Saturday in a haystack on the Richard Hamblin farm two miles southwest of Clearfield. Mr. Stokes died in the Dee hospital Sunday afternoon after being unconscious since his bddy was found, although at one time he gave rather coherent answers to questions concerning the accidenu It is believed by the investigating officers that he was struck by an automobile and taken to the haystack where he was found. Mr. Stokes was born in England, and came to United States as a sailor in 1862. He has lived in Utah since 1881, and was for a long time section foreman for the Union Pacific. Thirteen yean ago he retired as a farmer in Uintah. In Ogden he made his home with his step son, E. T. Saunders, 433 Twentieth street. Mr. Stokes leaves- - no living blood relatives, but is survived by the followH. C., David, Rue-being and E. T. Saunders, of Ogden; Elizabeth Millard, of Molton, Ida, ant Mrs. Lottie Byington, of Hooper. Funeral services for Mr. Stokes were held Wednesday afternoon in the Fourth ward chapel, and burial was in the city cemetery under the direction of Lindquist & Sons. step-childre- n: n, oclock Tuesday afternoon, derson was visably nervous ..Ller hen. f the police officers surrounded him. When Captain Robert "Ura told him that the bunch is r. J1 end have a grievance," the roiers face colpred up, and he prepar-lo- r some trouble. However, his :fa.T Wei quieted, and he was par-yaiovercome with emotion when The city commission yesterday Eto give free permits to conduct voted an with eor8 Phillips, appropriate speech, pinned the gold boxing and wrestling to tbe AmeribJKige on the chiefs can Legion, Veterans of Foreign lapel. Wars and Disabled American Veterans of the World war. The two latter Crops organizations are merged in tbe boxing and wrestling venture. Vernon J. Eldredge, former comof the veterans post here, mander Members of the Utah Canning appeared and asked for exclusive priv7Ps association will meet Monday ileges in conducting boxing and t the offices of the Utah 5 p,Farm bureau To this Commissioner ? SaR Lake in the Dooly build-al- n wrestling. Harman W. Peery raised objection; City to discuss prices' said that he was a member of the or the coming year. American Legion, which organization be representatives from has also made application for the Sait Lake, Utah, Was-...- .. rights. Commissioner Fred E. 'Wi:Vjer Davis, an$f Box Elder counties in attend-nw- n lliams made a motion that free license Brown of Ogden, chair-o- f J given also to the American Legion the canning crops committee be carried. which tne farm bureau, will preside. Herman Baker post No. 9 of the uesday at 10:30 a. m., the canning American Legion, and Corporal Fred P rai,8er will meet with the Utah J. Grant post of the Veterans of Forassociation at the offices of eign Wars, filed application with the The eT Ogden. Prices to be paid commission for free permits. will be further cuL!Sniun? matter was referred to the city atIt is expected that some torney. . will be reached as to At yesterdays meeting City Atms on which this years crops will torney A. E. Pratt told the board that of. John G. M. Barnes it had no authority under the law to at this meeting. issue an exclusive permiL Free Permits For Boxing, Wrestling Go to' Vets Posts iy and Canning Associations to Meet ?ca r "" Pde John Willys, president of the Wilcompsny, one of the picly and prominent figures of the turesque automotive industry, spent a short time in Ogden Thursday en route to Honolulu for the first, real big vacation of his career. Mr. Willys is the only big automobile company executive who still holds the position in which he started in the industry. He entered the business twenty yesrs ago in humble circumstances and by his genius and energy has climbed to the top. Business in his company is good. President Willys told Arch tne Browning, general manager of and Automobile company, Browning Frank M. Browning, manager of the Ogden branch, who met the executive n Ogden. The Browning Automobile company is distributor for tne Overland and Whippet cars in Utah and Idaho. At present the factories of the company at Toledo, Ohio, are running at a normal capacity of 800 cars a day. Orders now on hand presage an increase very shortly to 1500 cars a day with maximum capacity early in April oi 2000 daily, President Willys said. This ia double last year's capacity, President Willys said. low President Willys said that the conia not automobiles price field in fined to one but a number of manuwu-lys-Knig-ht, facturers. President Willys ia chairman of the automotive advisory committee to Herbert of Commerce Secretary Hoover. Many to Attend Lincoln Dinner In Hotel Monday 4 . club Mens Republican The Young of Weber county will hold its annual Lincolns day dinner at the Hotel Bigelow next Monday night. Samuel C. s Powell, president of the Young Men arrangeis making club, Republican ments for the affair, which promises to be the largest gathering of the club ever held in this city. Chairman Raymond P. Morrissey of the entertainment committee is arfeatures of ranging the amusement sale is m ticket The the evening. charge of Sam Blackham, Lawrence Van Dyke and H. A Soderbcrg, and the they are booking reservations in their of order receipt seJames Albert Howell has beenLevi Professor toastmaster. lected Young will make the address. . St. Joseph's church which were attended by hundreds of persons and conducted by the Catholic clergy from many points in Utah and other states. Archbishop Edward J. Hanna, of San Francisco, paid glowing tribute to the veteran priest saying that no .man was so far an outcast that he did not warrant the help of Father Cushnahan. "Tender men are often weak men, but this man who pioneered his church in Ogden had no trace of weakness; he had the strength that only comes of God and Christ, said Archbishop Hanna during his eulogy. Bishop J. J. Mitty, head of the diocese of which Monsignor Cushna-hs- n was vicar general, sang mass. A choir of priests sang the pontifleial requiem mass. Following the services in St. Jos- Former City Employee DINNER WILL RE He Was WEDNESDAY EYE Resigns: Says Hampered in His Work Henry H. James Says It Was Plain He Was Not Wanted in Treasurers Office; Alleges That Clerk in Office Took Books From Him When He Wanted to Work Now-Bein- ing it in Operation which NUMBER 10 John Willys Says That Produc- Members of Coif and Country Club to Gather and Hear tion Will Increase at Factory About Flans for Fine BuildWithin Next Two Months; ing; Contractors Bids Confers With Brownings in Considered; Directors Ogden; 1aw Priced Cars Cover Enthused ' Over Frospects Iarge Field of Manufacturers Chief Wardleigh Recommends Establishment of Ogden's per capita fire loss in 1927 wss 92 cents, perhaps the lowest of any city this size in the United States. This fact was set forth in the annual report of Fire Chief H. H. Wardleigh, 10. IMS GOLF CLUBHOUSE Be Lowest in Country TVi,.-font- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY OGDEN, UTAH. . Edgar Bamberger Adds Tw o Trains to Schedule the Beginning last Monday nightcomBamberger Electric Railroad to its pany added two more trains schedule: one opt of Salt Lake City of 'Ogden at at 10 p. m., ai 10 p. m. rle attending With this iea or vaude- show at the first time to see ville houses hav 10 oclock the and show the train home. Junior High May The membership of the Ogden Golf & Country club will hold a meeting and dinner next Wednesday night in the Hotel Bigelow for the consideration of construction of the new clubhouse. The dinner was called today by President Marriner S. Eccles of the club and will begin at 7 o'clock. Reservations of members are to be made with Rescue C. G william, secretary of the club. Bids on the clubhouse have been submitted by a number of contractors and taken under udvisement by a committee of the club's board of directors. President Kcclcs and the board arc anxious to have the membership review the plans, and this is the purpose of the meeting. The plans and specifications propose one of the finest golf and country clubhouses in .the wesL The board of directors and those who have worked to bring the progress of the development program up to its present Join in Contests Of Music Groups Mark Robinson, head of the music department in the Ogden City schools, is working on a scheme for a aeries of music contests among the junior high schools. The plan proposes that the contests be held in the Paramount theatre and include vocal and instrumental artists. ....Should the scheme of Mr. Robinson be put in effect, a large number of student-musiciawould If entered the contests in orchestras, quartets, glee and other groups. It ia proponed that the contests be held in ApriL ns OGDEN FIRM IS stage are very enthusiastic over the prospect of such a fine clubhouse, and they desire to let the other members and golfers know what it is proposed SUCCESSFUL RAILROAD WORK to do. President Eccles appeals to all members of the golf club to attend next week's dinner so that they may be- Utah Construction Company to come acquainted with the building Construct Fifty-EigMiles program and particularly the clubht house plans. President Grant To Dedicate New Wing of Ilospitall KFUR Will Have New Home In Hotel Bigelow rode by Arrangements have been H. D. Peery and the Hotel Bigelow estate for the transfer ofRadiosta-tio-ofn KFUR to the eighth floor the Hotel Bigelow. Four rooms in the hotel have been station, set apart for the broadcasting immediand they are to be fitted up has been purately. New equipment In the installed be will and chased Dedication of the new north wing of the Thomas D. Dee Memorial hospital will be held tomorrow afternoon with President lleber J. Grant of the L. D. S. church offering the dedicatory prayer. Services at the hospital will begin at 2:00 oclock in the afternoon. William H. Wattis, president of the hospital board of trustees, will preside at the meeting. Speakers will be President Grant, Presiding Bishop Sylvester Q. Cannon; Mayor Frank Francis, Mrs. Ida M. Treseder and I)r. Edward I. Rich. A tablet commorat-in- g completion of the new addition will be unveiled. Open house will be held at the hospital from 11 oclock Saturday morning until 6 o'clock in the afternoon. The public is invited to join in the inspection of the building. Prize Design of Union Building is Chosen A union building at the University of Utah is becoming more of a wonderful reality every day. Manyeleven archiplans were submitted by the state in the retectural firms cent contest, (Inducted under the rules of the Anwrican Architects association. Ashtog and Evans, of Salt Lake City, were ,ictoneus, and they actual build are now preparii Ing plans. Other prize plans were sub-an-d Hanson. Pope mitted b; Leonard Neilson. and Bi ard consisted of The imbill, of Omaha, Thomas acted as the braska. the jury; he is a former expert presidentof the AmericanonAssociation the jury of Architects. Others were Utah people, namely: President George Thomas, Richard A. Hart, Ellis W. Barker, and Mrs. Edith Johnson Linford. William E. Fisher, of Denver, who acted as referee of the contest, was present when the final selection was made. The winning plans will be on display at the Hotel Utah the week of February 13. Then they will be used in connection with a drive for funds among the students. Actual construction work will be gin in May, and the structure will be carried through to completion. Ogden Will Bid for G. O. P. Convention ht Ahead Contract for the construction of miles of road for the Union Pacific between Egbert, a point east of Cheyenne, to Creighton, on the Yoder branch, has been awarded to the Utah Construction company of Ogden. Cost of the project will be nearly (1,000,000, it is understood. W. II. Wattis, president of the Utah Construction company, and also gen- -' cral manager of the Utah-Idah- o Sugar company, returned Wednesday from an extended business trip to eastern ht points. hStation KSL at Salt Lake has been broadcasting programs from the Hotel Republicans of Ogden, with the These of the chamber of commerce! Bigelow by remote controL backing in received parts were many are programs going to make a bid for the state of the country. nominating convention to be held in August or early in September, letters have been sent to the twenty-eigConvention members of the G. O. P. state Placed committee inviting them to Ogden for the meeting. the The state committee has selected of conference district Annual Lake City for the convention district Salt Fifth Rotary clubs of the will name delegates to the nawhich instead 13 12 and held April will be This will bo held schedconvention. tional of one week later as originally the state comtime 4. PresiAt that announced May been has by uled, it matters of the club. will take mittee up dent Fred M. Nye of the Ogden to be held convention the nominating of H. presiTexas, Rogers, Harry will later. dent of Intcrmountain Rotary, be here to address the Rotations of The American Legion, Herman Utah and Idaho. John N. Spargo ar-is its Baker on committee post number 9, will holdFebthe of chairman will Monday night club regular meeting rangements and the Elks meeting be the meeting halL Four years ago ruary 13, at 8 p. m. This week on the fifth district Rotary convention was postponed from last club. of account the Elks9 play. Legion the at in held was Ogden Rotary Dates of Road for Union Facific; ('resident Wattis Returns From His Trip to the Eastern Cities fifty-eig- all which went The former left an in1, into effect on January terim from 8:30 to 11:15 out of Ogden and 8:30 to 11:30 out of Salt Lake. Patrons of the railroad are well into pleased with the .change going effect February 6. IN After leaving Nebraska, where he submitted a bid on the railroad job, Mr. Wattis went tc West Baden, Ind., where he attended several board sessions of the Associated General Contractors of America. From there he continued east, visiting New York and Washington and returning to Chicago on business for the Utah-Idah- o Sugar company. New York business conditions, he declared, are in excellent shape, and the financial district is extremely optimistic as to the future. While in Washington, Mr. Wattis visited Senator Smoot and Representatives Colton and Lcathcrwood. Discussing politics, he declared interest was running high in the coming presidential campaign, but that it did not appear to bo interfering with business to cs great an extent as in former years. Resignation of Henry II. James as deputy city treasurer last week was followed by a statement from him containing charges that there is inefficiency in the treasurers offire. Mr. James letter of resignation ia as follows: Ogden, Utah, Feb. 3, 1928. Mr. Frank Francis, Mayor, Ogden City Oorp., Ogden, Utah, Dear Mr. Francis: Having served Ogden City thirty as iJcputy City Treasurer. I respectfully submit my resignation. I have been hamiemi in every way possible in learning the present system, therefore precluding any possibility of a reduction in forces along efficiency lines, and it has been plainly demonstrated to me that my presence or services are not desired. The city commission accepted the resignation and immediately named I II. Swanner to succeed Mr. James. Mr. Janies went back to the accounting department of the Southern Pacific railroad where he worked for a loQg time prior to January 1 when he went into the city treasurer's offire. Mr. James voluntarily submitted the following signed statement concerning his reasons for leaving the city treasurer's office as inferred in his letter of resignation: The current work for the position I was assigned had from three to twenty-fiv- e (not to exceed 25) receipts daily to post, which should take not to exceed one and one-hahours to However, it was necescomplete. sary to await the pleasure of another clerk to post in the'fund book which hour. required not more than The average bookkeeper, posting in a bank or business house, familiar with a Burroughs posting machine, should post In the fund book and ledger the maximum daily receipts the whole year covering with ease and have ample time six month of the year to type the special improvement tax notices, which should lie typed ahead of time and held prepared to mail. The lofts of a few tax notices which might be paid prior to mailing would be nil with the salary of two compared clerks now working on the bookkeepdays lf one-ha- lf ing. There is in the treasurer's office a system of control sheets covering each special improvement district. It is the duty of one clerk to post to this control and another to take the ledger and balance to the control, which could be handled by one clerk. On the morning of February 2 I took the fund book and control sheets and started to post the control to expedite the balance in different districts in my ledger. The fund book and control sheets were forcibly taken from me by the clerk in the office who told me that as long as I was there I would do as I was told. I called Mr. Larson, who was visiting in the waterworks department, and he sustained Mr. Wilkinson, the clerk, in his remarks. My object in trying to expand my duties was to familiarize myself with all branches of the work that we might, in the near future eliminate what I considered an unnecessary salary in this office. 1 was not allowed to perform Directors of the First National duties, although my bank and First Savings bank met any but minor was that of chief depappointment and elected the Wednesday following uty, according to my understanding officers: Mayor Francis. First National bank M. S. Eccles, withThe treasurers office could easily M. A. Browning, George S. be president; by an active treasurer, operated Eccles, R. B. Porter and Warren L. one deputy clerk and a good stenogMcvice Wattis, presidents; A. V. a maximum at rapher expense of (450 Intosh, cashier; Lawrence Clayton, s month to the city. At the present assistant cashier. the salaries for the office are First Savings bank M. S. Eccles, time (685. In addition to this Mr. William M. Ai S. president; Browning, George T. Pickett and Mr. William C. Howell Eccles, R. B. Porter and Warren L. are drawing (5 a day each and car vice Severen T. Wattis, presidents; 1 think auditors books expenses, Jeppesen, cashier; William H. Loos will show, on the the work of collecting and Walter L. Wilson, assistant cash iers and trust officer and assistant delinquent special improvement taxes. I told Mr. Larson that this was an trust officer, respectively. unnecessary expense and suggested that Mr. Wilkinson and 1 go out collecting in our idle time. He gave me no answer. Chance I wish to have business men in Ogden paying heavy taxes investiThrough the efforts of the national gate all departments in Ogden City, legislative committee of the Ameri- and I am satisfied enough can be can Legion sentiment has developed saved in salaries to operate the Carin the house veterans committee in negie and Mound Fort libraries withfavor of giving more than 8,000,000 out additional levy which I underworld war veterans another chance to stand produces now (8000 a year. take out government insurance. It has been rumored that our comHearings were yesterday started on missioner, Fred Williams, a thorough a bill to nopemB one year the time business man, is to consolidate the for conversioof government policies position of superintendent and asand Chainmn jfbnson predicted to- sistant of the watermmtfSTfc would be pass- works superintendent Good for day that department. you, ed without wRus (position. Fred, all taxpayers are .with you. When the Time far conversion of HENRY 1L JAMES government policiewdosed last July only G4JL000 ofjfhe 4,000,000 men who served in ygr war had converted Russell-Jame- s M. S. Eccles Again President of Banks Vets to Get Another to Convert Now their polici Since then hundreds of thousands of men have sponsored their desire to convert their insurance. Some have said that they mistook this important matter as pertaining to the twenty-yeendowment adjusted compensation. Having applied for the latter they thought that they were taking care of this insurance. I ce ar Has a Groceteria Russell-Jamcompany announces the opening of a groceteria in connection with their meat market at 183 Twenty-fourt- h street The new name of the place will be Viaduct Market and Groceteria. es |