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Show ppNr? should personal consideration Sn the way of performance H.'nd c,r- of a public -- No .h wwr ittpgatilC' With some men Manners count for more than morals; words for more than deed.", K VOLUME 1 OGDEN. UTAH. nTicVV NUMBER OGDENS FIRST GAS BUGGY IS DEFENDED BY WIUIAMS.PEERY scene 1902. This Stillwell terrace on seen biting at flv Taken to post Representative Task by Mayor Francis; FRIDAY, Grantor i is still renumbered by many L t Z Vins Ogdens First Motor Car Came to Town in 1902 and Cost $750 f.lrst ?utoniobl,: V r ulJ Ogden. Tim, of this TV whu;h4.thc tillwclls prize very highly. It was taken in front uf tho tye,Bhlh,wW.hlfh wa! thclr hl,n1 ,l ,h, linu' Th.ir dog. lit.ol. h is mui'h loVed and "tU known cani'" au,,nK 8,1 thl ni'iKhhore. The d..g Mem- Residents of bers of Commission Say That Another Ogden Should Have lf Frank Francis gave vent over the editorial print-- 3 wrath hi by The Port, In hi5h and gambling situation m the liquor to. in the city referred was Ogden chamber Wednesday commissions of The morning, when C. A. Epperson comon in the to sit in Post dropped Mavor U.k By U. upon adjournment Immediately Commissioner H. W Peery said: "Epperson, lay off the mayor." Commissioner Peery told Mr. that the commission is seekbeting harmony: that things are administratthe in previous ter than there is no camion, adding that sees ho excuse for he and paign on, He said that the throwing mud. mayor is making a fine showing in the public safety department and the chief of police is doing his duty. "I'm for you; we want to see another daily newspaper in this town, and Ep-ners- it continued Commissioner "But we do want harmony. "I don't like your libelous editorial, Mayor Francis told Mr. Epperson during the repartee. To this the latter If the editorial is libelous, replied, why didnt you bring an action? The mayor then said that the editorial is libelous only- - by inference. Mayor Francis added: It is insinuated in the article that there is graft in the police department, and indirect- ly my name was linked with it. I challenge any citizen or anyone else in the community to point out one single instance where there is even a trace of evidence that I have been connected with anything that has not been above board. There is. not an honest thought in that editorial,' and the whole was a nasty mess of insinuations. I welcome constructive criticism, and if anyone has evidence that there is graft he should come forward and make the charge and not veil his charges in insinuations. If there is anything wrong, the persqp who knows it should have the courage to come forward and tell it all for the good of the comwe need Peery. Portland Man is STADIUM BOARD Winner Over Dern UTAHHASWORST In Speedy Bout Tom Alley, of 1'ortland, Oregon, 01 OF TAX SYSTEMS surprised Ogden wrestling fans Wed- BERGESON SAYS When George Browning and P, F. Kirkendall were being' pilloried in the in indig- fact that gentlemen were not getting justice. At this point Commissioner Fred E. Williams joined the conversation and said: Sure, I remember when they panned Ralph Bristol and his crowd. Im for you; we need another daily Commissioner newspaper. Williams added that he thinks conditions in the city today are not as bad as during the last two years, and if tne present commission is given time, conditions will be still better. He said that everyone is doing their best and appealed to The Post to help promote even-hand- armny nW exnE n kae the latter knew Maguire Home Swept Away by Fire Blaze tTM home of Don Maguire at 549 street, which was for pars one of Ogdens finest and best residence after its construc-nj,nik- e wa8 completely dam-J. Monday afternoon by a fire took away the roof and wooden portions and by water of the The fire is believed by n to have been caused by spontnn-- l combustion, the origin the blaze is notalthough known. ty-fif- th L; fire-Phte- rs. were department reked in their efforts to put out the hen a fire hose sprung leaks. house, which is a large two-v- . .. nfh structure, was occupied by Snire on the west half and the wmdy of A. A. Walker in the eastern Portion. The loss of the home adds v Recession of misfortunes which e hefell Mr. , Maguire during the last year. r, H Tower former general mana-visited one bright tbe Golden Rule stores and Here is Cliff rotters erstwhile famous canyon resort, Seated in the automobile automobiles. two first 1902 in by Ogdens jnown Ogden business man, was Sunday . w'ose husband, then a salesman front of tha building is Mrs. John Corlew,believed Mf directorate of the to have been the second what is drove & Co., Kiesel kar,k t meeting held SJ Fred J. in the Corlew car. car Stillwell alongside The is Ogden. purchased ?. 1 i dpe.n ! Og-T'jc- i sii Bell lf at Herman Baker post No. 9 of the American Legion will hold its next meeting March 12 at the new chateau on Twenty-fourt- h street, according to announcement by Commander George D. Shupe at the meeting of the post Monday night. This weeks meeting was the last one an the clubrooms at and Washington for the Twenty-sixt- h post. were added to the memThirty-fiv- e bership of the post Monday night, thereby keeping the Ogden post at I he top of the membership list in Utah. Those taken into the post Monday men: Edare the following ward J. Halt Jr., II. M. Groesbeck, Orlow M. Brown, W. II. Sullivan, George E. Berry, Francis W. Smith, Otto M. Allison, Irven L. Earl, Glen N. Jorgenson, I. F. Flinders, Thomas W. Holden, Albert B. Smith, Dale Pingree, A. C. Rich, George D. Cottle, L. N. Applonie, L. A. Berg, W. G. Zimmerman, T. E. Larsen, William K. Milligan, Virgil B. Anderson, Robert C. Gould, Daniel II. Morgan, George F. Meyer, Vane L. Morgan, Walter T. Prothero, Christian Bnuw-hui- s, Lott S. Carr, Albert E. Perry, Walter C. Bachman, D. Ray Wilkinson, Joseph Drysdale, J. D. Poole, Frank Davenport and Henry T. Williams, Ora Bundy, chairman of the buijd-in- g committee, expressed appreciation for the fine cooperation given by in the. legionnaires and building project. ce fire-!"V- the one-ha- Legion Post Adds Thirty-Fiv- e More Members to Roster taken your oath HornBiryrie pede-strui- returned. ed dont you live up to it? No then with the motor going the clutch was engaged and the automobile started. Those were the days before tho steering wheel. The first Ogden enr was guided with a handle. Near the top of to warn unsuspecting the handle was a bell a bicycle bell that the waltzing of 1902 was approaching, and they'd better watch out. Mr. Stillwell's car had wire wheels and pneumatic tires two and inches tho size of today's motorcycle tires. This Ogden picneer of automobiles was a chain drive affair. There were no brakes, and if the chain broke going down hill, and it often did, it was look out!" There were no brakes. The chain often broke going down a hill, but Mr. Stillwell doesnt recall just how he got by without a serious mishap. Mr. Stillwell bought his first car before the state of Utah licensed automobiles, and in 1902 and two or three years after that time his car bore license plutc No. 1, issued by Ogden City. Stillwell yas 1ioneer In their retrospection many Ogden residents of that time recall the numerous interesting sidelights of the advent of the automobile here. They remember that Mr. Stillwell had no disposition to high-hanyone, because for a time he had the only automobile, lie took delight in taking neighbors and friends, and particularly children for ride. Mr. Still well's first car was the first one to lake a number of tours out of Ogden. Shortly after purchasing the limousine," he and Mrs. Stillwell took a swing around a circle into Wyoming, Idaho, and through Cache Valley, home. The car was the third automobile to tout between Ogden and Evanston and was the first automobile to pass over the road between Evanston and Montpelier, Idaho, via the jtear take country. Needless to add that many a horse pricked up his ears or stampeded as this intriped Ogden motorist scampered over the rough roads. Leaving Montelier, Mr. and Mrs. Stillwell went over to Soda Springs, then drove down Gentile valley and into Cache valley to tagan. Needed I'ush On Hills The trip from tagan to Ogden in those days required more than one hour and thirty minutes, as today. There was, for instance, the steep dugway between Wellsvilie and Montana, where one of the two passengers, if not both of them, had to get out and push. Mr. Stillwell recalls that on practically every hill, Mrs. Stillwell got out at the bottom of the hill and walked, while the car moved . horse power motor became slowly along. If the four and one-haover taxed, Mrs. Stillwell usually gave the buggy a lift and pushed it up the hill. If the going lecame too tough for the little engine, Mr. Stillwell would hop out and with one hand would steer the car, and with the other he'd push too. Th maximum speed of the first Ogden auto was 20 miles an hour. Can you imagine anyone going that slow now? Ah! The Oak Resort! Back in 1902 the Hot Springs resort, nine miles north of the city, was the real rendezvous of the pleasure seekers. It was to this place that the late Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Bigelow, parents of A. P. Bigelow, and Mrs. E. 1 Van Meter, took their first automobile ride as guest of the Stillwells. Needless to say that the Bigelows sat on what was called a seat in the back. Shortly after Mr. Stillwell bought the first car, the late Fred J. Kiesel purchased a car for use by John Corlew, salesman for the Kiesel interests. The two pioneer cars met one day at Cliff Potter's Cliff took a picture famous resort in Ogden canyon, The Oaks. This cf the two cars with Mrs. Corlew sitting in the Corlew bus. commercial used on was a of good piece photography, being picture, postcards and obtained for Mr. Potter widespread publicity. Browning-Nickso- n Pioneers The Becraft firm, first autoiqobile house in the city, was first, and Grant. Later situated on the southeast corner of Twenty-fourt- h Mr. Becraft moved to the place now occupied by Frank B. Smith on' Grant avenue. One of the earliest automobile men who is still in the game acgarage. tively in Ogden is J. W. Nickson, manager of Mr. Xjckson first worked for Mr. Becraft. The Browning Automobile company is the oldest of the local firms. This company entered business in tho 300 block on Twenty-fourt- h street, more than twenty years ago. Do you remember when you could count Ogdens automobile population on the fingers of two hands? Try and do that now. So Ah! Remember This Place? Ogden. Mr. some statements made in Post's editorial, to which Mr. rrancis answered that the commission i seeking to conduct the affairs as other cities are run. city The mayor jaia that there is a general laxity in ? en.orcement all over the United States. hat difference does that make Mr. Francis? asked Mr. Ep-o- u W ' 1 ty Epper-on-vetPrat- any-th:n- fifty-- Mayor Francis questioned Mr. Ep- person as to what about conditions in The sule of it, Ogden's first automobile was an Oldsmobile. naturally, whs made by Ogden's first automobile dealer, II. L. (tau) Bcrraft, who is now a farmer nenr Clearfield. The price of the car, a best, Mr. Stillwell recollects, was about $750. How much was $750 in those days? It was a great deal more than that much money now when you reckon that a school teacher was well paid at $40 a month, und the best suit of clothes could he purchased for not more than $2o,00. But how much did Mr. Stillwell get for his $750? lats figure it out. Wasn't any Front l'art The automobile had one seat with a sort of an auxiliary sent in the hack. The top, upholstering, windshield, fenders, idecu$ains, dashlwnrd, hood, rudiator, bumper were all Oh, what are you talking about? There weren't any such things. The front part of the cur well you could hardly say that there was a front part for ahead of the passengers was nothing but sort g of a bucklioiird, built low. This automobile was not made for but fair weather driving apparently, unless the passengers didn't mind a good drenching in a rain storm. ' With the passengers maximum in the front seat seated and the motor running did you ask: oh, how did the motor get started?" Thats easy. Most people over thirty remember that the first automobiles had to be cranked; not in front of the car but on the side. It was that wuy with Mr. Stillwell's gas buggy, back in 1902. t. The mayor then complained that he is being unfairly treated by The Post, to which Mr. Epperson replied: hall dustry. nesday night when he won handily over Ira Dern in a fast bout. Dern failed to return to the ring to finish Seven Business Men to Sign Gov. With Dern on the match after being thrown out by Disagrees his opponent. Original Articles; Work on Value of Utah Taxing MaAlley demonstrated strength during Structure to be Underway the match, and was Derna superior. chinery; Weber County Co- He was able to emerge from many Soon if Present Plans Materin which he was placed. operatives Make Fine Record badThepositions Portlander took the first fall ialize; to be Given to City with a crouch and half nelson, aftei in January, Reported eleven minutes of tussling, 'lne tw The Ogden Community Stadium men participated in twenty minutes will be incorporated next compuny Ephraim Bergeson, president of the of fast mat work before Dern gained week at the county clerks office by Utah State Farm Bureau federation, the second fall with full arm scissors. seven prominent men of the city, and took sharp issue, .with Governor .George ...With Dern using the rougher ' U. Dern on Utahs tax system in his tics the two men were given an opi work on the 'stadiuni ls expected 'to talk before the annual social gather- portunity to demonstrate all they had be under way this month, it wao ing of the Weber county farm bureau before Alley was awarded the match. stated today by Fred M. Nye, chairheld last Saturday in the Weber counReferee Thornton told the crowd that man of the chumbcr of commcrce-Amcrica- n Legion stadium board. ty high school. Alley is in Utah to wrestle the three Articles of incorporation have been President Bergeson said that Utah Utah heavyweight champions, Dern, today has one of the worst taxing Visser and George Nelson, of Logan. prepared by the& law firm of DeVine, Howell, Stine Gwilliam, acting in systems possible, adding one couldnt devise a worse system if ho tried. Utah Poultry Producers association. the interest of the big community inReferring to the talk made by Gov- The dairy, he told the farmer folks, stitution which the stadium will be. ernor Dern last week before a group handled 6625 pounds more of butter-fa- t They will be signed immediately upon in January, 1928, than in January, the return of M. S. Eccles, member of county officials in the state capitol in which the governor is reported to 1927. The local division of the. poul- of the board, from the coast. The plan is to have four bank preshave said that there is not much try producers association handled wrong with the states taxing laws; 1241 more cases of eggs in January idents and the heads of the chamber they need but be enforced, Mr. Berge- of this year than during the corres- of commerce, Elks and the American son querried: If that is all that is ponding month of last year. legion, as incorporators. This group .Verne Oberhansley, vocational ag- will consist of whoever is elected wrong, why doesnt he enforce them? During his spirited talk Mr. Bergeson ricultural instructor at the Weber president of the chamber of commerce next Monday; Commander George 1). condemned the Utah tax system ve- county high school, reported that two boys earned $17,594 in Shujift of Herman Baker post No. 9, hemently. The American legion; Exalted Ruler President Gedrge F. Stallings of the club project work last year. More than 406 farmers and their Frank Tribe of Ogden lodge 719, B. Weber county farm bureau spoke of the record made by the Weber Central family members attended the social P. O. Elks; Frank J. Stevens, president of the Commercial Security dairy and the Ogden division of the at the high school. bank; M. S. Eccles, president of the First National Bank; A. P. Bigelow, president of the Ogden State bank, and Charles 11. Barton, president of the National Bank of Commerce. Banks of Ogden are to lend material aid in financing the stadium. It is planned to have the new corporation accept land from the city, which, wiih the stadium, will eventually be -- one-cylind- er lf State Farm Bureau President then said to the those sold in Ogden. So it is recorded thnt Orlando J. Stillwell, trust officer of the 0'.Tdt n State bank, and erstwhile high school teacher and secretary of the Ogden chamber of commerce, purchased the first automobile sold in Ogden back in 1902. Was a x Those twenty-siyears since Mr. Stillwell first started to thrill of his the residents of this quite little city with the "chug-chu- g automobile engine, have horse power, four and one-hainbrought about marvelous strokes of progress in the automobile One-Lung- er mayor: 'You're mad Mr. Fmcw, and I know why. During your previous mlministration nothing ever appeared in the daily paper that could show you in an unfavorable light. Now things are different. Whenever your official acta need airing they will be aired. nation and bewailing the Olson I n potent factur in In these days when the automobile is siu-Vivn's community life, don't you ever stop and wonder when the iiulennibilt came here? How many person have asked themselves: Wonder who owned the first car in Ogden? When was it purchased? llow nivich did it eost? What make was it? What size was it with icspect to its carrying capacity, number of cylinders, speed Pr hour, horsepower of it tngine, width of its tires, pud so on? Although the advent of the automobile in the country is well w r hin the recollection of this generation, its pioneering in each interest, and thut certainly is true in great community intrigues ea While many-yOmIcii. many score of Ogdens present residents weie here when the first automobile came to town to stay, in tho rush of Industrys tremendous progress their recollection of tho first one is no doubt hazy at this time. It is therefore a noteworthy item to know that the man who purchased the first automobile in Ogden is Bt ill an active business man. IL.'s not a millionaire; perhaps he never expected to he. It is also reasonably certain that nt the time he brought the first car in Ogden he was not the city' wealthiest citizen. However, this man has H'wnys been an active, progressive citizen, and it was undoubtedly his prAgressiveiioss that prompted him to spend tho aum of $750 a whole pile of money in those days for the first automobile mission meeting. columns of the Standard-Examine- r, I didnt notice you rising up Years Ago Recall Twenty-si- x the First Automobile Had One Cylinder Horse Power and Four and One-haMotor; Took First Auto Trips Out of Ogden and Bore Number 1 City License Daily Paper. munity. Mr. Epperson 13 non-membe- rs 1 , lf one-cylind- Mack-Robins- er ns |