| Show HEAVY BUSINESS Travel Through the Union Depot the Heaviest On ecord The travel from Ogden to Salt Lake during the past week has been the heaviest in the history of the city Each day the numbers increased steadily stead-ily until the crush about the depot exceeded anything seen even during the Christian Endeavor travel Yesterday Yes-terday was by all odds the most remarkable re-markable day of the week Train load after train load went out bearing hundreds hun-dreds of visitors to the capital citv and still the crowds about the depot seemed to increase in size as the time I for making up the next train arrived The early morning trains were the most crowded The Union Pacific went out in four sections and the Rio Grande Western did not lack for business A constant stream of ticket buyers seemed before the window nearly all I day In spite of the fact that the spie I crush exceeded anything in the expectations expec-tations of the officials the crowds were handled in good style And now is a good time for Ogden people to resolve to have a celebration that will bring people here as the Jubilee Ju-bilee has brought people to Salt Lake Ogden has a wealth of resources and I should utilize them A grand electrical display should proclaim to the world the greatest power plant system in the world and even if such a display is I not made until next Fourth of Julv it is none too arly to prepare Improving Canals I E Spaulding and William Bybee leave tomorrow for East Canyon creek to begin on some development work for the Weber Davis County Canal company At present the work outlined out-lined is putting in some headgates but it is said that a system of reservoirs to store water for the dry season is under consideration The indications are that a considerable consider-able amount of work in this line will be done ere long During the months of July and August water runs low in a number of the important canals the Roy and Hooper canals running dry at times The residents of these places are said to be considering clans for I storing water to supply them during those two months I Local Briefs The prisoners at the county jail have been doing some artistic work in the way of decorating There seems to be a couple of geniuses there who are adepts at making nicknacks Picture frames are made entirely of newspapers newspa-pers rolled into sticks and gilded and pictures adorn the walls at every possible pos-sible point Recently one of the prisoners pris-oners presented Deputy Harris with an anchor with chain attached which was whittled out of an old box lid even to every link of the chain Dr Wishard speaks today and tonight to-night at the Presbyterian church A feature of the current Switch is a front page reprint cf Where theo the-o Lily Grows Over the printing is a neat little leaflet pasted at the top with a tinted picture of the sego lily I is an artistic and clever bit of work artstc cever wor The machinery in the new Peery mill is about ready for operation The A O U W order Is preparing for an appropriate celebration of its removal to the new quarters Aug 15 The new hall is being fitted up in comfortable com-fortable and attractive style I is expected that A W McLeod formerly secretary of the Y M C A shortly will go to the Klondyke gold fields |
