Show i Onward March of Ogden and County L b w ax f fr fr rt d 3 A K A A r t f r I r i i 8 a f tar u 4 y 1 i Y 6 W AL ALT ALa FiFE T a t z J ix n t i a n r y t k Y w w r y t tn tn tY ta a W w I t K a w tM t 3 F p I iY 51 a e kv 1 r rt fi t t SS i A R C CI I S p C 5 4 St 1 c g a w ace ti 1 S r l lt r w t 4 1 t o 3 Fr kv r a tit e w C a k da x A P t f ft fT t T 5 r G v o d c y ya a q N n R a a t k w k J I 5 1 1 s F 5 k J t I f Si SS I p a 5 e s et 5 I f a a f a cE 55 r t k 1 1 d 2 f 1 I i 11 i z 1 tY pipe 55 a wt c S 55 S 4 1 j S j S SS Sl l H at vy 2 b n 1 k Iv 55 55 Wb i i 17 b v 1 h v I E r I 4 F Ha i y L i t t s r a y 9 55 5 5 55 55 i c r I 1 view State School for Fort School i I Deaf and Blind Buildings Building S State School f Scho School from left to ek tk M 7 Five Points S right are Ros Hos for Deaf i SchooL School I pital School for tor Blind B School School School School for Deaf Ogden Tl i School 5 School Industrial School c ERES to I HERES She has just closed a prosperous your and is at the threshold ot of yet yett t another r Her county tax tha roll shows an in increase increase crease In wealth ot of nearly halt hail a mil million million lion dollars Her has bas increased Such a a year ot of prosperity for tor the farmer fruit grower stock raiser and manufacturer has never before come to her herThe The cutoff across the lake Jake has ha be been on completed and stands to today today day In successful operation one or of the most splendid and remarkable engl engi engineering feats or of modern modem times and one that SM saves s a to the rail railroad railroad road system which devised and had it Heres to Ogden City of wage earners There are re more of them today than ever before in her history and there will be many hundreds more a year hence NeW ma machine shops have been build ed and others are planned r homes bY d 1 been een erect new e d and d and andL enlarge enlo J 1 z Her growth has haa been steadY if l rapid and is on a firm basis baIs Heres to Ogden the cIty or of schools New ones have been during the year and others must be durIng the year to come com A city with plenty of at go good od schools must have all the substantial sub substantial elements or of prosperIty and Ogden Is a cIty remarkable ble tor Its fine schools Heres to Weber county that contrib contributes contributes utes to and shares In the good things ot of Ogden and heres to Utah that con trIbutes to and shares in the prosperity or of both Postoffice The Ogden received and disbursed during the year an average of over per day This office has come to be one of the most Important In the Intermountain country beIng now a depositary for funds from the or of a wide territory Every town In Weber countY excepting orlly three in Ogden valley Is supplied by rural nral tree free delivery and several ot of the towns In DavIs county are supplied by who l leave av the no tn e The increase in all n J dep s 5 pr pf the tho Office has been durIng i dung S S I the past two years In the through regIstry business an Increase of fUlly 10 per cent ent Is noticeable Recognizing the Immense amount or of work put upon the office the department at Washing ton has empowered the employment of additional clerks and carriers but still the office force forc has been un unable unable able to cope wIth the increased amount of business Postmaster Thomas Davis and his assistant Rufus Garner as aswell aswell well a many other members or of theo the of fice force have worked almost night and day through the holiday rush Fruit Growing A significant fact In connection with the fruit industry or of Weber county during the past year Is that eastern fruit dealers sent their agents dIrect to the orchards and bargained for thee the fruit before it was shipped Peaches eaches apples pears Dears and small fruits were In especial demand In oth other r years the fruit on had d to ship their h i to mis m ton on hou if i ea f t F I m k d t ru n the h k o f hating h g 0 it spoiled or sold for a mere pittance The fact that the qualitY of the prod products products had so greatly improved as to tomake tomake make it desired In the east enst arn m markets and the further fact flet that the fruIt was produced in such quantities that the dealers could afford to come corne after it mere ere the reasons for r this important de development development Hundreds or of young or orS are j Just coming on to the bear bearing ear ins ing perIod and much greater develop developments ments may be looked for tor during the coming comins year Stock Interests While most ot of the land of Weber county formerly used for tor grazIng has b been en brought under cultivation durIng r recent ent years the county suit still continues to be headquarters for tor the sheep cattle cat cattle tle and other livestock Industry of a large region The rhe Ownership or of thou sanda or sheep and cattle which graze JH states to Utah Is t 1 O Is cre busy pt S as we il Clio headquarters J 1 I f for buyers or of wool h hides des and ot other er products Ot Or late Ye years rs more strIct I Iatt att attention to feeding and breeding o ofin of fin fine stock has been given ghen and the county Is especially celebrated for its fine horses dairy stock and the better breeds br of sheep poultry raising is also a thriving industry and poultry prod products products the count county approxImately e each ch year ar The daIry products from irem the creameries ot of Weber WeDer are con constantly shipped to poInts north west w st stand and east and the cream on n the tables ot of Butte Rock SprIngs and other dis distant distant tant cities cUles comes in many cases from the dairies in the vicinity ot of Ogden Building Record Records from the office of the city engineer en who Is also the city building inspector shoW that the building rec record record ord for 1904 1901 has been remarkable Per Pel Permits mils mits have b been en Issued during th the year or about abOt 2850 00 north Y rth ot of bun buildings ings ully thre of the pr presented by and Y t by residences built huilt by citizens as homes for themselves ProbablY no year In the history of the city has passed when so many wage earners have built homes for themselves Not NotwIthstanding Notwithstanding wIthstanding the great the demand de demaud maud mand for houses is far In of the supply For a year there have hae been practically no vacant houses every domicile being oc occupied almost as soon as vacated vac ted or if n a new one as soon as finished hed Public Improvements In the matter of public improvements the city has kept pace with it growth In other lines IInes The municIpality now has nine blocks paved with asphalt Two have been pa paved ed this year and nd three have been resurfaced There are nineteen blocks ot of macadamized streets and fifteen of them have been done this year ear At the beginning or of 1904 1901 there were but four blocks of curbing curb curbIng Ing and guttering done in the Junction City Since then there have been con constructed strutted six on street lour four on rd t wenty n fifth two on Grant o eon ill three E EOn On Adams an four on Jefferson aye ave 1 I nue This makes don done dur lug Ing the year Sewers aggregating in length about five miles have been con constructed Ice Supply Point The purity and abundance ot or water supply makes this a Very desir desirable desirable able place for tor the putting up or of Ic and that Industry has grown rapidly in the past few years The fact ot of this city being be Ing the junction poInt for the four fOUL railway systems where the cars con 1 meats fruits and other perIsh perishables ables are iced en route makes the de demand demand mand also great reat The rhe Rio Grande and Union Pacific Pu have large Ice houses and pack thousands of tons each year Most ot of their supply Is shipped in from other localities The pack Jack of the local lee ice men this year including some put up for private use by the large con sumers will be tons The har vesting UnS o 0 thIs crop will give employ meat ment to nearly men mend during g about three weeks The Product is permitted R r t to be taken only from fro m sP specially spec t ted ed and thoroughly sanitary ponds The system of road hm improvement rov ent in int t Continued on Pal Page c 5 S Section cllon 3 J I arch of A 0 H tl Continued from fro Parc PaHe 4 SectIon 3 3 i b by r Weber county a a number number ot years ago has continued through the past year and the highways connecting the towns are arc being constant ly d a r O policy Is 18 expected The Ogden canyon and driveway Is one of the mountain roads In the county country and has been so 80 classed and reported upon by experts sent here by the gov government nt In th the Interest of the good roads movement State ns for the of roads in the pari pan of the county and for 81 an extension of the Ogden cn canyon on road into Rich county have bon ex during durIn the year t to gOb nd ad vantage ant go and simi t are counted on for 1905 Construction Companies Two construction companies operating ing over the entire intermountain countr country have their headquarters in 3 Ogden The Utah Construction corn com comp p pany n has during during the year been direct directIng directIng Ing work from is its main In hl this city constructing railroads and canals In ten different states Uth Utah Nevada Colorado Nebraska Wyoming Mon Montana tana Idaho Oregon and Bt hi has s un Im Important contract under way wa In each of them The expenditures of this one company iu In wages wages alone averages nearl per month AI All of i it Is dL distributed through Ogden bank banks and much of the money finds Us its way into circulation through gh Ogden stores Core Corey rother Construction company aIo has headquarter headquarters in Ogden and has been building a large canal near Calgary Calgar Canada durIng the year ear also doing other othor work in Utah and Nevada Places of In the mater matter of place places of and amusement Ogden and Weber count county are especially well wel provided for forThe The city has three fine public parks The gounds grounds of the two state two more and those of the Sacred Hear Heart academy constitute yet anoter another Te The Webe Weber fat gounds grounds are within the city have besides the fair buildings a a fine race track GlenWood par park although a private Is one of the p and best Improve Improved places of public resort in the state TIre Is 15 a a baseball feld field adjoining Utahna park another private enterprise is In n the theer i very er heart of the city and very yer popular POPUlar lar A new and i was as erected on this property during the year and nd in fact the entire place has been converted from and luto Inte a fine resort since last spring spring The city has the largest op opera n house housein in the state state and thia was taken under underlease lease durIng the year by the North Theatrical association and over spent in Improvements The Th ft house is the Grand Opera house ad an I has baa a seating capacity of 1803 A few hours rde ride in anY any L takes the resident of Ogden amongst L the wils wilds of nature There are a dozer dozen 1 fine trout streams in the eastern part part 3 of oC the county To the W west st Is the lake lak S wih with is Its geat great variety of scenic at tractions and amI all over the county are ar S excellent summer camping campIn grounds j A large new sanitarium has ha 3 been constructed at the mouth ot of S canyon during the year ear and utilizes the th S waters of some hot springs of prOve 1 qualities Another resort of 0 I similar Is the Ogden Hot Ho t Springs just at the northern limits of 0 L the county and within halt half an ride from the ci city Two wel velI clubs form part of the social e of the city The Weber club is the titi S business mens association of Ogden and occupies the top floor of the thi C black block Th als l C maintains a j li rum suie suite of club Great Canning Industry A careful estimate of the a of the canning factor factory prod products of Weber county and the countes countie o It fixes the U aggregate worth of the output of the th e seventeen fact factOries at The Th C re fact that nearly al all or of the factory factor corn com companies during the earY early part purt of last las t year ear combined in an association for forthe fo r the better pr of mutual ests and for the establishing of beter bette r of goods makes I It possible to t td 0 compute the number of cases of cann d fruit and vegetables to the point poin a c of exactness From dath dat gathered rM by byr b I r A the agent of Utah el ell ella ing Storage company I It is learned learne a that the seventeen factories produce d caSe cases of tomatoes and cases of fruit fruits and oher vegetable 3 The he value ot or the total L cannot b by any reasonable of the th thIt e market pric price go below and It ItIs Is sabre likely to be In pS of that sum The notable new feature of the Indu tr try this year Is the extension of Ith the LC business to include numerous kinds of c r fruit fruits and other vegetables This gives give 5 1 work worl for the factories at seasons when the tomatoes are not available and anda is isa a a development tat that adds y yie to the value alue of the fruit crop of tle Ui ie lount as wel well as to that of vegetables 5 suitable for canning The farmers receive for tomatoes s 8 Ier ton tun tough though a greter greater price is paid pal id Iii Instances for tomatoes deB 7 red cred orly in the season the te most development during U Uig ie tar I the formation of the Cannin ig Companie Companies and it its sUc su during the first SC se L fn sn This was not formed forniE d wih with the Idea the output ot f the factories but merely to secure re r in prices of cans freight aDd aiM th and the gading grading of If 8 so th that a a uniform scale of Sf prices tice alight be aked asked It Is C that the wUl soon son seure Le in the way of freIght re n C will be of material ad a 1 to the Industry The name names of the various companies is In the thc canners organization arc areas u fol fo follo 1 lo ow loSat Sat Salt Lake Valley VaHey Canning company compan y Five Wasatch Orchard comp compa company 1 ny fly Ogden Chief Canning company compan 1 Plain City North Ogden Canning con com compan 1 pan pany North Ogden Uintah Canning Cannis ig company Uintah Riverdale Canning ig company compan Riverdale Str Star Canning g company Roy Hardy Canning con com 1 jany Roy Hooper Caning compan Hooper Lyton Layton Canning company compan y I ILayton Layton Kaysville Canning company y i Banner Canning company compan I Willard Canning company wn WI I ard Wooda Cross Canning Canning compan 1 Woods Cross Syracuse Canning con com company 1 I pany Syracuse The Utah Canning company does not fl ot belong to the association but owns one oi lb I fa factory tor In Ogden and another In I Brigham A As a Center Ever Every year ear for lor the past st de decade d has hi ss shown such marke marked and Important Im Improvement in ii provement in the facilities of Ogden as to almost the other oth or many and varied evidences of as I In iii and about the city The Tho year ear 1904 19 04 has the completIon of the ti se I and d sd the absolute and unqualified success of this one of the foremost achievement ts tsIn I i In engineering of modern tle Ai I Ithe the thrOugh ugh p passenger and te th freight freig of the Southern I PacIfic now no n nA A J 4 cross the new ew roadway and the saving tg to to the company In money is something sg of the utmost Importance a a say saying a v lug ing of time for between O g den and western poInt points ij rd ot of about two hour RY this oi oi Imp Im lov Q C n ert alone place place the saving u ii uI tf I fe ted by the Improvement at a little ov er but In future wih with the great gr eat additon addition to traffic between the Orient rient O and this coUntry the saving sayIn wl wilt tm iU u t to at t a milOn each ea ch year ear The carrying power |