Show id TP 99 ie 00 A IS VL X UP LJ IT 00 99 itai 00 by A C c I 1 IVINS 1 I I 1 N S 00 tf aaa T has been written that s god made the country man made the town and Z EF the statement is probably c true as a rule because there is is at least one conspicuous aw exception that proves prove sit it no man made ogden orden ogden made herself from the beginning agdens struggle has been between the ad vantages of boundless and varied natural resources resources and location on the one hand and the unprogressive passiveness of an almost too prosperous a and n d contented people on the other ogden the gem city of the state s situated in one of the most fertile and ulous 1 0 u 8 agricultural districts in the west the junction for every rail railroad rod line that en the state a and n d possessing the finest depot building in the entire west the natural gateway alike to the golden treasure houses of the frozen north and of the for the raw material has in the past two years turned hundreds of acres of practically virgin soil into teeming fruitful gardens and given the farmers of weber county bank books instead of delinquent tax notices four canning factories whose output is only limited by the amount of material procurable p a wealth of mineral not miles away but within rifle shot of the cites heart that as ariff brigham 7 hain young once said gazing on the rugged hills so near at hand would pay the national debt ogden first in every resource and advant advantage are but a change is near at hand the co corn M is being slowly awakened by the swelling song of progress all around it it and the little city that has struggled so long single handed for supremacy is beginning to thrill with the life and energy of her people newly new ly roused one of the first of tiie the city s enterprises was the bear river orchard and irrigation co whose magnificent irrigating system has turned hundreds of acres s of barren land into productive farms then came the great M 7 V a el 1 4 z 4 UNION DEPOT AT OGDEN sunny orient the parent of one of the biggest electrics light and power plants in the united states whose great wires earry carry the current that turns the wheels of industry fifty miles away the owner of one of the largest beet sugar factories in the country whose demand that man could ask of a generous gene roua providence for the building of a great city is yet in point of size population commerce and enterprise the second city of the state and so we say again that no man made ogden ogden made herself p ower jower plant winch which put pit a harness harne ss on O ogden dan river r i ver and turned its s silvery i I 1 v e r y water into electricity and sent it humming hum min over wires to run r u n street cars engines motors and to light cities towns mines and mills f for or afif fifty ty miles around then came the canning factories f ac torie one by one giving ing employ amplo y me nt to a large number of hands ta besides asides t those hose engaged inbur in furnishing nis hinr the fruits and vegetables used fise d after the canning factories t the h e b big i g sugar factory which alone has put new life in every avenge aven of business to an extent that vas h as already deen been very appreciably felt and now a new canning and can factory is in process of ere erection ct ian the cost of which will I 1 CONTINUED OR ON PAGE EIGHT OGDEN 15 WAKING UP CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE be inthe in the neighborhood of the office buildings 11 s and green houses are already completed the excava excavating excavation tin for the foundations of the main building 11 is is progressing as fast as the weather permits and the material is being rushed on the ground for y years ears ogden li has been paying tribute to the summer resorts on the south and every season has seen thousands of dollars of ogden 11 money flow into saltair Sal tair lagoon 11 and garfield now noi an amusement company has been formed composed of eccles dee dark clark weaver and other wealthy and substantial citizens which will build up one of the most beautiful resorts in the state ball grounds cycle track lagoon park dancing pavilion all sheltered shelter eff by a magnificent grove are upon to stay right where it was originally located and to be found still doing business at the same old stand the people of ogden are beginning to realize also that there are as good mines to be had for the making right at their doors as there are anywhere else in utah and they are going right to work to make them there is not one instance where a sino single le prospect within the vicinity of O ogden oden if den and by that we mean within a radius of forty miles north and east upon which systematic and patient development work has been done that has failed to make a mine so far there is probably no district in the state where more useless and generally senseless gop hering has been done than in this ne neck ck of the wooda wood or as little mining it takes time and money hard work and horse sense to make a mine but when it Is once made the reward is commensurate with the trouble and expense A prophet is not without honor save in P oz va ali X le maw afla I 1 1 mal 4 GREAT FLUME BEAR RIVER ORCHARD AND irrigation COMPANY COMP ANY some of the features that will make glenwood this season second to no summer resort in the state the tha old st street r beet car system that has for so long been an eyesore and disgrace to the town isander is under the management of IV C weaver bein being 9 entirely reorganized new and handsome rolling stock has been ordered and will be on the track with the opening of spring new track is being laid and various other improvements are bading planned last but not least the people of ogden are beginning to realize what the people of salt lake did twenty years ago that for a city to be the outfitting outwitting out fitting and distri distributing distribution butin g point for a dozen producing mines is for that city to have a foundation for prosperity that neither hard times or unfair competition can shake from under her railroads by the grace of god and soulless corporations may move away crops may fail rivers go dry and factories burst up but when all these things happen and such things do happen occasionally the mine may generally be depended his own country but at the risk of posing as the terrible example of the truth of the adage we wd venture to predict that the twentieth century will see half a dozen producers within a short drive from ogden and that they will be owned and worked by ogden people ogden is waking 11 up C S wilkinson editor of the iron 1 county I record who was in ziona zion a week igo favored the mining review with a call bafo before re leaving in for the south the land of promise and prophecy mr wilkinson is a young man of excellent ability and is destined to make his mark in the world within the next ten years his paper a meritorious publication is the apple of his eye and he is steadily adding to its attractions having arranged for the purchase of a new press which will enable him to get out a still better and larger paper according to mr wilkinson the mining in duntay of iron coun county is growing ID apace with every indication that the mining mining camps of that section will make big records for themselves in the near future |