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Show Ogden- The Past and Future By Mayor A. R. Heywood. Under the invitation for a line about the current year it can be recorded: re-corded: That the city now controls and will operate, for the benefit of the people, the Ogden bench canal. That the connecting stretch between be-tween Twenty-fifth street and the canyon has been covered with an excellent ex-cellent surfaced street. That the beautiful Jones and Fair groves have been secured for the diversion di-version of the people. That the city hall has been repaired re-paired so as to provide suitable quarters quar-ters for the treasurer, recorder, auditor and waterworks department, with a public comfort station, which has met with great approval. That Orchard, Van Buren and Twenty-sixth streets have been transformed into beautiful avenues. That the bridge at the mouth of the canyon has been strengthened and extended at an expense of ?2500. That the people of Hcaiy avenue now face a much better street, with better surroundings. That $25,000 maturing waterworks bonds have been retired. That the water department has put in 16,000 feet of extensions and installed in-stalled seven new six-inch weils. That the financial s'.'stem of the city has been modernized and will now commend itself to any investigator. investi-gator. That idle funds have been snfeiy used so as to brin.sr in larser amounts of interest, and for the benefit of the city. That the local assessment districts are being straightened out and cleared as fast as possible. And, lastly, every department has been speeded up and the year '1?17" wf-11 evidence a progress and a re-av.flken!n? re-av.flken!n? that we nope wlil appeal to the citizens ot' OUen- By James P. Casey. The world still marvels at the feats of San Francisco. Practically destroyed de-stroyed by earthquakes, it rose again, a greater, cleaner and more progressive' progres-sive' city. Its. marvelous recuperative power won the respect of its nearest competitors and the admiration of the civilized world. The spirit of Ogden is kindred to the spirit of San Francisco. In fact, it is the substantial spirit of the west that thrives on hardships ''and difficulties diffi-culties and glories in the great joy of accomplishment. Ogden's big opportunity comes in 1 El U'e can draw tl.e eyes of the world this way and obtain international interna-tional advertising that will act as a reserve fund for the future. This event can be made just as big as we choose to make it. and it can be done without imposing a burden on the business men of Ogden. To the contrary, every resident of Ozden wijl profit by a proper celebration of "The Golden Wedding" of the first transcontinental railroad. For years we have talked of a bat lung resort at Promontory Point. We should "nave it by 1919. We also have talked and are still talking of a new hotel to be built in Ogden. If we are to have it, such an institution Ehould be ready by lSin. In the past five years Ogden has made much progress in city planning. There is more attention to well-kept lawns and gardens and sanitary conditions. con-ditions. The next two years should work even greater transformations. All property owners should be encouraged encour-aged to greater efforts. It might be a good plan to divide the city into sections and offer prizes for landscape gardening, liower gardens and other tilings that make a city more attractive. |