Show K By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS I Under Under the provisions of an a act at t Incorporating the tho Ogden Canyon Camon Roads-company Roads the organization was vas empowered to construct a toli road from the tho mo mouth th of tho the franchise to be in the tile canyon to Ogden valley force orce thirty YEar years yeara This his was in 1806 1850 6 In 1854 an act which Brigham Brig Brig- passed by tho the general assembly by was and control was empowered to establish ham Young lam for foran foran foran ferries and bridges at the Weber and Bear rivers indefinite term In 1853 Daniel II H. Wells was an him tho the exclusive right and granted a charter charier giving franchise fran Iran the privilege to run ferries ferril's across Green river all fees of ot Ten per pcr cent chise chiso to run lun three years cars received was to be bo pal paid to the perpetual immigration fund und Similar franchise was granted santed to Joseph Busby Buby to operate a ferry on Hams Ham's Fork river dver for five lve y years ar the exclusive right to construct con conr Four persons were given and operate a ferry across Bear river for three years ears the franchise being given to Joseph Young loung David Fullmer John Young and William 1 Y impy Empy On January 6 6 1853 James Brown Brow of Ogden was granted exclusive right to erect toll toil bridges across Weber and nd Ogden rivers in Y Weber eber county In 1886 the exclusive franchises or special laws in the territories territories terri tern I I tories of th the United States were prohibited by act of congress S S During all the years since the purchase of the tho Goodyear tract of ground by Captain James Brown nothing has been done to mark nark the grave glave of the Ule plo plo- icer neer of Ogden Several days ago there was a meeting In n Ogden of or the descendants of Captain Brown The Tho meeting appointed a a. committee to ascertain the cost of ot a monument which it I Is proposed d to erect to his memory The committee will report leport to a reunion of the he Brown family In n Ogden early in September Permanent Per- Per manent organization o of the descendants was effected at the meeting when Dr A. A L. L Brown o ot Salt Lake City was elected president W. W J. J Critchlow vice vlee presIdent president president dent and Miss 1 Gladys Brown secretary C S S SOn On September 23 3 1850 Newel K Whitney presiding pre siding bishop o of the L. L D. D S. S church died lie He was the tho first presiding bishop of the church George MiN 1 MiNler ler er was as the tho second Whitney was chosen on December Decem Decem- her ber 4 1831 to act as bishop at Kirtland Kirland 0 O. i and nd after April 1847 he was recognized and sustained by the unanimous voice olce of ot the conference as presiding bishop of the church It was said of him lilii that he was one of the oldest mo most t exemplary and most useful members members mem mem- bers of and in his death the tho church lost losta a wise and able counselor and straightforward business bustness busi bust ness man S 10 I 1 was asked yesterday whether or not flax was ever grown in Utah As a crop of commercial value tho tim answer would be in the negative as but little of It was ever grown in either the tho territory or stat state stat But flax can be raised In Utah This was demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- demon demon- by Peter Madsen father of ot the present fish and game gamo commissioner Mr 11 Madsen l raised a ii crop of oC flax fiac on his farm in Utah county From this flax he made tho the first fish seine ever used In western westeri I waters l For or a number of years tho home of Mr 11 I Madsen was on the north side of the Provo river about ono mile east of ot Utah lake ake |