Show i U mill 11 I 11 I OGDEN J F FI S I WI vr j cU l NTY V The of I t i 1 lt 1 Hl Lu l 1 1900 Dee Dc II I well known n I III t tinty lINt t ot Of Weber in inthe t Ih the In tie the l I ranking rJ next to 0 the capital In Uon And fhe rear lar 1 aY t to ft o then a aI that thaI will give renewed r I r un no i anti stability to our z J and md CITY Th Tho financial condition ot Ogen City f 1111 Il m materially Improved 11 by the thedo f I do 10 r thu year eAr ot of leaving J i T II dI It us ha been tilt the cue each year 0 I tur f tour four cars there I Is every x iF tion that nut not only will the yeara ear earr 1 r e n be tully fully met but the over x Iii 1 Je re reduced A I tb arrant bear Ii per percent 1 cent interest the reduction ot of till til tillI I will naturally I t In n a the now being paid on the same earne ot of thu will wIli be beJ J J 1 next year During the four 1 II 1 to 1 the hive have havee t e I year far exceeded the receipts receipt In tr r the debt which ap npr r J 1 Itt In I th hp cit i a as over J I drift 1111 fl the treasurer This will be bei i IW 11 from Crom the following x i r D 31 a lUG 1396 overdraft on ont 1 t 3 p 2 I 1397 1197 overdraft on oni i I Irell r r 1 I 31 1899 overdraft on tl a 99 J I I 3 31 1899 overdraft on onIla Ila 7 j Th Fh at th time Utah became II a X State was wae S hi bon bonded 11 ed j was vos at 01 f I th the total debt limit limitt 1 t I of oC Ogden City US I in On January the theu u floating debt was s j bonded Indebtedness was oo n a total J D on January let 1st ot of This flue brought the city Ity within 13 I rt ri i 1 of oC the ACtual debt limita um lum umI lumI I I q than the deOcH ot of 1819 dan danger er erIq t Iq I proposition where for Cor a period ot of r 1 ur loch each year ear has hac shown a de det deI t I it and each Mch larger than that I or of the year ar This year ear how rr It Is safe laCo to ny that instead ot of otI the tho debt limIt the tho city will I recede from It FINANCIAL Dhe for tor the tho nine nino months ending September 1900 from nil sources ot of the tho 1 taxI taxes paid over during th t six months of the I yar lIr amount to t for the months ending De ember 31 Including I I ot of this years taxes axEs t OO Total estImated r receipts Ol h for Cor the tho time nine months end In ppl 30 19 flo O were I disburse for tor the tha thre months month end endIng Ing December 31 estimated die I Balance On In thIM showing there will be this car II a difference between receipts and of oC to be liP ap liPf f p In reducing the overdraft on the city tr treasurer a In round numbers the during the past eleven months montha the expenditures for Cor the entire 2 I lea leaving Ing all RII receipts during durin this estimated at to be ap api i 1 In cutting down the overdraft the various arlou amounts r I out this year ear b by the city Cor or back salaries the exceptional expense by the smallpox epidemic anti and the e appropriations to arry on the litigation the expendi t Ir R provided the estimate for De la Is for Ih ar will last lut years rears die bUrs m hy by only onh 1800 No o extensive Improvements have teen e n lo this year ear The ot of ottO tO so bloks ot of newer and the opening or 0 n a part ot of two streets Is nil all that has Ims I been done the I regular gulu street treet de work In thIs department I 1 wever an exceptional amount ot of rk hu has wen been In cutting own hills to 10 street grado grading and raveling streets heretofore left un t u and putting the streets In ing g 4 11 condition for tor winter Two large Judgments for hydrant r are Arp outstanding against the ty hut tIlt all as thE whole hole mat matI matti I ti I Ir In litigation It Is impossible to 1 11 how this will effect the financial ot of the city OI Following are the city officials ot of Oe tl OFFICERS Oo S DrowninG City It I 1 City It V Bluth Ity n It Macmil Ian I City A Moyes Moes Ity Justice ot of the tho lIall COUNCI mN of the tho City U IL Thomas First W Emmett Thoo Thoe Thoon n 11 Carr Carrolld arc W V Jones Jonas H J JI I wor Third Parry C W WardA W Drown Chris Flygare II 11 Thomas J W hI t ot of I Chief ot of Fire oiro Ity F 1 IL SOlders L 1 Porter nl al oil Inspector 1 A White SIght Night F C Jailer and Court Clerk Terries Ternes I Pound leepe A Peterson I COUNTY Weber county Utah of at 1901 02 I rk It H W Gibson So S Layno Ahna D 1 Chambers A I 1 larker COURT JUSIN SS Marriage issued casH riot ItI civil chU HS cases Theil criminal 33 31 Chor granted 28 probate matters DIed bled 76 insane 11 art artl tl I s ot of filed 20 Ii Amount on account of oC tax ISIS redemptions and quitclaim deeds II III I for tor the per period lotI end ending In September ROAD nOAD TAX TAXAt At t the special In April 1900 UI the of oC lev 1 a special road lax In each 0 of the road districts ot of county count w to the In the tel tol low lowing districts City North Or len den hay Taylor Warren The tax lax levied In th these ito be used wl for Cor the Improvement ot of the tho roads In said districts TH CANNING INDUSTRY TIme The canning Is II one of the leading features of oC Weber county The past palt few years YeAM this industry hA line been given great attention by the I o ovIe vIe and It has Ulet with wIt great success rime fhe ear or of 1900 has been one ot of the I liSzt t years ears that the canneries have ever experienced and for Cor that I iason three new ime factories have been built In Inthis Inthis this county count The Adams canning tac fac factory tor tory which Is III the lar largest tt III th the State the Roy HaY Stamping And Canning corn com linny antI and the hief Canning Co at Plain City The building ot of these thee tories has been heen a great ireat incentive to the planting ot of l which are principally used uell by the canneries This has hIlS been an exceptIonally Rood good goodyear year ear for Cor the grower the seasons being so favorable and In most places plarea they hAd plenty ot of water with iti to Irrigate Irrigate gate the crops and a bounteous har harvest vest elt WAS hud had the only drawback the growers and factories had that the tomato crop ripened so 10 quickly quick I that It was 1 impossible for Cor the farmers Canners to get bet nil all ot of their crop to the canneries or for Cor the canneries to use ulle the tomatoes a as fast Cut as they could be picked Hence lence considerable 10 lou was Ill sustained both b the farmers and the far factories tori With i this one drawback the year of oC 1100 bees 1 a very tul year and anel the of oC the seine have hae been felt b by the he merchants and people In general In title city OIL and He Be HeIdt Besides sides Idt the of oC tomatoes these canneries put UP UI pears peaches Plums apples grateS and nil alt kinds or of fruits as well as II many klue kinds ot of vegetables Hence the fruit anti and vegetable growers ot of this county have or no trou trotz trouble ble to dispose of oC their lit at good market prices Thees canneries have also been Il a great stimulus to the farm tarm ers em to plant HI the beSt beet qualities ot of fruits an vegetables for Cor the price paid for tor these thelo products aries vurle with the qualIty Hence the farmers have hao learned the great Ireat necessity of oC planting the unset varieties of trees and seeds so 80 that their crop when hen harv harvested will bring them a good gOll price The canneries have also made great progress during the past few tew years lArS In their methods ot of preparing the products product before being cann canned A few years nars nb age this port part of oC the canning Industry was looked upon as a secondary consideration hut but now It Is one of oC the Important points studied by the factories It was lAII because of oC the care careless antI and unskilled way 1 In which Utah fruits anti vegetables were pro pre prepare pare pared a few years ago aro that It was IM so hard to find a mArket for Cor them but to today today day there thero Is no trouble to find finda a market for tor the c cannery products There ore are eight canning factories sit In Ogden CIl City In Weber count county outside of oC the city v via 12 the tho Adams Canning Factory The Utah Ulah CannIng Factory FActor Ogden Canning lle lae tory Snit Salt Lake Inke Valley Canning Fac Factory tory Hoy Stamping CannIng Co Clinton CAnning Co Cn Chief Canning Co antI and Hooper CAnning so 0 The of these is II time the AdAms Canning Factory which canned cane of tomatoes and ond various kinds of oC fruits this year this factory also manufacture ture their own I and this thle year r for tor that pur purpose 1 sixteen car bails or of ortin tin tb plate two cars ot of solder one and n a car Clr gasoline 1000 pounds ot of acid It about 00 people These TheM factories nil together contra contracted for Cor about 2000 1000 acres ot of tomatoes arid pro nb ut cutS cases ot of tomatoes which are ae orth at least It Itis is II estimated thAt each Mch acre ot of toes on an average ot of eight tons The factories In the city paid 1000 per ton while times thOM outside ot of time the city lIy paid SI OO per ton for Cor the to tomatoes tomatoes matoes Site total cash paid out for tor tomatoes In Weber county Is 18 about and to factory faltor employee about making a total of oC about From these figures the tho public will III gain Aln an estimate of time the great cat this ell city anti We Weber r county derives from the thc canning industry The prod of oC these factories art are shipped to Colorado Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana Oregon ani an other ot of thIs Western counti oanI llANIS DANI S Ogden City has hns five banking busl In good substantial conditions UM they capitalized for The ag deposits up to Dec lilt let 1900 were nearly nearl The Tho year nr ot of 1100 has hall been a very CI successful year for tor banking antI and there has been heen a marked Increase In the tie de posits over ove IS The banks have IT lIen t or of money on hand band and Ind report the outlook fur tor the tho very antis tutor factory Th Time and their officials are aro u follows tollow March 29 1884 capItal J W v Guthrie A R H Hey lIty wood vice Ice president T D Ru Cashier National 1811 1111 capital capItI David Dald Thom D De e u i e S j j j i jM I IT T T IEL IE L X L Lt LL t L I t tI I 1 1 I t t lA X XI I C I IE Ix f X 1 C I 1 I t E x 1 1 I 1 LI J Jt t t r I r i iI T iT I i J I I It I I f fj t 1 j VIEW OI OF OGDEN I 1 t 1 t 1 IH H H H H J H H i HI J Dee vice ce president James cashier Ogden Savin Savings USI 1391 capItal David Joseph Clark vies vice prel preel d that nt James Jame Pingree cashier Ogden State Sept 20 10 capital surplus 11 C C president John JohnA A Hoyle vice pre A I Dire lilge low cashier uhler National W Wish h av Chartered 1 Feb II 18 1883 1881 capitAl surplus and undivided profits J 1 K Dooly president A G C Campbell vice president W V F Ad Adams ams cashier OGDIN CITY The school district known knowlI as the Ogden Orden City school district wu was ed eu from Crom the county district and made nade nadea madea a district by itself In I OO anti the first board ot of ot of thAt neA district wig wa organized on Jul July ot of that year ear PreviOus to this CIl City school district was controlled b by a aboard board ot of trustees trustee antI and the county su suPerintendent of schools A system ot of free Cree schools had been maintained for tor many years earll to time the organization time the new law The schools were In excellent condition anti ready to take upon themselves ne new life lICe and vigor as modern and comm commodious buIldings were ware arid and a 11 better of gradation established That veteran educator Irot T n 13 Lewis who has done lIone so 10 much to shape hape the educational affairs ot of the State with little means at his Ilia anti and andIn In time face of oC many adverse stances s was time the rime mover In time tIlO real foundation of our pres present eat ent school system Then Coli followed owed the good York work done b by Supt n It S Palt In organizing and equipping the schools with an excellent corps ot of teachers teacher under the ot of time board of at edu education allon after aCter the law passed setting aside Ogden Oden City as a district In and anel ot of itself Modern school build buildIngs buildIngs Ings new furniture and apparatus mi Im Improved proved methods and nn an intelligent board of education have hae nil been Cae no I tore tors In time the growth ot of our pre present ent ox ex excellent school system To sho the rapid growth ot of time the schools one has to but glance at time the timetable table given below bolow Enroll Year thin ment 1 1757 showing that there are are 1218 1148 more dren In school hool now nilI than In 1900 The first t board ot of education was made UI imp ot of the following named memo hers P J 1 el r 1 8 Adams flaus ford foro Smith W F Pun Fungo e and amI U D 1 Dee ee W V II H Smith was WAI elected clerk n It S R age superintendent amid Oscar Ocar E B lull Hili treasurer r The Tho work or of organizing the the question of oC maintenance time the build buildIng lag Ing of new nev buildings etC Wl was arduous anti and the credit ot of this vast Valt amount ot of work involving time the very err existence ot of the school system must belong lonK to them In with the hl hi tOr tory ot of the lublic schools ot of Ogden the name ot of ont one man Judge Jude Thomas D Dee the present prent Jre president of t e board of oC education out prominently a athe as the financier of tile the various arioul that hive have come corne and gone It Is due to imla hili conservative financial polio policy III as much as anything that n a 11 school war warrant warrant rant Issue b by the board ot of education of n city has never been discounted lie h has been a member ot of Ue the hoar boarI since Its organization of at 1900 and was n a under the old ohl system from the inception of 01 a ached organization In title country countr To live and die a school director sesame to be hi his happy happ The Th excellent system stem of the public schools ot of is II known ard most favorably comment commented 1 upon by b ed educators educators and the topie fir far and wide to time the more mOM Ulan than au any timing else elle Is due the fact Cart thAt Ogden hIS has II a larger larer population In the winter than In the summer coule comae h hIn lice In no small numbers to educate their children As a consequence vacant houses a are rented time the benefits of their savings anti Ind In aar ar lou loul ways way time the city I Is benefited The board ot of education chArges such purdIe tuition fixing time the amount at time the cost coat per capita It takes to educate our own children Time The average cost COlt 14 capita capitain In city Cit school systems stems throughout the Unie United Is an and that In Og Ogden Ogden den ranches but U the 11 small nm asia of S to toper per capita I is conclusive that We have an excellent It s ot of schools on A Inal small amount Of at capia capital 1 It I Is possible for the ban board ot of edu caton cation supported b by I a generous and I n public sentiment to In a community a very y Ilm tern ot of public school but the o operation ot of BICh such system Item will 1 b be without purpose UrO lt or lul soul unit unless al all I Its movement are by the inspiring influence ot of intelligent and skillful teal her Far above buildings and surroundings In are the Ihl teachers that mann man manae age ae antI instruct thol those placed In iii their care rt The child I is a bIng being as soon u as It cornea come within tl the charmed c circe circle irce of at a well kept anti and taught school I It w would uld b be vel very hard bard to mor more of the that I go to make up upa a teher teacher U tItan n within our system en of h I There e is a strong I evIdence elden ot of In an earnest herty hearty cheerful cooperation between the teachers teacher principals and pupils Never ever before Cor In our history hiI has so 10 much attention |