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Show EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. OGDEN AND SALT LAKE.-The "future capital" was very much disappointed at seeing all its good ??? washed away last week by the rain which poured down so plentifully for several days. The f.c. promises to boom in the spring. Various enterprises are afloat. Among the promises are a telephone to Huntsville, Ogden Valley, and a number of new business buildings. Two events now on the table in Ogden are occasioning much comment. It is currently reported that the publication of the Ogden Junction is to be discontinued shortly and that that paper is to be superseded by another which is shortly to be established by a joint stock company, at the head of which stands Pres. D.H. Peery. The name "Ogden Commercial" has been suggested for the new paper. It is foretold that it will be the champion of the people who have made Utah what it is today, and that it will be a staunch advocate and defender of their principles, at the same time partaking largely of the character of a commercial newspaper. It is further stated that the publication of a "Gentile" paper is to be commenced in Ogden shortly, and it is asserted that $4,300, has already been subscribed towards it. It will probably be a smaller edition of the Tribune, and a detestable infliction upon the town. Lewdness has become a veritable scourge in Ogden. An old resident related to the writer that there were probably forty different establishments in the city that partook of the nature of houses of ill-fame. We heard many complaints respecting the prevalence of this evil. Ogden is being made the rendezvous of the riff-raff population of the towns along the lines of railroad centering there, and the infliction of their presence is a great detriment to the morals of the town. ---- Business is dull in Salt Lake. The winter lull is deader than in last year, and the bad, wet weather recently has injured retail dealers. Salt Lake and Ogden merchants are looking, with longing eyes, for some plan to secure the trade of "the granary of Utah" -- Cache Valley, and as soon as spring opens vigorous efforts will be made by them to supply our markets with merchandise, and monopolize our products. In both cities the holiday trade was heavy and projects are good for lively times in the spring. OGDEN, Jan. 15, 1881. |
