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Show THE OGDEN SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1921. STANDARD-EXAMINE- R tf N SPACES ESSENTIAL S TO CITY DEVELOPMENT f By JOHN H. IHLDER Chamber of Commerce of the United States My belief is that the fundamental, in city planning is to make provision for proper open spaces. To this fundamental even bo important asubject as transit Ls subsidiary, a means to which openMSpacea is the end. The announced purpose of improved transit, facilities that which has haa led us to pay for more and more costly means of transit, is to enable people to escape from congested areas to those where there is more space. opn If thir fundamental Is secured, then the problems of securing better working conditions, better housing, better school buildings, more nearly adequate and more wholesome recreation facilities, is greatly simplified. For the almost imposgreatest difficulty, one sible to overcome once it has developed, is this land overcrowding which; checks movement and expansion' and which shuts out light and is air. To secure this fundamental the main purpose of zoning. -CROWDING IS A HANDICAP. Cities that have crowded their buildings together, that have extended their built up areas without break, are today under a serious economio and social handicap. Cities that still have generous open spaces are today in a position of advantage. n No man by add thought-caa cubit to his taking stature and no city by wise planning alone can make itself populous and prosperous. We are inclined to think of cities as being as works. nearly eternal as any of man's JerusaNot only Rome, but Athens, lem, and Delhi have endured through the centuries, though Babylon, Memphis; Tyre and Carthage have disappeared. The enduring cities have had in them a virtue beyond commercial calculation, that kept them going depolitical and economic change. spite But even they have had their transformations, even Rome lived through centuries when it was little more than a village amid ruins. As city planners we are compelled to attempt forecasts Of at least twenty-fif- c to fifty years. Korpe five years ago at one of these conferences when we were discussing the motor bus I suggested as of at least equal importance a discussion of the airplane. Today the special mail service of Philadelphia is delayed because the mail plane; must land miles away from the center of the city. Within twenty-fiv- e years air transbe so important a factor will portation in- - city life that it will have forced considerable adjustments. Now is the even with our limited exper, time, ience and our imperfect knowledge of its possibilities, to begin our preparation. The reason for the city's existence is business commerce and industry. Our first consideration in city planning must then be given to the needs of business. For if we fail in this we shall fail completely. That is why it is essential to consider trade routes and cargo carriers and the possibility that our cities may some day turn their backs on the railroads as they did on their water fronts. But unless we go further and make provision that our wealth shall contribute to the lives of our people, our Pittsburgs will some day passSo out as! there unregretted as is Carthage. Is a balance to be struck between business and living conditions and neither can be considered without consideration of it effect upon the other. JOURNEYS WASTE WORKERS' STRENGTH. Homes have been ' pushed farther and farther away from work-shothe strength inand the time of workers is needless journeys morning wasted and night. To lessen this loss we have invented new means of transit to take the place of those provided by nature; horse cars, trolley cars, elevated, subway; and with each mechanical advance we have not only Raddled an increasing debt upon the community but we have fallen farther behind our objective; the business area has grown more rapidly, more solidly; homes have been pushed farther away; and the drain upon the worker, actually lengthened in time, is further increased by. unwholesome modes of travel. The overgrown business area has become more and more densely built and populated until not oniy do its high buildings injure each other, but their swarming populations impede each other and slow down all movement. They require more and more means and more and more expensive mean-of rapid transit never adequate during the peak hours morning and evening, never fully utilized the rest of the day to carry during them past miles of buildings, the majority of which means nothing in the lives of the individual travelersBecause ot the burden on the land, public service; streets, water mains, sewers, become inadequate and must be enlarged. So taxes climb wun tne In every phase of community life we have, during the past generation ot two, tended toward centralization. until our whole social machinery has' Decome slower and loss efficient than it should be, belying the promise of its impressive size. Our unwielriv business areas have their counterparts' in our institutions, and public. Even so urgent private a matter as the relief of our soldiers is delayed because of this that makes it requisite for a board in Washington to pass the case of a sick man in Seattle.upon CLtEAR VJSION IS NEEDED. For generations we Americans have worshipped size until we have fashioned a colossus. Now we find that we must begin to articulate the colossus. And now the means, so far as city building is concerned, are put into our hands. What we most need is a clear vision Of the city as we believe it should be. This city will mark not a revoln. tion, but an evolution in city building. Our efforts will be spent not on try-- j ing; to stem the only natural current. oui in maKing rree the way for another current equally strong and more wholesome. n p, IV Essay Contest: ETL" n ? LJ A National SI02: 111 - skj-scrape- over-centralizati- . REALTORS OF rs. on BREAK RECORD UTAH CONVENE! FOR BUILDINGS ' i Ogden Man Among Promin- - Construction Started Ex- eni opeaKers an quarterly ceeas xnat tor Correspond-SessioHeld in Logan ing Month in 1920 j n j j Questions of vital importance to realtors were taken up yesterday at the quarterly meeting of the Utah State Realty association, held at Ix- gan and attended by large delegations "u iroraitueii, and town other northern Utah cities iiBni The S Salt Lake delegation passed, throughOgdenye8terdayrnorning.be-.ing joined here by the Ogden delega-- , Ogden continues to shatter building records of last year according to fig- ures that were compiled during the past week by Thomas H. Davis, city building inspector. During z nthe , n a first d r7 v a 9 Iuha r represented in tho building permit es- timate8i almost al, of the 39 permlt3 being for home constructlon The record for Ju 2JJ 192Q with estimates of permits ' icm," While the June figures have $57,350. not vet Six speakers wefe on the Program rtsachd 40 cent of th amount for Carl for the sessions yesterday. C.MaV( whicn wag $U5i720f tne building Rasmussen, president Guaranty inspector sabi yesterday that there is Mortgage company of Ogden, took up.alwaya a deCided slump in new build-on- e of the most important topics, thac ing work during the ear, t f lh the new state license law.summr. More exten8iVe work is relating to for real estate brokers 1 and salesmen. Blarte,, in tne JV lhn durine the Am Going to onUl8 of June eCl v:'HoYf SiS Law. Meet Building- r eports for the entire Pa- G A. Marr, attorney of Salt Lake. cific show th 0 slopf during M ppoke on 'Classification of Propert.den's increase over 1920 "Re-!The subject of , Taxation." of IyOS Angeles ecordeTas a the that isponsibility of Agents in Making center of building activity great Conveyance" was taken by G. H. Back-- j this year. Its increase, on tnan of Salt Lake. Ibasis. was greater than thatpercentage of Seat- camThe present home building tie. Tacoma. Snokane PtianH paignj was brought to the forefront r,ake or Boise. Not nniv (wH.n with a talk by Claude Kichards on tK ln0wn an increase fnr e"veri J. "Home Making and Financing." M. n.-- i, but for cast th nttr. Greenwood of the Utah Ox Refining,v Iy slx months. This increase has been company discussed one of the interest-,iargelin the building of homes few session in predicting, businea- - trtir,,r inn ing topics of the i.i what it will mean to Utah If oil is;lngrs being underway as last year. As re8ult there ha3 ?JfUfV ?reden1t college decided pftersonwas ofone the of itv in jes of vacant lot n napt the realtors why,of tne city. the .telling speakers, namtTo ahnulil . . . in farm . v . rnm w w. u tr" ITtah oo There were, discussions of the various topics, every realtor being given the to express kua views. opportunity Several social features were arranged by the Logan realty board, including the banquet in the evening. Officers of the state association are P. Carlos Kimball. Salt Lake, presi-- j dent; E- W. Cannady, Ogden, first vice; president; J. E. Cardon, Logan, second vice presiaent: ueKoy iixon, third vice president and George Stod- dard.! executive secretary. ooMuch interest is being taken by Ogden people in the essav contest arranged by the Ogden Real Estate board and which will close next Friday. According to word received by the publicity committee of the realty board, many are preparing to submit essays on the "Own Your Own Home" topic. Seven prizes, the beinff $50, are to be awarded largest bv the judges in the contest. These judges, the names not having been announced, are prominent persons identified with Ogden's Preparations for the big national civic affairs of thera are convention of the National Associa- members of theand noneboard. As soon realty tion! of Real Estate boards have been as the is completed, announce-Judging in the completed Chicago during1 past ment of the winners will be made in week and word was received in Ogden the . Ogden Standard-Examinethat; more than 10,0p0 people will be The. one committee has made only delepresent at the sessions. The restriction the essays, regarding they gations from California, Oregon. are limited to 1000 or less. Any Washington. Idaho, Montana and Utah person can enterwords competition, will; pass through Ogden on special The essays are to be the submitted one section trains, coming from Port- directly by the writer or through either some land, Ore., the hoire of Frederick E. member of the board to the publicity national Taylor, president. committee is composed of J. H. Chicago realtors estimate that the Andrews, J.which Francis Fowles and S. E. combined wealth to be represented at Hinckley. v this convention will be over three hundred billion dollars. Reservations have been made for over 5000 people In the merce. who will speak on Tuesday, Chicago hotels. Eighteen special trains July 12. telling the administration's have been contracted for to bring the policy of business reconstruction. i! larger delegations to the convention will touch on the housing Question. President city. has been invited to One of the chief speakers will be speak but Harding has not vt n44atrf hia ac- Herbert Hoover, secretary of com- - ceptance. 1 s FIRST PRIZE $50.00 SECOND PRIZE $25.00 THIRD PRIZE $10.00 FOURTH PRIZE $7.00 FIFTH PRIZE $5.00 SIXTH PRIZE $3.00 These essays should be brief, not exceeding 1000 words and must be submitted to the committee of Ogden Real Estate Board, by Friday evening, July 1, 1921. Submit your essays to either of the three members of the Ogden Real Estate Board publicity, committee J. Francis Fowles, J. H. Andrews or S. E. Hinckley, realtors, or send Hhcm by mail to the Ogden Real vEstate Board, Ogden, Utah. The essay shall be written on one side of the paper, delivered in a large envelope, together with a small envelope with name enclosed fn the latter. There must be no marks of identification on either the large envelope or the essay. Points of judging: 50 per cent, contents; 25 per cent, diction: 25 per cent, arrangement. Winners in the contest will be announced through The Ogden Standard-Examineas soon as the judging is completed. The judges will be three persons interested in civic affairs but not members of Ogden Real Estate Board. i - 4 r ?: i l: r, , i: I J ! ! M "Kelly & Herrick Federal Land Co. E. R Bratz Froerer & Fowles R. A. Saunders Herbert E. Smith Co E. W. Cannady S. E. Hinckley Fred T. Flinders Co. J. A. McCulloch Ogden Real Estate & Building Co. Willard Kay Continental Building, Loan & Investment Co. Pierce Guaranty Mortgage Co. I. N. Co. Walker-Stout-Lew- is Realtors of Ogden - M H - ral w - -- SSAYS ABOUT - j mm urn ES VER WILL GIVE ADDRESS r. involved too large an expenditure of money and effort in the copying of the delicate archaeological details of the library tbat sicked. Of the plans. Cardinal Mercier wrote to Dr. Butler, that "They were wonderfully appropriate, beautiful, ample, not too elaborate and. in perfect .keeping with the national and historic spot where America's memorial is to be erected." AMERICANS REBUILD LOUVAIN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK. June 25. The comer-stonof the new Louvain unlTeraity library which is being constructed upon plans by Whitney Warren, a New Pork architect will be laid by an American. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of ColumbUi some time late in July. The rebuilding of the famous library burned and sacked by the German army in 1914. is being; financed at a cost of $500. 000 by popular American contributions, through a committee which includes President Butler, Presidents Lowell of Harvard and Hibbon of Princeton university. J. P. Morgan, Bishop William T. Manning, Elihu Root, Charles W. Eliot and many other prominent Americans. The committee has not yet obtained all the funds needed to complete the work. The ceremonies of the laying of e uni-tersit- cornerstone will be attended by Cardinal Mercler, and men famous in the. field of pMlosophy science and letters, as well as representatives naof the committee of twenty-nintionalities which undertook a short time after their destruction, to restore the magnlflcant university buildings. The new library wQl occupy a different site from the original structure and will not be a copy of the splendid Flemish building that was destroyed. Such a restoration, committer members said, would bare e fuel prices and In most eltls no lowering of rents. Both employers and employees of Im IJvjngnton report general business bet20 s estimated percent, proving, ter than a year ago. There is a widening demand there for labor In the building traaes. Butte reports show only J.000 miners of the normal force of 11,000 employed at work, with no chance of industry atartinr again on a normal basis until October. -oo acre that Reports' from Orest Falls And ntfltinnmrv ralait that knaln4a MAN INVITE OGDEN defood of and hare clothing prices Fuel Is higher. TO NATIONAL EVElfT clined. Havre reports general business Improving with a broadening demand In J. Francis Fowlrr. secretary of the road work and building labor. oo reOgden Real Estate board. ha comceived an Invitation to attend a pllrontary luncheon to be given In SITE PREPARED FOR ine nauonai realtors Cnicago during HIGHEST OF DAMS convention on Wednesday. July 12. Th event la belnr arranred br th Chicago Real Estate board and invi YAKIMA. Wash- Jun 22 Engintations are being issueo to all secretaries of realty boards in the United eers of the United States reclamation States. The lurfcheon will be" In the service are now preparing to lay the foundation of what Is probably to be Congress hotel. gold room of the OO the highest dam In the world. Men and saachinem are at work, some 41 miles northwest of here. In what Is RETAIL PRICES IN known as Tleton canyon, constructing MONTANA DECLINE the great Tleton dam. which Is to impound 202.100 acre, feet of water to 100.000 acres of dry land. lrrtrste 400 men employed, which will HELENA Mont.. June 2X Retail With prices of food and clothing in .Mon- gradually be Increased to S00. quite a tana are on the decline, ttUment has sprung up. There are to a majority of the reportsaccording from half storehouses, machine shops, a recrea dozen Montana cities to the rtmts ation hall, a hospital and all thv conlabor and cessions .are under government ron department of agriculture, industry, which were received fromd trol. The dam when completed, will b labor unions, divisions of the Aocli-teand employers. In res- known ss sn Industrie. type. ponse to a reriuat from the depart- It will hav fir foot thick concrrte ment. Ther has been no decline in core, pinned Into solid bedrock 110 -- feet below the surface and rtalng to 210 feet shove the river. It will require IS, 000 cubic jarda of concrete to make the core, and more than cubic feet of earth and rock to make the fllL The base will extend up and down stream a half a mile, while the creit will stretch 1 j j i YOU rr across between the enclosing hills tome 1000 feet. It Sa eatlmated that It nl!! 3 take four veara to f'.nlah the work at '' fe cost of approximately 14.000,000. The earth and rock excavated from..5 the Panama canal would make II pyramids the site of Egypt's largest. A it - - earth-and-rock-fl- ll Build It of Brick Brick is the most durablf, most beran. tiful and most satisfactory building material. In the end, a brick home is the cheapest, for the maintenance cost is very xmal). Ogden brick prices are low. Now is tha time to build. ASHTON FIRE BRICK & TILE CO. Yardi and Office, Twenty-nint- h and Jeffenon. Phcsa Ztl |