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Show THE OGDEN POST The Ogden Post Kieiel Arrnu, Phone 690 George Mitchley, Editor Published Each Friday 2420 EDITORIAL IIAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALLOW! WISH Within a few hours from the time of the delivery of this issue of The Ogden Post, New Year will be ushered in with all its usual pomp and glory, throughout the world. Ogden City and Weber county will do its share of the celebrating. The event will 1 marked with a general celebration, in which little time will be spent upon the making of resolutions. It will be "eat, drink and be merry for it will be another year." We wish to extend our best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year to all, and hope that the new year will be one of the brightest for residents of this city, county and state that is possible. We have one wish which we hope will be carried out: that is to make the year of 1927 one of the greatest possible boosting for our city. We wish to do our part in doing every thing possible to help Ogden along toward the 60,000 population by the end of 1930. This goal can be accomplished, we believe, if we put our shoulders to the wheel and boost. It is a slogan that every man, woman and child in Ogden should consider as the slogan for the year and the next years to follow: "60,000 in 1930." MEETING THE EXPENSES OF CITY GOVERNMENT The past week has been one of very trying times for the board of city commissioners in arriving at a budget When Mayor for the new year. George E. Browning arrived at his office in the city hall early last Mon- Fully sixty per-ro- nt STATE PRISONERS Abolishing of the parole and probation system in the Utah State prison, and requiring the convicted criminals to serve their full sentences less the usual time allowed for good behavior will be the object of a measure which will probably be introduced at the next legislature by Horace D. eck, a member from Salt Lake coun- -' ty. Utah is one of the few western y states which has granted great to prisoners. In California, convicted criminals have been compelled to serve the greater part of their In the proposal for the sentence. In Utah laws, it is to be the change provided that the fourth time a prisoner is received at the state peniten-lar- y he will have a life sentence to OR of the farmers of Wefier county are members of the farm bureau, according to the statement of A. I Christiansen, county now agent. The present membership drive numbers about 709. The present for new meiuliera in the bureau is meeting with great success. The fee for the year is $5.00. The present drive is designed to secure new members as well as collect dues from the delinquents. The features of the bureau, in addition to bringing about among the farma closer ers, aNo provides the farmer with livespecial bulletins on agriculture, and stock the home economics op-era- te serve. Within the past two years it has een found, according to the police records in Salt Lake and .Ogden, that convicted criminals, sent to the state rison for indeterminate sentences rom one to ten years, have been paSome roled within three months. cases of this nature that have been cited are of prisoners who were paroled in May and were back to the prison within less than a month to serve a WIIAT NEW YEARS MEANS term for burglary. Every optimistic resident of Ogden has visions of great strides for Ogden during 1927. When one looks over the situation, the basis for this feeling, it seems that optimism is the only thing to use when thinking of our citys future. Many of our merchants were pessimistic prior to the holiday season, and they looked forward to a very poor Christmas trade. But the snowstorm, which will mean so much to the agriculture district next summer, meant very much to the retail trade. One merchant tells us that the holiday trade this year exceeded that of any holiday time for the past four years. He said it was remarkable how, with the coming of the snow, the people seemed to realize that the yuletide season was approaching and it was the time for joyous and optimistic thoughts. The new year will mean the changing of the sky line of Ogden with the new Bigelow hotel and the First National Bank building, and other contemplated improvements In the citys business district, as well as In the railroad yards and the wholesale and manufacturing districts. If a person goes over the new Twenty-fourt-h street viaduct that bridges the railroad yard, and nausea and looks down upon the work that has been completed and is underway, he can not help. but think that there must be something to Ogdens future or the groat railroad trunk lines would not be spending this great amount of money here. The same spirit of progress is noted in the business., district where indications point to an extensive program of building of new and remodeling of stores. The winter months have not interferred with the same extensive building of homes in the residence section, and the early spring will g see a redoubling of the efforts throughout the city. These are few of the things that cause' us to say Ogden will enjoy a happy and prosperous New Year. MERCHANT MARINE A. NATIONAL NECESSITY TO OGDEN In making recommendations for a irogram which would strengthen and luild up an American merchant ma- . rine, Mr. J. C. Rohlfs, The Pacific American Steamship association, San Francisco, recently presented to the United States shipping oard commissioners specific facta which go to the root of the whole shipping problem. Mr. Rohlfs based is opinion on 28 years' experience in vice-preside- designing, building and operating craft of river, bay and ocean-goin- g every description except passenger. "Of greatest and first importance o my mind," he said, is the of an adequate merchant marine as an indispensable aid in time of national emergency. At such time it is extremely hazardous to rely upon foreign merchant ships to supply our navy with necessary fuel, stores, etc., and our nation with indispensable commodities. Dur-n- g the World war our farmers and manufacturers experienced the disas-rou- s. effects resulting from delayed and ruined shipments which accumulated in every terminal warehouse lecause of lack of ocean transportation facilities. "The ship owners know the prob-csaid Mr. Rohlfs, "and have constructive suggestions, all of which have so far been rejected by our legislative bodies, because the farmer, the manufacturer and the main body of our people have, not understood, and do not now understand exactly what the lack of an American merchant marine means, irst, to the nation and, secondly, to main-enan- ce day morning he summoned Commissioners Chris. Flygare and Harman Peery, and told them that he had some suggestions to make regarding the cuts to be made to bring the budget down. ' The suggestions of the mayor regarding the cuts in the matter of the city expense was readily agreed to by the other members of the board. When it was explained that Ogden City has paid more interest upon the bonds for the building of the city hall than the entire building originally cost, and nothing had ever been done to reduce the principal, then it can readily be seen that something must be done and done now. The board shaped its work upon the formulating of the budget to prepare for the taking care of not only the interest but the principal on bonds. The board realizes the seriousness of this work, and the matter that public improvements should be "carried on"; at the them. same time they must always bear in Our government's merchant fleet, mind that the city must pay its obliaa a war necessity, coat apcreated gations and maintain the high credit $4,000,000,444; acquired proximately The the has. problem city rating the war it would have before gradually before the city commission is not a cost approximately, $1,000,000,000, Our pleasant one, and the wishes of the eople are now shouldering the burpeople of Ogden to the commission den. Do they ever want to do ao for the New Year should be one of again? good luck, and we will be with you in "Our surplus products, the result of out the of salvation Ogden. DON'T OVERLOOK working manufacture and agriculture, are in 8PEED DEMONS competition with these same products STOCK SHOW HELPS OGDEN It was a few minutes after six of other nations. Can we then be SUPPORT IT 'dock in the evening. The stores dependent upon the vessels of other An institution that brings about were emptying of nations to carry them? We can not their package-bur-d great benefit to Ogden is the livestock ened Christmas shoppers; there was and should not show which will hold forth here next near congestion upon the sidewalks. "We are proud to refer to our n week. . It is an occasion when Ogden )n the street intersections, t as a 'free and independent one. pedeswill have its record crowd of visitors trians were watching traffic lights, This cannot be true ao long as the from the many surrounding states. exchanging greetings with friends, ;ransportation of our surplus producThe outlook for the show this year, lolding on to all the purchases and tion is dependent on foreign-owne- d according to Charles H. Barton, presi- watching for a street car at the same ships to reach market" dent of the show since its inception, me. Even with this spirit of "Peace Mr. Rohlfs believes that with our is brighter than ever, and is worthy On Earth, Good Will to Men," there nation "ship educated," constructive of the united support of the people always appears the lurking shadow of egialation will follow aa a matter of of this city, all of whom are benef itted the joy killer. A type of the latter course. He points out the hampering directly and indirectly by the show. was represented by a speed demon restrictions which beset an American The show is a community event who raced his automobile across street ship owner on every hand and which which attracts the attention of the ntersections, without regard to traf- do not affect the foreign operator. livestock interests of the western em- fic lights or human life. A few fright- In other words, we, as a nation, have pire. The advertising value Ogden ened pedestrians, leaping to safety, by our own action, handicapped our receives from the show is far greater dropped Christmas packages as the own shipping industry. Only the stub born courage, tenacity and sdventur than that which could come from car whizzed by. Muttered oaths other methods. The returns the busithe dim throwing a ous spirit of the American business man has kept any ships operating un ness houses receive from the show dull glow upon the through the large number of visitors number plate of the frantic and shal der the American flag. Mr. Rohlfs shows how ship owners it attracts, is larger for the money speedster. Traffic ' expended than that spent for any upon two of the busy corners would benefit by the consolidation o; other purpose. The stock show rep br the few shopping nights before the government departments now dealing' with the arrival and departure o resents an investment to the public lolidays may prevent casting spirited citizens of Ogden, and its shadow of gloom over local homes be- ships. He points out the unfairness o dividends come in the form of the fore the Yuletide. government fines now levied again; ships for acts of the crew for which advertising the city receives and the the owners are not responsible; the returns that come to its business in- WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL The prodigious prosperity of Amer- necessity for emending the SeamanL stitutions. It takes a little money to provide for the expense of the en has not been sluiced off by i Act; bringing up to date navigation show and the $12,000 in prizes to the small group of powerful Industrie laws: one admeasurement .system exhibitors. This money must come magnates, but has been scattered in which will not place American ships from those who are benefited by the a golden shower far and wide among at a disadvantage with foreign ships, show. The contributions, no matter all classes and to such an extent that in transiting canals, and in determin how small, will help the show and to speak of classes at all in the Unite ing dry dock and port charges; reStates seems to the European an an- vision of canal tolls downward and opdisplay civic enthusiasm. eration of canal 24 hours a day; the achronism. There are almost four times as retirement of the government from TIME TO CONSIDER CITY many automobiles in the United States the shipping business in active com COUNTY BUILDING During the consideration of the as in all the other parts of the work petition with the private American owner; adequate quarantine stations budget for Ogden City during the past put together. curve The rising of wages has en- to reduce delays and increased cost to week, the board of city commission has had the advice of members of a abled the American worker to boost ships; encouragement of the shipart in American yards; great' public tax committee. Various means lis standard of living. He can now building as much er reciprocity among maritime na of handling the situation were sug- actually buy with his weekly pay as he die tions in matter of recognition of ship gested as the proper method of hand- again classification 'societies; a federa wfore the war. ling the situation. Some have sugaerials almost The on radio workingmen's compensation act which every gested raising the tax levy, while others advocated increasing the valu- house in New York are mute markers will apply to all men employed on of the advance of American labor, ships and which ship owners favor; ation. Never before were the comforts even permission to write off greater deMany times in the past few luxuries so widely diffused among preciation charges for taxation the matter of the building of a years join1: men. on ships built at exorbitant city and county building, and consolThe passion for technical improve- prices during the war. idating many of the offices have been In addition to the foregoing indi or efficiency, into which the suggested. The success of the join ment, root aids, which, if adopted in full, been of America has spirit pioneering city and county building has been suc- transmuted, is exemplified, among would not relieve American shipping cessful in other states. The city and other the of elec of the burdens under which it now ways, by county of San Francisco, of Denver, trie power to a application never before operates, certain direct aid is essendegree and others have been successfully known in land. tial, such as liberal compensation for any operated by the mayor and boards o New bonds aggregating $250,000.' the carriage of mail and cash pay which have taken the 000 were sold during the first wee ments by the supervisors, government to the own place of the city and county commis-sioner- of December; the volume o ' eni of ships to meet proved losses. largest other offices Many are conweek for the year. Prices also Such direct assistance would not be solidated. The big feature of the con- any were the highest, and there were no1; colossal It would be much less than solidation of the city and county is to fill the demand. the present losses of the governthe equalization of the matter of the enough Much of this new buying was with ment in theday business, that shipping tax levy and its great reduction. earned, showing the has been loosely estimated at between The matter of the building of the money newly It comes - and 15 million per annum, am prosperity of the city and county building has been up from every stratumcountry. of society and in would amount to only a few cents before the voters of the city an it defies classification as annual tax per person to pay for na county before, but failed to secure the dustry; interest, savings, profits it is tional security and commercial in wages, endorsement. It seems that the bring the net result of an almost universa dependence. Ing of the matter again to the atten- prosperity. Unused vessels of the govemraen tion of the taxpayers of the city and The new year promises to come in flrot now rotting in different harbors, county, would be the first thing the with no outstanding feature save its should be scrapped in America and as nw county board of commissioners widespread prosperity. But that alone much salvage recovered therefrom as should take up at an early Joint meet will make it notable in American his possible. Mr. Kolilfs objects to the ing. sale of these vessels to foreign buyers tory. m, of-er- ed prac-.ical- ly home-buildin- na-io- fpl-ow- ed of-ice- rs Our Best I Hawthorne len-enc- demonstrations. The organization of the farmers for purposes is rapidly gaining favor throughout the United States, according to the reports which were made at the National bureaus meeting in Chicago last fall. The worthiness of the cause of the bureau and its accomplishments are attracting widespread interest throughout, the state which, too, has a strong organization. iron from the Ogden furnace had the everlasting quality for pipe. Many residents of this state were skeptical when the first announcements were made of the proposed steel of Provo. The scheme w&i O. awrcnce by Slants south as a wildcat proposition, and very little enceuragement was given the Columbia Steel company, it is These same pessimists will ask, where is there an iron ore deposit near Ogden for an iron works. The ore which was used in the Ogden furnace, and which produced such high quality pig iron, was brought to Ogden in wagons from the Willard Hill 189 mining district. It is said by mar.y 1 dont see why it had to be old timers that the prediction was made at the time of the building of Exactly right, he said to me. the Ogden Iron works that there was I did about the best I could! enough ore in the Willard hill to Perhaps it wasnt very good, the plant for a hundred years. In later years, it has been found that Dut I was anxious to get done.1 the vein of ore is visible at the surAnd then I answered, Listen, Son! face on the north wall of North Ogden canyon. In the years of the early developSome days it seems a waste of time ment of the west, the transportation To work so long to make a rhyme, problem was one of the first serious Or find a word that will convey . considerations. This was proven true in the development of the La Plata Exactly what I wish to say. lead properties east of Ogden. SpeakSometimes I sit and wonder, too, ing of thia district, many residents of If something 'almost right .will do. Ogden will recall the great celebration that occurred in Ogden when the first two wagon loads of lead ore were Perhaps no one would ever note brought to Ogden from the La Plata The careless way in which I wrote. district about thirty yean ago. Citizens met the two ore wagons on the Ilut if we fail to do our best old canyon road at the old woolen No matter what may be the test mills with decorated wagons, buggies We lose a satisfaction, Son, and horse-draw- n vehicles of all kinds. The band was present, and the welThat in no other way is won! come given to the argonauts from the lead district was as royal and enthusTo do 'about the best' you can iastic as that accorded any notable Will not1 make you the sort of man from the old world. The transportation problem sounded the death knell I'm sure that you would like to be. of the La Plata district, the same as So, when you do a task for me, it had the development of other natresources of the state. To have you stick and see it through ural A W O. Umw KiHknk The present day transportation of Means much to nifl'-b-ut more to you! ore to mills and smelters is a small item. It goes with the operation of either for scrapping or for restricted turning the ores from the hills into OpportunOgden uses, for they would simply return as gold, just as an oil well produces competitors of American ships in the The Nevada Consolidated wealth. shape of cheaply built new vessels or takes the ore from Copper company from One) Page (Continued as feeder ships to foreign lines. mines at Ruth, and, over a speits nails. and basis steel wire and the out for In closing, Mr. Rohlfs pointed built railroad, hauls the ore to that ship owners stand as a unit in The samples of the iron were taken cially a distance of twenty miles, McGill, ipposition to the government engag-n- g east by the late L E. Brown, who for milling. The Utah Copper comand raised the money for the plant in private business, and they mines ore in Bingham canyon that the safety of this nation was the construction engineer. His pany and it to Magna. The Cotransports the depends upon. the development of a great dream was realized when lumbia Steel hauls its ore company privately owned American merchant furnace was tapped, and the molten and coal a much longer distance than sand. moulds in the at all times metal ran into the marine able to do the copper companies. The event was a gala occasion in with the government in times of stress The building of an iron plant near and to handle the shipping of our na- the minds of our early residents, and would not entail the transporOgden tion in times of peace. presaged a great future for a Pitts- tation costs as were .found by the burgh of the west. other mentioned above. The When the success of the Ogden Iron site ofcompanies the iron plant, which is open works was assured, the company sent and A newspaper item says: "Utah for this or some other forests paid to the state $38,-16- to the Colorado Fuel and Iron com- greatinviting is in the northern part industry, The pany at Pueblo, Colorado, for a man of thia for their 1926 business. on the lake ahbre, withcounty aftem does not state how much Utah to superintend the plant. Shortly in less than ten miles of the iron deter the arrival of the new manager posit, paid the national forests. and the ledges of limethere was an explosion in the cupola stone back of great North The Ogden. Utah mines have paid $275,531,229 in which the iron' ore was treated, and Willard hills, an old miner told us, Old down. residents the shut plant total dividends in 62 years, including not only contain iron, but silver, lead 1923 almost the present will recall the deep chagrin and bitter and copper, and, in addition, feeling that followed this action, and of limestone and other rock forplenty taxable valuation of the state. fluxthere were open charges of jealousy ing and milling ores. state. It the from apneighboring Secretary of Commerce Hoovers rethat after the first pigs of iron theIt seems that the opportunity for port shows that while wages have in pears building of a great industry in cast, seven bars were to be sent creased 39 points since 1920, general were is at hand. .The facta, as set Ogden of manufacture be in the to used east prices have decreased 76 points. iron and steel products, and given a forth in this article, are known to old Another way of putting it would be test. It was said the bars residents of thia city. There is someto say that the consumer is not pay- thorough reached never their destination. What- thing for the local chamber of coming the producer for what he eats. ever became of these bars of iron re- merce and public spirited citizens to mained a mystery until three years investigate, and invite outside capital The people realize that good wages, ago when, during the excavation of to send their engineers and geologists good service, fair returns and steady pita for the foundation of the con- here and make further investigations. dividends to million! of stockholders crete piers for the Riverdale viaduct, Ogden, with the big iron industry, who have invested savings in Ameri- the seven iron bars were uncovered. could soon bring at least ten other incan industry and business go hand in These bars were found to be in the dustries that would use the products hand with needed developments. best state of preservation, proving the of the iron .works. Let's Do DEFINITE SENTENCE WE1IF.K COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP Loses ity to be Iron Center be-ie- na-ion- ve al 8, one-thi- rd Make Special Note of This Fact tail-ligh- ts mud-splatter- ed ow-mind- ed You can easily figure it out for yourself if you will save a part of your regular earnings, putting these savings into this bank and letting them work for you, it will not be long before you will build up a substantial balance that will bring you returns. ever-increasi- ng We Pay 4 . -- one-quart- er pur-pos- Interest On Savings Deposits, Compounded Quarterly NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE Utah Ogden es Big Sale January 3 to 8 Inclusive Desks Files Chairs 20 to 30 Per Cent Off s. ONE CARLOAD OFFICE CHAIRS ONE CARLOAD DESKS JUST RECEIVED 1- We Now Have the Greatest Assortment in Utah BRAMWELL'S 2362 Washington Avenue i |
