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Show VOLl-M- 3 UTAH FRIDAY, OGIIEX, You CITY CONSIDERS Cant be N I'M HER IS AKUl I, 1929. Yellow Any Longer, Chief Anderson Declares GAS PROPOSAL; WORKMAYSTART M St. Patrick's day ha Uvn officially advanced from March 17 to March 1. as far as o' the green'' is concerned for automobiles, ii i announced by Chief of Police Harry S. Anderson. The law has been very lenient in allowing two month in which to procure 'green license plates. Chief Anderson said, "and motorists showing 'yellow streaks on their cars from now on will he tagged and brought to the police station. City hall was without doubt the busiest place in Ogden Thursday, where a mad rush was made for plates. A careful count late in the afternoon showed there were 99 applicants in line, army fashion, with their checks and ownership cards in their hands. Every possible effort has been made to enable motorists to secure their 1929 plates, Chief Anderson said, and the old excuse that 'my application is in' cannot be worked this year. Make Whoopee With Our Trade Territory Should Be Measured Unanimous Consent of rs Necessary on Fran-chis- e Action; Harman W. Teery to Return by Monday; Provision May Permit Expansion Until Tax Point is Decided While the question of the citys right to impose an occupation tax on the natural gas interests will in all probability have to be settled in the courts, a tentative agreement that will enable the gas company to begin their expansion program will be formally considered Monday morning by the city commission, it was stated by Mayor Frank Francis Thursday afternoon. "Acceptance of the terms of the agreement must be made by the unanimous vote of the commission, Mayor Francis said, any decision can not be reached in the matter until Commissioner Harman W. Perry returns from California. It is expected that he will return by that time. City Attorney Arthur E. Pratt and Attorneys James II. DeVine and James A. Howell, representing the gas interests, have been in conference most of the week trying to work out a suitable agreement.' The point conceded by both parties at this time is that the gas company may proceed with its $750,000 expansion program within the city limits with full permission of the city without effecting the legal status of the situation. The gas company seeks to operate under the original franchise given in 1915 to the Utah Light & Traction company and later turned ever to the Insull interests in 1928. The city at this time, on the advise of Attorney Pratt, held that it had the right to approve or disapprove of the transfer of the franchise and sought to impose an occupation tax which the company declined to pay.. The city refused to grant permits for any excavation work on the streets for new lines, and no extension work was done under the Insull regine. The gas interests have 23 carloads of pipe in Ogden at the present time, and propose to install 60 miles of new lines within the city limits. The com pany is anxious to begin the work at once, Mr. DeVine stated, which would greatly relieve the unemployment situation at the present time. . U. S. Marshal Holds Curley Lahey Pending Motion on Judgment J. II. (Curley) Lahey, deserted by his bondsmen, was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal by Judge Tillman D. Johnson in Federal court, Wednesday morning when Lahcys attorney, George Buckle, made a motion in arrest of judgment which will be heard by Judge Johnson in Salt Lake City on March 8. Lahey was convicted of assaulting a federal officer by a jury in Judge Johnson's court Monday morning, and was to have been sentenced Wednesday morning, the delay being granted to hear the motion on March 8 of Attorney Buckle. The specific charge against Lahey was that he assaulted Prohibition Enforcement Officer Earl Patterson in February of last year when the officer entered his place of business on lower Twenty-fourt- h street and attempted to place him under arrest on a charge of possession of liquor. Lahey knocked out two of the officers teeth. y Judge Johnson imposed jail sentences on each of eight others convicted of bootlegging, six of which are to serve in the Weber county jail, and two in the Salt Lake county jail as follows: Ben De Corso, operating at 167 wenty-fift- h street, 10 days stay of execution; Joe Manning, Pine View odge resort in Ogden canyon, stay of execution of sentence until March White City ; Ernest Long, operating a still on Duster avenue, Ogden, stay of execution until March 6; Steve Grillas, still n Morgan county, Salt Lake county of execution until March 14; ail, Fire Chief H. H. Wardleigh, in Alex stay Childs, operating at the Smokmaking a formal report to the city ery, at 225 Twenty-fift- h street; A1 commission on the fire which destroytruerton, 214 at operating residence, ed the White City Gardens amuse'wenty-fourt- h execuof street, stay ment hall, declared that the $75,000 tion until March 14; Nick Kell, New-io- rt loss was undoubtedly of incendiary soft drink establishment at 107 origin." Venty-fift- h street, to Salt Lake coun-- y This fire was undoubtedly of inof execution until March jail, stay cendiary origin, the report stated, 4, and Orlando PollinI, place of busias pools and streaks of kerosene street. were plainly in evidence in the front ness, 203 Twenty-fift- h Nephi Cook, who entered a plea of of the building, on the floor. When we first reached the fire guilty to taking a check from a rural our main efforts were directed to mail box at Syracuse, while under the the new addition of the dance strain of sickness and death in his nail but soon there seemed to be an family, was given a suspended jail explosion (possible kerosene fumes) sentence of 10 months, and was pawhich lifted the roof of this section roled to Attorney N. J. Harris, who deeded and dropped it upon the floor and it must his case before the court. Cook appear in court, however, at was R ra.Pidlyapparent then v the dance hall could not be saved he expiration of the sentence and give jt and our lines were turned to save surr- an accounting The check, which was for only a small sum, has been made ounding property. Commissioner H. W. Peery, mana-8- r rood, and Cook has leased a farm for of the D. H. Peery estate, wJiich the year. owned the hall, is at A patriotic plea for jury service present m Cali-lon- was made by Judge Johnson in dislatest methods of studying ance hall missing construction, part of the jurors. In refpreparatory to rebuilding erence to the $4 a day jury pay with the White City. mileage costs added, Judge Johnson John L. McGregor will be said: I consider that your experiences arraigned Saturday in the Second district court as jurymen pay you well. Through on a charge of failure to provide for this service you learn of court profrom September 15, 1928, to cedure and the ways of attorneys in January 9, 1929. handling cases, before the court you even learn something about law. You BILL BOOSTER SAYS: contact with your fellow men from different parts of the country, getting new ideas from them; you learn something of conditions surrounding perOOSTIUG IS MORETWAU A sons brought to court for trial on HOBBY Wnvi ME TV IS criminal charges; you are enabled to ALMOST A RELIGION, AMD study witnesses in their attitudes toTO PRIM2lPt.ES LOYALTY, THE ward both sides of controverted quesGOLDEU RULE, eUEERFUMESS tions, all of which is worth your while. GOODWILL AMD CHARI? tO I think you are well paid, and I hope CHE'S NEIGHBORS ARE A will not say at your release from you PART OF (SHRlSTTAUnVAMD this service that you are glad th-- ; REUGKXJS TEACHINGS task is over." 90-da- Fire Held Incendiary by Chief Wardleigh in Report Tilt Standard Rating an! Data Sityuv. the national authority for daily newspapers eoiuvniing newspaper population and trade territory of the cities of the eir-culati- United States, gives the population of Ogden at 12,000 and the population of her trade territory at 00,000. At the same time it gives the population of Salt Lake as 125.000 and the population of her trade territory at 225,000. The lost dues not know the methul used in arriving at these figures, but we are at a loss to know why the trade territory of Ogden is not as large as that of Salt lake. The Post does not presume that the trade of Ogden L as large in volume as that of Salt Lake, hut in some particulars it reaches out as far and farther. If the operations of the Utah Construction company is to he considcml as trade, Ogdon readies much further, anil the amount of money cleared through the Ogden hanks by this company is many times more than hy any other Utah construction firm. In wholesale jobbing hardware, groceries, general merchandise, furniture, flour, packing house products, livestock, canning, farm machinery, bee supplies, and honey Ogden reaches out as far and farther than the capital city. Lines of transportation, and ample banking resources, marks Ogden as the natural commercial center of Utah and the intermountain region. This is not news to the citizens of Ogden, but it must be adiiiitted that we are not making the most of our opportunities in this trade center, nor is there the proper effort being made to hold and expand it. Ogden and the adjacent territory is the logical location for manufacturing in the Rocky Mountain region, especially now that natural gas is available, or will be with-in- g a few months. Some thing should be done to attract industrial and trade enterprises for Ogden and vicinity, and that something should be done by our chamber of commerce. There is no survey by which it can be determined what our trade territory is consuming in goods which may be manufactured here in Ogden. Manufactured goods come in here only after paying a high freight rate, a rate so high that the freight alone would pile up a handsome manufacturing profit. The Post does not propose to say what may be manufactured here, nor does it know, nor can it guess, at the consumption figures. These are a few of the things an industrial survey would show. It would also show the buying capacity of the people of the trade territory; and after these facts were determined, our chamber of commerce would know just the kind of industries to bid for and make plans for securing suitable sites, fuel, water, transportation, etc. All this information should be secured and tabulated and used to correct reports such as was printed in the Standard Rating and Data Service. The data would also be priceless when the interested investor did show up. The Post is informed that this proposition has received some consideration by our chamber of commerce. . ua U. P. Mechanics Get Clagstone to Speak in Utah and Idaho Cities Paul Clagstone, manager of the western division of the United States chamber of commerce, who will tour Utah and Idaho cities in company with W. H. Wattis, will hold his first meeting in Ogden at noon Monday, April 1, it is announced. The tour will be made in the interest of the western division conference to be held in Ogden October 6 and 7. Other speaking dates are as follows: Salt Lake, April 2; Provo, April 3; Brigham City, April 4; Logan, April 5; Preston, April 6; Pocatello, April 9; Idaho Falls, April 10, and an evening meeting the same day at Shelley; Blackfoot, April 11, with an evening meeting at American Falls; Twin Falls, April 12, and Jerome that evening; Burley, April 13. an hour, which represents a total payroll increase of approximately one million dollars a year. Announcement to this effect was made today by W. M. Jeffers, Union Pacific system. The increase affects mechanical department employes in all the thirteen states served by the Union Pacific system. vice-preside- nt, j With every householders fuel get long since in the overdraft bud- ' c,om: UI?n-even th col- missioners are bemoaning the that snow removal and emergency funds that were intended to last until December 31, 1929, have already been depleted with the real emergency of a sudden thawr yet to be met. The city has expended nearly $6,000 on its 196 miles of streets, it is stated by Mayor Frank Francis, and an additional $1,000 has been expended on cleaning off the sidewalks. Chairman Frank Stratford of the county commission declares there is but a scant $500 left from an emergency fund of $5090. and at other parts of the city. There is an abundance of snowfall in Ogden of valley, and also in the watersheds the in Weber the river, especially lower altitudes that are soon effected by the first break of spring. Both the city and county road sa- have been ordered to cease forvisors the snow, and meanwhile the coal trucks are busy hauling coal. WITH CEREMONY 1 New $100,000 Structure Declaron the Ened Most Up-to-Dat- e Ssteni With Every Convert ictuT Possible for Quick Dispatch of Mail; Payroll Reaches $00,000 Annually tire un-nu- Community Singers Rehearse in Salt Lake For Concert Season The sptvi.'in new Terminal Railof fiie tmililing just north way of I he Union Mutimi was formally I'Pcnoil last night by a large delegation of ruil way mail officials, employees, rivil and civic officials and citieiis of (Vilen and surrounding communities. Railway mail officials attending ihe ceremonies were Kd. McGrath, superintendent, sih division, railway mail service, San Francisco, Califor- assistant chief nia; Orange clerk, ruilway mail service, Pocatello, The Ogden Community ninle chorus Idaho, and J. F. J. Crowley, chief under the dimtimi of Mr. Reid Cox clcik, railway mail service, Cheyenne, will journey to Suit Lake Saturday Wyoming. evening to meet with the six other Among the local guests were repmale choruses of the state in the first resentatives from the chumber of comtabjoint rehearsal at the Salt Iak the merce, eity commissioners, the forernacle in preparation for the series bureau of public roads, service, estry of concerts to be given in Ogden, post office and other governSalt Like and l'rovo the lAtter Ogden ment the Ogden Union Railpart of this month. Those who heard way &bureaus, Deport compnny, and many the great ensemble at the Ogden tabothers. ernacle last year will remember the Chief Clerk Wilford Danvers acted event and look forward to the concert as master of ceremonies, the program ihis season. A very delightful program has been icing opened by all joining in sing-n- g America, after which followed prepared by each individual chorus, and the joint rehearsals will acquaint :rief talks by Assistant Chief Clerk the men with the individual conductors Arthur Grantham; George N. Natter, who will conduct one of the seven chairman of the committee; Louis J. ensemble numbers. The program has Arson, president of the local branch more variety than last year and has of the 14th division R. 31. A.; Mounts been approved by the officers of the A. Mouritsen, president Ogden branch Associated Glee Clubs of America, of t. M. A.; Elmer Totten, president Salt ake City branch R. M. A.; Mayor whirh the Utah group is a member. Fred There will also be three individual 'rank Francis; Commissioner chorus numbers during the program Williams; Orange Lemon, assistant hief clerk, l'ocatello, Idaho; J. F. J. instead of each chorus singing an individual number between each en- Crowley, chief clerk, RMS, Cheyenne semble as was done last year. Wyoming; Edward McGrath, superinWhile several of the choruses last tendent Klh division RMS, San Franyear had only been organized for a cisco, California, and others. short time, the success of the venture t the conclusion of these brief adhas stimulated each chorus to greater dresses the evening was given over to achievements this year. More men music and daneing and a very satishave been attracted to the clubs and fying buffet lunch. more enthusiasm has been put into A brief description of the eize of the work. The first joint rehearsal the building, its fittings and furnishtomorrow night will put renewed entogether with a few of the dethusiasm into every individual mem- ings, tails as to the nature of the work ber of the vast ensemble of 300 voices, which is to be carried on within 1U and it is predicted by music critics walls are given below. that the concerts this season will be which was built by This building, one of the most outstanding musical the railroad at a cost of apcompany achievements of the year. is said to be $100,000.00, proximately The seven clubs participating in the the most modern industrial building concerts are: The Swanee Singers, in the city. It is 120 feet long by 54 B. F. lullham, director; Orpheus club, feet wide, with a work room of apFrank Asper, director, and Gustaf proximately 5000 square feet without diAdolf chorus, Axel B. C. Ohlson, being obstructed by support columns rector, of Salt Lake; Metropolitan of any kind. In addition to the work dichorus of Murray, W. F. llobinson, room is there a for the room, rector; Imperial Male chorus of Lo- storage of slips, slip 1136 Books Loaned a rest labels, etc., gan, Albert J. Southwick, director; room equipped with tables and chairs, R. E of Ogden, Community Singers By and individual steel lockers for each Cox, director, and the Mendelssohn and dievery employee. There are laF. William Hansen, club of Provo, with modern equipment, invatories Despite the severe weathsr last Sat- rector. shower bath. There is also a cluding urday, the Carnegie Free library had The exact date of the Ogden concert room of 600 square feet set aside as the largest day in the history of the will be announced soon. a receiving station for parinstitution, according to Miss Eveline decel local where firms post, may librarian. Bean, Club liver their of of this class Opens shipments A total of 1,136 books were given mail. out during the day, it was stated, with Bigelow The building is equipped' with a the patrons almost equally divided bemonitor type roof, providing perfect tween adults and children. Adults members of commerce ventilation, and the maximum amount may Chamber took out 527 books of which 256 were Weber of the in take out daylight, the side windows art ammemberships n books. club now being operated on the sixth ple and are of metal sash construcThe library is enjoying a large of the. Hotel Bigelow for the tion, equipped yrith Venetian blinds increase in patronage over a year floor sum of $2 prior to April 1, after and with outside awnings, the heat is ago, Miss Bean said, and we are which the initation fee will be $25, it thermostaticly controlled, the two very optimistic over the future de- is announced by the house commit- drinking fountains are equipped with velopments. We are adding more new tee. ice chambers, the floor is of wood books all the time, and hope to inServices of the club include a li block construction, there are 111 drop crease our budget allowance for new brary, lounge room, pool room anc lights to provide artificial light when books. card room, and will be entirely necessary, and 10 electric fans placed in order that no funds at intervals around the work room. need be appropriated from the cham The working equipment of this buildher of commerce to meet any expense ing is all standard construction, as of the club. prescribed and furnished by the post office department. This equipment Collections in Ogden on page 3.) Ii-ga- la-mo- n. Library Saturday out-goi- ng Weber At Hotel non-fictio- self-supporti- ng Law Suit to Determine City and County Face Shortage in Funds for Delinquent Water Tax Snow and Flood Work While the repeated snow falls over a period of two months have worked a real hardship on the street and road As a result of a conference in Oma- departments, great apprehension is ha during the last week between rep- being felt by those in charge over a resentatives of the Union Pacific sys- possible flood menace should warm tem shop employes association and of wind bring a sudden thaw. The latethe company, the pay of approximate- ness of the season will give Old Sol rays, and a real ly 11,000 mechanical department em- more power tois his feared at the Ogden menace flood Pacific Union of the system ployes lines was increased two to five cents river bridge on Washington avenue Increase in Wages on, MAIL TERMINAL Mirth nn.l levity will Mipivme and Saturday nights, Maivh and 2." at the ehalrau of Herman Hater ne i'nl No. 9, The Amerieun cording to llrn Bundy, e.mmunder, and Virgil J. llarrop, chairman, of the committer in charge of the second mnual crntai. The public is invited to attend the There will he dancing doings. with IsH'kwoods' and the White Lily orchestras in attendance. The attractions of the carnival will be rimimWrs of western frontier days when men were men and the plumbing was all on thn outside. It is expected by legionnaires in ehHige that the carnival will surpass the first carnival held last year. Proceeds of the affair will go to the building fund of the Legion. l riilay wi-ari- Comniis-missione- OFFICIALS OPEN Legion Tonight and Saturday at Chateau Whether or not the city water tax a direct assessment against the property on which it is furnished or a liability against the occupant of the house who uses the water like electric power or gas service must be determined in a friendly suit against the city, the city commission has informed W. J. Blackburn, real estate man, who brought up the question. Mr. Blackburn, in appearing before the commission, states that it is not within the power of the abstractor to include water tax payments in an abstract and that if the city allows the water tax to become delinquent over a period of years and does not collect from tenants before they move from a house, it is not to be expected that the new tenant in a house is liable for the entire amount A specific instance was cited where the purchaser of a house was refused city water until a $47 water bill was paid, the bill being nearly five years delinquent Mr. Blackburn, in connection with the case, said he was not responsible for the original bill but was willing to pay one-ha- lf the bill if it would be taken as full settlement I don't own the water system over here, Commissioner Fred E. Williams commented. "I'm Just over here running it and havent authority to reduce the bill." It was then that the city Invited a friendly suit, IS Mayor to Speak at Preston Thursday Mayor Frank Francis has been invited to deliver the principal address of the evening before the Preston, Idaho, chamber of commerce on the evening of March 7. The meeting is said to be an annual affair of the organization, and every effort has been made to make the event a memorable one, it is stated. Mayor Francis has accepted the HOME TOWN HENRY itasS 5jj5p Chief Requests License Not to be Granted The request of George Ray for a license to operate a soft drink parlor street was denied at 272 Twenty-fift- h by the city commission on the recoin mendation of Chief of Police Harry Anderson. Investigation on the part of the police department showed that Ray was actually making the application for Harry Fottis, wjio has already given the police considerable trouble by selling liquor. S. RESERVE OFFICERS MEET Reserve officers of the Ogden chap ter will hold their regular meeting at the American Legion chateau tonight at 7:30 p. m., it is announced by of fielsls of the organization. A large attendance is requested. 'imii FREUDS, SOU NEVER SEE Mfi HOLD BACK WHEkl A PROJECT ISOM YD IMPROVE OURTDWM. THE VWN I LOOK AT IT, MOWING IS AMY TOO GOOD R3R. US, AMD THE BETTER A TOWN WE HAVE, THE MORE PERSOJ3 WUXIOCATK HER TO HELP BAY FOR. OUR IMPROMEMEMV THE MORE BUSINESS' OUR. MERCHANTS WILL HAVE ALIO THE MORE WE WILL ELMOY LIFE |