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Show Buy the Things That You Need NOW! . Money Spent Now Will Help Relieve Depression VOLUME 5 OGDEN, UTAH City and County In WINTER SPORTS Disagreement Over Fire Protection Fee DATES SET FOR CITY AWARDS CONTRACT FOR STORM SEWER Minimum Wage of $3.50 Per Day for Laborers Is Specified by City Commission; Wheelwright Construction Company Is Successful Bidder; Work to Start on January 5 Yesterday afternoon the citv FRIDAY, DKCKMHF.lt For several years past the city of Ogden has been furnishing fire projection in Weber county through an nereemen whereby the county pays the city $400 per month for the server The contract exnires December 31. Representatives of the board of underwriters have renentediv pointed out that the city has been furnishing he countv with fire protection at a too low to re;mbure the city. Thev have also objected to the contract on the ground that the city fire nuirment is reduced below a safe 'oint when the department is on county run. With these facta in view, the ctyn "omnrssion and th countv enmmis-iomet early in the week to discuss ne matter of a new contract. Mayor Bundy, commissioner of public safe-fwith the concurrence of the other members of the commission offered tc furnish the conntv with fire protection for a period of years, if the county will purchase a niece of equiomen "osting in the neighborhood of 0 and furnish four of the eight men needed to man the station where the in, com- mission awarded the contract for the Twenty-fourt-h street and Wall avenue sewer to the Wheelwright Construction company for the sum of At the morning session $45,143.30. of the commission, before the bidr were opened. Mayor Bundy asked the contractors who were present at the opening of the bid if they were prepared to do the work on the basis outlined, whereby he contractors would pay for day labor on the job at the rate of $3.50 per day of eight hours and to eliminate as far as practicable the ue of machinery, so that the v. ; NUMBER 3 19, 19.10. High From be-sr- in tie-in- .? nn . . engineer1. work was $45,300. This figure, how-- 1 Swan, ever, docs not include the engneering I Nelson, rr. If. I costs. Rjishforth. I Mayor Bundy stated that it would I probably have been possible to have ormey, c. had the job done at a somewhat lower sum-- 1 until waited had the city figure mer, but it was his opinion that con-- j Whitesides, rg. ditions are such that the matter of Totals putting men to work is of more im- ed penny-pi- st Mid-Wint- Fiesta; er na " I 1 1 itid Sitiol lit S ...17 16 OGDEN Invades Ogden; Other Stores Will Move K'd'mn J east. spon-men- com-eommitt- pp ThWr& r Ulllre rarmerS Will Have Exhibit at Show .cnce r youthful citizen, has len ar-Miss i ranged and will be conducted by cere-Th- e Roundy as mistress of program is dedicated particularly to the children of the the ...Martha home, state schoolUteforIndus deaf and blindf and the Nye, William P. Stephens, P. C. Rich-- 1 construction railroad and also ardson and P. M. Thompson. Bcho?L The,E.Lk5 hvC?n' I 'resiaem, j. iu Jarvis, uun rower jScitl todthedam.hiteay conSrucE trialudthe 01 a"d Walter B. Call, Smm 4 The honorary commit- - I jow3 for children who do Mt have I a J. P. engineer; ee members are: Governor George H. mMng Snin'jaiUwad from U in" Martin, forest sendee, and C. L S G1 Ben Ross, ofKthe canvon tothe oower-DUsiti I lo f,adl0' a"d 9!! use. Dern, UUh; Governor-ele"tail a set for sy, Ogden high school; for secreUiy- Governor Fred Balzar. Nevada; a The Ogden chamber of commerce, treasurer, A. R. Craven, Dinsmore St being prepared for the Govenior-elec- t James H. Rolnh. JrJ building, dormitory, I ujon Pacific terminal band, Moun-Cit- Co., and Ernest Lubeck. bureau of California; Gus Bachman, Salt Lake adm,ntrat,on residences for tain States Telephone St Telegraph public roads; assistant secretary-treasure- r, several nd J. C. Derks, Salt Lake City; 3age, K. B. Campbell, bureau of Lon Richardson, Salt Lake City; E. government employes in Boulder City; I company and station KLO are spon public ro&ds; directors, H. F. Irwin, O Howard. Salt Lake City; J. G. Ball alao for a waterworks system to pump I coring the event. assistant city engineer; B. J. Finch, Ashton. Idaho; Ike Armstrong, Salt water from the Colorado river to a district engineer of the U. S. bureau of public roads: II. J. Craven, county Show surveyor and J. C. Brown, city I ukibU? TwmS vce-pre.ide- Cor-Tdah- ... best locations m P. S. MeGinnis, San Francisco; A. I ter- - The wutheni Sierras Power Co. Jaf.lis nroceedinz with the construction The premium list for the twentieth TCymmiHva Pnmmitfoe I Los Angeles: J. I Amos. Salt I expects to have power, for construe-- 1 be held in connection with the Ogden county Motor Safety League, has I I in 10 to 15, Sacra-Livestock 1 for show, January tion purposes ready delivery the following executive Lake City; Fred W. Kiesel, appojntcd I Mrs. coliseum. . 1. the June about committee: Jr J. .mento: Painter, Pittsburg; and All judging of the birds wdlbe J J. W. Nickerson, Notes for Contractors Darling, Berkeley; Miss A. S.II I Lee made was of C. Branch E. state the handled of director league, -Harrold. Pittsburg; E. C. Gsiratt, I by r.nvnn The ne. i R. E. Bristol chair- Summit Mo considered one of the Oakland: D. C. Spencer, Salt Lake I construrtion of for the cifications I C. of the and finance membership com- judges outstanding poultry Hoover dam, i"c!d,"K th (four AmerKarl of the W. Hopkins, chairman, mittee: a licensed judge I diversion tunnels, the 1 tjon and D. J, Green- educational MBOciation. committee; poultry cofferdams, power plant except the l, chairman, publicity committee; jjg contains the regular Fred M. Nye, chairman, law enforce-- Calm vice-preside- nt 1 foot-diamet- er clas-lwel- ment committee; Jack Hunter, secrevice-chairm- an aBr cubic yards all classes ,! judaed on actual productionconformation and vion .nMlbut cepecity, cubic yards of tunnel combined with the v7Jlueament to confomation of Ending oT .. cuoic yard, of earth and the male and female birds. i" g cofferdam, and river re Farmers judging con- LfM.y their the building w poultry show will be held TuLic of concreU; y.rd. the show opens, Janbefore the quarters on the day prominent from Morran and Salt Lake 228,000 cubic feet of grout; 9, starting at 4 oclock. uary counties and Box Elder will no doubt 5,500,000 pounds of rein- Placing the finest shows in the his- One of lead in the boys swine shown. association is expected, of the fo?,?nt Legion All of the space in the new addl 190,000 linear feet of grout Mf' ghaw Drilling Ust year the I tion to the coliseum has been allot-e-d holes; ind drainage were exhibits particularly good, and to hoys and eirls clubs and Fu1,900,000 pounds of mal! this Installing see the same breeders will year I ture Farmer exhibits. Suitable accomand fittings; metal pipe with back improved birds and some modations will be provided for mak-th- e 82J00J00 pounds of new exhibitors present Installing displays as attractive as pos The first organization to conlarge metal conduits; The annual banquet of the poultry pounds of! association will be held in the evening 10,600,000 tribute to the mayors unemployInstalling 1951 Ecde. home, Prizes are being awarded on thelt 'thfamily structural steel; and 13 in the Hotel Bigelow, ment fond came yesterday from of the quality of the animal nue. of of January Le20,000,000 pounds oclock. the local urfit of the American 6:30 Installing at shown and for the best display oil jje was born May 30, 1856, in Hoi gates, hoists, and other metal work. starting gion Auxiliary, when Mayor Bundy I as 1882 in I herdsmanship and showmanship land, and came to Ogden received a check for $25 from that from the summit or the end Specifications have been issued and I the part of the exhibitors. an Lb D. S. convert, residing lure bids will be opened January 12 lorl andth rairoad now being constructed patriotic society. a Angeles and Salt Lake the construction of the governments Other patriotic and fraternal soI portion of the railroad leading to the (Union Pacific) Railroad Co., down to cieties have expressed a desire to dam site, together with aide tracks the dam site. The principal items lend a helping hand, but the auxiland other facilities. This portion of Tor a number of afirartive I self, retiring after 25 year, iary was the first to put their com (Continued on page 7) the railroad is about 10H miles long words into action. nc,s' racial prizes W-sat- eh , Presidents of womens clubs ox second den will be tary. I I 1,800,000 The Wright company will move Rs lwine. Louis, and Nelson B. Updike, Omaha d- Box Cache. Elder. I Welwr, clothing and mens furnishings opt The and Utah unties ln DiyK street in 100, 000 rartment to Twenty-fourt- h cw- 11 the building now occupied by the Wat-. v, T vr.r i i,zuu,uuu aairy caif exmnus.' wnii- - Rich Clothing company. The I Watson-Tannrock fill in to move pSdy. Mat WflSimriT company Fank er o; nt vice-chairm- This 1 .... Totals Quarters W. H. Wright ing on Washington son-Tann- er ' bcc, L uS y; Tomlinson, 2 Foley, rg. Anderson, lg. ................... .. 0 Hilton, If. ............... .. Large mercantile interests recog nize in Ogden one of the cities of the I intermountain region where business I conditions are favorable, notwithstanding the general slump in busi ness. Several of the larger chain Fcb-Lib- le ct nching W. T. Grant Company PUGITSRELEASE PROSPECT NOW 24-2- non-reside- nt 1 portance than the adoption of a policy, to which stateand ment Commissioners Rackham Kinner, Williams concurred. Hunter, MOVE TO OBTAIN deIn line with their sire to see a revaluation of property 5 for assessment purposes in Ogdm City, the city commission yesterday Famous Dog Teams and Nation's Hid Will He Opened in Febru-Greate- requested by letter the Weber coun- More Than One Thousand Citity commission that a sufficient zens of State Sign Petition for Ski Professionals amount be set aside in the Weber county budget to provide for the work. Will Compete at Ogden's AnPugh's ltelease; Equal NumSo many eases afunequal valuations have been brought to the attention ber Plead for David Jensen; nual of the city commission that they have To Be Heard on Saturday on numerous occasions stated their Prominent Citizens in Charge in to situation. the opinion respect David J. thigh, former deputy state The letter to the county board is Hoover dam Woik site the at the of who has served less than as " follows: treasurer, T.T-- I ill be under way early in 1931, December 18, 1930, two years in the state penitentiary I 'PT cording to present plans. This is the I for embezzling $101,541.14 from the week for January .1 and 2.. On of I answer of the bureau of reclamation County Cmmwsioner state treasury, has enlisted the aid he most important changes in the I to President Hoover's appeal for the " c HP voun' of more than 1000 citizens of the in work plans from last year's arrangement? speeding up of construction (tote in seeking his release, state s that of allowing the use of private order to l,rvide relief for uncmploy- prise n officials saij Wednesday. n ntrucllon. automobiles in the canyon during the i 1ughs application for termination lbe jjouutr Canyon project has Wen of his sentence was formally filed dog race and the ski jumping eon-- advanced about six months. In the with the state board of a theview short time ago. His casepardons thhSvienSei'reidinglHaet,1. off.ice, lhe engineering force- propCViy Vn 0 made be will Citywith u putting in long hours on preparu- of establishing a more equitable taxa- - heard at the tendance regular hoard session at lion of the and specifications tion system, the prison Saturday. u. L Becker has been selected as I for the dam, plans appur H is the consensus of opinion of II- , rVT - power plant, and on. general Although prison officials rrfured to can the nt Iloard that lhia nuaure divulge sm with the list of 1000 names signed the at ,B necessary and vital to the request KUined ,e,th Vfih,nK to F R Alton will a which will tie presented petition lo' 1)nverl' or that your Honorable Body provide to the board of of pardons Saturday ask-- 1 the to month get SerA sufficient funds in the 1931 budget abut1on,! embezzler's chflir' the for ing release, it is of the pro- understood h'r,nt,,ig work done, and therefore thfor man of the nnance committee. the names are of many availbe will I discussed. Jperty as of Ogden City printed specifications f Prominent business men, From eight to twelve famous dog able for distribution early in January, wili find it pos-- 1 that you Trusting teams will compete in the 24 mile dog h 931, and bids can be opened in to meet our requests in this c,al Political and ecclesiastical lead- race. Ski professionals of nations! I era. IUary. With no delays in this pro ra.ing will contest in the thrillins II grani the successful contractor should It is also expected a number of persons will make a personal appearance ai Decker Hill. iK on the ground installing his camp trTiV'0 before the board Saturday on behalf nnL?v.irn5,ard JT,111 Pe1",9 and equipment and preparing for 1 of lbigh'! application for termination. tunnel on the diversion work ,. t Ap" l ing the preparation of up,ntnj: starting Prison officials also predict that ' at the ski hill. He states that the bill greater pressude will he brought upon The estimated cost of the dam, will be in such fine shape that .the in hehulf of Pugh Saturday the lioard ntl works, appurtenant iumpeis wiil set new records in h I Pwer Pant in than any case in the history of the according to the Sihert board report January event. state. I !H $108,800,000, of which $70,600,000 . . The list of committees as approved and appurtenant works and Many of those whose names are on tO dpOHSOT by the chamber of commerce follows: LeglOll $38,200,000 for the power nlant. This I I'ugha petition are now in Europe, it AH1AS llirKCy SllOOl was learned. Others are said to be amount includes labor and materials in Washington and in other parts of ,'urnished by the contractor and ma. t. the country. terials to be furnished by the govern-- 1 The Christmas turkey shoot, Certain womens organizations are The items covered by this esti-- 1 sored by the Herman Baker 1ost num will American of works diversion the the nine Legion her dam, reported to be among the petitioners. .. nte ... the of When the shortage in the state bMement in be the held Legion a"d Aih1"""!" spillways, cofferdams), JsmesA. Howell, transportation; I funds was discovered, Pugh confessed Warden nuhliritv and seeretarv- - IE J I outlet .works, power plant, construe-- 1 I Chateau, Sunday, Decmbr 21 meet I embezzlement, December similar a from public of tion and reservoir railroad Judging 28, '1928. right D Fieldstea general secretary and the construction railroad is be--1 held a month ago preceding Thanks-- 1 ue waa immediately cherged with em way; Walter e! Whalen nhysician I I there will be some tren-- 1 bezzlemcnt in four separate Omlen mambeni nf tb vaneral n handled by separate contracts. All I giving day, I uous cement competition for the Jetive birds, plaints and was "railroaded" through ara- - Alhart F Raekar it principal materials, such as n ,n will b. furni.hcd b, I1 SJTfiThoTwlI taSl? Ie han ,n I after tho " ?c"ock M. A. Browning, Ora Bundy, E. W. government. U?" af4 m I I wai i discovered. In initiating work on the Hoover I tt, eontinulng Cannady, John Edward Carver, R. W. nd opcn to the public. 00 Grocker, Chapin A. Day, JamesH.De. dam and power plant, the most timSSilHth? Kjf08 ofJ2 him to serve from on each of the four embezzlement, making a . of from four to twen- Frank Francis, AI Ilestmark, J. F.ljob itself, the cement mills, steel I years. ty Gimlin, Jr., George S. Glen, D. J. companies, and manufacturers of pipe, K3Q10 1 rOgTBin 10T An equal number of petitioners alGrecnwell, A. L. Glassmann, S. V. I gates, valves, and electrical and hy Be Will so are seeking the release of David Children Grow, F. F. Gunn, C. C. Hammond, draulic equipment will see renewed Jensen, Ogden attorney, who is servM. E. Hanson, R. H. Hinckley, Reed I activity in their factories, and can Given December 22 ing a term for embezzlement of a porW. Warnick, Earl J. Glade, J. W. Hys-- 1 give work to hundreds of men now tion estate of a client, prison of the W. F. P Karl Father lop, Hopkins, seeking employment. broadcast arranged espe- - officials said. Jensens application radio corThe Merritt, Chapman, Scott JANUARY -- u. THOUSANDS JOIN For City Revaluation HOOVER DAM IS commissions aim of furnishing jobs for unemployed would be fulfilled. All present acquiesced in the commissions request, whereupon City Recorder J. equipment is located. It was sugC. Littlefield proceeded to open the gested that the eauinment be instsll-- d bids, which were as follows: .in the Twentv-fift- h street station. Chirstensen, Jacob, This proposal did not meet with favor with the county board stating that Schedule No. 1 hey preferred, in case they entered Days into an agreement, to install the Con. Co...l20 $47,722.50 Wheelwright equipment at the North Washington Chirstensen, Jacobs avenue firehouse. Mayor Bundy Btat 130 and Gardener 47,733 50 eri that that feature would be agree, MuUrns and Wheeler ..140 50,962.70 able to the city, as they could transWilliam Doyle 120 49,719.00 fer the enuinment in the Washington Schedule No. 2 avenue station to the Twenty-fift- h street station. He further offered to Days have a city chemical wagon from the Con. Co...l20 $45,143.30 Wheelwright Central station make the pin to each Christensen Jacobs 130 '48,578.50 'ire, in addition to that of the pro and Gardener wnllins and Wheeler ..140 49,377.70 oosd county equipment. The citys pronosal did not meet William Doyle 120 47,812.00 Vn?on Con. Co. 110 47,411.00 with annroval of the county board so the citvs offer is being held open Srhdule No. 1 contemplated the until the budget is ready for passage, of precast pipe for the sewer and at, which time the citv will be comNo. "..l'duTe was based on monoto make the decision if th pelled id his construction. county will not accept the municipal At the afternoon session of the itys offer. 'ommission, City Engineer John C. Drown recommended awarding the ontrect to the Wheelwright company Wins Two IV he monolithic construction for Ogden Games in Week low bid for that type of construe-iUwhich was also the lowest bid Davis County Team submitted, for the sum of $45,143.30. The construction company was Dick Kapples Ogden Tiger basketfollowing the award, to work not later than January 5. ball team took Davis into camp again Inasmuch as the work will entail Wednesday by a score of 43 to 40 at un Twenty-fourt-h Last Friday the Tigers street, the com--ri- Kaysville. decided to wait until the hol-- y swamped Davis 63 to 36. The Tigers traffic rush is over before be-- were held to a more even score on he Davis floor. 'r.ing the work. The Wheelwright company informKinner and Tomlinson for Ogden 'd 'he commission that they would rduct the job in such a way as to Provide as much employment as possible, and that they would give preference to those with dependents when hiring laborers. In addition, they al Joseph Scowcroft, Ray L. 01son, further offered to rotate the jobs as G..T. F. P. George D. Shupe, C. C. Rasmussen, $13.-00- lSt EARLY WORK ON le XiumbJr8!;? ,r . 1 n ! the council. chan-finin- Auxiliary Is First Organization to Make Contribution ave-bas- is Z A ffi SKT&BUE sc - Better; Hurry! It Is Too Late to Shop Early So Shop Now rrrrrrrrr Og- of |