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Show THE CITIZEN 12 TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES. Here are some interesting facts concerning the manufacture and distribution of the new summer edition Denver Telephone directories recently do livered to subscribers: Two thousand three hundred and fifty pounds of ink was required to print the books. Three carloads of paper weighing about 94,000 pounds or 47 tons was used. The type used for printing the books weighed approximately 5,600 pounds. If all of the labor were done by one man working eight hours per day, he would have to work 844 days or nearly three years to complete the work. Placing the Telephone directories 40 glllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I LIBERTY i r MOTOR OILS I BEST FOR YOUR AUTO If your dealer can not aenre yon, phone us Wasatch 2961. Office, Ness 437 Bid. 'lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlK A Few Unclaimed Suits AT The beautiful lakes, gardens and lawns at Lagoon are attracting greater crowds this year than ever before. Each day from now until the end of the season is the occasion of some special outing. EARLY OGDEN SETTLERS. In the fall of 1824, a company of trappers was camped on the Bear river about where Cache Junction now is. A dispute arose as to where the river emptied. To settle the bets which were made, Jim Bridger, a boy of eighteen, was sent down the stream. He reached the lake, tasted the water, and returned to camp with the report that the river flowed into a salt bay. One of the best known of the early adventurers was Peter Skeen Ogden, an explorer for the Hudson Bay company, who trapped beaver and traded with the Indians in this vicinity for several years, entering Great Salt Lake valley in 1826. A grassy meadow, near North Ogden, was a meeting place, where Indians raced their ponies and traded with the whites. This rendezvous was called Ogdens hole, and later the river, valley and city became known as Ogden river, Ogden valley and Ogden City. In 1833, Captain Bonneville made his way over the rim of the Great Basin with twenty wagons, carrying goods for the Indian trade. These were the first wagons to enter Utah. His diary came into the hands o fWashington Irving, who wrote the fascinating story of Captain Boneville. The great fresh water lake that once filled the valley has been named for this early adventurer. Captain John C. Fremont, was sent out by the United States government to explore the then unknown west. He came to the east side of Bear river bay in 1843, inflated his ruber boat and rowed out to the island ,at the south end of the promontory, which has been named Fremont island, in his honor. He wrote an excellent description of the lake and valley. About 1841, Miles Goodyear proposed to establish a more permanent trading post. This country was then a part of Mexico. Goodyear obtained from the Mexican government all the that they immediately land between the mountains and lake, which is now the western part of Weber county. A small settlement, or fort, was started near where the Sperry mills now stand. A few families came to the fort, bringing with them several head of stock. This stock became one of the most valuable possessions of the settlement. These early traders knew nothing of irrigation, and told the first Mormon immigrants who arrived here in 1847 that no crops could be raised here. It is said that Jim Bridger offered one hundred dollars for the first bushel' of corn to be grown in Ogden warpath. valley. Captain James Brown, of the Mormon battalion, came through with the first Mormon immigrants, went on to California, came back, and bought Weber county from Miles Goodyear for $3,000, using part of the $10,000 he and his battalion had received as pay for their services in the Mexican war. This transaction which occurred in January, 1848, included the cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and goats owned by the Goodyear colony. Instead of selling lands to the early Mormon settlers, Captain Brown generously gave it to them. Some of the land bought from Miles Goodyear, in the southwestern part of Ogden, is still owned by sons of the original Captain James Brown. Ogden was laid out in 1850, and legally incorporated in 1861. In 1852 it had a population of 1,332. The Indians were friendly enough at first. It was the fault of the whites that they became hostile. An Indian chief by the name of went into a cornfield across the street from the site of the Harrisville school house, and proceeded to pick an armful of green corn, when the owner of the field shot and killed the chief. This so enraged the Indians . Te-rik- ee Exceptional Prices went on the In 1869, the Union Pacific from the east and the Central Pacific from the west met at Ogden, which was the making of the town. jV.O'OUENIM I US "Tailors of Quality Clothes" 215 South Main BEXGTZEN CLAIMS INJUSTICE August Member Federal Reserve System 1, 1923. Editor The Citizen: I am writing you to secure justice because I recognize that The Citizen is the only independent paper of this city that is not afraid to speak. A morning paper published my name among a list of prospective candidates for city commissioners. This the paper did without authority from me. I went to the city editor of the paper and asked for a correction but up to the present time the paper has not seen fit to make such correction. For several years I have been busy checking up on the city commissioners and have found many irregular things in the performance of their duties. I have worked hard to have these things corrected and have succeeded in part. If I came out for commissioner it would appear that I was knocking the commissioners to provide myself a job. That is not so. I am not seeking a political job, nor am I seeking an office, but I am working day and night in tracing down apparent abuses of officials and in a few days will have sufficient proof to create a stir in the city commission. I am trying to correct some evils which exist among our city fathers, for the benefit of myself and other taxpayers of this community. I hope you will publish this because the story in a morning paper has done me a great injustice. Yours for success, CIIAS. J. 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