Show THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINE- Typesetting Changes in R APRIL 25 1948 SUNDAY MORNING Greatest of Repair Jobs In History Due on Roads As manpower expanded and By Richard Fiake vrw vdrk Anril 24 ( AP)— terials grew less short in the I LIVING ROOM OUTFIT 00 ago But most asphalt is derived from petroleum by the nation's oil refineries Bernard E Gray who heads the asphalt institute says "the product that uses the roads builds them — petroleum paves the highways over which its gasoline and oil are used" Gray's organization represents many of the leading petroleum producers Water Causes Troubile Gray says water causes more highway trouble than heavy traffic Snow plowed to the sides of the road melts and creeps the surface causing upheavals just as frost gets into the cracks and forms big blisters The heavy traffic Gray said is not the trouble maker it once was The balloon tire he said has eased the wear and tear on the highways considerably since wagon the the day of truck and the hard-tire- d Gray said the highway engineer often is unfairly blamed for bumps and bubbles in the roadways after a tough winter The public wants good roads be-ne- th 'For All Your Insurance Needs' BUCKNER INSURANCE COUNSELORS iron-wheel- ed 112 Kiesel Building Dial 5936 "HOSPITAL CLEAN" Yes All Your Clothes Axe Free From MILDEW ODORS GERMS Choose aeou comStandard-ExaminDexter B Ellis shown here at the keyboardn of a typesetting machine in The and 'VP stick hand the with device h'chhAnw'r this be room may contrasting posing used by Fred M Nye needed to do the same job in 1898 He set up the first advertisement Nye clothing store opened 50 years ago er near-huma- Printer Who 'Hand Pegged' First Ad Is Still on Job Half a century of uninterrupted nnratinn is a handsome record at-in the clothing business a fact tested by the 50th anniversary of the Fred M Nye company So too is a record of more than — a 50 years at the printing trade mark claimed by Dexter B- - Ellis 2341 Madison f The Ogden er Standard-Ex- aminer And the interesting parallel is enhanced by the fact that when Fred M Nye inserted his first clothing advertisement in the Ogden Standard 50 years ago in 1898 Dex Ellis was the printer who set it in type Ellis already had four years of newspaper affiliation behind him them In 1894 as a mere youngster he took on the job of cleaning and filling the coal oil lamps which bathed the Standard composing room in something less than a blaze of light in those days The plant had no electricity in 1894 (Presses were run by water power) Besides filling lamps young Ellis carried route" taking Standards the "town around to from Twentv-fourt- h and down to the sta Twenty-fift- h tion Learned Linotype Late in 1898 Ellis was sent back to the Mergenthaler factory to learn linotypes throughout as a machinist Since then he probably has tripped as many keys and cast as many lines as any operator in the west for the ensuing years have been spent with scarcely an interof first the ruption in the plants Ogden Standard and later the con- The motorist becomes irritated when he jolts over a bumpy high- ' way But Gray says with taxes and road conditions what they are and with costs high the road engineer has to spread his funds Some Lack Equipment Recently he said contractors failed to bid on "quite a number of contracts" Some couldn't take the work because they lacked equipment due to steel shortagesbeSome he added declined cause of high costs SEE THE TROY AD? Look on Page IOC TROY LAUNDRY 2538 Call 5501 Wall He solidated Standard-Examinox cnayei was secretary-treasure- r 236 of the International Typograph ical union for seven years and has held virtually every union office Fifty years ago in Ogden? Ellis recalls that about that time he set out to while away a quiet Sunday afternoon 50 cents jingling in his to pocket He rode the electric car Hot Springs whiled away the time bought a sandwich and came home He still had a quarter left Also in 1898 there was no parking problem in Ogden The automo- a bile hadn't arrived Probably third of the men and women who disbusiness were employed in the trict traveled to and from work on bicycles Nearly everybody went home for lunch (they called it dinner) in those days It was quite a walking their sight to see the folk and Twenty-fbikes up Twenty-fourt- h ifth street hills No Paving: didn't boulevard Washington have a square inch of pavement on it Mud was the rule in winter and dust in summer An owner of a team of horses received S3 a day for piloting a sprinkling wagon back and forth between Twenty-secon- d and Twenty-nint- h settling the dust The Edison phonograph of wax cylinder records and ear tubes had appeared The hit parade included "Bird in a Gilded Cage" "A Hot Time in the Old Town" "Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie" and "The Good Old Summer Time" Ypung men were getting their names in the paper for volunteerfor service in the army as ing clouds of war with Spain were gathering A horse and buggy ride into Ogden canyon or to Utah Hot Springs was favorite Sunday and holiday recreation Men wore hard collars so high they tucked handkerchiefs under their chins for comfort Kerosene Wagons The more progressive business establishments boasted of their electric lights also a few resi dences but most homes 50 years ago depended upon the kerosene lamp Tank wagons made regular calls to fill the kerosene tins The coal oil men had far more customers than the ice man or even the milk man For the family cow was a numerous critter in the town Such was the community when Fred M Nye newly out of college opened his store and modestly beOne of his first gan to advertise i PAINT SPECIALS - OLD COLONY na mo Lac for WALLPAPER DEALS1 1948 WALLPAPER IN STOCK Days a Wee from a m t© 6 p m Value of complete Next regular meeting of Merrill post No 9 American Legion promises to be of real in terest to all members of the post as a proposition to build a new Legion home will be proposed and discussed according to A E Wil- post fong adjutant Baker-Merri- ll is incorporated at present and all members have an interest in the building fund now on hand The present plan is to secure a building site and construct a new building which will provide a club deluxe bowling alleys shooting gallery and other features for the enjoyment of its members Wilfong said Another feature which will be taken up at the meeting is a plan for increasing membersnip Mem berships are gaining at a fair rate but owing to deadline being set by national headquarters it is neces sary to increase membership to reach the prescribed quota As this is the regular initiation night a large class of new members will be initiated followed by a dutch lunch All mom horc rf come out and r 4Vto rtrtc4 arfl :r Saturday Afternoons -- WATCH FOR TIMELY Week STUDIO Wilfong Collision Injures Clearfield Man r loy or Girl Appif or i Fi-:- I ': 327 24th Street ensemble 6-pi- 169 COUCH Pitces Selected Tapestry Covers S9 This Sot Regularly Priced Good H29 Buy Matching Night Stand Only $1150 Bleached or dark walnut waterfall design Set includes full size bed chest and drop center or flat top style vanity with large circular plate mirror and vanity bench $ SPECIAL THIS WEEK 98 a 9 ALL 4: PIECES announcements read: "Clothing High grade goods newest patterns stylish make for men boys and children Fred M Nye Square deal ing clothier The ad must have sold Ellis He bought a suit from Nye shortly after U S civil service commission Saturday announced an examina tion for filling physical therapist positions at salaries ranging from $2644 to $5905 a year The posi tions are located in U S public health service the childrens bu reau St Elizabeth's hospital and other federal agencies (except the veterans administration) in Washington D C: and in public health service and marine hospitals throughout the United states Fur ther information and application forms mav be secured from the commission's local secretary Clar ence D Gabardi in the Ogden post- office Home Service Advisor HIGH CHAIR all hardwood with ad justable tray easily converted into play table Children love them $1995 ALL HARDWOOD HIGH ( hairs with adjustable foot rest and tray Panel back is gaily decorated with a nursery figure with a comfort- - 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