Show A STRANGERS VIEWS he believes ogden has a bright future always at this season of the year ogden Is visited by a great number of tourists and home seekers more of the latter since the crowd oe pitas seekers are usually back in their eastern homes by the middle of september but since this Is an important railroad center many travelers arc compelled to change trains here and consequently usually spend a few hours here before continuing their journey they all havo to say of the city of its beauty its history ltd future possibilities and its desirable location tor investors and ars an eastern mans farat impressions of ogdan were told to a standard reporter as follows 1 I am very favorably impressed with your city and surprised that I 1 like it so well tor wo easterners have not bet had the idea eradicated from our minds that ogdan as well as nearly every other western city is still a frontier town with robbers unruly cowboys and having many objectionable features but I 1 am glad to note that such Is not tho CASC and that after all ogden Is not materially different from many of our eastern cities of the same size I find here no clement of the lawless but on the contrary your people seem to be peaceable and law abiding they are I 1 believe more hospitable horpi table as a rule than eastern or northern people they are booro obliging and ready to do a stranger a favor or to assist one in quest of information or in need of material aid than the people are anywhere in the united states the far south possibly excepted the gentleman continuing said As to the future possibilities of ogden I 1 think its citizens should be encouraged and gratified at the prospects abero seems to be no reason why it should not be the metropolis of the state it is fortunately situated from n geographical stand point being the gateway to the great northwest and in tact a vast stretch of country north east and west this country Is yet practically undeveloped and when it is inhabited by a progressive people from abo eastern slates that aro fast taking homes in tho great northwest it will bo seen that he mountains and plains aro productive of riches never dreamed of by pioneer settlers some easy and practicable method of irrigation will be devised and all tho desert lands reclaimed the rich farming and vegetable lands adjacent to your city are indicative of the thrift of sour people and the fine showing that has been made in this direction in the vicinity of ogden shows that he desert can be made to blossom as the rose the city has advantages of climate and good water two great things that aro lacking in so many eastern and northern cities what would cold and windy chicago give for a few of your bright sunshiny days in her raw autumns and bleak Beside i the lover of nature can here have his love for the aesthetic led the coming of proposed railroads and the acquisition of other new industrial du enterprises will be of great benella to ogden and her population will double within a tow years |