Show I Tf ANK FRANCIS Less Les Le a than th two to weeks and we e v be b celebrating cl the birthday of oC ol Abraham Lincoln No 0 rn In history otters offers more ag ment to those who iho ho ha base hav e struggled and failed than this rall splitter Some Eom one on ha has gathered In one article the tho th failures allures of ot Lincoln As Asa Asa Aa I ISome a young man he h was poor He le Iov and was wae wa disappointed Ie H I 4 a to o office and was defeated d He entered business and failed tailed He married and regretted Again he politics politic and wa was rejected H tHe I He asked for a federal appoint appoint- appointment ment and was as stul He Heas I as as a candidate for the th enate enat and defeated In 1866 1856 he h was wa a I e candidate and met a rebuff In 1858 HE he h was defeated by Douglas Lincoln was waB w lampooned by hi his enemies and represented by Froude Froud as s coarse and vulgar He lie died and then the th world red upon his memory endless praise No man roan who ever occupied high position ad so great greal an appeal to the th finer of ot mankind Anyone Any one on who reads Lincoln III find a Interest human-Interest story tory that should hould bid him hint to t rise ris abo aboe e tho th obstacles confronting him and goon goon go on Literary Digest Is sending out a million votes a a day to the tho people of ot A America merIca requesting an n of ot sentiment on the th Mel Mel- lon Ion tax plan now no before 14 million citizens n are arll r to tio bo reached In an effort to get public opinion on a most Important ques que- qua qua- question tion tien of ot national policy Our cities should hould try something similar as a referendum on oa muni munt- municIpal municipal cipal affairs affair When public policies are re being discussed d and our corn com corn ml iloner are about to act on mat rust matters lers of ot unusual Importance the might b be consulted con by a straw vot ote That would be b a broader and a better method than conferring with a small group croup A railroad ma sas says ai 3 alit be expend expend Nl l In hl and around Ogden this sear ear by one on company That is IB I a sum Bum um large larg enough In It- It it fit It-fit self eH to malie e eser even er optimIstic optimIstic optimistic If It ou h hase hav e been reading this column regularly by thu this Urn you yoube youba be ba II discovered that Ogden de de- de depends d pend on no ono one on Industry Tho rho Th vm Ill a iii be b a big boost boot but there are arc foundations being laid which will wilt bring many times that eurn um to Ogden Orden Dairymen Dairyman Dalrym n alone can bring 3 3 a year to Ogden Oden ahen hen they thy have hav developed Ih the possibilities of at the The rho most pleating pleasing thing la is that so ao E r much has haB ha ba boon left undone In this region the th doing of ot which a will iii give Islon to an untold number of ot men and women in search earch arch of opportunities opportunities ties It If Utah were wr built to the limit of o Its It resources r the th outlook would be b I lees IMS Inviting than It I is today with al- al almost almost al almost most untouched Not long lo t ago an start start- started ed ad a foundry whore here parts of stoves Wore Were made mad Gradually the th factory hll haa Increased until stoves are oro ar boo booIng be being ing trig turned out There Ther are ar one onehundred hundred of that kind which ha hao h v 0 received little tittle or no at- at attention attention at In the tb west wo We w lean too much on the th east cast Provo Prove sometime soon will be celebrating Ung the th tion compi-tion ot of the blast furnace turnac I Is to produce pIg Iron from Uth's Utah Iron ores oes That should hould be b the signal to start stove tov factories nail plants bolt and other fabricating works work the th raw rw material for tor which Is Iron laIron Th Tb The letter carriers carrier postal clerks and railway mall mail employ are ar ask ask- ask ing asking for tor better b pay They Thy are ar In the ch II service and are ar expected toure to ur e erv the th government to the full limit of ot their ability in genc gence and nd loyalty They are and must mut be b a reliable careful body of ot worker Their lit prospects are bounded by the treatment they re- re re from the tho th government Non bone ot of them can get g t far beyond the realms of few faw t w of them can expect to become opulent But they th y s should be b paid enough to provIde children homes home and rear their chil- chil chil dren In com comfort tort Recent Recently ther there thera h boen been Introduced In congress OneS OaI two bills kill bill to t increase their pay ay One S Is senate enato nat bill IMI 1898 and the th other house resolution r The Th two measures should ho bo b endorsed bY byth bYthe the th peOle p pl ot of Ogden It Is pro pro- pro posed pro v ta to t give clerks clerk and carriers 1800 1500 l l 0 and rada a-rada grad them to m In point ot of nice at 2000 2000 and 2400 a year yar There Is an old age ae pension In operation but kut 2 pe per cent of ot the th are ar retained for lor this pur pur- pur poe e pure After Atter a clerk citric has ha worked 16 15 years be li may be b retired d for or phai h cal l-cal cal disability at half halt his pension figure At the th age ag ot of 66 S the th work work- work work-I o Pap Fag r TWO TKo T 4 44 4 F NEWS AND VIEWS AND VIEWS I C Continued from rage race One ODe ers ere are Me automatically retired wIth 60 60 a month There are aro 96 emplOyee on the tho payroll of o th the Ogden Ogdon of whom 27 are regular carriers and s-nd three substitutes The Tho service cervice to tobo tobe tobo bo be equal to the demands demand ms-dc ms on tb the mall mail men should have five more men n menThe menThe The gro growth groth th of o Ogden Ocd n I Is ii Indicated In the changes In this service loe hIs ok In 1010 there were ere only 16 15 car car- car carriers ncr Then the postal pontal revenue othet than money Orders order was Will 86 The total lot l for tor 1323 1123 step w as 22 BH The Tho total payroll of or the Ogden mc office la Is 1 flom US 18 to a month tor for clerks carriers and nd cup CUs- cus custodians toOls toOls-ne The rue In Ogden li la a 8 big Jn Institution The Tho mon men and women who arc ero attached I ched atis-ched to that dell depart depart- mont art art- artmont mont Of or the tho federal government In Ogden arc aN of ot a high class In tour cour courteous trE of the public publio antI and general They ar Bra are en- en entitled en entitled n- n titled to the tho Rood good will III of Ogden den and better bettor still till they should be backed per cent In their thell ye- ye re lt for Increases In pay Y Lest Lent year Ulah h produced In met metals ale als At the Inc Inception pilon or this thia production th there ro wag sync pros pros- prospecting prospecting prospecting Down In Juab county and up In Summit the venturesome with lIh pick and drill led the tho way for tor Utah s B present wealth of minerals poured Into the tha th lap p of ot itt itt- In Up In T Taylor canyon the same ome typo type of ot man tho the prospector is 11 digging He lIe Ia 19 seeking gold and as ashe ashe ashe he hits the head of a drill s with Rh Ith all 1111 his hie Ite he h tries Ira to pe peer r Into the 1110 earth orth Bath day dy he hammerS hammerSand and digs and ond at t night when lie he I feels foell tho the need ot of rest reet ha ho on what I Is ahead Ho to Is kept hept en- en en d and he ho la is buoyed up by bythe bythe bythe the hope that somo some do da day he ho will strike It II rich I Hope Hops I Is the Impelling forte force ot of otI I the minor miner who with burro uncovered ored ered the hidden wealth ot of Utah hope Is the battery which supplies lit the energy that stArt starts the great grent me machinery ot of o our lives whether webe we webe be bo miner minor or poet laborer or capi capi- capi capitalist list Is-list |