Show INTERESTING OGDEN FOLK j jrr rr rrt t WILLI The Th picket fences fence In Ogden dur dur- durIng dur- dur during ing tag the early days day camo came In very handy as ns a rack rock on which to sort ort letters letter when whon the tho pouch had slipped and pled pied the th bundle according to V Wt W H Johnson foreman of ot the mone order d ot the the- post th post post- postoffice office Mr Johnson Is I one on of the pioneer pioneer employee Ho H entered the th service February 1 I 1901 1001 as a SUb SUb-c sub was made mad a earlier canler Fob Feb February Feb February 1 I 1902 at which he lie Ie worked od until June Jun 10 80 1908 1 0 when he h be be- be became cam be-cam came a clerk He H was vas promoted to his present position on July I 1 1120 1920 Discussing Dl cus his Impressions Impression he e said The Th first thought that cones cornea to toone toone one on looking backward to the time I entered the postal service ervice Is the marked change since ames sine then and et how lowly 1110 Iy It has ha come COgle come about If It during that time lime the th Ogden postoffice post- post office ottic force had Increased In num- num numb numbe bpi num-bpi b be 1 cacti year 10 per cent over each el ach prior ear there thero ther would now be about 1 iO employee Instead of fifty th e The force at that time tim was aas v as ant ant- animated ani animated mated by about the tho th sonic amo desIres and urges that are felt noTo now noa To Tott get the th moIl mall stuck tuck up and rout rout- ed ad and to get ft out of the tho tb office was wathen then as now a prime prim requisite wasI Bill I Reed used to be b accused of doIng most of this work at homo home horn on the bed In order to show how loss time timo In Inthe inthe the office The picket plc fences came camIn In er ery handy as a a rack on v to tort ort letters wh when n a strap trap had slipped and pled pied a t bundle LI RECALLED There Ther Is only one on sun Ivor now I of oC the th horse hors routes which formerly covered the th greater portion of ot the city All of the th territory on the north aide aille lid of the th Ogden river ass waat at that time tim one on route It was waa served by John Lindstrom ono one on of Ogden s e best loved carrier carriers But then as now the th carrier was wasI w I tho the goat roaf when expected mall mail did not bot arrive as wo we w called him had a large per of n n lans i lans on his route rout and they of cOUr course e held their conversations with him In their native tongue I remember one on elderly lady that complained to the tho sub carrier carriero of the th receipt non of her h r n a Danish periodical The Tho Th painstakIng Ing sub carrier made an earnest when ho returned from hi his trip to locate Mr s a Danish po pa paper per I I I i 11 1 riLLS OFF 01 There Ther as wa one patron that had much trouble o er hat ha Ing letters he had mailed In the h letter box returned to him tor for lack Inck of postage Ho He H aluais al a s Insisted that ho had placed stamps on the tho let let- letters let letters tors that they th y must have hav fallen off oct One Ono day Lindstrom took a let let- letter let letter ter back to tho th man which had onI been properly stamped but on which the thc sender lender hid failed tailed to nel- nel address nd dress i and told him that the th ad- ad dress drs address dreM had hael probably fallen tallen oft off been ha In m time une great treat ad ad lance o hae been IceR made mad In the tho postal serIce sen aen Ice R ft F r D serico er the tho th parcel post the th postal saving savInI department the airplane mice were acre all un Un- Un thought un of their theft How to obtain competent mind mind readIng employee that can deliver mall mail promptly though It Is Incompletely Incompletely or Incorrectly addressed ted Is Isone isone Isone I one of the tho problems problem as a yet Un- Un Unsolved Unsolved un solved It used to he considered necessary to open Windows window for tor the delivery or mall but now tn On esen a II I afternoon oft off Is and nd gran ted Hr K E EW E r ld Stone Ston la aa was a carrier that not only knew on his hi route but called them by their first tint names and a carrier at that time was Vas con con- considered con d entirely human humn and even a friend of ot the th family But nowadays he is simply a mechanical doll ac- ac ac acquainted with aith tho location of the th Continued on op 1 J Aage v sc e Three I INTERESTING OGDEN Continued I From Page Pago One various mail mall boxes A smaller pro pro- proportion proportion pro proportion portion of ot mall mail remained ered ered th then n than now Bach Jach carrier looked through tho the mixes mix or un- un un addressed null mail every overy day and I must admit that some som ot of the th old old- time old time carriers beat best the th present city directory a when It came canle cam to knowing where people lived Anyone Whose who mall mail Fred Prad Keller couldn t deliver hadn t bees beel In Into to toan n very vry long The Th weekly San Francisco E- E Ex Examiner used to put out the tho th best I wrapped and addressed newspaper I I ever ver handled and the office ro- ro re received a tie sack full ull every Fri Fri- Frida Frida Fri Fri-dai da morning with the th bundles al- al already al already ready separated for each ach carrier Nearly every vry family at that time subscribed for tor cor from ono one on to three copies In order to gIve lv play to their gambling Instinct and stand standa a chance chanc In the annual drawing and distribution of ot merchandise Charles Meighan a was as postmaster tr ter then SI Sl and Orl Oil Core Corey were among those present and MarvIn used to drive the tho mall mail nag ng on on out of the th alley behind the th old fourth Twenty fourth street t faster than any automobile dares to hit the tho hIgh ay now Those Thos were Ivero gOlden olden days clays A car CIU- carnor car carrier nor rier could earn 8 tEO 50 per p r year It if lie ho did not ml miss a day but one could buy tar far more than with hIs present salary HAH HA HAT FACTORY F Besides beIng belne a mighty efficient man In the th o e Mr John John- Johnson Johnson ton John son ha has haft other claims for tor tame fame tarn He formerly conducted with Ith his father tather fathera a hat factory It has been many years year since sine the tho th Johnson hat tac- tac fac factory tory lory was operated on Twenty first Twenty street but there are aro ar many old old- timers old timer tImer who remember the th Ogden made mado hats hat Mr Johnson was as one on of tho th first two 0 or three thre men In Ogden to 0 oan oana ow n nII na II a talkIng machine ISis Ills wIth the th tube tubs tubes that fitted In the tho thear ears ot of th the listeners listener nas as wa a marvel to all who had opportunity of hear hear- hearIng hear Ing the th early arly records Mr Johnson Johnon a s ability along an- an another another an another other line nice wua s given national roe roe- recognItion rec a n few years yeara to go When he hewon hewon won a prize offered by a widely circulated maffa ln for tor plans for tor torII fora II amodel model cottage cottar |