Show II III I INTERESTING if f OGDEN FOLK I f THOMAS A WHALEN Rabe Photo MOng l OliE than half hall century ago L Thomas A Whalen Wh len loff off a It aill in iii Ogden the call caily carly sprig spring air nr gaic gaso the city elty and its 2300 inhabitants the careful q once once 0 o er I an and decided Ogden I Mas t a the pUce place for hun him lie He got himself a Job on oil the i sold hold out his in in- in investments in iii Wisconsin in plant planted ed Id himself in and has been glad ci eHI er since that he did it many cars he has bas been Joen out ot of active e business with the tho means to live lie In any community he ho Se- Se de e desired sired but be ho still Insists as os he dId In March 1871 that there Is 18 no place where whre a Il man or woman can live IIvo longer than titan In Ogden an and 1 no place where here one can call enjoy the tho process of ot living longer longor Mr Whalen ns ae on a In Ohio 81 84 years ago ogo and nd moved mo nith Ith his folks foUts to Wisconsin whOre where he became a oad man Tille Tiis as In the days when big tallow candies still Welo used to illum ilIum- illuminate Inato tile the passenger coaches TRAIN MAX 1 IA Ho 10 was sas ns on ILD experienced II al nhen hon ho he came camo to Ogden In March 1871 and Immediately obtained a pollIon a a 01 freight conductor on thu tho C entra pacific running out ot of Ogden James Campbell was so- so u then Ihen and A Groll G U Ieli former Ogden mil mavor maor or was nag the tho dis T 1 0 Veil Dell later manager manger of ot the tho Consoli dated Consolidated agon agon and Machine com com- compan corn com pan wan as ono of ot Mr Whalen brakeman George W V Larkin the undertaker was nas a conductor at that time Iso also were nero about 2500 poisons pelson In Ogden then Lorin Farr Larr was maor he ho was maJor maor fo for 31 sears ars erving pay Y Where Wright store stands there was WILS a 11 tithing house bouso with n a tono stono wall wait around it Dl COMES OMIS I AM Ml Mi Whal n had Invested hIs hia t Isco prop prop-er In n prop prop- erv v and ho did the same with the tho saving from Irom hi his railroad salar ealar Along about 1886 1186 ho he left Ion Iho lite rail rail- railroad rail railroad 1 road rond and went estate and banking John M Dooley later ot Of Salt I ako HArry Hrry Sturtevant an anti S Mr Whalen II started a II bank ero the National now stand stands he Ate Ji na Atena was ae later connected for tor many years with the tho Commercial National J I lie Ie once bought the corner on the Heed hotel stanel stands for tor In a n few days ho had r It for 10 0 and the llio buyer In I turn sold It a few davs da s later laler for tor Tills This was Wn In the hectic period of ot Ogden career Wuen Ven Fred J 3 was vas elect elected ed od ma mn or on OR the tho Liberal ticket hr balen halen became an nn alderman At that bat time Ogden had Iad 10 coun coun- coun councilmen coun and five fly aldermen alder Abbot R It Heywood 1 was waa tho ho city ney Judge b S M itt under under- taker undertaker Duthe was nos the police Judge Dut 1301 he was wag out ot of town tl and nd nu Whale t waa u named acting police ju judge Mr Ir helen halen aas Aa s lie Jle did not kOoC a lIn line of t law aw dD cind ind 1 scores cOres Continued on P Pace ege e Three rec OGDEN FOLK Continued Continual l Prom From rom Pace Page One of ot cases were ore trl d boIto b bitor betor him Hm yet Tet none nono of ot ills hi decision ever wa was re- re re reversed versed f SENSE I never nevor studied the law Jaw book books ho ho he said 1 I merl merel n er l read ordinance canoe nance of r ci Statute listened to tho nod and exorcised exercised Go a little common en sense J I I Poi Vor or many years yeara Mr lIr Whalen n was Yo waI associated C with Archibald McP land and und C F 1 ai q the Weer theW county board of appraiser He lie wan wim ono one of the fIrst mom mem mom mom- I Ilie members momberg berg bers of the th Elks lodge in Ogden and ond was W-n a member of ot the th com corn committee which directed d the buildIng of tho tic present Elk Elks home on Grant avenue That committee I onI waa 8 made up tip of ot Mr Whalen Thos Thea W V Jones deceased and Md Judge Judg e J 2 A HowelL Mr and nd Mrs Thalen reside al a atile t I tile the atthe althe children Virginia They bay have hav two chil dren Dr W W E K Whalen and Mr Mrs W i-i i H H- Loo Lees Loos |