Show SURPRISED BY OGDEN'S GROWTH Langsdorf of V Vancouver cr Herc After Absence of 10 IG Years Ogden has hu gone through a II mar mar- mar change In the past put 16 years yeara In the opinion ot of o J S S G 0 Langs dort doer dOIr cashier of ot the United States bank At Vancouver er an formerly cashier r of ot the Ogden Ogell StAte bank Mr r i 1 vI- vI vi here until Saturday The city hat has stepped forward rapidly since I left here he said The number of ot large manufacturing ing plants plant the hundreds ds of ot new homes and the enlarged business s district are lire some of ot the Indications ot of growth When I was an of ot the Ogden Stat State Stale bank the entire force consisted of ot five fire men Today 40 are on the payroll The east bench in lilO 1310 was WAI a cow pasture and I can recall mary many Instances when we found mush mush- mushrooms mushrooms mushrooms rooms on the lots now located on avenue Perhaps ps one o of the best meth meth- methods methods to determine l the growth o of any city Is it In the bank blink d po Today either the First Utah Na- Na National Na National a- a Hond bank or the Ogden Orden State bank boats boasts more deposits than all allot ot of the combined banks hanks of ot Ogden when I resided led here Weber county In my opinion Is Isone isone isone one of ot the richest in the state Since 1 I departed from Ogden the city has lost four fine tine citizens In the late te H II C Bigelow lOw Fred J KIesel Abbot R H Hey 1 and Matt Browning DrownIng Mr Ir Langsdorf will leave Ican next Saturday tor for Vancouver |