Show North of Ogden River In hi Days s of Saloon and asid Horse Was has Pla Place e oi o Real eal Activity FIVE WENTY-FIVE TY years ears ago ngo when TWENTY FIVE TWE T horses walked trotted and pranced up and down Ogden's streets street and automobiles were mere horseless carriage nuisances eight policemen kept peace peace and quiet within Ogden Sitting Silting In the police pollee station of or- office orrice fice rice Robert Burk captain of or de do- detectives related to to toR a R. Standard Standard- Examiner reporter Incidents of those bygone days darB Burk rode a horse at nt that time patrolling streets from Crom the Ogden river rl t s to ve Points Thep w hc re two saloons at nt Syl Syl- Sylvan Sylvan Sylvan van located l k at the bridge and Wahl i avenue a one sa sa- saloon saloon sa- sa saloon loon at park now Lorin Lo ln Farr p 1 nd three saloons at Five Points Keeping peace and quiet in n that area was no small i Job Aside from taking rowdy drink drink- drinkers I ers rs to the tho police station he be had I plenty of work in catching speed speed- speeders ers As A many as ns 17 1 men were lodged In the city Jail pt at one onetime onetime onetime time for Cor driving their horses too fast Cast Drivers ers Drivers were held to the minImum min min- minimum minImum speed while in the business district he recalled but they the sometimes felt Celt It a privilege lIEge to drive rl fast In the northern rn part of or town And some of at them could drive fast c st I remember chasing a fellow ow on horseback down Twelfth street one afternoon at He lie raced reckless reckless- recklessly ly b along the dusty dust roadway lin tin lined lined tined ed with telephone poles In the middle OC of the tho street and appeared to have ha been drinking He lIc was wasa a Marriott farmer His Ills horse was good and fast but had been running for some distance I edged edgell up on him as the animal became winded and grabbed the reins of or the bridle bridIe gradually gradual stopping The riding farmer suddenly slipped the bridle over o hU hid hl horses horse's head and gave It the spurs Another chose chase ensued Did the court think It a more serious offense to drive fast ast while under tho influence of oC liquor the writer asked Yes Men en driving fast rast horses while Intoxicated luto were a serious menace to the safety of oC pedestrian ana ans an Booze and anel reins didn't mix These reminiscences led 11 Captain Burk to tellof tell of the difficulty the first automobile owners had In complying with the existing existing- traC- traC traffic lie fic laws Six Sla miles an hour over o Intersections was the maximum speed permitted The first cars had difficulty In going as slow as six miles an hour even though they couldn't travel very fast tast Of Of- frequently had to assist li In pushing thom them from the crossroads crossroad as LIs l killed the engine meandered about the tho streets was wao tho the duty dut of or of of- officers tir t dispatch them to the tho pond Fee Itee f ee of oC for i n a cows cow's night lodging I nt qt the tho pom pond was customarily paid the tho keeper Police Police- were ere also with the tho duty du of oC notifying L residents to trim trees which grew too close to the tho sidewalks Eight feet fee above e walks was the the lowest lowest poInt branches were permitted d to drop Burk had h d even elut duty Kids who Insisted on bw Imming 3 In Inthe Inthe inthe the nude near Sylvan and Glen Glen- GlenwoOd wood woOd parks paris wore were w re chased from tram their swimming holes by the tho of- of fleer as he rode down the stream bottom But nut of or all these duties that t of keeping a n. peaceful eye ere on rowdy verbose drunkards was the tho most exacting exa The Tho department had a horse onS patrol wagon w gon 25 years years' ago o and at a a. little later date d late t it was enlarged and drawn by two horses Little steps led Ie up the tho back drunkards were herd herd- herded herded herded ed fn m and an nn officer follow td them In hand standing with body and hands across the exit Five dollars or five fire days das was the usual sentence given the drinkers Burk DurIe completed complete his twenty- twenty sixth year ear of oC service ser In police pollee work last month During his first years he worked from two o'clock In Jn the afternoon until two o'clock In the tho morning 12 long hours It was later reduced to 10 hours hour Eight shifts shirts were Inaugurated ed when William Glasmann was mayor There are 40 90 policemen employed ed by the th city today But Burls Burl today spends 13 and 14 19 hours on 1 duty Coming to the station at nine o'clock In the morning lOoming he ho generally leaves at 11 o'clock oclo l. l at night Hundreds of or men have ha sat in inan Inan Inan an old arm chair facing his swing- swing swingIng swingIng swinging Ing but broken chair In the police office They have faced his pierc- pierc piercIng Ing InS eyes e cs They have taken the most deriding cross examination Durk Burk can give and he is noted for or it It until they satisfied their questioner of or their actions Hun hun- Hundreds hundreds have confessed of at petty pett and serious crimes in an that same old arm chair |