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Show MOVING PICTURES OF OGDEN CITY Eastern Company Offers to Advertise This Part of Utah in 1,000 Feet of Picture r'llms Views to be Taken of the Canyon and m the Farming Districts. . A special meeting of the directors ot the Ogden Publicity bureau will be called tomorrow for the purpose of considering the proposition ol having motion pictures taken of the city, Og-len Og-len canyon and the farming districts adjoining Ogden. A. J, Fairlnlrn. representing the Sowers Motion Picture service of Denver, called on Secretary O. J Stll-well Stll-well of the Ogden Publicit bureau, President H i. Rowe of the Weber club and Secretary I L Reynolds this morning and the proposition, as stated by the representative, was favorably fa-vorably received. Mr Falrbalrn will remain in Ogden over tomorrow and ii. ad the meeting of the directors. He has with him a sample film taken in Sherman, Texas, and this film will be projected on the curtain of one of the local picture houses tomorrow for the purpose of glTlng the directors an idea of what they can expect in the line of publicity. The opinion was expressed lhat If a local house could be secured, the admission money received from those who would attend the exhibition would probably cover the expense of having the pictures made, but, in any event. It le probable that the directors will agree to back the project. All who are acquainted with the proposition ogree that the film will furnish the! most -valuable publicity that Ogden can secure If the publicity bureau agree? to back the Idea, a reel of 1000 feet will be taken in the month of May when ibe foliage in the canyon assumes its! roost beautiful aspect. It is planned to have the pictures appeal to a variety of tastes. The scenic points of Interest will he given giv-en publicity by means of views taken In the canyon. A general idea of the city will be shown by means of picture? pic-ture? taken of the streets of the city and the moving picture machine will be taken to the farming and ore hard districts In the vicinity of the city. The Sowers company will arrange for the exhibition of the pictures In the section of the country that the : bureau desires and t Is the general i opinion Of the officers of the dub lhat tho most favorable fields for the 1 spreading of the publicity would be i Kansas, Nebraska and possiblv Missouri Mis-souri While the pictures will be 1 shown elsewhere, a campaign will be instituted to have the cities of those states in particular see the pictures , Mr. Fairbalrn assured Dr Rowe this morning that there is a great demand de-mand from exhibitors of motion picture pic-ture films for just such pictures as would bo taken He said that the picture, to a great extent, appeal to those fond of traveling as the scenes as shown upon tho screen appear as they would to one covering the same ground as the camera man. Ho pointed out the scope of the motion pictures and how they were being usod In many universities for Illustrating Illus-trating various subjects and that just such pictures are wanted throughout tho T'nltcd States." |