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Show OGDEN'S FINE CLIMATE. Editor Standard: As the old year vanishes and the new year Is ushered in by the blowing of steam whistles, many of us will reflect on the happenings hap-penings in our past life and endeavor to plan for the future. Resolutions are made, Borae to be realized, many to be obliterated by subsequent actions. ac-tions. Likewise the merchant, the manufacturer, manu-facturer, the banker, the farmer and any other good citizen of Ogden and Its neighborhood is thinking of prospects pros-pects for the coming year. Each of them Is eager to realize their ambitions ambi-tions and by so doing will aid in the material growth of our city. No one will dispute the fact that as far as nature Is concerned, thlB city and Its surroundings have been exceptionally ex-ceptionally favored. Situated In a broad and fertile valley, enjoying communication with the world through deep and beautiful canyons and blessed with an ideal climate, this city may well lay claim to be a queen of the west. The climate of this vicinity Is one of our main assets. During the winter wint-er months snow is stored up in. our mountain recesses, there awaiting the warm and balmy days of the coming summer. The occasional stiff breeze fills every crack and crovass with snow, the alternate thaw and frost turns the loose snow to a solid pack of Ice, and all nature seems at work to save and store up for the coming season, this necessary substance, water, which will produce our crops. furnish electric power for our industries indus-tries and clothe this beautiful valley of ours with the charming dress of vegetation. During the spring months, when the germinating seed, the budding fruit tree and the fields of alfalfa need moisture more than any other time, the rains of April and May furnish this desired Clement and give a vigorous start to plant life. Soon the warm rays of the sun on a cloudless cloud-less sky force vegetation to an early maturity, thereby insuring profitable ales of fruits and vegetables. Water is supplied by our irrigation systems and the danger of loss by drought is well nigh vanished. When summer is at end the farmer Is almost assured of favorable weather weath-er for the harvesting of his crop and tht marketing of his products. During Dur-ing all this time the city man has enjoyed the beautiful days and cool nighU that this climate affords. He has watched how the water stored in the mountains during the winter months and brought down to his lawn, has made the grass and flowers grow, thereby adorning his home and spreading happiness and contentment to his family and Belf. He has noticed the. verdure on the j mountains and in the canyons and ravines change from a light to a dark green, then turn to a golden yellow and deep red. and. before he Is nware of it, he begins to love this home in the mountains, where opportunity-knocks opportunity-knocks at the door and where the fut ure is so brlnght. This will make him one of the army of many thinking think-ing of the future of Ogden and working work-ing to the betterment and prosperity of our city. He will be thinking of v hat Ogden will do In 1914 and will be eager to assist in its material growth. Let us all help to make the new vear a prosperous one for Ogden. (Signed) A VAN DE GRAAFF, Co-operative Observer U S. Weather Bureau, Ogden. |