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Show ; KiLiufin of j TWO BIG OGDEN COMPANIES i The flrsl information concerning one of the most Important business transactions of the ymr developed yesterday vhen the filing of amend ed articles of Incorporation of the I I tah (onstrurtion company brought out the fact that this company has purchased the entire stock of the ! Vineyard Land & Livestock company, j also a Utah corporation, and compo? ed largely of prominent Ogden capl ! talists htlo rho purchase has not been made public the amount Invoh ed is said to have been more than $1,000,000. The amended articles of the Utah Construct inn company increase the capitalization of that corporation from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000. also making it possible for the company to own real estate, mineral claims and quar rles as well as cam on a general Ihestoek and farming enterprise. The transaction which merges the largest railroad construction company In thai west and one of the largest land and livestock corporations was consummated consumma-ted several days ago. according to E. 0 Wattls. a director of the Utah Construction Con-struction company. While the Vineyard Land Livestock Live-stock company Is a Utah corporation, with Ogden capitalists at Its head, the company's Interests are almost eu-tireh eu-tireh located In Nevada. The com pany owns or controls 200,000 acres of land, said to be the largest ranch in the entire west The present officers of-ficers of the company are Adam Patterson, Pat-terson, president. Joseph Scowcroft, vice president. H H Rolapp. secretary, secre-tary, and YV. H. Wattls, treasurer The latter is also president and general mnnager of the Utah Construction company E. O. Wattis says the acquiring of the extensive properties of the Vine yard company gives increased sub stantial backing to the stock of the construction company He declared that the entire business of the lan and Ihestock company would be taken over immediately by the construction companj and managed by the officers and directors of the latter corporation The present officers of the Utah Construction company are William H. Wattls. president and general manager. man-ager. M. S Browning, vice president; H H. Rolapp, secretary, and A. H Chrlstensen, treasurer President Wattls is at present absent from Os-den Os-den on a business trip to Vale, Ore. The Vineyard Land & Livestock company is one of the many enterprises enter-prises which owes much credit for ItB success to the business ability of the late David Errles. who was Its pres ident and principal stockholder up to the time of his death oo |