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Show OPPORTUNITY FOR ENDEAVORS HERE, J. W. ABBOTT ASSERTS Great Era of Development Now Upon All in Ogden, Says Well Known Business Man, Who Believes City Will Attain Supremacy in the West (By J F Kenny) Ogden certalnlv possesses a good ly share of broad-minded, big business busi-ness men who seem capable of. and accustomed to, handling affairs ot" Importance This fact has been brought home to me more and more as I have made my rounds. Thl6 is the thing that lias surprised me most about your western business men; they all have a broad, cheery, optl mlstie, helpful outlook, while in the eastern cities, you frequently find tho men at the executive head of larce enterprises to be unable to see beyond be-yond their own particular factory or business Mr J W Abbott T saw a day or two ago In hip offices at the George A Lowe, wholesale and retail hardware hard-ware establishment nnd I found him to be a large-bodied, large-minded, eoncenial gentleman with n pleasant outlook and seemingly delighted with Ogden's past growth and future prospects. pros-pects. "There is opportunity for every one who is a worker, nnd willing to work. In Ogden," Mr. Abbott told me. "The city has grown remarkably during the last four or five vears and is right now in the midst of an era of expansion that Is destined. In my opinion, to bring it to a position of commercial supremacy In the west. Our business has urown steadily for a number of years but we are reaching reach-ing out now, more and more, for new I territory and find that Ogden's trade domain Is almost unlimited. This seems to be the ease with many other lines of business and the new Indus tries that have lorated here in recent years and that are now planned or in process of building are all in ro-MKMise ro-MKMise to a growing demand and to a growing appreciation of the opportunities oppor-tunities which Ogden affords. Community Is Awake. "A great manv of us who have always al-ways hou faith in Ogden never fully appreciated the great extent of Its possibilities until the last few years when they have been brought home to us so forcibly We have always regarded Ogden us a 'good little cltv" that was certain to grow but It took many of us to awaken fully to an appreciation of just how 'good' It was and to realize the great scope of development de-velopment which Its numerous advantages advan-tages have made possible "Now safe pohd. conservative men - men rf enterprise and men of capital-are recognizing the firm rock of natural resources on which this city Btandfl and they are Investing substantially sub-stantially In projects which are dependent de-pendent on the future as well as on tho present, for success. This means ?imply that they have gone carefully into a scientific study of conditions and have made accurate comparisons which prove, as near as it is possible for human agencies to foretell, that the city of Ogden is fating continued and increased development in the years immediately ahead " In the amount of building both downtown and throughout the various residence districts of the elty, one sees ample and unquestionable evidences evi-dences of Ogden's growth, Mr Abbott told me. Real properr. here, in his opinion, offers some excellent opportunities oppor-tunities for investment Real Estate Outlook Good. "Yon can buy desirable lots and iher property in Ogden.' he said "for less than similar real estate costs In Burley, Ida., and other small towns that I know of. I do not think values In Ogden are at all Inflated; in fact when compared with other towns It ran be said that real estate Is very cheap in Ogden. particularly around the outlying sections whicvi have l-een building up so rapldh during dur-ing the lopt four or five years. "A great many people here can look back only a very few years and see what were golden opportunities for reai estate investment that were overlooked. This is true of such dis tricts as Nob Hill and other additions to the city, on the north and east bench where many handsome homes have been completed, or are at present pres-ent contemplated or in course of construction." con-struction." Mr. Abbott, like so many other business men I have met here, seemed seem-ed to regard the home-bulldlng instinct in-stinct ,16 particularly deep-rooted in the people of the Ogden locality and he commented on this as a partial explanation ex-planation of the city's strength and permanency. ' These new districts have all been filled up rapidly " he said, "by both modest and pretentious builders and the phrase 'the city of homes' has become no misnomer when applied to Ogden. Surrounding our new country coun-try club at the south end of Washington Wash-ington avenue, I understand that improvements im-provements whoso cost will run well Into six figures are already well under un-der way, designed to add hundreds of acres to tho modernly-equipped residence resi-dence area of Ogden. Town It Growing Better. "There is no question that this la a J. W. Abbott. beautiful part of the cltv and I have no doubt that wonderful development will take place there, as well as hi the older parts of Ogden. almost Immediately Im-mediately Ogden eertalnl has a right, as a cit , to be proud of its home-building spirit for we all know that the man, oung or old. who owns his own cottage or dwelling, however humble, is much better equipped for making his way in the world than his neighbor who owns nothing "There Is no doubt that Ogden is realy a good town and growing bet-ter bet-ter ;U the time The handicap of conditions which existed many years ago has been overcome, pioneering and fighting to gain a foothold in virgin country has passed and practically prac-tically every modern comfort and convenience Is now here, while more arc eertalnl coming The people of Ogden, as a whole, are very loyal to their community and it does not take the newcomer long to become thor oughly Infected with the co-operative, toun-bulldlng and home-building spirit spir-it which our people possess to such a marked degree. "The glorious Ogden canyon, the new Golf and Coun&y club, the Utah Hot Springs, the lake resorts, the beautiful scenery and fine drives in and around Ogden are making the town more and more worth living in Ogden's climate Is far better and far more inspiriting than that of Southern South-ern California about which we have heard so much. I hae been there many times and I know that where , K..; .-. . 1- Li , muir iimiair its (suervauus, ours is invigorating. Nature's glories have been bestowed lavishly upon us and our people have been Steadily awakening awak-ening to the fact that there may be larger towns than Ogden in the west but there are none better and noue with brighter prospects." |