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Show ROAD THROUGH OGDEN SELECTED FOR 5010 ROUTE The announcement that the auto- tnobiU route between Hvaaaton, Wyo., and Reno. Nev . via Ogden and the north end of the (ire at Sal! Lake, had been officially accepted for 1915 travel trav-el by the Automobile Blue Book, was made last night at the annual meeting meet-ing of the Weber club by A P Bigelow Bige-low in connection with his annual report re-port H8 representative of the Ogden Publicity Bureau. "Ogden " he said " is especially fortunate for-tunate In being on the route between Kan.-don and Reno, as many autoists will pass through the city on their way to the California exposition! thu year and on special tours in future years, and through their visits Ogden will be advertised in a valuable manner man-ner " He stated further that the northern route had been chosen by the Blue Book association largely through the efforts of the Ogden Publicity Bureau. whoso representative had completely logged the road between Kvanston and Reno, the report of which occupied occu-pied twenty-five pages of the Blue Book. In addition to thin work, he said that a representative of the bureau bu-reau had logged an automobile route to Yellowstone park, from Ogden, and that this would also be published in the Blue Book. Publicity Bureau. In conclusion, Mr Bigelow called attention at-tention to the large amount of good adertining that had been done by the bureau In eutertainiug the many parties par-ties of eastern ticket agents lost summer, sum-mer, saying that these men were in a position to meet the traveling public and boost for Ogden He theu urged the members of the club to support the bureau, Haying that he believed it was one of the city's most valuable institutions in-stitutions and had done much to further fur-ther Kb interests. At the conclusion of Mr. Bigelow s remarks, J. David Larson, secretary Of the Publicity Bureau, submitted the following statistical report, dated January Jan-uary 9: RECEIPTS. Cash on hand January 1, 1914.$ 418.59 Automobile sale 300.00 Borrowed from Ogden State bank for Canyon booklets. . 700 .00 Total subscriptions 5.321,80 Interest 3.42 Total ... . . $6,743 81 DISBURSEMENTS. Printing, newspaper space and subscriptions $2,483.00 Entertainment Union Pacific guests, railroad officials and prominent visitors.. . 323 25 Traveling expenses, road and convention work, railroad, automobile expense, etc... 1.729.78 Miscellaneous baseball, donations dona-tions school gardens, telephone, tele-phone, telegraph, office supplies, interest, etc . . 871.96 Salaries, secretary', stenographer stenogra-pher and depot man 2.483 00 Outstanding checks 149.66 January' 9, State bank credit 54.27 January 9. chec ks and cash . 20 05 Total $6,743.81 RESOURCES. Cash on hand, January 9 1915 $ 54.27 Due from Ogden choir 187 00 Furniture, fixtures and signs 303 50 Photo negatives, mounted prints and framed. . ... ... Oil 95 Halftone and zinc etchings.. 457 66 8ta( ionery. letterheads, envelopes, en-velopes, post cards 79.50 Printed advertising matter, folders, etc 46.00 Mapfl drafted by engineers.. 51.75 Covers 14.00 Miscellaneous office items... 26.00 Total $1,830.63 LIABILITIES. Note at Ogden State bank...$ 700.00 Balance 1.130.63 Total $1,830.63 |