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Show STOCKYARDS 10 CITY IMPROVEMENTS ' SMTED With an n(tpnrhnnD rt vi. , , .,..... vv V1 mum iJiuu forty contributors, representing the city's biggest commercial interests, the annual meeting of tho Ogden Publicity Pub-licity bureau was held last night at 1 he Weber club. The meeting was in connection with an elaborate banquet, ban-quet, which was served, beginning at 7 o'clock, in the main dining room of the club, and enjoyed for nearly an hour before the formal program of speech-making was opened President W. II Wattis of the Weber We-ber club and Publicity bureau acted as chairman and made the opening address, explaining the purpose of the publicity bureau and its relation to the Weber club. In concluding his talk, he referred to bureau as the clearing house for Ogden's business interests and introduced intro-duced A. P. Bigelow as the clearing house expert who would explain its workings In detail. Mr. Bigelow discussed the topic of "'lhe Publicity Bureau as a Commercial Com-mercial and Publicity Clearing House" and, in part, he said: A. P. Blgelow's Address. "The President has asked me to say something about THE BUREAU as a COMMERCIAL and CIVIC CLEARING HOUSE. It appears to me that the subject naturally divides itself into two parts. 1st The bureau as a commercial clearing house As you well know, the Weber club is a social and business busi-ness organization, but it leaves to the Ogden Publicity bureau the responsibility respon-sibility of dealing with the many business matters of community Interest Inter-est which, in a thriving city like Og-den, Og-den, are continually coming up. All Inquiries for Information which are usually directed to a Chamber of Commerce are handled by our bureau "New enterprises seeking a location here, or in the West, are given the "Once over," and, if there Is any money in sight they are "Sat down and chatted with," or if one shows merit and promise to become a substantial sub-stantial enterprise, the serious support sup-port of our enterprising men is sought for it. "That is the way the Cereal factory was secured, also the Everfresh Evaporating Evap-orating plant. Many meetings were devoted to each of these before the assistance of tho bureau was no lon ger needed. "From the name Publicity Bureau one gets the impression of advertising, advertis-ing, and a great deal of that has been done, but to my mind the most effective ef-fective advertising has been to cause the Impression throughout the West that in Ogden Is a live 'bunch' working work-ing harmoniously for Ogden and Northern Utah, always boosting, always al-ways loyal, always together. "But the widest activity ' of the bureau is in representing the business men of our city in matters of civic interest. Such matters cannot be handled successfully by individuals-it individuals-it requires an organization. The fight for good roads and the transcontinental trans-continental automobile highway has given Ogdeju more advertising and favorable comment than any one thing that has been done and there still exists a good reason for it to continue its efforts in tbat direction. "It has become known as the foremost fore-most champion of Good Roads Movement Move-ment in the West, has helped to organize or-ganize associations, conduct conventions conven-tions and has logged a thousand miles of roads, until the "Ogden" section sec-tion in the Automobile "Blue Book" occupies over 30 pages. "It has held many conferences with the city and county commissioners over such matters as paving, lighting, representation at the State and California Cali-fornia Fairs. Within the cllv it has assisted such movement "as the 'School Gardens,' Municipal Christmas Tree, 'Clean up day' the Tabernacle choir in its recent trip and the Fash-Ion Fash-Ion shows "The moBt pleasurable duties have been in entertaining the many important im-portant men of affairs who have visited visit-ed Ogden, bodies ofmen from Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, Ticket Agents from Eastern Railroads, and numbers of otherB who have been, made to feel that Ogden is not only a City of Opportunity Op-portunity but that It has a spirit of true Western Hospitality. "The basis does not contemplate ' 1 nor provide for such activities as have been handled by the bureau, thcreforo, it is necessary that the bureau receive its financial support from the men of Ogden and I urge you to take a more personal Interest in Its work, help its directors with your suggestions and continue to give it your financial support." Work of the Bureau. Secretary J. David Larson of the Publicity Bureau was Introduced as the Interpreter of dreams, of future publicity for Ogden and his remarks included an outline of work that can be accomplished for tho good of Ogden Og-den In the coming years, by co-operative effort. The work of tho public Ity bureau, he said, was of necessity based on a limited expenditure It dealt with the problem of publicity through the medium of newspapers and magazines and in this way the city and Its environs were becoming widely known throughout the country. coun-try. Through its work, the secretary declared, the merchants of Ogden had been saved an approximate ?10,000, more than the total expense of the bureau In a year, by being guided away from fake advertising schemes alone. The dreams of the bureau for the future, the speaker continued, included includ-ed trade expansion, better roads, the oacouragement of new industries, the brkging of state conventions to Ogden. Og-den. co-operation with the city and county officials in civic development pud co-operation with the agricultural and horticultural interests of northern Utah and with the Weber county farm bureau Concerning trade expansion. Secretary Larson advocated several business men's excursions into the Malad and Preston, Ida., country, declaring de-claring this to be tributary to Ogden and a promising market for Ogden goods. The proposed excursions, he said, would create a fine feeling between be-tween the people of the towns visited and would bring their trade this way. With regard to better roads, the speaker said that every dollar expended expend-ed In this work brought back sevenfold seven-fold returns and that many miles of road in northern Utah had been put into good condition through the efforts ef-forts of the Ogden Publicity bureau. lie strongly advocated the building oi a road this summer to Randolph, Utah, by way of Ogden, South Fork and Beaver canyons and the U. S. forest reserve, declaring it would mean the opening up of a valuable market for Ogden merchants as well as making possible one of the finest scenic roads in America, Plans for the accomplishment of this work have been started, the speaker said, lie also advocated the giving of assistance as-sistance to Boxelder county in its v.ork of road building to the Nevada line, stating that the opening up of this territory was of vital interest to Ogden. Civic movements, such as "clean city" contests, school gardens, a swimming pool for the children of the city and others promulgated by the women's clubs of the city should also have the support of the Publicity bureau. In conclusion, Mr. Larson said the business men should consider financial finan-cial contributions to the Ogden publicity pub-licity bureau as an investment rather than a donation, as its returns were greater than the money expended. Mayor Heywood Speaks. Mayor A. R. Heywood was the next speaker, being introduced by the chairman as the representative of a branch of the Weber club and asked to give an account of his stewardship to tho men who had helped to give him a city to govern and to tell them what they could do to further assist in its civic development. In his reply, re-ply, the mayor stated that the new-city new-city commission had begun its task with unanimity of sentiment and unanimity of purpose two great assets as-sets and that It desired the co-operation of all the people in the making cf a bigger and a better Ogden. "The question of needed improvements." improve-ments." he continued, "cannot be answered an-swered with, the statement that they must be foregone because we have no money. It does not take brains to make an answer of 'that kind. We must go forward and find ways and means to accomplish the work at hand, and tho loyal support of Ogden's citizens is needed. The question of dividing the large city blocks In our business district Is a very Important ji, one Such a division is necessary for L , fiie protection, as a conflagration in i . the middle of one of these large : . blocks might gain great headway and T ' do immense damage before the fire : 1 department could get within reaching i ' distance of it under present condi- lions. This question will be serious- j ; ' ly considered by the city commission f 1 : In the near future." 'I Continuing, Mayor Heywood said he j. hoped to see the day when the title T to aU of the water In the streams sur- f ; rounding Ogden would be held by the t city and that the present city govern- t ment would work toward that end. f 'Ogden," he said "has arrived, there Is no uncertainty about it any more 1 and no question but what it will con- j. tinue to grow healthily, steadily and ' surely." f The practice of giving -free enter- ; tainment to tourists stopping over in i the city for a few hours or days, the t speaker decried as not being con- , duclve of benefit to the city, except t in exceptional cases, but, he said, it j? would be a fine thing if visitors were t given fair value for the money the3r j' spend, something that would give P them an Idea of the every day life of the city and encourage them to j remain longer or to return. In con- fl elusion. Mayor Heywood said It was j' highly important that when men were j ser-t abroad to represent Ogden, that l tj they should be worthy of the mission j J and able to carry It to success. - jg Advocates Stockyards. ''r 1 Following the address of Mayor !S Heywood. President Wattis declared a 'J general discussion in order and this -:w was opened by Hon. Fred J. Kiesel. In the course of his remarks, Mr. 3 Kiesel said that the road had been ; g well marked out and that Ogden Oj would go ahead. He advocated the building of stockyards in Ogden, say- 1 J ing that the finished product should : a be carried east and west by the rail- a roads, rather than the live stock, on 1 which 20 per cent was lost in ship- Jj ping to Omaha The establishment of 'j. ! large stockyards here, he said, would V 5$ mean the immediate employment of a : Hj large number of people and the es- j' $ (Continued on Page 6) ! i i 7?i ST0CK10S 10 CITY IMPROVEMENTS ADVOCATED (Continued from Page Four.) tablishment of several more packing plants. Speaking further, he said the Ogden Publicity bureau and Weber club were highly worthy of support as they accomplished ac-complished everything they set out to do, no matter how high the aim or the probable amount of money involved. An evidence of this, he continued, was In the successful consummation of the Ogden tabernacle choir's tour ot California last summer, which, he declared, de-clared, was tho widest and best advertising ad-vertising Ogden ever had. Dr. H. M. Rowe spoke of the growth of the publicity bureau since its in-coption in-coption five years ago, during his term of service as president of the Weber club. "There Is no institution of its kind in the country," he said, "that has tho strong men and loval support behind it, to a greater degree than has the Ogden Publicity bureau." A recess in the speechmaking was, taken at this point In the meeting and;, on motion of A. P. BIgelow, the directorate of the Publicity bureau was increased from 7 to 9 members. M. S. Browning, J. w. Abbott and Fred J. Kiesel were appointed as a nominating committee, and presented the following list of nominees A. P. Bigelow, R. E. Bristol, O B Gilson, W. J. Parker, C. A, Wright' F. J. Taylor and Frank Stevens All' were unanimously endorsed by the contributors as directors of the bureau bu-reau for the coming year. Message Sent Mohlor. Tollowing the election, brief addresses ad-dresses were made by S. J Griffin t W. Abbott, I. N. Pierce, S." s. Jensen C. A. Wright, Arthur Kuhn, M S Browning, Willard Scowcroft L s' Hodgson, L. R. Eccles. Thomas Burt' J. S. Lewis and Charles Kaiser Before adjournment, the assembly Aoted to send a telegram to A. L. Mohlor, president of the Union Pa cific, expressing hopes for his early recovery from the injuries he suffered suf-fered last Sunday |
