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Show uj '.-V i OGDEN AS . SEEN ON f RAILROAD MAP. 1 Ogden and Weber canyon receive a big part of the publicity given to 'Tflghts and Scenes Along the Union Pacific System," a booklet jUBt from the press. There are scenes of the double ; track in Weber canyon, views of the Pulpit Rock near Echo, Devil's Slide, the Witches .Rocks, western entrance to Weher canyon, Union Pacific and Lincoln Highway In Weber canyon, ,'. ' station and park, Ogden, Wasatch mountains from Lester park and The (... Hermitage. Describing Ogden and Ogden canyon, can-yon, the booklet says: "Ogden, Utah. Altitude 4301; Population, Popu-lation, 29,528. Ogden is a terminus of the Union Pacific railroad. Through passengers on the Overland route pass without change of cars to the Southern Pacific for California points ,and through passengers for . southern California proceed to Salt Lako City, thence over the rails of . tQ Salt Lake Route. Passengers for the Pacific Northwest may connect with through cars either at Salt Lake City or Ogden, and travelers to the ; lellowstone national park may take the Yellowstone Special at either city during the park season from June 15 to September 15. "Besides being one of the most im-, im-, portant railway gateways of the west, : Ogden has a variety of profitable manufactures, owing in part to the t i . -low cost of electric power. Canning ; 'is one of the moBt Important, the annual an-nual output of fruits and vegetables amounting to 1,000,000 cases. "Ogden Canyon which breaks through the Wasatch range just to ., -.. the east of the city, is the scenic feature fea-ture -which, above all else, makes Og-"dnn Og-"dnn unique. For a city to have in ' ''its own dooryard its own deepcut ' .gorge and that one of the most beautiful beau-tiful of all Utah's remarkable can-(yonB can-(yonB with a broad boulevard sklrt-u sklrt-u ijing the noisy river for seven miles, jand a trolley-Uno making the wild canyon a veritable suburban pleasure-ipark pleasure-ipark the possession Is one of which Ogden surely has a right to be proud. The Hermitage, a famous rustic inn in tho canyon, is Justly celebrated for Its chicken and trout dinners. From tho station at Ogdon may ho seen the pink crags of Observation .peak, six miles to the east, its summit .10 ,000 feet above sea-loyel. , Here Mountain time changes to Pacific standard. |