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Show i Mayor-Elect Has Faith in Future of City of Ogden Frank Francis, mayor-elect of Og I den, spoke yesterday at the regular weekly luncneon of the Rotary club, I giving a forecasl to Ogckn's growth. D particularly referring to induslr'al ad,- lanceraent. The Rotanans voted an endorsement of the Red Cross Christ' Ej mas seal sale and assured every possible pos-sible support to ihai campaign. Thompson Coin was admiurd a new member, li Mr. Francis, in introducing hi remarks, re-marks, said he had been invited to tell the Ro.'ary club whether as be 11 lieved in Ogden and had faith In Ug li den. He declared he had faith and had hope, but on ihe perilous trip he was about to take he needed charity, I which, if he received In abundance. I , "ould prove comforting He then IF proceeded Flour Mill Plans. "I have made a list or the- lungs which inspire rny laith in Ogden "Fdremost because they are the lateBt developments are the great II grain elevators and flour mills Two j are now being constructed, and a thud will be under course of erection 1 in the spring, and ihc will have a j combined storage of two million bush I els of grain and a milling capaqit) of 7500 barrels of flour a dav These elevators, with the American Can represent, up to tn present, aearlj I. all the outside capital which has cn tered into the upbuilding of Ogden 1 should add another exception, which I is a reminder of a sad event now upje 1 us The Utah Packing corporation has come into our presence with means with which to promote the canning industry rnd. bv the way, H through the efforts of It's late man sger, has placed on the market the Pel Monte brand of catsup, made In Ogden, which is being advertised throughout the l"ni:d States Another Kansas City Phe -real gram elevators and flour mills are deailne-d to make Ogden the Kansas ny of the lntermountain re gion, and I would urge on the R-Uar-i.ms that some day tiiny proceed in a body to get a m ar iew of th"-ie im- liretisive structures which sre In pro 1 cess of building end which will add much 10 Ogden'S prestige as a .-hipping point and commercial center l.;. nd Is now being purchased for two other enterprises which will bring ( igden more large factories, and even largei buildings rh.in are beins erected, erect-ed, but it is too early to speak of the matter In detail Suffice it to say the construction work ill call for a large ores Of skilled mechanics and hbor-:5 hbor-:5 duiing Che coming var, and. final iy, ysiii resull in placing permanently on the payroll- tomeihing over -' Operating Headquarters, "When the railroads again pass into private hands, as they will within a short time, there is a possibility of, the i eniral Pacific branch of the Southern Pacific being made a part of the Union Pacific, in thai event, Ogden would be made operating head-, quarters. Eventually i hi- will be, brought about, and the greater the I growth of Ogden along other Industrial Indus-trial line, ihe more nearly certain Will be ihe making of njden the most' Important rtilroad 'jperailnf- point be ' rween Omaha and San Prancisco. 'Mr Black. r.ght-of-way agent ofi :he Union Pacific informed rne, hi.-, road Is expected io start construction! work, completing 'he double track be- j tween Ogden and Evnnsion, as soon a? the return io private con'roi is con-! Ruminated 'Our railroad yards are to be lm-proved lm-proved and enlarged Buildinf Engines. "A the Southern Pacific; shops. a-proximately a-proximately 100b men are employed Plans have been made for adding to the shops I'nder direction of Mr Hickey the local shops have earned a name for efficiency, and this obtain ing of lesul's his made possible a big cpansiop of the local plant The building of two cncirips lart summer at a cost comparing faorably with ihe purchase price of similar engines from the Baldwin Locomotive works holds out Jhe promise that some dny' soon Mr Hlckey'8 force will be regular!', regu-lar!', engaged in ihe manufacturing of Io ioniol li es 'Therefore, from railroad standpoint, stand-point, Ogden is lacing a most assuring assur-ing situation. Across the uaducf are lli pack nig plr.nt s'uck yards, serum factory and other industries, which are drawing draw-ing in Ogden the money-makers of the range and farm. 1 would not be surprised to Parn of another packing plant establishing lien , and this would be s condition not unacceptable to the plant already in operation, which during (his year has hnd a busineri aj $8,000,000 Ogden will be the livestock live-stock and packing center of the inland in-land empire. Stream of Monay. "Ten years ago Ogden had little assistance as-sistance from the outslue. Today a 'stream of money pours in from for oig-n svnrcs. The SeOWcrOfts, witn ilieir overalls, knit goods, and now their slices, have bun. on their own resources Shupe-Willistns the same, also the Ogden Iron Works, Geo. A. Lowe, Stpvens Bros the brick yards, street ai lines, intiui Ban, canneries, i oreal plant, mattress factory. jw apltal is begmaing to airive and the stimulating effect shou'd be marked If Ogden. growing within the limits of its own resources, has increased from 25,00o to 35,000 since the Ins, census, what should he Its growth In the next five years? I am predicting 70,000. This is predicated on the firm conviction that the entire United State i about to enjoy a period per-iod of stability and unparalleled pros-peril). pros-peril). " A city 'he 'zo of Ogden has -what is known ;;s momentum II s im polled forward by Its own stored force 11 gain? bv apcretion. It attracts as does a magnet, drawing from the region re-gion within its influence. Worlda are made this way. Cities build on that power And Ogden today la nttra ting rlv solid, substantia) men and women of Idaho Nevada, Wyoming and northern I'tali made up in great pan of those who, hainR pioneered :and carefully husbanded ihtir re sources, hie seeking for themselves md latnilies the comforts, refinements, refine-ments, and entertainments of a plac like Ogden. 'Ogdea h its bureau pf roads, a late acquisition; its forest service and 'erminal mail depot. The bureau of roads has 60 experts who have come among us hitely. There are prospects pros-pects that, from a government Standpoint, Stand-point, Ogden Is to become more i in -port an I iha Sail Lake Irrigation Prorpccts- Not only is Ogden expanding tromj within. The county is about to lake; on new life. This morning 1 met a Splendid body of men, nil experts, under Samuel Forfic-r and they are here working on? the problem of making mak-ing 117A00 - res of land productive in Weber county, instead of 50,000 a res a? now. Mr. Fortier was here -o years ago. tie saia: 'Your agricultural conditions are scari ch better than when I left Ogden a quarter of a centurj ago. You have wonderful resources untouched. T e iiae found a solution for your i roubles. You have the available water and the land, and but require the directing henci and' ihe will to suc- eed, as xpte?C'i in a bond Issue, and this will be a paradise When ocden hn 70,000 population, popula-tion, and when, looking from thi top of the dugway to Ogden canyon, you can see to the wesl and north and south, anendless carp.-t of green, the panorama will present 1 1 p p i i n e --. and prosperity unequalled in ibis nation i'hin is coming and will be realised in five e.trs "And now, my friend Leslie Lode son asks me if I have faith in i iIt I not only have frith. 1 believe and am con lent "To Ibe material nuisi be added ihe spiritual - the fine manhood and vrom snhood of oden. the plendiil ability to be found in a body nf men such as is assembled here today When 1 be come mayor. I will be pleased io welcome wel-come you to (he city hall at any and all lime.'' |