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Show I C. of C. Secretary I Tells the Why and I Wherefore of Ogden Requests for the a usurers to a ter lS of questions published b llir StandaixMCxamlner lam Sunday hae ici rhej over i" St cretaty O. J. Bttlwell of l he Ogden Chamber of CominerCS through whose courtesy answers to the first section are herewith pro nted Vnswers for the other sec :mns will appear in coming lsnies The questions ami answers con rein the history ol Ogden. They Kditoi Standard Examiner. Von ask for answers to quest ions appearing In your last Sunday's is sue, quoting the old saw, "Any fool can ask quest ion. 8 but it takes a vise man to answer them." in presenting an outline to fourth grade teachers for teaching local Geography, 1 answered questions in section "A" and TV' and should have answered '"C" and "I" if time had permitted: but most of the points brought out in the other sections are obvious to any thinking person, in- are matters of Statistics which the teacher can easily obtain. A-l Why did people first settle Answer Farm lands. In ISO Miles Goodyear OStahllshed a post here for trading with the Indians; but the first real settlers were the Mormons who came from Ball Lake in 1847. attracted b) the excellent soil for farming purposes, and the possibility or easllj getting H Irrigation water into the lands, along the bottom lands at the north of Ogden river, Hnd from four cieek between Ogden and North Ogden, called one-mile, two mile and three mile and four-mile creeks a 2 What caused the early growth of the town H Tiade continued with the Indiana for some time. The Carmen pros H pered and developetl considerable H I... 1 irade. Hold seekers their way to California helped to build H up a primitive commerce. FIRST BRICK BUILDING H For many years set- tied, which would become li e pi in r ipal town. den or North Ogden Sidney Stevens, founder oi the Sid-n" Sid-n" Stevens Implement Co., commenced com-menced buainesa in North Ogden and there erected the nrsi brick 'building in the territory or Ft ah This building was partially destroyed t, i ue, bui the restored portion is still In use by J. E. Marshall as a store. A3 Why did it later become a city? i Answer Railroads. The arrival of the railwa in 18t9 doubled the average price of every thing produced here and lowered the price of what had to he imported, thus causing Commerce to flow to Ogden from a much greater area Local capital was willing to make permanent investment and eastern men ol means came With mone The railway distributed much money In payrolls. i Will ui;den continue lO grow? en. Ogden will continue tO grow for th great lactones recenllj ac quited will employ much labor and have laid the foundation for a growth of several thousand people A-5-a Ogden is pn eminent in the intermountain country as fiiief rail way center because the only moun tain pass through which a railwav enters this valley ia via Weber can yon. and Ogden stands on a fertile delta at the western end of this pass There is no other eastern outlet to the valley without going around the end of the Waaatcfa range more than 1 5 miles north or 2rto miles south People and goods musi first come to Pgden m order to get east quickly quick-ly because there Is no other direct route; also traffic north, west and south for a considerable distance muM bome to or go through Ogden CANNING CfNTER A5b--Ogden is preeminent in the intermountain country as chief (an nlng center. On account of unrl vailed transportation futilities, us enterprising tat n. favorable climate and the adaptable roll ol the Mir rounding delta. The tomatoes grow on this delta are rueat and ilnu in texture and deeply and richly colored; In fact so highly colored that carloads of gal Ion cases of the product arc shipped to be used as a coloring mailer for ihe catsup of the Kreut .astern fac lories. In order to make mOM) a canning factory must have a large and sure supply of sunn staple crop. gden lacton-s haw two -lomaioes and peas, fanning factories in suiround ing states have failed because of the Inferior cr inadequate supply of tomatoes. to-matoes. A G-c--Ogden ll pro minent in the Intermountain country as chief live Stock center. Because the greater portion of the livestock grown in the West is consumed in the Fast and all slock musi come to ogden to be shipped East Of late extensive stockyards have been Installed ror the economic sale and handling of Stock and the Og den Packing & Provision Co., the largest plant or itK kind between the Missouri river and the Pacific coast . purchases great quantities of slock which li prepares lor the home and foreign market. A 5 d Ogden is pre eminent ,n lh intermounlain country as chiei mill ing i enter Almost solely on at count 'of transportation facilities Little wheat is grown in Ftah south of Ogden. Millions of bushels are j grown north of ogden. if Instead of lein in Ogden the great storag" plants were in Salt Lake City, Idaho wheal would go through Ogden to 'Salt Lake City and return in order 10 s east or west, en'ailing an im- I menae lost in time ami Lemhi. L A-o-e --Ogden Is pre eminent In thv Intermountain counts as ehlel fruii I shipping center, alao. almost sorely tin aCQDUdl Ol -peedv 1 1 ansporlntlon to market, Brlghani Cityi Proyo and linden are tie centeri o greal fruit 'producing sections; but 011I3 Dgden can shin U out quickly, and fruit must be shipped Immediately or spoil. a n i ogden li pieemlnen( a- i lood manufactnrinn centers For four principal ica.-ons: Transportation cililles; Ihe excellent agricultural products of the surrounding country : Dgden- dci)did body nf energeiic men; and the effective work of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce. AGRICULTURAL center A-6 g ogden is pre-eminent aa an I agricultural centei Bbr sU prlncl pal reasons The fertility pi the soil; favorable climate, water lor Ir rigaiion; the Industry ,,f 'i10 naUveij t ranspoi lal ion facilities; and the beat market for farm etop.s in ihe j West. A 6-a Sail Luke t'iiy is preeminent pre-eminent as the financial centei ol the Intermountain country Because j il in Ihe largest city, because It ha j most wealth) men, because it bankets hundh the DBOnfJI Ol the state and of the dominant church; because ihe financing of great mln ing operations are centered here and its superior hotels and stores attract outside money. A 6 b Sail Lake t'ltv is pre-eminent as jobbing center of ihe inter , mountain COUntrj Becaufi 'he grentr number Ol people who visil Salt Lake on account ol the hotels, its ci nterencc:. conventions and leg I Illative activities ti,c jobbei prefers to be where tht greatest numbei ! people w ill sec his vv B . A 6 c - Salt Lake City ts pre eniin enl as a mining center Because the mines are east, xoulli and west of Sail Lake Hy and not north. A d Salt Lake Is pre . nun- nt B -a political center because it is ilo- capital of the state, ihe legislature meets there and ail principal stat 'officials live there. Salt Lake is pre-eminent aa an ecclesiastical center hecause 'he Temple, Tabernacle ami offices ' 'the church are In Sail Lake CltJ and the president and the high officials live there. TOURIST CENTER Salt Lake is preeiu.neni a- tourist tour-ist center on account of the notorleiv i t ii io ih. Mormon religion op at count Of the missionaries constant I., kept out, on account of ihe old fight On polygamy, On account of the fame oi ihe Temple and Taberna' le, Ball Lake City i I" maps ihe most widely wide-ly known city of its size in the liorld. Tourists are out lo see noted plates ami things A T All other Utah towns are mailer Ihan Ogden ;mi Ball Lake i because no Other city can be-I be-I r.ri.e equal to tigden without equal Iv good transportation facilities. No uthei I "mh town can leime qul j lo Salt Lake w ithout obtaining the things above mentioned in which Salt iake t'ltv is pre-eminent O .1 STILSVKLL. Secretarv Ogden i 'hamper Oi Commerce. |