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Show IOGDEN IS A CITY OF 40,000. According to the latest directory, ( gden ha8 a population of 39.350, or a few hundred short of 40,000. If Ibe suburbs were Included, ha lotal would bo over 40,000. South of Thirty-sixth street, all that territory is in tho country, although the district is well built up and the streets are numbered as in the city. Eventually the homes in thai district will be embraced and made part of the city of Ogden Counting the people there, Ogden now has 40,000. Back in 1806, Salt Lake had 52.000. Thus it is made plain that Ogden is not vrry much behind the larger city. Five years more and there w ill be : less of a gap between the two Cities, I tor Ogden is certain to go ahead more i rapidly than ever when normal con j -iitions throughout the country- return. Flour mills, grain elevators, packing plant?, and other industries will give creator momentum, and with the fac-lories fac-lories there will come an expanding in every direction Ogden baa a bright future. nn |