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Show ture of woolen goods, in other words, for the building of a woolen factory here. Mr. Shepherd proposes that a company be formed with a capital stock of $50,000 for the purposo ot building and operating woolen mills In this city. The gentleman was given a courteous courte-ous hearing and the members of tho Chamber of Commerce present went on record as favoring the project and offering their best moral and financial support to the project. Tho tlnal conclusion con-clusion of the meeting was, however, that the manufacturing committee of the organization should accompany Mr. Shepherd to the Ogden woolgrovv-ers' woolgrovv-ers' meeting, to bo held in Ogdcn next Saturday, and lay the matter of tho establishment of woolen mills In the city before them, with a view of getting get-ting their co-operation in tho matter. It is said by those interested in the project that if the vvoolgrowcrs extend ex-tend their moral and financial support to the proposition, it is quite certain that the proposed company will bo organized or-ganized and that within the next few months a campaign for tho construction construc-tion of a woolen factory' will bo started. start-ed. At the meeting of. the Chamber ot Commerce iast night a certain business busi-ness man. who declines to let hla name be published at tbla time, of-ored of-ored to donate a site for the mills If a company could be formed and euouglr money raised to make it a success. The Bite offered V n avenue, near Twenty-tlrst street, ir the mills are openod under the contemplated plan. It la said that something Uko forty people will bo given emplor-ment emplor-ment In the factory. DISCUSSED WOOLEN MILLS C. A. SHEPHERD BEFORE CHAMBER CHAM-BER OF COMMERCE. Proposes That Company Be Formed For Purpose'of Operating in , This City. The meeting of the Chamber or Commerce of Ogden last evening was confined exclusively to listening to C. A. Shepherd of Pendleton, Oregon, regarding tho organization of a stock company In Ogden for the manufac- |