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Show ' by Ogden, to which advantages may be added railroad concessions in connection con-nection with a big milling proposition. proposi-tion. Making Ogden the center of the grain trade ot northern Utah and southern Idaho would bo a decided gain for this city. HOW OGDEN MAY BECOME A MILLING CENTER. Within a short time there will be constructed In Ogden a modern elevator eleva-tor of large capacity, and there is a possibility of a mill being built capable cap-able of producing flour at minimum cost This would be an excellent combination. com-bination. Thero Is said to be a field here for tho milling of grain in transit. tran-sit. , Here is a central point where the grain of Idaho and northern Utah jan be milled and the product shipped to tho South. There Is a demand in tho Southern States for the quality of flour which the mixing of tho different differ-ent kinds of irrigated wheat would produce. Denver today has an advantage In tho grain trade by reason of tho milling mill-ing in transit privileges which are granted to the elevator and flouring" mill people of the Colorado metropolis. metropo-lis. Ogden can obtain similar privileges, privil-eges, If the demand Is backed by Rome evidence of good faith. A Denver company has been negtv tiatlng for land in Ogden on which to establish a storage plant, but within with-in tho last few days the deal Is said to have received a setback owing to the failure of tho railroad people to make concessions allowing nine months in transit instead of the six months which could have been obtained. ob-tained. This dropping out of the local field by tho Denver interests is said to have made possible the building of a local elevator by other men of means who have not been slow to appreciate appreci-ate the natural advantages possessed |