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Show tain goods over certain territory In a certain time, no matter how hot or i how cold, or how dark or muddy, whether up hill or down. If one mlie or two, If snow an inch deep or ten "get there," Now that the days are short, the nights cold, the drivers have in mind the pleasant fireside and supper and moving picture show ahead, and one who cares about such things can line! boys rushing like the wind over Ihe city alter night, see the wagon lights flash here and there, hear sounds of JiO.rse shoes and wagon tires my! what going. All for the sake of delivering de-livering meat nnd cans, etc., most of which might just ns well have been delivered at a previous time or a lat-er lat-er time In moderation and a decent I regard to the fitness of things. I Put commerce Is commerce, business busi-ness Is business. People who want to see Ogden streets used after the fashion of orderly cities Just as well go. off and hush perhaps. j (Signed) VOLNEY C. G UNWELL. oo HOME OF UTAI HORSES JBUSED To the Standard: There seems to be a set of delivery wagon drhers now In charge of grocery and meat distribution who need to be and ought to be secrely dealt with. This doea not apply to all drivers, as some ap-pair ap-pair to think It proper to exercise "judgment and sense, and to be somewhat some-what considerate of the horses, while others, after Ihe habits and methods of a few years ago, go over the streets at. puch a rate of speed and in such manner as to indicate utter disregard disre-gard of anybody or anything except to "get there." It Is dlfllcult to understand why the I police officers allow these big loys I and joung men to rush their teams over the pavement, across street Intersections, In-tersections, around corners, etc , and fall to arrest or Interfere with their progress, I do not know, i I know that last spring the mayor ! ordered that this kind of use of the streets be stopped. The chief of police po-lice Instructed the officers to watch for the fast drivers and take them la. For a time the principal busl-BS6 busl-BS6 corners were guarded more or less closely, but now the reckless fellows fel-lows are bold, dangerous and wicked In their determination to cover territory terri-tory In the shortest posslblo time- A young man just now drove a team of horses, hitched to a covered grocery wagon, across the rough stones at the Intersection of Twenty-fourth street and Washington avenue, ave-nue, and on south along Washington nt breakneck speed, under constant use of whip, the horses actually running, run-ning, a fast trot not being sufficient to satisfy his ambitions. It seems probable" that that fellow can run that team over any street, or all streets In thla city and not get Into trouble until his own harness breaks or his wagon goes to smash, or a horse falls, or until he runs intosoim other wagon, without being molest-i ed except to have some kind-hearted woman or man gently protest Two years ago, and again one year ago, it looked as if the merchants would begin to Instruct their drivers, often foolish boys unfit to go near a horse, that there should be some degree de-gree of care exercised, and that they would have to be decent In their treat- |