Show 1 JOHN STODDARD SON manufacturers and wholesale and retail lumber dealers among the leading lumber men of ogden and northern utah are john stoddard sons their lumber yards are located OB franklin street between third and fourth streets in og city were aliey established themselves in july 1884 although they had had a long experience in that business prior to this time mr john stoddard the senior member of the firm was born in scotland in he emigrated to st louis in 1848 and came to utah in 1850 he has been in the lumber business busi nees in this territory fully thirty yeas and is eminent as a business man and tried citizen loyal to all the interests of utah for a considerable time prior to his location in ogdan lie licca in cache valley where he is extensively known and universally ver sally honored and respected mr james B stoddard the second member of the company was bom in cedar city iron county utah in january 1857 he is an enterprising gentleman and an expert accountant to him is entrusted the business of keeping the books of the firm mr alexander K stoddard the junior member of the firm was born in cache valley in 1861 he lias been some time associated with his fatlich in business and now superintends super intends the com banys large mills and manufacturing establishment at aspen in wyoming the saw mills and manufactory of john stoddart at aspen arc models in every A twenty five horse power engine is used at the companas comp anys establishment in this cite everything necessary for building purposes in alie lumber or wood line is furnished on a large scale for this purpose stoddard and sons leave provided themselves with all sorts of machinery midi aa planers turning lathes matchers and the like they are prepared to do all kinds of scroll crosscut cross cut sawing and re sawing they keep constantly on hand a stock of foreign and domestic lumber sash doors blinds lath shingles glass t cetera of these materials aliey handle such immense quantities that they are abl to sell always at bottom figures and meet all competitors at a decided advantage aliey make a specialty of wholesale trade in lumber material and dealers everywhere will find it decidedly to their advantage to correspond stoddard sons before purchasing elsewhere those desiring small quantities of lumber or building materials of any kind will also find it decidedly to interest to examine the stock and prices of this worthy and enterprising firm of the methods of john stoddard and sons alie fact of their uniform and signal success and popularity among all who hato ever dealt with them speaks more than we could say in their favour energetic prudent and thoroughly well acquainted with every branch of their line of business they have speedily built up an trade and established securely and hamly in alie junction city personally the members of alie firm are also courteous genial and accommodating and patrons will find it a pleasure to deal with them mr john stoddard alio senior member of alie firm has been in utah from the earliest days in alie history of aliis territory and the high honor of being one of the brave and undoubted pioneers who battled with the desert and laid the broad foundations of alio present great commonwealth which now in these valleys of the mountains and as such his name will go down to posterity honored and revered for generations |