Show I 1 I 1 so tji TU 1 ibur anter 3 fountain merchant I 1 experience orience shows that tho the tide of immigration nowa flows I 1 into to undeveloped regions in waves were ol 01 greater IM c itter or lm lops I 1 magnitude and ind lastly lasting generally each the vast frona five to ten years llaina plains of the M liason onri rl basin and the locky monn mount easter en 0 el lopes pea of 0 the tile 1 aina AIDS b having a V ing become fairly well popl isted they no longer present the in altin biting freshness fresh ol 01 opportunity to the home beker and arid a new field 1 la 13 3 bought sought for by him the reyon regon in which ogden is located is tho the ultima altima I 1 thule of the home seeker in this ill 1 1 country the laft last virgin field of the immigrant and the capitalist it embraces all of utah nevada idaho southern M montana antana and western wyoming having a present population of perhaps a million and capable of sustaining a population thirty times as large it is the unanimous and unqualified opinion of every traveler who has bas tins this region whether be their for observation business or settle ment tha that it is the fairest richest and most fertile of all the undeveloped regions in ill this country that its resources are the most varied on the continent and afford opportunity for the most diversified ingnal try that it is a most healthful and delightful region in which to live and that in every respect it is sed by any other region on the taca face of tha the glob in view ot of these facts the inevitable conclusion is that it will ultimately sustain a denser population in a much higher degree of happiness and prosperity TOs than the purely agricultural regions of our great plains its central location and south mouth places it in the direct line of immigration and it is is here that the waves arm r nn the th est east aid and fram tha the west meet aud and I 1 mutually check ea h other giving as our of a stronger steadier and z more n 0 r a lasting tide of ministration than in those regions dependent depend Ont a single direction for or their development already the stream haa ham burst through the tile gateways of our rocky barriers and this region io is just beginning to feel the force of the tide which is riling in without invitation and despite tha the efforts of lew less favorably dav orally located regions to attract it there is every re reason on to believe that it will continue in inc increasing r easing volume for many ears to come and that within ten vears veas the population of th hi i s region will ill ex coad six six million inhabitants the city of oden is located ceo zeo graphically at the center of this vat region regi n the topography from by is such that it is easier of access from every part than any other within it being located at the junction and terminus of all the highways big hays of travel and commerce c m from the eist east the west the north the south 1 tle northeast the so u estand and th the e northwest nur thweat and in alie t b 0 direct central line of tf the flow of travel and business bug ineis it 14 therefore the moet most accessible point within this region from the outside in every direction while the topography toly graphy of tho the country is such that it must alwaes rema remain inso so bearg thus the and radiating point for the ak whole hole of this vast region oden will always receive the the greatest and mont most lasting benefit from thi th settlement i and development of the bur our rounding round ronn ding 1 u 9 region the a artificial advantages ogden enjoys for or lie the development of her commerce are eminent it is the greatest railway canter center west seat of denver deaver 1 from rom ad ogden en alone io in all this region can or do r railways all a gradate rad ate in every direction not 0 i only to all parti parts of the but also to the different great markets of the country and for all oil the railways she now hai hall or will have she is and wilt will ba lie the terminus I 1 the culminating points joints of competition between the grand markets I 1 ight eight railroads already radiate ra lute from oden five li l i ve more are now building thither hither 0 as fast as they can while still live more are broj projected acted three of them be ing reasonable certainties thus within much len less than ten years og deu den will be the terminus of sixteen railway linea lines for certain with a probability of having two tso more besides others which may be projected within with in that period with V ith such superior transportation fall ili ties both pros rent anil and prospective I 1 it is not strange that OK ogden ten enjoys the prestige of being bei the great 1 cum commercial mercial center of lie the i ng inter ter moun tain region dung doing a jobbing business greater greate than all other points within this re to ion ion com comb limed ned ogden is is to day the lie marketing the trading and theo point for a region vaster vastor richer icher and more fertile and with greater grealer and more resources than thata those tributary to min nea st paul Or omaha nalia kansas city or f denver ener and what cities have done in the past ten years 04 0 den will ill surely surpass within the next decade under equally favorable general ogden en enjoys joys eminent advantages in the way of being able to 0 support a large city population aside from com 0 merceil in c r c ial pursuits she is favored by na nature t u re as well as by art with rarely equaled advantages as a manufacturing point in all the elements el meets bi aro are necessary to make such a pursuit profitable viz abundant and cheap power and fud fuel a largo large constant and find steady supply of raw materials Ma in great variety the greatest and steadiest labor supply in this region the tile cheapest food sup supply P I 1 Y unsurpassed transportation facile facilities ties I 1 and a lre larg and growing rowing g market close at hand from w which ch outside competition can bo be wholly excluded in addition to this the growing fame of ogden as a sanitarium itari um as a magnificent health and pleasure I 1 le astare resort will give her an ever increasing increasing floating population the catering to whose wants wilt will require the services set ViCeS of a large number num berof of ape A people lyle it the abbe enumerated reasons wera not for entertaining a sanguine ean guine view 0 of badens commercial future her record alcoe would be ample demonstration of b and vitality and give the very best aa as burance sur atice ot of a successful career 1 1 ap |