Show SENATOR CLARK on tho first page of this issue of the standard appears an excellent likeness of senator william A dark he is at the head of the aan padro los angeles aalt bake road in abo purchase of the oregon short line south of salt lake city the deal for which was virtually closed yesterday afternoon the actual transfer to take place some time next beis one of the most prominent financiers in the nation and by far the man in tho intermountain country ho is a senator a banker miner a manufacturer an agriculturist in fact a great deal of everything in a business way and furthermore a man of considerable education and one of the best connoisseurs 0 art in the united states vis beginning was one ot humbleness his early business ventures were en a very small ecale but now he is a napoleon in and lus counsel is sought in a thousand different directions yet with all this multiplicity of urgent call he has time to give to great public question and affairs and of abi fact tho people of ogden have been lately apprised by his acceptance of the presidency of the eleventh national irrigation congress to bo held in ogden in september it is paid that nothing he attempts has other than a highly successful outcome he does not tolerate the mediocre in a thing and this conquering spirit is infused into all hi undertakings therefore it augur well for the congress that ono of fucali indomitable will and resourcefulness has given to the congress his name and talents to aid in bringing about the largest most purposeful congress ever held |