| Show Our Department It is now just six months that the Ogden department of THE DEMOCRAT has been organized and run on its present basis It has ever aimed to furnish the items of news in Ogden City Weber county and sometimes a little beyond I those limits to present them in a concise form so as to economize space for the paper and time for the purchaser or ja purloiner without sacrificing sense or 1 mincing matters Its policy has been I that of THE DEMOCRAT on the whole The I upbuilding of Utan Territory as an f American commonwealth instead of a priestridden province of an ambitious Ii and avaricious clique This department I has had for a specialty the grateful task to defend the interests of Ogden to touch up its resources point out its opportunities opportuni-ties uphold its present prosperity and help to prepare for its future glory In the pursuance of this test this department de-partment has made its influence felt in many ways in spite of the open and avowed hostility of those who regarded it as a dangerous competitor for public favors in spite of the moleeyed parsimony parsi-mony of those who could not and cannot can-not see that every friendly word for Ogden in TIIE DEMOCRAT reaches a far wider circle of influence than all city papers pa-pers combined and that TIlE DEMOCRAT therefore deserves its share of the patronage pat-ronage of all wideawake citizens as it is neither an alldevouring hog nor ado a-do in the manger With the increased facilities of THE DEMOCRAT as a general newspaper the Ogden department will also be enabled to expand and advocate from a still more exalted platform Peace on earth and good will to men especially those who invest in Ogden real estate and manufactories manufac-tories burn our gas eat our crackers drink our beer and support THE DEMOCRAT DEMO-CRAT with their faith and prayers i e subscriptions and advertisements All old and new patrons will please remembeI that Giesey Spargo are our agents |
