The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
JObbing Business for the
Year 1908 Exceeds
$l5,0J0.0J0
44+4+++++44 4*4*4*44


= Packing house. 100000 g
= Lumber ......--.....-.s.... 0DJ.UO0 =
= Brick ...................... 100000 =
y Furniture, carpets, etc.. 100000 .
= Sporting goods............- 100000 =
= Tile and sewer pipe Iac-
tory ....--..........--.-... $4,000 =
= Paints, oils, etc............ 100000 3
> Soda water factory........ $4,000 y
y Typewriters and supplies. 10000 =
= Stonecutting plant........ 100000 =
= Dairy products. 100000 =
= Harness, etc.---.....-...... 100000 =
J = Soaps .........-............ 10000 =
= Poultry products 100000 =
= FIFTEEN million dollars per year
is a conservative estimate OF the
aggregate wholesale trade done by
Ogden's merchants during the year just
closing. Her commercial travellers are
steadily pushing outward the lines Of
her business empire and go into all
localities. There are probably twenty
well known drummers Of this city,
each Of whom has Travelled an aggre-
gate Of 10000 miles the past season.
Almost every known mode of travel is
utilized. They 60 by railroad. by stage.
with buckbOards, on saddle horses,
with automobiles, and in some of the
remote QlSAElCLH OF Mon LdAdb WN0Lll-
ing and Nevada they make use Of dog
sledges and snowshOes in order to get
the Ogden goods before the markets
of the intermOuntain country. All the
leading establishments have "a been
obliged to greatly enlarge their ware
rooms. and they bring in wares and
send them out by the trainlOad. A
rough estimate Of the amount Of trade
is shown by the table above.
received and disbursed at the Office
during the year amounted TO S677. 280.07.
| the amount Of money orders received
and paid during that period $2SS. 02117.
= balance Of $50, 105.67 over the amount
sent out by the same method from Og-,
den. The rural delivery routes extend
into every town excepting three in We
| Der county. while several in Davis
county are directed from the Ogden
office and the "star route" which han
dies the mail daily except Sundays to
the remaining three towns in the coUn-
~, also leaves this office. T. H. Davis
! is postmaster, with Rufus A. Garner,
( assistant.
Stock Business.
Two main facts contribute to the i'm
pOrtance Of Ogden as a center for all
kinds OF livestock business. One is its
central position and railroad facilities
and the other is the agricultural and
grazing country that surrounds Il.
Hundreds and thousands Of dollacs'
worth Of livestock are owned I'm C3r-
den, although grazed and taxed else
where Particularly is this true with
sheep and cattle. The ownership Of
sheep TO the amount Of probably $780,
600 is centeTed I'm ogden. which city IS
made the central shipping point and
the great wool buying center Similar
conditions prevail as regards cattle,
likewise horses and other facts, the
general feature being noticeable that
breeders are abandoning the common
breeds and producing more bloodea
Irrigation.
The assembling in ogden in Septem-
Der last Of the National Irrigation con-
gress incidentally called attention to
the splendid facilities Of Weber county
and this vicinity for obtaining water
and distributing it in irrigation sys-
TENS. The city OF Ogden is located
about the point OF a "" formed by
the Ogden river as one bar and the
Weber river as the other. the point be-
ing near the railroad district. These
TWO streams give rise to numerous ca
uals. which convey the water 20 all
parts of Weber county and portions Of
Davis and Box Elder counties. In as
ditiOn there are other smaller streams
coming from smaller canyons. so that
there IS an ample water supply for all
the land which is now under culriva-
tion. Several new enterprises are pro-
jecting for the purpose of storing the
flood water and bringing other areas
into tillable condition. A system OF
reservoirs has been planned for Ogden
valley, a project that received favor
able consideration by the experts Cf
the government who were here during
the session Of the irrigation congress.
Parks and Resorts.
Ogden City has three fine public
parks. which are the property of the
city. The ground OF the state School
for the Deaf amounts practically to a
state park and is used with reasona BILE
restrictions by all classes Of citizens
during a portion Of the year. In adj
diti0n there are a large number Of re-
sorts in or adjacent 10 the city main
tanned as private enterprises. a num-
Der Of these are located In ogden can
Won and include the Hermitage the
Oaks. Winslow's and number of 9th
ers Immediately east of the city q
private roadway leads to Malan's
Heights. located about 5000 feet above
sea level and containing groves OF pines,
a stream Of fresh water. besides az
fOrding access 20 all varieties Of
scenery and furnishing a view clear
sCrOSs the Great Salt lake almost TO
the Nevada line. The completion Of the
Ogden-Lucin CUTOFF has also given rise
to the construction Of "a large hotel and
bathing resort at the Promont0rv
Point. which viii rival. ii not surDass.
the famed Saltair. and which viii al
ways have water OF any depth desirable
for bathing or boating purposes. Glen
wood park in the city OF Ogden is 10
Gated on the identical ground which
was first used bv the uiOneers as
place for celebrating their picnics- To
the north OF the city. Just across the
T}0x Elder lire, are the ogden Hot
Strings, which have important me-
diciral values, and which have q hotel
and ssnitariUm at the place. During
the past season hot springs al the
mouth of Ogden canyon have been de-
velOped end form the basis of a COM
PAW which h1s constructed a large
I saaitarium. The CITY has an opera
! house with a seating canacitv of 1903,
said TO be the largest in the state
The Carnegie Free Library.
The free library built at a cost ~
SIS 900, with money donated by Audrev4
Carnage. was opened TO the public last
spring, and is one of the finest instituz
lions possessed anywhere BY a city
Of this size. The city itself is obligated
70 maintain the institution. and levy
q special tax for that purpose.
Weber Club.
One Of the most important achieve
ments Of the Weber club during the
year was the establishment Of reel
procal relations with the Commercial
club. which is the business mems or