Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

been paid throughout the year Tor All
kinds OF products. and while some OF
the crops We're not quite so heavy this
year as last, yet the prices have been
better and the market very prosperous,
hence the people of the county have
been very successful in all branches Of
business, agriculture, fruit growing
etc.
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
The converting of the Eleventh Ma
tional Irrigation congress in ogden
this year was something inestmable,
not alone to ogden and vicinity, but to
Utah and the entire west, The gath
ering together In our city of several
hundred Of the most brilliant lights of
our nation along the line OF irrigation
and agriculture WAS of great ADVANTAGE
to Utah. The DISTINGUISHED visitors
who spent that week In our city were
delighted with'our climate aud our
magnificent display OF Utah products,
both of the land and factory, and VIII
through their talks do much adyerts-
ing for our city and her advantages,
and the citizens Of this county and the
entire state did themselves proud In
caring for and entertaining the dis
tingulshed guests our rigators agri-
cutursts and hortlcuturists received
many new ideas from the visitors that
win be OF great advantage to them in
| the future.
THE LUCIN CUTOFF
What practically marked the compile
| ton Of the Ogden Lucln cut on, one OF
| the most stupendous pieces OF engineer
ing work ever accomplished in the
| United States took place Thursday
Nov. 20, 1908 The result of this work
| has brought Ogden city and san Fran
cisco i3 II miles closer together by
| railroad communication On Thanks
| giving day there congregated In this
| city over one hundred OF the most
prominent railroad men In the United
States who took special trains from
here and made satisfactory eaamina
ton OF the great trestle work
This great piece OF railroad work
has been n source ~ revenue for Og-
den city that ~ almost inestimahlc.
| on an average for the past year there
have been employed on the cutoff
about 5000 men, whose earning capacity
was on an average OF 81 30 per day
which menas monthly payroll of 1926,
400. About two car loads of provisions
have been consumed daily by this army
of men. The people of Ogden have
not fully realized that the greater part
of this vast amount of money has beer
expended In Ogden for eatables, wear
ing apparel pleasure, etc, and II Is
that which has done much to make
ogden so prosperous In all branches
OF business during the past two years
The Southern Pacific has built prac
tically l06 miles OF new line In ordei
TO complete the cut-off, The most ex
penslvc part Of this work was naturally
the construction OF the great trestl'
work over Utah's great inland sea, tn
Great salt Lake The railroad officials
who have had the construction OF tn
cutoff under their supervision sal
that by the time Il Is completed thel
will have put at least $l3oOO,O0O into IA
new road There remains much to b
done on the line before Il % fully com
pleted. and IL may take another yea
and a half before the entire road Is II
a perfect condition.
WEBER COUNTY SCHOOLS.
The Weber county public schools
were never IN n better condition thai
they have been this year Superin
tcndcnt W. b, Wilson, who Is man o
learning and educational ability, ha
) done much In bringing the Webe
county schools up to the high STANDARD
they now occupy, being ranked amonl
, ! the leading county schools IN th1 STATE
The consolidation system which wa
inaugurated this year In the Wene