The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-24
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hANOON hEF GNGIN SEO.
Smallpox Cases.-County Commis-
sioner Moore is authority for the
statement that there are now between
thirty and thirty-ilve cases OF small
poX at and adjacent TO HarTlsville. The
victims of the disease are reported as
getting along nicely, and DR.. Pidcoct
is out in that district today inyeSti-
eating conditions and inspecting all
who have been exposed
From Homer, Idaho.-Mrs. Frank
Wessler of Hamer. Idaho. is spending
the holidays In Ogden, the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wessler.
Higher Temperature.-Abo two
inches OF snow fell last night. but
the bright sun of this afternoon threat
ems to melt 1t before niGhtfall The
thermometer has registered as high as
30 degrees above zero during the af-
ternoon and the thaw has been strong
enough to start the water in the gut
terS.
Horse Thief.-A stranger giving the
name of r. L. Jackson arrived from
Clearjeld last night with team of
horses and this morning sold the ami
mails to Claude NJ Dee. receiving a
check for SIS for the same on the
First National bank. AS soon as the
bank was open the check was cashed
and shortly afterwards it was learn
ed that the horses were stolen A dill
igent search for the thief has been
made and his description telegraphed
I'm ~ hrl ~ m
about his arrest.
Holiday on RaiIroads-The local Of
fees OF the Hartman system Will
all be closed tomorrow and Of
ficials and clerks Will take rest,
except the train dispatchers, and De
POT Master Shields and his staff,
Wasatch Canning Plant Leased.
w Parker, proprietor of the Star Can
ming company at Roy, has taken Il
ten-year lease on the Wasatch Can
ming factory. He will take charge Of
the plant January /, 1910. Mr.. Par
ker states that his lease of the Wa
satch factory will have no bearing up
on the operation of the Star plant,
but that he will conduct both of them
Mormon ConVerts.-About sixty con-
verts 10 the Mormon church arrived
from the east on delayed No. this
afternoon In charge OF Missionary Bur
dette Most OF those who arrived
are from Europe and many of them
were met at the Union depot by
friends, while others continued on TO
Salt Lake during the day
Shops Close for TWO Oays.-The
Southern Pacific shops Will be closed
down tonight until Monday morning,
and the hundreds OF employees will be
given an opportunity TO spend Christ.
mas with their friends and families
Pay day on Wednesday last has en-
abled the boys TO celebrate the
event properly and a good sized check
for each has made the most OF them
generous and liberal in the distrioG-
tion OF suitable gifts TO friends
Going to Salt Lake Q Barlow.
chief engineer OF the Southern Pa
ci6c system, accompanied his family.
arrived from San Francisco this morn
ing and. later in the day, continued on
10 Salt Lake 10 spend Christmas with
old friends and relatives.
Shipping sheep-FIve cars of fat
mutton was sent TO San Francisco this
morning from various points adjacent
TO Ogden.
In Private Car.-Mrs- James Camp
bell and family. wife and children OF
the president OF the ST. Louis < San
Francisco railroad company, arrived
from the west in a private car this
morning en- route 10 Kansas City.
Funeral of Mrs. Sheridan-Tbe iu-
neral services over the remains OF
Mrs. James Sheridan OF Tonopah.
Nevada. were held this afternoon at ,
O'Clock from the Richey funeral
chapel. Father Cushnahan officiating
Interment was in the Mountain View
cemetery Mrs Sheridan was a sister
of Mr. Frank Fagan of 229 Twcnty-
first street,
Streets to be Lighted,-The decora-
tion committee for the National Wool
Growers convention is pleased over
the following paragraph taken from
the letter OF Local Manager Decker of
the Utah Light s: Railway Co. dated
December 2Oth; Il am pleased TO
say teat we VIII endcayor to furnish
all the current required for the street
illumination as well as for the audi
torium for the nights mentioned and
required for use during the National
Wool Growers convention" This
committee has arranged for street
lighting from the depot to Washington,
and thence 10 Twenty-third street
Wyoming comine,-Considera in
terest is being manifested in Wyom-
ing over the annual wool growers con
vention for the State OF Wyoming. The
call for this convention has the fol-
lowing boost. When the business OF
the meeting is finished on Tuesday
night, January 9Th, the flockmasters
will board a special train. and go TO
Ogden, Utah. TO attend the forty-sivth
convention of the National Wool Grow
ors' association and Mid-Winter Sheep
Show"
Prisoners in County Jail-Georee
Fisher. charged with forgery, and
Theodore Kennedy, charged with an
attempt to Kill, were added to the
prisoners in the county iail this