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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
ADVOCATES TEMPERANCE PARTY
IN OGDEN.

To The Ogden Standard, During
the recent session of the Legislature of
this state. when the bill for an act TO
prohibit the manufacture and sale OF
intoxicating liquors was pending, the
opponents of prohibition yoCiferouSly
declared that they were as much op-
posed to the evils of the liquor trafDc
as were prohibltionists, but that they
believed these evils could be more
effcctually curtailed by high license
and strict regulation than by attempt
ed prohibition They acknowledged
the great evils of the traffic. but in
sisted that prohibition does not pro
hibit.' The hypocrisy of these pro
fesslons and these claims are made ap-
parent by the action OF the city council
at its last meeting In voting to post
pone the consideration OF a proposed
ordinance imposing a higher license
fee and providing for more strict regu-
latlon of the sale OF IntoXlcants The
majority of the opponents of prohibit
tion are not in favor Of high license
and strict regulation. They prefer
strict regulation to prohibition. but
they prefer slack regulation or no
regulation to either The plea for
strict regulation was lnterposed for
no other purpose than to defeat prohi-
bltion. and as soon as the danger OF
the passage of prohibition law had
passed, we hear no more from the
orstwhile advocates Of high license
and strict regulation. | knew at the
time that this would be the case
when the devil was sick, the devil
monk would be.
When the devil got well, a devil of a
monk was he
In View of these facts there remains
but one thing for the friends OF TEN.
perance TO do. and that Is TO perfect
an organization to enter actively into
the next political campaign in the city
and also in the state. and work for the
election of men to the council and TO
both branches of the legislature who
VIII stand firmly In favor of the alb
solute eradication OF the saloon evil.
Respectfully,
a w. AGEE.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
WE WANT TO SEE THAT TOWN OF
MONTEllO.

The editor OF this paper has been
reading the news from Montello OF
late, until he has acquired the Mon
telo fever, and has developed a de-
sire to see that burg.
The town is made up of railroad
people who are fast establishing a
name for being the most liberal en-
tertainers on earth,
They have the western spirit of hos
pitality Those who went out to Mon
tello's celebration Of Thursday return
with words of praise for the men and
women Of that town.
Montello is a reminder of some OF
the railroad towns on the old Central
Pacific twenty years ago. where good
fellowship existed which made the
people generous to fault
The smallest hamlet. II 1t Is pos
sesscd OF citizens of the goodness OF
heart Of the people of Montello. is
about the best place on earth in which
10 be caught adrift, although the town
may be located on the edge Of sandy
waste, for congenlallty and comradery
feed the body and administer 10 the
nerves-a combination good for the
hines
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02

1t would not have become national
holiday. Think OF calling that a fes-
tai day which for the six years Just
past has piled up a total Of 1876 dead
and 279S0 injured.
Not for lack of examples In ra-
tlonal WAYS 10 celebrate has New York
kept place among 'old-fashioned'
racketers. DIR. Luther n Gullck de-
scribes In the current Worlds Work
the steps taken by other cities to
mark a new and more glorious
Fourth, and of the instances he cites
that of Springfield Mass. may be
commended In Springfield alien res
idents contributed TO the observance
of the Fourth last year-the English
with Magma Charta float the
Greeks and Italians with spcctncles
from their own history. even the Chi
nese with a Celestial display, Tho
parade was followed by 4 carnival OF
sports. with safe fireworks In tho
evening. and It left every participant
with a new sense OF belonging to the
nation and the occasion.
What citiZenly ideal or historic con-
ceptlon is impressed by q day Of un-
thinking blare and bang, with lock-
jaw Sequel?"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
A REQUEST AND NOMINATION.

There is Just one question on tho
mind Of every Ogden citizen just now,
whether that citizen is good ono or
a bad one.
The question is not, Does Ogden
need free trade or the protective
tariff"
1t Is not. DO NC want Democratic
or 4 Republican administration"
The question is Does Ogden need
the saloon and all that goes with 1t.
whether that saloon is a dive or q
gilded parlor, or does Ogden need a
clean city?
Every thinking man and woman
knows that both the Republican and
the Democratic party is almost mex
tricnbly mixed up with the saloon ele-
ment. 1t would he almost IL not quito
impossible for either party to shake
on the fetters which party leaders
have in the past willingly or unwil-
lingly held out their hands to receive
from the saloons
Too often candidates VINO started in
with high ideals and even promises
to their friends OF better things for
Ogden have found their hands tied,
their lips silenced by party policy.
But there is undoubtedly a majority
In both those parties who long to be
rid Of the saloons, and the other two
vices which the saloons foster and
protect.
There arc no state or national
officers to be elected this year. Then
why not do as so many otaer cities
have been doing and hold a non-par-
tisan election
Let the issue be n direct one be-
tween the moral people and the i'm
moral people, Let saloons OF no sa-
looms be the platforms OF the two
parties.
The failure of the city council to
raise tho saloon license may be dis
appointing 10 many good citizens, but
not to those who have thoroughly
studied the question
Forty-1ye saloons might do less
damage than fifty saloons In the ratio
OF 90 per cent TO 100 per cent but it
Is doubtful il 1t would make even
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
FORESTRY SERVICE MEN
AT WORK.
(MonIng Examlner)

This Is the forester's busy day. He
has had a good easy time during the
long winter Just passed, and he must
now don his working toggery and got
out into the mountains. where the for
ests are supposed to grow. The for
ests OF the land need careful atten-
tion. and inasmuch as Uncle Sam has
q forestry department that employs
an army of rangers. superintendents.
supervisors. clerks and bosses. etc..
it we'll be greatly appreciated by the
taxpayers II they Will get out and
make n showing.
There Is much planned by the de-
partment 10 be accomplished this
year, and 1t Is to be hoped that the
plans may bo carried into effect and
the work accomplished Not only do
the managers anticipate protecting
the forests from the woodman's AK
and the ranging flocks and herds. but
they have set themselves against the
devastating influences OF fire Tho
campers fire Is 10 be watched with
vigilance and the moment IT, per
chance, starts a fire In the forest,
signal light Is to bo placed upon
nearby mountain peak. which Will con"
vey the message of the advent ot the
destructive force and within very
short time-only few hoursTall the
hired hands OF the forestry service.
tho cowpunchcrs, the sheep herders
and oil thoV- -2-----~~of the country
round abou out TO night
the Are. 81
The Butt p' ething TO
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
ENGLAND'S APPEAL TO THE COL
ONIES,

The English have ruled the seas
since the defeat of Spain's armada.
but the end Of that supremacy is in
sight. unless Eng,and's colonies join
In upholding the mother country
When the British admiralty built its
first Dreadnought and demonstrated
the superiority of that battleshlp over
all other warshlps. Great Britains
sea power. contradictory as It seems,
was struck vital blow, for Great
Britain's naval force. than double the
strength OF any other nations navy.
was. by that new creation. made OBJ
solete.
naval authority says II Is held as
an axiom In Great Britain that ade.
quate protection of that country aud
its trade involves the maintenance of
navy superior TO the combined forces
of every other two powers. The pres.
ent alarm in England grows out of the
realization that with the increasing
wealth and population of other coun.
tries. and especially Germany. that
VIII soon cease 10 be possible II 1t is
not already so In a recent address
Lord Charles Beresford. Great Brit
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
OGDEN ON THE VERGE OF
A Big BOOM.

The announcement Is made that the
Weber Reservoir Power 6 Irrigation
company's project has boon financed
and sS,75O.000 made available for tho
purposo OF constructing reservoirs.
canals, power plants and power lines
This is the big undertaking with 4
reservoir site north ~ Olalville,
where It is proposed TO store water
sufficient TO irrigato 10000 to $4,000
acres of land north and south of Og-
den.
When actual work starts, the high
bench land OF all this section should
advance many fold in value, and Og-
den should take on new life. for the
project Is one of vast magnitude with
possible benefits almost beyond estl-
mate to tnis section.
The plan Is To store the flood waters
Of the Weber river and other streams
and divert these waters by high-line
canals TO the lands north and south
of ogden which are above the present
canals. Much of the soil Is suitable
for fruit culture and could be made
highly productive and valuable
AT the mouth of Weber canyon, Just
east of Uintah, 4 large syphon is 10
carry the water north which Is TO ir-
rigate the bench lands east and north
OF Ogden.
Power plants are TO be established
where tho available fall in the stream
will be productive OF large horsepower.
With the converting Of 10000 to So
900 acres of new land Into homes.
with orchards offering sustenance TO
q largo population, ogden should en-
joy a prosperity and increase in pop
ulation unequaled by any past ad-
vancement,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02

that difference TO drive Il few saloons
out of business.
1t Is the so-called high-class saloon
that lures the young boys TO the first
drink. and not the dive with It's hid.
eous. rum-soaked patrons
Only a license go high as TO be abb
solutely prohibitlye Will materially I'm.
prove conditions.
To elect a mayor and a city cou,ci;
favorable to such a license, or, Wilt
is preferable. opposed to granting H.
censes at all Is an ambition worthy OF
all good citizens
In recent open letter Hon Joseph
S. Peery said:
IF we can not have prohibition at
, present, by all means let us have bet,
ter regulations and higher license. IL
this fails, then let the movement be
started for the entire eradication of
the saloons from our fair city"
Well, the council has failed TO raise
the license and now 1t remains for
some one To start a movement for the
eradication of the saloons.
II Is refreshing TO see man who
is not afraid to so on record as Mr.
Peery has. and It is very desirable TO
soc man In the mayors chair who
holds such sentiments in regard to
the saloons
1t would be unfortunate. however,
TO see such a man nominated by
either of the old parties and bound by
party ties to carry out the pledges of
party leaders made in his behalf.
The present mayor has done all that
he promised 50 far as the writer
n1thCpuA ur,r
arc disappointed that he did not 20
farther than he promised
What we need now Is mayor who
VIII promise to go 10 the last limits
of his ability in that direction and will
make that promise in a public man
ner which botokens sincerity and be-
gets confidence.
! And every councilmanic candidate
should be compelled TO place himself
on record just as openly.
What is needed is an independent
| ticket. reform tcket-or call It what
YOU will 1t is not only needed but
1t would be elected. for the people are
| tired of crime, suicides and violent
| deaths
All that Is needed is for an organi-
| 2atlon TO be formed and Ogden would
soon vindicate herself before the world
as city that offers a good, clean
| place In which to 1--we
Since speculation is already being
made as TO possible candidates, Is 1t
| not time to start such an organization
of the better class OF citizens as Will
make good candidates a certainty?
The advice Is always given by the
old party leaders, of course. to attend
the primaries and see that good men
are nominated, but the citizen VINO Is
not even cog in the political ma
chine knows that he stands about as
much chance or having n voice In the
! primary as he would have OF chang
Ing the plans of a national conyen-
| ton if he we're not q delegate.
While there arc a hundred people
who might with propriety start such
| a reform movement 1t would seem
that since Mr. Peory has already
placed himself on record. all would
have confidence In him as a leader II
he chose TO accept the position And
| 80. without consultation with any in,
diyidual, party OF organization, car
neStly request him TO start such 4
movement, and hereby nominate him
as temporary secretary TO call a meet
Ing TO start said movement Is there
| q second?
LEOTA S KENNEDY.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
say about the forests yesterda a.y In the

say about the forests yesterday In the
following editorial:
The forest rangers arc Pn the
ground There has been n general
exodus of the attaches of the forestry
department from Washington to the
reserves This is the seasoh when
practical work Is demanded to pro-
tect the forests from fires and from
over-grazing It's a big job 10 look
after 1875 100000 acres OF forest. con-
tanned in l49 national forests in the
United States.
The department at this time Of the
year practically resolves Itself into a
forest patrol The forest fires begin
as early as May. and as midsummer
approaches and the heat and drougbts
OF July and August come on the most
ceaseleSs vigilance Is required
Each year the rangers appeal TO the
residents in and about forest reserves
10 exercise the utmost care In their
clearances: each year they threaten.
coax. command and cajole the set
tier TO greater cooperation with their
laborS
In all patroled forests today stumps
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
RAILWAY CASUALTIES.

The total number of railway cas-
ualties for the quarter ended March
81 shows an increase OF 344, but de
crease of 90 killed. What this means
only a railroader could tell. says tho
Times,
During January, February and
March. 1909. 669 persons were killed
and 1921 injured. The loss mate
rally was nearly s1.9Oo,00o.
1t is stated by reliable authority
that tho increase In mileage consider.
ed, the percent of casualties is de-
crcaSing-for which the public may
thank the press. Horrible as are the
totals, they must be little above that
OF auto accI1ents-over which, thus
far, nobody appears to have attempt
cd supervision. t,..
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
SENSATIONAtlSM TO BE FOL-
LOWED BY SCANDAL,

Tho Salt Lake papers are making a
great hullabaloo over the closing OF
the "Stockade.' but II there ia any
thing in rumor, half thai has been
written on tho subject has been
faxed"
Tie "Stockade" Is only temporarily
closed, the buildings are not being
torn down and tho queen of tho un-
deTworld" is not bankrupt notwith-
standing that extra editions of Salt
Lake papers lately hayo boen dis
trlbuted on the streets of ogden, pro-
fesslonal 'yelperS" from Salt Lake
having been employed TO shout the
sensational news, "All about the de-
struction of the Stockade,"
There Is too much made OF these
raids because back of them there Is
nothing sincere.
The "Stockade" should never have
been built and the lewd women should
not have been removed from their old
haunts in Salt Lake. yet those wno
were delegated TO wipe out the new
quarters should have proceeded 10 the
task with clean hands. If half that
Is told In Ogden Is true, Salt Lake
Will resound with scandal during this
falls campaign The mud that Is to
DO thrown Will cling TO the garments
Of prominent people ON both sides OF
the fight
1t IS said the entrance to tho
"Storllade' Is TO be replaced bv A
large building and the city Of cribs"
reopened; that Belle London Is still
supreme and that she Is not financially
distressed. transfers OF property hav-
ing been made to relatives as safe
guard. and that after the campaign
OF this fall. the redliehts will burn
as brightly as before the raid, unless
the unexpected happens
Which all tend to prove that the
Wild statements, the Tearing down
oI inc Stockado" stories from Salt
Lake are but fiction put out for a pur-
poSo and screamed into the cars OF
Ogdenites to have local effect
Ogden Is mor-ng along In the reg
ulaung OF Its local social evils in
quiet way, and when the authorities
hero are in need OF an Intrusion from
Salt Lake thoy, undoubtedly, Will
mako a public appeal for add through
tho local papers. but in the meantime
this city does not desire 10 be die
tated TO by Salt Lake politicians or
mado party to tDe gamo of blum now
being carried on in the capital. In
yolvinG as it does a scandal OF largo
dimensions.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
FAIR GROUNDS WILL BE
BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED
Horses Will Night July Beginning p M-Elec
ric Arcs Placed Every Fifty Feet Around the Track
One of the Most Novel Sights Ever Seen in West.

Races will be seen at the Fair
grounds on the evening Of Jplly Sth-
This will be the first horse rJacing in
Utah by electric light at night,
On the afternoon OF July 5th. COM
mencing at p. M. the rS1cing VIII
start. and the afternoon PROGRAM Will
cover the time up TO 6 o'clocSJS. but in
the evening, beginning at So'clock.
the most novel and interesting sight
ever witnessed on q westerh track
viii draw, 1t is predicted. theR largest
crowd any pleasure resort I'M Ogden
has ever held
Large arc lamps. with specially con.
structcd re0ectors. are being placed
every fifty feet around the race course,
so that the horses will be under a
constant stream of light which will
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
BOYS WHO GO SWIMMING ARE IN
DANGER.

A word of warning to young boys
who go bathing. Yesterday two broth
ers. Wallace and Douglas Johnson,
were drowned in slough near Salt
Lake. They had been in the habit.
during the hot spell. of bathing In the
slough, and repeated "swims' had
made them careless in entering the
water at the point where they lost
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02

can be burned only under govern.
ment supervision. on certain days ano
in certain periods of the year. Eact
ranger has become as desirous "a
have a mo fire. record In his district
as sheriff is anxious to prevent
jail break from his Jail
Tho result is beginning 10 show II
a diminution of the Wholesale destruc
tion OF the past The ruthless. heart
breaking fortune-destroyIng coD0agra
tlons typical Of other summers are be
coming rarer each year
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02

make It possible for the people in the
grounds TO follow the neeting animals
and identify their riders the entire
half mile.
Baseball has been played at night
by the use OF brilliant lights, but this
Will be the first time In the west
horses have been run under the glare
of electric arcs.
The novelty will be added 10 by the
GOODNESS OF evening as compared with
the day, and then 1t will afford a regu-
lar mardi gras evening for jolly.
good natured. frolicsome Fourth of
July crowd
The best OF order will be maintain
cd by large force of officers from the
police department. aided by deputy
sherins who will keep the race course
clear of all intruderS.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
SLIGHT SHOCK AT
SAN 8ERNAROlNo.

San Bernardlno. Cal, July IA
slight earthquake shock was felt mere
at $50 p. m. No damage was done.
TIE atmosphere was unusually heavy
throughout the day with the thermom-
eter registering 105.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02
THE DISASTROUS FOURTH OF
JULY.

The New York World calls the
ourth OF July a "Caraivol of Lock-
r' ! I'D then eEplains
thtes without sayine that "
oe.f July had its beginning in
cock. @ while Secrets and mutlla,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-19
JUSTICE FOR JAPAN
President Demands Square
Deal" for All.
METHODlSTS ASKED TO AID
Also "the Decent People of Califor-
MIA" and Elsewhere.
NOT AFRAID OF BIG STICK"
sut Would Be Ashamed to Use It
Except When Necessary, He
Tells Big Audience.
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL.

Gin addition to the square deal
in our own country. l want the
NethOdists and others to help me
I will see to ii that in doing this
our own citizens are protected.
~ am not sentime ntallst. l
am not afraid of invoking the big
stick wheneve Ii may be neces-
sary. Our national government
has reached an agreement with
Japan by which there can he a
sat isfactOry solution to every
question which may be at issue
between the United states and
japan. should be ashamed to
invoke il unless Ii was necessary.
And 1 want 10 see us, while in
sisting on Justice being done us
equally careful to do Justice to
others.
I'VE arc constantly giving to
the people of the Philippines an
Increasing share in. an increasing
Opport unity to learn by practice,
the difficult art Of self-gOvern-
ment. II we had abandoned
them mt the outset to their own
devices. III we had shlrked our
duty and sailed out Of the
islands. leaving them In a
bloody weIter CT confusion, the
chief sufferers would have been
the Philippine people themselves.
We are leadi ng them forward
steadily In the right direction,
and we are doing 1t because our
people NJ home desire that they
shall be- treated rtght."-PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT to Meth
Odists.