The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-22
OBJEC TO
CITY'S HAY
SIGN
OGDEN MAN WHO SUFFERED
MUCH HUMILIATION.
He Was With a Salt laker When
Park Keeper Ordered Them Both
OF the Grass.
Ogden. Utah. June q 1909

Editor Standard, ! have Criey.
ance and complaint to make. My
feelings have been hurt and when that
happens TO a real estate man you can
depend upon il that II was a pretty
severe shock. 1t happened thus.
One day last week / was showing a
Salt Lake man some of the points of
interest about the city We went up
the Twenty second street car line TO
Monroe and there walked over to
Twentieth We looked at the Deaf
and Dumb Institute and / pointed out
10 him the Reform school in the dis.
tance.
Said Mr.. Salt Lake, You have two
stale institutions here in Ogden now
and yet you want the capital"
| confessed to him that II was i'm
good faith our intention to take the
capital away from Salt Lake at an
carly date.
Excuse my laughing" he said. but
you Ogden people are all so oock-sure
that you are going to succeed. Now tell
me in what part of the town YOU will
locate itP'
l explained that in the southeast
portion OF the city was University
Place, magnificent site, that could
be readily reached by a belt line that
the street car people were sure to
build when the capital came TO Ogden
Such a line would open UP residence
district that would accommodate 25,-
600 more people 1 suggested to him
that now was the time for Salt Lake
people to buy real estate In Ogden.
BY this time we had walked back to
Twenty-firSt street. when, looking
down Monroe, We saw the Twenty sec
ond street car Fastening westward.
TOO late for that car" said Mr.. Salt
Lake. never mind, there will prob
ably be another along In a few min
utes"
him that the Rapid Transit company
had made SO many extensions-to the
Hot Springs. to Ogden Canyon, to
Plain City and down Wall avenue
that they were short Of cars and as a
result there was only a twenty-min-
ute service on Twenty-second street, at
the present time, but that would only
last a few days until the cars ordered
by the company would arrive when
there would probably be ten minute
service established.
This seemed to be a satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION and we decided to wait twen-
ty minutes for the next car and to
spend the time resting in the shade of
Liberty Park.
I'VE have n Liberty Park in Salt
Lake" said my friend, "and il is just
four times the size of thisy
pointed out the clay-bank horse
that was dragging a lawn mower
about and asked him &c Liberty Park
In Salt Lake was kept In as nice shape
as the park OF the same name in Og-
den We'll. no." he said. IL am afraid
there are parts Of our Liberty Park
that are trimmed up about once year
with weed scythe"
An automobile came whizzing by.
My friend commented on the good
judgment of the Park Commission in
the public to use the road
way through the park.
We reached the southeast entrance
OF the park and the last of the shade |
The nearest benches were occupied, a
group of children were playing some |
game under the trees not far away A
patient from the jap
anese hospital lay full length on the
grass by the roadside. We had seen |
him there half an hour before. A
Man With Hose sprinkled water on
the grass hundred wards away and |
the old claybank continued to hustle |
the lawn mower around
It was q quiet, happy and contented |
scene. We felt at peace with all the !
world and sat down on the grass under /
a tree.
Mr. Salt Lake again referred to the |
of the capital to Ogden. 1t |
was plainly worrying him He seemed
to want to be reconciled TO the |
change
So I gave him ten-minute talk on
the many points wherein Ogden was
superior to Salt Lake as a residence
city, as railroad center, as manu-
and distributing point. and | |
thought had him going north pretty
fast, when voice that had not been
noned for long time broke in:
"Hey! Can't you see dem signs?"
We stared around but did not To-
cate the speaker Then we went on
.alking. but the voice broke in once
more, and nearer. clearer. deadlier
than before:
Hey Cant YOU see dem signs?
It was the man behind the hose that