The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-02
HOOPER APPEALS
FOR BETTER ROAD

An Open Letter to the County Com
miSsioners-Please, Sirs. when can
Hooper have a road? Some few times
before. this same plant has come to
your official ears. We believe. II IS
bordering on dozen years since 1t
was mildly suggested to your honor
able body that to give the north and
cast part OF the county. yea. and the
west-ell parts seemingly. save the
southwest-compact gravel highways
while the deplzens OF Hooper rolled
joyfully 10 market through the thick
mire OF cloud OF the drier PARTICLES.
was attempting to stretch the cloak
of justice to ft over the case. This
"southwestest' OF the towns has
things TO sell and money to spend
The people wish to get TO Ogden to
do both
Just now that the fountains of the
deep are breaking up. 1t has been a
particularly sweet Job to get from
Hooper to the county seat. Gravlta-
tlon hns had a particulally pronounced
effect upon a horse and buggy getting
over the road To travel thus is to
run q horse TO a corpse In double
quick time
The county must not longer cry.
NO funds Too much of business
era Is upon us today To give ear to
such Idle talk The increased valua-
tIon OF property In the great district
such a highway would tap. would
pay back the money thus invested by
the county, directly and indirectly
And the county would have the road.
Besides, we betbink ourselves that,
some years since, when II was de-
sired to build a rock road to Harris
Vile and Farr West, and another TO
North Ogden. ways and means wore
found. And an expensive tramway
was provided and the thing was
did" At such times subterfugee are
not resorted TO, The money is raised
and the deed is done.
Ia not Hooper. plus Hooporites.
worth a road TO town. There ls some
thing out there. aside from sahuratus
and muskrat, This burg has always
led the procession for the county In
cartiDg the homely beet to the Ogden
Sugar mill. Take out the product OF
this town and not inconslderable
hole would be made in David Eccles'
sugar output This is one Item
Again. at sundry times. Hooper has
grown brains as well as Drawn She
has mothered more would-be profes-
sional men-men and women that are
now earning their living with their
brain rather than the hand-than any
other town in the county. This as
sertion Will go uuchallenged, Sue
cessful lawyers, practitioner, high |
churchmen, also pedagogues galore.
have come out Of here. More OF the |
sons and daughters Of old Hooper !
have vea7ned after higher education
and gone after it-than any other |
tributary of ogden. AT present. for |
example. we'll nigh a score OF Hooper
ties are welding the rod over the
rising generation far and noar. The
educational mills, respectively OF
Spanish Fork. Woodruff, Rich county.
Syracuse. Hooper. Roy, Eden. Kanes-
Vile and one OF thoee at Idaho Falls
arc at this moment presided oyor by
the Hooner.hred. This deos not In
cmde an lnetructor in the Summit
academy and dozen otner minor
grade teachers,
Ono party from the metropolis"
went down TO Hooper, said he had al
ways supposed her to be little spot
In the baclrwoods. full OF fond memo.
ries. etc He visited what he con-
fessed tn he very high-grade Sun
revelation Most Of ogden and north
ern towns labor under like hallucina-
tions. Give us Justice tn@e is 10 say