The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-24

| ~ - 'ht Hlu JOUUtIS to-
soeiauon for the banquet of Ogden
boosters given at Charles Cafeteria
| Wednesday evening, at which pent-up
enthusiasm OF seyenty-0vc represen.
tauve business men broke forth in
/ speech and action promising the de-
| velopment of a promotion spirit which
Is destined, II continued, to carry the
city forward to tremendous achieve
ment on a huge wave of progress
and prosperity
Speeches advocating greater public
ity. more unanimous support OF home
| industries. less factional bitterness.
| less politics and more energetic de,
velopment OF local resources. were de-
| lirered and capable committees whose
duty II will be to carry out tho cam
] Daign thus launched at one of the
most enthusiasts meetings In the
clty'S history were selected. the nom
| bers entering almost Immediately up
| on the labors to which they had been
! assigned.
Pull together" was the keynote Of
the meeting and loyalty to Ogden was
urged In a number of excellent I'M
promptu speeches. Rousing cheers
greeted every declaration for great
er Ogden and the arguments setting
forth the wonderful resources and tre-
mendols possibilities Of this city were
conylncingly delivered
II. L. Griffin Speaks.
Al the conclusion OF a delightful
banquet, tho menu of which appears
above. J. s. Campbell. who presided
as POSTMASTER, introduced H. l.. Grif
fin. VINO said In part.
I'VE are here for the same pur
pose For several days We have been
collecting our best thoughts, here TO
be used as a lever to lift us out of
our lethargy. We are known every
where as possessing almost unparal-
leled advantages for shipping We
have long recognized that We are a
commercial hub. and now II is up TO
us to place the spokes and coment
them with our fidelity and watchful
ness TO all our legitimate interests.
I'VE have just come to the knowl-
edge that we have nearly one hun
dred 1obbers and manufacturers using
Ogden as the shipping point 1t Is
the duty of every citizen to assess
himself S25 every time he knocks any
OF our interests, and to again assess
himself a like amount every time
that he has an opportunity and fails
TO use OF advertise Ogden OF Utah
made products. this fund to be turned
over to the Ogden Boosters for ad-
vertsing"
Mr.. Grif1ln's remarks we're given a
rouslng approval. The boost spirit
lad taken possession OF the whole
gathering and ] F. Bagley held the
interest Of his auditors in a strong
and logical argument for the en-
couragement OF Ogden's enterprises
What Ogden Can Do.
James Wotherspoon. OF the Shupe-
Williams Candy company. spoke OF
the immense tributary territory to
Southern Utah and Wyoming and
even to further boundaries He
brought out what booster organiza.
ton can do. Ogden already gets
q part of the business OF oil this
territory" he said but why should
Ogden be content with only a part Of
it?" he reasoned. ogden is the
commercial center OF the entire ter
ritory. and this business should legi.
tmately come to Ogden. Ogden is
the most important railroad point in
the entire west. We must get busy
and boost ogden is the end of the
Rio Grande Western. the end OF the
Southern Pacific. the end of tho
Union Pacific, the end OF the Oregon
Short Line on the north and the end
of the Short Line on the south. the
end of the Bamberger line, the end
of the Hot Springs limo. the end OF
the Canyon line, the end OF the Plain
City line. and there's no end to the
natural advantages OF Ogden" He
showed the wonderful growth OF the
country tributary to Ogden. and de-
ciared that this city is the logical and
natural point of distribution to supply
the needs of tho immense country.
City Too Modest.
In speaking OF Ogden capital in Og-
den institutions j. ]. Brummitt called
attention to the immense amount OF
money held by the local banks which
showed that everybody has money
now. whereas q few years ago only
two or three men In Ogden had money
to invest. Mr.. Brummitt struck a key
that brought yociferous endorsement |
whom he declared that "the trouble |
with Ogden Is that she does not claim |
enough. We should claim everything |,
In sight, We've got the best land In the |
world right here In Ogden. and we |
should not give peg until we have
Won everything in sight He said !
that Ogden Is entering upon a new
era. the era of a Greater Ogden. the
struggle had already passed and Og-
den Is now firmly established and des-
tined to become the real big CONNER.
cial metropolis Of the great west. there
Is no stopping It. Claim everything
In sight and stick by your guns. Take
your money out of the banks and I'm.
vest 1t in ogden enterprises. in Og-
len homes. In Ogden real estate. and
boost all the time for Ogden"
Mayor Glasmsnn Spoke.
He said he did not know that he
was on the program and came as q stu
lent. to learn methods of boosting,
nut while on the floor said:
In other cities rich men were ap-
'recIated. and that when that appre-
'iatlon was manifested 1t resulted In
such as the Kearns build
ng. the Keith block and the New.
louse buildings In Salt Lake City.
Here in Ogden we have men building
railways, and yet they meet
With nc boosts from the business men.
am Informed that Eccles. Browning
md others are feeling somewhat dis
over the reception OF their
ailway work More knocks than
IoostS seem TO come their way, Last
ear the mayor and city council made
ules how the street car track shall