The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-30
BRUMN IF ON
ADVERTISING.
Editor Standard;

Editor Standard: .-------------
notice In the morning Standard
of August %. two editorials which
appeal To me as being something new
In the editorial field OF Ogden; name
ly why not adyortise?" and Colt
man and Idaho Falls"
The first editorial furnishes basis
on which a considerable can be writ
ten, and will touch on 4 few points.
Ogden needs advertising moro than
any other place in the United States,
q few references are sufficient to
prove this assertion; the fruit inter
ests OF Ogden and adjacent country
IL located elsewhere would bc sufl-
Client to build a city of considerable
size Us proven from the fact that
Grand Junction not having as much
land adjacent thereto or az desire
able climate has by persistent advor-
t1sing built up small city, and has
increased the price of land TO from
one thousand TO two thousand dol
lars per acre, much better land with
good water right better climatic con
ditions. better railroad facilities, near
Ogden can be purchased at Twenty
five per cent OF the price asked and
received in Grand Junction. Colo
RADIO Springs and Manitou have built
a city as large as Ogden by adver-
tislng persistently The Garden of
the Gods. their mineral water.
Cheyenne Canyon. Grand Cavern
and few other lesser attractions.
The Garden of the Gods" or any
other scenic beauty that is advertised
with such telling effects quails into
insignIfigance in comparison with OG
den Canyon one of the most stupen
dous pieces of scenery created by
the Almighty on the American con-
tinent; while the Utah Hot Springs
and the springs of the Canyon Sanl
tarium are vastly superior In ned
cinaI properties 10 any In the vicinity
OF Colorado Springs; while the beach
OF the Great Salt Lake just West of
the city on the Southern Pacific
Bridge which is thirty miles long. is
justly entitled TO the position of one
Of the Seven Wonders of the World.
II located at Colorado Springs would
be a subject which hundreds. of tons
OF advertising matter would sbe sent
out annually describing, and thou
sands OF tourists would be attracted !
to see and tell OF its wonder.
Slalan's Heights and Observatory !
Peak have many advantages and !
much more scenic beauty than Pixies |
Peak. which has been the means of
extracting thousands of dollars from !
the pockets Of the sight-seers TO the |
profit OF Colorado Springs.
Leadvillc with its Penn. Mover. |
Iron Nine. Little Chief. Silver !
Chord, "St Louis. Resurrection. /
"Chrysollte". Little Johnnie. and
little Pittsburg" which At one time
was thriving CITY OF twenty-five |
thousand and Is slll quite city and !
a good business point had less in
mineral To make her greater than
Ogden II is true that two men in |
Ogden have for number of years
worked perSisrcntly at mining. but |
outside Of these two men, nothing has ,
been done In a systematic way 10 de- |
yelop or to advertise Ogden's great !
mineral resources These two men |
as soon as they can realize on their |
labor will be millionaires. ono |
of them having recently sold a small /
part OF his holdings for a quarter of /
a million dollars Leadyillc became |
great by advertising and n city as
large as Leadyille can he built in Og-
den from lis mineral resources alone
when properly advertised and deyel-
oped
There are many other resources
which NAV be elaborated upon. and
which need advertising very much to
the great advantage of Ogden. such
as a wholesale and jobblng center,
manufacturing point. the canning
interest with its twenty or more fac
tories, the beet sugar interest, as a
desirable residence city, and many
others. one of which I will refer to.
that Is the railroad interest which
necessarily brings up the develop
ment Of the adjacent territory Kan
sas City received the greater share
of its growth from the development of
the territory Northwest, West. and
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