Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-15
OPPORTUNITIES OUT IN UTAH
Chances for Fortune Offered to Tillers
of Soil.
OGDEN DEVELOPING RAPIDLY
city Gains Unusual Recognition from
Insurance CompRny-ApiRry Busi-
meas Much Neglected In View
Of Field Offered.


of Field Offered.
OGDEN. Dec IA farmer driving to
! town with a load OF carrots when dues-
/ toned as TO the productivity Of his soil
/ and the profit in carrot culture, said he
had produced thirty tons TO the acre for
which he received 81 a ton at the livery
stables and dairy farms At that rate Of
production and at that price. carrots are
more profitable than fruit and a carrot
farm more to be desired than an orange
grove.
While Salt Lake is in the slough Of des-
pond suffering the effects OF collapsed
boom, ogden Is taking on a more cheer
full aspect and business in all branches
is improving beyond expectations.
| Within the last few days ground has
been broken with excavating for half a
dozen large business blocks, including a
| three or four-story structure for the Com
merclal National bank. on Grant avenue
near Twenty-fifth street and a large
creamery for Blackman 8 Griffin, adjoin-
/ Ing their present place Of business on
Washington avenue. A. b. Corey has
commenced work on a two-story garage
and livery on Washington avenue, near
Twenty-sixth street.
building for browning.
| Browning Brothers, at present erect
ing three-story factory on Hud-
/ son avenue, on the west side Of the
newly opened street, are to build one Of
the largest business blocks in the city
with frontage Of 100 feet on the east
side OF the avenue opposite the building
they are now constructing. The height
has not been decided on. but It will be three
J M Of ella b,Yr
struction and most attractive architectu-
raj design,
! John NJ. and NJ s Browning are the in
ventor and the business manager, respect
/ lively, Of this company. which is credited
with placing more firearms on the market
than any other company in the world
John M Browning is the inventor Of nearly
all the winchester guns and he is the
genius whose patterns on the automatic
! pistol restored Liege, Belgium. to high rank
| IN Europe as a manufacturing center He
/ is also the inventor of the Colt rapid fire
gun in use in the United States navy. The
royalties from the Browning guns is
! Said to exceed $1,000 a day. Much of
this immense income is going into the up,
building of Ogden, the birthplace and home
OF the Browning boys
| CORat buyers Are BUSY
| Heretofore heavy shipments of cattle
have been made from Utah and Idaho to
the Omaha and other markets east Of here
but this winter Pacific coast buyers have
been searching out the fatted calf and the
/ best mutton and as a result nearly all
movements OF live stock are westward
Last winter one firm Of buyers obtained
less than a trainload of cattle for the San
concern has sent out 5000 head Of cattle
and has contracted for 5000 more TO he
delivered by the middle of March at Pa
cific coast points. 1t Is estimated that
the total shipments will be not less than
1900 head.
Portland, Ore, and Seattle. Wash, are
stock trade Of Utah. southern Idaho and
/ western Wyoming.
OF late, Utah as source of supply for
the Oman and Chicago stock yards has
been completely overlooked and the in
difference has allowed the Pacific coast to
capture the business
Packing at Ogden.
The ogden Packing company is perfect
ing plans for sending dressed beef to Tire
San Francisco market This company il
now fattening 1900 head of beef cattle fol-
the west. but, by this time next year, in.
stead of being shipped on the hoof the
dressed product will be sent out OF Ogden
in refrigerators by the trainoad.
And sheep are to be handled in tn,
same manner for the eastern market A
week or ten days are required TO shiI
spring lambs to the Omaha or Chicago
stockyards from here. The killing is I,
|
lambs placed on the market within fou
days after being loaded into the refrigera
tors at Ogden. The experiment promises
to be successful and to develop a most ex
tensive industry in the slaughtering anC
preparing for markets, both east and west
Of the cattle and sheep raised in this re
gion-
First Loan on Realty.
The Equitable LAfs Insurance company
has made its first loan here on real es-
tate, and It is the first of the large in
surance companies TO recognize the merits
OF this city as a safe investment. Until
a city reaches a population of $1,000 the
big financial concerns of the country are
not inclined to offer money on real es.
tate but after a careful investigation OF
Ogden's resources, and the solidity Of
its manufacturing and other industrial In
situations made by a representative OF thu
Equitable this rule was disregarded b!
the placing OF large sum on security
furnished by the d. II. Peery estate Of
this city.
This is an important concession TO ogden
as this cheap outside money will materially
assist in maintaining the high record OF
I building activity now being made. and q
will do much TO stimulate other industries
which so far have been denied tho finan-
ciaI assistance necessary TO their fullest
development
The honey crop Of this valley is a negli-
Eible quantity, the possibilities considered
There are thousands OF acres Of alfalfa
which In the time OF bloom should furnish
nectar for countless thousands Of bees
there are orchard blossoms and wild Flow
ers, ana these secrete the sweet flow a.
such periods as to supply the bees witt
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