The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-06-12
III i ~ Peal Estate News e e
GET YOUR EYE OFF
YOUR SORE TOE
Stop Knocking Your Town and
Your Neighbor-Get Busy
Pull Together.

Editor Standard: ! am inspired By
your recent editorials, Where They
Do Things" and Ogden Is a Good
City TO inflict you with communi-
cation.
Parenthetically. 1 have been sub
scriber TO your paper for, 10, these
I many years and at present am test
! Ing its merits as an advertising med
| ium.
! am not n stranger in Ogden,
lived here, mot wisely, but too well"
in the boom days OF 1889 and | have
been faithful and consistent tax pay
CT ever since. So. feel that have
! a right to speak as "one Of the fam
| ily." Ogden. like q certain little girl,
is very very good, but IN some OF her
ways she is simply horrid True.
she has been victim of untoward
circumstances, but a good spanking
won't hurt her
1t Is not for me to tell Ogden peo-
pie OF the important location OF this
city nor of the beauty OF her sur
roundings. although sometimes
doubt II they appreciate the CONNER
cial value OF the latter. Ogden is a
|
more beautiful site in America than
! the Bench" or Mob Hill from Twen.
! ty-siXth street to Twenty-second street
/ from Polk street TO the Mountains.
| Why Is not this area covered with
the beautiful homes OF Ogden's citl-
/ zens and of the leisure class from all
over tho country? One reason Is that
| the local street railway people have
seen fit to leave that part of the city
desolate wilderness OF scrub oak.
! inaccessible to home builders. Just
| suppose the street railway had been
extended from 25th street across to
22nd street, some years ago, on FIJI
more avenue. Then imagine the group
| OF beautiful residences now located on
! the Eccles block (so-called) strung
out on Fillmore or Pierce avenues
! surrounded by spacious and beautiful
I grounds, How many others might
have been attracted to build beautl-
y ful homes upon this favored spot!
: But there must be other inducements
to bring both home builders and
1 tourists to ogden.
II is truly surprising TO note in
the past few years the influx from all
/ over the country. of retired and we'll
to-do people into. not only Denver
and Colorado Springs, but the small
! er cities of Colorado like Fort Col
| lins and Greeley. They are attracted
not only by the climate but by other
considerations which go to make
city desirable place Of residence
/ AS rule the well-to-do home
seeker considers climate, attractive
surroundings, clean. well governed
/ city. good schools and healthy moral
! atmosphere In which to bring up the
younger members OF the family. Has
| Ogden all of these? Let the people
of Ogden answer Owing to lts loca-
ton and to the fact that 1t is a rail
road town" | don't consider for one
moment that Ogden Gun be made "a
spotless town." but | do believe NOR
al conditions may be greatly improy-
ed to the great advantage of Ogden.
One sees too many poor, untortun-
ate wrecks on the streets OF this
beautiful city ogden should not be
"a port for lost men"
/ People hesitate TO locate In a town
having q large vagabond population.
No, prohibition is all right for town
{ like Greeley. Colo On the whole. 1t
Is a success. But for towns like
Denver, Salt Lake and Ogden it would
be an impractical farce. The best
that can he done is TO reduce intem-
! perance and vice TO a minimum and
strictly regulate,
Next to the permanent home build
or, Ogden should join hands with
Salt Lake, and 20 after the tourist
! business.
/ A. De,t rn Eng
land people have fattened and grown
oppulent upon the summer board
! er" Florida. California and n few
! other sections draw millions annual
ly from the tourists One person In
perhaps fifty OF the many thousands
en- route to California stops over in
Salt Lake for twenty-four hours to
see the Temple and Tabernacle Few,
but travelling men. get beyond the
limits OF the depot in Ogden. These
conditions can be changed. but IL VIII
be a matter of time, patience and the
outlay of large sums OF money A
half a million dollars spent at Ogden
Hot Springs, an equal amount In Og-
den canyon. cog-wheel railroad up
Observatory Peak 10 a magnificent re-
sort. and quite as important, the ex-
penditure Of fifty thousand dollars in
advertising these attractions would do
/ the trick Who Will do these things?
There is money enough in Ogden
and Salt Lake TO do them and make
them a success. Probably enough
money Is sent away from these two
! cities to Nevada. Idaho and else
where, which, II invested at home.
would mean big things for ogden and
Salt Lake,
Here Is a clipping from recent
paper: Colorado Springs not only
gets a big tourist trade. but # gets
residents OF this financial caliber.
And Colorado Springs cannot compare
with Ogden In beauty OF location and
surroundings,
Another point-The people of Og-
den are still lighting ghosts" II is
true that no nation or community
can truly prosper under the domina-
/ ton OF a single religious faith.
! Church-ridden nations fall behind In
the grand march of civilization and
progress. This would be just as true
whether the despotic rule be that Of
/ Moslem. Catholic. Mormon or Meth
! odist But are Salt Lake and ogden
really travelling under any serious
handicap OF this character? There
may be jealousIcs agGravauons. fny-
oritism. and some restraint In com
petition. owing to church afhliations.