Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-28
WONDERFUL SPOT OF BEAUTY
New Line from Ogden "Opens Up Noun
tain Guarded Valley.
ALL JEWELLERS PROSPEROUS
Although hat Locally known az
Present, ~ e. Destined TO become
one Of the wonders ot
che Country,

the Country,
OGDEN. Utah, Nov 21.-lspocial THE
Ogden Rapid Tranacit company has made
I two surveys through ogden canyon TO
/ Huntsville. the metropolis OF beautiful
mountain guarded valley, where the set
tiers are all prosperous hay and cattle
raisers, and as Independent as though
every one OF them had a pald-for auto
mobile. A third survey Is being made to
conform 60 some OF the exaotions Of those
having rights-of-way which must be OBJ
tnined. When the grade stakes are finally
fixed railroad construction will commence
and tho road IN the deep gorge extended
nine miles, making a total OF sixteen miles
from tho Union depot In ogden TO the
terminus
When this extension Is made the ogden
electric line viii afford tho most delightful
trolley ride to be had at any point on the
line OF transoonunental travel from Omaha
10 San Francisco Within that sixteen
miles Of canyon will be found the most
magnificent scenery that plnnacied noun
tains and towering cliffs and deep chasms
reverborant with waterfalls and tumblng
brooks and plneolad hills and rustic dells
can, In bewlderinE combination, present
constantly reminding Ogdenites that tho
home people do not know. or knowing do
not proclaim. half the grandeur of this
wonderful canyoi "trip. There Is every
I thing that Yosemite has and incomparably
more than IL to be found IN all the Gardens
Of the Gods that Colorado might lay claim
TO- and yet Ogden canyon is only locally
known.
Some day some one with a gift OF ex-
preston and a medium suitable to that
descriptive power will unfold to the Amerl-
can people this one supremely grand work
OF Masterful Hand, and Ogden canyon
will come into It's own.
ogden ~ Growing.
Tho building permits OF the city for the
ten months ended october 30 show these
figures:
Residences, brick. l75 frame. 2Ol; CO.
ment, 3.
Business houses, 90.
! Churches 3
| Schools g.
! The approximate cost OF these structures.
as totaled by City Inspector Leon Brown
ing, Is &1OiO,957. which is a low estimate.
because Of tax ON the valuation at the
time OF issuing permits, which Is conducive
TO under valuing.
The ti7 now buildings include a number
OF the most substantial business blocks and
artisucally attractive residences in the
city.
The Ogden Pharmacal company Is another
institution. the growth OF which attests to
the advantages Of Ogden as a wholesale
point Within the last two years this
Wholesale drug house has outgrown It old
quarters and IL now occupying the entire
floor space OF a large three story- building,
with basement and Is drawing in the service
OF chemists and other expert help TO meet
the demands Of it's constantly enlargine
field of activity.
The company was organized by Charles
". Empey, with capital not exceeding 81 500
and within six years this business OF In
significant origin, has expanded until the
company Is carrying stock OF drugs
chemicals, etc. Of over $4,000 and there
are four representatives on the road. COW
ering all that territory from here north
TO the Canadian line. east in wyoming,
west in Nevada, and south through Utah
TO the Colorado line.
Thousands OF dollars worth OF drugs and
chemicals are placed on the market under
their own label ana the mixing, compound
ing, bottling and packing OF these goods
Is creating employment for a large number
OF people including the experts who are
being brought here from the east.
There Is not wholesale house in Ogden
that Is not going forward by leaps and
bounds, from dealers In notions, doing a
10000 business TO the distributors Of dry
goods with yearly sales OF over Ss.OOOOOOO.
This Is prominently a place OF oppor-
tunity In the wholesale business.
Prise HOEs and BeaI.
! prize contest on hogs and veals was
concluded at the plant OF the Ogden Pack
Ing and Provision company, and the affair
was a great success The object OF the com.
pany I'm offering prizes is TO encourage the
hog raising industry in the surrounding
country. and at the same time educate the
farmer to raise the most profitable as We'll
as the most desirable hog for packing pur-
poses.
After the Judging OF the i've stock a
special lunch of packing house products
was INDUCED In. A number Of railroad Of
ficiais and many other people from the
city attended, and the ordinary cuttlnR
room OF the packing plant was appropri.
Rtely decorated and turned into a banquet
hall
So as 20 set the best kind Of breedins
hogs, and also IN order 70 be IN touch
with hog raisers through the association
with similar eastern organizations. the com
pany proposed that swinelbreeders' as
ISOLATION be organized. and they offered
to give 1t financial support All the farm.
ers were enthusiastic about the project
and they we're Informed that similar prise,
would be offered by the company durins
December and al that time Il Is hoped
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