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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
3
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Rain falls across the intermountain region signaling an end to the long dry spell. Heavy clouds foretell more showers, promising relief for maturing crops and renewed water supply before fall storms.
Road construction between Oglen and Salt Lake has repeatedly forced summer detours with dust and delays. If five or six years more are needed, motorists face ongoing disruption. The writer urges widening the main road or building up detours before blocking the principal highway, to allow safe passage during construction.
The piece notes the profound impact of cars on daily life in Utah, highlighting Loa's transformation from a remote town 35 miles from rail to a hub with gas stations. Farmers now drive two hundred miles in a day to visit others, illustrating rapid shifts in travel methods and era.
An Ogden business man urges butterless and eggless days to cut prices while a Tuesday approach calls for government price regulation. The piece stresses thorough investigation, warns against abrupt declines, notes global unrest, and suggests wartime sale of surplus goods and a single anti profiteering act by Congress to curb prices.
A traveling editor reports miles of daylight illumination from a Nephi Electric Plant to a mountain flume and a countywide belief in shared power. He notes a distant Ogden denial of equal opportunity and ponders why the west is not uniformly served by artesian wells and a coastal pipeline.
A desk report lists 500 municipal venture failures in electricity and waterworks, yet Ogden stands out with successful waterworks management. The piece argues that natural advantages, careful planning, honest administration, and tireless efficiency drive success in public utilities.
A Chicago paper attributes the riot surge to a mass influx of African Americans from the South over four years. It urges honest discussion, denounces exploitation and misrepresentation, and calls for open humane action rather than politics or money to address race tensions and violence in the city.
The document explains federal child labor tax provisions under the 1918 Revenue Act and Treasury Regulation 2823, outlining when taxes apply for children under 16 in industry, under 18 in mills and mines, and the use of age certificates to relieve employers of tax liability if state law age certificates align with federal standards. It warns against duplicate paperwork and notes Utah’s designation for certificate equivalence.
Utah irrigation expert Professor O W Israelson urges farmers to hire more labor to use limited water efficiently. He warns that water is being wasted as streams overrun and recommends stopping irrigation of roads and applying two cubic feet per second per acre on sandy soils and three hours for loam to prevent deep percolation losses.
Tells thrilling stories of wartime service from 1914 to 1998. Anselmo Zenda, after serving in the Malian army from WWI start, reached Provo to join his wife Mary Yando and their three children. He notes a long service record and displays a medal on his hat.
The article explains that wartime government control of telephone property was fair but necessary due to a year of war. Labor and materials were diverted to military use, skilled workers joined the armed forces, and plant reserves were exhausted. As war ended, a race began to rebuild and meet unprecedented demand, with service still lagging prewar standards and months needed to improve.
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