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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
3
Ogden community notices show a Salvation Army drive targeting a $200 home service fund with Elks Lodge oversight. Other items report a bank purchase of Treasury certificates and local incidents from a girl injured in threshing to a divorce filing and a medical operation.
Charles Fletcher told police he was forced at gunpoint by two men to sign an unknown paper near Two Hifte Street and Wall Avenue. He fled after a near-robbery attempt, describing a dark viaduct scene and a blackjack threat. suspects not found.
A Commercial Club of Salt Lake meeting discussed county considerations and a Washington county visit report. A fire north of the Southern Pacific Freight home in Winnemucca caused $50,000 damage when telegraph wires were torn. Ira Lincoln Cauulai of Rock Springs and Lillie E. Stabach of Lara min received marriage licenses. The final estate disbursement accounting for the late PLBR Shihal Jet showed a value of $2,570.06. Administrators Frank Cringpbell James Ward and George S. Dan were appointed for the estate of Joseph Orion by Judge Pratt.
Deaths and funerals: Thomas W Barton buried after viewing. Leona Addy funeral at residence. Eleanor Whitten Whitehead died age 62. four sons and four daughters survive. services pending. Ogden city cemetery final resting place for Barton and Addy. National Association of Stationary Engineers holds open meeting Friday evening for engineers and firemen.
Water mains extensions were granted or denied by the City Commissioner on taxpayer petitions. Annie Ling petitioned Fowler Avenue, ALT Bunga on Twenty-ninth Street, and John By Sehat on other locations for 300 feet or more. On West Second Street the extension for Oncke Peterson was denied due to insufficient funding and justification.
Fragmented society items describe residents returning to Pocatello yesterday and planning extended visits with Miss Gerine Wea. The notice mentions travel between Mei View cemetery and Washington state. Adais. W8O W. Read the Classified Ad.
A July 23 letter to city commissioners from HL Herrington, president of Utah Canning Co, requests posting of warning placards at Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth street crossings to deter train crews from blocking crossings. The company cites frequent delays affecting west side business and residents and asks city attorney review and enforcement support.
Fred G Taylor secretary and acting manager of Amalgamated Sugar spoke to the Rotary Club on sugar price factors. He explained internal and seaboard costs, shipping routes, and freight considerations affecting refined sugar pricing and distributed markets from California to New York.
In a terse city notice regional officials outline claims against the municipality. The document references department actions and potential liability, with timelines and the involvement of the classified aids unit. Further details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
A Beehive group from the Thirteenth ward spent an evening at Atah Hot Springs with seventy five girls and their friends. They were escorted by Bishop Jenkins and Mutuals leaders. The party arrived early, enjoyed baths and other attractions, and shared a water-salden dinner in the sun parlor.
Harold M. Olsen filed a $5000 damages suit in district court alleging injury January 17, 1919 when his bicycle hit a rope across a common passageway at state grounds. The complaint claims no notice was given to the city about the placement and clearing of the rope. Olsen withdrew the action yesterday, with the city facing the claim in the official docket.
Supervisor Beam of the Wyoming national forest reported this morning that recent rains over the forest greatly checked the fire danger but were insufficient to fully protect the ranges. Cattle herds and sheep across Wyoming are in poor condition due to the weather.
Carl Hopkins, former Alpine School District head in Utah County, was chosen to lead the Ogden school system, succeeding J. C. Johnson. The offer was tendered days earlier and officially accepted yesterday by School Board President J. W. Levedahl. Hopkins, a Utah educator long involved with state educational affairs, graduated from the University of Utah in 1900 and studied at Columbia University. He previously led Alpine and was connected with Ginn & Company before returning to Intermountain school work.
Joseph Ballantyne reports that the Ogden stake conference will be held next Sunday at 10 and 2. Choir members are excused from all other duties unless they head a department in the stake. The note invites attendance at both sessions.
Lieut J W Farley of the U S Army passes Ogden en route to San Francisco. He recently arrived in New York from France after serving with Battery 8 146th Field Artillery and later stationed with another regiment on overseas duty. He has not been discharged and does not know when release will come.
A mixed regional update shows a city court sentencing a defendant to Si days in jail, plus notices of supervisors and district appointments across Wyoming and Idaho. An aviator Soppani completed a Madrid to Rome flight with a single stop, arriving at 5:45 PM, following a route via the Gulf of lions and Italian ports. The Senate confirms Utah postmasters including Charles L Countryman and Linda Tridsiey, with several other named officials.
Fragmented OCR hints at a water polo distance race with mention of Australia’s record holder and competitors Longworth and others. Details are unclear but claims a victory by a world class figure over a top Aussie in a late distance event.
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