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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1903
Page
4
Advertises subscription options and rates for in city carrier, mail outside Ogden, and advance payment. Notes communications limited to 200 words and author names published in full.
The current standard directs all advertising to be handled directly with the Ogden Utah office or through reputable agencies, with no local advertising agents outside Utah.
Restll Communications firm is noted with The Stenderd Publishing Co located in Ogden, Vial. The brief item records a business listing highlighting communications service within the Ogden area.
The Salt Lake Telegram editorial questions Salt Lake officials ahead of city elections in three months, urging a more progressive approach. It cites Ogden population at 29,000 and criticizes local administration as slowing growth while smaller towns advance.
The Pocatello Tribune discusses the push to unite the Trans Mississipp i and Irrigation Congresses arguing against merger. It says irrigation interests oppose consolidation though a single broad congress could better represent western needs and agriculture.
The author argues against merging the Irrigation Congress with the Transmississippi group. Specialization is urged, noting irrigation as a national, life‑study that requires broad, unified attention rather than west‑of‑Mississippi limited representation. Leaders oppose narrowing deliberation to any single section.
At Old Orchard Maine on August 10 a widow gave 28 cents the first gift in a drive led by Rev Dr A E B Simpson of New York for foreign missions. She pledged more but later refused. Three main meetings raised 42000 dollars.
The twenty sixth anniversary of the world committee of the Y M C A will be celebrated this week in Geneva Switzerland.
The Ogden Relief Society began in 1867 under Rishon Chauncey W West with 1887 officers led by Mary West. It operated a Co operative Mercantile later, funds support charity, and expanded county wards. Ogden post office grew under Kimball Littlefield era with broader routes to Canada and Europe. money orders linked to worldwide destinations.
Ogden’s six milling interests employ many workers and funnel capital into the region. Taylor’s Farr’s Veery’s Clark & Co’s and a Stevens & Stone project on the Union Pacific line near Riverdale expand capacity, with Farr’s and Peery & Mack’s Phoenix Mills planned for years of growth. The report details locations, machinery, power sources, and projected outputs as the city becomes a regional milling hub.
New York traders opened amid suppressed excitement as losses eased and some stocks climbed. Canadian Pacific surged about six points with other leaders sharing gains, while Norfolk and Western and Virginia-Carolina Chemical fell modestly. Market mood remained cautious as trading paused after initial volatility and stock sheets cleared at the clearing house.
A terse Wook dispatch from St. Louis dated Aug 10 notes wool steady, territory and westerns at 10 10, with refined figures 141-2 and 16 for price and quantity, indicating market flatness and stable demand.
Cattle overall weaker with native steers four to five twenty, cows and heifers four to four fifty, stockers and feeders two point four to six point four, bulls two thirteen to four. Hogs rise to five twenty five, typical sales five to five thirty, lambs and muttons range two eighty to four fifteen, range wethers two eighty three to four seventy.
Cattle receipts 28 000 slow demand. Prime steers 5.00 to 5.50, cows 1.50 to 4.50, heifers around 2.00 to 4.75. Texas fed steers 3.25 to 4.20, western cattle 5.25 to 6.60. Hogs receipts 39 000, tomorrow 22 000, butcher grades 5.10 to 5.70, best 5.40 to 5.60. Sheep receipts 25 000, lambs and sheep mixed 2.50 to 3.80, western lambs 4.50 to 3.05.
Omaha cattle receipts total 5 500 with western and standard grades listed. Hogs receipts 3 500 show steady trend with varied weights and bulk sales around 5.15 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 19 000 with market 10 cents lower and values for yearlings wethers ewes lambs and stockers.
Denver report shows cattle receipts at 40 with market lower beef steers 4.75 to 5.00 cows 2.50 to 4.00 stocks and feeders 3.00 to 4.00 pulls 1.50 to 3.00. Hog receipts 500 with market strong light packers 5.20 to 5.23 mixed and heavy 5.25 to 5.20. Sheep receipts 2,600 with market easy good fat muttons 3.00 to 4.00 lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
Chicago August close for wheat shows Sept 79 30 and Dec 80 1 43 38 with May 23 8 1 2. Corn August 52 and Sept 52 1 8 1 4 with Oats August 33 3 4 and Sept 31 1 4 Dec 83 12 May 37 1 2. Pork Sept 13 42 1 2 and Oct 13 20 with May 18 10 1 2.
Fragments show figures for rye flax and oats with several prices and quantities. Names such as Timoths Claver Batley appear, but the text is fragmentary and lacks a coherent event or clear date.
Chicago market notes list cash wheat prices and futures levels for various grades. Red 811 2482 No 3 red 79 Me Ns hard winter 7980 No 3 do WG19 Ne s northern sprig 83 No 2 No 3 spring 77 80.
Commodities on the New York market show sugar and coffee prices with refiners and various grades listed. The report notes firm demand for sugar with mill details and molasses in mixed terminology, alongside coffee quotations and product forms from several firms.
Furnished by Gy Brokerage Co New York shows wire quotes for copper stocks and railroad shares with many firm prices. Highlights include Atchison common 56 1 2 percent and New York Central 117 3 4. Other notable values include Southern Pacific 41 5 8 Erie 24 1 2 and Union Pacific 69 5 8.
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