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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
9
Random items report trips to Utah for signposts along roads, a Brigham City couple leaving for Strathmore, and Ogden residents visiting, plus forest fire updates in District 4 with fires under control aside from Idaho. Other notes include tires stolen from a garage, a room break in at the Central Hotel, and Ogden youths training to go to France with a forest regiment.
Four named figures Morrison Howerd Hudman M W Belnap and Clayton form a listed group with an unclear relation or event. The fragment mentions these individuals likely connected to a local matter or accion, but the exact context remains unreadable. Further readable text is needed to define role dates places or actions.
Announcement from Ely Nevada confirms the wedding of Gilbert Ferguson Boreman city attorney and Lydia V Houtz daughter of Mr and Mrs Doreman. The ceremony occurred in Ely where the groom works and the couple plan to reside. Boreman is a brother of Mrs J E Carver. Guests from Salt Lake City attended the reception at the Brick house.
Clarence Chapple of 884 Twentythind street is on short furlough from Mare Island Naval Training Station. He enlisted weeks ago and reports service fascinating with keen, eager recruits for action. A foreign port cruise is planned. Chapple expects to be aboard. He praises food and treatment, notes many youths aged 14 and 15 at camp with parental permission who are nearly too young for apprentice seamen. government plans to place them in special service in about four days.
Barah A Story files for divorce from Charles A Story in district court alleging failure to provide for the couple’s many children born after a 1904 marriage. The court grants a divorce with custody of the young children and 130 monthly alimony as part of the interlocutory proceedings.
District 4 of the Forest Service reports seventeen employees leaving for service. Nine join the Tenth Engineers Forestry Regiment, two go to the Presidio for officers training, one enlists in the Second Idaho Infantry, and four are drafted into the new national army.
A Washington report shows District 4 leading in grazing receipts for 1917, reflecting more land opened for grazing and more stock buyers using the land. District 4 accounts for about $431,109.58 in grazing receipts and $512,203.82 in total receipts, ranking first in grazing and fourth in total among districts.
Frank Parker, incarcerated for failing to support his minor children, is granted release to Judge Pratt to seek work. He promises to pay $10 weekly toward the children's support. A $4100 bond was posted, and Parker will labor to fund support rather than serve a prison sentence.
Earnest William Jotoxen of Ogden, employed at Larks Construction, was accepted by the county draft board after prior physician rejections. He eagerly desires military service as ambulance or transport driver, claiming only a slight limp. Doctors, however, rejected him and will send him to the mobilization camp with the hot contingents. Lemar McGuire of Bulot Utah, examined today, notes a fracture to Knauss right foot from a prior accident at the Elks' Home on Grant Avenue, leaving him unable to move freely for now but without other serious injuries.
Police report two cars stolen. A Chandler car with plate 4806 and missing mirrors was taken from Galt Lake. it was described as practically new with bumpers front and rear. A Studebaker roadster with plate 045 was taken from Logan from a man named Brottern.
An incorrect impression circulated that Union Pacific seeks exemption for its workers from industrial tax. General agent W H Chevers said the company does not file blanket industrial exemption claims for employees. It has advised employees to pursue exemptions individually if they wish, cooperating with authorities.
The funeral for An aia Hingham will be Friday at 3 p.m. from the Fourth Ward Recting House with Mahon E. A. Olen presiding. Viewing today until p.m. and planned remorment at the residence 2059 Far t avenue. Interment in Ogden City Cemetery.
Funeral for Willam Wallace held today at 2 PM in Washington Avenue. Navy League announced an apology through Bishop Arthur Dodge, presiding over the Bevesih ward meeting hours. The report of the natal was discussed with regret over a prior statement linking currency to naval department influence amid labor shortages.
The Moulding store at Thirty third and Washington suffered a break in on Tuesday night. Thieves pried boards from the rear wall and stole two pairs of shoes, some ice cream cones, and bail bale of grain. Two old shoes were left behind. Police suspect juvenile suspects due to small shoe sizes and limited loot.
In Cleveland on August 20, a naval militia man Lionel Thorogood faced tragedy as his son Donald was reported dead by wireless message aboard a U S battleship. The father, warned by the ship’s captain, watched as Donald’s body transferred between ships en route to Cleveland for a funeral. The sequence interrupted by rapid transfers and a final trip home occurred just before the funeral.
The League and Secretary Daniels clash over a statement about labor in Quente, clarifying it did not refer to standard labor but to the Germanized Labor. The release, approved by Colonel Robert M. Thompson, asserts no hampering or restrictive directions would affect the investigation method.
Chicago police plan to dynamite a northwest side building late today after three detectives were wounded in a raid on a barricaded group believed to be linked to Tuesday's neoroll robbery. Two men were killed and $8100 stolen in the earlier holdup.
An Ogden financial institution reports a solid Liberty Bond payment record with $224,300 handled through Utah National Bank. Subscriptions via other city banks were similar in pattern, with negligible defaults, and funds remitted to the Federal Revenue Bank in San Francisco.
An agricultural worker speaks on the crucial role of the county agent as the direct link between Washington's Department of Agriculture and farmers. He emphasizes primary duty to boost food production during wartime, urging agents to show patience, perseverance, and initiative to mobilize the nation’s farmers.
County Agents survey counties to assess agricultural potential and guide farmers. They organize community work, enlist merchants, and coordinate with clubs to spread improved farming methods. The agent must stay in touch with all local farmers and mobilize leaders to build community development.
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