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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1909
Page
4
Publication line notes that the item is entered as second class matter at the Ogden Utah post office under congressional act. Published daily except Sunday by Wm Glasmann.
The Evening Standard publishes its 1903 rate card detailing flat rates for ads by inches, special positions with added charges, page top placements, first page premiums, and special contracts for weekly or monthly runs. It asserts subscriber honesty and urges advertisers to compare subscriptions in Ogden.
The Ogden water board bill, drafted by City Attorney DeWine, proposes a city run board with the city attorney as legal adviser paid 100 dollars a month and the board may hire extra counsel. It also sets the city engineer as ex officio engineer for the board and allows charging engineering costs to the city. Critics warn it packs ongoing expenses and graft into the water system.
The piece criticizes creating a three member water commission named by the mayor with city council consent. It argues the move distances accountability from the people, urges keeping responsibility with the mayor and council, and calls for published full measure so homeowners and water users can judge its merits.
Eastern papers note restrictive legislation dampens industrial life and railroad capital. Boot and Shoe Recorder reports railroads struggle to raise funds for improvements and new lines, with rolling stock and track laying curtailed. Traveling inspectors cite shutdowns or reduced output across key railroad equipment sectors, affecting up to forty five percent of the total one and a half million workers.
A lengthy look at global coffee and cacao trade shows the United States as the leading importer of both products, with import totals rising from 423 million pounds in 1880s to 899 million pounds in 1908. doct ors warn coffee affects the heart and bile, while per capita consumption climbs from 6.52 pounds in 1864 to 11.66 pounds in 1898.
In 1908 per capita coffee consumption reached 1.07 pounds, down from 1.33 in 1878 but higher than earlier years, while cacao per capita growth surged. Imports rose from 25 million pounds in 1898 to 2 hundred million pounds in 1908, tripling in ten years. The U.S. remains the world’s leading coffee and cacao consumer and ranks third in tea imports.
In Cheyenne next Tuesday the Dry Farming congress will showcase dry farming benefits through E R Parsons of Parker Colorado who notes starting with 160 acres earning about 1000 dollars yearly then expanding to raise steers alfalfa corn and fruit. He urges three feet of moisture at planting and deep plowing to trap subsoil moisture for thirty to forty bushel crops.
The T. H. Carr Drug Co at 26th and Grant offers Rexall Mucu-Tone, a catarrh remedy claimed to cure at a 98 percent rate with no obligation or formality. The ad touts blood purification, muco-cell nourishment, nerve soothing, and claims it prevents consumption, calling it a strong digestive aid and flesh builder with doses available in 500 and 1.00 sizes.
President Roosevelt directs a forceful, detailed letter to Acting Chairman Hale defending the Secret Service. He argues Congress did not intend a spy system, cites prosecutions and reforms, and counters Hemenway’s figures with a department of justice inquiry showing only about 1,200 to 1,900 workers in related work. He notes adjustments after 1907 and asserts agents served high character and efficiency.
A collage of satirical quips and political banter from a 1910s era column. It references Taft leaning on Knox, Tillman promising scrutiny of the president, jokes about congress and transportation for the president, and a nod to Mr. Bryan seeing hops for 1912. The tone is light and opinionated with multiple named figures.
An angry mob of about a thousand men and boys surrounds the jail in Ot tumwa Iowa after a traveling salesman’s wife, Mrs Charles M Johnston, is assaulted by a black assailant in her home. The assailant fled as guards stand by. several suspects are brought to the jail and released as police search for the perpetrator. A reward of 1200 dollars is raised for arrest and conviction.
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