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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
2
The fragment references Ogden Utah and a Congress act, with mentions of the Standard Publishing Co and subscriptions. It also notes a transfer of twelve months advance pricing and free Sunday morning edition, alongside a report on coal shipments to Manila and cost considerations for fuel transport to Panics and West Coast ports.
Fragmentary OCR text outlines Tathea Hobert Keene a wealthy New York figure tied to mining and development ventures in California and San Francisco. It hints at his education in Alaska and England and references a 1870 death of a relative, with unclear later life details and scattered personal claims.
The fragment describes attacks on Roosevelt over coal land policy in Wyoming and Colorado, alleging tax evasion and monopoly practices by land owners and wealthy interests. It claims organized resistance and prosecutions tied to a broader oil and coal war era, with references to officials and varying regional actions amid political tension.
Fragmentary report indicates Australia engaging in a trade arrangement with Japan through a wartime press outlet. The item references a large supply contract potentially valued around 400000 dollars for a shipment related to Australian needs. Details are incomplete and names are garbled.
A chaotic long article fragment discusses international conflict, naval power, and economic shifts. It mentions Japanese and Chinese ports, German conduct, and British industrial mobilization, touching on diamond mining history and global supply chains amid wartime. Names and places include Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya, Australia, and Britain.
Salt Lake leaders discuss cutting back the line between Salt Lake City and Park City to save costs. Officials weigh mixed train service and potential delegation of operation to foreign rails, with Park City still connected by a revised plan. An official notes time constraints and ongoing evaluations complicating any final decision. Local workers report declines in passenger and freight traffic affecting the line’s profitability and prompting cost cutting.
Ogden residents through Weber County contribute 500 to Salt Lake Commercial for entertaining delegates to the next congress session. President Pliny Havel of the Dry Farming group praises local efforts as essential for the opening day program scheduled for January 28.
Proceedings show Governor Cutler of Utah addressing committees on dry farming progress and agricultural development for 1907. Reports list executives, state delegates, and commissions including mentions of Nevada and California, with addresses and committees noted.
A farmers committee in a frontier community rejects a proposed $125,000 quarterly advance from Uta Consolidated smelter aimed at securing 700 tons a day. Mayor Brangford and J P Cahoon attended, urging compromise, but the committee, after legal counsel, declared no further proposals would be considered unless farmers and laborers alike agreed. They appeal to church and courts to resolve the standoff in Poole Valley.
A brick mason, George Nene, was fatally injured on a worksite when a heavy load swung loose and struck him. He suffered multiple injuries including a skull fracture and brain trauma. Surgeons performed an operation to save him, but his memory was affected. He had been married with a Detroit wife, and was employed at the time of the accident in a factory-like setting near a construction area.
An archaic notice from December 1907 records a State Engineer filing for a water storage and electric propulsion project in Section 34 Township 7 North Range 3 East near Salt Lake. It outlines land description, canal and reservoir work, and a 109,000 foot pine line. The document invites protests within 80 days of publication, with dates citing publication December 1907 and completion January 24, 1908.
State Engineer's notice lists Yen 4on Buckhart Mini Compling and Dranoty Ja Woods seeking appropriation of eight second feet of water from an unnamed spring in Weber County Utah. The application pursues rights under Chapter 108 and 1905 Laws as amended 1907.
Stockholders of the Oxlen Reneh Ganal and Company in Water Osan Utah convene a full meeting on January 19 1907 to review the year 1907 executives and report, vote on the rate, elect directors and auditors for 1908, and reelect officers for two years. D Chambers, President.
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