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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1904
Page
6
Local notices announce a dancing class starting Monday at 7 30 post. Dignan's Academy offers lessons and a schedule for students, with other community items listed including market ads and social notices.
Union Pacific offices received notice this morning that W F Bancroft is appointed general manager. Also listed were personnel changes including Depot Master Kerr returning, Gay of the Union Bagroom back from San Francisco, and G E Bowen of American Diesel Engine Co arriving to install a 75 horsepower oil turning engine.
An advertorial touts Crescent flour as superior made from the best wheat using the latest machinery. It claims careful selection and processing before milling, asserting high quality and peak performance for bakers.
Peery Bros Trading Company invites customers to “Get the Habit” of Crescent Flour claiming uniform quality regardless of wheat prices. The ad asserts Crescent makes the best bread and yields more from a given quantity than other brands, urging the reader to choose Crescent as the most critical judge of flour quality.
Mrs. J. C. Hope wife of a Mora attorney was found dead with a rope tied to her waist and fastened to a post in Lake Mora. She had suffered from ta somola and left a message saying she would end her sickness. Her body was pulled from the lake after the rope was immersed.
The Knights of Maccabees and Ladies invite all Knights wives and Ladies and their husbands to attend a joint intranational meeting Friday at 8 p m at the K of P Hall. Visiting Jenishta and Ladies are invited. By order of Committee.
The American Sigar Refining company elected a new director in New York on January 5 with one exception. W. H. Thomas was chosen to succeed as vice president.
James Baines, implicated in the gang saloon robbery, pleaded guilty in district court before Judge Henry H. Rolapp. The guilty plea follows damning testimony against Dad Hickey and others as Baines faces sentencing next Monday forenoon. The district attorney recommends a minimum sentence.
The doctor states he has heard nothing from his son since he left Cheyenne Wyoming and denies any knowledge of Wayne Smith being in Denver or en route home. He accuses a careless reporter of fabricating the story based on suppositions and notes the parents have received no information.
Creditors of L. J. Stone and Burt Baker met at Joseph Chez’s office and unanimously selected Alex Brewer as the assignee. Brewer immediately took possession of the business at 370 Twenty-fifth Street to close it out for creditors.
Stock conventions discussed the impact of forest reserves and railroad logistics on the live stock industry. Delays were blamed on car shortages and slow transit times affecting shipments.
Notes from North Ogden Utah report favorable prospects for 1904 with rich soil and irrigation enabling peaches beets tomatoes and onions to bring good profits. Local growers listed include Randall Moore Ward Storey Berrett and McGriff. A theatre event and a parental school convention are announced along with a infant death. National livestock convention in Portland discusses railroads forests public lands and proposed changes with leaders including Pinchot Newell and Simpson.
J B Stubba Nevada spoke on grazing lands urging regulation to protect cattlemen and sheepmen and farmers. He backed opening government reserves for stockmen and argued for arid land development.
Admiral Coghlan cabled from Colon noting a Colombian force between Colon and Chiriqui Lagoon. Originating with about 200 men who refused Panamanian service, the group now roams the mountains behind Pavid and is described as unorganized marauders. Some unarmed men have been seen near Santa Fe and Coolet river committing depredations.
After two days with no verdict, attorneys in the car barn murder trials accept a fourth juror to pursue the case of Otto Roeski accused of complicity in a plot to release his fellow defendants.
Report from Ogden and Denver states Wayne Smith son of De Smith of this city ran away over a month ago. He was arrested in Denver for signaling a faultily made weapon due to hunger. He had been traveling with Fred Johnson. A Standard reporter spoke with Dr. Smith this morning.
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