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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1909
Page
8
A 300 to 400 worker committee from carpenters electricians ironworkers pipe fitters and helpers met Ely Smelter General Manager Lakeman seeking an amicable wage agreement to dodge a planned strike. Other trades have given 24 hours notice of demands and will remain at work until noon tomorrow. The actions reflect broader labor tension and foreign workers already out of work.
Ex governor Heber M. Wells of Salt Lake visited Ogden, stayed overnight, and spent time at the state school for the deaf and blind with his son. He commented that Utah's legislature, overwhelmingly Republican, faces a busy season and discussed possible local option laws despite opposition.
The county recorder reports multiple transfer actions including Wallace Soren P Christensen and wife transferring to First National Bank of Ogden all of lots 1 2 3 4 and 6 in the South Ogden survey for 1800 dollars Frances Battensby Dance to Henry B Dance part of lot 4 block 12 plat A Ogden city survey for 500 dollars John R Powers and wife et al to Gustav Peterson part of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 17 township 5 range 3 west for 1 dollar Gustav I Peterson et al to Isaac Peterson part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 17 and part of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 20 township 5 range 2 west for 1 dollar Joseph BE Burton trustee and wife to William W Burton and Son a company lots 9 and 10 block 1 South Park addition to Ogden for 2200 dollars
Salt Take reports speaker Fred Loobow advised enacting a state law to ban Utah sold goods at lower prices elsewhere, aiming to lower living costs. He also proposed a public market to save the city. The meeting then considered pool-playing by boys at the Y M C A, with a committee appointed to investigate and report.
An old want ad promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a great system tonic and builder to enhance strength appetite digestion sleep and overall enjoyment of life. The copy urges readers to use the product for big results.
Washington January nineteen the senate fixed the president salary at 100000 annually with vice president and speaker at 15000 each The chief justice salary rose to 15000 and associate justices to 14000 The changes came in an executive legislative and judicial bill amendments on horse and carriage allowances for the vice president and speaker were struck An under secretary of state was set at 10000 a year The senate adjourned after approving various pension bills and 25 dollar stipends
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, in a letter read at the Colorado forestry association meeting, pledges to remove obstacles to department actions within the law. He cites patent delays on mining claims in forest reserves as a friction point and hopes a conference with the American Mining Congress will clarify final patent disposition rests with the land office.
New York report says Tang Shaio Yi the special Chinese envoy sails on the Pring Friederich Wilhelm with his entourage to Bremen. The party likely reaches Peking by April and will proceed via sea and land routes as planned.
Denver January 19. Mrs Adansona Hungerford president of the Colorado Woman’s Christian Temperance Union charged polygamy is openly practiced in southern Colorado. She named the Telluride Durango valley and cited numerous instances as she urged a federal anti polygamy amendment to Congress. She said many Mormon families are involved in the practice.
The Chicago Bohemian community exposes a new cremation society linked to medical secret history. The Ustion fraternity spans cities with chapters named Vertabra, Prima Vetebra, Encephalon and Meduila. Members include numerous physicians who pledge four years of apprenticeship before full rites.
Eight escapees from jails in Weston Moundsville and Charleston West Virginia elude pursuit in the night. Bloodhounds track seven fugitives three miles from Weston where a gunbattle occurred. The Weston jail warden's wife is hospitalized after being choked and beaten by two escapees. one was captured near Charleston.
Reno residents report Mrs Louise Bar Williams circulating petitions to create state reform schools for wayward youths under 18. She advocates state supervision and a provision making mothers retain daughters in possession until age 21 to curb female delinquency.
Washington January 11. Secretary Root plans to retire by week’s end after election to New York Senate by the legislature. Robert Bacon will become secretary of state, with John O'Loughlin succeeding as assistant secretary. O'Loughlin has served in Washington London Paris Berlin St Peters burg and studied China Japan politics.
Chicago dispatch reports a plan where any suspicious woman in Lake Bluff would fire five shots from a revolver, horn the alarm, and rally neighbors to create a citywide response. Bells would ring, bloodhounds and police would mobilize, and a daylight posse would take action as ordered by a citizens committee.
Olympia January 19 the senate by an 18 to 4 vote amended the rules report ruling that a bill once indefinitely postponed cannot be reconsidered. Supporters say the move hurts local option and the race track gambling bill critics blame the senate combine for the change.
Arkansas' Large Peach Orchard in Sevier County claims the world’s largest, with about 1,000 workers and 300 teams harvesting. The orchard spans 2,800 acres, bearing trees on 2,000 acres, and about £ 00,000 trees are counted. Five hundred freight cars will haul the crop to market.
Carson Nev Jan 19 The governor’s message to the Nevada legislature urges abolition of the state board of assessors and state auditor and retention of the police. He praises the railroad commission but seeks expanded powers while condemning the U S circuit court delay. He backs a four percent tax on express gross receipts and calls for uniform divorce laws codification and an anti lobbying law. He urges direct election of U S senators and asks enactment of a quantified banking enforcement measure. The governor asks immediate legislative action with no delay.
Boston observed the Edgar Allan Poe centenary with ceremonies led by the International Poe Association and at the Authors' Club. Mrs John Ward Howe presided as Pastorians gathered to honor the American author in his supposed birthplace city.
Washington reports that about a quarter million Italian laborers from Sicily and Calabria will depart Italy within four months. The piece notes the impact on London importers as demand and labor supply shift amid the Messina destruction.
A brief filed with the House Ways and Means Committee asserts the Ionian quake will cost Sicily lemons imports. The note warns massive job losses and disrupted export flows as December norms vanish, urging lower duties to prevent cessation of lemon shipments.
A special dispatch from Pocatello reports an Indian man found dead on the road to Fort Hall reservation, about a mile and a half north of Boise. Two women discovered the body in the night as rain fell, with a wet outfit and an empty quart whisky bottle nearby.
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