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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
6
Johnson gained early notice when Kid Carter trained in Alameda for a Frisco bout with Garaher. A tall, good-natured sparring partner named Johnson amused reporters with stories and jokes as the scene unfolded before the fight.
In a San Francisco gym tale of a brutal sparring night, Carter is defeated by Gardner as temper flares and blow after blow lands. Johnson is urged back into the ring, while promoters and reporters recount a dramatic bruise-filled session that boosts Gardner’s rising stock.
At Santa Anita Park today the ten race card produced winners led by Jom Gaitens the favorite winning by a half length. Results include Sir Edward taking the first race at five and a half furlongs, Helma in the three furlong second race, and Cuttens in the mile race with Woolwinder third. Varieties won the fifth race at a mile and an eighth, with Captain Burnett second, while Un Sala captured the sixth race over all furlongs with Old Settler and Antigo close behind.
Oakland January 21 Lone favorite upset by Kethenre winning the mile and a sixteenth. Yankee Daughter took the set over Lady Bennegalaer in a muddy track. Races detail finishing times and payouts for five events with multiple named horses and jockeys.
William Vaughn Moody's drama The Great Divide is presented by Henry Miller with a full company and matching scenic equipment. The production, already praised by reviewers as a landmark American play, boasts the same stage details as its famed New York run of over 600 performances. Manager Herrick announces the show for tonight and Saturday.
Forest officials report 32 official hunters in the Ashley forest district actively destroying wolves, coyotes, bears, and other predators. A single hunter, Frank L. Briedenstein, destroyed over 400 animals in Oct–Dec, totaling an estimated stock-saving of at least $10,000 this year. A mysterious large predator, larger than a gray wolf with black hair, was captured and is being studied by the Biological Survey.
Mary Ann Barker has qualified as deputy registrar of vital statistics for Weber County.
President J T Kingsbury urged Utah lawmakers to appropriate 50 000 for a new building at the University of Utah as part of a 414 000 total request for salaries, libraries, departments and campus improvements. Governors toured hydraulic lab and heard figures on needs in arts sciences mining and normal training programs.
Mary Kuckle Shillo filed for divorce from Jacob Shillo in district court alleging cruelty and failure to provide. They married in Cleveland Ohio on November 1 1907 and accuse him of quarrelsome controllable temper and constant scolding. She seeks a decree of divorce and equitable division of joint property including real estate in Ogden City.
Thomas E. McKay former Weber County superintendent of schools departed Ogden for Switzerland to oversee the Latter-Day Saints Swiss mission.
An audience filled the Weber Stake Academy auditorium last evening for the Whitney Brothers quartet. The program spanned Mendelssohn Schubert and Carey’s Sally in Our Alley with strong vocal tones and encores, featuring Alvin Whitney on Scotch songs and Dear Little Girl, Yale Whitney with Hedouin Love Song, Edwin Whitney’s Christmas Morning piece, and Leland Powers pieces. The quartet, active for seven years, earned further praise and an enduring place in Ogden music circles.
Local boosters praised Ogden for a strenuous campaign at the 1910 sheepmen convention in Pocatello. Traveling freight agent P H Cook reported Ogden delegates secured the next year’s meeting site despite pledges to Denver, highlighting unity and persistence of Ogden’s delegation. Public officials noted Ogden as central to forestry and welfare discussions and urged early planning for an entertaining and welcoming program for woolgrowers.
A joint meeting of the Pix-Logan committer and the Lincoln club of the ecity decided to plan a grand celebration for the 100th birth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln. No definite arrangements were made as the venue could not be decided.
The joint committee adjourns to meet again at Grand Army hall to finalize Lincoln anniversary arrangements. The Grand Army camp seeks a suitable venue, favoring Ogden Tabernacle, while Lincoln club reorganizes and forms a four member committee to secure the tabernacle. Bobby Burns celebration prep proceeds for January 25 at Congress Dancing Academy with speeches songs dances and Burns poems.
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