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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
4
The Daily Standard lists in advance carrier and mail subscription terms. In city delivery is 75 cents per month, and outdoor mail subscription is 0.00 per year. The paper restricts communications to 200 words and requires full author names to be published.
The Standard designates the advertising agent outside Utah as obsolete and directs all advertisers to deal directly with the Ogden Utah office or via a reputable agency. Communicate with The Standard Publishing Co., Ogden, Utah.
The people of Togan resist being squeamish and object to boys bathing in the city reservoir. Prohibition remains strong while residents praise mountain water. Excursion visitors to Cache valley are advised to seek imported water. The Journal notes the reservoir has long been used as a bathing pool and is growing in popularity as a bath resort.
An article argues melancholy stems from bodily disorders like liver bile, not external gloom. It cites ancient theory and a writer urging physiology awareness to explain why despair can drive some toward self harm and how recalling moments of happiness reveals the mind’s state.
A London Post article by Archibald K. Coloquhoun reviews General Leonard Wood and argues American colonial errors mirror British oversights. It cites sunhat issues among troops in the Philippines, call for learning from Europe, and highlights India's mutiny as a lesson in balancing native forces with European troops.
The article analyzes the British Indian Army’s diverse makeup—Sikhs, Goorhas, Jat, Pathans, Marathas, Bengalese, Madrassees—officered by Britons and using lingua franca Hindustani with language rewards. It argues this mixed system helps prevent mutiny and offers lessons for U S colonial governance in the Philippines amid Mindanao peace reports.
Government figures show United States iron and steel imports in the fiscal year ending June 30 1903 at 51 617 312 dollars the highest since 1891 except for one year in that twenty year span. Pig iron bar iron steel ingots rails and scrap all rose while fine plates fell in 1903.
Ronwell I. Mundy of Riverside Golf Club defeats Walter L. Egan of Exmoor in the final match for the Rayine Oaka cup at Onwentsia Golf Club links by live up. The victory confirms Mundy as champion in Chicago on July 31.
The Eleventh National Irrigation Congress will convene in Ogden Utah from September 15 to 18 1903. Delegates from Arizona California Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska North Dakota Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Utah Washington Wyoming gather to discuss Reclamation Act provisions colonization and storage for irrigation and forestry.
Opening declines of 3 to 4 in Atchison and 23 4 in Realty preferred followed by scattered recoveries. United States Steel preferred and Kansas & Texas preferred dipped, while buys in Atchison Union Pacific and related rails lifted the market. Rock Island mortgage plans dampened sentiment as trading grew dull and prices edged near yesterday's close.
The report notes fluctuations affecting various leaders as Bin Pere Marquette recovers to 0834, signaling a change in standings and renewed activity in the sector.
Chicago market reports cattle receipts near g high head with 500 Texans and Texas fed steers listed. Prices range from good to prime steers at 5.00 to 5.50, cows 1.25 to 4.35, calves up to 6.00, and sheep with wethers 3.60 to 3.90 and lambs 4.50 to 6.00, with hogs down about 10.0.
The note records various sugar forms and prices: molasses, strong crushed 5.00, powdered 5.10, granulated 5.00, 21-8¢, 31-8 mio lasses, Coffee Quiet No. Trio 31-8.
Ogden Brokerage lists stock prices for railroads and goods while Green and two young convicts encountered a Greenway path near Colfax. A smaller armed group greeted Green and asked directions to Colfax, then released Sn after learning he was not an officer. Constable McLeary alerted locals, causing regional excitement.
William Green, a cowboy, reports meeting two heavily armed men between Yankee Jim's and the North Fork of the American river in Placer county seven miles from Colfax. He identified Edwin Davis and Joseph Murphy from photographs as the men he spoke with, each armed with two revolvers a Winchester and a cartridge belt.
OMATLA July 31 cattle and hog receipts show 1500 cattle head with steady prices across native steers cows and heifers westerns and calves. Hog totals reach 7000 with prices down about ten cents and heavy at 49 to 45 dollars, mixed sales around 4.95 to 5.05. Sheep receipts near 1500 with lambs and yearlings trading in the 3 to 5.75 range and pigs steady around 1.05.
Sugar and coffee market notes from New York dated July 31 report Sugar Raw strong fair refining at 43-16 with centrifugal processing noted in the brief market update.
In Portland Oregon a pontifical high mass at the Roman Catholic cathedral honored the repose of Pope Leo III. Archbishop Alexander Christ ie presided aided by his son signor Blanchet W G of Oregon Bishop elect OReilly and about twenty leading Oregon priests.
The Dominion steamer Mayflower, carrying the Oxford-Cambridge golf team, stranded on the Mersey before Boston. It has been refloated and found to be tactically undamaged and will resume its voyage this afternoon.
Walter B Newgeon, a prominent author and newspaper man, died here last night after moving to Colorado Springs two years ago due to ill health. He was well known in local and regional journalism circles.
A partial obituary fragment notes a resident of New Eayen Cony aged 36 with two children and unclear details about survivors and life events.
G Higbee of Danville Illinois writes of two years with a four month ailment and reports a full recovery after one bottle of Ballard’s Snow Liniment. The item notes price one dollar and lists Baltimore distribution via Geo F Cave and E Cave Depot Drug Store.
A list of twenty two arrivals including A Q Cundiff Kansas City EE Quentin Denver J W Herrick Denver W N T Benson Salt Lake Ars J G Marianovich New York E B Baber Jr Denver J F Stone Agtese Mineirgls F J Poster Chicago D W Hitches New York Geo MecMorter Moline Samuel Meyers Boston S L Baldwin Salt Lake N B West Side E H Rexstein Alenbusg Ab Liebout New York Beland Boruck San Francisco Wim If Walker Boston Geo C Murdock Beaver City G Sullivan San Francisco.
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