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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1918
Page
3
A note promotes Ideal Beach as a summer destination near Bear Lake, urging a summer home visit. It states the area will be a 29 minute flight from Ogden after the war, highlighting rapid postwar access and leisure potential for residents.
Ogden prepares a farewell for sixteen local colored soldiers en route to Camp Lewis. A dinner at Wall Avenue Baptist Church honors the men with speeches from Mayor Browning and local officials, followed by a parade and a dance at Glenwood Park before early morning entrainment.
About twenty men from Teague and surrounding county have been elected members of the National Economic League. The league promotes informed public opinion on economic social and political issues to guide government policy. The president is William Howard Taft, with other officers noted as prominent national figures. Membership dues are 95 a year. A group of Ogdenites are examining the league’s methods.
A letter to the City Exemption Board reports the safe arrival of Lith boys at Camp Lewis on July 37 at Ay 30. They describe a pleasant journey, the camp as clean and picturesque, and note good train and dining car service. The group is assigned to the 15th Battalion with praise for leaders and talks given during the trip.
Ben H. Garr and two Mexican men faced the county exemption board as draft evaders. Found delinquent, they were ordered indicted into the service and sent to Park Douglas by Deputy Bloke. Authorities arrested them days earlier for investigation. all stated willingness to serve, preferring the army to jail.
Ogden announces a call for sixty men to join the drill training school at the University of Utah on August 15 as part of 250 city inductees. Volunteers for the course include 1917 and 1918 draftees. class one exhaustion may trigger involuntary induction. The two month program trains men in grammar school equivalents, with instruction in carpentry, wagon work, radio operation, and related skills for service.
Charles Allen, noted as a takenkeeper at the Hen Parking and Provision Company, enlisted in the U S Marines this morning. The report mentions preparations for a later campaign as sites are readied for transport from August site 12 to Utah, with details uncertain.
The passage notes six young women eager to enter service at the Carnegie Library after purses for the nurses reserve opened. Names listed include Mullock Hooper Busa Parkhurst and Warburton among others, with incomplete address details and related local calls for volunteers.
A letter from Plymouth dated June reports a former Ogden boy traveling aboard a warship. He describes a calm crossing to Halifax Nova Scotia, transfer to a British cruiser, a 14 day voyage with little food and many people sharing stories. He notes sociable locals and slight seasickness during the journey.
George Stuart of the Utah Agricultural College discusses western wheat standardization at Weber County Farm Bureau. He cites a belt from Canada to central California, notes 30 to 40 bushels per acre yields in eastern Oregon, and says bulk handling reduces need for sacks. The college aims to provide varietal charts for local suitability.
The New York stock scene centers on a broad list including American Can, American Car and Foundry, American Locomotive, American Smelting, American Sugar, T. & T., Anaconda Copper, Atchison, Baldwin Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, Canadian Pacific, General Electric, General Motors, Northern Pacific, New York Central, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Studebaker, Alcoa, United Cigar Stores, Westinghouse, and more. Early trading showed gains led by paper issues aiding overall market advance, with big-name steel and railroad stocks driving significant movement as the day opened.
Sumatra Tobacco and General Motors showed weakness as lenders reacted to final prices. Liberty and other stocks edged lower while gains appeared in some sectors. Kansas City livestock reports show mixed cattle and hog prices with steady to higher bids across categories.
Chicago quotations show active trading with fresh strength, while western markets soften. Cattle and hogs move with varying demand as buyers balance prices, with futures extent and corn costs cited. The report notes plentiful steers, softer hockers, and mixed retail demand amid price fluctuations across regions.
Cattle market shows mixed grades with calves steady to strong and prices from $6.50 to $17.40 for common to prime stock. Cow herds bring $7.00 to $14.25, yearlings and feeders range $6.50 to $7.50, stockers and feeders $10 to $13, inferior grades lower. Real calves fetch $16.50 to $17. Sheep receipts total 12,090 with market slow but near steady. feeder lambs higher.
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