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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
3
Ogden items report postponed Soldiers Sailors Marines meeting due to poor attendance, plans to form a local American Legion post. Notices include painting bids for Utah School for the Deaf and Blind buildings, Wasatch forest work tours, fishing gear ads, and local citizenship and marriage notices.
Mrs. Hanley was called to Rawlins Wyoming on Monday morning due to a serious illness affecting her daughter Mary Helen Jordan.
Barbara Cox, one of the first inures of her era, returned to Ogden this morning after being released from active duty with the Red Cross in France. While there she served near firing lines in northern France and was formerly a nurse at the Best Memorial Koephal, likely to resume work there.
Government recognition reached Salt Lake via telegraph from Major General Carter. Utah forward units planned drills and supply from quartermaster and ordnance to arm and outfit the Troop B contingent of seventeen members for the Caldwell rifle shoot in August.
Classified ad listing mixed items for sale including a heavy rack, a steaming machine, and a small real estate ad. Mentions Huntaville Cunt and telephone contact 2097 with a few illegible phrases and partial addresses.
A Tacoma pair, Virgil Cook and Georgi Davie, stole a Seattle citizen’s auto, fled through Idaho and Utah, married in Brigham City, then returned toward Washington before being arrested in Yakima. Davie’s wife, a 19 year old bride, cried as he was taken into custody. The couple faced immediate separation as officers prepared to escort them back to Washington.
Robberies last night at the homes of Mrs. Joseph Clark on Washington avenue and John M. Browning on Adams avenue reveal professional tactics. Wires and telephone lines were cut, two sapphire rings and small cash were stolen at the Clark residence while Browning’s home remained largely undisturbed. both incidents show deliberate entry into sleeping rooms and thorough searching for valuables. Police attribute the crimes to professional burglars active in the past ten days at Bristol and Pinge e residences, with similar methods and entries through back windows and basements.
In a habeas corpus hearing before Judge Arthur B. Pratt, Mrs. Austen, her husband, writer and brother testified the mother is unfit to care for their baby son Charles Austen, age twelve months, as the court hears the petition and reserves judgment. The custody dispute stems from a divorce settlement giving the girl to a California grandmother and the boy to J H Campbell Jr, who seeks adoption with tension between siblings and custody claims.
Officials of the Forest Service district completed arrangements for the sale of 138,000,000 board feet of timber from the Wyoming National Forest. The Standard Timber Company of Evanston, Wyoming, will establish a camp and begin flat cutting next fall. The timber, about 100 miles north of Green River, will be sent to Green River next spring. Seven years are allowed for completion. Railroad ties for the Union Pacific Railroad will be manufactured from 3,164,000 feet, mine props from 12,090,000 feet, and saw timber from the remainder.
Judge Gan Sullivan of the Ogden Juvenile Court voiced support for reform measures targeting minors and late-night access to noodle parlors and oriental cafes. He praised local merchants for their involvement and urged city leaders to craft ordinances barring youths from certain venues after hours to curb alleged moral decline.
Mrs E H Harriman denies plans to fund or build a new hotel in Ogden asserting the late magnate’s estate will not be involved. Merchants and local leaders consider a memorial hotel for Ogden but prefer leaving the project to residents. A committee to seek financing for a first class hotel is discussed, with a note that honoring Harriman may be delayed.
At a Merchants of Ogden meeting a report claimed several lower Twenty-fifth Street stores still open Sundays in violation of law. The group pressed the public safety head to enforce the Sunday closing rule, noting two prior notices. They proposed involving Sheriff Pate if police fail to act and asked for clear instructions to ensure compliance.
A report from the supervisor of the Wyoming National Forest states a serious forest fire is burning along Horse Creek in the northeastern portion of the forest. The fire threatens waters, and every available team is deployed to prevent its spread.
In Ogden Canyon four men Emil Roberts James HM Roberts and Henry Wanggard were arrested for liquor possession after deputies found eight sacks of whisky during a Sunday arrest. A city court continuance was granted for the defendants until Monday morning.
A woman testified that she was Aylor at Macedonia when the killing occurred and that Mrs. Linker hinted the couple used brooms to kill Bridges during a robbery attempt. Linker and his wife resided in Ogden, and Mrs. Linker was formerly Mrs. Weaver whose first husband died in a wreck on the Utah Idaho Central.
A casualty train bearing wounded American soldiers will pass through Ogden this afternoon. Some patients will be taken from the train to Fort Douglas post hospital, while the remainder will continue to Letterman hospital in San Francisco.
City commissioners at their regular meeting approved a payroll of 10 6273 56 for the United States war department distribution and noted the withdrawal of the fourth and fifth divisions from early return. The move affects allocations for water supply parks and public works as plans for interallied command adjustments proceed.
Upon voting by vice President Wilcox and seconded by Fred B Willems merchants go on record in favor of promotion of blk seventh and pledge support to Unetr.
A city park committee to assist Commissioner M L Jones in beautifying Ogden parks was named by Merchants of Ogden stockholders. Ten members include Ever Piers and J L Scudder, a landscape architect, with another candidate from the forest service under consideration. The group aims to advise on landscaping, traffic issues, and ordinance changes, including gasoline quality. A streetcar plan to West Ogden and Wilson is examined, with Twenty First Street as a possible diversion route.
A Farmington meeting planned for next Thursday will feature George F. McGonagle, a whaler engineer, and William R. Wel lace, a soldier settlement commissioner, urging federal state and local cooperation for the Weber irrigation project. The plan involves Weber river water rights and lands in Weber and Davis counties. County Agricultural Agent W. Preston Thomas said he intends to attend.
The full text of the revised treaty will be made public Thursday in Paris. Copies will be handed to correspondents, and the memorandum given to the German plenipotentiaries yesterday is printed textually here this afternoon.
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