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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
5
A fragmentary account mentions a collision between the ships Republic and Florida and a drunken incident. Other notes reference a program titled The Globe offering two prizes to each, with candy for children on Saturday and a two good wife remark.
Articles of Incorporation filed with the county clerk establish Shaves Real Estate company in Ogden with 20000 capital in 10 shares. Norman H. Ives presides, Valentine Gideon VP, Claud D. Ives sec and treas. The funeral for Orson F. Saunders was held at the Fourth Ward meeting house, with Bishop E A Olsen presiding and several speakers noting the deceased. Interment was at Orden City cemetery.
Samuel Ambler and wife transfer lot 17 block 2 Cropsey's second addition to Lewis C. Cunningham for $50. Hannah B. Rash transfers part of lot 1 block 2 plat A North Ogden survey to W Walter Taylor for $1.
Ex-Supervisor M. W. Coffey was sentenced in San Francisco to seven years in prison after being found guilty of accepting a bribe tied to the granting of a trolley franchise to United Railroads.
The British steamer Suruga of the Barber line, which went ashore Sunday inbound from Hong Kong to New York, has been refloated. Officials have sought naval permission to use Subig Naval Dry Dock for repairs.
Buffalo March 2. The Lackawanna Steel company reduced wages by ten percent for nearly all employees effective today. The independent firm is among the largest and marks the first wage cut among independents since the price war with United States Steel began.
A March 1 blaze in Reno destroyed the Arcade hotel and the Palace gambling house owned by Jim May, with the Washoe saloon damaged. Firemen saved 60 barrels of whiskey from the Palace cellar as bystanders aided Miss Pear Foley and others amid flying debris. Four men were hurt slightly in the chaotic scene. insurance losses and damaged contents were extensive.
Dr John Powers who underwent surgery at the hospital last Friday is reported resting more comfortably at a late hour last night with hopes for his ultimate recovery entertained.
The Geo A Lowe Co purchases the Simmons warehouse mid section on Wall avenue and an adjacent land parcel 70 by 115 feet for about 20000. They plan a modern iron yard to fabricate structural steel and merchant bars, boosting output despite east material rate hurdles and expanding to serve smaller bids. A new cold saw with 16 inch I beam capacity enhances fabrication capability.
A special train carrying the first battalion of the Thirteenth United States Cavalry leaves Fort Sheridan bound for San Francisco for embarkation to the Philippines. The schedule aims to reach Ogden by Wednesday afternoon and finish at Oakland by March 6 to catch a government transport. The fourteen-car train will be well supplied, sanitary, lit, and watered, with Harriman passenger staff aboard from Omaha to San Francisco.
John De Rivera husband of Belle de Rivera president of the New York City Federation of Women's Clubs dropped dead in Second Avenue last night from heart disease. The body was taken to the morgue for identification by his brother William J. de Rivera. He was a native of Puerto Rico.
A local notice promotes a clean-up sale labeled genuine deals. Shoppers are urged to visit the event for discounts on household items and cleaning supplies.
A noted local figure, described as one of the city's leading club women, is highlighted for her strong identification with the suffrage movement. The report underscores her influence in social organizing and public advocacy.
Assistant Forester F W Read was in Balt Lake on department business. District Forester Clyde Leavitt and District Grazing Chief H B E Fenn left for Mackey district Idaho to attend a stockmen meeting and help form a sheep interests group akin to recent local forest management organizations. Chap man, assistant chief of operation, reported from six western districts that San Francisco faced homesickness while Ogden showed strong morale. He noted Albuquerque demoralization from a chief official's death, Portland and Missoula in good shape, and praised Ogden's efficiency before a Denver inspection.
Washington March 1 The House, suspending the rules, takes up a Senate bill for acquiring national forests in the southern Appalachians and the White Mountains. The substitute bill allows land acquisitions anywhere in the United States if the Forest Reservation Commission, with a geological survey, determines the lands will aid watershed navigability.
Officers Burk and Hohlman arrested a man named Roberts at Lincoln Avenue Sunday after residents feared a burglary. He followed a young woman to her home and was detained by her father and mother until police arrived. Roberts claimed to seek a man named Jack Cobre or Jack Palmer, and offered no further explanation. The capture drew praise for municipal justice in protecting vulnerable residents.
Local Agent H A Lamdin receives new office furniture for the uptown Wells Fargo Express unit. Washington avenue premises expected ready for business by March 15, replacing cramped south annex quarters. Franking privileges for railroad officials and staff end, following a Supreme Court ruling that deal heading interstate packages violates Interstate Commerce rules.
Law and subjects all parties implicated face a heavy fine as penalties are set in the Bevere matter. Authorities indicate legal actions proceed with court oversight and potential additional sanctions for involved individuals.
In Chicago on March 2, the Irish Fellowship club plans a meeting next Saturday to debate protests against shop displays of St Patrick s day emblems they call travesties for an intelligent people. James J Sheehy recounts his wife s shopping for favors and finding green Teddy bears monkeys and pigs with green attire provoking indignation.
Berlin reports ongoing heavy snowfall since Sunday across central Europe. Rail and telegraph lines are disrupted in eastern Prussia as snow depths reach six inches to two feet in affected areas.
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