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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
3
The item lists post office handling as second class matter at Ogden Utah and details subscription prices for one month six months and twelve months in advance. It notes Sunday morning Examiner free and that the paper is published daily except Sundays by Wm Glasmann.
The Sand Ridge area near the Banberger line is to be transformed into a fruit district. Local businessmen including A F P Bigelow D H Adams George J Kelly Paul Stecher and others are planting many trees and seed potatoes and tomatoes on 19 acres. Apple peach and cherry trees will yield fruit for market in a few years as soil is prepared and more land is added.
The Jok er in the liquor bill and Kuchler amendment prompt Utah lawmakers to reexamine local option rules. Regul ators argue the measure shifts to sectional promotion giving each voting district power to abolish saloons permanently. Opponents warn it could delay or nullify local votes in Ogden and Salt Lake until city voters approve prohibition.
A San Francisco Chronicle note recalls Pittsburg bankers convicted for bribery in city council cases and the curious theft of prison funds. One banker allegedly stole $25,000 in prison books to bribe fellow convicts. officials ponder the fate of the politician who took the money as the long punishment continues.
Lawmakers clash over local option questions and district voting rights. Advocates argue future districts could vote on saloon issues, while opponents cite constitutional doubts about the measure. The discussion centers on whether past votes bind new districts as population grows.
The Salt Lake State Fair seeks 37000 dollars for this year and next, or 716,500 annually, while the Big Four County Fair asks 3000 last year and 5000 this year. The Inter-Mountain Four State Fair is also mentioned, with a suggestion that Salt Lake merchants fund their fair and redirect 27000 to Ogden, as a recommendation to Utah's legislature.
Former Utah state treasurer James Christiansen admits to diverting over 70000 dollars to fund a Nevada mining venture in which he and A J Weber and others were involved. The case follows a string of misconduct by public officials exposed in recent weeks and tarnishes his once solid reputation.
The piece condemns the get rich quick micrope in wildcat mining as dangerous and disease breeding. It warns that young and old men alike should resist temptations offering big profits or big risks and avoid the lure of high-risk ventures. It emphasizes the moral lesson and calls for restraint.
A visiting observer details Panamas canal zone vast outlay of money and labor. Government owns 3,955 buildings on the Isthmus, plus French structures, with fire protection and experimental gardens showing crops and fruit. Sanitary work fights malaria with night shifts and mosquito control, while steam shovels and track shifters vastly outpace French labor, moving millions of cubic yards monthly and proving American efficiency.
Ada Hopkins of Cutter Avenue, Coldwater Michigan, recalls a five year battle with bronchitis. She credits Hyomel sold by Baileon's Pharmacy with curing her cough and throat pain and claims it could cure bronchitis catarrh asthma croup hay fever and colds. The complete outfit costs one dollar including a bottle of Hyomel and a hard rubber inhaler.
Mrs Leo Baurnann wife of a wealthy New York fur dealer was struck and killed tonight by an Estee automobile owned by car merchant Tully Costee in the Bronx She threw her four year old son to safety but was thrown thirty feet and fatally injured shortly after the collision The mother died from her injuries.
Paris reports the investigation into the murder of painter Adolph Steinhell and his stepmother Mme Japy nears completion. New evidence implicates Mme Steinbell as Remy Courland, a servant, testifies he overheard implausible statements the morning after the crime.
After a collapse Mme Steinhell hurried to phone the exchange. Records show she sought a call related to her associate Maurice Bordere l. The magistrate refused her application for Hall and it is now certain she will be tried in theaselze court for complicity in the murders.
Indefinite signals from a steamer in distress were captured in fragments at Charlestown and Newport tower. Due to multiple interruptions the message failed to reveal the vessel name or location. The readable portion directed notifying life saving stations in all directions.
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