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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1909
Page
8
March marks a period to prepare incubators for winter egg production with guidance on temperature, humidity, and turning schedules to maximize hatch rates. Farmers are urged to ensure supplies and monitor chicks for early care.
Rev Carver delivered the first sermon of a series at the First Presbyterian Church of Ogden on The New Theology of the Latter Day Revelation of God. He spoke after a Salt Lake City visit examining a world famous mineralogist’s cabinet rich in rare crystals and new mineral discoveries.
A dated essay argues that religion now appeals to intellect over emotion, noting theology’s evolution toward rational preaching and science revealing divine purpose. It claims God is a God of reason and worship should test the mind, not rest on sentiment alone.
An advertisement asserts thousands of obstinate cases were cured by Deans Ointment. It promotes the ointment at 50 cents and claims availability at any drug store.
The international masters tournament in St. Petersburg ended today after games on March 14. Silwe defeated Cohn, Chotimiraski lost to Perlis, and Tschmann beat Epever. Dr. Lasker and A Rubenstein shared first and second prizes, while Duras and Spielman shared third and fourth.
Reports by C A Snow & Co patent attorneys in Washington DC list Cannigon Kiat Hore beet blocker J and Snevely Salt Lake City brush making machine. Send ten cents and paper date to C A Snow & Co Washington DC for copies of above patents.
More than five thousand labor union members march in Boston protesting Judge Wright's DC sentence for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. A resolution denounces courts as biased and aims at one class. Copies go to Taft Sherman and Cannon. In Kansas City a churchgoer’s trance-like exit draws police interest and hospital care follows.
Logan March 13 Junior and senior classes in a body left the chapel in protest when President Izaac Smith arrived to discuss plans to remove college courses from Brigham Young. Alumni and others express strong opposition and demand official explanations.
Salt Lake City police chief S M Barlow plans a city ordinance to regulate narcotics like cocaine opium morphine and other drugs and require a physician prescription for purchases, citing coke fiends as a dangerous criminal class.
Frederick A. Smith, 78, pioneer Salt Lake resident, died at 6 last evening at his home 2% South Second East street from age related illnesses. Survived by wife Annie Smith and a brother in American Fork. Smith was a steady figure in early Salt Lake days and was widely known and respected.
City health report for the week ending March 12 notes a slight decline in births with 48 births, 27 male and 2 female, while the death rate remains steady. Contagious diseases total 60 cases, down from 67, including smallpox, whooping cough, pneumonia and chickenpox. 36 houses under smallpox quarantine, and several for scarlet fever and diphtheria.
C R Flemming collapsed during the First Presbyterian Church morning service in Salt Lake City on March 15. Affrey reports a man described as well dressed, possibly traveling, with various items found on him suggesting rail worker ties and other affiliations.
Joseph 8 Jordan notes a busy mining period with last shipments from Wibula tease and Har rie lease Seven Troughs Florence. Reports of high grade ore values range from $100 to $400 per ton with several mills showing strong recoveries. Activities include the Reagan lease on Wild Horse canyon and the Sulphur mine region near Rosebud, plus Durango Girl on the Tomboy property driving renewed prospecting.
Workers in multiple leases near Durango scramble for horn silver ore. Each man extracts around 25 to 100 pounds daily, averaging 0.60 to 0.70 per pound, with high-grade ore from Last Day No 1 and Durango Girl claims. Operators Mesere, Ricks, Skinner, Anderson, Henderson, Rogers, Eiifner, Joy, Kelley, New Lands, Morris, Jim Nelson, Dargavel, McLeod report strong early progress and profits.
J. Jordan reports from Seven Troughs on March 16 that the Wihuja lease at 475 feet delivers high grade ore with $22 to $50 per pound values, while Harrie and other leases advance with cleanups and preliminary runs. New strikes at Badger Hill and Eng lish George show ore assays around $40 per ton, with potential to exceed $80 per ton.
William Whitman, head of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, argues there is no middle ground between protection and free trade. He urges defeating the free trade party at the polls to end tariff politics and warns against a permanent tariff commission as a plague to business. He supports Taft's view that tariff revisions must be finished before lasting prosperity returns, aiming for a decade of tariff stability.
Governor Willson and Mrs Willson with guests Mr and Mrs Robert M Lyman narrowly escaped a fatal carriage accident in Frankfort Kentucky when horses bolted. Mrs Willson was unconscious and suffered facial injuries while her front teeth broken and left wrist fractured. Governor Willson sustained bruises and Mr Lyman had a cut to his face. Mrs Lyman was unhurt.
A San Francisco report notes a government issued lease advertisement for Santa Barbara Island. The piece critiques the portrayal of the island as a restful inland California retreat and suggests overstatement of its attractions.
The advertisement describes a hide request on an island about forty miles from the mainland, one and a half miles long and one mile wide. The Pacific Coast Pilot notes no water or grass, abundant prickly pear, a 547 foot rise, landing at two spots, and an eight fathom sandy anchorage with poor holding ground.
Spokane will host the National Irrigation Congress from August 9 to 14. Utah will be represented despite the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Salt Lake City. Senator George Sutherland informs Roine Singer in Washington that irrigation companies and industrial associations are eager for the event.
Quater Bay N Y March 15 Ex President Roosevelt arranging affairs for at least two years absence abroad. The trip will take him to Africa and Europe and Mrs Roosevelt is preparing for his tour. His duties as a magazine editor will keep him in New York.
The article notes that during the week the expedition members will come to Oyster Bay for a final conference and that dictation for publication will occupy the schedule.
In Brooklyn at the Central Congregational church Dr. Laman Abbott says the ideal woman should not bow to Paris fashion or simply serve the dressmaker. He argues she should be a companion who supports her husband and does not blame cooking if the meal fails.
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