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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
6
A broad range of gloves tailored for diverse tasks promises comfort and grip. The catalog highlights sizes and materials designed to fit different hand shapes, aiming to improve performance and protection across activities.
A convoy of forty coltewdats arrives on the same road to Boles Idaho then splits to seek available land for agricultural and fruit growing purposes. Also mentions coal rock and Hess bread advertising and other local notices.
D H Anderson of the Irrigation Ato and a leading Irrigation Congress advocate was guest of Postmaster Shortlife this morning. He returned from Spokane where arrangements for the next session are being planned and predicted at least 26 000 visitors will attend the Congress with events and attractions.
The text traces slang money terms including spondulix from a shell money used in Africa and named after Spondula. It connects sprata to Pue lish and swag to a Norwegian root syaga meaning to sway, evolving to signify baggage and later robbery booty.
Banito Cablla a Mexican sheep herder trespasser on Southern Pacific train No 6 was run over at Carlin as the locomotive started to move. He lost both feet above the ankles in the accident and was taken to the hospital where doctors held slight hopes for recovery.
Charles T. Whitney of Portland Oregon a Chamber of Commerce leader arrived in Ogden on business and stayed a day to visit the Whitney family. He praised Ogden Weber county and northern Utah for steady real estate growth and sound progress noting Portland now has a building boom with no fictitious valuations and plans substantial improvements with eastern capitalists. Whitney will travel on and stop in Ogden again on return to Portland.
Mike Riebich an Austrian employee was crushed between the steam shovel dipper and a rock pile in a Lakeside stone quarry. He suffered serious injuries including a dislocated hip and was transported by special train to General Hospital for treatment.
A Weber Club banquet in Ogden drew Utah canning officials led by C A Suydan of Continental Can. The event highlighted Ogden as a center for industry meetings with talks and toasts praising the city and its convention role. Suydan noted annual canning buys exceed 320,000 dollars across Utah’s canneries and called the dinner a success at about 16 dollars per plate.
A majority of Twenty fourth Street property owners back a paving district from Grant Avenue to Wall Avenue with an estimated 30000 expenditure. Petition signatures gathered by Horace Peery and Joseph Carlson push council action next Monday. If approved, actual work will start soon, employing many laborers this season.
Joseph Swan longtime Associated Press marine reporter dies at the Batters ship news office near New York aged 70 after a lifetime of stormy seas and perilous reporting He served in the Civil War and later mined in Montana before joining the AP where he remained active until his death.
Cyrus S Foster of Springfield Moss arrived from Santa Barbara and learned a bantam body found in a Melrow station box car was identified as his remains. George B Kierfuson, a distant relative, made the identification. A coroner's jury ruled pneumonia as the cause. Foster, alive, protested his own death hoax.
Marcel Bellevine, a 22 year old laborer, shot himself after his wife left him following a family quarrel. He entered his home in Reno and blew out his brains while lying on a bed. A young girl found the body moments later. domestic difficulties are blamed for the tragedy. The wife was nearby when the shot was fired.
Franklin Cutler announces an Ogden visit lasting multiple days. Send name and address to Box 341, City. He will call to provide a receipt.
Manila reports the Philippine assembly did not act on the Payne tariff bill as expected. The opposition plans further steps before acting and prepared resolutions to instruct Filipino delegates in Washington on sugar and solaro concessions.
J K McCormick aged 85 and a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars died at the Confederate home in Higeineville Missouri from a blow during a fight. Jim Cunmmiss was accused. a coroner's jury found McCormick the aggressor and cleared Cummings of blame.
A dialogue between a junior and senior partner hints at a pending salary increase, with the senior insisting on auditing the books. The exchange underscores caution in finances as marital changes loom over corporate discretion.
The April term jurors include Ogden H H Butler Eric Larsen Oscar Read J J Ross D S Tracy Aug Nordquist W H Draney C B Bohn Bernard Temes W B Porter field W W Boyle Gew Moulding A A Stratford W A James WW Crossman W N Pierce John Stitt B F Livingston J C Jenson C G Price F M Nye Farr West Benj A Wadman Marriott Job Warner Harrisville W H Louder Hooper John Mitchell Rivernale Sanford File West Weber Ephriam Hipwell Pleasant View J M Bailey North Ogden Wm Woolfield EN Warren listed for service
Governor John F. Shafroth to the legislature warns he will convene a special session if Democrats fail to honor campaign pledges. He criticizes party members not voting for bills to fulfill pledges and urges resignations to allow constituents new representation. Mentions include primary law, railroad commission, Australian ballot, public service commission, bank guarantees, and good roads. Thirteen Democratic lawmakers remain for the session.
In Los Angeles a Chamber of Commerce reception hosted railroad magnate E. H. Harriman drawing several hundred business leaders. Harriman arrived from San Diego and planned travel to Santa Barbara then San Francisco after the informal event. He declined comment on alleged contention with a San Diego to Yuma rail project connecting with the Southern Pacific.
Carson Ney March 22 The federal grand jury returned three indictments against George Walls for bullion theft from Wells Fargo while acting as agent in this case. The indictments accuse embezzlement fraudulent use of the mails and forgery. Walls has been placed under arrest.
E Harriman wires J K Harrington of the Pacific Improvement Company that he will be in Santa Barbara tomorrow to select a site on the Hope ranch for a winter residence. Harriman and Southern Pacific officials will conduct a week long conference at a hotel and will not proceed to San Francisco.
Receivers were appointed for J. B. Cornell Company iron manufacturers of New York City with a plant at Cold Spring including unsecured liabilities of 500000 and uncompleted contracts of 1000,000. Bethlehem Steel and two others filed a petition claiming 46575 in debts. The firm shows capital of 2 million and bonds secured by a mortgage on the plant.
Assistant Forester J F Adams visits Ogden to meet district officials and inspect headquarters. He notes bids for forest supplies will go to equal bidders with local firms favored if bids are equal, and that eastern manufacturers dominate some items. He cites irrigation and forest preservation as essential to western development and warns spring floods threaten finances elsewhere.
Albany N Y March 22 Governor Hughes denied clemency for Mrs Mary Farmer sentenced to death at Auburn for the Hinowas ville murder of Thomas Bretman She will be executed next week Her husband James I Farmer was convicted of complicity and his case is now pen apped The governor noted state law makes no sex distinction in murder cases.
London March 22 Reginald McKeown first lord of the admiralty told the House of Commons that the government has no intention of purchasing the Brazilian dreadnaughts now being built in this country. A censure motion by A J Balfour on whether four or eight dreadnaughts should be included in the naval program is not expected to be debated this week.
The Postence received crowded letters and readers sent in for a contest promising cash prizes for deciphering a message. Promoters, surprised by familiarity, hint that a significant event denoted by $4 will be unveiled tomorrow night, with The Standard promising full details in the next issue.
A marriage announcement states George W. Torrill and Harriet P. Lewis, both residents of Ravarilla, were married. The brief notice provides no additional details on date or ceremony.
Lucille Wallace announces the opening of her new studio at 2164 Washington Avenue. Classes will be held Tuesdays Fridays and Saturdays from 2 PM to 6 PM.
Los Angeles on March 22 reports a new crisis as an injunction seeks to stop the recall election for the mayoral successor set for March 26. Judge Bordwall hears petitions arguing the resignation of former Mayor Harper nullifies the recall. If granted, William D. Stephens would remain in office until January 1910. George Alexander might be barred from taking the seat, with the dispute escalating to the supreme court.
In New York on March 23 bettor Burtt the Brooklyn middleweight defeated Jack Sullivan of Boston in a ten round boxing contest.
A garbled Glasgow Herald snippet describes language growth with added words and altered pronunciations. It mentions phrases like dag and lam and notes mockingly a crowded linguistic scene with about sixty more words and references to diafram usage and speech examples.
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