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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
3
A cluttered Ogden page lists varied notices and short items. Messages include service announcements at Sixth Ward, a missing memorandum with rewards, attendance at a national defense council meeting, job ads, birth reports from city health, a street accident involving a child, and various local business notes. Short notes on visitors, railroad managers, police meetings, hospital stays, and public notices intermingle with commercial ads and relocations.
Ivan Farr aged 19 died yesterday at Dee Hospital from pneumonia after a week-long illness. Born December 15, 1899 in Ogden, he was a student at Weber Normal College with high honors. Survived by father and siblings Mrs Inuit Moyes Raymond Farr Mrs Harri Hales Sergeant Major LaMarr Farr M Merlin Farr and Mrs Haralt Goddard. His body taken to Larkin Sons for burial preparations. Funeral arrangements await word from Sergeant Major Farr. Interment likely Ogden City Cemetery.
About thirty guests attended a reception as a stockholders meeting eyed changes reducing directors from twenty five to five tied to Ray A Whitney brokerage transfer and possible plant sale to Albers Milling. Reynolds Shack and Viola Sheber wed at the courthouse. Epworth League plan devotional. petitions and administrator appointments noted. a senior class prepares a vaudeville show. a Mexican suspect linked to a robbery is discussed. Ukrainian uprising reports flow in from London as German cavalry movements arise.
A natural gas well on Mutual Oil and Gas Company land on Thirty second street and Wyoming avenue Ogden erupts with a flame two feet high as gas gushed from a four inch casing at a rate near 100000 barrels per hour. Geologist T T Livesy notes the depth at 106 feet and says further drilling may reach 400 500 feet before the gas body is located. Demonstrations and tests planned as gas is diverted into tanks. The company leases cover 1600 acres Weber county 3500 near Grantville and 600 in Spring valley Wyoming.
The Tabernacle choir will present the oratorio A Woman of Samaria by William Sterngadle Henvett on Sunday May 19 during afternoon services. Soloists Nephi J. Brown Mildred Ware and Myrtle B. Higley will lead with a full choir and organ pieces and choral selections reflecting biblical scenes and responses.
Weber county draft board designates ten men including Walter Griffith Tiverdat James M. TMeree May and George F. Weatherston for departure to Boulder Col to attend the university. Draft report indicates enrollment around May 16 with train likely May 13. Parley W Reynolds and Leonard L Vaughan registered for the draft district May 4 both having prior military service. John Harrison Jones recently returned his questionnaire from Akron Ohio and Lester Deane Ogden registered in Riga New leaving with the county group to Rendles Colorado.
The funeral for Edward Samuel Bigelow is set for Sunday at 2 PM in the Woodmen of the World hall with viewing today 2 to 5 and Sunday 1 to 3:30 at his home 347 Teentlath Street. Mary Lacie Rancham’s funeral will be Sunday afternoon at the Tenth Ward Chapel with Bishop T P Terry presiding. viewing at Lone 348 Ninth Street today until 6 PM and continuing at the chapel.
Special cars to Pineview depart Sunday May 12 from Union Depot via line U119 and three additional regular cars. A streetcar service to Glenwood Park will run in the afternoon as part of Utah Idaho Central operations.
Due to the Mother’s Day program at the Orpheum Theater the Women of American Patriots postpone their gathering. The meeting will be held next week at city hall at 4 o’clock with Prov Frank M Driggs of the school for the deaf and blind as speaker.
The North Weber Stake Relief societies hold their quarterly conference in the chapel on Tuesday May 14. The day includes singing, prayers, roll call, talks on Red Cross work housing clothing and outdoor sleeping, reports from committees, poems and demonstrations on food values and meal balance. A four minute talk, history of our fire, flag history, and a closing benediction are planned with musical selections and an open invitation for attendance.
Twelve Ogden City men and three from Weber County are bound for Fort McDowell California as a government contingent. Most are mechanically qualified for army vocational work and will fill spots in regular and national forces. A dinner at Stimpson’s cafe preceded departure with City Commissioner Jones and Judge Murphy stressing American ideals and duty. Weber County volunteers hoped to spend time with families. county group to depart at 5 p.m. The contingent includes Claude E. Lieser as captain among others.
The list names city contingent members led by Hall as captain with Stanlay D. Thomas and Fred Melvin among officers. Other names include Ermond Hawn Steven L. Ban Reonald A. Grandin Clyde E H Wilson John G Parker and Joseph E. Taylor.
Ogden city boasts lawyers who have enlisted in the U S armed forces. Names listed include Howell Kimball Eugene Pratt Hebbart Gideon and Roscoe Gwilliam with roles in aviation and camp Jackson. The notice highlights their patriotic service and excellent records for Ogden’s community.
New York stocks rise on broad volume with gains in oils sugars and tobaccos. United States Steel fluctuates then strengthens. Liberty bonds hit new low highs while rails and specialties show mixed moves. Ogden and Omaha livestock markets report steady to firm prices amid active hog and cattle receipts.
At Kansas City May 1 receipts totaled about 501 cattle and 1,000 hogs with market steady. Prime fed steers reached 16.00 to 16.50, dressed beef steers 14.00 to 15.75, western steers 16.00, cows 14.50, heifers 14.76, bulls 18.00. Lambs 16.00 to 20.15, yearlings 12.00 to 15.00, ewes 12.00 to 16.25, wether 15.00. Sheep and cattle prices shown for various lots.
Chicago May 11 reports show speculative demand cooling as food administration steps limit cereal prices. May and July futures slipped with May at 1 273 and Jul at 1 448 while early gains faded amid weak demand from the seaboard and scarce buying orders.
Washington May. Reports indicate 1,300,000 men called for draft May 9 for France or in camps. The chain of summons expands, with expectations of even larger enrollments through summer and fall.
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