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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription options for the Daily Standard. In city delivery by carrier one month in advance. Outside city by mail one month or one year options presented with rates and terms.
Readers are informed that communications to this paper are limited to 260 words and that the author’s panel must be published in full. The note emphasizes concise submissions and full disclosure of the panel content as part of the public record.
The Standard states no special advertising agent outside Utah and directs all advertisers to deal directly with the Eden Utah office or through reputable agencies. The notice clarifies that all advertising matters should be handled locally.
The note directs all correspondence to The Standard Publishing Co in Ogden Utah for filing or inquiries.
The slate includes William Glasmann for Mayor, J A Howell as Municipal Judge, John E Bagley as City Attorney, James E Halverson as Treasurer, Wm J Critchlow as Recorder, Hattie L Brown as Auditor. Council nominees cover five wards with four and two year terms for each listed by name.
In a reply to editorial attacks on Frank Cannon, the Standard admits the Senator’s abilities exceed the average and merits significant attention. The response frames counter-attacks as evidence that Cannon is a commanding figure in the city, arguing against hypocrisy by denying this truth.
A local editorial condemns canvassers from both sides using emotional appeals to sway voters. It accuses some Democrats of exploiting families and alleges Republicans face little critique. The piece urges voters to reject such tactics and replace scandal-mongers with principled conduct.
The editorial defends Ogden City Councilmen against corruption charges, urging voters to back the Republican ticket and trust officials who have acted rightly. It rejects whispers of wrongdoing and calls for support of the incumbents.
The current city officials, elected twenty two months ago, faced outstanding warrants and interest bearing judgments totaling over 35000. They have paid the floating debt without tax increases and reduced the city levy by five mills. The city also covered half of the Washington avenue improvement cost and full amounts for three street intersections and curb work.
The article lauds Ogden officials for restoring financial stability, noting that about $123000 was needed to cover the floating debt and improvements while the present administration collected only $39000 more than the previous one. It claims every city official worked to ensure warrants could be cashed without discount or interest, a goal now accomplished after years of hardship.
The Standard reports Ogden city reduced taxes by five mills while state and county raises added 17 mills. Net increase from state county and school taxes totals 12 mills. City officials say after debts are paid, further reductions are possible. State Equalization Board adds 15 percent to property values.
The Salvation Army announces plans to open a rest and recuperation home in Ogden for wanderers and the roaming poor. Commander Booth-Tucker urged the project during the Irrigation Congress visit and Col. French will arrange the Ogden site to curb tramp nuisances and aid peace officers. Mrs Booth-Tucker’s death occurred en route to Kansas City. The mayor backs the effort as a solution to migratory vagrants passing through Ogden.
A banker reads aloud the distressed state of the country asking if the nation is financially broke. The phrase signals concern over economic strain and credit conditions amid cautious markets and wavering confidence.
The piece argues that a market slump over speculating has unsettled business but no solid loss. It credits farmers and crop wealth, notes railroad investments and banking stability, and says foundations of national prosperity remain solid despite Wall Street volatility. It warns leaders and top markets must repair, not panic, and highlights a strong wheat and corn outlook.
London critics clash over whether the late American painter James McNeill Whistler was valued in the United States. Marlon Spielmann argues Whistler received little official American recognition while Joseph Pennell claims Whistler won top honors and genuine esteem at American exhibitions.
New York traders saw modest fractional gains at the open as higher money rates and a weak bank statement loomed after large currency shipments. Transcontinental stocks and Amalgamated saw limited moves while U.S. Steel preferred held steady. A heavy currency drain from the sub-treasury, totaling about 1.675 million dollars, cooled enthusiasm in the market.
Omaha daily market report shows cattle receipts around 4500 with steady prices across classes. hogs at 5000 receipts with bulk sales near 4.90 to 5.00. sheep receipts 12400 with steady ranges for western yearlings, wethers, and lambs. Prices span from cattle calves at 3.00 to 5.25, hogs 4.90 to 5.30, sheep lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
Kansas City market listings show cattle steady with varied bids across cattle, cows, calves, and western stock. Hog prices move slightly lower with most sales around 6.05 to 5.30, while sheep and lambs stay firm with muttons at 2.60 to 3.95 and lambs 2.90 to 5.25.
Cattle receipts 13 000 steady with good to prime steers 5 35 to 5 80 cows and calves varied. hogs receipts 22 000 today with 10 15 lower and mixed and butchers 5 10 to 5 45. sweep receipts 30 000 with sheep and lambs steady and west and native lambs listed.
Denver markets report varied cattle bids with steers at 3.00 to 3.75 per cwt and cows 2.00 to 3.00, stockers 2.50 to 3.15, bulls 1.50 to 2.50. Steers receipts 200 and sheep receipts 7,500 show lighter feedlot demand. fat muttons 3.00 to 4.00 and lambs 1.00 to 4.00 per cwt.
Wool nominal figures for territory and western medium grades 18 and 19, fine medium 15 to 17, and fine 15 to 16 are reported from St. Louis Dets29.
CASIT WHEAT. Chicago, Oct 29. Cash wheat bids list No 2 red 2 1 2 dollars per bushel, No 3 red 1 6 8 3, No 2 hard winter 79 1 2 cents, No 1 northern spring 85 86, No 2 80 8 41, No 3 spring 1 3 83.
New York money on call quoted at 3 5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper at 5 1 2 to 3 4 per cent. Sterling weak with bankers bills at 4.8505 4.8510 for demand and 4.8155 4.8105 for sixty days. Posted rates 4.382 1 2 4 6 1 2, commercial bills 4.82 1 2, Mexican dollars 49 1 4. Silver at 60 1 2.
Sugar prices shown in New York as of October 1929 include Raw steady and Fair refining 3 3 8, Centrifugal 06 test 37 8, Molasses 3 7 8, Refined steady, Crushed 3 35, Powdered 4 83, Granulated 4 75. Coffee steady with No Rio 5 7 8.
Chicago market close lists wheat and corn futures with mixed December May values. Prices shown for oats flax timothy clover barley and park figures across October December January and May contracts.
Closing quotations for New York stocks show figures from copper to major rail and utility issues. Prices listed include Atchison Dominion 66 3-4 and Baltimore & Ohio 74 5-3 with Canadian Pacific at 1.19 and Metropolitan at 1.09, among others.
A fragmented report lists rail lines and steel prices with ranging figures. Listings include Ontario & Western 201k, Reading 45, Union Pacific 71 3-4, Norfolk & Western 58 7-8, and Steel common 135 with various other rail and commodity quotes.
Read about a tiny Chinese pipe system carried in a case with water filled tube and a removable wick. The user lacks matches, borrows paper stems, and tosses out long draws as the smoke slowly vanishes, repeatedly repeating the ritual.
A description of the human heart’s function with figures on beats per minute and yearly output. It states the heart beats 70 times per minute and, over seventy years, discharges about 178 850 tons of blood. It compares blood volume and pumping power to lifting tons, showing the heart’s daily and lifetime work in dramatic terms.
The exchange notes the fools are not all dead yet and asks about daily deaths, reflecting grim talk in Yonkers. The dialogue hints at ongoing mortality among a broad segment of people, with no resolution presented.
Chicago Post remarks on a vast disparity between a town and a creation, noting it involves an immense, unspecified fortune as a comparison. The quote hints at economic or developmental scale without naming exact figures.
A little girl replies with humor that she has never sat for a photograph, noting she has always been blond. The exchange captures a light moment between photographer and child.
New York reports a mixed metals outlook as iron and steel demand remains weak domestically while export sales, including 10 000 tons of pig iron to Manchester, hint at price cuts. Markets for finished iron and steel stay dull with limited new tonnage, copper may rise above Lake pricing due to wire makers preferring electrolytic copper.
Twenty one American prospectors under contract to the Northeastern Siberian company and the Guggenheim Exploration company returned from Siberia to Seattle after a difficult expedition.
A northeastern Siberia expedition aboard ste ships Senators and Ohio returns with claims that creeks yield good colors and rich placer districts may rival Nome and the Klondike. ES Bowen believes placer wealth could match Alaska’s famed fields while Nels Swenson and his son favor quartz deposits as the main riches.
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