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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
2
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A reader exposes alleged misallocation in Ogden City’s water funds, noting a $70, or 155.53 transfer to the general fund and questioning legality. The piece says the administration bonded $76,009 to finance pipes, proposing a bond plan to cover city deficits after a tax boost.
A mass convention of Ogden Republicans endorsed the municipal ticket under the City Republican Central Committee. The convention affirmed the full ticket but the outcome is described as standard and unregarded in the report.
Notice lists candidates including Mator A R Heywood for mayor and John E Bagley for municipal judge along with commissioners M L Jones and auditor A F Larson. No dates or locations provided.
The Standard questions the January 1 1916 city administration statement claiming a small rise in the overstretched debt for 1914 and accuses officials of deception. The piece argues the city ran about $72 000 behind in 1936 and blames forced savings and alleged evasion to hide a net debt over $472 000 for the year 191? without clear accountability.
A morning editorial rails against public utilities with a hostile note toward Senator Sutherland. The piece warns about corporate influence and praises the ideal of people owning utilities, framing the public interest against boilerplate politicking.
Street talkers spread a familiar phrase about political favors and family in office. The Standard and Examiner are urged to avoid repeating false rumors as they caution readers against sensational gossip and misleading claims in the community.
An Eastern paper claimed a rift between President Wilson and Colonel E. M. House. The White House denied the story through Tumulty and threatened a letter to the editor to remove the correspondent from Washington. Overall, Washington discussed House’s ties and the president’s recent visits.
A note from Ouden Utah discusses a 50 year electric franchise pursuit by a private company. It cites Murray’s municipal plant built at about $402 8399 with 455 customers and 242 street lights. The letter argues municipal plants offer lower rates and questions private rates, recounting cost and monthly outputs and urging fair pricing.
In Salt Lake the mayor acts against big corporations by pushing insurance rate cuts. The report notes a 27 July policy change with new reductions, detailing total premiums, insurance savings, and rate offsets for brick and other properties.
From an Ohio independent source the US Treasury shows that exports to Germany totaled about 914 million dollars in 1913, the year before the war. A fragment mentions 84 million and a projection toward 106 percent of prewar exports to Scandinavia and Belgium.
The article notes a rising demand for Utah and Idaho wheat as shipments head to Kansas and Nebraska. It cites wet weather reducing quality and increasing milling demand, urging local farmers with good wheat to harvest for national prosperity amid wartime trade growth.
Government experts warn Weber County farmers to rotate crops to avoid soil depletion and disease that reduces tomato yields. Repeated tomato or potato plantings year after year degrade soil fertility, risking future crop failures if rotation is not followed.
The Colorado Supreme Court took original jurisdiction in a prohibition case filed by Attorney General Fred Farrar, prompted by Denver city officials granting a saloon license extending past January 1, 1916. The court will rule on whether the prohibition becomes effective under the constitutional amendment and statutes.
Socialist leaders under Abeldemena traversed occupied Belgium and France, inspecting industrial and agricultural enterprises run by German authorities. They also visited German general headquarters. A Vienna dispatch reports the death of eminent sculptor Ourer von Zumbusch at an advanced age.
Fragmentary notes claim rumors of an early peace with Britain are unfounded. The text references Chancellor von Rethmann-Hoil and a schedule for a dance event at the Eagles' Hall with music, dated in a London context.
London editorials praise the Anglo‑French loan to the United States and the Allies as a milestone in international finance while criticizing high terms and underwriting costs. Newspapers like The Times, The Morning Post, and The Financial News weigh benefits against potential credit costs and political risks.
British troops stormed Loos on a Friday night assault after heavy bombardment. They broke initial barbed wire, fought through cellars and streets, and overran the town with officers and signallers directing a dangerous advance. A colonel and his signal party held a near shell-free house before a deadly bombing raid revealed German officers directing fire, illustrating extraordinary courage and sacrifice amid brutal close combat.
New York officials warn a $300 state license increase effective tomorrow will shutter about six hundred liquor shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn, cutting city revenue by roughly 360 404 dollars. The excise commissioner notes declines in drinking and cites moving pictures as keeping men away from saloons.
Washington reports opening bids for sixteen submarines authorized by Congress. Union Iron Works San Francisco and Electric Torpedo Boat Quincy bid lowest for the Pacific and Atlantic contracts. Newport News Shipbuilding and New York Shipbuilding also entered the competition. Other bidders include Lake Torpedo Boat, Slow Janehower & Co, and California Shipbuilding.
Washington on September 30 representatives of major railroads appeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission to present views on rate valuation. The hearings are expected to last three days with oral arguments covering all aspects of the work.
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