I WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 192G. THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER 7 J
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I- Vm RSDAY"FR,DAY"SATlAY 1
J Produci.on SI !.r- FORCED HUP WAY INTO HiS ROOM
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ill I finjftfl ft Msfta 1 4 ' "n ''' 3 pacet ovc slters which he had JjT
l ; ' j :i I 8 1- V- ;:;-; jj i'.;' ru&ing to his rooms to explain sj, . -MS''
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fjl 1 " Bebc Daniels, and the heartbroken bride- IB
8 t A k. u r .i " i- xi .i , e . groom is Walter Hicrs, the funniest fat iKaK--- " r'
l A cr;PPrjg photoplay of the Canadi?n Northwest, and of society s , . . WTMaaW;
H Farm Bureau Hears
l Report On Irrigation
H At Annual Meeting
i Reports from committees on irrl
cation, Mijr beets, livestock, arop
pleats, and various other committees
wen- fckuures of the morning session
t of the Weber County FVirm Hurcau
meetlne which took place at Lhc Wtd
oral building this Honlnc.
The rnornJnjf scksIoii was opfnoil ly
an iiddiess from Presldeoi J. It. li-us
of th- i L r County Farm Buro.i i
He .sui'i there is gvaniii reason for iln
, qBUstence of iii farm bureau loiias
thnu there ever-wan beforo In the hi
tory of the country. Mr. Hpiih said
tho farmers to bp on a CQmpstitva da
sis with ihe other Industries must or
ganize, if agriculture Is to progress.
M K Y ES R PORT.
D. I . McKay, chaicman of the com
mittee on Irrigation, who Hulunitted the
rteporl of this committee, jircaented a
resume 'l the work done by the com-,
" i Hi report erA a pariod
since Juije, 1919, When .mii-i were ftrat:
taken towards the croalipn of an Irrl
gailun dlstilct, which would BmbrAoeu
' th entire count)', and would he the
lueatia of saving farmers .f the com-1
munlty an annual loss, seven years out j
of ten Irum 1500,000 to 11,500,000 1
The report showed that water fll-j
Uk have been madi- on the Magpie
renervoii- on the South fork of the ( j-il-;
river, ami on Marab bike
Additional rlliuK. nne for 3.'i0 set
unij fact of water oi Hear river, and
a power filing was made for the pur
pose of securing power with which to
pump water from othor altes.
I IB ITMI'IM. 1 ! ;
Mentiun w.'S niaile in ihe report
ih.it the st.ito engineer has assured
the county additional filings on the
NV'eber river.'
W ati r nllotmentK made by 1"". Sam
uel Fortler were certified to the coun
ty commissioners durlnar the early part
f of March, Thaae allotments embraced
j 90.000 ncre of land in Weber county,
and were made mi H000 linlivldual al-
lotments. Further preliminary steps;
, wen l.. i i n. such the readjustment
f water allotment, and at an . ip -tlon.
held August lu, the district was
I carried thi-oiiRhout the county by a 00
per ent majority, he said.
M VN Ml niM.S III I. II
The report shpwad that j'Too was
raised and expended for certain Work
i preliminary to the election. Thraa
hundred and fifty local meeting! were
held in connection with the project.
in tin. 1 1. uaslon following the read
i" -t (hi- report a number of nnit
teis not clear lo a number of the
representatives praaaot were explained
l" Mr M K A rumor to the effect
.that $50,00 hud been spent for making
filings tii reaarvoir sites was refuted,
jthe flgurei ragaMMog th coal of tiiuig
jot the v.inou.s sites being o.s follows:
Piling on Bear River, MagpU
flling. 4 1 : Jlarrli l-ike filing; $ !8J,
jpowei filing, H92,
Anpouncrm. nis that fisnesmeul on
'ho acre f-et of water allotted eacli
land owner would he made to defray
the pi ellinlna I epeme.s Weir- iiuile
Notwithstanding the foci that the la
of the ytate allow 19 us the maximum
ii!-.si-H.sment, present Indications arc
i h.ii not mpra than fio cents per acre
loot of Avater will be asaeaaed against
the property owners 01 the county.
Mr. McKay waa empbailg in bringing
out the point that the property own
ers would he assessed upon the actual
ai re feii of water al iheir disposal,
rather than th( actual acraaga nr an, I
in their poaseaalon.
SOt I l- '! I I HIS.
In the report on social activities,
Chairman A. w. Harriott; reported
that outlined projects had been com-
I SMITH BROTHERS
Put one in your mouth at bed
Jpleted. The projects Included the or-
ganiaatlop of a basket ball league, the'
holdlnE of an annual i ount- lvarm I
Bureau day observance and an annual i
excursion. The organisation of a bas-
kothatl team and the holding of win
ter meetings through the county, to
i real.- community spirit, were also In
cluded m the report
M. P, Brown, chalrnvan of tho can-
ninc crops committee, submitted ;( re-
uort on canning oropa. The object whs
to sal) the canning crop! under a unl
!"rm price and contract for the entire1
state, and to tabulate the cost of pro
ducing canning crops by keeping cost
records.
The bureau was successful in the
ilrst project, having obtained what was;
known as the packer's and glower's
contract. The contract, which with
hi" one slight ihaiig- was thr 1 ! 1 7 -1 S
contract written by the Weber county
i.irm nureau. was accepted throughout
.the slate.
The report sets forth that this step
m.irkfil the first time In the bbjtory of
the si.ite that a uniform price for can
ning cropa prevailed throughout the
Stdte.
The cost of producing canning crops
;wa determined successfully, the re
port sr-t forth.
FIGURES i:i"l I i(s
' Average acreage of tomatoes waa
I four acres to a farm The average
lyltld was 11 tons per acre and the re
iturn on the crop amounted to $li";, per
I acre i 'o.Mt of the crop amounted io
ft 47 an p.M ;.c-e. showing n profit of
$is as the average increase.
The average Weld pi peaa was 5.2
acraa. The yield amountMi to about
- - '""S per acre. Average returns
amounted to $132 4S per acre, while
thfl crop cost $110.50 per acre, leaving
a profit of $21. 93 or u percentage of
10.04 on the investment.
O-OPJ RTTVE ICT1VITIE8
T. It. Jones then guve n report on
co-operative activities 01 the bureau
Which showed that the bureau mem
hers had found that by purchasing coal
to carload lots. they would secure
their coal at approximately $1.25 low
er than the price for which it is of
fered for sale by local dealers.
i' B Pettlgren. chairman of the
crops and peat i OfUtnitlce, was not
present. A tHhulatlou was pnsentefl,
however, showing that the dbltrlbutlon
of poison as a mean of controlling
rodents, had been very eff.cin.
M I Ids ( i il Mill I I ;.
T. K. Powell, chairman of the Ar-
, Stock committee, gave a report on the
effort, of the committee t0 negotiate
th sale of market milk at Ogrten and
I Improve the quality of the niiik pro-
: d need
I Imriiig the season, price adjustments
were made regarding the sale of mill
dealers and producers entering Into an
agreement).
The report sets forth that milk sold
Ion th( Ogden mark. il during 191. v..,
of a very poor grade, or the lowest
quality produced In the slatr
A campaign against milk pmducers
waa started which resulted In a num
I her f prosecutions With the Chang
ing of the city health department, so
ihat a man recommended h tn.
County Farm Bureau whs dealgnated
especially for the purpose- of testing
milk in the oit) the milk market in
' gden became much bi tter than It had
been heretofore, and milk now sold
on the local market can be classed
as the best In the state, the report
claims.
COMPARISON madi
A comparison of the milk offered
for sale on the local market during
1919 and 1 920 is as follow -
1 9 1 9 19 -' '
Average total butterfat . 3.75 4.02
Total solids 12.37 12.33
Dirty milk aamplrs S 1
The report set forth that steps were
taken to eliminate the sale of milk on
the old basis of quarts and gallons,
and a system for selling milk with the
Weight of Its actual amount of butter
fa1 and solids as 'he hida was evolved.
This system has not been put into
practice, however.
Private Distillers
Get Rid of Apparatus
Activities In Weber county of Te.l
eral Prohibition Agent J. K. Shields,
of the Denver office and i iRdeu detec
tives uri bringing unexpected I 1 1 1 1 s,
according to Detective Ed. Butterfield,
who baa bean agitating Mr. Bhialda,
Since the officers have seised al
least ten stills, private distillers are
getting apprehensive the officer said,
.s.iini of them ate disposing of Iheir
stills h throwing them into t be river
or scattering them over the river bot
toms Tw.i Mills, showing signs of rocenl
use, were found on the Weber river
bottoms and two others were dlscov-
et Qd in tht "J unglei "
1
The Commercial i
National Bank f
OGDEN, UTAH I
lBiTTrr UJ" "WJB IHBBHIflll i
GLAD TIDINGS
A real, JOVQUfl
Happy New Year to
Villi
Lei us all ma k i
a ban im r year.
TIE LOSS Nl '
RETAILERS TOLD
:James DeVine Give slmpres
sions of Trip East to
Rotary Club
The retail merchant might Juxt as
well take his losses now and prepare'
for the readjustment of gffalri In th
nstlon and take his profits in Die fu
ture according to James DeVine, mem-j
ber of the Ugden Itotary club, who
wan lhep rinelpnl speaker at ihe weck-j
Iv luncheon at the Weber Cllb today
Mr. Ie'lne has Just returned troni ani
extended trip to hlcago, St IaiuIs and'
other eastern points and stated thai'
merchants in the east are preparing,
for the rejuljust ments and are taking
thejr losses in the right manner.
iT.R.T TO n
"Hlg business has provided a solu
tion for the readjustment," said Mr
Lie Vine, "and the small business meni
of the countiy will have to formulate)
their plans accordingly. Changes lit j
I all parts of the country Will be noted
I after the first of the new year In my
'opinion and some of the largest retail
ers In the en.-t have alreudv started to
cut prloea
" While conditions are unsettled in
'alt parts of the country I am confident
'that the conditions in 'gden are fan
,'hetter than in the eastern cities,. All.
j lines of business here are being car
lied out much better than In those!
I sections, Huslness is K'dug to huild up.
It will take care of Itself anil will be:
back to normal within the next two
' years.
I "In my opinion labor Conditions)
WJlJ probably stay as they are at prflj
ent At least the wage acalQ will nev-
gr go as low as It was prior to the war.'
i tie mospoxed trip iii ihe plant of
thfl Amalgamated Sugar company fol
lowing thu dinner today was post-'
jponed. This trip and Inspection will
be takep In the near future.
ro INSPECT M1I,I
Next Wednesday thfl members rif the
I Rotary club and their wives will he
: entertained at the Sperry Klour com
jpuny'a plant. LynohSOn will be BerV'
' ed by theo fflclals of the flour com
pany to members of the dub and oth-j
I era invited betw een 12:30 and 1 SO
o'clock. It was stated today.
Mem be ran f the Ogden Chamber of
Commerce and the Weber club have
also been invited to attend ihe opstl
ing January 6.
Wll MPS N A K Wll
Olner Here, what d'you call thls?
Beef or mutton?
Waitress Carn't yer toll tho differ
enec ':
Diner -No.
Waitress Then vvbv woir about'
it? j
Wanted in S. L for
Shooting at Officer
PStfl Clayton, arrested n Ogden,
charged with selling imitation Jewelry,
will be returned to Salt LaH toda".
where he Is Raid to bfl vvantid on A
charge of firing a pistol at DflPUt)
Sheriffs W, E. Bchoppfl and N llliain
llughcfi on November I I.
Clayton when booked at the city
Jail, gave his name as Walter I.ong
more. Arrested with him was Krnnk
Hart.
At Ihe request of Deputy Schoppe
the Salt l-ukt couuty attorne) filed a
coipplalnt charging Claj ion with as
sault with a deadly weapon.
The sheriff's deputv charges that
Clayton attempted to kill him when he
ordered an automobile of which Cla
tiui and -three other men were occii-j
punts to stop. The men were accused
of violation of the prohibition law.
The incident occurred on Twenty-fir'
South street near the. intersection of
the Denver A- Rio Grande railroad
tracks In Salt Lake. When the auto
Ists refused tn stop, the deputies open
ed fire on the machine. It was found
deserted by the roadside on the follow
ing da.v, a short distance from the
scene of the pistol duel.
Sanitarium Co. Sues
For Fire Insurance
Suit to recover $1000 alleged to be
duo for fire Insurance has Wen filed
In the district court bv the Ogden!
Cani'QP Sanitarium I'aik Hotel .mn
pan agulust the t'ounty Kire Insur
ance company. It is set forth that ou
June '7. 1920 the Sanitarium com
pany took out a policy for $1000 on
a soda fountain and equipment con
tained m the building. Mrs deatrosd
the equipment Aucust 2. il is alleged.
In addition to Judgment for flOOOi
the plaintiff company asks attorney I
fflei of j; oo.
W 1
""ur new company Is capltallied at
(00,000,000 "
('.rent let me see your prospectus."
"'i we hiveni got out a prospec-j
tus vet The eoupfounded printer
w.int-. liis pay in advance."
Approximately 12.000,000 persons
live under 'he Atnsrican flag outsldel
tin continental United states,
BRINGS CAR TO
STOP ON EDGE OF
400-FOOT DROP M
Running into a blizzard
tween American I'oi'U and Sal1
i mm
f Ogden, the road In thfl JflaH
blinding storm. I rH
Sensing hat the cfir wasuff the
ma- aHaCr
chine to Hop I 'd Investigated
He discovcicd that another four
feet ahead would have sent thr
CQI oxer an embankment along
ihe Jordan river four hundred feel ,H
below to the Hcnvei & Rio Grande
The doctor and Mrs. Robinson -Lm
1 1 .m a merh n mAm
Fork, when' thfl spent Christmas H
with relatives. H
The car liad to he bandoned for
a time and was badly damaged by H
free.lnK of the vvS!er In the rad. H
ator and water Jacket, it was so
cold (Ip doctoi said, i hai sS
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Case Against King H
Dismissed in Court H
J. V. King, charged with passing a
worthless ohsck on a local merchant,
was released from custody this morn- ALLw
ing, follow tin: dismissal of the case U
ugainst htm bv JUdgfl I,. J, Molther. on H
recommendation of Counlv Attornoi il
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NOTICE
The gul M' LOntlal P.- l
aharohblders of the First National H
bank of ogden, L'tah. will be held t fiaj))))))B
their hanking rooms at 23M Washing
ton avepue on Tuesday. Januarv il, raaaal
1011, 'i o'clock in foi the put mmM
POSO of slocting directors to serve for
the ensuing year and tho transaction IH
Of such other business as may prop-
flrly como before the sold meeting. jH
1 I V b j J i MM
JAMF.S F Bl'RTON. Cashier. H
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