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 Copyrighted, 1888, by E. A. McDaniel. 
 
SPECIAL EDITION. 
 
 OGDEN CITY, UTAH. 
 
 JANUARY, 1888. 
 
 The iNTER-MoraTAi Merciakt, 
 
 A Monthly Journal Devoted to tlie Interests of 
 
 Inter-Mountain Merchants and Manufacturers. 
 
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 OGDEN CITY. 
 
 e(iDEN CITY has been well 
 termed the "Junction City." 
 '^ It is the 
 
 I terminus 
 of the Union 
 PariHc Rail- 
 way: the east- 
 ern terminus 
 of the Central 
 Parifie Rail- 
 way, northern 
 terminus of 
 the Utah Cen- 
 tral Railway; 
 southern ter- 
 minus of the 
 
 Utah & Northern Railway ; and 
 western terminus of the Denver «fc 
 Rio Grande Western Railway. It 
 is the greatest railroad center in 
 Utah; the judicial seat of Weber 
 County aud the second city in 
 size and commercial importance 
 in the Territory, and has an esti- 
 mated population of 10,000 peo- 
 ple. 
 
 Its founder was Captain James 
 Brown, of the Mormon Battalion, 
 who purchased, June 6, 184S, a 
 
 tract of land from an Indian 
 trader, named Miles M. Goodyear; 
 the land on which Ogden City is 
 now situated. It was a grant to 
 Goodyear from the Spanish Gov- 
 ernment, and the purchase by 
 Brown was made prior to the 
 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, by 
 which the territory of which Utah 
 is a part, was ceded to the United 
 States. 
 
 This section covered a tract of 
 land commencing at the north of 
 Weber Canon and following the 
 
 \ lEW OK OCDE.V FROM THE BENCH. 
 
 base of the mountains north to 
 the Hot Springs; thence west to 
 Salt Lake; thence south along the 
 shore of the Lake to a point op- 
 posite Weber Canon; thence east 
 to the beginning. This land was 
 then uncultivated and the price 
 paid was $3000. The City of Og- 
 den is now the second city of 
 Utah as regards population aud 
 importance. Its railroad con- 
 nections and favorable location 
 make it certain that at no distant 
 
 day it will be one of the mo.st im- 
 portant business centers of the 
 Great North West; already it 
 has become a very important 
 wholesale market and as the 
 years go by it is constantly gain- 
 ing ground. 
 
 The city is pleasantly located, 
 its streets are broad and straight, 
 its water supply is abundant and 
 pure, being brought in pipes from 
 the Ogden River out of the canon 
 just east of the city. The streets 
 are well lighted wnth electric 
 lights, the cli- 
 mate is heal- 
 thy, and the 
 scenery on all 
 sides is grand 
 and imposing; 
 the Wasatch 
 rangeof moun 
 tains make a 
 beautiful back 
 ground on the 
 east, and the 
 Great Salt 
 Lake stretch- 
 es away to the 
 west and northw^est. 
 
 The Ogden River, which flows 
 through the northern portion of 
 the city, will some day furnish 
 the power for almost any num- 
 ber of factories of all kinds. 
 These together with the iron 
 works already established, and 
 the R. R. shops which will soon 
 be an absolute necessity, will 
 make the city an important man- 
 ufacturing center. 
 The public buildings are all 
 

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 substantial, and as the rity in- 
 creases in size and importance 
 owing to the favorable location 
 of the imlilic grounds, the puldic 
 buildings will of necessity have 
 to be grand and imposing. 
 
 The hotel accommodations of 
 the city are first class; in fart, tho 
 principal hotel is, without doubt, 
 the finest hotel in the Territory. 
 Ogden is well supplied with 
 churches, having one Catholic, 
 one Kiiisco])al, one Presbyterian, 
 one Methodist, one Baptist, and 
 the Lattf'r-l>ay Saints have a - 
 Tabernacle and several ward 
 meeting houses, while those of 
 a doubting state of mind have 
 an .\guostic Hall. Each of the 
 churches, except the liaptist, 
 has a Mission school under its 
 management or sui)erintended 
 by competent teachers, most of 
 them giving instruction in tiic 
 common branches, while some 
 give attention to the higher 
 branches of education. The 
 Sisters' (Catholic) school is a 
 fine and commodious building, 
 managed with that accuracy 
 peculiar to their society. Tiie 
 Ogden Academy has just been 
 erected by the New West Edu- 
 cational Commission. This is 
 the largest and most commo- 
 dious school building in the 
 Territory, and it will soon l>o 
 one of the leading educational 
 institutions in the west. 
 
 The city has a large Central 
 school building and .several ward 
 school hou.ses under the control 
 of school trustees of the city. 
 
 The secret and charitable so- 
 cieties established iu Ogden are 
 a Masonic Lodge, Chapter and 
 Commanilery. Indepcnilent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of 
 United Workmen, Knights of 
 Pythias, one each of Royal Arca- 
 num and Conductors' Brother- 
 
 hood, with a strong membership 
 in John A. l)ix Post. No. 3, (iran<l 
 Army of the Republic. 
 
 The railroad lines now termi- 
 nating here have commenced the 
 erection of a magnificent Union 
 Passenger Depot, and are arrang- 
 ing for extensive freight depots 
 wliicdi are to be pushed to comple- 
 tion, at an outlay of from S4IK^),(KX) 
 to S.WI.IMM), thus settling beyond 
 disimte that ttgden is to be the 
 great railroad center of the inter- 
 mountain region.s. Its advantages 
 
 their children have educational 
 and social advantages. While the 
 surrounding States and Territor- 
 ies were suffering from inten.so 
 colli during the winter, of '86 7. at 
 Ogden the thermometer only once 
 touched 12 degrees above zero, 
 while most of the time during 
 the winter for the past fifteen 
 years it has seMom reached zero. 
 The dryness of the atmospliere. 
 tempered down by the inHuence 
 of the great inland sea, make it 
 the most desirable place to win- 
 
 MAl.N MKKtr. LOOKINC. SOUTH. 
 
 —climatic, educational and so- 
 cial—as a place of residence are 
 very desiral)le, and are already 
 attracting the attention of stock 
 and mining men from the sur- 
 rounding country and Territories, 
 as well as capitalists from a dis- 
 tance, to invest in real estate, not 
 only for investment, but to make 
 homes for themselves where their 
 families can indulge in luxuries of 
 fresh fruits and vegetables, and 
 
 ter in this latitude. The sum- 
 mers are warm but sehlom un- 
 comfortal)ly hot. the nights be- 
 ing cool and refreshing. To 
 tho.se who are continually push- 
 ing to California for health, we 
 would say, stop a year in the 
 Salt Lake Valley and we venture 
 the assertion that you will be so 
 much improved in health and 
 pleased with the seasons that you 
 will become permanent residents. 
 
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THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 UTAH FOR HEALTH, 
 
 VERY pretty stoiy is told 
 in the Norse ni3'thol()gy, 
 and as near as T can re- 
 meml)er it rnns as follows : 
 
 Balder, the god of the summer 
 sunlight, abode among the clouds 
 in a royal asgard, ate of ambro- 
 sial food, and drank the nectar 
 of immortality. His father was 
 Odin, the progenitor of kings 
 and the fountain-head of poetry, 
 painting, and song. Balder was 
 the poriege of gods, who protected 
 him from threatened peril or im- 
 pending evil. It fell on a day 
 that he wandered from home 
 without his invisible armor, and 
 treacherous Lopter, father of the 
 Fenris-wolf, sought to take his 
 life. This could be done only by 
 deceptive ^rtessp. Lopter there- 
 fore, put a spray of the gentile 
 mistletoe into the hand of Hoder, 
 who was blind, and bade him 
 cast it toward the spot on which 
 Balder was standing; when lo! 
 the harmless sprig changed into a 
 javelin and Balder was slain. At 
 this the gods were stru(dv with a 
 speechless horror and funereal 
 clouds hung over the earth and 
 hid the face of the sun, to symbol 
 their mourning. Then Hermod, 
 his brother, volunteered to ride 
 into the dominion of Death 
 (something like Orphens in the 
 Greek mythology) to ransom the 
 well-beloved son of Odin. Nine 
 days and nights he rode his val- 
 liant steed, Sleipnir, through Nor- 
 wegian bogs, challenging venom- 
 ous toads and with his steel corse- 
 let warding off the Ygdrasil ser- 
 pent, till he was come to the 
 mouth of the pit. Here Hermod 
 made known his errand and told 
 of the great world bowed down 
 with grief, and how it refused to 
 be comforted. Death replied that 
 
 i;ntr.\nce to ogdex canon. 
 
 he must have some proof of this 
 unusual manifestation, and that 
 if all things on the earth — the 
 living as well as the lifeless — the 
 plumes on forest trees, and the 
 mighty sea — the valleys that lay 
 in the warm embrace of the sun, 
 and the spangled hills — and eveiy 
 fish that breasted the ocean, and 
 the birds that floated through the 
 
 gi'eat deep of heaven — would 
 weep, then should Balder be given 
 back. And Thor beat the clouds 
 with his hammer and Odin 
 moved the hearts of all things 
 else, till the earth was a carnival 
 of sorrow. 
 
 Of course this is only a pleas- 
 ant myth that has come down to 
 us through the classic folk-lore of 
 
THE IXTKK MolNTAlX MKKdl ANT. 
 
 the North; J)iit, iifvertholfss, it iveep — if the vanishinfj^ soul couhl 
 most beautifully illustrates the he brouj,'ht back to hrightou the 
 granih'ur of that Sflf-s.irrih'ciufjr glooni liovfriii-.' (iver the Hrt'siilc. 
 ilt'votioii wlii.li goes into tli«> Ami they would faiu lie down 
 grave to materialize a vanished with the worm if this l)itter. bit- 
 loved oue. Though it bo a fable ter cui) might only pass away. 
 
 FALLS IN WHEELEk'a CANON 
 
 we love it because it tells the 
 story of a fading form brought 
 back from the realm of shade 
 and re-habilitated among the 
 scenes of its former (•on(|uests. 
 The ringing gauntlet has a musi<" 
 soft as a mothi-r's lullaby, but 
 cheering with lK)ld melody the 
 valley of death. It sets the star 
 of Hope aliove the shadows that 
 hangover the tomb and twines 
 its uninviting portal with gar- 
 lands of affection more emlureing 
 than the ivy and sweeter than 
 frankincense. How nuiiiy time-' 
 have I seen kindred anil friends 
 in mute sorrow around a pros- 
 trate form whose restless spirit 
 was about to pass over into the 
 realm of shadow and nothingness! 
 Anil so have you. my reader. .\nil 
 we have heard them say a thou 
 
 visits to the babbling spring well- 
 ing out of the leaning hillsides — 
 ri(di with the breath of clover 
 and redolent of sunshine. In the 
 morning the sick oue puts out a 
 thin hand to meet your greeting 
 and says: '"I am lietter now, and 
 to-niiuiow 1 shall be well again. 
 Mut the noon brings deeper roses 
 to the cheeks, and uneaithly 
 splendcu- to the brilliant eyes; 
 and the Muttering breath goes 
 out with the twilight, and no 
 morning will ever come. 
 
 Su(di a brief .synop.-is of more 
 than one-seventh of all the death- 
 beds in the worbl, and it will l>e 
 no wonder if the reader contem- 
 plate the above figures with a 
 shudder of incredulity. But it is 
 nevertheless a fact and I repeat, 
 that more than one-seventh of 
 the human family die of lung 
 nuilady. So you see that the vic- 
 tims of consumption are scat- 
 
 I.M-;l\ MOKM.Ni; OS (.H;|ir N K1\KK 
 
 Of all ileatb-beds.the consump- 
 tive's is the most pitiful, but the 
 sand times, plain as the dund) least to be regretted, becau.se. 
 eloquence of woe could speak, though the end is inevitable,each 
 that if their hearts were the day l)rings added hope, and pain- 
 world, then should all things in it less dreams of cuniiug health,and 
 
 tered over the earth as thick as 
 "Autumn leaves in Valanibro- 
 sia," hilt not onrdie^ of thai /'el I <//,s- 
 Cdse in this favored rryioii. In a 
 practice here of twelve to four- 
 teen years more or less exteu- 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 sive, r have never seen a case of 
 consumption that I thought orig- 
 inated here, and I have made dil- 
 igent inquiry among my medi- 
 cal brethren, and I believe their 
 experience is like my own. A 
 residence here will restore to 
 natural tone lungs already de- 
 veloping tuberculosis; but the 
 system must not be too much 
 broken nor the vital powers too 
 much depressed,for lungs already 
 
 life; for the higher one ascends, 
 the more attenuated those ele- 
 ments become, and the more 
 eagerly the instinctive faculty 
 reaches out for them. This in- 
 creased activity adds to the de- 
 velopment of the lungs and the 
 walls of tlie chest for much the 
 same reason that the olacksmith's 
 hand that wields the hammer is 
 larger and stronger than the one 
 that does not. 
 
 the pressure, for they are but ru- 
 dimentary compared with what 
 they must be to live in this at- 
 tenuated air. It is only by the 
 inhabitation of the oxygen and 
 some other minor elements found 
 in the air that combustion is 
 maintained and animal life sup- 
 ported; and this is found in pro- 
 portion to the hight. In other 
 words, the horse can live only 
 by receiving a given ijuantity 
 
 destroyed have no more power to 
 grow^ again than an amputated 
 finger has to re))uild its several 
 organism. I suppose that the in- 
 creased altitude above sea level 
 has something to do with 
 strengthening the lungs as well 
 as the muscles that envelope 
 them. At this hight one has to 
 breathe deeper and more rapidly 
 in order to get from the air the 
 nutrative qualities that maintain 
 
 OGDEN CANON, LOOKINC, KASi'. 
 
 It is well understood by horse 
 owners that a horse cannot keep 
 up a long continued effort on the 
 turf here without fatigue, until 
 his lungs become thoroughly in- 
 ured to the atmospheric fuel that 
 there undergoes combustion for 
 the purpose of keeping the heart 
 up to its prodigious high-pressure 
 movement. Why.' because the 
 air cells will not contain suffi- 
 cient air, nor their walls support 
 
 of oxj'gen, and in this high al- 
 titude he has to w-ork over a 
 larger (|uantity of air in order to 
 obtain it. "Where there is a will 
 there is a way," however, and a 
 horse coming from a lower plane 
 into this higher one, instinctively 
 feels that he must have more air, 
 he sets himself about getting it. 
 The nostrils dilate and the vital 
 current is pumped into them un- 
 til they look like funnels of blood, 
 
TIIK IXTER-MOUNTATN MEHdlANT. 
 
 the \viiiil|ii|to expainls, the luugs 
 (listfiid witli oarli inspiration un- 
 til the Hanks licavc and every 
 muscle in the body quivers with 
 the strain. Il<»\v many an nwner 
 of a fast horse thinks of this 
 when his noble brute is finishing 
 a phenominal mile on courage 
 alone.' If he would but wait a 
 year until the lung cells and 
 their partition.s, together with 
 the outer wrapping of muscles, 
 become larger. thicker and 
 stronger, to retain the out-pres- 
 sure or weight, has been removed 
 by this increased hei<,'ht then 
 could a horse trot a mile at tiie 
 top of his speed with as little dis- 
 tress as an engine could g<» the 
 fame distance. This is precisely 
 true (»f man. The reader will re- 
 member (if he were nut b(»rn 
 iierc) tliat when he first came in- 
 to this elevation, how frequently 
 he had to sit down to recover 
 from the fatigue inciilent to this 
 rarilied air. And if the "claret" 
 did not sjuiiif.' from his nose lie 
 
 the.se blood-channels liccome hy- mu.scnlar cells that go to make 
 pcrtrophied, or thickened, by the up its .structure, and these How- 
 increiised uses to which they are ing down by the natural law of 
 put, like the hand that swings the gravitation, into the little air- 
 hammer already allud- 
 eil to. The prospector 
 will tell you tliat a very 
 little fire will .serve to 
 Itoil the water in his 
 kettle, but to cook the 
 dinner it is (piite an- 
 other thing. To do this 
 he must tie down the 
 cover to retain the heat. 
 Another fact<u- in the 
 development of healtiiy 
 lung-action is the ali- 
 sence of moisttire in the 
 air. The little cells, 
 that everywhere indent 
 tile lung substance, are 
 lined wit ban exceeding- 
 ly ilelicate membrane 
 wliicli bec(uues irritat- 
 ed with the rasi)ings 
 of air. the particles 
 of which are wedged 
 apart by the coarser 
 
 \V.\I Kkl-AI.I. (.AN' iN 
 
 pockets of the lungs. s»)on clog 
 an<l till them toovertlowing. l>is- 
 ease is the inevitableccmseipience 
 and death the final panacea. 
 Now, there is not mu(di rainfall 
 Jiere during the summer months, 
 and the soil, fnun its peculiar 
 composition, soon drinks up what 
 redundant moisture is not evap- 
 orated; while a breeze is con- 
 stantly passing down from the 
 cold snow region of the moun- 
 tains like a river through the 
 ocean, to fill tne vacuum always 
 present in the warm air-cham- 
 iiers of the valley, keeping the at- 
 mosphere at all times pure and 
 
 I n.iirwo 
 
 was in luck. These henKurhages chemical c(msfituents of water. 1 have not attempted to give 
 
 take place because the air is not The result is that quantities of any line-spuu theories of my own, 
 
 heavy enough to hold the blood mucous more or less abundant, uor sought to weave them to- 
 
 in its vessels, but in a short time are generated _in the sensitive gether with glittering verbiage to 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 bewildei' the reader; biit'I have 
 tried to tell a simple story made 
 up of accepted facts, most at 
 least, known to the world from 
 the days of Hypocrites; and I 
 wish that I had more time and 
 ability to devote to this charm- 
 ing subject, for at every step in 
 this boundless field of investiga- 
 tion one meets with constant and 
 agreeable surprises. Since a 
 Committee of the Chamber of 
 
 •phthisis ptdmonalis, or consumplion 
 not one dies from such a disease 
 originating here. 
 
 Now we are come to speak of 
 that foster-sister of Consumption 
 and full twin-sister of Misery — 
 Asthma — whether humoral or 
 dry. After being in this climate 
 a year, if one will continue to re- 
 main, all the distressing phe- 
 nomena common to asthma will 
 disappear never to come back 
 
 even as his ancient progenitor 
 did when God breathed into his 
 nostrils and he became a living 
 soul. The sunken eye with its 
 black areola and far-away ex- 
 pression so common in this dis- 
 tressing disease will have its old- 
 time look of inspiration come 
 back again and be in very fact 
 the window of a happy soul. 
 The heart will bear its increased 
 burden with delight, and the 
 
 Commerce requested me to pre- 
 pare this paper for them. I have 
 had no time to consult authori- 
 ties, but have written "off hand"' 
 from memory. But whatever be 
 the basis of speculation in this 
 matter, or whether the reasons 
 that I have advanced be assaila- 
 ble or not, the eternal truth re- 
 mains, and is indisputable, that 
 while more than one seventh of the 
 human race die annually tvith 
 
 M.\IX STRKET, LOOKING NORTH. 
 
 but in guise of some ugly night- 
 mare to remind the robust man 
 of the horrid dreams that haunt- 
 ed the long hours of his invalid 
 night. The doughy, patulous face 
 will give place to the rosy cheek 
 and nourishing blood will pour 
 into them from its recent con- 
 flict with the air in healthy 
 lungs, and the once frail man will 
 stand erect on his feet clothed 
 with the full majesty of health, 
 
 sick room will lose that frightful 
 sound of a strangling victim. 
 The lungs will expand with the 
 pressure of God's unshackled air, 
 while evoiy artery will throb with 
 pure blood, ambitious to churn 
 through all its labyrinthine ways 
 to the very toes. As I before in- 
 timated, this recovery is sure to 
 remain only so long as the pa- 
 tient remains here, for candor 
 compels me to say that I have 
 
TTIF. TXITR >rnr\TA]X MKRril.WT. 
 
 known nianj' iiistaiires of relapse 
 on moving out i»f this country. 
 This chunge from disease to 
 liealth does not seem to depend 
 so much on the climatic condi- 
 tions already explained as upon 
 a ]ic(iiliar t'lement in the air. 
 which has been given the name 
 of o^oNP (whatever tliat may be, 
 for I do not know, and a good 
 many bettor tlian I am are in the 
 same boat.) 
 
 It is not the (»l)ject of this 
 writer to mislead tiic pubji*- in 
 regard to the climate of Ogden 
 City and Weber t'onnty. Utah, as 
 a liealth-resort: nor to seek bv 
 
 the loose verbiage of an in 
 sponsible charlatan to praise 
 more than a life-long res- 
 idence here will justify: 
 therefore, I say that all mor- 
 bid conditions will by no 
 means nu'nd here, ami there 
 are some diseases that not 
 only develop i)ernicious con- 
 (litions, but tiiese rapidly 
 augnu^nt until death comes 
 to close the scene. I have 
 no doubt but one far gone 
 with consumption or asth- 
 ma, one whose vital forces 
 
 have been broken on the cruel empt; I allude to niln'es. or liyd- 
 wheel of want or burnt out by ropbobia. So far as I know there 
 the tires of dissipation, or in has never been a ca.se reimrted, 
 
 although we have vastly more 
 dogs than we need, and having 
 the usual weakness of their kind, 
 they «|uarrel among themselves 
 and rip the beggar's heel just the 
 same as they do anywhere else. 
 (The beggar sometimes gets 
 angr}'. but he does not go mad.) 
 If one be bit by his favorite 
 spaniel he pays no more atten- 
 tion t(» it than the pain demands. 
 I shall not attempt to formidate 
 a theory on the singular relation- 
 ship between a man's heel and 
 
 iiattling hni'j with either of 
 these merciless maladies, would 
 hardly surviveeven a few months 
 <tf this pampering air. The system 
 cannot stand the strain (tf disci- 
 pline necessary to accomplish the 
 end sought. Let one in a toler- 
 al)ly good condition, but who feels 
 that he has the taint of these 
 cruel scourges burning in his 
 veins, come out here, and in a 
 few months the old neighbors, 
 accustomed to his former haggard 
 appearance, would not know him. 
 liCt me call your attention to 
 I'- another frightful malady from the 
 it which this favored region is ex- the 
 
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 bite of his dog in this neck o' 
 woods; for the fact is 1 haven't 
 any theory, though it is a 
 pleasant contemplation to 
 know that if the dog will 
 oidy survive his attack on 
 the tramp, the tramp will 
 thrive without inconveni- 
 ence. 
 
 .\nd now we come to an- 
 other remarkalile phenome- 
 non not giMU'rally known. 
 I suppose that all phenome- 
 lui are remarkable, but this 
 one is a little out of the 
 
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THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 common of even strange things. 
 We have no sunstroke or coup de 
 so/ci/. May be people make a 
 living here without having to 
 work hard enough to heat their 
 blood sufficiently to produce this 
 morbid condition. May be — but 
 no matter, men are never struck 
 down here by the sun's rays the 
 same as they are elsewhere, ow- 
 ing, perhaps, to the conditions 
 favorable to ready evaporation 
 spoken of elsewhere. This re- 
 lieves the blood of its increased 
 heat, which theorem is based on 
 the same proposition that the 
 bottom of a boiling kettle is al- 
 ways cool. 
 
 hand, weave their thick cables 
 among the trees to trip the un- 
 wary traveler, as they are said to 
 
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 Venomous reptiles and poison- 
 ous insects, such as make life a 
 burden in the Southern and 
 Middle State.s, do not find this a 
 healthy climate. Sometimes one 
 finds an innocent little bug as a 
 bed companion, but it is so sel- 
 dom that he would not be lone- 
 some without it, and it is re- 
 garded more as a social visitor, 
 or a ram oris, or a aoiirenir, than 
 an interloper. But fleas do not 
 swarm out of the earth as 1 luive 
 seen them around Los Angeles; 
 nor do spiders, large as a baby's 
 
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 do in Arizona, South America, 
 and the Hawaiian Islands. The 
 " rattler" is seldom found out- 
 side his haunts in the mountains. 
 St. Patrick may have published 
 his ukane forbidding him this 
 beautiful retreat reserved for the 
 delightful habitation of man; T 
 do not know. But true it is that 
 in the harvest field, where such 
 accidents are most common else- 
 where, the meditations of the 
 hired man are not disturbed by 
 the hiss of the deadly adder nor 
 the rattle of his snakeship; (es- 
 pecially if the man leave his jug 
 at home.) But I fear that the 
 reader has found this paper al- 
 ready too tediously long, and as 
 a line has to be drawn somewhere 
 I will draw it at ''snakes,'' and so 
 conclude this imperfect mono- 
 graph on Ogden City, as a natural 
 sdiiifdriiiiH. 
 
 APPRECIATION. 
 
 1. A case of Phthisis Pulmonis. 
 or Tuberculosis, or Consumption, 
 as a primary of idiopathic disease 
 has never been known hei'e. 
 
 2. Asthma has never been 
 developed here, but, on the con- 
 trary, when one comes here al- 
 ready stricken with it a quick, 
 sui-prising and almost spontan- 
 eous cure is effected. 
 
 3. Lungs, weak from whatever 
 cause, grow rapidly strong again; 
 and the morbid conditions of 
 them change to healthy function 
 so rapidly that the patient can 
 hardly comprehend it. 
 
 4. There has never Ijeen a case 
 of simon-pure sun-stroke for any 
 chronicler to record in the history 
 of any of these settlements. 
 
 5. There has never Ijeen a re- 
 corded or observed instance of a 
 
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 dog "running mad" or the vic- 
 tim of his bite being seized with 
 hydrophobia. 
 
 G. Venomous reptiles are en- 
 tirely unknown here, e.\cept the 
 rattlers, which are extremely 
 rare, and confine themselves to 
 mountain locations and are al- 
 mo.st inaccessible to man or do- 
 mestic animals. 
 
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 \_RepubHshed from the columns of the Ogden 
 HcralJ.^ 
 
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 TTTE TXTKR-MOFNTAIX MERCHANT 
 
 OUR INLAND SEA. 
 
 GUI: AT SALT LAKK lias long 
 lit'oii a ciiiiiisity that has piiz- 
 zk'il tliL- iiiimls of tliust" wild 
 have iiiailc it a stiuly. U'lu'ther 
 it was foniK'ily a part of the 
 ocean, or whet her it is tho rrsult 
 of vnloanic. action is not knuwn. 
 Next to the Dead Sea it contains 
 nion- salt to the j^allnn than any 
 
 othi-r l)Oily I'f v\:iti'r (in the f;ii'i' 
 (if the earth. 
 
 rnlf lioes not always liohl yooil 
 however, for it hasheen ohserveil 
 that when the snow and rain was 
 less than nsnal, the evap<»ration 
 wonld he in excess of the snpiily. 
 and when two or three dry years 
 follow in succession, the water 
 lii'conies more salt, and the sur- 
 face (»f tlu> liake decreases at the 
 rate of 7-*) or 1(>(» sipiare miles a 
 year. Wlwii we have heavy snow 
 in the winter, and a heavy rain- 
 fall in the sprint', with occasional 
 
 Doctor Smart of the I . S. Army, 
 in ls77. He found an imperial 
 gallon to contain nearly twenty- 
 four and a half ounces of saline 
 matter, amounting to nearly four- 
 teen per cent: 
 
 CiinHlioii Salt 1 1,7:{5 
 
 CHrlxtiiHtf (if Lime on; 
 
 Sulplmte of Lime 073 
 
 Kpsniii SallH 1.123 
 
 Cliloride iif MMKiieHia JM3 
 
 IVrcfiitagt' of Solids [:i.'\»* 
 
 WaU'T. SC.210 
 
 H«'.(IXI 
 
 Hue huiidrecl gra n^ o!' the dry 
 soli<l matter containe I: 
 
 MliHI INK L I HI US, l-ASrill- OC.HKN 
 
 If has a pccidiar elTi'ct upon 
 the climate of this valley. The 
 temp(>rature d\iring the winter 
 scarcely ever reaches zero, and 
 while it is very warm at times 
 during the summer, we are never 
 subjected to long .seasons of ex- 
 treme hot weather. The Lake 
 hree/.es always insure co(d nights 
 and refreshing sleep. The air is 
 .so extrenu'ly dry that the water 
 in the Lake evaporates very fast. 
 During the winter and spring, an 
 immen.se amount of water Hows 
 into the Lake, causing it to rise 
 from one to two feet, and if it 
 wa.s not for this evapoiation the 
 Lake would grow larger every 
 year. On an average. ai)out as 
 much water evaporates during 
 the summer as Hows in during 
 the winter and spring. This 
 
 rain t iiioui^h •hiiie ami 
 .luly. the evapoiation 
 does not eijual the sn|i- 
 ply. and the water in 
 the Lake rises and falls, 
 the dilTerence between 
 high and low water be- 
 ing aliout eight feet. 
 
 It compares with oth- 
 er bctdies of salt water 
 abcuit as fidlows: 
 
 WiltlT. 
 
 AtlHiitic Ocean '.Mi.') 
 
 .Mviliterraneuu IHi.i 
 
 Dead St-a 76.0 
 
 (ireat Salt Lake Hti.O 
 
 And in speciHc gravity il 
 water being unity: 
 
 Ocean water l.n-jc, 
 
 llt'ail Sea l.in; 
 
 (ireat Salt Lake I.lii7 
 
 The following is an analysis of 
 the water of the Lake made by 
 
 Sirlills. 
 
 3.H 
 21.0 
 
 H.o 
 
 istill 
 
 ed 
 
 COLD WAVER CVNON. 
 
 Common Salt H.->.(iM'.t 
 
 Carlionate of Lime 11" 
 
 Sulpliute of l,ime Wl 
 
 K|>Hom Salts H.ll.") 
 
 Cliloriile of Magnesia •'•.118 
 
 10O.00O 
 
 The Lake is fast becoming 
 
 po[iular for sea bathing; the 
 
 water is .str buoyant that it is iin- 
 
 jiossilde to sink, and anyone can 
 
 swim in it. People who have 
 
 tried all of the famous sea bath- 
 
THE JNTER-MOUNTATN MERCHANT. 
 
 11 
 
 ing resorts in the world, say tliat 
 they have never found anytliini>- 
 to equal it. One can remain in 
 the water from one to six hours 
 without being exhausted or feel- 
 ing any bad effects from it. 
 
 Captain Paul Hoyton, who 
 spent several weeks in this Ter- 
 ritory in ISSC), says that he never 
 has found a body of water to 
 ecjual it. He came near losing 
 his life in attempting to cross 
 
 than alive, and although he is a 
 brave man, money could not in- 
 duce him to again go upon the 
 Lake during a storm. 
 
 Several elegant bathing resorts 
 have been built on the shores of 
 the Lake during the last two 
 years, and thousands of i)eople 
 take a dip in the briny sea during 
 th'e bathing season. Tourists are 
 delighted and they tell their 
 friends to be sure ami take a 
 
 IRON KING. 
 
 ONE of our leading industrial 
 men said the otlu>r day: 
 " What would you think if I 
 were to say to you that in Alaska 
 they have whole mountains of 
 iron ore, whicdi, when smelted, 
 will produce pigs of cast iron so 
 malleable that they can be beaten 
 out into thin plates, and then 
 polished like theHnest steel ? 
 
 OGDEN CAN'O.V I.OOKINC Wl-sr. OI-iKAl SAI.l' I.AKK IN' THE DISIANCK. 
 
 to Church Island from (Jarfield 
 beach, a distance of only a few 
 miles, duringa storm, lie would 
 not have feared to round the mo.st 
 dangerous point on the Atlantic 
 Coast in such a storm. but he could 
 do nothing in the waters of the 
 Great Salt Lake on this occasion : 
 the waves struck against him like 
 lead, and he was knocked about 
 like a piece of cork, and at last 
 he was washed ashore more dead 
 
 liatli in the Lake if they come 
 this way during the bathing sea- 
 son. .Ml along the shore elegant 
 places for summer residences 
 are to be found, and in a few 
 years hundi-eds of homes will be 
 built, and people east and west 
 will spend the hot months awaj- 
 from the toil and care of business, 
 and regain health and strength 
 by bathing in our inland sea, and 
 breathing our pure mountain air. 
 
 " Wouldn't you say that the 
 (piicker we could run a railroad 
 into that country to bring out 
 some of the iron po.ssessiug such 
 wonderful pioiierties, the better 
 for all our industrial pursuits in 
 which this staunch metal is so 
 great a factor ? 
 
 " I think you would. Well, 
 this kind of iron exists, it exists 
 in quantities so vast that if the 
 number of tons were stated, the 
 
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 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 amojint would be beyond the 
 coniiuehciisioii of an ordinary 
 mind. The ore is easy of treat- 
 ment, and. when the metal is 
 cast into pi;:, one of tiie i»i^'s can 
 be bent ami broken, ami a piece 
 of it laid on an anvil and iiam- 
 mered. without beiny crackeil or 
 splintered, into a thin plate. It 
 actually beats all the stories of 
 nuiUeability that ever 1 read or 
 heanl outside of those related of 
 gold, which of course, can i)e 
 l)eaten into leaf. 
 
 "lioii't yiiii tliiiik that in pos- 
 sessin}; siicli a wonderful re- 
 
 source. AIa-I(a 
 
 IIM- 
 
 -OMlctlliuL' 
 
 tains existed in .Maska. or witliin 
 the Antarctic circle, or on the 
 moon, all the railway companies, 
 and all the smelting men, and all 
 the iron workers in the country 
 • would be stdieining and i)Uiuning 
 to build a road to reach the iron 
 fields: and forming companies to 
 erect smelters and iron works 
 there." 
 
 Another gentleman, who de- 
 votes some of his time t« scien- 
 tific pursuits, said: 
 
 " Let me tell you. sir. that if by 
 some natural or legal obstacde all 
 importation of iron goods into 
 this country had Iipimi stopped 
 
 ' jt I ill 
 
 / I ViS ». I • 'i: 
 
 1 N ] IN IM 11 
 
 I)etter than her silver mines, or 
 her seal fisheries .' IJecause this 
 resource is practically inexhaust- 
 ible. It could sup[tly the world 
 with iron for a tlimisand years to 
 come. 
 
 '■ I have -aid that iron ore pos- 
 sessing these properties does 
 exist. This is true: l)ut not in 
 Alaska, so far as I know. It 
 exists here, at our very door.s, 
 within half an hour's ride of the 
 great railway junction in Ogden. 
 And probably that is the reason 
 why so few of us know anything 
 about it. if these iron moun- 
 
 fifteen years ago. I tali iu general 
 and Ogflen in particular would 
 have been the greatest manufac- 
 turing center of iron and steel 
 goods in the whole world. Kven 
 if we had not been aide to bring 
 in skilled labor, nor experienced 
 furnace builders and iron workers, 
 we still c(»uld have accomplished 
 this work. It might have been 
 necessary for us to go back and 
 i»egin in the primitive fashion, as 
 men began countless ages ago, 
 when they first learned to ex- 
 tract the ore from the mountains 
 and roast it to get the helpful 
 
 metal. I'ndiistorii' man was the 
 worker in iron, lie threw lum|>9 
 of ore into a fire of wood or tdiar- 
 coal. and after the ore was in 
 whole or in part reduced, he 
 hammered the mass of spongy 
 metal, thus formed, into such 
 shapes iw suited his untutored 
 fancy, and were i»ossible under 
 his unskilled hands. And if we 
 had been obliged to adopt this 
 plan, we cfudd have compassed 
 the experience of a score of cen- 
 turies within two or three yeai"s 
 in this fast moving stage, and by 
 this time the products of f)ur 
 mills would have ranked among 
 the liighcvstin the world. 
 
 "The great wonder to me has 
 lieen that we h;ive wilfully failed 
 to take advantage of our circum- 
 stances simi»ly becau.se we were 
 not forced to lake advantage of 
 ilieni. There is scarcfdy an arti- 
 cle manufa(rtured from iron in 
 any of its forms which could not 
 be produced here, if o\\\y the 
 men of expeiience and capital 
 woulil lf)cate at this point, and 
 _'ive their attention to this sub- 
 |i'ct. Fortune stands ready to 
 liower her blessings ui>on the 
 enterprising man who inaugur- 
 ates this industrial. 
 
 We read not long since of Car- 
 negie, the iron king: who, in a 
 brief time, has made him.self a 
 prince in the royal family of the 
 industrialists, by means of this 
 very metal, iron. 
 
 "ViW one. I stand ready to 
 take off my hat to the nnin who 
 will make himself, right here in 
 Ogilen, the iron king of .Vmerica. 
 He can do it by having a large 
 stock of grit and experience, and 
 a moderate stock of capital." 
 
 Another, a s«diolarly man. said: 
 
 '■ In my estimation, iron is the 
 noblest of metals: and I regret 
 that so little is thought of it in 
 this laud, ami that we have in the 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 13 
 
 past utterly refused to claim its 
 acquaiutauceship, although it 
 has waited patiently at our doors 
 for recognition. Lycurgus 
 avowed only a practical reason 
 for banishing gold and silver 
 money from Sparta, and using 
 nothing but iron for coin: but in 
 my admiration for iron, I ascribe 
 to the great law-giver a poetical 
 feeling in making his decree. To 
 others, iron maj^ be homely — too 
 
 down for $1.50 to $2 per ton. 
 The ore is extremely rich, and 
 yet easily worked. There are 
 several kinds of ore, each having 
 peculiar quality; but of each 
 there is enough to supply a 
 score of furnaces through all 
 time to come. Some of these 
 ores are in demand for fluxing 
 purposes. We have recently 
 seen a letter from the office of 
 one of the principal smelters at 
 
 he said that prehistoric man cast 
 his ore into a fire and drew it 
 forth, haU-heated, to pound it 
 into useful shapes. 
 
 The (juality and quantity of 
 the iron ores around Ogden are 
 such that any iron worker who 
 may examine the question can- 
 not avoid a feeling of enthusiasm. 
 
 The low lands of Ogden are 
 productive of natural gas. It is 
 the opinion of our industrial 
 
 plain to excite affectionate re- 
 gard; but I confess myself its 
 ardent devotee, and I think as 
 much of Lycurgus for this one 
 act, as for all his other reforms 
 combined." 
 
 It is true that Ogden has with- 
 in easy reach inexhaustible quan- 
 tities of iron ore. At any point 
 w'ithin the city limits where 
 works might be estaltlishod, the 
 best grades of ore can be laid 
 
 OlMlK.N CANON, I.OOkIM; EAST. 
 
 Butte, agreeing to purchase any 
 quantity of ore which may be 
 shipped from a certain mine at 
 Ogden, and to pay therefore $5.50 
 per ton. Negotiations are now 
 on foot to secure a railway freight 
 rate which will enable the mine 
 owners to begin shipment. 
 
 Another mine assays 57 per 
 cent of pure iron. This must be 
 the class of ore to whicli our 
 scientific friend referred when 
 
 men that sufficient gas ^could be 
 brought up from a number of 
 wells, and united in one pipe, to 
 answer for all smelting purposes. 
 The gas works Avill give a consider- 
 able quantity of coke. In addition, 
 Pleasant Valley slack, which is 
 very cheap in this market, can be 
 used with admii-al)le success. 
 
 Water power is to be had sim- 
 ply for the asking. 
 
 Convenient locations upon 
 
14 
 
 Till-; IXTER-MOUNTAIN MKK* IIANT. 
 
 which to erect necessary works, 
 can Ik' olitiiincfl at nominal prices. 
 
 The (Ifniami for iron in this re- 
 gion is vcr}' great. The opportu- 
 nity for tlie establishment of 
 fnnnijries to use the proiliict of 
 iron smelters could not be better. 
 
 While foundries in the Ea.st 
 are crowded beyond their capaci- 
 ty in certain lines of 
 manufacture, the West 
 must wait f(u- its necileil 
 supplies. And this thing 
 must continue year af- 
 ter j'ear. indefinitely, 
 unless we learn to use 
 tlu^ bounties proviiled 
 by nature for our con- 
 venience and wealth. 
 
 Iron works were once 
 established in Ogden : 
 but, through misuian- 
 agenient, legal chican- 
 ery, and possibly some- 
 thing not far removed 
 from dishonesty, the 
 .stockholders were bled 
 to death and the works 
 — right ill the dawn of 
 a mighty succe.ss — were 
 ai)andoned. 
 
 Local capitalists who 
 know the advantages to 
 be derived from iion 
 works here have always 
 hesitated siiicx' that day 
 to put their money in 
 such an enterjirise; be- 
 cause they would b(\ in 
 the main, dependent 
 upon strangers for the manage- 
 ment of ail affair of the kind; 
 liecanse few men here are sup- 
 posed to have a practical iiiidei- 
 standiug of the subject. 
 
 Hut this (piestion only needs a 
 little examination on the part of 
 any man acquainted with the iron 
 industry to convince him, if lie 
 be a reasonabh' person, that the 
 finest opportunity of the age ex- 
 ists here to-day. 
 
 Some <|uantities of iron have 
 been produced here from the ores 
 within easy rea(di. 
 
 In one instance two ores were 
 blended, and car wheels were 
 made from the product. They 
 were sent to San Francisco, tested 
 there, ami put immediat«dy into 
 use. The linn wliirh iiandled 
 
 them down at the Bay .said that 
 they were made from the best 
 iron for this pmpo>e to be found 
 ill the known worlil: they hail an 
 especial toughness, and yet light- 
 ness, whiidi couhl not be paralled 
 by the product of any other iron 
 region. This firm issued its order 
 for an unlimited (piantity of car 
 wheels and other goods; but the 
 order never receive<l attention, 
 for the causes heretofore stated. 
 
 Stoves were successfully made. 
 The incident related in the 
 oj.ening of this article about the 
 malleability of cast iron is not 
 exaggerated. It is a positive fact 
 that the pig of the ca^t iron made 
 without especial care from the 
 iilemled ores of this region, can 
 be hammered into a plowshare or 
 a pruning hook. 
 
 \Ve are infornuMi that 
 a gentleman is here 
 from the East who in- 
 tends to establish Works 
 oil a mammoth .scale at 
 this point. He wa.s to 
 have begun operations 
 earlier than this time; 
 liut ill health has pre- 
 vented, and it is barely 
 possible that his per- 
 s(Hial misfortune may 
 become a permanent 
 c(mimunitydi.saster: be- 
 cause he cannot proceed 
 until he recovers his 
 wonted strength and 
 energy. He is backetl 
 by nnliinited cai)ital: 
 and ln> recognizes the 
 advantages and neces- 
 sities of iron works at 
 Ogden. the natural cent- 
 er of the inter-mountain 
 region. 
 
 Kveii with the estal)- 
 li"-liiiieiit wliicli he pro- 
 poses to make here, the 
 field cannot be tilled. 
 We are located at a 
 point which enables producers 
 and manufacturers to ship easily 
 to any spot on the civili/.e<l globe. 
 The constant railroad building in 
 this region creates a demand for 
 rails and spikes enough to keep 
 mighty mills in operation. 
 
 Capitalists are cordially invited 
 to give this matter investigation. 
 It is no impracticable scheme; 
 but it is such an oiniortunity as 
 will appeal to the business sense 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 15 
 
 of any person having means and 
 experience in iron working, 
 
 The man who accepts this situ- 
 ation fully, and prosecutes the 
 necessai-y works without delay, 
 will in very truth become the 
 Iron King of the West. 
 
 F. J. Cannon, 
 
 EMior OgJfii Ifeialil. 
 
 iiusurveyed, and hence not in 
 market, but can be taken under 
 s(piatters' rights. Lands which 
 were considered worthless five 
 years ago are now sought after, 
 since dry farming — raising crops 
 without irrigation — has l)ecome 
 common, and artesian wells have 
 become practicable in many arid 
 
 A PRACTICAL MAN. 
 
 UTAH'S LANDS 
 
 ZTTHE REPOKT of 
 
 V§) the United States 
 Land office in Salt 
 Lake City, for the year 
 ending June 20, 1SS7, 
 shows that up to that 
 date, there had ])een 
 surveyed inrtah. lands 
 to the aggi'egate of 
 1 l,(5yt).7Sl acres. Since 
 that date contracts 
 have been let, and the 
 work of making sur- 
 veys either comiileted, 
 or now in pi'Ogress, or 
 soon to he done, to the 
 amountof about 1,1 IS,- 
 8(K) acres more. Among 
 the lauds to be sur- 
 veyed and br( )Ught into 
 market soon are four 
 military reservations 
 which the army have 
 abandoned and the 
 laiuls of which are to 
 be added to the public 
 domain and placed on 
 sale. These approxi- 
 mate the following number of 
 acres: 
 
 Crittenden 2<)7,(KiO acres 
 
 Thorntiurg 2:i,(X)0 •' 
 
 Cameron 22,400 " 
 
 Rush Lake 10,000 " 
 
 Or.UKN KIVl-.K. 
 
 Total 202,400 " 
 
 Of the nearly thirteen million 
 acres of land surveyed, and in 
 progress of survey by the Govern- 
 ment, probably not much over 
 one half has been disposed of, .so 
 there remains very much land 
 
 localities. Lands are being en- 
 tered to such an extent as to keep 
 the Land Office in Salt Lake City 
 
 well employed. 
 
 ^ ■ ^ — 
 
 Ogdcn is to have a new $:50.000 
 city hall. Architects are now at 
 work 1)11 \\\$, phvns. 
 
 Our wludesale merchants have 
 had a prospcu'ous season so far. 
 Business has steadily increased 
 since September. 
 
 \/\ Y eastern friend, I want to 
 / V give you a little plain A raer- 
 ican common sense talk. If 
 you are a manufactui'er let me 
 present to you an unvarnished 
 statement of facts. 
 
 Suppose your line is woolen 
 goods and your loca- 
 tion is in the Atlantic 
 region. You first invest 
 an enormous capital in 
 a plant: then another 
 enormous amount in a 
 stock of raw material; 
 then another enor- 
 mous amount in the 
 labor necessary to pro- 
 duce the finished goods 
 — all these exjiendi- 
 tures before you can 
 hope for returns. You 
 are subjected constant- 
 ly to the danger of 
 strikes and anarchistic 
 efforts to disorganize 
 social and coinnuM'cial 
 prosperity. The vast 
 ■■ corners " accom- 
 plished, often liy un- 
 scrupulous men and 
 speculative dealers, 
 keep your business in a 
 constant state of com- 
 parative uncertainty; 
 and despite all the en- 
 ergy which you pos- 
 sess, you know that 
 very often you meet 
 with disheartening reverses. At 
 the best, the return upon your 
 investment is nowhere near ade- 
 ([uate to the amount involved and 
 the risk taken. 
 
 I want now to show yon how 
 you can avoiil throwing money 
 away for needless expenses iu 
 your business; and how you can 
 save that money to yourself and 
 the poor purchaser of your goods. 
 The City of Ogdeu, the second 
 
k; 
 
 Tin: INTi:i{ MolNTAIN MKHCIlAN'l'. 
 
 town ill wealth, |i(>i)iilution ami 
 iinitoitaiire in I'tali, and the 
 fjjieatest railroail and indnstriul 
 center of that Territory and of 
 the entire inter-monntain region, 
 offers an opi'iiing whitdi yon are 
 reereant to your own interests if 
 yon do not aoc'ept. This city 
 possesses ten tliousand inlialiit- 
 ants. It has clieap hinds and 
 faitnriis. Its water power can 
 only be compared to that whidi 
 would lie afforded liy Niaj^'ara. if 
 that stupendous cataract could 
 he contrnlled. The city is the 
 center nf an ininiense region of 
 supply of raw material and d(>- 
 mand for linislie(| j,M)ods. Ami 
 yet we, the wool-growers of this 
 region, hale our wool here in all 
 its virgin dirt, and ship it to Hos- 
 ton at an actual expense for wool 
 carriaire of live cents a pound — 
 paying for dirt the same freight 
 as for w(»ol. Vou hiiy the wool 
 from third hands, paying an item 
 of advance upon the price in each 
 case. Then you manufacture it 
 into such goods as we need in 
 tiiis region, wheie nearly all the 
 clothes used hy men are of a pure 
 wool. Vou sell to johliers who 
 ship these goods to us, an<l wo 
 liuy them from third hands, at an 
 eiioi'mous fi-eiglit. pa\ingan item 
 of advance u[)i)n 'he price in each 
 case. 
 
 Why can we not form a com- 
 Itinatioii to enrich each other.' I 
 would like, of course, to get a 
 l)etter price Un- my wool; but 1 
 assert boldly and I speak from 
 my (dass when 1 say — that we 
 would prefer to sell to factories 
 located here, without gaining a 
 cent on present jirices, than to 
 sell to dealers who would ship 
 the wool abroad, to the eventual 
 detriment of our country. 
 
 Tlu'se are some of the very 
 simple facts concerning wool. 1 
 am surprised that they have not 
 
 been recognized and taken a<l- ladies entrusted Ui their care, 
 
 vantage of long ago by ea.stern s|>aring no iiains to pntmote the 
 
 manufacturers. best moral influence, as well as 
 
 This same line of argument ai»- the health and ha[ipiness of their 
 
 plies to you if you are a nninu- pupils, "mens sana in corpore 
 
 facturer of iron, glass, h'ather 
 goods, or almost any other class 
 of falirics or machinery. 
 
 WOOLQROWEK. 
 
 SACRED HEART ACADEMY 
 
 Ogden. The buildings are hand- 
 
 sano" being one of their mottos. 
 As the hope of reward sweetens 
 labor, crowns of honor, gold and 
 silv«'r nmdals and other premi- 
 iinis are among the many incen- 
 tives nnide use of to emulate 
 study ami lady-like deportment 
 among the students. Pupils of 
 all denominations are received, 
 and whilst the utmost care is 
 
 Z-TlllS institution is under the 
 vl/ direction of the Sisters of the 
 Holy ("r«»ss. an»l is situated in 
 one of the finest localities of taken in the religious instruction 
 
 of the children of Catholic parents 
 there is no interference 
 with the religious opin- 
 ions of those of a differ- 
 ent belief.but for the .sake 
 of good dicipline how- 
 ever, all are re(piired to 
 attend pul)lii- and religi- 
 ous exercises. Xo wonder 
 the fame of the Academy 
 has spread far beyond 
 rtah, and to-day there 
 are seventeen Sisters ac- 
 tually engaged in the in- 
 structi(tn of sixty board- 
 ers from the Territories 
 and States of the Pacific 
 Coast, and one hundred 
 and thirty day pui)ils. The schid- 
 astic year is divided into two 
 sessions of five months each. 
 The first session commences on 
 the first Mon<lay in September 
 
 -•Al KIM lir AK I 
 
 some and commodious, and in 
 every way well suited for educa- 
 tional purpo.ses and contain spec- 
 ial advantages for the physical 
 health and comfort of the puiuls. 
 
 The salubrity of the fresh air and and ends on the last of danuary. 
 
 mountain breezes from the Wa- The second session commences 
 
 sat<di range under whose shadows on the first day of February and 
 
 it stands, makes it a veritalde ends the latter part of dune, 
 
 sanitarium. The foundation of Pupils are received at all times 
 
 these buildings was laid by Hight during the year. The curriculum 
 
 Keverentl Ihshop Scanlan (then of studies compiises languages. 
 
 Father Scanlan.) in 1S7S, and music, painting, drawin„', sewing 
 
 was buiually opened the same plain and fancy, anrl in fact all the 
 
 year by a stalT of seven Sisters, solid antl ornamental re<piire- 
 
 witli a ndl call of forty pupils, ments which make the perfect 
 
 The sisters offer the advantage of lady. This institution is one of 
 
 a thorough education to young which Ogden is justly proud. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 17 
 
 THE CENTRAL SCHOOL. 
 
 /^HE Central School, as its 
 \£) name indicates, is situated, 
 geographically and in the 
 matter of population, very near 
 the center of the rapidly-growing 
 city of Ogden. 
 
 As a public school building it 
 stands pre-eminently artistic in 
 design and noble in structure. 
 
 When compared to buildings 
 used for similar purposes, in the 
 
 The best and most attractive 
 structures of all communities 
 should be their educational insti- 
 tutions; and as Ogden has pei'- 
 formed this duty well, words of 
 commendation are appropriate. 
 
 The biiilding contains four 
 large recitation rooms, two on 
 each floor — the building being 
 two stories, of brick — with wide 
 halls between, and some five 
 small rooms, one of which is used 
 as a library, containing several 
 
 the common branches, and intro- 
 duces higher studies, when de- 
 manded. The present higher 
 studies are rhetoric, mental and 
 moral philosophy, civil govern- 
 ment and political ethics, phj'^si- 
 ology, physical geography, liook- 
 keeping and general history. A 
 normal class is also instructed 
 in the theory of teaching. Vocal 
 music is tauglit in all the depart- 
 ments. 
 The immediate environments 
 of the building cannot l)e sur- 
 passed in the Territories. A 
 large and commodious yard, 
 well shaded, affording a fine 
 ground for recreation, is in the 
 rear, while the front is Ogden's 
 pride, in the matter of lawns, 
 with its beds of variegated 
 fiowers, making, from early 
 spring to the frosts of autumn, 
 one of the lovliest spots in our 
 beautiful city, exercising a re- 
 fining influence upon teacher 
 and pupil, and causing the 
 tourist, as he passes, to stop 
 and admire. 
 
 OGDEN ACADEMY. 
 
 HK-.H SCHOOL. 
 
 Territory, it is a monumental 
 edifice, erected to the honor of 
 the progressive minds that con- 
 ceived it, and the generous pul)- 
 lic spirit of the men who fur- 
 nished the means to execute the 
 conception. At the same time 
 no people deserve special praise 
 for erecting good school liouses. 
 This is one of the great moral 
 obligations that rests upon all 
 civilized men. It is a duty, and 
 they should only be commended 
 for performing duty. 
 
 hundred volumes, and the others 
 for recitation and other purposes. 
 
 The seating capacity will ac- 
 commodate 400 pupils. The 
 rooms are large, well seated, 
 lighted and heated, with good 
 ventilation: and also supplied 
 with maps, charts, globes etc. 
 
 At present the course of study 
 comprehends four departments. 
 Academic (two parts). Grammar, 
 and Intermediate. 
 
 The course of instruction com- 
 pletes the advanced studies of 
 
 M OT a more desirable loca- 
 / N tion can be found in all 
 the beautiful city of Og- 
 den than w'as chosen b\' the 
 New West Education Commis- 
 sion, on the corner of Fifth and 
 Spring streets for Ogder Academy. 
 The building is of brick, two 
 stories and basement. On the 
 first floor are four large school 
 rooms, with ample halls and cloak 
 rooms; on the second floor, one 
 school room, a librarj', and a 
 hall with a seating capacity of 
 over six hundred. All the rooms 
 are arranged according to the 
 most approved methods for 
 school purposes. In the base- 
 ment are the furnaces, a labora- 
 
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 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 tory, and rooms for gymnasium 
 and other similar purposes. The 
 hcatin^' and ventilation have 
 received careful attention, and 
 are practically perfect. 
 
 The course of .study has heen 
 carefully prepared and includes 
 those branches usually taught in 
 PJastern academies, fitting pupils 
 for college. Beside the academic 
 department there is a graded 
 course of study beginning with a 
 ]irimary cla.ss, and continuing 
 through the intermediate and 
 grammar grades. A kindergar- 
 ten department will be organized 
 
 fit them for the duties and re- 
 sponsibilities of mature years. 
 Those who trust pupils to this 
 institution may feel assured that 
 no pains will be spared to train 
 them to good habits ami to heli) 
 them to establish good characters. 
 A boarding house for pupils 
 will be opened whenever there is 
 a demand for it. Pupils wishing 
 such accommodations will be 
 under the immediate and con- 
 stant care of the faculty, who will 
 provide for their comfort and 
 good conduct, and will exennse a 
 parental watchfulness over them. 
 
 RESIDENCE OF JUDr.F P. H. FMKRSflN 
 
 SCHOOL OF THE GOOD 
 SHEPHERD. 
 
 rrOR the purjiose of giving a 
 1^ Christian education to chil- 
 
 when the funds of the society 
 will permit. The teachers have 
 all had long experience in East- 
 ern schools, and bring to their 
 work here the ripe culture of 
 
 years of successful school work. dren of all denominations 
 
 The aim of the Academy is to the i)resent building was erectinl 
 
 develop intellectual, moral and l)y the Episcopal Church, and 
 
 spiritual strength by means of a opened in the latter part of 1877. 
 
 thorou^di and .symmetrical edu- It is a brick structure of two 
 
 cation under Ciiiistian inlluences. stories, containing three class 
 
 The conduct of the pupils is the room.s, located on the corner of 
 
 constant care of the teachers who Young and Fourth streets. The 
 
 strive to inspire them with a school opened on the first Monday 
 
 true and noble ambition, and to in last September with an enroll- 
 
 ment of 92 pupils, which number 
 has steadily increased until at 
 present there are over 140 names 
 on the books of the school. For 
 the Hi-st term of four months there 
 has been an average attendance 
 of over *.((» p»M- cent. The princi- 
 pal of the school has in several 
 ca.ses been compelled to refuse 
 admission to new pupils from 
 want of ac<-omodation. as the 
 seating accomodaticuis are now 
 crowded to their utmost capacity 
 consistent with iiealth. 
 
 The jirice of tuition in the 
 Higher Department, which is 
 taught by IVof. A. C. Newill, is 
 S'i per month, of the Intermedi- 
 ate Departmen . taught by Miss 
 A. Sweet, is Sl.'iO per month, and 
 of the Primary Department, 
 taught by Mi-ss Mable Cross, is SI 
 per month. These tuition rates 
 are entirely inadequate to sup- 
 port till' school, as the revenue of 
 the school from these sources 
 only covers "»(• per cent, of the 
 I'Xpenses. In order to be al)le to 
 conduct the school as it should 
 lie conducted, the school is de- 
 ■endent on the donation of an- 
 nul sdiolarships of S4(l. which 
 le given by Smulay Schools and 
 enerous individuals in the East 
 who appreciate the .sacredness 
 and importance of this mission- 
 ary work. The course of study 
 pursued in the school is modeled 
 closely after the courses of study 
 adopted in the best Eastern pub- 
 lic schools, and all i)upils before 
 graduating can obtain a good 
 High School education from "The 
 S(diool of the (iood Sheperd.'' As 
 proof of this it may be mentioned 
 that one \n\\)\\ recently matricu- 
 lated at Vale, and another at St. 
 St^'phen College, New York, im- 
 mediately after leaving this 
 school. The keen interest taken 
 by parents in the welfare of the 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 19 
 
 school, and the ever increasing 
 number of applications for admis- 
 sion are the best proofs of the 
 school's success, and strenuous 
 efforts will in the near future be 
 put forth to accommodate all pu- 
 pils who may wish to enjoy the 
 privilege of attending the school. 
 
 students' progress. The strictest 
 disciplinary tactics are practiced 
 throughout the school. The 
 school year is divided into four 
 terms of ten weeks each. A short 
 vacation is given at the end of 
 each term and also the usual holi- 
 day vacation and legal days. 
 
 teachers are enabled to report 
 good and regular attendance. 
 
 This school seems to be on a 
 fair road toward a healthy school 
 and it is hoped the pati'ons and 
 people will give it the patronage 
 it justly merits. 
 
 OUR SCENERY. 
 
 
 
 RESIDENCE OF L. B ADAMS. 
 
 ONE of the most desirable 
 things in life is to live where 
 there are beautiful suiTound- 
 ings. Beautiful scenery is almost 
 always i)ictured with mountains, 
 lakes, rivers and trees. Places 
 that have these are selected as 
 resorts the world over. It is be- 
 cause of these c(ualities that the 
 Ogden scenery is so noted. 
 
 The city of Ogden is located 
 about three miles west of the 
 base of the Wasatch mountains, 
 and seven miles northeast of the 
 Great Salt Lake. The Wasatch 
 
 OGDEN SEMINARY. 
 
 X^HE Ogden Seminary, Method- 
 v5/ ist School, is at present, in 
 charge of L. M, Gillilan and 
 wife. Tlie school, proper, has two 
 departments besides an Industrial 
 school and Instrumental Music. 
 In the two ilepartments every 
 thing from the rudiments to pre- 
 paratory collegiate studies, such 
 as higher mathematics, latin, 
 greek, elementaiy science, etc., 
 are taught. In the higher de- 
 partment special attention is 
 given always to the underlying 
 principles of the subject under 
 consideration ; familiar topics are 
 discussed, and in all the princij^le 
 of education, edum is followed 
 and students draim out instead of 
 stuffed witli facts such as are 
 only intended for encyclopedias. 
 Test examinations are held at the 
 end of every term to give parents 
 and guardians some idea of the 
 
 RESIDENCE OF J. C. ARMSTRONG. 
 
 ImprovcMiients on the school 
 premises and new regulations in 
 all have been inaugurated during 
 the j'ear and everything seems to 
 be cared for and looked after. 
 
 Improvement in attendance is 
 also noticeable and now the 
 
 range comes nearly to the Lake 
 on the north, and form a semi- 
 circle around Ogden, then south 
 parallel with the Lake. The sage 
 brush plains thus enclosed are 
 rapidly being planted with ir^es. 
 Canons enter this semicircle of 
 
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 THE INTER MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 raountains, giving a circulation tains around Ogden as they see 
 
 (if air. Ogilf'u Rivor conios in tlioni from tho dt'iiot. l)ut they 
 
 through til*' mountains east of cannot in passing tlirough. get 
 
 the city and enters the Lake. Sev- an idea of the real grandeur of 
 
 eral miles south, the Weher Hiver the situation, 
 
 enters the valley ami joins the Hgden Carton is one of the pret- 
 
 Ugilen ahout a mile below the city, tiest in tiie Territory; the scenery 
 
 A view of the valley and city, there is varied and is so grand as 
 
 £««^w^; 
 
 kl smtS'CE OK H. O. llAKKNRSb. 
 
 CLIMATIC. 
 
 ZTlIK following editorial from 
 v5^ the Salt Lake Tribune gives 
 the facts in regard to (lur 
 climate exactly as they are: 
 
 \ gentleman went from the 
 Ea.st last fall to California and 
 spent the winter in Los Angeles. 
 He had weak lungs, and sought 
 thesoft air which is loaded with 
 till- incense of orange Idossoms, 
 for a poultice for his lungs. Hut 
 he found another enemy there. 
 The excessive humidity of the air 
 had its effect, a:. d when the man 
 pas>(>(I through lu're. he was all 
 twisted np with rheiiiuati-^m and 
 sutTering greatly, lie \\a> ad- 
 vised to remain hen- and try the 
 Hot Springs (U' the Warm Springs, 
 and was promised that in three 
 weeks he should he all right. W .■ 
 hold his case as typical of what 
 is to l)e. As men have to leave 
 Los .\ngeles an<l come here to 
 
 from the iiiountaius, is one which 
 cannot be excelled for grandeur 
 anywhere. It presents to the 
 yiew a complete map of all the 
 streets, buildings and improve- 
 ments, of the fields and grove.s, of 
 the five railroads centering here, 
 ofthetireat Salt Lake with its 
 promontory and its mountain 
 islands, and of the various set- 
 tlements in the valley. 
 
 A boulevard is to bo built east 
 from the northern part of the 
 city to the mountains southward 
 back of the city. At the base of 
 the mountains where this boule- 
 vard goes the valley aii<l city is 
 presented as a view the likr of 
 which few cities can boast. 
 
 Few travelers ever see Ogdeii 
 in passing through. Salt Lake 
 City, being the most historic in 
 the Territories, is sought more by 
 visitors. They admire the moun- 
 
 RtSIOKNLK OF I'. .1. HAKKAIT. 
 
 to cause those who visit to wi>h shake off the effects of that dim- 
 to repeat their visit often. Many ate, so we suspect the boom, 
 travelers who have lieen in the whi(di has been the property of 
 wildest scenery of America and Los.Vngeles, will, like the sick 
 Europe, after passing through num. gravitate here in due time, 
 this canon, have made the state- When it comes to selling (dimate 
 ment, that it is the prettiest by the front foot, we have a cor- 
 canon they ever saw. ner on the market. We e.xpect 
 
TPIE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 21 
 
 to be able, within a few days, to 
 lay before The Tribune readers 
 the proofs, from a high scientific 
 source that the climate of Og- 
 den is better for persons who 
 have diseased or weak lungs than 
 Los Angeles itself, while for a 
 dozen other complaints that 
 afflict poor humanity, the advan- 
 tages are all with us. Again, the 
 effect of the climate of Southern 
 California is piostrating; men 
 
 yearly to and fro across the con- 
 tinent, compare notes, they be- 
 gin to understand this fact, and 
 the result will surely be that the 
 tide will, after a little, begin to 
 set this way. The Nation has 
 become so tremendous, that there 
 are now some thousands of peo- 
 ple who annually go to seek 
 places of recreation, both from 
 the winter's cold and summer's 
 heat. Of the class we shall catch 
 
 BUILD A HOME. 
 
 rr^EN of wealth are learning 
 ^ I Z. that the real pleasure of life 
 is not in money getting. l)ut 
 that it is the enjoyment of the 
 things that money can provide. 
 All perfect homes are the jov of 
 those who make them, l)e they 
 grand or huml)le. If a man possess 
 wealth, he is foolish if he does not 
 build himself a home where he can 
 
 Wh^^H/i^y- -.„<^^rt 
 
 RKSIDENCK Of-' K. 
 
 KIKSKL. 
 
 lose their energy thei'e. Men 
 who went there years ago, are 
 now, while perfectly healthy, 
 content to let the world wag. 
 The climate has given them a 
 dry rot, and they simply "dream 
 the hours away." The air here 
 is a perpetual tonic, and the rule 
 is that men continue to work to 
 the end, and die with the harness 
 on. As the hundreds and thou- 
 sands of people who [oscillate 
 
 more and' more, until before very 
 long there will be an exodus this 
 way. What are we doing to 
 make the place attractive for 
 their coming? 
 
 Tiie rtali Canning Factory of 
 this city will be enlarged next 
 season so that it will require most 
 all of the fruit raised in this 
 vicinity _to supply the establish- 
 ment. 
 
 with his family enjoy the choic- 
 est blessings of life. If he is able 
 it is not necessary that his home 
 should be confined to any partic- 
 ular place of abode but he can 
 have two or more residences and 
 thus pass the different seasons in 
 dilferent localities. If he loves 
 society and' wishes to have his 
 family enjoy every social advan- 
 tage possible, it is natural and 
 proper that he should have a res- 
 
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 THE INTER-MOUNTAIX MERCHANT. 
 
 idence in some flourishing city, 
 where he can enjoy all the pleas- 
 ures of the social world during,' 
 the winter months. When the 
 summer comes it is fashion to 
 rush to a summer resort where it 
 is overcrowded and any thin;; hut 
 pleasant and agreeable, llow 
 much better it is to have a sum- 
 mer residence in some healthy 
 locality where health, rest and 
 pleasure go together. Such a 
 
 to go to some summer hotel and STONE AND MARBLE, 
 crowd into small, inconvenient ■ 
 
 rooms. 
 
 There is no place in the United 
 States better aihipted to the 
 buililing of su(di homes than in 
 the immetliate vicinity of this 
 city. Land is cheap, fruit and 
 vegetables, such as can be pro- 
 duced no where else, grow in 
 
 aT.Ml can supply tin 
 with fine building s 
 
 he world 
 ing stone, so 
 great are its quarries. The 
 Denver and l{io (Jrande We«.tern 
 is filling a contract for 'M) car 
 loads of red sandstone to be de- 
 livered at Kansas City, and for 
 1<MK) car loads more at Denver. 
 
 — -«r-c^v.\.-iV"»«- 
 
 RKSIDF.NLF. OK 
 
 residence will soon become as 
 much a homo to the family as 
 the old homesteiKl wiiere the lit- 
 tle ones were born and raised, 
 and it will afford the owner more 
 real pleasure, and thit at less ex- 
 pense, than he co .Id possilily 
 enjoy at iiny jiubiic summer 
 resort. 
 
 People who can afford it are 
 fast learning tiiat it is much 
 more pleasant to spend the sum- 
 mer months at their own home 
 in some good locality than it is 
 
 alunidaiice. the air is pure and This stone is taken from a quar- 
 bracing. the scenery grand and ry near the road in Spanish Fork 
 
 • 'anon, where it is easily ex- 
 tracted and loatled. This stone 
 lios.sesses the important quali- 
 ties of being easily worked in- 
 to any form desired, ancl of 
 liaving a Hue te.vture and 
 pleasiug shades of color. The 
 front of the Cullen Hotel build- 
 ing in Salt Lake city, a five- 
 story structure, is of this stone. 
 Hesides the contracts men- 
 tioned, the railway company 
 liave home andoiit«.iderlemand 
 for the stone, and they are 
 sending out from three to six 
 car hiads per day. (iray sand- 
 stone of good (luality is ([iiar- 
 ried in the .same vicinity, and 
 near there is also an immense 
 mass of mottled or .serpentine 
 marble, which polishes nicely, 
 and is .so variegated and beau- 
 tiful, that it is destined to 
 come into demand for various 
 cla.sses of ornamental work, 
 imposing, the climate e([ual to There are so many varieties 
 and far superior to that of mo.st of marble in Utah that works 
 
 ought to be started in this city 
 
 HON. I. W. SHUKTLIKK. 
 
 ail other localities— in fact, we 
 have every thing that goes to 
 make life enjoyalile. 
 
 The sea bathing in (ireat Salt 
 Lake, mentioned in another ar- 
 ticle, is far superior to any sea 
 l)athing in the world. 
 
 to convert marble into slabs and 
 blocks, and also into finished 
 work. With such a factory here 
 it wouhl be possible to erect mar- 
 ble houses almost as cheaply as 
 brick. This class of manufac- 
 
 I'eople who have a desire to fure offers gf»<)d inducements for 
 
 build a pleasant home in such a the investment of capital either 
 
 locality, will find, upon investi- in this city or at some of the va- 
 
 gation, that nothing in the above rious quarries. If in this city, 
 
 is over drawn. many varieties of marble and 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 23 
 
 sandstones could be collected 
 here, and thus would give such 
 a factory a varied stock for the 
 market, which, besides supplying 
 the home market, would find de- 
 mands both East and West. 
 Granite should be included in 
 such stone works. There are 
 
 and possibly more, in the canon 
 where natural dams exist. The 
 cost of putting in dams at these 
 places compared with the ex- 
 peuditui'e necessary to secure a 
 head on some streams would be 
 insignificant. At all of these 
 places the entire river could be 
 
 RESIDENCE OF HON. U. H. PEERY. 
 
 ous farmer to fructify his fields, 
 orchards and gardens. "Yes," 
 continued the gentleman, ''Og- 
 den River is a wonderful stream, 
 and the amount of power it can 
 be made to furnish is ])cyond cal- 
 culation.'' 
 
 The road from Ogden to Hunts- 
 ville is built through the canon 
 through which Ogden River 
 passes. The distance through the 
 canon is seven miles! The dis- 
 tance from Ogden to Huntsville 
 is twelve miles. Huntsville is 
 600 feet higher than Ogden is. It 
 is estimated by experts that the 
 fall of the river between the 
 head of the caiion and its mouth, 
 is from 450 to 500 feet. This 
 gives to the river a very swift 
 current and an abundance of mo- 
 tive power, which. as stated above, 
 can easily be utilized. At the 
 lower end of the canon is the 
 greatest fall. Here in places it 
 averages 250 feet to the mile, and 
 
 many quarries of granite suitable 
 for monuments and other pur- 
 poses, while the slate deposits in 
 the islands in the great lake 
 ought to be brought into ' use 
 through being sawn into the 
 many articles for which it is ap- 
 plicable. 
 
 ^ifc 
 
 WATER POWER. 
 
 ^ PROMINENT gentleman of 
 yl this city who has traveled 
 ^ considerably in the United 
 States, says Ogden River affords 
 better facilities for utilizing its 
 force than any stream he has ever 
 seen. It is possible to utilize the 
 whole of the water in a great many 
 places and return it into the rix'er. 
 Not a drop of water need be wasted 
 anywhere; consequently irrigat- 
 ing interests need not suffer. 
 There are three or four points, 
 
 RESIDENCE OF M.\JOR V. M. C. SILVA. 
 
 turned through to advantage. 
 Every drop could be made to do 
 work at each point and then 
 could continue its course on to 
 the broad acres of the industri- 
 
 there is always sufficient water 
 to furnish any quantity of power. 
 A grade of ICO feet to a mile, 
 which it will be seen is far below 
 what actually exists in some 
 
24 
 
 Tin: INTEU MolNTAIN MKKCIIANT. 
 
 places, will jrivo 20 feet fall in bct'ii found in Howing wuUs ami large (juantities. A lot of the 
 
 every 40 rods. The number of comes u|» with the water. With latest improved machinery is to 
 
 placed where such a fall conhl the proper arrangements for col- be ordered from the Ea.st, and 
 
 easily be obtained is lai';.'e. hence lecting it in a gasometer, it has work is to be commenced just as 
 
 it is hardly possil)le to estimate been found that the supply is soon as possible. 
 
 the quantity of power the river constant and regular. Several — *"♦"• 
 
 SOUND SENSE. 
 
 /^IlK ftdlowing rejiort. prepared 
 vS/ by the ( 'hamber of Commerce 
 Committee on Agriculture, 
 states so many facts in just the 
 right way. that it is given a place 
 in this work. It is not the inten- 
 tion that the people Ka-:t and 
 West, who rea<l this itook should 
 be given to unilei*stand that everj' 
 thing here is so near perfec- 
 tion that there is noruonifiu' im- 
 provement. 'I'he advice given to 
 our farmers may serve to give 
 some one who i>i in seandi of a 
 
 II 1 K\ .■v MACK'.s Ml 
 
 really would furnish, since the 
 water could be used over and 
 over again at dilTerent i)oints 
 from the bead to the mouth of 
 the canon. A fall of twenty feet 
 in one-eighth of a mile is more 
 than siilliri°nt to run any of the 
 turbine wlieeU now in use, and 
 would devtdoi» an unlimited 
 ([uantity of power. -fl^-./c/i z/.-™/./. 
 
 NATURAL GAS. 
 
 CZO many natural gas wells have 
 (^ l)een struck in this city dur- 
 ing the past year and a half 
 while boring for flowing wells, 
 that the iirevailing opinion is that 
 by going deep enough gas in large 
 quantities can be obtained. The 
 gas that has been .struck so far has 
 
 parties have ntili/ed this gas for 
 lighting iin<t heating i)urposes, 
 and it gives good satisfactiiui. A 
 number <if gentlemen have form- 
 ed a company for the purjjose of 
 lioring for gas in this city, 
 and they have asked the City 
 Council to give them every en- 
 couragement possible. Owing to 
 a recent act of Congress wliitdi 
 l)revents Territorial Legislatures 
 <u' any legislative body in a Ter- 
 ritory from granting exidusive 
 rights for any purpose, the Coun- 
 cil is not able to grant that por- 
 tion (tf the re([uest, imt what it 
 has the power to do will be done. 
 It is the intentittn to bore down 
 at least lMMH) b-ct with a large 
 drill, anil the projectors confi- 
 dently expect to strike gas in 
 
 liKuM.M.Nt. likU.S' AkM(lH\. 
 
 desirable location to go into the 
 business of farming, some de- 
 sirable infornuit ion in regard to 
 this part of the country. For it is 
 to be supposed that prospective 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 25 
 
 settlers desire to know something 
 of the disadvantages as well as 
 the advantages possessed by a 
 particular locality. 
 
 The Ogden Chamber of Com- 
 merce, through its Committee on 
 Agriculture, recommends that the 
 following suggestions be care- 
 fully studied by all interested: 
 
 Where now one car of potatoes 
 
 H. I,. i;RIFF1N. WHOLKSAl.K PKOIH'CK. 
 
 is raised there should be fifty or 
 a hundred, for in seasons when 
 there is a great demand, we can 
 obtain contracts for large quan- 
 tities easier and at better figures 
 than for small ijuantities: and 
 again, much can be gained in the 
 matter of freight rates where we 
 can guarantee to ship a great 
 numl)cr of cars in a season. The 
 manner of putting up our pota - 
 toes for market is a subject of 
 great importance. Only one kind 
 should be planted in the same 
 hill, row or patch, and care 
 should be used in selecting the 
 best varieties, sucli as Coodrich, 
 Peerless, Early Rose, etc. Tlien 
 when sacking for market, be sure 
 and put up large, well assorted 
 goods, and only one kind in a 
 sack. Have sacks well-filled, so 
 
 that the packages will pres nt a 
 neat appearance. Clean sacks 
 should be used. Any article will 
 sell to a much better advantage 
 in an attractive package than in 
 a slovenly one. 
 
 Some may say that if we raise 
 so many potatoes, and there hap- 
 pens to he a light demand, they 
 will be a dead loss to them; but 
 we say not necessari- 
 ly so, for in that case 
 they can be used for 
 feed. This will result 
 in increasing our live 
 stock and furnishing 
 material for su(d'i es- 
 tabli.shments as pack- 
 ing houses. We do 
 not produce enough 
 to bate our markets. 
 Dealers who are 
 _ acquainted with the 
 ^- »-^ trade of the past few 
 _*l ~ !»« years will tell you 
 that the trade of Utah 
 consumes many car- 
 loads of (late winter) 
 (•abl)age, imported 
 California every season. 
 The same is true of onions. We 
 know of markets all through the 
 East where many carloads of 
 bot'i the.se articles could be 
 placed at highly remunerative 
 hgures if we had them in the 
 country. We say to the farmers, 
 "Wake I'p,'" and make yourselves 
 inde[)endent. if not rich. You 
 have the country, the climate and 
 the soil, and can get tlie markets. 
 For two reasons it will pay 
 growers to put out numerous 
 orchards of peaches, plums, pears, 
 a[)ples, cherries and .so fourth. In 
 the first place, this is one of the 
 best producing sections of the 
 United States for them,- and sec- 
 ondly, we have the best markets. 
 The Havor and size of our fruits, 
 when they are properly selected 
 
 from 
 
 and cared for, are equal, if not 
 superior to any grown in Califor- 
 nia. They bring higher prices in 
 the Eastern markets than the lat- 
 ter, owing to the fact that we can 
 get them there three to four days 
 fresher. Being one thousand 
 miles nearer, wehave very much 
 the advantage over them in al- 
 most the entire market. They 
 supply Denver. Omaha, Chicago, 
 St. Louis.and intermediate points; 
 also to some extent,N"ew Orleans, 
 Philadelphia and New York. The 
 fruits are transported to these 
 points in special fast fruit trains 
 at a very low rate. 
 
 What Ave raise has all to be 
 shipped out by express, as there 
 is not enough at any time to load 
 a car. We have to confine our 
 market for these kinds of fruits 
 to small towns in our vicinity, 
 and when they are supplied, ship 
 
 F. J. KKISEL & CO. 
 
 to Denver and other small points, 
 paying .?3.00 per hundred, while 
 California fruits ai-e carried there 
 for SI. 10. a difference of nearly 
 forty cents per twenty pound 
 box, or two cents a pound. 
 Several fruit houses in each of 
 
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 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 the large centers above named, the encouragement for juitting 
 
 receive three to four caix of fruit out large (juantities of theni.h(t\v- 
 
 per week during the season, over, as for imttingout the hirger 
 
 Just as soon as we have care- fruit, as they have to be shii)ped 
 
 fully selected fruit enough to by express to thinly settled dis- 
 
 WM. I'RIVKH S SONS IlKi:i; STOHl 
 
 load liy the car. we can have all 
 that trade that we want ami re- 
 ceive better figures for it than we 
 do now. 
 
 We heartily rccoiiiiiicnd you to 
 give this matter ininiediate and 
 serious attention. We believe 
 there is more money to be made 
 in growing fruits iicre than in 
 any other part of the United 
 States. 
 
 Strawberries, rasp! lerries, black- 
 berries, etc.. do well here, an<l 
 the choicest of them, well packed, 
 find readv market. Tin le is not 
 
 tricts. There are now aiiout as 
 many black and raspl)erry vines 
 in bearing as our market de- 
 mauds, unless we can make it 
 protitalilc to dry them in large 
 quantities. We believe it would 
 pay you to investigate this mat- 
 ter, as dealers here annually im 
 port many huiulreds of pound^ at 
 from ten to twenty cents. 
 
 Two muidi care <"annot be 
 taken in i)a(dving these fruits. 
 J low many dealers ran testify as 
 to the manner in which our ber- 
 ries are often put up! After pur- 
 
 cha.se, they frequently find what 
 appears to be a marketable lot, 
 upon renutving the top layer, 
 composed chiefiy of small. s<un-, 
 unripe fruit. Again, a shipper 
 sends out to a distant market a 
 lot of fruit which ha.s been pur- 
 cliased as first-cdass. After a 
 time his customer returns a state- 
 ment that the berries were so 
 poor that they could not be dis- 
 posed of at any price, and states 
 that if nothing better can l»e had 
 not to send any more. 
 
 Whether berries, peaches or 
 other fruits, only the same ripe- 
 ness sluudfl be put together in a 
 package. Hipe and bard fruit 
 will not carry well together. The 
 bard mashes into the ripe. 
 
 From the best information we 
 can get. our local nui>eries can 
 give you better trees and shrubs 
 for tbis altituile than f(u-eign es- 
 tal)Iislimeiits. We tlierefore ad- 
 
 
 5 
 
 ■■, f- 
 
 SIDNEV STEVENS' BUSINESS ULO.K. 
 
 vise parties to consult them be- 
 fore planting, as they have made 
 that sul)ject a study. 
 
 In the nuitter of grain, we 
 would impress upon farmers the 
 necessity of getting the best va- 
 riety of seed, and freeing it from 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 27 
 
 all foreign seeds. Plant in rich 
 soil. Do not plant wheat too 
 many times on the same patch of 
 land. You will find it very ben- 
 eficial to change seed wheat 
 every two years at least, and, in 
 doing so, do not get your next 
 door neighbor's, but go off a few 
 miles for it. When you plant in 
 lower valleys, try and get seed 
 raised m the uplands. You will 
 find it a great improvement in 
 your next year's crop. In our 
 opinion much of our. smutty 
 wheat is caused from planting on 
 poor land, and the same seed year 
 after j^ear. There is no reason 
 why our wheat for its flour- 
 making properties may not be- 
 come famous all over the United 
 States, and reach the Atlantic 
 and the Pacific. We have as good 
 mills as Minneapolis, and no lo- 
 cality has better water power. 
 The demand for 
 
 C. L. PEEHLliS' DRUG SIORE. 
 
 far in excess of the supply. If 
 we would raise a thousand l)ush- 
 eis to where we now raise one 
 hundred we could command trade 
 with the world, because we could 
 load ships with flour and wheat, 
 and furnish large consuming 
 
 markets at home. It would then 
 pay to erect elcviitors, which 
 would greatly reduce the cost of 
 handling. In relation to barley, 
 we have to say that orders can 
 be obtained much easier for fifty 
 or a hundred cur lots than for five 
 cars, and ut much better figures. 
 There is seldom a season when 
 we have oats sufficient to meet 
 our demands. Stringent meas- 
 ures should be taken to destroy 
 
 five to Initter, we would recom- 
 mend that every farmer have a 
 clean, cool, well-aired place for 
 milk, and churn while the cream 
 is sweet. Liverpool salt should 
 l)e used, and the butter well 
 worked, wrapped in clean but- 
 ter cloth and marketed while 
 frci'.h. When put up for shipi)ing. 
 every roll should be of the same 
 size and color, and the box clean. 
 We cannot too strongly urge 
 
 riAH I'NOIH.'CF. AND (( 
 
 wild oats, and more care used 
 when they are threshed to keep 
 them clean. 
 
 Our poultry, butter and egg 
 business can be made much more 
 remunerative than it is now liy 
 observing proper precautions. 
 Merchants and shippers of this 
 city and Territory have met with 
 heavy losses on account of eggs 
 being brought in stale and not 
 properly assorted. Much care 
 should be taken to have them 
 clean when marketed, and not 
 more than eight days old. Rela- 
 
 JMMISSION' COS m;il DIM. 
 
 the necessity of carefully select- 
 ing all goods put up for shipping. 
 It is a well-known fact that the 
 prices received more than repay 
 the extra trouble for selecting. 
 We give the above remarks with 
 the hope thej^ will l>e of use to 
 you, and thus help to build up 
 the country. We have been asked 
 to write these I'ecommendations 
 by numbers of our business men 
 who are daily receiving letters 
 from markets in all directions, 
 and are thus in a position to 
 know what is needed. 
 
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 'J'llK INTKH MolMAlN Mi:U( llAXT. 
 
 MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Z_ 1 1 li I'ollnwiny iiitt-rt'stiiig ex- 
 >S/ tracts are from a very full 
 and i'oiii|il('t(' report made to 
 the O'.'dfii ('liiilllln'r r>f ( 'uiiMlUMrc 
 by tlu'foiimiitlct' mi man ii fact un-. 
 After calliny attention to the 
 fact that it was a hard matter to 
 collect rclialilo facts, the report 
 saj's: 
 
 2nd. We recommentl that the 
 Chamber (»f Commercf consider 
 
 plumper, and wci^di more than 
 llii'V do after being >hipped alive 
 l.'»UU miles or more and slaugh- 
 tered at other p<»int5>. We have 
 all the facilities, and more than 
 at other puints. hence this Imsi- 
 ness can l)e carried on hen> better 
 than at any other point, this 
 being the terminus of five rail- 
 roads. That would furnish us a 
 good market on the line of rail- 
 road fill- hntel.s, etc.. in aildition 
 In mir Ideal market and the 
 
 
 tile ailvisal>ility of fiirming a coni- 
 pany for slaugliteriiig and refrig- 
 erating cattle, sheep and hogs. 
 There i.s. tributary to Ogden. a 
 large area of country that fur- 
 nishes 1()().(MM» brail of beef and 
 as many mutton, annually, whiidi 
 are shijipcd alive, at jiresent. to 
 the Kast an<l West. \ car will 
 hold 17 bead nf live stock, and 
 45 head dressed. The animals 
 are worth more by 1 or '_' cents a 
 pound, killed jn Ogden; are 
 
 markets of the Kast and \N est. 
 In conm'ction could be run a 
 canning, potting and curing es- 
 tablishment for the canning and 
 potting of beef, and for the cur- 
 ing of beef. pork. hams. etc. 
 
 Su<li ail organization would 
 bring to Kgden a vast amount of 
 traile. as the people who ship 
 their cattle here would natiirallx 
 bank trade, and stop (»ver with 
 us. oiieiiing a field of enterprise 
 to our mercliaiits. 
 
 The killing of .stock in Ogden 
 would leave the hides ami offal 
 here, which would be an impetus 
 to manufactures. We have 
 plenty of salt to cure the hides, 
 and it would furnish employment 
 to tan and manufacture the 
 leather into bo<»ts. shoes and 
 harness. The grease could be 
 made into soaj). the hoofs into 
 glue. The farmers would raise 
 more hogs and take their jiay in 
 cured meat and lard, in fact such 
 an establishment once started 
 would Mild employment for m<u-e 
 than 1<)<) men in the manufacture 
 of goods which at present we 
 imi)ort. while we give away the 
 offal ami only receive payment 
 for the bare meat. 
 
 :•: ;•: * -e 
 
 "itii We draw your attenti(ui 
 to the .Salt Lake interests. Sea 
 water evaporating leaves 4 per 
 cent, impiu'e. Knglish rock salt 
 as mined is 1 A per cent, impure. 
 We suggest the ai)pointment of 
 a committee esj)ecially to impure 
 into the method of jmrifying 
 salt. f(U' the purpose of using the 
 salt mainifactiired in I'tah for 
 pickling and curing meats, and 
 for exportation in competi- 
 tion with Liverpool salt for pre- 
 serving butter and for use as 
 table salt: and to ascertain 
 whether it is [lossible to purify, 
 or remove all impurities from 
 I'tah salt, as it takes [lerfectly 
 pure salt for the preservation and 
 <Miriiig of meats and butter. 
 
 ()th 111 the organization of 
 coiii]iaiiies to pursue the business 
 id' slaughtering cattle, sheep and 
 hogs, the famers should co-oper- 
 ate ami sustain, as they c<uild 
 convert the grain that they sell 
 at I cent per lb., and the potatoes 
 that they sell at h cent per lli.. 
 into meat that will not cost them 
 one tenth of the fielLdit. to .send 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 29 
 
 to market, besides suppling the 
 home consumption. Tt will help 
 them to keep their farms from 
 being worn out bj- supplying 
 them with fertilizers. The meat 
 cured will net from 10 to 25 cents 
 per lb., while the freight cannot 
 
 over-double the price of the raw 
 product. 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 9th— In Wyoming, Utah, Idaho 
 and Montana 100 cars of glass are 
 used annually, we suggest a 
 special committee to inquire 
 
 i Kut 1 t\>l)l., (JCDLN CA.NuN. 
 
 whether window glass can or 
 cannot be manufactured in Og- 
 den. All the material is found 
 in Utah and there is a factory 
 for making glassware and bottles 
 in successful operation in Salt 
 Lake City. 
 
 10th — We invite your consider- 
 ation to the fact that out of the 
 7,000,000 pomids of wool raised 
 in Utah, (),0i 10,000 pounds are ex- 
 ported, and we import our woolen 
 goods, while it has been demon- 
 strated by the woolen mills in 
 J^rovo that the manufacture of 
 woolens can be made a success 
 in this Territory. 
 
 11th — In conclusion, we would 
 state that Ogden possesses the 
 ]\ey, and holds the situation as 
 the commercial and manufactur- 
 ing center for Utah, Idaho, parts 
 of Wyoming and Nevada. We 
 have enough of power running 
 to waste to manufacture all the 
 goods needed in those States and 
 Territories; we are the center of 
 this whole commercial region, and 
 we have the terminus of the five 
 largest railroads here: and any 
 industry that we may go into or 
 any goods that we can manufac- 
 ture, we are in the center of the 
 market, and can ship to its des- 
 tination without re-shipment. 
 We are not depending on favors 
 from one or two roads to make 
 us, for we have them all, and if 
 one does not the other will. 
 
 liutlet Ogden once start one or 
 two of the manufacturing indus- 
 tries we have enumerated and 
 the railroads will be begging for 
 the freights and favors of the 
 merchants and manufacturers of 
 Ogden. with more clamor than 
 Ogden has ever exhil)ited for the 
 depots. When two or three of 
 these industries are oi)erated. 
 Ogden will not need to ask for a 
 depot; it will be put here too quick. 
 
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 THE JNTEli MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 SYRACUSE. 
 
 CZ YUACl SE is the mime of thi' 
 (gy iif'W l>athin<,' resort on tlio 
 nortlit'iistt'rn shore of (ireat 
 Salt liakeat the tcrminii.s of the 
 Ogfleii ami Syracuse railroail. The 
 new resort was opened to the puli- 
 lic on the 4th of .Inly last, since 
 which time it has been growing 
 in iMipiilarity every day. Witli 
 the exception of tiarHeld Beach, 
 it has the best beach of any re- 
 sort on the Lake and it is- only a 
 t|UPstion when it will be one of 
 the best summer resorts to be 
 found in the western country. 
 The land near Syracuse is very 
 fertile and there is an abundance 
 of fresh water for irrigating pur- 
 poses. In this particular it is 
 ahead of any of the other resorts 
 iiecaiise it is pussilde to havt'oue 
 of the finest parks in the I'nited 
 States here on this fertile land. 
 The management is in enterpris- 
 ing hands and it is the intention 
 that no expense shall be spared to 
 make this one of the greatest 
 health and [ileasure resorts in the 
 country. Next .season the through 
 trains from the Kaston the I'nion 
 Pacific will lie run down to the 
 Lake from this city so as to give 
 through passengers a chance to 
 takeabath in the greaj inland 
 sea before continuing, their jour- 
 ney West. Every convenience 
 that it has been possible to pro- 
 vide in the short time sin<-e it was 
 Hrst decideil to build the resort, 
 has been provided and now large 
 numbers of our citizens rini down 
 to the l/ake almost every day 
 during the week and enjoy a luith 
 in the briny deep. 
 
 There is no sea bathing in the 
 world t(» etpuil the (ireat Salt 
 Lake, and in less than five years 
 dozens of resorts will be estab- 
 lished along its shores and on the 
 
 islands which it contains, large 
 
 sni)stantial steamers will make 
 regular trips from (Uie resort to 
 
 another for the accommodation 
 of the tliousand tourists who will 
 flock to rtah during the summer 
 iMonths. Elegant suTiimer resi- 
 dences will be built, and the 
 Itroken in healtli and the (»ver- 
 worked will find health and 
 rest, while lireatliing the pure air 
 of the mountains, and bathing in 
 the Lake. When all this comes 
 to pass, Syracuse will be one of 
 the i)rincipal resorts, noted far 
 and m'ar for being the greatest 
 health and pleasure resort in the 
 countri'. 
 
 DISTRICT SCHOOLS. 
 
 /L 1 1 1-^ Histrict schools are sup- 
 vS' p(u1ed by a yearly Territorial 
 appropriation, liy lo<al tax- 
 ation and by tuition. 
 
 The Territorial appropriation 
 is ilerived from a general Terri- 
 tiiiiiil tax. The .school law jno- 
 vides that a local tax may be 
 levied in any district, not exceed- 
 2 per cent, per annum. A tax of 
 ] per cent may be levied by the 
 trustees without Cftnsnlting the 
 taxi>ayers; any amount above 
 that must l)e levied by consent of 
 the tax payeis. at a meeting 
 called for that purpose. Free 
 scdiools may thus be hail in any 
 district where the tax-payers are 
 disposed to levy a tax sufficiently 
 large for that pni'pose. Several 
 distrii'ts in Weber (."ounty have, 
 therefore, fn'C s(diools. 
 
 There are twenty districts in 
 the county, eaidi directed by a 
 board of three trustees. 
 
 The total value of sidiool prop- 
 erty, ac<i>rding to the report of 
 the superintendent for 1S87, was 
 $77.:!r):{.8(». which is H'J^-l.Oo in 
 excess of the value in IbSO. 
 
 Forty-six teacdiers were employed 
 in the thirty-four schools of 
 NN'eber County, at an average 
 salary Ut males of $.V2.4.'). and to 
 females, §;{(».70. T<. pay them, 
 the districts expended $ir).77'2.tM, 
 an increase over last year of 
 $l,')2s.4"): of thisamount the sum 
 «)f $'.MJ0.').41) was paid to male.s, and 
 $<■», 11)7. 1(5 to females. The cur- 
 rent ex|)en.ses of running the 
 s(diools, exclusive of teachers' 
 salary, was $1,(J1 1.14 in 1S87, as 
 against Sl.(;21.'2'i in Isst;. 
 
 The s( hools were in session on 
 an average, three terms and one- 
 fonrth, or 154 days, eight districts 
 having s(dio(ds in .session the 
 whole year: three for three terms 
 and one-half; five for three terms; 
 two for two terms; and two for 
 one term each. 
 
 There was a total scdnxd popu- 
 lation of 4.:{21l, out of wdiitdi 
 number "2.'J()7 are boys, and i.nCi'J 
 girls. Out of number S"J4 are 
 (diildren of non-Mormon [larents, 
 and 3,50') children of Mormon 
 [larents. 
 
 The enndlment was 8,2'.('.>, or 
 seventy-five per cent., but the av- 
 erage daily attendance was 1,084, 
 or thirty-nine per cent., to wljich 
 may be ad<led seventy-seven 
 under school age, and 13U over 
 eighteen years, who were enrolled. 
 The actual cost, therefore, for 
 teachers' salaries for each child 
 actually attending was $9.3(), aixl 
 for all expenses, ^14.:{2. 
 
 The total revenue was S2'.(.- 
 ;{2l. •")'.). The amount received 
 from district taxes was .^1(I.12'.».41 : 
 from Territorial appropriation, 
 SS,'.)r)4.rM); from tuition. ?r),()43.!)l; 
 and the remainder from other 
 .sources. The total sum of $")4,- 
 12:!.<i'.l was expeniled for scho(d 
 puri)oses during the year. 
 
 Teachers assixiat ions and insti- 
 tutes are held, weekly, monthly, 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 31 
 
 and j^earlj^, respectively. The 
 latest and best methods of teach- 
 ing are employed by the teachers. 
 Music is receiving due attention 
 in many of the schools. The 
 buildings, and furnishings of the 
 Weber County schools compare 
 favorably with any in the Terri- 
 tory. 
 
 The following table, taken 
 from the annual report of Super- 
 tendent Edward H. Anderson, 
 gives a fair idea of the growth 
 of the public schools in Weber 
 County. 
 
 1867. 1877 1887. 
 
 Value of School Property S3J.910.00 877.363.8(1 
 
 Total paid to Teachers. ..$5,322.81 $ 6,262 0") $15,772,65 
 
 Local raxes Raised $1,075.70 $ 2,014 65 $10.129 41 
 
 School Population 1,422 2,876 4 477 
 
 Total Chlldrenenrolled.. 9.55 1,794 3.299 
 
 No. of Schools 18 21 31 
 
 THE SLAUGHTERING 
 BUSINESS. 
 
 C^OME one who has plenty of 
 (^ money with which he wishes 
 to make more can do so bj' 
 building a big slaughtering house 
 in this city and creating a. 
 market here for cattle and sheep. 
 It is only a tiuestion of time 
 when there will have to be a mar- 
 ket established some where in 
 this inter-mountain region for 
 the cattle and sheep that roam 
 over the hills and valleys. It is 
 much easier and less expensive 
 to ^end beef to eastern and west- 
 ern markets in refrigerator cars 
 than it is to ship the live cattle 
 in stock cars such a great dis- 
 tance. Thousands of tons of ice 
 can be put up in this city every 
 winter if necessary, and with 
 plenty of ice and the right kind 
 of cars the liusiness is an assured 
 success from the start, as the cat- 
 tle could he slaughtered at any 
 time and the dressed beef could 
 be packed in the cars and sent 
 direct to Chicago or San Fran- 
 cisco, where it would arrive as 
 
 fresh as the day it was placed on 
 board. Ogden is just the place to 
 locate such an establi.shment, be- 
 cause of its unexcelled railroad 
 facilities. Any one who desires 
 to start such a business would 
 undoubtedly receive assistance 
 from the IT. P. and C. P. in some 
 form or other. For instance the 
 U. P. would in all probability 
 agree to haul all the ice necessary 
 to be used from Evanston free of 
 chai-ge. Ice can as a general 
 thing be procured in this city, but 
 as it can always be had at Evan- 
 ston, and as the quality is the 
 very best, it might be well to ar- 
 range to get all the ice from that 
 point. The railroads would also 
 arrange to keep ice along the 
 road to replenish the cars if nec- 
 essary. The roads could well 
 afford to encourage such an enter- 
 prise in every way possible, be- 
 cause it would furnish them with 
 a great deal of business. The 
 cattle would have to be shipped 
 into this market from the sur- 
 rounding country and the dressed 
 meat would be seat out. 
 
 There can be no question about 
 the success of such an enterprise, 
 because good meat is always in 
 demand in any eastern or western 
 market. And all that is neces- 
 sary is to arrange for getting it 
 there, and there will he no trouble 
 about sales or profits; and then 
 again there is always plenty of 
 feed in this vicinity, so that cat- 
 tle sent in here from a distance 
 can be fed for a week or so if it 
 is necessary to place them in good 
 condition for killing. 
 
 The hides and tallow will pay 
 all the expense of running such 
 an establishment, and the horus 
 and feet can be utilized for dif- 
 ferent pui-poses, so that taking all 
 together there is good reason to 
 believe that there is a chance to 
 
 make plenty of money after the 
 business is once started. 
 
 The Chamber of Commerce 
 will assist any one who desires to 
 give it a trial in securing a loca- 
 tion for the necessary yards and 
 buildings. 
 
 AGRICULTURE. 
 
 p\EOPLE do not farm in Utah 
 "2.-^ like they do in other parts 
 
 * of the United States. As a 
 general thing the farms are small 
 but owing to the almost unequaled 
 productiveness of the soil a farm 
 of a few acres will produce as 
 much as a very large farm in 
 Iowa, Illinois or any other of the 
 great agricultural States. 
 
 The following interesting facts 
 are gathered from a circular pre- 
 pared by the Denver i; Kio 
 Crande Railway. Thej^ are per- 
 fectly reliable. 
 
 Fair Utah wheat ranks with the 
 best No. 2 Red, which is the high- 
 est grade appearing in most of the 
 Eastern markets. Our choicest 
 qualities, raised under the most 
 favorable conditions, are a unique 
 product with scarcely an equal in 
 America. A number of points in 
 Colorado, especially Denver, are 
 already buyers tif our wheat this 
 year, while some shipments have 
 been made to Kansas City. p]n- 
 quires are also being made from 
 California. Utah wheat has a 
 brighter, larger kernel than that 
 of the East, and though no hand- 
 somer than that of California, it 
 is firmer and its nutriment more 
 concentrated. 
 
 We have known parties who 
 are keeping up work horses, to 
 pay 2.") to 80 per cent, more for 
 Utah oats of ordinary ([uality than 
 for a fair grade of Eastern. This 
 was a couple of years ago when 
 cut I'ates of freight permitted the 
 
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 THE INTER MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 brin^rinvc in of Eiistorn oats. 
 Notliiiij.' more cfmclusive can be 
 saiil i»f the real valii(» of our oats 
 than this, wliich after all. only 
 represents current opinion among 
 those who have tried huth. 
 rtali oats, therefore, eommantl a 
 stifT price ant) parties looking 
 here for a snpply shonM iinder- 
 staml that in return for tlu^ com- 
 paratively high tigiire asked, the 
 real feeding power of onr grain 
 is proportionately high. I tali 
 oats have rang<'d in price during 
 recent years from 1 ^ to T,' <'ents 
 per pound on cars. 
 
 In iss.') our brewing barley was 
 exiiorted in great ([uantities to 
 St. Louis. Milwaukee. California 
 and other points, where it invar- 
 ibly graded as fully up to the 
 best Canadian brewing. Ftali 
 barley beer is advertised all over 
 the Union, and signifies the 
 highest attainable degree of 
 merit. It is the use of this bar- 
 ley which gives Utah beer so 
 high a standard. Indeed our 
 white dub brewing barley will 
 hold it> own anywhere as a 
 stri<'tly fancy product. Hesides 
 this grade 1 tali has for sale abcjut 
 a million pounds of mixed feed 
 barley. 
 
 There i> a bw cars of rye an- 
 nually nlTered here at a Hguie 
 usually ranging over (uie cent 
 porponinl. 'riie(|uality is superb 
 and the yield fair. 
 
 Utah does not po.se as a corn 
 (•onntry. and larely has any for 
 export. The hot sultry nights 
 whi(di corn renuires are not 
 characteristic of our climate. 
 Kast of the Wasat(di Mountains, 
 however, along the line of the 
 Heiiver iV; l{io (Iraiide Western, 
 (specially at (ireen Hiver. it is 
 likely that corn growing will 
 prove a considerable industry. 
 
 A special providence seems to 
 
 have reserved this Territory for 
 the cultivation of lucerne, often 
 called alfalfa, which the farming 
 people of Utah have learned to 
 look upon as one of the greatest 
 blessings that has yet been 
 vouchsafed them. The best crops 
 come from lands thatcannot well 
 be plowed because of their rough 
 character. Kxcellent results 
 have been had by mendy clear- 
 ing olT the brush and casting the 
 seed over su(di grouml. It takes 
 longer to get a good start and 
 irrigation is more difficult than 
 if the ground were stirred up 
 but it thrives better in the end. 
 liucern will do well even on 
 ground that is too steep for a 
 mowing machine, if only sutti- 
 cient water can be got on it to 
 give it a start. Its average 
 growth is aliout three feet though 
 we have known it to reach over 
 six feet when left for .seed. A 
 serious drought may spoil the crop 
 for the time being, but the follow- 
 ing year it will come up as gdud 
 as ever. 
 
 Utah is. par excellence the 
 count ly for Incern .seed and from 
 ;{U(J to 4(10 tons are expcu'ted an- 
 nually at prices varying from 
 >t>ven to eleven cents per pound. 
 
 We raise some red and white 
 clover seed, but have little left 
 beyond our own needs for export. 
 
 The Utah potato has a repu- 
 tation for excellence all over 
 .America and even in Creat Brit- 
 ain, other (limes have tried in 
 vain to match our product, liiit 
 the ;ittempt seems futile. For 
 many years great quantities have 
 been exported from this Terri- 
 tory, and it looks as if we shall 
 continue to do so for all time to 
 come. NN e have seen a lot of six- 
 teen biisluds that went through- 
 out twtdve potatoes to the bushel. 
 The king of the Early, Peerless 
 
 and Compton's Surprise yield in 
 favoreil localities about 4(HJ bush- 
 els to the acre. With high cul- 
 tivation we have heanl of 1.<KX» 
 bushels being raised to the 
 acre. Utah also has a tine rep- 
 utation for carrots, which often 
 yield of good quality as much as 
 1,2< 10 bushels to the acre; also f.ir 
 onion.s. turnips, parsnips.radishes, 
 etc. Meets thrive astonishingly 
 well, and far-seeing men tell that 
 one day. the large tracts of low 
 lying, but now iinwatered lands 
 on the western side of this val- 
 ley and elsewhere, will be under 
 cultivation to the sugar beet for 
 tht^ manufacture of sugar. 
 
 There is no reason why the 
 cultivation of peanuts should not 
 take its place as one of our fore- 
 most root products. It has been 
 clearly demonstrated that our 
 climate and soil are especially 
 favtuable to their grDwth, and 
 every attem[)t that has been 
 iiiaile which was only on an ex- 
 perimental scale, has l)oriie out 
 this idea. 
 
 Of green stutTs we annually ex- 
 port large quantities of cabbage, 
 cauliflower and celery, the latter 
 growing exceptionally tine. 
 
 South of Utah Lake, and in 
 various other localities, are 
 grounds suitalde for the growth 
 of Hax, which is native to onr 
 soil, and vvoubl pay well for*cul- 
 tivatioii, 
 
 Uojis are also native to Utah, 
 its trailing vines literally over- 
 running every otlii'r kind of fo- 
 liage in many of our canons. The 
 picking of wild hops has yielded 
 considerable of pin money to the 
 country people, and Xature i-ould 
 not ttdl in plainer words that 
 this is pre-eminently a region fa- 
 vorable to their cultivation. 
 
 The same causes which give ex- 
 cellence to the grain and vege- 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 tables of Utah also stamp her or- 
 chard products with a high caste. 
 Fresh fruits are exported in con- 
 siderable quantities, and wher- 
 ever sent take the highest place 
 and command the readiest sale. 
 In general terms, the superior 
 characteristics are firmness, 
 beauty, and above all, fine flavor. 
 Utah peaches are shipped, 
 wrapped and unwrapped, in 
 boxes about twenty pounds each, 
 and find a ready market in Colo- 
 rado and Idaho. Our peach trees 
 thrive best on light loam and 
 gravely soil. 
 
 The apple is now generally ac- 
 knowledged to be more free from 
 worms (codling moth) than for 
 some years previous, and thou- 
 sands of boxes have been shipped 
 East and North by parties in Og- 
 den, Salt Lake, Provo, Spring- 
 ville and other places. It is prob- 
 able that each succeeding year 
 will see our apples freer from 
 worms and that in a few years 
 they will have disappeared alto- 
 gether. By papering the apples 
 and shipping in refrigerator cars 
 they may safely be ti-ansported 
 long distances late in the fall. 
 Green apples are a staple product 
 of the Territory, and notwith- 
 standing the heavy shipments 
 made, the demand last season 
 was not equal to the supply. 
 
 There are many fine plums 
 raised in Utah; the growth of 
 plums last season fell much short 
 of our usual quantity, and we 
 were far from supplying the de- 
 mand. 
 
 There is a sure demand for 
 more Utah pears than have yet 
 been produced. There is a lack 
 chiefly of early varieties of which 
 we have few beside the Bartlett. 
 Growers have paid over much at- 
 tention to winter pears, which 
 ripen too late to secure favor- 
 
 able sale. They now realize the 
 fact, and it is likely that future 
 years will find a better supply of 
 earlier kinds. The Utah pear is 
 an extremely rich fruit. 
 
 In most seasons, Utah has a 
 good crop of apricots for export, 
 and cherries in limited supply, 
 while grapes are in good quantity 
 but at points favorable for ship- 
 ping are not as handsome as those 
 from California. In Southern 
 Utah they raise beautiful grapes 
 of fine rich flavor, the average 
 yeild per acre being 6,260 pounds, 
 according to the latest data. 
 Strawberries and raspberries are 
 both native to Utah, as is the red 
 and black currant. Under culti- 
 vation the yield is very large and 
 of surpassing quality. 
 
 Such is the wide reputation 
 which Utah enjoys for the excel- 
 lence of her dried fruits that they 
 command a fancy price through- 
 out the entire United States. In 
 competition with the best Ten- 
 nessee they bring in Chicago and 
 other cities, from two to three 
 times the price. The cause of 
 course, is primarily the excellent 
 quality of our fruits with its rich 
 flavor, but we owe to the peculiar- 
 ity of our climate the ability to 
 sun-dry with such success. A 
 third reason is the singular ra- 
 pidity with which moisture evap- 
 orates in this region, enabling the 
 drying process to take place rap- 
 idly in the day-time, while the 
 absence of dew, prevents the 
 back-sets during the night. 
 Fruits dried by artificial proces- 
 ses lose part of their virtues, and 
 it is doubtful whether much of 
 it would be done were other cli- 
 mates as favorable as our own 
 to sun-drying. Tims it is that 
 Utah sun-dried fruits occupy a 
 place by themselves in the mar- 
 ket of America. A fancy article, 
 
 that has never yet been produced 
 here in anything like the quanti- 
 ty that could be sold, is the Utah 
 peeled peach. There is noth- 
 ing like it for fine flavor any- 
 where. It keeps well and com- 
 mands twice or thrice the figures 
 of the un[)eeled. The apricots 
 dried here invariably find a ready 
 market, it being an exceptional 
 year when they are not cleared 
 out before Christmas. The price 
 always ranks high and the fruit 
 is a general favorite. Atten- 
 tion is now being turned 
 to the German prune for 
 drying purposes, and these will 
 probably be kept separate. The 
 time is at hand when these will 
 take the place of those imported, 
 and in a few years, exports are 
 sure to follow. 
 
 Very few dried pears so far 
 come to market. A very limited 
 supply of nectarines have been 
 brought in and quickly sold at a 
 high price. This fruit is so fine 
 in appearance and so rich in 
 pulpy substance that its drying 
 should be encouraged. 
 
 A novel pi-oduct, which first oc- 
 casions sui'prise and that finds 
 great favor wherever introduced, 
 is the dry ground cherry. This 
 fruit is native here and has not 
 yet been cultivated, to our knowl- 
 edge. It grows only too freely 
 for the farmers, however, as it 
 spreads with great vigor. When 
 scpVled and dried, the fruit is of 
 a beautiful golden color, mak- 
 ing excellent pies, sauce and pre- 
 serves. 
 
 The ease with which a well can 
 he driven and flowing water se- 
 cured in the valleys of this Terri- 
 tory has given a new impetus to 
 farming and made lands availa- 
 ble that have heretofore been 
 considered beyond cultivation. 
 
34 
 
 THE INTEK-MOUNTATX MERr'TTAXT. 
 
 NATURAL CAS GEOLOGY. 
 
 /^IIE following article by J. S. 
 v^/ Mcintosh, in the Salt Lake 
 Tiihune, is on a question of 
 considoraljlc present interest: 
 
 The general geological condi- 
 tions upon wliich the occurrence 
 of natural gas seems to depend, 
 from a consideration of facts oli- 
 tained by a long and practical ex- 
 perience in the oil business are: 
 (1) The porosity (»f sandstone 
 either in the 'I'riassic or. Jurassic 
 formation. Vl) 'J'he extent to 
 •which the strata above and be- 
 I'.'W the gas bearing rock are 
 cracked. (3) The relative pro- 
 portion of water, oil and gas con- 
 tained in the gas-bearing rock. 
 (4) The pressure under which 
 the gas exists before being tapped 
 by wells. 
 
 Kind reader, <lu not niisumler- 
 stand me. I do not claim to 
 know all the conditions of im- 
 portance bearing upon tlie jirol)- 
 leni as t<t the generation of natu- 
 ral gas. liut, from a diligent and 
 careful observation of twenty-tive 
 3'ears, have found that sandstone 
 of a porous nature produced the 
 best gas wells; which is found in 
 the oil country of Pennsylvania, 
 as well as in the Western coun- 
 try. Yet the origin of natural 
 gas has an important bearing up- 
 on economic geology. It is be- 
 lieved wo are in possession of 
 some data to throw .some light 
 on this interesting (juestion of 
 the cause of natural gas. Yet it 
 is inconceivable to permit a com- 
 plete explanation. However, I 
 deem it necessary that some 
 statement should be made in or- 
 der to more thoroughly under- 
 stand the conditions upon which 
 its origin seems to depend. It 
 would appear to some i)eoi)le that 
 natural gas is closely related to 
 
 petroleum, and that their origin 
 is due to the same cause — that is 
 the decomposition of animal and 
 vegetable life. It is generally 
 believed that gas is not indigen- 
 ous to the rock from which it is 
 obtained, but comes from the de- 
 composition of life forms which 
 were entrapped in underlying 
 strata. It is also conceded by 
 professional men. that gas is gen- 
 erated from carbonic substance. 
 This may be a fact, yet I propose 
 to show that natural gas exists in 
 different countries (vhere there 
 are no carbonic fornuitions. For 
 instance: we have an abundance 
 of gas in Canada, Kast ln<lies and 
 in different States in this I'nion. 
 where carbonic formations are 
 not known. We have also found 
 gas where petroleum is not 
 known to exist. That the ab- 
 sence of oil or coal in our Trias- 
 sic formation east of the oil re- 
 gion in I'ennsj'lvania, is ex- 
 ]il:iined by the cracking of the 
 rocks. -\ survey of the outcrop- 
 ping rocks and the dry wells, 
 show that the Triassic or gas- 
 bearing rocks extends far beyond 
 the limits of the area of the re- 
 gion in which any traces of gas 
 have been found. The general 
 structural geology of gas regions 
 is simple: The rocks lie nearly 
 horizontal, dipping slightly to 
 the southwest. .\n a|ipreciation 
 of the intensity of the dijis may 
 be had from the fcdlowing figures; 
 From the city of Bradford. 7'J 
 miles, in an air line southeast of 
 the city of Erie, the rock dips on 
 an average of 14 feet to the mile. 
 Fnuntlie city of Fittshurg, a dis- 
 tance of 7U miles, the average dip 
 per mile is 20 feet. The maxi- 
 mum rlip of Bradford oil region 
 from surveys of ls7'.(, was (iU feet 
 per mile. 1 claim the dip of gas- 
 bearing rock has an important 
 
 bearing upon the occurrence of 
 gas. Yet it is not believed that 
 gas wells can be located indeiien- 
 dcntly on what has been formu- 
 lated as the anticlinal theory; 
 however, the greatest gas wells 
 of Pennsylvania are found on 
 tho.se greatest anticlincil posi- 
 tions. Mr. J. F. Carll, a.ssistant 
 geologist of the (»il regions of 
 Pennsylvania, claims (and I ac- 
 cede with his views! that gas 
 wells should be located on anti- 
 clinals, bei"iu«<e gas is lighter 
 than water or oil. and should 
 seek the biggest reservoir prem- 
 ises; a sand.stone rock containing 
 oil, water or gas or only water 
 and gas in such proportions that 
 the fluids may stratify themselves 
 as freely as they would in an 
 open tank under air. the water at 
 the lower lever aiul the gas at the 
 higher. It is proveil by experi- 
 ence of over twenty-five years 
 that no profitable oil or gas well 
 can be obtained in the upper 
 ])evonian strata unless a gooil 
 .sand rock reservoir is found. 
 
 It is generally expected, and 
 justlj', that the oil and gas-mak- 
 ing material was deposited before 
 and perhaps in some cases with 
 the sand rock, not after 
 it; that the tendency is 
 oil and gas when generated is up- 
 wards. Therefore, the two pri- 
 mary conditions to be sought are, 
 gas-producing materials ami sand 
 rock reservoirs to hold the pro- 
 ducts. It is a well-kiu)wn fact 
 that all oil and gas-bearing rock 
 are sedimentary; that they are 
 composed of materials derived 
 from older rocks, the disinte- 
 grated particles of which have 
 been sifted, a.ssorted and dt'pos- 
 ited in stratiHe<l layers by the 
 action of water. 
 
 We do not need to go back to 
 Pennsylvania or Canada for an 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 35 
 
 explanation on natural gas or oil; 
 we can find those old sediment- 
 ary and fossilated rocks right in 
 Utah and Wyoming, overlaid by 
 sand rock; we have oil and gas in 
 this country in abundance, if we 
 only had energy enough to sink 
 for it. 
 
 We have oil and gas north of 
 Rawlins, Wyo.; we have gas in 
 Green River, Wyo. 
 
 We have oil and gas in abund- 
 ance in Fossil, Wyo., and we 
 have gas right here in Salt Lake 
 City, although not in abundance 
 at present, but by sinking down 
 deeper I would almost guarantee 
 that we would find the desired 
 fluid in as great a quantity as in 
 Pittsburg, or in any other part of 
 the world, for we have the oil 
 aiid gas-bearing rock much 
 nearer the surface in this coun- 
 try than it is in the East, and it 
 would cost much less to sink for 
 it than in the East. 
 
 Let me here give you a brief de- 
 scription of the Geological Sur- 
 vey of this western country. In 
 parts of this country we have 
 what is called the Dacota group 
 of rocks, which varies in thick- 
 ness from 1500 to 3000 feet. This 
 group of rocks is composed of 
 blue, black, and reddish shale, in- 
 termixed with strata of a very 
 close white sandstone varying in 
 thickness from five to twenty 
 feet, which contains fresh water. 
 Underlying the Dacota group,and 
 in many sections of the country, 
 is found cropping out what is 
 called the Triassic formations of 
 rock, which is composed of strata 
 of sandstone, conglomerate and 
 limestone rock. The Triassic for- 
 mation of rocks produce oil, water 
 and gas, and is about 500 feet in 
 thickness. Underlying the Tri- 
 assic rocks is what is termed Ju- 
 rassic rock, composed of red sand- 
 
 stone and red fire clay exclusively, 
 and varies from 110 to 1700 feet. 
 Underlying the Jurassic rock 
 comes a very porous gray sand 
 rock, in which oil and gas have 
 been found in abundance in Wy- 
 oming Territory. The pressure 
 of gas has not been tested, but 
 when found, it threw oil and 
 water sixty-five feet high. Those 
 wells are all on an anticlinal. 
 The rock dips in this section of 
 Wyojning aliout 300 feet per 
 mile. My anticlinal theory may 
 be fanciful, but through a careful 
 watch of the different'formations, 
 and the dip of rocks, I have never 
 found oil or gas where the rocks 
 lay perfectly horizontal (and I 
 have sunk wells in various parts 
 of the world.) 
 
 Professor J. P. Lesley (geolo- 
 gist), in an address delivered in 
 Pittsburg before the Institute of 
 Mining Engineers, February 17th 
 last, in referring to the anticlinal 
 theory, says: ''Location of anti- 
 clinal lines in the Pittsburg gas 
 region has become popular, pio- 
 duced by a theory, and the whole 
 community interested in the sub- 
 ject of natural gas, abide by 
 no other theory than the anti- 
 clinal theory to obtain gas." 
 
 To this I add the important 
 consideration, that the move- 
 ments of oil and water have been 
 shown by actual practice and are 
 govei'ued entirely by the charac- 
 ter of the rock and its position. 
 
 I therefore claim that natural 
 gas is generated from the sedi- 
 mentary sandstone composed 
 from life and vegetable matter, 
 disintegrated particles of which 
 have been sifted and deposited by 
 the action of water. 
 
 1 also claim we have gas-bear- 
 ing rock in and around this .city, 
 and at a much less de2)th than in 
 the East. And the writer of this 
 
 epistle would like to see some en- 
 terprising firm take hold of this 
 problem and sink for gas, and by 
 doing so, I feel confident of their 
 success. And success means a 
 great benefit to our great and 
 noble city. It is an undisputed 
 fact that we have the best of fa- 
 cilities to make Salt Lake City 
 one of the largest and finest cit- 
 ies in the world. The surround- 
 ings of this city are equal, if not 
 better, than Chicago, Philadelphia 
 or New York. We can raise 
 grain or fruit of all descriptions. 
 We are surrounded by mountains 
 which are rich in gold, silver and 
 other precious metals. We have 
 mineral springs of all kinds, both 
 hot and cold. And then the 
 Great Salt Lake (which is right 
 at our door) a health and pleas- 
 ure-seeking resort for us all. We 
 have manufactories of different 
 kiuds. And as I now say, we have 
 the finest climate in the world; 
 and if we only had gas in paying 
 quantities, it would not only in- 
 duce manufactories to start up in 
 our midst, but would induce 
 other enterprises which would 
 help to enhance the value of our 
 property, and bring our already 
 verj' attractive city to the front. 
 There is nothing in the above 
 article which Avill not apply with 
 equal force to the city of Ogden. 
 By reference to an article which 
 appears in another column, it 
 will be seen tluxt natural gas 
 abounds here, and is being made 
 use of by our citizens. This ar- 
 ticle is based upon .scientific facts, 
 and the writer evidently under- 
 stands the nature of the question 
 he is <lealing with. It is because 
 it contains so much valuable in- 
 formation of a scientific charac- 
 ter which is in every way appli- 
 cable to the city of Ogden, that it 
 is given a place in this work. 
 
36 
 
 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 THE MIRACLES OF THE 
 SEASONS. 
 
 7^1|t)SE peopl*' wlio scold about 
 vS/ tliL' woatlier nowadays do 
 wrong and are at best Imt 
 spoiled children. Did not the au- 
 tumn stretcii out in sunny days 
 and starry nights week after week 
 until the farmer begun to grow ap- 
 prehensive of the next .season's 
 crop, and the .stock men said low 
 to each other: '"Things look badly 
 for next season .'" It was neces- 
 sary that springs should be re- 
 plenished in the hills, necessary 
 that the harvest of next summer 
 .should ])e pre[taroil for. iSo na- 
 ture set her pumps to work, off 
 on the Pacific. Those pumps 
 were made of sunbeams, working 
 on the warm currents of the sea, 
 and the reservoir was theclrifting 
 air. Then on tlie land the same 
 sunbeams made hot the earth, 
 and the hcitteil air arose and 
 floated away. This made a vacu- 
 um, and the air from above the 
 sea rushed in an<l upon the val- 
 leys of Soutlicrn California and 
 discharged a part of its load of 
 moisture in drenching rain. Con- 
 tinuing, it came where tlie air 
 was colder on the desert in the 
 higher altitude, and much colder 
 when a nioinitain range was met 
 and crossed, and so from the 
 Sierras clear up the west slope 
 of the Rockies, and for a thou- 
 sand miles ui» and ilown the fall 
 has been in snow. We can wit- 
 ness the outward [)henomenon: 
 the .savants of the past have 
 ma<le the demonstration for us, 
 and made clear how the miracle 
 is performed, but the sulilimity 
 of the process through which the 
 waters of the sea. cleansed of 
 their salt, are carried ami de- 
 posited upon the broad backs of 
 our mountain ranges, is only a 
 
 part of the glory. Another mir- 
 acle even yet more wonderful 
 will be performed when the 
 spring and the summer return. 
 Even now the sun has wheeled in 
 his course in order to work with 
 the water and the soil to per- 
 form that miracle. He will t<»uch 
 and dissolve with his beams this 
 waste of snow; first in the val- 
 leys and then more slowly in the 
 hills; lie will cause it to vanish 
 and then caress with his warmth 
 the frozen earth anil restore it to 
 life. Then the earth will realize 
 its nakedness and call up its 
 grass, kindle anew the warmth 
 in its trees, and they in turn will 
 hide their naked limbs with foli- 
 age; later the spring blooms will 
 be awakened and following them 
 will come tln^ gl<»'y and the full 
 fruition of the harvest. The two 
 miracles are the perfect symbols 
 of death and ri^surrection.and we 
 suspect that the life of the spring 
 after the death of the winter was 
 what Hrst caused poor mortality 
 to turn its eyes upward and to 
 nurse a hope of a life beyond the 
 grave. Doubtless, too, the com- 
 ing of the sun's heat to awaken 
 the stifl'ened corp.se of the world 
 in spring, is what originated the 
 faith of the simple Fire Worship- 
 pers of old. So wlieii mortals 
 scold because of darkened and 
 stormy days and the starless 
 nights.tliey shouM comfort them- 
 selves with the thought that 
 these days and nights are. after 
 all, laden with mercies to the hu- 
 man race. an<l that they are l)ut 
 a part of a miracle which as a 
 whole, is more splendid than 
 ever poet imagined or artist 
 sketched. And the furious cold 
 is a necessary ailjunct. While the 
 sunbeams were set to work in 
 the sunny valleys and upon the 
 waryi southern sea, a notice 
 
 was sent to the far north where 
 Winter holds his seat that he 
 witlj his outriders, the wild wind 
 and the nipping frost, must 1)6 
 here to receive the gathered 
 moisture, that he must roll the 
 snow up witli his winds until 
 every depression was heaped full 
 and must then hold it with his 
 frost until it should become 
 packed and settled, and until 
 relieved of it.s watcli by the 
 spring sun. This is now being 
 done, but mortals with dimmed 
 visions see nothing of the splen- 
 dors of the mighty transformation 
 scenes that are going on, but 
 rather growl because it is cloudy 
 and generally disagreeable. 
 What a selfish and unreasonable 
 race of creatures we are, and 
 how narrow is the horizon in 
 which we pass our little lives. — 
 Salt Lake Tribune of Jan. 8th. 
 
 PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL. 
 
 /^I 1 1'] following table will give a 
 vS' good idea of the average per 
 acre of the products of the 
 soil in Utah. 
 
 Barley averages 32 bushels to 
 the acre. 
 
 Corn averages 27 bushels to the 
 acre. 
 
 Oats average 36 bushels to the 
 acre. 
 
 Wheat averages 2S bushels to 
 the acre. 
 
 Pears average 75 bushels to the 
 acre. 
 
 Peaches average 120 bushels to 
 the acre. 
 
 Plums average 165 bushels to 
 the acre. 
 
 .\pricots average 145 bushels to 
 the acre. 
 
 Cherries average 75 bushels to 
 the acre. 
 
 (i rapes average 6,260 pounds to 
 the acre. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 37 
 
 UTAH FARMING. 
 
 ^"71 S a usual thing farms in Utah 
 yl are small hut exceedingly 
 ^ well cultivated. The farm- 
 ing population is composed almost 
 exclusively of foreign-born people 
 who for numerous reasons follow 
 old country styles of farming, 
 and generally they live in 
 small settlements or villages and 
 the farms are scattered about ad- 
 jacent to the village. 
 
 In early days this was neces- 
 sary because of danger from 
 Indians. Another reason for this, 
 now is, that the farmers of a 
 settlement or village are obliged 
 to join together for the purpose of 
 building the necessary irrigating 
 ditches and it is more convenient 
 for them to be near together. 
 Irrigation is a necessity here in 
 Utah, but fortunately there is 
 plenty of water and with a little 
 work the land that would be 
 considered worthless by any one 
 who is not familiar with the 
 country, can be made to bring 
 forth fifty and oftimes an hun- 
 dred fold. Where water is 
 plenty it is not a difficult job for 
 one man to irrigate from 25 to 
 50 acres of land and properly cul- 
 tivate it during the season. Irri- 
 gation is not such a difficult 
 thing after all; people who have 
 been used to depending on the 
 rains to bring up there grain and 
 insure au average harvest can 
 not understand how it is that 
 people who have to depend on 
 this means of watering their 
 fields can possibly raise an abun- 
 dant crop; but they do it, and as 
 a rule with less work than au 
 eastern farmer who depends upon 
 rain to make good his harvest. 
 When a Utah farmer thinks his 
 wheat needs water, he does not 
 have to depend upon the heavens 
 
 to supply it, he simply goes to the 
 irrigating ditch which runs along 
 the upper side of his field, and in 
 a short time small streams of 
 water are flowing down through 
 the field of grain. These little 
 streams are just far enough apart 
 so that the water will soak 
 through the ground on each side 
 of the stream until all the space 
 between the streams is thor- 
 oughly saturated. When the 
 farmer thinks the grain is 
 sufficiently watered he turns 
 off the water from that 
 particular field and looks after 
 another field. 
 
 It is not very hard work to 
 attend to the water and in this 
 consists the principal work of 
 cultivation. Some one may won- 
 der how it is that the farming 
 lands lay in such a way that they 
 can be irrigated to advantage. 
 An all wise providence seems to 
 have provided for this, and to-day 
 there is scarcely a piece of land 
 that is fit for farming purposes 
 that does not slope from the 
 mountains in such a way that 
 there is no difficulty about irri- 
 gating it thoroughly. The farm- 
 ing land is to be found along the 
 base of the mountains and in the 
 plains below, but all of the land 
 slopes away from the mountains, 
 and as almost every canon is 
 provided with a stream of fresh 
 water, it is not a very difficult 
 matter to provide water for all 
 of the farming land in the Terri- 
 tory. Several large streams fiow 
 into the northern end of Great 
 Salt Lake through bi'oad fertile 
 valleys, and the day will come 
 when irrigating ditches will be 
 built on a large scale. In one 
 valley within 30 miles of this 
 city several thousand acres of 
 land have been idle for years, 
 waiting for some one to come 
 
 along and build a large irrigat- 
 ing ditch. 
 
 Scarcely a place can be found 
 in the Territory where the farm- 
 ing land is not so situated that 
 plenty of water can be obtained 
 for it. 
 
 A good deal of land is vacant 
 to-day and subject to the desert 
 land law, or it can be purchased 
 by settlers. 
 
 The expense of constructing 
 irrigating ditches is more than 
 compensated for by the satisfac- 
 tion which the farmer has in 
 knowing that he is not obliged 
 to depend upon rain to make his 
 crops good, that little matter he 
 I'egulates to suit himself. The 
 products of the soil are alluded to 
 in another article. 
 
 HOT SPRINGS. 
 
 ONE of the principal health re- 
 sorts of this inter-mountain 
 country is the Hot Springs, 
 ten miles north of this city. For 
 years the waters of these springs 
 have been known to possess pecu- 
 liar medicinal pi'operties. In early 
 days the people for miles around 
 would come and carry away the 
 water in barrels and casks, and it 
 would be used as a blood purifier. 
 Some years ago, R. H. Slater, 
 purchased the springs and built 
 a commodious hotel near them, 
 and constructed pools for bathing 
 purposes; since that time the I'e- 
 putation of the springs has con- 
 stantly increased. The water 
 possesses all the medicinal proj)- 
 erties of the famous Hot Springs 
 of Arkansas, and more; in fact, 
 some regard the water of the 
 Utah Hot Springs as far superior 
 in every way to that of the Ar- 
 kansas springs. 
 
 For rheumatic trouble nothing 
 can equal the waters of the Utah 
 
38 
 
 TPIE INTER MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 Hot Springs; although there is 
 occasionally a case wiiere the pa- 
 tient is not henefitted, but on the 
 contrary the disea.se is aggra- 
 vated by the use of the water for 
 drinking or bathing purposes. 
 Such cases are rare and cannot 
 be accounted fo;. As a blood pu- 
 rifier the water Ironi these springs 
 has no etjual. The water is ([uite 
 salty and vei.^ warm where it 
 flows out of the ground. Even 
 after flowing throujxh an 
 open trough tor several humlred 
 feet into the enclosed pools it is 
 so hot that few people can bathe 
 in it with comfort at first. A 
 large jiool h.i- been constructed 
 outside of the building where it 
 is very plea-:int to batiie during 
 the summer time, 
 
 Although the water is salty it 
 possesses otlier mineral proper- 
 tics which do not niiiko it un- 
 pleasant to drink. 
 
 With the addition of a small 
 quantity of pepper a very fair 
 (|uality of chicken broth can be 
 made, (it is not e.xacty chicken 
 broth although it is better than 
 chicken soup made by carrying a 
 live cliicken through a room 
 where a kettle of water is boil- 
 ing,) and is very pleasant to 
 drink. Hundreds of people visit 
 this resort every year and it is 
 fast growing in iiopularity as a 
 health r<>sort. The present jiro- 
 prietor has exiiended a great 
 deal of money in fitting up the 
 place and is able to make his 
 guests comfortable. It is also 
 quite a pleasure resort as the 
 bathing is good early and late in 
 the seasiju when it is too cool to 
 l)athe in the Lake. 
 
 OUR ENGRAVINGS. 
 
 ASPHALTUM FIELDS. 
 
 \/\ OST of the engravings in this 
 / V liook were made l>y the fam- 
 ous Moss Kngraving Co. of 
 Xrw York from i)hotograiihs by 
 Adams Brothers. Any one who is 
 familiar with the .scenery in the 
 vicinity of this city will recognize 
 at once that they are well execut- 
 ed, and strangers who have an eye 
 for the beautiful in nature will 
 see that they are real works of 
 art. 
 
 In selecting the .subjects it was 
 very ditticult to decide which of 
 the many fine scenes ought to be 
 repnxluced, and when the selec- 
 tions were finally made, t here still 
 remained among the number put 
 asiile. dozens of scenes in every 
 way equal to the ones chosen. 
 
 The engravers evidently ap- 
 preciated the fact that the sub- 
 jects were far superior to the 
 usual run of subjects, hence the 
 su|ierior excellence of the work. 
 Messrs. Adams T3rothers are to be 
 congratulated because the en- 
 gravers have so faithfully repro- 
 duced the artistic effect of these 
 jihotos. 
 
 METEOROLOGICAL. 
 
 f^7\ FKW meteorological com- 
 
 ^~1 parisons may lie of interest 
 
 ■^ to peoi»l(' who reail a work 
 
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 18 97 190.8 
 
 f 
 
 DOLFII BLSCH, the rich 
 brewer, and a numiter of 
 other <-apitalists of St. 
 Louis, are developing the great 
 asphalt iim deposits of Thistle, 
 a station on the I). & R. (i. \\ . 
 Railway in Spanish Fork Canon, 
 L'tali. The company has or- 
 dered a $'2."),(KKI plant of machin- 
 ery in St. Louis and is now re- 
 ceiving bids for the erectittn of a 
 three-story building, 4U.\ll."j feet. 
 The asphalt um will be rendered 
 from bituminous shale, which is 
 soft and as heavily charged as it 
 can carry. Nature has filtered it 
 to the highest degree of purity, 
 all that is required being the 
 simple act of .separation from a 
 silicious combination. This, how- 
 ever, has been considered a ditti- 
 cult process under the conditions 
 that usually prevail in smdi de- 
 posits, but the energetic manager 
 of the works, St. V. Ij(> Sieiir. has 
 made the asphaltum fields of this 
 region a close st udy for many years 
 and has greatly simplified the 
 process by which this can be ac- 
 complished. Our dejiosits of 
 asphaltum rank among the most 
 valuable of our native resources 
 and it is extremely gratifying to 
 have them systematically devel- 
 oped by men of brains, money 
 and energy. We have the great- 
 est confidence that they will 
 prove highly remunerative and 
 bring glory to the Territoiy while 
 enriching the operators. — SuU 
 Lake Jottniitl of Com merer. 
 
 There is hardly a more inviting 
 field for enterprise than a large 
 packing establishment in Itah. 
 We send away live meat to the 
 East and bring it back again 
 when cured at the rate of thoii- 
 sands of dollars annually. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 39 
 
 RAILWAY PROSPECTS. 
 
 IT is now known among the local 
 railway officials, and among 
 
 other people admitted to the 
 confidence of the magnates, that 
 the plan proposed by President 
 Adams for the bnilding of the 
 union depots here is as good as 
 effected. A few days will doubt- 
 less see its formal consummation. 
 
 It is also well known that work 
 upon the structure will be re- 
 sumed in the spring — as early as 
 the weather will permit men to 
 begin advantageous labor. 
 
 Further, it is known that large 
 freight warehouses and other 
 buildings and premises for the 
 convenience of the vast railway 
 interests of this city are contem- 
 plated, and will be provided as 
 rapidly as possible. 
 
 In addition to the foregoing 
 certainties there are two others 
 which must not be forgotten. 
 One is, that the short line to Chi- 
 cago, is as certain as death and 
 taxes. This line, call it by what 
 name you will — Salt Lake Val- 
 ley & Eastern, for instance — will 
 be 192 miles shorter than any 
 other present route between the 
 two magnificent centers — Ogden 
 and the Garden City. When 
 built, if Chicago and Ogden con- 
 tinue to extend their borders as 
 rapidly as they are doing now, 
 we may find ourselves almost in 
 the heart of that place. One of 
 the towns will simply annex the 
 other. The second of these two 
 latter certainties is that the Mis- 
 souri Pacific must and will have 
 representation in the Junction 
 City of the West; and attached 
 to this is the contributing one 
 that a feeder into the north will 
 immediately follow the appear- 
 ance of the Missouri Pacific in 
 Ogden— not more to the benefit 
 
 and pleasure of this immediate 
 locality than to the advan- 
 tage and joy of Box Elder and 
 Cache Counties, in Utah, and the 
 sett]en>®nts in the southern part 
 of Idaho. 
 
 Altogether, no other city in the 
 country has a railway outlook 
 which begins to compare with 
 that which shows between Ogden 
 and the horizon of 1888. — Ogden 
 Standard. 
 
 RAILROAD FREIGHTAGE. 
 
 ^^HE following figures show the 
 
 v5/ amount of freight received 
 
 and forwarded from this city 
 
 during the year ending December 
 
 Bl, 1887: 
 
 CENTRAL PACIFIC. 
 
 Fonvarded. Eeceived. 
 
 January 11,154,003 6,749,75(5 
 
 February 8,095.143 4,467,21(7 
 
 March 12.399,667 9,284,742 
 
 April 9,471,113 9,842,892 
 
 May 5,524.347 8,984,357 
 
 June 5,770,445 14,092,196 
 
 July 3,614,978 11,157,896 
 
 August 6,137,336 10,238,679 
 
 September 4,406,486 9,938,096 
 
 October 4,543,1 12 9,381,658 
 
 November 2,537,667 9.768,586 
 
 December 2,918,2u2 5,794,750 
 
 Totals 79,572,499 109.700,905 
 
 The following figures are taken 
 from a carefully prepared table 
 arranged by the Union Pacific : 
 Amount of freight received, 432," 
 253,57() pounds. Amount for- 
 warded, 1)0,850,795 pounds, 16,- 
 845,867 of fruit produced was for- 
 warded from this city over the 
 Union Pacific during the year. 
 
 The 1). &R.(I.W. has delivered 
 102,893,740 pounds of freight and 
 forwarded 85,975,600 pounds. This 
 road also forwarded 5,493,700 
 pounds of fruit and produce. 
 The above figures are taken from 
 the tonnage report prepared by 
 J. H. Bennett of the 1). & R. G. 
 W. for the Salt Lake Tribune. 
 
 It will be seen that during the 
 j^ear the merchants of Ogden 
 have received 644,847,221 pounds 
 of freight and have shipped out 
 256,398,894 pounds to their cus- 
 tomers. 
 
 A BUSINESS CENTER. 
 
 t 
 
 /Everything indicates that 
 
 Ogden City is just entering 
 upon an era of unprece- 
 dented prosperity. During the 
 time of the building of the Ore- 
 gon Short Line, business was 
 more than lively in this city, and 
 many thought that itwouW con- 
 tinue to improve after the road 
 was completed; but as the road 
 was the next thing to a failure 
 from a business point of view, 
 the boom that was expected to 
 strike this inter-mountain region 
 as soon as it was ready for busi- 
 ness, failed to make its appear- 
 ance, business flattened out and a 
 great many firms were wrecked 
 as a result. 
 
 The experience proved to be 
 beneficient to the business inter- 
 ests of our city. Our business 
 men tore down these air castles 
 and commenced building up their 
 business on a solid foundation, 
 without depending upon outside 
 influence to insure them success. 
 
 The consequence has been that 
 our city has been gaining ground, 
 slowly but surely, for the past 
 three years, as a commercial cen- 
 ter, and now bids fair to be the 
 central wholesale market for 
 the surrounding States and Ter- 
 ritories. 
 
 In saying so much, we do not 
 mean to set Ogden up as the rival 
 of any of the neighboring cities. 
 Its location is so eminently favor- 
 able for this class of business, 
 that it is perfectly natural that it 
 
40 
 
 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 shouM aspire to commercial 
 honors. 
 
 It was the favoralile location 
 of Chicago wliich has. in connec- 
 tion with the business enterprise 
 of its citizens, ina«lt> it the great 
 business center of the Northern 
 Mississippi Valley, and' as Oyden 
 has this advantage of location. 
 f>nr business men simply intend 
 to make use of all the natural 
 advantages which it possesses, 
 in connection with their own 
 business pluck and enterprise, to 
 attain prominence in the com- 
 mercial world. 
 
 A jinunineut Flastern capital- 
 ist told the writer a short time 
 ago, that it was his opinion that 
 Ogden was bound to grow and 
 become a prominent manufactur- 
 ing ami commercial city, and 
 that it would become so natur- 
 ally because of its location. He 
 was satisfied that money, judi- 
 ciously invested in real estate in 
 city property, would pay good in- 
 terest on the amount invested. 
 
 If strangers can .see the natur- 
 al advantages of our city at a 
 glance, and feel assure<l of its 
 future prosperity, certainly our 
 citizens are not given to vain 
 boasting when they claim that 
 the city is bound to becfune one 
 of the most important interior 
 business centers of the great 
 Northwest country. 
 
 The Chicago k Northwestern 
 and C. B. k Q. and one or two 
 other railroads will certainly be 
 running trains into this city in 
 less than two years, and when 
 they are open for business, one 
 of the natural results will be a 
 rerluctiou in the rate of freight 
 both Kastantl West, which will 
 prove beneficial to the country 
 generally, and have a strong ten- 
 dency to transfer a large portion 
 of the wholesale busiuesu which 
 
 is now enjoyed by Eastern cities, 
 west of the Itocky Mountains. 
 The building of more railroads 
 will develop the country and in- 
 crease the demand for merchan- 
 dise. When all this comes to 
 pass, then the city that is the 
 hub from which all these spokes 
 of commerce radiate, will grow 
 in proportion to the develoiiment 
 of the surrounding country. 
 
 UTAH SULPHUR. 
 
 G[<^ME twenty -two miles north 
 (^y of Beaver, just south of the 
 northern boundary of Beaver 
 county, says a correspondent, we 
 turned to the east of the main 
 road, and after traveling about a 
 mile through the cedars, that arc 
 very abundant in both Beaver 
 ;nid Millard counties, we reached 
 tlie sulphur betls owneil by Mr. 
 Dickert of Salt Lake City, and 
 Mr. Myers of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 The sulphur can be seen on the 
 surface of the earth over an area 
 of about ten acres. How far it 
 extends under the low hills which 
 surrountl the beds and the thick- 
 ness of the layer is not yet known 
 though it has been tested thirty 
 feet down. The best parts of the 
 bed yet worked turn out DO per 
 cent of sulphur. The crude ma- 
 terial is quarried out similar to 
 the way rock is. It is then loaded 
 into a car which is ilrawn by a 
 mule to the smelter, about 800 
 yards distant. There it is put 
 into steam retorts which hold 
 about two and a half tons each. 
 About fiO pounds of steam is then 
 applied for two hours. This is 
 sutticient to melt the sulphur, 
 which is drawn (dT into vats and 
 allowed to cool. Wlim liaiditis 
 taken out, allout'tl to dry. and it 
 is taken to the mills. There it is 
 put through a stone similar to a 
 
 flour mill stone and is ground 
 into pieces about the size of ker- 
 nels of wheat. It is then passed 
 through another stone that 
 grinds it as tine a.s tiour, and 
 sacked ready for shipment. On 
 an average from eight to ten tons 
 is thus turned out each day, but 
 the company is prepared to put 
 up considerable more if the mar- 
 ket demands it. — Salt Lake Enter- 
 prise. 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
 
 OFFICERS of the Ogden Cham- 
 ber of Commerce for the en- 
 suing year: 
 •TiDdK P. 11. E.MEUS0.V. Presidnit. 
 H. S. YoLWO. /V/vs7 Vice-President. 
 L. B. Adxhs, Second Vice-President. 
 .1. II. Knauss, Secret I try. 
 0. E. \\i\A., Treasurer. 
 
 directors: 
 
 .I.\MES Mack, Mill Owner. 
 
 II. L. Griffin, Whole.saIe Pro- 
 duce. 
 
 H. S. YorNii, Banker. 
 
 P. II. Emer.son, Lawyer. 
 
 J. C. Armstrong, Banker. 
 
 L. Vi. AoAMs, Banker. 
 
 S. M. pREsiiAw, ('(Uitractor and 
 Builder. 
 
 David Kay, Wiiolesale Produce. 
 
 Sidney Steven.s, Agricultural Im- 
 plement Dealer. 
 
 J. Brinker. K. W. (ieneral Agent. 
 
 II. M. Bond, Groceries and Pro- 
 duce. 
 
 John Watson, General Merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 V. AI. C. SiLVA. Hides and Wool. 
 
 On the evening of the 29th of 
 December, a vigorous thunder 
 storm rattled over the valley as 
 the result of the warm day that 
 had preceded it. How does that 
 strike you folks back East with 
 your 20 below climate for Christ- 
 mas week? 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 41 
 
 DOES CAPITAL ALWAYS 
 WIN? 
 
 /<_ HIS is a question which has 
 v5/ been often answered affirm- 
 atively: indeed, we should say 
 that capital is commonly believed 
 to be the principal lever to suc- 
 cess. While we do not for a mo- 
 ment wish to place a low esti- 
 mate upon the value of ample 
 capital, we do think that in 
 many cases it is greatly over-es- 
 timated. How man J" people there 
 are in the world who are always 
 saying that if they had but so 
 much money they could make a 
 fortune or could work wonders. 
 These people never dream of try- 
 ing to accomplish their task by 
 steady and persistent work, but 
 sit down and wait until some 
 good and generous spirit comes 
 round and hands them the money. 
 It is needless to say that as a rule 
 they wait a long time, and of- 
 tener than not wait entirely in 
 vain for the generous spirit. If 
 these projectors of wealth would 
 be practical and endeavor to put 
 some of their theories into prac- 
 tice, much better results on the 
 average would be secured. The 
 man who sits and waits will never 
 succeed. 
 
 But is capital so necessary to a 
 young business man as is usually 
 supposed? If it were possible to 
 collect the statistics of all mer- 
 chants who commence business, 
 with the capital of each, and the 
 ultimate result of all, we verily 
 believe that the majority of the 
 most successful would be found 
 to have commenced with a com- 
 paratively small sum. If we in- 
 vestigate the history of most of 
 the successful merchants of to- 
 day, it will be found that they 
 commenced business with little 
 or no capital. 
 
 Why, it may be asked, is it that 
 we do not have so much faith in 
 one who comnaences with a large 
 capital? We have faith in them, 
 providing all other things are 
 equal, but as a rule, they are not 
 e(iual. In the first place there is 
 a temptation, which is very sel- 
 dom resisted, to rely to much on 
 the capital and too little on the 
 energy. The man who has capi- 
 tal often lacks the merits which 
 those who are not so "lucky" pos- 
 sess. We do not deny that in the 
 hands of competent men capital 
 has large power, and is capable 
 of being used with force against 
 those who have none. At the 
 same time we think that, men 
 should not place too high a value 
 upon it, thus standing in their 
 own light. If a man has some 
 capital, a good character, com- 
 bined with industry and good 
 judgment, we think that lack of 
 sufficient capital should never 
 stop him from trying to accom- 
 plish his ends. If he does try, 
 nine times out of ten he will 
 prove successful. We therefore 
 say, do not be discouraged simply 
 because you have not capital suf- 
 ficient to make business easy, but 
 try and work hard to overcome 
 the difficultj'. 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 Nothing is said in this work 
 about the many difJerent business 
 enterprises which our citizens en- 
 gage in. By reference to the 
 advertising pages any one who is 
 at all interested can find o\it what 
 kind of business the enterprising 
 business men of Ogden follow. 
 Long-winded business puffs are 
 not necessary in this instance, 
 because on the advertising pages 
 better and more eloquent arti- 
 cles can be found than could pos- 
 sibly be written in any other 
 way. 
 
 ZTlIE people who receive a copy 
 vS' of this work are reciuested to 
 read it carefully and ponder 
 over it. It has been prepared at 
 great expense and was not des- 
 tined for the waste basket. Most 
 every one who is so fortunate as 
 to obtain a copy will appreciate it, 
 but for fear that some one who is 
 not interested in the beauties of 
 nature may get hold of a copy of 
 this work, it has occurred to us 
 that such a note as this is proper. 
 If you are not at all interested in 
 the work hand it to the next 
 person you happen to meet and 
 the chances are ten to one that 
 he or she will accept it with 
 pleasure,and thank you very much 
 for the present. 
 
 m I fc 
 
 BONANZA MINES. 
 
 T is upon true fissure veins that 
 the great mines of the world 
 have been located. Names and 
 production as follows: 
 
 Bissenna Silver Mine $ 115,311,000 
 
 Santa Anna " " 21,347,000 
 
 Valanta *' " 31,813,000 
 
 Parraillian " " 70,0(X),000 
 
 Veta Madre " " 335,'.i45,000 
 
 Comstoek " " 410.000,000 
 
 Rio Grande " " 650,000,000 
 
 Sierra Madre " " 800,000,000 
 
 Potosi •' "^ 1,(XX),000.000 
 
 (iOLD AND SILVER. 
 
 Th* world's annual production 
 
 of which the I'uited States 
 
 produces fully one-half, is at 
 
 present 1200,000,000 
 
 During the last twenty-live years 
 
 India ha^t taken an average of 
 
 $38,000,000, and China *<t.OW.- 
 
 (KXt.niakiiig the average yearly 
 
 absorption of silver by these 
 
 nations 47,000,000 
 
 In he arts the United Statea is 
 
 using in gold and silver |15,- 
 
 OOO.aX) yearly, and the rest of 
 
 the world fully !i!3.j,0(M1,000 
 
 more.making in all per annum 50,000,('00 
 Counting loss and abrasion 3,(KK>,000 
 
 We have left for the purposes 
 of coinage for the entire 
 world only 1100.000,000 
 
42 
 
 THE intp:r-mountain merchant. 
 
 FLOUR. 
 
 IN no class of iinlustry. ]M'rli;iiis 
 havt' iiiipnivi'iia'iits bct'ii more 
 
 rapid ami startling than in that 
 of man u fact u ring Honr. New 
 luaihiiiery is constantly being 
 made, and the raau who will se- 
 cure the most extensive patron- 
 age mnst Ite in possession of the 
 most n'cent machinery fnr con- 
 verting grain and Hour. 
 
 The yield of wheat in the vi- 
 cinity of Ogden every year is 
 large. The snpply is ample, and 
 in addition to the large qnantity 
 consumed locally, luindieds of 
 car loads are dispatched to all 
 points East, West, North and 
 South, every year. Indeed to 
 such large proportions has the 
 Houring linsine.ss in ()g<len grown, 
 the city has very aptly been 
 termed "the Minneapolis of the 
 West." 
 
 At present, Ogden has two of 
 the finest Hour mills in the West- 
 ern country. These are fitteil 
 with the very best machinery, 
 and they turn out an enormous 
 (luantity of bread stuff every 
 year. 
 
 The.se mills are the Eagle Mills, 
 the Pha^nix Mills, and the Ad- 
 vance Mills. The former are 
 operated by steam power and the 
 latter two by water power. 
 
 The market for Ogden Hour, as 
 .stated above, is found in all the 
 States and Territories. Through 
 the energy and enterprise of the 
 gentlemen who contnd the local 
 Houaing industry, the market is 
 constantly being extended, and 
 the mills are kept running almost 
 day and night. 
 
 Another demand for Hour will 
 be created when the proposed 
 cracker factory is established. It 
 will be much better for Ogden 
 people to be able to eat crackei's 
 
 nuide at home from grain grown 
 and groimd (dose to their floors, 
 instead of having to patnujize 
 outside manufacturers whose 
 goods are made from Hour jiro- 
 duced elsewhere. 
 
 The Hour mills of Ogden are l>en- 
 eficial institutions. They are well 
 jtatronized and the patronage is 
 encouraging for the present sea- 
 son, and the millers are happy. 
 A few other establishments of an 
 industiial nature; as well 
 e(iuii)ped and as energetically 
 managed is what Ogden needs 
 and is what Ogdi-ti will get too.- - 
 Oqilni lli'iuilil. 
 
 THE RAILROAD AN EDU- 
 CATOR. 
 
 p\H01'. ll()(i(i, of Fort Worth. 
 Q.y furnished some good matter 
 fnr reHection as one sits by a 
 (dieerful (ire on an otherwise dis- 
 nuil wintry day, su(di as the days 
 that have passed and those we ex- 
 pect to meet in the future. His 
 little pamphlet on "The Uailroad 
 as a .Means of Kdiu'ation" ought to 
 act as a sure cure for pessimism, 
 for it conclusively demonstrates 
 that we live in the best age of 
 the world, and are preparing a 
 better age for our successors to 
 live in. 
 
 As one looks upon the first 
 snow of the season the mind goes 
 through all that it knows of the 
 horrors of travel in cold lands; 
 the travtder lost in the snows of 
 the Alps, and perhaps rescued by 
 those wonderful dog.s of the Hos- 
 pice of St. IJeruard, which played 
 so great a part in our youthful 
 visions of adventure. By the 
 ha])py ag(Micy of railroads the 
 frozen traveler and the wondei-- 
 ful dogs are remote as those of 
 the iron-armored knights who 
 went in quest of dragons that de- 
 voured Christian maids. 
 
 A cushioned railway carriage, 
 well warmed and cosy enough to 
 sleep in, takes the traveler un- 
 der the Alps by way of the 
 .Mount ('enis or St. (Jotlianl Tun- 
 nel, in less time than it takes to 
 go from one part of the new cor- 
 porate limits of Omaha to tl»e 
 other, and with intinitely more 
 comfort. The .<;2."».(KM).(MI() cx- 
 pemled in the construction of 
 the.se tunnels gave the Italian 
 and Swi.ss peasants twenty years 
 of experience of the blessing of 
 good wages. In our own country 
 a journey underm'ath the Appal- 
 achian Kange is accomplished as 
 quickly and as pleasantly as a 
 "run down town." It is no long- 
 er true that. 
 
 'MouDtainx iiiterpoAen 
 Make enemips of nations, wliic li had else 
 Like kluilred drops been miiiKled into one. 
 
 The interchange of commodi- 
 ties and thoughts ii now easy be- 
 tween all civilized people. 
 
 And not only have the railway 
 projectors annihilate<l distaiu'e, 
 they have reduced risk to what 
 would have seemed an impo.ssi- 
 ble minimun fifty years ago. Be- 
 tween May Ifland November 10, 
 is?."), a certain line of railway 
 carried 4,*.(5.").712 passengers 
 without injury to one of them; 
 the same line carried I7,<IC)4.'.I."(4 
 tons of freight and ls.;i(l;J.;Ui(; 
 passengei"s in one year without a 
 loss of life or proiierty. For in- 
 stance, ten thousand miles of 
 railways center in Chii-ago, seven 
 hundred trains enter and leave 
 its depots every day, and with 
 rarely a serious accident. The 
 same can. in effect, be said of 
 Ogden. Nor have they only 
 maile travel swift and sure, they 
 have made it cheap. Seventeen 
 liaiicis of tiour can lie carried 
 from Chicago to New York at 
 the rate of one cent per mile. In 
 less than thirty hours one can 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 43 
 
 pass from the great city of the 
 West to the great city of the 
 East, warm and dry, no matter 
 how wet and cold it may be with- 
 out. Those fruits of the tropics 
 which were almost as inaccess- 
 ible to the boy of fifty years ago 
 as the jewels of Golconda, are 
 now sold for a cent at every 
 street corner. The manufacture 
 of domestic products has been so 
 stimulated by facilities of trans- 
 portation that the man of very 
 moderate means, even the ordi- 
 nary wage-worker, now furnish- 
 es his house more tastefully and 
 clothes himself more comforta- 
 bly than many a German baron 
 did a century ago. And the ap- 
 plication of steam to the process 
 of printing and the telegraph to 
 the collection of news, has placed 
 those greatest of luxuries, the 
 book and the newspaper, in the 
 rank of the most cheaply pur- 
 chased necessaries. 
 
 Nor shall those successful 
 railway managers who have ac- 
 cumulated such wealth as would 
 have seemed fabulous to our 
 fathers be condemned unheard. 
 Not only have they done good to 
 all of us by cheapening the pleas- 
 ures and needs of life while gath- 
 ering riches for themselves, but 
 they have, for the most part, 
 used their riches more benefi- 
 ciently than is generally 
 credited to them. Colonel 
 Tom Scott died worth |2(),000,()00, 
 and bequeathed $200,000 to col- 
 leges and hospitals at his death, 
 besides giving largely during his 
 life. The late William H. Vauder- 
 bilt,albeit he was often spoken of 
 as '"the public be damned Van- 
 derbilt," gave not less than $i)2o,- 
 000 to education and charitable 
 purposes. The gifts of the first 
 and second Vauderbilts aggre- 
 gated $1,525,000. Now the Van- 
 
 derbilt property has never been 
 estimated at more than $150,000,- 
 000, so that their gifts are in the 
 ratio of one per cent to capital. 
 Does he who is worth $10,000 gen- 
 erally leave $100 by devise to 
 public charities or colleges? Or 
 does he who is worth $100,000 
 generally leave $1,000? Do not 
 these figures show, at the least, 
 as much of charitable impulse in 
 a millionaire as in the man of 
 moderate wealth? And it must 
 be borne in mind that the 
 younger Vanderlnlts have added 
 largely to the good deeds of their 
 sires. 
 
 And the late Colonel John W. 
 Garrett left $1,000,000 in six per 
 cent bonds for the use of the Bal- 
 timore Association for the relief 
 of the poor. This was probably 
 at the rate of 2i per cent of the 
 value of his estate. The gifts of 
 John Hopkins and Leland Stan- 
 ford were in still higher propor- 
 tion to the true value of their 
 properties. So that it is certain 
 that the growth of wealth has not 
 crushed out the spirit of active 
 benevolence. Men can enjoy the 
 increased comforts of life" un- 
 troubled by a just suspicion that 
 the era of brotherly feeling has 
 been supplanted by one of greed. 
 The world of to-day is, morally as 
 well as materially, better than 
 that of yesterday. And the world 
 of to-morrow will be vastly bet- 
 ter than that of to-day,if the intel- 
 ligent people of to-day will exert 
 themselves and do as much to- 
 ward making it so as the too of- 
 ten and too harshly judged rail- 
 way kings have been doing. 
 
 A BURSTING BOOM, 
 
 /C^HE Descrct News says that the 
 V-^ Los Angeles boom, like many 
 others, has its drawbacks. 
 Eecently the celebrated climate, 
 which has been selling at about 
 a thousand dollars a foot front, 
 suddenly became a little erratic 
 in its conduct, and the result was 
 that quite a section of the town 
 was blown over by the spicy 
 breezes of that favored clime. 
 Whether or not this has had any 
 effect on investments there, cer- 
 tain it is that the Evening Express 
 of that place published a list of 
 delinquent taxes, principally un- 
 der the head of "Unknown Own- 
 ers," which filled forty-four long 
 columns of finely-printed matter. 
 The said "unknown owners" are 
 notified in an editorial note that 
 unless the amounts due are paid 
 immediately the lots will be sold 
 for taxes. — Ogden Standard. 
 
 The Salt Lake Valley and East- 
 ern, is the name of a new railroad 
 which it is purposed shall be 
 built in the near future, already 
 a survey of the Western portion 
 of the road has been made, and 
 it is learned from reliable sources 
 that it is the intention to com- 
 mence work early May next. 
 This new road will extend from 
 this city to some point on the 
 Missouri Eiver where it will con- 
 nect with a leading eastern road 
 and form one of its many West- 
 ern connections. 
 
 It is possible that a few errors 
 may have crept into this work, 
 regardless of the fact that the 
 utmost care has been taken from 
 the first to guard against them. 
 
 The Secretary of the Chamber 
 of Commerce, will be pleased to 
 answer all letters of iui^uiry, that 
 may be sent him by parties desir- 
 ing to obtain particular and 
 reliable information in regard to 
 the great and growing Territory 
 of Utah. 
 
44 
 
 THK INTKK MOrXTAlX MERCHANT. 
 
 ^■^' 
 
 
 (,. (,. (.Riiiini. 
 Fruit Grower and Ice Packer. 
 
 All kiiiJi. of Clioice Iruil in Sea>un. Choice 
 Mountain Ice a Specialty. 
 
 OODEN, UTAH. 
 
 c. K. i'i:ri:KS()N, 
 BL^c k: s ns/t I T HI. 
 
 1 ir^t t- la»» Horsclioing a Specialty. 
 < orner Third ami Main Streets, OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 DR. J. L. HKTZLKK. 
 POPULAR DENTIST. 
 
 All Opcralion-. in llic V.iriom lir.inctics of 
 
 I)cnli'>trv IVrfornicil in the Most 
 
 Skillful Manner. 
 
 All Woik Warranlcil. 
 
 (iKUCK, loi'RTH Stkki-:t, • 0<;DEN >T\II 
 
 J. R. BROWN, 
 VJhnlEsalE PrnducB DealEr 
 
 AND Ctl.M.MISSItl.N MKKCIIA.NT, 
 
 Dealer in all kiniU of Farm I'roducis. Butter, 
 Eggs aiul Poultry a Specialty. 
 
 1'. I). Box 683. OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 CHAPMAN HOU.se. 
 
 (Onr Bl"ck from Union DciKrI ) 
 
 liniiSTRKi.n-. • - OGUEN, I'TAII. 
 W. M. tHAI'MAN. Propricii r 
 Kincl $1.50 to 52.00 a Day Ilou^c in uk i iiy. 
 Street Cars Pass Every Eifleen Minutes. Carri- 
 ages 10 and from all Trains. 
 
 w. I. iu's\vi:li.. 
 
 Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. 
 
 REPAIRING A SPECIAETV. 
 Fourth Street, op|X)5ile /.. C. M. 1., 0.;i)f.n, Utah. 
 
 H. B. FORBES, 
 
 Dealer ill all kii)il» nf 
 
 RICHARD Wli.LlAMS. 
 Plumber and Gas Fitter. 
 
 Water and Gas Introduced into Buildings. 
 Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
 
 Main St., between Third & Fourth, Ouden, Utah. 
 
 I. THOMPSON, 
 Hardware, Tin and Copperware. 
 
 A^;«iil f'T the Cclclinitcd ( r^trlatitl Sti'vo .uid R;tnj;c%, the 
 
 World'* Bc»t, and don't you forget ii, for that ts what 
 
 Ihcy uld at the Great Fair at New Urlcani. 
 
 OGDEN, ... - UTAH. 
 
 Tiisr sh:o:p. 
 
 Fot RTH StREKT, IIETWF.EN Voi'NG AND MAIN. 
 
 Everything in the line. .\1I Work 
 Cfuaranteed. 
 
 C. n. HAVES, Proprietor. 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. 
 
 JAMES lUERSON. 
 
 I^BBl Estate. v^: Loan i^gent 
 
 114 Main .Street, Ui;i)fc;N, LI AH. 
 
 I have for sale a large number of desirable 
 proiKrties of all descriptions. Business property 
 from Sz.ooo to tjo.ooo. Kesidenccf from S500 
 
 10 $7,000. 
 
 MONEV TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. 
 
 Ti> I 'fii«ting Money lo be 
 
 Ukinr. interest, 
 
 Rci- \ . ,„k. 
 
 KiiVAL UANIbH CUNat'L FOR UTAH. 
 
 McBETH & GOODALE. 
 
 Cxperie&ced Flmbers, hi and Stem Pipe FitUn. 
 
 Satisfaction (iuarantecd. Difiicult JoIm I'nder- 
 taken and Completed on Short Notice. 
 
 Main St., bet. Third & Fourth, Ocden City, Utah. 
 
 (U-:o. R. nor(;i,A.s.s, 
 
 GENERAL BLACKSMITH, 
 
 |-UlabU»hed 1855, Hor»e*hotn;; a Sl>et.ialty. All kinds 
 
 iif Iron Kencini: and < • order. General 
 
 Jobbing. Carn.. . rid Wagons 
 
 rep., 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 S. J. BURT & BROS., 
 
 Dry Goods, Notions, Geuls' FornisliiDg Goods, 
 
 Ladies' and Misses' Wraps, Fine .Shoes, the 
 
 lar|;est and best selected stock in the City. 
 
 Special attention paid to Mail Orders. 
 
 OGDE.V, UTAH. 
 
 The (illK.AT l>AII,Y OK THE LVTER- 
 
 MoiNTAiN Region. 
 
 I..\II<.I-:K ClKfl'I.ATItIN I>A1I.\ IIIVN VIX 
 
 UTMGR nAII.lK.>< IN I'T.VB TEltKITtlKY 
 
 COMIIINKII. 
 
 EMPIRE MEAT MARKET. 
 
 Leading Wholesale anij Detail Meat Marie! of OgiieQ Citf. 
 
 KRtSH n hjnd. All 
 
 kinds i»f S.«» 'id I'miltry in 
 
 kca«on. H^. 'nd I'oidliy, 
 
 Prompt atlciitiwit I'ai.i Ut .,i»Kri. l>> iij.iil IVison* wishing 
 tn nccurc t>ari;.tin5 in mcat<k will ftnd it to their adv.in(at£e to 
 call at the Kmpirc Market l>cforc puri:ha<kinc elMrwhere, u 
 I will not be undenold. Fifth ftlreet, kouih of Hruom Hotel, 
 Ogden, Utah. P. GRILL. Proprietor. 
 
 flew ^toVe^, TinWai^e, 
 
 NOTIONS, 
 AND SECOND-HAND (lOODS. 
 
 Fifth Street, between Main .ind VounR, 
 
 OGDEN, - - - UT.VH. 
 
 .i>l 1 clegraphic Service. Fullest .Market Keiwrts. 
 
 Pungent I'.ditorials on all Interesting 
 
 Topics of the Day. 
 
 Daily, by Mail, jiostage paid, $1.00 per month. 
 
 Weekly, three months,; 1.00 ; six months, Sl. 7 5 ; 
 one year, 5300. 
 
 Tb.- mf^-lianlcal wnrlt on thi« Book warn ilune in ThK 
 
 I , • >' -■■ ^ '• 1 ' ' ' ■ ' 1 
 
 lllr i llliiMl,; .11 ,'....iii..iMv I.,!-". *....,,.. 1- 
 
 and prunpt attention given. 
 
 THK (>(JI)H\ K\1TTI.\« HWCTORY. 
 
 LUKE & KLETTING. 
 Fourth .Street, - - OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 45 
 
 J. C. ARMSTRONG, Prest. 
 HENRY CONANT, Vice Prest. 
 
 O. E. HILL, Cashier. 
 
 W. V. IIELFRICH, Asst. Cash. 
 
 THIE! 
 
 Gomraei'cial Mational Banl^ 
 
 OF OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Paid in Capital, $150,000. Surplus and Undivided 
 Profits, $40,000. 
 
 This Bank has the Largest Capital of any Bank in the City. 
 Unsurpassed facilities for Making Collections throughout the 
 Northwest. Correspondence invited. 
 
 
 DIRECTORS: 
 
 
 J. C. Armstrong, 
 
 ^L Buchmiller, 
 
 O. E. Hill, 
 
 Henry Conant, 
 
 Adam Patterson, 
 David Eccles. 
 
 John S. Lewis. 
 
 ^irst national I^anl^, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH, 
 
 In the Z. C. U. I. Building. 
 
 Paid in Capital, $100,000. Surplus Capital, $20,000. 
 
 DIRECTORS : 
 
 H. S. Eldredge, President, F. Little, 
 D. H. Peery, Vice President, L. S. Hills, 
 John Sharp, Jas. Sharp, 
 
 D. Eccles, 
 
 R. J. Taylor, 
 
 H. S. Young, Cashier. 
 
 BUYS AND SELLS EXCHANGE 
 
 — ON — 
 
 New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Omaha, London, and 
 Principal Continental Cities. 
 
 MAKES COLLECTIONS, REMITTING PROCEEDS PROMPTLY. 
 
 Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. 
 
 J. E. DOOLY, Prest. W. N. SHILLING, Vice Prest. 
 
 L. li. ADAMS, Cashier. 
 
 UTAH NATIONAL BANK, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 TJ. S- IDEI=OSITOK/"Y". 
 
 CAPITAL, $100,000. SURPLUS AND UNDI- 
 VIDED PROFITS, $75,000. 
 
 Transact a General Banking Business. Foreign 
 E.xchange on all the Principal Cities in Europe. 
 
 FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE IN THE BANK. 
 
 J. S. LEWIS & CO., 
 
 DEALERS IN- 
 
 DIAMONDS AND FINE JEWELRY 
 
 Elgin, Waltha.m and Howard 
 
 ■W.^WOMMe. 
 
 MAIN STREET, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
46 
 
 THE INTER MOUNTAIN MERrilANT. 
 
 aOYI^KI ^ GO 
 
 mm 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 
 
 KURNITURB AN]3 CaRPETS. 
 
 We also make a S])ecialty of Children's Carriages. We receive them in car loails antl hantlle more 
 than any other house in tlie West. 
 
 We carry Window Shades and Fi.xtures, Cornice Poles, Turcoman, Madrass and Lace Curtains, 
 Feathers and Pillows, Mattresses, Comforters, and a complete line of first-class Household Gootls. 
 
 We make a specialty of shipping, and control the trade of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, 
 besides a large part of Nevada. 
 
 We have first-class Carpet Makers and Upholsterers, and are prepared to do first-class work. 
 
 SKNI) FOU OIK XKW ILIJ'STUATED CATALOGUE. 
 
 Our Prices are always at the bottom, antl honorable treatment guaranteed. 
 
 ZIOFS CO-OPEMTITE MERCAITILE IfflTUTIOI, 
 
 IMiriRTERS .\.ND WHOLES.\I,li AND RliT.MI, DEALERS IN 
 
 Generat. Merchandise. 
 
 CLOTTITNCt, 
 
 DKY (ioons, 
 
 NOTIONS, 
 
 GROCERIES, TARLE AND POCKKT (MTLERV, 
 
 HARDWARE, STOVES, QUEENSWARE, 
 
 FARMING 'I'OOLS, (ILASSWARE, 
 
 ROOTS AND SHOES, 
 
 PALNTS AND OILS, 
 
 WALL I'APFIJ. (Ah'PKTS. 
 
 Call and examine our Stock, or write for Price List. 
 
 JOHN WATSON, Manager. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 47 
 
 MERCHANT TAILOR, 
 
 Up Stairs, Lewis Brick Building, Main Street, 
 
 P O. Box 246. 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 ♦ TXT". T7^. 
 
 ■crn^a-E. 
 
 «5> 
 
 HARDWARB. 
 
 STOVES. 
 
 TI N WAR B. 
 
 BUILDERS' HARDWARE, 
 
 Carpenters' Tools, Miners' Supplies, 
 
 Farmers' Implements, 
 
 Nails, Etc. 
 
 SOLE J^ca-EINTT IFOie, 
 
 Stoves and Ranges, 
 
 Richardson & Bovnton Hot Air 
 
 Heaters, and Grand Active 
 
 Wrought Steel Ranges. 
 
 HOUSE FURNISHINGS, 
 
 TIN PLATE, ETC. 
 
 manufacturer of 
 
 Tinware, Co iperware, Sheet Iron 
 Ware of Every Description. 
 
 144= -hKJ^XlST ST., 
 
 oa-iDE!3sr, 
 
 TJT.A-H:. 
 
 Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, 
 
 EENTS' FURNISHING EflnnS flNH FflffllLY EHnCEHIES. 
 
 AGENT FOR BUTTERICK PAPER PATTERNS. 
 
 AGENT FOR BALL HEALTH PRESERVING CORSET. 
 
 Mail Orders Receive Prompt and Careful Attention. 
 
 OC3-IDEISr, TJTJLIi. 
 
 niiii iiiii^ 
 
 Betining & Son, alid Conover Bros. Pianos, 
 
 PIANO STOOLS, MUSIC BOOKS, TABER AND NEWMAN BROS. ORGANS. 
 
 Guitars from $5.00 to $60.00; Banjos from $5.00 to $40.00; Violins from $5.00 to $100.00; Accordeons from 
 
 $1.25 to $18.00. Music Boxes, Autoharps, a General Assortment of Musical Merchandise 
 
 DOMESTIC SEWIN(i MACHINES: THE KING OF ALL! 
 
 oa-iDEnsr, tjt^h, betaateeist thiii^id j^itid eoui^th:. 
 
48 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 FRBD. J. KKISEL & CO., 
 
 FOURTH STREET. OGDEN. UTAH 
 
 J UUUUllj 
 
 Wholesale Grocers, 
 
 CIGAR, TOBACCO AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS. 
 
 CiP^NEUAL AdENTS FOT? THE 
 
 ADAMS & KHISr^L SALT COMPANY OF SYRACUSE. 
 
 WESTERN AfJENTS FOR THE 
 
 PHIL BEST BREWING COMPANY BOTTLED BEER. 
 
 CARRY A HEAVY STOCK OF WHISKIES IN KEXTFCKY. BOTH TX BOND AND FREE. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTxVIN MERCHANT. 
 
 49 
 
 W. KAY & CO., 
 
 WHOLESALE 
 
 produce, Fruit and (Ji'aiii. 
 
 SPECIALTIES : 
 
 Totatoes, Cabbai;e, Onions, Grain, Seeds, Butter, 
 
 Eggs, Cheese, Poultry, Fresh Fish and Oysters, 
 
 Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, Candies, 
 
 Crackers, Dried Fruit, and all kinds of 
 
 Domestic and Imported Fruits, Etc. 
 
 OGDEN, 
 
 UTAH. 
 
 GEO. W. HARRIS, 
 
 dontfactoi' and Builder'. 
 
 Plans and Specifications Furnished to 
 
 Order, and all WorkE.xecuted 
 
 in a Thorough Workman 
 
 Like Manner. 
 
 Office Opposite City Hall. 
 
 P. O. Box S33. 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 N. B. 
 
 N. B. 
 
 N. B. 
 
 ROLLIN P. SAXE, 
 
 Importer, E.xporter and Commission Mer- 
 chant in all kinds of 
 
 Thorougbred Live Stock. 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 T. W. JONES, 
 ^ine 'failoping 
 
 AND 
 
 MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, 
 
 Fifth Street, near Young, 
 OGDEN, - - - UTAH. 
 
 S. M. PRESHAW, 
 
 Undertaker, Funeral Director and 
 
 Embalmer. 
 
 Ogden, Utah. 
 
 E. & N. FARR, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers 
 in all kinds of 
 
 PRODUCE 
 
 WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY 
 AND POTATOES. 
 
 We make a specialty in shipping by car 
 lots to all points. 
 
 Fourth Street, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Established 1880. 
 
 SALT LAKE BEER HALL, 
 
 Fifth Street, near Broom Hotel, 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Salt Lake CityBrewing Company's 
 
 Beer, Guinness Dublin Stout 
 
 Half and Half, on draught. 
 
 Wines, I^iquoi-s and Cigars. First 
 Quality Only. 
 
 R. J. HILL, Proprietor. 
 
 The Chamberlain House, 
 
 Fifth .St., between Franklin & Wall, 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 One of the Leading Hotels of the 
 
 City. Convenient to Depot. 
 
 Rates Reasonable. 
 
 GEO. W. LASHUS, Proprietor. 
 
 Livery, Feed & Sale Stable, 
 
 Main Street, OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Leave Orders at Hotel Offices. 
 
 J. M. DEE, Proprietor. 
 
 J. G. REED, 
 
 The Leading Saddler of Ogden, 
 
 Does a General Wholesale and Retail 
 Trade in everything in the Harness 
 Line, and for a Genuine Chey- 
 enne, Texas or Veralia Stock 
 Saddle are second to none. 
 
 P. O. Box 785. 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Meruational Dnionf Mte Latior Cigar Factory 
 
 L. L DAVIDSON, 
 
 Eigar ManufanturEr, 
 
 H-VVANA CU.ARS A SPECIALTV. 
 
 I make the Chamber of Commerce, University, 
 and other famous brands of Cigars. 1 also 
 j manufacture a tine line of cheaper goods, 
 
 and can sell as cheap as Eastern 
 1 or Western Manufacturers. 
 
 i Satisfaction Guaranteed. Orders Promptly 
 
 attended to. 
 
 L. L. DAVIDSON, 
 Fifth St., between Young & Main, Ogden, Utah. 
 
50 
 
 THE TNTKK MOrXTATX MF.KrilANT. 
 
 Wholesale Fruit and Produce 
 
 Sacred Heart kj^mi 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Lemons, Figs, 
 
 Oranges, Dates, 
 
 (i rapes. Potatoes, 
 
 Apples, Sweet Potatoes. 
 
 Poaches, Cabl»age, 
 
 Cocoanuts, Onions, 
 
 Celery. Popconi, 
 
 Houcy. .lollies. 
 
 Cider, Di-ied Fruits. 
 
 Eggs, Dressed Meals. 
 
 Butter, Fish. 
 
 fJame, Etc. 
 
 OCDKN, CITY, ITAH. 
 
 Conductetl hy tlic Sisters nf the Holy Cross. 
 
 The fourse of Study is tliorough, eniltracinj,' all the 
 
 hranrhes of a Solid and Accomplished 
 
 Education. 
 
 Headquarters for Utah Fruit. Languages, r.eneral, Vocal and Drawing Lessons 
 
 Free of Charge. 
 
 ALL ORDERS FILLED WITH 
 
 ' Special Rates for two or more Members of the same 
 Th e Best in the M arket, Family attending the Academy at 
 
 I the same time. 
 
 AND AT TlIK LOWEST PHICES. 
 
 I For Terms and Full Particulars, address, "Tlie 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE soLicrrED AND PROMPTLY ANSWERED. Sisters of the Iloly Cross, Ogdcn, L tail." 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 51 
 
 F. B. HURLBUT, 
 
 Qrugs and TVl^dieines, 
 
 OILS AND VARNISHES, 
 
 Toilet Articles and Wall Paper. 
 
 BROOM HOTEL CORNER, - OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 THE CENTRAL HOTEL, 
 
 Fifth Street, between Young and Franklin, 
 
 Pleasantly Located. Convenient to Depot. The 
 Leading Family Hotel in the City. 
 
 T. C. CHAMBERLAIN, 
 
 J. S. HOUTZ, 
 
 (Successor to Sears & Liddle,) 
 
 IMPORTER AND DEALER IN 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 GEO. H. TRIBE, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
 
 DRY GOODS, CARPETS, BOOTS k SHOES 
 
 ''AINTS (Ills AND WlNfinW PlASS groceries and general merchandise. 
 
 FOURTH STREET. 
 
 General Dealer in (irain. Flour and Seeds. 
 
 WinES, Liqunrs and Cigars, 
 
 MAIN STREET. 
 
 Agent for Heath & Milltigan Go's Best 
 Prepared Paints. 
 
 MAIN STREET, 
 
 OGDEN, \TTAH. 
 
 Shipping a Specialty. Orders by >\Iail will ReceiYe 
 Prompt and Careful Attention. 
 
 G. H, TRIBE, OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
TiiK tntp:r-mountain mkrcitant. 
 
 m a.m. 
 
 WIIULKSALE AM) KKTAll, DKAI.KK AM» JciHllKU IX 
 
 9) 
 
 BooRs, Stationery and Toys. 
 
 A KILL STOCK OF- 
 
 Da}' and Suuflav Srlmol Suiiplies, toward Canls ami f'lintmos. Prize Hooks. " Mdiinon ' I'liblicatiuns, 
 
 Fancy (iooiJs, (ianics, IVriodicals, Works of Art. rictioii, Sfionci', Travfl. 
 
 Iliograpliy, etc., etc., always on hand. 
 
 ANY BOOK OR ITJflODrCAL PUBLISHK1> IN ANY PART OF THE WOHLD i'KOcrRKD ON 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 
 Dealers supidied at bed-rock prices. Send for Catalogue. 
 
 A. H. CANNON, Ogden, Utah. 
 
 THOM.VS .\SI1BY, 
 
 BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER 
 
 Keep.s a Full i-ino Con.stantly on Hand. Kvoiy 
 
 Pair Warranted Clioap as Imported. 
 
 Made by Experienced Workmen. 
 
 G. L. CORI^Y e^ SONS, 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 Boots and Shoes Made to Order on Short Notice. 
 
 Prompt attention paid to Mail Orders. Send 
 
 for Price List 1 have to nieasuro your foot. 
 
 Manufactory and Salesroom ; 
 
 STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES 
 
 I'riiits, .\iits, Candies and Xciretables. 
 
 P.O. Box 856. M.MN .STRI:ET, ogden UTAH. , FOURTH STREET, 
 
 OGUHN. UTAH. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 53 
 
 IfTT 
 
 HiDBS, Skins and Wool, 
 
 V. M. C. SILVA, Pres. and Treas. 
 J. E. HUDSON, V. Pres. 
 
 warehouses: 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 POCATELLO, IDAHO. 
 
 MARKS, GOLDSMITH & CO., 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Clothiers. 
 
 Always Offer Special Inducements in the Way 
 of Low Prices. 
 
 MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING, 
 
 Suitable for the Seasons always on hand in Endless 
 
 Variety. Our Stock of Furnishing Goods is 
 
 Large and Complete. Blankets and 
 
 Quilts, Rubber Boots and Shoes, 
 
 Trunks and Valises at 
 
 Reduced Prices. 
 
 Cash Purchasers will find it to their interest to 
 examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. 
 
 niTT 
 
 E EAGLE R 
 
 ER MILLS, 
 
 MAIN STREET, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 BEAR THIS FACT IN MIND, 
 
 That we are turning out some of the Choicest 
 Brands of Roller Flower ever made in the West. 
 Utah Wheat, when properly handled, makes finest 
 grade of Flour that it is possible to produce. This 
 Mill is filled with the best and latest improved 
 machinery, and is in charge of a Scientific Miller. 
 
 Correspondence solicited. All kinds of Mill 
 Products always on hand. 
 
 GEO. A. LOWE, Lessee, 
 
 OctDen, Utah. 
 
 Melson's Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, 
 
 HALF BLOCK SOUTH OF BROOM HOTEL. 
 
 CARRIAGES FURNISHED AT ALL HOURS DAY AND NIGHT. 
 
 C. A. NELSON & CO., Proprietors. 
 
54 
 
 THE INTKI^ MOT^XTATX MFRPR \\T. 
 
 7L(\i i.TAJi l\Rj.)Jji I'l; & GDAlAIiSSIOX GO 
 
 A. ROGBKS, JK., Manager. 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 
 
 Fruits, Produce, E(i;o;s, liuttcr, Oysters, Etc. 
 
 ralifoniia Fruits aii«l Vogetables, Venlelli, Messina and California Lemons. Utah Ranch Kgg.s, 
 
 rtiili Fruits anil \'egetal>Ips, Cape Cod Cranberries, Sweet Potatoes, 
 
 .lainaica. Floiida an<l <'alifornia Oranges. Michigan Apple Cider, Grain, Seeds, Etc. 
 
 
 JOKBKK IN 
 
 Lumber! 
 
 LUMBKR ! 
 
 IMPORTED k DOMESTIC CIGARS 
 
 A M > M A Xl'FACTUKKR'S AGENT. 
 
 invites tlic Public to call ami see the Largest 
 and Best Assorted Stock of 
 
 LUMBER 
 
 Ever carried in this Market, and is prepared to fdl (II bills ■! the 
 Lowest Market Price. 
 
 Branch Offices: 
 
 Cincinnati, 0., s;{ Race Street. 
 
 San Francisco, Cal., 1 1'.i Pine Street. 
 
 I liave also a large stock of Redwood, Native Shingles, Ijth, Pickets, 
 Ced.ir Posts, Doors, S.-ish. Ulinds, Moulilinf!<i, (llass and Mixed Paints, 
 Builders Hardware, Building l'a|>er, ami all kinds of Buildinf; Material. 
 
 Call and get prices before buying clscwlii-rc. Orders by Mail solicited. 
 Don't fail to write for prices. I am also prepared to supply Wholesale 
 Dealer, with all kinds of Dimension Lumber, Kloonng, Rustic and Mould- 
 ing from my mill at North Powder, Oregon. 
 
 OlJhEHS SOidClTED 
 
 Froin along the Union Pacific, Utah and Northern, and Oregon 
 Short Line Railways. 
 
 ('orrespondcnco s<»licited. Strict attniition paid DON'T FORGET THE PLACE! 
 
 to Mail orders the same dav received, Corner Fourth and Fmnklin Streets, - OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 55 
 
 H. C. TAVEY. 
 
 REESE HOWEl.L. 
 
 TAVEY \ pWELL, 
 
 Main Street, Opposite Post Office, OGDEN, UTAH, 
 
 DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 
 
 Dry Goods, 
 
 EENTS' FURNISHING EOnnS, 
 
 HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES AND GROCERIES. 
 
 CONSOLIDATBD 
 
 IMPLEMENT COMPANY 
 
 SUCCESSORS TO 
 
 SNOW, HOLBROOK & CO., Salt Lake. 
 NAYLOR & PIKE, Salt Lake. 
 
 BURTON, HERRICK & WHITE, Ogden, 
 SOUTHERN FORWARDING CO., Milford. 
 
 SOLE AGENTS FOR 
 
 The World ReiowBefl "Cooper" aflfl "RnshM" Wapns, 
 
 CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND BUCKBOARDS. 
 
 Mccormick 
 
 Steel Mowers, Reapers and Binders. 
 
 Canton, Clipper and J. I. Case Steel and Chilled 
 
 Plows, Tricycles, Sulkies, Harrows, Cultivators, 
 
 Etc., Garden Tools, Seed Drills, Fanning 
 
 Mills, Barbed Wire, Stoves, and 
 
 Wagon Matei'ial. 
 
 PLACES OF BUSINESS: 
 
 Our Motto is " Good Goods and Low Prices." Careful 
 attention given to Orders by Mail. Remember the Place, 
 Ol^osite Post Office. 
 
 Milford. 
 
 Agents for the Celebrated Carfirs Bazar Paper Patterns for 3alt Lake Cit\' Ocden Lopail 
 
 Ladies' and Children's Wear. These Patterns are twenty 
 per cent. Cheaper than any other Reliable 
 Patterns in the Market. Send for Fiee 
 
 Catalogue of Patterns. ERASTUS SNOW, President, 
 
 BARNARD WHITE, Vice President, 
 
 FRANK R. SNOW, Sec'y and Treas. 
 
 DIRECTORS: 
 Moses Thatcher, Wm. B. Preston, 
 
 L. Holbrook, Wm. W. Burton. 
 
56 
 
 Till-: I NTKH MOUNTAIN MKRriTANT. 
 
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 ) 
 
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 1^1-/ Wo -^> 
 
 PEERY & MACK, Proprietors, 
 
 IV|anufactui^ei^^ of the Finest (jr^ade^ of \q\W Flour. 
 
 FINE FLOUR, 
 CO UN MEAL, 
 
 GRAHAM. 
 OAT MEAL. 
 
 BRAN. 
 
 SHORTS. 
 
 GRAIN. 
 
 FEED. 
 
 Corrpspondence Solicited ami Satisfaction Gnarantped. 
 
 IL/dl^IZSr STI^EET, 
 
 OC3-IDElsr CIT^T, TJTJ^H. 
 
 Ogden Academy. 
 
 kGDEN ACADHMV. urulcr the New Wkst 
 »_, Educvhon CdMmission, supplies the people of 
 W Ogtlen and snrroiindini^ towns an academy 
 worthy of the name. Officered at present by four 
 teachers, Prof. W. H. Kin^j being principal, careful 
 work can l)c done in all departments. Ogden 
 Academy building is a two-story structure of seven 
 rooms, it overlooks from its location on the bench 
 the rest of the city. .Soon a boarding house will be 
 <ipcned in connection with the school. 
 
 The well known reputation of the "New West" 
 for good schools justifies the statement that first- 
 class instruction will at all times be given at this 
 institution. 
 
 For fiirther information write to the principal. 
 
 The Largest in the TEPritnry, 
 
 AikI Heautifiiily Lncatcul. witliin a twenty minutp.s 
 
 walk of the Hnsiiios.s Fai-f of the City, are now 
 
 in Kuil Hcariii",'. jinHlucin;: all the 
 
 Choicest \ arieties of 
 
 i'^\jm SN® !3i^,f(iii'i^,g 
 
 THE CLIMATE WILL I'HODrCE. 
 
 CAHOON Si, ROBINSON, Proprietors. 
 
 OO-IDEIsr, "UTJ^U. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 57 
 
 P, H. EMERSON, 
 
 ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 
 
 Office over Utah National Bank, Corner Fourth 
 and Main. P. O. Box S02. 
 
 L. R. RO&ERS, 
 
 ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Office, Guthrie Block, Fourth Street, between Main 
 and Young. 
 
 JAMES N. KIMUALL. VV. R. WHITE. 
 
 KIMBALL & WHITE, 
 
 ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 
 
 Fourth Street, 
 
 OGDEN, - - - UTAH. 
 
 C. C. RICHARDS & HENRY H. ROLAPP, 
 
 ATTORN E YS- AT-L A W, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Office at County Court House. 
 
 RANSFORD SMITH. 
 
 H. W. SMITH. 
 
 SMITH & SMITH, 
 
 LAWYERS, 
 
 OGDEN, - - UTAH. 
 
 Office, Up Stairs in Commercial Natiou.-il Bank 
 Block, South Side Fourth Street. 
 
 A, R. HEYWOOD, 
 
 ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW HIGH ARM, LIGHT RUNNING 
 
 eiMOMM. 
 
 It has no equal for range of work, perfection of stitch and durability. Machines sold on easy terms- 
 Liberal discount for cash. Consult your own interest and buy only the new high arm Singer, it will last 
 you longer and give you better work than any other Machine on earth. 
 
 Office, Dooly Block, Fourth Street, OGDEN, UTAH. C. L. LEAVITT, Agent. 
 
 ALFRED H. NELSONJ SIDNEY STEVENS, 
 
 Cawj/er, 
 
 OO-IDEl^, TJTJLHI. 
 
 I(eal E^bf!8 Il^atter and pi^okte Bu^ine^^ a ^pBcialti). 
 
 I have a comijlete set of Abstracts of Title to 
 all Lands in Weber County, which have been com- 
 piled at great labor and expense and are guaran- 
 teed to be accurate. There are many bad titles. 
 Before you buy land, or take a mortgage, procure 
 an abstract and avoid all danger of loss. 
 
 Sole Agent for Utah, Idaho, South Montana, East 
 Nevada and West Wyoming for the leading 
 Machinery, Vehicles and Implements of the age, 
 consisting in part of the Deering all steel Binders, 
 Reapers and Mowers, Stickle and Haines Headers. 
 Gaar, Scott & Co. Engines, Threshers and Saw 
 Mills. Hoosier Drill Co. Drills and Seeders. . 
 Wilcox Steel Frame Steel tooth Harrows, Eagle 
 Steel Wheel hay rakes. Victor Steel lined hay 
 presses. Rock Island Sulky Gang and walking 
 Plows. Acme hay Gatherers and Rickers. The 
 leading and most reliable Buggies, Carriages, Phae- 
 tons, Sulkies, Carts, Farm and Spring Wagons. 
 Barb Wire, Iron Roofing, etc. etc. 
 
 Send and get my price list and save money. 
 Reliable agents wanted everywhere, 
 
 SIDNEY STEVENS, 
 
 OUDEN, UTAH. 
 
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 THE INTKR MOT^NTAIX MERCITANT. 
 
 OR THE GREAT IRON SPRINGS. 
 Located Ki^rlit .Miles Nortli of Oj,'ileii ('itj', Utah. 
 
 THE GREATEST WATER CURE OF THE WORLD. 
 
 KeposinK in ihc bosom ol the (ireat Salt Lake Valley, ami fluHiiig from 
 the Iom: of the \V.i<atch Mountains. 
 
 These S(llin^;^ have the nierilcil reputation of iwln^ one of the wondci- 
 of the world ; ami seekers of pleasure and lovers of M(;hl-sceing, as well as 
 those in search ot health, will i>c amply paid by visiting ihem. 
 
 Go and try the virtues of these waters. One trial only is necessary to 
 convince the sufferer. Gool hotel accommodations. Kvery attention shown to 
 invalids. 
 
 Nature has united her forces, and, with her marvelous powers, has 
 wrought a combination of happy influences which have centralized '.his fortu- 
 nate valley of the mountains. The grand location of these Springs with the 
 cliffs and rugged environs, is not the incentive which attracts so many thous- 
 ands from the shores of every courtry. It is the l>alsamic waters which gush 
 forth from these Springs and |X)ur their he.iling offerings into every hand that 
 will receive them, murmuring their promises of resloiaiion to every ailing 
 body, an<l there otTer to receive the burden of all l>o<lily nllliction. 
 
 It is health— the spirit and essence of all true happiness, which hundreils 
 of afflicted, who have visited these springs and been cured of the within 
 named malailies, cay testify that these thermal waters have proven a I'ER- 
 fy.cn M'KciHic for riif.umatism (in all its forms) DVsfKfsiA, constii-ation 
 (the scat of a score of diseases), piles leaning (in every form), syphilis, 
 catarrh, dialictes, or any urinary affections, and the treatment of female 
 diseases, has proven the elhcacy ol these thermal waters fromlhc vast aiiuiunt 
 of iron they contain. In rebuilding since my great loss by tire my bathing 
 accommo<lations are second to none. 
 
 R. H. SLATER, Proprietor. 
 
 N. U. --Address all correspondence to Tyiar I'osloltice, l!ov T^Mer Co., 
 Utah. These Springs are re.iched by the U. V. Ky., <_'. 1'. Ky., U. C. Ky., 
 I). & R. (i. Ry., and U. & X. Ry., at Ugdcn City Junction, thence by the 
 U. & N. Ry. to these Springs. 
 
 CIHSY .^ SrARGO, 
 
 WHOLKS.M.E .AND RET.\1L DF-.M.KRS IN 
 
 Bool^^, ^tationefij, ^chool ^upplie^, 
 
 ifliV.® W3tVLE,E, IPaAPER, 
 
 Eastern. Western and Locai, Daily Tapers. 
 
 Correspontlencp solicitetl and sati.sfartion guar- 
 anteed. Mail orders reeeive itromitt attention. 
 
 Stamps taken to any ainount in payment for 
 goods. 
 
 Broom Hotel. Main Street. OGDEN. UTAH. 
 
 BROWNING BROS., 
 
 168 MAIN STREET, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH, 
 
 WHOLES.M.E .AND RET.ML 
 
 Firearms, Ammunition, Pishina Tackle, 
 
 Hicvcles, Field (llas.ses, Streets' Tran.s. lk)xin<i (iloves, Indian Cliili.s. Uase li;ill llootls. Skates, 
 " llaininock.s, Eye Olasse.s. Fot.t Halls, lluiitiiifj; Hoots ami Shoes, Tents, or anytliing 
 else in the Shooting, Fishing, Cainpin-,' ami Siiorting Line. 
 
 We have the largest stoek in the West, and our Priees are It.wer than any. We also havf the l-es^^ 
 equipped Repair Shop in the Country, ami are i.re}ian'd to do all kinds of Fine (iun ami Mii.lniir Work, 
 liarge 1 1 lust rateil Catalogue Free. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 59 
 
 \.syd4^v 
 
 JOBBER AND RETAIL DEALER IN 
 
 I- HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWAR 
 
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 F, 
 
 Sole Agent for Bridge, Beach & Oo's Superior Stoves and Ranges; 
 
 Also, Home Comfort Wrought iron IJanges, and the Howe 
 
 Ventilating Stoves, the best Heating Stoves on earth. 
 
 Two Doors North of Post OfKce, 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 ^M ^m 
 
 i^^^mm 
 
 m 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 i^giticultui'al Implement^ 
 
 OF ALL KINDS. 
 
 Wagons, Buggies and Road Carts, Engines, 
 
 Saw Mills and Turbine Wheels, Wagon 
 
 Material, Heavy Hardware, Iron, 
 
 Steel, Barb Wire and Hardwood. 
 
 I OGDEIV AM SALT LAKE OITY. UTAH. 
 
 COAL AND LIMB DEALERS. 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF THE CORAL WHITE LIME. 
 
 Correspondence Solicited. 
 
 OC3-IDE3Sr, TJT-A-HI. 
 
no Till-: INTEK-MOU^'TAIX MEKC11A.NT. 
 
 22. 'Jiti^XXi ii VV., 
 
 GROCERinS, I'RUDUCl: AND PRIITS, 
 
 Corner Main and Fourth Streets. OGDEN. UTAH. 
 
 LOW PRICES. rnOMPT DELIVERY. (iOODS AS REl'UESENTEl*. OKHKRS SOLU'ITED. 
 
 BARNARD WHITH, 
 
 ^Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of 
 
 NATIVE AND IMPORTED LUMBER, 
 
 Corner Wall and Fourth Streets, OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Door.s Sash and Blinds, Native. Oregon Cedar and California Shingles, riain. Fancy and Siiuare 1 irkets, 
 
 Oregon and Trnckoe Latii, Bodine Roofing. American and French W iiidnw (ihiss, 
 
 Builders Hardware. Building I'aper, Paints and Oils. 
 
 Manufacturer of Store Fronts, Odd sized Doors, Sash and Blin.ls. Planing, Re-sawing and Scroll Work. 
 
 All kinds of Mill Work a specialty. 
 
 I make Shiiiping a specialty. All goods packed in first-class order. Corre^pondL■ncc solicited. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 61 
 
 H. WL. BOND. 
 
 OEO. TOLMIE. 
 
 PROPRIETORS 
 
 Harris CoiVimkrcial Co., 
 
 COMMISSION N4ERCHANTS, 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 
 
 IJtab and Qalifornia p'ruits and Produce. 
 
 BOOTH'S OYSTERS. 
 
 Correspondence Solicited. All Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 
 Opposite Chamber of Commerce Rooms, _ _ _ OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 LYNNE NURSERIES. 
 
 Fruit, phade ^Or'namentel Tm$ (|i^oWn \ for« ^ale. 
 
 GEO. SMUIN & CO., Proprietors. 
 
 North Main Street, = OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 Send for Descriptive Price List. 
 
 
 W. G. "WILSON, 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 LUMBER, WOOD AND KINDLING. 
 
 Sawmill in Ogden Canon, Four Miles from 
 the City. 
 
 P. 0. Box 253, - - - OGDEN, UTAH. 
 Telephone No. 23 at Mill. 
 
 Sawdust for Ice Packing always on hand. 
 
 A. C. EMEESON, 
 
 JOBBER AND RETAIL DEALER IN 
 
 BOOKS AND STATIONERY 
 
 Blank Books, Periodicals, Leather and Fancy 
 Goods, Artists' Materials, Etc. 
 
 P. 0. Box 487. 102 Main Street, OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
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 'llli: IN'li;i{ MorXTATN MKIK'HANT. 
 
 DAVID KAY, 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALER IX 
 
 GBAIN,PR0DUCE,S£EDS, DRIED FROITS, 
 
 Hay, Feed, Flour, Eggs, Salt, Etc., 
 
 IN CAR LOAD LOTS. 
 
 liiimltcr, Shiii^rli's, Dnuis, Windows, Liitli, j-'niir 
 
 and I'iickiii'i: Boxes, Hiiil(liii<; I'apcr, Window 
 
 and IMatc (Jjass, liarh Wiiv, Nails, Huilai) 
 
 and Seamless Ba^js, Centals, Twine. 
 
 Paints, Kerosene, Linseed, 
 
 Machine Oils, Etc., 
 
 otj:e^. hveotto: 
 
 OODEIDT, 
 
 TJT.A.i3:. 
 
 STOP OVER IN OGDEN. 
 
 U H.M.r- il.K AM) UKTAII, 1»KAI.KKS l.V 
 
 Clotliin^c for Men, Youths, lioys ami Childn-n I 
 Hats and Caps for Everyltndy I 
 
 lioots and Shoes of all Styles and Brands! 
 Kulier Goods in their Season! 
 
 DRY GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTION! 
 
 Notions and 'rrininiin<;s of all Kinds! 
 
 Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' Wraps! 
 
 Stanilaid (Jroeeries in Cieat N'arietiesI 
 Croi'kery, Lamps and (ilassware! 
 
 A good pl.icc to trade as you can purchase everything under 
 one roof, get an honest deal and prices guaranteed. 
 
 OOUEN. UTAH. 
 
 ADVANCE ROLLER MILLS. 
 
 BROOJVI HOTEL, 
 
 JUI)(JK (JIBBONS, I'rop.. 
 
 Tlie Broom Hotel has been retitted, and is now 
 under the new management. 
 
 This Mill has .lust been Completed and Fitted Out 
 with all of the 
 
 LATEST IMPROVED MACHINERY 
 
 Ami till' l'r(jitriotors are Now J'rt'iMred to 
 Furnish all of the 
 
 BEST GRADES OF PATENT FLOUR 
 
 At I'lMCES THAT I>EKY CoNPETITIOX. 
 
 THE BEST HOTEL BETWEEN OMAHA AE SAN FRANCISCO. Craham, Cm Meal Shorts and Mill I'roduets 
 
 of all Kinds Always itii Hand. 
 
 FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS. 
 
 Bar and Billiard Hall in Connection. 
 Wines, Liquors, C'igaks, Etc. 
 
 JUDGE GIUBONS, Prop. 
 
 Correspondence from a Distance Solicited. 
 
 Every Sack of Flour Warranted to Give Satisfaction. 
 
 Clark cS: Ecclks, Prop., 
 
 OGDEN CITY, LTAIi. 
 
THE INTER-MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
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 WM. DRIVER & SON, 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS 
 
 oo-iDEiT, \jtj^:h:. 
 
 We are Manufacturers' Agents for all the leading lines of 
 goods that we carry. Having made arrangements with all the 
 leading houses to represent them in Ogden and the surround- 
 ing country, we can offer better inducements than have been 
 offered before on the same class of goods, In many lines of 
 staple and patent medicines we buy in sufficient quantities to 
 have them delivered to us, there^jy saving the great expense 
 of freight. This enables us to sell at the same prices as niani 
 of the Eastern houses. 
 
 We carry at all times a large and well assorted stock of 
 Medicines, Fancy Goods, Drugs, Toilet Articles, Druggists' 
 Sundries, etc, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Wines and 
 Liquors for Medical purposes. 
 
 Branch Houses at Logan, Utah, and Montpelier, Idaho. 
 
 Write for prices or send us a trial order. Mail orders 
 promptly attended to. 
 
 T. C. MORRIS, 
 
 House, Sign, Carriage and Decorative 
 
 House Painting in the Latest Style. Paper Hanging, Plain or Decorative. 
 
 Calcimining in all Tints. Graining, all Varieties. (Gilding, the 
 
 Brightest. Glazing of Every Kind. 
 
 Il/one but Thorough Workmen Employed! 
 
 None but the Best of Afaterial Used! 
 
 BEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO GET A PLAII OR ORNAMENTAL 
 
 Agency for Enamel Letters for Window Signs. 
 
 SHOP, MAIN ST., OPPOSITE Z. C. M. I. 
 
 OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
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 Trqr-^,% 
 
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 k.A\RAA.jjL 4^ 
 
 Respectfully invite every person visiting Ogden to call and examine 
 
 their Immense Stock of 
 
 Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, 
 
 FURNISHING GOODS AND GROCERIES, 
 
 Truol^s, Valises, Hand Bags, Shawl Straps, Etc, 
 
 Which they will Sell Wholesale or Retail at Bed-rock Prices. 
 '"Competition We Defj^," is their Motto. 
 
 lain Street, North of Z. C. M. I., . . OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
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 TTIi: INTER MOUNTAIN MERCHANT. 
 
 HEHER J. ('.RANT President, J. 1-. GRANT, Vice President, C.KO. T. ODEI.I., Treasurer. R. S. WELI^, Se< retary. 
 
 F. M. Lyman, 
 Jiihn Henry Smith, 
 Ahram Hatch, 
 
 r)IR,EOTOI?.S: 
 
 (Jrson A. Woollev, 
 \V. W. Riter, 
 I(»sc|)h F. Smith, 
 
 C. S. Burton, 
 J. F. Wells, 
 Geo. Romncy. 
 
 THE GO-OpEI^ATlVE WAI^ON \ }l\mm CO. 
 
 SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED 
 
 MITCHELL AID BAII FARM Al SPRM WAGOIS, BUGGIES AID CARTS, 
 
 .loliti l>eeiT ami .Molitic I'lows, liurtows, Ktc, Gale aud Oliver Chilled Plows, Massilliou and 
 
 Unffalo I'itts Treshers, Enj?ine.s ami Saw Mills, (iale and Tij^er Ifon Wheel Hay 
 
 Uakes. Walter A. Wood's Harvesting Machinery. Concoril Harness, Et<-. 
 
 P. O. Box 702, t)Gl)i:.\. UTAH. 
 
 E. T. WOOLLEY, Manager Ogden Branch. 
 
 ALANUFACTUl-UNG CONFECTIONERS. 
 
 Importers and .IuKImms of a (ieni'ral Line of Merchandise, rompri.sing 
 
 Di^y l^ood^ and flotion^, pat^, Boot^ and ^hoe^, 
 
 Lamp Fixtures. Tinware. Wooden and W'iliuw Ware, (iroceries. Toys. l>olls, an<l a General Line 
 
 of Holiday Goods in the Season. 
 
 JOHN SCOWCROFT & SONS, 
 
 ILvU^Ilsr STI^EET, 
 
 ooiDEisr, xjtj^lh:. 
 
Thb Union Pacific Railway, 
 
 (IPKRATING THK 
 
 UTAH AND IVr£^VADA RAILWAY^ 
 
 Beo- to announce the opening of their New Bathing and Pleasure Resort, 
 On the southern shore of Great Salt Lake, a few minutes' ride from Salt Lake City. 
 
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 A Magnificent Pavii.ihx, 
 (dimensions 165x65 feet,) 
 built over the water 400 
 feet from the shore, (ap- 
 proached by a pier over 
 300 feet in length) with a 
 tower in the center over- 
 looking the Lake on all 
 sides. 
 
 Over Two Hinliked Ele- 
 gant Dressing Rooms with 
 stationary wash-stands, 
 showers for rinsing oft the 
 salt water of the Lake, 
 mirrors and every comfort 
 and convenience ior bath- 
 ers, suggested by long- 
 experience. 
 
 A Handsome Stahdn Buildinc (350x50 feet) of the latest improved design, with high towrr in 
 the center. 
 
 ^ Grand Go"cei't in tRe Pauilion Guery Afternoon. 
 
 I^atfiing Suits for J^adies, G^"tlemen and Children. 
 
 The Refreshment Saloon, equipped with all the appointments of a hrst-class establishment, where 
 the choicest refreshments will be dispensed by polite attaches. 
 
 The Restaurant and Lunch Stanh, ecjual to any first-class hotel in the West, at moderate prices. 
 
 The Bathing Grounds. — This is the only bathing resort on the entire Lake Shore, having a clean- 
 sandy beach, free from mud, rocks and offensive vegetable matter. Ladies and children may 
 bathe here with perfect safety, owing to the density of the water being so great that one may 
 float upon the surface without an effort. 
 
 The Giants' Cave (only a short distance from the beach,) is an additional attraction of this delight- 
 ful resort. It is an opening extending over 300 feet into the mountan side, with a ceiling from 
 10 to 75 feet in height. 
 
 Trains Run at Fkec^uent Intervals. 
 
 FARE, SALT LAKE CITY TO GARFIELD BEACH AND RETURN, ONLY 50 CENTS. 
 
 W. W. RITER, Superintendent. S. F. FENTOX, G. F. d- P. Agt. 
 
 For additional information apply to 
 
 J. S. TEBBETTS.. Gen I Pass. Agt.. 
 Omaha, Neb. 
 
 E. S. l.OM.W, As>t Gen'/ Pass. Ai^i., 
 O.MAHA. Neb. 
 
 J. \. PARKER, Divis. Pass. A^t. 
 Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 
(The 3Kntrv - JUouutain J^tcrchant, 
 
 I'HK LEAUINt; lll'SINK.SS KiUKNAI. OK INK WK.SI . 
 
 Official Oi^gai] of the Ogden Chamber of Commefce. 
 
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 Ar>DRM1t, 
 
 The |nt^r-7V\.ount&in TWerobant, 
 
 -^! OC3-X3EISr, UTAPr. 
 
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