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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



iron ore runs from forty to fifty per cent metallic iron, 

 and parties have now under consideration the erection 

 of a blast furnace for the manufacture of pig iron in 

 Ogden City, which will only be the beginning of numer- 

 ous other manufacturing plants. The Wasatch moun- 

 tains which run north and south of Ogden City are dotted 

 with mining camps. Park City, one of the greatest 

 silver producers of the world, is only forty miles across 

 the mountains from Ogden. Other mining camps lo- 

 cated nearer and farther away are all connected by rail- 

 roads which, to a great extent, make Ogden City their 

 base of supplies. 



A word as to the numerous canning factories will 

 not be out of place. The vicinity of Ogden has more 

 canning factories than the whole interinonntain country 

 combined. The famous Utah tomato, which is canned 

 in Ogden and shipped all over the globe, finds its home 

 in the county of which Ogden City is the capital. Vege- 

 tables of all kinds, peas, beans, etc., together with the 

 various kinds of 

 fruit, are all canned 

 by these numerous 

 canning factories, all 

 of which make the 

 farmer prosperous 

 because he is guaran- 

 teed a cash price for 

 his product and his 

 entire output is con- 

 tracted for before he 

 puts the seed in 'the 

 ground. 



In the arid states 

 water is the great 

 need of the hour. No 

 city in the West is so 

 abundantly blessed 

 with water as is 

 Ogden City and the 

 immediate vicinity. 

 Two rivers, the Og- 

 den and the Weber, 

 coming from the 

 snow capped moun- 

 tains of the Wa- 

 satch range and me- 

 andering through 

 giant canyons, meet 

 at Ogden City, af- 

 fording water suffi- 

 cient for a half million people. 



In Ogden canyon five miles from the center of 

 Ogden City is one of the pleasantest summer resorts on 

 the continent. The summer days do not get very warm 

 at Ogden City, but, owing to the nearness of this cool 

 summer resort, thousands of people avail themselves of 

 the refreshing and exhilarating climate in Ogden 

 canyon. 



Ogden City is blessed with educational institutions. 

 In addition to what is said to be the best public school 

 system in the West, the Catholic church has a school for 

 girls and one for boys. The Mormon church has a 

 theological seminary, and there is also located at Ogden 

 City the Intel-mountain business college, also the Ogden 

 high school, which latter institution is recognized by all 

 the best colleges of the East as one of the best prepara- 

 tory institutions in the country; all together forming 

 educational advantages which can only be excelled in 

 the Rocky Mountain country by Denver City. The 



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Carnegie Free Library has just been completed, costing 

 $30,000. 



In addition to the five Mormon churches and 

 Tabernacle, the Presbyterians have two churches, and 

 the Methodist, Catholic, Congregational, Baptist, Episco- 

 pal, Lutheran and Christian Science, each have one 

 church. Practically all of the secret societies are repre- 

 sented in Ogden City, including the degrees for ladies. 

 Financially the city is strong. It has three national 

 banks, one state and two savings banks. In addition to 

 the beautiful school and church structures, there are 

 also located in Ogden the State School for the Deaf, 

 Dumb and Blind and the State Industrial School. 



The foregoing gives a brief idea of what Ogden 

 City is. There are many other advantages, too numer- 

 ous, in fact, to enumerate in so short an article as the 

 present one. 



It can plainly be seen that the last Irrigation Con- 

 gress made no mistake in selecting Ogden City as the 



place for the Elev- 

 enth National Irriga- 

 tion Congress to hold 

 forth. This beauti- 

 ful city of enterpris- 

 ing citizens has se- 

 cured from the state 

 of Utah $6,000, and 

 will raise $9 000 

 more, making a total 

 of $15,000, all of 

 which is to be used 

 toward defraying the 

 expenses of the Con- 

 gress and in enter- 

 taining the delegates. 

 When the Eleventh 

 Irrigation Congress 

 shall have adjourned, 

 there is no doubt 

 whatever but that the 

 delegates will, with 

 one acclaim, declare 

 that Ogden City 

 makes an estimable 

 host and that her 

 people are most gen- 

 erous entertainers. 

 Among the fea- 

 tures of entertain- 

 ment which will be 



tendered the delegates of the Congress by the people of 

 Ogdon, free of charge, will be an excursion to the 

 northern part of the state, passing through the great 

 Bear River canyon and inspecting one of the greatest 

 irrigation systems of the West; then on toward Logan, 

 where is situated the government experimental station. 

 Also a moonlight trip over the great trestle now being 

 erected on Great Salt Lake. A scene of the moon rising 

 or setting over Great Salt Lake is said to be one of the 

 beauty wonders of the world. A trip np Ogden canyon 

 (said to be only second to the grand canyons of the 

 Yellowstone and Colorado) which lies at the threshold 

 of Ogden City. A trip to the Ogden Sugar Factory 

 where the delegates will witness the 'slicing of 400 tons 

 of beets and see them converted into sugar 'while they 

 wait, will be one of the interesting sights of the session. 

 A bathing trip to Great Salt Lake as well as a visit to 

 the great Mormon tabernacle and temple in Salt Lake 

 City will form a part of the. hospitality that will be ten- 



STREET SCENES, OGDEN. UTAH. 

 . Washington Avenue, Looking North. 

 Twenty-Fourth Street, Looking West. 



