The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 24

OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER 4 OGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING OCT 21' 1962 8B 11 lefs end "Tired" Government in Weber County fUl MFt! -A A vigorous team of Competents is a TEAM that will fight for YOU not with each other a team ded icated to better and eco- nomical government at all levels a eam that will follow the i inmr- if li 1 Wnir miri signals called by you CITIZENS instead of the bosses "A team i that will fight to hold the line? against taxes a team that will bring fair play into the game A team that will bring new V- I "A iti F' I rU 4 lifef progress and sound business administration to Weber County -a i i in i ii -ix'-- REPUBLICAN 0- I LAURENCE BURTON US CONGRESS (jism'tt www' 4 siS i Administrative Assistant to Gov George Clyde 214 years tatt Assistant to Congressman Only a qualified attorney with background and experience should be intrusted to this! important office WALLACE BENNETT US SENATOR Senior US Senator from Utah-Member of banking and finance Committee Member joint committee on Atomic Energy Strong defender of individual rights Vigorous Opponent to Government waste and deficit spending ixon for 4 years Political cience instructor at Weber Col- of Mr KesleKs qualifica- ege 6 years ot tirst hand po A jpartial list tions include: 29 years law practice litical experience gives him intimate knowledge of the needs of the people An aggressive fighter for free enterprise FAMED This imposing building of stone and brick with clock tower and big bell was the Weber County courthouse from 1876 to 1940-A great deal of area history centered around this building that was located on the north side of 24th between! Washington and Adams A parking lot now occupies this site I PAGES OF HISTORY Old Courthouse Reflects Story Of Pioneers of Weber County 1 prosecutor ana assistant city attorney foij Salt Lake dty United States attorney for! Utah and Attorney General for Utah Past President1 of Utah State Bar and Salt Lake County Bar Associations A PRAfT KESLER STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMISSIONER? oer Counts --ii? a imU! LET'S END "TIRED GOVERNMENT" and 30 YEARS OF COMPLACENCY of sucei "ousands deficits -rwl government HOorsJ Har space to Prof Louis Moench's "Select School" He came to Ogden from Brigham City in 1872 and became Weber County school superintendent in 1875 The Moench building on the lower campus of Weber College was named in his honor A brick vault was added to the building in 1883 tb house records In 1886 part of the basement was made into a jail Following the big fire of October 1895 the building was remodeled and was used for county Jpffices and courts for the rest of its existence in 1849 was the first bishop of the county the first Ogden postmaster and the first probate judge He held the first session of the eber County court in his home hi April 1852 Other sessions were held in private homes in schools ind the tithing office on Washington Boulevard just north of 24th On Oct 17 1855 the county bought a plot of ground on 24th between Washington and Adams A two-story adobe building only partly finished was included in the $850 paid to David Moore I Moore was another important pioneer He settled at Mount Fort in 1849 In 1850 Capt James Brown hired Moore to build a log bridge across the Ogden River at Washington and 19th Moore was paid $200 He was active in building I In 1940 the Weber Countv of and real estate for many years CO ERNEST Pc 4 IER CITY BALKED County officers tore down the By Bob Agee At 5 am Oct 10 1895 an early riser saw flames on 24th just east of Washington and he yelled Let the Ogden Standard of that date tell the story: "The inside of the courthouse is today in ruins At about 5 o'clock this morning the firemen at the station heard cries 'Fire! IFire! Fire!" "When firemen arrived flames were bursting from the windows and roof "One group of firemen who reached the second floor had to jump for their lives when the bell and clock' crashed from the tower clear to the basement 'Damages will total $20000 covered by insurance" Two days later the Standard reported that three prisoners lodged in the basement jail had confessed to setting the fire hoping to escape The three were Ed Egan serving 30 days for horse stealing and two other men serving the same term for selling liquor to Indians HISTORICAL HUB The county courthouse Was the hub of area history for many years The big fire of 1895 was one colorful episode in its story Men connected with its story were leading pioneers of Ogden and the area Weber County was created by the Deseret Legislature in December 1849 and at first it was a whopper The north bwiadary was1 the present Idaho border The west boundary was the California line East boundary was Wyoming and the south boundary just north of Salt Lake City The size of the county was reduced drastically by subsequent legislature: Isaac Clark who came to Utah 9 Draw 0f I'Vestorlr an 1 "TT wbi General C'braon CoL ef 69 Doi onth of da'ryman fwL 2' 1 1 i If fices ewre moved to the new municipal Building in the city i park a joint venture that had failed in 1870 For a time the county rented the old courthouse to the State Board of Education for a dormitory for men training in defense industries at Weber College The building was returned to the county in 1953 The commissioners called for bids twice but no one wanted the place It was dilapidated windows were broken and it was a fire hazard The -county contracted to have it torn down in 1954 A lease was signed with a private parking lot firm There are still many people in the county who remember the old the high ceilings the ornate oaken: doors the clock tower the linoleum floors the musty smell as the years went on US Bishop-wLn SquaSS GuW on Tem- I MnnL airman of cy ond county renC in GOLDEN JENSEN SHERIFF I Former Ogden City Chief of Police Graduate FBI National Academy Washington DC An expert who can bring efficiency to the office of Sheriff ROBERT FROERER COUNTY ATTORNEY Graduate University of Utah in law President Weber County Young Republicans Member: Utah State Weber County and American Bar Associations I adobe building They tried to dicker with Ogden City for a joint city-county building but the city would pay only one-third of the cost and negotiations lagged (The idea worked out 70 years later) Finally-in 1871 the' county adopted a buildidng plan submitted by Judge Franklin Richards He was another pioneer Judge Richards was an apostle of the IDS Church first editor of the Ogden Junction the second Ogden news-" paper Basement rooms of the courthouse were completed in late 1871 Contract for the upper three stories tower and roof was let in 1873 to Richard Ballantyne and Flygare Mr Ballantyne was another editor of the Ogden Junction and farmed and ranched in Eden The building was conmleted hi CAMPLING SUPPLIES A to RENTAL EQUIPMENT -V "We rent most everything' 3290 WASH BLVD Phone EX 2-4840 1876 with the ground floor giving BUEHLERBinQHfln mm FOR YOUNG I MEM mil mi 'il' fan WILLIAM GREER COUNTY TREASURER i Certified Public Accountant with 15 years public accounting ex LEONA CONDIE COUNTY RECORDER 1 Experienced in title abstracting Former Clerk for Weber County Board of Education Typing instructor Public and private of- BYRON PORTER COUNTY CLERK i 1 Lifelong Ogden resident with 35 years of accounting and auditing Long affiliation with Co -I Experienced office administrator! JOHN VAN ALFEN COUNTY ASSESSOR Twenty-five years experience as real estate broker and appraiser Champion for fair assessment of local real property Father of nine children JAY ANDERSON COUNTY SURVEYOR Member: American Society of Civil Engineers Utah Council of Land Surveyors and Weber Basin Home Builders Association Graduate Engineer Utah State University i I ill mum perience Treasurer Utah Elks State Association Senior Part fi ner of Alexander Currin Greer ico manager and Bennett 11 if 1 PUT H0RE POWER THE STATE WITH A HIGH PERFORMANCE It 1 1 Corduroy 3-Piece SUIT lA-zj QyLj 5(0)95 DALE STRATFORD Legislative Dist 4 Graduate University ef Utah in law 4- Member: Utah State Weber County and Americas Bar Associations HOWARD WATTS Senator District 2 Official ef Southern Pacific Railroad Company Retired It Calonef US Army District! Governor Uteb-ldahe Ki-waais- leteniatieeal Vice President Lake! Bonneville Council Bey Scouts I- i ALBERT UBOTT Logislativo Dist 2 Incumbent Representative from 'Legislative District Nov 1 Ogden fcesinessmaa for 37 years President Mt Of lea Stake LBS Chvrcb MACK TAFT Legislative Dist 5 District Manager County Mutual life Insurance Company Graduate Utah State University Thirteen years service to Weber County Schools i FRANK MAUGHAN Senator District 1 President He me Abstract Company Civic leader Membert Of-ee Beari tt Realtors Weber as i Home Builders Assecietioo Uttb State Beard ef Abstract Commissioners STANLEY POULSEN Legislative Dist 1 fit Mayor af Washine-too Terrace Selected "Mao jrf the Tear" by Junior Chamber of Cam merce Member: Utah Municipal Leaeoe Beard of Directors CLARENCE fA WATERFALL Legislativo Dist 3 Aggressive yeuog con-strnctieo saperintend-eat member US Bishopric Educator Civic supporter of Cultural arts RICHARD RICHARDS Legislative Dist 6 Graduate University ef Utah in law Former Chairman Utah Yeoag Republican Chairman Ogden Community Arts Council id i Sizes S3 to 42 Regulars and Longs Colors Antelope Olive THE RED CARPET SHOP mm Y-fH si BUBHLER 'BMGHfllTI (H I Paid Political Advertisement by.