Show T JABOUT ABOUT THIS THAT THAT AND By D J G 4 Ro Roy Wilkins was WILS back In fn town last hut week shaking hands handi with old mot mon ot of o whom nappeD happen to have havo been or still aWl arc oro with the motion picture theatre busIness A groat many people wont won't know who Wilkins Li 14 l lIe He was a a pioneer motion picture the the- theatre the theatre atre atro violinist In Ogden He le la Is I a 0 pioneer yet yot ha ho l la Is aUll still a a young man Which show shows how rapid hs ha h been the progress of ot the movies no Roy Roi wits waa leader ot of the tho orchestra I Ino ot of three pieces which played clayed at the tho Electric theatre on Twenty fifth Twenty street Just east ot of the tho need n d hotel I believe this thia was WM the first t perma permanent I neat nent motion picture theatre orches orches- orchestra tea tra In Ogden Others In III this plo plo- pioneer pio pioneer neer group were George Warner a performer on the traps who is fa still a citizen of ot Ogden and Maude Strong the pianist l Il 3 s Strong Strong- later was waa succeeded by Harold Slim the only one or of the four tour who remains a motion pIcture musician In Ogden O den denIn In the days day when Wilkins and his gang and 0 G stringed the th heroine to her long drawn out death or hurried on the chase which was the feature ot of so many films In that day doy the big features wore one reel In length and the tho I name Pathe Patha Edison Vit- Vit and Lubin were the most popular I 1 The ho he shows lasted ono one hour and sandwiched In between the reels were the famous at III Illustrated ed songs Looking back It seems that those these illustrated songs were all about somebody and said asiC they would re- re return re return turn when the frost tae nas on the pumpkIn or when 1 hen some other nat nat- natural nat flat natural ural oral phenomenon tool took place This as as the tho day also then hen the slide elide One MOno for tor Change ot of o Heet was WILS always kept handy by the op- op operator op operator who sometimes doubled In brass by giving a 0 lecture while whilo grinding away the tho film tum with his hand operated machine That little Electric theatre on the hill bill really was the tho mother o of othe the motion picture theatres theotres In Utah Harry larry Sims and his Indus indus- industrious Industrious wife managed the little shop bop Associated Yo with Ith them thorn wore were l of ot national motion plc- plc picture pic picture ture tame Jame Valter Walter Richey and later Albert and Charles Zie- Zie Zie mer mer After the tho Electric there was the Oracle theatre Then the group purchased the Isis and Globe Thou Then the American In Salt Lake and fin fin- filially finally fin finally ally tho the Alhambra In Ogden was built builL And It has only been Iii 15 I years since the Electric was waa pack packing ing them In to see e fl 10 minute reels and hear hoar and see the Illus illus- illustrated Illustrated song There cannot bo be very Yer much wrong with this country when one of the principal problems faced by the of larger establishments Is where to park their cars care while I they are at work Does any section of the country produce any fruit comparable In refreshing deliciousness to the Utah cherry and Is there anything more delightful to look forward to than the arrival of the green corn sea SOlL- season son The Ku Klux Klan got a 0 lot ot of publicity by the simple and eco ceo economical eco economical method of ot o slapping 10 lO or orso orso so o on the pulpit of some Borne during services The Tho wire associations associations obligingly carried the new news ot of such Incidents to all parts of the country Now towns are getting mention in the press for the mere price of a telegram to Jack Kearns Kearne A town wires Kearns that it Is a bidder for tor or the next Dempsey fight Then the town tells t lIs the press asso asso- asso association elation clatIon about it and a story goes gou out on the wire that Junc June Junction Junction tion Is after the championship bat bat- battle battie bat battle tle tie Easy Isn't it But It Is a rather risky business at that What If it Kearns should wire that the offer otter was 8 as accepted It seems seem that Shelby bid hid tor for the tho tight fight as a joke joko The fight tight man man- managers managers and agers acers couldn't see the joke took them at their word And now poor Shelby is pa i Editor and Publisher a maga magazine zinc zine for tor newspaper folks and ad- ad ad advertisers say says this about Shelby Three hundred thousand dollars Is II a a large largo amount o of money for tor a town of less leas than ons to spend to secure mention In the sporting almanacs It would have bought Shelby the finest herd ot of beet beef cattle in America it would e hae ha built an experimental station wherein a II new potato or a Shelby wheat that would have trebled the tho wealth of Montana might have been e A heavy truck backs out from rom Its s parking berth at the curb with reckless disregard for the automo automo- automobile bile bite that may be coming down the street It will not be the one hurt by a collision The Tho big touring car cardoes cardoes does the same thing a i a-i the flivver approaches approach's And the tho cr er backs out without caring about the thc on- on oncoming oncoming on oncoming coming bicyclist go 00 |