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Show VOLUME XXXIII 50 ft fi--- PAYSON, Initial Steps Are Taken By be one of the shrewdest mertoday one of the niost optimistic. He gives expression to the belief that an era of prosperity is close In evidence at hand and will continue for a long time to come. has of his confidence in returning prosperity, Mr. Wanamaker increased his .advertising appropriation, in order that his store Mr. Wanamker, may reap their portion of the increased trade. former postmaster and a merchant prince for the pact decade, is not alone in looking upon conditions optimistically, but his opinion is shared by other men prominent in finance and trade. said Mr. Wanamker, Business revival week, I think will be I have expanded into a business revival of years dud years. America today and more expectations for the fu more faith in ture than at any time in my sixty years as a merchant. There will be plenty of work for all if . we show our faith, not by relaxing our efforts, holding back in fear, putting on blue glasses and keeping our money in our pockets, but by making needed improvements, starting to build and rebuild, buying and selling putting to work our energies, our brains,, our moneys everything we have for the good of the country. J Instead it. of curtailing our advertising we are enlarging Instead of standing pat on oor stores as they have been, we are To do this refitting, rearranging, rebuilding and improving them. mechanics and wa lnlve given employment to large bodies of others day and night. John Wauiainaker, City Fathers Plan to Illuminate Downtown Section of the City by the Instalation of Modem Luminous Arc Lamps on Several of the Principal Blocks. resolution defining certain portions of the business section of Paysou as a lighting district, the first step was taken by the city council last .Monday night towurd the instalation of a street lighting system which shall convert the downtown section, of the city from a place of dark and gloomy thoroughfares to one comparing favorably with the great white way. la the blocks embracing Main street from Socoud North to First Sojth street. Utah avenue from First West street to First Fast street, aud First North street from First West street t0 First East street, it is prot about posed to install lighting posts of modern design, each equipped with two high power lamps. On either side of eaeh block it is proposed to install for or live such lights, radiating a Hew of illumiuat-tiothat will make tho city us light as day. The cost of installing and main taiuing the system win be assessed, according to the benefits to be derived from it, to tho property owners on tho blocks illuminated. Plans . and specifications and plans for tho new system will bo presented at the meeting "of the council on October 10, when further steps todistrict ward creating the lighting will bo t&keuj. It is expected that the system may bo in opeatiou before the middle of winter. a fifty-eigh- n SUGAR MAKING AT PAYSON FACTORY TO of No Avail. Commercial of - ' PLEASED WITH UTAH AND THE CHILDREN OF UTAH Hedger, who eou ducted a scssion in Payson recently under the auspices of tho Womens Homo bureau, has given expression to her fondness for Utah and the child- ren of Utah. I should like to become a part of the educational system of Utah. I have tried for yeafl-- in many states about ehild to put over my ideas eulture but" I have always run up ' against the idea of the unwelcome ehild. Hers in Utah is the right at' Tho child is here and is mosphere. are All Utah children welcome. wished-fo- r Ail is ready children. for the next step of helping the child she said, A get ready for life, Dr. s 1 Announcement is made that the eastern states reunion of those who have served on missions in the will bo held in Salt Lake on Saturday evening of next week at 8 oclock in the ITawthome ward hall, corner of Eighth East ntid RoosCar No. 7. which evelt avenue. mar be boarded at the corner of Main and .Pint South streets, will take visitors direct to tho meeting Eastern states missionaries place. and friends are urged to attend and to be prepared to have a jolly good time and to renew acquaintances. of a Community Building and Offers Incentive for Decisive Move. SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GREATLY INCREASED Digging to Begin Monday. Operation of the Pays0u factory of the Sugar company will begin on October IUr according to announcement made yesterday by E.islia Brown, superintendent. A laige number of woikuien have been engaged during tho spring and summer months iu making necessary repairs and the plant is now iu the best of condition possible for a record run of sugar from the thousands of tons of sugar beets grown by the farmers of Payson and vicinity. The digging of beets will begin Mon seeking em next Monday. ployment at the factory or at the various stations are requested to t0 Mr. Brown next Wednesday when they will be assigned for work Ulah-Idah- rt -- Club Makes Appeal. Every effort was made by tho busof Payson to induce the Utah-IdahSugar company to op crate the Paysou- - factory on a! three-shibasis of eight hours each, but officials of the company havo decided s of twelve hours each nnst prevail. Taking up the matter, the Payson comCommercial club appointed a mittee consisting of E. L. McCoimick, ee R. Taylor and John Done to present its case to the sugar com pany, urging three shifts, and the following letter was sent to the Salt iness men ,.ahe officials: Payson, Utah, Sept. 12. Sugar company. Salt Lake, Utah, Gentlemen: At the of several of the expectant laborers for your company during the coming campaign the Payson Com inercial club appointed a committee to write you relative to a change to an from a twleve hours shift pight hour shift without increasing your rato per hour. This problem was gone over very carefully at a meeting of the club with held Friday, September 10th, the conclusion reached that 'if your rompaqy could soe fit to make the suggested change it would be very helpful to our community. 1st. Because, it would allow more people to labor. 2nd. Bocunse, this community has an abundance of labor and few jobs during the late fall and early wintei Utah-Idah- one-jhir- months. 3rd. Because, this plan is in keep ing with the suggestion with govern ment a!nd state officials in distribut in" work as far as possible, ns r half loaf is better than no bread at ' "I all. Appeal Replying to Is Denied. the appeal made by tho Payson Commereial club commit tee, the Utah-IdahSugar company o sent, the following letter: Salt Lake, Sept. 23, GentlePayson Commerieal Club, men: This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of September 21, 1921. Have carefully noted what you say about the advisability of changing the working hours of the Utah-Idaheoming Sugar company during the to from twelve hours campaign eight. Before deciding on this twelve hour shift this question was given very- serious and enreful consideration, and since receiving your letter have again discussed it with the' who are associated with tup in the hnmlling of this business, and it is the nnnnimous opinion of all that the present emergency in the sugar (Continued on Page 5.) o DISTRICT IS FILED Nearly Five Hundred More Students In the Schools This Year A communication was received by At a special meeting last Friday water the conference with in council last the city Monday night night, Than Last. committee, the city council asking if anything had been done users . MISSIONARIES TO HOLD REUNION AT SALT LAKE Reflects Credit on Members of the Civic Betterment League In Charge. Emphasises the Need LEAG..J ASKS SUIT AGAINST STATE IP LAW IS BEING ENFORCED ENGINEER Club two-shift- tlio Expressing apprecit splendid efforts of those in charge of the community fair which held he boards iu Paysou last Friday and Saturday, the city council last Monday night, at 'the suggestion of Mayor J. 0. Ellsworth, passed a r .i fair to olution, pronouncing the have been one of the best expositions of the agricultural and indus tho people of trial activities of Payson and vicinity ever presented Havin this section of the state. presented ing been prepared and under the auspices and encourage ment of tie fair committee of the Civic Betterment league, of which Ray Monsen is chairman, with leas than a weeks time gathering the various products of farm and indus commends Ifio try, the resolution committeo and - urges tne public to increased interest in the future, that the fair next year may rival any similar exhition m the state. n and Womens Handiwork IN NEBO ft CITY DADS PASS RESOLUTION THANKING PAIR MANAGEMENT Showing of Farm Products is BEGIN .OCTOBER 10 Appeal of Payson in Paysou by the passage of an or-- i considered the complaint in the suit i nance or otherwise lookng to the of Payson City against the state en- enforcement of the famous Bouth-wic- k gineer, as prepared by special counsel employed by the council for that A few minor changes were purpose. suggested and at the regular meeting of the council last Monday night, on- recommendation of City Attorney R. W. McMullin, it was directed that the changes be nude and the mayor was authorized to sign the complaint in order that the suit may be regu larly filed in the third district court. The council was informed by Mr. McMullin that he had been advised by the state engineer during a recent interview, thatt it would not be possible for him to reverse his decision in granting Arthur Daley an exchange ef Stawberry water for creek water ss - such action a precedent under which create might he would be compelled to reverse other similar gnutsi written into the The statutes by the iast legislature. communication was laid on tho table. Councilman During tho discussion Way land Wightmau went on record as lavoiiug iho strict enforcement of the law, urging that am ordinance be passed covering the matter. Wiiile no penalty for violation of the law is provided in the law, the council was advised by City Attorney it. V. McMullin' inat violation of tho law would constitute a mis which dearnor, the punishment for is fixed by st&tuto at a fine not exceeding $300 or six months in- the . ' or both. county jail, In Payson, as in every other city in tho state, no effort has thus far been made to enforo- - the law, and while city officers may arrest . infractors it has no power of prosecuGIVES NOtion is made under the provision of FIRST PRESIDENCY TICE OF. CONFERENCE. No ordinance coveran ordinance. ing the subject has thus far been genThe ninety-seconpassed by the Payson city council. eral conference of the Church of JeSaints will MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS PLAN sus Christ of Latter-daASCENSION OF MOUNT NEBO convene in the tabernacle Rt Salt Lake on Thursday, October 6, 1921, of at 10 oclock a. m., with sessions al, Plans for a climb to the top Mt. Nobo on October 16 have been so on Friday, October 7, and Sunday, made by tho Wasatch Mountain club. October 8, adjournment being taken Tito climb will be made under di- over Saturday, October 8. rection of the Utah County Alpine Special priesthood meeting will be hall on Monday, club, members of which will act as held in Assembly A general guides and furnish a part of the Oetober 10, at 10 a. m. equipment necessary to the comfort priesthood meeting will convene in of tho visitors while in catnp at the the tabernacle On Friday, October Salj Creek ranger station from which 7, at 7 oelock p. m. tho climb will start. It is desired that arrangements not The autumn dress of the mountains, for missionary reunions shall red, brown, yellow and orange, min- conflict with any of the dates above gled with the darker shade of the announced, snd that such reunions evei greens, completes picture that as may be held on Friday evening one must view from the mountain be fixed for an hour not earlier than tops to , appreciate to the fullest. 8:30 oclock. Charles Autumn leases gathered and carried Signed. Heber J. Grant, home do not give the satisfaction W, Penrose, Anthony W. Ivans, First that comes from the sight spread be- Porsidcncy. fore the eyes of the hardy mountain One must MRS. MINNIE PROV8TGAARD climber of the peaks. DIES AFTER LONG SUFFERING get up to broaden the view whether Sitit be economic or of pleasure. mother Miss Minnie Provstgaard, ting in a chair and looking at the mountain top is far more tiring to of Carl and John Provstgaard, died the last Wednesday morning after a the timid soul thaffi it is to She was hiker wh0 makes regular trips to the long period of suffering. bom in Denmark on December 14, great out doors. Thd Payson rnembes of the Utah 1838, and came to the United States County Alpine club will climb to the with her husband, J. S. Provstgaard, Upon reaching this enun top of Mt. Loafer on October 2, in 1873. accompanied by those who wish to trv, with her husband, she came to get the ozone and enjoy the view. Payson and had made her home in Her husband All wh0 desire to go can get rar this city ever since. ticulars from any member of the died about twenty-eigh- t years ago. Mrs. Provstgaard is survived by clnb. her two son and nine grandchildren She LARGE MAIL ORDER HOUSE and six great grandchildren. . READS ALL COUNTRY PAPERS was one of the oldest residents of fifteen Tayson and for tho papt We have a bureau whose duty months was helpless and confined to it is to read each week the country her bed. her earlier days Mrs. newspapers from all over the country.; During There is not a palper of any conse- Provstgaard was an earnest and conactive quence in our trade territory that stant church worker, taking She interest in adl of its work. our bureau does not get. , This Relief in the active and was particularly looks over these papers She was one of the best the society. when we find a town where women in this section of the the in known not merchants are advertising local paper we immediately flood that state and seores will mourn her deIt mise. literature. territory with our excess of in results far always brings the same effort put forth in terriBANK FILES SUIT tory where the local merchants nse said Heraan their local papers, To collect $1,000 alleged to' he Rosonfield, advertising manager for on two promissory notes, a suit due & Roebuck Senrs.' company. has been filed in the fourth district Mrs. EITtny Barnett entertained at court, at Trovo, by the State Bank a social afternoon on Thursday for a of Pnvson, against Joseph H. Jones number of relatives. and Jean Jonps of Spanish Fork. auiti-tobacc- - d The reports of the principals for the first month of school show the largest increase in enrollment in tho Tile total history of the district. this year at the end of tho first month is 4,845 as compared with 4,383 for the first month last year. The inercaso is explained partly by it also an earlier enrollment but The increase. represents a real are follows: as figures comparative semi-annu- y - CENTS Community Fair Is Splendid conceded to chants' of the present time, Business Lighting District By PRICE, FIVE Wanamaker is Optimistic City Council for Creation of ; UTAH, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921 Featuring some of the everyday products of tho funn, chosen from Out average yields, and bringing prominently the splendid part which tho women of this portion of Utah the county ur taking iu forcing Btute to the load, tho community fair whieh was held iu Paysou lust Friday aud Saturday was a credit to thoso iu charge of its preparation and to those wh0 in every way conWhile it tributed to its success. was not as extensive as jt might have been if the committeo lmd been privileged to more time in securing exhibits, it compared well with any previous fair end in every way was far auporior t0 othor community fairs of Utah county this year. Tho fair was pronounced by Wil Hum II. Woodbury, of Salt Lake, ulio was called to judgo of the agricultural exhibits, to be tho best community fair that he- has visited this year, and ho has been to nearly Mr. all of them held in Ltuh. Woodbury is a specialist on apples, having judged lliem at tHrteen state fairs, and he is a geno.il agriculturalist of much note. He was exthe ceptionally well pleased with Payson community fair and was enthusiastic in praise of every departHo said that he had seen ment. many exhibits at state fairs whieh did not compare, in general exeelenee No communwith the Tnyson fair. ity fair in tho state, he said, won nearly equal to it. Tho interest taken in the fair proves conclusively that if Payson could provide adequate room for such an exposition, a broader exhibition of farm products, womens handiwork, industrial activity and educational progress would be made a part of it to greater extent in every department than the lair which has It emphasises the fact just closed. that one of Payson greatest needs today is a community or city building, largo in area, providing ample floor space for the holding of community fairs, public meetings, conventions and for entertainments, of A various character. community building is a present day need snd a possibility if a move in this direct ion is nmdo , at the proper time. Bueh a building should bo provided within the coming year so that Pay-s- o nmy have a better and larger well planned and fair in 1922, advertised that it will draw visiters o. from many parts of the state Tn the agricultural the department showing was exceptionally good, and many of. the exhibits will bo mad1' a part of the Utah county exhibit Scores .of varieat the state fair. ties of grains, fruits and .vegVtables were shown to tho great credit of the producers. The success of the agricultural department was duo largely to the interest take,, in it by tho Payson Farm bnrenu and a committee conLaban sisting of John Bchaerrer, Harding, and Mr.. Curtis, rcppeacqt-in- g The "Boys that organization. the Payson of grieultnral club, high school also contributed tQ The success of this department-?,.- , . , necessary some canapes in the Beenuse the Pay-soteaching corps. over crowded high school was tho seventh grade was taken out and a reduction of two teachers was Increases have been necesmade. sary in the following schools; 1 Teacher Thurber 1 Teacher Reese Spanish Fork IT. B.... 1 Teacher 1 Teacher Lincoln for Springville II. 8 ....1 teai-heone half day. 2 Teachers Peteetneet Teacher Dividend Tt. has also been found necessary one jo ope,, a school at Clinton and at Verda. The work in the schools is mak ing very rapid progress this year. In spite of fho large classes the teachers are enthusiastic and inter csted. Pupils are hard at work. Better progress is being mndo in tho subjects of the various classes. out have heen sent Instructions the to the urgo principals asking organcompletion of parent teachers izations in all of the communities. a make These organizations will complete machinery for cooperation, understanding and sympathy among parents and school people. mndc -.-- 1 REPUBLICANS. ATTENTION bu-oa- u The Payson City republican! pri mary will be held on Tuesday evening of next week, at 8 oclock, in the city hall, for the purpose of naming candidates on the republican ticket for mayor, city recorder, city treasurer and four members of the city council. AT! republicans are urged to attend. L. N. ELLSWORTH, Chairman. Wilman Carter of Eureka is visiting here with his family this week. ' Home Economics. , . s Domestic activities, canning, preserving, and art needlework was well represented at the fair, both by in-- " dividual showing and under the tins pines of the Women a Homo bureau, tho members of which "took udtort. interest in the preparation of this portion of tho exposititm. In this department, by members of the Women s Home bureau 107 bottles of various kinds of fruits, preserves and Thoso who conpickles were shown. were tributed to this - department Mrs. A. IC. Huish, Mrs. Ada Wave, Mrs. Lncy. Divon, Mrs, William Ciay-soJr., Mrs. Lydia Curtis, Mrs. G. E. kWilson, Mrs. Elsie Keer, ICrs. Georgit Cloward, Mrs. C. E. Petrie, Mrs. ' P. O. Loveless, Mrs. Ed Snyder, Mrs. C.- - E. McBeth, Mrs. Maud C. Searle, Mrs. Arthur Peay, Mts. O. T. Dixon, Mrs. Pearl FUlmOtc, Mrs. Isaac Hanson-- , ivirs. O., P. Clow, nrd, Mrs. G. Stevens, "Mrs.-Albe- rt (Continued en Page 8.) |