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Show A1 ai Tke fcef way to become a good talker it to learn to itriiiii hare something to sag. The gg art of conversation is the most most neglected of aU Successor to Public Opinion tSiZSZKI Volume g One Number Fifteen New Power Plant at Ft. Collins , Neb. A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE DEPENDABLE PUBLISHED AT PROVO, U&AH New High Record In City Water 117 Collections modern steam power, plant at Ft. Collins, Neb. which ia mokeleaa, cinderleaa, and noiaeleas, and adds to the beauty of the elty park. Provo's propoaed power plant will be modelled after auch a plant, according to Mayor Mark Anderaon. Proposed Power Plant Will Beautify City Says Mayor Anderson. OF LOCAL AFFAIRS INDEPENDENT ii This Is A Legal Publication Valley this excellent section of Provo, with very beneficial results were twlarsd Mayor Mark Anderson, read and discussed at commission ibis week, as ho commented upon murks made by some eltisens meeting this week In the receipt by the mayor of the following that tbe preeent unsightly sur-leesdl- ng sd in the area of the hoepltal show a marked Mflect on the part of city In dealing with thia section of the city. No argumente arise regarding the beauty and value to the area sf the new hoepltal, nor of the saw Tlmpanogoe school, and none should exist regarding the propower posed municipal plant, which is to bo built at the corner at Fifth North and Second West stmts if the city commission site is used, declared Mayor Ander- pro-ym- letter: citlsens witnessing the event along with the entire enrollment of both the Parker and Fairer schools. Mrs. Jennie Wilkins, veteran Provo educator, was accorded the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, March 04. 110$. honor of breaking the sod. PrinHon Mark Anderson, cipal Fred C. Strate of Parker, Provo, Utah, and Superintendent J. C. Moffltt Dear Mr. Anderson: were leading figures In the day's Regarding your letter of the proceedings, with President Ver01st will state that tie two mod- na Anderson of the Boerd of ern steam plants I have managed Education, Mayor Mark Anderson in the past 15 years have been of Provo city, Elmer A. Jacob, assets to the building up of Raton engineer, Mrs. B. F. Pendlecity and Ft. Collins, from an aesthetic ton. president, and others view point The Ft Collins plant being, speakers. Is the main park at the entrance Ground has already been broto the North and the Raton plant ken for the Tlmpanogoe school, at the south entrance Is an ath- and plans are under wey for letic field, and playground, and school dedicatory exercises at an Xew Plant Win Be Center of la one of the show places between early date. Both schools will Pvkrd Area Col. and Santa Fe. New soon be under construction, conTrinidad, The mayor's views are that the Mexico. 1 am enclosing a picture tracts hsving been let to G rone-ma- n sew plant would add much to the of part of the landscape as seen and Company for Parker, attractiveness and beauty of that from the main highway on College and to Tolboe and Tolboe for part of town. He points out that avenue. Minor conthe sew power plant will be fully Timpanogos school. (Ed. Note: This picture is re- tracts for heating, ventilating, aodern, and therefore smokeless at top of this article.) and plumbing have also been let sad cinderless, and almost noise-ba- t. produced have a wonderful water to other firms. Building must be Ton He adds that the eommie-io- a more than necessary, for is making plans for the supply,uses now and later can uac completed ready for occupancy your this fall, which means practically forking and beautification of the towers and eut oown oh complete by cooling (rounds, and that the building water. Fred Msrkham and Claude will be of a beautiful architThere is absolutely no object- Ashworth are architects for the ectural design. ions! noises from a modern steam porker school and James E. Allen The present unsightly elty and It could be built in the for Tlmpanogoe. with Pope and bops will be moved, states Mayor, plant, center of your city without dam-eg- e Burton of Balt Lake City as eon Audenon, the old mill race will Allen. to property. suiting architects for Mr. b piped, and the whole area Cordially, r aide attractive. location The G. H. Palmes. alerted will save Provo city WILD LIFE JAMBOREE: Manager, ueh money, aside from the Power Department, and It was the gayest party of the Light actual power consumption, for Hastings, Nebraska season with more than 1000 then is an abundance of water, The other letter comes from sportsmen gathered at the Elks asd In a modern plant for eool-- b, Hastings, Nebraska, and Is writ- hall, and actually more than 500 which can be used afterward ten by Ray Coffey, superintendent memberships recorded for tbe tar heating a swimming pool, and tiers. One para- Provo Wild life association at tar boating the new hospital, or of the plant ia here copied, which deals their annual Jamboree here Frigraph V eves be utilised as a central with the location of the municipal day night. Bob Bullock, president, baatiag wait . for surrounding showed the boys how it ought to there: anas, including the Brigham plant Is located In the be done, and bad plenty of action "Our plant Tsug university. middle of one of Hastings finest throughout tbe evening, including OessnsilL was a Advantages listed really clever floor show from parks. However, the plant City Engineer Elmer A. Jacob before the park, and the park re- Salt Lake City, and Billy Wilson And that batata out that In Grand Island, sulted from efforts to beautify with his magle stunts. This park Is barbecue why more than 1106 itsbrsska,. tbe .municipal plant the plant grounds. "ib its heat In this manner, and located centrally in Hastings' Sandwiches disappeared finest residential section. There and those prises, why boy, It was japa a harvest of $1$,05$ annual-no a burn heating revenue alone. Is no damage from smoke and great night! steam A Cther economic noises. listadvantages complaint from by the mayor Include the rall-"- 4 turbine plant ia very quite In oper- DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE: facilities already built right ation, and I am certain Its operb tbs door of the proposed plant; ation would occasion no comLists are Incomplete even in nobat the excessive of Provo's 15 districts, to say because city already owns tbe plaints throughdistricts 70 of the baperty; that Its location In tbe noise." thing rt of the elty eliminates expen-j- " out the county, hut County Clerk Wotransmission Clarence Grant says that about lines, ellmln-rj- a The Music Bectiou of .the the bauarde of Interruption men's Council entertained about 50 districts have reported their new pridisruption of service over 50 ladlea Saturday afternoon at elections under Utah's held the i with Mrs. Mnrvln mary law which have transmission line, and a bridge-te- a the past bales loss from leakage In Gease. chairman, being spotlight politically for have at Democrats asmltting power, which often Mrs. C. O. Claudln, and Miss two weeks. than high ae 00 per cent of the Blanche Nelson. Miss Jean Rey- least reported more activity hav.. with meetings other parties, generated. nold. won the silk All IV"f From chiffon hosiery ing been held In all precincts. Other Cities prises of lovely have been to to supposed are went rrsof of the fMt reports that other donated by the Booterle Mrs. filed last night. March 01 with the have built their Mrs. Mark Brlmball and municipal n tfnts Inside the county clerk city Itself Henry Geese. mid-Augu- It-s- . w "I piloted by Elmer and Bill Smith. Conclusions drawn by the mayor after first hand investigation, and consideration of the data found are hero printed for readers of this paper. The trip started from the sewer outfall just south of the golf course and continued to a near the west shore on Utah Lake at the outlet of point Mud Lake. The Mayors report, which follows, was rdeafeed Friday, March 25. SIR HERBERT AMES ed Interest in the development and beautification of the north west section of Provo grows as plans for the new . . . 300,000 Utah Valley Hospital are being prepared, the actual construction of the new Timpanogos school gets under way, NEW SCHOOLS STARTED and the possibilities of the new Municipal Power plant loom before the people, pending the final disposal of the Ground breaking ceremonies foy question the Parker school were held MonIqr the Supreme court. All three projects bear directly on the development of day at Fifth North and Sixth East streets with more than 000 As to our readers, we promise a clean, newsy, family patter, without tobacco or liquor advertising of any kind, nut because somebmly called on us and demanded that we quit advertising such things, hut because we believe in keeping such things out of the home as far as it lies within our power. 1IV prefer for our readers exactly what we would like to find in our, own homes. Every director of this company is here speaking, and all are 1(H) per rent behind this statement. Every one of them is a citizen of this community, and behind anything which will help build Provo and surrounding district. Every dollar you spend with the Utah Valley Publishing Sewage Disposal Investigations Show Value To Provo City of Maintaining Rights in Mud Lake and Provo Bay Drainage Districts Provo city sewage disposal and the draining of Had Lake received careful consideration by the city, fconunigskm Thursday, with a boat trip taken by Mayor Mark Anderson, Commissioner Jesse Haws, City Engineer Elmer A. Jacob $10,-001.- 70 ing to the laws of the state of Utah. However, the deal was yo sooner done than certain persons, more interested in destroying a local company than in giving a square deal, attempted to throw a cloud on the legal status of the new publication, the Utah Valley News. The challenge was accepted, and the management refused to take any legal advertising or to send any paper through the U. S. mails, so long as a cloud was thrown over the "legal status , preferring to wait the calm decision of the Postal authorities at Washington. Now that that decision Has' been made, and acceptance of this publication has been authorized through the Provo post office, all questions of legality have been answered, and the Utah Valley News is recognized as one of Utah's legal newspapers, with all rights and privileges, pertaining to any newspaper in the state as such, a recognition which should have been accorded it from the beginning of its publication. We wish to thank our hundreds of subscribers for their patience in waiting for our legal status to be verified. In the meantime wjb have been delivering these papers as accurately as possible to all subscribers, but have explained to them as well as we could, without actually contacting them individually, that no charge against their subscription payments would be made until they began receiving their copies through the mail. Hence from this date, your subscription mil be charged and it will be continued for the full period of time for which you paid. H want further to say that this explanation applies to the 1000 or more subscribed who subscribed to the Journal when it was published by Mr. Graham. Every subscriber will be satisfied, as our deal with Mr. Graham included the taking oter of his subscription list. This we are now doing, and if any Journal subscriber is NOT getting this paper, we would appreciate your calling Il'e phone 13 and give ns your name and address. will gladly fulfil Mr. Graham's contract with you. And let us add: This paper is here to stay. He know from the support we have received from all parts of the city during the past four months of our struggle to have our rights recognized that the people are behind us. We also know, as you do, that the merchants of Provo are behind us, and thal good will prevails throughout the business section of Provo toward both the Voice of Sharon and the Utah Valley News. We intend to merit this support, and guarantee to our advertisers a bona fide subscription list which is open for their inspection at any time, We have hundreds of subscribers in SpringvSle, Spanish Fort, Payson, Salem, Sputa-quin- , giving a good advertising coverage in those towns, as well as in Provo city. The Voice of Sharon covers the Sharon stake area like a blanket. Every copy of both papers goes right into the homes of the people, through the post office. No better advertising medium can be found in any community. APRIL 1, 1938 FRIDAY, Comcfie Endowment Speaker collections for water rates were I7.4Z2.IC or over 000 more than the billings for (A statement to the reader and business men of . tbe month. Of this amount 11500 Provo ant) .District) waa on old accounts which are At last the good news hjas arrived from Washington, rapidly being reduced due to tbe drive being made by tbe Water- IK C. The Utah Valley News lhas secured its mailing works Department on these deprivileges, and all subscribers will get their copies of linquent accounts. More than twice as much has this paper through the United States mails. Along with been collected in the water de- this privilege, conforming in every particular with the partment for the first three Utah State laws governing publications, the Utah Valley months of this year over last; News is proven to be a legal publication, establishthe 1ISI collections being while the 1007 collections ing, without question, its right to publish all legal notices were 10,010.10 ($0,107.01 less). required by law to be published in city, county, or state, The expenditures In the water- a right which it obtained by reason of the purchase of works department are approxi- the Journal" from J. C. Graham of Provo. mately the same for the three month period of the two years, In explanation of the delay in these rights, it must 1007 being $0,407.00 and 1000 be pointed out that the Utah Valley Publishing company, $0,500. Tbe March expenses for which also publishes the Voice of Sharon, when if pur-chasech year were $0,200.00 and the Journal changed the name of the Journal $0,415.57 respectively. to the Utah Valley News, everything being done accord- Events in the arts. Journal March New and important Speaking to B. Y. U. students Hall Wednesday, Sir Herbert Ames, appeared under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, arrangements having been made by Dr. Christen Jensen, dean of the graduate school and adviser of the International Relatione club. Sir Herbert, a former Canadian parliamentarian, of 17 years experience in the Canadian House, waa treasurer of the League of Nations from 151$ to 1106, and has kept doeely In touek with central and southeastern European developments. His address dealt with the present-da-y spirit of Germany. at College PROVOAN8 In the NEWS Paul Huiah of the Hulsh Electric, dealers in General Electric products declares that Americans are becoming refrigeration minded" the year round, as witness the fact that 166,000 domestic electric refrigerators were sold during January. With that winter months sales, honors went to Pennsylvania for actual number of sales made, while Oregon led in sales percentage Increases over the whole nation. MARCELLUB NIELSON of Mapleton is Utah countys new auditor, succeeding Booth Sorensen of Lehl, and assuming his new duties April 15, following hie appointment Tuesday by the Mr. Sorencounty commission. sen's resignation being accepted tbe new appointment was made, the new appointee having been for Ares and a half years a deputy county treasurer here. Mr. Sorensen has accepted a position under the state tax commUalos la Salt Lake City. see Sewage Foads Bfcoald Be Fnnd: The poaalblilly of extending tha aewer outfall In s pipe approximately 1000 feet south and woat from the preeent outfall to aa area at about compromise level, end there provide a eerieo of shallow pondo covering several acres should bo studied with the Idea of improving our sewage disposal without escceslvo cost Thee ponds should bo fenced against livestock. Ia this case tko sewage could bu Impounded entirely on Mention ground lying directly below the patented ground now owned by Provo City. This accretion ground belongs to the public, but many hUM to the theory that tha use of tho accretion ground goes with tko patented coetlguona area abort. In either cast no ona has u better right thao tha city to tho use of this low ground. Method flatistartory It la my opinion, however, that tha present method of disposal Is satisfactory and constitutes but a slight health haaard. If nay, either to humans or to wild blrda and anlmala. Few peopla froquaut tho area during tha year. Hunters go upon tho area la tha Fenced sewage ponds would maka tho larger ana moro daalrablo for hunters and livestock would bo prevented from wading la tha sewaga. , Thera le no evidence that onr sewaga goes beyoad a point' In llna with sixth want. It never has reached Mad Lake whan oo -y ducks have died in bad years. Ia these bad yean ducks la ky tha In thousands many othar placoo la Utah whan tharo ia aa sewage Tha waste from tha Industrial plants earn bo uaoa sad irritlii eel Into tho Mud Lako ana, bat spreads, la diluted. Bad aimtateh aatfl no appreciable amoaat of thia auto rial Orar rtanhea Utah waa no notieeabla odor from tho tawago duo poriapa to tho greet volumo of water at thia mu Drainage af Bay Distrlrte Weald Nat Tlrm its fbwhOam Than an two reasons for further Oral sago of tho Provo Bay districts. First, to leasee evaporation and iacroaao tho water supply of tho Associated Canal Companies of Balt Lake Valley. users of accretion ground and local land owaon la tho law anna' may bo benefited. Even though tho area ta drained Prove City sewaga aad itart-rl- al wastes from tho steel plant ahonld never bo cut dlroctly lata . Utah Lake. It Is mueh better aa It Is. Many people an Joy boating and bathing In Utah Lake. I wish to emphaalse that Provo Clty'a sewage la not oven a mall factor In the water logged condition of tho largo marsh of ' four or fivo thousand acres of land In tho Mud lako or Provo Bay district. Even tha moat modern sewage disposal plant woald eliminate no water. Then is not the allghest possibility of tho water and sewage tacking up onto the airport and golf course unless tho level of Utah Lake rises eleven or twelvo feet above tho preoent level. If that ever happens, drains blow tho lako level will ta of no avail. Bird Aaartaary ValaaMe Today then era tens of thousaads of dacha, geese, and othar blrda nesting and feeding In tha Mud Laku area. All appear healthy. It la tha beat aad largest breeding ground for dacha ia thia part of the state. It seems Inconsistent to spend millions of dollars to flood areas for birds aad at tha aama time spend large sums to drala such excellent natural breeding grounds as wo have right hers. Drainage Woald Create Alkali Flats FOM with Wee No donbt soma of the drained area would prove valuable for agriculture but more of It would bo oaly waste dry alkali flats with alt grass aad considerable amoants of worthless weeds. This conclusion is amply atataatiatad by conditions that hero already developed oa dry or temporarily dry areas near Utah Lake. If the Mad Labs area ia drained aay farther, Provo City ahonld hero nothing to do with it, mud unlaoa absolute aaeuraaea is given that effective control gates will bo placed at proper Intervals to back tha water up si desired, tha City should enjoin Individuals aad agencies from procoodlag with inch work. Mack af tha low ana is wllhla tho limits of fnvo City. Tho asoociotad Caaal Companion should ta forced to rseofcalie tho rights aad Internets of Utah IWst Jeme Haws, Prove euy commissioner, who heads the Easter 8unrlse 8erv!ca committee fer this year's Utah Lake service, announces plans are rapidly shaping for another of these outdoor Easter services. N. Y. A. workers are assisting Mr. Haws Valley. committee in clearing the grounds for the program site. far-fam- company will remain right in Provo and district, and be spent by its directors and employes in the business houses of this city and of Utah Valley. On this basis we solicit your patronage. We solicit your subscriptions first, from all the people of this city. The sum is $2 a year. It isn't much, doesnt even pay for the paper which we buy to print our weekly messages through the. year. You can buy it by the month, the quarter, or the half year, if you prefer. We also solicit the support of the' merchants. We have an excellent job printing plant, and callable workmen, who will ever be at your service. We guarantee you satisfaction, both in your advertising and in your and printing. This is your and Patronize it, your money will come hark to plant. home-owne- I MARK ANDERSON Mayor iou. home-controll- d, WE THANK YOU Utah Valley Publishing Com pang William P. Claytan, retired veteran of tho Provo poet office, waa the guest of honor recently at a banquet tendered to him by bis fellow employee. Flfty-eeve- u place at Harley's Chaateaa filled the long dining hall replete with spring decorations, nt which the 57 gueetc spent an evening ot enjoyment in n program of conga, stories, and speeches of congratulations ind good wishes. LaVar Christenson was chairman of arrangements assisted by W. Raymond Green, and John W. waa master of ceremonies. Postmaster J. W. Dangerfleld expressed the fellowship all had for the honored guest. m see Provo fire chief, and Provo'a loading Odd Follow, led a group of local members to Eureka Wednesday tor a special lodge meeting. Clyde Bruit, . |