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Show n M TrHTl 1 m NUMBE3f26 if i i r T " J pTtnnission Decides to l0p jight on Valuation ctinn have T-the Utah county ' m the county will fission. William wu made at a com-M com-M with members of Nebo and Prow. Srf the Utah County a Bd other county offl- aa, for taking some ac-talllng ac-talllng the "dlctor-,t "dlctor-,t the sute tax com-sdljcuMed, com-sdljcuMed, and probably m wtloa through the tt, Utah county and tmmus, according to L o drop opposition to the osunJsskm'i order wu Arnold C. Roylance, ta,, reported aU legal ad the state tax com- Lq that revenue of U $1(0,000 to the three j U of the county might I UardlsJmS Ljjjjjig on no further ac- (jooh of Spanish Pork, I ftaUtah County Farm Ljj tnt he Hfld other Si bureau had met with Committee of the Utah I Buna and that the avmnat.hV with , Il U " iatioB and felt Injustice 4 lam Iffixested a Qucstlonalre ' land arc V&Ulftd L fljure'in other coun-Wpti coun-Wpti to determine ft tl counties. t Johnson stated thai had been sympa- the taxpayers and last lit lery from 9 mills i iod has operated this t borrowing money for e la the history of the .stated that the county i demands of the state r W.800 as our share of rarity program, and It that the county will ! 1130,000 for this pur- I. Isoremon of Lehi coun- toOoting the meeting fi begin Monday to jssnment as ordered by si commission. cent increase on farm ) per eent on homes will panty valuation outside 1700,000 to ., 000,000, fwd reported. The input in-put lands would be 11 7 that of 1936, as the j bj the county assessor ent, he said. that the additional tte 1.74 levy of the i tamg the county ap- WOOD. The amount receive would be 1 IH500, it fe esti- Clonal cost In taxes home owners would &t $60,000, according that will be received from the state fcnd thla year Alpine, $43,147.24, to Hold rJon Party er steak fry in 'wayoti for the Lions tod their partners : Thursday night, T announcement ww commit-ifo commit-ifo Meredith, Earl and Joseph Ct committee, Jtte event WSJ? meeUn 4,SL,ib toemberS Of itbT Era Quota Announced Here C. A. Grant, president of the Alpine Al-pine stake Young Men's Mutual Improvement association, reports that the general office has sent out the Era Quota for the 1937-38 Mutual season. This quota calls for 306 subscriptions to the Era- from the Alpine stake. The distribution is made in the wards according to ward population. The American Fork First ward has the largest population With 225. families and 895 members. The Fourth ward is second sec-ond with a population of 887 and 217 families. Both of these wards have e quota of 67 subscriptions. A table of the ward, population, families and quota follows: Alpine 495 119 37 First 896 225 67 Second 825 210 62 Third 734 188 55 Fourth 887 217 67 Highland .... 244 47 18 According to the above table the Alpine stake population numbers 4060 members with a total of 1006 families. o ' ..,." New Electrical A ppliance Co. r.Starts-Here The complete line of General Electrical appliances will be handled In American Fork by Mr. Glen Baker. Mr. Baker received word of his selection as representative of this huge company on - Wednesday and Is now prepared to take orders for any electrical appliance handled by the General Electric Company. Mr. Baker has, for the past three years, served the Utah Power Si Light Company as their outside residential salesman In this district and he is well prepared to serve the people in the community. He has taken over the complete line of G. & refrigerators, ranges, radios, lron-crs, lron-crs, washing machines, and small appliances. He will operate for the Immediate future from his home at 296 North 3rd West. Bom and reared in St. George, Mr. Baker came to Provo In 1925 where he was associated with the Inter-Mountain Electric people. He was employed by the Dixon-Taylor-Russell Company in 1926 and opened open-ed up a branch store in Heber for this company in 1927. He was affiliated af-filiated with the D. T. R. for about eight years serving as branch store manager, salesman and collector. He Joined the Utah Power Sz Light Company In 1934 and came to American Fork In 1935. With this excellent background of salesmanship in various electrical supplies, Mr. Baker is well prepared to serve the public in the selling of General Electric appliances. Alpine Publishing Company Prints New Book The Alpine Publishing Co. recently recent-ly printed for J. A. Washburn of Provo and J. N. Washburn of Lehi, under the name of the New Era Publishing Co., a new story of the Book of Mormon, FROM BABEL TO CUMORAH. It was bound by the Provo Book Bindery and is now available to the public. FROM BABEL TO CUMORAH has three unique features. For the first time the story of the Book of Mormon is presented in its proper chronological order with the time element followed carefully. In the second place the story Is told in the simplest of language so that children chil-dren can Tead and understand It. And finally, the authors have given In the same volume a brief narra tive of the Jews from the time of Abraham to the destruction of Jerusalem, They feel that the stories of the two related peoples or nations should be studied as one. Though the language of FROM BABEL TO CUMORAH Is simple, the book Is by no means a child's book. The Information and expla nations are thoroughly mature. The book Is one of a small number recommended as a minimum library for-the-Adult Department of the M. L A. for. the coming year and can be read with profit and pleasure by people of aU ages. ( POULTRY DAY . coMMrrraE meeting A meeting of the Poultry Day committee will be held Tuesday night at I o'clock at the City Hall for the purpose of approving all bills for payment. City Officials Praise Recreation Program Results Mayor Adamson reports that the city officials are pleased with the results being obtained by the leaders lead-ers of the city recreation program and especially with the play center being conducted each afternoon for the young people of the community. commun-ity. A large group of boys and girls have been enjoying the activities planned by the leaders for them each afternoon. The parents are aUo enthused about the play center. cen-ter. The soft ball league for the older groups has attracted much attention atten-tion and each evening's play brings out a large group of participants as well as spectators. The program for the coming week at the play center included: Monday Rhythm Band, the youngsters In the band are doing excellent work. Between 25 and 30 children are participating in this activity. Tuesday Paper Craft. Instructions Instruc-tions for making the head bandeaux, so popular with all the girls, win be given. iWednesday Amateur Program and Rhythm Band. Thursday Doll sewing and soap carving. In the evening roller skating skat-ing will be conducted at the courts on the Harrington school grounds. Friday General sewing for the glrls ahd the biilldlflg Of bird houses and toy airplanes for the boys. Friday night all of the children. jMtf'tfttf-genefa public are invited to attend the annual Kiddies Kar-nival Kar-nival in Provo. The program will commence with a parade at 6 o'clock, the line of march for the parade will be from Main street north along University avenue to Fifth West and then west to the North Parkreorea-tlon Parkreorea-tlon center, where the main pro gram of stunts, plays, etc. will be given. The children of Pgvo who have attended the play centers during the summer will participate in the pa rade and an evening program. Twenty-two hundred free admis sion tickets have been distributed throughout the cities and towns of Utah county. Everyone is invited to attend this gala Kiddles Kamival, Friday, August 13th, in Provo. The soft ball league has proved popular with the older people. The A. & W. won the first half of the league, winning four games and los ing but one. A new team, Chip-man's, Chip-man's, has Joined the league for the second half, the schedule for which is as follows: August 12 A & W vs. C & R. August 13 Dressing Plant vs. Utah Poultry. August 14 Alpine vs. A & W. August 16 C & R vs. Shumway Service. August 17 Utah Poultry vs. Chip-man's. Chip-man's. August 18 Alpine vs. Dressing Plant. August 19 A & W vs. Shumway Service. August 20 C & R vs. Chlpman's. August 21 Alpine vs. Utah Poultry. Poul-try. August 23 Dressing Plant vs. C & R. August 24 A & W vs. Utah Poultry. Poul-try. August 25 Alpine vs. C & R. August 26 Shumway Service vs. Chlpman's. August 27 A & W vs. Dressing Plant August 28 Utah Poultry vs. Shumway Service. August 30 Alpine vs. Chlpman's. August 31 C & R vs. Utah Poultry. Poul-try. September 1 Dressing Plant vs. Shumway Service. September 2 A & W vs. Chip-man's. M. I. A. Meeting Tuesday Night There will be a meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the Tithing office for the presidencies of the ward M. I. A. organizations. This meeting is being called by the stake M. I. A. officers to discuss with the executives of the wards plans for the opening of Mutual. The first M. L A. meeting this season will be held on September 14th. M. L A. Union meeting will be held on the third Monday of each jnonth ratheT ths the second Mon day as was done last year. The change was made so that -Union meeting would not interfere with City Council meeting and the Junior Literary Club meeting which are both scheduled for the second Monday Mon-day of each month. The stake officers would like a 100 per cent representation from each ward In the stake at this executive ex-ecutive meeting Tuesday, August 17, at 8 o'clock. Sentinel Guards Colorful Zion V V i.A 17 i 4 'V t City Tax Levy Fixed at Same Figure as 1936 City Drive for Water Rates Proving Prov-ing Successful "ftt&K ttS 1dieti foratii--l-4n7 mtlonal Pari ittotteifii rtah. This Wimant-hned monoHth rises 1,050 feet above the floor of the Canyon, or nearly two and ons-rulf times the height of the world's tallest bultthtg. Lying in close psiintty,i Zlaftlt; and Boulder Dam. Unt rariric rtaiirond Phcto. First Ward Plans Dell Outing The officers and teachers of the First ward are working diligently to prepare an unusually attractive program pro-gram of events for the' annual Mutual Mu-tual Dell outing, which will be held. August 30 and 31 and September 1 at the Dell In American Fork canyon. Mrs. T. A. Greenwood, president pres-ident of the Young Womef's organization organ-ization of the "First wara reports that plans are well under way and that a detailed outline of the three days' activities will be published in a later Issue. The Fourth ward outing at the Dell was unusually successful from all standpoints. There were 86 members and their guests registered at the DelL An active three days' program of hiking, games and stunts was carried out. A cleverly arranged "stunt" program was presented on Thursday evening and the Friday evening program was under the direction di-rection of the ward bishopric. There were 200 members of the ward et the Dell for the ward day activities. Saturday, 28 members of the group made the climb to Timp. The entire en-tire group reached the top and en-Joyed en-Joyed a glorious slide down the glacier. State Group Honors Local Legion Post The local chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary were singularly honored at the district Legion and Auxiliary convention held in Price the latter part of the week. The chapter was awarded two trophies and two checks. The trophies were a silver loving cup and a silver basket bas-ket and were awarded for membership member-ship and for an increase of 100 per cent In the Poppy Day sale this year. As the local chapter was the first unit in the district to organize a Junior Auxiliary they were awarded a check for $5.00 as well as a personal per-sonal check of $3.00 from the Junior district chairman to be used by the Junior organization of the local chapter. Mrs. Ethel Graff, last year's auxiliary aux-iliary president, was chosen as a delegate to the National convention which Is to be held in New York, but declined the nomination. Those who attended the Legion and Auxiliary convention from American Fork Included, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McNeil. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Moss, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Xverson, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbum Huggard, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Green. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bamtt, 1r. nd Mrs. Harold Par duhn, Mrs. Nan Peck and Mrs. Ethel Graff. The Auxiliary officers and members mem-bers are to be congratulated on the fine work which the auxiliary has done during the past year. o- China Learafti Sagar Frost Iaite The Chinese emperor sent to India In-dia In 600 A. D. to learn the art of making sugar. Cave and Canyon Visitors Show Increase There was an Increase of 51 per cent In the tourist travel at Timp- anogos Cave for the week of July 4th over that of last year, Thomas Walker, forest ranger at the Cave Camp reports. The increase for the entire month was not as great as for this one week, however. There was a small Increase in the entire month's travel but a small decrease toward the end of the month. This decrease is attributed to the many storm i during the latter part of the month. There were 2880 persons who visited the cave during the entire month of July 1936. This Is an increase in-crease of 161 over the same month last year when there were 2719 sightseers in the cave. On July 4th 373 persons visited the cave while on the 5th there were 533 visitors, making a total of 906 visitors for the two days. Last year on the 4th of July 386 persons made the trip through the natural cavern, and 219 people visited it on the 5th, making a total of 605 for the two days of last year. This makes 301 more persons who visited the cave during the two day holiday in 1937 than in 1936. Ford M. Paulson, forest guard in the Wasatch National Forest, of which American Fork canyon is a part, reports that some 1479 cars traveled over the Loop road during the 24th and 25th of July celebration. celebra-tion. There was a total of 6921 passengers in the cars. Four checkers worked during the two day holiday, two men being stationed at the boundary in American Amer-ican Fork canyon and two at the North Fork in Provo canyon. There were 4199 persons who traveled over the Loop from the Provo side in 601 cars. There were fewer persons from the American Fork side, 2722, but there were 177 more cars, making a total of 878 automobiles traveling over the Loop from this side. Oiling of the road from the Low er Power Plant in American Fork canyon up to Mutual Dell commenced commenc-ed last week. Practically all of the gravel has been haulea and the oiling oil-ing operations will commence within with-in the next few days. The completion comple-tion of this road will add greatly to the attractiveness of American Fork canyon. o NEW SALESMAN ON JOB Ernest Salerno of Ogden has been selected by the Utah Power & Light Company to fill the vacancy left in their local organization by the resignation resig-nation last week of Glen Baker. Mr. SolemotwUl act as outside residential resident-ial salesman for the company. He was formerly associated with the Wright Store In Ogden and comes highly recommended. Mr. and Mrs. Salerno and their two children will make their home in the Baxter apartments oh Second North and Third West. Leonard Pett, water superintendent superinten-dent for American Fork City reported report-ed to the City Council Monday evening eve-ning in their regular session that the water rates were coming in fairly fair-ly well. He stated that notices had been served on 100 users that the water would be turned off unless payment was received within 5 days. A number of specific accounts were discussed by the council members and it was recommended that a complete follow up be made and the water shut off on the unpaid accounts. ac-counts. It was also recommended that leniency be allowed providing 50 per cent of the bill be paid and the balance within 30 days. In the report made by the water j superintendent it was shown that American Fork City is returning 2.10 second feet extra water to the Irrigation Company. The report re-port on the water given in exchange with the American Fork Irrigation Company follows: August 2, drawing 241 second feet of water; August 2, returning to the of water. The oiling project on First West street was discussed and It was re ported thtttrpiotartjrowaeg had not as yet been contacted. It was suggested that the city contact the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad in re gard to their approval for payment on the project.. The proposed oiling of other streets in the city was also discussed, and the matter. was ... de f erred for further investigation. . Mayor Adamson congratulated and commended the Police department depart-ment on the fine way the large crowd was handled on Poultry Day, the fine cooperation given by the State Highway Patrol and special police and very good work they all accomplished. Councilman Preston reported that the paint project wu proceeding and that tfiT City Hall was ' being cleaned In preparation for painting by the N. Y. A. A report was given on the park project and it was suggested that the work be pushed as rapidly as possible In order that the sprinkling system and lawns could be installed and planting started before fall. It was called to the attention of the council that the (State Municipal Convention will be held in Price on August 19, 20, 21 and It was suggested suggest-ed that the council members arrange ar-range to attend. . . The 1937 tax levy for American Fork City was set Monday evening by the council at a special meeting. The levy for the coming year was set at 17 mills, the following resolution resolu-tion being passed by uie council: "Be it Resolved by the City Council of American Fork City that the tax levy for city purposes for the year 1937 be fixed as follows: Mills Contingent or General Fund.. 4 Waterworks 1 Streets. , . . . .J . ............. 2.. Electric .Light 3 Public Library 1 Sinking Fund 3 Malntainence Public Property 2 Total 17 The 193. levy totaled 17 mills, the same as the levy fixed by the council for 1937-However, the levy in several sev-eral of the departments was some what changed to meet with the present demands of the city. The contingent, or general fund, was lowered one mill from last year's levy, It having been 8 mills last year and only 4 this. The Electric Light Fund was raised one mill having been but 2 mills last year In place of the mill levy for the current year. 0 i i Local Alining rrManmnswers Death's Call Funeral services for 'Lo Wuliam Blrk, 63, lifelong resident of American Ameri-can Fork, will be held this afternoon (Friday) at 3 o'clock In the Third ward chapel. Death came Monday following a lingering illness. Mr. Blrk was born In American Fork, the son of Frank and Sarah Hardy Blrk. July 28th. 1874. The greater part of his life had been spent in mining. OnTebruary 1, 1900, he married Susie Jones, who with the following children survive him: Clyde and Ruth Birk and Mrs. . Margarette Birch of American Fork, Neldon Blrk, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mrs. Violet Oetertoh, Bait Lake City; nlna grandchildren and the following follow-ing brothers and sisters: Albert Blrk, American Fork; Mrs. Violet Gardiner, Salt Lake City; Otto Blrk, Provo, and Arthur C. Birk, Tekoa, Washington. Aspen Grove Theatre Dedicatory Services Today Dedicatory services for the new Amphi-theatre at Aspen Grove, Provo canyon, will be held this evening. eve-ning. The committee in charge of the arrangements included Dr. T. Earl Pardoe. Dr. A. C. Lambert and Dr. H. R. Clark, all of the B. Y. U. In Provo; V. N. West, forest ranger; James Gurr, supervisor; and Ford M. Paulson, forest guard. The day's activities will consist of an Art and Science Exhibit from 2 to 6; luncheon hour from 6 to 7. Instrumental music under the direction direc-tion of Robert Bauer of Provo, K. J. Bird of American Fork, Clair Johnson John-son of Provo, and Earl A. Beck of Pleasant Grove, from 7 to 7:30; and the dedication program from 7:30 to 9. The dedication program will consist con-sist of a number from the B. Y. U. male quartet; presentation of Theatre Thea-tre by James E. Curr, superintendent superinten-dent of the Wasatch Forest; response, re-sponse, Dr. Franklin 8. Harris of the B. Y. U.; B. Y. U. string ensemble; ensem-ble; address. Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo; Wasatch County Male Quartet: one-act play "Moonshine" under the direction of Lafe Terry; vocal duet, Mildred Chlpman and K. J. Bird; creative dance from Pleasant Grove, under the direction of Margaret Stagg; dedicatory prayer, pray-er, Joseph Olpln of Heber City. Saratoga Dance The dance at Saratoga Saturday night will be in honor of the employees em-ployees and residents of Lark, Utah, A large xrowd is expected to be pres ent from that city. Dancers from the northern end of Utah county can be assured of a rousing good time Saturday night. The music for the dance will be furnished by Byron Dastrup and his orchestra. Ten Years Ago Now (Taken from files of Aug. 13, 1927) J. fianford Walker, manager at the Peoples MilL was badly burned about the eyes Friday morning about 10:45. He, with Mr. Hewlet, employee at the mill, were pouring a bearing when the babbit metal exploded. ex-ploded. The hot metal was thrown up In Mr. Walker's face burning him mainly about the eyes. Ten Years Ago Now-Next Now-Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Wed-nesday will be the yearly outing of the First ward M. I. A. at Mutual Dell, the officiers of that organization organiza-tion and the recreation committee have been busy during the past week planning activities of various kinds and from all indications the recreational program will surpass that of former years. Ten Years Ago Now Monday afternoon and evening, in celebration of the 105th anniver sary of the birth of their ancestor, William Greenwood, deceased, one hundred and thirty-five of his descendants des-cendants gathered at the Saratoga resort in a reunion. The crowd gathered at 3 o'clock and the first event was swimming in the plunges. A tasty lunch followed after which a program was renaerea. Manon Greenwood, son of Judge Joshua Greenwood, of Salt Lake City, was elected president of the Greenwood family organization for the ensuing year, succeeding Abe Greenwood of this city in the position. Ten Years Ago Now The annual get-together day at the farmers, business and professional profes-sional men of Utah County, held at Geneva Wednesday exceeded expec tations in attendance and was one of general Jollification for all who attended. At 3:30 p. m. the actual register showed 1374 in attendance and a number came later. Ten Years Ago Now The Alpine School District Is entitled en-titled to one scholarship ..la .. the school of education in the University Univer-sity of Utah for the year 1927-28. Twenty scholarships In the school of education of the University will be awarded for the year, It was announced an-nounced Monday by Dr. O. N. Jensen, Jen-sen, state superintendent of public instruction. The scholarships admit the students without payment of tuition fees. t: ! ft. |