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Show Jl ..OPENING-GAME-;.: i Balloon Mardi Gras U!i ifil (0 ,-Heber; vs;.Ani;.ForkbD3-n3 o Fcr .Csafit of; lb D!s:tillGb ;- Apollo Hall I. -( ; 8 p. in. 'V1 can AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY,' MAY 5, 1923 NUMBER 13 mm 4 I 1 V i I I . Mr ..'.,4 V'.. ...-. RRST E THIS SEASON WED. All to 111 radlness p th first scheduled baseball game next Wed- uUr. May : fta, , wha American fork plays Hebr at tat city park Itr at 1:10. This week the park, .ridAr the direction of Mgr. Holm- stead, has been put la ; first class stsp. and fi oaaeoau una bm jor this to be one ox u neat seasons or the league. v ":; '"Tir'j "At th flrit game Wednesday the high gchool band will be present and g record attendance la expected. The anal opening , ceremoalea will x be etrrled ont ' : 'i ? -''';, According to Mgr. Holmstead following fol-lowing are taoaa who hare been aa " lected and signed op for.the ' local team this easonr-Hap" Holmstead. Manager; Ralph Barratt, Addle Mil-ler, Mil-ler, Allen BheUey, Eslla Bennett, Ed-At Ed-At Larson. Grant Ingersoll, Elijah Ctlpman. Pete Condor, Walt Dnrrant Jack Morgan, "Doc Homer, Geo. Block, Otto BIrk and Coach TwttchelL i Tha players ara practicing each frenmg at the park and moat of them tppear, to be In rery good condition. Wednesday night a big balloon 4 junu UtH UlUbf v iT,a w the Apollo Hall by the baaeball com-; com-; Btttaa, to help raise funds , for the ban team, and It. la expected to be the dance of the season With, the largest larg-est attendance .The echoes of the squ-awker squ-awker balloon! will no ; doubt be heard by the anrronndlng towns.' . 4 The finance committee which was oat hut week, wer anccessful to e-curlng e-curlng the support of business houses tad many others, tad tt this dance , Is attended the wray. It should ha, the dab will be on firm financial baals lor tha season, 'CS'l POULTRy ipiON POULTRY FEED DISCUSS ii in hi - PROPERTY VALUES SHOV INCREASE - -A meeting Of the American "I Pork Poultry Aasn wai held Thursday alght of last week in tha city halL Pres. R, L. Ashby presided and stated stat-ed thu the purpose of the meeting was to discuss poultry feed for the association. Tha minutes of the pre. rious meeting were read and appror-ed. appror-ed. ... Upon motion of EL , W. Paxman, toe assoclaUoa toted that tha American Am-erican Fork assoclaUoa stand their portion of tha expense of having their representative, JU I Ashby, at. tend tha ataU meetings held In Salt Lake. Mr. Brawn of tha Utah Poultry Producers waa present and spoke on tha matter of getting feed for the association, Ha stated tt was not their purpose to make money on tte feed, their only charge to b for the expense . of obtaining .same. Mr. Brown's plan waa for each member to order hie feed for the month and a charge of I par-cant would be made tor handling. : After a discussion of this matter, a motion was made and carried that dealer In poultry supplies be requested re-quested to put in a written bid stating stat-ing the terms on which they would agree to furnish the association member -with, all' kinds of supplies required . by the Industry, ' and that tha assoclaUoa, meet oa . Thursday, May Srg, to take ctloa on said bids. Pre 4 Ashby enggaated that It would "be; aacassarf to prorlde for a permanent assembling ; plant before winter and that tha members think oat some plan to present at tha next i Mr. Brown stated he was working out plaaaj tojBarkeij;. th broilers ot association members. W. H. Chlpman, In behalf of the Commercial Club, reported It had been suggested that American Fork hare a big Poultry Day. This mat ter was also taken under advisement to be "considered ' at the next meet ing. At the poultry meeting Thursday night. It was decided to hold a mass meeting next Tuesday night to dis cuss a poultry day celebration. . o Tha final budget for tha "Jyear has been worked out , by the iRnard In thnlr ihrtut riunt miittntl and after having been checked by their attorney, has .bean submitted to the Board of County Commission-era. Commission-era. . , : - VV-' V . - .They, have aimed to make -ma-terial raducUoa and can now assure SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS : BUDGET . FOR 1923-24 coming th people of , the District that a 10 par cent decrease la the , local Ux levy can be made, L a. a raducUoa HI mills to 10 mills. The following cotnparaUve budgets will give the figures which will ex plain the financial policy tor "the coming year, aa' compared with last year. '1 192J-J4 2S.4S 2SJ00 1MJSU 1J22-II I25.T80 14.U0 1J7.JH Items. " - " ' - 81nklng funds and Bond payment! Interest on Bonds and FloaUng accounts Payment of all Salaries, Teachers, ; ' " Board, Supt, Clark and Treasurer: ' Support and Malnttnance, Janl- , ' tors', salaries, supplies, heat, : llgbU power, texts, school - supplies, repalra- replacements, etd (The Increase here Is due to tha added cost for fuel and light due to tha five large buildings added, and for new texts which ' have to be purchased next year due to new State adoption, r Texts will be bought for practioaHy a five year period.) ' 8ehool sites, buildings, permaa-i ; . ant Improvements, extenaloaa. aie,: S4SQ . S7.820 , v ' I ToU1,: $2. W1.T10 ' ' S31JS19 This Hem of $19400 Is tha unascertained unascer-tained amount due oa the ' bunding and plumbing accounts at the time the last year's Budget aiada. These accounts have all been settled this yaar.y "i ,V- ' r. The Board thai year has paid off all outstanding' accounts and has ao currant debts (except current months bills) and. has revenue sufficient to go through tha year without an appreciable ap-preciable deficit '' : . ' V' , Tie Janitor's contract for tha next yeas wu accepted, and th fixing of wagpa, sad time of employment was mada, . . , The bills (or th month wr pass- ad, poa th recommendaUon of the Cteiklng Committee. ., , ,,; ,Th bids tor thanext year's coal supply . were . opened. ., No ., definite acUoa wu takes dus to the fact that b! '.s from : all parts of th District were" not m. C. , MR E Property assessments In Utah oounty show slight Increase this year over those of 192J in spite of a material loss In personal property oa the tax rolls caused by the shut down last year ot the Payson sugar factory and a slowing up In production produc-tion ot sugar at tha Lehl and Spanish Fork plants. The annual report of County Assessor As-sessor C. E. Hawkins was submitted submit-ted to the state board of equaliza tion this week, the first assessor's reporta to be made on property as-1 The American Fork Fish and Game sessmenta for the current year. It protective Ass'n," which was organ-shows organ-shows a total troDerty value asses- id laat week, have been nromlsed sed by the county, exclusive of mines aome 50,000 trout to be planted in and public utilities amounting to ! the small streams south . ot , town. I34.652.8C6 compared with $34,620,078 PHEASANTS COMING In 1922. Real, estate values have been main. Tuesday. 1000 Eastern Brook trout were brought oyer from the Sprlng-ville Sprlng-ville Hatchery and planted In the tamed, at approximately the same streams ; 20,000 will be, available figure though an Increase of some ' soon and the remainder will be "se- WCn AAA t . u,uuu 11 anown oy a natural growin ad development This development is shown in a slight Increase la tha "proved farm lands and a corres- 1-vumus. reaucuon in nmmprovea farm lands. livestock values have en increased , by" " approximately $175,000 bringing the 1923 value to $1,501,379 but here again It la largely large-ly due to greater numbers belag plac d on the assessment rolls rather than of any outstanding Increase In cured later. These stream will be closed for two years -that the fish might be protected till they are large enough. , - - Tuesday four beautiful Chinese Pheasants were placed in the window of the American Confectionery and attracted considerable attention. Tha local association has been promised 100 pair, ot these pheaeanta by fall, which will be, turned loose la the hills aear by. These fowls are batch- the Individual stock. Tts report ed at Sprtngville hatchery. . bow ths addlUon of two new eegre-1 Other communities near us are do-cations do-cations this year namely, bees, where ling their part to protect the fish and the value Is fixed at about $10.000 game, and we must do our part The nd chickens, valued at $51,443. association la desirous of having the The personal nronertv aaaeaaments co-oneratlon of the cltliens in. this CITY FAIRS TRAII-;. ,:sasi show a drop from IS.T29.078 to $7Jt4- 'M but the big reduction Is attribut-hy attribut-hy the cdbnty assessor to th talL Wt In the sugar assessmsnts caused 7 the depletion of stocks oa hand. AH Stores Will Close Wednesday Afternoons Commencing with next Wednesday afternoon May th, all local business hougp, win close st one o'clock verjr Wedncsdsy afternoon , during "ayJune, July and August . Th matter and hop to have th mem bership of th association largely Increased. . ; ' ; . ; Skags Store Closes Here ' Tonight clones Its the local Skaggs ; store doors for business,, after operating here for about two years. Th , present manager, Mr." Alma Johnsoa, will continue wlthf th com-pony com-pony and assume the managership of lb new stors which Is being, open 'nala PuiDone f tu. ..bi kalf'ed un at Helper It there Is any stock holiday la jtlint all may give our ball left tonight. It will, b. shipped to Hel-full Hel-full support at their game's be-1 per.. The company Is of the opinion lles providing rreatlon during the' that a store st Helper will do much hot months. , ' ibetter than her. ' The City Council mot la regular session last Saturday evening with all members present excepting Councilman Coun-cilman Robinson. r ? r ; Fir Chief L L. Pratt waa present and proffered th services 'of th volunteer firemen la th ; general clean-up ot the city. . . r Earl H. Holmstead, manager ot the base ball team, asked for the tree use of the city park for' th Ball Club. A moUoa was mad and ''carried which granted permission, provided th park might be used by the public pub-lic when not In use by the ball club. Mr. Holmstead also called attention to the fact that tha fence needed repairing, re-pairing, also the screen la front of the bleachers. He proposed that the club would do all the labor, it the oity would stand the expenae of ma terial." On motion of Councilman Coddlngton the public property com mittee was authorized to arrange for the material proposed. Mr. Holmstead Holm-stead further proffered (he services of the High School boys In cleaning up the park, provided the 'city would furnish a team. On motlonthe of fer was accepted. A communication was read from the Ooddard-Abbey Co., public ac countants, calling attention to the re. cent law passed by tha legislature requiring the biennial audit of pub lic accounts, and suggesting that the matter receive attention while audit ing firms were not busy. Oa motion th recorder was Instructed to ans wer . the communlcaUon, stating It had been filed tor future reference. 8. W, Chlpman appeared . before thee ouncil In behalf of E. H. 8treet and presented a claim xf $3010.00, damages claimed for water flooding 14 acres of land In 4922. On motion tha claim waa referred to the city attorney. - V' Mayor ; Walker asked' the mind of tha council In the matter of calling th clUsens Out to consider protection protec-tion from high water. The matter waa, taken under advisement' Reports ot the city . officers were read and approved, and bills allow ed. . - "'.V v : ;: , The City, Recorder, reported 'hav Ing checked up th special paving warrant account ot th side walk paving district number t, and his computations were about $36 less than those of the Beneficial Life Ins, Co., holders of the warrants. The record- Ton , find at Chi Oman's 'any article of apparel roa need tor tha Gradnate,'-. --;"- v. s ..-, CONSTRUC III OF : ALPINE HIGHWAY OonstntcUon on th Alpine high' way, to run from th head of Lambs canyon' to' Brighton la Cottonwood canyon, and which; is a joint project pro-ject of tha' federal government and Salt Lake county, will begin aa soon as tha weather permits, according to Dana Parkinson of, th United States' forestry service. This high way will pasa through some of th most remarkable scenic wonders ia the world, Mr. Parkinson sail . Th road from American . Fork canyon, around Mt Tlmpanogoa to Provo canyon will b completed soon. h waa said, as will also th trail to tha Tlmpaaogoa cava Th t tral to the too of Mt Tlmpaaogoa, which war bunt last year, wDl ba re paired this summer. . r . It la also possible that a road from' Woodland above Kama to th head ot th Provo river, will be constructed. , ; , v " . Speaking of tha precanUons to be taken this year la preventing forest tires, Mr. Parkinson said that a nollcy of rigorous " proeecuUon of violators will b adopted. Forest rangara, be said, have been Instructed Instruct-ed to arrest those guilty of carelees- aess. As a penalty for th starting of forest fire tha law provides a fin ot $500, or a sentence of oa year ra Jail or both. . -e ' . , Greach Hlraa a Iteaag. . Baby Btare; Bobbed hair; ; , Bhoudars hare; - - "";'Taka th air. ;,, . FLOVER THIEVES VISIT; SEVERAL PLACES Th flower beds of Martin Hansen and Wm. Hunter war robbed of their choicest plants Monday alght, and th thieves also visited tha flow sr beds belonging to Bert Woottoa, Jas. Grant Jan. Chlpman, Lea Jack-soa Jack-soa and Walter Slack. Ia torn place th buds and flowers war merely picked, while In ' others th plants wer dug out and carried away:tf'J';:;;'; 'pS?.;:y. Th most damage waa doae to th Hunter and Hansen beds, Mr. Ilua ter reporting th loss of 800 flowers, SO ot which wer Kaiser Krowa plants, soma of his choicest specimens. speci-mens. If r. Hunter also states that the bed were visited Sunday alght, but tew flowers taken. ' la each place prints ot both a maa aad woman's sho wer seen, th man's shoa print la the Hunter bed being ot good sis. Upon discovery a 4Va tasatiaB V. . Hai auaisml m ftaa V VM sata:a twej ns( iuvi aaaaao , aaasi officers wer aotind, but as yet a definite clnes to th guilty parti have been found.. By means of leave which had dropped from, th plants aad flowers, they wer trailed out ta th.v Fourth ward for several block. OiVtrL of Morgan, Colol, visit' ed reUUve and' old friend la Am rtcaaForkthl week being calleA by thdataDl bis sister's son, LsosJ Coomer, ag SS, who died Friday at Ogdea after aa oparaUoa for gc'tr aad was furled Sunday at Lehl Mr. John Coomer, th young man'a mo-' tber, Is a sister to Robert ' B." Lm' of this city also. if n We Congratulate y. ' . You! TfflS IS ONE OF, YOUR MOST HAPPY TIMES, y ' " . ' WANT TO . ON THIS OCCASION YOU ook Your Best We have considered your needs and prepared for your gradnatioa. A Most Wonderful Selection Is Here for Yjmr Inspection Dress Goods, Dainty and Pretty Organdies, Silks, Crepes, Eatini... (Continued on peg three). SUITS FOB THS 70UN0 HEN BUppen, Pumps, Silk How, Silk Gloves, Hair Ornaments, Dainty and Pretty Under-Muslin. Under-Muslin. ... " ; ' Gh iprrian Merc. Gdo THE STORE OP QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT. ft |