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Show American- Fork VOL. XX AMERICAN FORK.UTAH SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1923 NUMBER IS STRIKE IN LEH1 E AT 1 .'i'f CALLED BY DEATH F TRIMMED WEDNESDAY MUTUAL DELL' PROMINENT CITIZEN STHQOD AND UNI K wins BOTH GAMES CANYON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS II ME lEETIlib ROM NEPHI Christian M Beck, aft 67, died at ' bli bom here .Thursday afternoon, following a serious illness of six vesks duration, though Mr. Beck had not enjoyed good health lor the past ( tight months. Death was - due to bladder trouble. Mr. Beck was ak- en to the Holy Qross hospital in 'Salt Lake three weeks ago and a week ago remored to his home here. Th deceased was born In Copenhagen, Copen-hagen, Denmark, June 21, 1858, and vas the son of Stephen and Chris- . tin Beck, both natives of that country. coun-try. After the parents had become converted to the teachings of Mormon torn they emigrated to America with their family, crossing the plains by ox team, and arrived in Utah in 1861, moving soon after to Lehl and then to Alpine. Mr, Beck received his sarly education In the Lehl schools, and being but ten years of age when the family -moved to Alpine, continued continu-ed his education In the schools there He grew to manhood and started out in life for himself by baying and selling livestock, owning some fine blooded' animals. He continued in this business till 1890 at which time be came to American Fork and engaged en-gaged In th livery business. .In this he was also successful and iontlnued till 1897 when he bought the Grant Hotel. Mr. Beck was married to Miss Zelpha CMpman of this city in 1889 and the four children, born of this union survive their father. The deceased was one of the staunch men of this city, respected for his sterling ; worth and high business qualifications. He was- en enterprising cltlxen, alive to the needs of the city and worked to develop de-velop and upbuild her resources. In the death of Mr. Beck the county loses a road -builder of nnusual merit It was largely through his efforts ef-forts that the road in American Pork Canyon leading from Mutual Dell to Community Plat went through. He is'uurvived by Ms wife, fo.ir . ehfldreju.who are: Atty. Clarence Beck of Salt Lake City; Horace Beck of New York City, who was at home during his father's last Illness; Miss Reva Beck and Filcher Beck, of this ctty, also the following brothers, Theodore Beck of Idaho; Stephen Beck of Oregon; John Beck and Peter Beck of American Fork, and a slater, Mrs. Laura Hootton of Beaver, besides two grandcMdren. Funeral services- will be held in the Stake Tabernacla here Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Lower Passageway In Scenic Cave Opened New subterranean wonders are available to tourists at Timpanogos cave through the opening up of the lower passageway, according to Dana Parkinson, supervisor of Wa. satch forest. This passage takes off from the main cave about 100 feet from the entrance andprovldes a loop route through the cavern: Guides are onhand to conduct visitors vis-itors through the cave. The new passage is not yet lighted, though the guide will conduct visitors vis-itors through It Autos" Collide on Bad Turn Sunday afterrioon a new Chevrolet car, occupied by two men from Eureka Eu-reka who were coming from Salt Lake, collided with a Dodge car occupied oc-cupied by two men from Denver, which was going north. The accident occured near the Moyle corner where the State road turns west It is understood un-derstood that the driver of the Chevrolet Chev-rolet car was behind another car and did not observe - the approaching Dodge ?ar. None of the occupants of th cars were injured, but the Chevrolet was considerably smashed P. the radiator a front wheel and fender being broken. One back wheel of the Dodge car was broken. The marriage of Clyde J. Thornton of this city, and Miss Alice Jones of Lehl, took place at the home of Mr. Thornton Tuesday evening at : o'clock Bp. J. A. Wright of Bingham performing the ceremony. Following! he wedding a reception was held. Roses Vnd peonies were used as bouse decorations. Lunch was served ser-ved to 60 guests, Mr.' Thornton ,li well known in this - city., being em-Ployed em-Ployed in Thorntca Dm? No. IThey have many frlonds In both cities who ' extend congratulations.! they will make American Fork their home, Conditions of nnusual promise pre. vail In the Lehl Tintto mine, near Eu reka, according to Secretary-treasur. er 0. B. Doyle, who was one of a large lar-ge number of Salt Lake mining men and brokers to visit 'the property on Sunday. l,So favorable' is the outlook that Mr Doyle is confident enough ore can be shipped to maintain development with out recourse to an assessment. On his visit to the inlne Sunday his sub. Ject was discussed thoroughly by Mr Zabriskie md Mr. Doyle, and the conclusion con-clusion Was reached that there would need to be no assessment levies, at least for the present The new ore body, which has been followed a distance of about eighteen feet, shows an average width of seven feet . Top, bottom and 'face of the drift are still in solid ore. As the dis tance to the apex of the vein is 7S7 feet, general, conditions give , the new ore body aspects of permanency, plentyotcarT FOR BUMPER CROP According to high railroad officials who have been visiting the fruit belt of Provo bench and other places in the county this week, there will be no delay in fruit shipments from Utah county this year, notwlthstand. ing the bumper crops expected. They state there will be no delay la get ting refrigerator cars this, season. H. B. Kooser, St Louis, president of the American Refrigeration Tran spoliation company, who headed the party ,0f officials, said that his company com-pany has a sufficient number, of re. frlgerotor cars to handle properly the fruit crop of the county. "In addition to our old rolling stock which has been repaired and put Into condition during the winter months.", said Mr.Koo8erv"we Jiave naa nuut more man 3,000 new cars. We are working In close co-opera tion with Denver ft Rio Grande Western .railroad officials and in conjunction with them will do every, thing possible to rush your fruit onto on-to the market at the proper time. With, the Increased facility in hand-Mng hand-Mng the fruit I dont think there will be any delay or unnecessary waits as has been the case some times in the past We ere getting our cars dl. rected . this wsy in ample time so that We will be in 'a position to handle the fruit crop expeditiously." Among those in the party with Mr. Kooser were T H. Gorman. St. Louis, general freight agent of the A. R. T.; O. F. Kelch, St. Louis, general agent A. R. T. ; L. W. Wilson, Denver, Den-ver, superintendent of trains, D -ft R. Q. W.; S. H. Hamilton, Kansas City, general freight agent Missouri Pacific; C B. Wlldman, Kansas City, general superintendent Missouri Pacific; Pa-cific; J. H. Burtner, Los Angeles. Union Pacific agriculturist. o Will Startlo Install Organ Next Week The shipping bill for the second snd last car load of the tabernacle organ arrived early this week and the car will be In American Fork The last of the week or first of next The work of metalling the organ will be under the direction of a Mr. Steeres expert In this line, who represents a large organ company of the cast, and who recently completed the Installs, tion of an organ similar to tMs In Colorado. Thls'work will be commenced commen-ced early next week, Tha setting up of the organ "will necessitate some changes in the back of the stsnd, the top to be remodeled and the front extended to accomodate accomo-date larger groups. - J, Sngar Prices To Remain' High According to some of ', the ( sngsr official, sugar "prices which prevail at the present time, are Wkely bo continue until, the advent of the new crop of beet sugsr next October ' or November. They say It Js a case of much larger demand than supply."., Many and various reasons have been assigned for the increased sugar su-gar consumption, but the most, not. able 'of these as far as the United States Is concerned, is . prohibition. Of course there are other combinations' combina-tions' of ..causes, but, prohibition has added greatly to Jhe consumption. The Alpine Stake Priesthood od 'Union meeting convened in the lah- lernacle Sunday afternoon wltlj Free. S. L. Chipmaa presiding- and Priu Sdmuel D.( Moors Jr, of the Pleasant Grove U D. S Seminary In charge, the exercises being for the graduation of the atudenta of the Religion chut. es and Seminaries of. the Stake. - V After, the singing: of "Come, Coin le ounu ny in unaon Heiigivn class graduates, the opening prayer was said In concert with Pres. Abel J. Evans leading. The Religion clsss graduates of Lehl sang "Axf ry Words, Oh Let Them Never. j The following ' were recommended end passed upon to be ordained Elders: Eld-ers: Geo: AT Condor, American Fork 4th ward; Myron F. West Pleasant Grove 1st ward; t Harold 8. Nelson, Pleasant. Grove n2nd ward; Geo. El-ray El-ray Nelson. Or an, Holdaway, Ern si Clayton, Lorin Weeks, Abel Nlelson and Delbert J. Fugal of Pleasant Grove 3rd ward., . 1 The program of the Religion classes class-es and Seminaries aa published vln our last Issue wsa' carried out . Upon Up-on recommendation' of Bupt .IX, Moore, Jr., Pres 8. I Chipmaa presented pre-sented the certificates of graduation to the 41 Religion class graduates of the Stake, and upon recommendation of tha principals oTtjie three semia. sries of the Stake, Pres. Chipmaa presented pre-sented the Seminary graduates their certificates." :" 1") H. R Merrill of the B. T..U. was present and spoke briefly on the fn portance of a Christian educailop and quoted one great man as having said. "I would rather my child knew -The Rock of Ages" than the ages of tire rocks."- The exercises were brought to a close by the congregation singing the Doxology, after which Miss far. land Healey of Alpine, jpronounced tha benediction. There ; werev 754 persons present at this meeting. '4 Due to the fact that theBt"eiercfses took up the. regular union 'meeting time, tha orgsnlttUona . did J?t rata for class work. '.vV .. 0 MANY ATTEND STEEL DAY CELEBRATION Man local neoDle attended the Steel Day celebration fast Saturday at Ironton, watched the parade, ate beef sandwiches with some other 10,000 visitors, and enjoyed the talks that Senator SmootiGoY. Mabey, Marius D. Vrabant and T. C Peck of the Union Pacific System, and T. F Pler-pont Pler-pont of the Provo Chamber of Com. merce and E. 8. Hlnkley, secretary of the Provo Chamber of Commerce made. In the parade, Pleasant Grove won second. prize. Their' float depicted "Pleasant Grove's Strawberry Day," a mammoth strawberry representing the luscious fruit for which Pleasant Grove. Is ..fart becoming famous On each corner of the float were four strawberry cups, " with little girls dressed as the berries. Prize, one ton of coal by the liberty Coal com pany, Salt Lake. According to all reports, tne cele bration wss a grand success and advertised ad-vertised Utah County to a great ex tent U. S. Official to Film v -; American rorK uanytra '! 'Another atep, in the plans of the federal reclamation department to make a complete scenic and industrial indus-trial film of Utah was begun this v with the arrival of C. J. Blan. charCttatistlclan of the depsrtment and R. B.; Damt, hU photograpner. Amon th nlaces to be filmed on his present trip are American Fork and Bit Cottonwood Canyons, Bing ham. the"Oarf!eld amelters. Park Oty mines, Great Salt La' the OP"01 Liberty Park, playgrounds! Nlbley psrk, the oil refineries, sugsr factories, factor-ies, and a general panorama of Salt Lake City..,, '- Jj!i . - ,Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Flrmsge and children and Miss Marie Ch!pmn returned re-turned to American Fork the last of last week after, a three weeka trip fc California. Miss Chipmaa has been in- Applcton, - WIsconMn, but came west to Join the Flrmage. family fam-ily in their trlp,-and' will probably remain her the balance of the summer. sum-mer. , ;. '-, ' ; ... ,.v ... . The American Fork Cavemen took both games from the Nephi nine - in their double header at the local park Wednesday, the score tn the first gamebelng 10-22, and the second game, L14. Th outstanding fea-tuera fea-tuera pf both gamea were the many hita and errors. First Gam Twltchell stsrted on the mound for the locals, but waa replaced by Miller Mill-er who pitched the th inning, with "Rags" Ingersoll pitching the last three rounds Wigner worked on the mound for Nepht, . I ' Score by innings, first gams: Nephl I S 0 0 0 1 0 1 010 Am Fk. I 1 ( I S 7 10 a 22 Second Game In the second game, Durrant started on the mound for the locals, but waa replaced by Miller in the 7th. Vicar did aheavlng duties for Nephl. ,, ., Score by Innings, second game: Nephl 0 0 S 0 1 I 0 ,0 0 I Am Fk. I I Oil Six x 14 Umpire, Whipple. Other Games Played Wednesday Iehl lost to Heber, the Ce being played at Lehl. .The score was 6-1 ' In a 10 Inning game at Springvllle, Payaon won, the score being 12.. , Games Played Friday. Jane 8. American Fork took Lehl Into camp again last Friday at Lehl without half trying, the final score being 10-4. The game belonged to the locals from the start the first two innings . netting them ( runs. Features of the game were, the two sensational catches madeby Durrant ' j ' 'That same day Payson and Nephl clashed at NepM and the score read 17-1 In favor of Payson. " Heber defeated ' the Springvllle nine ft' Heber by a score of 20-eY C55S i- . ... . . . n , - -. . - v .' - v. . , . ; - . - . . -- - ; - .- . i; Chipman's have the largest POPULAR PRICES. SHOES Work Shoes. Our Shoe Business Is Growing by Leaps! and Bounds . . . The people are tired of buying cheap, shpddy ihoej elaewhereV' S WE CAN SELL YOU. THE MOST STYLISH AND THE SHOES MACE AT . G BIG RED STORE 9 . A company of10, to 20 men from tha Commercial Club here, headed by its president P. M. Nielsen, pro. ceeded to the canyon Wednesday afternoon. af-ternoon. .They met at the' cave camp at. about l:S0 p. tn. with ax, hatchet, pruners and saw. They began trimming trim-ming the limbs and trees on either side of the highway, making It clear so that the cars would not be scratch. ed and giving a much better view of approaching cars coming from tha opposite direction. " You ought to - nave seen theui butcher and hew down everthlng be fore them, under the direction of Ranger Vivian Wast of tha Forest Service. It will take anotter afternoon after-noon with about the aame amount of men to complete It providing you can find thar many men of equal worth and ability. - " ' It certainly la commendable on the part of these public spirited men to give the. traveling public the benefit of this much needed improvement In the aearf ntnre, 10 to 20 mora will be asked to finish the Job. Tha can. yon road Is In fine condition, much better than moat of our valley dirt roads. Much credit Is due County Commissioner Gardner for this ex cellent highway. A Commercial Club Member Two Killed In Mine At Eureka Monday, . ExJtfayor James Hanley of Eureka, superintendent of : the Gemini mine, and Paul Hllsdale, gen eral superintendent of the Chief Consolidated Con-solidated Mining- Co., were killed when thrown, out of the cage In which they were going - down , the Gemini mine shaft Mr. Hllsdale was killed Instantly and Mr. Hanley died Tuesday from his injuries. The csgs wss caught on a protruding timber, throwing the men out " :, assortment SHOES FOB EVERY MEMBER OP.THE FAMILY. , RuTtrtair fJrifwi. Athletic illifis . The Mutual Improvement Assocla Uons of Alpine Stake, with the approval ap-proval 'of the presidency of the Stake have concluded to make some much needed Improvements at Mutual DelL It is expected these improvements will be begun at once and completed by the time of the opening of the Dell for the summer outings, June They1 expect to put . In a dining room and kitchen on tha ground floor underneath the porch with cement floors and rock walla, also to extend the present - building ten feet north, making more bed room space ' and leaving the old kitchen for a dressing room tot, the girls, f ; ? The building of a Ore place in the reception room Is contemplated, and It is expected that electrio lights will be InsUlled which will take away the danger of rJr and also make it more convenient for. the boys as well as Urts. ' ' Three antiseptio toilets will also be Installsd The boys' tjuarters are to be enlarged, Including the erection of two more tents. A small confection., ery stand is to be also prepared. The fathers and mothers, as well ss the young people, no doubt' hafl with deMght, these additional improvements. im-provements. Mutual - Dell outing camp la already one of the nicest Is the state, and: with the contemplated Improvements, win become Ideal ... The Twlstsr" which struck our. oltv late J. Tuesday -afternoon, and which subsided as quickly as It arose caused a little excitement for a moment mo-ment 'of twei J Business house men lost no time In running up their awnv in'gs and closing doors and windows, thewtad tore the awning from one of the west windows! of; ftipma Mere. Co' and from the south window of Thornton Drug No.; 1,- besides breaking limbs of trees. ' ' ' ' J ' EIGHT IN QUALITY Shoes. ' Dandnir PumpsC I I MOST COMFORTABLE - |