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Show . - '-.-: . : :.s ;; ; h ' r . ,,-!..vV , r. : ,',. . : ' ' ' ':'' ; H; ':Amriill, - aseMMeBeaseBeMesaiasMeswsssiMaa m.mmmm mmmmm Porlr Gitteil- AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1923. NUMBER 30 jam BOYS TAKE PAL AWAY FROM f'j "Wednesday stsbt a .large number BJognamiiet uo wu mun wu lows toTLmerlcan Pork to attend the dance, and m of them bad lmbtb-, lmbtb-, d considerable forbidden "Juice" or -fighting poison", which caused four of them to be arretted and fined. Bat there ! an interesting story about the first man's attempted ar. . wrt, who rot awar. with the help of , trlends, from Officer Duncan twice. It appears that Nightman Duncan arrested ar-rested the first jtmt elldw foV be- tof drunk and took nub orer to Jail. Bnt while unlocking . the Jail ' door, aereral of his Blncham friends Inferred, In-ferred, knocklnf the officer's arm from the prisoner, and he with bis companions ran away. The officer then fired, two shots, and he later stated these were fired to draw Mar. sbal Durrant to t,he JaiL A little ' later Duncan was walking down Main treet looking for the escaped pr!s oner, and spied him In a doorway, and acaln took him to the Jail door, when two of hlg friends again appeared appear-ed and in the scuffle that followed, all three got away. Offlcer Duncan again fired, two shots, but the young men did not stop, bnt separated, the one thai; had been taken twice going Mst, th other two running down iMain street with Marshal Durrant after the two coming down Main .street and the Nightman after the one that went east Durrant caught lis two, after a block and a half's run, and took them to the Jail door, and while unlocking it let got one pf them who attempted another getaway, get-away, but ran Into the arms of j spectator 60 feet from 'the-Jail door and was taken back, and while Mar. sbal Durrant was locking the first man in tb cage, the other turned around and struck , a bystander a tierce , "Jolt" in the nose and , attempted at-tempted a second Mow - when ths ' Burst! Jerked htm backwards' ' aad (Continued on pag three) OFFICER TVICE 11 m SEE THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCTION at the REALART-WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, OCT. 24 and 25th. MATINEE Wed. 4:15-15o and 25c. , v EVENINO, ALL Children under 12 years old NOT ADMITTED at even- ing'.shows;.' '.r .', MRS- EUZ. PARKER : CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Elisabeth Parker, a resident of this city for i years,' passed quietly away at her horn "Thursday night at 10:20, following an Illness of about nine months, pronounced to be cancer of the stomach with a general anemio condition, though Mri. Parker suffered, scarcely any pain, Just becoming gradually weak er. The. .deceased was born In this city June 27, 1859, the daughter of Thoe, and Susannah Proctor. Her mar. rlage to Thos. B. Parker took place in 1879, and since AprU 11, 1919, she has been a widow. Mr. Parker, ft will be remembered, was a prominent promin-ent citizen of this city. Mrs. Parker wag of a retiring nature, derotlng her time to the interests of her family. fam-ily. . SurriYing her are the following children: Mrs. C. a. Patterson of Portland, Oregon; Atty. Oea P. Parker of Proro; Mrs. Mellnda Hansen, Han-sen, of Pay son; Mrs. Myra Gardner of American Fork; Jas. P. Parker of 8alt Lake City and Miss Ethel Parker Park-er of this city. Two sisters, Mrs. Annie Green and Mrs. Amos' 'Wag. staff, both of this city, also surrire, besides 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will b held Monday Mon-day at 2 p. m. In the stake tabernacle 1 1 v - 85 Registered Tuesday Notwithstanding the fact that there are a great many voters in this city who must register , in their respective respec-tive precincts before being allowed to Tot t the city election November 6th, the registration In the four districts dis-tricts of this city last Tuesday was Very light : ," ;,In,the first district 24 registered; in the second 24; In he third 11; andjnjhe fourth 26. There is another day of registration registra-tion which comes Tuesday, October 20, and those .who did not avail them. selves et tU'loppomnitrJut "Tues day should mot 'fail to register Oct Mth. SEATS 3D CEHT f .v.. : III DAYS SESSIONS OF The 90th "quarterly conference of Alpine Stake convened in the Stake tabernacle here Saturday morning at 10:10 a, m. for the first session; Bp. JohrvWella of the general authorities was in attendance. President (3. L. Chipman took charge. After the openinir song "We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet" by the congregation, offered prayer. Th choir then sang Now Let Us Rejoice. , i 1 J Pres. James H. Clarke of the Stake Presidency, was the opening speaker. He spoke on the counsel and advice given at the recent general confer ence in Salt Lake, referring especlaV ly tothe counsel given on the observance obser-vance of thc Word of "Wisdom and the promises made by Pres. Heber X Grant as a result, of a mors strict t)beervanceh-f. theses requirements, Pres. Clarke read some comparative figures of periods between the nine month Of 1922 and 1922. rul the comparisons were favorable, but some unfavorable points were shown. r Too!' many stake and ward officers have not paid tithing during the first nine months of this year, Hi urged the Latter-day Saint to pay their tithing as the money cornel in each monh or as often as It does cotni in and urged more loyalty in the at tendance of Sacrament and PrleaU hood meetings. Miss La1 Ru Robinson of the erican Fork 4th ward rendered a TO cat solo! . t , ' Pres. Annie C. Hlndley of th Re. Uef Society, reported the work , of that organization, stating that 'the Society of each ward in the Stall had been holding one meeting, each Hr STILL FOUND IN Friday night Ue largest and mos'. up.to.daU , still ever , confiscated . f fCtah "cointy waadlscovtret In -tlw - t- city by Sheriff X D. Boyd, Dsputy Roper, City Marshal Durrant and a Federal prohibition agent working under the directions of Jos. B Richards.. Rich-ards.. ' The home of Andrew Poluh. a Oreek of this city, was raided by the ofll cers, Polus It appears, has been liv ing in this city tor about two weeks, moving hers form Murray and occupying occu-pying the Marlon Gardner place Just below the city ball park. . Thursday night he brought the still from MurJ ray and Friday at 11 a. m. he started to" operate it tor the first time in American Fork. During the morning a federal offlcer dropped In our city and later In the afternoon Sheriff Boyd and his deputy came oyer, and at 7:45 p. m. the city, : county and federal officials swooped down on Polus. At 9 p. m. be was In the county Jail charged with having intoxicating in-toxicating liquor in his possession The still was -of 60 gallon, capacity. A gasoline pressure burner of 5 holes anl 20 gallons of whiskey were also confiscated. Seven 60 gallon barrels of mash into each of which the Greek had Just placed I pounds of yeast were emptied. During the raid, it Is said, Polus' wife, who is an American, was coming com-ing down the street, and seeing the officers at their home, she hid In the ball park intll they had gone. .'" . the officers state that Polus bought all his goods at Murray and hauled them down here by truck, believing In this way i the officers would not get onto his game, but It appears the federal officers were watching him all the time. Polus claims that the still was given him. by a friend who had operated op-erated It in a canyon near Park City but who had been scared away from i there when the still had been located by some fellows hunting cbickns. The federal prohibition agents are said to place little credence to the story and platen that they have been on Polus' and his companion's trail tor several months. ' After being tried in the elty court in Provo on a charge of having liquor in his possession, Polus will be turn, ed over to the federal officers to answer ans-wer to a charge of having and operat- ! Ing a still without a license. Tuesday at Provo, Polus was sen tenced to pafflne of $299 or serve four months in the county Jail tor , the unlawful manufacture of intoxi- cants. He is ont on bonds and , Is trying to, raise the monerto ay the, AMERICAN QUARTERLY : CONFERENCE OF ALPINE STAKE Pat. Henry Moyle of Alpine month durlns- the summer months as per the plan of the' General board. Mrs. Hindley also reported that much was being done ta co-operating with the doctors of the stake in helping the unfortunate, in social service work. The stake and ward officers were commended tor their faithful labors and, by comparative figures taken from the first nine months of 1922 and 1922, favorable Increases were shown: Bp. Jos. Hf Stons of the American Fork Second ward reported the acti vities of that ward. . He expressed himself as regretting . that the attendance at-tendance at sacrament meetings and the ward teaching was not what It should be, but felt thankfu) that the ward contributed ta the increases Denfoned by Pres. Clarke in tithing and fast offerings. Bp. Storra reported re-ported the ward as endeavoring to carry out the church slogan of "On Office for Each Person, and a Person for Each Job." yA " i Bp. John Wells, the next speaker, said be had been in the Presiding Bishop's office for S3 ': years' during which time te had measured the growth of the Church and Its develop, ment by figures and from actual ac compllshmtnts the Church has reached reach-ed an average attendance of 21 per cent at Sacrament meetings and of nearly 76 per cent for ward teaching. The Alpine Stake shows for the first nine months of 1923 a percentage of 17J tor sacrament meeting attendance attendan-ce and 82 per cent for ward- teaching, teach-ing, showing that the stake needs to improve on these points. , Bp. Wells Drug Fancy and Staple PRESH, CLEAN AND SWEET FREE DELIVERY TO ANY PART OP the CITY Why not get you a GOOD RIFLE and WINCHESTER CARTRIDGES and live on " VENISON the rest of the Watcri t V . M 1 1 - . '"'' ' . . ' 4V 1 ' ' . " ; ; . '. w ! ' ':'.'' ' ' ".'' ( ' ' "" ' ' - "i . -. ..... i BIG VAUDEVILLE m IVAL For the past several weeks the First ward Sunday School officers and teachers have been busy as bees perparing for a big Hallowe'en vaude vllle show and carnival, which will be. given in the basement of the tabernacle tab-ernacle on Thursday evening of next week, October 25th. Elaborate preparations bare been made to give the' townspeople a com plete Hollowe en festival including a fish pond, fortune . teller, hot dog stand, pie- stand, candy,' pop.oorn, doughnuts, cake and pnnch. ' '- Commencing at o'clock a vend. ville' program will be given and tn addition to -.several splendid numbers by local talent, entertainment will he provided by outside talen , There will be dancing maida, ' Jul babies, coon orchestra, long sketches, and plenty of other music. Following the program, a dance win be given. Decorations appropriate for the Hallowe'en season will adorn the hall ' The proceeds, will be used to reimburse re-imburse the treasury of the Sunday School and an Invitation is extended to one and. all to come and partake of the festivities. Stolen Watch Recovered " The gold watch which was stolen from the home Of Mr. and Mrs: Chris, tlas Nielsen several weeks ago, has been recovered, and the robbery was commltteed by i a young Americas Fork boy who will appear before the Juvenile Judge data. The boy has been in trouble before and the officers state It be doesn't mend his ways, he will certainly go 'to the reform school. On account of him being be-ing a Juvenile, his name is omitted. o Rollow, will open a studio In American Am-erican Fork on Tnesdaj and Saturday Satur-day forenoons of each week. Opposite Grant's store.' 'rl. :y'.,; v W-lt p D CARN DRUGS and Sundries ALL KINDS PATENT, MEDICINES WE SAVE YOU 10 TO 25 PER CENT-IP YOU BUY TROU TX3. J SEE OUR BIG SHOW WINDOWS CALL INSIDE AND SEE OUR MAMMOTH SUPPLY an ercantile Gompaey HEW PARTY TICKET. CHOSEN BLA FEW The so-called local Farm-Labor 0 American party met in primary Thursday night as per call with sin women and about fifteen men pre ent. Part of these were spectators. They had some trouble In choosing a chairman and the several named tor secretary refused to act One ma did all the talking until' a spectator dropped in, ' thinking it a Commer cial Club meeting, he stated later. when' be did " considerable- talking and arguing, until he discovered that the meeting was a primary, when hi apologised for. takmg up the thw. By the the time the bead of the organisation, or-ganisation, Mr. Marlon Robinson, and the visitor, Mr. B. N. ChrlsUn- 4 sen, got through discussing and arguing ar-guing matters, a number of those Irisent left the hall, and by tb time they got to the nomination part, but' six persons were present besides ths reporter ' ' :-' : , ' iyron Crookston acted as ' chair man and Marlon Robinson as secretary, secre-tary, and by acclamation ths following follow-ing ticket was chosent ' For mayor Ruben Chipman. ' , 'For four-year term conndlmaa M. H. Ingersolt ' " , ' ' For two-year term coundlmen Eugene Nlcholes, Marion Robinson, John Miner. ; r::!, '' For Recorder J, B. Parker. ' For Treasurer Mrs. Jennie Cun-' nlngham. "7 v'': :"j I It is understood that a peUUon wtn be circulated, getting a lawful number num-ber of signatures to allow thess namn to go on the coming city elec-Uon elec-Uon ticket - , . Mr. Parker called at ths newspaper office Friday morning and stated that he absolutely refused to run tor the office (of recorder. ,..;. v. "" ' e ' "'" , " It a pay ! win Is ml G ads C fine.' , - t ' . , ..,..' ' .' ''V- -: |