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Show ' American Fork Citteasi 1 ', - '" ' T ""' ' in i t " y . h'ii i ii i . i ' ' -s VOL XI AMERICAN FORK, UTAII, SAT URpAY, DECEMBER 22,1923 4 .NUMBER 45 Lehi Sugar Factory 11 Complete Run Next Week Petitions Circulating As Definite Step In Big Special Christmas Programs For Sunday Services ALL BEETS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CUT BY MONDAY. CHECKS ISSUED THIS MONTH FOR BEETS AND HELP TOTALS $125,000. The Leal sugar ractory win complete com-plete the 1923 campaign the first of iextweek1Cuttlng Is expected to be finished on Sunday and about two to three days longer will he necessary to run the Juices through the rest of -the mnVaccordingJCL superintendent James H. Gardner. On Friday the Pleasant Grove cutting station completed com-pleted Us run which was shortened by a few days due to all pulp space baring bar-ing been filled. The run this year 1 some few days shorter than usual due to the fact that not as many outside beets were shipped here to be cut ' The acreage and tonnage in this district showed a slight Increase over last year but was below the average by several thousand tons. During the present campaign a good record has been made In cutting and also In extraction, according to reports of officials. Checks Paid. The farmers received their fiat rate payment for beets delivered during November on December 15th. Some $90,000 was sent out from the local factory office. The two employee pay days. December 10th and 25th will total another $35,009 making $125,000 distributed by the company during the month of December. These are the biggest pay days the company has had this year and are also the final ones with exception of the quarterly payments to the farmers on the slid-' Ing scale phrase of the contract and to the yearly employees. Sugar beet production In Utah and Idaho, taking an average of all companies, has increased more than -W -14 -peTcent-overIaetjearpjc-Auction, accord ins to an announcement announce-ment of officials of the various sugar companies operating In this vicinity. The increase or tne uian-iaano 8ugar company is estimated at near- ly 25 percent, and that of the Amalga- mated Sugar company at nearly fifty ! education departments of the school, percent All other companies nearer. Earl Holmstead conducting the Ing conclusion of the season's oper- demonstration for the boys and Miss atlons record substantial Increases izoja Jensen for the girls. The par-over par-over previous-years. ents had been Invited to attend the Checks covering deliveries of beets exercises, but the attendance was not to the factory were sent out to the aa jarw as tne instructors had wish-growers wish-growers Friday by the various factor- ej. The demonstration was given for les of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company the purpose of showing the . school and the total amount distributed Is patrons what Is being accomplished reported as being $1,689,000. This i eTery jay cua or i these de-was de-was part payment for 307.00 tons, for partments of the school, which It will pay about $4,000,000 as The tgB Bcnool orchestra under an initial payment The farmers will also: receive additional payments as the sugar 1 sold. The executive committee of this company also recommended that a one per cent dividend for " the " last quarter be paid, which recommendation recommenda-tion was accepted by the directors of the company and the payment amounting amount-ing to approximately $142,000 will be made sometime during" the present week. o : Business Houses Respond To Call For Aid The Relief Societies of the First. Third and Fourth Wards take this means of thanking the business houses for their liberal donations to the worthy poor to help make Christmas more bright and happy for them. In a special manner and In behalf of the worthy poor, we thank Chipman Merc. Co., American Fork Co-op., J. C. Penny Co., Mutual Creamery Co., Bank of American Fork, People's State Bank, E. II. Boley Co.. W, B. Halllday and John Robinson, Brlggs Pharmacy, Jackson and Iverson, Utah Power A Light Co., Wm. Thornton Drug No; 1, per Clyde Thornton; Wm. Thornton Drug No. 2, per S. T-Shelley; T-Shelley; Abe Gudmundsen, Marlon Robinson, Bonneville Lumber Co., City Market and Anderson Harness Shop. Librarian To Enjoy Christmas ? Vacation The Public Library will close this evening. Saturday, and will not open again till January 2nd; Those having books due within this period will not be charged for these days but jnust return them immediately- after the library re-opens in January. STRONG LINEUP NOMI NATED 0 HEAD CI ERCIAL CLUB The annual meeting of the Com mercial Club Tor the purpose of elect. Ing officers for the ensueing year will be held in January. The nomination of officers occupied the major part of the meeting of the club held Thursday Thurs-day night last The candidates as chosen for each office are In each Instance rood. representative men and It la expected the election will prove far from un interesting. Nominations were made as follows: For President H. S. Raamussen and James H. Clarke. For Vice-President O. A. Anderson and W. H. Chipman. For Secretary Irving L. Pratt. For Treasurer J. , E. Chadwick. Directors Thomas Coddlngton, James, T. Gardner, Walter Slack, Otis Cheney, Stephen L. Chip-man, Chip-man, Jesse Walker, R. N. Cbrlstensea, P, U. Kelly, J. F. .Noy.es, James M. Grant, Hans Chrlstensen, E. H. Boley, Lawrence Brlggs, M. H. Ingersoll, C. W. Parker, Alphonzo Chipman, Wm. D, Loveless, J. H. Wight, Stephen Shelley, and J. L. Flrmage. As a pleasant surprise for the club members. Secretary L. L. Pratt, a- elated by his wife, had thoroughly cleaned .the club rooms, bung curtains cur-tains at the doors and windows, giving giv-ing .the rooms a more cheerful appearance, ap-pearance, all of which was duly appreciated ap-preciated by the members. . .. . . .. i i 0 Physical Educational Work Demonstrated in the high school gymnasium Wed- ! nesday evening a demonstration of cjasB w'orit wa9 ven Dy the physical the direction of Kenneth Bird,-fur nished musical entertainment during the evening. Another of these demonstrations win be given In the very near future and the"' parents should not fall to come out and see what the boys and girls are doing in school- - ' ' O ' Unusual Weather Prevails Five daya of foggy weather In which the sun wss not visible at any time was Interrupted Wednesday by a slight fall of snow. DuHn? the time previous to the snowfall freezing freez-ing weather prevailed throoghout each twenty-four hours. The ground Is frozen to quite a depth and all still water Is covered with threo to five inches of ice. Trees, win and all such objects were Incased in a thick covering of frost. Fot; wa xo lense parts of this period that automlbles ran with lights burning. Many of the older people h.tve raked their memories to recall a like condition In the past but mot of; them declare this Is the longest spell of fog-.lhey-can remember of. o All Stars Defeat Magna The basketball game in the Apollo Wednesday evening resulted In a victory for the American Fork team who played the Magna Athletic Club team. The final score was 24-27 and the victory came to the Forkers from a.dw(e content and fsst game, the score being" tied a number of times, Tha local Tfeam " Correlating- eT'-esH high school stars, was composed of. Grant Ingersoll. Reed Stewart, Rossj Nielsen. Leo Nelson. Bernard and , Alton Storrs and Clyde' Blrk. A blg( crowd was present at the game and. dance; . 1 II The blr government reclamation project embracing the Impounding of the flood waters of the Prove and the Weber, the regulation of Utah lake watersdrainage of UtahjCounty land and the putting of water onto thousands thou-sands of acres of now barren landa in this section Is approved and the first unit, the drainage of lands adjacent to Utah lake, is. to be commenced as soon as property owners will sign up to back themove. At a meeting here Thursday even ing Judge Tucker of Provo presented prepared petitions to the local land owners and briefly explained that If one-third of the land were signed ap and the County Commissioners petitioned to go ahead with the work the project would be under way. Commissioner James T. Gardner had charge of the meeting which was attended at-tended by some twenty owners of ad Jacent lake lands. Twelve of those present signed up at once to have the project go through. The new district Is to be known as the Utah Lake Control Con-trol Drainage District In Utah County. In a .recent article at Provo Ed. 8-Hlnckley 8-Hlnckley of Provo Chamber of Commerce Com-merce said In part "NOW OR NEVER" "There Is a tide in the affairs of men which, if taken at it height, leads on to fortune. Since communities commun-ities are made of men, if Shakespeare's Shake-speare's philosophy is right wjth the Individual, It la Increasingly strong with the group. .."Now we are confronted with" the possibility of accomplishing one of the biggest things ever undertaken In this county. An economic problem of great importance one - that has been under consideration for . more thanrtyyeani - the - mWmlniT - the fertile lands lake. adjacent to Utah Various Matters Taken Up By the School Board The school board met In regular explained the possibility of an In-session-Tuesday afternoon with all! Creased subsidy to possibly one-third members present excepting Pres. Worlton. Vice-president S. L. Swen-son Swen-son presided in the absence of Pres. Worlton. The iuperintendent was authorized to have' all empty or dead fire extinguishers extin-guishers throughout the ' district refilled re-filled that the schools may have such protection from any future fires, also to secure prices on such Instruments for schools that are not in possession of such protection. - The superintendent and local board member were instructed by the board to proceed as ' their Judgment may direct to repair the roof, of the Forbes building whleh Was -damaged last week by fire, and to make such changes -that will protect the building from future dinger. It was the action of the board that the old Cedar Fort school house be proffered as living quarters for the principal of that section free of charge with the understanding that he will be responsible for the care of the ssme. A discussion of the defects of the heating system of the American Fork High 8chool was entered into, and changes in the mains in a section of the building were recommended. The superintendent wav empowered by the board to negotiate these changes thai they may be made during the Christmas vacation. The clerk was authorized to pay the monthly claims aa checked by the checking committee. Mr. I. B. Ball, Federal Vocational Director of Utah, met with the board for the purpose of explaining in deta'l the prorram. In connection with the Agricultural and Farm Mechanics for the present and coming school year, M46,..Ball,jdYli"ei Jheboard that for January 2nd. -this year they will -raliseTfFl'fir, j" ThB"atudents - of -the grs,mcat . of our high schools Lincoln. Pleasant, rrades J enjoved prpramr'- Friday; Grove and Teh! subsidy In the afternoon and in seme f tt;e roorcs Bmmnt of IfiSO.OO per school which Is Christmas trees with Rifts from fd-an fd-an Increase over the amount received flow-students added to theJo11!ty of j for last year. At for next year, he the occasion. ! . ' . ; Reclamation Project S?All.neces,ary surveys are now,lhe rP,aP Sundajr Bchol Per,od l-competed l-competed throu.h th lolnt .rvir. morpow moroln--commencing' at of county, state and government engineers. en-gineers. jThe project ; has had the personal Inspection of Mr. Davis of the 'U. 8. reclamation service and of Mr, Cannon, Can-non, his assistant. It Is approved by Senator Reed Smoot and has the unqualified un-qualified support of United States Land Commissioner William Spry. , "We have1 all looked for it, asked for It prayed for It, and tome have fought for It Now It Is ours for the ... vaci earn spend n money. Sam spend his money, com plete this splendid project and quadruple qua-druple the value of 30,000 acres in our county. This Is the first step In the most attractive and promising reclamation project now left In the United States. I This project does not have to be eolonlied. Railroads and other meth- by the Sunday School children. This ode of transportation do not have to pageant has taken much careful train-be train-be developed.' I ing and the parents of the children Commerce and Industry are al- will be pleased with the effort .ex- ready here. School and churches pended. This pageant will occupy the and all other necessities for prosper- major part of, the Sunday School Ous progressive Americans-are -hereperlod.Bt I!! . t, , , THIRDWARD "Do you know that this plan does In tn nw WgH ,n tfl plan-furnishes the money to com- tn Sehool lete the work and gives the land owner twenty years In which to pay 1 uKm.t wiuiuui luicrcBbi "Do you know hat this plan does lot cost you aa much as the interest would amount to on an ordinary Individual In-dividual project f ---; ... , ... TEvery land owner within this pro-; Jed should -make himself .acquainted with its full possibilities and should! if the authorisation '" asking ' Our l - td establish 1 this district and apply to our government govern-ment for funds for its completion." of each man's yearly salary provided that same could be established on a fractional basis, and that further It Is very possible that American Fork can be placed- on .the subsldy list after this year. He recommended that the board establish a minimum salary of $2,000.00 per year with a maximum of $2,400.00 for this line of work, stating that with this margin to work from, the highest efficient instruction may be employed to carry on the work. Mr. Ball further recommended that a reasonable amount be allowed instructors in-structors for traveling expenses' during dur-ing the summer months Ifl following up the project work, and any expense beyond that period that must be met in order to bring the work up to i high standard. It was his opinion, that class work in the high schools should be so ar ranged that the Instructor may be free after 2:30 o'clock each day, and that the total enrollment of vocational or provocations! be a minimum of eighty boys, and further, that the board co-operate with" the srtate regarding re-garding the part time school plan. It was his opinion also that shop men be expected to attend summer school. On the recommendstlon of the ; president, the sunerintendent was In structed to submit the proposition of vocational education ' from his view point and present bis recommendations recommen-dations at the next regular meeting, o School Vacation On The schools of th Alpine DMrlcr. both grade and hleh, were dismissed Friday for a Christmas and New Year's vacation. The classes will not convene again Ull Wednesday, I The Sunday Schools of the four wards have prepared special Chrit naa programs which will be given at 10:30. A cordial Invitation It extended extend-ed to the members of the wards to be present Following are the programs: FIRST WARD Singing Christmas Song School. Prayer. Singing Christmas Song School. -Sacrament gem and sacrament and concert recitation. Vocal Duet Edmund ' and Mary Hansen. . ' Christmas Story Dena Shatter. I Pft.m ah TnaAnlt ' QmlthV.m .Nielsen. Pageant "The Christmas SlgnJ , Singing School. Benediction. SECOmTwARD In addition to the regular singing, the sacrament exercises, etc, a page- ant, "The Nativity," will be presented , Bnmbef w!1, be flTW by Mca prognm wn, of dialogues, Christmas stories, solos, etc. FOURTH WARD Five Minute Violin and Piano Duet Wilma and Eva Stlce. 81nglng "Far. Far Away" School. Prayer Pat W. B. 8mlth, Stnirtn g "When Christ Was Born" School. Sacrament Gem and Sacra ment Program Text-Bishop Text-Bishop Greenwood -Matthei 1H:11, "Hang Up The Baby'a Stocking Kindergarten Class. Recitation "Jesus' Birthday", Mahlan Anderson. 8ong "Christmas-tide Reverie" First Intermediate first year. Dialogue "When I Grow Up" Clyde and Roy Watson. Solo "Sing O Te Heavens" Mary Pulley. . ': Song "Glory To God" Second Intermediate In-termediate first year. Dialogue Four small girls. - Oiiartette "O Star Divine" LeRue Robinson, Nina Halllday, C. E. Watson Wat-son and J. M. Grant Christmas Story. Singing "Silent Night, Holy NIght" School. Benediction Leo T. 8helley. Sacrament meeting will be held In each of the wards Sunday night commencing com-mencing at 7:80 o'clock. In the First Ward; aside from several numbers consisting of stories, - musical elections', elec-tions', etc., the main number of the program . .will he, , a . pageant, . "The Christmas Sign.1 In the 8eoond Wafd a pageant "The Nativity" will be given In addition to the regular exercises incident to a sacrament meeting. - In tho-Tatrd Ward the following numbers wIU be given: Three vocal Chrlstmaa selections; violin solo, Horace Preston; pageant "The Birth of Christ; Merrill Clayson who for over two years had been In the Brit. Ish mission field, Is expected to be present in which - event he will occupy oc-cupy a portion of the time. A speaker from the B. Y. U. will be present at the Fourth Ward meeting meet-ing and in addition special musical selections by the choir will be given, also a quartette consisting of La-Rue Robinson. Nina Halllday, James M. Grant and C. E. Watson will sing, "O Star Divine" and a quartet composed com-posed of Mr. and Mrs. Lea Hansen and Mr. and Mrs. Heber Hansen will sing "Silent- Night, Holy Nlgh " "Far, Far Away On Judea'a Plains" will be sung by Mrs. Stlce, accm- panied by , Wllma and Eva SMce i 0" ,i 7!rientenerFaBed en Humanity- . Tour Judges have sentenced" jvt te death," said a friend to Socrates. "And .has not Nature passed the same sentence on tliemT quickly responded the suge old philosopher. Local TJ. S. Marina - 'Goes Abroad "Saq Dfego," CatT Dec; - 2t-H9tartlni on a period of duty In the tropica, Golden Herbert McNeal, formerly of American Fork, Utah, left here re wmiywith-a-deUcament-Jj 8. Marines, hound for Guam, one of tha inlands of the South 8eas, He will probah!y remain ..abroad for a year or longer before returning to tha- 1 United States. . ' Golden, who Is a nephew of Mr. Robert Walker of - American Fork, Joined the Marine Corps of Portland, Oregon, last June. For several weekf he has been 'on duty at Marine Corpa -stations on (he West Coast It (a customary - to send small groups of . Marines to' Guam from time to time to take the place of other soldiers of the sea who have completed a tour of duty abroad. Golden was on of the men aelected. . The Island of Guam wssceded to the United Statea by . the Spanish ahortly - after the .. Spanish-American War." It Ii a typical Island of the) South SeaaL with an area of about 200 , square miles and a nathre population of approximately 12.000. The Marine -perform 'guard "dntief -and find ttttcfc ----to Interest them In studying the ' quaint customs of the Chamorros, tha native inhabitants of the Island. ' H'--4 ' 0 ;";-' L. D. S. Hiffh Trounces -WORKERS IN FIRST Game of Season - The first pre season basketball game for the high school resulted in a defeat de-feat for the local squad; They played play-ed In the gymnasium here" Friday night ;wlth the rlTJS. hlgV echooi and the final score read 24 4 In" favor of the visitors." -- Coach Holmstead had ' some fine basketball material from which to choose his team and though graduation gradu-ation last spring sadly depleted tha basketball ranks, there Is every evidence evid-ence that the new team will give the fans some splendid basketball exhibitions ex-hibitions this season. The lineup for Friday's game was as follows: Pete Condor, right guard; James Chadwick, left guard; Thertl Marsh, center; Leon Wilkin, right forward and Russell Jacobs, left ward, Lz:::.:.r:.. ' : i t"- The game was rather slow but the local team put up a splendid - fight with the more experienced aggregation aggre-gation from Salt Lake, and for several of Turplay era rthlajanir-waa-Oielr first public appearance In basketball. Why ' Not Act How7 We are pleased to announce that number In this community have aeea the wisdom of giving a Chrlstmaa present that lasts a whole, year, and nave banded us the names of ' Tela tives - living at a distance , to whom they want this paper sent for all .-of 1924. . When you come to think of It, nothing cheers the hearts of those who stUl bold the old home town and county dear as much as a letter front- home. - And - since the average man or woman Is too husy to writ to their relatives every, week they can find a means Just at good, and that la by seeing that than'- heme-towa paper the same thing aa a letter from home is sent them regularly. They also realize that every time it reaches reach-es its destination it freshens In the minds of those who receive It the love they have for those who sent it Wa wllT gladly drop a card to any- relative to whom you wish to send this paper for 1924 telling them that you have been kind enough to subscribe for it In' their name, and that It Is .your Chrlstmaa gift to them,, Where else can you buy a relative or friend as much happiness as a year's subscription subscrip-tion to this paper will costT ' Poverty's Bitter Side. The moet annoying thing about por erty Is the knowledge that It Isn't unk versa!, Baltimore Sun. Pranklln Played CKess. r iBenJamla JTallUltn a devetes ef chess. When In France on the ml stun from the Continental congress he made himself popular among the 'Courtiers 'Cour-tiers by bis unusual skllt at the game. |