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Show 5 ' ! ' URDAY, FEBRUARY Locals and Mrs.. Kenneth Brown wa among the business visitors In Provo Tuesday. -Business visitors in I'rovo Tuesday were; Mrs. Willes Bromley and Mrs. A. W. Buckwalter. Miss LaVonne Bromley had as her guest Wednesday evening Mlsa El ma Collin of Provo. Master Karl Hale has his right arm In a sling, tho result of cranking a car Friday of last week. Warren Anderson has been subjected subject-ed to considerable pain, this weelt tho result of a felon on one finger. Fir Blddle Feed Poultry 8upplles, call on Chlpman's new Drain and Feed Department. adv. Miss Llllie Shatter was unable to be at woft in the Co-op. storo the first of the week, due' to a siege of la-grlppe. la-grlppe. Clifford -Fackrell returned to X!all- ante, Nevada, the middle of the week after spending a few days here with rWmHetnHWfl'N;"rltren."- Hans Laursen spent ' several days this week hero with his wife, returning return-ing to his employment near Callente, Nevada, Wednesday. . , ''he play Charlieir Aunf presented here recently"hyTnieFlrirWard Mrt: A. was given In Lehl at the Royal Theatre last Saturday to a well filled bouse.- - ; Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Jackson and children of Salt Lake City, were Sun day tlsltori with Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Jackson and also with Mr. and Mrs Morris Madien. ....... " ' i ,a5iasa , ,i as CLAWSON & ELS1I0RE Attorneys at Law. Office Days American Fork Monday's and Thuriday's. Telephone 61 W. Other days Tel. 604 learet Bank ni.lf , Salt Lak Olty House-Cleaning Time It's not half the work it used to be, before yoe could fet Fuller Brushes Everything to do the cleaning with, do it .easier, and do it quicker. Women all welcome the Fuller Man when he calls. Watch for him or phone (or him to come any day you wii. A, R, ELLISON 1 "SATl We are Ready to Help You Raise the Chicks Globe Al Chick Mash; Globe Al Chick Scratch; Blackford Chick Mash; Screened Cracked Corn and. Wheat; Swifts Meat Scraps; Charcoal. Try Us You '11 Find Our Prices Bight - PEOPLE'S MILL & ELEVATOR CO. Telephone 32 , 1 American Fork Another Day C 8 TO HAVE YOUR SPRING SUIT MADE TO g ORDER. 5 i 9 8 Tick your own cloth, your own stylo, and measured y ' J " " " '"loi'JuVirowu paHieular..body. fo 'of -" 9 I Prices from $25.00 and un. . l ' - S 5 Also Ladies' and Gent's Cleaning and Pressing done. I K.T. Scaslrand 3 -1 AMERICAN FORK t $ ' 23, 1924 Personals James H. Clarke returned home last Saturday after a ten days' bust ness trip to Mllford. The guests of friends and relatives Mrs. Will Chlpman and Mrs. W, 8 Chlpman spent Wednesday In Salt Lake City. Eighteen "One Eight" Is the telephone tele-phone number of Chlpman's Grain and Implement houne. Call, for "Billy" or "Irving." adv Thomas Hilton of Pleasant Grove is the possessor of a new ford touring car; purchased from Pitts and Hatch MoionCo. ot this city. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Helxolt will go to Salt Lake City this afternoon where they will remain until Sunday eh Iiik, guests of friends and relatives. .....The-Misses Veda Barrett and Millie Duncan spent Thursday evening and Friday, In Heber.where they were the guests of Miss Reta Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Bird and MrMjlJy.BwJD.N.lcltQlealinoi' 5d to Salt Lake City last evening where they attended the Chernfaveky Trio concert In the tabernacle. The Christian Endeavor .of the Presbyterian Church was entertained by Miss Ruth Parker at her home Thursday evening of last week. The gueata -numbjerin.gl wenty spent., an enjoyable evening In games and music, followed by refreshments. Having been In the employment of the Chlpman Mercantile Co. for about twenty years, Mr. Elmer Bate Is leav Ing that Institution the last of this week. He will handle a line of drugs for the Watklns Co. Mr. Jesse Russon, who. was formerly employed with the City Market will take the place of Mr. Bate at the Chlpman store. Mr. and Mrs. William Brookbush of Shelley, Idaho, who are visiting with relatives here, were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hames H. Pulley Pul-ley Friday evening. Mr. Brookbush gave a short sketch of hli experiences from his recent mission In addition to which the usual pastimes were enjoyed enjoy-ed and refreshments were served to thirty relatives and friends. Celebrating the eleventh anniversary anniver-sary of the organization of the American Fork Sorosls, the club mem bers entertained at a prettily appointed appoint-ed affair at the home of Mrs. Thomas Coddlngton last evening.. The rooms were decorated In patriotic effects in keeping with Washington's birthday, the same color scheme being carried out in the luncheon. Progressive BOO was in vogue during the evening. The husbands of 'the club ladles were the special guests of the evening. 9 9 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Pleasant Grove Flcral Flowers of Superior t Quality.. Quick Service. Phone 54W Pleasant Grove, Utah Mr. and Mrs. James H. Pulley and Mr. and Mrir. Albert Blrk and children spent Wednesday In the City. Heaters and Lavatory have been placed ,in Chlpman's Feed Department Depart-ment this week. According to reports there were 300 people of Alpine Stake who went on the temple excursion Wednesday. After a short visit here with his family, Mr. Roy Steele returned to his work In American Fork Canyon Friday Fri-day morning; " " ' ; Mr. Ernest Kirkman who came home Saturday to celebrate his wedding' wed-ding' anniversary returned to his work In Cedar City Tuesday. .....Mr, , E.rneirt,.AydeIotte j?vCql.orado. Is . enjoying a few days .visit. In American Ameri-can -Fork, guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs-. J. P. Aydelotte. MIss.Vee Aydelotte is home from the University of Utah to spend the week-end her parents, Mr. and Mrs.'J, P.Aydetotte. The Fourth Ward M. I. A announce an-nounce that their play will be ready: for presentation about the first of March; The play they are staging this year is "The Noble Outcast," a four-act four-act drama and Is being directed by Dr. J. M. Grant Mrs. W. W. Hunter recently under went an operation for goitre at the L. D. S. hospital in Salt Lake City, and according to reports ia making splendid recovery. The U. B. Club members were guests of Mrs. Myrtle Walton at her home Thursday afternoon. The usual diversions of needle work and social chat preceded a dainty luncheon. There were present fifteen guests. Mr. Vern Keck, who has been on the sheep range at Harris since Christ mas', arrived home Monday evening for a week's visit here with his wife end children. Commemorating their weddings anniversary an-niversary Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kirkman Kirk-man entertained at dinner Sunday. An artistic color scheme of pink and white was in vogue throughout the room and a crystal basket ot pink and white sweet peas and carnation centered the dinner table. Covers were laid for fifteen, some of whom were from out of town. Dr. Hanson of the Utah Agricul tural College spent yesterday In American Fork the guest of the Women's Municipal Council. During the morning he visited various homes of the city to gather concrete lllu stratlons for his lecture to the club members last evening. His subject was "Landscape Gardening" and 1t Is the. aim ot the Council, members to ob tain the assistance of Dr. Hanson In beautifying the city. The Ladies Municipal Council met Wednesday evening at their regular setrslon. The main discussion .that took place was concerning a lyceum course for American Fork during the next school year. . It was decided that a committee be appointed to visit the Commercial Club and ask their co-operation in the matter. Al so ways and means were discussed whereby sufficient money could be raised to attend to some surgical operations In this city. The J. L. Flrmage home was a plaoant scene Friday afternoon when Mrs. Flrmage entertained twenty little guests In honor of the eighth birthday anniversary of-her daughter, Louise. Oeorge Washington motifs prevailed In the decorations. A large birthday cafce with eight candles formed the centerpiece of the long table at which the little guests were seated. Each chjjilrecolred as a favor a red white and blue balloon, Games that de-Ilrht de-Ilrht the little folks were participated In. Add Sedentary Pursuits. An Iowa man ndverlNos In his home weekly: 'l am In n position to hatch yonr ecs at .' rents a li7en."--Kan su City Si.-tr Tht Wsak Mlmt. A weak mind is like a microscope, which nuiRnllles trilling thtnea, hat cannot mtlve preat ones.-Cheats tU';. j MOSUL, NEAR MNEVEH'S SITE J Ancient City on the Tlgrta Praetcally j Built on the Ruins of Famous Metropolis. "Will the nei war be waged on t& site of ancient Nineveh T MoeoJ ok the bank of the Tigris, overlooks the mounds of that ancient city. Mosul means oIL England and Turkey seem to have come to grips over MosuL At the crossroads of caravan route from everywhere Aleppo, Bagdad and Persia, the leaning minaret of Mosul baa seen that city wax and wane. It may rle from it ruins of white limestone and become a great city again. For it Is the capital of the province In which are oil fields that compare with the richest in the world. It will not he the first time that the city by the Tigris lias rome bnck after being counted out. Nineveh shone for 2,000 years. When it gave up the ghost Mosul, a lusty Infant, sprang from the southern suburbs and flourished flour-ished It weathered the storms -of many wars. Tamerlane pillaged It. Saladln beat against Its walls but Tailed to subdue the city. It rose to Its height in the Twelfth century, when It became be-came an Independent capital. . The vilayet of Mosul, over which the Turks and Itritlsh battled In conference, confer-ence, Includes 20,000 square miles lying ly-ing mostly east of the Tigris. ALWAYS MEN FOR THE AGE There When Needed, Whether- Ber In- Leg Cabin or Towering Apartment - -In Bio City. Future President! of the United 8tates will be horn In apartment houses, and a fond people will have to hallow and bronze-tablet a luurteenr tory skyscraper. It wUl be lu .owa lofty monument. Long ago we passed the log-cabin ttege of.htatortc ihrlttee. ..The lo cabins have been exhausted Our largest larg-est crop of heroes now comes largely from the two-story brick house-Theodore house-Theodore from one of three stories. But the apartment house Is' bound to make Ita way as a cradle for Immortals, Im-mortals, regardless of the rather severe se-vere restrictions against families. Urge or small. The future great, bora la one of these towering hives, will, even at their birth, triumph over the tram-roels tram-roels of restrictive regulation of tenant ten-ant families. Lowly beginnings seem no longer necessary for genius. There should be no reason why statesmen, scholars, poets and scientists should not make their advent nine stories up. None of the artlflclalties of our modern drill-cation drill-cation will interrupt the gifts of a benign be-nign Providence that has never ceased to produce the man for the age. St LoulS Globe-Democrat Improved Disinfectant Soap. Austria reports a new development in the manufacture of disinfectant soaps, which it Is claimed has proved a decided success. The disinfectant used Is -lactate of silver and a very small amount produces remarkable results. re-sults. The soap has been used In hospitals for general washing purposes, pur-poses, . for sterilizing instruments (It does not contain any corrosive Ingredients In-gredients and hence can be safely used for this purpose), disinfecting clothes, rubber gloves, etc. There are several uses for the new soap In cosmetics. cos-metics. The soap Is made by dissolving dissolv-ing one part of the silver lactate In fifteen parts of water and then adding enough agaragar, or carrageon moss, te make a Jelly. The mixture Is then added to the regular soap batch, and the resulting product can be made into solid, paste or liquid. In the solid form It can be used for toilet or laundry purposes. In the paste form it Is usable as a dentifrice. In liquid form It may be used as a gargle and mouth wash. Exchange. Automatic Stesring Gear. The first American' passenger ship to be equipped with automatic steer-fag steer-fag gear recently' completed a successful suc-cessful return voyage to the West Indies, under the guidance of this apparatus. ap-paratus. The Instrument says Popular Popu-lar Mechanics Magazine, consists of t gyroscopic compass arranged to open and close an electric circuit controlling con-trolling the stopping and starting of the rudder-operntlng mechanism. Tha Instrument Is capable of being set 5or response to different amounts of deviation de-viation from course, one case belns, oted where the departure from th true course was set as close as one-sixth one-sixth of a degree. Ptolemy Speaks From the Past ' At "Thebes, the ancient capital of upper Egypt, arclieologlsts from Penn sylvanla university have found demotic, demo-tic, or common language, papyri that fill a gnp In history from B, C. 300 te 246. This period Includes the reign of Ptolemy Phlladelphus, who was so successful In levying heavy taxes with a minimum of Injury and dissatisfac tion. As the manuscripts deal mainly with Pnundal affairs, our own Ptole mies may perhaps .learn from tlierai' how to create In ns a nation of cheerful- givers. Scientific American. Mors Like Extraction. Maude Surah has tukeu up commercial com-mercial nil. ' Mollyindeed I And what does she draw? Maude Her husband's salary. Tho Parting Shot shoot from this mulcl $ftm Yeasnh," y' run shoot fron tfat uiuie c.:;cc- NOTICE TO TO WJIOM IT MAY CONCERN i - - " . All persons jotcrested or owning gricnharaJ lands, now requirhi! additional water for irripition, or lands that may require drianagt and irrigation thereafter, situated between Provo River and TJu, Lake Irrigation Company'8 Canal on the west side of tthe Jordu River, and north of Utah Lake to the foot bills, are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at American Fork City Hall on Wednes-day,, Wednes-day,, February 27th, 1924, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of eon-sMerins eon-sMerins the question of organizing a company and acquiring govern, ment aid to reclaim such lands on the same terms that have been 'riven to the users of water from the Strawberry Project, which k twenty yeafs time for repayment of the cost 'without Interest. , Signed: ' I JAMES T. GARDNER, . JOSEPH R. MURDOCK, A. J. EVANS. Improved Water Whsel. A floating water wheel has been patented by an inventor in Prleska, South Africa. This Invention Is a gvent revelation, and promises to revolutionize revolution-ize methods of raising wster for irrigation irri-gation purposes, generating electricity,' etc. A large model is undergoing Its trial In the Orange river, and It Is expected ex-pected that Its final adjustments will shortly be .complete, when the wheel will be given an exhausUve trial.' The Invention is so constructed that it can rise or fall wlth the level of the stream, delivering water through hosepipes hose-pipes or through a revolving universal rod structure. It can float in the water-or rest on firm soil,, according to the depth of the stream, and automatically automat-ically disposes of alt obstacles drtftlnj against it 8lap at Modern "Education During the ordinary medical collet course the average student Is "educated" "edu-cated" in way to deprive him of his i atlve common sense, and to unfit blm i.r study along "natural" lines, "that'lt requires half a lifetime of busy practice prac-tice to undo the mischief of it Dr. John- Kirk. -r..., Ruby Valued at $80,000. The largest perfect ruby in the w rid has Just arrived In England from lii.ila, consigned to the head of a firm of Indian brokers, which Values the gn at $00,000. The stone, absolutely Rhwless, was mined at Mogok, Burmah, fi.jr years ago. It Is oral, quarter of aa inch long; and -weighs 22 carats. A Clarical Cynic Notice in a western church:' "Weddings "Wed-dings and funerals, Jf anything so unfortunate un-fortunate should happen as the events suggested by the title of this pan-graph pan-graph during the absence of the pastor, pas-tor, the Rev. E. H. Ouentker has consented con-sented to represent the pastor." Boston Bos-ton Enlng Transcript Business Is Good We are Going Ahead Everyone liked our prompt, courteous service and were delighted with our MEALS CITY CAFE SERVICE IS OUR AIM. Come in and get acquainted. T All new fresh stocks of confections, candies, etc. Davis Cafe & Confectionerv - TIAVTO TIAVTS Ptati - ' I MAIN STREET Real Estate Rumblings SPRING is here, whether we are ready or not; soon all nature will be robed in green, the appeal of the land will be on us. These are a few of the many bargains I have to offer: Six acres" right next to town, fine apple orchard, i'ity water, electric lights available, an ideal chicken ranch, all for. : .! $850.00 Thirty acres good bottom land, $100 per acre. A 72-aerc Ranch, with $5,000.00 worth of primary water, teams and all machinery necessary to wrk V f,,r :: :$io,5oaoo A $4, 500.00 jriodern home, for ..$4,000.00 A cheaper home partly modern for. $1,500.00 Some of the host drv farm land in the north end of Cedar Valley, from $10.00 per acre up. Numerous other bargains at bottom prices. If you want to buy or sell, see James H. Clarke American Fork, Utah - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 LAND OVTNEES' Bubonlo Plague.-Bubonic Plague.-Bubonic plague- ts a disease of hot climates and has never In modera times been a serious sanitary problem prob-lem In cold countries. No Laundries In China. Laundries are unknown la China, This la strange when. It. is considered thatanoyerwlielmlng proportion of the Chinese In America are engaged In laundry work- BALLOON TIRES The newest improved auto tire. Fits the regular wheel ;.. ;....;'.:v..rim... : ; . "Easy Riding. Blowout Proof. 2(00dlfnF(HarapeeI' Let us tell you about them. PEP OAS is best. Cobblestone Service Station OTIS CHENEY, prop. PHONE 89-J AMERICAN FORE AMERICAN FORK V |