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Show ft- Affl AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1924 NUMBER 3 , pouliiymen Realizes Qver $ "Per Year 600,080. Some 150,000 Hens Kept In Districtr-Weekly and Semi-Monthly Semi-Monthly Pay Days Mean Much to BusinessRuns Sheep Industry Close .Second for Revenue. Tit chicken Industry, now second importance in u uikiw, kiuh yearly menu of over $600,000, ilof to tbe Don iniormauou wo able to secure from various Tbe chicken, men, wnue , la number inns the sheep grew- are usually not comwerea u do-BMrly do-BMrly to imporUnt ' ia moast However, when tacts fad Vert are eocuredj and conwOed It oif the eye of . tome ot the chlck-L chlck-L niteri theiaeelvea, Tae fact that ekickea Jnaavtrr la la !U infancy Chared to . Ui aoep iadicatee that C. in -t Ka vnar or "lib' wlieh "the will likely have to step down tbe lower berth. 150,000 HENS HERE Apostle Smith Addresses 94th Quart orly Conference COMMERCIAL CLUi COMMITTEES NAMED TO PUT ON CAMPAIGN. BENJAMIN BROWN AND ' P. O. I. CAY ADDRESS CLUB AT FIRST FALL MEETING. American Fork to be big aaUonal poultry center. ThU ia the aim of the Amrelcan Fork Commercial Club which la now actively backing a movement to create interest la the growing and profitable poultry industry ot this district ' The ; club Agriculture and Publicity committees com-mittees consisting of W. H. Chlpmaa, Sidney NIcholes, Hans Christensen, L By t careful check with the egts.L. Pratt, John Robinson, W. D. Love- through the three bit Buyers ie,v Uj pnmk Gisf0rd, with Mr. knowing the average production Jchrpman as chairman, was chosen as k4t has been figured thera are I . committee to work out and pui aver ut 151,000 laytef hens in the Als- Un effecUve thorough campaign 16 tort to-rt lurroundlng American Fork. Itmt sew chicken raisers and stlmtt- This seerni an enoroua number but c& mtB to get bigger - iocks jibes It Is known that over 75.000 wher pomibi and enlarge the In- f ait of eggs are handled and sent dtry as much as possible. W of here each year the fact be- action took place following an joMM a known quantity. HundrwJl , jatertstlng Ulh; fiven (be club by Mr, of growers have books inn taadrsd to several . , thousand tas 'a&lority being in American Fork bat jowtrisg the entire north end of CUh ewBty, Including Provo Bench, Pleas-'nt Pleas-'nt drove, Alpine, ..Amecan Fork, IIud and LthL-"-' 'rutuiif am iiiM'e FACTOR MIMHB WIWi www," ' Tbe importanca et. the poultry nmae, which comes in regular pay lays weekly and seml-monthy. Is neognlsed as becoming ot more lm vortaac eeach month, and year by local and surrounding " business koues. The numerous egg checks art Men everywhere, coming aa a tide brae in most cases but in in-itancet in-itancet being the sole revenue ot the M(ger growers, who are making big rrturna on their, investments and time.- ' f -- T ' One company buying here will distribute dis-tribute for eggs, labor and expenses alone 1279,000.00 in 1924 according to a itatement of the president This Wing about fifty percent of tbe amount paid by the three large buy-en buy-en It Ii easy to figure that the total Wastry, Including the money brought In by peddlers and from the sale of foe roosters, old hens, etc., that the total revenue estimate ol $600,000.00 a conservative. PR0SPECT8'FOR GROWTH ENCOURAGED. Tbe fart that the chicken Industry ku ruch a start and Is only in Its to fcney bespeaks a marvelous growth ! the next few years. The product Is the best hi the ntry and these Utah eggs are de-andlng' de-andlng' top pace on the New York ket every day. Feed Is eheaper we than In the famous Petaluma see- w and we are -sereTsl hundred n closer the -national markets uua are tbe producers ot that sec-lion. sec-lion. Exnert nnnltrrinen and pro fessors, who have Compared the two section, have time and agsln de- red the local climate conditions also superior lo those on the toast 'ltb that section keeping UOO.OOO tas as against our 150,000 and the varance by numerous experts that ttre U absolutely no danger of ovet dlng the market It would . seem tkt w9 have a great opportunity to Pnd and make a mammoth poultry Wastry right here. o Belief Society Oonfererice Announrement Is made of the Re-- Re-- JJf 8oclty conference of Alpine e to be held In American Fork an wtdneiday. November U.zJ)tnns ot noting-will he anuoun later, 'ever, plans at present ere1 under to hold conference sess'oiis . In . ."..morning and, afternoon.. anto Jmt a pageant In the evenlcg. . Benjamin ;ownr be4 of the UUh PouHr.ro4-cera Association. Mr. Brown is mora enthus1st!o than ever before' ever tbe outlook; of the Industry Indus-try and painted a glowing word pic ture ot the poultry possibilities for the' growerf of - this -lstrtct- and ih- eatire section of country here. The fact that through all the ex perimental stages the Industry has grown and thrived and Is now reach ing a point where the Utah product la demanding top prices and top quality, with lower feed costs, and better climate than competitive fields speaks volumes for the Industry and Its future progress, said Mr. Brown. He went Into details on figures. costs of feed, marketing, anuciauon progress, etc., compared to other poultry poul-try sections now tsmous. Comparing this section to the wide ly known Petaluma district Mr. Brown declared: -That district went out l.000.QW,ou worth ot products last year as compared com-pared to Utahs $1,150,000 worth. ThU In spite of the fact that bur eggs have established a better record on the eastern market, our feed costs are less, and we are seven hundred miles closer to the market. He said he actually saw Petaluma producers paying a cent a pound for green alfalfa which gives us an Idea ot feed costs they contend with. tt v..wtr th nroven fact that UUh ollmate is superior to n-..i... vmmti drv and hot rfllUUUHl v, w .v. tkm T-rarse long rainy season ana the feed cost difference and the closer market fee declared again that he could see only a very bright future for the local Industry, with the growth that is sure to come. Th- exonerative marketing feature ! the biggest thing the grower must contend with he doctored. By estab lishing high standard grades ana ai- . . . vn 4 ranntltlon ways maintaining - is made and the product aiwaj. k. . ii.mand. He raid that assocl- atlon eggs -now demand a better price than do those sent out oy ina.v.au., people and companies in that the grading Is more dependable and the buyers know by experience thst aa-aoclatlons aa-aoclatlons build for continual bust-near bust-near and not so much for the present profit. r ' "77 With- Increased production which will permit of car lot shipments of one grre of ejors the price received ran be raised a fe cents per .esse the yesr round. , v. advantages set out was (he rlda lines of dressed poultry, etc- that makerthe company and members ad- jhi. nrnBii. He said every, veo- tnr thus far hsd been msde to pay Mttftte and " that the growers icooperate,, SP W The 94th quarterly conference convened con-vened In the etske tabernacle Saturday Satur-day morning at II o'clock with sua attendance of one hundred ninety tw persons. AposUe Joseph Fielding' 8mlth of the general authorities of the church was present at this session ses-sion and also at the remaining three meetings held Saturday afternoon aad 8unday. Pres. 8. L. Chlpmaa waa, Is charge of the meeting which opened with the singing of "Redeemer of Israel." under un-der the direction ot Pat Warren . B. Smith. Thee. F. Carlisle ottered the opening prayer after , which "O Te Mountains High" was snag. Ths speakers at thla meeting vers President - James H. Clarke. Bishop Jesse M. Walker, Prln. Leo B, Sharp, Counselor Helge V. Swenson and Apoatla Joseph Fielding ,8mftli. Pres. Clarke, the first speaker re ferred to some of the Instructions giv en at the recent General Conference In Salt Lake City. He spoke especially especial-ly on the -work being done by the church, in the various missions of ths . world rn building houses of worship, etc. Pres Clarke admonished the Saints to be faithful in their payment of tithes and offerings stating that all blessings that come to a. come as the result of the observance of law. "Come, Come Te Saints" waa sung,' following which Bishop 'Walker spoke,1 telling of his work as a teacher and that he hoped to succeed In has new calling as bishop of the American Fork Third ward with- the help and co-operation of the people of that ward. . -' . ' '-". . Prin.-Sharp of tba American Fork seminary spoke of his labors rn New Zealand tor the past three years where he had charge of the L. D. 8. church college and farm. Prln. Sharp stress ed the Importance of teaching reli gion to the young people In a way to make It Interesting. He cautioned against the spirit of fault-finding especially against church authorities, and advised kindness and consideration considera-tion for one another. Helge V. Swenson, recently chosen thd and Date Of Delinquent. Tax Postponed To DocGiiilisr 20 aa . a counselor In the Manila bishop ric, reported he had enjoyed his labors la-bors In the past In that ward. ; : Apostle Smith read from the teachings teach-ings of the Savior and spoke of the necessity of continuous effort end service if we would retain the spirit of the Lord. He spoke especially on the, law of tithing and pointed out how utterly dependent we are upon the Jrd for the blessings which come to car every day lives. Apostle Smith warned missionaries against ceasing la L their diligence '' after returning home from' the mission field. It Is Just as easy to form good habits as bad ones and Just as easy to do right as to do wrong, said Apostle Smith. ;The meeting, closed .with the sing-tag sing-tag of -Do Whst Is Right" and B. A. Bushman Sr. pronounced the benediction. bene-diction. : v Elahj Alexander H." Lcnre, Tewat-1y Tewat-1y called to preside over the Lindon Second ward. Bishop Wllford W. Warnlckv who has recently been called call-ed to act as bishop In Manila ward, UVfanr M. Atwood, recently sus-tslasdas sus-tslasdas counselor. In the Manila ward bishopric,, Miss" Mary Anderson of Lehl, who retwnd-ena recently from the California tetseloa and Apostle Apos-tle Joseph Fteldmg Smith were the speakers at the afternoon meeting which commenced at S o'clock. ' Bishop Lowe expressed the great responsibility which comes with being be-ing called to preside over a ward as I -bishop and hoped the Saints In the various -wards would give lo7l support sup-port BUhopWaralck pointed out that C Latter-Day tTafnts church furnish- COMMISSION GRANTS PETITION OF FARMERS.' The dste on which taxes become delinquent la Utah county has been extended ex-tended from November 30 to December Decem-ber 10, it wss announced In a proclamation procla-mation Issued by the board ofVounty commissioners ,iu Its Monday session. The extension of the delinquency date came about aa - tha result of a petition which was signed by more then a hundred 'tSarmars throughout the county asking that each a step bS Uken. The majority of tha farmers have no mean -with which to meet their tto!S-3Blsm until after they receive their first beet checks which are due the first part, of December. All three members of the commis sion were united in their votes to ex tend ths time. The resolution was passed by" tha commission late Mon day afternoon and reads as follows: "Wheress, under the provisions of section IT, session laws of Utah, 192$, the county commissioners of the various counties of the state, of Utah are authorised : to extend the time when taxes' become delinquent uad ;,. . ' " taxes at the usual time for such pay ment a-..", : ..5.jr..' v,: I "Now, , theretora, we, Jsmes T. Garflr, A. O. P-seot and Fr4 Mst- s4WporfuTikr' farair 'Where aa, mora than 100 represent ative tax payers of this county have petitioned this board for such exten sion of time, and "Whereas, a drought has visited and was . instantly wound up drawing the state, greatly Impairing the Mr. oust onto the revolving anax ability of the cltliens to pay their The power was Immediately shut. 3 but not befors the body was crushed crush-ed and Injured on the fastly movfcj i were getting their share of this money; - PROMI8ES GRADING PLANT On condition that the association could get eggs ot 300,000 chickens was positive tbe board of directors of the association would establish a $40,000 to $50,000 plant at American Forkv It was at this time that 8. L. Chip-man Chip-man moved that the above named committee be chosen and endeavor to secure tbe needed additional products pro-ducts to assure the association and town the pant Mr. Brown reported that their pay ment on eggs for 1924 would be $262,000. and for labor and expenses here $17,000. COMMITTEE ON RECLAMATION Another matter to come up was the appointing of a committee to meet at gait Lake oa Monday and Insist that Utah and Wasatch counties1 get Just treatment in the placing of reservoirs reser-voirs snd securing water from the Weber river In " the Government Reclamation Project The Irrigation snd Drainage Committee, Joseph H. Storrs, B. N. Christensen and A. B. Adams was - selected to attend - the meeting and put up our arguments for the Provo river reservoir. . ADVERTISING SCENIC WONDERS F. D. B.,flaK Deseret News Path- bers itw -'work and through: wetting to grow and develop. A rtohn quartette waa rendered by Kenneth J. Bird and students- . . Lawrence M. Atwood next spoke and expressed the hope to be able to accomplish, good in his new calling. Miss Mary Anderson reported briefly her labors whUs In the California mission for twenty seven months, and spoke of tbe value ot family prayer In the home, edpontshlng ths Skints to b prayerful In their homes, (ontlnned On Page Two) Interesting Convention of Ladies' Clubs at Ogden The thirty first annual state ,con ventlon of the Federated Women's Clubs of Utsh, held rn Ogden for three days last week; was declared to hav4 been the best ever held by those at tending, reports Mrs. Atlantic Chris tensen of this city, who was In at tendance the three days. Vfrs. C. E. Maw of Provo, was ejected ejec-ted state president of the federation and Mrs. George P. Parker, also of Provo, was elected corresponding secretary. The other officers elected are from Salt Lake City, Ogden and tbe northern part of the state. A report of the blennlel convention held In Los Angeles was heard. ' Perhaps the most Important sub ject tor discussion was ths problem of Americanising the emigrants who come to this country to mske their homes. To help them to love and re spect this country Is to bs the aim of the club women wherever possible A sliver cup Is offered for the district putting over the most strenuous pro gram of cltlsenshlp. To do everything possible to mate tain peace was another resolution finder, man, delivered aa Interesting adopted at the convention uiir nT Vr lantern Dtctures on i One of the talks given by several Utah Vebety)" He told hov'csnorsdo ' prominent visitors at the convention receive-$30,000,000 .annually from! was a talk on the Federal Education tourists and! the awakening ot Utah to bill to come up this winter. Pres her natural wonders aad the possibll- Peterson of the Agriculturec College Itywo , hve of securing tourist! travel, ' . He asked support ia putting on an advertising' campaign In connection with the Christmas News this year. The.:-matter was referred to the board of governors, who where to go Into the matter and make decision as to what extent American Fork, could Lehi Han Killed 7hen -; ; v -r Caught In. BtU BACK BROKEN, SKULL PRACTUftV ' ED, " LEG ' BROKEN AND BODY CUT AND ' BRUISED WHIM CAUGHT IN BELT. J. R. Giles died two hours aftsr few Ing caught In a belt aad throw around a line shaft at the U, Si lias) rock quarry at .Topllff Wsdnsstfajr morning. He was Immediately rs ed to the hospital following tksT accident but died a half hour after arriving without gaining consdoissv ness. ' " J ' - Examination disclosed ; a fractursj skull, broken spine, both bones frns tared in right leg below, the ksaa, paralysis of ths lower half of the otf besides numerous -bruises and cat about the boijy. The , accident occurred ai . about. t:18 a. nv Mr. Giles with others bag been ' sawing wood oa a circular saw and had thrown the belt off, the saw pulley.. la stepping over to the big drive shaft Jo lift the . belt onto . av hook so si o lift It off the moving drlv shaft, hs stepped through tht bel At tr same . time , the. belt caught,, on ths fastly moving skafl ers," of Utah county, state of Utah, rn pursuant to authority given us by the authority- abowo stated, do hereby proclaim pro-claim and declare that the date that taxes shall become delinquent Is here by extended from the. SOth day of November to 11 o'clock noon, on the 20th day of December, 1124." A ear was quickly' gotten reaffy tr1 'fcaaa'-rus-ftd'-t were held Frfc the high : .school ( iachoc Canyon Crosscuts hospital' Funeraf services ' day at I p. ml in AIL : !.. HeTIs survived by his wife and thsv -following children: Mrs. w M. Car son, Dennis, ' Mrs. Mable Cox, Shin, Don and Helen. ATI live at Lehl but , Don. who Is In McGin, Nevada. '. Ths Mary Ellen mine Is said to have a good ore showing. "Thaws 4 Flnnlsnders are at work and .lt Is possible a shipment .may be made this fsll. Charjes Mercer, who has leased the Sliver Bell, Is shipping a ear of med ium grade ore. Joseph W. Johnson snd his nephew are working on the Atlantic and favorable progress Is reported. Amon Mercer of Alberta, Canada. Is working on his "group ot claims In Deer Creek. - The Pacific mine hss a small force of men who are reported to be tak ing out a little ore. Court Notes On Thursday George rflcboles was fined '120.00 Tm m chatss bl fanning stock at largs on the , city street. Judge O. A. Wall of Lef jt, who hesri ths cast after a change? of venae had been granted jnaesed , the sentence but"snspehded the samV e' provMinf Mv Nlcholes fixes his U noe and, keeps his stock up. . as recently fined x automobile with made this talk;" in which' he explain-' ed the purpose of the proposed bill which would provide for better health teachings for children ,snd better opportunities op-portunities to preserve health. Mrs. Christensen reports thst. more courteous treatment could not have been given. the Elks home In Ogden Tbe American I Leasing - Co. shipped already thirteen ears of ore and at present are loading the fourteenth four-teenth of the sessott. The !ne; Is said to still have a fine showing of pre. Three teams are nsed for hauling. haul-ing. , ; . ., The Plttsburghss several teams hauling and has shipped six cars this season. Several inches of snow fell during ths general storms last week, whtch have melted away with the exception of some remaining on ths higher peaks. . 'Eusjenlo Blen is working on his eon tract, at ths. BouthJPsrk, and has struck a great How of water. ' Ed. Bennett and Bam Hntchlngs . are assisting a surveyor from Salt Lake City In surveying some of the South Park claims for patent i - The Globe force Is reported to bo having, been placed at the ladles' die-working bard and ts still in Interests posal for meetings, receptions, etc jlng formation. ; Arnold Condor is $10.00. tor driving a out lights. i The' ease of i mericsn Fork city against the Robly lton building will come up. for trie i at Provo Monday, conrt calendar. The ng to close the bulld-r bulld-r on' the grounds that aulsance. -r o ' according to the- city Is endeavor! Ing for one yea' It Is a public? Priesthood Ths rfnonth meeting wf tabernacle 1 The Llndonf nlsb the sf In the V Cornwall . be presen ' provemeB and Union . J ' Ueetinar Baadfiy w Priesthood and Union 11 convene In, the sUke aero tomorrow afternoon. First wsrd choir will fur ngipg. M A- 1 I A. Depsrtment Clsude of the general Board will t to talk to the Mutual Is-t Is-t Association workers, o- J Will y0n Vote Nov. 4tM Set tw ter ,er(V For ed to glstrt nesdi area -thef ! W- . tie ct ' y '-.: V it lear s" Ee' Register Oct. tfctt. the last time attention is the two remaining day. tor rer:v aton.,.next Tue.7; ifn October 28th ind;-9tK ;Tt t responsibility resting JPf prlvUeged to ct. their W, ted In a forceful .manner . n.wiDsner and perioai Dont shirk allr every newspsper . . . . nis fltates.. i, duty;.. .. clU.en the ; best ountxy In ths world. i |