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Show , -' . r .-t.-. . r l ; -ft - fx , .-.ri.-? VOL. XII AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, . SATURDAY, : FEimUAHY 14, .1925 1, ... NUMBER 52 iirs Amsrican Forfi City Vclti Placed at Stocli Dividend From Asso. '0: Farmirs-llousewives Illiupf Program tuiflaylllnssdl Poultry Pro Receive $117,410.49 v . : i American Fork City's public property prop-erty value is set at fU7.410.49 in the annual report submitted to the citizens by George F. Shelley, city recorder. The report la published on page seven of this issue. The taxpayer .will note in going oyer the report, that cash r on,, hand, public property, . water system, library and other item under Re-' Re-' sources and Liabilities total $117 410.49. Against this, of tourse, must be charged outstanding'; bonds and - bills payable and a few other Items amounting to but $36.2$8.22.; Thia leaves a net amount of ' resources over" liabilities oM81.152.27Z 'Such a .good standing will not be. found in ' many of the state's cities. , On the other side of tbe report are the receipts and disbursements. It will be seen that . $48,052.65 was received re-ceived during the year, the taxes re-ceiyed re-ceiyed being $23,754.04. Disbursements, Disburse-ments, or the amonnt spent,-. waa only $44,280;'67 whtcV'TeKi tcl of $3,722.58 In the treasury. Subtracting the cash on hand the first of the year of $2,048.11 it will be seen that a net -V amount of $1,724.47 was left or saved. This, at least, shows that pur officers are living within their means. Water-. Water-. works bonds amounting b $6,050.92 were also paid off. Every taxpayer should study the report and learn how and "where his money is going. ', . KtatA firmt. of Schools Addresses Union Meeting " Dr. C. N. Jenseto, State superintendent superinten-dent of Schools, and Horace G. Cum-mlngs, Cum-mlngs, a . member of . the "- General Board of the Sunday Scfiool, were in attendance at th union meeting" of the Sunday School and Genealogical workers of the stake nel4 In the tabernacle tab-ernacle here Sunday afternoon. The union meeting was largely attended. Dr. Jensen and Mr. Cummlngs addressed ad-dressed the general assembly briefly and after the. separation for departmental depart-mental instruction met with the superintendent's sup-erintendent's department. Mrs. Maud Dixon Markham of Pro-vo Pro-vo gave; an excellent demonstration before the conjoint assembly of the positive and negative methods;' of touching. Stake Supt. C. L. Warnfck was in charge of the meeting. , - o Child Welfare Worker Addresses .Women's Clubs Wednesday afternoon the west r room of the tabernacle basement was filled to capacity with club women " and Relief Society women of this city who had been Invited by the Ladles Litetary Association to listen to Mrs. Ai FiPald of Salt Lake City. Mrs. "' 'Palm is head of the . Child Welfare Department of the Federated Women's .Clubs, ..of Utah. In a plain and straightforward manner that held the undivided attention of every woman wo-man in the room Mrs. Palm presented facts of vital concern to every mother. Following the talk, the lad were privileged to' hand in questions' which were discussed and answered by Mrs. Palml 1 Additional numbers on the afternoon's after-noon's program were the Club Lttinay read by Mrs. Reed Gardner, the singing sing-ing of "America" by the assembly; the rendition of "Old Glory" by Mr. W. Ft. HalHday accompanied by MIsj N-Anml Halltdav. Lincoln. Wash- lugton, Longfellow and Valentine Greetings by Mrs. R. L. Ashby. and . brief remarks by Mrs. W. T. Hasler of Provo, president of the First District Dis-trict of the Federation. Mrs. Willis Bromley, chairman of the Child Welfare-department of the Ladles Llter- .,'ars Association. Pr?4; Hefreehments yere served following the program during which Miss Mary "'. Wild entrttalned wh piano selections. selec-tions. The hostessps of the afternoon were lesdames Willis Bromley, Martin Nellsen. A. W. Buckwalter and John -Adamson. By courtesy of Mrs...Len-ard Mrs...Len-ard ITaag of the American Fork Floral ' house vases of beautiful carnations" and sweet pens decorated the room Other out-of-town guests were Mrs. H. B. Merritiew, and Mrs,"., Jl.' D.. Chris tnrti of Tiehl.. Boys Ribs Broken When Struck By Automobile Carter, slat year-old son of Mr. and Mr. Warren Boley, received' several broken ribs and minor injuries about the head" last Saturday afternoon about live o'clock when he was struck by an automobile. He wag hanging on a hay rack riding west along the1 State road In front of theC. H. Pierce . residence. Upon approaching the -corner he got off. to go home and stepped directly in the path of an automobile driven by a man from Provo, The automobile struck the boy and. threw him several feet but fortunately did not pass over him. The driver of the car immediately stopped and rendered assistance in taking the boy to bis home where he is reported to be making as good re covery as can be expected. 1 ,' 0 Woonderf al Setting jjt Hawaiian Opera The scenery for "The Hermit of Hawaii la going to be very unique and yet very beautiful, being laid oh the tropical shores of Hawaii, having for the back ground the sens, the palm and cocoanot trees and best of all, a mellow, mel-low, full moon shining on all the tropical trop-ical beauty and making it all simply enthralling. All of these scenes however come at different intervals of tha play. The stmes are also worth nwationln they being grass skirts, the type of the hula-hula girl. The dancers are dressed ,.ery quaintly richly ornamented ornamen-ted with the very best the south seas offer, and also the Princess, who being be-ing so highly honored,' Is dressed magnificently in beads, jewels, pompoms, pom-poms, etc. A beautiful setting . accompanied ac-companied bjf odd costumes will make" half of this opera. It Is great! Ton connot afford to miss It! , The American Fork High School presents this play March 4th and 5th in the high school auditorium, Dont miss it , o Cafe Deal Made Lenard Jackson Selling To f . Mathew Leodes A deal was completed this week In the . t 1. Cafe whereby Lenard Jackson sold his interest to Mathew Leodes. The new partner Is said to be an experienced resturrant man and should, aid In making the business a bigger success. Mr. Jackson's health has 'not been the best of late and his doctor advised him to get awsnrotn the cooking and hot kitchen. He has not decided what he will do yet but probably will enter Into business of some kind , here if plans-materialise. County Commissioners Urge Action Of Engineers On Reclamation Project Immediate report on storage possibilities possi-bilities of Provo river will b'e asked of Lloyd Garrison, state engineer, and W. M. Green, United States recla mation engineer. It was decided by commissioners of Salt Lake, Utah and Wasatch counties Wednesday after noon. Fifteen months have elapsed since tfie survey, particularly the drillings at the Bates reservoir site at the head of the Provo, was made and na report has been made It was pointed out. The survey was made under a co-op eratlve agreement the counties paylns $2,500 and the state a like mini. The commissions decided Aa scrutin ize even' piece of legislation Intro duced at the present session which may affect their Interests. An attor ney will bo employed to represent the tnree counties. in tno meantime Deputy De-puty County Attorney George M. Can-non- will keep track of measures; . B. L. Burgon, chairman of the Salt Lake commission, acted as chairman. Others present were W. II. Stenacker and S. J. Lindsay of the Salt Lake commission: John M. Richie of the Wasatch county board, James T. Gardner of the Utah. '"County board. J. R. Mnrdock of .the Utah Water Storage commission, J. B. Tucker of Provo and Francis . W. Kirkham, of Salt Lake. President Geo. F. Shelley of the American Fork Poultry Association reported to the members of the. association associ-ation in an enthusiastic meeting held In the city hall Wednesday night that stock certificates had been Received for the members amounting to $3400. 00, representing the members' share of the $20,000.00 profit made by the Utah Poultry Producers' Assn. on the storage of eggs, handling of poultry, poul-try, etc., during the year 1924, and 30c case additional on all eggs sold the association by the members during the past six months. Members" who had sold their eggs outside the association,-however, would not be entitled en-titled to this extra dividend,1? ; The officers of the organisation had been notified from state headquarters of the association that American Fork would be allotted a place on the Board or representatives which consist of j fifteen men. B. N. Chrlstensen was named by the local association to rep-reaent'American rep-reaent'American Fork.oa.Uie. .BpmrA Another matteV considered at the meeting was the purchase of poultry feeds for the association. It waa reported re-ported that the state association ex-petted ex-petted to handle , the feeds in j large quantities for the benefit of the mem bers beginning next fall and sugges ted that until such Unve as the; state organization could take4 care of the handling of feeds, It was advisable to make local arrangements. BenJ. F. Moffett and Earl S- Greenwood, representing repre-senting the Moffett Feed Mill and Peoples Mill A Elevator Co. respee- tively, ware present and stated that they would be pleased to submit prop ositions to furnish feeds to the assoc iation members. ''"Vii.: .,' A committee of three waa -named to. inrestigate as to the purchase: of feeds to the best' advantage. The committee consists of , Fred t Bradley, John Grant and B. W. PaxmanP18" ; Another committee consisting of Fred Bradley, John Peters and Albert Tregaskla was named to investigate cases where members were selling their products outside the association. Notwithstandinr the high nrtce of,101, f tfeds it was reported that the assocla- tion had ordered through Its members htween K0.00O and 80.000 babr chicks f - 1 for spring delivery. Postof f ice Tff Close Monday, 'February 23rd. Postmaster J., E. ; Chadwlck an nounces that the post 'office will,, be closed on Monday, " February 23, - In celebration of Washington's Birth day which this year occurs on Sun day. There will be no city delivery of mail that day. ' o ' " .-- fyT Meanness Displayed In Breaking of Store Window An act which appeared to have been prompted by pure meaness In some individual was the breaking of one of the large plate glass windows and the plate glass of one of the doors-of the Heber A Elmer Bate 'Store Monday Mon-day night ?' v..i.i ". ' . - A brick, taken from the pile of bricks in front of the Co-op store, was hurled through the window and was found insiide the building well to the back. From all appearances the miscreant deliberately kicked In the door glass, Tt In to ht honed ihat tha nnrtv nr: niirriM ,t. . nar.nJ do not claim residence In this dtyje end of-the American Fork dietrict and if so ft in most regrettable that we have fn our midst a person or' - underhandod deed. The windows; '"l wuru were broken between 1-1:30 p. m. and!Second war(1 1?;?0 a v.i. asd were first noticed by rptnmtn hnm. from thm tabernacYe party:' f he officers ore 1ft- restlgatlng seveYal clues but as yet,""-" cl' wUI tne winners of ths no Melinite . blame has been attached. iIjehl d,8tr1ct here Brtt Tudy nht The glass was not insured. t!ne"OTrt ,atw ', 'net winners of erection of the attractive new-store 1th pleaaa'lt Grove district by the Bate Bros, made a great lm- pmvement" on the east end of the Msin street business seHIon nnd It is difficult to conceive of a person "small" enough to deliberately mar and destroy property in this manner, ad jt 1 to be honed 'that the rartv of parties guilty may be" apprehended and given 'the full '.extent of the law. Engineer Tails From Train And Is Killed Elmer Blanpede, Salt Lake Route engineer, died from Injuries received Tuesday evening when he fell from the Union Paclflc passenger train be tween Pleasant Grove and Aemrlcan Fork Tuesday evening shortly after 10 p. m. The unconscious man was picked up and rushed to the Ameri can Fork hospital but died at 11:4." o'clock. From Information given- relatives here -Mr. Blanpede, who U an expert enced railroad man, was In charge of the north bound passenger train and after leaving Pleasant Grove climbed out of the cab and started forward to wipe off the headlight. Not returning return-ing In time the fireman, stopped the train and on Investigation Mr. Blan pede ; was : found alongside of the track " unconscious." Jnjuriesc'oiiitslle'd 6f " huirierourf bruises and cuts, fractures of both legs and Internal injuries. r; The Injured man failed to regain consciousness although everything was done for him and as, quickly as possible here at the hospital. - Mr. Blanpede first married Ethel Phillips, a sister, of Mrs. Sylvia Nlcholes of this city, who died-with the birth of their first son. Beside, this son, who resides in California, his present wifle, Mrs. Lemma Edwards Ed-wards Blanpede, and Ave children survive him.,, Funeral services were held at Lehl yesterday afternoon. Wm Henry Chipm&n Descen dents Hold Family Reunion The descendants, of William, Henry Chlpman taei Friday evening of last week ta thetabernacle for 4 family reunion. Anput vo assemoiea at six o clock when lunch was served, and at 8:30, Joined by number of friends they went to the amusement hall where a program and dance were en- Durta ' lc tct,0B of J offlcer" took ' Mr- Melto" i Boley w H- Chlpman and Mrs. Annie C. Hlndley ware selected to comprise the standing - committee, with Mrs. Liza Chrlstensen as secretary-treasurer. This committee is to. 1 jieet in the near future and form a permanent organisation of the Wm. Henry Chip-man Chip-man famHy. ,: - y -'The program with Elmer Chlpman in charge was given as follows: Commttnlty ' singing "Our Mountain Home 8o Dear Invocation Reed Robinson , . Address of welcome Mrs. "Sarah ' B. Chlpman . " - (Original playlet "Aunt Het Entertains At A Radio Party", Vocal solo Mrs. R. V. Dodge (Humorous paper Mrs. E. J. Sea strand ' Vocal solo Ralph Chlpman Violin and piano duet Misses Aileen and Sarah Chlpman Benediction Stephen D. Chlpman ! The1 remainder of the time was spent in dapclng and general social chat . ' o Third Ward "M" Men l Win B. B. Series The "M" Men's Basketball team of the Third ward of this city are winners; of the American Fork district of the "M" Men's league of the stake. Fol- lowing Is the standlnif of the teams at series. Tfif Won Lost 4 0 2 2 2" 2 1 - 3 1 3 ward mt a j ; Fourth ward ra TO Special Speaker At Parents' Clas? nr:"Thomas"MartIh will be' tho speaker at the FirRt ward parents clas"S Sunday morning, Ft-bmary iSth. Efryone Is Invited and urged to be present. Farmers and , Housekeepers! Are you lnleretsed in the development and growth of your life's work? Tuesday and Wednesday next, February 17 and 18, are the days set for the annnal Farmers . and Housekeepers Roundup. Through the courtesjy of the county and home agents extension service the Agriculture Agricul-ture and Home: Economics Departments Depart-ments of the American Fork high school brings to your very doors some o? the most prominent men. and women of the state, specialists' every-oa every-oa ofahem. - .w,,, Read the program printed below and Judge for yourself. All sessions will be held in the high school building. build-ing. Opportunity knocks ' at your door, you cannot afford to miss it. Clip out the program and take itjvlth you to the Round-up. '.-jYon will bo made most welcome at the school and you cannot afford to. miss receiving the good things In store for you. Farmers i and, Housekeepers, the school desires 100 percent turn " out. lei's see that they get It. ,- C.. The program: y-?,- :'t'i .( ' Tuesday, February 17 10-12 a. m. Feeding Dairy Cows-- Ben R. Eldredge, (U. A. C. College.). 1:30-3:30 p. m. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Dr. H. J, Fredrick, (Veterinarian, U. A. C, . .. i. ' .7:30 p. m. Beautifying the City, (General Assembly) EraU. Hansen. (Landscape Artist, U. A. C.) Wednesday, February 1S 10:00.11:00 a, mo-operaUve Mar-I kellng Air, Hart,, (Manager, Federated Feder-ated Fruit Co-operation) , T ,. 11:00-12:00 a, m Banking aa Aid to Farmers Clifford Youngs.;-. '$,;; 1 ;00-2:0Q p. m.--General Assembly William . Peterson, (Djcector- of Extension Ex-tension Servlce)yr-8: VV. Chlpman. (President Local Farm Bureau), ; ' 2:00-3:00 p. ra. Pruning, spraying, Irs Prof. W. II. Olin, (Agriculturist. D. R. G. Railroad). ' , 3:00-4:00 p. m. Pruning, spraying, thinning, fruit. Prof,' Tracy l Abell, (Horticulturist, U. A. C.) 7:30:9:00, p. m. Poultry Feeding and Care Profesor Byron Alder, '(U. a. c. College.) . ' Women's Program r Tuesday, February 17, 192S 10:00-12:00 a. m. Personal Hygiene "Mrs. Victoria B. Chrlstensen, (State Health Specialist). , , J 1 : 30-3 : 30 i. m. Costume ' Appreciation Appreci-ation Miss Afton Odill, JiSUte, Clothing Cloth-ing Specialist). V;U Wednesday, February 18, 192S 10:00-11:45 a. m Relation of Extension Ex-tension Service to. Farm Women- Mrs. Rena B. Maycock, (State Home Demonstration Leader). . 11:45-12:00 a. m. How to organize an . Extension Project Miss Ruby Smith, (Utah Home "i" Demonstration Agent). ' -' ' ' 1:00-2:00 p. m. General Assembly, 2:00-4:00 p. m. Food In Relation to Bone Growth (Lecture .Illustrated with slides) Mrs. Sadie O. Morris. (State Nutrition Specialist). t.; o . First Ward Play Next Thursday Under the direction of the 1st ward m. i. a. a run House . three act comedy drama, , will ; be presented in the ward chapel jiext Thursday afternoon after-noon and evening, February 19th. The cast consists' mainly of players who have appeared numerous Hmea before the public in dramatic entertainments. The play Itself is a comedy from start to finish, full of humorous situations which threaten to wreck the lives of a newly married couple. Mrs. Lillian Grant Webb as the bride, Mr. Llnford Werner as the bl'Idegroxitt1'''"and;;OT1svThelni8;'-Bley as the maid play the leading parts. Clarence urant plays the part or a crookra rdltf""wldely'-'d1frrent from those he has " iportrayed in the past Others of the play nrei Sarah Parker, IjQRae Buckwalter, Detta McDride, Mary Wild, Mrs. Martin Nielsen, Reed Robinson, Karl Bennett, Ralph GUI- espl, Jesse Klrkmarl and IWy Green- wood The advertfHcment of this play in another part of thla issue gives furth- er details. City Business Necessitates , . Special Ueetfcrj An accumulation of business awaJt lag the council's attention ntfeessiu-ted ntfeessiu-ted a stpxteiol session of the City Fathers Fath-ers last Saturday night AH were present pre-sent with the exceptlba of Couaclls&n Thoa,X3arrait:.Ziij!L::.A.-;i j . ; A communication wa, read f ;c a Fire Chief L L-Pratt Informing ! a a council of the resignation of AasisUrit Cslef William Elsnuxre, and stated IS at the aaTtment' had elected Clarence Clar-ence Grant aa assistant chief and Glen Chadwlck as captain, and also yetommended the . appointment , of Frank SJostedt and Raymond Jackl'a as members of the department to fill the vacancies. The appointment cj Messrs. SJostedt and Jacklin was con-Inned con-Inned by the conned. ., i'y K'O. Miller petitioned the , consrll to purchase Sve acre of land Jclt'iiS the city, pemettry on Uienorth ; wlt! wnter gwrtinent thereunto, for the tarn of $750.00, The council decided. t visit the property aa evwkole Mor. .y. Difficulty was reported to accuilng tne services or some person w aci as stray poundkeeper and the council decidea to raise ine saiary 1 oi . ui office from $30.00 to $50.60 per year. Bide, were opened and read t t material In the old sheds en the r..1 Inson property purchased by th c' '7, aa follows: Geo. H 5 At4e $13.:iJ Walter Dnrrant. $$.00." ' The bid cf I Mr. Able wns accepted. - .4 ZTTTl ff DH VI. Ulfl 1W wro, vuiku - w-. ence to the purchase-of tasi Iron t'; for the city water system stating flat low prices can be secured if the or3or is' placed without diay. - ' The matter of purcLadng the cst Iron pipe Jwss referred to tis wrcf works committee and water superia- irUUQlLI' IVt 1UvUtIVU, .sv i.r- we a meeting to be held fonlghtr ' " The matter of cleaning np the curb- 'a. . ... ' m Ings along Main street was rererrea to me street commiuee aoq iiapvrTt-sor iiapvrTt-sor of streets for action. , ; -" Report was made that the report cf the analysis of the sample of water from ' the city water system has beta received , from- the state, chemist' acJ the analysis was very satisfactory.' The following figures "Were taken from the annual report made ny tne city, marshal. Walter Dnrrant for Animals Jmponnded . , . . . . . j : , . . . .IS NhmbeV of hoboee taken nn . ..5? , ' .... 9 Number of arrests .. , ...... . ..4? Fines 'collected ;..H..;vi'; . i,$6Si.C Dog tat collected ..Vt. '. .V...$il3. MDiriouDn ...... ,iJ Licenses . . i. .'. '; . ;. , , , $1131.83 . . The city sexton, Geo; D. McDonald, reported 52 persons tmrldfi in the cemetery here during 1S34,,-T, Charsre of Reckless ' Drivinc: Served Against American Fork Boy , ' r A complaint was filed Tuesday in Provo against Willis Shipley, of this city.. It is alleged that Shipley was driver of the automobile that struck ' Plara ntnrkhnraf and Ranrn TiaTl nt . Pleasant Grove last Snndar nleht . nett they were' walklnr alonMld th paved , highway returning , . from church. Miss Blackhurst received a broken leg and Mr. Ball sustained cuts and bruises on one of hfs ? legs. The, complaint alleges that Shipley was. recklesslv.: drlvlnc thin ear and falled to Btop and render assistance ftM. the automobile struck Miss T!a.vhn, v rrn - According to report Shipley parked park-ed his car some distance from the sctme of the accident and walked back to see if any one was injure! but said that he aw nothing , o r-' ;'.-''' Officers .Denied JttejaSersh h) ; In 'Private Pool Club Marshal Durrant atfd iilKht omccr Htmcan were both denied ..membership In tho Timpanosos' Recreation Assoc!. attan Thursday erenlng when a vote on the admittance was taken. It is re ported "that the vote proportion wa about 3 for and 4 against the ad mitting of the officers os member. |
