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Show sou01 NUMBER 16 3 0p3H3t! By Council On teCiiy Fire Station American For!i to tlalio Oig x lublilee Colebration of 24tli to Utah County Agent . Tabes Up Work . t.t tAJi. . .rfts In ape"" T"vl ift. new Are and comfort opened Saturday f ta, Qtfofflceri met in special mi reived were as follows;,' fT Cunningham I3.W0.O0. -Mtfle Lumoer V-V....-T-I- S. Co. . .. $3,590.00 ; n. Bldi were for material and -..hlo complete wltn xne ex- .h-i.iumblnt On motion Wealed bellman Barrett the bids were U Mder advisement and It was , rbm of the council tnai mas on C dumbing be secured. and then the C.,' -w be notified of any L. m the Improvement. I nomas De La Mare was present U asked the. city to Investigate bis arocess of cement cuiven . ... main KMlritK Till WBICI -. -Tlew of buying tne rigm io w t Water Wows t omnium noerlntendent. CncUinan Steele, as chairmen of cemetery committee, suggesieu ,11 excess dirt from graves be to the northwest corner ot tM ,.trr and there used to nil me alacc A motion carried reier-i as matter to the cemetery com- ttee. 1 rote carried to grant the use of city piano at the band stand pro- ilii assurance was given that the int be properly protected damage. The matter was re- mt te the Public Property Com- ktee. I - Councilman Rassmussen reported accessary seats. bad been se at the band stand but they need-, i paloting. The matter was referred f the Public Property Committee to 41ot ip the completion of the stand. Tie Question of weeds on the Inde nt Gas and Oil Company lot on street west of the Orem station : u discussed and a motion carriei ..V !1 A. 1 . f . . I lUflomiDg me returner iu nine iue loupany asking them to clean up the imperty as a step along the clean-up tucpalgn of the city. I Councilman Rasmussen suggested est some tables with seats attached rould be a mighty good investment I! tlie camp ground. A motion carried MeriBg the matter to the Public pperty Committee authoriring them Jo tewre two such tables. I ittentloa was called to the flooding Kitreets, especially First West street Htteen 4th and Sth north. A dis psslon resulted in the matter being pried to the City Marshal with in- pctions to see .that the condition ru remedied. TV i J . I Major ana necorder were Morlied to Issue a seven year lease tt Chipman Mercantile for tie mi on state street south of the rtMestone station for billboard use F w.W per year. I Mayor Coddington reported that F. Henry Miller had complalnted f tte irrigation ditch on Second Ma between Center and First West r to"' enough to take care of P water. The matter was inferred "rommittee on streets and water Pmsor with power to act 'tvoiutr was anthnrluut WV . -.w Nlaw f 1925 Uah Brt Relselt mart . Fnaon water on his Inf. rhm rmnril a t i. . o-uiru yruvminr Mr. the necessary connec- r" me ditch. 1W . iireer fAmm., . -.m,lw reporxea inai on Wftat .i... . aw,, street Had fceen Spanish Fork Throws Scare Into Local' Club r-i- 4.'. " UTAH CENTRAL LEAGUE Club 8Undins Won Lost Pet. American Fork 0 i ooo Prov 8 i .888 Eurek 4 .600 Hber 4 5 444 r- 5 .444 8prlngville 4 3 6' 3;; NePnl 2 8 200 Spanish Fork' i g ,n The Spanish Fork fighting ball club threw a real scare into the Cavemen .. mi came near ud- i. Attinr fhA ;T lowing program: f vim i return me local club is trying to maintain. FOURTH TO BE OBSERVED WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE DAY PROGRAM PRO-GRAM WITH SPORTS FOR KID-DIES, KID-DIES, MEETING, BASEBALL. DANCE, ETC. f American Fork will celebrate both the fourth and twenty-fourth of July but the major celebration will be featured fea-tured on the twenty-fourth as a diamond dia-mond jubilee in honor of the 7&fh anniversary of the aettlement of tje city. This was the decision of the public meeting held Monday on call of Mayor Coddington. ' Work, of getting committees appointed ap-pointed and at work on the cel3-bration cel3-bration Is now underway. The celebration of the Fourth ai roughly outlined will comprise the fol to maintain. The visitors lead In the first few innings or play and played so) close to the end that the final score was 4 to. 5. wuiBiue oi some scattered good catches and a few double plays the game was ratherly loosely played. Am erican Fork secured fourteen hits and the visitors seven. The lineup and score: SPANISH FORK AB. R. H 'iHanIsr"cfri..."....'.I... ' 5 Ferguson, 2b 5 McKee, ss 2 Elmer, c. 3 W. Davis, If 5 R. Davis, p 3 V. Dudley, rf. Lewls 3b Hansen, lb Sunrise Cannon Salutes. Flag Raining Ceremony Brty Scouts. Serenading of town Band. 10:30 A. M. Patriotic 'Meeting. Tabernacle. ' 1 P. M. Children's Sports. A V. M. Baseball Game. Evening Holiday Ball. In conformity with everv other rltv in the United States American Fork will feature the National Defense Day ambulation program as endorsed by tne national and state officials. This will likely be worked out to demon strate the- strength our city could muster in case of a hurried declaration of war and bring the citizens, to a realization of the put each would be called on. to take. v complete details will be worked out for the celebration the first of the ween. Kverything in detail will be published next week. . ! Deer Seen Above Town Workmen on the Boley farm north of town reported seeing two deer on the property Wednesday morning. It is figured the deer had come out of the hills to the north or east and followed fol-lowed the creek down. Totals . 4 . 4 .3 .36 I'O, 1 4 1 3 4 0 1 0 10 YOU'LL ENJOY THIS ONE If you like a truly human story of life and its struggles you'll delight fn Edna-Fernera'.. new popular story. "Sc. Big." It is running serially, has taken the country by storm In book form and is already showing on the screen. Read fhf firsrchapter In this TsiffeT"" 7 24 AMERICAN FORK AB. R. H 4 Barnes, If Homer, 3b 4 Miller, ss. ...J . 4 Durrant, cf 4 Ned. Ward GMvm B., , & w Musical Program r th? Ward fha Monday ttall, nward' 8onirt llD ,he "orthend of W'l1lkh ther with iVPamthatu.urtrib bal lU nrw m teattend tob.rUBe' AJit admis- ... ' TV Chipman, rf. Austin. 2b. . Wilson, p. ... Robinson, c. 2 I 2 0 0 0 0 0 PO. A. 3 0 5 13 27 .Totals ....36 , Wednesday's Results. At Provo Eureka 5. Provo At Springvllle Heber 2, Springville 7.. At American Fork Spanish Fork 4, American Fork 5. At Nephl Payson 10, Nephi 6. American Fork was playing at Payson yesterday afternoon and Is scheduled to meet Heber here next Wednesday. 0- Jj If 57 EDNA. UFERBER ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARK ASNCIV. Copyrlsbt by DonbUday. m C. WNU Svrrlo. Chapter I E. L. Price, 85, for eight years agricultural agri-cultural agent of Wasatch county with headquarters at Heber City, Saturday waa appointed agricultural agent ' of Utah county to succeed J, P Welch, who left this county some time ago toJ engage In private business la Cache county. ' Mr. Price met with the executive board of directors of the Utah County Farm bureau, members of the Utah county commission and W. W. Owens, of the extension division of the Utah Agricultural college, Saturday after noon, to disclose plans for this year's work. Mr. Price was born at Paris, Idaho, where he received his early education. Later he entered the University of Utah and the Utah Agricultural college and was graduated from the latter institution. After leaving the agricultural col lege Mr. Price taught agriculture In the Grants vllle, Tooele county, high school for two years. He then return ed to his native town, Paris, and taught for a year, when he was given the appointment of agricultural agent 01 nasatcn county American Fork Sheep and Poultry Center or (Jtah Until he was almost ten the nnme stuck to him. He had literally to fight his way free of It. From So nip (of fond and Infantile derivation). It hud been condensed Into SoMg. And SoMg DeJong, in all its consonantal disharmony, dishar-mony, he had remained until he uas a ten-year-old schoolboy in th;ii In credibly Dutch district south'Ye,t of Chicago known first as New Holland and later as High Prairie. At ten, by dint of fists, teeth, copper-toed boots, Poultry GrOeS Out nPr. Dirk DeJong. , xne nicmnuj uaa sprung up iriu the early and idiotic question Invariably pnt to babies and answered by them, with Infinite patience, through the years of their Infancy. Sellna DeJong, darting expertly about her kitchen, from wash tub to baking board, from stove to table, or, If at work In the fields of the truck farm, straightening the numbed back for a moment's respite from the close-set close-set rows of carrots, turnips, spinach, r beets over which' she was laboring. would wipe the sweat beads from nose and forehead with a quick duck of bar head fn tne crock of her bent arm. aab tneir1 surr6U!i3lngs "sT'mysferyT! beauty, a radiance. "How big is babyf Sellna would de mand, senselessly. iiow nig la my manf The child would momentarily cease to poke plump fingers into the rich black loam. He would smile a gummy though slightly weary smile and stretch wide his arms. She, too, would open bar tired arms wide, wide. Then they Second Car Load of . The second car load of cockerels to go out of American Fork this year was loaded Thursday and started on Its way to the Los Angeles market There were 10,000 birds in the shipment ship-ment which will furnish from ten to twenty thousand spring chicken din ners to Callfornians in the next few woeks. ' '0 Now Penney Store Manager Visiting Here not great One dark eyes of hers wvold regard the child parched lmper- Cnrged. Mr. Verness Chipman and bride of Watertown. Wisconsin, are here visiting Mr. Chipman's parent, Mr. and Mrs. Fon Chipman. Verness is one of the younger boys of the family and has lived in Watertown for five years where he is employed by the J. C. Penney Company store of that city. His boyhood chums and friends will be more than glad to bear that he has just been made the new manager oj the J. C. Penney Co. store at that city. Verness is now only twenty-three years of age and to be come manager of one of the Penney Company stores at this age is a record that any young man should be proud of. However he comes from a family of business men which has aided him materially. Verness has two more brothers with manently on a Utile heap of empty potato po-tato sacks, one of which comprised hit eostume. Sellna DeJong had little time for the expression of s flection. The work was always hot at her heels. Tea saw a young woman In a blue calico dress, faded and earth grimed. RttvHi her eras was a driven look at of one who walks always a Tittle ahead of herself in her baste. Her dark abundant hair waa skewered Into a utilitarian knob from which soft loop and strands war constantly es-eaplng, es-eaplng, to be pushed back by that same harried ducking gesture of head and hast arm. Her hands, for sum use. vera unslly too crusted ud lngrooaa with the son Into which she was delving. delv-ing. Ton saw a child of perhaps two ysars, dlrt-atreaked, sunburned, and naaralU otherwise aaxaceo oy mu huape, bites, scratches, and contusions that are the common lot of the fern child of a mother harried by work. fet In that moment, as tne woman the Penney Co. who ara coming along looked at tbf enM there m the wsrm the same .. he, they are, (Mr. spring of the Illinois pralrit . laaj: 5-21 JESS u r. iui vuiyuiaa u ...i..v-u. and all Bbount tnem an The Cftizen extends to Mr. and Mrs. tI.tsj,Wr. ihit JfflpafJJLQ. ..them verness uupman wisnes ior- iuub prosperous happy life. tr. would any in h duet, lilw mouth u puck ered pink petal, hers quivering with tenderness and a certain amusement, "So-o-0-0 bin:" with the voice soaring on the prolonged vowel and dropping suddenly with the second word. Part of the game. She would run to him, and swoop down upon him. and bury her flashed face In the warm moist creases of his neck, and make as though to devour him. "So big!" But of course he wasn't. He wasn't as big as that In fact, be never became be-came as big as the wide-stretched arms of her love and Imagination would have bad him. Yon would have thought she should have been satisfied when, In later years, he was the Dirk DeJong whose name you saw (engraved) at the top of heavy cream linen paper, so rich and thick and stiff as to have the effect of being starched and Ironed by some costly American business process j whose clothes were made by Peter Peel, the English tailor; whose roadster road-ster ran on a French chassis; whose wants were served by a Japanese houseman; whose life, In short, was that of a successful citJien of the republic. But she wasn't Not only was she dissatisfied : she was st once remorseful snd indignant, as though she, Sellna DeJong, tbe vegetable ped- ler, had been partly to blame for this success of his, snd partly chested by It When Sellna DeJong had been Sellna Peake she had lived In Chicago with her father. They had lived In many other cities as well. In Denver during the rampant $0s. -In, New York when Sellna was twelve.' In Milwaukee briefly. There was even a San Francisco Fran-cisco Interlude which w as always a little lit-tle sketchy In Sellna's mind snd which had ended In a departure so hurried as to bewilder even Sellna who had learned to accept sudden comings snd abrupt goings without question. "Busi ness," her father always saldV "Little deal." She never knew until tbe day of his death how literally the word deal was applicable to his business transactions. transac-tions. Simeon peake, traveling the roun- (Continued on page 7) Mr. Price comes to Utah county with the highest of recommendations. Hts work In the upper valley has created statewide attention, and bis nearest Interest "In- the production of larger and better crops has won Tor blm the recognition of extentldn divi sion officials, who predict for him a successful future. Utah county ' farm bureau officials are highly pleased with Mr. Price's appointment. They express the be lief that be will co-operate with them In their problems andTroJecU to the advantage of all concerned. , 0 1 " Mutual Dell Schedule . For 1925' Announced The M U A. Mutual Dell in Ametf can Fork Canyon will open for the summer season June 29th, with the Manila ward having tbe opening date. Each ward will take its respective turn as heretofore, Manila naving been the last ward of the season last I year. Under the direction of the stake boards the Dell Is undergoing a thorough renovation, new matresses have bden purchased, "and everything possible is being done to make the outings of the M. I. A. pleasant. The canyon is reftorted to be' more) attractive at-tractive than ever before, the foliage and vegitation being more? beautiful and luxuriant than for years, due to the recent rains. Harry Richards, instructor in the Pleasant Grove High School, has been selected as camp director. Mr. Richards Rich-ards has had considerable experience in recreatfonal work, and will do all In his power to make It pleasant for the various associations. It is undeT stood that) the Tlmpanogos hike will not be featured aa heretofore, but In Its plae, numerous short hikes have been planed for the purpose of study Ing plant and bird life. A number of prominent men have signified their willingness to go to the Dell and as sist in these studies, Including Dr. J H. Paul, Dr. C. O. Plummer, Dr. Mur ray Hayes. Dr. can Eynng, ana others. Manilla Windsor Undon 1st Lehi 6th Am. Fork ,2nd Lehi 1st Alpine 3th Lehi 4th Lehi 3rd P. O. 3rd Highland Am. Fork 1st P. O. 2nd Lehi 2nd P. O. 1st Am. Fork 4th June 29, 30, July 1st July 6, 7, 8th July 9, 10, 11th July 13, 14, 15th ,16, 17, 18th July 20, 21. 22nd 27, 28, 29th July 30, 81, Aug. 1st Aug. 3, 4, 5th Aug. 8, 7, 8th 10, 11, 12th 13. 14, 16th 17, 18, 19th 20, 21, 22nd 24. 25, 26th 27, 28, 29th Am. Fork 3rd Aug. 31st, Sept. 1, 2nd . 0 American Fork Boy Marries In m The Marriage of Miss Margaret Grant of Bingham, and Vera Faddies of American Pork, toek nlace at waa held in the erenfng at the home of the brides mother. Guests from American Fork were Mr. and, Mrs. Bert Faddies and Ray PaddlesT The young couple will reside In Bingham. linia article appeared In Industrial Indus-trial Utah County" which booklet la Just off the press. The article la well gotten up and should prove ot big advertising value to the city. Mr. George F. Shelley is to be congratu lated on tbe artlcie. EdJ Oeo. F. Shelley, City Recorder To tbe ancient Israelites wandering wander-ing in the wilderness ot Arabia, the land of Canaan waa known as the Land -of Promise. Today, , the State of Utah is becoming to be known as the Land of Opportunity, and particularly parti-cularly la this the case so far as Utah County is concerned, occupying as It does the choicest part ot the state. The traveler entering Uiah from the east and traveling westward up on emerging from Spanish Fork Can- yon is electrified by the scene unfold eda beautiful valley surrounded by majestic mountains, fertile fields and thriving cities with a glistening lake in the center not far distant lending enchantment to the scene, TJtah r County cannot help hurimpressone with the thought that here conditions are fdeal for "the ""enjoyment of "n"dme lire and for the gaining of wealth, for nature has been most generous in her allotment of material resources. In the center of the north end of Utah County, American Fork la situated situ-ated at the gateway of. American Fork Canyons-one of the' beauty spots of the west-the entrance to which Is about alx miles distant. This canyon is not only famous for Its scenic wonders won-ders but haa already yielded Its millions mil-lions in mineral wealth. Here, also, on a good driveway; is to be found the Tlmpanogos Cave, electrically lighted with its treasures of glittering stalac-tities stalac-tities ana stalagmites la the most " fantastic shapes and designs imaginable. imagin-able. The driveway, known as "The Tlmpanogos Scenic highway Loop," v leads to the lofty Timpahogos mountain moun-tain and on, amidst the most enchanting enchant-ing mountain scenery, over the divide . " into Provo Canyon and thence southward south-ward to Provo, the county seat. American Fork, with something' over 3000 people, has evers been known as a progressive, up-to-date city, a city of fine homes and, modern ized business such as would be a credit to much larger communities. It claims as part of its assets, in addition ad-dition to American Fork Canyon and its close proximity to Lake Utah It being but two miles distance from the center of the city, the following: A city government on a solid financial finan-cial basis, with a property assessment roll of approximately 12,000,000 and a lower rate of taxation than in many other communities. Good culinary water piped to all parts of the city. The business and social center of the north' end of Utah County, Headquarters of the eccleslalical division known as Alpine Stake. . . Sixteen miles of paved sidewalks. A paved. Main street " leading through the business section. - Good school facilities including a weH equipped High School. A recreational organization with a paid recreational leader. A Stake Tabernacle with pipe Organ one of the finest buildings for the purpose in the state. A commodious and convenient City Hall adapted for large and small gatherings. A free tourist camp ground where the auto traveler is always made welcome. American Fork Silver Band an efficient organization giving free con certs during the summer season. Modern fixer fighting apparatus w ith v a well drilled volunteer flre Dept. A Public Library. A champion baseball team the de-. light of the baseball fans.. A large creamery plant -distributing to the producers on an average over 5000 gallons of ice cream per month during the summer season. An egg plant employing aixteen RP1!. 5d jndl Ing. 3000 ,.cses o eggs per months - . .. rv - - Manrrapftoate" business ' nouses " tne two largest together having an average of thfrty-flve rfular employees em-ployees and doing an , approximate (Continued on page I) 1 ! H if f.'! .1 pi '-LP11,. J |