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Show SATURDAY, AUOUST 1,1925 AMERICAN-FORK CITIZEN SATURDAY.luoTTft tj OWL-LAFFS tfJ or r 0. W. L. 'On With Laaghter) Money spent oa liquor does provide many comforts la 'lite for tha bootlegger. bootleg-ger. One of the differences between a sign painter and a preacher U that a sign painter can always draw a crowd. HIS LOSS I hitched my wagon to a star, And, while I stood there braggln' The star shot swiftly oft In space, And I was shy a wagon. "I had a lovely nut sundae "Yes, I have one coming tonight." County and General Kews can a girl who stretches a point too far be Bald to have a good line? . Filthy Lucere: a year's usd. A dollar bill after An aged Illinois citizen was burned to death when his whiskers caught fire, thus supplying another reason for a clean shave. me mail-order catalogue holds no grief for the merchant who goes out and helps farmers serve1 a picnic dinner. Mrs. Smith (after the amateur the atrical performance:) Oh, Mrs. James, your husband played the part of the gentleman to perfection! Mrs. James: (Absently:) Yes, thought it was a clever ImpeYsona tlon. Refreshing candor Is that of a Nebraska newspaperman who offered his paper for sale. He" says "Dad health is not the reason for selling; Just got In bad." Ma thought Claiinda burned her finger When the Iron got oveYhet. Brother William knows she did it Trying to smoke a cigarette. "Ralph, did you and little sister have a good time while mother, was outr "Well, I should ssy so. Jane crawled into the dog house and couldnt get out. so I went to a movie." Tlx person who walked serous the street was once called a "pedestrian' now, unless he can hit a livelier gait. U'-l 1 - I -.ll-J I 4 1 .1 X Reformers would wrap the naked truth In a mantis' of hypocrisy. ' News note. "New equipment tor the football team will include pants for the backs and ends. Aviator: Hooray! I've discovered It at last! Passenger: Discovered what? Aviator: Perpetual motion. I can't stop this blame thing:. . When a man becomes so shiftless that he allows his UW insurance to lapse, there Is no hop fur him. Rail Ught$ NoodUu All switch and signal lights on the Alaska railroad are discontinued even at night during the long summer season sea-son when the "sua never sets." This Is the only railroad In the world operating on a 24-hour daylight schedule sched-ule even a part of the year. It runs between Curry and Fairbanks. ' BrooKbu' W. Y. Officer Smith writes "Some years ago I suffered from severe by addlty of the stomach. stom-ach. I could digest but very little food. was rapidly losing weight and feeling miserably. I tried Tutfs Pills and the first done fa great isUaf. I caa tinoe to tako then as directed aod am glad to recotnnend tbaa to an aur friends who have ass, tbaa. with brought oa At aQ drugxiaU. grtSy Poet: "Cherry red were her teeth, and pearly white her Hps--" Critic: 'You have -that wrong sir." Poet: "No, I havent. This girl has leporsy and pyorrhea." Nature gave us twt hands, two eyes, two dars; but, foreseeing hay fever, gave us only one nose. We have Just completed the headstone head-stone over the1 grave of the seventh man who asked us, "Is It hot enough for your All further inquiries of this nature will be given as decent a burial as our finance will permit. . Teacher: What are the" three Greek Orders? Tommy: Cups Skuffy, rroas bif sanwttch. and ipeas cocoanut pie. TIRES are TIRES But some are better than! others. Our DUNLOP and GOODRICH . Tires and Tubes are better tires for the MONEY Let us prove it. Pep Gas Vico Oil COBBLESTONE ( SERVICE STATION R. Thompson, Prop. Pleasure In Prospect No matter how many are "in line" for the bath, there is always plenty of hot water for the next one a shaving niug full or a tub full is always on tap when you have modern hot water service. There is a water heater to fit your needs that heats water automatically only when you need it. A few cents a day quickly pays for it and the modern euipment is always dependable. Lighten mother's daily jobs of bathing the children and her many other house cleaning clean-ing duties, by installing' dependable hot water service. Let is show you the economy of modern water heating. M. S. LOTT , v Plumbing, Heatmg and - - - phone 23-' . " . ' MAIN STREET LEHI, UTAH Orem Road Forced Into Receivership Through Automobile Competition The Orem line has been placed In receivership hf Judge Tillman D. Johnson of the federal court He named at receivers Henry I. Moor, vice president of the company and .IX P. Abercrombio ot Boston, representing represent-ing the" banklnc firm of E. H. Rollins and sons ot Boston, who hold the bonds of the railroad company. The bonded indebtedness of the company is $2,644,158, while first preferred stock aomunts to 662,200; preferred stock, 1,400,000; and common com-mon stock, 2,000,000. The rosd and equipment is valued at $7,736,024 and with other property brings the total assets to over $8,000,000. The total indebtedness in-debtedness of the road, according to Mr. Orem. Is $2,800,000. A decrease In passenger traffic through motor truck and pleasure car competition, coupled with decreasing freight revenue, became ot motor truck lines, are given by the officers of the company, as the principal reasons tor the failure of the company. o Lehi Roller Mills Safe Ransacked By Burglars Prowlers obtained entrance to the office of the Lehl Roller Mills early Tuesday morning and with the aid of nitro-glycerin, relieved the safe ot Its door. Papers were taken from the safe to the basement of the building where they were ransacked, h'U It seemed that there was nothing of sny value to the burglars, as none of the papers- were taken away. Valu able Insurance papers, etc., were among them. George G. Robinson, proprietor ot the mill, had left the place about 11:30 and people who had passed the mill at one and at three o'clock reported re-ported that everything was quiet there and no lights were seen. Local officers and Deputy Sheriff Blrk of Provo were called to Investigate Investi-gate and report that no possible clue has yet been found by which the Invaders In-vaders might be traced. It Is believed be-lieved that the work was done by the same outlaws who for the past two months have been causing similar trouble In Salt Lake and Ogden. o Utah Eggs Hit Top In Value Is Claim Utah eggs were declared to be ot an exceptionally high standard compared with the product of most states by F. E. Graham of Washington, official in- Seminary Survey ... i t NVrhe L.. D. 8. Seminary rnarapa- have been authorized oy tno Church Hoard of Education to mak a general survey in their respective seminary districts. The Information obtained in this survey will be strictly confidential and no one need have the slightest hesitancy In giving the information asked for by the Seminary Principals. We endorse this move and recommend recom-mend to the people of Alpine Stake that the" cooperate with the Seminary Semin-ary Principals in making the survey as complete and accurate as possible In our siak''-(Signip siak''-(Signip STBPHEN L. CHIPMAN, JAMES H. CLARK. ABBL JOHN EVANS. Stake Presidency. o Fast Driving Cause of Injuries To Five Five men. residents of Salt Lake, all employees of the Crane company and ui em hers of the company baseball base-ball Vain, were Injured, one rather severely. Thursday afternoon about three-thirty o'clock, when the Hudson touring car in which they were riding rid-ing enroute from Salt Lake to Geneva left the road and turned over three times, as they were attempting to pass a Ford coupe on the state road near Lehi. Joseph Crlffith. 42. Ninth West and Fifth South streets. Salt Lake, was rendered unconscious and probably has a fractured skull. He did not re gain com '-ioiisnesg until a late hour Thursday evening and is still regarded to be in a serious condition. The other members of the party were Elmer KroKh, 23, 2200 West Fifth South, bruised ankle, bruised hip and cut head; K. Stein, 25, 1296 Gllespie avenue, cut on outer portion of eye, bruised back and injured hip; Charles Yeter. 22, 710 West Second South, cut over left eye, bruise on right knee: Earl Jones. 2S. 932 West Fifth North, several skin lesions, and possible fractured spine. It Is reported that the men were traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred. A passerby pass-erby picked them up and rushed them to the l.hl hospital where their injuries in-juries were attended to by Dr. F. D. Worlton. Ily yesterday afternoon all were able to leave the hospital except ex-cept Mr. Griffith, and his condition was somewhat improved. o What Becomes Of All The Milk? What becomes of the oceans of milk produced annually by the 26,000,000 total, according to best esti-of esti-of the United States Depart- spector ot eggs for the TL S. depart- cows being milked in this country? In ment of sgrlculturef who Inspected, the first place, old bossy kicks over the products ot the Salt Lake storage ,he bucket, which with other spillage plant ot the Utah Poultry Producer's 'takes away about 3 per cent of the Co-operative association last week. ?rand Following the inspection, Mr. Gra- mates ham said he had often wondered why, ment of Agriculture. Utah eggs received the preference and More dependable statistics than highest price on the New York mar- mete estimates are to be had, how-kets, how-kets, but he no longer marveled. (ever, for the remainder. Last year Mr. Graham explained that an ef- tlie total production was 114.676.201.-fort 114.676.201.-fort Is beipg made to have all states .000 pounds, of which 46.9 per cent adopt a single national standard of (was used In manufacturing different eggs, instead of the recognition of Products; 46 per cent for household purposes, and 4 per cent for feeding ralvrts. Of the manufactured products, creamery butter utilized about one-fourth one-fourth of the total production, farm buter about 11 per cent, cheese of all kinds 3.6 per cent, Ice cream 3.4 per cent, and condensed and evaporated milk 3.7 per cent o - many standards In America. He said Utah eggs would measure up very well to the proposed national standard. stan-dard. He Is making an inspection trip through the west and left for Nevada July 20th. Save Work In Removing Cornsilk A farm woman who was preparing dinner for a harvest crew had a quick and successful way ot removing remov-ing the silk from ears of corn. She used a whisk-broom. First she removed re-moved the husks, then brushed the ears toward the stem end, and all the silk was removed wiith but a mlmlm um amount of work. From The Delineator De-lineator for August o Truth Moat Important . It la more honorable to the head, as well as to the heart, to be misled by our eagerness In the pursuit of truth, thsn to be ssfs from blundering by the contempt of It 1 DONT CHASE HIES KILL THEM? gftfll 'it d ft. jFWa'a tWm right war to "wat tha By". Not on at ""' ttana a roomful at a " atrola. Spray 1 1 around t ha and tha fliaa fall Quick, aura, aaJa. 5?5w (5EE9L FlY DESTROYER GRAND STAND ROOM FOR ALL AT ROUNDUP There will be ample seating capacity capac-ity for the thronK which will attend the Second Annual Salt Lake Frontiei Roundup, Auxust 19 to 22. Last yeat thousands were turned away (or lack of seating room. Since that time a large new Jteel and concrete stand has been constructed, which combined with, room afforded by the bleachers, insures good seats with unobstructed view for all who attend. ALPINE KEWS Mrs. L. Bates, Reporter. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beck July 24th were Mr. and Mrs. Wosley Beck and children ot Pleasant Grove end Mrs. Horace Beck Of SaX Lake City. Mr. Horace Beck Is spending the summer hero with his parents His health Is reported to he Improv ing. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shoemaker and children of Genola, were guests ot Mr, and Mrs. Mark Bennett July 24th. , Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Brown and children and Mrs. Brown's mother, of Prnro were AlDine rJsitora Pioneer Day. Irwin Again to Help Put Over Big Roundup Charley Irwin, premier Roundup rruri of America, will unite again witb the Salt Lake Roundup Association Inc.. in putting over the annual Frontier Fron-tier Roundup, August 19 to 22. Irwin i said to have been enthusiastic about the show last year, characterising character-ising it as perhaps the greatest, of . its. kmd -ever staged in the entire country Mr Irwirt wnr bring 1m "big outfit from the J-6 Ranch in Cheyenne, in-eluding in-eluding a brilliant band- of riders scorei of famous mounts and a tribe of picturesque redskins. I ence on.the roundup arena always in- jures the success of the day per- luiinsnce, Mr. and Mrs. George Dunsdon and children of Provo, and Mr. and Mrs. Willman Bateman and children of Salt Lake) were guests of their parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. 3. T. Bateman during the past week. Mrs. Darnall Vance and children of Arizona, are visiting Mr. Vance's father, Bishop J. W. Vance, Mrs. Annie Watkhig of Provo, formerly for-merly of Alpine spent the week-end hero the guest ot her daughters. Mrs. Will Andrews and Mrs. Lawrence Devey. Mrs. Watklns left Saturday for Ely, Nevada, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Buckley. Pioneer day guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Bateman were Mr.' and Mrs. Bernell Bateman and children of Lehi. Other Alpine visitors for July 24th were Mr. and Mrs. Alma Bournes and children of Provo, Miss Relia Hunter of American Fork, Miss Ber-nldce Ber-nldce Hunter of Salt Lake City, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Healey and children of Salt iAke, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hacked Hac-ked of Lehi, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Buckner of Ogden. Misses Aldora McDanlel and Eva Forbes left Monday for Ioseppa where they will be employed. . Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Bates, Mrs. David Wilkin and children, Mr. and Mrs. Loy Beck and children, Mr. and Mrs. Letonard Bates and children, Vernal Bates, and Miss Lilly Ham-net Ham-net t of Alpine; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bates and Sarah Smith ot Salt Lake; Miss Violet Wilkin of Magna, motored to American Fork Canyon Sunday and spent the day. In the evening they went over the loop returning home by Provo Canyon. The party was in honor of the birthday of Mrs. Benj. Bates. Miss Ina Devey left Wednesday for Eureka to visit her sister, Mrs. Jack Wilson. Mr. Robert Hunter is reported to be suffering with typhoid fever. The1 M. I. A. spent Monday, Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday at Mutual Dell. Boy Narrowly Escapes Death When Falling Shot Gun Discharges Lehi, Utah, July 30. 1925 Franklin Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Jackson, narrowly escaped es-caped dt-ath on July 24th when a falling fall-ing shot gun discharged and the edge of the charge struck him in the leg. arm and the forehead, at the Jordan Narrows where he was hunting. When examined at the local hospital it was found that dozens of shots bad lodged in the calf of the left leg andVhe left forearm. Several had entered his forhead above the eye. It Is evident that the main charge just missed him and he was in line with the outside of the charge only. The young lad wth children" of William Gurney was hsnting birds in the Narrows when the boy fell on a steep slope. The gun slipped on down the hill and striking an object discharged. dis-charged. Charles Southwlck and other workmen near by were summoned summon-ed and brought the boy to the Lehl hospital as speedily as possible. He was soon out and around and Is now about recovered. ft, from the hospital r.. too boy Is doing Morris Peterson Zi Lehl. Utah, July 30. 192, Norrls Glen PWer.0 on of Mr: and Mrs. Elu. ceived several bad hruW renderedunconsclou, Mond.. when h. was kicked by L cows and was pwparta.S V to pasture. Just going to mount the horeTi. md kicked him severelyV. chest. , LaDell. his bl" year, older, saw hin, J? ground a few second laL . ? WP aim. Medical aid 0 d Immediately but almoTt passed before conscious,. . " find. At present he is reported to Drovinr ith.,i. u. . " .. . ue is tin slderablo pain. It at Fairfield Lad Unconscious For Forty-eight Hours Lehl. Utah, July 30. 1923 George. 11-year-old son ot Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flack of Fairfield, remained re-mained unconscious from Sunday to Tuesday, a total of 48 hours, following A, pollls Ion. , of . a . horse-he- was rifling ana a truck driven by Mrs. Cook. The-lad was rushed to the local hos pital where examination revealed a skull fracture. The accident happened at Fairfield when the horse the lad was riding collided with the truck. In the fall the boy struck his head. Reports Cockelburs Poison Cattl pt Is lHUa, Most people .re untnr cocklebor Is a poisonous plant hi? tain stag of ks development Numerous report, have be. .J to th. United States DeparTa- Agriculture for many years ntuZ tha nolannona erw.. , uvia oi cockiebQ. livestock. These report, cam. J gendral correspondence aQj Held Inspectors. Many report. r awi auu against t( ( ous efforts ot cocklebur 11 thougnt the dying of animals Z to a mechanical injury by the uiatf swallowing the bur whs, ottsq thought tha burs poisonous. : :: From 1920 to 1923 the, tm. were rery numerous and contrmk Cory to their nature so the ft Mk partment of Agriculture coodacii series of careful feeding eipsriaaa of cocklebur to livestock at Wuki ton D. a and the Federal Epenaat station at Saltoa, Utah whlck real, ed in Department Circular 281 If t Department of Agriculturt fn wtilch this Information was takta. Cocklebur grows abundantly fc some localities especially along bub of streams, along shores ot Uk a ponds and continue to germlnati a the water recedes. Two seeds m found In each bur, one of which, kh said, does not germinate the tun year as the other or both may lie M the soil several years before gtnl natlng, If conditions are not hw able. These feeding experiment wt conducted on cattle, swine" and thea and showed conclusivelv that ttt weed is poisonous to all these ul- mala. These experiments show funis', that this plant is poisonous daring the seedling stage soon as It tmerpi from the soil known as cotyledon stage which shows only temponrj leaves that come out of the seed ui until the first pair of lesres k about half developed. As the lew grow the toxic properties disappear. The seeds are also distinctly poaos- ous but perhaps animals would not eat enough setfds to become poiMiwd. The greatest danger is in the seedUaf stage and stock are more apt to ta It then than at any other ittit Danger of poisoning then eitsti K new, cocklebur plants are germinat ing. An animal weighing 100 poms would have lo eat about 1 1-2 P"" ot the green plant to become poiscM Usually tha animal thai develop! amount reaulred to cause th aolnul to be sick Is usually fafal. especialU with swine. Whole milk, be grease, lard or raw Hnsrtd oU fed poisoned animals aided in their eovery. Cocklebtars can be eliminated V preventing any plants from mWJ seeds. Thla will hsve to be contlw annually until all ungetmlnated H" now In tha soil either dies of lonf mitnfnar than nr DxhanstS the riff" hv rrmtnftnr and then being vented, by human efforts, from mt (nr mora seeds. This starts v seeds each year. o - 4 A. V. WATKINS LAWYf Offlee Days Bank Tuesdays and Fridy T of American Fork BulWW Amarlua FMib ... n Watch Maker and Jewels Plain and Fancy Engraver. . American Fork, UUa All Work" Guaranteed |