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Show Givon For December Th area winter wheat sown in mih fcr the next narvest 11 e.u mted at 152,000 acres, compared with itiOOO acres sown last fall lor the lurrwt of 1925. On an averaga in a, past ten yean 3 per cent of the .enure sown has not oeen narvestea jl largest abandonment, from a por tage standpoint was per ceni. for the crop of 1909, and in no year en than about 2 ,per cent or ;no tan acreage been abundoned. The Addition of the sown crop on Decem ber 1, 1925 wM 98 P' cent 01 norm&I compared with 86 per cent on December Decem-ber 1, 1924, and a ten-year average for December 1, of 87 per cent. ..l .... .. In the United States as a whole, the total acreage of winter wheat sown for next harvest is 39,640,000 corn-tared corn-tared with 39,856,000 sown last fall for the harvest of 1925. The average abandonment for the past ten years due to winter-killing, was 13.0 pei nut of the sown acreage, .ranging Jrom 1.1 per cent for the crop of 1919 to 18.1 per cent for the crop of 1917. Of the acreage of this crop sown last fall, 215 per rent was abandoned, that k not harvested. The condition of the United States crop- on D . 1, 1925, was 82.7 ner cent oi j 4 . compared with r tli per cent on December 1, 1924, aid a ten-year average on that date of 84.1 per cent. Foreign Countries (From the Foreign Crop Service, U. S. Dept., of Agriculture.) Owing1 to the unusually wet fall in Canada less fall plowing, has bean done, than was done last year. " The wet weather, however, has provided as abundance of subsoil moisture which should be favorable fcr next Test's crop. Th? condi'on of European winter pilns is generally favorable. Increases In-creases in acreage are indicated in Trance, Italy and "Bulgaria. The official crop report for Germany for December showed the condition of loth wheat and rye to be above aver-re. aver-re. The condition of cereal crops in Russia on November 20 was also ikore average. The official Polish nop report gives the condition of wheat, rye and barley as above averse. aver-se. Growth in Italy and Bulgaria Is fairly good. Private reports indicate a decreaso in the Indian wheat acreage due to ln-eufflclient ln-eufflclient rainfall during the closing of the monsoon period. Dry weather M reported to have seriously inter-ferred inter-ferred with seeding in the Punjah and United Provinces, two of the most lm Portant wheat regions of India. The "rat official estimate of the Indian neat acreage will be released Janu "r 31. : The North African crop outlook, is generally favorable and an increased is Indicated. Crops in Algeria we (Terminated.; satisfactorily and nowth is -well advanced. In Tunis, termination is regular and growth "towns. Durrant Infant ; Buried Tuesday Via vna h . iw . .. w.c b, Hionina old son of Mr. and Mrs, Bert Durrant died Mm,. aay at the family residence following a short illness. The infant was born in this city and is survived by his parents, tw0 sisters and four brothers one dt which is his twin brother. Funeral services were held Tuesday commencing at 12:30 p. m. m the Fourth wardchapel with counselor Lot Robinson in charge. The musical selections consisted of three selections "Jesus My Savior" All Through the Night" and "Sleeu Baby Sleep" sung by a quartette com prised of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Timpson, Ann Chipman and Leo Hansen, and u u ury inose Tears" sung by Moral D. Steele. The speakers were Dr. James M Grant, Bishop Earl S. Greenwood and Lot Robinson. Heber Hansen offered the Invocation and the closing; prayer was offered by Martin Hansen. - Interment was made in the city cemetery where Osca,r Eskelson dedicated dedi-cated the grave. Commissioners Au thorize Ex-penditure Ex-penditure For Fire Protection Commissioners'" of Utah county de- cltlien of the county should sanction. ciaed to place av fund of $1,000 la the budget for 1928 to be used for the purchase of Are apparatus for "the eouth end of Utah county at a regular meeting held at Provo Thursday. This action came after petitions from a delegation of citizens from this section had met with Ihem and ft Quested the purchase of a fire engine Argument was used that the county residents outside of corporate llmtts had no-fire protection. The" recent sugar factory warehouse fire at -Spanish Fork and others there brought the action from the citizens. . This Is a very creditable move by the commission and one which every - - - 1 ti- However, we of the north end should not "wait until the honors stolen to lock the barn" bat should take action right now for protection of our county property by securing a county . fire engine for this section. Millions of dollars are tied up in the Lehi sugar factory, Pleasant Grove - and Orem canning factories and other property outside the corporate limits of our cities which should be protected with the best fire equipment it Is possible .to get: ' . , in The three civic' clubs of American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Lehi should take Immediate action In securing this needed protection. Held To Oe Model Extention Division Making Survey of American Fork City Officers Hold Last Regular Meeting of Year A social survey of Americon Fork has been inaugurated this week under the direction of Lowry Nelson of the Brlgham Young University, who is carrying on an investigation of Utah rural communities for the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life Studies of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Before the survey Is complete every family In the commui- ty will be visited, and it is hoped that people will cooperate freely in giving the Information asked for. Mr. Lynn Smith, a student at the B. Y. U is making the bouse to house canvass of the community. Much interest is being manifested through out the country In the type of community com-munity which we have in Utah, according ac-cording to Mr. Nelson, and at the present time there is little reliable information to be had. The result of the' survey of American Fork will be published and sent all over the Unit ed States to students of sociology and economics. o " Farm Bureau Choses - New Set of Officers Couple To Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary Vr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Forbes who the 1st f Uannary passed the 60th Mestone of their wedded life will be ""ored, Saturday Diamond n-eddlnr anniversary recen- H held in the tabernacle amuse "t hall, a program will be given fcomenchg at 8 o'clock prompt after ncn the rematntader of the time ill be grnt In riuiHna- anil social that. " Th member, nt V .t.V. Mmn fd tendered MIm Ruth Chlmnan Pleasant surprise Wednesday after-8 after-8 at home, the party being an Jessie, of appreciation for Miss "Iman labors on the. Board .he -'wg recently W, - 'wnoon atung released. The was spent In claying and Othar a-amaa ' anif - Itl Wr Sum beri 'Mlowed' by" a"daInty "eh. xtl. r. , ere Wopa . a , ... v'lenvui Aaa parson, rean Ws and n i- t.- ' -t-i ir.. - cock oi ueu, mm. " Thorne of Pleasant Grove, JJJ: 0ma Mitchell , Alice and , Fae lev v Mr8' Jo"- NIcholes, Mra Sld- Saturday night the annual election of the local Farm Bureau was held. The main Item of business was the election of officers for the ensueing year which resulted in the following in the following being elected: President Wayne C. Booth Vice-presidentr-W. H. Chipman Secretary George F. Shelley Treasurer Eli J. Clayson Board of Directors William Storr and Luther (Biddings. -o Utah County Bureau Cut Into Sections At a meeting of the Utah County Farm bureau, the projects for the coming year wre outlined and Indorsed In-dorsed by the executive committeea. In order to reach the greatest number of farmers. Utah county has been divided into Ave sections, with a member of the executive committee In change. These districts are divided as follows: No. 1 American Fork, Cedar Fort, a -t i n T Lehi, Highland - ana Aipme, . - Evans, chairman. No 2 Manila, Pleasant Grove, Orem, Pleasant view, unu.u u Tlmpanogos. J. W- Gillman, chairman. No. 8-Uke Vie! rsna v,ew' Vineyard, Provo and Mapleton. L..L. Bunell, chairman. No. 4 Palmyra, Lake snore, ray . - c-.tm and Goshen. son, uenjamra, o'c" - Will H. Nielsen, chairman. TCb"''KEiberta,.SanUqnmpr r !.:, The last regular session of the city council for the year 1925 was hell last Saturday night, December 24, with all members of the council pre sent. Mayor Thomas Coddlngton be ing absent from the state, Council man Moral D. Steele was appointed mayor pro lem. ' John F. Steggell and Samuel Dean appeared as a committee from the Fort Ditch Irrigation Company and asked that the overflow of water from the upper and lower water systems be leased to the Fort Ditch Irrigation Company, to be equitably distributed among the water users on Bald ditch. The petition was granted for the year 1926 upon payment of the sum of $100. Monthly reports of the city officers were read and accepted and accompanying ac-companying bills allowed, as well a othes bills. Warter works superintendent Dean reported that William Roberts was willing to trade the lane leading through city property for a small piece of land on the east side of the city pasture. The matter of exchange was referred to the public property committee and water superintendent to Investigate and report back to the council t Attention was called to certain signs and awnings on Main street which were not in compliance with the city ordinance and the marshal was authorized to notify the owners to have the same made to conform with the law. The Recorder was authorized to transfer from the general funds of the city the sum of $2400.00 to the water works sinking fund, and to apply the balance of tax money received to taking up note for leans made the city. L The' account held against he S. L. & Utah R. R. Co. for repair Wort done on their right of way some time ago was ordered stricken from the books, the railroad, company having paid in accordance with their agreement. agree-ment. Various committees were instructed to take Inventories of property in their respective departments and report re-port the same to the cHy recorder not later than December 29. Till. s?Jll ad f"01.- am HU1, cnairwuu. It is the object of tho county bu-la bu-la to the fullest reau to assis extent in putting over "P"'" Jrams which will be entertaining and benefflcial. These win w -together meeting, of all the member. Missionary Farewell and Home-Coming Well Attended Monday night the party given in the tabernacle amusement hall for Ad'ilph Nielsen, Kenneth Myers and Darrell Proctor was attended by a good representation rep-resentation from each of the four warda of the city. A spicy program occupied the forepart of the evening and dancing was indulged in follow. Ing the program until midnight. Mr i Nielsen left this week for Salt Lake City and the fore part bf January Janu-ary leaves for Denmark on a mission. Thte is the native land of Mr. Nielsen and he will not experience the handl-cap handl-cap of having to master a new. tongue. Mr- Nielsen served as a missionary in rmrmrkbetore-,. comlW,tpf-tW. country . Mr. ! Myers "returned! several months ago from the British mteston and left soon after his return to seek employment, em-ployment, thus deferlng bis home coming oc!al. Mr. Proctor retuynea last week from the southern atates mission where be ant two years. Old Folks Day Set For January 13th Wednesday night in the city hall all the members of the Old Folks Committees Com-mittees of the four wards responded to the call of the general chairman, John Hunter, to plan for the annual winter celebration and entertainment for the aged of this city. The third Wednesday In January is the regular date for this entertainment entertain-ment but duetto the stake celebration in honor of the 25th . anniversary of the organization of Alpine stake being set for January 20th, the Old Folks of the .city will be entertained on January Janu-ary f 13th instead.. Committees to prepare the various phases of the- entertainment were named. Mrs. Jesse Green was named chairman of the ladies to succeed Mrs. George Varney who was automatically automatical-ly released having reached the age which entitles her to be a guest and not a worker. Details of the plans for the day will be announced in our next Issue. . S. S. Entertainment ' Well Attended The entertainment given Tuesday evening in the Third ward chapel by the Sunday School of that ward was very well attended and much enjoyed. The main feature of the entertainment entertain-ment was the children's operetta "A Dream of Fairy Land" with the little Misses Sarah Shelley and Vivian Lee taking the leading roles. The stage setting was very pretty, real trees and shaded lights producing a forest effect ef-fect The singing and costuming were exceptionally well done, and were in deed a credit to those In charge of the operetta. - Mr Luther Glddlngs assisted by Mada Shelley directed the operetta. A one-act farce "Who's A coward" with Fanny Searle, Edward Le and Francis Able taking part created a great deal of amusement. Other numbers on the program wero two readings by Miss Altbea Ashby, a solo by Miss Guelda Elsmore and a solo by Norman Wing also a piano duet by Lorena Clayson and Fae Parker. The Lackawaha Orchestra was In attendance and played several selec tions. o- Alpine Stake Celebration Details Discussed Punday a meeting of the general committee on arrangements for the stake celebration to be held in this city January 20th, was held. The committee prepared a 'budget and decided upon the banquet arrange- merrts There will be 275 honored quests at the banquet Including gene ral authorities of the church, stake authorities and those who were in the original stake organization 25 years go. Arrangements are being made to accomodate-2GQ0 people-atr Ihe even ing reception. Durfng "the 'afternoon - Rrogrtni " a pageant will be given depicting the 25 years of stake growth and history. Every committee ta working strenu ously and those In charge are confi dent that, the celebration will eclipse any former affair given In the stake. Salt Lake City, Dec. 24. Leaders in cooperative endeavor throughout the United States are looking toward Utah tor ideas and suggestions on how to develop a ; poultry - Industry cooperatively, according to Frank Evans, general marketing counsel for the American Farm Bureau Federation,) Federa-tion,) who Is now visiting in this atate Mr. Evans declares that Utah Poultry Producers . cooperative Is the outstanding out-standing example in the United States of the possibilities of cooperative de velopment. "People in Utah partially realize the bigness of this poultry expansion, but pne visiting the big national market at New York graips its significance sig-nificance far better," Mr, Evans points out "On that market Utah's cooperative has made a name tor Utah eggs that eliminates all display of samples. Utah eggs are so weft known they are told upon arrival and go directly from the railroad to the distributing points. : "Looking at the poultry industry tn Utah from the standpoint of marketing, mark-eting, I believe it is very bright" As further evidence of the widespread wide-spread recognition of the Utah poultry cooperative, which has a membership of approximately 1600, Mr. Evans points to the selection of a Utah man, Clyde C. Edmonds, secretary and assistant manager of the organization, as a speaker before the Iowa State Farm .bureau con vention this year. Iowa 1. vitally interested in-terested in the development of coop-ertive coop-ertive marketing principles and tn poultry ha. decided that Utah Is tht best source for suggestions and aid." High School To Have Up To Date Stage The rostum of the h'lgh school auditorium has been undergoing considerable con-siderable remodeling -during the past two weeks and when the work Is completed com-pleted the high school will be able to boast of a well equipped stage which will fill a long felt need of the school. Heretofore, the stage equipment has been but temporary. ' A lath and plaster front has replaced re-placed the temporary front the apace has been enlarged and the stage raised. Approximately $1200 worth' of new scenery ha. been ordered for the stage from the Van Wle Company of Portland a new feature of wlch will be the cycloramlc curtain which will permit of many changes in the scenery scene-ry to meet various needs. Members of the high school faculty made a trip to the Weber Academy in Ogden to inspect a similar set of scenery recently re-cently installed in the stage at the school and which has proved to be very satisfactory. In addition the ordered scenery includes interior scenes, exterior sets, etc. It is ex pected that the stagetirbe-readr for use for the first production with the new settings about the middle of January, 1926 T o M. I. A. Reading Course Available at Library 2 What will be welcome news to many who have expressed a desire to read the M. L A reading course for 1925- 1926 is that the four books comprising the course are now available at the library. For obvious reasons the most important of which Is that there are too many wanting to read the course to justify letting the books out for a week or two at a time the books may be read only at the library. The course consists of the following four books: , "The Romaetlo 'Rise of a Great American" by Rust ell H. Conwell. "Forty Minute Play. From Shakespeare" Shake-speare" by Fred O. Barker. . "Mother Mason" by Bess Street Aldrich. "Life of . Christ" by Giovanni Paplni. ' o Wkh the subelding of the Christmas rush the employees of the various business Institutions' immediately be came busx preparing for inventory taking. The two largest, mercantile concerns of the city,. .Chipman MsT: cantlle Co. and the American Fork Co-op will close one day each next week. The Co-bp will be closed, all day Tuesday, January Sth and. Chip-man's Chip-man's will be closed all day Wednes day, January Sth. ' Pioneer Mother of 1873 Goes To Reward - 1 , v.- . I,-.'- Mrs. RasminnlevHi Madsen, 81, mother of Marlus Madsen, passed n-way n-way at the Madsen home Sunday morning after a prolonged illness the latter part of which was marked with considerable suffering. . For the past two years Mrs. Madsen had been confined con-fined to her room and since last spring had been bedridden. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon commencing at J o'clock in the First ward chapel and were well attended. Bishop James T. Gardner was in charge, the services were opened by a chorus comprised of Mrs. S. F. Grant Mrs. J. N. Fackrell, Mra Helge Johnson, John H. Davisahd-Claxence Davisahd-Claxence A. Grant singing "Sister' Thou Wast .Mild and Lovely" after which the invocation was offered by John P. Aydelotte. 7 Additional musical selection, con- -slsted of "Resting Now From Care and Sorrow", "We Shall Meet Beyond the River" and "Farewell All Earthly Honors" sung by the chorus and "Oh My FBther.-a vocal-solo -rendered by- John II. Davis. I The speakers who eulogized the ' sterling qualities of character , which the deceased possessed and consoled the bereaved were C Fred Schads of Ogden, whose father was the presiding presid-ing ekjers in the district in Denmark In which Mrs. Madsen resided at the time she Joined the Latter-day Saint faith: H.-S f Rasmussen, who-1 familiar ,wlth the country in which the deceased spent the tore part of her life and who rean her biographi cal sketch; Patriarch Smith neighbor for many years to the family and Bishop James T. Gardner. The benediction, bene-diction, was pronounced by Lenard Hagg. . Mrs. Madsen was laid to rest in the city cemetery . where the dedicatory prayer was offered by Marriner Ros kelly pf Smlthfleld. Biographical Sketch Mrs i Rasminnie Rasmussen IIoJs- gaard Madsen was born In Odder, Denmark, May 18, 1837. She was mar. . . ried to Christian Madsen In the year 1860, and -was baptised Into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -lay Saints in 1869 in Denmark. She immigrated im-migrated to Utah In the year 1873 In connection with her husband and two children and arrived in Ogden July 24th of that year. After joining the Church in Denmark she was a friend to the Ia D. S. elders always giving them the best she had. The deceased lived in Hunt.vllle for 32 years where .he buried her bus- . band. She moved to American Fork in the year 1905 where she made her . . home with her son Marlus Madsen un til the day of her death. She ' was rauhfiii r covenants at-all times.. .;. and was a hard working woman until un-til she broke down In the year 1922. Mra Madsen was. a dressmaker land many people of American Fork as well as other parts of Utah know of her ability in her chosen occupation. Surviving her are her,, oae son, Marlus Madsen of American Fork and one daughter, Mrs. Anna Heder of Mesa, Arizona, 20 Grandchildren and 58 greatgrandchildren. , ... .. . o i . ', . Stake Temple Excur sion January 25 There will be an excursion lf the Alpine stake to the Salt Lake temple on Tuesday, January 26, 1926, ,oom-pllmentary ,oom-pllmentary to the Alpine stake presidency, presi-dency, Presidents S. L. Chipman, James H. Clarke and Abel John Evans. It is desired that as many bishops and counselors and high councllmen as possible will be present pres-ent on this occasion. - The committees are desirous of learning as soon as possible the. names ot those who will be able to attend.' . - :- ' People with urgent work of Their own to do will also be very welcome on this excursion. Paughtexs of Pioneers v ..." To Meet Jan, 7, 19Z6 The Daughters of the Pioneers will hold their regular meeting Thursday," January '7,-eommenclng at 1:20 p. m. In the city hall. A good program ia being arranged and 411 member, are - requested to bs present ...... s,.'t r 11 Wis City. - "-'- ' throughout the county. |
