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Show ,ii I'' V1, -"v-'-v V'. 'sV ';;" ; !;-7:":.''.'p'-p - . .... 1 ran 'V, AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEimUARY 5, 1921 - - NUMBER 50 SioragG Plant Duilding Utah Poultiy Producers TlieitSatGeu IPIlpciilB For American Fork - Hold Si "(.- .1 t ..'. 7A. 4 I r; T7Y ' Vl , - . - v. ........ . v. . . - J "' iii i - Assured OisiirtGetini APPROPRIATION OrjiS.OOQ MADE FOR FIRST UNITr-WORK WILL COMMENCE Aft 800NASFARM-ERS 800NASFARM-ERS ORGANIZATION IS PER. rTho American- Fork" storage, and packing- plant U now 1 assured and the Denver ft Rio Grand railroad baa announced that $15,000.00 i ba - been authorised by (ha company to rect ne nrst unit ftf . a -.100 .- .capacity plant- Thi good newt wa received by Benjamin j W. Brown, prlgnator, nf tit, packing plant Idea fort American Fork and who is l&rv -lponw7 for poshing the . move ito 'tta present tafe.jme :srord tame . . iituwova; - UVU1 Air i , 1VU14MU19 r traveling freight agent for the D.7 ft R. O. who wa authorlied by AaaUt-ant AaaUt-ant President Taylor- to make the . announcement "to local- cltitena and iToweri,!,,,. ' i- - , fy--; According to the - annoonoame&t """the company ha worked out the problem and after farmers here took ' a'eurvey and determined .that come V 100 cars of late vegetable, aacnias cabbage, onions, potatoes,' etc.; could be easily secured, the decision was mad to 'erect a 100 , 'car . capacity storage unit for this season. As the need for larger quarters tewotnea neoeaaary other units can be added : rto take car of the Increased produce. ' "The necesearr funds of $15,000 for this unit Is now ready to b expended. ex-pended. Some form of fanner or producerfs organization wfill) be effected ef-fected to handle the. matter and to act as a head to handle the proposition. propo-sition. The Farm Bureau ' organisation organi-sation is working In Junction -with other city organisations in securing this needed ad. promising plant and i-5' win Ukelr fuactioa as "the organl- . 'satkrn in putting It over. " -- - The only coat to the producers for the plant will be a rental, of 6 per cent of the investment made by the railroad. Tnia will amount to $900.00 per year on the first unit or approximately approxi-mately $9 per car for storage1 of the produce. Taking this year's advance on cabbage And onions it can be easily figured how profitable it will be to store such produce as is raised here. Onion- were sold from fifty """"cent to $1.00 per hundred at harvest har-vest time. -The price Being paid here now is around $3.00 per hundred. On "TiriHnaU car of 24,000 pounds, this would show an increase' of at least $480.00 per car for storing about three months. Cabbage show ' a favorable, increase alao. la the fall : growers sold for from. $10.00 to $12.00. per ton. The price since have teen about $20.00 per ton. On a small car of $4,000 pounds storing this produce A?. irould : 'made'' th : grower up ward of 4100.00 per car. Apples and other fruit and produce could be stored to advantage' each year and vast amount of increased revenue secured from our crops here. - From al indications this new plant ""wlU he very profitable undertaking and should be the means of making this vicinity the west's . greatest winter vegetablcenter. . v Stake Tabernacle Choir Concert . Next Thursday night, February 10th under the auspices of the Tabernacle - choir and Professor K. J. -Bird, chorlatef, a grand concert ..will be given in the Stake Tabernacle.. The by the "B Y. U. Ladle' Glee Chib." will give an entertainment, which wlU be a real treat." r-: r;"'' r-Professor r-Professor Florence' J. Madsen, director of LadiesJOJeegban4 JMfe ""fcocfiTea"' Glee Clubs, and Professor Franklin J. fadsen, director of Male Glee Club, will both be in attend ance, supported ' by complete' organisations, organi-sations, i f Beside enjoying the best possible entertainment you will have the satisfaction satis-faction of knowing that you are giv. ing.jup4HiaourtakaJaJbernaclf--At the-meetlnr Saturdar choir as the protwmje.jisedLJ.a purchasing the necessary music and equipment for this - Tery 4 promising organisation. May we bespeak for this entertainment the support of all the membership of our stake. JAMES H. CLARKE, ABEL J,-EVANS, , Acting Stake Presidency. Board Adopts Diphtheria . .l:.?oni2ation Play Th health program of the Utah County Unit of th Stat Board of Health covering the immunisation of children from diphtheria was adopted by the School Board of th Alpine District Tuesday afternoon at their regular meeting. Dr. Lloyd A. Culli-oore. Culli-oore. representing th Utah Co. unit, outlined the program for th Board which provides for th immunisation of children from 1 to 14 year of age from diphtheria. , h pointed out .the fact that ; where the toxmntl-toxla treatment, it; propwly-rajnlstered, ft would Immunise children from this dreaded disease for Ufa H ""further stated that the eommlsslonera of Utah County had proffered to assist in this program In th amount of one. half, not to exceed $400 for their por tion. - After surveying the condition of th Alpine District It was shown that such a program would require th expenditure of approximately $826 If all children of pre.school ag also those of school age up to 14 years should receive the ' treatment. The Board's portion, it was pointed out, would amount to approximately $41$. The Board adopted the plan unanim ously and the County Unit will pro. ceed with this . part - of the health program. , , Miss Mary Chlpman, teacher in th American Fork Junior High, wss re leased and Ray McDanlel was ap. pointed to fill the vseancy made by her resignation. , . David R. Mitchell of th Lehl High School was granted a leav of absence to attend a convention et th National Athletic Aasociatloa at St Louis th latter part of February, all expenses Of the trip to be born by the association Mr. Mitchell represents. repre-sents. " . James H. Clarke was appointed , to succeed Ell J. Clayson, former board member, as a member of the state legislative committee. Superintendent Gourley was In. structed to secure bids for repair to the main steam line of th LehiTj'rade system. '' ' : Abatement from J.' J. toronto of Salt Lak City was submitted to the Board showing the total cost of re pairs to th Lehl High (tabernacle) organ to be $3900.00. less th amount already applied In cash form and other allowances of $240, leering "a balance due of $3459.75. The fl wa Instructed to forward $250a00 on this acconnt, $1244.17 of this amount to be paid direct from funds accumulated from interests and rent, als which have Wen deposited in th bank ot Lehl, and th balance of $1256.83 from th general funds of th district . ' . . , "William Chipman -Elected To Head Com ';s'Y;r-. mercial Club -William Chlpman- was: elected president of the American Fork Commercial Club for the ensuelng year at the annual meeting of the directors -ot th Club 1 held Wonday morning. Mr. Chipman succeeds James H. Clarke as head of .the Club, ' Jdseph'H Storrs was elected vice. president, Joseph Walton secretary, and Gw A. Anderson treasurer ot the organization. These with the following will con. stltute the Board of Directors of the Commercial Club for a term of - one year: Thomas Coddlngton, J. L, E. Toung, Benjamin F. Moffett, J B. Chadwick and James T. Gardner. ' The annual election of the Club was heldlsst Saturday night ' at which tlm the abov named ten director were chosen. These met Monday morning and elected their officers as named above. Invitation was extended to the Amer. lean Fork Commercial Club-member to attend a hanquet and social to be given by the Lehl . Business Meni Club- on Wednesday, February tth. The Orpheus entertainers ot Lake City will be In attendanc several special social features planned, the Invitation stated. Salt and are 'ot 1 in th cast H laid ther was no question of finding a sal for .Utah eggs if the present high standard of grading as maintained by the Poultry Association is adhered to. Mr. Brown went on to tell , how he Is lining up big chain stores In the east to sell Utah graded eggs. Mr. Willardson, .field manager ot the Utah Poultry Producers also spoke, concerning the future of th 'egg Industry. " A number of questions were asked Mr. Brown which he readily answered. answer-ed. On of these ; concerned Mr. Brown' membership on a certain Board responsible for the building ot houses for 1300 families in th sast. It was his aim, explained Mr. Brown, to sell Utah eggs to these families ' On' of the largest and post ' &-thuslastlc &-thuslastlc 'meeting for poulixymsn ot this section was that held Wedn. day night in thcjcily hall ,by th members of th American Fork PouU try Producers -: AssoclAtldn. . Ther was present among th visitor Ban Brown, sales manager ot i th ;Uuh Poultry Producers, who represents th company on th New Tork mat. keu. Ther war a,. . number , , ot people interested la poultry z ralaing present, from Pleasant Grove, LshL Springvllle and various other places ot th county. Rodolph Knold,,prsL dent of the local association, was to charge ot the meeUngiJjJji-.MipBcowawa meeUngiJjJji-.MipBcowawa ,-v.lh '. principal speaker of the evening and hi pre. sented to th association i Jmem,Vej facts concerning the marketing of Utah eggs. He told Just why th Utah graded eggs find a ready market School Taxes Througliout State By L. B. Adamaxm, The Alpine Teachers Association Is carry log out a aeries of - project that when completed will , acquaint the patrons of our district with some of the actual facts concerning our relation and comparison with other districts in the cost of school oper ation and problems of teacher tenar. There 1 no personal or selfish motive back of tills ftudy.,but to acquaint all with some of the- facta concerning our syetem.' Some of the; schools In our district have practically a new corps of teachers vi7.,yew,,i,',Thi ,. ia va very undeslrabl condtUon. New' .associations, .as-sociations, conditions . and adjustment adjust-ment mast be wade each year In some of our schools. By the v time these are made and leacners are working up to capacity, the year gone. Over" one-fourth of these teachers who have made adjustments so that they can do much more effective ef-fective work In the future than during the past year move on for better pay-, lng, more lucrative positions In other districts. Our district doesn't seem to be able to compete with most of the school districts in this respect. Your children, our pupils, are worthy o the same training here that other districts give to their children. The teacnert appreciate the attitude of the Board of Education and the superintendent super-intendent on -this- -vital - problem of education. The board Is giving the boys and girls of "tola district 'about all the advantages that lie within Its power. But notwithstanding all this. Iteemr-thlOfur'aTstrTc" must be- come an apprentice ground for many teachers.v V-hT should Nebo, Carbon, Jordan " and - many other districts, whose farms, children and man made resource, are no .better than ours lure the cream of our teaching force each year. It Isa't Justice to the childen. ' . ' '. Some -of t-TngyMyrWiroh- dltlon are as they "are i and there, Is no use crying about them. This Is nothing short o( apathy. ..Would our great state be what It Is today If our forefathers had taken this, attitude? The problem is before us and t we must measure op to It There are no three way or positions; It Is efther onward or backward. What is th rllbuyvfood trcjh cooperatlv ' It earnestly urged th mtmbers ot .the, Poultry Association to remain members.-: t I am not doing what yoi think I should do; If I am not giring th atlstaoUon you think 1 should glv, kick m out and get omeone who will, but don't leav th AafoclaUon", was Mr. Brown's plea. '"A rprsntaUr of th Union ratlflo Railroad Co. wag also present, bit 4 business directly concerning th proposed building of a storage plant. ,;Thos present left th meeting w8h th best ieIInjrt''pooitr' tutur -Amrtca)rwir"iaii"""i simgthened knowledge that assocla. tio and cooperation .1. th tounda. tiojt of th poultry Industry her. 1 That American Fork la being look ed . to as th poultry J center ot th tat was further detnonstrated Fti- daf when a delegation ot men from Coahrlll cam to this city and ttslt, d ;Vtn?r :f th leading poultrymen bf this vicinity. They wer taken to the American Fork Poultry Produe. rs plant where Manager Groesbeck gave them the Information they desired. de-sired. ' 'fix v During their visit they called to see the 1200 Utsh hatched baby chick Rulon Nlchole is raising. : Mr'Nlch. olss Joined the party when, they toft her to 'visit the Ramshaw hatcheria at Murray,. ' . I ' A caravan from th iontb-end of the. county visited this section In the Interests of poultry raising Wednesday, Wednes-day, which all goes to show that "This Is Th Plac tor th Chicken Industry. . ' ( --vv-.i.. I'M 11 1 11 "' Primary Principal. solution to the problem? There Is only one. , Raise the taxes? No, the farmer and producer are taxed to the limit in this district The problem of educattonri th1rtate 's and in a large' measure should be assumed by tt This responsibility has been delegated, to the state by the Federal Government, and ' the state-should create a coodWoo whereby, all . ha clUtea. boVs and girls, may receive Ilk opportWea. Just becaus the Utah Copper tMln - is geographically located m Jordan, district 1 so index that Jordan should reap all the ad vantage from that mine. .That U stat resource and. not v a certain locality'. Thla ame thing appliea to mor than a score of other state resources. re-sources. Then too the Idea of taxing these mine oa 34 time their net earning!. There Isn't a farmer in the country but who would welcome, that system for paying taxes on his farm W have from reliable sources that th, Utah . Copper Company gets enouKhgold out of It copper ore to pay all expenses . of operation and that the copper I absolutely clear, The millions thaf are made clear never stay in the state for the de velopment 'of the state and its people, It goes to New York or San Francisco to some corporate interest- ; These corporate Interests that have then ob'.ttty to pay should bear consider able more of the tax burden. If these interest were taxed upon five times their net Incomer the burden oLlaattafc-'WQuld. equitably distributed Even then we have millions of dollar of untaxable property represented In stocks, bonds, credits, franchises, etc!, which pay greater returns than the best of our farms. The tendency today among moneyed people is to. Invest In ' th above named securities, as these people t know that such axe n;l t.aiA!iX4 to taxpayers? The answer la , self-evident' self-evident' '" 7 Those untaxable forms "should bear the responsibilities of the common wealth of our state at much as tangible tang-ible property, does today. If the tax burdens are a little more equitably placed, those1 who are taxed to death ' , 1 ' (Continued on page 7)' who w stores A'favorablVyeajr tor livestock pro. ducers I Jn proapsct tor 1827, . but with an average season, a UOui-Uon UOui-Uon ot rlatlv)y low returns from most cash crops 1 probabl unless acreages ax reduced, according 1 to th annual Agricultural Outlook tor 1927, Issued by th Bureau ot Agricultural Agri-cultural Economic ot th U. S. D. partment ot Agrioultur. e . j Domestic demand, tor farm products ot th 1J27JI ssasoa 1 not likely to b materially different from th pres ent, a:,:,: U--- Some Improvement In th"purchas. ing poweF oforeiimlMuB agricultural product of 1927 may b expected, - but It la probabl - that larger foreign production of ; brad. 1 luff,-fruits and animal -products will reduc foreign demand tor our xportabl surplus ot the pro. duct. V iVv-V'T"''' : ": A slightly larger supply of tarm labor will probably U avallabl In reglona - adjacent :' to Industrial . cant, rs, and wage may be lower, No material chang In th pric ot farm machinery and building materials may be expected.' Wholesals prices ot trtlUser ar lowr than, last yar. " Hard Spring and - Durum 1 -wheat growers can, scarcely expect to y. civ returns tor th 1927 crop, similar simi-lar to thos which hav prevallsd for th 192C crop, .especially If produe. tloa hould b materially ucraa6V - OaU and barly for feed ar un. Ukly io b in greater demand dur ing th coming year,' as compared wlthn921"Th market talu will be determined .largely by th supply of these and other feed gralnsT Hay re quirement! ar not likely to b increased in-creased becans th number Of hay consuming animal continues to d. eriei. :--L::Y.ZLYY,Y':-- Unless livestock producuon la held at about th present level, allowing tor lncreas la population from year to year, present prices s cannot ..b maintained. With beet cattl market. than In 192$, and th dmand tor beet maintained, .price ot slaughter and feeder cattl ar (xected to average somewhat higher than In 19. 21 On th whole, eattl price ar expected to contlnu th upward prlc swing begun In 1922. ;; . Hog producerhav a favorabl outlook thla year. Th market sup ply ot hogs probably will b IUU It any larger than 4b 1921 and dost tie j demand 1 xpctod to t continue stroag - Hog price ar likely to b niaJtttalmd near th 132s IvtL Prioe now pmalllng can' b eontlanod through 192$ only If farmer hold down hog production to th lrl of th part two year. ..; Sheep production 1 xpcta to ontlnu to iner modtraUly and lamb supplies thla ysar , 'may be slightly larger than in 1921. A strong epnaumptlv demand for lamb 1 ox- aected but feeder demand may be lass actlv than lat year In some ecttona. . Th wool market .appear firm, wit no marked prlc .change in alghtTTh preent situaUon In th mohair market doe not- warrant further expansion of - production at the present timet, " . The ilalry Industry is on a strong.l er basis' than a year ago. Dairymen ar likely to JbATo: moderately favor, able spread- between the - price -of feed and the price of dairy products. .- Egg and poultry producers In most sections of the country may expect a fairly "satisfactory i. year...; although," perhaps, hot as profitable as 1920. A moderate lncreas in egg production and no decrease in poultry marketing Is expected. -- i-;.- ----- - - grower should guard against th danger of overplantlng and keep dos watch on ' acreages being planted in cpmpetlng state. "J. Any lncreas In cabbage acreage over 1926 is likely to- result in increased in-creased production with accompany lng lower price. j . " 'Onion acreage should be reduced sharDlytojRrevejtan ket supply. The outlook for th Ber. muda type appear fairly good.' . Bean acreage should be reduced under last year's acreage to prevent an excessive supply, varying with th type of bean grown. . Th trend ot fruit , production Is upward and " expansion ' bTT acreage would not" b; Justified xcept under unusually favorabl condition. How. ever, a crop ot fruit aa large as that of .last yaTj which wM du to f tha " "" -uniformly favorable wathr, is -' not -likely to occur vry ofton 4 . - Th appl industry I approaching a more stabilised condition, but with an averag crop, price will undoubt. ' J edly. b higher next aeason. Com. " -mercial plantings are hardly Justified j, at present except whar Jocal f pro- ductlon or market conditions ar un. usually faVorablA " ." ' New commercial planting of peach should not b t undertaken in th " southern utates, since a larg number .. young' tree hav aot yt com -fit -; to bearing nd prodactka 1 rupidiy Increasing h'-ixty"'''1 L Strswberry returns per ten, with average yleldsr-l 127- probably will . b considerably less than th avrag '. tor th past two years. Acreage has t Increased considerably and : eaotloa ; -should b exercised by growers who contemplat. fncresslng acreage this 7 , .Sugar prices teem to be trending toward higher levels, with world pro. ductlon below? that of last year and Increasing consumption. . Growers la well establlshsd sugar beet districts wher adequate yields ' can. he expected ex-pected wGl probably flno! It ' sdraa. tag eons io lncreas acraag tp to factory eapacltt It satisfactory eon. tracts can b secured. ; r :"f-: ... c j(, ' i j j,,.. ..y r s. t .fta - Qimf , , , -v y-'- ITcorb C; ipHtic .TJorl' ,5Parc Chip, man. Mercantile Co, has been consld. rabty , changed 'during- th past two weeks as th remodeling program hu progressed' Th shoe department is now Installed In JU newquarters on th west ld of th building- where the drugs and 'dish department form, erly was located. The' grocery also Is adjusting itself to the new quart rr Just ppposlt th sho department. Th Aitenslon ot room for th dry goods department 1 th moat notabl featsr girinff th patrons th sd. vantage of ;Uettejr , displayed- goods and mor space to mov about In., Th entire stor 1 beiny pspered and painted in light barntonlslnff colors.- Altogether the changes WlU ' prove advantageous to : th; depart. ments'concrndf.'--;:J 'llti. . ,... Citizen of 77 Passes died i Soren Christian Jensen, - 77, her at the family, residence Sunday ' morning -of ailmant -.incident to old -V ag., Mr. Jensen had not been L la good health alnc th latter part, ot December.-r-; .,: r .' Th deceased wu bora In August, 1849 In Denmark and came when young to thl country. . He iat . sit married Johanna B. Nielsen,.- ths marrtg taking plac In : the .Logan tempi. ..To them flv children; were; born; three of whom are living His wlfo" pssed? away her several years ago. : Mr. Jensen tulflled a mission for, the Latter-day Saint Church to his native country when a young man. - The children surviving "sM:.J4rs Annie i Darling rMtfwardrJin'seaor this city, and Mrs, Luclnda Trento ot : Nevada. One brother, Pete Jensen jit Pleasant Grov also survives. - Fur the past several years Mr.; Jensen has been employed by H. S. Rasmussen at his bottling works. , .Funeral services were held Thurs. dsy fteraoonmheTourTjrw aid chapel commencing at 2 o'clock, with Bishop Earl S. Greenwood in charge. A quartette rendered the opening selection "O My Father" after which Martin Hansen offered the Invocation, and the quartette then sang ,"My ,. Father. Knows":' J,; '.. The speakers were Dr. James - M. Grant. Earl Robinson and tf. 8. Ras. j; mnssea.- Interspersing the- wmarkti., were" two vocal solos, sung by Moral ; Steel and Mra lDettol Taylor.. ..Th ' ;, closing' number by the quartette was -Rest, Rest For the Weary )" SottT. ' The benediction Was pronounced 1y J ; Thomas Coddlngton., . Interment wa made In th Picas, sit Grov cemetery.' The services were well attended and - the floral offerings profus. . ,v; . , , ; -it ' i if . , i |