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Show VOL. XV. "AMERICAN FORK, UTAH MfTODAY, FEJ3RUARY 19, 1927 NtLUUElt I - f - 11 -. Practically AH of Clitr Sold Through American - Fork -Banks Americanr Fork ' - Distnct Supplies Over 80,000 r leeces 1 his . Wool buying was stimulated .here bjr , the big 50,000 .fleece single aale ma:e: Thursday .Charles J. Webb and company and baton the week bad closed jn-actlcal- ly every clip la American Fork, dis trict wae contracted. Moat, of sUtah county's sheepmen have ; eince ,: sold through our local tanks, r- -A total of J38.255 fleeces have, teen cotttimcted throura the local, banks to Eastern buyers. Some, 6AoJ)0; fleeces were purchased by Jeremlai WlUlajnS and company through The . People's State Bank of American Fork ; and 88,255 fleeces have been sold by The Bank of American Fork. -S' The price secured has' varied from 30, to 32 cents per pound. 'Only two or three dips however, went at the lower figure. An enltial .payment of $1.00 'per 'fleece was paid whickl releases re-leases total of .8138,255 to sheep : men of the county, The balance of 9 i(V AMeevst mspIaa im jv Ka veil! .ia Aa- WHMBM VIIVV w vwu vu uw- fvery following shearing. z z'ni v Flguring. an aTerage fleece , at eight pound the wool sold, feet Joe past .week totals 1,106,000 pounds, and .flgured at the conservative average iet 'price of 31 cents . will bring 1342,882.40. : , j z': '; ;- . Sheepmen of 'American Fork dls-tri dls-tri own" AODrorlmlli 40.000 liwl Df sheep which will be sheared this lear. They will receive slightly over 1 3200,000.00 for their wool 1 crop this 'spring figuring on the 32 cent price received. . . ames H. Clarke Chosen President Of Pacific . . .- Mining Company The newly-lectef beard of -the aclflc Gold Mining company - met ptiuraay eveningi anc 1 organtted. ames H. Clarke was chosen presi. eht; J. u Craig, vice-president X . Boley, treasurer, who together with W. Hall and J. F Cromptbn make p the board. J. B. Parket was again Jiosen as jsecretary rot ".(Us. company. At we swcanoiuers mieung tne week previous a financial report- was kead and accepted. ,T A report., also rave the information that . 1m Quantify of milt ore Is befcg opened pp in a new fissure which Is paralel. ag the old . Pacific and Carbonate At the directors meeting 4n assees- tient of one cent per share was levied. ------ Q t hall American Fork I - Have Pool Halls? The discussion on pool - halls- In rlcan Fork sometimes Becomes ther vivid as the parttslans of each rte discuss the shortcomings eTthe Ver'Sld It would-probably help ?ify the situation if the members each party could attend "The mlly- Upstairs" at the Camw Sat b. 26 Both sides will arrea nn on. nt.- that: Harold Wrnr Yna eller" In his discussion of nool halls uproariously funny. And wien he d Lusell Chipman as' IitUe Willie X9 part in one of their dialogues on k efficiency f the pool hall well that doesnt make you laugh yon ed to see a doctor. Xtention Mothers : i : ?- and Dauffhters! Next Tuesday afternoc the Joclal rvlce meeting of the Relief Soclet- of the four wards wUl be held In tabernacle basement commencing 2 o'clock. Dr. Lloyd B. CulHmoia M be present "and' 'address the fUBC trtLblJl-lrllLJrard isisan of Tlesdames Detta Taylor, Chipman Md Lyle Grant, and a dlng by a member of the Third rd win be given. V . ' . Imitation to extended to J. mother and daughter of the if, to attend regardless whether 7 are members ' of the Relief ,'ety or not ''. . . Utah County's Y ear. CavemenToppl9i B. Y. H. S. Quint " The grit and stlck.toJt-tiveness which has characterized the playing of the Cavemen throughout the league series thus far won for thera a hotly contested game at Provo with the B. Y. high school Friday night. February 11. TlBtTtte the locals were on the short end of the score for the first three periods of play but he who laughs last, laughs best, the old say. lng goes and the Cavemen laughed as well as scored last rrThe B. T, aggregaOonTlead at halves by a lead of 13 points the score being 22-9 and at the end of the third period still lead by a 86-26 score. In .the last quarter the Cave, men' came out with a, burst of speed which made the score keeper dlzsy changing numbers. They overcame the lead of the K T, cagers holding them to but one field goal while they chalked up 14 points for themselves. Two foul fosses in the last minute of play gave the Cavemen, their" 2 loint lead and won the game. The score follows: V AM. FOFK ,0. T. T. P. MUler rf ,.. i... t ' S .14 McTaguerTrTT" Walker, e Robinson, rg ,. .., Wilde, It ....... Fullmer, c Totals B. T. HIGH Luke, rf ....... Holt, If ........ Vance, c Brown, rg ...... Judd. lg ....... Smart, lg i'" - Totals 1 e i' o o r e 1-15 0-2 J J 0 0 -840 F. P 16-ia-G T. 4 0 4 1 1 15 8 5 6 4 16 10 6 88 i Referee, Barratt; umpire. Clark. The game of greatest Interest for the Cavemen was the one here last night (Friday) with Provo Bull dogs which occured after press time for this issue. . The Provo team occupied oc-cupied - second place in . the, . team, standing having won 5 and lost 2 games in, this league series while the Cavemen had won 4 and lost i. The fact thai Provo had played one more game than the locals accounts tor the difference.., - The next game for American Fojk Is at Lent, icheduled for next Tries, day night and the following Friday nighf, February 25, the Cavemen are "due "to play the Pleasant Grove quint. The last of the Alpine, division series for the Cavemen comes on March 4th when they play the Lehl team Fire Department : Adds NeMembers wiiam Sheiron- and" Russell Thompson were elected regular mem. bers of the American Fork fire de partment at a meeting held Thursday nlaht These men will replace Glen Varney and Gus-Adamson-who-be. mtwial members. The release f w vimr and Adam son was brought about because they sre em. ployed out of the city during the day. Tern Walker and Ray Shelley were .lMtmA uwfol members of the de. partment "7 " -- ' Poison The Eats and Gophers! f"r";"t':.'--:,'":!; Anyone-wishing- tobtel pdson fov the extermination of rats, gophers or, field mice can secure same at cost by applying to Reed H. Robinson of the First ward, , crop ' pest , project leeJBer for the American Fork Farm fhlreeu. This poison Is being obUin ed'i from tha government at cost and tW)te having a need for It are urged to! take advanUge of the opportunity, . f - - ' i , -. V- " m 4 -: ........ : , - x - George Washington - 60111111022,1732. The defender;! his country, the founder of liberty, , the friend of man." - J 4 City Council Holds , ' ; Vfi Eegnlar ' Session The support of Bill No. 64 now be. fore the state legislature was solicited of American; Fork dry by Logan through a communication read be. fjre( the city council 8atnr day Aight last at their meeting. The bill per. tains to the right of cities to regulate their own lighting plants,' this power to be taken from the States Utility Botrd. . ; -;; ;,y ' A communication was also read from the State Board of Agriculture asking the city's support In the pass. lng of an ordinance regulating the sale of. milkC The ordinance is de. rsiKned aa a sanitary measure. The ordinance was taken nnder advisement advise-ment : " AnapplicaUon to operate a pool ball In this city was presented by Will Condor, which also ,wai taken under advisement . . , . Report was made that the stairway to the , new fire station, leading: to the upstairs room had been completed and the room was now ready tor nse by the firemen. . 3. T. Shelley reported that the waterworks committee ' were ready now to buy four-Inch cast iron pipe at a 'saving of 19o per foot over last year. The water works department is attempting this year to .replace five blocks of the wooden pipe In the city water mama with cast iron pipe Report was made that represent three of the American Legion had ii quired about a placement for the Gef. man war trophies which they secured about two months ago. A committee consisting of Jed Mercer, Jr., 8. T. Shelley and Mayor James . M.. Grant was appointed to arrange for a place and the kind of display case needed and report ' back to the council tor approval. - :- : ' Thr water supervisor reported that in checking up on a number of meters he had found several measuring un. usually - high and upon investigating these had found leaking pipes under houses and places of business.: This meant that aconsiderable amount of water was recorded by the meter and because of leaky pipes was lost en. route to taps, never being used by the owner. The leaks are being stopped as rapidly as they are found, the supervisor sup-ervisor reported. ... Bishop Btorrs Heads ':--". Coop Directors Bishop Ooseph n. Stern was elect. ed president of the Board of Directors of the American Fork Co.op Saturday last, at s meeting of the directors. W. H. . Chipman was elected vice-president, James H. Clarke, secretary! and Eugene Nicholas treasurer and super. Intendent These with Cart Anderson, A Tt Adm TTnfl OiHf ATin and 8ydney Nlcholes make P the Doard.' Utci Power and Light ; Aids E2L In Broadcasting , President Coolldge'a Washington's birthday address, which will be de. livered at a joint session ot Congress on February 22, will be available In all ft!fiartty tojr radJe fans of this section, as well as for the entire In-tennottntaln In-tennottntaln region. - C'.'.ttlS - Th Utah, Power" and: Light com. pany has made arrangements to lease a wire from Denver to Salt Lake City, so . that . the speech may be relayed to Station KSL, of Salt Lake City in the quickest possible time. .The Salt Lake v station will .broad cas: the .speech, and radio owners here should have no'dlfficnlty in "tuning In" on that station, although much dincultyjwouldbeJnet::In; making clear connections with an eastern station. sta-tion. Those interested should "tune In" not later than 10:30 a. m.. A radio will be . installed at the high school auditorium that .the stud. ents and any patrons who desire may listen . to President Coolldge'a address on that dsy. Martin Nielsen will be in charge of the radio. Stores To Be CoM : : zz The general merchandise stores of the city will be closed all day next Tuesday In observance of ;the birth-dayjf birth-dayjf OeorgiWaahlngton, the first president of the United Sutesr Shop pers ...will tak)noer. "i 'A-ii-s-- fleeDoris Comes r--'z -To Town" Next Thnrs-. C day At Cameo "Doris .Comes to Town", a defer oomedy ip, thTW1Tnviii next Thursday afternoon and evening, February 24, in the Cameo Theatre The play is being presented by the Second 'ward Mutual Improvement Association. ' The" cast includes some very splendid splen-did talent several of the players bav. lng not only taken part In local productions pro-ductions but In plays while away at, tending college aa well! ; , . .i As stated above the , play Is a comedy and those In charge guarantee guaran-tee the townspeople will 'get their money's worth in laughs. John Clarke, will appear as leading man. while the part of "Doris", which gives the play Its name is being play, ed by , Miss. Florence . Priday. - The other taking part are Clair Christen, sen, D. J. Lamoreaux. Foxbea Foster, Loralne damson, Edith Toung and Florence Duncan. . " There will be a matinee perform. ance commencing at 4 o'clock and the evening performance starts at . 9:15 aharp. There will be specialties bf tween acts and an orchestra ia at tendance to give a33rJonal entertain raent Rescrred seats are on tale t Brict rhartnacy. rhartnacy. . l-i" Utali Cpuhty PrGLiom 1 1 William Chfpman Chosen One of Com- mlUee of Three to Work out Problems. With 200 farmers, merchants and bankers ot Utah county In attendance problems - confronting Utah county were discussed last Saturday at Pro. vo at a banquet, given by . the Provo Chamber ot CommeTcarTTTnu.' ..The problems "outlined follows: a lfEquat finandaf bpportunlUear " ' 2 Taxation according to Income 1 : 8-OirderIy1 marketing 1', 4 Elimination of waste and speculation spec-ulation K :1 ":; :z SSupport bill ' for re-claasifflca. Hon of property""" v ; . - 6 Cut down'ondverhead".' 7 Analyse problems -rv ' :.! 8 Have people copault ' bankers about investments ' '; i 1 Closer association ' between bankers and farmers : ; . ' : 10 Get out of debt and' stay' out . 11 Analyie farm family standard tiring All the speakers urged a , closer cooperation and a better standing of th problems of the various business interest ot the county. . , A committee, consisting of. W. H. Klelson of Palmyra, president of the Utah County Farm Bureau: P. P. Thomas of Spanish Fork, president of the Utah County Bankers assod&p tlon, and William Chipman, presUeiat of the American Fork Commercial club was chosen to work out the problems confronting Utah county as outlined by. the.yarioui speakers and aa print ed above i.h' -t-t-w ' '''!,- ' :.- Dr. T. L. Martin, chairman of the agricultural committee, of the Provo Chamber7' of Commerce presided and called the meeting to order. He also spoke encouragingly of the unified action that would result from such meetings, and urged, all to think of Utah county as a whole rather than to think of any one particular section ot the county. . . - , . ' As guests of the, Provo Chamber ofommerceatJhei meeting and luncheon some of the leading high school participants In the Smith. Hughes work were present . Among these were Cecil and Roland Nelson and Henry Ewell of Genola; Ell Clay spn Earl McTague and Leigh Inger. son of American Fork; Murray Love. less and Lamar Farley of Timpano. gos,. and Perry f Jepperson of Vine, " Declaring that much of Utah's wealth at present is untaxed, Bishop W. W. Warnlck of Pleasant Grove, urged support for the re-claaslfflca. tlon ot property movement now be fore, the legislature.'. He said it was a shame for the state institutions such Mjthe. University of Utah and the state mental hospital to go with. out ample housing facilities Just be. cause those who tap Utah's wonderful neturaLresourcei are not called upon toi bear their burden pyhflLftate ax- pensea. Lawrence' M. Atwood. "manaiter the-Utah.WasatchDalry7; company,' urged elimination of waste and spec, ulatlon both In the distributing and th consumption of the county pro- ducts., "z--t - - ' -,i': u ,'-r' . L. L. Bunnell, vice-president of the Utah State1, Farm Bureau Federation, urged cooperation in the nse of coun. ty. grown products and support - for the taxation amendment) Z- ' Ralph Morgan of Spanish Fork de. clared that present conditions, oa the farm are discouraging,' since' the farmers must sett on the old ; basis and buy at 40 or 60 per cent In. crease, r r--5" , - A. E. Money of Spanish Fork, rep, resenting the merchant of the conn, ty, " questioned whether prosperity could be legislated: Into any buainesa He declared that merchants must cut the- present high overhead, ""expense. ""ex-pense. He said that the onrse of the day waa the waste and illustrated fey showing bow Implements of the farm are left out on the land during the winter monthsInstead of being prop erly houtd , " .' ' (:. ," " ? P. P. Thomas, president ct the Commercial Bank idf Fpanl-li Tark, Ea!sS"t?:tt'r.fr!C much' mcacy j ' lisciiAB'tSi pnr that oftentimes' the farmers are bet. ter off not to be al Do wed to borrow money, He expreaeed the oplnlua that every banker In the county la more than anxious to ' assist . any farmer needing 'money 'for ; lesKtaiatei purposes, it the deal Is sound. . .. ' , o ". . ; -:-J:.; Service Etir'ticii i--T-r-'Entsrt: ; On Wssbington's Cthday, rebru sry 22, the Servtr Etar Lt!..a la connection with De . resular' Ceiaeo theatre program, will fuyroiEh ertra numbers. They Invite everyone to attend at-tend the show ihat night - The mesa. ' bers of the Service Star Legion will call at the homes la the city to sell tickets. They , feed . assured ' . that everyone wants' toi see a good' tow aa veil as asalat In a worthy causa." ..The program" l numbers " sponsored by the Legion will consist of a bullet dance nunUer by little MIhs Elilsiey Taylor, a dance number by Jlttle MI-s Edna Fay Firm age, a humorous reading read-ing by Mrs; EL Ray Cardner and ic: by the two small dauchtera cf lit. and Uit. Jack Varney. , - ; f' ' 0 , ' ? ; P1f.l Tdt?li i .r "'n hMbUv Jk fa.. . ... . - ' . ' : ''IZ.'MiT' -'-i Last nlit tie desc. ' - its ct James B. Shelley' hell tl t tL-.uil reunion in the stake t'-crr ."j amuset&cct bill. - There was a j . 1 attendance.-. .Stephen T., Eisilcr,- ccac- era! chairmen of, the-fhp'loy tm'.lj organlaatlqa with the follow lag f., j representatltres were i in ; ctaixa: David Condor, George F. Ehelley, G. Edward Able, Mrs. Alice C-.-r.;c.l. RayD. Ehelley; Le T, Cier.cy aad Amy Shelley ,v v A splendid program was given after which the remainder of the time was sliced of thefoIkwl"S numbers: . - Sketch of the 5 life i of William Shelley, son of James B. Shelley by Moroni Shelley, ru ,, : ' j i:" Vocal duet LltUe Sarah and Vir ginia Shelley. Instrumental number Frank G. , Shelley and Mrs. OweaG. Humphries. r Reading Miss Edith Shelley,,,. .. . ! et-r-Mrs. Wayne Shelley and Hay D. Shelley. ; .' ' V' - Reading Miss Irene Shelley. , . Rnnrm ,P n fihullAV ' an1 . r1. . ..1. : V. H.. ence A. Grant '. ,'-r-. . Talk on Temple Work airs. Cham lotte Shelley.- ' v . , :r Buuryuav wrong.-- j- ; s t. ',: Sl Reading Mrs. Fay' Peterson, 1 ..Solo Miss Bern Ice Barratt ntnlnin t7V , AVI. J -11 . Readlng-lrs. Mary X. Atle. oboes vucir oxizzozz- . t . :'. l. V:-. J n : .... The suke tabernacle choir under the direction of r Kenneth" J. Bird. otl,?der' A : 'Partof 'aacred concert to b iv?? the first Sunday night In Marou, the.fith. The Mutual Im provement Associations,. . who have charge of the ward meetings the first voui , '11 ill. lift re consented to the change . fnd '; the meeting will be, tor everyone ii the tabernacle auditorium, ;.i f : The choir will render several ea-lections, ea-lections, there will also be aa address uj Aposue uieivin Ballard and several sever-al readings and vocal toloe. The da-tailed da-tailed program: will r be announced next week.-"".V' ';v';." ' Accordjng to' wcrj ., the Eastern States .! -" slon school cot; darted ' V. the past"' several ' t- k. iucceasfuL' : At in cL-.s Bttaslonaris fat?! a f M ed to thdr rc'-r:... f. Mfri ET.i. net: r ; r app'ato.t t: t' ; ; fereace, " thtri'i"-'-:- 1 |