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Show SATURDAY; FEBRUARY 4, 1028 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1928 AMERICA FOIK CITISEN Office- Alpine Publishing Company Buildingr Phone 85 A PROGRESSIVE, INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION Entered in the Post Office at American Fork, Utah, a second-elass matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year im adv&act. Advertiismsat rates: Display, 30 ceaU a column inch. Legal notices and.xeadera, legal rate of 10 ccats per eight-point line per insertion. in-sertion. Want ads. Rate 2 cents per word each insertion. Payment mast accompany advsrtiaemeat. A. F. OAISFORD, JR.. -EDITOR HERE'S A SUCCESS! To the .vowiii: men of Utah who whine that then;. are not opportunities op-portunities jukJ -yearn for the soft snaps tliat Home other people have we commend attention to the life of Amudcu P. Uiaunini. lJorn in ISTtr; tlie son of mu Italian imigrant, he had to go to work to support his family when his father died. He was only twelve, hut lie got " at two oVloek in the morning to work for a commission merchant on the docks, in order that he could keep on A Tie was a junior wiTa his Hi'lHiol work. Scstu v-ars later partner 01 the firm and at .'il he tuid heeome the leader of the commission merchants. mer-chants. Thereupon he retired from the business, allowing his associates associ-ates to have his stock, paying him out of the profits of the business. . Interesting hini.si li' in tinanee and real estate he became a bank director. Ins ideas were vetoed by tlie others on the hoard. 1 here upon- he organized the Hank of Italy, which today has 2s!) branches in California ami is the fourth largest bank of the United States; !fi Lastjear the bank made so much money that the directors voted him five per cent of the earnintrs. which amounted to 1,'00,000. Ifi - LI LI -CrarTT rr--TTvr, Money speaks louder' than words, and a bank account here louder than both. . Ir. Giiinnini, however, has his own ideas about money. I'p to this time Tie has' managed to prevent himself from becoming a millionaire. Now, he has given to the University of California the entire sum voted liim by the bank, in order that the university may find means and ways of improving the economic condition of farmers, dairy and livestock men and fruit growcrsiii California. It is said that the support given the Hank of Italy by the people of California lias beensomething unheard of "in"-American banking circles, but this has been deserved as tlie bank was run on a policy of not making the directors rich. Evidently, the bank served its people well, and as a result has 'grown ininicasurcably richer than it could have possibly become through a narrow, selfish, take-it-all policy which today characterizes the. management of so many banks. It is a pleasure for us to record the splendid success of this son of Italy. lay some eminent- Americans of the present, and some young men and women of today find inspiration in his example. TO KILL 23,000 PEOPLE IN 1928. Unless 11)28 is different from the preceding years autoAiwbile accidents will claim more than seven hundred,. thousand victims, scmie of whom will be residents of I'tah Courity.- 1 This amazing toll is suffered by the public with remarkable calmness." calm-ness." Little children, active adults and old" people will pay the peaialty of carelessness, and the citizens of this county, in common with thoSe of other sections, will acquiesce in the general verdict that the " accidents " are unavoidable. The kidnapping and murder of a little girl in California focused "theatlenti6n "of the "nation biV the o There was no satisfied rest until his capture. The pitiable suffering pi the trapped members of the submarine, S-4, creates a demand for inquiry into the causes of their death. Yet, twenty-three thousand 4 people, living today, will be dead before the beginning of 1929, and scarcely a voice is raised to"demand that 'something be done to stop --the awful tax levied by speed. That some of the accidents and some of the deaths will result from genuine, ' unavoidable accidents is true. Equally so, is the fact that many deaths and thousands of injuries will be the result of criminal and inexcusable carelessness. The accidents of the former " class are the" price necessarily paid for our automobile transportation but those of the latter category are the price of national indifference, as-exemplifieJJn-ihe-matter-ef-f act-mquiries conductedinto- the deaths that follow automobile accidents. HOW ONE RICH MAN LOSES ---AairTiitrhT"jit"1 Toung "CornelTas Vanderbilt, Jr., who lost all his money in a newwspaper venture, continues to have the respect and admiration of the public because he has refused to do what so many men have done in like circumstances. The latest move made by this youngster is to request his family to consent to his making final setlement with all his creditors by signing sign-ing away hifl inheritance, which is said to be nearly $1550,000. Vanderbilt says, "I have been, and am doing, everything within my ,power,tp see that thoe who. trusted me. are repaid.''- No man can do any more, but it is refreshing to see this son of wealth respond to the call of character and attempt to make good the losses of those who went into a business venture with him. First, Fourth and 1 Alpine Winners Monday In "M Men's Basketball -'"-'Monday the third series of basketball basket-ball games were played of the "M" Men's basketball schedule. Two games were played in the local gymnasium, gym-nasium, while the one between Alpine and American Fork Second ward was From reiHFt- cHtrttittjr- these .games. It U stated that action was fast, especially the "passing" work. All of the teams have some splendid defense work. The final scores was as follows: Alpine vs. American Fork Second Ward. The total 25-22 in favor of Alpine. Hifrhmnd vs. - American Fork' Hrst "Ward;" " The total 24-." in favor of American Fork first. --TMrd- Ward vs. Fourth- Ward : The score 22-1.1, the victors being. the. Fourth Ward. Announcing The Utah Mortuary Service Co. Burial Certificates Which guarantee Cost Plus 10 on all funerals To Certificate Holders. A. H. Wing, Lchi; Anderson Bros., American Fork and Olpin Bros; Pleasant Grove, Morticians, are connected with this company to serve you in the north end of Utah County. Call W. M. BARRATT, Phone 129 32 American Fork, for information. Hi "WHATEVER YOU EARN SPEND LESS" Bank of American Fork A STRONG BANK f 1 Edith Thornton Home From Mission lis Edith ' Thornton returned home Monday, after ; laboring 28 months la the mission Held for the L. D. 8. church. Miss Thornton really left her mission 'quarter! two weeks ago, but dne to the fact that aha had never seen her sister, Jennie, ' since her marriage or the new niece, an enroute trip to California was made In company -with Mrs. Warren Ander son of this city who met her In Salt Lake City. ' She worked in the Northern States with headquarters at Chicago. . The first ten months she did actual missionary mis-sionary work in Wisconsin, but was from there transfered to do office work at the headquarters, where she Two Plays To Be Present ed in First Ward Next rr , . .Tuesday. Night Next Tuesday night In the First ward chapel during the time of the regular M. I. A. meeting, a presenta. tiori of two one act plays will bt giT. en to the members of the ward. Those member who hare paid their en-trance en-trance tee to the Mutual and hare re celred a membership card will be ad. mitted free upon the showing of the ticket Others wishing to see them will be charged a small amount, The plays being presented are "A Girl To Order", a one act comedy, and "The Girl," a one act. drama. The cast in "A Girl T)o Order" consists of Hugh Cheever, Thornton BIrk, Carl Dennett Wendell Bush, Mr. Bloom-quist Bloom-quist and Madolyn Jensen. The cast naiit th lnnt alTtoon months of her mission. She reports that the work th .d'ama ,"cld81 Qr' there is progressing very well, .and workers splendid mat ine present iorce or are accomplishing some things. According to word received from authorities during the period of Miss Thornton's mission, it appears that she made a splendid record and fu. filled a mission for which she should be proud of. She resumed her former position in the Bank of American Fork Tuesday Tues-day morning and states that it seems as . if she had Just been on a ' short vacation. Miss Detta " McBride, who has been occupying this place Is making final preparations for a mis. sion to the place where Miss Thornton Thorn-ton just completed laboring. These two young women have merely chang ed places all around it so appears. It may be added that Miss McBride, while working in the bank, has made a lot of valuable friends by her efficient service and winning personality. person-ality. Success is wished to her, and "welcome home" is showered on Miss Thornton. rrfx v j - U&eL - v:it.i i a-Kin Until the past few years, most pracUcal people In different industrial indus-trial and agricultural lines have looked look-ed askance upon what' might have been termed prophecies or guesses as to what would be forthcoming in the future. This has been a reasonable attl. tude as there was a lack of baste In. formation upon which to found forecasts fore-casts on production, buying power, distribution or the other elements in- voivea in me movement or raw materials from its source to the final consumer. However, this situation baa rapidly changed and data Is now available on past and present condT. tions which, in a general way, after eliminating local irregularities, makes It possible to arrive at a rea- I 8onably lose, jestiniajtfl..Qf . wbat-Is-4n store tor agriculture, livestock, or Industry, at least for several months In advance. Forecasts on the industrial future are of necessity limited to a shorter period than on livestock on account of the quicker turnover, making It possible for the picture to change more rapidly.: However, in livestock. with production cycles requiring several years, particularly in cattle, to complete their revolutions, it is not difficult, through measuring buy Ing power , and production to get a fair idea of what is in the offing for a year or more ahead. Practically all observers of the livestock situation are sanguine of a sustained buying power during the coming year attributed to the strong position of the industrial situation which points to continued satisfactory satisfac-tory returns to wage earners and tlimlniHhing unemployment, which represents , a .,.welljiuppor.teJL., outlet for meat foods. After all, satisfactory returns in the marketing of meat food animals depend largely mon the condition of labor which Is the bulk of our buying buy-ing power, it ia observed that workers' work-ers' wnses for this year should- at least be at ar with 1927 on a per capita -basis 'and when coupled 'with the possibility nf loss unemployment, It can readily been seen that these . hupruvemc-ut in"- industry come risiit back to agriculture. It ia fipured that the buying power of agriculture was increased at least one twelfth as a result of better conditions in 1927 and a large percentage of this increased buyln'g power will be fort In 1928 when the Increased returns will be spent. This one-twelfth Imrease affects af-fects parctically thirty million people either directly or indirectly connected connect-ed with aRiiculture in tlie United States und. of course, reflects itself In benefiting industries roducting commodities purchased by those who have received this increase. One factor alone in the agricultural agricultu-ral purchasing power increase is that those engage in this line paid off loans in 1927 to an extent that they will have from twenty-five to thirty million dollars less interest to pay on their borrowings during 1928 than in the preceding year. Taking it all in all, reviewing live, stock and agricultural production In general, a better balance operation is noted by gauging supplies closer than ever before to meet demands, thus giving this line of production an opportunity for a well balanced oper. atlon. From the industrial angle, so Important to the prosperity of agriculture, agri-culture, practically all lines of manufacturing, manu-facturing, distributing, construction and merchandising -are- facing 1928 with optimism and without the usual trepidation which accompanies Presi. dentlal election years. 4 . . . 05E TREE BUILDS 28 HOMES A giant sequoia tree, near Gran-nell, Gran-nell, California, measured 308 feet high was; SO feet in diameter and contained 361,366 board feet of mer chantable timber, or enough to build 22 homes of average size. . Not being by trade an architect or a contractor we do not guarantee the 22 homes but the realization that nature produces such giants aught to impress everyone who reads this. Of course, these trees should be preserved. They are worthy of the respect that one gives to age that lives, as contrasted to the antiquity of stone that ages but lives, not--- Ray Shelley and Carl Bennett Evsryggfr-lB tnisTil-tr;1ne'rtj come out" and sea these clever .plays next Tuesday evening. The curtain raises at 7:30 P. M. e Car Owners Must Hurry Automobile owners are urged bj Sheriff J. D. Boyd to procure their 1928 license plates as soon as possible pos-sible and not wait until the last day which is March 1. The sheriff points out that inas. much as the state already has grant-ed grant-ed three months leeway in which to procure license plates, the cities an! counties of the state will not allow any additional time, and persons driving driv-ing cars after March 1 without license plates, irrespective of whether wheth-er they have sent for them, will be subject to arrest and prosecution. Certificates of ownership must be placed In the car and not stored ia some attic at home, the sheriff declares. ACL says So uniform it brings good every time luck Sperry Drift ed Snow FLOUR SOLD BY A. W. Pulley 6? Sons EACH WEEK 5,000 PERSONS I 1 I I i 1 "? J I T I I S j 1 v 1 v 3 r & i a t 5 t ff 2 S y a M I M I at ".; t 1 r-i R ead THIS PAPER Are your ntlvcrtiscments reaching this group of buyers'? A little 25c want ad will briug amazing results. Try Them I |