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Show 1 4 t - .I1 , . SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1927 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN SATURDAYNO Devey Beet Harvester Perfected After Many Years i ' : : ; : - ; 1 r-r-i ' . ' ' , . L r?;.-; - -i j I J r I. . The Devey beet harvesting machine has been brought to a point of perfec. tlon, after twenty .two yeart of coo- man, operate tie entire harreeter. A will be noted In toe photograph the machine is not cumbersome, but tant bulldlnf and Improving tojwherel on the wntrarr.Ji llght andcom It will prore a real boon to the beet Industry. The .latest machine, which has been demonstrated In various parts of Utah county this fall and declared de-clared a great success by al who have witnessed it, tops, pulls, cleanses and dumps four rows of beets in one windrow. It does this eren better than the average harvesting crew, ac. cording to those having witnessed the operation. The machine Is an'lmprovement to. gether with additions on the first top. per designed, built and patented by John Devey and his sons. The revolving revolv-ing topper set under a revolving chain affair makes It posstblo to regulate the amount taken off the beet to the fraction of an inch. When clipped off, the tops are thrown to one side and the puller follows, lifting the teet onto an elevator. - This elevator lifts the beets at the same time clean, lng them of dirt. The beets are pact John Devey, retired general machin est of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, with his sons, Alfred, Frank, John Jr. and Walter, have worked out the topper from th original machine designed by the John Devey In 1905 At the request of farmers a simple topper was perfected then. After this the farmers demanded a topper and puller combined and so on until the poesent machine hao been perfected. According to Mark Austin of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, the pre cut machine will harvest about three acres of boets daily at an average cost of Approximately $6 an acre. This is about half the cost of harvesting by the old method. While no price on the machine has been secured as yet. It is believed the Devey bert harvester may be produced pro-duced at 500. Mr. Austin explained that if 10 transfered to the rear of the machlne farmers cooperated in the buying of where a cross elevator carries them the harve8ted at 50 each, the machine to the windrow. Thla-last elevator would pny for ,t9e,f ln on year ,n can -be ahlfted to drop all four rows In one place. Power for the machine is generat-! these farmers also cooperated in the harveetlng of their beets two operat. I luo saving n wouiu nuuo wiem over I the present method of harvesting. If ed by a Ford gasoline engine which together with four horses and one Mrs D. H. Adamson accompanied Mr and Mrs. Victor Myers of Amerl-can Amerl-can Fork to Salt Lake City Friday and xpcnt the day visiting with rela- Ludlow, C. E Lundell and Nells Thompson of Spanish Fork; John Hansen, A. E. Lee, James E. Clay, Fred Player, Eugene Watts, George Watts. Robert Gardner. Dan Jenkins, . fives. l)nknrt Prll T. Mrlf BT. O. E. ! t tjU(i l.'l 0.,lnm.n T M Wnlliira A. f! 1 Jinncn .! "'I il ' ' - ...r t i Tui'S'lav. Mrs. jOKejm jeus. u. Aimrtw " -, ..... ,..,..., nrm.nnod , ;iMll:i;r OJ -Mis. mn.uu -- r of Highland people at- the funeral of Mrs. uara wlii. l) was lu'lii "i i'i,JU Cullimore was, me M. Fairborn. ALPINE NEWS Mrs. L. Dates, Reporter. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Freestone and the two Seeley brothers of Salt I-ake. friends of the Freestones, were Sunday guests ef Bishop and Mrs Vance, Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Olsen and h 14ptSi;M p;ofen04 s? f gait"LaKfe? und Mr. and Mrs. Victor Olsen and on of Murray, were Sunday guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Olsen. Ol-sen. Mrs. J. T. Bateman left Thursday of last week for Provo, where she will be a guest at the home of her daughter. daught-er. Mfs: George Dunsdon. Ladell Smith of Salt Lake, waa tae week-end guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bates. I Mr. ami Mra. T. H. Adamson ai- ruled the f .ineral of . Mrs. Teter i i hnntoflVrson of .L-hl Uoivlzy. Mrs. ,-U-ii"fr.Tson was the mother ot i Mi.. Adjmspn. s Arsons tliove -.who v aUrndi'd. the I Trm;ie ..xnrsinn at S.ilt Uke City j Tuesday were.. Mr and Mrs. O. C. : i,l(. Mr. 'and. Mrs. .-John Smith and I.Mrs. L. II-' StrriH.t'Urs.-I StrriH.t'Urs.-I . Mr. .'I'l'l Mrs. h'erd Sclimld and !,!ausliters..Klsle and Esther, '.spent Saturday in Salt Lake City. Mark Ailaionon.. , r Atram- itid Del more Nelson 'of Salt Lake THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY Gold From Silver Foxes Visit American Fox Farm - American Fork, Utah lng the machine and the others load, lng and hauling the beets to the beet dumps they would be able to cut their harvesting expense in two each vear. The machine, It is estimated. should last not less than 10 years. and with care, perhaps longer. The demonstration on the Rolond Harding farm JnJ'lncyard-was im mediately after one of the recent heavy storms. Although the ground was wet, the harvester worked splen didly. in the opinion of the farmers present - - - - Among those who saw the machln, In operation at the recent demonstrations demonstra-tions were Archie Maxfleld, H. A. Lar-nen, Lar-nen, David Hardman, John Aston, 8. J. Green ami Herman Green, all of Pleasant Grove; Hyrum Larsen, Harry Gammon, Ed Spalding, Bard Hansen, Alfred -Heddaway, Roland Harding, Frank HoldaWay, Walter Holdaway. Victor Anderson, Clarence Gammon and J. K. Allen, all of Vine, yard; John Jacklln, David Condor and Joseph Nichols of American Fork; William Wing. G. H. Smith and A. D. Rhodes of Ixhl; R. W. Creer, C. E. Ramshaw Chicks Excell Ik'caiusf of highest standard of cert iticat ion. X'W Booking Ordt'is For 1028. : F. RULON NICHOLES, Local Rep; Phone 157-Wl Democrats Did Not Have Ticket The Alpine .Democrats were given credit for an awful trouncing in the City election report of last week mruugn an error In our office. We were called to task for the mistake and are pleased to make a correction. In reporting all the Democratic and Republican returns for the cltlea of the north end of 4 the county we just took it for granted that Alpine had the same lineup. However there was only one ticket nominated and the opposition that resulted was from the writing in of candidates by the in dividual voters. o HIGHLAND NEWS Highland ward Relief Society Con ference was held Sunday evening. Sister Marie Jerling presiding. The ajjuuaL. report .. was-.given- ' by - Sinter I Lovella Binns. The program consisted consist-ed of a reading by Thelma Adamson, a vocal solo by Mrs. Iean White and several selerlons by the Hettef Society chorus. . Sister Laura Dunk-ley Dunk-ley of the Relief Society stake board was present and gave a talk on social son City, spe;it the weekend here with their parents. Mrs. Klvle Myers of Provo,'" spent Sunday here the guest of her mother, 'Mrs.' George Y. Myers., , o Last Friday's Football Game A Victorious Defeat "The 'rwtba a repetition of the fate which has met with our boys this season. The com. bat was with the Spanish Fork team but we gave them a run for their money. The final wore ended 20.12. The teama strated the game with the following line-ups. Fur The Cavemen: Edwards, center; Chadwick, right guard; Bush, right tackle; Webb, right end; Crookston, left guard; Ashtoni left tackle; Nicholes, left end; Valarida, -Quarterback; Nelson left half; Ingersoll, right hajf; Walker, fullback. For The Spaniards t Markham, center; Mitchell, right guard; Beck, right tackle; Chadwick, right end; Thomas, left guard; Hughes, left tackle; Peterson, left end; Rowe, quarterback; W. Hughes, left half; Dart, right half; Lewis, tujlback. In the first quarter was displayed a lot of real battle. It ended with a score of 6.0 in favor If the Cavemen. Riot ran wild. The, second . quarter opened with our hopes at the zenith. An end-run by Walker netted eleven yards and our pulses pounded. But, after Nelson had made two yards with a lln&rbuck, the Cavemen were penalized five yards for befng offside; off-side; made one incomplete pass: and puntod the ball out of bounds at the The Spaniard Worn then on scored ifftvin the score at th end of ' the second quarter ln favor of the oppon. ents, 7.6. . ''. '"' '. '- :,;'Y"'" The third and fourth Quarters net tod high scores for the Spaniards, the end of the third showing It to be a score of 14-. The Jat quarter ' rep. resented the last desparlng, but game, efforts of the locml eleven. Game to the last, tliey fought" with a determination determi-nation unequalled by any bulldogs, but all in vain. The Cavemen netted (J more points, but the fighting opponents gained with us. The final total represented 20.12 favoring the Spaniards. The game yesterday afternoon was with Lehi, but the returns of this game will be printed next week. The IS !lTfrw1,attle ween Ai their old rivi. 1 , cuuea With a 1 wegotoprMsJtlith,hJ law of average, wmv?) favor our U,i v. , . jr. THANKSGIVING ; EXCURSION "OREM LINE" 1 Fafe Plus W A Round Trip Selling' . liites. ,,v 23 Return limit. M .... . -"in, 1 J It's Your Fault If you are still paying high prives for ,our meats and groceries, or if you are re- fvttrgnrnornraali16TeTmr:" your own fault, now that there is an 0 -p SKAGGS SYSTEM store located in American Am-erican Fork. Pernaps, through force of l;abit. you are still buying your foods in the old time way and from the old time dealer, and if .you are, you are missing more than you could possibly imagine. DAT OF CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS This is a day of specialization, of elimination elimi-nation of waste of time and materials. It is a period of the greatest progress the world has known. .'.Methods of food distribution dis-tribution have changed and improved even more than other mercantile lines the O. P. SKAGGS SYSTEM -.nethods are credited with having attained attain-ed .the highest degree of - efliieeney- sani-:;ilion sani-:;ilion and economy in operation today, Try buy iii! foods the new way. it will, pay yon greatly in satisfaction and sav-i, sav-i, - . service and clinic work which was much appreciated. A good crowd was ! Spaniards' 45 yard line for a loss on in attendance. downs ' I food WuWSuBysiom j Trr- ww?- .-sst-:. . - - On ieM smokers .(Ghesterf dorit 300 8x10 Portraits to Be Given Free TO OUR PATRONS Jlih Class Work HcasoiiaMe Prices.. YOl'irpKJiSOXAL POKTRAIT is the only gift, that only you can give. Poil raits the Xmas giit su)reme,'and a definite family obligation. Appointments for Xmas sittings should be made early to avoid the rush. Phone 195-W. Snyder Photo Studio AMERICAN FORK with Itfae tidies . . but n atch how other smokers are eh cniging to Chesterfield! FOR TH E BEST OF GOOD REVSONS BETTER TASTE! ?5Ew , '4S"" : r lifjltl'i '.I iITTTTTVTTrTTTTrMTtmntTTtTrr v.. 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