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Show 1 ;lirk ncai AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRTOATr JaMATyXIsST NUMBER 44 llilMvSlli i A h 1 Officers Wind Up ! Business For Year ,.hen met Thursday ( to an adjourned A firing which bua-(jflee bua-(jflee of the yew was jjd disposed of where 4 the city recorder jw for the month trMthet with the 4 the marshal were vwimfmI reports of the Side-fljtrlcts Side-fljtrlcts No. 2, I, 4, 5, iobmltted by the treas-Lr treas-Lr 1933 were read 9 I '-J f tad from the state uivisinf the city Alpine District Basketball Offic ials Passed mcipai A. P. Warnlck of the Pleasant Grove high school, official appolnter of basketball officials for the league games of the 1933 Alpine division loop, has received the following fol-lowing list of names from which to choose the six officials needed weekly for this work: Earl Holms t ad and Elmo Peter- eon, American Pork; Joseph S. RobiSDn, Lehi; Leland Buttle, Bert Bullock, Bliss Hoover, E. Reed Collins, Col-lins, Kenneth E. Weight, Kimball D. Mcintosh, Carl D. Swenson Apostle Smith To Address Stake Conference Quarterly L. D. a conference of the Alpine stake wfli Young High School Girl Dies Suddenly Marjorie Bird, 18, daughter of K. Annual Gold & Green Ball Date Set i iJL1? the! the annual OoM & Oreen M. L A. ball, which this year is being given conjointly by the four American Miss Bird was bom November 19. u ,., Mn, 4 , mil i- ir.nii IW. -. ' j -- the Alpine stake tabernacle her 'family residence at 2 a. m. Thurs tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) and daT' following an eight days illness will continue with three session of scarlet fever. Sunday, January 7th and 8th. Arwif1 a n t ,,$C onu" , "' "-. - "u"l !nite decision as to the date win be "'c auinoroies of the n. bu en . following a meeting of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- i family .unwed to American tort. Mr Jtne ral commlttee uj ouius ana general superintend-; 10"iC4 .wucti uk tnls week Dern Seen As Good y Man For New Cabinet Burton Prampton. Provo; Leland iprowraeni Association of the Christiansen, Owen Ash and Ouyistake wlu m chare 8unday eve- Hlllman. Pleasant Grove. The officials of the Nebo division. also In Region 3 who qualified, are Hill- man, Pay son; Areen Van Leuven and Guy Brown, Springvllle; C. C. Cowan and E. E. Belliston, Nephi; Louis A. Johnson, Maple ton; Fay O. Gardner, Spanish Pork. This is the largest group of offic- Iv passed by the state 4 the last session rela-ubject rela-ubject of uniform traf--jjgg on the state high; Resting that the city .jnsnce regulating speed i 8 miles per hour be-'stafrom be-'stafrom the curve where than south in Ameri- Howard Wilson and Eugene j letter was referred to jnatt to confer with the y and report back at plsr meeting, jhventorles as prepared ja officers, and checked atftees, were read, and certain changes as 'M by the public proper-2a proper-2a were accepted, j Barratt was asked to pnrnor and ascertain If procedure was neees-: neees-: dty or any charitable m to secure at a very 4 wearing apparel as i admitted to the coun- ' 3 Of prohibiting the at-fttihs at-fttihs to vehicles such 'a discussed at length. In t& the action taken by 3s ind as a protective the council unanimously ent of the Young Men's Mutual im- Position of music director in the j The commlttee m charge of queen provement Association of the church schooU- 8ne B601" in tne ! arrangement met Wednesday night wm oe present at the sessions. iniaunUI "cre and announce that this year each The first meeting will convene to-!1 sunny smile and sweet person-jwanl wl ked to clect a M j morrow afternoon at a o'clock and ! endeared ber f her instructors , A queen and also four wU1 WUl be for all nrniM a . leuow ivuuciik. one wouiu 1 " wu n , , memDers or the priesthood. There will be no meeting Saturday evening. eve-ning. Sunday morning at 10 o'clock conference will again be In session and meetings will also be held at 2 p. m. and 7.30 p. m. The Mutual have graduated this coming spring. and last spring was s graduate of the L. D. B. Seminary. Miss Bird Selection of Utah Governor for Secretary of tha. Interior Would Bring- Han of Wide Experience Into Cabinet; Hai Accomplished Feats of National Importance. Inlnfr Special musical numbers will be rendered including selections by the stake tabernacle choir. A. large at tendance Is desired at all of the four meetings. The M. L A. conference in the evening will have as the main speaker, speak-er, Apostle Smith. A special pro gram of music also will be given The New Year marks not only the inauguration of new state officials throughout the nation, but also the impending inauguration of a new administration in Washington. Inasmuch as the retiring governor of Utah, the Hon. George HL Dern, ball, no queen of queens to be select- 1 4. be In oromlnently mentioned for ed from the group. The committee e pt 0f secretary of the interior aiio has left the mode of election up m President-elect Franklin D. Roos- ,nnMrt(i nnf. f tawVadlnff rnl even I caomet, it mnjuv uo wiu m ofTS sooT oetta ?eo2o" 1 mltle w111 oulllne a Ki oi nes this time to review his achievement. whS LwE t govemmB ot dresae to during hi. eight year, as governor which was presented uecemner aistlworn nuwum CQ that ...- v,.. .rk4 ' ' W UU4 sMWt W1UWM 4M ms wa aU four may be equal In appearance. hlm as one of the outstanding ofli- o dais of the nation. Not only have these achievements marked Governor Dern as a esp ials to ever qualify in this region, I tocludln the rendition of "Ode To desDite tha fact th tt wu i. nf .Youth" under the direction of Mrs. the hardest. A number of the officials offic-ials were placed on probation. Seven officials who took the examination failed to pass, but have the opportunity op-portunity of taking s make-up test Accident Makes Team Return Home Lottie Hammond, by a large chorus of singers from the wards. o AMERICAN FORK RESIDENT BURIED IN PARK CRT Edward P. Evans, 70, died at the family residence in American Fork Sunday of ailments incident with advanced years. The deceased was bom in Centervllle, September 5, 1863, the son of Parley P. and Susan sotlon as opposed to the ind the marshal was in- I a prohibit the use of anna cars in uie iuiurc. Miles Evans. He resided In Salt Lake for some thirty years, later, daT1 m hospital. and 22nd. 1 Surviving are her parents, the following fol-lowing sisters and brother, Helen, Lucile, Kathryn, Ruth and George Kenneth, also by her grandparents, George H. and Amira Bradley of Manti, and Mrs. Alice Ann Evans Bird of Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be conducted at the family residence commenc ing at 12:30 noon, on Saturday. ' o h6sfital notes Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Beers. LeGrande Richins and George Peterson, all of Pleasant Grove, who were in the traln-automobUe com sion here New Tear Eve, will be glad to know they are Improving at the hospital here. Evan Mayne, son of Mrs. Oeorge Mayne, was able to return home the first of the week, following a con flnement in the hospital of several weeks. Young Mayne was operated upon for ruptured appendix Mrs. Ralph Mitchell returned home to Draper Wednesday after spend TWO CAMPS TO MEET .via vi VWUl IHHiCClO W1U IWIW WW. . m regular meetings next Thursday yivn. Governor Dern U moving to Salt Lake and then to The members of the American American Fork where he has made rvrK uign Bcnooi basket pan team were farced to retrmi "home late Saturday afternoon being passengers passeng-ers in the Raymond Monson bus which was struck by another car made that word had tner the point of the Mountain. The ed from Relief head-1 w curvui w loocje Ior 1st the city would have , inal nlnt- t regular paid officer Mr. Monson, driver of the bus, spie all charity requests saw another car approaching strike ,h liuuicr 1UIKI9 WViuu avj ovii( va mac orcuiuub aaaxu It was suggested that zlg zag across the road. Monson local Red ; turned his bus into the snow bank H pan I papter of the act as this officer action was taken, with jxnUodtng that salary a- be find after the first th. 4 a 1 of !f -CARLSON MARRIAGE A Peterson of this city and hri ..t.AH r jwuiua; in Jjait LiSKe. SATS. Is s daughter of Henry F. I I tod Mr Carlson is a son ..j , firs. HjTum carison or ,uiif couple wUl reside in Store Mr. Carlson is em-have' em-have' many friends fai hearty wishes for a wire. a a i. . . "WW ASSIGNED IRRIGATION PROJECT fwouey, in the United Isolation service, has been Parker, Arbjona. where employed for about six new u. 8. IrrlgaUon; marge of the field work. 3Hey rewnt.lv v.o. k l the Utah Lake Dyke and pJects. He is a son of Mr. to avoid the encounter of the car, over which the other driver seemed to have no control, but was struck sideways. The driver of the automobile was C. B. Hawley, 30, of Salt Lake, who was thrown from the car and according ac-cording to later report, suffered a skull fracture, numerous contusions and several fractured ribs. Mr. Hawley, Mrs. Hawley and their son were rushed to Salt Lake where It was also learned the child had a broken leg. The Hawleys were returning their son to the state training school after a holiday vacation va-cation at home. The Monson bus rwas smf&shed considerably on the one side, some of the seats having been mowed down by the Impact. None of the occupants were injured beyond a few minor cuts and bruises. Grant Ingersoll, coach, and I. L. Pratt were with the team. his home for the past four and one-half one-half years. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred ChadwWk entertained Wednesday night, their guests being Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Surviving are his widow, Mrs. LU-, chadwick. Mr. and Mrs. Len Rob- lie Evans, and four sons, Grover C. Evans, American Fork; Edward P. Evans, Jr., Park City; Thomas K. Evans, Holllster, California; and Robley D. Evans, Salt Lake. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Wed-nesday, commencing at one p. m. in Park City, where Interment was made. A brother of Mr. Evans, Oeorge M. Evans, died at the residence here on December 17th, and burial was made In Park City also. NEXT THURSDAY able executive, but In a larger sense thev have gained Utah a share ot ,. , . . v national prominence and Importance Both local camps of the Daugh- . .. V ...t. n.r .nWwed t. The Adams camp, including the First and Fourth wards, will meet in the tabernacle basement com mencing at 2 o'clock The program will Include the life history of Wil liam Grant, pioneer merchant and musician; readings and musical numbers by members of the family, and the regular lesson on The Romance of the Early Meeting House" by Mrs. A. W. Clyde. The American Fork camp will meet in the library basement at 2.30 o'clock Mrs. Nellie Karren will give the life's history of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Adam-son Adam-son and musical numbers will be rendered by members of the family. Mrs. Bertha Sager will give the regular reg-ular lesson on early American Fork history. The officers of both camps urge all members to be present and vlslt- inson, Mr. and Mrav A. C. Thayne. ors will be welcome. I TO GIVE DANCE i!5t scheduled for the mid-I'ttoary mid-I'ttoary isth, la the dancing ten by the First ward fv in the tabernacle rhall. The officers have V"w entertainment fea- f ith the dancma which ifoounced next week. The ivt warn twit, Ten Years Ago j Now ' 1 (Taken from files of Jan. 6, 1923.) Ten Tears Ago Now The annual election of Commercial Commer-cial club officers will be held next Wednesday. The official ballot in Am. Fork Locals Mr. and Mrs. June Adamson and daughter were New Year's dinner guests Monday of Dr. and Mrs. G. S. Richards. A wnmGjEK w being mentioned for the new cabinet, not only for his thorough-going and ef ficient administration of Utah af fairs, but also for his knowledge and understanding of the problems which confront the secretary of the interior and other national officials. An excellent example of this Is afforded in an article in a recent issue of an eastern business maga-sine maga-sine which referred to Utah's plan for administering the Reconstrua tlon Finance Corporation s emer gency relief funds as a model that aU other states might follow. In 1930, through the Influence of Governor Dern. Utah was host to which Is an organization of theispeecn. governors of all the states. After Governor Dern had attended two sessions he. was chosen a member of the executive committee and the next year he was chosen chairman. He served two years as a chairman and declined a third term, feeling that the honors should be distributed distribut-ed among the other officials. He was one of the organizers of the western governors' conference in 1929 and has been a member of the GEORGE B. DERN Mr. and Mrs. Jarvls Aydelotte were among the guests at a New year's family dinner given Monday! by Mrs. Aydelotte's mother, Mrs. E. S. Goddard at her home in Provo. Mrs. Wm R. Hansen entertained at New Year's dinner Monday, Cov ers being laid for Mr. and Mrs. Geonre Elsmore and son. Nephi, of Salt Lake; Mrs. May Blake of Wilmington, Wil-mington, California; Mrs. H D Wilcox and Fon Wilcox of Lehi. Mr. and Mrs. George Abel left Wednesday for Elwood to visit with Mrs. Lottie Munns, their daughter, and family. The special attraction is a new addition to the Munns fam ily in the person of a winsome daughter. Mrs. Thomas L. Coddlngton and Mrs. Jarvls Aydelotte were hostesses host-esses yesterday afternoon at the DANCE 8ATTJRDAT NIGHT Saturday night to I Will k. a . . . wch plenty of horns, WlH be nmvMnrl tnr tO mnk "rhnywl "ark stin i- w ie state ana 'nw eto wcu 8nth worth, dano-h ' "id Mrs William Asher, dance t list , tli, Thursday 14 A number of ll,'olut(8 werp aJ-11 aJ-11 "i tho evening. ruueau,. in uuw uu m- cm home, to the members dude, for president P M Nielsen I UU; club A wd Jota Hunter; for vice-president 8 feature of the aftemabn. C. M. Beck and H. S. asmussen; for secretary Irving L. Pratt and " t,. Kriv Mark 3exnt; for treasurer J. E. t ?0 Chadwick and James M. Grant Ten Year Ago Now Sytha W. Johnson of Pleasant Grove, which was very much en- At a meeting of the school board Joyed by all. A musical program ln- Tuesday the board was reorganized. : eluded numbers by Mrs. W. R. Hal-Dr. Hal-Dr. Woriton of Lehi was elected ; llday. Late in the afternoon a de-presldent de-presldent and B. L. Swenson of'liclous lunch was served. Pleasant Orove vice-president. Jar- - vu Avrtniotti. m unanimoiulT as. . The home of Dr. and Mrs. O. B. pointed treasurer. M E. KartchneT, ' Richards was the scene ef a JoOy Jr.. clerk of the board, resigned. P" xears eve. v uraay nignt, twenty-two menas oe- Ten Tears Ago Now At the first meeting of the Utah County Commission yesterday, the commission was organized with James T. Gardner, the hold-over member, as chairman. Ten Years Ago Now John McTague and his wife, Mrs nig present. Early in the evening a delicious hot turkey supper was served, following which bridge was played. Mrs. Olen Taylor won the ladles prize and Thomas Barratt scored high for the men and was awarded a prize. The guests were Messrs. and Mesdames Olen Taylor, Martha McTague. were laid to rest T.Ioyd Adamson, A F uaisiora, jr., together in the Evergreen cemetery j Fdward R Tuttle. Thomas A Bar-In Bar-In Springvllle following double fun- r.itt. Allen Brockrmnk. Farl Holm- enil servlres In the stake Uibernacle rtead, and T C. Jones of this city; here Sunday noon. Mr. McTague. Mr nnd Mrs. Edward Larsen and died about 12 20 a. m Wednesday Mr and Mrs Olen Adamson or and his wife expired about twenty rh; Mr and Mrs. J O Clark of minutes later of shock. ! Pleasant Orove. BEVERLY HILLS Well all I know is Just what I read in the papers, or what I see bert and there. Well we finally all of os about got Xmas out of our hair. Our little lit-tle troop ot children chil-dren come ganging gang-ing in here from the four corners. Got one boy, Bill Jr., the oldest, at the University of Arizona, a very One school, well liked and spoken of by everybody that knows about it You know that Arizona is going to really be understood and get somewhere some day. It and New Mexico they are similar in lots of respects, but they are different from all the other States. They are both States that kinder wear well on you. Dont Juet look oat of the train and condemn em. It Just looks like nothing eoaldeut live by looking out of a sleeper window. They built those railroads through the mangiest parts, so It wouldent poll the good land. You know you can Just look out of taxlcab windows in parts of New York City and wonder won-der what people live on, the same as you can in Arlsona. There Is many a canyon in N. Y. where the grass is short, and it looka like people packed their grub a long ways. Ah, bat darn it, there is some great country coun-try everywhere. New England, the moit beautiful place la the Bummer tluie, and for those that like their snow its fine all the year round. Up state New York Is great All the Middle West, with its rolling prairies and big grain farms. The Northwest, Just anything any-thing in the way of scenery yoa want, aay crops, any views. The whole Pacific Coast and its adjoining adjoin-ing mountainous States. California, the Chamber of Commerce will take that up with you. But Nevada, there Is a State that should be given a whole paragraph on Its own. Mining Min-ing and stock raisingl There Is twe bunches of folks that Just "Anybody" "Any-body" dont fit in with. They are kinder the aristocracy of Labor. Nevada has a freedom and an independent inde-pendent spirit that Is slowly reaching reach-ing out all over our land. Utah Is a great State and those mormons are fine substantia! citizens. Colorado Is our urand stand seat to see onr World from. Texas? Its too !i: to be even under Jim Ferguson. Texas has got everything thnt nny nfhr Rtflte han and then "Ma" and "Jim" besides, Oklahoma? A lack of vocabulary Is all that stops me. I should have stayed in Oxford another year to really have done Justice to Oklahoma. Okla-homa. Alfalfa Bill Murray has taken what was once Just a prairie dog town and he has populated it with emigrants from every political faith known to mankind. Why there is Republicans who live so high up in them skyscrapers of Tulsa and Oklahoma City that they alnt been down to the ground since November eighth. Wilder than the lulus In Africa. Bill has put a bounty on em now, and we are either going to house break em or yoke em up to a gentle Republican and bring em In. Old Missouri? Some mighty poor farms, but mighty good schools. You can learn something, but you cant raise much. Booiiville (Kemper (Kem-per Military Academy) one of the finest military schools anywhere I was two years there, one year In the guard house, and the other in the Fourth Reader. One was about as bad as the other. (Treat 6td Educator there, T. A. Johnston. Famous and deservedly so. Neosho, MoT The it-- It,-. Tn 1091 32 he served as chairman of that , ' ' " 1 " organization. Boulder dan bill was amended so that a fair proportion of the waters of the Colorado river Is perpetually reserved for the use of the state of Utah a provision which will mean much to the agricultural interests of the state in the future. Another accomplishment which gained national recognition for the governor was his masterful band-ling band-ling of President Hoover's proposal pro-posal that the surface of the remaining re-maining public domain outside of the national forests, national parks and other government reservations be ceded to the state, but that all minerals be forever reserved to the federal government Governor Gover-nor Dern recognised the fallacy of this procedure, and In his famous before the western go- ernors' conference he showed that most of this land was so poor that the government could not give it away; that the government proposed pro-posed to go over the public domain with a fine tooth comb, reserve everything that had any value and give the rest -to the states; that it would not yield enough revenue to pay the cost of administration; that the scheme would greatly decrease de-crease federal aid for highway construction con-struction and thereby increase the At the time Oovernor Dem es- umed the responsibilities of the governorship of Utah, Utah and the ether western states were engaged In a controversy with the federal government over their mineral bear ing school lands. When Utah was admitted to the union, the state was granted four sections of land in each township for the support of the common com-mon schools. Eventually the sur-preme sur-preme court of the United States ruled that no lands bearing coal or other minerals had been granted the state, and that if any land design jeopardize the government's reclamation recla-mation service, thereby retarding further agricultural developments in ! the western states. Governor Dern went to Washington Washing-ton to present his, view on the proposed pro-posed legislation to the house committee, com-mittee, and ss a direct result of this, the scheme had no friends and the bill was not even reported out of committee. It Is expected that If Governor Dern is accorded the office of secretary secre-tary of the Interior he will carry Into that branch of the government the same business-like administration administra-tion that has been characteristic of nf mJk mm si Kiwi tswt rw nmtivl tn oInTral 7Z be," state during bis eight years a. T)inmiWihArf tn th federal fovern- governor. ment and other land, non-mineral In character, selected In lieu there During his two terms as governor, he has supervised and planned a of. As a result of this ruling, there;-"'" was almost oontlnual confusion. ''J JS strife and costly litigation. "TSI , . iuv 'out with the utmost economy ana Oovernor Dern s first step withi " regard to this controversy was to t . ,A . . deliver a notable address, "School! Ths Utah state hospital at Provo Land Titles tn the PubHe Land wa -.eMmefully. pyercrowde4...wben States." at the national governors' sumed offl0. but now at his conference In 1926. Through his in-l.T:"Tu":. " . . T L jar"- deservedly so. weosno, mot me i conierence in io. i nrougn nis u-1 ... - w, , . t. J.. ' vm k...L , 'credit to the state, with five new uuuui i weui iu iuci una uiuwu up, liueutc uui was luuuuuvra u v- , , , g m. which provided that the states " ,'T .TT pr and I did all I could while there to assist It in doing so. Was jou ever down in Long Valley? Val-ley? There la a wonderful, beautiful poetical valley along the length of our Great Mlssis- s I p p 1 River. Cities, beautiful, prosperous ones, hanging moss from century old treea Charming and delightful people in this valley. Its not called Long Vat-ley Vat-ley on any of your maps. Its labelled Louis-ana. Louis-ana. But "Long Valley" is a much more beaatifal same and every time election rolls around, the people signify the tact by writing "Long" from the top to the bottom of their ticket. Yoa would love "Long Valley .M It la s paradise. par-adise. Some famous old poem was laid there among Its people. I dont just remember whether it was Ivan-hoe Ivan-hoe or Gunga Din, but It was a good one. Oh I wish I had time to go over all thoRe old States. I been In all of em. 1 love em. Each as I said has got something, something different, ook at Mississippi, with Pat Harrison Har-rison and tho State Sales Tax. Why both of em should be adopted by every State In the Union. I'at's not a Senator, be Is an institution. Hut I'll get Into t tie others later. mi, U(.amtkl Sydtflt.lt. Ik.w ,. .n th. mwn . remodeling on the old buildings. ,inMt m thir rfdrnatl school I me univeraiiy oi uian, uje ouw sections. When the bill was Agricultural college, and the Branch and became a law, the then secre-j1- tary of the Interior said It meant I cflMfclerattoo from the gov erns hundred million dollars to the f-' long bwn eminent in wuruiwiiue cuucauuaai activities. public land states, and none of these will profit more from this legislation than Utah. The public schools have been vastly enriched, and as a result, taxes for school purposes should eventually be reduced. re-duced. Another achievement which gained gain-ed national prominence for Oovernor Dern was the solution of the Colorado Colo-rado river problem. Essentially, the law of water rights Is, "first in use, first in right," and this law holds good regardless of state lines. California Cali-fornia wanted all the water from the Hoover dam reservoir for the Imperial valley, which would have meant that California would have acquired a prior right to aU the flood waters of the Colorado river and its tributaries, although half the area of our state lies In the Colorado Colo-rado river drainage, and Utah streams supply fully 15 per cent of the water In the reservoir. The Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind now ranks among the very best in the United States and the State Industrial school has been commended ss performing a worthwhile worth-while function in the training of future fu-ture citizens. The State 'Training school for the feeble minded is s new institution built at American Fork, and under scientific management It is expected expect-ed to render a great service in making mak-ing self-supporting citizens out of backward children. All the recent new buildings erected erect-ed by the state have been constructed construct-ed by the State Building commission, created in pursuance of a plan prepared pre-pared by Governor Dern, and every building has been completed within the amount appropriated by the legislature. Governor Dem has long recognized recog-nized the necessity of good roads, (Continued From Page One) ligations, visited the neighboring,11 vh road system has gained states of California, Arizona and national commend aUoa New Mexico, and then called a Colo- In matters of tax legislation. Oov- rado river conference. Subsequent- j"n"r J , haS fbn ly he went U Washington when the1"' Mn 0,6 P,m0" mutter was before congress for final l?1 P' . "u ! Continued On Last Page) Cli.SXKdti01l. The final outcome was that the |