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Show 0 AM. FORK CITIZENS PAY $1.00 PER FAMILY PER YEAR FOR NEW WATER? C" fj" Tl V7(&T( wmm AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1937 NUMBER 31 F. Taxpayers Vote On Deer Greek Tuesday Officials Planning ork Projects for Winter I work projects were -regular councu final acuon Highland to Vote On Quantity of Deer Creek Water City Recreational Program Outlined The summer recreational program L of erecting a suitable a the new uiy VaseA No deiimie ue- Wbeu on uus a"" V etc. was left ior a Investigate, mayur but ji.il. an i further oeuw-. fbe proposed Pioneer oo the new uuy p"-.. p"-.. Ann of the city C ded sidewalk im- i thf proposcu I uittue jjwo-uic iuiuu a rn n. set-up, aiiu suijciviscu ujr urtuii, uigersuu, has been completed. More and more the importance of supervised recreation recrea-tion for adults as well as children has come to be recognized and out of this need a new recreational program pro-gram is being drafted. The com mon Nlcholes and Will-1 mittee drafted into service is known nK named as we as tne Kecreauonai uouncu, its L investigate types of j members representing various civic m other cities, costs, educational and religious organlza-to organlza-to report back to the tions. The oersonnel of this committee U to furnish the city . organization represented slack coal for the com-1 f0uows: jesse m. Walker, schools; kiiwardedto Hftlpn J Rulon Nlcholes, city; Joseph H. W 13.40 per ton. It is Rtorr. bishon: Earl Holmstead. Mxa. Wm. ... Chipman, Ladles Club; Mrs. Leo Meredith, P.-ind P.-ind Leo G. Meredith, ;t. ; c. A. Grant and Mrs. May tar-hospital- board, j Halliday M. I. A.;-Mrs.-John-Myers, Questions and Answers Concerning Con-cerning Deer Creek Project It to the council on the I .T..i I n-AcAf Community hospital, report shows a gross 49J and gross opera-sire opera-sire of $2473.00 for the oath period of operant opera-nt i very satisfactory felt. Some additional i care 01 permanent tad remodeling costs I md the board was secure the funds thru Primary Association; Mrs. Delbert Chipman, Relief Society. This council met recently and organized or-ganized as follows: Jesse M. Walker, Walk-er, president; Earl Holmstead, vice president, and Mrs. Leo O. Meredith, secretary-treasurer. Monday night the entire group was called together by President Walker and discussed a proposed Highland - Conservation District will hold an election on Monday, October 11th. to consider the proposition prop-osition of subscribing for 5,010 shares of stock in the Provo River Water Users' Association, which will represent rep-resent 5,010 acre feet of water In the Deer Creek project. A resolution to this effect was passed by the board of directors of the Highland Conservation District at a meeting held in Lehi Thursday, Thurs-day, September 16th. Election Judges Named The election Judges are: Precinct No. 1 David H. Adamson, Mary L. Myers, Lue E. Groesbeck; Precinct No. 2 Mrs. Fredericka Strasburg, John Johnsson, S. F. Beck; Precinct No. 3 Charles Colledge, John S. Smith and Thomas E. Sunderland. PoUing Places Listed The following places are named as poiung piaces in eacn or tne election elec-tion precincts: Precinct No. 1 shall be. at the residence of. Dayid H, Adamson, Ad-amson, R. F. D., American Fork, Utah. Precinct No. 2 shall be at the J Highland L. D. S. church. Highland, Utah. Precinct No. 3 shall be at the L. D. S. church Third ward chapel, Lehi, Utah. The polls will be open from 7:00 a. m. until 7:00 p. m. The notice of the election appears elsewhere in this paper and will be run for two program of winter activities. One 1 issues following this one that the roof re- 0o-op. property had k with, the Junior Po- bdcg inaugurated by Mtection of children iiuzards Mayor Adam- I the program to the I of the first activities the council will sponsor is that of roller skating skat-ing for adults as well as children on the new courts on the school grounds. A committee was selected part of the program will soon be under way. Other proposed recreational activities acti-vities are; ice skating, adult gym- fidents Tuesday, it was nasium " classes, skiing, sleighing, community swimming pool, bicycle Ion was taken by the i clubs, hiking clubs, dancing, sewing ; parking on the classes, tennis, horse shoe games, hospital building etc., etc. of the picture -"Vtmn. a arAr& nomas? rt Invaef . CUrbS Will be ! lof, fh nvcclHII fit, f maVlna' tha above possible for the community. The first step in the new program is the selection and employment of suitable supervisors and the means whereby the new set-up may be financed. fi-nanced. The council is comprised of an energetic and capable group of citizens who are unitedly endeavoring endeav-oring to give to the community some worthwhile recreational activities. km the public of the f remove the fence on tut sides of the old fty and to remove BITTIP U7AC oHvAn Kv - Zw work will be done i. Forfiet ail to City arrested by City the past week f or-Ove or-Ove dollars each to k City. Judge Ells-J. Ells-J. R. Jinson and WKted on the 11th Johnson arrested on kuwl was arrested by i&ptember loth and lude iric... i Wving ehnrp-o TT - .... r 1 COnv rtlnn hoH tag suspended, Why does Deer Creek Project con cern me? Water is the life blood of our prosperity. pros-perity. Deer Creek project proposes to assure us a constant supply. It is the only present feasible method by which such water can be obtained. Haven't we sufficient water in Utah valley and American Fork at , present? , No. During 19'J4 and similar drought years whole fields of crops were laid waste because there was no Water for them. Lawns burned out and householders were ordered to cut their uses of water. Local Industries In-dustries were hampered, and others absolutely discouraged from entering enter-ing this city because of our uncertain uncer-tain water supply. Will the Deer Creek project assure us of a steady water supply and remedy these deficiencies? Yes: every skilled engineer who has carefully investigated the project proj-ect has assured us of its absolute Just what is the Deer Creek Proj ect? The Deer Creek project. Is a. plan to conserve the water resources of the WeberK Duchesne and Provo rivers, and utilize the water so con served for irrigation, culinary, and industrial purposes. - How much will the project cost us In American Fork? The estimated cost Is $68 an acre foot if the large project which includes in-cludes the Duchesne tunnel' Is built. If the project is built without the tunnel the estimate is $70 to $72 per acre foot. The subscription contract provides that the American Fork district shall oblige Itself as a primary pri-mary liability in the sum of $38,000. This does not mean, hwver, that the district will be required re-quired to pay the full $38,000. That is the maximum requirement on the primary liability. The district, dis-trict, under the contract, will pay APOLLO OPENS SATURDAY Manager Roy Greenwood has secured se-cured a most outstanding and unusual un-usual band for the Apollo Hall this season. It is Joe Lewis and his 12 piece California recording orchestra, which has made such a hit in Central Cen-tral and Southern Utah county the past few months. The Apollo opens the fall season on Saturday, Sep tember 18th. Citizens Issue Statement In Favor of Deer Creek Water Gourley Hospital of duties with Jt Of schnnl v lie 21 FDyidGoufleyhad V? on the stairs of Ice 1 Amen. fXWlastWeek tear-r tear-r 10086 from his r- u mward hem i Kl VP IT an wi i "per ft In which con- Thursday ntoth i ital v. "cii- HMS ft "other rr,nt. it . -ai,juu was fi Monday but it i P n and distress. l ife the khTi vho 13 doing 1n - 1 W'U ilia r- nd babv nf o.,4 of thu c'ty are ln- 1 yj" be held of The question of deciding for or against the participation participa-tion of American Fork City in the Deer Creek project must be decided next Tuesday by taxpayers of our community. As officers and citizens of this community we have studied the fundimental principles of the contract and the benefits we, as a community are to derive from the building of the great Deer Creek dam and irrigation system and we feel that citizens should support the movement to secure this new development for our section of the county and state. The building of this project will provide several years of labor for hundreds of men; will bring in new water to this district, will give us a supply of city water for future growth and in general will provide for a greater development of this entire section. The cost of the 500 acre feet American Fork City proposes pro-poses to buy will be approximately $1.00 per family per year for the forty year repayment period. This is estimated and of course will be based on an average $1200 per family assessed valuation. This is the final opportunity for this district to bring in a new supply of water. Our government is willing to build the project and supply the necessary funds and let us pay it back in forty equal payments, without interest. . -.-We feelthat thisis a rare opportunity to build a greater community and county. 1 Wm. Chipman Wash S. Chipman J. E. Chadwlck Earl Holmstead Jesse M. Walker C. E. Young Lloyd B. Adamson Wm. Preston Daniel H. Jorgcnsen Lot Robinson Land Owners Favorable If this subscription is approved by the land owners in the district it will be number five In the list of five of large subscribers to the project. proj-ect. It b expected that the proposition prop-osition will carry practically unanimously unan-imously for the reason that at the election forming the district no votes were cast against the same. All rf 1 1 .. III.!.. vi uib uiuu owners wumn me GIS- u mrinnot- hart nf what. trict have expressed themselves injtne proJect actually costs to build, favor of the proposition. nnt AVPW,Hin, maom ft nrlrrmrv I..UV , . 1 building the project to make a profit; prof-it; it only expects subscribers to pay the actual cost, no matter how much less that may be than the price mentioned in the contract. Besides we do not have to pay any interest, for the federal government is lending us all of it to be repaid in 40 years beginning one year after the project is in operation which will likely be in 4 or 5 years. Really, all we pay is 2tt per cent of the principal princi-pal each year for 40 years and the project is ours. To put it another way, tne leaerai government wm build the project for us free of charge providing we will pay 2 per cent interest on the amount It cost the government to build It for 40 years. Or still another way to look at it if American Fork City had bonds amounting to $38,000 bearing interest at 2i per cent it could hold these bonds in its vault, clip the In terest coupons each year and from these coupons make its annual pay ments for it 500 acre feet of water. At the end of 40 years it would have its water right paid in full and would still have the $38,000 in bonds in its vaults as its own property. Are there any "strings" on this amount, or any further cost? In addition to its primary liabili ty, the American Fork district will have a contingent liability which it would be required to pay only In the event that some other subscriber should default, the American Fork district, together with other non-defaulting non-defaulting subscribers, would be required re-quired to pay an additional amount to make up the amount owing by the defaulting subscriber. Subscribers Subscrib-ers in the project, including American Ameri-can Fork can only be required to make up this default to the extent of 35 per cent of their primary liability, lia-bility, or in the case of American Fork City not to exceed $1,3,300. In the event American Fork is required to pay anything on this contingent liability it would receive its porpor-Uonate porpor-Uonate share of the water right of the defaulting subscriber, so it would- not actually be - paying pay-ing something for nothing, but would receive full value for what it might pay out on this contingent liability. In addition to this, the defaulting de-faulting subscriber, if an irrigation company, may have its mortgage foreclosed to help pay off its indebtedness. indebt-edness. In the event the foreclosure of the mortgage on the company's canal system and water rights brought in enouRh money to pay the default, then of course the contln- Steve Shelley ' Thomas A. Barrett Olen Taylor E. Ray Gardner Orin Ashton Dr. O. S. Dichards John Hunter Dr. V. J. Houston, Pres. Am. Fork Lions Club gent liability of American Fork and oUrer subscribers would not be called upon at all. The subscribers sub-scribers to the project are generally regarded as being sound financially. The government would not take them unless it felt that they are sound, so there is very little llklhood that the contingent liability will ever be invoked. As an individual wateruser, how wUl addition of this Deer Creek water effect my water rates? Probably not at all. In Salt Lake City a recent report by Independent auditors and engineers showed Salt Lake City could purchase Deer Creek water and in addition buy a $5,000,000 aqueduct to carry it to Salt Lake City without raising the water rate, levying a property tax, or borrowing. Such being the case in Salt Lake City, clearly no Increase in water rates would be necessary in American Fork where an expensive equeduct is not required to deliver Just how much water annually will American Fork get from Deer Creek project? 500 acre feet has been allotted American Fork annually. Suppose we do not need all this water immediately, can we store it or lease it? Yes. Holdover storage provisions have been provided in the contract for holdover storage In the reservoir and we can also lease the water to farmers or other cities which wish more until such time as we need it. Besides bringing us an assured water supply what other benefits does Deer Creek mean for American Fork? Deer Creek's benefits to American Fork will be many; this list Is by no means complete, but serves to indicate indi-cate some of its advantages, immediate im-mediate and longtime. 1. The project will bring more Industries In-dustries of American Fork. A big aluminum Co. recently wished to locate lo-cate in Utah valley, but uncertain water facilities among other things caused it to postpone the move. 2. The project will employ thousands thous-ands of people during construction. The project will take four or five years to build and will cost an estimated esti-mated (7,000,000. This does not include in-clude the proposed aqueduct estimated esti-mated to cost $5,000,000. Many American Fork people will get work. 3. Heavy construction orders will be' placed in Utah county, bringing much money to local bitsiness supply houses. 4. The project will stabilize Utah valley's farm industry by assuring water at the strategic times to users. 5. Use of these waters under Irrigation Ir-rigation law will give American Fork and other users a first claim against all comers. 6. The dam will provide wonderful wonder-ful new recreational possibilities. A lake formed above the dam means the Joys of yachting, boating, fishing fish-ing and water sports will give an assured as-sured sporting center and splendid tourist attraction. 7. Never again perhaps will financing fi-nancing be possible without interest a decided boon. For instance Boulder dam project users right now must pay 4 per cent annually on their huge investment. Once the principal is paid off who owns the dam? The participating water users will, with only maintenance costs to be met each year. Who else will be using Deer Creek water? Salt Lake City, Orem, Pleasant Grove, Lindon, Lehi, Provo, the American Fork state training train-ing school, and numerous Irrigation companies and districts have been invited to subscribe. What is the total capacity of the dam and what will be its annual yield? Its total capacity will be 150,000 acre feet, and the annual yield, 100,-000 100,-000 acre feet. This project Is unique uni-que in that it is a holdover reservoir carrying over 50,000 excess acre feet capacity In which water stored In wet years- can be used In dry years. If Salt Lake City enters in, wm American Fork have to help buy its aqueduct? Not at all. Only Salt Lake and the particular ones benefited will pay for the aqueduct. On the whole, have these recla mation projerts proven successful? Yes. Recently the government announced several had after a few years of operation more than 10 times repaid their cost. Much Interest Aroused In Result of Deer Creek Vote Polls Open at 7:00 A. M. Only Taxpayers Living Within Corporate Limits of American Fork City, Who Paid Property Tax In Preceding Year Eligible to Vote American Fork taxpayers will go to the polls next Tuesday to vote on the question of whether or not this community com-munity subscribes for 500 acre feet of water in the Deer Creek Project. The election machinery for next Tuesday's voting has been put in order and everything is now in readiness to record re-cord the will of the taxpayers. Interest Aroused - Considerable interest has been aroused in this election, Friends of the Deer Creek Project have been active, and a number of citizens have been active in opposing the project County Clerk Grant has furnished a list of voters who have paid a property tax within the last twelve months. This list will be in the hands of the election judges. In addition addi-tion he will bring to the election judges on the morning of the, election m additional .list of . all those who have paid property taxes since the first list was compiled. This will include all those who have paid a property tax up to and in-cluding in-cluding the 20th day of this month. Those Who Can Vote-Only Vote-Only those persons who voted at the last general election elec-tion and who have paid a property tax, either real or personal, within the last twelve months immediately preceding the election and who actually live within the limits of American Fork City can vote at this election. The Metropolitan Water District of American Fork has the same boundaries as American Ameri-can Fork City. For that reason only those living within the city can vote. Even though others who live outside the city have property there and pay taxes in the city, this does not entitle them to vote, so the officials of the water district state, - - Voting will take place in the American Fork City Hall, the polls being open from seven o'clock in the morning to seven o'clock in the evening. Leonard S. Harrington, Thomas A. Greenwood and Grace Coates constitute the election officers. Deer Creek Wins In Provo In Provo a week ago Friday Deer Creek was endorsed in an overwhelming vote of about 18 to 1, or morethan 94 of the votes cast were for Provo's subscription to the Deer Creek project. Provo will subscribe for 8000 acre feet at a cost of $608,000. Other Towns Vote Lehi votes Monday, September 20th. A 500 acre foot subscription is proposed in that district. Orem votes on a 1,500 acre foot subscription on September 30th. It is generally conceded that Deer Creek will win in each of these towns by a big margain. It is expected that Salt Lake will vote on a 44,000 acre foot subscription about November 15th. That those favoring the entry of Salt Lake in the Deer Creek project will win by a big vote is freely predicted by those in close touch with the situation in that city. Contracts to be Let Meanwhile .the United States has not been idle. Four farms at the reservoir dam site have been purchased and bids for construction of the reservoir will be called for by the Bureau of Reclamation before October 1st officials state. With favorable votes coming everywhere it looks like Deer Creek will be under construction before January 1st. Qualifications of Electors At Deer Creek Election The Secretary of the Metropoli-period, have been checked. ton District of American Fork has sent the following .instructions to the election Judges: 1. The voter must be a qualified elector of the Metropolitan Water District of American Fork (comprise area within corporate limits of American Fork City) ; that is to say, he must have the qualifications to vote at a general election in American Ameri-can Fork City. , Must Pay Property Tox 2. He must have paid a property tax, either real or personal, on property prop-erty taxable within the corporate limits of American Fork City, during the period from and including September 21, 1936 to and Including September 20, 1937. Partial tax payments pay-ments meet the requirement of "tax payment." The-taxes paid may be 1937 taxes or taxes assessed In earlier earl-ier years. The names of the qualiflclfelec-tors qualiflclfelec-tors who appeared on the County records, at the time the registration registra-tion lists were made up, as having paid a tax during the designated Tax Receipt Is Proof- One appearing on the registration list, as a qualified elector but as disqualified to vote at this election because he did not pay a property tax and not appearing on the list submitted by the county clerk, may submit proof to the satisfaction of the Judges of his having paid a property prop-erty tax within the designated period. per-iod. This proof may consist of a proper tax receipt. In this connection connec-tion the Judges may require that the . voter make an oath as to his qualifications qual-ifications and right to vote at the election. Difficulties Anticipated There will be many difficulties grow out of the "tax payment" requirement re-quirement Due to differences In the way names appear on the registration regis-tration lists of qualified voters and on the tax records some inaccuracies have been unavoidable. In many cases where applicants do not appear ap-pear as "qualified tax-payers" and they have no evidence of the "tax (Continued on Page Five) I, |