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Show 1 lirl Co f 157 (PI 11 LL 11 Z6s ill AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAYAUGUST 25, 1939 NUMBER 26 jug ociiuui WrpflSe t Population .rf the Utah State reached 672 tn increase of eight over Lmfflth-Dr. H H. Ram-Udent. Ram-Udent. reported at a board 01 itusicto r tbe Institution during ..nn S9675.79. and L $544058. were arr L. karH k crop wUl be insuffic- Vj ind livestock necua, I aid in reporting on L Purchase of 100 itoiugment the current .mmved by the board, Ljue was made this hes harvested from the yield of 5800 bushels a crop. Of this amount U hilf 13 wheat, and the Wrley and oats. felted at $1000 was in to death of 140 stands k bees are believed to Wby poison contained berbalt. U reported that during lev the value of corn iTcstock feed had been recommended construc ts 40 foot silo. considered the feasibili- tH an old home lo-recently lo-recently acquired by kid converting it into a Dr. Ramsay was asked h the proposal and re-. podding plans at the tutting. j approved an invitation rt&h State Agricultural 1 Ramsay to conduct a course in "Social Psy- the college. nee Set, Volumes On jrary Shelves pot of theincyclopedla j ns placed at the dis- Fs, at the American library this week. it is expected to be of to persons doing re-particularly re-particularly high school talents. It includes frelopment in all field, brought as nearly ud to Otntury Dictionary In i also was placed on the this week. Other the library are: ati"-iouis Ooldlng. Fna Stars" a a -Helen Hunt Jackson. Montana," "The upn Holt", "A New The Christmoo nHHa" HUL ' W'-Jeffery Far- BoSt" Zane Orpv F Wlndow"Elizahf.t.h '-4.H. Profity. 'CIamI iHYentirm Set V 1 1 ' Of thp LOKi-al Society nwsnce at Wei. genealogical con- the Stake taber- fj stake genealogical t charge of the E B b" hpld t 10 1 1 " 1 morning Nsu ,f.neaioglcal JJgon wm be for a!uPr- Stake and . . pub- Family To lhr Sunday th. n...., . tle.7 "m at the aml) JJi Amerir.n The group tbv flm- r"ld Pcnlc H y thosr attending poor, panned ty Farmers Protest Hike In Valuation laced by Tax Commission Utah county farmers are protesting protest-ing vigorously the 10 per cent increase in-crease In the assessed valuation of Irrigated farm and orchard land being be-ing placed upon them by the State Tax Commission. A meeting was held in Provo Monday under the direction di-rection of the Utah County Farm Bureau at which representatives from all parts of the county planned to carry the protest to the governor. Frank O. Shelley, president of the county Farm Bureau, explained that the assessed value of various classes of property within the county had been determined by the county assessor as-sessor and county commissioners and that farm lands had been reduced re-duced by them to the amount that they were assessed before the Tax Commission increases two years ago to be in line with other classes of property in the county. The Tax Commission agreed that the reduction reduc-tion should be made and have made reductions up to ten percent in other oth-er counties but claimed that the cut made by the county officials was too much. The ten percent Increase being made now restores somewhat over half of the cut made by the county assessor. Although the farmers farm-ers will still benefit by the small reduction, the Increase of 10 percent per-cent will increase this class of property prop-erty above the others within the county. This is regarded by the Farm Bureau as obviously unjust, and likely to cause unnecessary hardship hard-ship on the farmers of this county who, especially in a year like this, will find it extremely difficult at best to meet their current expenses. Ernest Madsen of the Federal Farm Loan office pointed out that even under favorable crop and price conditions farmers were having a difficult time paying interest and taxes and that the high percentage of cases where it became his unpleasant un-pleasant duty to foreclose was evidence evi-dence of the fact that valuations both for loan and tax purposes were highly inflated in Utah county and the state as a whole. He explained further that as long as these im-maginary im-maginary values were the bases of tax and loan valuations farmers had little hope of paying out from the product of the land. Mr. Shelley called attention to the fact that even if the assessed valuation valu-ation had not been increased by the Tax Commission the total tax to be paid this year would necessarily be higher due to the larger appropriations appropria-tions by the legislature and by the creation of the new uniform school fund which was voted by passage of Constitutional Amendment No. 1 at the last election. Money which had gone into the other school funds has been diverted to the new fund and as the law requires that the other school funds must be maintained main-tained by property tax the state levy for school purposes must be increased. in-creased. This is partly responsible for the 2 4 mill increase in the state levy. 'When we vote to expend more money we must expect to pay the bill" he stated. He pointed out further fur-ther that the Farm Bureau opposed the Amendment on the grounds that it would eliminate the constitutional limitation, create a new school fund when we already have three not properly correlated, and that the new fund would not reduce local levies but merely provide more money to spend for school purposes. "It is interesting to note that in Alpine School district, which is a rural district, the levy has been increased in-creased 1.3 mills in spite of the new fund which according to sponsors of Constitutional Amendment No. 1 would 'reduce the local school levies in rural districts" ", he stated. A committee was appointed at the meeting to arrange an agricultural correlation meeting in the near future which Congressman J. W. Robinson will be invited to attend. Visitors Swamp Griffin Bakery On Anniversary LeRoy R Griffin was a busy baker Saturday, when patrons called to inspect the kitchen, extend ex-tend anniversary well wishes and take advantage of the special sale. All morning a steady stream" of visitors called at the bakery By early afternoon, the entire stock of cakes, cookies and pastries had been sold otit, and some customers had to lie tiirnt-ii away. Mr. Griffin expressed his appreciation appreci-ation for the public s support, and announced that, because many , who came to the bakery' during the after-nixm after-nixm were disappointed, another sale will be held In the near future Nielsen Captures Softball Honors In Series Here Martin Nielsen Auto company ! lucKea away the 1939 softball cham pionship Saturday night, when the garage team took the measure of Chlpman Feed. 10 to 7. in the third game of the playoff. The win was the second and deciding de-ciding one of a two-out-of three series, for the second-half championship. cham-pionship. Nielsen Auto won the first game, 9 to 8. but dropped the second, sec-ond, by a 5 to 1 score. Having won the first half bunting, Nielsen Auto Decame the season champions by taking the second half. In a feature game Saturday night, the First National Bank of Salt Lake City won a close game from Peoples State Bank, by a 10 to 9 score. -o Demonstration Of Canning Methods At School Monday Housewives of American Fork and vicinity will have an opportunity to learn the latest approved canning methods, at a school to be conducted con-ducted Monday afternoon by the Utah Power fe Light company, under un-der the auspices of the Home Service Serv-ice department. Mrs. Sylvia Gray Ashe, nationally known food specialist, will conduct the demonstration and lecture on the some canning of fruits and vegetables. vege-tables. The school will be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday, in Firmage hall. The school is expected to be of considerable interest in north Utah county, as it offers timely and valuable valu-able instruction in home canning. There will be no admission charge. Two Missionaries To Give Program In Fourth Ward Lorin Peck and Miss Mary Cannon Can-non of Salt Lake City, returned missionaries, will present the program pro-gram at the Sunday evening meeting meet-ing in the Fourth ward chapel. They will be accompanied by artists who will furnish musical numbers. A good attendance is expected for this outstanding-program. Utah County Crops Least Hit In State Although crops in Utah county this year are below normal they are still much better than in other sections sec-tions of the state, 8. R. Bos well, Utah county agricultural agent reports. Cold weather in late spring and the water shortage were responsible for the poor crops this year, he said. Utah county, however, did not suffer from the June frost, which hit a number of other counties. A survey of crops made at the request re-quest of the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college extension service showed the percentage of normal for various var-ious crops in Utah county as follows: fol-lows: First crop alfalfa, .63; second crop alfalfa, .62; third crop alfalfa, .56; fall pasture, .60; wild hay, .71; silage, si-lage, .86; straw, .71; grain hay, .66; fall wheat. .73; spring wheat, .76; oats, .83; barley. .80; sugar beets. .75; sugar beet tops, .70; sugar beet pulp, .77; pea silage, .78; normal feeder beef, .88; normal dairy cat tie, .80; high range, .56; medium range, .49; low range, .20. The average aver-age stream flow was .69 of normal the storage water, .76, and flowing wells, .82. The survey showed a shortage of hay with 2745 tons of hay and 5652 tons of concentrates such as corn and cotton cake, needed. But 300 tons of hay were reported for sale In the Genola, Mapleton And, West Mountain areas. '"O First Steamboat on Mississippi Nicholas J. Roosevelt built the steamer New Orleans at Pittsburgh in 1811, under an arrangement with Robert Fulton and according to Ful- -t ton'i nlans This was undouttwH- the first steamboat tQ navigate .the Mississippi. The New Orleans was of about 200 tons burden and was propelled by a stern wheel, assisted, when the wind was favorable, by sails carried on two masts. The boat was 138 feet long, 30 feet beam and its cost, including the engine, was about $40,000. The builder, with his family, an engineer, a pilot and six hands, left Pittsburgh in October. Octo-ber. 1811, and reached Louisville in 70 hours and New Orleans in 14 days. The New Orleans could steam along at ten miles an hour, and created a sensation at every landing it p'assed. Sports, Contests For Children At Utah County Fair Friday. September 9, has been declared de-clared Children's Day at the Utah County Fair. Under the direction of County Recreation 8uervisor Mrs. Ireta B. Mason, assisted by the Utah county recreation staff of the Works Progress Administration, an interesting and lively program of activities has been outlined. Boys and girls from every community com-munity in the county will participate in the contests. Prizes will be given winners in each activity., First of all will be softball; a giiUf team and a boys' team from each M the following fol-lowing school districts will be chosen for this tournament: Alpine, Provo City and Nebo. Down at Nebo, people peo-ple think their girls'-team can win In any game, so ball players of Alpine Al-pine district should get in touch with Arthur Sabey of Lfhi, chairman chair-man of the softball, to make up a good team to play themJ Margaret Deveraux of Pleasant Grove. Inez McDonald and Alonzo JRhodes of American Fork may be contacted for places on the softball teams. Tug of war between a team chosen chos-en from Nebo district and one chosen chos-en from Provo and Alpine districts combined, boxing and wrestling bouts, slow and fast bicycle racing, novelty games and, races, are other numbers on the program. How slowly can you ride your bicycle without losing balance? Get in the contest and try it! Last, but by no means; least, will i be the candy shower, with sweets to be dropped from an airplane. There will be prizes mixed in with the candy. ' All these activities will take place at the county fairgrounds in Provo, on Friday, September 8. So, boys and girls, get in touch with any of the recreation workers in your community com-munity and make arrangements to be in the fun. Circus Is Coming To Town Sept 1 .-I The circus is coming to, town! That announcement .Was made Thursday by the Fourth "ward, as plans for a big circus to help raise funds for the ward building were being made. The circus will be staged Friday, September 1. There will be a circus parade, a, main performance under the big top, and sideshows. Sandwiches, Sand-wiches, pies, ice cream and other "eats" will be offered for sale. Sugar Employes Join In Outing Employes of the Utah -Idaho Su gar company, 1400 strong, held their annual summer outing at Lagoon Friday. Workers came from St. George on the south to Sugar City. Idaho, on the north. A series of softball games began in the morning and the rest of the day was devoted to various sports, a program and interfactory competition. competi-tion. At the evening luncheon free soda water and ice cream Were; served to all of the employes and j their families. ft. McKlnley Has Twe Summits Mount McKinley, highest peak in North America, has two summits, designated . North peak and South peak. Polo in Seventh Century Polo was played by Chinese emperors em-perors as early as the Seventh century cen-tury A. D. Women are recorded to have taken to the game, but used donkeys instead of horses. Local Committee Seeks Arts, Grafts Exhibits For Utah County Fair A call to women and girls of the community to participate in the arts and craft exhibits at the Utah County Coun-ty "Fair. September 7, 8 and 0, was Issued, here this week by Mrs. Ora Chipman of the local fair committee. commit-tee. The committee desire-; to encourage encour-age people of this vicinity to display their work in the fair. Mrs. Chlpman said. All women ami "iris are invited in-vited to send their handwork, flowers, flow-ers, canned goods, bread, and other j articles, In order that other people may see the exhibits ana derive pleasure and Inst nu t Ion rrom them. Those wishing to cntri' displays in the department of arts and crafts may obtain information from either Mrs. Chipman or Mrs Hazel Walker, Walk-er, who is assisting in gathering the LOCAL POSTOFFICE ADOPTS RULE ON CARRIERS' MAIL By order of the postal lnspec- J tor, carriers' mail will not be given giv-en out to persons calling at the postoffice, it was announced at the local postoffice this week. Too many persons are calling at the office and asking for their mail before the carriers start on their routes. This practice is against postal regulations, and unless it is stopped, the local postoffice staff have been informed, in-formed, American Fork will lose the carrier service. The postal officials here have spent several years in building up the carrier service. In order to keep the service, the postoffice employes will not distribute carriers' car-riers' mail at the office. Seminary Sets Registration For 193940 Courses Registration at the American Fork I. D R Semlnarv will take nlace Monday, September 5. at the same time as high school registration, Principal TC. Ray Gardner announced this week. High school students are invited to Join in the seminary work, Principal Prin-cipal Gardner said. They will be assisted in arranging their courses to include the religious education classes, which have been scheduled so as to present the minimum of conflicts with the high school class periods. Lester M. Norberg, formerly principal prin-cipal of the Coalville Seminary, will teach part time at the seminary here, Mr. Gardner announced. Cannery Slates Additional Run In Coming Week Because of Increased business, the Alpine stake cooperative cannery will run three days next week instead in-stead of two, Eli J. Clayson of the welfare committee announced Tuesday. Tues-day. The cannery will run Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Patrons are advised to take note of the change. Corn was being canned at the plant this week, and operations were going forward at full capacity. Pioneer Daughters Hold Canyon Party Members of the Adams camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers enjoyed a canyon party at the Cave camp on Thursday of last week. Thirty -eight attended. With Mrs. Alice Beck as the toastmistress. a program pro-gram was presented, including duet numbers by Mrs. Eleanor Grant and Mrs. Maggie Steele; community singing: a reading by Mrs. Hannah Aydelotte; toasts by Mrs. Eleanor Grant, Mrs. Lucy Bush, Mrs. Mae Wootton, Mrs. Nora Ingersoll. Mrs. Maggie Steele, and remarks by Captain Mary Anderson. Jacklin-Day Marriage Set John Jacklin announces the engagement en-gagement of his daughter, Alice, to Mr. Cecil O. Day of San Luis Obispo. California. They plan to marry early ear-ly in September, and make their home in California. entries Transportation for the material will be provided by the committee, if the exhibitors wish. Asael H. Fisher f Provo is-supervisor of the department Qf arts and crafts at the fair. The department will be conducted somewhat differently differ-ently than ever before. It is the purpose of the department to motivate moti-vate and encourage the citiieens of the county to use their leisure time more constructively, and it shall attempt at-tempt by its exhibits to show the public what others are doinff tmd how happy it makes them to create something with their own hands. The" Pternent of-rompetition is be-inR be-inR removed, and awards will be made on the basis of helping to pay the expense of taking the displays to the fair. School Board Approves Placement Of District 1939-40 Teaching Staff A Ton Of Melons Hit The Spot At Saratoga Outing Six hundred American Forkers took possession of Saratoga resort early Wednesday afternoon and forthwith proceeded with the day's fun which marked the annual American Amer-ican Fork day at the resort as one of the most outstanding ever staged. A full program of events games, sports, swimming and water sports, picnic, band concert and dance provided pro-vided entertainment for young and old. The outing was sponsored by American Fork City, and all arrangements ar-rangements were made by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. In the afternoon, the Vineyard women's softball team trimmed the American Fork Jaycee women's team, 7 to 4. Also featuring the afternoon were handicap races and sports for children, with prizes galore. ga-lore. A large crowd was on hand to see the diving and swimming exhibitions ex-hibitions and contests, and all agreed that Miss American Fork, In rubber boots and overalls, stole the show. Glen Gordon took first place in the men's swimming race, and in the underwater race, and Mrs. Gordon Gor-don won the women's swimming. Directed by Kenneth J. Bird, the American Fork band furnished music during the late afternoon. Big event at picnic time was the watermelon water-melon "bust", at which more than a ton of melons were given away. Chairman James H. Sullivan declared: declar-ed: "I didn't see anyone who dldnt have enough watermelon; in fact,' we had one melon left over. Everyone Every-one seemed to be having a great time." Max Larson and his orchestra furnished the music for the dance in the evening, which proved to be an outstanding success. o Noted Visitors Give Illustrated Lecture In A. F. Movies of -the New York world's fair, a trip to Yellowstone by way of Wyoming, and beauties of Long Island, shown by Dr. Howard R. Driggs, Dr. Wayne Driggs and Perry Driggs, provided an interesting evening eve-ning for a group of American Fork people, Monday. Upon invitation of Mrs. B. N. Chrlsteasen, sister of Dr. Howard R. Driggs, a large group gathered at the Second ward Relief society room for the lectures and movies by the visitors from New York City. As president of the Oregon Trail Memorial association. Dr. Howard R. Driggs came west from New York to participate in the trip over the old pony express trail to Sacramento, Sacramen-to, along which route the association associa-tion will place temporary markers. Perry Driggs, secretary of the association, as-sociation, and Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Driggs and children will also make the trip. The visitors spent Monday visiting relatives and friends in American Fork and Pleasant Grove. o Alpine Student On Y Honor Roll Miss Alice Cark of Alpine was among thirty-two students receiving term honors for the spring quarter at Brigham Young university, it was announced this week br Registrar John E. Hayes. Miss Clark, a lower division student, stu-dent, received sixteen or more credit hours of " A"' fetade during the "spring quarter to be cited on the honor list. Miss Clark also was on the honor roll for the winter quarter of last year. o " ' ' Paul NicJiolesTo Tell Experiences Of Mission Field Paul Nicholes, who will arrive home from, the German L. D. S mission field this week, will be the speaker at the Sunday evening meeting in the Second ward. Bishop Joseph H Storrs announced. Elder Nicholes has spent more than two years -in the Oerman mission, mis-sion, and his account of experiences in the field is expected to be of interest to all ward members. He is a son of Mrs. Fern Nicholes. A teaching staff of 154 will begin the year's assignment in the classrooms class-rooms of Alpine district, when school commences September 5. Placements Place-ments announced this week at the school board offices Include 151 teachers, two supervisors and a coordinator. Major change this year is the discontinuance dis-continuance of the Fairfield school. The school board some time ago decided de-cided upon the closing of this school and transporting of Fairfield children chil-dren to the Cedar Fort school. Alpine Teachers' Institute will be held Saturday, September 1; and registration of Junior and senior high schools and classwork of elementary ele-mentary schools will begin September Septem-ber 5. The teacher placements for the district follow: American Fork High School Jesse M. Walker, Principal; Albert B. Allen, K. J. Bird, Luther Old-dings, Old-dings, Orville Gunther, Earl Holm-stead, Holm-stead, D. Grant Ingersoll, Leo B. Nelson, J. W. Phillips, Rollo Robinson, Robin-son, George C. Scott, Jr., La Vera J. Wadley, Charles B. Walker, Norman B. Wing. Mary Baslnger, Fern Burch MaNette Egbert, Lillian Froerer, Lydla P. Hogan, Velma Shelley, Fern Smoot. Lehl High School Lloyd B. Adamson, Principal; Abraham Ab-raham Anderson, Junius Banks, Ray O. Dumell, Delbert J. Fugal, E. B. Garrett, Ferrin J. Gurney, Ross O. Nielsen, Dean Prior, Joseph 8. Root-son, Root-son, J. Nile Washburn, Vera Conder,-Norine Conder,-Norine Fox, Vlrgle Mlnnoch, Margaret Mar-garet S. Potter, Merlene Tew, Margaret Mar-garet M. Thurman. ' Lincoln High School A. P. Wamick. Principal; Edgar E. Booth. J. Erval Chris tense n, Thomas Cordner, Boyd C. Davis, Don Dix on, Dallas Greener, Wayne C. Gun- nell, John 8. Lewis, W. E. Losee, Frank B. Newman, Donald P. Olsen, Parlell Peterson, Henry E. Raddats, W. D. Soulier, Carl D. Swenson, A. B. Taylor, E. B. Terry, L. L. Terry, W. M. Vernon, Ada Hafen, Phyllis Hermansen, Marjorie Holdaway, Hilda Knudsen, Edith Marsh, Marjorie Mar-jorie J. Wagers. Pleasant Grove High School Karl Banks, Principal; Joseph F. Day, Earl Giles, Guy Htllman, Irwin Jensen, Lyean Johnson, H. 8. Richards, Rich-ards, Alfred Rogers, J. Clarence Rollins, Rol-lins, James A. Simmons, Elroy R. West. Laura Banner, Iva Carlson, Estelle Fenton, Ellen Walker, Viola West. Dan W. Peterson. Harrington School, American Fork G. W. Larsen, Principal; Rulon Brimhall, Ruth Judy Allen, Lois Elaine Brimhall, Ruby Christensen, Bertha Clarke, Florence Dunyon, Fern Edwards, Rhea Halllday, Margaret Mar-garet Hayes, Elizabeth Hutchings, Annabell Miller, Maurine Nelson, Alice Parker, Ruth Rasmussen, Josle O. Walker. Lehi Elementary Grades Cecil L. Ash, Principal; Basil Dor-ton, Dor-ton, LeRoy Loveridge, Ora Jean Chipman, Cleo Holmstead, Florence Jackson, Lenore Lee, Carol Munk, Carol A. Proctor, Ora K. Putnam, Geraldine Thomson. Central School, Pleasant Grove Ray S. Merrill, Principal; Elroy Murdock, Nellie Adamson, Emma Bush, Helen Devey, Betha Storrs, Leone Told, Vera Wagstaff, Lacy O. White." Sharon School Provo, HFD No. 1 Ford M. Paulson, Principal; Harold Har-old Woolston, Jennie Andersen, Jennie Jen-nie Gleason, Lela Lund. Spencer School, Orem T. C. Herbertson, Principal; Fenton Fen-ton J. Prince. Calvin Walker, Gertrude Ger-trude Anderson, Naoma Fordham, Merline Gardner, Doratha Jones, Anna Larson. Lindon School, Lindon El wood Baxter, Principal; Bernece Cullimore, Martha Johnson, LaVon Phillips, Emily A. Pedersen. Alpine School, Alpine Wallace Anderson, Principal; Eth-ed Eth-ed King", Merl knudsen , Thelma Walker. Vineyard School. Vineyard E. A. Beck, Principal: Eileen Ferguson. Marlam W. Hill, Marelda Hofine, Selma S. Miller. Pase School. Provo TT.FD O. E. Sandgren, Principal; Myrtle T. - Cochrane, Evelyn Knight. Clifford Clif-ford Nelson. Helen T Wentz. Cedar Fort Sehool Calvin Frandsen. Principal: Fae Mathis. Leo Hanson, Supervisor. Mabel M. Nelson, Supervisor. H M Jollev, Coordinator. Franklin l ouuiled Junta Society "In 1727. among his cronies In Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Henjamin Franklin founded found-ed a society known as the Junta SpariisK for "juncl! Established "fur the perpetuation of useful knowledge." the Junta survived after Fronklui's death, becoming Ihe American Philosophical society. |
