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Show Wukt J VOL. XXV LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1910 NUMBER 45 I State Road Commission Opens Bids On Point Of The Mountain Contract ...j i tVio rnntmct for r. rnff Didder u ------ '...Point of the Mountain improve-irwasGuy improve-irwasGuy W. MendenhaU of S'S with a bid of $126,272.40 :fSonhe growth of traffic and i Improvement of the highway in taction has developed a num-w num-w interesting facts. The present Gay was constructed in 1919 was built in accordance with L then nationally recognized and Ld standards of road construction. t m a vast improvement over the Jd highway and was constructed frith a view of caring for traffic far beyond the present time. 4 a comparison of traffic of that Jay with present traffic is very enlightening. en-lightening. Traffic survey statistics compiled In 1915 at stations comparative to the Point of the Mountain, shows : jpproximately 375 vehicles per day using the Highway. Of these, less than one third was motor vehicles, proximately 70 per cent being torse-drawn vehicles and ridden ! Iwrses. By 1919. when the present road fras built, traffic had nearly doubled, j jhere was a much larger percentage . ibf motor vehicles mostly passenger J i tars and motorcycles. However, j Jiorse-drawn vehicles were still an ( j important factor in traiiic ana usea the highways consistently. No one could foresee the mush-ioom mush-ioom growth of motor traffic and ' jiow inadaquate that 1919 standard oad would become in just two de-fades. de-fades. With the limited funds then ; Available, the completion of the pav- jng at the Point of the Mountain as a noteworthy achievement, f By 1925 traffic had increased un-ll un-ll there was an average 1564 vehicles ve-hicles passing the Point of the flountain each day. Of these, 85 er cent were passenger cars, 10 per tot light trucks, 1 per cent heavy tucks and 2 per cent horse-drawn fehlcles. , ' . . But look at &3l'lkt'year the iverage number of vehicles using the highway daily at this point dur-p-S a 24 hour count, was 3679, or Ipproximately ten times as many as sed the highway in 1915 and five tmes as many as traveled it in 1919. feak days ran much higher. For fcstance, on Decoration Day, 1939, jhere were 9064 vehicles on the road. On Easter and again on the opening fay of the pheasant season the lumber reached 7250 for the 24 lour period. I Of the 3679 vehicles counted 60.-per 60.-per cent were home-owned cars, $1 per cent were trucks and buses, tod 18.39 per cent were foreign cars. This gives an idea of the tourist traffic that passed thru Central and Southern Utah last year. For a number of years the Point of to Mountain has been something of traffic hazard and the road has wen wholly inadaquate to meet Present day traffic requirements. High-speed cars, heavy trucks and tees, narrow roads with many, any curves, just do not go together. j it became necessary for the State fad Commission to find a solution r the problem. The engineering wff of the Road Commission work-w work-w out this present project' and its instruction was made possible with e aid of Federal Funds, something at was not available in 1919 when e present highway was construct- i The new construction will be 3.784 es long, three fifths of which is wit Lake County and two fifths Utah County. The present con-t con-t " Provides for grading and struc-only struc-only with a cheap oil surfacing take care of traffic until later II ? ad for actual an P-nent P-nent paving. 4?e erade be built to provide ItZV?1 to0 laes-two each - with a four foot neutral zone Sg,n0rth bound south J traffic, and ten foot should- mizsz iSlPSj approxi- mit t.h z::"uit" 01 1 tJt t C "lca norin or the sum th. r iruws ano- will use part Jh JfnCDt raUroad right-of-way fcach , 501,16 of tte railroad fe-Mnd r0ad WU1 Pass east and 0mlng tato the present Krh!,, " "1WJ me presei of PPr0XimateIy 15 vLding contracts will include fc?alt raUroad tracks. excavat- the lfr0Ximately 50 f t deep fcatew . of a approxi- -, . aeeP to carry the - ai met- . - ? d for by the canal. The Firemen Answer Three Alarms During Week The Lehi Fire Department were summoned to three fires within 24 hours last week and were successful in putting out traces of all three before any great amount of damage was done. Thursday afternoon they were called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Calton, where a fire had started on some straw and was threatening a garage and other property. The fire was put out in a short time and the damage was only slight. An hour later they were summoned sum-moned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Fox, where a fire was burning on the roof. A flying spark from the chimney set fire to the roof. Chemicals were used by the firemen fire-men in putting out all traces of the flames and the home was saved. Only a small patch of the roof was burned. Friday afternoon they were called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everin Driggs (the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Rowley Goodwin) in the Fourth ward, where a 'chicken coop had caught fire. According to reports, members of the family had been burning trash and the fire spread to a nearby chicken coop. The fire was put out immediately and the damage to the coop was only slight. Summer Primary WillvBe J-Held J-Held At Park Utah county's population gained 8.41 per cent during the decade from 1930 to 1940 and Davis county's coun-ty's population gained 12.7 per cent, according to W. Frank Liston, Salt Lake district census supervisor. In 1940 Utah county has a total of 57,432 residents, compared with 49,021 shown in the 1930 census return, re-turn, a gain of 8411 persons. Good roads, growing popularity in rural areas surrounding larger centers cen-ters for homesites, and a general population increase are factors contributing con-tributing to Utah and Davis county growth, it is stated. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Kapp of Ogden were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ricks on Saturday. summit cut alone will cal lfor excavating exca-vating approximately 300,000 yards of material. Because of the sandy gravelly nature na-ture of the soil and the constant danger of erosion, the contract also provides for top-soiling the entire roadside which will be landscaped for beauty and erosion control. There will be little interference with traffic during construction, in contrast to the 1919 construction period when traffic was routed to the west side of the valley over dusty roads. The only difficulty expected is at the point where the big cut is to be made and there a specially built oil road will by-pass construction. construc-tion. The present highway will be used at other points. The grade of the road is not materially ma-terially changed, but the new road will be 0.307 miles shorter than the old one. The safety feature of the new construction con-struction is most important. Not only will the road be widened, but 14 curves will be eliminated. On the old road the total curvature was 468 degress, while on the new road the total curvature is just over 94 degrees, de-grees, a difference of more than 373 degrees. It is expected that this contract will be completed by the end of the present calendar year. The road will be available for use with temporary oil surface as fast as grading is completed. The Point of the Mountain is one of four important projects in the construction program approved this year for the improvement of Highway High-way 91, the others being the Spanish Span-ish Fork cannery project, now under construction, Hot Springs to Brig-ham Brig-ham City, and the straightening of the road entering Provo on the north. Mrs. Harriet E. Rhodes Summoned By Death Services Held Sunday For William Goates Solemnly impressive were the funeral services held Sunday at 2 o'clock in the Lehi First ward chapel for William Goates, 59, who passed away the previous Tuesday night of a cerebral hemmorhage. He was stricken Monday afternoon while at work and never regained consciousness. conscious-ness. Death came Tuesday night. The large attendance at the services ser-vices and the many beautiful floral offerings silently conveyed the respect re-spect and high esteem held for Mr. Goates and his family in the community. com-munity. Bishop Evans L. Anderson officiated offi-ciated at the services, which opened op-ened with organ music played by Alva H. Wing. A male quartet, composed of Rulon Fox, Armond Webb, Raymond Stewart and Gilbert Gil-bert Simmonds sang, "Abide With Me," accompanied by Miss Norine Fox and the opening prayer was offered by Dr. W. L. Worlton. The quartet then sang, "Christian's- Goodnight." The biographical sketch was read by Herman C. Goates and speakers were Hyrum A. Anderson, George A. Goates and Mrs. T. F. Jackson of Salt Lake City, owner of the apartments where Mr. Goates worked. Each of them spoke highly of Mr. Goates' character, praising him for his worthy accomplishments, accomplish-ments, and offered words of con-solement con-solement to the family in bereavement. bereave-ment. Other musical numbers consisted of an organ solo. "A Perfect Day" by Alva H Winrr and a vocal solo, "My Jather"Kriow5'' by Morris Anderson, An-derson, accompanied by Mrs. Lula Anderson. 4 President Rodney C. Allred offered the benediction. The grave In the city cemetery was dedicated by President A. Carlos Car-los Schow. PRIESTHOOD UNION MEETING POSTPONED The regular Priesthood officers union meeting, scheduled for Sunday, Sun-day, June 9, has been postponed one week until June 16, on account of the annual June conference in Salt Lake City. The Story of Jeso Baptized bj John the BiptUt. "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and In all the coast thereof, from two years old and under." Matthew 2: 16. After the massacre of the innocents, and the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in Egypt and told him to take Mary and the child, Jesus, into Israel.. "And he came and dwelt in a city tailed Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene." Matthew 2: 23. "And the child grew, and waxed strong in gpirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him." Luke 2: 40. All four Gospels record the ministry of John the Baptist Matthew, Mark and Luke record that baptisms were made by the evangelist, and describe the baptism of Jesus. "Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Ghost descended in bodily bod-ily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven, which said. Thou art my beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased." Luke 3: 21-22. This iUur-tratioa is from Merian'i story of th Bill in picture, ngraved in 1625-1630. Another of Lehi's beloved older citizens, Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Stewart Rhodes, 83, widow of Alon-zo Alon-zo D. Rhodes, passed away at her home here last Wednesday, May 29, at 4:50 p. m., following a ten months' illness. Impressive funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m. in the Lehi First ward chapel, under the direction direc-tion of Bishop Evans L. Anderson. The services were largely attended and the floral offerings were many and very beautiful. As the opening musical number J. B. Stewart sang a solo, "That Beautiful Land," accompanied by Mrs. Eva Carson. Bishop Hyrum A. Anderson offered the opening prayer, after which Mrs. Edith Evans Ev-ans sang, "Lead Me All The Way," accompanied by Mrs. Carson. A B. Anderson read the biographical bio-graphical sketch and made remarks. Other speakers were County Commissioner Com-missioner Sylvan W. Clark and Dr. P. H. Kelley of Provo. All of them spoke highly of the life and character char-acter of Mrs. Rhodes and offered consoling words to the bereaved family. Alva H. Wing played an organ solo so-lo and as the closing number LeRoy Davis sang, "My Faith In Thee," accomparled by Mrs. June Jorgen-sen. Jorgen-sen. The benediction was offered by Herman IC. Goates. Interment was made in the city cemetery, where Raymond Stewart dedicated the grave. Occupants Escape Injur Train Strikes Auto Mrs. Isaac R. Peck, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mahlon Peck and two children, Dan Peck, 3, and Kathleen Peck, 11 months, nai,6wly escaped injury and possible death, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Union Pa cific railroad freight train at th crossing on East State street. According to repoits, Mrs. Peck returning from the cemetery, had driven the car onto the tracks before be-fore she saw the train approaching. She then attempted to back up, but another car behind her prevented her rrom doing so and the front part of the car was Btruck by the train. The train, however, was traveling at only 18 miles per hour, Sheriff John S. Evans, who ' investigated said, and the occupants of the automobile au-tomobile escaped Injury. th Wednesday Half-Holidays Begin Next Week Commencing with next Wednes- day, June 12, the business houses in Lehi will observe the regular Wednesday half -holidays. Business housts will close at 1 p. m. every Wednesday through the months of. June, July and August. Citizens are asked to take special notice of this announcement and plan to do their shopping earlier on Wednesday during the summer months. The following places of business will close for the half-holidays every Wednesday: Peoples Store, State Street Drug, Lehi Drug Com pany, Fourth Ward Cash Store. Webb's Furnishings, Giles Feed Store, Peterson's Square Deal Oro eery, C. L. Johnson Mercantile, Broadbent and Son, Lehi Hardware, Powers Shoe Store, E, N. Webb Jewelry, Lehi Lumber Company, Whipple Lumber Company, Lehi Post Office, State Bank of Lehi, Goodwin's Golden Rule, Goates Food Mart, Larsen Brothers. Income Tax Lists Total 19,499 For Utah A total of 19,499 individual income in-come tax returns were filed in Utah in 1939, the U. S. treasury reported last week. , There were 6,250,793 individual returns filed In 1939, the treasury said, in comparison to 6,398,541 in 1938. The treasury did not-disclose the amount of tax paid in making public pub-lic the number of returns by states, counties, cities and towns with a population of 1000 or more. The omission of certain localities of 1000 population or larger, the treasury said, was attributable to the fact that an Individual might file his return in the collection district dis-trict of which he was a resident or In which his principal place of bus iness was located. Among the returns filed were: Utah county, 753; American Fork, 56; Lehi, 19; Payson, 28; Pleasant Grove, 17; Santaquln, 10; Spanish Fork, 39; Springville, 81. Mrs. Lydia Bushman and son Glen, and daughter, Phyllis, are returning re-turning to Huntington Park, California Cali-fornia this week end, after enjoy ing a week's visit with relatives and friends in Lehi. "old in Pictures Light and Power System To Be Improved Without Taxation Ordinance AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN LEHI CITY. UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTINO TO SUCH QUALIFIED QUALI-FIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY AS SHALL HAVE PAID A PROPERTY PROP-ERTY TAX THEREIN IN THE YEAR NEXT PRECEDING SUCH ELECTION, THE QUESTION OF INCURRING AND CREATING A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT REVENUE BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000), FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING DEFRAY-ING THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVE-MENTS AND BETTERMENTS TO THE PRESENT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT AND SYSTEM OF SAID CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MORE ADEQUATELY ADEQUATE-LY SUPPLYING ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER TO SAID CITY AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF, SUCH BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM AND SECURED BY A PLEDGE OF THE NET REVENUES OF THE ENTIRE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT AND SYSTEM. WHEREAS, it U necessary for the Immediate preservation of the peace, health and safety of Lehi City, Utah County, State of Utah, and the inhabitants in-habitants thereof, that improvements improve-ments and betterments be made to the City's municipal electric light plant and system for the purpose of more adequately supplying electric light and power to said City and the inhabitants thereof, to do which in an adequate manner calls for and requires an expenditure of Twenty-five Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), and WHEREAS, in full conformity with the laws of the State of Utah, particularly Chapter 22, Laws of Utah, 1933, Second Special Session, as amended by Chapter 74, Laws of Utah, 1935, the City Council of Lehi City has heretofore determined to proceed under said act to make such improvements and betterments, and has heretofore caused to be made a comprehensive estimate of the value of the existing municipal light plant and system, of the cost of said Improvements and betterments, and of the net operating revenue to be derived from the entire project proj-ect when such improvements and betterments are completed, by a competent engineer approved by the State Engineer of the State of Utah, which competent engineer is hereby found to have no connection with any manufacturer or seller of machinery, ma-chinery, pipe, or other equipment, to be used in said project or in the installation thereof or with any person per-son or corporation engaged in the same business, and the said City Council has heretofore approved, adopted and filed said estimates, and WHEREAS, the said estimate of said engineers places the value of the existing municipal light plant and system at Sixty-two Thousand One Hundred Eighty-six and 88-100 Dollars ($62,186.88), and the cost of the improvements and betterments thereto at Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), and estimates the net operating revenue to be derived from the entire project when such improvement and betterments are completed to be not less than Sixteen Six-teen Thousand One Hundred and Fifteen Dollars ($16,115.00) per annum, an-num, and WHEREAS, there are no funds available in the treasury of said City or in any of its funds to pay for such Improvements and betterments, better-ments, and It win ' be necessary therefore to borrow money to pay the cost thereof by the issuance of revenue bonds payable from and secured se-cured by a pledge of the net revenue reve-nue of the entire electric light plant and system of said City after the construction and completion of such improvements and betterments, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED OR-DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LEHI CITY, UTAH COUNTY, STATE OP UTAH, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That a special election be and the same is hereby called to be held in Lehi City, Utah County, State of Utah, on Saturday the 6th day of July, A. D. 1940, for the purpose pur-pose of submitting to such qualified electors of said City as shall have paid a property tax therein in the year next preceding such election, the question of whether or not elec-(Continued elec-(Continued on pace Five) The Mayor and City Council after a very careful and sincere investigation in-vestigation are convinced that the Lehi City power and light system is and has been one of the most valuable, assets the community possesses pos-sesses or can possess. This conclusion con-clusion was not reached by gues nor based on sentiment but uxn the assurance of a competent professional pro-fessional engineer, licensed by the State of Utah, one who had no axes to grind nor equipment to sell, and who assures us that the earnings earn-ings of the plant over and above all exixmses will be materially Increased In-creased over previous years to tho extent of more than double the present net profit of almost $3000.00 per year. Tills may be verified by a study of the financial report of the city clerk. We, the Mayor and City Council, urge the members of the community commun-ity to read, study and analyze the ordinance jwiblished In the local paper very carefully and note the contents and Intent of the said ordinance. or-dinance. It in published to call a siecial election to vote REVENUE bonds which CANNOT be paid for by Increased Taxes but by the EARNINGS of the system. Tins is true of any revenue bond, whether it be a water, light or other self liquidating utility. The money from these bonds is to be used in enlarging enlarg-ing the capacity of the plant and necessary Improvements to the building and distribution system. There are several ways by which this Improvement could have been financed, but upon the advice of financial experts who pointed out the advantages of this method such as 1 A LOWER interest rate; 2 Cannot be sold below par value; 3 Financial houses purchase this typo more readily; 4 ITS YOUR POWER POW-ER AND LIGHT SYSTEM, and, therefore you should have a voice in its Extension nc IMPROVE-mENTS; IMPROVE-mENTS; WETyoUr - .y administrators, admin-istrators, selected this method. We solicit your support to an enterprise enter-prise that supports you and give to you values of which many are unaware and which cannot be' measured by many peoples sole I standard of values that of Dol lars and Cents. OUR LEHI SLOGAN; SUPPORT THAT WHICH SUPPORTS YOU. Goates Food Mart Affiliated With I.G.A. Announcement is made that the Ooates Food Mart on Main street, operated by Warren Goates, is now J affiliated with the Independent ; Grocers Alliance. Mr. Goates announces that the grand opening with the I G. A. will be Friday and Saturday and he invites the public of Lehi to visit his store during this week end and see the values offered In the ne line of products. The store has been renovated and redecorated throughout. New shelves have been added, new display table arranged and the entire interior painted. . It has been arranged for the convenience of the many patrons pa-trons and is ready for the big L O. A. opening Friday and Saturday. Atterbury Bros. Trained Animal Show at Am: Fork On Wednesday, June 12, The Atterbury At-terbury Bros. Three Ring Show wUl give two performances, 2 P. M. and 8 P. M. at the Baseball park. Mr. Atterbury has been on the road presenting shows for the past 40 years and never carried any gambling devices of any kind or the so called Hula dancers. He believes in keeping his admission price in reach of everyone. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Education of the j Alpine School District will conduct a public hearing on its 1940-1941 budget at 7:30 P. M. on Monday, June 24, 1940, in the district office at American Fork, Utah. J. F. WALTON, ! Clerk. wait |