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Show . ' r ID YOU never knew an eternal triangle that didnt go smash 'way short of eter-jiit- y. AT fifty every man is either reducing to music or telling the bojrs that he is stronger than he was at 30. i VOL. XIII, NO. 93 ESTABLISHED 1910 PROVO CITY,. UTAH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1923 emorial Program ip TY TAX LEVY! FOR 1923 IS OYER SIX ILES, M AXIMOM ALLOWED BY STATE LAW Provo to be Arranged I' J Budget Adopted Shows Increase of 1.20 Mills i I The maximum lery allowed by the atate laws of Utah for county "pur- poses has been authorized by the board of county commissioners for the year 1923, and show an Increase of 1.20 mills over the levy in Utah county for 1922. The Utah county commissioners at I their meeting Monday completed the important budget, which! shows many the tin-- j with connection in features this ;andof projects, county ancing yeThe Maximum levy allowed haa . FIND ENTHUSIASTS i - I torte j taw funds, but the for bounty operating and Nho school levies' iorthe Alpine schools re City Provo district land this year, ine rnot materially changed is I Provo City schools 10 be i Unchanged from 1922, and wl district levy mills. The Nebo school miil over .6 of shows an increase at 8.9 placed district 1922, and has been school mills. The Alpine 1: I -- . si.n. i ! SCENIC ROUTE BEST Motor tourist travel around either end of Great Salt lake as a means of getting through Utah will never be a success, according to Provo and Salt Lake good roads enthusiasts who have just returned from Ely, Nevada!. Both the Lincoln highway and the Wendover route present formidable1 obstacles even for summer travel and will never compare with the central scenic route of Utah, which is open all the year and reaches the same objective. The' trip was; productive of results in that the Lincoln Highway association will doubtless take" official cognizance of the route from Salt Lake through Provo, Beaver and Milford west to Ely as the at least until the designated roadj abound the southern end of Great alt lake through Gold Hill and Ibapah is finally completed. Once Utah highway the tentral-souther- n to Ely becomes a matter of custom it will constantly grow in popularity as being the only logical and justifiable route through this state, in the opinion of the good roads exponents. The party received at Ely and entertained by the Ely- chamber of commerce consisted of- Eliac J3. Woodruff,! general manager of the Deseret News; Gale Hoag, field, secretary of the Lincoln Highway association; C. B. Hawley, past president of the Salt Lake .chamber of commerce; Hale Young, Utah representative for Ford motors; J. Stevenson of Fisk tires;' Ed. S. Hinckley, secretary of the prbvo "chamber of commerce, and F. D. B. Gay, tourfinder for the Deseret News and field secretary of the Scenic highway association of this state. As compared to the southern Utah route to Ely, which is only sixty miles longer, but eight hours shorter, neither the Ibapah or the Wendover roads can be .considered in the same breath, said Mr. Gay, who has driven his car over practically eVery highway in western America, including It is unfortunate many cow trails. that Salt Lake and the state government have committed thepiselves to the Wendover route which can only and maintained at bg constructed heavy cost and which will only be open for a few months of the year. As a military crosscut over Utah and Nevada and because of federal aid this route was designated by necessity, but it will never be the popular tourist route through; this state. As a matter of fact, both routes are positively dangerous becaUsev of the long, waterless stretches and the absence of all accommodation foi human beings or automobiles. We feel that we have accomplished something defnite.A said Mr. Hinckley, in calling the attention of the Lincoln Highway officials to the vast disparities between their route across the desert and our scenic highway through central Utah. In the latter case we offer a good road for all the year through the most pleasing portions of the state as against an impractical road across a desert which for part of the year is nothing but a sea of mud. We started out to get recognition of Utahs scenic highway as the proper transcontinental route. In four months we have accomplished much more than we dreamed possible at the beginning. Within another year the Scenic Highway Association of Utah will be a force to be reckoned with and the road we advocate will have the backing of every feeder highway coming into this state. j by-pas- a19s2rXd ; aViedat lOmllla, 5 63 mills In 1922. The 1 compared to general fund per-- i maximum Is the mills 1.8 of levy to the budget mitted, and according amount to be shows that none of the collected by taxes, $85,782.41, will building be used for the new county and erection the Funds for fund will neccompletion of tothisbe building secured by other essarily have of the county item as this means, tbe projects must be financed under fund (levy. general The largest levies are those for highways, state roads and county The mills. 3.00 are. which of each taxes raise to by amount necessary is considerable over $300,000. The budget shows the following relative t q the estimates, levies, etc., funds: various exGeneral fund: Total estimated on cash $123,612.23; penditures,, receipts, hand and miscellaneous taxes, raise to by balance 829.82; $37 in1.80 levy mills; $85i782,41; levy, mill. .49 crease over 1922, es Poor and indigent fund: Totalcash $39,720; timated expenditures, miscellaneous on hand and estimated $3, 353. 7b. receipts, none; overdrawn, to raise by taxes, Estimated balance .86 mill; levy in$43,073.76; levy,.62. crease of 19 22, County infirmary fund; 'Estimated total expenditures, $Sf,500; cash on hand and miscellaneous receipts, $3 049.16; balance to raise by taxes, $6,450.84; levy, .14 mill; increase over 1922, .06 mill. Interest on "bonds fund: Estimat ed total expenditures, $40,000; cash on hand and miscellaneous receipts, $412.3 3; balance to raise by taxes, in$39,587.67; levy, .83 mill; levy crease. over 1922, .53 mill. County highways, special highways and special road fund: Estimated total expenditures', $30,000; cash on hand and miscellaneous receipts, bal"none; overdrawn, $135,444.73; taxes, ance to raise by lew 3.00 mills; Increase over 1922, 1.66 mills. exThe budget also called for an new for the, of $20,000 penditure tne county building fund, but thes state maximum levy allowed by laws has been authorized by the county commissioners, it is impossible to secure this money Isthrough shown taxation. The building fund overdrawn be to by the, budget $31,591.57. . . v. $10-5,444.7- s LINCOLN TO i HIGHWAY BE DISCUSSED BEFORE KIWANIANS j ' . ! . Discussion of the Lincoln highway of the by G. F. Hoag, field secretary and association, Lincoln Highway the DesFrank Gay, tourfinder for eret News, will feature the regular of tne weekly luncheon andat meeting the Hotel RobProvo Kiwanis club erts tomorrow at 12:30 p. m. also Secretary Claude Ashworth of announces that Mrs. G. P. Parker Provo will favor the club with some readings. OnJ a previous occasion she gave an excellent rendition of several numbers and the members are anxious to hear her" again. Among other reports to be made will probaWy be that of J.'W. Farrer in regard to the caravan from here which will attend the Twin Falls con- -, ventipn,- - He has reported that about twenty couples have announced their intention of going. Prior to the luncheon at 12 oclock noeri, the board of directors of the club will meet. s, j RECLAMATION IN UTAH COUNTY By E. S. HINCKLEY During the past three days some very important meetings, dealing with the subject of the reclamation of Utah lands, have been held in Utah County. The personnel of our national committee on reclamation is as follows: D. W. Davis, F. E. Weymouth and Miles Cannon. This committee passes final judgment on all federal aid reclamation projects. Mr. Cannon is in our county looking over the present status of the Strawberry project and investigating the feasibility of what is known as the Utah Lake project. He is extremely anxious that the citizens of Utah County get their affairs so arranged that they may be properly presented to the incoming congress and that appropriations furnishing the necessary government aid may be made for the development of the Utah Lake project. Unity and cooperation skould now come to the front in Utah county. We should bury our hatchets, forget all the little bickerings and differences and with unity put our shoulders to the wheel and bring into reality one of our finest dreams. If this project can be put over it will be an inestimable improvement to the citizens of .Utah county. It will add approximately 66,000 acres of the very best of lands to our present farm and home area. In actual wealth it will increase our present tax valuation approximateIt will bring to our community desirable population and place us on the map of ly progress and prosperity. It will make an added possibility of 20,000 families or approximately 100,000 population over and above our present potentialities. If this project can be consummated it will relieve the farmers of Utah county of very much distress and will eliminate long and disagreeable controversy between neighbors. The progressive men of our community have long wished that this might become a reality. With the increase in population that will necessarily come following the development of iron and steel, and general manufacturing industry, increased land areas will be a necessity to provide homes and for the sustenance of the population. At this particular time this proposition has every phase of being one of the most splen- require great community effort and all the power (did projects in the state of Utah. It will to a full realization of the importance of this project of cooperative work to bring our citizens which means the dawn of a new day and the progress and prosperity of Utah county. Now is the time for the land owners and home builders to think the matter over seriously and be prepared to make such adjustments as may be necessary to further one-thir- d. ever-increisi- Ford Touring Car .Members of the county sheriffs office are investigating the theft of a Ford touring car from in front of the Roberts Hotel last night, and the subsequent recovery. Lawrence Hay-- , ward, owner of the car, reported that the car was stolen, and after the subsquent recovery it was found that two tires had been taken off the wheels. CENTER STREET BARBER SHOP MOVED TO UNIVERSITY AVE. n E. (Scotch) Rawlings, barber, has closed bis barber 86 West Center street and at shop entered the shop of Bill Boshard at 85 N?rth University avenue. well-know- ng -- cau&e As soon as Utah is known for her real worth people will flock into these quarters. It should be the ambition of all to help to provide space and opportunity to those who are willing to come and be with us and of us in the development of one of the greatest states in our Union. xhe permanent progress of any community depends upon its manhood. We feel that now is the time for the real men of Provo to use all their influence in overcoming difficulties and harmonizing interests in order that we may reasonably expect the cooperation and support of our 'great government. ACCIDENT PRESIDENT VICTIM TO STILL UNCONSCIOUS HARRIS ADDRESS AFTER FORTY HOURS Elisha L, Specklemeyer, age 6 0, lies near death in the Aird hospital accias a result of an automobile state dent which occurred on the afterhighway at Ironton Monday t noon at 5 oclock. unco The injured man liasf been scions for a period of .being hours, the state skull, a baa duced by a fractured on the arm and Cut on the head, a cut other complications. Little hope held for his recovery.the accident ocThe way in which unknown, curred is in certain details of the sheriffs the report although was caused office indicates that it into a car jumping by Specklemeyer an insurdriven by S. H. Edleman, According ance agent of Chicago. was to this report Specklemeyer was which car, his standing beside state highway, and off the working on a tire. Edleman accom-nanie- ad at by his wife, approached twenty-fiv- e to rate of from twenty HupnaoW. coupe. miles an Hoar in abelieved by Sherii is Snecklemeyer against have jumped to Bowl j D having been hit the passing car, andand hurled to the rear fender to have force sufficient ground with fractured his skull. The younger son of Specklemeyer asserts that who was in the vicinity, cranking finished had just his father off the the car which he says was was and road, seat when alkingwarJis substantiated Sertion, however, is not by the investigation. The first knowledge that Edleman had that he had hit hit the was when he heard something the insaw he back road. Looking stopped immediately and jured man, Mr. to give what assistance he could.some for Provo in remained Edleman accident, and has extime after to bear part of the a desire pressed man. He is expenses of the injured in defraying of aiding desirous also funeral expenses in case Mr. Speckle. meyer dies. Mr. Specklemeyer has resided in Provo about two months, having come here from Grand Junction, conColorado, with his family which four grown and wife of his sists children. He has been Intermittentof Iron-to- n ly employed by L. W. Hicks boarda of construction in the house. ing Mr. Edleman is not felt by the President Franklin S. Harris of Brigham Young university will be one of the principal speakers at the Uintah Basin Industrial convention to be held at Fort Duchesne, August 15, 16 and 17. An unusually large number of state officials, agricultural specialists, and industrial leaders appear on the program, and include Governor and Mabey, Congressmen Colton Leatherwood, and the presidents of the three institutions of higher education in the state. President Harris will deliver two addresses on the first day of the convention. He has chosen as his topics, Control of Alkali on Irrigated Lands and Rural Children. The Uintah Basin Honey Producers, Uintah Basin Woolgrowers and the Uintah Basin Water Users will hold their conventions in Fort Duchesne in conjunction with the industrial convention. The program, which has been received in Provo shows that all the varied industries of the basin will be discussed.and that the entertainment to be provided will be unusual. te Local Men Enter Restaurant Field Here Roy Elliot and Lorin Harris, the latter a former member of the local police force, have formed a partnership fqr the purpose of conducting a restaurant here. The new eating house will be located at 86 West Center street. The young men expect to have a modern, sanitary and satisfactory establishment when the rennovating of the building is completed. FOR DIFFICULT SWIMMING C. FEAT Leaf, noted swimmer and instructor of swimming in the local high school and B. Y. U., will attempt one of the most difficult feats ever contemplated in aquatic sports Sunday, when he will endeavor to swim the twelve miles intervening between Geneva and Saratoga. Frank Eastman, manager of the Geneva resort, is making arrangements tb have other features for the day besides Mr. Leafs swimming performance. The Provo band will give a concert between 4:30 and 6 oclock in the afternoon. Mr. Leaf in commenting on the swim says he will be in excellent shape by Sunday. He swam five miles during the past few days along the shore of the lake, and feels that he will be able to travel the twelve miles between the resorts in between six and seven hours. Launches and motor boats will follow him, and he has provided for refreshments in the nature of beef tea and custards, to be supplied him while in the water. He will also use a body lubricant at intervals as an aid in keeping the heat in his body. The purses offered by the resorts is now about $400, and several large wagers are reported to have been made. Mr.l Leaf considers the attempt to swim a long distance on Utah lake a difficult feat as the water is not buoyant. The time he estimates as necessary for the swim is fast, as it takes a motor boat one hour and twenty minutes to make the trip at a moderate rate of S. long-distan- ce speed. Both Mr. Eastman and Mr. Leaf are positive that a huge throng will be present to witness the swim, as announcement has created much interest among the people who are intimate with the difficulty of swimming a long distance on the lake. Provo Man Married Girl From Moroni Annual Outing of Brick Charles Mickleson Clark of Provo Co. Employes Saturday Bench was married yesterday after- noon to Mary Lucille Bulow of Moroni by County Clerk Wallace Hales. sheriffs office to have been responsible for the accident, which Is felt to have been due to Specklemeyer having1 stopped his car too close to the highway. post-offic- Students Arriving To Attend B. Y. U. Prospective students and parents continuel to arrive! every day at the Brigham Young- - university. Five families came in one day, that' of T. W. Leusueur, president of the Msa stake; Doctor Brown, president of the Arizona State Farm Bureau, and Mr. Bates, one of the prominent citizens of Mesa. Mr. Fitzgerald, a citizen of Draper, is here making arrangements for three students. LEAF PREPARED FORT DUCHESNE MEETING as-fro- nt Steals Tires of A. O ) UTAH GOOD ROADS j UTAH COUNTY TRUTHS All Provo will unite Friday, August 10, to pay tribute tb the memory of Warren G. Harding, according to the plans now being formulated by representatives of the various organizations and lodges, city and county officials, church leaders, and others. Final arrangements will be made at a meeting to be held in the Chamber of Commerce room this evening at 6 oclock. The plan as tentatively outlined by Mayor O. K. Hansen, includes two speakers, one of whom will speak on the life of President Harding, and the other on Harding as a Statesman. The exercises will be held in the stake tabernacle, at 1 oclock in the afternoon unless other arrangements are made this evening. Thei Provo concert band will take part in the program, as will the stake tabernacle choir. Additional music will also be secured. Thp tabernacle will be appropriately decorated, and the American Legion in conjunctfon with the Natioal Guard unit will show the usual military honors for. a dead leader. Assistant Postmaster J. W. Mce Adams has announced that Ihe will be closed from 2 p. m. until 3 p. m. City offices will he closed for two hours, probably from 12 until 2 p m. The meeting this evening in the Chamber of Commerce room will be attended by representatives of the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary, National Guard, Rotary club, Kiwanis .club, city commission, Woodmen, Eagles, Oddfellows, Chamber of Commerce and by Mrs. Palmer and Dell Webb of the community service, Mfs, Maw of the Womens clubs. Mrs, Beasley of the Relief corps. President T. N. Taylor of thf L. I). S. rhu-roh-. Rev. William Bulklev, Rev. Charles' McCoard. R v. Father Delaire, and Manager Fisher of the Provo band. Employes of the Provo Brick & Tile company and their families, will hold their annual outing at Saratoga Springs, Saturdy, August 11. Preparations for the event are well under way, and a good time is Complaint to Be Filed Against Auto Driver A complaint charging reckless and careless driving will be filed shortly against one ofjthe boys in the Chalmers car figuring in the auto accident which occurred on the state road north of Provo' Sunday night resulting in the death of F. E. Bellows of Bingham, according to Sheriff J. D. Boyd. Stein Recovering From Appendicitis Operation Ed Stein of the Anderberg Jewelry company is reported as recovering from an operation for appendicitis which he underwent at the Aird hospital last week. -j FIKSTEAD DECIDES JURY IS CIDER For a few short minutes,- from 12 m. Frioclock noon until 12:19 of day, August 10, the residents Provo will pay a silent and touching tribute to the memory of a-- , dead . leader, Warren G. Harding. If a certain section of the? proclamation of Governor Mabey of Utah is observed, the people of the city will devote that brief interval in' silent meditation. The commercial, industrial and business Activities will be relegated to another time, and the wheels of the locomotives, trucks and other vehicles used in the transportation service will cease to revolve and silence and quiet will reign for one minute. The lull in the day's occupations will be carried on in a similar manner throughout the country by a people who wish to $how their respect and sorrow for the dead chieftain In' some fitting manner. The proclamation Issued by the governor of the state is as follows: In His great wisdom the Cre- - ; ator has seen fit to deprive the people of the state and nation ; of a trusted and beloved friend and leader Warren G. Harding, twenty-nint- h president of tbe United States of America and we are plunged into deepest sorrow. Now, therefore, I, Charles R. Mabey, governor of the state of Utah, do hereby request and urge appropriate evidences of respect to the memory of our de- - , parted friend and chieftain, and earnestly suggest that the observance be general throughout the state and take the following form: That flags be stationed at half-mafrom sunrise to sunset until the evening of the date of interment: That at 12 oclock noon, Fri. day, August l 0 , 1923, all busi-b- e suspended, transportation service flor a period of one all pther business and minute, for a period minutes, and that the time be given over to sorrowful meditation or to such appropriate exercises as conditions may 'permit; That Sunday, August 12,! 1923, be set aside as Warren G. Harding , Memorial day, and churches throughout . the state conduct services in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. In accordance with the last section of the proclamation, Sunday services throughout the city will be memorial, and in keeping with the spie, rit set forth' by President Calvin who in his proclamation, says: It is best that the deep grief which fills the heart of the American people should find fit- ting expression I, earnestly recommend the people to assemble in their respective places of divine worship and there bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God, and to pay out of full heart the homage and love and reverence to' the memory of the great and good president whose death has smitten the na-- j o tion. Memorial services will he held by certain local churches Friday, and the Provo Rotarians will devote their usual meeting to a' service for the dead chief executive. - j. : st -- of-te- Coo-lidg- , -- ; funeral train, t President Hardings freighted with the sorrow of the nation, reached Washington at 10:22 last night, and despite the fact that the train was nine hours late, thousands of the residents of the national capital remained durjng ofthe long the man, hours awaiting the body whom all were eager to show respect. Unashamed to show their sorrow they waited to pay the remains as signal an honor as possible, The train backed into the station so that the funeral car with Its casket reached the station first, where it was met by a small' group headed by President Coolidge. The band played Nearer, My God, to As the solemn strains of tbe Thee. old hymn filled the station the easket was placed bn a rolling platform. A single wreath was, placed on the grand flag that hovered the casket, t The military guard resumed its place around the casket, and the civilian escort raised their bur- den and moved through a double rank of noncommissioned officers. Behind the casket walking slowly came Secretaries Hoover, Wallace and Work, Attorney General Dough- - , erty and General Pershing. The uniformed ranks of men came to attention and presented arms as the casket was borne through the ranks, and to the slow music of. the hymn , was carried through the aisle, of soldiers to the presidents room. President Coolidge gave his formal greetings to the dead' chieftain as the casket reached the head of the aisle of soldiers, before the presidents room. He stood hat in hand until it passed and then slowly turned with bent head to follow. Great hanks of flowers covered the four walls of the chamber, and hours before the sad homecoming streams of beautiful, fragrant-- bloss- (Continued on Page Five.) flag-drap- ed NOT. INTOXICANT A. S. Fikstead, who'has figured for over a month in one of the most- interesting tests tf thej application of the prohibition law, was found not guilty of having intoxicating liquor in his possession yesterday by a jury, and his case dismissed by City Judge J. B. Tucker. Fikstead was arrested July 12, charged with having purchased Intoxicating liquor in the form of hard cider from Frank J. Spencer, Jr. The n cider in the form of twenty-on- e barrels which was being shipped to a Salt Lake City vinegar-makin- g concern, was taken as eyidence An by the county sheriffs office. of the showed it that analysis liquid contained 3.9 per cent alcohol, which is higher than the percentage allowed by the prohibition law. On July 26 tried by a jury and found not guilty of having purchased intoxicating liquor. He was immediately rearrested and the charge of having intoxicants in his possession placed against him. Yesterday after a Jury trial it was held that the cider could not be considered intoxicating liquor, and the twenty-on- e barrels of evidence were ordered returned to Mr. Fikstead by Judge Tucker. - , fifty-gallo- , he-wa- s -- . ' , . i |