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Show f s - if n Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both. ilN ctbI Qh&eidtiihal J Bdemcmt CpiaJww PKOYO, UTAH, II. timmmiMimiiN Bench Canal Stockholders Focus Interest on Deer Creek Unusual interest is shown in the coming meeting of the Provo Bench and Irrigation company stockholders meeting set for Saturday, Jan. 8 for the purpose of electing a board of directors to serve for the ensuing year. Increasing interest arises from the action taken Tuesday by the stockholders in voting a large majority for participation in the Deer Creek project, despite the fact that several I (Continued on Paso Four) Cast Chosen For Stake Production Talented Actors From 7 Wards to Begin Rehearsals Next Week "Fly Away Home," highly modern domestic entertaining, comedy ia three acts, Is the play chosen for presentation by the Stake Mutual Improvement association on January 28th. The cast, consisting of actors from each of the seven wards in Sharon Stake, will meet tonight at 5:00 o'clock In the Seminary building for the first reading of the play ard assignments to parts ft will be made. Members of the cast to be chosen thus far are as follows: Esther Hansen and Lettie Dixon of TinifuuBuo vv&iu, Ellea Pulsipher Bellows and Ora Baum of Edgemont, Norma Dunford and Frank Jex of Pieasantview, Edna Scott of Lakeview, Paul Anderson and Henry Campbell ot Sharon, Elmer Riding of Grandview and Harold Murdock of Vineyard. The choice of actors was made by Clifton Clinger, Stake drama director, and the activity chairman of the Stake M.I.A. Board. The play will go Into rehearsal the first of the week, and rehearses will continue constantly In order to have it in readlnesafor Friday evening, January 28, the date scheduled for presentation.'. President Sends N ewY ears Message to Scouts TIMPANOGOS CHAPEL BEING REMODELED President Roosevelt, himself active for the past sixteen years in the Boy Scouts of America of which he is now the Honorary President, paid high tributf to the citizenship training aspect ot the movement, in his Christmas and New Year message to the Cubs, Scouts and leaders. . The Presidents greetings fol- Work began officially Monday morning on the improvement and renovating program at the Timpanogos Ward Chapel, amusement hall and grounds. Prior to that time, however, some preparatory work has been done in renovating fences ant. digging up the new roadway on the west of the amusement hall. cleaned and The chapel is to be done over completely some changes made, to be paper-- i ed, redecorated and painted. cove-shap- low: THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO THE BOY AMERICA: . Date Set For Annual Gold And Green Ball Plans for the rostrum include rostrum changing the to a better angle. The pulpit ! to be moved from the back, taken has been Friday, March away entirely, and a movable one chosen as the date for the annual rostrum of the front the at placed Green Ball, according where the low frontpieee is now. Gold and announcement by the PresiIt will be moveable so that it can to be removed for playlets and dra- dency of the Mutual Improvement association. matizations. Ernest Frandsen and Mrs. The organ la to be In a pit Adele Fielding of the Stake Acor at least, the floor In front tivity committee will head the Suitable committee of it will be raised. on arrangements. They benches will be placed towards state that negotiations ftre well for roRtrum the front of the for obtaining a first underway speakers and those in caarge of 'class orchestra, and plans will programs to replace the chairs soon take shape for making this that have been used heretofore. event an outstanding one In Sharv Choir seats will fill in the space on Stake's social life. to thp back of the rostrum from back are to be landscaped and whir the old pulpit is to be A place for the sacrament roadway and parking area In table is being arrange11 tne front Is to be gravelled and Improved other side. A new blower fan for the heatCarpeting will be placed back ing system in He chapel has alof the pulpit on the rostrum. All rooms and walls at the re- ready been installed. The bishopric has assumed the creation hall will be calsomined the. work and painted. The entire basement general chairmanship'' will be cleaned and calsomined. to be done, and other men liave Some work will be done up stairs, been choseiPto be responsible for but it cannot be as extensive as the different divisions of work many would like it to be, but im- In active charge are V: Fmil HanCharles sen. George Adams, provement will be made. An outside roadway Is being Prison, C. E. Perkins, Orrell De built, to make entrance from the Lange. Thomas Kitchen and road, at the west side of the James H. Clark. Members of the bishopric are amusement ball, to go around behind and out between the chapel Bishop Roy Gappmayer, Counseland amusement hall, to the east lors Ivern Pyne and Wilford Larof the chapel This will be much sen. The Church is furnishing 60 more convenient for funerala. The grounds surrounding both per cent in cash of the cost of buildings and the grove to the j improvements to be made i Boy Scout week In Sharon stake starts Jan. 16 and ends Jan. 22, announces Axel F. Andreason, chairman of the district, who states that each ward in the stake will be assessed according to Its membership to raise funds for the annual dues to the National Parks Council, The bishop, in each ward will appoint committees to collect the individual levies from each family, it is explained. All agencies in the staxe are cooperating, to make the drive i success. A special effort is being made by the Scera organization, according to Victor C. Anderson, manager, by its offer to furnish and conduct a show "Wings of Morning," fee to all persons whose families have paid their as- sessment. The Alpine school district also has offered the Lincoln high school auditorium free, for the Scera show to be staged the eve- nlng of Jan. 22 for all those whose assessment have been paid. Admission tickets of 15 and 10 cents will be charged to all others, the funds thus collected being added to the scout fund. A. P. Warnick, principal of the Lincoln high, and B. M. Jolley, principal of the Lincoln junior high, have proposed that Junior and senfor high school students be allowed to attend a matinee Friday afternoon, Jan. 21, wherf ward tickets will be honored, but a 10 cent charga made to those without such tickets. "Sharon stake is proud of Its record In promptly paying scout We urge all dues each year. members of the scout committee to proceed with diligence In gathering ht the assessments, stated Mr. ndreason in his announcement. SCOUTS OF Membership in the Boy Scouts Is one of the most important ways In which ft boy may develop desirable traits of character and personality. The Boy Scout practices citizenship and secures valuable information in an Interesting way In a way that combines fun and for worthwhile enthusiasm work. At this Christmas season I want to ex tynd to the Boy Scouts of America and to the individual members of that orthroughout the ganization United States congratulations on the completion of another splendid year of work and best wishes for continuance of their success during the New Year. FRANKLIN I). ROOSEVELT X i i Thomas Peterson, head of the visual instruction bureau of the anB.Y U. tension division nounces 42 new sound films are now available to schools in the intermountain area. These are produced by 12 leading educators of the nation, and are specially designed as visual and auditory aids in teaching biology, botany, astronomy, geology, physiology, chemistry, commercial physics, geography, and music. Mrs. Adelaide Larsen wishes to announce the engagement of her daughter, Alene, to William Terry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terry, resident of Orem, Timp-anogward. The young couple are graduates of the Lincoln high school. VineyuJ t(tu FRIDAY JANUARY 7, 1938 j Sharon Stake Conference Set New Town Board Installed; For Jan. Department Heads Named 15 & 16 Sharon stake conference is set for Jan. 15 and 16, and will be assigned to the Sunday School and Primary organizations, according to letters received today by stake authorities from the genera) board of these two organizations. Two Sunday school meetings are planned, one" at 8:45 a. m. Sunday and the second during the afternoon session of the Sunday conference. A special stake board meeting ia planned for Saturday by the Primary authorities, and two sessions on Sunday are outlined also for this organization, at 8:45 a. m. and 2 p. m. All members of the stake presidency, high council, oisvoprics, and Sunday school and primary workers generally are invited. Further details will appear next weeek, in The Voice of Sharon. ( i - V v VOL. V iiiitmiiiiiniMiiti!itmiiiiiiiniMiiMnmiii A MUSICAL TREAT Drive For Scout Fund Scheduled Arguments For and Against Deer Creek Presented by Rival Attorneys this company la the Deer Creek project. In fact these directors have announced they will do everything In their power to keep the company from participating In Deer Creek. The meeting Is set for 1:30 p. m. In the Timpanogos ward chapel. leer Creek Carries By a vote of 990 to 709 the stockholders favored Deer Creek Tuesday after listening to a spirited speech by W. W. Ray, prominent Salt Lake attorney, and ft reply thereto by A. V. Watkins, representing some stockholders In the canal company who favor Deer Creek participation. W. J. Cordner, president of the company, in Introducing Mr. Ray stated that he had secured him to present a statement with respect to the company's water rights, and explain Its position if Deer Creek water were subscribed. Mr. Ray's Argument. Mr. Ray in the course of an address lasting one hour, sketched the history of tne company s water rights, and called attention to th increasing flow of Provo River due to a radical change in the water supply late in the season since so much water had been taken out upon the porus benches in Ueber valley, and latir returned to the river, much of it seeping in near the Deer Creek reser-vo- ir site. He cautioned the stockholders not to subscribe for water unless 'they actually needed it, and urged that those who needed water had 'no right to compel others who 'didnt want to take additional iKitmtMmmtiiMnmmftoiHumimttMhmiiMiMimmiinHtmwHiiimiwmui F- - D L Cooperation Sought, Good Will Prevails, As New Administration Takes Office Desire for full cooperation and willingness to serve the community to the utmost in time and energy marked the inaug-ura- l proceedings Monday at Orem when. Mayor B- M. Jolley, Ertman Christensen, Julian Hansen, W. T. Williams, and Le Grande Jarman were all sworn in by V. Emil Hansen, clerk of the town board, each taking his solemn oath of office to obey the constitution of the United States, and of this - state, and to do his duty with fidelity. Every commissioner is a new man In civic affairs this year, excepting Mr. Christensen, a ho retains his old position as commls-- t sioner of water. The other officials were appointed by Mayor Jolley to the following Mr. Hansen to streets; Mr. Williams to public Improvements; Mr. Jarman to public health and 'safety. Mayor Jolley assumes the work of finance, the law so arranging It... In making the assignments to the various departments, Mayor Jolley explained that almost all departments had been rearranged, bringing them more in lino with demands and needs of the town as the new board sees them. NEW MAYOR commis-sionership- Vineyard Sailor Sees Horrors From Shanghai J a Miss Francelle Christenseu, accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lavar Christensen of Provo who will play her new 450 marimba in connection with the Scera picture show, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 11 and 12. She has appeared in several concerts throughout the state and for the last two summers she has been one of the entertainers employed by the Union Pacific at Bryce Canyon. Miss Christensen, accompanied by Zenett Johnson, will play four Dumb rs between the features of an exceptional good double bill. The Jones Family In "Big Business" and "One Man Justice starring Charles Starrett. Farnvvortli Funeral Qnf HTVlfl ay in Sliaron fc. Kenneth McEwan. Burial will be at the Provo Cemetery, and Raymond , D. Wells will dedicate the grave. Friends and relatives may view the body at the Farnworth home between the hours of 10:30 ft. m. and 1 : 30 p. m , prior to the funer- Funeral services for Charles H. Farnworth, Sr., will be held at 2 o'clock p. m. this afternoon in the' Sharon Ward chapel, with Bishop J. Allen Bellows officiating. Speakers at the services will be Willard Bishop and B. M. Jolley of the Sharon Ward, and William Patten, former president of thq Lost River Stake in Idaho. Remarks will also be made by President A. V. Watkins of Sharon Slake and by Bishop Bellows. A mixed quartet composed of VEmil Hansen, Curtis Gordon, Lois Downs, and Adele Fielding will sing two numbers, "I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go, Dear Lord and "When the Mists Have Ruth Mecham Cleared Away. will ' give a violin selection and Elvis B. Terry will sing, "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine. Invocation will be by former Bishop Oscar H. Anderson and the benediction will be pronounced by al.. . Mrs. Shumway Dead At Vineyard n, . . Vines.d. "The Council having had an inthat the Great Salt Lake timation The diking of Utah Lake has Canal Company had contemplated as been suggested supplementary waters of Utah Lake to the Deer Creek project in the to raise the on motion of A. F. four feet, program of conserving the water ft committee was apMcDonald, of the state. Such a procedure to ascertain the area of would be of great Jjenefit to both pointed be rendered Utah and Salt Lake valleys, to the land that would also the amount of damage it former by reclaiming for use be to this Incorporation, thousands of acres of the lake and would the same to Hon. D and report alluvial lands and to the latter Cluff, Jr., representative to the lake the of area the by limiting and thus reducing evaporation Legislature." The Salt Lake farmers desisted and increasing the supply of the dam until from building water for the northern valley. 1 was constructed ore when 879, of the This plan for enhancing A vigorous provalue of Utah Lake is not the be- In Jordan River. test was made by Geo. T. Peav, a of any such by sehenjps ginning land owner, and published means, and previous plans have large Parties in the Provo Enquirer: not always been mutually uesir-abldam in JorSince 1847 the principal who are building a of source of wa'er supply for the dan, near the boundary line are Utah and Counties, Suit Lake of farms in the southern part on the prior rights of Salt Laky County has been the encroaching their actions are unand others, River Jordan but Jordan River, And for one, lfsuch lawful. draws its water from Utah Lake in raising the the American Sea of Galilee, and parties persist I shall be this fact has led Salt Lake farm- water to my injury, defend to my forced rights. as a ers to look upon Utah Lake George T. Peay." reservoir, The protest was unheeded, and No objection was made manifest to .this view until 1864. when much caviling ensued through Salt Lake farmers declared their several years. Finally in 1881, on of PreslCent Intention of putting a dam at the recommendation head of Jordan river to raise the John Taylor of the L D.S. Church, was arbitrated, and watej of Utah Lake for use dur- the matter was This' dam season. the permitted to be built the irrigation ing action brought forth the follow- on the payment of 1 8,000 to Utah a compromise ing protest as recorded in the County farmers; minutes of the Provo City Council point was established, beyond which the water was not to be for December 6, 1864: J. After two years In China apd five and a half years in the U. S. Navy, Kenneth Anderson, an orphan since his parents were both killed in a train crossing wreck near Vineyard, writes home to friends here of his experiences In war zone. the Chinese-Japanes- e He presents the sailor's point of view, looking on from Shanghai. As the fight moves inland we do not see quite so rnuca of It but nil niong the Whangpoo river buildings are shot to pieces,! and thousands of homes are burned to the ground. The International settlement Is massed with people. Thousands ere without money, nor a place to sleep. Its a dreadful sight. Often very small chuaten are seen alone, not knowing where their parents are. The Japs have ruined things here, and everyone hopes that the Chinese will hold out against them. Mr. Farnworth, a resident of Orem for the past eight yeats, died of heart trouble at bis home Tuesday morning, following a five months illness. He was born at Mt. Pleastant, Utah in 1864, and Mrs. Sararh Ann Potter Shumcame to Orem following residence way, 72, died at her home in Vineat Biackfoot, Idaho. He hag been yard Tuesday evening.. She was an active L. D. S. church member, born in Beaver, Nov. 9, 1866, a serving as superintendent of Sun- daughter of William George and day schools in Idaho many years. Artemishia Minerva Washburn He was a high priest in Sharon Potter. She married Samuel Stake at the time of his death. Shumway, Feb. 3, lfstfa at Kanab, Surviving are his widow, three and became the mother of eight sons, George C.. Charles Henry children, seven of them survivJr., and Ivan A. Farnworth, all ing her: Mrs. Pearl Anderson, 4 of Orem, 20 grandchildren, Burley, Ida., Mrs. Beatric Draper a sister and of American Fork; Douglas and eight brothers. Melvin Shumway of Lindon; Bradford and William Shumway and Mrs. Afton ' Burnlngham of Yesterday and Today By. M. JENSEN use-.es- e. I at top gine of life going speed. Q& ttnuintfied Tunpenojoe No. 15 of the present directors have vig orously opposed the entrance of Enthusiasm is the electric current which keeps the en- s, There are 33 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and three sisters: Mrs. Minerva Burnette of Orangeville; Mrs. Almeda Burnham of Mesquite, Nev., and Mrs. Essie Jensen of Las veg as, Nev. One brother, Daniel Potter also lives in Las Vegas. Mrs. Shumway has lived at Vineyard for 30 years, been a faithful member of the L.D.S ward here, and worked for many years as relief society teaner. Friends may call at the Olpin mortuary in Pleasant Grove prior to the funeral which will be held in the Vineyard Ward hall Friday at 1 p. m. Burial will take place in the Provo Burial Para. i B. M. Jolley Range Condition In Utah Continues Pieasantview, Timpanogos Lead Above Averages Interest Is running high in the Sharon Stake "M Men basketball Condition of Utah ranges, al- games. Some exceptionally strong though blow the average of a teams have been fielded and with month ago, are ell above the sit- a little more practice the comuation for a year ago and for a petition ,1s going to be extremely ten-yeperiod, a report .issued keen. Due to the late date at which this week from the office of State Agricultural Statistician Frank the league started It has been Andrews shows. necessary 'toJla- - twice a week. The present range condition, The games being played on Wedreported through the statistician's nesdays apd Thursdays. This aroffice and the bureau of agricul- rangement has proved very satis- tural economics of the depart- factory. Scores of last week's games ara ment of agriculture. Is four points above the range average of last as follows: December and more than 11 December 20 Pieasantview 40; Sharon 18. points above the average for the median of December reports for Grandview, 26; Vineyard, 11; the past ten years. Timpanogos, 61; Lakeview, 5 Livestock conditions on the December 30. various Utah ranges remain virTimpanogos 34; Sharon tually unchanged since the bureau Pieasantview, 62; Lakeview 8 made its last report a month ago. Grandview 16; Edgemont 11 Ranges in the southern and eastern parts of the state are suffering from lack of water, although ranges in the northern part are in We pay tribute to our adexcellent shape. who are supporters vertisers, The lack of snowfall has forced of this paper. It is no secret herds of sheep, moved to their a here the revenue from s winter ranges, to stay comparaWe owe nespa)r comes. tively close to water, the report of this paper to shows, pointing out that a light the good will of the a iver- snowfall in most parts of the tisers whose messages app-- ar considerable state would be of in this papr from week to benefit to sheep raisers. week. Cattle are in excellent shape Consequently we solicit for and little feeding has been rethem thp patronage of the quired as yet. readers of this paper. If you appreciate tills paper, if you see in it things of value to Harold this community, if jou want To Sing in Radio to gee It continued as a pd ium of expression for a large Broadcast and increasing population In Utah valley, then read the Harold W. Brereton, of Edgeads. in this paper every mont Ward, talented young vocalweek, study their messages, and when you go shopping ist, has been selected to appear on the "Search For Talent broaddo not forget to tell tty adcast over radio station KSL on vertisers that jou saw their ad. in The Voice of Sharon Saturday, January 8th, at 3:30 or in the "Utah Valley pm. This feature is being sponsored News, and that you are here in thir store because they by the Deseret News, and Harold, have Invited you to come. having made good in his try-oThe following is a list of appearance before the selective adx ert isers whose message staff Saturday, is one of the first to be chosen from Utah County, appear in this issue: He Is now attending school at Booterte the Lincoln High. Residents of Butler, this community who have heard Christensens Dep't. Store him sing and know of his ability Dixon Beal Estate are especially interested. In amateur events of this kind, Furniture Exchange talent Is adjudged hy the number Hayward's Market of votes sent in. Friends of Mr, Hansen Food Market Brereton. may do their part hy Kill Bros. C. V. Hansen telephoning a vote in his favor to L. A II. Tire Co. the Desert News headquarters in Mar-VProvo, phone 350. immediately Beauty Shoppe Madsen Cleaning Co. after the broadcast. Mutual Coal andTimtarg ' DANCE AT EDGEMONT Riverside Service Safeway" Inc. You can help the "M"N'5Ien s Spear Lumber Co. basket ball team by attending the Soward's Real Estate dance at Edgemont ward hall Shrlver's Clothing Store Wednesday, Jan 12. A good orUtah Timber and Coal chestra is promised, and yon are welcome. Valley Flour and Feed ar - Our Advertisers Brereton Talent ut raised. In recent years the water has been continuously below compromise point. The reclamation of riparian lands of Utah Lake was suggested nearly seventy years ago. At a Latter-da- y Saint Bishops' meeting held July 9, 1868. A. O. Smoot, the presiding bishop of Utah Stake, . t that time coextensive with Utah County, Is reported as saying that "the question of lowering Utah Lake and redeeming a vat amount of most valuable land I hope the brethren will take into consideration, and hope the leading men of Utah will yet gee this great County public interet. was too The task, however, great a one for Utah County. Now that Uncle Sam has become interested. perhaps the dreams of the pioneers may be realized. 8: el |